Sonic was on his way to the Mystic Jungle to find Silver and go have another round with Infinite, Eggman's second-in-command and leader of his minions. Once he got to the jungle, he saw that it had been almost remade into a casino-like place from head to toe. "Sonic, watch out. The Doctor's forces are scattering bombs like confetti!" Shadow said. "We can't go on like this!" Amy shouted, as she was keeping watch on some smaller resistance fighters in the jungle. "This whole place is going up in flames. Not the kind of fireworks I like!" Sonic commented. True to that, Egg Pawns were shooting out bombs all over the jungle and detonating them like wildfire, bringing trees down and shooting resistance soldiers into the sky. It was not a pretty sight, believe me.
Some of the resistance soldiers couldn't take any more. "We're doomed! We can't hold out any longer!" "You've done plenty! Great job!" Sonic commended. They actually did, as they managed to find several bomb spawners and shut them down before they could do any more damage. "Sonic, we've located the Hooligans and the unknown enemy. They're both in the ruins up ahead with Silver, Jet and Lilac keeping them occupied." Nicole told him. "Great, Nicole! I'll make sure everyone's efforts weren't in vain." Sonic said. While Sonic made his way through, he got a siren on his watch. "Unidentified life form on the radar!" Nicole said. It was a huge, giant, titanic...snake. It was one of the really large snakes that the Mystic Jungle was known for, and it wasn't even one of the Egg Bosses! "Looks like all the explosions riled it up. Doesn't look I'll get past without a fight." The snake then did what that sandworm did to him the day he fell to Eggman and his followers; it flipped off one his hinds and ate Sonic. Sonic was undeterred, yet really annoyed at the same time. "Are you kidding me? First that giant worm and now you?" Sonic just did what he did the last time, and the snake spit him out. After that, Sonic ran on. He was ready to beat the shins off of Infinite!
In that part of the jungle, there Silver, Lilac and Jet were, fighting off the Hooligans, who were being led by Infinite. "This wasn't part of our agenda, but we're always happy to crush some heroes." Bean said. "Yeah, it keeps the rabble in line. Shows them that there is no hope." Bark said. But the heroes were having none of it. "Does anyone but you believe your lies?" Silver asked. Lilac charged at Fang, Bark ran for Jet, and Bean tried to blow Silver to smithereens, but Silver used his telekinesis to redirect the bombs, causing Bean to drop a small jewel that looked a bit like the Phantom Ruby. Infinite was less than impressed. "Why did Eggman ask me to babysit these fools?" Infinite charged at the heroes, but Sonic bopped him out of the way in time. "Sonic!" Silver said. He then picked him up with his telekinesis. "Time to tag out, guys. I'll take it from here." "And let you have all the glory? No dice, Sonic." Jet said. He was his rival, so he always knew how to annoy him.
"Well, look who's back from the dead. The little blue savior. But what's that I smell? You reek of fear. Glad to see I left an impression." Infinite said. "Carrotia picked a good guy to get hitched with, didn't she?" Fang asked. "She sure did." Bean said. "Yeah." Sonic just sniffed his armpit in response. "That's not fear- I ran all the way over here. And Carrotia's little boyfriend here hasn't left an impression. I don't know anything about him, not even his name." Sonic said. "You may call me...Infinite...in the brief moments that remain to you." "Great. See, Infinite? Now we're getting to know each other. So what's your favorite color? Do you like long, romantic walks on the beach? What's the source of your power? You can skip the first two questions if you like." Sonic said. "In this order: orange, sometimes and this source of my power is none of your concern." "Sorry, but you've just got to share the secret of your power with me. I INSIST!" YOUR INSISTENCE IS FUTILE!" "I'M YELLING WORDS!" Bark shouted. "ENOUGH!" Infinite shouted, activating the Phantom Ruby. Sonic and the others were picked up in Infinite's gravitational pull, and the Hooligans knocked the four to an unknown location. "Take care of them." Infinite ordered the Hooligans. "You got it, boss!" Fang replied.
With that, the Hooligans went off to deal with Sonic, Silver, Lilac and Jet. The four landed on the unconscious snake, and the Hooligans landed down. "Still thrashing around, I see, Sonic." Fang said. "Haven't seen seen you in a while, Fang. Why'd you get in on this Empire biz?" "Because we never were able to get some pretty good pennies with you waltzing around!" Fang shouted. "Those Chaos Emeralds would've made a pretty buck at the big black market, but you and your friends had to butt in and ruin everything!" Bean said "Eggman promised us a lot of dough at our workmanship for him. I wasn't able to get a punch in last time, but when we're done with you, we'll be rich!" Bark said. "Well, if money's what you want, then try telling us how Infinite gets his powers." Jet said. "No can do. With whatever it is, Infinite's one of the strongest people I ever met. You have a reputation of attacking the weakness when you know what it is." "And besides, your head's worth way too much dough." "Well, then, let's see you take me on!" Sonic said.