Inside a certain part of the Tesla Leicht main building is a laboratory. The laboratory had a few tables with chairs next to them. One part of the laboratory was lined with computer terminals.
At a table which was near the laboratory's door, some people were gathered there. Ibis Douglas, Sleigh Presty and Tsugumi Takakura, pilots of the Hyperion, and Glacies, the former member of the Ruina, were seated at the table enjoying a blueberry pie baked by Tsugumi. Clifford Gygax, the former assistant of Joshua's deceased father Filio Radcliffe, along with Axel Almer and Alfimi were standing next to the table watching the women enjoy their pie.
"Tsugumi, your baking is good as always!" Ibis said happily as she ate her slice of pie.
"You better not eat too much, Ibis. You'll get fat if you do so," Sleigh jokingly said.
"Oh, come on, Sleigh! That's so mean!" Ibis replied, pouting slightly. Tsugumi, Sleigh and Clifford laughed a little at Ibis's reaction. Glacies, Axel and Alfimi just smiled.
"Now, now, Ibis," Tsugumi said. She turned to Clifford, Axel and Alfimi and then said, "By the way, are you sure you all do not want to try some of the pie?"
"Oh, I'm sure. Perhaps later during dinner time," Clifford replied.
"Same here," said Axel.
"Say, Joshua and Rim should be back by now right?" said Ibis. "I wonder what's taking them so long,"
"Yes, they said they were going to ponder over some things at the roof earlier," said Sleigh. "They must be thinking of a lot of things,"
"I wouldn't be surprised," Clifford stated, his expression becoming a little serious. "Those two did go through a lot,"
"That is true," Axel said while closing his eyes for a short moment.
"To lose a father to the likes of my kind…" said Glacies with a saddened expression. "It is indeed saddening,"
"Yes," Axel said. "But, what matters is that we move onward and carve our paths,"
"That's correct, Axel," stated Alfimi.
"Well, aside from the sad stories, I think it's best that you ladies go back to enjoying your pie. Won't want it to be drenched by our tears, right?" Clifford said to Tsugumi, Ibis, Sleigh and Glacies. Everyone laughed a little at Clifford's attempt to cheer everyone up. At that moment, the laboratory door opened and Joshua and Cliana walked in.
"Ah, Joshua, Rim, you are here," Clifford said. "Have you all pondered enough?"
"Kind of," said Joshua. "The truth is there's something I and Rim need to show all of you,"
"Show us?" asked Axel. "What is it?"
"About that…" As Cliana spoke, the laboratory door opened again and everyone soon heard another voice.
"Wow! This is quite a nice place you have here, Joshua, Rim!" Honey spoke as she stepped into the laboratory.
"Hey, wait!" Knuckles said while following her. "Joshua told us not to enter until he says we can!"
Soon, Ibis, Sleigh, Tsugumi, Glacies, Clifford, Axel and Alfimi saw the Mobians walk into the laboratory. As the Mobians went in front of Joshua and Cliana, Ibis and her company were surprised. They could not believe what they were seeing.
"Joshua," Clifford said while pointing to Mobians. "Who are they?"
Joshua then replied, "That's what we wanted to show you,"
"Joshua, Rim, what are these things?" said Ibis. "I mean really, WHAT!?"
"They seem to look like a bunch of chibi kemono*…" Sleigh commented.
[*Japanese. Roughly meaning "little animals"]
"Who are you calling chibi kemono?!" Knuckles exclaimed. "We're called Mobians! Not just animals!" Everyone except the Mobians became surprised upon hearing Knuckles speak.
"Axel?" said Alfimi. "Doesn't this being sound like you when you raise your voice?"
"What are you talking about? There's no way this being sounds like me," Axel replied while looking slightly surprised. He then spoke in his mind, Is what I'm saying right now but, why is it that I get the feeling that Alfimi is right?**
At that moment Knuckles who looked at Axel also spoke in his mind, Wait a sec. Maybe it's me but, doesn't that red headed guy sound like me?**
[**Note: Axel and Knuckles share the same seiyuu (voice actor), Nobutoshi Kanna. This is why Axel and Knuckles are questioning about the similarity of their voices]
After a short pause, Clifford cleared his throat. He then spoke to the Mobians, "Anyway, perhaps you all would like to introduce yourselves?"
"Ah, that's right!" Honey said. "How could we forget? Well, I guess I'll start first," Honey then said in an upbeat manner, "I'm Honey the Cat, founder, CEO and designer of the Honey Brand of Clothes and Accessories!"
"You're a fashion designer?" Tsugumi asked Honey.
"That's right!" replied a cheerful Honey. "And my catchphrase is…" Honey then broke out in her trademark routine and added, "…if it's not sweet, you're not wearing Honey!" Hearing this, the humans present in the laboratory gave Honey a curious stare.
After Honey finished her introduction, Blaze stepped forward. "I am Blaze the Cat, princess of the Sol Zone. But, please just call me Blaze. And it is a pleasure to meet you,"
"I'm Knuckles. Good to meet you," Knuckles introduced himself. Storm and Lightning took off their straw hats and held them after Knuckles introduced himself.
"I am the head of the Raiju clan of ninjas, known as the Bride of the Conquering Storm. You may call me Storm," Storm said. She then added, "With me is my right hand man and husband, Lightning Lynx,"
"It's good to meet you," Lightning said.
"Hmm… You're quite an interesting group," said Clifford to the Mobians. "I'm Clifford Gygax. And with me are Ibis Douglas, Sleigh Presty, Tsugumi Takakura, Glacies, Axel Almer, Alfimi, Joshua Radcliffe and Cliana Rimskaya,"
Once the introductions were over, Glacies then said to the Mobians, "I heard one of you say that you all were called Mobians. Are they a kind of being from another world?"
"You are correct," said Blaze. "We come from a planet called Mobius. In fact, we have been dragged into this world by an unknown force,"
"Could you explain your current circumstances?" Glacies asked.
"I will. However, what I am about to explain might be beyond your comprehension," said Blaze.
Hearing this, Clifford smiled and said, "Try us,"
(scene change)
In a meeting room located in the Earth Federation Izu base, the SRX Team's members were seated at the room's large table. Tetsuya Onodera, captain of the Hagane, along with Eita Nadaka and Adzuki, were seated with the team as well. Ryusei and Tetsuya were drinking some water while talking with the rest of the group about their current circumstances.
Apparently, Major Kai had called for the whole of the SRX Team to meet up with him at the Earth Federation Izu base for an important matter. Kai stated that it was a bit sudden but, he promised to explain everything properly once he met up with the SRX Team.
"I wonder what Major Kai wants to talk with us about," Ryusei Date stated. "And he seems to be taking his time,"
"Since Major Kai said it was an important matter, we shouldn't ignore it," said Raidese F. Branstein.
"I hope it's not too serious a matter," stated Mai Kobayashi.
"Regardless of what the matter is, it is important that we stay calm," said Tetsuya.
"Captain Tetsuya is correct," said Viletta Vadim, head of the SRX Team. "Let us wait for Major Kai and hear what he needs to say," As Viletta finished speaking, Major Kai stepped into the meeting room.
"Ah, Major Kai, it's good to see you again," Tetsuya greeted Kai.
"It's good to see all of you as well," Kai greeted everyone in the room. "Now, I know I am to explain the important matter which I mentioned to all of you before. However, before that, there is something I need to address first,"
"What is it?" Raidese asked.
"Regarding that…" Kai paused for a moment before he continued speaking. "…it might be something that might surprise all of you,"
"Why do you say that?" Aya Kobayashi, Mai's sister, asked.
"You'll soon see," Kai said. He walked to the meeting room's door causing it to open. Kai then turned to look at someone outside the meeting room and said, "You may enter," At that moment, the Freedom Fighters walked into the room. This caused the SRX Team, Tetsuya, Eita and Adzuki to be shocked.
"Amazing!" Sonic was the first to walk into the room. "This is quite a nice place you have here-" His words were cut short when he saw the shocked looks on the faces of the SRX Team's members, Tetsuya, Eita and Adzuki.
"What's wrong?" Sonic asked the shocked people.