Sorry to everyone about the last chapter. I did forget to tell what Frost looked like. He is light blue with a gecko's head. His upper is made of a scale like interior while his legs and tail are metallic. Now on with the story.

Chapter 16

READY!

Sonic and Zero made their special entrances into the Ancient Ruins. The place was crawling with mechanaloids. Zero drew his Z-Saber and struck his combat pose. This was going to be fun.

"Wow," Sonic said scratching his head. "Look at all the bad guys."

"This'll be fun," Zero leaped the air towards one of the floating ruins. While in mid air one of the enemies launched a small blast of energy at him. Zero slice the blast in half and landed on the ruin.

"Wait for me," Sonic called making a run for it. He noticed a ruin was floating his way and jumped on it running its side. Once he reached the top he leaped onto a second floating ruin and kicked off it. He could see Zero in the middle combat with the mechanaloids. "Hang on. I'm on the way."

"Take your time!" Zero called. "No problem here."

Zero back flipped and kicked off a wall where he landed behind an enemy. The little robot was about a foot high. It was a little black head with a yellow hard hat and digging pick at its side. Zero grabbed it by its pick and through the air towards Sonic. "Kick off it."

Sonic noticed the robot coming at him fast. He curled up a ball an pushed himself through the air toward the robot. "Sonic Tornado!" he shouted as he began to move in mid air circles around the little robot. After his third cycle around Sonic came to a sudden stop in back of the mechanaloid. He pulled back his feet and kicked off as hard as he could sending him flying towards Zero and the others.

Zero swung his sword slicing a mini robot in half. He looked about the small to see if there were anymore and there were none. Or so he thought, one of the little slowly creeped up behind lifting its pick once it reached the peek of its attack Zero turned around. "Look out!" Sonic yelled as he came crashing into the little robot knocking it off the ruin. Zero rolled his eyes with relief.

"Thank," he said

"What did I do?" Sonic tilted his head. "Was there someone else here?"

"Never mind."

Zero pointed out into the distance noticing that there was a temple in the short distance. Together he and Sonic leaped towards a floating piece of rock the rock carried them around for a few seconds until Sonic noticed a large stone pillar headed there way.

"Zero look."

Zero clutched his saber preparing to leap off. "C'mon."

Zero took the lead with Sonic right behind him. The two ran along the side of a floating platform and leaped off it heading towards the pillar. Zero pointed his sword out and sliced the pillar in half. Then the two kicked off the scattered pieces of the pillar and continued soaring through the air. Sonic noticed a piece of the ruins was floating there way so ran up its side and shot high into the air. Zero put his sword into the side of the floating ruin and kicked up into the air toward Sonic. The two grabbed hands and began to twirl each other around. "Ready?" Zero asked.

"Ready."

Zero flung Sonic into the distance sending him toward the temple. Still in midair, he kicked off a floating and sliced a second one out of his way. He was nowhere near the temple why didn't he just fling himself? Then it hit him. Zero switched his Z saber for his Recoil Rods and bounce off an upcoming. He was getting more distance that way.

"Alright I'm almost there," he said.

Then suddenly piece of ruin came from underneath him knocking him off his course. Zero gasped in pain from the impact and was knocked out. Sonic looked out from the temple towards Zero, he saw what had happened. "Zero!" I gotta do some thing. Then all of the sudden Zero disappeared. "What the?"

Then Zero reappeared in front of him. Sonic kneeled over to see if his comrade was alright. Zero slowly opened his eyes to see a blue hedgehog looking down at him. "Sonic?" he asked.

"Zero what happened out there?" Sonic tilted his head.

"It was your friend Shadow," Zero replied getting up to his feet. "After that ruin slammed into me I saw for a quick moment and he teleported me over here.

"So it was Shadow after all," Sonic to himself.

"Well anyway back to our subject, Tails do you read?" Zero put his hand up to his comlink. "What can you tell me about this place besides floating ruins?"

"Let's see," Tails began typing in his computer. "Well nothing's really from all the times we've been out there. Wait!"

"What is it," Sonic said. "Is it a Chaos Emerald?"

"Yes, and it's headed your way."

"What?"

Then all of the sudden the doors of the temple began to open revealing a large boulder. The boulder had a bright green glow coming from behind it. sonic lifted one of his eyebrows with suspicion.

"Something's not write about that boulder," Sonic said.

Then all of the sudden the boulder began to roll towards them. Sonic grabbed Zero's arm and dashed away from the boulder. The boulder the then began to roll towards them, whenever Sonic made up the rock would right there behind him. It almost seemed like the giant rock had a mind of its own. "That's it!" Zero pulled out his Buster Gun and fired at the giant rock causing it to stop in its tracks.

"Sonic wait," Zero said pulling himself from Sonic' grip. The blue hedgehog came to a sudden stop and the two looked at the giant rock before them.

WARNING!

The boulder began to split began to open up as if you were cutting open an orange. Once the opening process was complete Zero and Sonic were amazed to see there was a reploid inside holding the last Chaos Emerald. Sonic and Zero struck there combat poses ready for a fight. The reload looked like the entire body was made out of rock and it had a two swords attached to its back.

"Are you Golem of the Stone?" Zero asked clutching his sword.

"That I am young one," the reploid. "I take it you are Zero and Sonic the Hedgehog. Master X told about you. I do not wish to fight you, please stand aside."

"You seem like a cool guy," Sonic said. "Why not just hand over the Chaos Emerald and leave?"

"I'm sorry but I can not do that. It is up to me to help Master X help release his dream of human and reploid piece."

"The reploids can achieve piece with the use of war and violence. Don't you see that?"

"That is what Master X believes as well my friend. But the humans are like animals. They must sometimes by trained by force. They know not what they at times. And that is why I must take this Chaos Emerald to my mas…" Golem was then cut off. The reploid fell to his knees.

"What in the?" Sonic asked.

Golem of the Stone then fell to the ground and exploded. Once the dust cleared Sonic was surprised at what he saw.

"M.S.5," he yelled.

It was Dr. Eggman's new creation stood before Zero and Sonic. Its hand was covered in oil and wires. In his other hand was the Chaos Emerald. "Greetings Sonic the Hegdehog and Zero."

"Why did you do that," Zero pointed his weapon towards robotic hedgehog. "He was your comrade."

"I was instructed to retrieve the Chaos Emerald," the robot replied. "And this was a defective reploid. He was not Master X's plan for piece. He was merely a tool."

"Master X?" Sonic lifted an eyebrow.

"A tool huh?" Zero retorted. "And what does that make you?"

M.S.5 paused for a moment and then hovered away. Zero made chase leaving Sonic behind. "Master X?" he said in his mind again. "Why not say master Robotnik?"

"Sonic hurry up!" Zero called.

Sonic shook his head snapping back to reality and caught to up to Zero.

(Eggman's Base)

Eggman slammed his fists against his computer keyboard. "Only one! The meddling rodent and his saber wielding wretch of a friend have all of my emeralds and all we could recover was one. This is all your fault!"

Eggman turned around in his seat and pointed at Copy X. Hapruia, Leivaithan and Fenrir jumped forward feeling hostility and Shadow did the same to protect Eggman. Copy lifted his hand as a signal saying everything was fine and the three guardians stood down. "Now, now D-Doctor," he said calmly. "Everything is going to be fine."

"Fine! What do you mean fine?"

"Here's what we do."

looks like things are starting to heat up in our story everyone. What is this plan Copy X speaks of? And what of the last Chaos Emerald? Will Sonic and Zero catch the evil M.S.5? tune in for the next chapter of Reploids and Hedgehog's