Sonic The Hedgehog: New World

by V.I.S.I.O.N-K.I.N.G

A lost soul ends up reincarnated as an anthropomorphic character in Sonic's World, as some forgotten failed Ultimate Lifeform experiment. But after awakening, discovers a system function similar to RPG Games. Unlock Level-Ups, Rank-Ups, Evolution, Skills, Abilities, etc. Life's about to get more interesting when living in one's favorite game series. A New Tale In A New World...

5. Chapter 04: Heads, Tails, Or Eggs?

Greetings to major Sonic fans! You waited, and now here's the next chapter. I gotta admit, this one is a lot more crazy exciting that it took some time researching to pull it off. Then again, what better time after the big hit of Sonic Frontier: New Horizon and the coming attraction of Sonic Superstars. So better buckle down, we got some surprise cast of characters here, and old familiar foes that feels like a 'blast from the past' theme. Until then, enjoy…

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Chapter 04: Heads, Tails, Or Eggs?

LOCATION: LEO CARRIER

Slowly we spot the Leo Carrier flying through the skies while in stealth mode, making certain no one can find the warship. The scene changes and opens to show Leo in the Lab Area, as he was in the middle of trying to craft and invent new stuff. Most things were a few small things like Bombs, Flash Grenades, etc. There was pretty much over 100 explosive types thus far. Plus Leo had been working on improving High Mechnaic and Great Hunter in areas of crafting weapons, armor, and updating basic gear with the latest tech. It was all to help improve the skill sets, and he recently gotten a new pop-up window:

UPDATE NOTICE:

High Mechanic Lv.1-7

Great Hunter Lv.3-7

Leo signs from feeling like it was another slow progress to improve himself. The lion man was even trying to improve a matter of creating new mechanical sword type weapons. Especially since having lost the Beast Fang and Lizard Sword when having clashed against GUN Emperor. But those swords were made by others before Leo came to be, so now he's trying to do better. And it may help improve some swords abilities that need level-up works.

"Working non-stop for 3 Days with little sleep…yawn…I may need a break." Leo let loose a yawn from having maybe overworked much. "Nicole." Leo called out as the AI holographic lynx appeared. "Anything new to report?" He asked since he's been passing the time to make new things.

"Everything is alright, here's the latest." Nicole stated while making a holographic window show videos of the Evolveons. "The new Evolveons are currently enjoying themselves while testing their new abilities." Each video showed the 8 little tamed pet Ultimate Lifeforms going about having fun but also partake in training.

"Yeah, that vacation was something none of us will forget." Leo rolled his eyes from knowing that's a memory no one will forget anytime soon. "Any leads on who put a bounty on me?" Leo change the subject about who's after him to have a high bounty on his head.

"Negative, it appears someone was thorough to keep it secret." Nicole reported which made the lion man sign; they still have no clue who's behind that. "But good news, it's nearly time for the new lifeform." Nicole changed the topic to one about good news.

"Ah, I was awaiting for this." Leo smiled from feeling a bit excited as he put away the stuff he made.

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ULTIMATE LIFEFORM CHAMBER

The scene changes to the same chamber where Leo had been using to create new Ultimate Lifeforms. In fact it was the birth place of the EVO Foxes he made, and they evolved into the Evoleons so it was a good success. And now the lion man along with Nicole who digitally appear beside him, were about to witness a step up from creating tame pets to a higher lifeform being.

"His vitals are showing a steady paste." Nicole checks the reports on the latest readings.

"Unlike the EVO Foxes, this will be a major new achievement." Leo stated on knowing what's about to come forth. "I'm actual worried about when he wakes up?" The lion man admits a truth which catches the Holo-Lynx.

"Why worry, just greet him?" Nicole simply states the approach to make.

"If only it was that simple, the EVO Foxes acted like pets that were open newborns. This time, we have someone with a more advanced mind of a person." Leo reveals that he's worried about if things will be alright since this lifeform is more then around pet standards.

"Well however you proceed it, he's about to awaken now." Nicole points off as she finished the checks on the lifeform's signs.

"What?" Leo yelped from not being yet ready now.

That's when the hatch released steam and then before anyone knew it, the hatch door opens to reveal a new lifeform inside. Appeared somewhat similar to when Leo started as an anthropomorphic male feline kind of character from the Sonic Universe but more lion-like. The fur was white, the long mane and the end tail portion was silver, and had bright yellow eyes. There were white sharp nails on the three toe feet and five fingers, plus had small fangs from the upper lip area.

"Um, hello…my name is Leo…Leo the Lion." Leo introduced himself to the new lifeform that had woken up.

"Leo…?" The little white lion spoke with the voice of a young boy that was filled with curiosity and question.

"Allow me to explain, you are an Ultimate Lifeform…like myself. I wanted to try and see if I could replicate the formula on our creation." Leo explained himself so that the new white lion creature could follow and understand him. "So tell me, how do you feel?" He then went ahead to ask how this one's condition felt just in case of any problems.

"I feel…strange, but also full of life." The little white lion stated from looking at his hands, then did a little light jump and feet movement, then threw in a few punches. "I feel strong too, like I know how to fight even though I never experienced it? Is that normal for me to be so…different?" He was puzzled and confused, trying to understand but knew so little.

"Yes, after all…we might be seen as the ultimate force of power that never ages, but we are not mindless beings." Leo expressed his thoughts so the young white lion can understand better. "I wanted to see the possibly that even as Ultimate Lifeforms, we are people just the same. And I wish to guide a kingdom to lead them." The lion man explained the best who could when kneeling down to gently rest a hand on the young newborn lion.

"And I am the first?" The white lion asked from slowly understanding things.

"Yes, you are." Nicole appeared nearby which surprised the little white lion.

"Do not be alarm. This is Nicole, a friend." Leo pointed out that Nicole was actual a friend they can trust.

"Friend?" The white lion acted like a child to try to tap Nicole, only to witness it went through her holographic body that slightly spooked him out.

"Leo…According to my scans, he may have been born but his age and personality are considered close to a pre-teen level." Nicole spoke forth in having run a scan readout to determine a little discovery of their newest member.

"In short, he may seem a teen but is more likely an overgrown cub just learning about the world?" Leo held his chin from not having realized that he created an Ultimate Lifeform child instead of one close to a young adult stage.

"Um, I know there's a lot of don't know, but…Can I ask…what is my name?" The white lion child asked from having the biggest question anyone can ask; who are they?

"Well, you are a lion man like myself, but according to the results, your body is as strong and tough as metal. You could say you are like a blade." Leo describes the white lion on what makes him unique. "I have one that might fit…You shall be known as Spada the White Lion." The lion man gave the young white lion a name best befitting him.

"Interesting, the name translate to meaning sword." Nicole stated on what the name can reflect another meaning.

"Do you like the name?" Leo asked the young white lion if he found the name acceptable.

"Like it, I love it. Thank you…" The white lion kid replied with excited joy to hug Leo. "Um, I mean…" Then the one called Spada yelps to fix himself up from acting childish. "I humbly accept my name, my king." He kneels down to behave like a loyal subject to the king.

MISSION COMPLETED

FIRST FULLY MADE INTELLIGENT LIFE FORM

REWARD:

Clone Code Formula 2.0

ATTENTION

Level 99 Restriction – Lifted

Levels Above 100 – Unlocked

LEVEL-UP:

Giga Professor Lv.5-7

"It appears I've now unlocked a new area?" Leo stated from reviewing what the latest notice informed him about.

"Do you wish to try making more?" Nicole asked the next question of what Leo wants to do next.

"Well, Spada is the first, and the data obtain can show us what happens next." Leo held his chin from recalling the special reward he received.

"You mean the new clone formula?" Nicole asked from believing it could prove invaluable.

"Yes, let's review it." Leo nods his head while making this request.

"Displaying the latest reward." Nicole issued as her eyes glowed to display a screen with details on the newest reward item:

Clone Code Formula 2.0: The next step in which scientist have been trying to perfect the creation of Ultimate Lifeforms. Unlike the Version 1.0, this formula involves an enhancement and a new evolution of modified animal base lifeforms. The earliest actions of enhancing and evolving new created creatures brought about the BioLizard but it was only a prototype in the early development studies which resulted in failure of it needing life support. After far more research was done, it was believed possible to create something from the data of Project Shadow but with one new addition: Human DNA. It's believed through this, the next perfect Ultimate Lifeforms will be something close to what matches mythical fantasy type creatures like Beastmen or Half-Beastmen. Further empowerment shows that equipping cybernetic gear can improve more feats then just covering a weakness.

"Hmmm…so that's why?" Leo hums to himself after having reviewed this formula.

"What is it sire?" Spada asked from seeing Leo be so fascinated.

"When I first evolved, I was surprised by my change. But now it makes some sense in a way." Leo pondered from what he just discovered that has ties to his own unique evolution. "They were researching ways to improve Ultimate Lifeforms. BioLizard was the prototype version while Shadow was the more completed version. Yet that wasn't the end?" The lion man was putting the pieces together to form a picture.

"Apparently some tried to go pass Professor Gerald's perfect creation, and that lead to Project X." Nicole explained the basic ideal goal that was set to reach another great scientist's legacy and do better. "But it became a failure when the scientist were unable to awaken Leo during that time." She concludes the end result of where the project was left abandon after unsuccessful tries.

"Yes, I was a miracle to exist in this world as an Ultimate Lifeform." Leo nods lightly to agree, if he didn't get reincarnated into this world of the Sonic Universe, then Project X may still be on left dormant and un-active.

"So then, will there be more of us?" Spada looked at the two with a big question.

"Yes but I must decide on what to do with this new formula?" Leo nods to confirm the little white lion of his question of having more members apart of their group. "Nicole, can we create clone variant versions of my second or my current forms?" The guy looked to the Holo-Lynx, hoping that with this new formula that they can go a step further.

"I believe the second evolved version is possible right now. But it does have ties to what the third evolve version obtains." Nicole confirms to answer Leo's question.

"But wait, will they be okay?" Spada asked from not sure if this was going too fast: he was born from the old clone formula, but will the new version be safe.

"My current job level as Giga Professor is at level 7, I believe nothing can go wrong." Leo held his chin to process what his current skill and ability are at that maybe possible to do such a thing. "Besides, I have Nicole to help me." The guy looks to Nicole who smile and nod back to him. "Now, let's go over what we can do." The guy instructs those that it's time they get to work here.

Leo began to look over some important notes, his current items, and even other things that can make the next new Ultimate Lifeforms be special but also capable of surviving: considering there's a bounty on Leo's head. Nicole went over suggestions from what was done when having created Spada, and the data they got. Leo looked over ideas on what can help give these new lives extra measurements. Then Leo recall some element fragments and decided to try one with a possible Ice type that perfectly matches a white lion ice warrior. Another idea was combining a Metal and Lightning elements, and possibly with the right equip mechanical gear would make a fine warrior. After much time preparing, the scene reveals events occurring in the capsule chamber. Currently there are two capsule pods running with new white fur lion men inside.

"Hmmm…these two are certainly going to be the next step. I wonder how their personality will turn out?" Leo muttered to himself from thinking how such new characters will act once the process is over; Spada was still a child, so the two currently being made are more adult so it stands to reason what may occur.

"My king, what's this?" Spada was seen looking at some armor set that caught his interest; because it was of small size like him.

"Oh, that's something I made during my free time. It's a suit of armor for you to match your abilities." Leo explained what the object was, apparently a gift he prepared for Spada when he was still in his capsule.

"Wow!?" Spada was utterly amazed and his eyes sparkle. "Can I try it on?" He looked back all excited to wear such an armor.

Leo nods with a smile to give permission to the eager young lion kid. Now Spada was seen placing the armor gear on, and after having equip it turn to present himself. An Anthropomorphic lion with white fur, long silver mane and end tail portion, and bright yellow eyes. White sharp nails on the three toe feet and five fingers, small fangs from the upper lip area. Wore a blue knight theme armor consisting of a chest-plate, bulky sphere shoulder pads, wrist gauntlets with white circle marks above the hand cover area, top layer feet cover attach around the heel, and a knight helmet forehead cover with an open hole shape like a four-point star. Wields what appears to be a blue metal hand-blade with an attach light-blue blade shaped almost like a combat blade knife but in a more knightly theme.

"Amazing, I look like a warrior!?" Spada cheered from moving around perfectly fine in the armor. "Never fear, I shall protect you my liege!" He pulls out his weapon to make a battle pose.

"Haha, my liege, since when did you take on the personality of medieval knights?" Leo laughed off lightly to humor the young white lion kid for his new uptake on being a knight.

"I don't know, it just feels right." Spada shrug off to admit it felt right for some reason. "Besides, every king needs a brave knight." He issued while standing with his blade held in a knightly position.

"He isn't wrong there." Nicole looked to Leo from recalling such a thing was common of knights protecting their kings.

"Yes, but somehow when seen together, I'm not sure how that makes me feel when in public?" Leo quotes the real issue from how he's a big lion man, yet he needs protection by one half his size. "Hugh, well he does have the mindset of a youngling, and it does seem to grow on you?" He signs lightly to smile briefly on the eagerness of watching Spada train with his new gear.

"Alert! Alert!" The ship's announcement was heard along with the red flashing lights.

"Nicole, what's happening?" Leo looked to the Holo-Lynx for an explanation of why the ship is alerting them; were they endanger?

"Our instruments have detected a Chaos Energy belonging to a Chaos Emerald in a general area from our current route." Nicole explained while revealing a shocking surprise of what the commotion was.

"A chaos emerald, already?" Leo raise an eyebrow, surprised that they are near another emerald.

"Yes, should we investigate?" Nicole nods while requesting permission while a digital map display where the emerald was detected.

"If it pleases you, I can go and find this emerald thing for you." Spada smiled to request he can perform the task on his own.

"Wait, it maybe better if we first know where the emerald is before jumping in blindly." Leo stopped the young white lion kid as the guy inspects the map. "Nicole, can you display the area as a full picture?" He turns to ask if Nicole can do the task for him.

"I can, shall I engage?" Nicole asked if that is what Leo wants her to do.

"Yes!" Leo nods his head to begin immediately.

Then the digital map was changing to show a graphical view of the area. There was a building structure of which truly caught Leo's eyes of where the source Chaos Emerald energy was located.

"This is a surprise, that's Tails' Workshop." Leo muttered out loud from knowing the place.

"Who is this Tails?" Spada asked puzzled on how Leo knew the place.

"I'll fill you in later, it maybe best if I carefully investigate this." Leo firmly stated on wishing to investigate before doing anything else.

"But what about the new Ultimate Lifeforms?" Nicole

"Hmmm, they may require more time, however we may run into trouble. Is there a way to speed it up?" Leo

"With the recent emeralds we have, production may go much faster." Nicole explained the next logical ideal choice to help quicken the paste.

"Alright then, I guess we will be multitasking." Leo nods lightly from knowing what they go to work with here. "Let's begin straight away while handling this other task before us." The lion man gave the order so they can work around the clock.

Now with Leo's decision made, the two capsules would receive the four Chaos Emeralds: Green, Blue, Yellow and Turquoise. The power from those four with two in one capsule, was helping to quicken the paste. Nicole was handling this while Spada watch as Leo leaves the room to prepare himself. The scene shows the Leo Carrier currently moving towards it's next destination.

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NEW LOCATION:

EAST OF SPIRAL HILL VILLAGE

The scene shows a location of a home that's a little further away from other populated areas to be around some grassland and hill sites. A quaint purplish-gray stone brick house with a brown roof and a fundament that it sits on. The main building consists of a typical house section with another one behind that sits along the length. The house has two stories, with dormers on the roof; one dormer in particular on the front house section resembles a fox ear, namely in the way it points towards the front side of some workshop. Also, on the front of the workshop is a rounded and brown front door with a similar window on each side, as well as a window in the corner of the roof. Also, a wooden beam carrying a lamp protrudes from above the front door. On the side of the workshop is a running waterwheel with various gears and bolts next to it. Behind the workshop is a stone silo with green creepers sporting yellow flowers on it. Plus inside the workshop are various advanced devices.

"Hmmm…" And on the scene was Leo who was sneaking from behind some large rocky cover and used binoculars to spy on the area. "This must be Tail's Workshop, hard to believe really." The guy had recall seeing the place Tails usually calls home from comics, games and TV shows so it's a first to stumble across it.

"My liege!?" Then someone approach him from behind to tap the lion man's shoulder.

"Urgh…Shh!" Leo yelped before he turns to shush who was here: it was Spada. "Why are you here?" He whispered in surprise that the young white lion kid was here and not on the warship.

"Sorry Leo, Spada insisted to accompany you." Nicole appeared as a holographic image to explain how Spada followed Leo.

"Why are you sneaking around? Does some great warrior live here?" Spada asked from preparing in case of any foe shows up.

"You may not know this Spada, so listen carefully. This place might be difficult to approach, I recall intel on the two tailed fox resident who lives here. His greatest gift…is his mind." Leo points out to explain the knowledge he has of a memory about Sonic's close best friend and his great talent.

"True, in Eggman's database, Tails was well recognized as Sonic's close friend/ally with a gift for inventions to rival the doctor." Nicole tap her chin from recollecting such information that puts Tails to match with Sonic and be an opponent against Dr. Eggman.

"I don't want to imagine what sort of deadly traps he has setup to keep this place safe if Doctor Eggman tried to attack his house?" Leo issued from knowing Tails, he always thinks ahead of anything of enemies coming to attack his home.

"Woah, sounds tough?" Spada was baffled to believe someone could be that crafty.

"I'm detecting lifeforms nearby." Nicole alerts the group on having detected life approaching the area. "Over there!" She points to the general direction by the front house.

Leo turned to see what Nicole meant, and he was meant with a big surprise. There were some figures that approach Tails' Workshop. They were actually Vanilla, Cream and Cheese. But the last one with them resemble a Gizoid model that's a humanoid, but mostly black theme robot that was 3.7 feet in Height and weigh 242 pounds. Possesses five-fingered gray hands and feet in the shape of shoes with black soles and yellow lines around them. Upper arms, abdomen and thighs are gray, and has spherical black joints as shoulders and pelvis-leg joints. Has relatively thick armor around the forearms and lower legs, each one possessing yellow cuffs, fin-like yellow kneecaps, fin-like yellow objects on the forearms, and some kind of jetpack on the back. On the chest, has three gray circles. Lastly, possesses a spherical head with a gray mouth plate, blue eyes with red rims, gray caps resembling ears, and a curved yellow horn with points sticking out from the sides and a blue eye in the center on the forehead. Leo knew precisely who this character was:

GEMERL

"It can't be?" Leo couldn't believe his eyes, he rubbed them and looked to see it's the real deal. "That's Gemerl!?" The lion man issued between his lips on recognizing the black robot.

"Who's that?" Spade raised an eyebrow, unfamiliar by the name.

Leo took time to silently explain this to Spada. Gemerl was a robot created by Doctor Eggman from a different Gizoid known as Emerl's data, making the bot a revised version of such a predessor. But while once aided the doctor in an attempt to stop Sonic and his pals from messing one of Eggman's plans, wound up betraying his creator to cause mayhem. After Gemerl's defeat, was reprogrammed in the image of his predessor – Emerl who also shared close ties with Cream the Rabbit.

"Woah…?" Spada was completely left amazed by such a tale.

"There's one more Lifeform approaching from inside." Nicole issued from what she detected.

Then all eyes were on the rabbit family that knock on the door. And then when the door opened, that's when another character was seen that Leo was shocked to see. An anthropomorphic fox with a unique genetic mutation giving him two tails instead of one. Possesses amber fur with white fur around the muzzle with cheek tufts, front torso with fluffy fur on top of the chest, and the tips of the tails. Also has large triangular ears with white canals on top of the head, a small black nose, and three locks of hair on the forehead. Appears slightly tall about 2.7 feet weighing about 44 pounds, a rectangular torso shaped like a pear, long legs, and twin-tails were brushier on close look. And also has sky blue color eyes. Wears white gloves with a gray band around each wrist; and shoes that are red from the heel to the middle and white from the middle to the toe with white cuffs and gray soles, each with a gray band around the ankle. There was no doubting who Leo recognize the character from anywhere in any Sonic theme series:

MILES 'TAILS' PROWER

'FIX-IT-FOX'

'SONIC'S BEST FRIEND'

"That's him…that's Tails!" Leo was instantly amazed to see the famous two tail fox in person.

That's when Leo recalled old memories of the Sonic series. Tails started out as just the little sidekick to the blue hedgehog and go on adventures. But overtime Tails became popular enough to have his own adventures in early games to comics, and even on some cartoon and anime shows, and even later new games. While Sonic was seen as the speedy adventurer, Tails was a genius mechanic, inventor and even in scientific fields. It's a rare thing since after meeting Amy Rose, Leo has now come across the second popular main character in the Sonic franchise world: not to mention became the unbreakable bond of best friends since Sonic and Tails were introduce from their second game series. Leo was so focus that he didn't pay attention to what was going on until…

"Snap…" Suddenly at this moment, Leo was brought back in reality when Spada accidentally broke a twig under his foot.

"Oops, sorry?" Spada yelped and gave an apology for that with a sheepish expression. "Maybe no one heard it?" The white lion kid tried to think no one heard such a tiny sound.

"Warning! Incoming Missile!?" Nicole alarm those of detecting an attack.

That's when the group yelped as a missile was fired directly at their hiding spot several meters away from the workshop. "BOOM!" The missile exploded to destroy the cover of where those hiding were. The attack was actually Gemerl that fired the missile.

"Gemerl, why did you do that?" Vanilla raised an eyebrow at what occurred without warning.

"My instruments detected a sound, along with unknown energy readings. I engage before any hostile action would take place." Gemerl issued from what his system detected and felt was a threat.

Then without warning from the smokescreen, Spada went forth with his hands gripping his sword. "CLASH!" That's when Gemerl put up his arms to block the blade that clashed against his armor plates, as everyone saw a young white lion struggle to press his weapon against the machine.

"How dare you attack my king!" Spada protest at Gemerl attacking them out of nowhere and with missiles to boot.

"King?" Tails raise an eyebrow when hearing this.

"POW!/Aaaahhhh?!" Just then Gemerl knocked the white lion knight away before taking off.

"Threats will be neutralized!" Gemerl declared as he performs a black Spin Dash move while firing more missiles ahead of time.

"BLUE BRAVE!" Spada announced forth his name attack.

Spada performed a surprising move when his blade was shining blue. "SLASH!/BOOM-BOOM, BOOM!" The performance showed that he sliced cleanly the missiles that exploded before stopping Gemerl to dig his feet in the ground.

"Grrr….as a knight, I won't back down!" Spada groans as he just managed to repel Gemerl away as he uncurl himself and ready to attack again. "Haaahhh…" Then the white lion was channeling blue energy.

"Alert - detecting Chaos Energy buildup! Advise everyone to stand back." Gemerl warns the others of what his opponent was about to do.

"Spada, that is enough!" Then a voice was heard interrupting the fight.

That's when someone else came from the smokescreen of when Gemerl attacked earlier. It was Leo who was wielding his Brave Shield to protect himself. Everyone watch with puzzlement, uncertain what to make of this. But then one little Chao looked to Leo, and something happen.

"CHAO!" Cheese cried out happily to fly towards the lion man.

"Cheese?" Cream looked puzzled that her Chao friend left her and Vanilla.

"Chao-Chao!" Cheese happily flew around Leo before happily sitting on his shoulder.

"You…do you know who I am?" Leo asked from being surprised: was Cheese able to realize who he was despite his change appearance.

"Chao!" Cheese happily waved his arms before hugging the guys face.

"Wait a minute….are you…" Cream suddenly took a moment to study the strange armored lion man: and it clicked. "Are you maybe, Mister Leo who helped us out?" The rabbit girl asked the big question out of nowhere.

"Um…" Leo felt like this was an odd reunion for those he meant to see him under such a situation.

"Cream, are you certain this is the one you told me about?" Vanilla asked from having heard the story.

"Yes mother, he may look different, but Cheese can recognize a friend." Cream smiled to happily say for certain that the one before them is a friend.

"I think it's possible, Chao can sense those that are good or evil." Tails scratch his chin from recalling how Chao behave when hanging around those of good and bad.

"Very well, Gemerl, you may stand down. These folks are not our enemies." Vanilla humbly nods before asking the black robot to not engage.

"Very well, I will be on standby to observe any action that may threaten you." Gemerl replied to accept the order from those he's protecting.

"My liege, you're not hurt?" Spada approach to inspect if Leo was well after Cheese finished hugging him.

"No, I'm fine." Leo smiled to feel like nothing was wrong now.

"Chao-Chao!" Cheese smiled to land happily on the white lion kids helmet.

"Haha, what a funny creature you are?" Spada laughed off from finding Cheese funny and quite harmless.

"His name is Cheese, I think he likes you too." Cream smiled to approach and do a lady like bow to greet these guest. "I'm Cream, what's yours?" She politely address who Spada was.

"Ugh, Spada?" Spada was a bit flabbergasted that someone ask him that and doing so politely even if they are both kids.

"Well now that this is settle…" Vanilla spoke to address those that came. "My name is Vanilla. Would you care to join us?" The adult rabbit woman introduced and asked if those here could join them.

That left Leo and Spada a bit surprised by a sudden invite. The scene went dark from there…

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A BIT LATER

INSIDE THE WORKSHOP

The scene changes to where everyone was around a table being served a sandwich and pastry meals along with bottled juice refreshments. The one serving the guest was Vanilla while Gemerl stood nearby observing everyone seated. In the days since being reincarnated, Leo never imagine he be sitting by a table eating a nicely prepared meal.

"Would you care for some more?" Vanilla smiled to offer more orange juice from a pitcher.

"Oh yes please." Spada replied as he received a refill glass.

"It's hard to believe we went from having a fight to sitting around enjoying a meal?" Leo raised an eyebrow on how bizarre this scene felt from a person's logical view.

"Haha, I know. Sometimes you never know what surprises to expect." Tails laughed off lightly to comment such a matter.

"Allow me to express my thanks for helping to protect my daughter and Cheese during that unseen incident." Vanilla sat down by her daughter to look and politely express gratitude to Leo for saving her daughter's life.

"Oh no, please…I didn't wish my troubles to involve an innocent life." Leo held up his right hand from feeling a bit surprised by such kindness: especially when feeling he's partially responsible for getting Cream endanger the first place.

"I deeply regret being unable to be there during the issue Cream was endanger." Gemerl stated on knowing he failed to keep those under his protection safe.

"It's okay Gemerl, we got a chance to meet Mister Leo." Cream smiled to let the black robot not feel terrible about such a case.

"Chao!" Cheese replied forth in agreement.

"Still, I am glad to know your daughter and Chao friend got back to you. How are the Diamondcutters doing?" Leo went ahead to ask about the others he encounter during that time.

"Oh they are fine, and I'm sure they feel happy to know you're doing well." Cream expressed happily to mention how Tangle, Whisper and Lanolin are doing. "We even heard from Miss Amy how you helped her out." Cream mention another topic of what Leo did recently.

"You…already heard about that?" Leo slightly yelp while Spada was happily eating a brownie.

"Yeah, I was curious about you as well." Tails stated on having heard the same story. "I been looking into whatever news reports mention about a lion man, even hack a few security cameras to get the full idea." The two tail fox revealed some surprising news on having looked up things relating to Leo.

"I…don't know how to feel about that?" Leo was a bit stump that Tails tried to learn about him to even hack things without permission.

"Amy said you had little pets, are they with you?" Cream asked from liking to know about some new furry friends Leo came across.

"No, they are currently aboard my ship. Only myself and Spada are here." Leo explained the matter concerning the Evoleons and where they are.

"Wow, I love to see your ship. I'm even curious what kind of robots you made?" Tails asked from his eager curiosity getting the better of him.

"Lord Leo has made many achievements, I only briefly seen them. His robot soldiers and even a GIANT Mecha, they are all so cool!" Spada expressed proudly on such things: much to Leo's shock that the lion kid blurted out such things without hesitation.

"Wow, I seen the robots that almost resemble Gemerl, but never a giant mecha?" Cream expressed from thinking such things sound exciting. "Maybe, can we see it?!" She asked from wanting to see such things.

"Chao!" Cheese cheered from also wanting to see such things.

"Um, maybe another time Cream?" Vanilla sheepishly smile with a slight nervous tone: somehow meeting something like a giant Mecha robot might be too much to handle.

"The most interesting thing I like to know about, is the matter from having heard you're an Ultimate Lifeform. Is that true?" Tails asked the big question that's been on the young fox's mind.

"Oh it is, my liege even made the Evolveons and me." Spada stated to proudly say which made Leo sign with a hand to his forehead.

"Wait, made you?" Tails yelped from having heard this: it even got the others attention.

"Hugh, Spada…we may have to talk about sharing too much?" Leo signs from knowing he needs to educate the young white lion kid on such things: like not reveal too much secret to others so lightly.

"That explains why my scans detect Chaos energy. You both are capable of manipulating the Chaos Force." Gemerl stated from having detected such energy output by these two lion creatures.

"Yes, but allow me to explain before you can judge me." Leo issued from deciding that maybe if they know more, they can understand him a bit.

Soon Leo went into revealing his origin: the abandon GUN island he woke up in, the unknown security robots of GUN to Gizoids, to fighting to survive. Even taking over and repairing the Egg Carrier. And that from Central City to the future city metropolis Monopole, there were hardships of one's life being targeted and ending up dragging others into such a mess. And all Leo wants is to live his own life and find meaning since he was designated a failed Ultimate Lifeform experiment that somehow miraculously came to be alive. But unless he's strong enough he may lose his life from those trying to hunt him down for whatever reason to study or eliminate an unknown threat.

"Oh dear, to think you went through such a difficult life?" Vanilla slightly gasped from hearing such hardships.

"It's horrible! That people are after you when you did nothing wrong." Cream protest from knowing that isn't right.

"Chao!" Cheese frowns to protest as well.

"Yes, and so here I am trying to strengthen myself. So that I can protect myself, and even…" Leo looked down to lightly pat Spada on the head. "Protect those like me." The lion man knew he wants to assure, that there's a future for new Lifeforms that are like him.

"Don't worry my lord!" Spada stood up and proudly held his sword upwards in a knightly pose. "The path you're on is certainly a good one. You didn't want to feel alone, and you're thinking of a future for other Ultimate Lifeforms like me. I feel proud to know we have you as a king." He declared this message forth with proud pride for his leader.

"Thank you Spada, I appreciate your opinion. But I'm not sure others feel the same." Leo expressed his thoughts for the young lions' words.

"Well everyone has a goal they wish to achieve. Sonic taught me that as long you never stop chasing what you want, it's never that far out of your reach." Tails explained a type of phrase Sonic gives out to help those that doubt themselves.

"I see, that does sound like something he say." Leo smiles lightly and nods his head at such a phrase.

"I'm also intrigue that you can evolve from the collection of Chaos Emeralds. It sounds similar to what Chaos could do." Tails rubs his chin from having heard and analyzed such evolution process from another character they dealt with in the past. "How many emeralds have you obtain?" The fox went ahead to ask this important question.

"Four so far." Leo revealed the number of emeralds in their collection: which shows how far he's come by halfway now. "But I doubt you just give something precious away for nothing." Leo shook his head from knowing it's not that easy: what sort of person gives a powerful Chaos Emerald away without hesitation.

"Hey, which color is the one you have?" Spada asked from not sure which color the fox currently owns.

"Oh that's easy…" Tails smiled to hold up a little remote device and press it.

Soon something came out from behind a wall area of the workshop. Everyone saw what looked like a large glass horizontal capsule. And inside was a seven case display that can fit an emerald gem. And one was shining brightly to reveal it was the Purple Chaos Emerald. Everyone was pretty amazed to see the emerald save for the faceless Gemerl, but Leo's group was surprised to see what they came to find was right before them.

"BOOM! KABOOM!" But then without warning, there were loud explosions that shook the area and caused everyone to be alert.

"Alert! We are under attack!" Gemerl became active of the possible danger.

"But how they make it through my detection?" Tails was completely confused that an attack happen near his home.

"Sire?" Spada looked to Leo, wondering what they should do here.

"I have a bad feeling about this, we need to see what's going on!" Leo issued firmly on deciding they investigate the cause: and hope it's not more trouble they accidentally brought.

Without warning, the group of fighters began to get up and leave the table to approach the door. Only Vanilla remain behind with her daughter Cream and Cheese kept close to her.

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OUTSIDE TAIL'S HOME

The scene changes to reveal that Leo, Spada, Gemerl and Tails step outside to witness some bombardment. Vanilla looked through the windows with Cream and Cheese, the adult rabbit wanting them to stand inside in case of danger. The bombardment cease but it's almost like the gang missed seeing who cause trouble.

"Where is the enemy?" Spada looked around to see where trouble might be.

"My scans cannot detect them? This is most troubling?" Gemerl stated on finding the lack of data troubling.

"I don't understand this. How could anything make it through without my alert system warning me?" Tails scratch his noggin, uncertain how anything got by without warning him of danger.

"Ho! Ho-Ho-Ho!" Then a loud boastful male voice was heard laughing out in the air.

"That voice…that evil laughter line?" Leo muttered from instantly knowing that laugh anywhere. "It couldn't be…him?" The guy was almost shock of the answer he came to realize.

Soon the answer came from a strange hover vehicle craft with a spherical shape in the air. Leo instantly recognized it as none other then the Egg-Mobile, and then he spotted who the pilot that could ride it: Doctor Eggman. And riding along side the doctor, was Orbot and Cubot, it was quite a surprise…

"Doctor Eggman!?" Tails address who was here of all people.

"Well now, sorry to crash the party. I was in the neighborhood and decided to drop by." Doctor Eggman remarked the matter with a sly smile.

"Enemy recognized! Preparing to engage!" Gemerl issued from preparing for any signs of a battle.

"My king, who's this moustache moron fiend?" Spada raise an eyebrow to question this person: which surprised Leo a lot by what the young white lion kid said.

"MOUSTACHE MORON!" Doctor Eggman snapped out loud from hearing this. "I'M THE WORLD'S GREATEST GENIUS!" He yelled out of what he is known to the world. "Who dare to say such thing?!" He asked to look at those present who insulted him.

"Hmm…!?" Spada got defensive with his sword held tightly: but Leo stood with a hand blocking the young lion from doing anything at the moment.

"Sir, it's him!" Orbot spoke up to point at those below. That's the lion man GUN wants." He stated on recognizing the one different from Tails and Gemerl.

"Funny, I thought he be taller and a little less white?" Cubot exclaimed from looking at Spada instead of Leo.

"Enough you Dolts!" Doctor Eggman snapped at his robot henchmen for acting foolish. "Curious, my Chaos radar detects three sources. One I know is a Chaos Emerald, and the other two…are right here." Doctor Eggman stated from what his system readout showed: including what Leo and Spada are.

The gang could tell that the doctor had some knowledge about Leo, which meant he knows the lion man is an Ultimate Lifeform. But why is Eggman after Leo, first GUN, then Bounty Hunters, now Sonic's arch enemy.

"Surprisingly I'm amazed that there's a huge bounty on one strange lion being? But knowing that you are an Ultimate Lifeform, it makes sense." Doctor Eggman explained the case on why there's such a commotion. "And to think there's more than one of my grandfather's work has perk my interest all the more." He slightly smirk from looking between Leo and Spada that's evidence enough of others like the lion man.

"If you dare to lay your hands on my king, you will regret it!" Spada held his sword forth to threaten the enemy.

"Of sorry, I didn't know I was in the presence of royalty." Doctor Eggman exclaimed from pretending to be sorry for his behavior. "So what are you suppose to be, the kings' guard? He must be short of staff to let a pipsqueak like you join?" The guy taunts the white lion kid for pretending to be some protector.

"Grrr…" Spada growls from feeling underestimated right now.

"Don't be intimated Spada." Leo informs Spada from knowing this tactical act. "So are you here for the bounty on my head?" He asked of why Doctor Eggman was here.

"Oh please, give me some credit!? You think my genius would waste time collecting bounties?" Doctor Eggman rolled his eyes that he's not here to get some large amount of cash: the way he gets things to make his robots, doesn't have a problem in such areas. "I'm here to offer you a deal. Join me, and we can conquer this planet." He held a hand forth to grip it with an evil smile.

"Join you?" Leo raised an eyebrow and reacted in surprise.

"Yes, once my Eggman Empire has dominated this planet, I can give you whatever you want." Doctor Eggman issued on willing to give the lion man an offer that's hard to refuse. "You want to be king, then helping me shall surely make your dream come true. An army of Ultimate Lifeforms will quicken my takeover plans quite smoothly." The guy explained a diabolical plan that could speed up ruling the world with more Ultimate Lifeforms under his control.

"Hmmm…?" Leo was a bit conflicted after hearing what this guy was offering.

"You seem far more then what Shadow is. You were able to turn my old Egg Carrier into your own personal warship, construct robots in your own image, even built a powerful giant Mecha." Doctor Eggman stated on having seen to learn what Leo is capable of that rivals both power of body and genius level brain power. "So to my knowledge, we're more alike then you know, so what do you say?" He held out a hand once again, as he hovers down to await the lion man taking his offer.

"Leo?" Tails looked to Leo, uncertain what he do.

"Preparing for turncoat action!" Gemerl announced to prepare a battle against more than one enemy.

Leo was deep in thought right now, ever since he was reincarnated in this world, it's been about survival. If he takes this offer, the lion man can secure a better means of surviving with endless resources to build his own robots, gear and weapons. But is this really the right path? Sure in video games you choose sides of good and evil to build yourself from the ground up while creating one's status. It didn't matter since it was just a game and to satisfy the gamer's curious path to see where it leads them. Yet when the lion man looked to those around from Gemerl, to the puzzled expressions of Spada and Tails, and even…the worried faces of Vanilla, Cream and Cheese. After taking time to process logic and reason, the lion man reopen his eyes with a serious and firm expression of a determine beast.

"No…" Leo muttered with a firm expression.

"What was that?" Doctor Eggman raised an eyebrow what he heard.

"I said…NO!" Leo replied back while knocking the doctor's hand away. "I won't join you, my goal is to build a kingdom for me and others like myself to enjoy life. If I was to accomplish that by helping you take over the planet…" The lion man paused from looking back at everyone present and gave a reply. "Then I would be nothing but the KING OF FOOLS! So I refuse your offer!" That was Leo's response and he stood by it without budging from his spot with pride.

"Yeah mister Leo!" Cream cheered from inside the workshop.

"Chao!" Cheese cheered as well while Vanilla smiled from what occurred.

"Wow sire, and here I couldn't know what you decide? Guess I'm still learning, but I'm proud to serve under you." Spada smiled with excitement at hearing Leo not give into such temptation.

As Leo smiled at what he's done, a 'ding' noise was heard before a special pop-up window appeared. And what it had to say was noteworthy for one to lookover carefully.

-ANNOUNCEMENT-

HIDDEN QUEST 'A HERO IS BORN' - ACHIEVED

REWARDS

Great Hunter Lv.7-10 (Max)

Strong Swordsman Lv.1-5

Shield Giant Lv.1-5

PASSIVE REWARDS:

*Adventurer Lv1: A low rank job with versatile general skills and resistance skills against unique environments, such as volcanoes, glacial lands, dry deserts, and humid forests. When the qualities of a person who seeks adventure and live through the moments to challenge obstacles in one's path. The more experience helps one to grow into who they are meant to be. Status growth focuses in END and other stats barely rise. This helps build character for one to endure the hardships against dangerous foes.

Scout: A low rank job with no job conditions. It is noted for providing several useful general skills.

Fighter: A low rank job that specializes in direct physical combat. This Job gives an even growth for all physical stats. It gives the user high correction for a particular weapon the longer they use it.

Berserker: A low rank job of the fighter grouping focused on wild strong combat with stat growth in HP, STR and AGI.

Enchanter: A low rank caster job focusing on using buffs.

Fist Master: A high rank job focused on hand-to-hand combat. Specializes in short-term high-speed combat. It's status growth focuses on AGI.

Philosopher: A low rank job that specializes in accelerating the user's thinking speed.

Monk: A low rank job that focuses on self-healing and hand-to-hand combat.

Leo was amazed to receive this hidden quest he unlocked and completed without knowing it. And the reward for sticking with the right path of a hero unlocked some really great stuff. These Passive Skills might be all over, but they may bring something good in the long run.

"Wow, to think he turn down a great offer like that. How come we never get offers like that?" Cubot pondered to say and ask a dumb question.

"Probably because we're lackeys that do Doctor Eggman's bidding without question." Orbot explained to Cubot of what their roles lie in.

"Sign…for someone with such a genius mind, you turning down my offer will lead to a poor dumb choice." Doctor Eggman signs with an upset tone that Leo doesn't wish to join him. "If only you join me, you could have help me defeat that blue hedgehog!" He issued on knowing with Leo, he might even have a shot at beating Sonic.

"Sonic would never lose, and Leo is not one to side with you." Tails protest to Eggman on seeing neither of those mention would lose to the Doctor.

"Yes, but despite the outcome, it was not unforeseen." Doctor Eggman stated on having anticipated this action. "So while we talked, I been busy preparing…" The guy had a sneaky expression when he reveal this piece of news.

While the others were pondering that sneaky remark by the doctor, there were loud noises heard from a distance. When everyone looked ahead of seeing birds flapping away from a distance, a shocking surprise showed what was coming. It was actual a colossal humanoid robot about near 60 feet tall and likely weigh 250 tons with armor made of beige stone. The head resembles a human face with a pharaoh's headdress on it. Leo had the Scouter to read the enemy's data on the spot:

-ENEMY IDENTIFIED-

EGG GOLEM Lv. 85

TYPE: GIANT EGYPTIAN THEME ROBOT

RANK: BOSS

POWER LEVEL: 50,000

Information: Created by Doctor Eggman, the Egg Golem is obedient, silent and unwaveringly dedicated to his master's orders. It lacks intelligence though, given the primitive and often brutish fighting methods. The impact of Egg Golem's strikes, are extremely large and sturdy, the Egg Golem has impressive strength, capable of moving around in quicksand without hindrance and hit with enough force to topple platforms and create powerful shockwaves. It possesses an outer armor made of rock which makes it very durable, as it takes several shots from the powerful weaponized cannon to penetrate the armor. The Egg Golem possesses articulated joints, allowing him to rotate both the head and torso 360 degrees around. Though also not near superhuman, the Egg Golem is fairly fast for his size and structure, swings being able to keep up with even super speed opponents like Sonic. Can also generate an electrical aura that can shock anyone who touches it.

"What is that?" Spada asked in surprise upon seeing such a thing.

"That's…the Egg Golem!?" Tails exclaimed from recognizing the giant robot. "We encountered it when we needed to board a spaceship to reach the Ark." The two tail fox explained a brief history of last time they saw this foe.

"Very good memory Tails, it's one of my designs that's hard to forget, after all it's apart of my favorite robot collection." Doctor Eggman smiled to boast about having this robot around.

"True, it may pose a problem, but I also done my own homework about you." Leo spoke firmly while staring at the giant golem. "That this foe fell to Sonic, so we can do the same!" The lion man declared on them having a chance to win.

"He's got you there boss?" Cubot stated on how the enemy knows if Sonic could beat the Egg Golem, who's to say others can't follow.

"Quite right, will one mech do the job against opponents that are similar to Shadow?" Orbot asked from thinking they might need a different plan.

"True, but I said it was apart of my favorite collection. So why brag after showing only one of my collection of robotic designs?" Doctor Eggman grins slyly from having something else up his sleeve before he pressed some control buttons in his Egg Mobile.

Then the entire ground was vibrating and shaking, causing everyone to yelp. And then from all sides from north, south, east and west, other large figures were appearing. Leo almost gasped when using the Scouter to zoom in to recognize things that were a blast from the past…

First was a giant robot with large speared eyes and a pointy nose. Has a set of two spikes on both shoulders and two claw-like hands. Has large boots at the bottom and what appears to be a jet-pack, or possibly a battery or power supply on its back. Mostly gray and orange with black and yellow stripes. Has a red stripe on the back of its head.

-ENEMY IDENTIFIED-

SUPER EGGROBO Z Lv. 90

TYPE: SUPER GIANT ROBOT

RANK: BOSS

POWER LEVEL: 60,000

Information: Created by Doctor Eggman during his early days, the Super Eggrobo Z itself stands menacingly as a penultimate boss-like opponent and was an upgraded version of the Super Egg Robot. It fires off rocket arms like projectiles. But a weakness revealed if enemies hit the arms enough like six times, they end up destroyed. While the head maybe vulnerable, it has nearly invisible eye laser which can be fired more frequently if threaten.

The second was a giant robot with no legs, mostly gray with red circles, and also fires spheres. Has black hands, blue eyes and circles, and six little claws under it.

-ENEMY IDENTIFIED-

HYPER EGGROBO Lv. 90

TYPE: HYPER GIANT ROBOT

RANK: BOSS

POWER LEVEL: 65,000

Information: Created by Doctor Eggman during his early days, Hyper Eggrobo's two massive hands can attempt to squash the opponents. The hands can be brought to each side and begin creating red spheres from the blue sphere just above the emerald. These spheres can hurt the target and will push them back into the hands. However, they can also be stood on if the opponent avoids the impact. The hands will play "'Ping-Pong' in a sense, keeping the spheres bouncing back and forth. The bot will also use the hands to punch and smash the target opponent, signified by the hands either balling up and spinning, or by going to both sides of the area and moving up and done in an attempt to home in.

The third was a giant form version of Gemerl but the new design version was as a large black robotic disk exceeding a meter in diameter, with four extendable grey claw-like hands on the sides. On the saucer-like body, has a yellow four-pointed star-shaped piece, which is split in half, attached, with a small blue orb in the center. In each of the corners of this yellow piece, has what appear to be blue eyes with red trims, giving a total of four eyes on the surface of the body. In addition, has a so-called 'mouth piece' on the side of the body which hides a red orb.

-ENEMY IDENTIFIED-

ULTIMATE GEMERL Lv. 90

TYPE: SUPER STATE ROBOT

RANK: FINAL BOSS

POWER LEVEL: 70,000

Information: Created by Doctor Eggman as the updated model of Emerl before having turn on him. This recreated replica version was when Gemerl infused with the seven Chaos Emeralds power, and became known as Ultimate Gemerl who commands ultimate power and has access to unlimited energy. The original Gemerl's innate abilities were multiplied several times over, and this replica version was constructed to nearly rival the original. Capable of high-speed flight and is nearly invulnerable to harm. Can extend the claws and use them to attack. These robotic limbs are able to extend great lengths and possess enough strength to knock away even powerful type opponents for a few seconds. With the claws, can perform a multitude of powerful attacks: from each of the claws, can fire small beams that can freeze opponents for a few movements and launch small missiles. Also, by joining two of the claws together, can form a large energy beam. The only weak spot is the red core orb which is still vulnerable to damage. The orb, however, is protected by the mouth piece which has to be forced open.

The fourth was an enormous robot that resembles both Sonic the Hedgehog and Metal Sonic. It is red and gray/silver in color and possesses sharp claws and teeth.

-ENEMY IDENTIFIED-

TITAN METAL SONIC Lv. 90

TYPE: TITAN ROBOT

RANK: FINAL BOSS

POWER LEVEL: 70,000

Information: Created by Doctor Eggman, as a rebuilt end version of the original Titan Metal Sonic. A gigantic attack robot, Titan Metal Sonic does not appear to have any real personality: its sole purpose is to serve Dr. Eggman and cause destruction. Titan Metal Sonic possesses incredible super strength, toppling buildings with ease. Being a large attack robot, it can causes mass destruction with ease. The latest features give it the capable of flight despite his massive frame. It can also fire powerful laser beams from the bulb in its torso.

The fifth was a large and humanoid old gold-colored robot with a round torso. The upper torso and back possess thick armor while its undercarriage is smaller and dark green. A white rim separates the upper and lower torso. Has red and old gold bolts covering the underbelly, a dark green neck collar, and a round blue and purple window into the cockpit in the center of the torso. The right shoulder is round with red and white spikes, and its right arm consists of a long old gold lance with a gray tip. The left shoulder is more cup-shaped and its left arm has a gray hand with a dark green back. Strapped to the left forearm is a tall red shield with a circular gray and red center, a gray outline, and old gold edges. The legs are also gray and thin while the ankles have old gold armor with red lower edges around them. The feet are dark green with old gold gray soles, and the kneecaps have spikes. The head also has sharp teeth and red spikes for a mustache. Lastly, has dark green eyes, a fin on the forehead, and long rocket flaps on its back.

-ENEMY IDENTIFIED-

EGG EMPEROR Lv. 90

TYPE: GIANT COMBAT MECH ROBOT

RANK: BOSS

POWER LEVEL: 70,000

Information: Created by Doctor Eggman, the Egg Emperor was one of the doctor's stronger mechs. In addition to being capable of flight, the Egg Emperor was equipped with a deadly lance for offense and a large shield for defense, which can withstand massive cannon fire without taking damage. Can also launch destructive energy waves by swinging its lance, and deploy missiles. Capable of high-speed flight, being able to dash incredible distances in a short time and almost keep up with even Sonic's running speed.

The sixth was a giant dog-like robot with black and red theme with a head antenna and a long metal drape acting as head hair and tail.

-ENEMY IDENTIFIED-

EGG-CERBERUS Lv. 90

TYPE: GIANT DOG ROBOT

RANK: BOSS

POWER LEVEL: 60,000

Information: Created by Doctor Eggman, the Egg Cerberus' very fast for its size, capable of running at speeds nearing Sonic's. Can jump very high and can impact the ground with enough force to create shockwaves over a wide area. The antenna on the head can be used to receive orders from Eggman.

The seventh was a large robot that's similar to the creature of the same name: a giant dragon. Completely red with spots of silver, white, and black here and there. The lower jaw is the Egg Mobile serving as the cockpit that is simply attached to the robot's neck.

-ENEMY IDENTIFIED-

EGG-WYVERN Lv. 90

TYPE: GIANT COMBAT MECH ROBOT

RANK: FINAL BOSS

POWER LEVEL: 70,000

Information: Created by Doctor Eggman, for the Egg Mobile to occupy a large chassis. It's capable of flying at superfast speeds and has a few assortment of weapons. Lasers capable of locking onto specific locations and they can also create small explosions around them upon impact. At another point it flies around the area. Also fire electric dart projectiles from the tail that are able to take out structures opponents use to reach it.

The eighth was an imposing red machine with design similarities to that of a dragon. So highly detailed, had a bulky humanoid torso with spiked shoulder guards, several highlights on the front, a smaller platform-like torso inside the main torso for the Egg Mobile to be inserted into as a cockpit, blue prongs on its lower chest, thin arms, two wing units and exhaust pipes on the back. On the left arm has a long and gigantic drill, and on the right arm has a six-barreled cannon. Along the cannon's hexagonal carapace, small barrels extend outward from the primary mechanism. The shoulder joints also have a spike protruding from each of them. Also, on the bottom of the upper torso dangles a lower-belly with two smaller cores, the lowest of which has protrusions on the side and two talon-like feet cannons. Close examination reveal the spikes were silver and red energy wings.

-ENEMY IDENTIFIED-

EGG DRAGOON Lv. 90

TYPE: GIANT COMBAT MECH ROBOT

RANK: BOSS

POWER LEVEL: 75,000

Information: Created by Doctor Eggman, as one of his most powerful and versatile creations to date, its design being derived from years of research on Sonic's movement patterns. The thick armor makes most of the body impregnable even against Sonic's attacks, and possesses a lethally efficient selection of weapons that harness fire, lightning and ice elements. Has enough physical strength to tear apart ground and rock with ease. In addition, it possesses wing units on the back that allow it to fly, and its drill can be launched as an electrically-charged homing missile which the Egg Dragoon can reload without limit and that can easily pierce through meter-thick metal. Also, even without a pilot, it's capable of operating on its own.

After the first version, the second and third Egg Dragoon were heavily redesigned with more lethal capabilities. Its cannon's been upgraded so it could spew multiple beams of fire over a wider range, and feet had been turned into ice cannons, allowing to not only fire rapid ice blasts, but also freezing waves along the ground. The drill's been upgraded so it could create electrified explosions upon impact when fired as a missile. Most noticeably however, it possessed a much more modular design that allows to change shape. The body could split into two independent robot units for two-pronged attacks (dubbed the 'Separation Attack'), and arms could be reconfigured into massive blocks for flattening foes. Its modular design also allowed Eggman to toggle between its two sets of cockpits, enabling him to attack using the machine's torso and legs respectively. This version also proved itself incredibly fast, easily keeping up with even Sonic's running speed.

The ninth was resembling a large robotic Purple Frenzy type of Wisp with sharp pointed spines along the body and a large one over the cockpit, clear colored frowning eyes, a large razor sharped mouth with two sharp spines on either side facing upright, a cannon inside that fires purple spikes, small stubby legs around the front and sides, a long tail out the back, and two large tentacles with sharp pincers on each end containing a pair of purple eyes making them look more like mouths which it uses to fire lasers and cubes from and also to harvest nearby Wisps with a vacuum inside the mouth which sucks them into large tanks located on the back. The tanks change color depending whatever action it is performing. The cockpit is located at the front just above the eyes with a red arrow resembling a nose in front pointing down towards his mouth. The eyes glow are more visible through the glass surrounding them.

-ENEMY IDENTIFIED-

NEGATIVE WISP MACHINE Lv. 90

TYPE: GIANT COMBAT MECH ROBOT

RANK: FINAL BOSS

POWER LEVEL: 75,000

Information: Created by Doctor Eggman when once harvesting Wisps. Accordingly, the Nega-Wisp Armor is an exceptionally powerful robot. Claimed by Doctor Eggman it was invincible, and even the combined power of Sonic and Tails couldn't beat it. On its own, the Nega-Wisp Armor is capable of flight and can move around at super speeds that near, although not quite surpass, Sonic's speed. The most dangerous power, however, is the ability to harvest Wisp empower it with their innate Hyper-go-on energies, which is an incredibly powerful energy source. In order to accomplish this, the Nega-Wisp Armor's tentacle(s) are equipped with suction powers that can suck up nearby Wisps and store them inside it's self. When loaded with Wisps, can channel their different Color Powers in highly offensive ways. Using Blue Cube, the Nega-Wisp Armor shoots dark-purple energy cubes into the air and brings them down on the opponent. In case they miss, the Nega-Wisp Armor can arrange them in different formations, creating barriers that move towards the opponent. Using Cyan Laser, the Nega-Wisp Armor fires deadly and extremely fast lasers from the mouth on the tentacle(s). Using Orange Rocket, the Nega-Wisp Armor shoots orange missiles enveloped in purple flames from the mouth of the tentacle. Using Pink Spikes, the Nega-Armor Armor opens the mouth and spits out purple spike balls. Using Red Burst, the Nega-Wisp Armor charges up intense flames in the mouth before spewing out a massive torrent of purple flames. Using Violet Void, the Nega-Wisp Armor detaches the head on the tentacle and turns it into a miniature black hole that sucks in everything. Using Yellow Drill, the Nega-Wisp Armor turns the head on the tentacle into a spinning drill.

In addition to using Color Powers separately, the Nega-Wisp Armor can combine them at will. The Color Power combinations used so far include: Blue Cube and Cyan Laser: The Nega-Wisp Armor uses the Blue Cube before firing the Cyan Laser into one of the energy cubes. The laser will then be redirected towards the next energy cube and so on, thus creating a laser grid. Blue Cube and Pink Spikes The Nega-Wisp Armor uses the Blue Cube before sending spike balls rolling towards the energy cubes with the Pink Spikes. These spike balls will roll along the energy cubes, creating more obstacles that move along with the energy cubes. It can fire missiles and massive purple lasers from the mouth cannon, the latter which is so powerful that it requires a greater force attack to be overpowered. Its weakness reveals that because the Nega-Wisp Armor drains Hyper-go-on quickly, it needs to harvest Wisps constantly when in battle.

The tenth was a massively large mech bearing a strong resemblance to Doctor Eggman. It possesses a spherical red torso with two yellow and triangular markings extending down from its collar, a purple and circular light in the middle of its torso, a straight recess down the front, a lower gray section, and a line of green lights on the front on the upper border of the torso's gray section. Has a dome-shaped head with a line of teeth, a pointy red nose, a black and curved mustache, a left eye resembling a black eyepatch with a green pupil inside it, a red right eye without a pupil, and a class dome on top of it for the Egg Mobile to be inserted into. As for its arms, it possesses large and spherical red shoulders at the size of its torso that have yellow-rimmed green lights in the center, small and spherical upper arm joints, large and cylinder-shaped red forearms with gray rims on the upper rims and yellow rims around the wrists. Meanwhile, its hands are gray spheres resting inside its forearms with a yellow-rimmed green light on their palms and five fingers with laser barrels on the fingertips. Also has stubby legs in comparison to the rest of its body, with large spherical tights, round kneecaps, excessively large lower legs resembling boots, and green lights around them. Lastly, it possesses two green tanks on its back and a cape made of green energy.

-ENEMY IDENTIFIED-

EGGROBO Lv. 90

TYPE: GIANT COMBAT MECH ROBOT

RANK: FINAL BOSS

POWER LEVEL: 80,000

Information: Created by Doctor Eggman during the time of the Deadly Six event. A large mech powered by life energy. The Eggrobo is a massive powerhouse but is incredibly slow. Its thick chassis makes it highly resilient to attacks and it possesses a jetpack that makes it capable of flight. Can also fire its hands as projectiles, launching a barrage of fireballs with every spin, similar to that of a Gatling gun.

The eleventh was a giant three-headed core module mech with a large head in the middle, two smaller heads on the sides and smaller cord-like appendages below it, each with a single eye. It looked very much like the Nega-Wisp Armor, the only differences being that it was white and that it had eight long tentacles, six of which ended with three small three-clawed hands, and two of which ended with large eight-clawed hands that could open up.

-ENEMY IDENTIFIED-

DEATH EGG ROBOT Lv. 90

TYPE: GIANT ALIEN MECH ROBOT

RANK: FINAL BOSS

POWER LEVEL: 85,000

Information: Created by Doctor Eggman, a massive powered up mech that had the Phantom Ruby stored inside. Thanks to the Phantom Ruby being incorporated into the mech and being overpowered, the Death Egg Robot was able to create thousands of Phantom Copies at once. In terms of physical abilities, it was extremely tough, so much that no regular tool could damage it, and it had enough strength to throw giant metallic boulders with ease and strike with enough force to smash metal platform surfaces. In its core module form, the Death Egg Robot was more agile while retaining its flight capabilities. In addition, it could create Null-Space like dimensions, emit lasers from the tip of its tentacles, unleash energy waves with but a slam with its tentacles, and fire its claws as spinning projectiles. While this version may not have the Phantom Ruby to create such untold dimensions, it's still dangerous.

Everyone looked at witnessing that they were truly surrounded in a clockwork pattern. Counting Egg Golem that arrived first, that makes about 12 giant robots that Eggman has brought forth.

"The-These are…?" Tails was almost lost for words while looking worried.

"Ho-Ho-Ho, Ho!" Doctor Eggman laughs off with a triumphed tone in his voice. "Surprised are we, well you should be? These Mechs are apart of my collection of my genius! Each one as diabolically brilliant as the next!" The man boast and brag about his creations.

"Sir, while they are all impressive, don't you usually use one of them for your big final battle moments?" Orbot questioned the issue of when each Mech was used from previous battles.

"It's true, I have used them in my bouts against Sonic over the years. And if not for that pesky hedgehog, I would have succeeded." Doctor Eggman issued on recalling each time he unveiled such masterpieces all to crush Sonic. "So of course over time, I have made so many marvelous and ingenious mechs that it's become a hobby to rebuild them and have a collection for me to marvel at such wonderful designs of art." The man revealed a hobby he developed to display for himself previous Egg Mech Robots that have unique characteristics features and design that holds different themes.

"But boss, didn't they all fail you? Which some might think they're your collection of past failures?" Cubot broke the mood when mentioning that none of the Mechs present have ever won during Eggman's attempt to contour the world.

"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that or else you lose an arm and a leg." Doctor Eggman glares at Cubot while threatening the bot.

"But I don't got no legs?" Cubot points off that his design has no legs to lose.

"Best not to point that out or instead it might be something else." Orbot whispered to the clueless Cubot to not push his luck.

"All these mechs, isn't this a tad overkill?" Spada protest from thinking this was an unfair match: heck it's beyond unfair of them fighting 12 giant robots.

"Maybe so, but I'm a busy man. I had thoughts of overwhelming Sonic with all these 12 mechs, so before I go after him…" Doctor Eggman replied while having plan such a dastardly action to end his mortal foe but… "Let's have a field test, starting with you all!" He smirks evilly on deciding its best to see such marvelous genius mechs crush these fools and then have them crush Sonic next.

Everyone watches as the Egg Robot Mech Bosses were approaching from all sides to encircle around the workshop area. Leo had long since used his Scouter to scan the enemies. But still, the data he reviewed had number readouts to make even a gamer drop jaw. These foes were clearly close to a level 90 type of enemies, and not to mention are boss rank types which would make them harder to take down then immediately.

"I been in tough spots before, but this seems WAY over the top! It's like setting a game level of difficulty to EXTREME HARD MODE!?" Leo spoke within his thoughts of the situation that was really bad. "This feels almost like an online game where a Raid Party of high level players with over gear of the best rare and legendary items and weapons and spells must overcome a challenge trail of Hard Boss level opponents before fighting the Final Boss but has them nearly drain and all items spent? Making it extremely hard to complete?" The lion man rack his mind to think, but this situation seems to have almost no way out.

"Leo, can you hear me?" Nicole's voice was heard communicating by Leo's com-link device set.

"Nicole?" Leo whispered under breath so the enemy didn't hear.

"I've detected multiple high level threats, shall I bring the warship around?" Nicole asked from inside the Leo Carrier, preparing to have the warship engage.

"Hmmm…? I think it's best to save our big guns in reserve in case we really need them." Leo hums to briefly issue on what the best strategic action they should play here. "Nicole, are the new Ultimate Lifeforms ready?" He whispered in hoping they can turn the battle around with more additional fighters.

"They need about an hour, but if I apply more energy from the ship it might be in a half hour." Nicole stated on how she can speed up such a process.

"I see, so we need to buy time?" Leo silently stated on what plan act they need before reinforcements can join in.

"Should I send in the Leo Bandits and Leo Hunters?" Nicole asked if the robot troops aboard should join in.

"Against these Boss Rank opponents, they won't last." Leo sadly rejected the idea: his robot troops are good but opponents of Boss level might be too much. "I have a better idea, send in Heavy Leo and the next special mech project we started after that Master Core: Abyss event." The guy mention who else should be sent along with another surprise addition.

"Are you certain, it was just completed around the time we started the new clone process?" Nicole asked if that is such a good idea to introduce a new mech which hasn't undergone a field test yet.

"I'm certain, quickly now!" Leo issued the order to begin.

"Understood, deploying units!" Nicole replied while preparing the transportation device along with two image mech specs.

That's when the Leo Carrier began to open it's dock port, and two large figures were seen rushing out with trend tire speed. Then something began to decease from above, then made heavy stops appearing on both left and right side of Leo and Tails' party. On the left side was Heavy Leo, and the other side revealed a new mech. The Mech was yellow golden metallic lion fused with construction machinery. The mane is a pneumatic drill, three front tire wheels and a single back tire placed under the paws, and has an iron sphere on the tail which can extend. The lion's metallic face has a white muzzle with two sharp fangs from the top mouth part, a black nose, and red eyes plus a green embedded forehead piece.

"Woah?!" Tails was amazed by the giant lion mechas.

"Wow?" Cream also was surprised as much as her mother being speechless.

"Chao!?" Cheese replied from sharing the same expression.

"What are these robots?" Gemerl asked from not knowing if these were more enemies.

"Relax, they are on our side. They are the ones built by me." Leo issued to calm Gemerl and revealed they aren't one of Eggman's machines. "They are Heavy Leo and the newest addition Loader Lio." He introduced the two giant bots from one with a pile driver to one with a buzzsaw mane and Morningstar tail weapons.

"Ready to engage the enemy!" Heavy Leo issued forth from his warrior personality.

"Roooaarrrr! Just let me at them!" Loader Lio roared with a with determination in his tone.

"Oh ho? Very impressive looking Mecha robots?!" Doctor Eggman replied from seeing such machines before him. "But as impressive as robot designs they maybe, I doubt 2 will be enough to take down about 12 of my current Mechas!" Doctor Eggman boast from knowing his tech cannot lose by quality and not to mention: quantity.

"I will also partake in facing down the enemy and protect everyone here." Gemerl issued from gearing himself for battle.

"And I'll help out too." Tails issued from holding a remote and pressed it by his workshop.

That's when something from a secret opening hatch appeared and something came from it. A Monoplane with a blue and yellow line pattern theme plus some two-tail design logos. Carries a missile launcher behind the seat and a mini-gun on the front. It transforms into a walker mode, which it loses its rear and wings, but gains two legs. But it also transform into a cart mode, which still lacks its wings, but gains four wheels and its rear splits up to position itself along the sides.

"Woah, what's that?" Spada was surprised by the strange plane with walking feet.

"The Cyclone…my own little mech that can change into a plane, a car, or a carrier to help me in battles." Tails explained the vehicle as his own mech for certain emergencies. "I've gave it some updates, now to see how they fair against the odds." The fox flew up by his tail helicopter to pilot the vehicle that transform into it's walking mech form.

"Heh, good thinking. Now then if we work together to buy time, more help will come." Leo issued on liking Tails courage while suggesting a plan.

"How do you figure?" Tails looked to the lion man of why he said this.

"I trust my liege, if he says more help will come, then let's fight without backing down!" Spada issued to smile and stand proudly by Leo's side.

"Haha, sounds like what Sonic would say." Tails laughed lightly from seeing such acts reminds him of his best friend. "Okay, let's try to take out one each, and then focus on the next ones." The smart fox suggest the best way to win, is focus on one opponent before moving to the next.

"Sounds like a plan, let's show them that these corner preys have sharp claws to bare!" Leo issued forth with determination as his rotating gears were spinning in response for his courageous spirit: at the same time, he witness a pop up screen with a message.

EMERGENCY QUEST – CHALLENGE MODE

STAGE THEME – 'HIS WORLD'

DEFEAT 12 EGG MECH ROBOTS

RANK: BOSS LEVEL RANK OPPONENTS

REWARDS: LEVEL-UP BONUS, LARGE SP, CASH, & SPECIAL GIFTS

When Leo saw this message, he knew that this was gonna be a challenging task, but that may lead to big rewards. Soon a battle engage where it was 6 fighters: Leo, Spada, Gemerl, Tails, Heavy Leo and Loader Lio going after their targets. And the first match ups were set...

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LOADER LIO VS. TITAN METAL SONIC

The first to fight was the new mech made by Leo against a newly rebuilt version of Titan Metal Sonic. The lion mech charges to ram tackle but the red sonic robot grabbed the opponent and tossed him aside. Then Titan Metal Sonic took flight as it swiped its claw hands to deal damage. Loader Lio tried to dodge or endure the blows, until it had enough being defensive.

"BORING STORM!" Loader Lio roared out the name of its attack.

Loader Lio produces an attack through the extremely high-speed rotation of its mane. And when it attacked the enemy when attacking with the hands, was not careful. The buzzsaw mane destroyed the joints around the above elbow region.

"Gotcha!" Loader Lio cheered from having disarm the enemy.

Titan Metal Sonic then fires a massive laser from the center of its torso. Loader Lio yelps as it used the wheels on the paws to speedily evade the attack which caused a huge explosion.

"That might be your best, but I also have one of my own." Loader Lio announced from charging forth while evading the encoding laser beams. "LOADER MORNINGSTAR!" Loader Lio shouted out to unleash his next attack.

That's when the mech lion strikes with the iron sphere on its tail. And the best spot to hit was dead center in the enemy's torso before it fire the laser. It caused several explosions all around before the red metal Sonic foe began to lose its able to maintain in the air. And at that time, Titan Metal Sonic crashed on the ground completely reduced o damage scrap.

"Yes! My first victory!" Loader Lio cheered from taking down this enemy.

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SPADA VS. SUPER EGGROBO Z

The other battle would pit up Spada facing against Super Eggrobo Z. The giant robot fires invisible eye lasers at the target. The little lion knight dodge to evade the attack. But Spada was almost caught off guard when the enemy robot fired rocket fist attack patterns.

"My first opponent, and you are truly a difficult foe. But my king depends on me, I shall now fall." Spada declared from seeing this foe was mighty difficult. "Taste my steel, BLUE BRAVE!" He shouts with courage in his voice.

Wielding his shining blue blade, Spada goes to slice cleanly at what came. And when the rocket fist came again, the white lion managed to destroy one. And when the second rocket fist came, Spada managed to destroy that one. But the white lion evaded the laser shots. The brave lion knight leaped on the giant robots body to attack the head, but it was much tougher. And Spada retreated from another laser attack.

"You been a worthy foe, so allow me to give my all." Spada declared as he grips his weapon. "VICTORY BRAVE!" He shouts forth the name of his strongest move.

Spada extends an immense, dazzling-blue blade of light from his weapon. And then jumped with the aid of the trees heading for the enemy robots head charging another laser attack. But then Spada was cutting everything to 'V'-shaped pieces. That move was enough damage that the face was destroyed and multiple explosions occurred as Super Eggrobo Z was toppling down backwards to lay as scrap metal on the field.

"Ugh…" Spada managed to land on the ground, but fell to his knees and used his weapon to not topple. "That move took a lot of energy I had. I need time before I can help my liege." Spada was pushing himself, but if he's this tired from one difficult opponent, how are the others doing.

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LEO VS. HYPER EGGROBO

Now the scene focuses on Leo that was facing against Hyper Eggrobo. The hovering enemy was keeping the lion man a distant with the huge hands that hovered to almost squash the lion man.

"I never thought I replay this again? And in real life." Leo exclaimed from seeing how difficult this battle will become: an enemy hover and fights from a distance.

Leo used old knowledge to jump on the hovering robot hands when they cease attacking to deal damage to the face. After performing a Cyclone Kick, that alerted the enemy to split its hands off to launch multiple red spheres.

"Ping pong, really?" Leo raised an eyebrow from seeing such a predictable pattern. "Works for me! KING OF FIST!" The lion man roared with determination.

With the rotation of his fist, Leo avoids the impact and jumped on the red spheres. Then dealt damage to the enemy's head area. Hyper Eggrobo began to use its hands to clap Leo. But the lion man used his rotation force to keep the robot from grabbing him.

"Don't think I'm down with my hands and feet!" Leo remarked from having another trick to pull. "HOWLING CRUSHER! ROOOOAARR!" He roared after taking a deep breath.

The attack caused major damage against Hyper Eggrobo to release Leo. The giant robot began to release the red spheres to trap the lion man from escaping. And then Brought the hover hands together to drop down when Leo was trapped. But then when it looked like the hands crushed the lion man…he reappeared out of thin air.

"Chao Snap…gotta be glad I learned this." Leo revealed his trick to avoid a crushing blow. "And his one more…CHAOS LANCE!" He held a hand forth as he channel it with energy.

Once Leo fired that energy spear straight at the head, Hyper Eggrobo suffered a huge damage to have multiple explosions. With damage beyond what it can withstand, Hyper Eggrobo began to plummet down to crash and remain as scrap parts scatter.

"Glad that's over, but now I'm concern about Gemerl and his opponent?" Leo muttered from an old memory: the time he defeated Hyper Eggrobo was the final boss in a game, but…there was the True Final Boss that came after.

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GEMERL VS. ULTIMATE GEMERL

The situation was shown of Gemerl sent flying across the field to scatter dirt and crash near Tails' Workshop. When Cream and Vanilla looked out, they were shock. And the reason was revealed from a replicated version of Ultimate Gemerl was showing its extended claw arms.

"Gemerl, are you alright?" Cream called out with worry for the bot.

"Stay inside, this enemy is one I must face!" Gemerl instructs the rabbit family to not leave the safety of the workshop.

"But it looks just like you?" Vanilla stated on seeing Gemerl fight a thing that looks similar in design.

"Yes, it's one I am not proud to see Doctor Eggman make such a replica. Therefore I must destroy it." Gemerl declared on wishing to defeat the form it took when it was still a killing machine until it was given another chance at life outside of fighting.

Then Gemerl took off while evading the extend claw arms while the mini black bot tried to open the mouth piece. When Gemerl open the mouth guard, dealt a few punch blows before being knock away by the enemy's claws which fired lasers.

"Danger-danger!" Gemerl alert of the damage he's sustain with loose sparks occurring.

"Mother, we have to do something?" Cream turn to her mother in wanting to help Gemerl.

"But what?" Vanilla felt uncertain how they can be of any help.

"If me and Cheese go out, maybe we can distract it and give Gemerl a chance." Cream firmly stated on what she and the little Chao can do.

"But Cream, it might be dangerous?" Vanilla felt uncertain to put her daughter in such danger.

"I'll be okay mother, I'll have Cheese with me." Cream smiled to assure she's not alone.

"Chao!" Cheese cheered with determination.

"Well alright, but if it becomes too much…" Vanilla felt a bit uncertain to allow this…

"I understand, please stay and watch the emerald until we're done, okay mother." Cream nods her head while wishing what her mother can do in the meantime.

With Vanilla nodding her head to trust her daughter's decision, Cream and Cheese flew off to help Gemerl. Ultimate Gemerl was launching its extended claws and laser shots to keep Gemerl away, especially the launched missiles. Then without warning, Cream and Cheese slipped in to open the enemy's mouth when it was attacking Gemerl.

"Cream, you shouldn't be out here!" Gemerl protest to see the rabbit girl endangering herself.

"We're helping you Gemerl. Now attack it while we keep the mouth open." Cream issued from trying to help the best way they can.

"CHAO!" Cheese cried out loud, as he and Cream continue to keep the metal mouth from closing.

Gemerl didn't argue, it instead fired its own missiles that blew open around the mouth of the enemy when Cream and Cheese got out. The enemy suffered damage that caused slight explosions. But the enemy was glowing its eyes as it began to attack more fiercely. By putting two of its claw arms together to fire a large beam shot.

"Danger! Protect Cream!" Gemerl shouted after witnessing the attack.

Gemerl speed through to make sure Cream and Cheese were not hit but the bots backside suffered damage. And then Ultimate Gemerl was opening all four extend claw arms to spin and attack. Gemerl used a shield function to protect everyone, but knock them across the ground. It almost looked like the enemy would win…

"CHAOS SPEARS!" Then a voice was heard announcing a familiar move.

That's when energy arrows were fired that blew up to stop the rotating extend arms from striking those on the ground. Then all eyes saw Leo having used his Chaos ability to temporally stun the target.

"Quickly, it's about to open its mouth." Leo instruct the group after giving it a perfect chance.

"Gemerl, you rest, we got this." Cream assured the bot that was slightly damage. "Ready Cheese?" She became determine and held out her open right hand.

"Chao Chao!" Cheese replied with a firm face to position himself in the hand.

"CHAO ATTACK!" Cream shouted the name of her attack.

With everything Cream had, she threw Cheese with force as the little Chao held its fist forth. The attack landed inside the open mouth as explosions occurred. Ultimate Gemerl suffered damage that caused it enough to drop down and crash on the ground.

"Everyone alright?" Leo asked to inspect those from a close call.

"We're okay, but Gemerl is not looking so good." Cream stated from seeing Gemerl stood up but suffered spark damage around the body.

"I can still continue to engage." Gemerl insist on wishing to not stop until all threats are neutralized.

"You rest and we can help the others." Cream firmly instructs the black bot on taking care of himself.

"Hmmm?" Leo hums to think about how he should go about this. "Cream, if you like to help. There's maybe a way." The lion man stated on having thought up an idea.

"Really?" Cream asked as Leo whispered something to her and Cheese. "Oh, well we can do that. Let's go Cheese!" She replied with a smile and called her Chao friend.

"Chao!" Cheese cheered as the two flew off.

"What did you say to them?" Gemerl looked to Leo, puzzled by what words encourage Cream so much.

"A weakness in some foes that can be done by them." Leo issued the simple answer: cause to an old gamer, knowing patterns and weaknesses can help even those like Cream and Cheese to win against the least dangerous foes.

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TAILS VS. EGG GOLEM

The scene focuses on where Tails drove the Cyclone to evade the shockwave hits caused by the Egg Golem. The two tail fox was using his mech to fire a few cannon shots to slow down the enemy. The bot may have a durable stone armor but there were cracks forming.

"It's working, looks like Eggman didn't think to improve this model." Tails remarked the foe while changing the Cyclone into plane mode to fly around.

Too bad when Tails said that, Egg Golem began to spin 360 degree with stretch arms. Tails had to watch out for the enemy keeping him at bay. So Tails tried to attack but the spinning enemy knock away the little shots.

"Man, and Sonic made it seem easy when he fought this guy?" Tails scratch his forehead from seeing the struggle he's having.

Tails had to have the Cyclone change to Vehicle Mode to zoom around the giants feet. The enemy saw this to stop spinning and tried to stomp on the fox with little luck. Then Tails had his mech attack the ground to cause the Egg Golem to topple down.

"Okay, gotcha!" Tails prepared to attack but then a force shield prevented any damage. "Aw nuts, I forgot about that." He cursed from having forgotten Egg Golem had such a function.

Egg Golem slowly rose back up as it smashed both fist to cause a shockwave force that knock Tails off. The stone robot began to stomp close to crush the fox. But then something attacked the device on the head, causing it to react.

"Hugh, who?" Tails yelped from not having expected that.

"Hang on Tails, we came to help!" Cream was seen arriving to flap her ears before Tails.

"Chao!" Cheese also appeared after having attack the weak spot.

"Lucky thing you did, just give me a moment and the next attack can finish it." Tails smiled with confidence to have backup on his side.

With the enemy distracted, Tails quickly used the Cyclone to prepare its best weapon. Firing the mini-gun's small but powerful bullets known as the Volkan Cannon move. That attack hit the exposed circuits that caused an explosion, and caused Egg Golem to topple down and fall like a collapse stone giant.

"Great job Tails." Cream smiled proudly as she and Cheese approach the fox.

"Thanks Cream, but how did you know to hit the forehead to stop it?" Tails pondered how his friends figured out where to hit the enemy.

"Mister Leo gave me a heads up about the weak points to exploit." Cream stated on the intel she received from Leo.

"Weak points, but how does he know those when it's the first time he's seen them?" Tails pondered from thinking that was strange. "This gets more curious by the second?" The fox held his chin, apparently Leo knew ahead of something he never seen until today: it's very curious to the two tail fox.

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HEAVY LEO VS. EGG EMPEROR

The next scene shows a heated battle of two giant Mecha. It was Heavy Leo against Egg Emperor, it was a clash between heavy gears and armor plating. Egg Emperor released a crescent beam from its lance to slow the lion mech down.

"RESTING BURNER!" Heavy Leo roared forth the name of his next attack.

Heavy Leo performs a medium-range attack by where he expels ultra-high temperature flames from the lion armor on its chest. The attack canceled the enemy's move and allowed Heavy Leo to ram tackle the enemy who used its shield. But the enemy released missiles to distract the lion mech.

"BARRAGE SWEEPER!" Heavy Leo announced the next attack he would unleash.

Now Heavy Leo shoots its long range attacks by firing barrages with the auto cannon extending from the left shoulder. This move destroyed the missiles and even caused damage to Egg Emperor. The enemy tried to distant its self while firing more crescent beam attacks from the lance.

"If that's your best, then here's mine!" Heavy Leo announced from gearing up his pile driver. "SONIC EXCAVATOR!" He roared with pride on this final move.

Channeling the fighting spirit, Heavy Leo goes to his max to charge forth. Egg Emperor tries to stop his opponent by firing rapid crescent beam attacks. But Heavy Leo used his Pile Breaker to break through, and Egg Emperor braces with the shield. But the lion mech impales the enemy robot, causing several explosions. When the pile driver was removed, Egg Emperor fell to the ground completely destroyed and reduce as damage scrap.

"Yes! Another victory for my King!" Heavy Leo cheered forth on having won against such a foe.

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VS. EGG DRAGOON, EGG-WYVERN & EGG- CERBERUS

When Tails, Cream, and Cheese join up to find Leo and Spada about to fight off three enemies. It was already proving challenging with dealing with Egg-Cerberus on the ground while dealing with range attacks from the air.

"Are you guys okay?" Tails asked from checking the situation.

"I just about defeated this dog by grabbing its antenna as my king suggest and guide it to hit nearby hard areas." Spada explained the action done to almost end his opponent.

"But then I saw those two overwhelm Spada and step to help." Leo issued on knowing three Boss level threats ganging up be too much to handle.

"Look, they're coming around!" Cream points to warn the group of danger.

Egg-Wyvern and Egg-Dragoon fired off missile attacks and fireball shots to cause a huge distraction. Giving the large mechanical fido a chance to attack. Suddenly ice was forming around Egg-Cerberus by the floor which caused the enemy to slip, miss the targets and crashed into another hard stone wall. That last impact caused Egg-Cerberus to groan as it spark with explosions and fell down completely defeated.

"Where did that come from?" Tails asked from never seeing such unexpected moves.

"Sire, could this mean…" Spada was about to ask but…

"So they've finally woken up?" Leo smiled with relief that the new help he expected arrived on time.

That's when two beings landed on the ground and made their presence known.

First figure was a 15 feet tall muscular lion man with white fur, white mane, white fur on the legs and tip of the tail. Had blue eyes, black nose and mouth, five fingers on the hands and feet, black claws and dark purple ear tips. Wears a dark navy blue armored pants and bracers, and a blue mantle. Silver armor wrapped around he ankle region completely, covers the front legs, and black-belt straps on the bracers, plus a belt with metal armor armor plates strap around the waist to hold the pants. A collar with blue gem in the middle and multiple teeth around it. Wields a long pole battle axe made of strong light-blue ore metal and the axe part is shape like a snowflake.

Second figure was a 15 feet tall muscular lion man with light blue-gray fur, mane was more silver and had emerald color eyes. The outfit is black and blue armored style pants with silver knee and top feet covering the three toe feet boot-wear. Wears blue mechanical tech gauntlets on the arms with rocket thrusters and wears a black wrestling belt with silver detailing. The most shocking surprise were a mechanical device attach to the back shoulders that resemble another pair of arms with the same gauntlets, giving the appearance of a four-armed lion man wrestler.

"Who are they?" Cream looked at the new lion man: they almost resemble Leo.

"Chao?" Cheese replied to fly to inspect the new lion men.

"I am Panja, an Ice Warrior! Here to serve my king most faithfully." The icy lion introduced with the manners of someone cool and well intelligent of his actions.

"And I'm Ouja, a Mighty Fighter. Just let me loose and I'll crush my opponents!" The four arm lion issued from sounding like a real fighter, eager to get in and battle out in a contest of strength.

"Very well, show us by taking down those two." Leo nods his head to allow his new crew mates to display their skills.

With the order given, the reinforcements began to challenge the air board foes. First we see Panja facing off against Egg-Wyvern as it dive bombs to attack. But Panja jumped to grab it by its horn, as the ice lion man force to steer the machine to crash against trees. But then Egg-Wyvern used its tail to send an electrical charge missile to make the ground unable to move from an electric field disburse.

"ICE BEAST FIST!" Panja roared forth as he grip his right fist.

Panja unleashed what appears to be a white aura energy lion head. When it impacted the ground, caused it to freeze into ice. Including the electric field missiles in the ground. Then Panja evaded laser shots fired from the enemy. But then a sphere of energy traps the ice lion.

"Impressive trick, but now it's time to end this." Panja remarked from keeping himself from losing his cool. "BLIZZARD BREATH!" He announced another attack at this moment.

That's when Panja released a cold energy breath attack, freezing the energy sphere to shatter. And even froze the laser shots that almost hit the ice lion. And when Panja force his breath to freeze Egg-Wyvern when it was diving to attack and had no control.

"With you frozen, it's time to finish this." Panja declared as he was seen wielding his ice snowflake weapon. "SNOW FIREWORKS!" He announced the name of his third attack as he struck it against his frozen foe.

"Crack!" The attack completely shattered and broke parts of Egg-Wyvern to crash on the ground. Now the enemy was left as a frozen scrap heap on the field.

"It appears you're done in from cold…frostbites." Panja remarked as he stab his weapon in the ground after accomplishing his task.

With one enemy down, it was now time to see how the other new guy was doing. We see Ouja battling it up against Egg-Dragoon. The enemy fires laser shots but the four arm lion managed to punch them out without suffering damage. And it was more shocking when a drill missile came, and Ouja caught it.

"GrrrrArrrgh!" Ouja tossed the drill missile aside as it blew. "Come now, show me what you got!" He taught Egg-Dragoon as it resupply a new drill.

Egg-Dragoon fired a bunch of element type attacks as well as some laser and drill missile shots. Ouja was rushing to attack and even grab another drill missile to knock against his opponent thanks to having four handy arms. But an ice shot froze Ouja, it looked like bad news. Until a golden flame melted the ice away.

"Sorry, but even freezing me is impossible!" Ouja remarked how such light attempts won't work on him. "FLAST STRAIGHT!" He shouts out his next move here.

A golden flame aura surrounds the four arm lion man, as he charges ahead. Egg-Dragoon tried using its claws to fire more freeze shots, but it was not slowing the wrestler lion down. And soon Ouja bashed against the enemy, causing serious power damage. Then the enemy prepared a wall crushing move against the lion.

"Hmmm…" Ouja stopped the wall crushing move, but saw more ice shots coming from above. "You really don't know that pinning me is impossible." He remarked the enemy for thinking a proud wrestler go down so easily.

Ouja pushed the walls aside to leap and dodge the ice shots before delivering double right punches to knock the enemy away. And when Egg-Dragoon tried to hit its drill arm, Ouja caught and flung the bot across the field.

"Now to end this!….GOLDEN FANG!" Ouja declared forth as he readies his finisher.

Now Ouja engulfs himself yellow flames before charging at the enemy in the form of lion-shaped aurora. Egg-Dragoon tries to launch more drill arm missiles and fire more lasers, but nothing was stopping such an attack. And soon the wrestler lion impacts with such devastating force it completely caused multiple explosions. Wasn't long before Egg-Dragoon fell to the ground completely wrecked, Ouja landing proudly and not flinch when a drill landed behind him.

"Alright! This is how a Champion fights!" Ouja pumps his four arms in the air, cheering for such a victory.

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VS. NEGATIVE WISP ARMOR, EGGROBO, & DEATH EGG ROBOT

The scene opens to where Loader Lio and Heavy Leo were fighting against three very tough opponents. Right now the hard and unpredictable Negative Wisp Armor kept using the captured Wisp to perform its different attack patterns and even fired a massive beam that Heavy Leo endured.

"We need a plan, I don't know how much more beatings I can take?" Heavy Leo issued on having endured so much of such heavy beam pressure.

"Just lure it out, and…now!" Loader Lio issued from knowing when they can strike.

At the moment that Negative Wisp Armor ran out of Hyper-Go-Go energy, Loader Lio charged with all its might. Performs its Loader Morningstar move that knocked the mech towards Heavy Leo to grab its hands. Then Loader Lio used its Boring Storm and have the buzzsaw mane cut across the enemy's main body. From enough damage, caused it to explode before dropping to the ground. The captive Wisp were freed and left with saying thanks in their native tongue.

"Rarrr….that's another down." Loader Lio roared from having brought down another Egg Mech machine.

"And two more left. But I won't let my fighting spirit die down!" Heavy Leo declared to get ready to continue fighting.

Soon Eggrobo unleashed its hands to release energy sphere shots and laser beams. Loader Lio tries to evade while Heavy Leo tried to follow. But the Death Egg Robot snatched Loader Lio in its tentacle grasp and during the distraction, Eggrobo used its separate hands to grab around Heavy Leo.

"Grrr….they have us caught?" Loader Lio growls annoyed by the enemy's tactic of surprising them.

"Fight it, we can't lose! Our king…" Heavy Leo was trying to not lose for Leo's sake…

"Is right here!" Leo's voice was heard in the air.

Without warning, a barrage of Chaos Arrows were fired that disarmed Eggrobo from holding Heavy Leo and they continued to knock the round robot across the field. And then a sudden gravity field made Death Egg Robot plummet down into the ground several feet down while it lost grip on Loader Lio. The rescue group of Leo, Spada, Panja, Ouja, and Tails riding his Cyclone with Cream, Cheese and Gemerl on top.

"Sorry we're late, we were caught up." Spada apologized for the lateness on their part.

"Let us aid you now." Panja issued to help members of Leo's crew.

"Yeah, it's fighting time!" Ouja declared to punch his fist together, raring to go.

Soon Eggrobo return while on fire to release a barrage sphere shots and lasers. The group immediately split off and then Tails saw the giant hands coming for him. But before they could grab him, the fox turn his mech into a plane to evade being grabbed. Then Leo fired a Chaos Lance to deal damage to one foot, and as Eggrobo was down, Tails fired missiles at the weak points. That caused Eggrobo to suffer damage and roll across the field.

"Great job there Tails." Cream smiled at the fox's quick thinking.

"Chao!" Cheese cheered to agree there.

"Thanks, apparently those weak points Leo discovered are very helpful." Tails smiled from never believing it's true: but Leo does know the weak points of Eggman's old mechs.

"Alert, enemy has return." Gemerl warns of the battle was not over yet.

Soon Eggrobo return after it suffered more damage and fires. The robot released a wave of energy spheres to spread around and even rapid laser shots. Everyone had to quickly evade as much as possible. And the enemy threw even more hand grip punch attacks, but unlock giant mechs, the others were smaller and fast enough to keep from getting hit.

"Everyone, target its legs and hit with all you got!" Leo gave instructions on how to engage Eggrobo.

Spada was the first to strike at damaging the Eggrobo left leg to make it drag when it tried to fly backwards. Then Gemerl and Tails fired missiles that dealt damage. Then Cream threw Cheese at the head to make it roll off. But then Panja and Ouja dealt a final blow that completely knocked the bot down. It fell and caught on fire, as Eggrobo blew up and suddenly an Eggman firework appeared above.

"Yes! We defeated it!" Ouja cheered from another victory moment.

"Yes, but we have not finished yet?" Panja firmly states the other issue when the ground shook.

"I guess the last one couldn't stay down long enough?" Leo stated on knowing who was coming back a second round.

That's when Death Egg Robot broke free from the ground, as it engage all enemies with a mighty roar with untold lasers firing all over. Everyone was enduring the relentless attacks before Loader Lio charged to tackle the enemy.

"That's for earlier!" Loader Lio snapped from what the enemy did before. "My king, we need to break its armor." It request a need to breach such defenses.

"If I remember, attack its heads. The more damage, the better." Leo instructs those on how to fight this difficult opponent.

"More damage, no problem!" Heavy Leo declared from eagerly wanting to prove its might.

Heavy Leo used his heavy armor body to take the beating of the laser and missile attacks. When it got closer to the Death Egg Robot, performed a few punch blows to each head to deal enough damage. But the enemy started blasting fire to force Heavy Leo back.

"Time to hit it hard! GOLDEN FANG!" Ouja shouted as it rushed in on the spot.

Ouja began to repel from his flaming attack to release a lion head aurora. The enemy tried to endure the beating and didn't see Panja slip in to deal some Snowflake Fireworks attack hits on the heads. But even after taking that damage, Death Egg Robot performs a fire attack of rows to zig zag patterns.

"It's trying to keep us from closing in." Tails issued from seeing what this robot was planning. "Time to try a little speed mode. Everyone hold on!" Tails turns to those nearby to hang on tightly.

Tails had the Cyclone in Vehicle Mode to go full throttle with him, Gemerl, Cream and Cheese holding on tight. They reach the heads before preparing attacks. Tails used the Volkan Cannon to deal with the main head before he perform a Spin Dash on a separate head. Then Cream threw Cheese to perform Chao Attack at the right head and Gemerl did a Spin Dash on the third head. But the enemy unleashed lasers and missiles to keep everyone back.

"Time to fully end this. CHAOS BOAST!" Leo roared forth with one final push.

Leo was charged in blue energy before rushing pass all the attacks. Leo was able to deal the major speed blows against Death Egg Robot. The speed was enough to deal the damage to cause trouble on the foe. And that's when Leo had his rotating gears spinning and prepared a final attack move.

"Now for the last surprise…GRAVITY DIVE!" Leo declared to deal the last attack, a gravity boosted attack.

Leo caused the entire scenery to be affected by the gravity force. And soon the lion man shot forth with a super speed burst. That move completely punctured Death Egg Robot's cyclone eye point. Flames spread as the robot drop its arms, and explosions began to occur. The machine screamed before swallowed in the light. And when the light faded, the robot drop as scatter pieces across the floor.

"Hugh…" Leo drop down on the ground, looking a bit spent. "I forgot how that was a very difficult final boss, but at least it's over." He wiped the sweat off his forehead, feeling almost overly spent.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

DEFEATED 12 EGG MECH ROBOTs

REWARDS:

10 BONUS LEVEL-UPS

150,00 SP

Items Drop: 2000 Metal Materials, 1300 Chaos Battery Chargers, 900,000 Coins,

Rare Item Drops: Element Fragment Pieces (50-Fire, 40-Water, 70-Lightning, 40-Ice, 70-Dark, 100-Metal)

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UNLOCK JOBS:

Adventurer, Scout, Enchanter, & Philosopher = King Of Adventures

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YES OR NO?

"Fusion Jobs!?" Leo replied surprised before deciding on this. "Um, proceed?" He didn't hesitate, feeling that obtaining superior jobs could be a good bonus.

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*King Of Adventures: A superior job of the Adventurer job. Fusing the max level jobs of Scout, Enchanter, and Philosopher unlocks special key elements for the Adventurer job. General skills and resistance skills against unique environments provides enhanced Fire & Ice Resistance. The best adventurer is one who specializes in accelerated thinking speed, helping in moments on what provides useful general skills in areas or against opponents. Even the handy ability to focus on using buffs for allies during an adventure if the danger is great enough, displays how one who has experience to lead and support comrades is a model seasonal pro. The growth to become better and face obstacle challenges helps grow END, AGI, VIT, WIS, DEF and STR.

*King Of Berserker: A Superior Job from the berserker group. Fusing the max level jobs of Fighter, Fist Master, and Monk brings forth the highest evolution of the Berserker job. Status growth focuses on HP, STR, and AGI while END, and DEX barely increases, and MP almost none. The most promising is multiplying STR and AGI by 5 times the current balance and reduces damage by 1/5th against powerful foes. Much development physical combat, physical stats, hand-to-hand combat, and particular weapons shows a skyrocket enhance increase to the user's body frame. A Special condition reveals it's possible to channel the raw power when one goes into a 'Berserker' state after having experienced it once before and learn to control it while not attacking both friends and foes alike.

"Amazing!?, I figured that fighting many level 90 foes give me some experience, but Boss types really give the most?" Leo knew that raising pass level 100 would take more time, but apparently he hit a big score. "I'm now around Level 130, I wonder how my stats might look?" The lion man was very curious on how strong he might be.

"Attention! Must apprehend Eggman before he tries anything." Gemerl alarms everyone about the last threat left to deal with.

Hearing that made Leo decide to hold off on anything for now. As long as Doctor Eggman is active, they are not done yet. So everyone approach where the doctor was still at…

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MEANWHILE

DOCTOR EGGMAN'S SPOT

The evil Doctor Eggman watched everything that occurred from his hovering Egg Mobile. Orbot and Cubot had some shared expressions when noticing the stone cold expression their creator had when seeing their side…lost.

"Oh my, seven to one, the odds seem to have been in our favor?" Orbot felt very worried about their situation.

"And 12 giants robots to four lions, one fox, one rabbit, one Chao, and about 3 other bots, how could we lose?" Cubot pointed out the actual contenders with a simple statement.

"We best brace ourselves Cubot, this major failure will surely upset the Doctor." Orbot alerted his companion to brace for the worse outburst from the doctor.

"Oh right, he hates losing, and he lost BIG enough that all bets are off." Cubot address dumbly the case in the worse possible message.

"Hmmmmmm…." Eggman made a low muffle tone with his closed mouth. "Hmm-hmm, hmmm-hmm-hmmm…" But then the moan sound began to change, sounding almost jolly? "Ha-Ha-Ha, Ha-Ha….!" He burst out laughing which earn a lot of attention.

"Boss, why are you laughing?" Orbot raise an optic eyebrow at the strange action.

"Aren't you suppose to break out in rage over having lost?" Cubot asked a pretty straight but dumb question.

"Usually, YES! Today however, NO!" Doctor Eggman remarked on how his usual action won't be occurring at this time.

"Okay, usually I'm the bot that messes up, but do you think he's finally cracked?" Cubot whispered this to Orbot on what's wrong with Eggman.

"I'm not sure what to think, this makes no sense logically?" Orbot scratch his forehead, just as puzzle and confuse as Cubot.

"Precisely why if you two fools can't see it, then neither can my enemies!" Doctor Eggman boldly brags about this for everyone to hear.

"What are you talking about Eggman?" Tails narrow his eyes, demanding an answer.

"It's true that I was slightly hoping my 12 old Mechs would finish the job, but like all evil geniuses…we must expect the unexpected." Doctor Eggman calmly address the issue of the matter here. "I knew that there would be a fight with the new Ultimate Lifeform, but I also knew that should things go south, have a backup within a backup." The guy made a sly grin from having a backup if things didn't go well.

"A backup in a backup? Doesn't that sound a little weird?" Spada raise an eyebrow from thinking that's just weird.

"That's why it's ingenious! I never expected two giant mechs or even more surprising two more Ultimate Lifeforms to help turn the odds." Doctor Eggman exclaimed to explain how he had to expect anything that ruin his first attempt. "Which is lucky for me, I deceived you all when I said my number of bots present here. And you never guessed that it was not 12, but rather an unlucky for you…13!" He tap his fingers together to reveal a shocking piece of information on the actual number of bots.

"Wait, 13…? Does that mean…?" Cream felt a bit puzzled but concern.

"There were 13 enemies, but my scans detected no such number?" Gemerl stated on having not detected any enemy outside the 12 robots.

"Hmmm, I don't like this? We're missing something crucial but what?" Leo held his chin with a disturb expression "Nicole, are you detecting anything?" He used the com-link to have the Holo-Lynx find anything.

"No, scans from up here reveal nothing?" Nicole shook her head, nothing their scans perform found anything.

"Eggman is not one to mess around, there must be an agenda?" Leo muttered on knowing how Eggman thinks. "Nicole, display a list from my memory of all the mechs we fought base on the game data from my world." Leo made a strange request out of nowhere.

"I can do that, but what will that accomplish?" Nicole pondered about such a thing.

"An answer that we may have overlooked?" Leo stated from believing the answer may come from reviewing the enemy.

"Understood. Sending the data now." Nicole nodded her head, and began to perform the assign task.

Wasn't long before a hidden digital screen display showed up for Leo to look over. The information was well label on things needed to review for any old gamer.

-SONIC BOSS GAME DATA-

Egg Golem - Boss (Sonic Adventure 2)

Egg Dragoon - Final Boss (Sonic Unleashed) Later Boss (Sonic Generation/Sonic Forces)

Egg Emperor - Final Boss (Four Hero Stories) (Sonic Heroes)

Super Egg Robot - Final/Penultimate Boss (Sonic Advance 2)

Hyper Eggrobo - Final Boss (Sonic Advance 3)

Eggrobo - Final Boss (Sonic New World)

Ultimate Gemerl - True Final Boss (Sonic Advance 3)

Titan Metal Sonic - Final Boss (Knuckles Chaotix)

Negative Wisp Armor - Final Boss (Sonic Colors)

Death Egg Robot - Final Boss (Sonic Forces)

Egg-Cerberus - Boss (Sonic\Shadow Story) (Sonic The Hedgehog 2006)

Egg-Wyvern - Final Boss (Sonic Story) (Sonic The Hedgehog 2006)

Leo was going over the data and having his gamer mind try to put the pieces together to understand a clue. Doctor Eggman said there's a thirteenth robot, but from where? Egg-Cerberus was a boss in two different story events, but that didn't seem right since it's just a normal Boss in that one game. Then a thought about Egg-Dragoon as if was a Final Boss in one game, but treated as a normal Boss encounter in other games. The only outside fact of what to focus on would be thinking about True Final Boss foes that one has to unlock be performing certain conditions. Like Hyper Egg Robot was the Final Boss but the True Final Boss was Ultimate Gemerl. And Egg Emperor was the final opponent for four different team battles that once completed, unlock the True Final Boss. And while Death Egg Robot was not like the original, it was design with a first form before it revealed a hidden foe within. Then out of the bunch, only one label name struck as something fishy, and that was…the Penultimate Boss. It was the only one and unless the condition was done right, it would be the Final Boss, and players could not encounter…the REAL Final Boss!?

"Quick, who fought Super Eggrobo Z?!" Leo asked from wanting an answer on the spot.

"I did, but why…" Spada stated while unsure what's happening.

"Was there maybe something odd about it?" Leo asked a strange question but Spada shook his head no in response. "Quickly, check for anything suspicious!" He issued for anyone to inspect the destroy bot.

"I got it!" Heavy Leo approach to life up the broken Super Eggrobo Z. "Hugh, there's a hole in the ground where the chest plate was?" What the bot said was true, like something escape and tunneled unnoticed.

"It's the same trick used by Death Egg Robot! He hid another mech robot inside another?" Leo firmly looked at Eggman on knowing something was wrong here.

"Very good, but I'm afraid it's too late." Doctor Eggman grins widely to boast on having won ahead of everyone.

That's when a loud crash noise came from Tails workshop. When the smoke cleared, it looked like something slithered nearby before a strange vacuum force was witness taking everything inside. Including the Purple Chaos Emerald inside.

"My Workshop?! Tails cried out staring at his home being wrecked.

"The Chaos Emerald!?" Spada stated on seeing the emerald was taken.

"Hugh!" Cream gasped as she saw something else get sucked into the invisible enemy. "MOTHER!?" Cream cried out seeing her mother getting taken.

"Madam Vanilla endanger…I must...rescue…" Gemerl exclaimed as he tried to move but sparks of damage slowed him down.

"Chao!" Cheese approach Gemerl that was still suffering.

"Cheese is right Gemerl, you haven't recovered enough and you're still too badly hurt to move." Cream stopped the black Gizoid from doing too much when still hurt.

"Ho-Ho, surprised now?" Eggman was heard laughing in trumpet. "You didn't expect this, now did you?" The man taunts and brags to those unaware of what's happening.

That's when a strange machine in invisible camouflage began to appear. It was an orange cylindrical cannon with a hole in the middle of the main body with white/gray attachments surrounding it. Has several orange cylinders with gray metal outlines extending away from the main body in decreasing size forming a tail and has two orange plates with a purple outline on either side of its body each with small orange lights. A black spherical glass located on top of the main body serves as the mech's cockpit. Leo used the Scouter to read the data on this foe:

-ENEMY IDENTIFIED-

TRUE AREA 53 BOSS Lv. 95

TYPE: GIANT COMBAT/IMPRISONED MECH ROBOT

RANK: FINAL BOSS

POWER LEVEL: 95,000

Information: Created by Doctor Eggman as a combat vehicle resembling a cannon. Armed with a variety of weapons including energy projections powerful enough to knock back those of Super Form modes, missiles, freeze rays, and vacuums that can even affect Super Form Heroes. A drawback to the missiles is that they can be used against the True Area 53 boss. The True Area 53 boss is capable of flight and invisibility.

ALERT: Unknown presence detected inside. Its true power is yet to be seen. Extreme cautious is advised of an unknown element within this model.

"I should have know it! Super Eggrobo Z was only posing while the real enemy slipped pass our defenses." Leo glared his eyes at the evil doctor: but he also felt something off about that warning on the enemy data.

"I'm surprised that you even managed to deduce all that, but now it's too late." Doctor Eggman exclaimed from seeing how quick Leo was to realize such a complex plan.

"Doctor Eggman! Give me back my Mother!" Cream yelled in anger for the return of her parent.

"Chao-Chao!" Cheese also frowns to agree on the demand.

"Well since you asked, how's about a trade?" Doctor Eggman stated on wishing to bargain with his foes. "It's simple, surrender the other Chaos Emeralds, and we have a deal." Yep, it was that type of deal the villain was going for.

"Graarrrr! I gotta a better idea! Let's crush that tin can ourselves and get back what he stole!" Loader Lio growls from having a third option to take back by force.

"Right, it's only one foe! Compared to the others, by banding together, there's nothing we can't do!" Heavy Leo declared from knowing they can win in numbers.

"Hmmm, true you haven't all completely fallen?" Doctor Eggman rubs his chin from studying this act. "So how about I give you all a surprise instead!" He announced as he pressed a button on a device he held which had a skull and cross bones meant for danger.

That's when something began to occur as weird spike green mechanical plants. These things stretched forth all out of True Area 53 Boss, and when the group believed it was an attack…it missed them. Instead, the weird vines attach to spread, even merge with the destroyed Mech Robots.

"What's happening here?" Ouja asked stump by this weird attack method.

"I don't know myself?" Panja felt uncertain but knew it can't be good.

"Wait a second, this action feels like when Metal Sonic became Metal Overlord? But this feels different?" Leo muttered from studying this scene act: then a memory came flashing. "No, he couldn't have created such a thing? Not from the first comic issue that involved…a plant?" He muttered as if his widen eyes were in shock.

"The robots…they're resembling themselves?" Spada alerts everyone of what's happening: the destroyed and broken bots were coming together again.

"That's right, meet Krudzu! A uniquely rapid growing mechanical weed." Doctor Eggman boast to introduce his latest creation. "I came across this by accident, its ability to integrate itself into and take control of robots. So even you destroying 12 of my bots won't matter, they can revive and fight until you're through! Ho-Ho-Ho, Ho…" Doctor Eggman laughs off from having one up the heroes with a twist.

Then something began to happen as the mechanical vines spread so much that the other broken and damage robots were being brought into a large mass of vine tendrils. A strange mechanical core head was form and strange red crystals were growing to emit energy. Everyone was caught off guard, including Doctor Eggman and his group.

"Um doc., is it suppose to do that?" Cubot asked from thinking this don't seem right.

"I thought it was going to make them be like puppets and overwhelm them?" Orbot was also confused by this different tactic.

"Hold on, give me a minute. Apparently a strange energy surge is overwriting the coding program I put." Doctor Eggman issued from trying to study what's going on.

"Good thing we weren't taken. I don't know where it put us?" Orbot felt relieved the mechanical weed left them alone.

"I just hope it wouldn't be the bottom or the behind. That's embarrassing." Cubot stated on a dumb issue on where not to end up in such a freaky mashed mess.

While Eggman ignore such foolish talks, a bright light overwhelm everyone when it came from Krudzu. The light was purple, it was believed the purple Chaos Emerald was being used. But when the light die down, what stood before everyone would leave many more shock and terrified by the surprise change and new form of Krudzu. A gigantic giant black, purple, and light green theme semi-humanoid with six eyespots seem to reference on the mythological Argus Panoptes, two on the head-like ornament of its large mouth, two on the shoulders and two on the thighs. Has a single, curved red horn on its pseudo-head and it has hair-like tendrils attached to the pseudo-head, shoulders and elbows. Its form is more monstrous, has green vines on the head, arm and back. The eyes had red outline marks with the inside being yellow, but the pupils were red, plus the same two eyes in the head but within a black eyeball version. Leo stares at this gigantic monstrous that was almost 200 feet tall, and used the Scouter to gaze at what horrors he was looking at:

-ENEMY IDENTIFIED-

ARGO KRUDZU Lv. 200

TYPE: GIGANTIC COMBAT MUTATION ROBOT HYBRID

RANK: FINAL TRUE BOSS

POWER LEVEL: 190,000

Information: Krudzu was only a mechanical weed plant made by accident, but it could integrate and merge with other robots. Doctor Eggman plan to use this creation for his own nefarious scheme by having it bring back destroyed robots. But something went wrong in the process that a bug developed in its system, causing a chain reaction to merge all 13 of Eggman's favorite collection of Boss-Level Robots. The Eggrobo having traces of Life energy, the Negative Wisp Armor applying Hyper-Go-Go, Ultimate Gemerl using Chaos Emeralds to evolve from a previous form, and the Death Egg Robot having the remains of the Phantom Ruby. These elemental portions plus obtaining a Chaos Emerald and having contact with a living biological Lifeform, ended up creating a mutation evolution in creating Argos Krudzu. However there is a bug in its function that isn't apart of Eggman's coding for his machines. With its newfound creation of science and mutation, it's almost identical to Final Hazard along with new abilities it can perform. Distortion Line: Beams destructive enough to completely distort even dimensions, fired from the eyes on its limbs. Brute Force: Mows down the enemy with its massive body. It is exceptionally destructive. Terabyte Disaster: Countless beams fired from its mouth. Mystic Cannon: Blows up the enemy with powerful cursed volleys.

"I don't believe this, it's even worse than it was in the comic version?!" Leo muttered under his breath of reviewing how dangerous this foe is. "Fighting one Boss a round was tough, but them combined…it's resulted in something unheard of?" There was never anything like this in Sonic games, which makes this enemy far worse with such higher level and power output.

"Well now, I wasn't expecting this. But apparently my genius has gone beyond even my own expectations." Doctor Eggman slightly smiled from thinking an unexpected act could be advantageous for him. "Now go! Crush those fools! And then afterwards, we can crush Sonic!" He points to give orders on who his marvel of a creation should attack.

At first everyone was bracing for the worse, but nothing happen. The new hybrid plant robot just stood there studying everyone.

"What are you waiting for? Did you not hear my command? I said crush them right now Krudzu!" Doctor Eggman snapped to demand the bot obey his orders.

"Argos Krudzu…that is my name…" The new Krudzu spoke with a mechanical deep male tone of voice.

"Woah! He can talk? I didn't think any of those other bots could do that?" Cubot expressed his surprise of what occurred.

"It appears that not only has its body change, he's gain speech and quite possibly sentient?" Orbot held an index finger to point out what has likely occurred that was unexpected.

"Well I don't care what you're called, I am your creator. You were made by me, and you merge my entire collection of robots. So what's the hold up?" Doctor Eggman argued to demand an answer of why this robotic hybrid is not acting when told to do his bidding.

"I take orders from no one…" Argos Krudzu coldly declared his absolute refusal to listen.

"WHAT!?" Doctor Eggman yelped out loud, this robot hybrid freak refused to listen to him.

Why should I listen to you when you are so weak you need me to do your dirty work?" Argos Krudzu looked with dissatisfaction at serving someone pathetic like Eggman.

"Unreal, he's turning against Doctor Eggman?" Spada was surprise to see this act. "So is he on our side now?" The young white lion kid asked the question.

"Some of them don't work under Eggman, but not all of them want a peaceful and better life." Tails explained the case that sometimes, Eggman's robots either go 50 percent good or 50 percent evil without obeying the doctor's orders.

"My function far surpasses your organic mind. This world shall be started over…" Argos Krudzu remarked the manner of being superior to organize life. "It appears my mission is clear, I shall destroy organic life and from the worlds end, a new beginning will rise." It announced plans to wipe out life from existence.

"This being is dangerous, if it performs its task…nothing can stop it." Gemerl stated on knowing such a powerful machine may see all others as inferior beings.

Soon Argos Krudzu lifts off the ground while leaving everyone behind: not seeing them as any threat to its existence. While Eggman was blinded, something jump aboard his Egg Mobile, it was Spada.

"Fiend! Call off the beast at once!" Spada snapped to threaten Doctor Eggman.

"And return my mother to me!" Cream was seen flapping her ears to make a stern demand.

"Chao!" Cheese flew beside the rabbit girl with a frown face.

"You think I haven't done so when Argos Krudzu refused to obey me? Its coding has completely change. I have NO control over it anymore." Eggman issued on not being in control of the hybrid robot.

"What do you mean?" Tails raised an eyebrow, suspicious of the doctor.

"I mean when I create my robots, I put a code to have them follow my orders." Doctor Eggman explained what he does to all his robots.

"What about other bots like Omega…then there's Gemerl, and…" Cubot would have gone on if Orbot didn't cover his mouth.

"I believe the codes were not as well locked in place, otherwise we might turn on the good Doctor." Orbot expressed an opinion on where they are given a code to serve loyally to Doctor Eggman.

"I doubt you two have the processor power to even double cross me." Doctor Eggman remarked with a scowl tone of such a thing not happening. "Point is, some outside code interrupted when Krudzu was connecting to my destroyed Mechs. And now we have an enemy that's about as formidable with the near power to distort our dimension and firepower to rival the Eclipse Cannon on Space Colony Ark." Doctor Eggman explained the big threat that's upon them and he has no way to stop it.

"What about my mother! Please, can't you at least free her from that thing?" Cream pleaded with worry, wishing her mother could be alright.

"I'm afraid I can't do that either." Doctor Eggman looked away with regret in his tone.

"Can't or won't, make your choice!" Spada held his sword near the enemy as a threat to tread carefully on his next words.

"Because Krudzu has changed, he wont listen to my orders. And here's the other problem." Doctor Eggman displayed a holographic screen displaying Vanilla the Rabbit located inside the head of Argos Krudzu. "Krudzu has placed her in the core area where it's channeling her life essence to learn and evolve. But at this rate, she may not have much time left." The guy explained the danger of what is happening to Vanilla the Rabbit as he speaks.

"No! Mother will be…gone?" Cream gasped with wide eyes, as she slowly flap herself down to the ground.

"Chao!?" Cheese followed Cream down with concern worry.

"Sire, should I deal with this vile man?" Spada glares ready to strike when…

"No, we have bigger things to worry about then Doctor Eggman." Leo address the matter: Spada look back to sign and jumps off the Egg Mobile which gave the Doctor a chance to sign with relief.

But even as everyone felt concern of Argos Krudzu threatening the world, someone else was focus on a scarier thought. Cream felt so worried and scared from hearing what might happen to her mother. The poor rabbit girl kneel down and ended up shedding tears. The others watch with concern and felt sorry that Cream may lose her mother if nothing is done to save Vanilla.

"We have to go after it and help free the poor child's mother!" Heavy Leo issued forth on wanting to do the heroic act of saving lives.

"Right! Let me at it!" Ouja cracked his knuckles from wanting to engage with no one holding him back.

"It's in the air, and none of us are capable of flying." Panja pointed out the problem that Argos Krudzu is in a place they can't reach.

"Raarrrr…there must be something we can do, time is wasting!" Loader Lio snarled from feeling they can't just give up without trying something.

"This foe is far more dangerous then Master Core: Abyss. With our current strength, I don't think we can deal enough damage and may suffer for individual battles? But…" Leo held his chin to realize even if banding together the enemy is too strong, yet maybe…there's another way. "We may have some means to catch up and try to slow it down to think up a plan to defeat it. Nicole!" Leo pondered from thinking of another solution while contacting his AI companion.

"I'm here." Nicole replied from being called.

"Teleport us aboard the Leo Carrier, we need to go after Argos Krudzu before it's too late." Leo request aid with a plan to pursue the target.

"All systems are fully charge, we are ready for our first warship battle." Nicole responded on having everything ready in advance.

A green beam was seen beaming down where everyone saw it. The lion man gave a hand signal to tell his mech and crew mates to assemble near him by the green beam.

"Where are you going?" Tails asked what was going on.

"We have a warship, the Leo Carrier, its firepower might be enough to injure that thing." Leo issued on what he believes can help harm Argos Krudzu.

"You mean MY ship! You only repaired and updated my old fallen Egg Carriers 1 and 2 into what you have. And even against Perfect Chaos, my second warship failed." Doctor Eggman protest from knowing the last time he plan against a powerful enemy, he lost.

"Maybe, but we have two things that were never accounted." Leo stated on knowing full well not to repeat a failed action in history. "A power source using Chaos Emeralds and lastly…Chaos Force within Ultimate Lifeforms." Leo revealed a trump card to help give them, a fighting chance.

"Wait, if there's four of you, plus those Evolveons, then…it might be possible!?" Tails formulated the calculations, and Leo's plan might just work.

Leo nods to the genius fox for figuring that out, much to Eggman scoffing at hating to admit but that plan does sound like it'll work better then what the doctor tried to do. That's when we see Leo was seen approaching Cream who was still crying while Cheese sadly rest his arm to the poor rabbit girl. Then Leo kneel down as Cream looked up to see who it was.

"Do not worry Cream, we will get your mother back safely." Leo spoke gently to assure the rabbit girl of getting back who was taken.

"Sniff…you promise?" Cream sniffed a bit while asking, hoping it was true.

"If you believe in heroes like Sonic can do it, then so can we. I promise, we'll risk it all to save everyone and your mother." Leo spoke on wanting Cream to believe they will get Vanilla back while keeping the planet safe from such a threat.

"I have a duty to protect Vanilla and Cream, however…" Gemerl slowly approach the spot to say these things until… "Please, do not disappoint her." The robot was leaving the task for Leo to help make sure Cream would not be sad.

Leo silently nods to the Gizoid, and Cream lightly stood up with a little smile to wipe her tears away. With this last thing settled, Leo signals his crew to the teleport beam. Everyone watches as Heavy Leo, Loader Lio, Spada, Panja, and Ouja went into the beam and got teleported. Leo was the last as he turns to give a firm nod as the lion man was teleported upwards. The beam faded as the camouflage Leo Carrier was seen, as everyone saw it fly off to catch up to Argos Krudzu.

---

SOMEWHERE

NEAR THE ATMOSPHERE

We see Argos Krudzu high in the clouds as it was channeling some purple energy and releasing some strange seedlings that flouted around. The enemy was preparing a terrible action…until it saw a warship approaching it.

"I find your attempt at resistance to be futile." Argos Krudzu issued to those deciding to stop him. "I have the combined strength of 13 of Eggman's best mechs and all their powers at my disposal. You have zero chance." He declared that nothing the fools try will be useful to stop him.

"Maybe so, but that doesn't mean we will let you endanger this planet!" Leo protest from using the ship's speaker to address the enemy afar.

"And what makes you think you can stop me? Data reveals that only those in Super Forms may pose a threat, but only if all seven Chaos Emeralds are gathered." Argos Krudzu revealed the only ones to challenge him lack a key power up. "I possess one emerald along with several different power sources. And once I'm done with you, I'll absorb your ship and the four emeralds on board." The enemy boast on what he'll do next to grow stronger.

"Nicole, have you run a scan on finding Vanilla?" Leo spoke on the coms to hear a report by the AI.

"Yes, I found Vanilla…she is directly in the head core." Nicole issued from her monitor showing where Vanilla was: directly in the forehead cranial spot of Argos Krudzu.

"Alright, then we need to deal enough damage but not destroy where the hostage is kept." Leo firmly stated on being cautious of their next move. "Okay, is everyone at their stations?" He asked to check if all are in position.

"We're all set my king!" Spada spoke from his station area.

"The robot drones are preparing all systems." Panja report how things are on his side.

"And we're standing by while getting hooked for a little Chaos energy boost." Ouja declared from attaching some wrist band device with a tube connected to the system area.

"Good, prepare to power up the Leo Carrier, and prepare for battle!" Leo firmly issued as its time to prepare themselves.

All over the warship, as Nicole instructs the robot workers, many areas had one Ultimate Lifeform station. The Evolveons in the Chao Garden, Spada in the Engine Room, Panja in the Weapons Room, and Ouja in the Robot Facility spot. And Leo was in the Bridge sitting in the special captain's chair. Everyone had the wrist band devices as the tube display Chaos Energy being pumped into the warship. The energy output everyone was making showed a meter to monitor from Nicole's station.

"Chaos Energy Output at 200 Percent and slowly reaching 300." Nicole revealed the rising power for their ship.

"Everyone, this will be our first fight on a warship, so…prepare for battle!" Leo spoke as a captain of his vessel: knowing it's time to engage in a big ship battle he's experienced from past games.

Wasn't long before a special pop up screen showed a new boss quest appeared with important information:

-EMERGENCY QUEST MISSION-

DEFEAT ARGOS KRUDZU

BOSS STAGE BATTLE THEME: 'I'M MY OWN MASTER NOW'

REWARDS: UNKNOWN?

The scene opens to reveal Argos Krudzu flying and observes the Leo Carrier on the move to keep up with it. The warship had its separate side cannons rotate before locking on, and open fire. The attacks made there mark, but Argos Krudzu barely felt it.

"Your meaningless struggles will not save you from my wrath." Argos Krudzu remarked of the futile attempt. "MYSTIC CANNON!" He shouted forth a move he's making.

Soon Argos Krudzu unleashed cursed volley that where they hit blow up areas that almost touch the Leo Carrier. The entire warship suffered a heavy vibration as everyone inside tried to maintain from losing balance.

"Nicole, damage report?" Leo asked for any reports on how the ship's condition is.

"We're still in, our defenses withstood it for now. But a few more might change that?" Nicole report the matter on how long they can hold out.

"Then let's try to hit a little harder." Leo issued on fight back with a bit more kick then earlier. "Ouja, ready to transfer some extra power to the attacks." He contacted a member on their next move.

"Ready!" Ouja replied as he was ready and willing.

"Alright, prepare the transfer and…Fire - GOLDEN FANG!" Leo declared to announce Ouja's special attack move.

That's when a mysterious yellow energy course throughout the Leo Carrier. And when the cannons open fire, to anyone's surprise there came yellow lion head auroras. They made some good impacts against Argos Krudzu after suffering a painful injury blow.

"Action matches with other Ultimate Lifeform Ouja, does not follow how such an attack outside user could be done within a vessel ship?" Argos Krudzu issued from feeling confused how that was possible.

"We've dealt 15 percent damage. The tactic of combining your Chaos Forces throughout the ship is working." Nicole report the good news on having dealt some good damage.

"Alright, and with the added Buff part I got, adds more to the punch. Let's keep this up." Leo issued on continuing this paste; the warship begins to reload.

"Reconfigure hostile threats. Solution, summon backup." Argos Krudzu issued forth on deciding a change in it's movement.

That's when Argos Krudzu surprised everyone when he unleashed a strange monstrous eerie scream across the strange lights. The lights form small 4 feet tall things that were purple and green spherical creatures with an eyespot in the front, and three pairs of eyes resembling those of a snail infected with Leucochloridium paradoxum on top of its head. The tendrils are tipped with drills and has a pair of vine arms ending in thorn covered hands. They began to approach and start attacking the warship.

"Urrgh, what the?! What are those things?" Leo yelped from feeling the ship shook all over; he used the Scouter function to display info about these new enemies:

-ENEMY IDENTIFIED-

ARGO KRUDZU CHILD Lv. 50

TYPE: COMBAT MUTATION ROBOT

RANK: MINI BOSS

POWER LEVEL: 25,000

Information: A newborn part of Argos Krudzu, it attaches to places where large volumes of data flow and consumes that data. It's a creepy one-eyed machine mutant with a green body and tentacles that stretch out like arms. Brute Knuckles: Curls up the tentacles on its arms into balls and punches with them. Imprisonment: Restrains the enemy with its loose tentacles.

"Great, just what we need, more enemies?" Leo slapped his forehead and let a groan escape.

"Should we engage them?" Spada asked from feeling they must stop invaders on their ship.

"No! We're needed in our stations, if we leave it will weaken the ship's energy." Leo reject engaging for fear of what they lose doing so.

"Sire, what else can be done?" Panja asked from knowing they can't allow such action to continue.

"I believe I may have a solution." Nicole stated from looking for an answer to the problem. "Alright now, sending in the Leo Hunters and Leo Bandits to engage the enemy." She issued from activating their robot drone force to deal with the small force invaders.

At that moment, the Argos Krudzu Children were performing Brute Knuckles of their tentacles dealing punch ball blows on the ship That is until they were attack by claws and machine gun shots. The Leo Hunters and Leo Bandit robots could deal as outnumbering and suppressing the enemy's forces for the time being. That gave the Leo Carrier to focus on fighting the real enemy.

"It appears you show more resistance than given credit for." Argos Krudzu issued from deciding to change its tactics. "BRUTE FORCE!" The enemy moved to prepare an attack…

That's when the gigantic enemy used its massive body to mow down the top deck of the warship. It was exceptionally destructive to wipe out half of both sides with few remaining. The ones inside the Leo Carrier struggled as they were knock down, and some equipment exploded from the damage done.

"Damage report, Nicole?" Leo was knock off his captain chair while checking their condition.

"50 percent of our defenses were shattered, even with the energy shield up to absorb most of that blow." Nicole report what's happen to them, and it's not too good either.

"Darn! He got us good!" Leo pound the arm rest at having been caught off guard.

"My king, perhaps it's best to fight against what its weakness is." Panja spoke forth from his station with a suggestion.

"It's weakness?" Leo asked from liking to hear more of it.

"It is still a plant, correct. Then my ice element may help slow it down and help breach its defenses." Panja request they freeze the techno-organic plant, it may provide results.

"Hmm, the original Krudzu was said to be weak to water, so ice is pretty much close to the same thing?" Leo muttered to himself: recalling the original weakness of Krudzu from the comic series. "Got nothing else to try, so…prepare the next cannon attack…Fire - ICE BEAST FIST!" Leo decided to give the command to fire an ice base attack.

Soon another energy aura covered the Leo Carrier, but this was more white-blue color. Then the cannons opened fire of several frozen lion-head auras impacting to cause frozen ice chill on the enemy. This stopped Argos Krudzu while dealing damage to its plant base nature of being a mechanical weed mutation.

"Arrrrgh?!" Argos Krudzu cried out from being in pain of its plant bases freezing.

"It's working, the ice element is causing more harm to the plant base components within the mechanical matrix." Nicole review from the monitor of the effective element weakness.

"Next up, Spada! Are you ready?" Leo gave the next order on who's gonna be next.

"Ready to assist my liege!" Spada held his sword up, awaiting to provide his strength.

"Prepare the next attack…Fire - VICTORY BRAVE!" Leo announced the next name attack pattern.

Then the entire warship channeled with a bright blue light. And then from the center cannons area of the Leo Carrier fired forth a blue lance spear of energy. The attack made a major hit against the enemy, as it dealt damage from the shattering ice tearing off its plant and armor pieces.

"Arrrruagh!….Enemy has proven to be more troublesome than earlier." Argos Krudzu groans from feeling much damage that it hurt its mighty body. "Preparing for increase backup units." It decided to provide more difficult to his opponents.

Then when Argos Krudzu opened its hidden giant mouth of a body to release a monstrous roar. And made the remaining lights form into bigger creatures that appeared on the Leo Carrier. It was some type of a purple spherical creature with four eyespots, around a radial mouth that resembles four flower petals and three pairs of eyes resembling those of a snail infected with Leucochloridium paradoxum on top of its head. The tendrils and tongue resemble cables and has a pair of arms composed of vines ending in industrial manipulators. Leo's scans revealed what these things were known as:

-ENEMY IDENTIFIED-

ARGO KRUDZU CHAMPION Lv. 100

TYPE: GIANT COMBAT MUTATION ROBOT

RANK: MID-BOSS

POWER LEVEL: 100,000

Information: A more evolved version of an adult type of Argos Krudzu whose processing ability has increased abnormally. Its power has also strengthened, and it lifts up huge enemies with its arms, which have turned into industrial manipulators. Entrap: Restrains the enemy with the tentacles that extend from its mouth. Voltline: Causes an electric shock to run through the enemy.

"Our normal robot drones won't stand a chance against those things." Leo stated on watching what was happening now. "Loader Lio and Heavy Leo, your needed topside." He gave the order for his strong mechs to handle this problem.

"Okay!/Roger!" Loader Lio and Heavy Leo replied from their station from standing by to help.

Back outside as the Krudza Champions attacked, from a port showed Heavy Leo and Loader Lio attacking them. While the Ultimate Lifeforms power the ship, the robot members provide outside means to help. The enemy used Entrap to restrain the giant robots with the tentacles extending from the mouth and Voltline to cause electric shock. But that would not stop those fighting the enemy invading on their ship.

"SONIC EXCAVATOR!" Heavy Leo shouted from preparing his pile bunker.

"BORING STORM!" Loader Lio roared forth to prepare its sharp bladed mane.

The lion mechs destroyed the vines with their sharp cutting tools and dealt heavy blows to the larger opponents. And while the battle continued on top, the Leo Carrier was channeling separate colorful energy before firing them off. They were all types of elements: Lightning, Water, Fire, Dark, Psychic, Ice, Earth, and some Wind. The unknown attack patterns impacted the areas around Argos Krudzu as it roared in pain.

"Excellent work down there." Leo gave credit to the Evolveons on providing those extra elemental attacks.

"The Evolveons are pushing themselves to their best Leo. But I'm not sure for how long?" Nicole issued a concern on how long some of them can last at this rate.

"Just enough is good, how close have we shot down its health?" Leo asked on their progress on

"By my estimation, 50 percent." Nicole reports on how far they injured such an opponent.

"Good, let's continue. We're halfway through." Leo nods to turn his attention on defeating the enemy and saving Vanilla.

"I begin to grow tire of this game, time to end it." Argos Krudzu remarked from the enemy growing overconfident. "DISTORTION LINE!" It announced a new move without warning.

Without warning, Argos Krudzu had suddenly fired beams from the eyes on the limbs. The attack caused destructive explosions on the Leo Carrier to cause it to shake, and those fighting on the top deck yelped from the shake down. But even as the warship suffered more damage, a crack appeared in the very sky. And suddenly it shattered to reveal a strange void torn within the reality. And those dimensional shards fell to end up crashing and shattering on the warship that broke its energy barrier.

"Urge, Nicole, what happened?" Leo moans to slowly recover in the captain's chair; uncertain what hit them.

"That attack was more powerful than expected, its distorted dimensions from such a destructive impact." Nicole revealed the measure of what the enemy attack them with.

"Arrrrgh…No doubt a power from the Phantom Ruby or any other source of power it got from those mechs it merge." Leo groans to shake his head, apparently Argos Krudzu is truly more difficult than they expected.

"Leo, we have a problem. Our defense was shot down to 40 percent. The dimension breach had an unexpected effect on our ship it wasn't prepared for?" Nicole reports on more bad news of what's happen to their warship after that last attack.

"Anything else?" Leo asked from hating to know if there's more.

"Yes, things are beginning to come through the dimensional breach, but I'm unable to determine what it is with the scans being damaged." Nicole reports an outside problem with no knowledge of what it could be.

"If we don't stop Argos Krudzu, it could not just destroy this planet but across dimensions." Leo glares with fury on the extreme danger presented to them.

"Alert! The enemy is powering up!" Nicole forewarns as the system was flashing red from a high volume energy attack about to strike.

"TERABYTE DISASTER!" Argos Krudzu announced its next move without warning.

"Evasive action, everyone hold on!" Leo gave the order to brace for what's coming.

The Leo Carrier quickly motion towards the right. As Argos Krudzu fired countless beams from its mouth. The attack caused explosions of such destruction to look like the sky lit on fire. The attack shockwaves impacted both the open tear of dimension and the Leo Carrier. Those fighting on the top deck yelped, many of the Leo Hunters and Leo Bandits were destroyed along with the Krudzu Children. Only Heavy Leo and Loader Lio kept holding out against the Krudzu Champions.

"It's just us left, can you keep going?" Loader Lio asked Heavy Leo as they are facing harder problems than ever.

"My fighting spirit won't go out, even if I break down I won't quit!" Heavy Leo issued forth to continue fighting until the end before re-engaging the Adult-type Krudzu creatures.

But both Mechs yelped as Argos Krudza performed it's Brute Force move, and the Leo Carrier barely dodged from taking another heavy hit. The alarms were going off with flashing red lights inside the warship. Nicole was working the rounds, until another alert appeared on what the enemy was doing.

"Leo, the enemy is preparing another attack. Our defenses are down to 20 percent. We might not last at this rate?" Nicole warns Leo of the danger zone they are reaching.

"Then there is only one option left." Leo firmly issued with a stern face when looking at their opponent. "Nicole, if worse comes to it, can I spend the extra SP!? Like say by increasing myself of my abilities, we can transfer the energy and power our weapons for a final strike." The lion man declared what it was planning to do next.

"That might work, but according to what is needed…we need enough energy that's 3 times what we're currently at?" Nicole issued on the matter of where they are at but still lacking behind.

"We'll use the four Chaos Emeralds and have all Ultimate Lifeforms give everything they got." Leo firmly declared on putting everything on the line here.

"Leo, if we do that, there's no telling how much the warship could withstand? Not to mention it may drain the others of their strength to pass out? We may only get one shot if we use everything." Nicole warns Leo of the extreme danger that would put them in.

"Then we need to get in close, it's a risky move, but can the ship withstand it?" Leo asked from trying to form a plan on how they can make it through this.

"For a few minutes if we increase the shields energy around the warship to barely keep together." Nicole replied an answer to that question.

"Then let us proceed!" Leo issued as he placed a second wrist band with a tube on his wrist. CHAOS BOAST!" Leo announced his move without warning.

Suddenly Leo released a massive load of energy that was spreading to the entire warship. The four Chaos Emeralds were emitting a stronger glow of emitting energy to power the engines and energy converters. Even Spada, Panja, Ouja, and the Evolveons were giving everything to transfer more power to the Leo Carrier.

"Power levels at 300…350…400…450…we've about reach 500, we might slowly obtain 600 or 700 soon…" Nicole report the increase energy they are getting all over.

"No, it won't be enough…I'm going to pull out all the stops right now." Leo protest from knowing one's limitations: against an opponent like this, one needs something close to Super Form. "Nicole, prepare to raise my Chaos abilities to max! And if possible, evolve the job to it's highest point!" He asked to increase his Chaos abilities to the absolute maximum output possible.

"Leo, I must warn you, your body might handle 50 percent output of Chaos Force energy. But going over the limit might cause untold damage if you're body isn't fully develop to handle it. It's likely what happens when Shadow removes his Limitation Rings." Nicole forewarns Leo of the major strain he may suffer: not even Shadow the Hedgehog can perform the highest measure without some risk.

"You said it yourself, one shot, I can't mess up. PLEASE!" Leo pleaded for Nicole to do it, or all is lost…

"I…understand…" Nicole slowly nods to accept Leo's will to go the distance to save everyone from such a threat. Transferring SP into Chaos abilities for max results." The Holo-Lynx began to open the pop up screen of Leo's abilities and which would be increased the most.

UPDATE NOTICE

Chaos Force Wielder Lv-1-10 (MAX)

Use 10,000 SP

"YES!?" Leo roared from wanting to do this: he braces himself…

UNLOCK ANNOUNCEMENT

Evolution

Chaos Force Wielder = Chaos Force Expert

Spend 20,000 SP For MAX Level?

"Grrr…YES!" Leo growls as he struggled from the rising surges of unlocked Chaos energy.

UNLOCK ANNOUNCEMENT

Second Evolution

Chaos Force Expert = Chaos Force Champion

"Not…ENOUGH…Enemy's still too strong!?" Leo groans as he endured the pain of wild Chaos energy swirling around him. "Nicole! Use…it…all! Everything!" He issued from wanting to go beyond this point.

"…" Nicole watch in silence, but firmly nods on knowing what the brave lion man is doing. "Using all 130,000 SP to bypass levels and evolution rank ups." Nicole began to work the system to prepare the biggest act ever.

UPDATE ALERT

SURPASS THE NEAR ACHEIVEMENT

UNLOCK

Surpass Chaos Force - Achieve

*Chaos Force Master*

"GGRRRRRRR-AAAAARRRRRRR!" Leo roared from untold power raging inside while gripping the arm chairs.

"Leo….try to control it…don't let the extra power control you!?" Nicole warns him to maintain control and to not be overwhelm.

"Yes…I'm…getting the hand…of it…Chaos…IS POWER!" Leo was quickly channeling the surmount of energy and having it flow into the warship. "Now…CHAOS BURST!" Leo grit his teeth as he roared forth this move.

Suddenly Leo's entire body ignited into a stronger red aura. The energy was coursing through the entire warship super quickly. The power readouts were going crazy, the numbers were skyrocketing faster then ever. The Erie red aura around the Leo Carrier alerted Krudzu.

"Energy output unnatural. Begin termination of target." Argos Krudzu felt disturb and began to act. "DISTORTION LINE!" The enemy announced its deadly move.

The enemy unleashed another beams from its eyes that converge to deal damage. The Leo Carrier was plowing through to evade the explosions but still suffered some damage which include more cracks of dimensions breaking in the sky.

"We're down to 10 percent, we need to attack now." Nicole alert Leo on reaching their limit.

"Not yet, we need to attack where he can't escape!" Leo issued as he grip his command chair while staring at his prey as he continued pumping more energy into the warship.

"I just received word from Heavy Leo and Loader Lio, they wiped out the last enemy forces on the top of the ship." Nicole took notice of what's happen and report their side's progress.

"Good, bring them in and have them hang on tight!" Leo gave the next order while unleashing an overuse of Chaos Energy aura.

The Leo Carrier continued charging even as the enemy perform Mystic Cannon and its cursed volleys just barely slowed the warship. Heavy Leo and Loader Lio quickly went back into the warship when it felt like the heat outside was already burning the surface. Argos Krudzu saw the ship approaching very close to it…

"Your attempt shall end in failure." Argos Krudzu decree such futile acts will not succeed. "TERABYTE DISASTER!" That's when it opens its mouth preparing its lasers…

"NOW - RAM THIS SHIP!" Leo roared from his eyes lightly flashing to rush at an open opportunity.

That's when the most unexpected action ever occurred where the Leo Carrier charges forth at full throttle. And even before Argos Krudzu could react, the warship rammed its front directly into its gigantic mouth. This caused Argos Krudzu to suffer as explosions of its own lasers blew up within its mouth.

"Error…this logic…is illogical? Why…endanger your vessel for this?" Argos Krudzu exclaimed from suffering damage and not following the logic of this attempt.

"To get one chance to end you! Arrrrrrrghh…" Leo declared as his aura change to a bright crimson red: as if going pass his limits.

"St-stop…you can't do this? My function…my existence…" Argos Krudzu protest as it detects a change of blue to red Chaos aura energy.

"Ends here! Nicole!" Leo shouted while checking on Nicole's station reading energy levels.

"Energy output at 1000 percent! Systems are about to overload if we don't release it now!?" Nicole alerts Leo when the screen monitor reveal they gone way overboard.

"Then let's release it…" Leo grit his teeth as he struggled to channel more energy into the ship. "Main Cannon - Active!" He gave the big order on the spot.

The main cannon in front of the ship was emitting a charge as the aura around the warship was focusing on one spot. Argos Krudzu realized the tactic, and tried to use its hands to yank the ship out of its mouth. Tried to use it's brute strength to disturb the course of transfer energy, but it was not slowing down.

"You can't…destroy me…without killing the life I have!" Argos Krudzu tried to give reason of what his opponents risk: destroying him will destroy the Lifeform known as Vanilla .

"Wrong, the only one being destroyed is just you!" Leo growled forth as he was about ready to explode with so much swirling red Chaos energy. "CHAOS BLAST CANNON- FIRE!" Leo roared forth this order as all his energy was gushing out.

That's when the main cannon finished gathering energy before a massive red explosion wave blast was fired. The attack went through Argos Krudzu, obliterating its main body and destroying the legs and arms. There was nothing left by the feet and hands that drifted apart, and lastly the severed head of Argos Krudzu. At that moment, the battle was over, the background reach its conclusion at Argos Krudzu - Defeat…

-QUEST COMPLETE-

BOSS: ARGOS KRUDZA - DEFEATED

REWARDS 40 LEVEL-UPS

SP 200,000

Rare Item Drops: Element Fragment Pieces – All Even Balance Set

(300-Fire, 300-Water, 300-Lightning, 300-Ice, 300-Dark, 300-Metal)

Infinite Storage Space – Access Granted

New Evolution Rank-Up - Open

As Leo regain himself, the data he saw left him somewhat speechless. But his main focus, was on the enemy they defeated…

"How can this be…I am…far superior…?" Argos Krudzu was heard muttering from its head with the slight glimmer in its eyes.

"Pant…pant…You tried to wipe out life, but you failed to understand one thing." Leo pants from his red aura disappearing to return to normal. "Lifeforms will struggle to survive, it's in one's nature." He declared how life has that habit for survival.

"Error…all life with free will…leads to destruction. Therefore…you only delay the outcome…" Argos Krudzu protest its own logic on the matter.

"It doesn't matter, that's a future to face another day!" Leo debated his own argument on the case.

"Then it's a future you will encounter…very….soon…." Argos Krudzu slowly spoke as its eyes soon lost emitting light as if shutting down.

With the final words spoken, Argos head and four limbs began to plummet down towards the planet while burning on re-entry. Leo immediately press the button to activate the teleport beam lock on the head to free Vanilla, but nothing happen.

"Nicole, what happen?" Leo asked what was wrong now.

"Leo, there's no power left in the whole ship. Everything was spent in that last attack." Nicole review the energy reserves, and it's close to being empty.

"Nothing left, but we need to…" Leo yelped from knowing they have yet to finish their last objective but…

Suddenly the entire warship vibrated that everyone felt it. And then outside, the Leo Carrier began to fall prey to the planets gravity as it was plummeting on re-entry, same as the decease parts of Argos Krudzu.

"Alert! We are caught in the planets gravity field. The warship will just hold out from the 5 percent protection left, but the damages suffered in battle are spreading." Nicole updates the warships condition, and it's a little shaky at best.

"Have any crew member active and not exhausted try to put out any fires or breaches as best they can. How long are we looking before we get power?" Leo gave Nicole a request order while hoping they last enough to gain some power to run things.

"Currently the only power source are the Chaos Emeralds, but they need to recharge first. It will take several minutes, we currently are getting up to 1 to 2 percent power back." Nicole stated on what they are slowly working with right now.

"And what about Vanilla?" Leo asked from knowing they are still needing to rescue someone endanger.

"Structure around Argos Krudzu will withstand re-entry, but after that will break apart." Nicole issued from what the readouts reveal, but they weren't good.

"Ugh…I never thought in a million years, a scene from Sonic Advance 2 would occur, and that's with a close shave rescue after exhausting one's self." Leo held his head from having to relive a scene event that really gets the heart rushing: only this time it's not a scene act, it's real life to the fullest. "Tell the crew to brace for impact, I'm heading out as soon as Vanilla is spotted." Leo gave the order as he slowly got up from the command chair to leave.

"Leo, you are also spent, the chances of making it out are…" Nicole tried to warn the lion man, but…

"Heh, since when did heroes like Sonic need to know what odds are against him from doing the right thing." Leo lightly smile from knowing what his old hero would do in this case. "Besides, I apparently reach 150, now a new evolution is up. Maybe it can recharge me?"

"Yes, but considering how much you gain, it's uncertain?"

"Just trust me Nicole, if this doesn't work…nothing will."

Nicole remain silent before nodding her head to allow Leo to prepare his own action. It wasn't long before the pieces of Argos Krudzu broke apart to scatter across the distance, even the head was completely destroyed. At the same motion, Vanilla was seen falling out with a surprise and frighten face. And as the Leo Carrier plunges, Leo was fired from a cannon heading directly for the rabbit. There was a bright shining light that covered his body before it faded. The lion man seem to have a more golden glow in the mane and in the eyes.

***Leo The Lion – Evolution Complete***

4th Stage: Lord Beastman (Lion Semi-Demigod Type)

Species: Glory Lion Hybrid

OBTAIN ELEMENT – LIGHTNING

SKILL:

Thunder Arrow: A lightning bolt made of raw Chaos Energy. The user forms a lightning bolt made of Chaos energy that electrocutes it's targets. It's similar in appearance to the Chaos Spear, except the user summons the energy bolts in bursts of energy instead of throwing them as spears. Another attack pattern is thrusting the fist forward to form several thin but straight lightning bolts above the opponents to attack them with. This special attack is believed to be a technique made by the Echidnas.

Leo realized that though he has not change much physically to tell the difference of his former self and current one. But the lion man did feel he's a lot stronger. And right now, Leo has to focus his slightly recovered strength to help save a life. The lion man reached a hand for Vanilla as she reach for his, but the drop distance was too much, Leo was not getting enough distance to reach.

"Grrr…come on, come on?" Leo tried to use his turbines on his hands and feet, but they were not working. "Arrrgh, apparently the gears didn't get upgraded as much? Come on, I'm almost there, I just need another…boast!?" The guy groans from trying to reach despite the trouble he's dealing with.

Then something sparkle from a distance that was nearing the lion man, the purple Chaos Emerald. It still emitted a glow, which meant not all of its energy was spent.

"Hang on Vanilla, I'm gonna try something!" Leo shouted for the female rabbit to trust in him.

"Alright, I believe in you!" Vanilla cried out as she tries to be brave.

Leo began to try a risky attempt to obtain the emerald. Then the lion man recalled he has Infinite Storage Space, so he opened a rift and there were his many own items. He pulled out his Extreme Gear from his Storage Infinite Space, and used the energy left to help reach for the emerald and…grabbed it. The Chaos Emeralds power helped re-emerging Leo as he performed Chaos Boost to reach and grab Vanilla's hand.

"Hold on tight!" Leo asked this sudden request.

"Hmm…" Vanilla simply nods her head.

"GRAVITY DIVE!" Leo roared forth this move out loud.

That's when a gravity field managed to spread forth around Leo and Vanilla along with the falling Leo Carrier. The ones in the sphere were slowing down now.

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SOON

ON THE GROUND

The scene changes to show Tails, Cream, Cheese and Gemerl arriving at where they spotted Leo slowly descending while holding Vanilla in a bridal style. Everyone quickly rushed when the warship made a slightly heavy thump on the ground from its weight, and Leo landed with a somewhat graceful landing on his knees while keeping Vanilla safe.

"Pant-pant…made it…" Leo pants from the near exhaustion of such a daring feat. "There you go…" Then the lion man gently help Vanilla so she could stand on the ground first.

"Thank you, you are truly a kind gentleman." Vanilla showed a smile from being grateful to the brave lion man risking his life to save her.

"Mother!" Then Vanilla turns to happily welcome Cream who smiled and let loose tears of relief joy. "I'm so happy you're safe!" She couldn't hold back the joy of being reunited with her mother.

"Yes, I'm so glad to see you too." Vanilla hugs her daughter to show the same expression of relief they are together.

"Chao!" Then Cheese flies up to hug Vanilla by her arm.

"Yes, you too Cheese." Vanilla smiled to happily welcome Cheese's affection.

"Madam…I am relieved to see you are safe and unharmed." Gemerl slowly approach after the rabbit family finished hugging to express his own words.

"Thank you Gemerl, I know you did your best. That's all any of us can ask for." Vanilla smiled to appreciate the things Gemerl did that matter.

Tails jump out of his Cyclone Mech to approach Leo. The lion man was still on his knees as if he can barely stand and rest one hand on the ground and the other on the knee. Tails noticed Leo's mane was more brighter then usual and his eyes had a certain glow before fading a bit. Then the fox noticed something in Leo's right hand, the purple Chaos Emerald.

"I am sorry…" Leo softly spoke without warning.

"For what?" Tails raised an eyebrow, stump by this.

"For bringing trouble to your home and endanger everyone." Leo apologized for things that went out of control. "But it's thanks to this, I managed to keep my promise to Cream and save her mother. I return what was stolen from you." He presented the purple Chaos Emerald back to Tails.

"Nah, you keep it." Tails smiled to say which surprised Leo. "You're doing things your own way, and you need the emeralds to help you. Besides, I think it's in safer hands than with mine." Tails rub his back head to sheepishly admit this with a smile.

"Speaking of hands, where's Doctor Eggman?" Leo looked around, not seeing Eggman anywhere.

"Knowing him, he may have escaped during the chaos. But I wouldn't worry about him." Tails rolled his eyes to state what likely happen to the doctor. "But never mind about him, looks like you're in need of help." Tails focus on seeing how bang up and exhausted Leo is.

"I'll be fine, I must check on my crew and ship before we depart." Leo exclaimed from looking at the Leo Carrier with worry. "I fear the longer our presence, the more it may invite trouble." The lion man can't help but feel things happen in that order: which is why he needs to keep moving and get stronger.

"Mister Leo…" Then Cream and her mother approach Leo at this time. "Thank you for saving my mother, you're a true hero just like Mister Sonic." The little rabbit girl smiled to happily state how they see Leo is just like Sonic.

"Chao!" Cheese cheered to agree on the matter.

Leo couldn't help but smile at the friendly faces as he slowly got up. Tails and Cream flew to grab the lion man's arms to help him not lose balance. They slowly approach the warship by the entry point as the doors slowly open. Leo was let go and turn to face the others…

"Everyone, I am glad that I meant you. I hope someday, we all can feel welcome." Leo expressed his thoughts on wishing they can be together a bit longer. "Everyone is waiting inside, I know they would like to say farewell…" He can guess after that battle, the Ultimate Lifeforms are tired from spent energy, and the giant mechs in need of repairs.

"Leo…" Nicole's voice was heard, but it was block by static.

"Hmm, what's wrong Nicole?" Leo raised an eyebrow to hear the com-link channel.

"Communication….damaged…system…rebooting…" Nicole's voice inform of a problem.

"That's all? We're about to…" Leo was about to say when…

"Danger…Incoming!" Nicole issued a warning to the lion man.

When Nicole said that, Leo became aware that she was warning him of danger. But then something was heard from a distance, everyone turns to spot GUN airships approaching the area. The sounds of the engines and the disturbance of the wind from the engines alarm everyone.

"Attention! All civilians move away from the warship! Our target is the unknown lion man!" A male voice was heard from one of the airships in the area.

"GUN!? So they really are chasing you?" Tails yelped from seeing what he heard about GUN being after Leo was no joke.

"Yes, and I must go!" Leo nods from sadly seeing he has to quickly flee: Right now even after evolving to his 4th evolution step, he's to spend and tired to go into another fight.

"Will we see you again?" Cream asked with worry for Leo.

"Chao?" Cheese asked from feeling sad that the lion man has to leave in such a way.

"Don't worry Cream, I'm sure we will meet them all again. You're always welcome in our home." Vanilla smiled to pat her daughter's shoulder to give a warm welcome to Leo.

"Thank you, take care." Leo smiled briefly when seeing the smiles of everyone: save for Gemerl who had no lips.

Leo said his goodbyes as everyone immediately fled the scene. Then as Leo prepared to go aboard, due to him having exhausted and a bit emotional, never saw a hidden action. A green glowing dart was fired that impacted around the un-protective back neck area.

"Arrrrgh!?" Leo cringed to yank the empty dart out of his neck. "Wha-what's this?" The guy was uncertain of what he was injected with.

"He's been stun!" A voice was heard from soldiers of GUN rushing out of the landed airships.

"Move-move!" Another from a captain gave the order as the soldiers were rushing with their weapons in hand.

But before any GUN Soldiers could approach, missiles were fired that exploded and created dust between them and Leo. When the lion man looked back, he saw the aid was done by Gemerl who then gave a thumbs up motion.

"Thank you…" Leo muttered to those for helping him as he entered his warship as the doors closed. "Nicole, apply energy with this Purple Chaps Emerald, it should jump start the ship." He asked as Nicole appeared before him while handing the purple Chaos Emerald to her.

"Understood!" Nicole replied until she noticed Leo looked unwell. "Leo, what happen…" The Holo-Lynx noticed the lion gripping a dart…

"No time, quickly…launch us!" Leo change the subject when gun fire was heard outside the haul of the warship.

Outside, the Leo Carrier began igniting its thrusters which forced the GUN soldiers firing to vacate the area. Soon the warship was taking off. The GUN ships started to open fire to stop the warship from escaping. After enduring the damage to any weaken areas, the Leo Carrier used an energy boost to launch its self further away from the attacking ships. Tails, Gemerl, Vanilla, Cream and Cheese watch from a hill top.

"You there!" Then a GUN Trooper Captain approach the gang with soldiers. "Did you order that robot to attack?" He points to Gemerl who cause a commotion.

"I only attack to keep your troops from approaching an unknown warship that has abilities you know little about." Gemerl replied with a logical outlook on the situation.

"Even still, you allowed that threat to escape!" The GUN Captain lectured the bot on interfering with military procedure.

"But he isn't a threat! He saved us from Doctor Eggman and rescued my mother!" Cream protest with anger at the soldiers not seeing the good Leo did.

"Chao-Chao!" Cheese replied with a little stomp feet to the ground to display his little anger.

"Please Cream, let's not bother the soldiers." Vanilla held her daughter back, knowing it won't be good to bother those of military status.

"Captain, what should we do? Interrogate them?" A GUN Soldier asked how they should proceed with the animal group.

"I wouldn't do that." Tails issued from showing a little levitating ball device that came out of his Cyclone. "This device has recorded everything, and if you do anything to friends of Sonic, the world might question GUN? Also, if it gets destroyed, it'll upload on the live stream." Tails smiled with confidence on what will happen that might ruin GUN's reputation.

"Hmmm…Hugh?" Then the captain tap his helmet to receive an electrical text message before it disappeared. "All units stand down, we gotten orders from the top." He issued which surprised everyone to hear.

"The commander?" The GUN Soldier nearby asked his captain if orders came from the top.

"No, from someone from the separate faction within GUN. Let's move!" The GUN Captain issued on who gave the order and they need to go.

"Ah, the X-faction, got it." The soldier replied from knowing who it was.

Soon GUN Soldiers began to pack up and leave without causing too much trouble. When the GUN ships left, Tails released a huge sign of relief.

"I was almost worried if they call my bluff just now." Tails expressed to wipe the swear off his forehead.

"Oh, so your device isn't what you said it does?" Vanilla asked puzzled and curious now.

"Nah, it only lights up. But they didn't know that." Tails lightly smiled off to admit what his little sphere device really does.

"Great job Tails." Cream cheered for Tails quick thinking. "But what about Mister Leo, they might still go after him and his friends?" She looked a bit down from realizing the problem at large.

"Yeah, but something else is bothering me?" Tails firmly scratch his head on the topic. "One of those guys said they got orders from someone who's not the GUN Commander, and about a separate faction. And called it the X-faction?" The two tail fox stated on how such words raise questions.

"Does that mean GUN is divided?" Gemerl pondered to think such a thing occurred.

"Don't know, but I better get the message out." Tails stated as he flew up to ride his Cyclone. "I hate to worry everyone but if something is happening within GUN, then Sonic and everyone else best know about it. We may need help in the long run." The fox was smart to know what they best do.

With that, everyone slowly prepares to head back to Tails' Workshop, and boy is it gonna have to need some serious repair work. But the big question remains, of what's going on in the world. And more than that, how Leo the Lion maybe drawn into all this. The scene goes dark with more questions left unanswered.

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ELSEWHERE

THE LEO CARRIER

The scene shows the warship having escaped its pursues. But there was much smoke from the battle damage it suffered. Currently a few robot drones of Leo Hunters and Leo Bandits were working to seal up the open patches. But the numbers were few since many were destroyed and the robot facility could only make so many with the materials available.

"Progress on the ships condition?" Nicole was seen appearing to watch the bots work.

There was much computer noises from the lion robots that Nicole was able to understand.

"I understand, keep me posted." Nicole replied before her holographic form disappeared.

Then by the large hanger bay, Nicole appeared there instantly. She looked at Heavy Leo and Loader Lio getting reenergized and a few repair polish works.

"How are you both feeling?" Nicole asked with concern for the two.

"Pretty good, a little R&R and be good as new." Heavy Leo exclaimed from knowing he'll be well after a good tune up.

"Rarrrr, how are you holding up?" Loader Lio asked from thinking Nicole is working overtime.

"Don't worry, I have my own power source, I'll be fine." Nicole exclaimed before her hologram program disappeared from the area.

The scene shifts to show Nicole in another station working the information coming in on the progress of the ship's current output. But she also research the tear dimensions which displayed several unknown things having enter and fell somewhere on the planet.

"Leo, I know it's late. But during the battle against Argos Krudzu, remember when he broke through a dimensional barrier. It seems like some things may have come through. What do you think?" Nicole reports the matter that may earn their attention.

Nicole awaited a response on her end, but it never came. The Holo-Lynx still waited for a response for the usual but…still nothing.

"That's strange, why didn't Leo reply?" Nicole expressed concern for the delay response.

Nicole disappeared from the area, and reappeared where Leo's signal readout was: in the Captain's Chamber area. The entire place was given some new change to make it feel comfortable for a lion man to enjoy and less of what decor Doctor Eggman had.

"Leo, are you in here? Are you resting after the battle?" Nicole called out, having not spotted the lion man.

Then Nicole began to approach around a corner of where a chair was by the bedside. But as Nicole approach to spot feet, she saw the feet lay out with the rest of a body flat on the floor.

"LEO!" Nicole gasped as she rushed over with worry.

As Nicole approach Leo's unconscious body, she used her hands to project data on information about the lion man:

*Leo The Lion – Level 150*

HP: 82,000 / MP: 49,000

STR: 69,000

DEF: 10,000

AGI: 16,000

VIT: 15,500

DEX: 9900

INT: 1000

WIS: 750

LUK: 550

"Everything seems fine, a battle against level 90s to facing a level 200 opponent has given much higher stats." Nicole pondered about what seems like normal. "So then what's the problem…?" Nicole was still unsure what the problem lies in.

-WARNING-

*Losing HP & MP*

HP 82,000-80,050

MP 49,000-47,050

"What, this makes even less sense? He just evolved sometime ago?" Nicole raised an eyebrow, shock by this decrease. "How is he losing HP and MP?"

"Hmmm…?" Leo moans as if he felt some pain.

"Something else must be happening?" Nicole held her chin to theorize something that isn't seen.

"Grrr…?" Leo growls as if struggling on what hurts.

Then a sudden red alert window screen appeared. The words it read surprised the Holo-Lynx when reviewing it:

-ALERT-

VIRUS TOXIN- DETECTED

*Chaos Toxin: A strange substance mixed with poison element with the Chaos energy force. It's extremely dangerous and expose can cause Chaos Wielders to fall ill. This weaponized virus is a backup to weaken and finish off Ultimate Lifeforms if they become too much of a threat to the world. The stronger one is at using chaos energy the more life-threatening it becomes to the user.

"A virus? How?" Nicole asked how such a case happen.

Then replying a memory, Nicole remembered a dart Leo brought aboard. Nicole scan the area before finding the dart in question rolled under the bed. After reaching it, Nicole saw traces of small green ooze remains.

"Was he injected with this before coming aboard? And being exhausted, he had no time to be defensive?" Nicole estimated what was the logical action that played out.

"Grrruuhm…?" Leo groans from being in pain which alerted Nicole.

"Hang on Leo, I'll get you to the medical chamber." Nicole assured that she will help the lion man recover.

Soon some Leo Hunters arrived to help pick up and carry Leo out. But Nicole saw green veins on the lion man's body. Nicole did not know what this was, but knew she had to find a way to cure it.

"Traces of this that my scans can determine are two elements: Chaos Energy and a toxin element? Was someone trying to create some kind of Chaos Toxin?" Nicole tried to analyze the sample, but only gain little intel. "I need to further study this."

The holo-Lynx disappear to begin working on saving Leo the Lion from whatever it was an unknown enemy injected to him. The scene goes dark with more mysterious surrounding so many unknown problems still occurring with no one knowing what to expect…until it happens…

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NOTES: The Moustache Moron is a line used in Sonic Heroes when playing Team Chaotix.

Each Egg Mecha Vehicle was either used for Boss or Final Boss Fights in Sonic series. Was inspired as different Boss fights from Sonic Generation.

Krudzu is based from an old enemy from Sonic Archie comics

*Its transformed form is based on Argomon (Mega) from Digimon

The rescue scene of Vanilla after the defeat of the Final Boss is a reference from Sonic Advance 2.

The new Ultimate Lifeforms that appeared in the chapter are based on Digimon characters.

-Spada is based on Spadamon

-Panja is based on IceLeomon

-Ouja is based on Oujamon

The new Mech is based on a Digimon character.

-Loader Lio is based on Loaderliomon.

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It's taken a lot of effort, but boy was this story explosively full of wild excitement you couldn't believe (heck even wonder if they add such excitement in a future game?). Next chapter, under the strange influence of a strange chaos virus, it begins to affect Ultimate Lifeforms due to it's contagious effect. The only way to save everyone, Nicole will have to find a cure the old fashion way…by seeking help. And who's better at solving mysterious in the Sonic world? Why the Chaotix, that's who. But will it be easy breaking into a secure GUN 'Black OP' site that holds clues to the unknown virus origin, and more so…is there an antidote? And what other horrors lie in wait? Stay tune to find out, until then…enjoy…