The Resistance's base was hidden within the mysterious Angel Island. Tails had to make a few upgrades to his plane, the Tornado, but thankfully, AiAi, Donatello, Carol, Luke and Hotaru were able to help out a bit. They actually knew a few things about fixing technology, and together, they added extra seats, rechargeable fuel cells, heat-seeking missiles, ion thrusters, diagonal stabilizers, lock-on targeting systems, expanded aerodynamics, landing gear, tessellated laser cannons, and cup-holders. "Ok, we're done. Introducing…..the Tornado 3-X!" This Tornado looked more advanced, was yellow-colored, and was more aerodynamic than ever, with it also being able to fly to space. With it built and ready for flight, Tails and his new friends got in, the hatch closed and they all flew off to the Resistance base.

Angel Island. It was home to the Chaos Emeralds, gems that were known for many miracles among Sonic's world. In retrospect, they were just as powerful as the Phantom Ruby, but even they weren't powerful enough to stop the Phantom Ruby, Eggman and his cronies now. There was an elevator built in it and a camouflage system to help hide it, so Eggman would never find it and attack it. The elevator went to the Master Emerald shrine down to the Resistance base. After taking the first one you had to walk a wide bridge to another elevator which took visitors to the main course; the Resistance base. Inside the Resistance base was a control room, a briefing room, crew quarters, a medical bay, a mess hall, a lounge room, an engineering room, a communications room and a command center in the middle. Beyond the four rooms were several waterfalls. Amy, Vector, Cream, and Blaze were coming down to the base, tuckered out from their last mission. Waiting for them was Nicole, Vanilla, Marine, Espio, Charmy, Tikal, Silver, Bunnie, Rotor, Dulcy, Antoine, Honey, Elias, Shard, Leeta, Lyco, Lupe, Mighty, Ray, Razor, Coral, Pearly, Mina, Sticks, Hope, Cosmo, the Babylon Rogues, Yacker and the Wisps. "Oh, man." Amy said. "I never knew screaming so much would make me so thirsty." "Come on, girls. It wasn't that bad." "Eggman's army is unstoppable!" Vector proclaimed. "Now that part isn't true, but without Sonic, the people are losing hope and giving into despair." Blaze added. "Despair is a luxury we do not have, no?" Antoine asked. "I still have a feeling Sugarhog's still here with us. Do ya'll think he might be…?" Bunnie asked. "I'm an optimist, but I'm also a realist. Sonic is gone, Bunnie. And Tails is...Tails has just lost it." Silver said. "Tails hasn't lost it! He's just….he's just….he's just….he's just...concerned, that's all." Cosmo said. "That's fair. I mean, Tails has practically spent his entire life with Sonic, and seeing him fall like that...must've rocked him to his core." Razor said. He felt sympathy for Tails. "Speaking of Sonic, I bet Eggman's got him locked up in a prison cell, waiting for the right moment to launch him out into space, and torturing him just to get a sick kick out of his expense!" Sticks said. "Think about it, now. I'm sure Eggman wouldn't rub his victory in Sonic's face before he gets rid of him!" "You may be right, Sticks. After all, this is Eggman we're talking about. I'm pretty he'd celebrate before he starts causing trouble." Rotor agreed. Coral, the Resistance's priestess, was able to use her magic to put the camouflage field up around Angel Island, thanks to Amy helping her learn self-esteem. And the best part, she could read minds, enabling her to sense when someone new comes. She felt Tails' presence and pressed her hands to her temples. "Speaking of Tails, he's here. He's with some new faces. He may have brought new recruits!"

Tails and his new friends flew right in the field. The others were, well, confused. "Tails, are you sure this is the place?" Milla asked. "Yeah, it looks like there's nothing here." Raphael said. "Don't worry. This is it. You just don't see it yet." Tails said. "What are you talking about?" Luke asked. "Tails! Can you hear me?" "Yeah, Coral. Loud and clear." "Did you bring some new recruits for us?" "Yep." "Ok, I'm letting you in! We'll see you and the new recruits inside the base!" "What just happened?" Hotaru asked. "Just a little telepathic conversation." A bit of the camouflage field went up and let the Tornado 3-X in. Everyone except Tails and the littler Sonic were shocked. "An invisibility field? This place has an invisibility field?!" Donatello shouted. "Man, Angel Island's looking good!" "Ok, now we set our sights on the Master Emerald shrine." "Got it. I'll be looking for it." AiAi said. After they flew for a few minutes, AiAi saw something. "Hey, Tails. I see a large, greenish-yellow emerald, in this big center and it's really big and real shiny."

"That's it! That's the Master Emerald! Prepare for landing! Keep all hands, feet, arms and legs inside the cockpit at all times!" The Tornado 3-X's landing gear initiated as a runway near the shrine activated and pulled out. The Tornado landed in the runway and screeched to a halt. After it was safe, Tails and the other heroes went to the elevator's location. Tails pressed a down button and the elevator came up. The heroes walked into the elevator and Tails pressed the 3 button. The elevator took them to the bridge where they walked to the other one that took them to base.

"Tails! It's so good to see you!" cried Cosmo, as she enveloped him in a hug. "Nice to see you too, Cosmo!" Tails said, very happy to see her. "Tails! You're here!" "Been quite a while, Tails!" "Welcome back, Tails!" "Hey, guys. I brought some newbies here for you. And here's the cool part; they all came from different dimensions." Tails then introduced them as they walked in. "They don't look like much." Charmy said. "Neither do you." Jet said. "These guys are NiGHTS, Lumina, AiAi, Beat, Luke, Axel, Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, Michelangelo, Lilac, Carol, Milla and Hotaru." The Resistance soldiers and the new ones did some greetings and got along pretty well. "It's nice to have you here." Silver said. "Yeah, you guys are gonna make great additions to our team!" Razor said. "We could use it. Without Sonic, the people down there are showing immense fear to Eggman, and it makes him and his followers more stronger as we speak." Vanilla said. "As much as it pains me to say it...we may have to do this without him." Tails said. Everyone was shocked to hear him say that. "I know it's shocking to hear me say that, but you've all been hoping for a miracle these past 6 months. Maybe it's time we all make our own. Eggman's army has everyone terrified. If you want these people to rally against him, then we have to show them...that strength doesn't just come from numbers." Tails said. Everyone thought about that for a while. Coral then pressed her hands to her temples again. "Apparently, not everyone's terrified. There's another new recruit coming in; a survivor from the city!" Coral said. "The mate may be promising. Nicole, can you show us the file on the new mate from the city?" "Accessing, Marine." After a few seconds, Nicole popped up a file on the screen. "Subject name: Spike. Gender: Male. Species: Wolf." "Oh thank God he's okay!" "You know him, Lupe?" "He's my cousin." "And our brother." Leeta and Lyco said.

Then three others, Shadow, Knuckles and Sally, came in. "Shadow! Knuckles! Sally! What's the sitrep, Commanders?" "Glad to see you're all still alive." Shadow said. "Hey there, Tails. Eggman's forces have chewed through our defenses at Green Hill, and the resistance in the city is reported that whatever it is that finished Sonic-", Knuckles said, before Shadow cut him off, and pointed to Tails. "Sorry, Tails. I'm still not used to saying that." "It's fine, Knuckles." "But whatever it is has got them running in fear." "All except for this brave kid, who managed to escape the battle in one piece." Sally said, as Spike entered. The three wolves ran over to Spike and bear-hugged him. "Oh, Spike!" "Don't you ever scare us like that again!" "I'm fine, girls. You can put me down now-you're choking me!" Spike said. "Sorry." Spike ran over to the other newbies. "Meet our newest recruits." Everyone cheered. "Wait. Does that mean…?" Hope asked. Shadow sighed. "Yes, we have to show them...the video." Everyone except the new ones protested. "Come on, we've seen that video 8 times!" Tikal said. "Maybe this will be the last time. Anyway, this is Eggman Empire propaganda, blah-blah-blah, it's poorly made, blah-blah-blah. Just watch it." "Nicole, play Eggman Empire advertisement." Sally said, unenthusiastically. "Again?" "Again." "Playing advertisement, Sally."

The commercial went like this, it showed the Eggman Empire logo on a title card, that read "The Eggman Empire: "It's not what you think!" It showed a bright, happy environment. "Why live here when you could live…." It then showed several buildings with smoke and smog blotting out the sky. "...here?" The smog cleared out to show a figure that looked like Spike a bit asking a question. "You're probably asking yourself, "But don't I need clean air to live?" It then showed a little worm. "Why, of course you don't- not with Dr. Eggman's all-inclusive Robotomy Treatment, that is." Then it turned into a robot, like the worm Badniks you see in the old Sonic games. "Perks include; never having to eat, sleep or think (static) drink, ever again! That's what we call living the good life." It then showed a bunch of Egg Pawns, all waving. "Come live in Dr. Eggman's empire, and begin your new life, where the possibilities are (cough) infinite." A figure that looked a lot like Infinite appeared behind the Pawns. "You'll love it! Love mandatory."

The commercial ended. "That was terrible." Michelangelo said. "It's more painful the 9th time." "Either way, take these." Tails gave Spike all of his Wispons. "You're gonna need them." "Thanks." "Ok, let's get going, guys. The world's not going to save itself." Knuckles said. Everyone cheered. Their mission was clear. Sonic or no, Eggman and his army were going down!