Early afternoon hit as a Dark Legion tank patrolled the area unaware that nearby, Sonic and a small strike team was waiting for the opportunity to sneak into the area, the tank eventually leaves before they snuck in. Sonic signals Tails and Knuckles to check the parameter to make sure that they didn't get spotted by the Dark Legion, they both give him a thumbs up before they all move up. On the other side, a strike team lead by Shadow sneaks into the area themselves, they were forced to take down a few guards along the way, but luckily hid them. Back with Sonic Tails and Knuckles reach a tent containing Lien-Da and Julie-Su who were talking about how to re approach taking Albion.
"I think our best bet is an overwhelming areal assault right now, it seem to work well on Sonic and his friends," Lien-Da pointed out.
"Any questions?" Julie-Su asked.
"What about the overlander?" A random captain asked.
"We'll deal with her soon enough, until then report to your stations," Lien-Da answered before dismissing everyone, they then left the tent while she sits down for a minute.
"Something bothering you, sis?" Julie-Su asked.
"I really have no use for an overlander in my ranks, which is making me think about what to do with her, I could have her executed, but then again that black hedgehog seems to care very deeply about her so he'll likely kill me if anything happens to her," Lien-Da explained.
"Tough call, sis, but you did say to her That she'll see soon enough," Julie-Su pointed out before Lien-Da got up and grabbed the same device she used on her and walks towards the master emerald shrine.
"Shadow, you might want to hurry, I think something bad is about to happen to Hope," Sonic said before Shadow hurried towards Hope's location.
"Shadow wait," Rouge said trying to catch up to Shadow with Sally not too far behind. Meanwhile, Scourge and Fiona watched Tails, waiting for the opportunity to put her plan into action.
"We need to wait until he gets separated from his friends, and then we can strike," Fiona said waiting patiently.
"Okay, but I say we strike when they spot him," Scourge said.
"You know I'd like to know what happened to Thrash," Fiona said thinking about the fact that Thrash ditched them.
"Ah who cares, it's not like we needed him to begin with," Scourge pointed out.
"Good point," Fiona said. Back with Sonic and his team who followed Lien-Da in the shadows to the master emerald shrine.
"After much consideration, little girl, I've decided you will be an honorary member of the Dark Legion," Lien-Da said frightening Hope, she got up despite having hand cuffs on and runs off, but she gets restrained and held to the ground while the device was set up.
"Don't be afraid, it doesn't hurt at all," Julie-Su pointed out before Lien-Da gets ready to turn on the device, but she gets hit by a massive force and gets up to find the device missing, she looks to see Sonic carrying the device while standing next to Tails and Knuckles. Enraged by this, Lien-Da pulls out a pistol and aims it at at Hope only to find her missing.
"Are you kidding me!" Lien-Da shouted in anger before seeing Hope standing next to Shadow.
"Omega! Now!" Sonic shouted before Omega jumped out of nowhere and shot several rockets at half of the Dark Legion, including supplies and ships that were gonna be used to attack Albion enraging Lien-Da even more.
"Now you know how I feel, Lien-Da," Knuckles said stepping forward to confront Lien-Da as she pulled out her whips.
"You certainly know how to get on a girl's nerves, red head," Julie-Su said.
"I'll deal with you soon enough, Julie," Knuckles said before readying himself for a fight.
"She's all yours, Knuckles," Sonic pointed out before him and Tails sprung into action and fought the Dark Legion soldiers that were trying to intervene, while Shadow Rouge, Hope and Omega regrouped at the shrine, grabbed one of the chaos emeralds and disappeared in a green flash of light.
"Didn't even bother to say goodbye or even thank you," Sally pointed out before readying herself for a fight, meanwhile Knuckles charged at Lien-Da who tried to whack him with her whip, but he gets out of the way in time before throwing several punches that she dodges. Lien-Da then tries to whip and kick Knuckles several times, but has no luck at even touching him, he then jumps over her and kicks her in the back stunning her for a quick second. Lien-Da quickly recovers, whips Knuckles' arm and him towards her, he stays standing up while his feet dragged across the ground as he inched closer to her, but he then gets an idea and pulls her towards him with all his strength and jabs her in the gut. Knuckles brushed the whip off of his arm while Lien-Da quickly shakes the attack off and gets up before charging at him. Meanwhile Sonic, Tails and Sally hold back the Dark Legion while Knuckles fought Lien-Da when Sally looks up at the portal in the air.
"Sonic fighting these guys off is gonna be impossible unless we can get that portal closed," Sally pointed out.
"There's gotta be something holding that portal open, I'll go check it out, you and Tails keep these guys busy until I can figure out what's up, and if I don't come back, have Knuckles ready his warp ring," Sonic explained.
"Understood, and Sonic," Sally said.
"Yeah, Sal?" Sonic asked before Sally gives him a passionate kiss.
"Try to come back alive," Sally demanded worried that she'll never see him again.
"As long as you don't get turned into a robot again, you've got yourself a deal," Sonic joked before running towards the portal and jumps in. Sally couldn't help but smile at his personality.
"It's a good thing your cute," Sally said in her thoughts before getting back to the fight while Tails was protecting her, she summoned her ring blades and started slicing through the Dark Legion as they attempted to overrun them. A Dark Legion soldier tries to shot Sally, but she blocks it with her ring blades before she kicks him across the face.
"Sally, I need to destroy this device," Tails pointed out.
"Toss it off the island," Sally suggested before Tails ran over to the edge of angel island and tossed the device over the edge. A few seconds earlier with Knuckles and Lien-Da who were in the middle of an intense fight, he throws several punches and kicks that she dodges before she spots Tails running off with her device
"Noo!" Lien-Da shouted, grabs Knuckles' foot with her whip and tosses him aside before running after Tails who was getting closer to the edge of the island, he reaches the edge and gets ready to toss it. Lien-Da quickly restrains Tails with her whip and takes the device from him, "you know you shouldn't take things that don't belong to you."
Lien-Da gets ready to kick Tails off the edge until a noise is heard, she looks over to see that the portal to the twilight cage was collapsing.
"How?" Lien-Da asked before looking back at Tails, she then runs towards the portal along with Julie-Su and any Dark Legion soldiers that could make it, Knuckles tries to catch the pink echidna but was kicked in the face by her before the portal closes. On the other side, Sonic notices that the portal was shut and smiles not realizing Lien-Da was right behind him.
"Hello, Sonic," Lien-Da said greeting Sonic who turns around to see very little was left of the Dark Legion.
"You and your friends have just foiled my plans to take Albion and the rest of Mobius, I'm impressed, but now your outmatched with nowhere to run," Lien-Da pointed out.
"I actually do, and I'm taking Julie-Su with me," Sonic pointed out waiting patiently.
"I wouldn't be so sure about that," Lien-Da said confusing Sonic. Back on Mobius as Knuckles, Tails And Sally gathered at the master emerald with the warp ring.
"Once I open it up, get ready for one last fight," Knuckles pointed out before Tails notices something was happening to the master emerald.
"Knuckles! Somethings happening to the emerald!" Tails pointed out before Knuckles turns around only for the master emerald to collapse, they run up to it to see that it was fragmented.
"Nooooooooo!" Knuckles, Tails and sally shouted realizing what happened, something thing that would keep Sonic and Julie-Su imprisoned in the twilight cage, the master emerald was out of energy.