Fellow racers, are you ready to start your engines? This is your host Big Red speaking with the hint of our brand new chapter. As a recap, many things regarding Amy's group turned out excellent. Selvaria declared her disbandment from the Legion to Reala through Goodle's walkie talkie and her army would be sent to the beach thanks to Grunty's magic. Amy and the Virtua Cops would be back to good health thanks to Kyrie's efforts. Rouge would also reveal him as a new agent for the G.U.N. While Banjo and Ratchet would reveal their allegiance to them. Then everyone would depart with some stowaways in the form of Bayonetta's new fans to save Sonic. Now Knuckles and the gang would be causing trouble in one of Wily's hidden SDB factory's to become the new toys for a bored Bass. This is going to be one hell of a fight that will ensue in this chapter!

The mysterious robot stood above the entirety of Knuckle's allies and his defeated robot brethren above the subspace diffusion production room with the final gem shard in his hand. He gazed down at his alarmed enemies with his intimidating red eyes and the purple markings on his checks to show that he's much different from the other robots that were fought. Knuckles had a bad feeling about this one since something about him definitely seem like someone who could easily give all of them trouble. Kasumi would notice something else was walking near the robot from the far right and it indeed appeared to be something much beastly in comparison to the other robot. The robot in question looks more like a mechanical wolf-esque dog with a purple mane and four white clawed paws meant to show that he's not someone to think about petting. This dog would make his way over to where his master was and begin growling at the people he can see from above his steel pedestal.

"Down boy, it's not time for us to take these losers on yet. And besides, I'll take them on myself just to see how strong they really are," Bass said silently.

Blaze and Axel walked a bit closer to where Knuckles were so that they can get a closer look at the two robots that were challenging them to a fight over that final shard. Both Teojam and Earl got done shutting down every machine in the room to stop the production of these bombs given they would rather not have their style ruined by robots.

"Yo peeps! We were able to shut down the machines while you kept these robots busy. Now if only we can find that last emerald shard here," Earl said.

B.D. Joe simply points at Bass before him so that the Funkotronian duo can finally see exactly where their last shard was. Toejam wasn't liking the look of this one due to his frightening look and imposing attitude as he widens his eyes at him.

"Oh, this one looks different from the others. Hopefully he has no plans like beating the funk out of us," he said nervously.

Beat placed his hand on TJ's shoulder to let him know that it's no time to be afraid after everything they had done to this day.

"Don't get intimidated by a fool like this guy because that's what he wants. He's simply trying to scare you off just to see if you aren't brave enough to step up to his challenge. But the New GG's ain't going to take that from him unless he proves it," he said with a grin.

Beat's little statement would be heard by Bass clearly he and he knew that these intruders simply wanted to make themselves look tough until he takes action. Then he aims his buster at Beat for the red head to be his first target.

"Since you were the last one who opened your mouth, you might as well be the first to taste my Bass Buster," he said before shooting a green blast at him.

Chaos noticed it heading in the boy's direction and holds out his watery arm to protect him. The blast would be able to blow up against it due to the amount of pressure in this ancient being's arm. Toejam would still be cowering since he was close enough to get hit with his leader being thankful for his ally's action.

"Thanks Chaos. Your reactions are beyond smooth if you were able to simply block that poser's blast. Now we need to see if he can simply get down here and prove himself on our level," Beat said before chuckling.

"Next time Beat, try not to provoke him. Isn't that how the first robot tried attacking you when we first got to this factory?" Honey remarked.

Big the Cat would giggle at this and Beat would sigh since what she said was practically true.

"Poser? I would would say this tin can probably wouldn't know true strength unless he fight someone like me. After all, the countless others fell at my hands and he would be no different from the rest of them," Shiva said while cracking his knuckles.

Then Treble would begin viciously barking at them after enough people would be talking badly about his partner. The robot dog would be at the point where he could just simply jump down and show them who's boss based on his aggressive eyes of a wild canine. Most of the heroes would be surprised at how protective this mechanical mutt was while others would simply take him less serious.

"Awwww, is the robo puppy mad that we insulted his precious master? I bet even he would be as cheap looking as the rest of them," Ryo while after calming down his laughter.

While Honey wanted to take this fight serious, she would burst into laughter too after thinking about how cheap Treble looked at first glance after his joke.

"Ryo, I'm simply trying to not fool around here. But you are so right about him looking like one of those cheap Robo Puppy toys with that purple mane of his's," she exclaimed in laughter.

Hearing another joke like that simply made the mechanical dog even angrier than he was before and Bass could just simply look at him losing it again.

"Guys, now it's not the time to be joking around! This is serious and that shard should be taken from that robot's hands after how far we went from the beginning," the echidna replied.

Big would actually begin to feel insulted once he realized what Ryo and Honey were laughing about.

"Hey guys, I'm purple too! Doesn't that make me look ridiculous?" the concerned cat asked.

Then this would result in both Toejam and Earl laughing at their partner since he simply couldn't understand their joke at all. Ash and Electra would actually be confused by why people where laughing in the middle of a confrontation with a highly dangerous robot before them. Then Bass simply place his hand on the growling dog and give him that domination look to let him know that it's simply not the time to lose it to a bunch of amateurs.

"Treble, now is not the time to feed into their nonsense. I'll make sure to shut them up through my own means faster than they can say "Go!". These guys will know that I'm not the one to mess around with once I give them hell," he said in a more darker tone.

Then the robot would simply jump down as the more serious heroes would focus on what he would try doing to them.

"Here he comes! Don't let your guard down guys!" Knuckles shouts.

Then Bass would finally use his dash ability before he hit the group to charge dead at the ones who were laughing at them. This would alarm Axel and he worried for what would happen to Ryo and Candy.

"Ryo! Candy! Look out for that black robot!" he yelled.

The laughing couple would finally calm down and notice an angry Bass heading their way with his buster ready to shoot them. Honey screamed soon as she realize that he was charging his arm cannon for a powerful blast. His body begins to flash a radiant purple as a sign that his energy input would be filling up for the right attack. Ryo would be the first one to leap at him with a flying kick to the robot's exposed face.

"See if you can dodge this!" he shouts.

Then his feet would finally collide with Bass's helmeted head as a reminder that he's the type would wouldn't easily expose his weakness to his opponents. Ryo could feel himself being pushed back by the robot's hard head due to his determination to defeat him and the robot would raise his buster to his face.

"Silly bastard, never underestimate your opponent," he said in an angry tone.

He blasts away at the boy's body to Honey's horror and the others were able to take note of this.

"Ryoooooooo!" she screamed in fright.

The scorched martial artist would finally be sent to the wall from that powerful blast and dropped to the ground from the force of the impact. There were no doubt that Ryo would be in a deep concussion after such strong hit, given the others a sign of how serious he can get. Bass would finally look towards the defenseless Honey and preps another air dash to head towards her with his fists ready for a powerful hit. Honey then simply dodges him to deal a deadly kick to his back, while he could barely feel simply due to his extremely durable body. This would cause the robot to slowly turn around after landing and Honey being fueled by rage due to her boyfriend being easily defeated by the brass robot.

"You aren't going to get away with hurting my precious Ryo!" she yelled with tears in her eyes.

Bass simply didn't care about how she feels since he simply wants to prove to her why he's vastly superior to the most of them.

"You must be asking for it, aren't you? I guess it's time for me to depend solely on my physical capabilities to defeat you," he said before walking in her direction.

Emotionally broken and angry, Honey would try think of a way for her to harm him as he approached since his body would be proven as tough. In the middle of this, Toejam and Earl would be hurling their Trap-O-Matic jars at the robot in an attempt to entrap him.

"Hey, get away from our sista or else you'll be trapped in circular prison from brothas like us!" the red alien barked.

Earl would be the one tossing the last one needed to finally encase the dangerous robot into a jar and save the terrified Honey from being attacked. She would be relieved however that she won't have to worry about defeating him and Beat would be glad that she's safe.

"Good job, Big Earl. You were able to send that tin can into an appropriate, tight space for him to spend the rest of his life in. Just like the other robots that we were able to capture," he said before winking at his yellow partner.

"But the only problem with that is that he has the last shard with him. How are we supposed to get that back when it's in that jar with him?" Ash said.

It wasn't until the jar would violently roll around as a sign that Bass is still attempting to fight his way out of that glass prison. Honey would be shivering soon as she saw cracks quickly forming on that glass sphere since the fight wasn't over yet. Out of sheer impatience, Chaos would be the one to quickly jump his way toward the jumping jar and smash it with a powerful slam against the defeated body of Hard Man. Knuckles would even be surprised by this since the creature would be proven as equally as impulsive as him in one scene alone. The funky duo and Honey would be surprised at the glass being shattered by this and Bass being in pain from that deadly tactic. Treble notice this and growl as a way to show that he's tired of sitting on the sidelines.

"Treble, stay were you are. I'm not done yet with these punks and only few of them had shown themselves as real pushovers," he said while lifting his body off of the carcass of his fellow Robot Master.

Once he realize what he's standing on and who the robot was, this would give him a great idea to turn the tides on these determined heroes.

That's it, these fools would realize that this place is crawling with plenty of bodies for me to scan. Using the weapons of the robots they defeat against them would be the right way for me to show how superior I am.

Chaos would slowly approach him with his unnerving yellow eyes and reached out his terrible arms in preparation of another beatdown. Little did the former Chaos Emerald Guardian know that he would be in for a surprise once he finally gets close enough to him.

"I have a bad feeling about this. It's like he's purposely staying on that robot's body for a good reason," Blaze said.

Axel would watch closely to see if he would do anything suspicious to the watery monster that is drawing near him for another round. Then Bass would would quickly aim his fist at the creature and fire a powerful rocket fist that would send him flying back towards his allies.

"Hard Knuckle," he said while watching him fly.

Honey and the others would get out of the way for Chaos to be splattered against the wall due to the force of the projectile. Knowing how the attack functioned like a certain robot, they had a bad feeling about this.

"Did he just replicate the same attack as that robot we defeated earlier?" Honey said in shock.

She would already be frightened by the possibility that Bass can essentially copy the abilities of his fallen comrades flawlessly. Knuckles caught on to that easily and had a feeling that this robot might give Metal Sonic a run from his money from that skill.

"Are you fools done messing around yet?" he said before glaring at the rudie before him, "Because I'm about to show off my true power and defeat all of you before you can escape this factory!".

He would charge dead at Beat with another air dash with his buster out for another series of shots.

"You aren't going to defeat me just yet!" he said before charging at him with his skating.

Bass charges his buster and unleashed a series of rapid fire shots at the boy, who would dodge them by grinding on the wall beside him. Bass would snarl and aim his buster at Beat himself for another round of shooting. Beat then launches himself at the incoming robot with both of his spray paint cans ready. He fired his next round of blasts at Beat and his target would perform some aerial acrobatics to avoid his shots and prepare to spray him.

"Get a load of color for that bland face of yours!" Beat shouts before spraying clouds of paint in his face.

Bass would launch another Hard Knuckle at Beat before the paint finally clouded his vision and the fist-like projectile knocked Beat's cans out of his hands.

"Dang, that fist of yours is actually good," he replied.

Bass's face would now be covered in a colorful mess, which gave the rudie an opportunity to dish out some serious pain on him. He would slam a powerful left skate gloved foot on Bass's head to knock him towards the ground before springing himself into the air for another tactic of his's.

"If it makes you feel any better. I'm going to send you straight to Aisle 10 after this last move!" Beat says as he spun into a air.

Bass would then knowingly place his hand on the battered body of Air Man and this gave Toejam a bad feeling based on how he was able to get Hard Man's ability. Then soon as Beat would finally drop towards him using all of his pressure, the blinded Bass would raise his buster into the air for his next deadly tactic.

"Air Shooter!" he shouts before releasing a series of mini tornados at Beat.

The powerful gusty projectiles would disrupt the rudie's fall and knocks him into the air in a helpless state.

"Damn, you managed to get a new ability that fast?" he said in a surprised manner.

"Beat, it's because he touched that robot's body! That's exactly why he's able to copy the weapons of these guys in the first place!" Honey replied.

At this moment, Bass had successfully wiped the paint off of his face so that he can get a look at the boy that began tumbling towards the ground thanks to new newly acquired weapon.

"Now I'll show you why that I'm superior in comparison to these inferior models!" he yelled.

Then Bass would boost himself into a air with his Hard Knuckle ready for another shoot at the softest part of Beat's body. Beat would be react to the incoming fist with another kick, but the force of the attack was able to severely damage his left leg to the point of making him groan in pain. Toejam and Earl would then quickly throw one of their entrapped robot prisoners at him to deal some damage with them.

"Leave our homie alone, you funking piece of junk!" the red alien yelled.

Bass would react to the alien's words while he grabbed Beat's damaged leg in an attempt to throw him back to the ground.

"Shut up! You think that tiny little jar trick will work on me again?" he replied aggressively.

Then the jar would ram itself against Bass's body and transformed into a wounded Astro Man against his body that pushed him into the air, leaving Beat to fall towards the ground with a wounded leg. Kiryu would be the first to run towards the wall in desperation and wall jump of of it to catch the boy in time. Then Big would be the one to leap to the spot where they would land and use his large body as a living cushion to break their possibly severe falls. Beat would still in groaning due to the fact that the Hard Knuckle might had possibly broken his leg bone in the process and the Yakuza member can tell that things weren't looking good.

"This kid almost got himself in a position where he could have broken his own leg while messing around with that robot. Someone would have to cover him while we deal with this clown," he said.

Beat attempted to move from Kiryu's lap, only to scream again since the pain in his left leg was too severe for him to walk. While Big would be happy that he saved the two from hitting the ground, he would be extremely worried about what happened to his own boss.

"Beat, are you ok? You don't sound very good," he said in a sad tone.

Knuckles would be more concerned about the fact that Bass got done killing the nervous Astro Man, who was simply begging him not to think about ending his life, and absorbed his data for another destructive weapon to use.

"Guys, he's gotten himself another new weapon to use! Get out of there before he thinks about attacking you again!" he yells.

Toejam and Earl would eventually noticed the smashed body of Chaos finally seeping into the floor and crawling its way towards where Beat and the others were.

"TJ, I wonder what he's planning to do with our main man?" Earl said before revealing his black beady eyes.

"I bet that watery thing got's some special plans for him, like a healing ability of some sort. You know what I'm saying, Earl?" the hopeful Toejam said.

Then the two would jump on the destroyed body of Astro Man and grabs onto the ground before them as a sign that Bass got another trick up his sleeve.

Then the black robot would raise his hands into the air while charging an unnatural purple aura to alarm the heroes below him. This time, Bass would be officially ticked off with them and wanted to end them all in this last attack that he's got planned after the defeat of Astro Man. Chaos would finally reform back into his neutral form and placed his watery hands on Beat's leg to help out a friend in need.

"Good job, water guy. Help out our buddy while he's still hanging on," the purple cat said.

Beat begins to relax now that someone special would be here to help out with his damaged leg at a time like this.

"You all are nothing more that weaklings due to your lack of power or the variable weapons unlike a superior creation like me. This is a reminder of why no one should mess with me when I'm getting serious. Astro Cruuuuuuuuussssssshhhhhhhh!" he beamed.

Then Honey and the funky duo would be running towards Beat to see if they were alright while ignoring what would ensue from the area above. Many purple holograms would appear from the ceiling in the shape of Bass that would be made out of the same aura that surrounded him during this attack. Ryo would finally awaken from his unconscious state to see everyone crowding Big the Cat with his blurry eyes. His head would still be stinging due to the blow he had received from Bass earlier and he wondered where Honey went.

"Guys, please ….. try not to lose ….. to that phony robot," he said in a weak tone.

Axel would be the first to notice the holographic clones that appeared above Bass and had a bad feeling about this next attack. Then each of them would start falling one by one before becoming the equivalent of massive purple asteroids during this final stage of Bass's Astro Crush attack. These asteroids would be comparable to the real deal, except three times bigger than Big himself and seeming like they could destroy this entire room if no one is careful enough.

"Come on, keep healing him at a faster rate. We simply can't stay here forever," Kiryu demanded as the green light shines above Beat's leg from Chaos's forelimbs.

Honey would eventually hear Blaze and the others calling their names a warning of the incoming attack that heads their way. Bass simply stares at them with a crazed look to make sure that his attack doesn't become a complete waste after this.

"Guys, get out of here! There are meteors heading your way and you need to retreat towards the deeper end of this room right now!" Axel shouts.

Honey would be the first to look at the sky and screams one see notice the hellish purple masses of energy heading their way. Kiryu and Chaos would notice the energy meteors heading their way from above once a bright purple light would shine from their very appearance.

"We have to get out of here before it's too late. Big, get off the ground and run!" he commanded.

Then Big would rise off the ground heave to Kiryu on his shoulder after leaving it to Chaos to carry Beat away. Honey, Toejam, and Earl would be the ones to run where Blaze and Axel are to go to lower ground. Knuckles would be the one to run towards the way and focus solely on taking out Bass himself.

Hold on guys, I'm going to make things easy to lay the smack down on him for now. Just listen to the others and run from those meteors.

Since Beat's leg since had some energy left in it and was no longer broken, Chaos would quickly carry him away from the area beside Big and Kazuma to reach the bunker and avoid the meteors. Ash, Electra, Kasumi, and Shiva would also head towards the other side where Ryo is to check him out. Then the meteors would finally come crashing upon the many places of the area, destroying all the defeated bodies of the Robot Master's and breaking the floor where the others used to be. Everyone would simply watched as the attack created mass destruction on the area before them while hiding from the elevated stairs that would lead into the exit of the room. Big would be spooked out by the loud noises these meteors caused and Earl simply started to hug his already terrified red partner in fear in the middle of this.

"Is everyone alright?" Axel shouts.

Everyone would respond with a few "Yeses" and "I'm alright" let him know that they were alright while avoiding this. Bass would be watching the fireworks below him until Knuckles leapt at the robot master from behind and deal a powerful blow to his face.

"You thought wrong if you think you can hurt my friends!" the echidna barked.

Bass would then react to him with a Hard Knuckle shoot at him that would be kicked back by his opponent's quick reflexes. The reflected fist projectile knocks him out of the air for Shiva appear behind him for a sneak attack. The young man would kick him in the other direction with a powerful strike leading up to Kasumi to deal the damage with a fully charged Torn Sky Blast.

Bass would be sent falling to the ground after the damage he had endured for Chaos lunge at him from the shadows and punch him towards the damaged steel floor below him. This would lead the enraged Treble to bark at the heroes from his same spot knowing that his partner would not want him to jump into action without permission. Big and Honey slowly walked out of their hiding spot to get a closer look at the damaged black robot before him to see that he's seriously hurt despite the lack of a single scratch. The sparks that emit from his body were another sign that he was in no good condition as Chaos appeared behind him to deal the final blow. He shot another Hard Knuckle at the watery being for it to be dodged effortlessly and he snarled in frustration.

"You think you'll take me down that easily you punk! Then I don't care how deadly you are!" he yelled.

Chaos would grab him from a few feet with his hands and Bass blasts them away with the Air Shooter to fully destroy his arms. While Chaos would be in the process of regrowing his arms, Shiva leaped in for another confrontational attack against the wounded robot.

"Final Crash!" he yells before dealing his infamous rising kick on Bass's body.

Kasumi and Electra would be impressed by how determined he was to destroy Bass instead of watching him outsmart the more weaker allies easily. Knuckles would also glide his way towards to rising Bass to deal his Deep Impact to crack him open.

"And how about you just stay still so that I'll be taking that last piece home with me?" he yells.

This would be the last straw in which Treble finally jumps off the spot where he's supposed to stay and fly towards them in his Treble Jet form to get where his master is. Toejam would be the first to notice this and tried throwing some Trap-O-Matic Jars to stop him in his tracks.

"Earl, help me stop this crazy pooch from saving that robot! I have a feeling that he will assimilate with his body into some super robot or something," the red alien screamed.

Earl would finally leap out of the darkness with Blaze and helped his buddy outré tossing these special jars at Treble. He could feel the jars hitting his durable body, but ignored them since getting to Bass is his higher priority. Then the purple dog would collide against Knuckles to stop him from punching Bass to knock him slightly away from him.

"Dang, that stupid dog stopped me from crushing his owner's head," he complains as he fell backwards.

Then he would transform into a special helmet before everyone's eyes and slowly levitated towards the sparking head of Bass. He would be able to open his eyes slightly soon as it came in contact with his head and he begins to roar victoriously like prideful warriors.

"TJ, this is the like the second time you had successfully predicted situation in our tussle with that robot. Are you sure that you ain't psychic?" he said to a dumbfounded Earl.

This three legged alien would be shocked about that fact as well as he watched the madness ensue before him. Blaze and Axel were cautious at this time since they seriously hoped that he wouldn't pull of the same Astro Crush move from earlier. Honey watched as the bright purple line shines upon all of their faces during the transformation and noticed that something feels extremely off about this situation.

"Now what's going on here? He's getting stronger because his dog became a helmet?" Beat said in puzzlement.

In the middle of this chaos, he would finally realize that BD Joe would be the only one missing in the middle of this along with the Bonanza Bros. who were left behind stealing goods near the lobby of this factory.

"Big, do you have any idea where BD Joe went during all of this?" he asked the purple feline.

"I wish I knew, but he wouldn't tell me a thing at all. Maybe bringing his taxi back here to help out?" Big suggested.

Bass would finally be remodeled as a whole new robot after gaining a new armor with some aspects of his canine companion, deadlier fists for rocket shots, and a set of black and purple wings for maintaining altitude during flight. Knuckles would glide back towards the new and improved Bass with his flaming fist ready to harm him.

"Whether you have wings and a new suit, you still aren't going to beat me!" Knuckles barked.

Bass would then turn around to him him a borderline psychotic smile to show that he's a much different person now that he had gotten that new armor. Then he would reply to the echidna by blocking his fist with his own hand as the dangerous aura flows within his body.

That is then when Knuckles would know that things were not over yet now that the gloves were off for this intense fight. Ash gasped in horror while Kasumi gasps in anger now that even Knuckles would be proven inferior to this new Bass. Shiva would simply feel little remorse since he thinks that a new armor isn't enough to warrant any fear. But everyone else would be truly afraid once they see Knuckle's own fists being stopped by their opponent now that he's at full power with the hell of his Treble Boost.

"You see, this is what the definition of true power means and it's all thanks to that shard and Treble. That means that your precious Chaos Abilities means nothing to me anymore and I am on a completely different league than you!" Bass said in a crazed voice.

Then he would simply toss Knuckles towards the eastern wall with his strength and focus his attention on the man that knocked him in the air. Shiva didn't feel intimidated at all since he knows that he in for a fight with the Treble Boost mode of Bass.

"I am not scared of a coward who depends on machinery to make himself stronger. Just get down here and fight me with your own hands!" he shouts.

Then the power crazed robot would nod with his wicked smile and fly towards the ground where his human opponent is with his weapons ready. He begins firing his blasts at the skilled man for him to dodge with his humble movements and expertise. It wasn't until Shiva would execute his Final Crash technique again to rise into the air and kick Bass square in his face. Unlike the last time however, he was unable to feel a single thing at all and simply responds by gripping Shiva's leg. The man groans in pain once he feels the tight forces crushing his own leg as Bass simply smiles in response to this.

"It took my own hands to simply break your legs, then you are simply out of my league. So everything you've said about being stronger is a load of croc and humans like you should know your place in this world," Bass said as the man yells.

Electra would be the first to jump onto action once she see this and uses her famed electric whip to latch onto Bass's body to shock him. He could feel his circuits being overridden with this high voltage shock and he glares at her in the middle of his torture of Shiva.

"Let him go you, heap of scrap! I won't let you sit here and mess with him any longer!" she screams.

Then he lifts the electrical whip while feeling this shock to fling Electra into the air as the black haired man watched this. Filling with rage at the sight of his partner being prepared for a beat down, he tries kicking Bass's arm in an attempt to make him let go. The young woman would now be completely airborne as her attacker looked at her with his hand around the whip that continues to shock him. This is where Big would finally jump into action by hitting a spin dashing Knuckles back into the air so that he can get his payback.

"It's all yours, little buddy!" he shouts as the red spin ball flew his way towards Bass.

Bass would finally begin slinging Electra back down to the ground for Axel to bend the whip up with a stronger version of his Grand Upper technique. Then Kasumi jumps in to save the falling Electra for the other heroes to finish overpowering him.

"Thanks Kasumi. I was foolish enough to try attacking him in the first place," the light headed woman said.

"What the hell just happe…"

Knuckles finally knocked him dead in his chest at full speed to cause the robot to drop Shiva from his grip and he gags in pain from the force of the attack. Then Ash would jumped time to grab the falling Shiva and allow the others to handle Bass. This time Knuckles would be fired up to show this stronger Bass who's boss with a technique he had in store for him.

"Now it's time for me to show you who's the big man that deserves the power of the Master Emerald. Even if you have your precious dog's powers, it won't be enough to stop me from obtaining my main goal!" he yells.

Then the enraged Bass would begin firing away with his rapid fire shots and as Knuckles dodged them effortlessly with his gliding. The black robot then throws a tantrum and flew himself at Knuckles head on for another deadly attack. Knuckles retaliates with a flying uppercut to stop him and deals his Maximum Heat attack to attack him from every direction at a speed comparable to Sonic. This would easily deal more pain to Bass's body and he would try shooting around the room to stop him. Each blast would tear holes in the ceiling and damage the machinery in the higher levels of the room.

"He's destroying the factory with his own strength? Who would have known that there would be a downfall for this "superior" machine," Honey said in surprise.

Bass continues to shoot at the ceiling while his red opponent blitz him with his blinding speed. The rubble would fall into different parts of the production room thanks to this and everyone would be alarmed to retreat for the door. Chaos would be the one to grab Shiva's leg as Ash held him and start healing him as well. Toejam and Earl then goes on a throwing spree with their special jars to entrap the pieces of rubble for later use and preventing any further damage to the room. Big would simply destroy each piece with a special floater attached to his fishing pole like the times he would fight Eggman's forces with Team Rose.

"Good job, you three. Make sure the rubble doesn't hit the ground or cause any damage to this place," Axel said in congratulations.

Electra slashed away at the pieces of concrete that fell in her area since she would be responsible for protecting the unconscious Ryo with Kasumi covering them by slashing them in a higher altitude.

"Thanks, Kasumi. Keep up the good work with that blade of yours," the dominatrix said before taking a glance at the unconscious boy behind her.

Now Bass would be angry to the point of charging dead forward in an attempt to knock the echidna away from him only to miss him at the last moment. Then Knuckles would use this opportunity to activate his Shovel Claw and execute a drill dash maneuver to attack him from behind. It wasn't until the black robot would turn around at the last minute before he would be skewered by the drilling echidna and pushed towards the direction of the wall on the other side of the room Bass desperately aims his buster at Knuckles head during this tactic so that he can shoot him at the right time.

"You need to know that someone like me hates being dealt with cheap tactics!" he said while charging his buster.

The arrogant robot had little care about how close he was to colliding with the wall behind him and focused merely on trying to blast Knuckles away at the right time. Blaze would be the first to notice this and warns Knuckles to pay attention to what he's doing.

"Knuckles! Look out!" she shouts.

Then he would finally knock Bass against the wall and keep drilling against his body being the headstrong fighter he is since breaking him open would be necessary for getting that shard back from him. Bass could feel his major system's starting to get damaged as the sharp claws drilled against his Bassnium armor and had the right idea to keep charging for that powerful blast. It wasn't until the Bonanza Bros and BD Joe arrived at the right time from below the raging warriors with the entire incomplete Master Emerald in the backseat. The taxi driver was happy as ever for some reason and managed to find the two troublemakers with their massive sack of goods that were collected in this factory.

"Hey hey, are you folks ready for that final emerald completion ceremony! Because we were able to find some company that's here to help!" he shouts through a megaphone.

Everyone that heard the man's words started to head for the lower section to see their ally who was M.I.A. from the scene of Bass's interference. Kasumi managed to destroy the last few bits of rubble and started to follow the others down while Electra protected the wounded body of Ryo. Ash and Shiva would also be the only ones to stay since Chaos would still be the one healing the latter's broken leg.

"I can't want to show that damn robot who's boss after this leg is successfully healed," he said before groaning.

"I really admire your determination to kick butt. But you shouldn't destroy that perfect body of yours, Shiva. Even the boss would be concerned about your well being given that you are the best of the Syndicate," the macho fighter said.

Shiva seriously wanted to respond to him for even bringing up Mr. X, but he would be more concerned on getting back to his feet after Chaos is done tending his wounds. Suddenly, a blue robot would be seen walking into the room and touching the remains of every robot to gear up for his next fight. Chaos would be the first to notice it and he simply looked away since he looks like someone who's not really an enemy. Electra would lift the defeated Ryo to her chest in an attempt to get him up and noticed this peculiar robot before him. This one appeared to be like Bass, but much nicer and he would be more focused on stocking up on the weapons he need for his fight with Bass on the other side. The dominatrix would be confused at what she was looking at since he's simply as mysterious as their enemy, but simply one that could be hear for something else.

His helmet in particular is the striking feature of his's since it's not as overdone as Bass's and signifies that he's a robot that is much more peaceful unlike the others. Electra simply stares at this robot like her fellow ex-Syndicate members did and keep watching him.

This robot. He's simply here to check out the scraps of his enemies to copy weapons like that other one. Maybe he would explain his relationship with that black one once we see him in action.

Kasumi simply observed him like the others and saw a red robot dog walk into the room to comfort the blue robot like any canine companion would. Unlike Treble, he seems a bit more kind and loyal to the degree of actually being treated as a friend unlike how demanding Bass is towards his partner.

"He is quite the mysterious once indeed. He might as well be on our side if he's here for the sake of helping us," the kunoichi said.

Knuckles would now be at the point where Bass's chest armor is finally starting to weaken after the amount of pressure he's applying to his body during this phase and the robot is simply struggling to charge due to how much damage he's taking.

"You… are going to get off of me…. once I finally blast you into a oblivion!" he shouts.

Then he would finally maneuver his arm cannon to the right position to shoot Knuckle's head and prepare to release the shot.

"Knuckles! Don't let your guard down while he's ready to attack!" Beat yelled.

Big would notice that one last massive hunk of rubble in hanging directly above them as it teeters on the edge. This would really alarm half of the New GG's since it can easily fall over and crush the both of them if they stay there any longer.

"Hey Knux, get out of there now! You realize that in any moment you can become a pancake!" Kiryu demanded.

At moments like these, he wish he had gun to fire a warning shot to get his attention. BD Joe had the right idea of going through his taxi's weapons menu and launching that remote control needed to distract him.

"Let's see if that robot can say hello to our little friend," he said with a smile.

Bass then finally fires his shot at the echidna to knock him away from him, leaving the red echidna to be surprised.

Dang, I was close to drilling into him so that final shard can be mines.

BD Joe's drone would finally run its way up the wall in anticipation of attacking Bass from behind as the arrogant robot prepares to attack his defenseless opponent again.

"Like I said, only the strongest machinery survive in this fight. Inferior organic weaklings like you should know their place," he said.

It was at moment when the blue robot that the others were looking at would see his nemesis before him and jump into action.

"Bass! You always cause trouble whenever I find you, even if it's simply because of your ignorance of human lives," the robot shouts.

The red dog would also start barking to garner the attention of Bass as Knuckles would be confused by the barking.

"Is that a dog? One that's barking at me?" he said after spinning around.

Bass would finally see the mechanical heroes before him and grew furious within seconds once he recognized who these two were. Then the drone would jump from the wall right behind Bass and blow up on his own back out of surprise. This blue robot would know that these innocent people were struggling with him like BD Joe told him earlier and raises up his hand to let Rush know that it's time to fuse.

"Rush! Let's use the Super Adapter and finish things off here. Not a single living being will be hurt by Bass on my watch," he shouts heroically.

Then the robot dog would transform into another helmet like the one Treble became and hover itself towards Mega Man's head during the transformation. Bass would notice this happen before him as he breaths heavily from that surprise Drone that BD Joe shot at him. Then a bright red light would form as a result of the two assimilating and it beams from across them in the upper room. Big would be attracted by the brightness of this phenomenon like everyone else and they had a feeling that this next fight between the two robots would be intense.

"Allow me to introduce you to the Super Fighting Robot, Mega Man. While I was leaving the place to go after these two thieves, we met each other and he explained everything about the robots in this factory. He even told me about the black robot we were fighting and said that he might be the only one advanced enough to deal with him since the two go way back," BD Joe explained.

Everyone would be puzzled by the taxi driver's explanation since he was lucky to run into someone who had knowledge of these robots, though they were more concerned about why would they be here in the first place.

"Mega Man? Sounds like the name of a generic superhero than some highly advanced robot," Kiryu said.

"Well, I would like to tell you that I know a grinding robot called Roboy. And I know, it definitely doesn't sound that creative at all," Beat replied.

Ash, Shiva, Chaos, and Electra would keep gazing at the red flash before them as they got a better glimpse of the robot warrior before them. He now has a pair of wings just like Treble Boost Bass, red armor in place of his formerly blue appearance, a white body, and a more serious look. Ryo would slowly regain his consciousness as the red flair shines against the side of his face as he struggles to move. Electra would finally notice that he's finally out of his "sleeping phase" and was glad to do a favor for Honey while she waits on the other side for him. He was a bit too drowsy to care about what was happening and felt the soft flesh next to his face, mumbling about being in bed with a nice pillow. The dominatrix would be surprised at this since the guy is seriously sleep deprived to the point of thinking her chest were pillows. Shiva would finally jump from Ash's arms now that his leg is back to normal thanks to the efforts of Chaos's healing factor. Then the man would notice him "fluffing" her chest with his drowsy stage with the former looking wide eyed and before snuggling against them. Ash would notice this and finally grab his ally before he thinks about kicking Ryo's ass for getting in the personal space of his closest partner.

"Ash, get the hell off of me. It's best for this kid to know his place and not think about laying his filthy hands on her," he said angrily.

Holding the angry ex-Syndicate member would be the best thing for him to do since the burly man knows that there would be a possibility of Mega Man mistaking the misunderstanding as a crime. Then the flash of the light would finally die down for Bass to see his rival in all his red, heroic glory while in serious pain. While Mega Man is not the type who would be serious about harming his fellow robots without reason, he knows that it's best to give his foe a reminder of why he will always fight for what's right.

"Bass, you've caused trouble here long enough. It's time for me to get that last emerald shard back from you the hard way since you simply won't listen to reason!" he shouts before blasting off.

Knuckles would start running towards the other side since it was best to give these two some room and see how his fellow emerald hunter is doing with Shiva.

Alright blue robot boy, I'll just let you handle things from here since you seem to know him.

Then Bass would begin charging his buster before clashing fists with his rival, which would result in a boom that is loud enough for everyone in the room to hear and the rubble above the wall to begin shaking harder. This would give everyone below that it was a sign to start running and give these two robots the room they needed for their fight.

"Everyone, hop into the taxi with me or get the heck out of their way! That big slab can be tumbling down immediately if they cause enough damage here!" BD Joe demanded.

Mega Man and Bass would continue trading blows above the heroes as they begin climbing the stairs to the next level for safety. Honey, Big, Beat, and Kazuma were the ones who ran up the stairs while the others like Blaze, Axel, Toejam, Earl hopped above the taxi (on the seats on the nose of the vehicle) so that Joe can drive them out of the area. Earl would be the one to hold the incomplete Master Emerald in his hands since he knows that Knuckles would want it to be kept safe from being shattered. Then Mega Man would knock Bass away with a rocket fist blasted to his chest and charged at him to chain more timed shots.

"You are still as stubborn as ever Bass. I'm not surprised why you are simply trying to hurt the humans in this area or stealing something as sacred as the Master Emerald!" he says while dodging his rival's shots.

Bass would then retaliate by charging at him for an upwards kick to Mega Man's face and knocks him away with another charged shot.

"You are still as soft as a Mettaur, Mega Man. I'm just simply proving myself as the stronger individual while I don't care about Wily's orders of protecting this bomb factory. I wouldn't miss out on making myself stronger with that last shard and they shouldn't deserve to stop the Legion from taking over this world," he said while watching Mega Man shrug off his last attacks.

Everyone would finally be back on the ruined upper floor to see who things went with everyone else. Things were a bit hilarious as expected with both Kasumi and Ash trying to hold Shiva back from trying to break Ryo for his accidental fondling of the one who's taking care of him.

"Let go of me you idiots! Want to make sure he suffer as badly as possible for even touching Electra like she's some plaything for him!" he yells.

Honey would then witness the scene with her own eyes, him sleeping against the blonde dominatrix's chest like a drowsy child and fluffing it like a pillow due to his struggle to sleep.

"Quiet down guys! I'm trying to sleep against these nice cushions. It's not…. like you are going to… die or something," he said in his sleep.

Then this would lead the young girl into bowing her head down in silence as a sign that it was best to leave her alone at this time and Big would be afraid of what would happen to him.

"Www…wwww…wwaaa…..waaaa…wait!"

Knuckles and the others would simply watch her walk toward her "perverted" boyfriend for doing such a fallacy while she's around. BD Joe and the Bonanza Bros would be more concerned about the fight between the two robots behind them since things were indeed getting more intense like the usage of buster shots and aggressive flying on the other side of things. Bass would be struck by another rocket fist by Mega Man then he tackles him at full force to retaliate as the destruction ensues.

"I wonder if Mega's going to take him down like he said. The two still look evenly matched, even if I did weaken that black one with one of my drones," the taxi driver said.

"I don't know about you Joe, but I do know that Earthling is going to get his ass kicked upsetting his own girl. I wish him luck if he's going to resist getting knocked out by that well timed slap," Toejam said while munching on popcorn.

"Uh TJ, isn't that basically your relationship with Latisha in a nutshell?" Earl said with the Master Emerald in hand.

Then the three legged alien would glare at him for even reminding her of how hard their relationship is on Funkotron currently is. Knuckles would also be worried about how their fight is going once he saw Mega Man being knocked against the wall with another of his kicks and held in place by Bass's bare hand.

"I don't think we can celebrate just yet since he still seems to be getting trouble like we were earlier," he said with a serious look.

Honey would be getting closer to the surprised Electra that allows Ryo to treat her like his living bed while recovering from his concussions.

"Can you let me go already! I don't care if his girlfriend would solve the problem, it would be best for me to kick his ass!" Shiva yells.

Kasumi and Ash were still doing their best to hold him back in this situation while they let Honey solve the problem herself. She indeed had her own fists clenched and still carried her head down in possible anger since this is the second time that he's doing something this disgusting in her face.

"How could you do this, Ryo. I've thought you were good with women, yet I see you doing something like this," she said silently.

Electra would finally notice the young girl heading her way and start to feel sorry for the drowsy boy at this moment.

"Ryo, your special popstar is here. I think it's time for you to stop right now a realize that your touching my breasts in her face!" she said.

Then Ryo would start to regain his sense more once he hears that worse and continues fondling them to see if they really were pillows.

"Ryo, you are making this harder for yourself and I. Stop right now or else I'll be the one to punish you like the last time!" she said angrily.

This time, Shiva would calm down a bit since he realize that she can easily be the one to kick his ass for him. Ryo slowly opens his eyes and notice the cushion before his face is not really a pillow at all and he slowly looks at the face above him. Seeing Electra's face once and blinking before touching her breast again would lead him into gasping in horror.

Was I the one who had done this in my sleep? That stupid robot will really pay for making a fool of me!

Then Honey would grab Ryo with relative ease to everyone's shock and pull him to his feet to face him properly.

"Looks like he's about to be dead. Rest in Earth pieces, Ryo Hazuki," Toejam declared.

Ryo would slowly regret everything he had done and wished that his girlfriend would be angry at him for something he had no control over. Suddenly, Honey would forcefully shove his face into her cleavage and hug him tightly with a sad face that would leave everyone into having a face fault moment.

"Ryo, aren't these popstar boobs enough for you to handle. Mine's are the right size and not to big like that floozy whip girl we sadly have to work for! Just promise me that you never do that again, OK?" she screams like any other upset girl.

He really didn't now if this was heaven nor hell that he is enduring, but he's glad that he didn't have to get his butt kicked again. Then a massive boom would happen on the other side of the room that would get the attention of the one's nearest to the stairs. Knuckles would be worried about what became of the two robots like everyone else, until the final shard would be tossed onto the Master Emerald from the dust clouds. Seeing the gem itself finally shine brighter than usual was enough for the echidna to feel accomplished for what happened with the gem in question. The guys on the Crazy Taxi would look in awe as the green light beams in their face as sign that their days of shard collecting are over.

"I don't know what happen to those two, but the Master Emerald is finally back to its old self. Our work here is done and it's finally time to go after Sonic," he said with a smug grin.

Bass would be proven as one tough cookie as he fights with the New GG's and reveal his special ability to copy the abilities of other robots. Knuckles and Shiva would be daring enough to push his buttons, forcing him to use the Treble Boost to make him deadlier for combat. It wasn't until BD Joe and the Bonanza Bros. would appear with the incomplete Master Emerald to tell the others about Mega Man's grand appearance. The blue Robot Master would be engaged in an intense fight with Bass while the others would see a jealous Honey "dealing" with her recovering boyfriend Ryo Hazuki. The fight would eventually end with a bang that would remain ambiguous about the fate of both robots, but thankfully the final shard would assimilate with the Master Emerald. The next chapter will be available next Friday and things will end on a shorter note in preparation of Operation Free Sonic. Until then, I bid you all farewell and advise you to be prepared for the preparation of all heroes to band together.