Chapter 3: Eggman Strikes Back

Saix1234: Hello! No this story has not been discontinued. I have just been really busy. Anyway, I will be introducing more OCs in this chapter, and, as the title implies, Eggman goes on the offensive. The fate of the world hangs in the balance. Can our heroes save Mobius? Will Blackheart succeed in acquiring the dark chaos emeralds? And where can I get some more of this taffy? It is AWESOME! *omnomnomnom* Taffy!

Disclaimer: Sonic the hedgehog and all related characters are owned by Sega, Sonic Team, and Yuji Naka. Rush and Blackheart are owned by me, so no stealing or I sue! Dante Haizer is owned by fire assassin, and Lewis the hedgehog is owned by SonicSkittleMan. This is non-profit fanfiction, so please don't sue! On with the show!

*Nether Gate Temple*

Sonic and the gang were gathered in the temple in which the Nether Gate was located. "So who are these guys tails?" he said pointing over to Rush, Chakra, and Leon.

"Rush is a friend of Big, Chakra is a friend of Rush, and I guess Leon is a friend of Rouge." Rouge held up her hand and did a "so, so" motion.

"More of a colleague really." she responded. She then responded to tell the story of how he helped her recover a pirate treasure that they had found in an old temple in the jungle.

"You still owe me a share of that treasure by the way." said the gray cat. Leon wanted a share of that treasure, and he wasn't about to let her forget it.

"Where is it anyway?" Rouge replied, looking for the chest.

Leon face palmed, realizing what happened. "We left the treasure in the jungle." He then proceeded to bang his head repeatedly against a support column.

"No!" squealed Rouge. She looked like she was actually starting to cry. Sonic gave a loud cough sound for everyone to quiet down.

"Let's focus on the situation at hand. Who is this Blackheart guy, what does he want, and where did he come from?" Chakra and Rush looked at each other. Rush stepped forward after taking gulp. He sweat dropped and grinned sheepishly.

"I can answer that." he said. "Blackheart is a very powerful demon entity from the Nether World. As for what he wants, he plans on utilizing the dark chaos emeralds to reach his perfect form. I know this, because I accidently released him." he finished, looking down at the floor. Sonic and the others just stared at him in disbelief.

"You released him?" said a very pissed Shadow.

"It was an accident. I went fishing with Big, and I sorta didn't close the gate all the way." he replied, doing that Hinata finger thing out of guilt. (You know what I mean. That thing she always does with her pointer fingers 'cuz she's nervous.)

Sonic face palmed. "This is serious guys! He cancelled out my chaos control!" said Sonic. "Which reminds me, why didn't he stop your chaos control Shadow?" Sonic asked the dark hedgehog.

Responding with a grunt, Shadow took out a small pocket device. "It's called a reverse nullifier. It's a prototype and it only works for a short time. GUN built them after I got my ass handed to me, trying to recapture that emerald he stole." Shadow proceeded to tell the group about how he had gone after Blackheart, found him, and was nearly killed. "He did more than just beating me. He wounded my pride." Shadow said with a snarl. "He said he was too busy to kill me and said it wouldn't matter, because we'd all be dead soon anyway. Then he left me to stew in my failure." He looked down glaring at his loss. Rouge walked up, looking concerned, and put a hand on his shoulder for comfort. He simply sneered refusing it, which left Rouge feeling hurt.

Tails stepped forward. "Shadow, let me see that. I think I can improve on the design. If I can make the effects last longer, we may have a better chance of beating him."

Sonic shot his fist in the air. "Awesome! Things are looking up. We just need to gather the chaos emeralds and a few friends and bingo!"

"I've already been sending messages to the Chaotix Detective Agency, Silver, Blaze, and Omega." said Tails.

"Then let's head out." Sonic said smirking. Just then a temple wall was blown up, and Eggman appeared in his hover vehicle with his robots.

"Hello my little friends, I was going to sit around and watch events play out, but…" he said as one of his dorky new eggcams flew over to him. "My little friend here caught all of you in one place and I just couldn't resist. So destroy them boys!" The heroes were surrounded by the bots in an instant.

"Well it looks like our plan of attack will have to wait." Sonic said smirking.

Sonic and the gang then proceed to fight off the hoard of mechs. Shadow used chaos control and took out about 30. Rush hopped from robot to robot, cutting them up and stabbing them in their heads. Sonic spin dashed and took out about as much as Shadow. Amy smacked one with her Piko Piko hammer, and Rouge knocked one on its shiny metal ass. One tried sneaking up on Rouge. "Heads up!" shouted Amy, smacking the mech's head clean off.

"Literally." she giggled. "If you were coming on to me, then no thanks. You're not my type!" she said kicking the head. Knuckles and Chakra proceeded to smash a bunch of robots while fighting back to back. A trail of orange energy seemed to emit from Chakra's fists when he threw punches and the same energy seemed to emit from his eyes.

"Haven't seen you since you were sentenced to death." said knuckles while fighting. "Not that I care, but where have you been?" he asked.

"Wouldn't you like to know, knuckle head." he said, teleporting around and kicking the crap out of a mech.

"Don't make me punch you." growled Knuckles.

Chakra laughed. "I'd like to see you try. We can fight later, but I think we should focus on the robots right now."

*Eggman's Base*

While Eggman was preoccupied, Blackheart was storming Eggman's base in search of his chaos emerald. Some robots ran up and tried to attack, but he shoved them away just by waving his hand. "Such pitiful toys, where is that damn emerald." he said. Just then two hedgehogs entered the room. One was a darker shade of blue then sonic with green eyes. He looked like a teenager. The other was a slightly older hedgehog. He had blonde fur and quills, with purple eyes and his quills reached down to his neck with bangs past his eyes. He also wore black pants with a chain at the side, a dark purple long sleeved jacket, and fingerless gloves. The most distinguishing characteristic about him, however, was the scar that ran down his left arm going down from the base of his shoulder to between his middle and ring fingers. The blonde one stepped forward.

"If you're here for the same thing we are. You're in for a world of hurt." he said as black flame surrounded his body.

Saix1234: Finally finished this chapter! Really liking where this is going. Anyway, please R&R. I'll get to chapter four eventually. Thanks again for the submitted OC's. Remember, if you want to see more of Rush, read fire assassin's Universal War. CONSTRUCTIVE criticism is welcome. Flames will be used against you by Blaze.