The crew were flying in the air. It was about ten minutes since they left, when something on the Tornado flashed. Sam asked, "Hey, Reese. What does that mean?" Reese calmly replied, "Oh, that means we're out of fuel." The other three suddenly yelled, "YOU DIDN'T CHECK THE FUEL BEFORE WE LEFT!" Reese said, "It didn't occur to me. Hang on!" He started lowering the plane. They managed to get to ground, but it wasn't exactly a smooth landing. "Sorry, guys." Ember said, "Just don't do that again. You could have gotten my fur ruined." Ajia perked up. "Hey guys, we're just outside Central City!" Reese smiled. "Perfect!" He grabbed a piece of paper and pen, and wrote down a list. He gave it to Ember. "Ember, can you go to the city and buy these things so we can fix the plane?" She asked, "Why me?" "You're the only one of us with money." She understood and left. He then turned to the hedgehog siblings. "I want you two to go to Eggman Industries."
Max asked, "Do you think Eggman is behind this after all those years of retirement?" He said, "It's possible, but in the more likely chance he's not, you can get info on how we can beat Metal Sonic." They nodded and ran towards the city, though Ajia didn't use her true speed so her brother could keep up. Ajia was singing, "One way to find out! Must keep on moving ahead. No time for guessing follow my plan instead. Trusting in what you can't see, take my lead I'll set you free!" She then noticed her brother spray painting a wall. "Sam! What are you doing?" He replied, "If that roller skater from the video game can do it, so can I!" He then graffitied, "↑&↓&↻". She grabbed her brother and dragged him away. "You're gonna get us in trouble."
They soon found themselves in front of a large building with Eggman's face on it. His alignment had changed, but his ego hasn't. They walked in to see a robot secretary. "Do you have an appointment?" Ajia replied, "No, but we really need to see Dr. Eggman." She steamed and said, "No people are allowed in without an appointment." She pressed a button and the two were flung out by a catapult.
Sam asked, "What do we do now?" She looked at the tall skyscraper and had an idea. "Sam, remember when Dad told us how he ran down a building when Station Square still existed?" "Yeah." "What goes down, must come up." She noticed a nearby construction yard and grabbed a plank of wood. She placed it down on the ground, slanting against the building into a ramp. She took Sam to a few blocks away and said, "Ok, I'm gonna need a running start. Hop into my arms." He did as told. "Now, hold tight, close your eyes...and try to keep your head between your legs." "What?" Suddenly she ran towards the building, up the ramp, and right up the building until they got to the top floor. When they got on the roof, she set him down. He asked, "How do you go and Dad go that fast without throwing up?" She smirked and said, "Lots of practice." "I changed my mind. I'm glad I didn't inherit Dad's speed." The two saw a glass window on the roof and looked down to see Dr. Eggman sitting at his desk bored. "Okay, Sam. Remember. We want Eggman to think that we trust him so we don't blow our cover. Got it?" "Got it." The two opened the window and fell down. "Huh? Who are you and what are you doing here?" They looked at him. "I'm Ajia, this is Sam, we're Sonic and Amy's kids."
He actually smiled, "Well, if you're Sonic's kids, I guess I can let this slide." Sam was surprised. "Wow, you and Dad sure did become friendlier than you used to be." "Yeah, being an evil genius wasn't productive anymore. Besides, Sonic and I started to become frienemies over the years." Ajia said, "We need your help. An old robot of yours turns out to have survived and kidnapped our parents!" He was surprised. "That's shocking! Who is it?" "Metal Sonic." He gasped. He explained Metal Sonic's story.
"Metal Sonic was my greatest creation. He was like a son to me. He was the only robot that got close to being Sonic. After I turned good, Metal Sonic refused. He still wanted to destroy your father and take his place. So I deactivated him and hid him in an underwater base...or so I thought. The fact that he's still functioning is miraculous."
Just then, a giant robot broke through the window: The Big Arm. "What the...?" It grabbed Eggman. "Help me!" Sam got his hammer out and rushed at the robot, knocking off the arm that held Eggman. Ajia spin dashed into the body, breaking into the cockpit, and disassembled it. "Looks like Metal needs you for something. How do we take him out." He gave them a flash drive. "Plug this into his body. It's a shut off button that works on all my robots." They took it and left. Little did they know that a tiny robot walked out of the Big Arm and into Eggman's computer.
The two ran back to the Tornado to find Reese working on the Tornado and Ember looking through a bunch of bags. "You went shopping?" She explained, "You can't expect me to walk by an Emporium and leave empty handed." Than Reese finished up the Tornado. "We're ready to go. Next stop, Westside Island!" They got in and flew off.