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The past Shadow couldn't believe the sight before him when he saw the shattered artifact. What shocked him even further was what he read on the parchment. It read: "Black Doom got here first. I tried to stop him, but failed miserably and he released Mephiles. Even worse, Mephiles joined Black Doom in his plans to conquer the Earth. We tried to fix the future by preventing Black Doom from possessing the Scepter, but we arrived a little too late. I ask you, whoever is reading this, to pass this message on to everyone you trust to help us stop the evil. If Mephiles and Iblis merge as one, total annihilation awaits us all. If that's not bad enough, here's the outcome I believe would happen: since Mephiles is indebted to Black Doom for freeing him, he might give Solaris's Power of space and time to the Black Arms leader. If this were to happen, I fear that Shadow the Hedgehog of the past might be wiped out from existence, thus erasing his influence on the world. I hope this is enough to make sure something gets done about this because if it's ignored, the world and all it's inhabitants are doomed to extinction. The only thing I'm sure to prevent the worst from happening would be to make sure Iblis does not get anywhere near Mephiles. This is the one thing that I'm sure would prevent the worst from happening. For the sake of the world and time, please do whatever it takes to prevent this future from happening because it all started when Mephiles was released by Black Doom."
"Holy shit!" Eggman yelled when the hedgehogs returned to the dome and showed him the note. "Seems like whoever wrote the note really tried to fix the future but failed" the fat man concluded. Before the evil doctor could say another word, he called out for bokkun to deliver a message to the sonic heroes. The moment the small robot flew in to record the message, he grabbed the mini-T.V. and disassembled it. Eggman's intention of taking apart the T.V. was simple: he was going to remove the bomb planted in each of the T.V.s he sends to the heroes. After a little while, Eggman re-assembled the television without the exploding feature.
At Tails's workshop, Sonic was about to have lunch with the gang, until he heard the doorbell ring. "I'll get it" Knuckles said with a little frustration. When he opened the door, he saw Bokkun hovering in place with a terrified expression in his eyes. "Get lost you little creep! I don't feel like having an explosion in my face before lunch." Knuckles warned, cracking his namesakes. "Doctor Eggman's message is too important to ignore. He modified this T.V. so that it doesn't explode when the message is delivered. He also says that he isn't making a challenge, but a… nevermind. Just watch!" the little robot retorted before the echidna finally let the little guy in.
About five minutes later, everyone in the workshop gathered in front of Bokkun as he placed the television on a worktable. Sonic turned on the little T.V. and Eggman's face suddenly popped up. "Sorry to disturb you at this time, but I just received a note left at the Ruins of Soleanna, found by Shadow while looking for the Scepter of Darkness, that explains the future. I'm afraid that even I am terrified of what it says, but I need your help on this dire matter. I know for a fact that the message is true because it was handwritten by someone who is not of this time-period, I will explain this later, who apparently wants us to help him fix the future through our time period. Long story short, the world will be erased from existence if something isn't done to stop Black Doom. I need everyone of you to meet me at Soleanna. From there, I will take you to my temporary base of operations where I will explain the whole situation. This is not a trick of mine because you all know I'm after world domination, not world destruction. I will explain everything when you get to Soleanna. I will meet you at the entrance to Princess Elise's castle. Two more things I need to mention to you. One: this is a matter of life-and-death through time distortions and this is not a situation you can ignore; it's one that determines the fate of the world and history itself. Two: this is a special T.V. that I modified to not explode when the message is sent. I did this to show you that this is a different situation. Until we meet, sayanora".
When the message ended, everyone hid behind something to shield themselves from an explosion they anticipated. Everyone remained hidden for two minutes before Tails came out of hiding and checked the T.V. for an explosive. "Eggman kept his word about the T.V. not being rigged with the usual explosives" he said after inspecting the little television. Everyone gave a sigh of relief then came out of their hiding places. "Guys, I think Eggman is serious if he made sure the television didn't explode and told us to meet him in a highly populated location. He's sure taking some big risks to meet us in person. I think it may be a trap, but we have to go regardless." Sonic announced before running off to Soleanna. The others raced after the blue blur, but Tails stayed behind to call the Chaotix Team and inform them about the change in situation. Once that was out of the way, the young mechanic shut down the workshop completely and flew off in pursuit of his friends.
At the entrance to Princess Elise's castle, Eggman was waiting for Sonic and co. to show up. While he was waiting, he was assembling some communication devices to aid his soon-to-be-allies in their jobs. He was interrupted when Ozone flew in carrying Amy and Princess Elise under his arms and said, "When I heard about the note, I rushed to the 'ruins' to see if there was anything else around, and I found these ladies unconscious in a hidden room near the Scepter of Darkness's resting place." The moment the alien finished that statement, Sonic and the gang showed up. At first, Sonic couldn't believe his eyes when he saw Elise and Amy in his arms like that and yelled, "I thought you liked peace, not corruption! What have you done, Ozone!?" Ozone saw this coming and replied in a calm manner, "Relax, Sonic, the situation you see is complicated. While I was scouting out the 'ruins' of Soleanna in the desert, I found these girls unconscious in a hidden room and brought them here to get some help." Ozone knew that if he told the gang that he was working with Eggman, they would consider him an outcast and an enemy, so he told that white lie.
"Follow me, I'll take you to my temporary base" said the fat man as he motioned for his 'guests' to follow him. The trip didn't take long because his 'base' was an abandoned warehouse at the port. When they were inside, the interior was renovated to look like it was brand new, but the one thing they noticed right away was this: none of the technology there had Eggman's face or symbol on them. "I didn't have time to decorate like I usually do, but that was because of this emergency crisis." Eggman informed the group before seating everyone on some benches nearby. He cleared his throat, then turned on the overhead projector to help him explain the emergency and why he called them in.
Meanwhile, in another part of Soleanna, a hedgehog with what seemed like blue energy in the shape of a circle on the palms of his hands stood there staring at Eggman's 'base' wondering what he might be doing with Sonic and co. held his head down in puzzlement. Next to him was Blaze the Cat, but she put her hand on the hedgehog's back as if to comfort him and said, "Silver, what's wrong?" Silver responded, "Nothing, just wondering where I've seen that blue hedgehog before. It's not important right now, but there's something familiar about him that I just can't quite figure out." With that, he suddenly jumped off the rooftop he was on and dashed for the blue blur's location with Blaze following close behind.
Seems like there's more at stake than the other chaos emeralds falling into the wrong hands now. What does Eggman want Sonic and co. to do to prevent the worst from happening? What happened to Metal Sonic? Will Sonic be able to tolerate Eggman long enough to hear him out? Find out in the next chapter.