Tails sat in his workshop, trying to put the pieces together. He had been at this for a week now. He only took small breaks. There were no solid leads on Project X or Eggman. He leaned back in his chair, trying to think. Suddenly, Sonic rushed into the room, "Tails!"
"What is it?"
"GUN's after Project X."
The mech slammed Project X into the ground. It picked him back up and slammed him down again. It raised its foot to stomp on him, but Project X blasted it back with a wave of chaos energy. He stood up and tackled the mech as it was getting up. He pounded it into the ground, concrete flying everywhere. He picked it up of the ground and launch it into the air. It came crashing down into a nearby shop, and the small building collapsed. The mech threw the rubble off of itself and stood again. Its arm was detached from the mech. Project X smirked as he heard the sonic boom nearby.
Sonic and Shadow came screeching to a stop. They could hear the gunshots in the background. Tails landed the Tornado nearby and climbed out of it. They approached the fight just in time to see Project X blow a hole through a mech with a blast of chaos energy. Project X turned to the group, "I was wondering when you would show up." Project X sized up Sonic and Tails. He smirked, "You shouldn't have brung your friends Shadow."
"Why?"
"Because now it's a fair fight." He walked up to the group. "So who's going first?" Sonic attempted to Spin-Dash Project X, but he caught Sonic and threw him at Shadow. Shadow stood up and attempted a running kick, but Project X grabbed his leg and used him as a shield against the punch Sonic was about to throw. He threw Shadow down and punt kicked Sonic at a car. Sonic slammed into the side of the car, putting a huge dent in it. "Th-This is hardly a f-fair fight.", Sonic muttered.
"Believe me it is, but you're just not trying hard enough. You're not using your full potential." Shadow tryed to blast Project X while he was busy , but it just absorbed into his skin. Project X grabbed Shadow by the throat and began to squeeze. Shadow trashed about, trying to free himself of the beast's grasp. He coughed and sputtered, trying to breathe. "Let him go!", Tails shouted as he shot a rocket from the Tornado at Project X. Project X tossed Shadow at the plane, tearing one of its wings off and knocking Tails down. Sonic ran at Project X, jumped in the air, and slammed down on him.
It only succeed in angering the beast. He took Sonic and slammed him down next to Shadow. He put his foot on Sonic's leg and pressed down. A crack was heard and Sonic screamed in agony. He then did the same to Shadow. "Not so fast now." He Chaos-Controlled out of the area.