Good evening fellow Sega fans for which the new chapter of Sonic Sega All Stars: Subspace Unleashed had finally arrived! E3 is only a week away and I am so excited to see the event and to write my filler chapter this weekend. As a bit of a recap, not much had happened except Curien would reveal his plan to the army he needed (zombies) and the heroes who were in the Ball Room with him. After what could be best described as his dead at the hands of his unstable machine, a storm would be formed that destroyed fractions of the mason of lighting from the Chaos Emerald's energy. This would eventually make every zombie become a stronger version of themselves and Varla would be revived as a deadly femme fatale. It wasn't until Shadow and his allies to save the day and help defeat the undead menace before the agents were underwhelmed. To make matters worst, Curien appeared in his Wheel of Fate form to prove that he's still kicking and ready to recreate his army from his own enemies. Keep reading this chapter and you won't regret this gripping battle against the scientific madman.

The real battle was about to ensue now that the mastermind of this devious plan and the current owner of the sixth emerald appeared before them. Curien's appearance was now completely white with white hair and a star shaped emblem on his chest (his very weak point since the last time he was fought). Blue and purple lighting flickered across his powerful body to show that the Chaos Emerald's power had successfully made him even more deadlier than he was at first. The mechanical wheel that spins around him acts like a mobile satellite that channels his electrical powers and protects him from any form of gunfire based on its rotation. Speaking of the wheel, a purple gem could be seen lodged inside of one of the slots on the underside of the very wheel that protected his body. Soon as Shadow and G saw it at first glance, they knew that this is where they had to think of a proper plan to take him on.

There's that emerald that I've been tasked to recover. It should be no problem taking it back from that lunatic scientist, but I shouldn't underestimate him given that he is already powerful from what I'm reading.

Both Washington and G had their guns lock n' loaded for one intense battle with now powerful Curien since they know that it will be one hell of a fight. The ChuChu captains made sure to communicate with the others that were in the rocket with their mini-speakers since the rodent army would be needed for this fight. Zephyr made sure to load the right type of ammunition in his submachine guns, smirking at the thought of taking this guy on with them. Chuck cracked his knuckles with ease with a monstrous snarl as Head shivers at the thought of being used as a living projectile at their shocking new enemy. Opa Opa checks through his weapons menu to see if he had the right material necessary for a heated battle since this ship loves the idea of being prepared for a dog fight. Cyril himself could do nothing but look at his twin axes since he knows that he's completely outmatched against his own "master".

"Are you fools ready to die from the true force of nature? I promise that it will be over sooner than The Magician could even breath," says the powerful being as the wheel still orbits around his body.

"You wish that we can die, inferior model! Opa Opa can guarantee you that we will be taking that Chaos Emerald back from you faster than I can shoot!" the winged ship gloats.

Just hearing the word "inferior" alone was enough for the white powerful figure to make an uninviting frown and clench his fist in anger. The electricity around his body started to generate at a faster rate like he is a living lighting rod since that rage would be proven a great charger for his strength. Watching this happen was enough for Zephyr to laugh at him, knowing that villains are bound to be this offended by a simple insult.

"What's the matter, cat got your tongue? Oh wait, I bet you wouldn't even touch it without being shocked by that electrifying mouth of yours!" he said without any sign of seriousness.

Head actually found his joke funny and started laughing along with him to much of his mummy partner's annoyance.

"Good one, kid! I bet this Wheel of Fate guy is unlucky enough to have a thunderstorm everywhere he goes," the skull remarked after such laughter.

This is the moment where the electrical being had enough of his enemies insults and felt like a dynamite that was eventually about to lose its own fuse.

"Enough! You guys shall be sent to Hell!" he shouts in complete rage.

Just hearing him yell was enough for everyone to grow cautious of his first method of attack. Curien now fired a series of lighting bolts into the air with his generated electricity, which would then start raining down from the sky a few seconds later. Everyone had scattered in their own paths to avoid the powerful lighting and each strike was powerful enough to cause scorching craters in the ground. Zephyr aimed his guns at the powerful man and shot at him rapidly with his twin guns, only managing to hit the wheel that would deflect several of the shots. Some fire bullets managed to hit his body, but it was tough enough to withstand them easily as they formed mini smoke bursts.

Damn, the wheel even serves as his defense mechanism? Even his body is tough as steel if they weren't enough to cause a dent in him.

G and Washington did their share of shooting to find out the same results, shooting any part of his body that wasn't his chest was ineffective.

"Great, his body is even made of freaking steal. Do you have any bright ideas of beating this guy, G?" the bald detective said.

G remembered that his one and only weakness was the star shaped symbol that was on The Wheel of Fate's chest, giving him an idea.

"I know this is your first time dealing with this bad mother, but he does have one weakness that he's determined to protect with his rotating wheel. Just notice that it is damn obvious and you have your answer for the night," said the smart aleck agent.

"You don't yell at me like you're my daddy, I would kick your freaking ass right here and now! And you know how likely it is for me to …. ooooooooohhh shiiiiiii….."

Both agents rolled out of the way of the massive thunder ball that was shot from Curien's protective wheel that allows him to channel his electricity. Shadow would them launch himself into the air and fire a series of Chaos Spears at the electrical being to overwhelm him. These were easily intercepted by the fast movement of the being's body since he was practically on the same level of The Magician and a bigger one than The Star. A knife would eventually be lodged into the wheel itself due to being thrown at a force as strong as Curien. The electrical mutated scientist would turn only to see The Star disappear before his eyes due to his speed, knowing that he had to keep on his toes. The hooded figure reappeared behind him and shot a series of purple blasts at him to overwhelm his arrogant target. The wheel spun at faster rate to protect himself from these blasts only for him to disappear again. The Star would eventually reappear inside of the wheel with his master in an attempt to carve the emerald out of its spot. This would then cause the powerful being to generate an electrical shield to electrocute his treacherous partner and prevent him from fully removing the Chaos Emerald. The hooded pale warrior screaming in pain while he still continued to attempt prying the emerald out of its slot with his blade.

"You will rue the day that you would fail me twice and try to take that emerald away from me, Star. I even thought it would have been a better idea to kill you before I even went this far," he said in his gravely voice.

This still didn't stop the creation trying to do so since he's at the point where he's willing to nearly lose his life just to help out his new allies.

"I will not …. give up and you will get your well deserved death sooner than you'd think, Curien. Even as a … force of nature, your fate is determined for you to lose," The Star remarked in response.

This would eventually make the angry scientist attempt to put matters in his own hands as he grabbed his hood.

"Then you should be dealt with personally since you are of no use to live anymore!" he said angrily.

Suddenly, a yellow ChuChu landed on top of the scientist's chest to much of his surprise and The Star continued doing his work.

"What is the meaning of this?" Curien said in curiosity.

Then, the space mouse would have the right idea to deal a nasty bite to the star shaped mark on his chest and he screamed in pain. More of the same variety were launched at Curien's body and they crawled to the same area to bite him and several even tried to help The Star remove the emerald since they were immune to electricity.

"Get off of me you filthy rodents! This is not meant to be your day to humiliate me!" he shouts while trying to shake them off.

A ChuChu's teeth were very strong indeed and they would still latch on their victim until they felt like it or even wanted something better to taste. The mechanism was fully locked in a way where the emerald couldn't be removed and the efforts of The Star and ChuChus weren't enough to remove it.

"I said get off of me, you wastes of life!" he yells before knocking the space mice off of him.

He would them look at the ones trying to steal him emerald and shoot a blast of electricity at them. This knocked the remaining yellow ChuChus out of the wheel's orbit and send The Star crashing to the ground from an electrical overdose. His body is heavy scarred from the experience and he had no strength to really move since this is prove of his master's power. Out of nowhere, Opa Opa crashed directly into the wheel of fate himself with the help of his upgraded booster and extremely nondurable body. This give Curien the impression that he's fairly to attack him only for him to think about this futile situation. As the sentient ship continued his onslaught on the defensive wheel, it came clear to him that his intentions lied elsewhere.

"Trying to break through my ultimate defense? Don't make me laugh, infantile machine," he said nonchalantly.

Then, the thing he would do would truly alarm him for which one Ultra Bomb was shot at the wheel only for Opa Opa to physically hit it to cause a massive dent.

Damn it, he's trying to actually destroy my ultimate defense. I really have to stop this thing before he does manage to break it!

Curien then trying to shoot a thunder ball at the multicolored ship only for him to dodge it. Due to a mixture of annoyance and rage, the electric being should shoot even more thunder blasts at the high flying ship as he flew around erratically. He would eventually feel pain in his chest again, this time due to the help of a well timed shot from Zephyr's fire bullet. The blonde boy would eventually do a cocky grin to show that it was him, causing The Wheel of Fate to glare at him in response.

"Didn't your father even tell you to not let your guard down like that? And I thought you were supposed to be some intelligent scientist, but I guess that really isn't the case," the young gunslinger remarked.

This caused the electrical reincarnation of a scientist to build up his rage and let out a yell of severe frustration. The Wheel of Fate charged dead on at the boy to sure to give him a reason to be afraid of him while sending more sparks from around his body. Zephyr would then take the cue to do an athletic flip to evade the attack and look for a proper opening to attack. He aimed his gun right for his head to prepare a shot that would distract him and prepare for a sneak attack. The rounds fired out of the submachine gun's barrel and rattled along the empowered scientist's neck, prompting him to turn around. As the same spot revealed itself, this was the right moment for him to pull put his other gun and shoot.

"You aren't going to get me the same time, boy," he said before the wheel launched another electrical ball at him.

Oh crap!

The boy's eyes widened as the high voltage projectile headed towards him to ruin his momentum. It wasn't until Head would eventually get in the way and be comically electrocuted by the attack and howling like a victim of the electric chair. This caused both Curien and Zephyr to be surprised by this unexpected turn of events due to this happening where they would least expect it.

"I hate having to be your undead shield all the time, Chuck!" the skull bellowed as the volts continue surging though his bony head.

While this happened, Zephyr used the right time to aim for Curien's chest and shoot it again with another round of fire bullets. The electrical being yells in pain from the attack as his younger foe finally fell to the ground from his aerial ambush and the singed Head dropping next to him.

Chuck raised his fist victoriously and said, "Yes! That ought to teach you to underestimate our enemy. Your distraction wasn't half bad if it weren't for our friend teasing him as usual."

The scientist now clutched at his burning wound while panting heavily from catching his breath from the previous experience. With him holding still, this gave G and Washington the right idea of attempt sneaking up on him and attacking him even more. G had his pistol in hand while Washington had his machine gun ready for some crazy shooting as they tiptoe in the direction of their fallen allies. Zephyr's fall wasn't that soft for which his underside body was in heavy pain from the crash down.

"Got him good for now and I thought that I would be the one to be circuit fried. Thanks for taking the hit for me, talking skull," he said while panting with a smile.

"Don't thank me kid, but thank that bandaged lughead of a partner of mines. It was his idea to bring me into this and my eyeballs would rather not endure that amount of electro therapy again," Head said in exhaustion.

The ChuChu captains had their twenty five yellow lined up and ready in case they needed to plan another surprise attack and glanced over where their other friends were. ChuPea had a feeling that despite the damage that Curien had, the fight really wasn't over yet. The winged colorful ship lands right next to his rodent buddies and followed his cockpit visor in the direction where his target was. He was reading signs of severe pain to The Wheel of Fate's chest and knew that his energy levels were slowly dropping in comparison to how much he had at first. Thought the electricity levels staying at the same level where the wheel was were signs that ramming it won't do any good to lower it.

"Opa Opa wonders if there is anything to do about that gate of his' since it seems a bit indestructible in comparison to what I destroyed before. That emerald is still in its placed and it appears that what that hooded guy had down was no good in removing it," he said in his high pitched robotic voice.

Chuih just got done having a private conversation with one of the yellow ChuChus and focuses his attention on the larger ship beside him.

"Chuchuchuchu chuchuchuchuuuu chuchu chuchuchu….. chuchuchuuuchuuuu," he responded.

Opa Opa was smart enough to have his translation system activated so that whatever the captains said would be seen in a way where he can fully understand them. The text said that, "One of my fellow ChuChus said that it is locked in there shut and even budging it will not remove it at all….. Maybe defeating him would be a way for it to automatically unlocked." Soon as the ship got what was said to him, he had to think of another way in which they can continue attacking his weakness.

"Opa Opa got a plan, but it won't be something that you might like," he said before raising his right wing in confidence.

He looked back at the wounded Star that haven't really recovered from his last shocking attack from his master. The hooded figure was still in the worst condition possible with his red cloak scorched and tear makes from the damage of it. He still tried his best to slowly push himself off the ground, but couldn't due to the extremely powerful electricity still in his system. Soon as he took a look to the side, Opa Opa and a flock of ChuChus were surrounding him with innocent expressions and little suspicion in their act.

"Can I help you guys? And I really do not mean in a way where I would take another hit like that," he said with weak voice.

Curien was back in his best condition possible and now prepared to charge even more electrical energy to retaliate against his vulnerable targets. Chuck quickly placed Head back over his shoulders where he belonged and the skull screamed at what he saw. Zephyr slowly got back to his feet and couldn't keep himself in place due to the pain on his sore body.

"You fools would pay for making mockery of me like that. And this is where I would prepare to really use the full power of that Chaos Emerald to destroy everyone!" he said with a menacing face comparable to The Magician.

G and Washington appeared out of nowhere and started to rapidly shoot his chest again to stop his next attack. While Curien could still feel the effect of these shots, he still continues to drain the energy from the Chaos Emerald to gain more power.

"What the hell? I thought this is his weak point to shoot and the bastard is still getting ready to recharge his freaking battery!" the bald detective complained.

"In case you didn't hear him, he's using the emerald to its full extent to prepare something big enough to kill all of us. We need more fire power to stop him!" G response while continuing to shoot in desperation.

As they kept shooting, a few axes were thrown at his chest pierced deeply in the wound to their surprise. Zephyr and Chuck trend to see Cyril tossing every axe that he could find from under the stage and toss each of them at his chest.

"Hey, are you sure that those axes are enough to stop him from attacking?" the boy asked.

"Cyril doesn't know or doesn't care. We would keep attacking his madman's chest at all cost since there's a chance that we might win this! Indestructible the master may be, but we have to keep trying in order to stop him from doing any more harm to this mansion or our fellow zombie kin," he said while tossing more axes at the steel wheel.

The boy and Chuck though about what the zombie said and figured that they had to follow his very orders to stop him.

"Then that settles it, we are definitely going to keep shooting all the way to victory until we can win! Mummy Man and Talking Skull, let's help our friends out," Zephyr said before aiming both guns at the scientist's body.

He then started to shoot a storm of flaming bullets at the his target to harm Curien's weakness and deal some damage to his precious wheel. Head looked at his buddy's eyes below with a fierce look and no fear since this might be one of the craziest things that they would do in their life.

"You heard what the human boy said, we've to start using our heads for this one!" he said.

"Yes Head, you are going to be bashing your thick skull at anything on him until he's fully weakened," Chuck said with a devious smile.

The mummy would then start chucking his skull friend at the wheel that surrounded at full strength in an attempt to bash the protective wheel. Within every time he hit the wheel, Head rebounded back to Chuck so that the latter would catch him and toss his buddy again. Opa Opa would then reappear above his friends with The Star standing atop him so that they can join in on their plan to save them.

"Opa Opa will start shooting now, hooded guy. Get ready to start shooting with me and help our new friends!" the ship beamed.

"I'll be ready when you are, winged contraption. I've always wanted to push my strength to its limit just to kill a former friend with my own power," he said while charging his power.

The two would then start rattling their target with a series of powerful blasts that would cause enough commotion in the scene and deal major damage to the powerful wheel. Everyone was now doing their be to shoot or throw for their lives as Curien continued to charge his next deadly attack that could possibly kill them all. Meanwhile, it appears that Justice was finally down for the count since his fight with the zombie couple in the basement. The massive monster was now missing another of his arms and his entire jaw was completely broken from the fight as it stretch to the left his upper jaw. His head was now covered in fleshy bruises that could had been done by a flying wrecking device and his back was covered in severe burns.

Turns out that this was the work of Shadow, who decided to help out from above, and Ralph since these two were to thank for helping Zobio and his wife defeat this ravenous creature. The large man is seen shaking his hands with the muscular zombie as the two were thankful to meet one another. Zobiko on the other hand had other things to do like running back to their room to get more supplies for battle. Before she even did so, she was talking with Shadow as a reminder of what should be done upstairs. The black hedgehog could feel the massive power of the emerald from above since it was a sign that he needed to get back there and help his allies.

"Now that things had been handled from here, I need you guys to focus on something much more important. I can feel the energy of the Chaos Emerald getting tougher as we speak and he's most likely going to use its full power for something much worse," the hedgehog said urgently.

"You managed to find the emerald? I knew that I couldn't find it anywhere down here since I've decided to you know, take another way down here in case it would be left in the lab," the video game star said before scratching his head.

"If it weren't for you running into us while he we running way from that monster, we would have been zombie food for sure. Though I should also give the credit to your friend since he also appeared and made things easier by burning him," Zobio said.

Shadow walked over to where the two where and shown them the emerald he had in his hand. Ralph and Zobio stared in awe as the white gem glows like a diamond in the night sky.

"This emerald alone is enough for me to send us back to the Ball Room and stop that maniac before things get tough. I can tell that everyone is still struggling to really deal some damage or even get the emerald from out of his wheel. But if we help them out after getting there through Chaos Control, then there's a chance for us to claim what is ours. Do you two understand our plan?" Shadow explained.

"Yes I do understand the plan Shadow, but shouldn't we wait here until Zobiko gets back with the tools we need?" the concerned zombie husband asked.

"I doubt we really need to worry about your wife, my non-living dead friend. I'm sure that he'll be able to bring her to where we are with his Chaos Control after we're able to reunite without our new buddies upstairs. Besides, I am ready for another round of wrecking tonight since we already have more of those Subspace morons on our tail," Ralph said a grin.

Shadow nods then uses this time wisely to channel the amount of Chaos Energy he needed from the emerald itself so that they can depart from this location. Both Ralph and Zobio huddled closer to the black hedgehog as the gem's glow even brighter due to the amount of energy he was getting from it.

"Chaaooooooooooooosss Controooooooool!" Shadow yells as the power still flowed within his body.

Soon, they all disappeared in a powerful white flash and abandoned the wounded creature that laid before them. Curien himself was now at full power from the Chaos Emerald and still kept charging to absurd any left over energy he endured his beat down. He was heavily shot at and had his wheel damaged from the bast few minutes due to the effort of the heroes, but he still had the strength left to prepare for his next tactic to really kill his enemies. Zephyr and the agents kept shooting with their guns as the others would keep blasting the wheel every time it blacked his weakness. Head was still headstrong as usual add Chuck to keep tossing him at the wheel itself in an attempt to break it down. The condition of the wheel remains the same albeit with many dents and blast marks all over it a it keep orbiting the mutated scientist's body.

"Any last words, before you all finally get the deaths you deserve?" he said as body still glows with the purple energy of the emerald.

"None! We will keep attacking until we are able to defeat you despite your pointless emerald power-up!" everyone minus the ChuChus shouts.

The powerful scientists then scoffs and said, "Very well, I guess you all will unfortunately be able to see why Goldman used to call me the Wheel of Fate. Prepare to cease to exist in my mansion!"

The man then raises his hands in the air to repair for tactic similar to what his unstable machine had done before his transformation. Zephyr and Chuck had a feeling that there's a chance that they could die, but had little fear since it would be worth putting some effort in hurting him. Suddenly, Shadow and the others and reappeared behind them and saw what is happening before their eyes. Without haste, the three heroes would eventually think fast and join in on the shooting.

"Chaaaaaossss Spear!" Shadow shouts before launching his trademark arrow-like blasts of Chaos Energy.

Ralph would walk by the rubble that crushed the Chaos zombies from earlier and start pounding the heck out of it with his big meaty hands. This would cause chunks of concrete and other debris to fly straight at the metallic wheel that surrounded Curien so that it can get wrecked by his tactic. Zobio took out his famed apple gun and started firing away at the wheel like the time when Justice was trying to stop him and Zobiko some time ago. The entire ChuChu squadron watched with small eyes of worry as they hoped Opa Opa and Cyril's plan would work since they had been firing away for a while. G and Washington reloaded their guns for the twelfth time and prepared to shoot another few rounds at the wheel until they heard something peculiar. A massive chunk of the wheel exploded in an electrical burst, which caught Curien's attention and surprised everyone else.

"What? My indestructible wheel had been fractured? Impossible!" he said angrily.

He could feel himself slowly getting weaker as the electrical surges from the emerald's power slowly started to die down. Shadow could feel the emerald's power returning back to its source, knowing that there's not much to be done except to watch the machine's fireworks ensue. Zephyr smirks victoriously at the scene while Cyril made a dopey smile with a pair of axes in his hands. Another part of the wheel would burst right next to him and The Wheel of Fate could feel himself get weaker over time. Opa Opa could see the energy levels dropping from his visor and he begins to descend with the surprised Star on his back. The explosions continue as the mechanical device slowly fell apart and Curien yelled in despair since his plans were slowly falling apart. G and Washington did a hi-five to celebrate their plan being successful and watched the weakening being revert back to his human stage.

His hair grew shorter overtime as it changes back into a more brown color. His skin was slowly changing back into the same tone it was before the mutation and and a more tattered version of his lab attire became more visible on his body. The electricity that his body used to have was no longer emanating from him and the mechanical wheel was fully destroyed from the damage it had endured from the heroes' plan. Head's eyes widened at the sight while Chuck did so since he as back to his human self. Curien would then drop straight to the ground after his transformation with his body laying like a dead body and the purple Chaos Emerald fell to the ground next to him.

"Hell yes! He managed to show this guy that were the real monsters in this mansion!" Zobio said while pumping his fist into the air.

Zephyr hoots in excitement with his gun in the air as Opa Opa danced aside him in victory. The ChuChus near their rocket cheered within a series of squeaks to show their excitement for what happened with what could have been an impossible plan that would have resulted in their death. The Star would then be the first person to fly towards the defenseless scientist and lifts him why the collar of his lab coat with his strength. The scientist would then look at the angry creation and scream in mortal fear since he's now left without a back up plan to save himself. Shadow managed to reappear back in the Ball Room with Zobiko, who had a sack full of her husband's favorite materials that she would bring before they leave the mansion. She was so happy that her Zobio did a great job at helping his new allies defeat the derided Curien and retrieve the Chaos Emerald. Shadow himself would eventually warp over to where the Star and Curien was to reclaim it before anything weird happened.

"You do realize what situation that you're in right? You are now back to being the powerless man you are and there's nothing you can do to save your hide. Now tell me, what do the Legion of Subspace plan on doing here other than taking the Chaos Emerald?" said while his eyes glowed.

"I don't really know, but they are planning on giving me the chance to join and I would pass the emerald to them. Just please let go of me and I'll do anything for you," he begged with tears in his eyes.

The Star turned to the agents with a smile while still holding him by his frail collar.

"Hey guys, what do you think we should do with him while we're here? Play pin the blade to the fool or you two will use him as your target practice dummy," he said to Curien's horror.

G thought about his suggestions and new that they would be too unheroic for them to do, so doing what they planned on doing to the start made much more sense in his eyes.

"While all of those ideas sound fun and all, I think it would be best to turn this guy to the authorities by dawn since it's getting bit late anyway. Besides, I think him being behind bars is the best kind of torture he should get," he said.

"Being in prison is the best torture alright since there's all sorts of freaky criminals that will be waiting for some fresh meat to beat up or even worse. I even shudder at the thought of being in such a messed up place anyway," Washington said with a disgusted look.

Zephyr grew confused at his last words since he rarely know what really goes on to any criminal that gets locked way from society.

"What do you mean by even worse? Is there worst things that happen to jailbirds other than being a living punching bag to others?" he said.

"Trust me kid, you are too young and innocent to know the truth behind what really happens in jail. I've seen it on enough TV and other "adult material" to know how freaking crazy people can get when they're not around a bitch long enough," he said in an attempt to stop the boy's curiosity.

While Zephyr didn't really get what he meant by that, he decided to stop the questioning him since the answer is best left hanging until another time.

"As a former prison guard myself, there are worst things that happen like zombies resorting to cannibalism if they don't eat for more than two weeks. If that's not worse than what that human is implying, then I don't know what is," Zobio suggested to Zobiko's annoyance.

While Washington didn't really want to spark that much conversation with his "forbidden" subject", he started to feel a bit sick after thinking about Zobio's words.

"Now that you mentioned it Zombie Dude, that shit sounds much worse than what I was avoiding to tell that kid. Now will you fools excuse me, I have a personal date with the corner since my stomach is getting ready to void its oral bowels," he said in a weak tone.

He would eventually cover his mouth as it was filled with his very dinner and ran to the nearest corner to lose it without anyone's concern. Zephyr couldn't help but to be disturbed at both Zobio's last statement and what Washington was going to do with the food that was supposed to fully digested. G aimed his gun at Curien's chest, making the now weak scientist whimper for his life since he's indeed stuck in a tight situation.

"Here's what we are going to do with you. You will stay put with us until we take you back to the authorities safely in our car and tell everyone what you were planning to do. Since there's a possibility that these Subspace terrorists will be here soon, you will have to make like a leaf and follow us until you're there. Is that clear, Mr. Curien?" he demanded.

The scientist was too scared at the thought of facing the ones he promised to face again now that his entire mission was a daily and thought surrounding was the best option for him.

"Alright, I'll go with you. It's still better than being torn apart for failing to put my plan in motion. I rather keep myself living than to become something as dead as my own creations," he said.

It wasn't long until the reincarnated Varla would drop right in front of the agents out of nowhere with a pissed off expression. Both G and Washington are startled by her sudden appearance because they really didn't want to go through with having to fight another Chaos zombie.

"Holy shit, did you just see this chick get in our way G?," the foulmouthed detective exclaimed.

G pants in exhaustion since the shock was enough for them to lose their balance and for whatever reason she appeared it wasn't good.

"Give me that asshole! He's mine alone since I will not forgive him for what he made me do to my partner!" Varla demanded.

She forcefully pulled the scientist away from The Star's clutch and held him before her very eyes of death.

"Partner? You mean, you're back to normal Varla?" G asked in suspicion.

She looked back at her ex-partner with a glare that easily sent a chill down his spine after hearing his question. She was back to her old self since she was known for being spicy when they were together, but this time it seems that she had some personal business for the man that bought her back into this world.

"G, stay the hell out of this! I am going to be the one to make sure he pay dearly for making me nearly kill you. Just worry about getting ready to leave this mansion and we'll be back together for old times sake," she barked.

The black wearing agent was fully convinced that she's back to her usual self, but what she had for Curien pretty much goes against their main mission that is issued to them. Without hesitation, she charged the energy of the Chaos Emerald into her fist and punched him in his gut with a force comparable to a moving train. The scientist gagged as the blood sprayed from his mouth before being sent flying straight throughout the wall before her at full speed. The man kept crashing through a series of multiple walls just to show how strong she is when she's angry and to prove that the power of the emerald still runs through her non-living veins. This alone made everyone drop their jaw since that happened was something that shouldn't really do since Shadow already defeated her. The now Chaos hybrid Varla would levitate into the air without hesitation and flew after him in a flash of purple energy before anyone could stop her.

"Can someone tell me what the hell is going on and how is she this strong? I've had enough of all the weird things that's been happening in this freaking mansion," Washington bellowed while checking his ammunition.

"I myself want some answers as well since there's no way that she should still have the emerald's power within her body after her nervous system was blank from my earlier attack," Shadow said.

The Star ascends into the air just to give himself a head start to escape before he would answer their question.

"She had been fully injected with some serums that had hints of the emerald's power ejected into it after he used the Storm Changer's beta form in the past. Unlike the massive lighting storm it caused around the castle, the earlier ones were more like shocks that would occur from a lighting rod. Having the energy transferred in her blood alone makes it a permanent part of her body and she pretty much has the same capabilities as the black hedgehog that attacked her," he explained.

G could do nothing but to place his hand on his head while the gun was still held in despair and wonder what the hell had Curien done to make her into this powerful, undead super soldier.

"Is there anything we can do to calm her down and hopefully stop her from actually killing him?" Zephyr asked.

The hooded figure would then turn around with an attacking gesture ready and prepares to go after her.

"Like I said, there's nothing we can do to change her back into a human after everything Curien had done with her. Our best course action is to calm her down and try to convince her that homicide for revenge isn't the right way to punish him. One suggestion I have for you all is to leave the mansion immediately since the Legion are most likely going to here soon and they might think about kidnapping her for their own use now that their promised undead army is deceased," he declared in his sullen voice.

The Star would eventually flies into the hole in the wall and follow the entire broken path to hunt down his former target of affections. Everyone heard their mysterious ally well and gathered together to make sure that everyone would be ready to be sent outside in a flash.

"Shadow, is it possible that you could use that Chaos Control of yours to get us out there faster?" Zobiko asked.

"I would do so if I want, but it's best to be used for us to escape this entire area completely in the end. I need a five minute cooldown time to be able to use it again and it's too risky for us to be put in a situation where we're ambushed by the Legion's fleet. It's best for me to have a longer cool down in a way where I have enough energy for that last Chaos Control to send us to our next location," the serious hedgehog explained.

"I figured that's going to be the case since I need to go back to the basement and get the Wreck-It Copter ready for me to go. Anyone who really wants to ride with me can't since it was made for a character of my size with no extra space. Blame graphic limitations for this problem," Ralph said.

The ChuChu captains got done discussing the situation amongst themselves and faced their allies to have an alternate for their next plan.

"Chuchuchuchu chuchuchu chuchuchu chuchu. Chuchuchu chuchuchuchu…. chuchuchu chuchu chu chuchuchu," Chuih declared to Zephyr and Cyril.

Zephyr couldn't help but to smile in excitement since having to ride their rocket again would be the ideal way for him to escape this mansion.

"Cyril confused. What are these colorful rats planning to do with us?" the nervous zombie said.

The blonde boy points to the red and white rocket that sat near the cent of the Ball Room as they watch the yellow ChuChus reentering the space traveling vehicle. Cyril dropped his axes in fear and didn't think this was his idea of leaving the mansion since he's afraid of heights.

"No, Cyril don't think it's good for me to take off into the skies. The G-Forces would be enough to tear my skin off and my fluids would easily leak since Cyril's body is that fragile," he said with his eyes widened.

This still didn't stop the blonde boy from handing him both axes for him to hold in one hand and drag him away in the rocket's direction with the other. This gave the four captains an opportunity to scuttle towards the white door and get inside so that they can prepare for liftoff. Zephyr placed both guns on his sides and made to climb atop the rocket with a nice grip while anticipating the flying. Cyril himself clamped both of his axes around the machine itself to fully secure himself as he awaits for the terror to happen soon. While watching this occur, Ralph was about to head towards the exit to go downstairs. Zobio placed his smaller wife above his right shoulder since the two had something big planned as well.

"Zobiko, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" he asked with a smile.

"I know exactly what you're thinking, my lover of the dead. The Graveyard Dragster will have to rise from its grave and be used to ride outside the mansion again," she said before giggling.

The two would eventually follow the same path as the Fix It Felix Jr. antagonist to make way back to their garage and prepare for their next tactic. Chuck would be wondering how the heck he was supposed to leave until Opa Opa would knock him into the air and catch him on his back.

"Hey, what are you trying to do with me? the mummy complained.

"Opa Opa will do the honor of flying you out of here since you don't have any other means of leaving," the sentient ship said in glee.

"But what about those humans over there? Sure they tried to kill me earlier, but should you think about taking them out of here too?" Head asked.

"You don't need to worry about them, I can use some of the energy that I have to do a Chaos Boost and clear another path for them to easily escape. Just let Opa Opa take you guys outside the ceiling so that we can all meet in the front," Shadow ordered.

The winged ship did an honorable salute and prepared to fly off into the air at a high speed, with both Chuck and Head screaming from the speed that their ride is going afterwards. Both agents would watch as the hedgehog would face their very location and knew down an attacking pose. Within seconds, he started to emit a radiant blue aura as signs that he's using a different version of Chaos Control that would have an effect on his speed and flight.

He turned to them and said, "Get ready to start running since I will use my enhanced speed to break though these walls and having a simple path for the two of you to follow. Be prepared too since I can tell that the Legion are already outside waiting for us and hopefully not planning on being interested in that woman with the emerald's abilities!"

"Roger that, Shadow! We will make sure to follow your path at all costs since we've got to get there fast. I'd like the real Varla back and not some monster that's hellbent on killing someone just for vengeance," he said with gun gun fully reloaded.

Shadow then shook his head and faced his desired direction to fly with a determined look on his face.

"Chaaaaaaaooooooossssss Controooool!" he shouts before taking off at the speed of light.

His first collision alone was able to cause massive crash in the wall allowed a cloud of smoke to roll in the agents' faces. Both of them coughed as the dust flew around the area and their eyes were shut to prevent any blindness since they're needed for some sharp shooting. Within a minute, the smoke would clear up to reveal a cavern formed from the continuous holes that Shadow's speed created and revealed a faster way for them to leave. G seen this and smiled since he was right about clearing a faster way for them to escape and Washington was just as impressed as him.

"Are you ready to leave this dreaded place and get our Varla back?" he said while holding his gun into the air with both arms.

Washington held his gun over his shoulder so that he's ready to run though the gates of madness.

"Let's do this shit!" he said with a serious expression.

Soon as they left the room, The ChuChu Rocket would eventually blast off into the air with Cyril's drawn out screaming being heard from behind. Everyone is now taking their own way out of the mansion and it was a race to stop Varla from doing the impossible. Outside of the dreary mansion, the situation itself wasn't that great since Shadow was right about the Legion of Subspace arriving on time and it surprisingly had the same haunting aura from the first time it arrived in Yuria. Varla was seen holding the nearly beaten scientist in her hands and watched as this ship approached from ahead of her. Since this really was her first time in a while that she was fully revived, its presence alone was enough for her to tremble since she knows that something was about to go wrong. More of the mysterious purple material had seeped from below the ship and slowly sank towards the dead earth in the form of a cloud. Curien used this opportunity tear away from Varla's grip and try to run away from her to make a clear escape.

The smoke would then transform into the infamous Shadow Fiends that would eventually chase after the runway scientist like a pack of ghastly predators hunting for their prey. He noticed the creatures heading for his tail and he picked up the pace to run even faster and avoid their wrath. They would soon assimilate to form a massive purple hand that would reach out for the terrified Curien and successfully capture him within its powerful grip. The hand slowly dragged him back to where Varla was as the other Shadow Fiends completely surround the area to ensure that no one would escape this area. The undead woman is completely horrified at what she saw since this was unlike anything she had witness since zombies were as far as she experienced in terms of otherworldly enemies. Soon, a familiar being would slowly descended from the ship with his trademark powerful pose and made sure to keep his eye on his master to see how things went. Master Zik, Max D. Cap, and Neff would eventually drop from the sky since they sent to make sure that The Magician's negotiation with Curien would go well. The founder of the Deadly Six would eventually turn his attention to Varla since he can sense an unnatural aura coming from her very body. He would eventually smile before stoking his pale mustache since he can tell that this might be what could have been they new ally's super weapon.

"This one, we've got to keep an eye on her since she might be an integral part of our mission," the elderly Zeti said.

The Magician's feet had met the ground from the descent and he is now facing what could be his successor and Curien himself. Varla's face was like she had seen a ghost since this guy, while not as disgusting as the beings she fought before, was one intimidating creature rom his demonic appearance alone.

"So this lack of an army that you spoke of were signs that you failed to bring us this army you've ranted about. Our wise friend also felt that Chaos Emerald's energy, but it appears that it is only coming from that woman. So tell me, where is the emerald that we've asked for," he said in his eerie voice.

"Yes, I've failed since those fools involved the G.U.N. in this and they managed to kill most of my army and defeat Varla. Even as the Wheel of Fate, I could do little to stop them and keep the emerald from getting in their hands. Then I would be send flying out of my own mansion at the hands of her because…"

"Enough talk, master! Or should I say, ex-master. Hearing about your failure is good enough and it's best to just kill you where you stand while we'll be taking your super weapon from you by force," the Magician snarled.

He would eventually reach out his hand to give the signal for remaining Shadow Fiends to surround the entrapped scientist and prepare to fulfill their superior's orders.

"No, no. Please, you can't do this to me! I won't die at your hands for the second time Magician and you still haven't changed since the day you've escaped!" he said as the purple beings started to surround the hand he was held by.

Then things went for dark turn when the shapeless beings transformed shark-like figures and started to violently tear him apart with their feeding frenzy like ravenous monsters. The scientist was now screaming wildly as he experienced his slow and painful death at the hands of these creatures. Varla couldn't bear to watch the violent scene occur near her and could feel her undead heart racing in fear. Some of the blood even splattered on her arms and she let out a yell of horror before trying to run away. Neff transformed back into his horrific Aggar form to block her way with his severely decaying body. She even attempted to fly away only to be quickly knocked down by the swift Master Zik.

"You aren't going anywhere, young one. A painful lesson would ensue unless you listen to our demands," he said as she slowly revived from that attack.

The Magician would eventually approach her with his intimidating appearance and watched as she shivered in fear with a frightened face. He still looked down on this female super weapon just to show that he's still the superior creation of his now dead master and she would listen to what he would say.

"If you really want to live and not wind up being torn apart by the Shadow Fiends, join our subspace army and become a great part in taking over this doomed world," he said in his chilling tone.

The Wheel of Fate was overpowering the heroes at first due to his enhanced strength and his metallic wheel protecting his weakness. There were times that he was outsmarted and he figured that reporting something on part with the storm earlier would be enough to kill his foes. He would then have his precious wheel destroyed and be defeated by the efforts of the agents, Shadow's group, and the living dead allies. An Varla would eventually knock Curien out of the mansion to deal with him personally and it was revealed that she was already made with having the emerald's abilities in mind. After leaving her own friends, she would then be ached by the Legion and witness Curien's death as punishment for his failure. What they are planning to do with her remains to be said, but you guys will find out after the E3 event is over by next Friday. As promised, the filler chapter that talks about our expectations and ballot choices will be released on Sunday since I've been waiting to do this for quite some time. In the meantime, I'll back soon and my friend wants a shoutout to let you guys know who's the one giving the ideas for now. Bye!