Sonic leaped from the Tornado ,with his usual grace, and landed beside Shadow. "What's going on here?"
"It's Robotnik. He's sent out thousands of these bots. They're destroying the city."
"Well let's do something about it!" Sonic arm off into the crowd of robots, plowing through them. "My thoughts exactly." It had been quite a long time before Shadow actually got to use his Chaos Energy to full extent. This would be a nice refresher.
Sonic tore through the crowd, bashing and smashing robots along the way. He had to find Eggman and end this quickly. Something was different about this attack, it didn't seem as coordinated as Robotnik's usual attacks. Sonic brushed this off as Eggman getting desperate. Sonic heard a cry for help in the distance and noticed a group of people being surrounded by robots. Sonic was about to go and help, when a red figure drilled up through the ground, drilling right through one of the bots. The robots fired at the figure, but he dodged the bullets, tearing through the bots as he went. Sonic got a closer look and noticed who it was. Knuckles the Echidna. "Took you long enough red!", Sonic shouted.
"You're one to talk! You weren't exactly On time either!" Knuckles always had to get the last word in. Sonic finally got to the end of the crowd and slid to a stop. He looked over at Shadow and noticed how gracefully he moved. Every step flowed into the next in a perfect combo. He was amazing. Sonic shook it off. Now wasn't the place or the time. He sped off into another crowd of robots.
Tails zoomed over the city, looking for civilians to rescue. The city was being slowly torn apart. They needed to end this quickly, before more people got hurt. While this attack wasn't as well-planned as Robotnik's other attacks, it was on a much larger scale. The strange thing was, it didn't seem like Eggman had any other aim other than destruction. He must have a bigger plan.
Tails train of thought was interrupted by the Tornado shooting out a barrage of sparks from the engine. A robot had landed a direct hit on the plane. Tails pulled up on the controls hard, trying to prevent a crash. The engine sparked and sputtered, ready to give out at any second. He just needed to find a safe landing place. Suddenly, the left wing was shot, sending scraps of metal everywhere. The last thing Tails saw was the building he was headed straight for.