Chapter 11: Raging War Part 2
Month 3
Three months into the war, Eggman has now conquered 46% of the earth. More of the lands and previous areas that Sonic has ran through on his adventures are becoming Eggman's. Not only that, but the environment is changing for the worse. Like Sonic saw a few months ago, Green Hill is covered in sand. Today, Team Chaotix is on a mission to confront the Deadly Six as they are helping Eggman build a station for more Egg Cruisers in the Chemical Plant.
The Chemical Plant was often used by the doctor's nefarious schemes, as it is filled with poisonous water. The area itself is designed as a toxic high-tech maze and looks a little like a cityscape and full of tubes and floating platforms and big pipes that people such as Sonic could run on. Because of Eggman's conquest and from it being untouched until recently, the factory has become nearly frozen over ice and snow. The Deadly Six are overlooking the details of Eggman's fleet and cargo ships, but they are being closely observed by Eggman and Infinite to make sure they don't plan to betray them.
"I must admit, these designs are not half bad. Soon the entire world will have hundreds of thousands of these roaming the skies for years to come." Zavok said as he observed.
"And this brings the firepower to a maximum. And with this new power of his, all of us will be unstoppable. It would be glorious to see all the young people down there screaming for their lives and beg for mercy." Master Zik gives a small smirk.
"Yay. This means more food for bad guys!" Zonom devours more than several popsicles at once.
"The joylessness…. It's perfect." Zor whispered.
Team Chaotix is hot on their trail. It did not take them long to figure out where the newest ships had been coming from, and given that Eggman has been keeping himself well hidden somewhere. They could figure out where, but they have to stop the other villains first.
"Looks like our tracks have been right. Those six zeti jerks are in fact hiding here. Who knew that they would come in this place of all things." Vector said as he looked through binoculars.
"Perhaps the Lost Hex would have been too obvious for them to do so. Zavok is smart and cunning just like Tails described earlier." Espio said.
"But they can't be that scary. They gotta be less scary than actual yetis." Charmy described.
"There's no such thing as yetis, Charmy. And don't you dare say bigfoot!" Vector blurted.
"Well, what could possibly go wrong?" Charmy asked.
"Charmy has a point." Espio defends the young bee. "What we can do is stop the zeti from making more fleets. And perhaps whatever cargo they're carrying."
"Time to bring some zeti to justice, boys!" Vector said.
"Roger!"
Team Chaotix moves out to infiltrate the Deadly Six's hideout. Espio runs up and down a huge and curvy pipeline as he hits a spring while Charmy flies over while Vector smashes his way through the barricade. The team charades ahead, battling their way through robots. Charmy takes to the air and spins his way towards buzzbombers while yelling "Weeee!"
Vector catches up with them, destroy two more groups of enemies. When they reach a wall blocking the rest of the way in, Espio runs up the wall while Charmy uses his strength to carry Vector over it. They run and grind on rails for a few seconds before jumping off springs and Charmy flies Espio and Vector upward. They look down and see a path beneath them so they jump down. The Chaotix lands safely and continue onward, but they reach a dead end. Espio points upward and he wall jumps while stomping and crushing enemies while Vector, being carried by Charmy, breathes fire on the enemies above them before they make it to higher level. Espio hits a spring and heads upwards. He throws a ninja star at an egg pawn in front of him and runs up and down some pipe slopes. Charmy takes to the air while Vector smashes his way through enemies. Espio jumps to another slope-like platform beneath him as he hits five springs and hits a rainbow ring. The three meet up with each other right outside the base.
The Chaotix nod to each other as Vector does three punches to the door and then does a stronger fourth punch that breaks the double doors down.
"Guess who?!" Vector makes an entrance.
"Us! Team Chaotix! Yay!" Charmy flew in behind him.
"So I've heard. World's greatest detectives. Clever skills but so slow to get a job done right. If you had been fast enough to figure out where we were, you would have this place by now. Though even if you did, it would not last long." Zavok replied.
"Now you're gonna get beaten like sandbags in a gym! Gonna make crocodile shoes outta you, big guy!" Zazz leaps in front of the detective leader.
"I've dealt with worse things than you. And that would be Eggman. Now bring on the fight!" Vector cracked his fists.
Vector charges towards Zavok and Zazz. Espio fights Master Zik and Zonom while Charmy fights Zor and Zeena. Zazz hops in the air, hoping to get the jump on Vector, but he punches him across the face, sending him back. Zavok and Vector clash fists.
"For someone who is a ninja, you are less brash than that spiky hedgehog. Let us see what skills you have." Master Zik said to Espio.
"After we fight, can I eat him? He has the color of grapes." Zonom said.
Zonom tries to ground pound Espio, but he slides under the big lug while jumping over Master Zik's stick and he throws small ninja stars, which Master Zik deflects. He swings his stick while Espio defends himself with his ninja daggers.
Charmy has a bit of a hard time fighting Zor and Zeena, partly because he is creeped out by Zor's looks and personality.
"What's wrong, little boy? Can't hurt a girl like me?" Zeena teased.
"I was told not to ever hurt girls. But I can hurt evil, mean, rotten girls!" Charmy said.
Charmy flies down and kicks Zeena away and into some boxes of powder and purple goo for the chemical plant.
"Ugh! You stubborn! Stupid! Jerk! Do you have any idea how long this takes for me to wash all of this out of my hair?! And my nail art?! Boys are the absolute WORST!"
"That's so low of you man… that's supposed to be my thing." Zor said.
Charmy reacts by attacking Zor with his stinger followed by another kick. This time, Zor lands in wood, which seems to be very painful.
"That hurt…. But it felt good to me."
Vector and Zavok continue to exchange punches to each other. Zavok spits multiple fireballs which Vector stops by using his own fire breath. But while the smoke was clearing, Zavok shoulder bashes Vector into a wall and holds him.
"Your strength is something, but mine is far superior. You will not beat me nor my brethren. You should've stayed home, Vector." Zavok pinned him.
Vector responds by biting one of his horns, which actually causes Zavok pain as he steps back, allowing Vector to throw a punch to the chest followed by another punch to the face.
"At least I don't constantly gloat about stupid stuff. And I don't treat my teammates like dirt. You may be more, but you're outmatched." Vector said, getting back up.
Charmy: We got you, you meanies!
Zavok laughs as he stands back up and smirks at the Chaotix. The group reforms and glares at them, except Zeena, who's more focused on cleaning her hair and nails.
"Did you really think we would come unprepared?" Zavok gloated more. "We learn from our past mistakes with Sonic and Eggman. You're the ones about to be outmatched, not us."
Zavok nods to Master Zik as they hold a Purple and Grey Chaos Emerald up in the air. Zavok on the other hand is holding up a Phantom Ruby prototype as it glows, much to their confusion. All of a sudden, dozens of robots and floating sentry guns surround the trio in the large factory base.
"What. The. Heck?!" Vector is bewildered.
"Impossible feat!" Espio couldn't believe it either.
"Behold a glimpse of this new power Eggman has given us. This power. It is what helped me and the doctor defeat Sonic." Zavok said.
"Surrender would be the best decision you would make. But your friend could never, and that is what cost him his life." Master Zik claimed.
"But I get to squish the bug that messed me up big time! I'm gonna need three showers after this!" Zeena is truly more mad than usual.
"Boss? What do we do?" Charmy shakes as he hid behind Espio.
"Surely there is only one way out of this." Espio said. From the looks of, fighting would be suicide at this point.
Vector growls. Given that they are surrounded by more than dozens of egg pawns, plus sentries and the Deadly Six beginning to gain the upperhand with two Chaos Emeralds, Vector knows what to do.
"We need to go, boys! We can't beat them! Espio! You know what to do!" Vector ordered.
Espio throws down four smoke bombs just before the sentries make their escape. Once it was clear, the robots look around and not a single trace was left behind. The Chaotix have vanished.
"Precisely what I thought. Now onto business." Zavok smirked, having chased the Chaotix away.
"Running away. While cowardly, also a wise move. They can run all they want." Master Zik added.
"I was so hoping to skin that crocodile alive!" Zazz pouted. "I want to make souvenirs outta them when I'm through with them."
"You will get your chance, Zazz. But first, we have some business to take care of." Zavok told the crazy purple Zeti.
Zavok smirks as they all return to work. Unknown to them, a couple of boxes have been emptied out. Outside the Chemical Plant and far away where they can't be spotted, the Chaotix retreat back to base, unhappy about the failure of the mission.
"Man. Those guys were tougher than they look. No wonder Sonic was getting annoyed by them quick." Vector panted.
"It was our first encounter, Vector. And with the new power they had and the two Chaos Emeralds, we could not predict the outcome." Espio said.
Charmy giggles, getting their attention.
"What are you laughing about?" Vector looks at him with confusion.
"Oh, I don't know. Maybe because I snagged some of these on our way out." Charmy smiled.
Chamry holds out some blueprints and gives them to Vector. He and the team take a good look at what Charmy found.
"Oh sweet mother of banana boats! We gotta get these back to HQ and show Knuckles and Towers! They're gonna want to see this!" Vector is surprised.
"That is agreeable. This could help us where Eggman could be hiding and forging his plans." Espio agreed.
"Nice job, Charmy! You nailed the jackpot!"
Vector gives Charmy a big high five in the air and a pat on the head before they retreat back to base. What did Charmy find exactly on those blueprints? Could it help the Resistance and G.U.N?
At the Chemical Plant, Infinite comes in and stares at the Deadly Six.
"Not bad for a bunch of incompetent, endangered beings. You fought well, yet you let the detectives get away." Infinite chastised them.
"I'd choose your next words wisely if I were you, Infinite. Because I do not back down from a fight, nor do I give mercy." Zavok was about to pull his arm back from a punch, but Infinite quickly appears in front of him.
"Are you sure about that?"
Infinite grabs Zavok's arm and twists it in a bad way and bones crack in his arm, causing Zavok to grunt in a lot of pain.
"Next time, don't hesitate."
Infinite teleports away from the Zeti as they gather and growl in anger at Infinite for his attitude towards them.
At the HQ Base, Knuckles and Gemerl continue to train Sam the Dog. He's been learning how to use each wispon that the Resistance has made thanks to Tails' blueprints. Now it was time for him to test out his skills and how he's been doing.
"Okay, Sam. You've been learning how to use wispons for these past months. You've lacked the skills, but you've improved. But we're gonna test that." Knuckles said.
"You want me to use all of them? On different sessions? I hope I can do this." Sam sighed with anxiety.
"Where's that spirit of yours, rookie? You can do this if you put your mind to it. Time to do this. Switch to each wispon based on the corresponding situation."
"Y-yeah. I think I got it, I guess. Let's see whatcha got for me."
Sam stands there nervously. He tries his best to not show it in front of the commander. But that doesn't go unnoticed by Gemerl.
"Scans indicate self-confidence is at 25%. Chances of success are 50%. Do you believe that the rookie-in-training will have what it takes?" Gemerl asked the commander of the Resistance.
"I do. Some people have a slow start, that's all. I think Sam could make us proud one day. He'll learn inspiration and bravery one day." Knuckles shows his faith.
"I think he'll do wonderful." Cream defends the new kid. "Mr. Sam can put on a brave face. I believe in him. Maybe he'll be as brave as poor Mr. Sonic."
Knuckles, Cream and Gemerl look back at Sam to see how he'll do with each wispon. First off is the Red Burst wispon. Sam sees three small groups of dummies coming towards him slowly. He doesn't want to disappoint Knuckles or anyone. He carefully takes aim at the dummies and pulls the trigger and he starts shooting fire at the dummies and within a few seconds, they are all on fire. Sam then switches to the Ivory Lightning wispon and he sees a row of seven dummies standing there, one in four directions. Sam holds the trigger and swings his arm sideways and destroys each dummy very quickly and all of them go down. He then uses the Cube Wispon and he sees ten dummies surrounding him. He knows exactly what to do. He slams the Cube Wispon into the ground and all of the dummies turn into cubes. He does it again and they all turn into tiny blue rings.
Sam switches to the Indigo Asteroid wispon, but this time, there are tennis ball machines and dummies involves. Sam takes aim and locks on to all five dummies at once and fires, and all five clones that were beside him all attack and destroy them. He then pushes a button on the side and the indigo wisp inside trusts Sam and activates the gravity ring around him and the tennis ball machines all fire at the rookie-in-training. All the tennis balls all go around him harmlessly before the power wears off and the balls drop to the ground. Sam then switches to the Yellow Drill wispon. Six dummies are all lined up, and Sam taps the trigger as fast as possible and charges it. He thrusts it forward and he flies forward and he drills through all of them, blowing them apart and nearly gets it stuck in a wall. Sam nearly stumbles backwards, as he considers it to be the hardest one to use. Last but not least are two dozens of dummies and more tennis ball machines. Sam switches to the Green Hover Wispon and uses it and it sends out a shockwave that blows all of the dummies away and destroys them. He hears the machines getting ready to fire.
"Uh-oh." Sam said.
Sam pushes a button and he flies upward to avoid the rapid fire. He looks down at the ground and can't even imagine how bad it would be if a bunch of egg pawns unleashed rapid fire on him. As the machines stopped firing, he slowly descends back down.
"I knew you could do it, I knew it! You're so cool using those real quick!" Cream praises him.
Sam blushes, still not used to such compliments from his new friends.
"Oh, um, thanks. I didn't think I would have what it takes. I gotta admit these things are cool to use. Good thing Tails designed these." Sam complimented the inventions.
"Nice job, Sam. That was quicker than I thought. Though as a soldier, you shouldn't be so modest with yourself. Take in victories with pride. Practice makes perfect." Knuckles said.
"I do not essentially believe in perfection. But the test was a success. No more improvements necessary. Expectations have exceeded all other soldiers." Gemerl said.
"Thanks, robot dude. I did not see that coming. But still. It was hard at first. That drill wispon is so hard to use. But the whip, flamethrower and asteroid thing were so cool to use and such." Sam expressed.
"Oh, you're telling me. I prefer fighting with my fists, but yeah, I agree. Enough training today. Get rehydrated and get some rest." Knuckles pats his back.
"Yes, sir." Sam leaves to get healthy food and get some shut eye. As soon as he leaves, Knuckles turns to Gemerl.
"Any data updates on the kid?" Knuckles asked the gizoid.
"Self-confidence has gone up. Now up to 35%. I sense some slight fear in him as well as cowardice. Abilities needed to increase: Agility, strength and speed. Chances of him keeping up with the likes of Silver or Sonic, if the latter was alive, then it would be 70%." Gemerl analyzed.
"Sam does need some things to improve on and put on a brave face. You got a point there. As for his abilities you mentioned, we will get those covered."
"Incoming message from Vector of the Chaotix. They have failed to defeat the creatures known as Zeti. But they have recovered some blueprints. Some that you and Towers of G.U.N should hear about."
Month 4
Four months into the war, Eggman has conquered 64% of the world. Today, Gemerl is sent on a mission to recover the missing Chaos Emeralds from Chaos. Knuckles could go, but he is busy training their rookie-in-training Sam the Dog. Knuckles has told Gemerl everything about Chaos and his abilities, including how dangerous he becomes when he absorbs Chaos Emeralds.
Gemerl is sent to the Water Palace to confront Chaos, having traced the signal of the emeralds. Gemerl knows how dangerous the emeralds are, considering his own experience in both his current life and previous life as Emerl. The Water Palace Zone was where Sonic first met Eggman's descendant, Eggman Nega. The place is wrecked and the water looks polluted and looks a little like a swamp.
"Chaos is spotted nearby. Better be on your guard. He can be anywhere. And don't let him get those emeralds. The last thing we need is Perfect Chaos going on another rampage again." Knuckles instructed.
"Understood. Mission is to gather the Chaos Emeralds and bring Chaos in with a containment unit." Gemerl acknowledged.
"Please be careful, Gemerl." Cream hopes for him to return.
"Do not worry, Cream. I will be as safe as I can for you. Remember to smile for me." Gemerl assures her.
Although he can't physically show emotion, his tone of voice and personality show that he would do anything to protect his friends, especially Cream. He signs off to head to Chaos' location.
Gemerl activates his boosters and dashes forward. While he can keep up with Sonic, he's not as fast. He exits a hallway and dashes around a loop and goes straight down before he grinds on a rail. The rebuilt gizoid jumps off the rail and does a spin attack on seven robots, destroying them as he jumps off the ledge and hovers above the water as his robotic feet are skidding on it as he flies above it. Gemerl sees a wall right in front of him and then wall jumps his way upward. He lands on a dash panel and goes through a bigger loop. But he stops in his tracks and detects four bomber robots coming towards him. The gizoid jumps forward, punches the first robot into the second one, dashes past the third one while grabbing a bomb, kicks the third robot back and throws the bomb at the fourth one.
Gemerl then makes his way to the next area where he sees dozens of robots coming his way. He sees five buzzbombers above him and fires missiles at them all and blows them up. One Egg Pawn attempts to approach him with a spiked shield and a big fencing-like sword. Gemerl was ready and he grabs the sword and the robot and throws him into the ground. He grabs the shield and he dashes and bashes into several robots with the spiked shield, destroying them. Then he sees eight Egg Fighter robots. Two approach Gemerl, but he slices them in half with the sword before tossing it aside and destroys three more with the spiked shield. One of them spin their torse into place, but the Gizoid finds the right timing, grabs the arms and pulls them off and kicks it into the other two. Gemerl continues forward and grinds on another rail as it goes through a circle and grinds in a loop-de loop and enters through a waterfall and into a cave.
"Scanning for chaos energy. Trace is close. Chaos encounter is inevitable. Scanning for water movement." Gemerl scans with his robotic optics.
Gemerl looks above and around him. So far, all he sees are huge waterfalls on both walls and at the dead end. Not only that, he sees water below him and it looks deep. He slowly walks toward the end of the path, noticing a third waterfall above him. In front of him, he sees the blue, cyan and yellow Chaos Emeralds right in front of him. He walks over and was about to reach for them, but his scans warn him of something above.
"Threat incoming!"
He sees the same water fall again and it starts to look and sound violent. A big stream of water aims at Gemerl and fires. But he jumps backwards and sees something in that stream. And it has entrapped the remaining three Chaos Emeralds. Chaos has appeared in front of the three emeralds.
"Chaos detected. Mission: Bring him in. Chaos. You must desist. Defect from Doctor Eggman. He abused your powers for his own benefit before. He will throw you aside once he gets his wish."
Chaos does not say anything. He doesn't really speak. Instead, he holds his arms out and his body immediately absorbs the three Chaos Emeralds and undergoes a transformation.
Chaos' arms grow bigger and just about as muscular as its previous transformation Chaos 2. Gemerl sees him growing gray artificial bones in his torso and both of his arms. In the middle of his hands and his torso contains each Chaos Emerald. However, a snake-like tail forms onto his back. He is now Chaos 3. Gemerl gets into a defensive stance as he gets ready to fight.
Gemerl runs forward as Chaos 3 swings its tail to trip him. Gemerl jumps over it and does an eagle kick to the visible brain. Chaos 3 is stunned, and Gemerl tries to grab a Chaos Emerald as well as the Phantom Ruby prototype that's where a heart would be. Chaos 3 however recovers and grabs Gemerl's arms with its own and swung its tail at Gemerl's head, knocking him backwards. Gemerl fires a missile, but Chaos 3 quickly dives into the polluted water to hide from his scans. The gizoid aims his arms at Chaos 3, but the latter is doing a good job remaining hidden.
Gemerl sees four water pumps rising up at the same time. Gemerl tries to find Chaos 3, but an arm comes out of nowhere and does a haymaker, sending the robot flying before Chaos 3 jumps out and grabs him and throws him onto the ground. Gemerl is slightly damaged, but does not back down from a fight. His eyes glow green and was remembering the moves he just pulled. He just scanned and recorded it in his memories. Gemerl gets up as he is ready. Chaos 3 brings up four water pumps again, ready to finish him. Gemerl defends himself as he sees Chaos 3's arm come out of one of them. Gemerl grabs the arm and pulls Chaos 3 out and does a kick to the chest. Chaos 3 recovers and stretches his tail to swing at Gemerl, but he bends backwards and does a spin dash and comes forward and attacks Chaos 3's brain, sending Chaos 3 backwards and using the same haymaker on Chaos, slamming him and hitting the waterfall, defeating him.
"Apologies to you. But it was a necessary action. Now you are coming with me."
Gemerl approaches the unconscious water monster and guardian. But then he scans a last second attack and narrowly dodges. He looks behind him and it is none other than Infinite himself.
"Well look who it is. Another robot who doesn't know his place. And yet you proved to be more impressive unlike the last one I fought." Infinite descended to the ground.
"You are the one. The masked one who took out Sonic. Who are you?" Gemerl asked.
"My identity is none of your concern, robot, as you're no worthy foe. You are wasting your time with the Resistance. The doctor told me about your betrayal. You would make a powerful asset."
"My loyalty is to the Resistance and friends. You and Chaos will be coming with me and tell us your powers."
"Yes. If you can beat me, of course."
Gemerl jumps up to do a spin kick on Infinite, but he grabs the robot's leg and throws him into a wall. Gemerl gets up and flies forward to punch him, but Infinite swiftly dodges and gets behind him and does two punches to the back and a backhand strike to the head before grabbing his shoulders and throwing him down near the exit. Gemerl slides through the ground. He is trying to scan Infinite's moves, but for some reason, his systems are reading an error. He must be doing something to prevent him from copying his moves. His scans say his systems are very damaged. The robot has no choice but to retreat.
"You may have won this day. Someday your own pride and lust for power will be your downfall."
Gemerl gets out his boosters and begins to fly away and cloaks himself to hide from Infinite.
"Run. Hide. Even your copy abilities cannot defeat me. This power allows me to block any technology from scanning me to oppose me. Now that the job is done."
Infinite looks at Chaos 3, who is now reverted back to his original form. He sticks his hand out and puts Chaos in a cube along with the three Chaos Emeralds. They both fly away from the Water Palace, victorious, as they have recovered the remaining Chaos Emeralds.
At Resistance HQ, Knuckles trains Sam the Dog in speed and agility. Once more, Espio will help him out. And Silver is there to support him as well.
"Okay, Sam. Time you learn speed and agility." Knuckles instructed. "We got this long track and field area for you to test your skills. You may have been too slow to keep up with Silver or Espio. Let's see how much you've improved. I'll keep track of how fast you're going. You gotta run this long 400 meter track while avoiding obstacles and testing your jumping and agility. Think you can do this?"
"Y-yeah. I think so. Gotta go fast." Sam said.
"Now that's what I like to hear. Gotta go fast. I like that. I really do. Alright. Ready? Go!"
Sam runs on the track while Silver and Espio keep up to see how he does. He runs faster than he normally did before. He was not a fast runner when he lived a normal life. But thanks to training, he felt faster. Maybe fast enough to keep up with Sonic, should he be alive. Ahead as he runs, Sam sees hurdles, tennis ball machines, walls and gaps pits filled with water. He nods and knows what the pattern is, but knows that Knuckles changes it up every time.
Sam jumps over a hurdle pretending to be an enemy. He sees a big wall hanging from the ceiling with a gap underneath. Sam sees this and slides under it without losing momentum before getting onto his feet. He sees three lanes and several tennis ball shooters as he runs in the middle lane. He sees a shooter and sidesteps to the right line safely without getting hit. Another shooter is in front of the rookie-in-training. Sam sidesteps to the middle lane and sees a third tennis ball shooters close to him and he quickly sidesteps to the left lane. Ahead are two more, one in front of him and one in the middle lane. Sam sidesteps to the right lane, and then sees two more in the right and middle lanes and he dodges to the left lane before the shooters could fire. Then he sidesteps back to the middle lane, again before the last two tennis shooters could fire.
Sam sees a big pit of water in front of him and two walls side to side. Sam sighs as he jumps and jumps from wall to wall over the water near the edge, he jumps off the wall and spins into a ball briefly before he lands. He stumbles and nearly falls into the water. He actually never did that before.
"That is surprising. You turned into a ball. Looked like you were doing a spin attack." Espio described.
"A spin attack?" Sam asked.
"That move belonged to Sonic. It was one of his signature moves. Always busted robots and other machines open and kicked Eggman's butt all the time." Silver said. "Even before he met Tails."
"Oh wow. I wasn't even trying to do that. But that was cool. Didn't think I'd pull it off." Sam is surprised. "How did I do, commander?"
"A new record actually. Your speed and agility have improved. And your reaction times are sound. They may not be speed of light, but fastest I've seen. You even managed to outrun Espio."
"Wow. Thanks. All of this training was crazy. But it was worth it. So what else must I do, commander? More running? Wispon use?"
"Still have some things to cover. Soon we will have you cover all things at once. But that's enough for. You did amazing today."
"Thanks, commander."
Sam gives a shy smile as he leaves the training room. He is surprised by his newfound speed. It took him time to get used to his speed. He felt almost as fast as Sonic. He always dreamed of meeting him one day. At least he got to meet some of his idols like Knuckles. As Sam leaves, Gemerl flies in damaged.
"Gemerl! What happened to you?!" Knuckles asked.
"I chased Chaos to the Water Palace. He used the powers of the three Chaos Emeralds. I stopped him, but the masked villain came. I was unable to overpower him as he took him and the rest of the emeralds. I could not even copy his moves. I failed, Commander Knuckles." Gemerl reported.
"It's okay, Gemerl. Not all of us are perfect. The Chaotix gave us blueprints. One of them is the Eggman Empire Fortress beyond Metropolis. He must be taking the Chaos Emeralds there." Knuckles believes.
"But what about that monster? Surely you must have captured an image of him." Silver asked Gemerl.
Gemerl shows the picture of Infinite to Knuckles, Silver and Espio. He looks really scary to them all to be honest.
"I could not get his name, as he said I was unworthy. I was unable to scan his powers. But I can deduce that it must have something to do with that gem on his chest. It was glowing while he was using his powers." Gemerl described.
"We have to keep trying. No matter who this guy is, he is going down. He'll pay for what he did to Sonic. I promise that as the commander." Knuckles swears on it.
Espio and Silver take Gemerl to get him repaired. Knuckles sighs. He could hope that Sonic may still be alive somehow. And he hopes that they could defeat this new foe and take back the planet from Eggman's filthy hands.
At the Fortress, Eggman is overlooking details of giant robots resembling Death Egg Robots but three times bigger than an apartment building. He is planning to mass-produce them. They would have extendable arms, drilling hands and eye lasers. They have egg-shaped bodies with a narrow pelvis each, stubby and heavily armored legs, thin arms with cone-like forearms, thick gauntlets, cap-shaped shoulders attached to bars rather than sockets, three straight spikes for fingers and jet packs on their backs. They also have triangular markings on their chest (which are similar to those on Eggman's original jacket) and dome-shaped heads. Unlike the original robot though, the faces of these Death Egg Robots are almost blank, with the exception of a single red eye and a red field for a mouth. They are also completely gray and black with glowing red outlines.
"Ah, Infinite. Nice of you to join me. I was just finishing up these blueprints for these Death Egg Robots. What do you think?" Eggman asked.
"Spontaneous, doctor. The more the merrier. Seeing the world on fire because of those. The Resistance will never defeat all of them. Ruins everywhere will be a sight to behold." Infinite praised.
"Indeed. Even the strongest foes such as Knuckles and Vector will never take them down. With the best construction materials and the Phantom Ruby, they will be rampaging around the world. Fleets will have a hard time taking these down. They won't be able to afford to take them down without hurting civilians."
"Mercy is for the weak. That is why they lose. They lose because they hold back on their true strength. As I did with those hedgehogs. But I have some news for you. Me and Chaos have a present for you."
Infinite holds out the last three Chaos Emeralds and hands them to Eggman.
"Yes! At long last! It has been forever since I've collected all seven Chaos Emeralds! With these, I can finish putting the finishing touches on my fortress! So that way, the Resistance can't use them against us."
"And now with them out of the way, the rest of the world will soon be yours, doctor. No one will stand in your way."
Eggman smiles and nods to him as they both share a laugh.
Once alone, Infinite walks up to his injured breathren in stasis tubes. They are hovering in water motionlessly while wearing oxygen masks.
"We are making progress, my brothers and sisters. Soon, you will be brought into the new world." Infinite lays a gentle hand on the glass as he stares at his squad.
Note: The Water Palace zone is from Sonic Rush on the Nintendo DS. I thought it'd be a good place to battle Chaos. I didn't want to change Chaos 3's appearance too much, so he's basically Chaos 2, but with a tail. If you guys don't like it then I apologize. And I left out the Violet Wispon for Sam, because while it was cool to use in the game, I'll be honest, having it didn't make sense since all the Wisps got cured of their Nega Wisp forms.