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*One hour later*
Sonic, who'd not moved from the lifeless body of Amy Rose since he'd arrived, was in a trance. He'd never failed a quest before, let alone when it involved a friend in need.
Tails was devastated, as one could predict. He'd left the Blue Blur alone with his thoughts and emotions to go check up on Shadow and Rouge. Upon finding out the news on their friend's passing, Shadow had gone to the gun range in the HQ to shoot pictures of Eggman, and Rouge just flew up to the rafters, not really wanting to be disturbed. Knuckles had made it back safely, somehow. As he recounted, after Sonic left, the creations of Robotnik dispersed and left him alone in the field. Once he found out the pink hedgehog was indeed dead, he punched a hole in the wall and went into the weight room to blow off steam the only way he knew how: lift. Silver and Blaze had gotten back from their dimension not too long ago, since everything was apparently settled in a sudden, confusing yet convenient rush of events. They had not known anything about Amy being poisoned, so when Tails told the story of how it began, Sonic's quest, blowing up the Mobiocity forcefield and the ultimate failure of their efforts, the two demanded to see Amy at once.
Sonic looked up weakly as the telekinetic and pyrokinetic walked in with Tails close behind. While Blaze cautiously examined her friend, Silver looked on from a distance.
"Amy…" Blaze murmured, touching her friend's cold, rigid arm. "You were so full of life, and now…"
A tear trickled down the cat's face, but turned to steam before it could fall from her chin.
"Who's gonna tell Cream?" Silver asked. "Amy was one of her best friends. She'll be crushed."
"I will, I guess," The Fastest Thing Alive sighed, licking his dried mouth and wiping his face with his hands before standing up. "It was my fault she got hurt in the first place and my fault she's…gone."
"Yeah, it IS your fault," A voice said from behind the four.
Tails, Silver, Blaze and Sonic turned to see Shadow in the doorway with a look of disgust and hate on his face.
"Come on, Shadow," Tails stated. "How could Sonic have known that Eggman would have sent out monsters to hurt Amy?"
"He couldn't, you're right, but he coulda done a better job protecting her," The Ultimate Life Form snarled, stepping forward, letting Rouge come from around the corner to join his side. "You could've told her to run or stay back. You, Sonic, knew that Eggman had a grudge against you, and you knew that the reason for why those…things…were there was to kill you. They were only after you, yet you put Amy in danger."
"Shadow…" Silver started.
"NO! I'm what I am today because of Amy. She got rid of the monster in me and showed me a path that I didn't even know existed at the time. She is…WAS…the reason I have a better life today."
Just then, Knuckles walked in.
"What's going on?" The echidna asked.
"This wouldn't have happened if you hadn't tried to be the hero," Shadow growled, getting up in Sonic's face. "If you hadn't acted like an immortal with no regard for others, none of this would've happened!"
"Back off, Shadow!" The echidna ordered, pulling the Ultimate Life Form away from the Blue Blur.
"Don't give me orders!" The dark hero seethed, drawing his pistol and pointing it at the Guardian of the Master Emerald.
The echidna stared daggers at Shadow. "You blame Sonic for this? He was doing his best to get ingredients for the cure. You did NOTHING!"
"Knuckles, just leave him alone," Rouge cautioned.
"Shadow's the one acting up. Tell him to stand down," Silver shot, looking at the bat.
"You think I'm gonna stand by and watch my friend get teamed up on, you're DEAD wrong!" Rouge hissed, making Blaze stand between the two with flaming fists. "What're you gonna do, huh? Burn my arm to protect your defenseless boyfriend?"
"I just might…" The pyrokinetic whispered, lowering her eyebrows and making her hands start to smoke.
"Defenseless? Hey! I could ball you up into a basketball, Rouge! You're just an ex-thief! What benefits do you provide to the team, huh? We never need anything stolen!" The grey hedgehog spat.
"Please! Everyone! Calm down!" Tails urged stepping forward. "Sonic? A little help?"
But the Fastest Thing Alive didn't respond. In fact, he just sat down on the ground again and stared off into the far corner of the room, wishing for a chance to redo what had happened.
Shadow holstered his gun and pointed an accusing finger at the Blue Blur. "Pathetic! A real hero would get up and search for Eggman to avenge her death! You're nothing! You're sitting here pouting. I'm not having this."
With that, The Ultimate Life Form turned and stormed out of the room.
"Shadow, wait!" Rouge called and started after him.
"DON'T FOLLOW!" The dark hero roared from around the corner.
The bat turned and narrowed her eyes at Silver and Blaze. "Now look what you did."
With that, she flew out of the room.
After a long silence, Tails spoke up. "They'll come back. They just need to cool off."
"Ha! You think we're gonna continue to work with those two?" Silver seethed. "I've been putting up with them for too long, but this is the last straw! I'm done! Team Sonic is dead, along with Amy."
The telekinetic began to float out of the room. Blaze looked back at the echidna, fox and hedgehog, nodded and gave a light, weak wave before jogging after her boyfriend.
"I'm sorry, what just happened?" Knuckles demanded, scratching his head.
Sonic stood up and let his arms fall to his sides. "Team Sonic just disbanded."
*Two and a half hours later*
"I've tried contacting all of them, but they won't answer," The fox stated. "They don't want to be found."
"Well, we can't just stand around and do nothing! We have to go out and do something! Those things are still on the loose and Eggman is still at large. There's no telling what Robotnik will do now!" Knuckles replied.
"Sonic, Amy wouldn't want you giving up on a fight like this. There are still millions of people in Mobius that need help. You have to stop these things and arrest Eggman," Tails added, turning to the blue hero, who was sitting in a chair.
The Fastest Thing Alive looked at the two out of his peripheral vision and nodded, standing up.
"The best chance I have of finding Eggman is to trail his two creations back to where he's hiding without being spotted," Sonic stated. "Although it's not my style, I have to be stealthy on this one, or I won't be able to get to Robotnik's location."
"I'll track them down," Tails stated, turning on the super computer and searching through news videos. "Nothing…nothing…nothing…Deathwatch boat found with crew dead…nothing…Mobius awaits news of Amy Rose's condition…Super sale at Fallmart…Man attempts to rob bank with water pistol…nothing…Ah! Here! Rock monster and green being last seen entering Mobiocity woods!"
"When was that last posted?" Knuckles asked. "Three minutes ago?"
"More like eight, but still!" The young genius exclaimed. "Sonic, you…"
The fox turned around to find an empty area behind him. Sonic had already left.
*With Sonic*
"I'm NOT letting you get away this time, Eggman!"
HE IS THE CAUSE FOR AMY ROSE'S DEATH.
The hero shook his head and kept running. "I thought I got rid of you!"
NO. I AM HERE. YOU HAVE BEEN STUCK IN THIS LIMBO WITH ROBOTNIK FOR YEARS. YOU DEFEAT HIM, HE RETREATS INTO HIS LAIR AND MAKES MORE ROBOTS AND SO ON AND SO ON. FINALLY, YOU TRY TO BREAK THE CYCLE AND ARREST HIM AFTER THE DARKSPINE ATTACK, BUT—
"But he retreated into the woods with Toxic and The Plague. Yeah, I know this."
YES, BUT BECAUSE YOU BROKE TH CYCLE, HE HAS LASHED OUT AND IT HAS COST YOU SOMEONE YOU CARED DEEPLY FOR. IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENED, AND NOW THAT IT HAS, HE MUST BE ELIMINATED BEFORE HE CAN STRIKE AGAIN.
"No. That's not my way."
YOU'RE WAY HAS RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF YOUR FRIEND. YOU SWORE TO PROTECT THOSE CLOSE TO YOU AND THE PEOPLE OF MOBIUS. THE DARKSPINE INVASION AND NOW THIS HAS PROVEN THE EGGMAN NO LONGER HAS THE GOAL OF TAKING OVER THE WORLD, BUT KILLING YOU AND YOUR TEAM FIRST. KILL OR BE KILLED, SONIC.
"If I throw him in prison—"
THEN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, HE WILL ESCAPE AND CONTINUE TO DESTROY INNOCENT LIVES. IF HE IS GONE, THE ENTIRE WOLD OF MOBIUS WILL BE A SAFER PLACE. YOU WANT THAT, RIGHT?
"Yeah, but—"
NO. NO BUTS.
"Where'd the other guy go?"
LIKE WHAT HAS TO BE DONE WITH EGGMAN, I DEALT WITH HIM AFTER THE REALIZATION OF AMY ROSE'S PASSING.
Sonic reached the entrance to the Mobiocity woods and hopped into a tree, making his way slowly and silently through the branches, trying to catch up to the two creations.
"Stop saying that."
SHE'S DEAD.
"Stop!"
DEAD. DECEASED. MUERTO. KILLED! MARTYRED!
The hero's vision blurred as rage filled his entire being and hate seeped into his bones. "Enough! Shut up!"
After a few minutes of sneaking around, the hedgehog caught up with the Eggman monsters, who were lumbering through the woods. Careful as to not make a sound, Sonic leaped to another branch and hung there until the two beasts went into a cave. After about five minutes, they emerged and stormed through the woods, heading back towards the city.
"Tails, Toxic and The Plague are making their way back towards the city!" Sonic whispered into his earpiece.
"Noted! Did you find Eggman's hideout?"
"Yeah."
"Careful in there!" The fox warned.
"Got it. Thanks!"
Sonic dropped down from the tree tops and slowly entered the cave of the evil doctor.
*Five minutes earlier, with Eggman*
The doctor slowly and groggily sat up after being woken up by his two creations. "Hm? Huh? Oh, what is it? Did you kill Sonic?"
"No kill. Toxic has news," The Plague grumbled.
"Because I know my own poison and how long it takes for the toxin to kill someone, and I know this because I'm made of the material, I predict that right now, Amy Rose has died," The green glob stated.
"Who?" The villain asked, taking off his broken glasses and rubbing his eyes.
"Amy Rose. Sonic's girlfriend."
"Oh! Her! Good…good," The doctor sighed, nodding. "And Sonic?"
"We…can't find him. He had one of his friends fend us off while he ran back to the city with some object he acquired within a cave in the Frostbite Dimension. We don't know what he had," Toxic responded.
"So that pest is still alive, eh? Well, now I think I know how to lure him out of hiding," Eggman stated, standing up. "Go after his friends again. Kill them one by one and bring me back an object that they associate themselves with for proof. He should emerge soon enough."
The two nodded and started for the cave exit when their master called out again.
"Don't kill them the way you killed Amy Rose. Do it quicker. Let The Plague use his force."
The two monstrosities nodded once more and bounded out of the cave, back towards the city. After they were gone, the doctor sighed, smiled and sat down again, popping a piece of gum he bought earlier into his mouth.
"Mmmm! Minty!" Eggman chuckled. "I wish Cubot and Orbot were here. Despite their insolence, they would've kept me company while Toxic and The Plague were away.
"Maybe I should suffice," A figure at the entrance of the cave stated.
Eggman sat up suddenly and put on his glasses, squinting at the figure that blocked out the sunlight that shone into the cave. "Sonic?"
"Finally found you, Eggman," The Blue Blur stated, walking forward.
"What're the chances? Ha ha! We were just talking about you! I heard your girlfriend has, uh, died at the hands of my creations," The villain laughed.
Robotnik didn't even get a chance to finish his laugh before something pulled on his raggedy clothes and a rush of wind smacked his face. His bearings and senses were left behind in the cave, and it wasn't until he had stopped and stood for a few seconds did they come back to him. Eggman looked around wildly, suddenly realizing he was at the top of the mountain where his cave was a part of.
"You think Amy's death is funny?" The doctor heard the Blue Blur say.
"Now, Sonic, I—"
The villain stopped himself when he looked over at Sonic. Black smoke and mist was swarming over the hedgehog's legs and arms, making its way to the hero's chest, enveloping Sonic's torso before doing to same thing to his head. Where his green eyes once shone was replaced with a bright, white light.
"You look different. New quill cut?" Eggman asked nervously, backing up a little.
Sonic's arm shot out and grabbed hold of the doctor, lifting him into the air. "You killed Amy. When will your conquest for complete power and for my friends and I to die stop?"
"Sonic! Please! Put me down!" Eggman pleaded, looking helplessly at the hero before him.
Dark Sonic held the evil doctor over the edge of a large cliff and bore his white eyes into Robotnik. The good part of him, or what was left of it, was urging him not to throw the doctor over the edge. That was not the right thing to do and that's not what he normally would do. But this situation isn't normal. Nothing is normal anymore. The darkness in him that he had kept away for so long was unleashed when this whole adventure occurred. It had only arisen to take over now.
"I-I-I won't do any evil deeds again! Please," Eggman blubbered.
"Lies…" Dark Sonic muttered.
"Yeah. That was a lie, but I won't try to take over Mobius or harm your friends anymore! I'll…rob banks and stuff!" The doctor rapidly droned, smiling. "Just let me go!"
The black hedgehog smiled. "Very poor choice of words."
*With Sonic*
The angered hero was about to drop Eggman off the cliff and end his foe's ruthless attempts for power right there, when he suddenly had a flashback. It wasn't long, but it made him feel…good. He felt happy for the first time since this whole adventure began. His flashback showed him and Amy, walking together after she had convinced Shadow to stop his evil ways.
*In the flashback*
"I could've beaten him, you know," The blue hero stated. "Coulda turned Super Sonic and then kapooyah'd the stuffing outta him. We wouldn't have to worry about him anymore."
"You only destroy enemies when they threaten the whole world or those you care about!" Amy stated. "I saw good in him, Sonic. I felt that I could change him and I did. He was just misunderstood is all."
"What about Robuttnik?"
Amy laughed. "What about him?"
"He's just gonna keep making more and more robots to take over the world. Maybe I can convince Shadow, now that he's on our side, to…"
The pink hedgehog turned and forcefully poked the hero in the chest. "Sonic the Hedgehog, as long as you fight for all that is right and just, promise me that you'll never destroy a villain unless they're an imminent threat to all."
"Big vocabulary."
"PROMISE!"
"Alright! I promise! Geez!" Sonic sighed.
"Besides, Eggman's creations are the ones that are a threat. Not the bad doctor himself," Amy finished, walking ahead of the hero.
*Present time*
The flashback with Amy had filled the hero with a sense of hope and warmth, making him feel confident in his intentions as a hero again. His dark form was gone, and he could feel himself becoming…a hero…again.
YOU WILL NOT SUCCEED! YOU ARE DOOMED! YOUR GIRLFRIEND IS DEAD! I CAUSED THE BLACKOUT THAT KEPT YOU FROM SUCCEEDING! ME! I STALLED! YOU FAILED!
I am…back. I live! Sonic, you've not given up hope?
"I know my purpose again," The hero stated.
"Congratulations," Eggman quickly stated, squirming a little. "Please put me down, now!"
KILL HIM! THERE IS STILL TIME TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE!
The right choice is for you to cease…to…be!
I WILL ALWAYS BE APART OF YOU, SONIC! ONE DAY, YOUR DARK SIDE WILL EMERGE ONCE MORE, AND THEN WE SHALL SEE IF YOU CAN CONTROL IT! I AM ALWAYS HE—
A long silence echoed through the hedgehog's mind.
He is gone. I am now in control of your thoughts and emotions. Let's take this doctor in, shall we?
"Let's," The Fastest Thing Alive stated, lowering his eyebrows.
"Let's what?" Eggman asked before being whisked away again, screaming the whole time.
*With Rouge, twenty five minutes earlier, location: unknown*
The bat had given up on finding Shadow. He was really good at hiding if he didn't want to be approached. After she had dispersed from the HQ, she had attempted to find her G.U.N. friend, but to no avail. She now just lingered from rooftop to rooftop of Mobiocity, looking out among the people below who were going on with their daily lives.
Everything just fell apart in a flash. Just yesterday morning, everything was fine. Now…
Rouge kicked a small rock off the edge of the roof and watched it fall to the ground, accidentally hitting a commuter on the head.
"SORRY!" Rouge called from above.
The bat's ultra-sensitive ears perked up at the sound of a light thunk behind her and the sound of the roof door opening. Turning around, she saw an old janitor with spectacles on, peeking out from behind the door.
"I'm sorry. Do you need up here? I can move," Rouge apologized.
In response, the man was flung through the door and across the rooftop, skidding to a stop near the edge of the building. A large stalagmite was sticking through his back. The bat turned and looked at the dead custodian before whirling back to the now open rooftop doorway, where Toxic and The Plague stood. Rouge knew there was no way to win this fight, so she attempted to fly away. Toxic stopped her from doing this by shooting a slimy, green tentacle out from its back, wrapping it around the ex-thief and pulling her back to the ground, where it kept her pinned down. The Plague lumbered up to Rouge and wrapped its hand around the bat's neck, slowly starting to squeeze.
"Tell where Sonic be and live," The rock beast stated. "Say none, you die."
The truth was, Rouge didn't know where Sonic was and she didn't know how to get out of this situation. She did the only thing she knew she could do in a case like this. Lie.
"He's…at Angel Island…by the…Mas…ter Emral…d…" She wheezed.
The golem looked over at its green companion, who just nodded in reply. The Plague turned and stared into the panicked hero's eyes, and clenched his fist all the way, removed the well-known heart plate from Rouge's body and tossed her over the edge of the building like a rag-doll.
"Next stop, Angel Island," Toxic stated.
*With Tails and Knuckles, back at HQ*
"Tails, I've just handed over Eggman to the army. They're gonna put him in solitary confinement until he gets a trial," Sonic stated.
"Sounds good, Sonic. Knuckles is keeping watch over the HQ in case there's any trouble. Head back over here! I have the cure put together so we can take down these creations that Eggman made…or at least that's the plan," The fox replied.
"Alright. On my way! Sonic, out!"
After hanging up, the fox walked over to Amy, who hadn't been touched since Blaze and Silver had been in the medical room, and put a white sheet over her, sighing and wiping his eyes. Turning back to his computer, a yellow box with the words "urgent news update" flashed across the screen. Tails jogged over and clicked on the box, stepped back to read the news report, and passed out.
The title read: Breaking News! Ex-thief and Hero Rouge the Bat Found Dead by Corporate Building. Details Follow
*With Sonic*
As soon as he arrived at the base, Sonic was bombarded by an army of mixed statements and facts from Tails, all concerning the report on the death of both Amy and Rouge. The murder of the ex-thief was a shock to the blue hero, and when he found out, he checked the news for confirmation, and sure enough, she was taken out by a large, fatal attack to the neck by something of large force. The mark seemed to indicate it was a hand, and the body of the janitor found on the rooftop had a stalagmite in him.
Needless to say, Knuckles was devastated. He was never one to show much negative emotion other than anger, but he was doing his best to keep a few tears away at the news of Rouge's death.
"Toxic and The Plague," Sonic muttered, narrowing his eyes. "They're picking us off, trying to get to me. We have to warn the others."
"Reports say that they're heading towards Angel Island," Knuckles stated in a hoarse voice, stepping forward. "I should be there."
Sonic turned to the young genius. "Tails? Do you have the cure made?"
The fox nodded and produced three vials from his back pocket of his tool belt.
"And these'll supposedly destroy the material that holds Toxic and The Plague together?"
"Hopefully. Essentially, it'll kill them, but it's not one hundred percent certain to work," Tails answered.
The blue hero shifted his gaze to Knuckles. "I'm going to Angel Island to try and stop these guys once and for all. Care to join?"
The echidna weakly smirked. "A fight? You think I'd miss out on some payback? I'm gonna go ballistic on these freak balls for killing Rouge."
Sonic nodded and walked out of the room, along with Knuckles right behind. "Then let's hop in the Tornado and head out."
*With Silver and Blaze, on Angel Island, ten minutes later*
"This is nice," Silver stated, sighing. "We needed this break after everything we went through in your kingdom and what happened back at HQ."
"Running away from our problems is not the answer, Silver," Blaze stated.
"I'm not running away from anything! If I could remember how to use the Chaos Emeralds to travel back in time and fix this, I would, but I can't. No one can! We all forgot. It's been too long."
"What about those two creatures?"
"Tails said they have a cure to finish those two. Sonic, Knuckles and him are capable of shoving that stuff down those monsters' throats. We're all in mourning right now, and I think you and I should step back and take a breather before we go help Sonic and them again," The telekinetic stated. "Besides, those two…things…want us gone, not any of the people in Mobius. The defenseless are safe and we can handle ourselves if anything comes our way."
"Let's test that, shall we?" Someone hissed from behind a rock.
A rock that wasn't there before.
The Plague flopped out on the ground, breaking away from its stone-like position and standing up. Toxic formed right by its side.
"You really wanna do that? I can obliterate you two with a flick of the hand," Silver stated, getting off of his rock.
The Plague raised its hands in the air slowly with a smirk, and ten other duplicates sprouted out of the ground, snarling and balling up their fists.
The hedgehog's expression wavered. "Alright. Maybe a little more challenging."
"We can face them, Silver," Blaze stated, and then yelped in surprise when rock began to encase her shoes, and then started travelling up her leg.
Increasing her body heat, the rock started to turn black, and then to ash, disintegrating at her feet. Turning to face Toxic, her hands burst into a ball of blue flame before rushing the monster, dodging a swing at her head, she thrust her hands into the torso of the creature and set her fists and arms on the hottest amount of fire she could give off in her normal form. Toxic wretched backwards and melted into a bubbling pool of acid, but within seconds was fully formed, much to the cat's surprise.
"Happened before, but with laser beams," The green glob hissed, wrapping its arms around Blaze, pinning her to the ground and screeching a terrible wail into her face.
Meanwhile, Silver was doing his best to fend off multiple forms of The Plague, but every time he took one out, four more would rise up to take its place. He was losing badly. Soon, after taking many hits to the face and gut, he was swarmed over and pinned down to the ground.
"WHERE SONIC?" All of The Plague's bellowed.
A faint hum was heard in the distance, and it was getting louder by the second. All of the clones turned at once to see a plane flying towards them with a blue hedgehog and red echidna on the roof. Quickly, Silver shielded himself in a sphere of energy, just in time for the aircraft to smash into the multiple versions of The Plague, sending pieces of rock everywhere. The Tornado crashed into a large rock about fifteen feet behind and burst into flame.
Silver quickly got up and looked over at his girlfriend, who was almost encased in a giant green cocoon thanks to Toxic. Thrusting out her one free hand, she summoned the fire from the wreckage of the plane to envelope her, searing the gooey monster off of her.
The four scrambled together, with Silver and Blaze panting heavily from their fight.
"You always show up at the best times," The telekinetic panted.
"We got the cures. We just need to get these vials at the center of the two in order for it to probably work," The Fastest Thing Alive explained. "At least, getting it to the center is my best plan. That'll probably work better."
"Probably work?" Blaze asked.
"Better than inevitably doomed to fail," Knuckles shot.
"I can get to Toxic's center easier," Silver stated. "Blaze can you help me keep it distracted?"
"Sure," The pyrokinetic replied.
"Knuckles, you punch through The Plague's center and stuff the vial in, opened, before he re-encases himself, alright?" Sonic asked, and the echidna nodded.
"Now we kill four in one trip," The rock monster stated, emerging from the ground at a much slower rate.
"We found you, Sonic. Finally. Now, after we kill you four, only the fox and dark hedgehog stand in Eggman's way for complete and total domination," Toxic added, forming together again.
"Wow. Two Robotnik creations that actually stayed loyal to him. Somebody take a picture," Silver said.
The four heroes turned to face the Eggman monstrosities. Knuckles suddenly lunged to his left, rolling across the ground and skidding to a stop while Sonic zipped around him and knocked the legs out from underneath The Plague. Getting on top of the golem, Sonic grabbed the back of the rock beast's head and began rapidly bashing it into the ground at a rate of ten times per second. Soon, bits and pieces of The Plague's face began crumbling off, but after dodging a sudden rock spire that shot out of his foe's back, the Blue Blur decided to hop off and let the echidna lift his enemy into the air. Pulling the cork off the vile of liquid with his teeth, Knuckles punched a hole through The Plague's chest, sticking the vial inside.
"This is for Rouge. Now you can experience what it feels like to die inside," The red hero seethed.
After kicking the rock monster back, The Guardian of the Master Emerald watched The Plague begin to shudder violently as the cure coursed through the veins of their enemy before the light in the golem's eyes faded. After the light was gone, the figure of The Plague crumbled into a pile of rocks, finally defeated.
Sonic looked over to his right to see Silver do the same thing to Toxic. The two heroes stepped back and watched the light drain from the Eggman creations eyes before melting into a pile of green goo.
"Great! How am I gonna clean this mess up?" The echidna complained, looking around at the carnage.
"Tails?" Sonic called, tapping his earpiece.
"Yeah? Sonic? Did you make it in time? Did you win?" The fox crackled.
"We did. Got here just in time to save Silver and Blaze…"
"WHATEVER!" The telekinetic shouted from a distance.
"…and we were able to destroy Eggman's creations. We'll be heading back now," Sonic replied.
"Any word from Shadow?" The young prodigy questioned.
"Nothing, but he'll turn up eventually," The Blue Blur answered, and then paused. "Is there something else, buddy?"
"Don't get your hopes up, but I've been looking into the broken dimensional travel disc you brought back as well as research on rift portals from when we first went into the Frostbite Dimension. That along with time travel methods used by Mephiles and other wielders in the past, if we couple that with the power of the Master Emerald and if all the Chaos Emeralds are attached to the machine…we may be able to create a portal that lets you go back in time to fix the events of the past. I've made more vials of the cure. If you could bring the Master Emerald back…"
"Say no more, Tails! We're on our way back!" Sonic exclaimed excitedly.
"Alright, just don't get your hopes too hi—"
The Fastest Thing Alive disconnected and turned to the three heroes behind him, smiling. "Knuckles, please fetch the Master Emerald."
"I'm not your butler!" The echidna called.
"Just do it!" Sonic retorted.
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