Sky Patrol

"With Knuckles and Julie-Su helping us find Eggman, our work should done quicker than expected," Sally said, hosting a meeting.

"Ah don't mean to be the bringer of bad news, Sal," Bunnie said. "But don't we still have Naugus on our tail? We to stop him as well."

"I know, Bunnie," Sally said. "But it seems Naugus isn't really doing anything at the moment. And we have no lead on him so he can wait." Nicole appeared.

"Guys, I've detected that someone is on top of the ship!" Nicole said.

"Right!" Sonic said, getting up. "Come on, Tails, let's go."

"Ok," Tails said, following Sonic.

On top of the Sky Patrol

Tails flew Sonic onto the top of the ship. They were met by the Destructix.

"Sonic, it's the guys who escaped the detention center!" Tails said.

"And they brought ugly with them!" Sonic said.

"I am Warlord Kodos!" Kodos yelled. "And you will see that I am as good as warriors get!"

"And is that why you hired a bunch of loser who got thrown into jail?" Sonic asked.

"Watch your mouth, hedgehog" Fang threatened. "Remember that we escaped and caused a riot in Mobotropolis!"

"With the help of Naugus," Tails said.

"And even then, you ran away before I even came to take you out!" Sonic laughed.

"You won't be laughing for long, Hedgehog! I am here, to get revenge on Naugus! He wants to kill you, but I'm not going to give him the chance!" Kodos smiled. "Destructix! Attack!"

Inside Sky Patrol

Sally looked up and the ceiling.

"What's taking them so long?" Sally asked.

"They'll be fine, Sally," Rotor said. "Just calm down. We're talking about Sonic the Hedgehog, here. They guy who stopped the Grand Battle Kukku's attack on Mobotropolis, the guy who fought Robotnik and lived, the who…" Suddenly, Sonic came crashing down from the ceiling, with Tails soon following. Rotor ran into the break room, to avoid getting hit and to warn the others.

"Sonic!" Sally yelled. Kodos jumped down, with the Destructix following.

"Princess…" Kodos laughed. "Long time no see. Is this… your finest warrior? The one is currently near death at this very moment?"

"Kodos… but you were…" Sally muttered.

"Defeated? Imprisoned? Turned to crystal?" Kodos laughed. "For a time, I was! Naugus' plan had backfired to take over the kingdom and while he ran away, only to be captured a few years later, I was turned to crystal and left in a mines!"

"So… how did you…"

"Return? That was all Naugus! He wanted back. I wanted leadership. He refused and I took his unpaid workers as my own!" Kodos laughed. "This is goodbye, princess!" Kodos swung his axe down at Sally, only for her to active her ring blades and cut it before the axe could touch her. She started running towards the break room to get back up, but was blocked Flying.

"Why leave?" Flying asked, laughing. "We wanna carry on playing this game with you! It's fun!" He turned Sally around and pushed her into Lightning.

"Hey, Fang, you wanted revenge on her family didn't ya?" Lighting asked. "Well here you go!" He pushed Sally towards Fang, only for Flying to crouch down and trip her over.

"Enough!" Kodos ordered. "You five will deal with the other 'heroes' on board this ship while I deal with the princess!" The Destructix ran into the break room. Sally got up and got her Ring Blades ready.

"I'm not afraid of you…" Sally said. "The Freedom Fighters and I have dealt with worse in the past…"

"You say this with your hero's dying body right next to you!" Kodos said. Sally ran to the storage room to something. Just as she picked up a power ring, Kodos grabbed her and threw her across the room.

"Trying to heal the hedgehog?" Kodos asked he picked up Sally, making her drop the ring. "You won't get anywhere near him!" Sally used her activate her Ring Blades and stabbed Kodos in his arm, making him let go of Sally and screaming in pain. Sally grabbed the ring and ran towards Sonic, putting it around his wrist.

"I've just got to keep Kodos busy until Sonic is fully healed," she said to herself. Kodos ran for her, so she turned around and used her blades, cutting off half of his bread, while tearing part of his shirt. Kodos held back a punch and threw it at Sally, only for her to stab it, making the lion scream in pain even more. Sally then stabbed him in his chest, making him walk backwards in pain. She ran towards the door he was heading and opened, however, Kodos stopped just before the door.

"Trying to get rid of me?" Kodos said. "You won't win, you should've just given up!" Sally ran towards and swung her blade across his face, making him fall backwards and out of the ship, screaming in pain as he fell. Sally closed the door as Sonic woke up.

"Sal?" Sonic said, getting up, slowly. "Wh… What happened?" Sally ran up and hugged him.

"I… I thought you…" Sally said, near tears.

"I'm here, now," Sonic said, hugging her. "I'm alive," The two separated as Rotor walked in. Sally gave Tails a power ring to heal.

"The Destructix escaped in one of Tails' many bi-planes," Rotor said. "What happened in here?"

"I… defeated… Warlord Kodos," Sally said.

"Well it's over now," Sonic said. "He's gone now. Here I thought he was just going to be another villain…"

Mt. Mobius, Veg-O-Fortress

Dimitri floated into Silver and Gold's room.

"I still can't believe Robotnik hired you two!" Dimitri said. "You two are untrustworthy!"

"Aren't we all, Dimitri?" Gold said.

"Besides, I'm sure you'll come to forgive the both of us?" Silver said.

"Why?" Dimitri asked.

"Because we've been entrusted with being the Egg Bosses of Angel Island!" Silver said.

"So you better trust us and get on your good side or else that island goes bye-bye," Gold said. Dimitri floated out of the room.

"I… see…" Dimitri said.