"This is where my Chaoskey is…" Rudolph said as he stared at the door. Then Rudolph wined back his fist, and threw it straight at the door sending it flying allowing Rudolph to run inside. But once inside, what he saw frightened him beyond belief. He was within a very large room and to his right he saw the same human from before, the psychotic evil genius, Dr. Robotnik sitting in a control station. But in the center… floating within a large glass orb with tubes running from the orb… he saw the screaming Tikal as electricity surged through her burning her fur as the Chaoskey was forcing itself through her fur and into her skin on her stomach.

Robotnik turned to the falling door and saw none other than the same echidna from the night so many days before. "YOU!!? What are you doing here!!?"

But Rudolph didn't hear him, every ounce of his being was fixated on Tikal. Without thinking, Rudolph dashed for Tikal as fast as he could, leapt in the air and charged through the glass grabbing Tikal and plunging through the glass on the other side. Rudolph looked over the horribly damaged echidna in his arms, praying she was still alive, but slowly, Tikal began to open her eyes.

"Tikal… can you hear me?" Rudolph asked.

Slowly a smile form on her face as she made eye contact with him. "Ru… Rudolph… I-I knew… you'd come… you promised… right…?"

"Yeah, I promised. I'm here Tikal, I won't let him hurt you again."

"Mathias warned… me about… the Chaoskey… it belongs… to you… I… fought it off… for you…" Then Tikal's eyes closed as she lost consciousness leaving Rudolph to stare at her body.

Sonic and the others soon found the main entrance and saw the back of Rudolph who was kneeling on the ground clutching Tikal in his hands. Sonic turned to Robotnik who was slamming his hands his control pad.

"ROBOTNIK!!! How could you!!!?" Sonic shouted causing Robotnik to turn to Sonic and his friends in fright.

"But-but-but I killed you!" he stuttered. "I saw you die! How can you still be here!?"

"You're really gonna wish you'd killed me after I'm done with you!"

Robotnik quickly ran along the pipes that were attached to the floating orb, which led to an incredibly large robot which was at least 10 stories tall. He quickly opened a door on the shoe, walked inside, and appeared with the head of the machine. "Alright Sonic! I've absorbed enough energy from the brat and the Chaoskey to power my suit to combat even your super form! Try and stop me if you can!" Robotnik laughed as his machine pulled itself from the wall.

"Robotnik!!!" Sonic shouted but then suddenly, the room began to dim and a small green glow could be seen. When everyone turned to the glow, they saw the light was emitting from the kneeling Rudolph then suddenly, a huge force emitted from the brown echidna as his green aura expanded and exploded with power.

"YOU!!!!!" Rudolph growled. When he turned his head, eyes which were glowing a piercing green was fixated on Robotnik who took a few steps away in fright. "HOW DARE YOU!!!" Rudolph growled as he slowly rose from the ground still holding the unconscious Tikal in his arms.

"Wh-what is he!?" Robotnik asked as he stared at the raging boy.

"Do-do you guys feel that?" Knuckles asked in disbelief. "The pressure he's emitting is beyond belief."

"Yes." Shadow with just as much shock as everyone else. "It's taking everything I have just to stand. How could one person generate this much power?"

"Guys," Tails wined. "It's so hard to breathe."

"It's the force coming from him." Blaze spoke. "His power is burning the very air itself."

Rudolph slowly turned around glaring at Robotnik. "Nice light show kid." Robotnik grinned. "But there's no way you can stop me now! Hand over that girl, and I'll make your death painless." Though Rudolph didn't flinch, his eyes narrowed as his power increased again blowing much more force in every which direction.

"Damn!!!" Sonic shouted over the roar of Rudolph's aura. "How much power does he have!!?" But then suddenly, the force stopped allowing everyone to move freely. When everyone looked to Rudolph, his green aura flared and roared as if his every ounce of rage and fury were being poured into it. Then Tikal quickly vanished from his hands and reappeared in Sonic's hands.

Rudolph slowly turned to Sonic and his friends "Take her as far away from here as possible." Then Rudolph turned back to Robotnik.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!" Robotnik laughed. "You got balls kid! Thinking you can take me on all by yourself!" Rudolph didn't move irritating Robotnik. "Alright then!!! I'm coming for you!!" Robotnik shouted as his machine dashed for Rudolph preparing a punch, but when its fist made contact, though Rudolph didn't move out of the way, he didn't flinch on impact scaring Robotnik and everyone else. Rudolph instantly disappeared, and reappeared in front of the chest plate of Robotnik's mecha and punched him sending him flying into a wall. Robotnik was quick to pull himself out his hole and rushed towards Rudolph.

"THAT'S IT NO MORE GAMES!!!!" Robotnik yelled as his robotic fist charged itself with energy and swung it at Rudolph who in turn, leapt into the air dodging the attack. But as he Rudolph was in the air, both of Robotnik's robotic fist drew themselves into their arms and in their place came out two large barrel blasters. When he aimed for Rudolph and fired, Rudolph instantly vanished, then reappeared behind Robotnik with his hands aimed for his back. When Robotnik turned around, Rudolph shot a green energy beam that blew Robotnik into the ceiling. And after a moment, Robotnik fell to the ground before Rudolph. "You…" Robotnik growled. "Don't worry, I'll get you." He said as his machine suddenly grabbed Rudolph and held him in the air and to Rudolph's surprise, he was unable to free himself. "HA!! Struggle all you want! This machine was designed to absorb any amount of Chaos Energy and with every one of my robot's limbs made up of a Chaos Syphons, I can absorb your power in a matter of moments!" Slowly Rudolph's roaring aura began to fade but was still flaring as he tried to break free. "Hmm I didn't think you would have so much power. After I'm done with you, not even the all powerful Master Emerald will be able to stop me!!!"

Sonic turn to Shadow and placed Tikal in his hands, "Shadow watch her for me. He can't do this alone." Then Sonic turned and dashed for Robotnik.

"I'm coming with you too!" Tails called.

"Count me in too!" Knuckles shouted as the two of them ran to catch up with Sonic. Once the three were close, they all jumped into the air and rammed Robotnik with a spindash knocking him over, dropping Rudolph in the process.

Robotnik was quick to regain his balance as he turned to the trio. "You dirty pieces of shit!!!" And at that moment, both Sonic and Knuckles ran up to Robotnik's machine and attacked its legs causing him to fall forward. Then Tails running at full speed, backflipped in the air and using his two tails, knocked Robotnik onto his back.

"Hey Rudy." Sonic called to Rudolph who was just getting to his feet.

"Ugh, I thought I asked you to watch Tikal?" He asked as his power returned to its peak.
Sonic just grinned as he turned back to Robotnik, "Heh, and when did I ever listen to you?"

Then Robotnik quickly picked himself up and glared at the four. "I'm… going to enjoy killing you."

"Bring it on!!!" Sonic shouted as everyone leapt for Robotnik. Robotnik swung his arm for Tails but the arm was block by leaping Knuckles leaving him wide open for Sonic to kick Robotnik's chest causing him to tip off-balance allowing Rudolph to attack his legs forcing him back. But before Robotnik could fall and hit the ground, he quickly activated his boosters and lunged himself for the airborne Knuckles. But at that very moment, Rudolph jumped in the air and screwdrived him straight into the ground. Then as Knuckles landed, he took a hold of Robotnik, and threw him into the air and while he was airborne, both Sonic and Tails cross-spindashed Robotnik before he hit the ground. Robotnik struggled to get to his feet coming face to face with the suddenly appearing Rudolph who kicked the robot into the wall.

"I'm not… beat yet… I will rule this world… I will have power." Robotnik said as he tried to lift his arms.

"Give it up!" Sonic shouted with a grin. "You can't beat us!"

"You may be able to protect yourselves… but what about your friends?" Robotnik said as he pointed to Shadow, Blaze, Rouge, and the unconscious Tikal.

"Leave them alone!!" Knuckles shouted.

"TOO LATE!!!" Robotnik shouted as his hands turned into laser cannons and shot at the unsuspecting group creating a huge explosion. Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles stood helplessly staring at the explosion but once the smoke cleared, everyone was completely unharmed with Rudolph standing in front of the group with more power than the previous moment. "H-h-how!?" Robotnik stuttered as he stared at Rudolph who stared back with eyes more sinister than ever before.

"YOU WANT POWER!!!!!?" Rudolph shouted as he raised his hands towards Robotnik. "THEN TAKE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN!!!!!" Then an incredibly large green beam shot from Rudolph's body and headed straight towards Robotnik blowing him through multiple walls until he was blown into the engine core destroying it.

Sonic, Tails and Knuckles quickly ran to Shadow and the others, "Are you guys ok?" Sonic asked as the ship began shaking.

"We're fine but we better hurry." Rouge said as she looked around while everyone tried to keep their balance. "This place feels like it's going down!"

"Then let's hurry." Rudolph said as his power slowly diminished and he returned to his original state.

"Fine, let's get out of here!" Sonic yelled as he and everyone ran for the exit. But as the team reached an exit, it was sealed off by a door.

Knuckles stood in front of the door and wined back a fist. "Stand back everyone!!!" but when he swung his fist at the door, he didn't even leave a dent.

"Wow Knuckles." Rouge said sarcastically "Can you do that again?"

"Shut up!" Knuckles shouted back.

"This isn't the time for this!" Blaze shouted. "We need to find another exit."

"But if this exit is blocked off…" Tails began. "Then the others are more than likely blocked off as well."

"Damnit!!!" Sonic shouted as he slammed his fist together. "What are we going to do now?"

Rudolph looked at Tikal then turned to the door. "Everyone stand back if you don't want to die."

Everyone looked at Rudolph with confusion before Sonic spoke up, "Hey bud, thanks but you're not as strong as Knuckles so trying by yourself really won't get us anywhere."
"We don't have much time so hurry up and get out of my way!" Rudolph yelled causing everyone to move behind Rudolph. Then Rudolph put up his hands,

"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!" then Rudolph shot a blast from his hands that destroyed the door but once the smoke cleared, there was another door behind it. "ERRRRR!!!! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Then Rudolph fired a green beam that pierced through every door and wall in front of him until it lead outside.

"WOW!!!" Sonic said as he stared down the path of destruction. "Alright! Let's go!" Sonic shouted as everyone ran as fast as they could through the path. But as he turned to his friends, Sonic saw Rudolph on the ground and ran over to him. "Hey, you ok?"

"I'm… fine. Let just get out of here." Rudolph said as he and Sonic ran through the path with their friends. Once outside, they quickly realized the aircraft was in fact free falling from the sky.

"What do we do now?" Tails asked.

Sonic quickly looked around, "Shadow you could use Chaos Control, right?"

Shadow shook his head. "I can't. Chaos Control is warping at high speeds. If I were to use it to get us to the ground, we would exit falling at the same velocity that we're falling at now."

"Damnit bad idea. Blaze what about Sol Manipulation?"

Blaze shook her head as well, "It works with the same properties as Chaos Control. What if Tails and Rouge carry us?" Blaze asked.

Rouge sighed, "I'm flattered you think I'm that strong but I couldn't carry everyone off at once and we're falling way too fast for me to make two trips."
Rudolph quickly looked around and saw a small mountain in the distant. 'It would take all the energy I have left…' Rudolph thought but then looked at Tikal then his other friends, 'But I have no other choice.' "Everyone." Rudolph called getting everyone's attention. Then he held out his hand. "Put your hands together." Everyone followed his orders and put their hands together with Rudolph's. The aircraft hit the ground with so much force that it could be felt from across the desert.

On a mountain several miles away, everyone suddenly appeared on a ledge. Everyone turned to the direction of the explosion of Robotnik's aircraft and cheered.

"Yeah Rudy!" Sonic cheered, "Way to go! Now that's thinking…" but Sonic instantly stopped when he saw Rudolph lying lifelessly, face down on ground. He quickly ran to his side as he rolled him over and shook him causing everyone to turn their attention to Sonic and Rudolph. "Hey Rudy! You alright!? Come on wake up!" Rudolph slowly began to stir relieving the blue hedgehog and his friends. "Whoa buddy… you gave me quite a scare."

Rudolph weakly opened his eyes, "Is… Tikal ok?"

Shadow walked over to Rudolph and knelt down showed him Tikal, "She's fine."
A small, weak smile appeared on his face, "That's… a relief…" then Rudolph passed out in Sonic's arms.

"Man…" Knuckles sighed. "I guess that last move took everything he had. He must be exhausted." Sonic slowly placed Rudolph's arm over his shoulder and Knuckles quickly place the other on his. "Here, let me help."

"Thanks." Sonic smiled. "So where do we go from here?"

Knuckles looked over to his left, "Angel Island is that way. We can heal ourselves there."
Then Tails pulled out his phone. "I don't have much power, but I'm going to send Cream a text to meet us at Angel Island."

Sonic grinned, "Cool." And with that said, everyone began walking towards Angel Island.