Northamer, Egg Army Base

Eggman got into his tank. Sleet and Dingo followed. Cassia walked up to them.

"You sure this will work?" Cassia asked. "I mean, I'm not doubting your power but…"

"But nothing!" Eggman yelled, grabbing her. "The Wolf Pack will become nothing but rubble when I'm done and out of here!" He dropped her and drove off, being followed by a bunch of tanks.

Angel Island, Shrine Isle

Knuckles was sitting on the Master Emerald, guarding it. He looked up and saw a GUN ship fly over head.

Launch Base Zone

The ship landed. Shadow, Omega and a bunch of GUN troops and robots stepped out.

"Right, meat-bags and inferior robots," Omega said. "We are about to attack the headquarter of the Dark Legion, who are currently commanding the Egg Army!"

"We got a note saying something about an entrance round back of their base which we can enter and then ambush!" Shadow said.

"What do you think you're doing here?" Knuckles asked, walking up to them, followed by Julie-Su and a female Pika with a golden robot. "I don't want anyone on my island. Begone!"

"We're here to help you, echidna!" Shadow said. "We're about to defeat the Dark Legion once and for all."

"We can do it ourselves," Knuckles said.

"You sure on that, Knuckles?" the pika asked. "They are quite strong!"

"And you are?" Shadow asked.

"Relic the Pika," the pika said. She pointed to the robot. "And this is Fixit."

"How can I help you?" Fixit asked.

"How did they get here?" Shadow asked.

"When Angel Island crashed when Robotnik took off with Master Emerald," Julie said. "She came here by boat to do research."

"So you let a guest come on here, but you aren't letting us?" Shadow asked.

"She has no way of getting off!" Knuckles said.

"You're going to need all the help you can get if you're facing the Dark Legion!" a voice said. Silver stepped out of the bush, followed by Gold and Blaze. "We need to work fast and as a team! If we don't, we might as well consider ourselves dead! So, guardian, you're working with GUN, if you like it or not!"

Sky Sanctuary Zone, Landing Pad

Dimitri and Kragok waited for a ship to land. Out stepped Lien-Da.

"The Egg Bosses are all under order," Lien-Da said. "No one is stepping out of line!"

"Good, good," Dimitri said. "What of the two rouge Kommissors?"

"They are on the island," Lien-Da said. "They used one of ships to get back here." An echidna scientist ran out. He wore a lab coat and small purple glasses.

"Grandmaster Dimitri, our spies have word that the guardian has left Shrine Isle!" the scientist said. "I have sent a team of Egg Flappers to bring the Emerald to us!"

"Perfect!" Dimitri said. "How long will it until it gets here, Aulus?"

"Not long!" Aulus said.

"What would make the guardian leave his post?" Kragok asked. "He wouldn't dare leave it unguarded, would he?"

Red Mountain Zone

Knuckles, Julie, Relic, Fixit, Shadow, Omega, Silver, Blaze and Gold were making their way to Shrine Isle.

"Around Mobius, the Dark Legion has planted and hidden machines in each area!" Gold explained. "These machine will steal the minds of the people around it and store it a database, ready to be deleted!"

"How do you know this?" Shadow asked.

"They read it from the Kommissar File on the Eggnet!" Blaze said. "I only helping them because they helped me defeat Scourge."

"Why aren't Sonic, Sally and the rest of the Freedom Fighters in on this?" Julie asked.

"They're busy creating a council," Silver said.

Shrine Isle

As they walked along the bridge, Knuckles noticed the Master Emerald was missing.

"Where is it?" Knuckles yelled, searching everywhere.

"Why did you leave it unguarded?" Blaze asked. "I'm a guardian myself and I know you don't just leave the thing you need to guard lying around."

"The Dark Legion probability took it!" Silver said. "They would need large amount of energy to power something like they want to do."

"I guessing we're starting the raid early," Omega said. "I hope we are!"

"You said there's was a backdoor into the base, Shadow?" Knuckles asked, putting on his Shovel Claws and Hammer Gloves, making punches more painful. "Lead the way!"

To Be Continued…

Bonus Story: A New Discovery Pt.1

Sky Sanctuary Zone, Science Lab

Dr. Aulus was looking at the Master Emerald.

"Such power…" he said. "I can feel it!" He grabbed a Warp Ring.

"Let's just see it reacts…" He places the Warp Ring on top of the Emerald. Nothing happened. "Disappointing…" He went to grab it but the ring melted in his hand, burning him. He tried to let go but the Emerald wouldn't let him. He finally managed to get free, but the ring was gone and his was burnt. He reached out to a table with bandages, even though he was nowhere near it. Suddenly, a Warp Ring appeared at his reaching hand, with another one next to the bandages. Aulus reached into the Warp Ring and grabbed the bandages, and pulled his hand away from the ring. When he did, it disappeared into thin-air. He face was full of shock.

"I need to some test…" He said, wrapping the bandage round his burned hand.