~Team Dark's viewpoint~
Shadow, Rouge, and Omega were still trying to find out of the jungle. They always ended up in the same spot. They tried calling G.U.N, but the communicator didn't work. Somehow, even Shadow's Chaos Control just teleported them to the same place. As time passed, certain things didn't even appear on the radar.
"Why can't we get out of here?" Rouge screamed out of frustration.
"No life forms or Chaos Emeralds found on radar." Omega told them.
"What?" Shadow and Rouge said in unison. As time passed, Rouge saw a gem with the sun's light beaming off of it.
"Guys, do you see it?" she told her friends. They didn't see anything. "I have to have it!" When she ran to it, it floated away from her. To her, she chased after it. To the other two, she was just staring at the sky.
"Rouge?" Shadow asked her, "Rouge!" He turned and saw Omega just staring at the sky too. To Omega, all of Eggman's robots appeared in front of him. It was like just looking at him mocked him.
"I am the ultimate robot! I shall not be defeated!" Omega then shot rockets at the robots, destroying about twenty-five with still an army around him. He rushed at the android army, sending his artillery at the army. Shadow was seeing both of his friends just staring like idiots with nothing interesting.
"What's going on?" Shadow said. He saw a shadowy figure staring at him. When Shadow ran up to it, it disappeared. Then, it appeared behind Shadow. Shadow sent Chaos Spheres at it, and the figure was lying on the ground. Shadow ran up to it, grabbed whoever it was by the neck, and saw Sonic's face, smiling evilly. Sonic's face changed to Mephiles, then Metal Sonic. The face changed to everybody Shadow knew, good or bad. It kicked Shadow off of it, and ran up to him. Shadow appeared behind it, and kicked it in the back. "If Omega or Rouge saw me right now, they'd probably see me staring at the sky. This is like a dream. Maybe it is." The figure got up, ran up to Shadow, and punched Shadow in the stomach. Then, it kicked Shadow in the back and, when Shadow was on the ground, it slammed its foot on his back. Shadow turned his body, grabbed its foot, and threw him at a tree. "If this is a dream, I'm going to wake us up!" Shadow rushed at it, grabbed its head, and slammed it against the tree. Then, he jumped in the air and rained Chaos Spheres on his opponent. After all the spheres landed, the figure got up, breathing heavily, and said in a deep, ominous voice, "You're strong."
"What are you?" Shadow asked it.
"I am everyone you ever knew. I'm me and at the same time them. I'm also you." Its face then changed to Shadow's and said, "I can change it to where you could be facing anybody you ever knew, including…" Its face changed to Rouge. Shadow was shocked at seeing her face. The creature ran up to Shadow and dropkicked him.
"Remember, it's not her. It's fake!" Shadow got up and felt a punch to his face. He stepped back from the surprise pain in his face, caught his breath, and then Chaos Controlled. The creature was looking for Shadow, but couldn't find him anywhere. It looked up, and then felt kick on his back. Chaos Spheres rained down on it after it felt the kick. Before it touched the ground, Shadow grabbed him from behind and jumped in the air. He then turned their bodies upside down, and, as they fell, Shadow yelled, "Chaos Blast!" before they hit the ground. The creature was lying on the ground while Shadow was standing leaning on a tree. He then saw Rouge and Omega come near him. In Rouge's mind, she was still chasing a beautiful gem, while Omega thought he was chasing one of his greatest robotic foes, Metal Sonic. Shadow grabbed both of them and Chaos Controlled them back at where they were at the start. All three then found themselves lying on the ground. Rouge turned her head, looking for the gem. Omega was wondering where the robots were, while Shadow was staring at the same figure. All three saw it this time, and then the gem and the robots combined with the figure, turning into a giant phoenix.
"What is that?" Rouge asked.
"It's what we all thought were looking at combined." Shadow told her. The phoenix closed its wings and then opened them, sending a giant wave of power at the three. They were all pushed back by this and stared at the beast, awing at its power. The phoenix flew up in the sky and rushed at the three with fire being formed around its wings. The three barely dodged the bird when it landed on the ground. Omega scanned the creature while it was trying to get its beak out of the ground, which got stoke.
"Weakness has been shown that by hitting it in the eye, it will take severe damage. No other weak points shown at this point." When Omega finished saying this, the creature released its beak, and summoned another wave of power. While Rouge and Omega ran to the side, Shadow used Chaos Control to appear near the phoenix. It flew up in the sky with Shadow hanging on to its chest. Shadow kept hanging onto the phoenix as it flew in the sky. When it grew tired, it landed on the ground and rested. As it breathed heavily, Shadow climbed up to its head. When he was near the eye, he when into Chaos Boost form, jumped off, and rained Chaos Lances on the eye. The phoenix screeched while Shadow used Chaos Snap to appear back on the bird. He did the same routine and the bird fell over from the pain. Rouge flew over it and rained bombs on it while shot at it. The phoenix eventually melted away, and all three found themselves on the ground again. It was in the real world this time.
"It was just a dream?" Rouge said.
"I suspected it," Shadow said. He then turned his head and saw the Chaos Emerald was gone. "The Emerald! Metal Sonic must have come and took it!"
"How did we fall asleep?" Rouge asked.
"Sensors show that when we found Eggman, a gas left from the rocket must have entered our systems. It must have took its full effect on us right when we near the Emerald, and Metal Sonic must have sensed the Emerald at the time the gas worked its effect."
"…There's no time to talk now," Shadow said, "There's still one Emerald somewhere and Sharp and the others have another. We have to find the last one." All three then headed in the direction Omega sensed the Emerald.