Sonic the Hedgehog felt good about the upcoming battle. He was usually able to handle Dr. Eggman himself, and this time he had back up from and intergalactic military officer and his crew. This was going to be a cinch. They would break into Eggman's base, blow a few things up and follow Eggman up into the Egg Destroyer. Once there, Tails could hack into its computers and activate its self-destruct sequence. They were home free. As the Galileo to the lead, Lieutenant Sulu's voice came over the intercom.

"Our scanners have picked up on the Emeralds' trail. The base should be this way. Follow us."

"Alright, then! Will do!" Tails replied.

Sonic couldn't help but feel a little strange about this. He was usually the leader. He didn't have a problem with following others, except that they tended to move too slowly for him.

Oh well, he thought, they have the scanners. Might as well let them lead the way.

Captain James T. Kirk couldn't help feeling a tad anxious. He was about to go to battle against an unknown enemy with no idea what to expect. He wasn't necessarily nervous, per se; he just thought it best to keep on his toes. He was shaken out of his thoughts when he began to notice that the clouds around the ship were no longer white. Instead, the sky was overcast with a disgusting, polluted red and black color. The Enterprise's away team looked around in confusion while the Galileo's extra passenger, Knuckles the Echidna, looked unsurprised. Their bewilderment was suddenly interrupted by a loud bang followed the Galileo rumbling violently.

"Looks like Eggman had his welcoming committee ready for us." Knuckles said, unfazed by the multiple explosions around him.

Kirk pressed activated the intercom and yelled, "Sonic! What the Hell's going on?"

Sonic's voice came back over the speaker, "Eggman as some sort of surface-to-air defense system around the base. We're gonna have to jump. Tails can carry my down. What about you guys?"

"Sulu can take the Galileo back to Angel Island. We have enough parachutes for the rest of us."

"Okay then, see you on the ground."

Sulu opened the door as Kirk handed parachutes to the others. One by one, the Enterprise's away team leaped from their aircraft and fell toward the battlefield. Kirk handed Sulu's parachute to Knuckles, but he refused it.

"No thanks. I'll do this my own way." He said as he jumped out of the Galileo.

Kirk was the last one to put on his parachute and jump from the Galileo before it turned around and flew away. He and the others let themselves fall until they were close enough to the ground to pull their chutes without being fired on. As they slowly floated to the ground, they noticed Tails hovering toward the ground, spinning his namesakes around like propellers, carrying Sonic by his arms.

As the duo landed, Sonic looked around for a moment before asking, "Where did Knuckles go?"

A little confused himself, Kirk answered, "He… jumped… without a parachute."

Sonic slapped his hand to his face and groaned, "That knucklehead has to do everything like a tough guy."

A moment later, they all noticed the echidna gliding slowly toward the ground, covered in bruises and soot.

"Figured out gliding wasn't the best idea, didn't ya?" Sonic teased.

"Shut up." Knuckles grunted angrily.

"Before we waste any more time," Kirk said, "Bones, how far to the base?"

Dr. McCoy looked down at his scanner for a moment before looking up and turning around, somewhat puzzled. The rest of the group looked in the same direction to see the smoke clearing, revealing a massive compound, covered in lights and weapons.

All McCoy managed to utter was his signature "My God…"

Sonic walked up to the base nonchalantly and observed the gigantic metal doors for a moment. He lightly knocked on it, with no response.

"Figures," he said, "locked up tight." He turned to the others and said, "Knuckles, do your thing."

"Good" Knuckles growled, "I need to break something."

The red echidna marched up to the giant door, pulled back his fist, and punched the door with enough force to tear it from its hinges and send it flying across the room.

The Enterprise's away team was shocked as they moved into the compound. They were only able to make their way through a few chambers before alarms started going off. Egg Pawns rushed into the room, wielding a variety of different weapons. Sonic curled himself into a razor sharp ball and flung himself at them and Tails flew up into the air and dropped ring bombs on them while Knuckles elected to simply tear them apart with his gloved hands. The away team quickly joined the combat, setting their phasers to kill and firing on the attackers. It took a few shots, but phaser rounds were able to destroy the robots. However, as they picked off the Egg Pawns, more would flood into the room.

When it appeared that they would never make it out at this rate, Sonic yelled "I'll clear a path, you guys follow after me!"

With that, the blue hedgehog rushed through the crowd of robots at full speed, destroying every one in his way. The rest of the group rushed in the same direction. They moved through the path of destroyed machinery, still having to fight off more attackers along the way, until they came to a large metal door with a glowing sign reading "Teleporter Room" above it. There were loud crashing noises coming from inside.

"Did Sonic go in there?" Kirk asked.

Tails answered, "Looks like it."

Kirk drew his phaser and went to open the door only for Sonic to come crashing through it, covered in bruises.

"What the Hell?!" McCoy yelled.

Slowly, out of the smoke-filled room stepped a blue, metallic figure.

Knuckles quickly took a fighting stance.

Tails gasped.

Every member of the Enterprise's away team drew their phasers.

"What the Hell is that?!" McCoy exclaimed.

"It appears to be an android of some type." Spock said.

Tails said, "It's… That's…"

Sonic slowly rose to his feet and grunted, "Metal Sonic."