Tails. Knuckles. Sally. Amy. Silver. Blaze. Cream. Vanilla. Omega. Rouge. Bunnie. Rotor. Tikal. Dulcy. Marine. Antoine. Mighty. Ray. Honey. Cosmo. Breezie. The Secret Freedom Fighters. Razor. Coral. Pearly. Hope. Mina. Sticks. Jet and the Babylon Rogues. Even though Sonic's friends put a valiant effort against Eggman and the villains, they were no match for their overwhelming power and never-ending number of robots. Not even Shadow was able to stop them, especially not Infinite, who had been waiting for the moment to beat him into submission.

With Sonic and his friends defeated, Eggman's army quickly took over. Within 6 months, all but a few isolated areas were under their control. Despite the overwhelming odds, Sally, Shadow and Knuckles met with Sonic's other friends and they all decided to band together as a rag-tag resistance continuing the fight. And now, some new faces were going to join the struggle.

Tails had apparently "lost it" since Sonic fell. But he didn't. He was depressed, yet furious at the same time. The memory of Sonic falling to Eggman and the villains had been haunting him for the past 5 months. He would never forget the day he wasn't there in time. He believed he couldn't do anything, like before he met Sonic. He felt as if….he had failed Sonic. Only Cosmo understood. But Tails still had some aces up his sleeve. His friend Cream asked him to help her use the powers of a megaphone, and he managed to grant her a sonic scream, so that she could defend herself, because let's be honest, there was no way Cheese was going to handle all of the enemy himself. And he had a...somewhat romantic relationship with Cosmo.

Tails was out working on rebuilding an old robot that had turned on Eggman. That robot's name was E-102 Gamma. "Ok, that should have done it. And activate." But he still wasn't ready for combat. "Dang it. That should have worked. I couldn't figure it out for you, buddy. I'm sorry I wasn't smart enough." He wasn't talking to Gamma. He would sometimes speak about his perceived failure to save his friend. The thrashing the villains did on Sonic had made a big number on his heart. Then he heard a voice summon him. "HEY! LOOK! THERE'S SOME LITTLE KID PLAYING WITH HIS TOYS!" Bearenger shouted. It was the Witchcarters, the Hooligans and Chaos out doing patrol. They swooped down to Tails. But Tails was ready. Even since Yacker and the Wisps heard what happened, they went straight to Earth and decided to help. Together, they built the Wispons, weapons that had the same powers as the Wisps themselves. Tails had brought one that was based off the Ivory Wisp. He held it up, ready for battle. "Alright, you don't wanna get shocked, then stay back! Especially you, Chaos. You and I both know water can't stand against electricity!" "We've been shocked worse!" Falkewulf said, giggling. "Brace for it, Tails." Bark said. "LET'S GET HIM!" But before they could so much as touch him, three errant fireballs hit Bark, Carrotia and Fang in the back. And it burned, obviously.

"WHO DARES!" "I do!" a deep voice said. A flame erupted in front of Tails, and it revealed a brown-colored boy who had long black hair, and was wearing all black: a black tanktop, black gloves, black gym shorts, and black boots. He looked 18. "Step away from the fox, unless you want to get...toasted." He then set another fireball in his hands. "Same here!" a loud voice shouted. A monkey wearing a orange shirt with an A on it was rolling around in a hamsterball. He then got in a defensive position in front of Tails. "Leave the dreamer alone!" A person in a jester-like costume flew down from the sky in front of Tails. "I say leave him alone as well!" A woman in a fairy-like costume flew down in a way similar to the jester. A spray can was thrown at Bearenger. It was a boy with headphones, frequency glasses, a yellow shirt, long beige pants and a pair of rollerblades ran in front of Tails. "Ditto." A bird-like figure flew down in front of Tails, and then turned into…a man with spiky hair, long pants and no shirt. Another man with a headband, a white tank top and green pants ran in front of Tails as well and cracked his knuckles. A flash of light soared down, with a cat on a motorcycle and a hound who was levitating down. The flash of light looked like a blue lizard a bit, but she said "Don't worry! Team Lilac's got your back!" "I told you it would catch on!" the cat said. And a small hedgehog that looked like Sonic a bit came through a portal and ran right in front of Tails. Tails was astonished. "Sonic! You...you're alive!" "Of course I'm alive, kiddo!" He sounded more youthful as well. "Oh, you're that Sonic from another dimension!" "There's way more superheroes than we can handle! I'm a bit scared!" Bean said. "Oh, don't be. This will make this victory all the sweeter!" But before they could fight, a sword dropped from the left. 4 hooded figures walked out of the shadows and stood in front of the heroes. One of them said, "Now that looks like fun. Mind if….we play?" The figures were revealed to be 4 turtles, one wearing a blue mask and holding katana swords, another wearing a red mask and holding twin sai, another wearing a purple mask and holding a staff, and one wearing an orange mask and holding nunchaku. "Dibs on the rabbit lady!" the orange one said. "We fight as a team, Mikey." The blue one said. With that, the heroes, with Tails at the helm, attacked the villains. They summoned a large number of Shadow replicas to hold them off, but they all fought bravely and took them out. Think all the Neo fights in the Matrix trilogy except slightly more awesome. Then the villains had enough. "Had enough?" The purple turtle said. "We're just getting started!" Fang said. The villains initially got the upper hand, but the heroes' numbers and teamwork took them out. They were forced to retreat, but Tails shocked Chaos while they were running.

With that over with, it was icebreaker time. Tails wanted to know who all the other people were, since he already knew about the littler Sonic. "So, let me get this straight; you're both defenders of the worlds we go to when we sleep, you're the defender of a jungle island with help from 5 other monkeys, you're nighttime vigilantes fighting an evil clan of ninjas who have the worst name ever, you're a delinquent who goes around spraying graffiti everywhere and listening to a pirate radio station, you three are vigilantes who protect a priceless artifact, you're a guy who has biochips implanted in your body, giving you the power to turn into animals, you're the leader of a team of young cops facing off against a crime syndicate, and you're the leader of a resistance squad inside Cyberspace fighting off an empire led by an empress and her 6 daughters with several other people?" "104, to be exact." "So, who are all of you guys anyway?" Tails said. "And one at a time, please. "My name is NiGHTS." The jester said. "My name is Lumina Flowlight." The fairy said. "AiAi." The monkey said. "I'm Leonardo." the blue turtle said. He then pointed to the red turtle, the purple turtle and the orange turtle. "And these are my brothers; Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo." "Name's Beat. Don't wear it out." The boy in headphones said. "Name's Lilac." The lizard said. She then pointed to the cat and the hound. "These are my friends, Carol and Milla. Carol came up with the name." That helped clarify things. The men kneeled down. "Name's Luke." "And I'm Axel." "And you?" Tails said to the boy who wore all black. "It's Hotaru." "Huh?" "Hotaru Shinpei. You asked." "My name is Tails. Do any of you know how you got here?" Everyone nodded no. "So I'm guessing you all came from dimensional rips, right?" Everyone nodded in confirmation. "Maybe the power that Eggman is using is somehow affecting other dimensions." "Who's Eggman?" Luke asked. "He's my archenemy. He's been trying to take over for quite sometime." The littler Sonic said. "Sadly, he's done it now." "How did this happen?" "Eggman had all these villains with him. And this new one with a strange power beat Sonic into submission. But now that you're all here, maybe we can fight them off and take back our world. But, I have to ask; what were you doing before you got here?"

"Well, I was taking a rest from helping some dreamers accomplish their dreams while saving the real world from my former master, Wizeman, when this portal opened up and sucked me inside, and before you knew it, I was here!" NiGHTS said. "Same here." Lumina said. "I was playing Monkey Target with my friends." AiAi said. "We were out for pizza." Michelangelo said. "I was out spraying graffiti on Dogenzaka Hill." "We were watching a movie." Milla said. "I was walking out of a research lab." "I was out at the gym." "How about you, Hotaru?" "Uhhh…."

FLASHBACK: A few hours earlier in his time, Hotaru was with his friends in Cyberspace. He was with the band, led by Rimu Ashido, the richest and most spoiled student in his squad. "Ok, everyone! Now let's pick up where we left off last time." "Last time, Hotaru wasn't here." His best friend, Habaki Kagami said. "I was sick, ok?" "Ok, enough lollygagging. Let's get started." They all started playing a song, that to Hotaru, sounded very familiar. "Wait...is this….Oh, god! Please, no!" "Darling, what's the matter?" Hotaru's girlfriend, Mai Deijikia asked. Hotaru took a breather and then asked, "You spent 40 hours rehearsing a Nickelback song?" "Yeah, is there a problem with that?" "There kind of is. The people hate Nickelback." "Well, they ordered an orchestra and they're getting one." Rimu stubbornly said. "Is this the one about the photograph or the one where he wants to remind you of something?" "I don't know. Do you?" "I don't know! I can't even tell you?" "Are you saying that they're the same song?" "Yes!" "How dare you!" "No, seriously! There is a website online that proves that they're literally the same song!" "Well, how about you show me, then?" "Well, stop playing this song and I'll show you!" "OK, HOTARU, GET THE FLIP OUT!" "You know what? That's exactly what I'm gonna do." Hotaru left, flipping the bird while he was at it. Mai then slapped Rimu afterwards. END OF FLASHBACK

"...I'd rather not talk about it." "So, isn't there a resistance or something?" Axel said. "Well, there is, but I prefer to stay away from it. Ever since Sonic got beat, I got more aggressive. The others thought I lost it, but I do bring new members from time to time. If you want, I can take you to the base." "Sure.", they all said. And with that, they were off to the Resistance base.