A/N: Well, it's time for some serious Sonic Chao Chronicles.

Robot Card: Egg Gigas

Model: E-K0001

Equipment: Metallic Claws (retractable), Stone Exterior

Purpose: Base Defense

Station Square General Hospital- 04:08

As Swift's battle with Ruby began, Chris was fighting another battle. A battle to avoid falling asleep from exhaustion and boredom.

Despite Karin's warning that it was a dangerous process, absolutely nothing was happening. No violent fits were spurring out of his friend. If Frances was supposed to be doing something- anything at all- then something should have happened by now. However, all that was happening was his Morpher glowing like it always did when he transformed and Frances was tossing in her sleep. Not an overly violent reaction, but to be on the safe side, he kept watch of her and restrained her.

"…Chris," Karin questioned, snapping the boy out of his nearly asleep state. "Has Frances reacted yet for you and Swift?"

"Nothing yet from what I can tell," Chris replied. "So, what am I supposed to be looking for? Violent thrashing or something else?"

"Chris," Karin replied, "think. Frances isn't your ordinary human being on this planet- that's saying something, as you're one half of a Neo Mobian. For all that happened today, if this process works and she does make a full recovery… she could probably have super powers or something. She'd be a new breed of human altogether."

"That's comforting to know," Chris sarcastically muttered. "What do you mean by 'super powers'?"

"Well, keep in mind this is not the first time anybody's suffered of Chaos Radiation," Karin reminded him. "According to rumors between those who study Chaos Energy- and that's quite a few of us, by the way- those who suffer the radiation were showing signs of unnatural abilities before death, and Frances here damaged quite a bit of the city for a brief time. We're willing to bet that had they lived and recovered, they would have some amazing powers. Add that to the Morpher's Chaos Energy usage allowing you the powers of Swift, she may have some monstrous skills. I'm just telling you to be careful."

"Right," Chris stated. "What are the chances of that happening?"

Before Karin could answer, Frances let out an unworldly scream of agony, turning Chris' attention towards her. To Chris' surprise, Frances' hands- her burned hands- were engulfed in flames. But rather than hurt anymore, the wounds on her hands began to seal up. As if she was aware of the restraints keeping her on the hospital bed, she focused the flames around her hands towards the restraints. Two small fireballs exploded from her palms, slicing through the leather straps with simplicity.

Frances rose from the bed, the Morpher glowing violently. When she opened her eyes, rather than light blue and wide like a normal person's, they were yellow and almost catlike. However, she did not seem fully conscious. Her mouth, even if it was closed, seemed to not stop a feline like tooth from exposing itself from behind her upper lip. Behind the flames in her hand, Chris could notice Frances' nails had a claw appearance. Although Chris was in awe by his friend, he was very weary of Frances' actions.

"…Frances," Chris breathed, "are you okay?" The response was a violent scream as she launched fireballs at him, which he barely dodged but one ended up hitting a sprinkler, setting the whole system off. "I'm going to take that as a 'no'." Grabbing the walkie talkie, he yelled, "Tails, Knuckles, someone get up here!" Dodging a fireball thrown at him, he yelled, "NOW!"

Downtown Station Square- 04:26

Swift barely dodged Ruby's roundhouse by leaning back before countering with his own upwards kick, sending the bat Chao airborne. The hedgehog Chao hated to admit it, but Ruby was a better fighter than she let on. In fact, what she had in stealth it was just about as much in combat as well.

Still, Swift was easily faster on his feet. "What's the matter, bat girl?" Swift called up to her. "Am I too fast for ya? Hand over the Emerald and Morpher and I'll leave you alone."

"Oh, I'm not even really trying," the bat Chao shouted down. "If I was, you'd be unconscious, already. And the answer is still no- you're not getting the Chaos Emerald or this fancy wristwatch."

"Why do you want the Chaos Emeralds so badly, anyways?" Swift asked with a question mark over his head.

"Proving that I'm the world's greatest treasure hunter is one thing," Ruby suggested. "However, I'm a lover of fine jewelry, and these Emeralds? They're simply priceless. Why do you want them, hedgehog Chao?"

"Because I know how dangerous they truly are," Swift replied. "That's one of the trouble maker Emeralds. It will cause more harm than good!"

"Oh, I know the risks of this emerald, sweetheart," Ruby replied. "I saw what it did, downtown. Got to say, though, that the girl was foolish to unleash its power."

"All of the more reason for me to handle it," Swift insisted. "I've been around a Chaos Emerald all of my life, so I can handle it. However, that girl will die if I don't get that stuff back! Do you want an innocent civilian's death on your conscience?"

"…Do you think I care whether the girl lives or dies?" Ruby scoffed. "She didn't know what she was doing, and she paid the price. It's no skin off of my wings what happens to her. The girl brought it on herself. As long as I have the Emerald, then that's that."

"Okay, you just stepped up on my roster," Swift growled, a swirl over his head. The bat Chao gasped in fake surprise before landing on the ground.

"Aw, how cute… seems like little hedgehog Chao likes the girl," Ruby giggled before kicking Swift. He quickly got up and threw a few punches, but they were each dodged by the bat Chao and flying away. "You're more of an interesting Chao than I thought. What's a former wild Chao like you care for humans? I mean, you and I both have Chaos Sense, so you surely know why the Mobians were wiped out. Surely, if these humans get their hands on the Emeralds, then they'd only cause the disaster all over again."

"Not if they knew what could happen!" Swift argued.

"The DCS has been doing their damndest to cover up the true stories," Ruby pointed out while landing on the ground and sending a roundhouse Swift's way, which he countered with his own. "If they found out that you told some human, there would be hell to pay."

"What if one of the humans researched Chao and Chaos Energy for a living?" Swift asked. This seemed to shock Ruby into relenting, allowing Swift to rush in and slam a quick fist to her gut, knocking her back. He then performed a roundhouse kick, jumped into the air while she was stunned, and knocked her down with a Homing Attack, ensuring his victory. Standing over her, the hedgehog Chao stated, "I know it's a shaky story, but I trust Dr. Naka's prediction that the Morpher will work to help Frances. Dr. Naka lives for Chao and Chaos Energy, so it's better to trust her with the stories about the Emeralds than other humans. Besides, you don't look like a Wild Chao anymore, either."

"How in the…?" Ruby questioned as Swift grabbed the Emerald and the Morpher from her and got off. With a question mark over her head, she asked, "How did you figure that out?"

"You use a fighting style that relies exclusively on kicks and dodging," Swift explained. "Not to mention you could easily enter a private hospital room without losing your flight, and that first kick did really hurt. You have a benefactor somewhere… possibly where you picked up on your martial arts training, as that's not ordinary for a wild Chao to know. Meanwhile, it's easier to say I'm more of a wild Chao, because my combat techniques are pretty much not only self-taught but improvised with some Chao Karate mixed in. I use what I can get when I fight… though I can win with my agility."

Ruby scowled. "So why choose to be with a human? You seem to be able to take care of yourself."

"That's where you're wrong," Swift smiled. "I recently learned that I can't handle everything solo… not even my own revenge against the man who burned my house down." Swift turned to walk away-

PEW!

The hedgehog Chao turned right into a tranquilizer dart plunking him square in the forehead. "…I really hate my luck," Swift sleepily stated before falling over onto his side and passing out. Ruby, shrugging, walked over to the Chaos Emerald and Morpher, admiring them.

"Well, even if I lost the battle," she smiled, "I still get the prize." She was about to fly away when a spotlight shined down on her, blinding her. "Aw, damn it," Ruby swore upon sighting the G.U.N. logo on the side of a helicopter. Soon, ropes were thrown down, and professional G.U.N. soldiers slid down them, all bearing non-lethal firearms, and soon she found herself and her downed opponent surrounded. Ruby, knowing that there was no way out of this, just raised her arms in annoyance.

"Judging by this scene," one of the soldiers spoke up while holding a restrained Ruby, "one of these two has to be the Chao gem thief. I know we're here for the girl a few blocks from here, but let's take these two in."

Station Square General Hospital- 04:31

"Okay," Karin asked over the radio, "so do you want to explain what's going on, there?"

"The short version is Frances just became a bit of a firebrand," Chris replied while ducking under a table from one of Frances' fireballs. "That thing about superpowers you said earlier was right?"

"Okay," Karin acknowledged. "Now where's Swift? He should be draining that violent Chaos Energy!"

"Would you believe it if we were ambushed by the mysterious Chao gem thief?" Chris offered. "She showed up, stole the Morpher we were going to use and the Chaos Emerald, and Swift went after her. He should've been back by now."

"Then how the hell-" Karin began, only to stop. "Chris, don't tell me you used your Morpher! Do you know how much energy you could have stored in that thing from your transformations as Sonic?" For a moment, this seemed to shock Frances into stopping her assault, and leaving her stunned. "For all we know, it could be fueling Frances' new powers and making her rampage! You have to remove that Morpher before G.U.N. gets here. I think I see them!"

"…To be fair, you didn't warn us what could happen if any flaws pop up," Chris commented. Soon, Frances jumped up onto the table Chris hid behind for cover. The girl let out an unholy scream as she looked down at him. The flames around her left hand formed into a large cat paw with the claws fully extended.

"Chris…" Frances growled, surprising the boy. "You know what's going on with me? Why it feels like my very soul is on fire? Hell, you even knew about that gem that caused all of this? In fact, you're Sonic?"

"…Yes," Chris replied, surprised to be having this conversation. "We know you're suffering from Chaos Radiation, a rare disease that's prevented the world from fully using Chaos Energy as a fuel source. That gem- a Chaos Emerald- is one of the strongest sources of Chaos Energy on the planet… and it's sort of become my job as Sonic to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands. Unfortunately, you happen to not have any real Chaos Energy, which somehow resulted in this."

"Why the hell didn't you say something, before?" Frances growled. "I could've helped you, out, Chris!"

"It's a hero thing, Frances," Chris replied. "I couldn't tell you or Helen, because… well, you've read comic books, and you know what happened to Helen. If people truly begin relating me and Sonic to you guys, then you'd be targets. Still, I wanted to… in fact, Swift was going to recruit you to help us out, but then this happened. Now, could you put the flaming claw away?" He was answered by Frances suddenly using her right hand to grab her left arm, which began showing some violent resistance.

"Believe me, Chris," Frances stated, "I do want to. However, I… I don't I can resist this power. Chris… what in god's name is going on with me, here? The flames are saying things… they want me to burn this hospital down to the ground."

"Frances," Chris breathed, "you know you can fight that power. I don't know what is going on in that head of yours, but the Francine Hickory Burns that I know would not let herself lose to some sort of non-physical being."

"I think this power's alive, though," Frances replied, wincing her eyes in sudden pain. "These flames are demanding… carnage! What the hell is going on with me?"

"Chris," Karin spoke up, "we need that Morpher off now!"

"Alright, I get it, Dr. Naka!" Chris told the woman. "I'm working on it… but I may need back-up."

"I have you covered!" Knuckles spoke up. Soon, Frances found herself pinned to the wall by Knuckles, who used his clawed hands to hold Frances' arms to it. "Deactivate that Morpher, Sonic! We have no time according to the doctor!"

"Got it!" Chris agreed, rushing over and deactivating the Morpher. Soon, Frances' flames died down, and her normal appearance returned, although disheveled. Frances, appearing to only be awake because of the Chaos Morpher, passed out yet again. "Okay… whatever we're calling that, we have to be careful that it doesn't happen again in a hospital." Taking the Morpher off of Frances' wrist and clapping it back on his own, Chris asked, "So, where's G.U.N.?"

"Who is this 'gun' that you speak of?" Knuckles voiced while lying Frances back on her bed, not knowing it was an acronym.

"Guardian Units of Nations," Chris replied. "We don't have time to go into further details, right now."

"It's true," Tails' voice replied. "Get to the top of the building, soon- G.U.N. will be there, and I'm sure they'll have questions as to what two teenagers are doing in a hospital after hours."

"Yeah," Chris replied. "So, has anyone seen Swift…?"

"You're not going to like it," Tails only replied as Knuckles opened a window to climb out of. Soon, Chris was hanging onto Knuckles' back while climbing up the building, and saw it before reaching the top of the building: Swift being loaded onto a G.U.N. helicopter along with Ruby.

By the time G.U.N. reached the hospital, they had several unanswered questions while recovering Frances. Why were there signs of a fiery struggle throughout her room? Who were the two Chao they captured? Why were they fighting over the gem and the watch? Also, why did the blue Chao look like he was Sonic? Finally, why on God's earth were there tire tracks from a small biplane on the roof of a hospital?

They may never know the answer to these questions.

Thorndyke Manor- 07:26

Danny, Ahaw Kin, Miles, and Spike watched as Chris and Karin paced back and forth, trying to figure out what their next move was. While Chris seemed to have silent anger at the turn of events, Karin was more vocal with her frustration.

"This is unbelievable!" Karin growled. "I know this wasn't supposed to be easy, but one Chao had to throw a monkey wrench into this operation and made it all of the harder to fix! Now, thanks to that bat Chao, not only did we lose Frances to G.U.N., but the Morpher, that Chaos Emerald, that started it all, and my favorite patient!"

"I didn't think you'd play favorites," Miles commented. However a swirl popped over his head, and stated, "I'm still pissed off that we let the Emerald who tormented not just me but tons of others fall into G.U.N.'s hands! Who knows what kind of havoc they might unleash thanks to that thing! We have to find it again!"

"I know, Miles," Karin commented. "However, G.U.N. has several bases around the globe, so they could've taken it, Swift, and Frances just about anywhere in the world by now! Hell, they could have even split them up!"

"Doubtful," Chris voiced. "Frances still has Chaos Radiation in her. Not as much as that episode in the hospital, but still enough to make her an immediate emergency. In that case, G.U.N. wouldn't bother with separation and take her to the closest base they have…" Chris turned to Danny, and grinned. Danny, in response, shook his head.

"Not a chance in hell, Chris," the pilot scowled. "We're not going back there."

"What choice do we have?" Chris asked. "Swift and Frances are our prime concerns, not the fact that they shot one of your old planes down and kicked us out. Besides, you're not exactly going as Daniel Prower."

"Daniel Prower or Tails the Fox, whatever!" Danny snapped. "G.U.N. knows my face, and will shoot me on sight. Hell, they'll do the same to you, whether you're Christopher Thorndyke or Sonic the Hedgehog!"

"My dad owns Meteor Tech, which provides them some of the equipment they use," Chris replied while sitting down and opening a laptop. "They knew that when they booted us from the base instead of arresting us for entering a restricted government facility."

"Your point?" Danny brought up. Chris then turned his laptop to them, showing them a large walker.

"What if Meteor Tech Industries was scheduled to deliver a truck full of new battle combat walker mechs dubbed "Big Foot" that G.U.N. requested to that base in Arizona and I can figure out a way to convince my dad to let us come with him to demonstrate the mechs so Dr. Naka here could slip into the base and find the Morpher, the Chaos Emerald, Swift, and Frances so we can finish extracting Frances' Chaos Energy?"

Everyone looked at Chris as if he had grown a second head. Eventually, Karin asked, "When is this delivery scheduled and how do you know about it?"

"Dad once asked me no name a project he has been working on about four months ago," Chris replied. "I'll admit that it looks nothing like how the stories say Big Foot looks, but it does have very big feet… and big guns. As for when it's happening… tomorrow. I'll e-mail dad to see if he can squeeze us in."

"…Chris, you might've just saved our asses," Karin smiled. The smile quickly faded. "But he doesn't know Ahaw Kin…."

"Which is why we're going to have to disguise him again," Chris simplified. Ahaw Kin and Spike looked at each other.

"Can we get some sleep now?" Spike asked. "I feel like we've been at that hospital for almost three months." (A/N: THERE! Spike complained for you! Don't bring it up in the reviews!)

"We can't afford to get too comfortable right now with Frances in this condition, and if Chris' plan falls through, we're going to have to go in hot," Karin answered. "For now, get ready to move out in case Nelson can't work us in!" The two remaining Chao groaned in annoyance, swirls over their heads.

"If I had a say," Miles moaned, "I would just smash that Emerald and leave it."

"At this point," Spike stated, "I'd almost agree with you. In the short time I've known you all, this is probably the one mission we're going on that I'm not looking forward to."

Ruby: You know neither of us would be at a G.U.N. HQ if you hadn't followed me and made me lose all of that time!

Swift: Don't try to pin everything on me! You're the one who stole the Chaos Emerald and Chaos Morpher- I was just doing my job!

Ruby: Well, too bad about that. I think those G.U.N. jerks have taken interest in you.

Karin: Don't worry. We have a plan, here. I'm going to see Frances myself and get us all out of here before things get worse.

Chris: Dr. Naka, you might have to work fast.

Karin: Why?

Chris: G.U.N.'s not the only ones interested in Frances… Robotnik's here.

Swift: Oh great. Not only do I have to deal with this chick and rescue Frances, I have to escape early to stop Robotnik and G.U.N. from blowing each other up so much that Chris' dad doesn't get killed in the crossfire? Not even I can help save Frances and your dad at the same time if they're so far apart, Chris! I have to choose between them?

Miles: Wow, the next episode, "Assault at G.U.N. HQ! Swift's Tough Decision!" looks like it's gonna suck for him!

Swift: Just try to keep up with- hey! Miles, that's not how we do things!

Kingdom Rider92's Notes: I'm back, peoples! Man, after a long time away, we're back in the saddle. I'm sorry for the long delay- I've been busy.

Edge's Corner: Its true- he had a summer job all throughout July. Anyways, joining me today is the lovely Ruby.

Ruby: Aw, stop, you're embarrassing me, Edge. Now, let's begin…

White Hunter by Edge: Yeah, we're going to be risky on this mission. However, he did give Ruby a run for her money during that fight.

Zohaku by Ruby: To be frank, I'm not one who truly cares why the girl has no Chaos Energy… however, should she live, as you can tell, she'll be dangerous. As for little old me… oh, you'll see.

Sozic by Ruby: Oh, you think that, now? Well, good luck seeing if you're right.

Inspirational Spark by Ruby: Oh, we've looked into it. Don't worry, we'll do that.

Jyn-the-Raccoon by Edge: Now, who said Frances won't be part of the team? As for Metal Sonic, we had to do it- Metal's one of the greatest main villains of any Sonic continuity, perhaps second to Robotnik himself. Metal will rise.

Mattardis by Edge: To be frank, a mixture of both original episodes and game-based story-arcs. Hell, season 1's final arc is going to be based off of one of the greatest things in the games…

Kingdom Rider92's Notes: Okay. Well, we're done, here. See you next update! Kingdom Rider92, out!