Inside a ruined city, a few kids play around the area.

"Can you believe it? This is everything we hoped for." Leader said relaxed.

"Kids playin' with busted up Eggforcers?" Renegade asked.

"Not that. Freedom. With the Chaos Council gone, we can finally make New Yoke City what we want, what its citizens deserve... return our home to what it was. All the trees..."

"And the beaches..." he said and they heard a rumble and looked up at the sky as a Portal opened and they brace themselves. "This can't be good." he said and they made their way to the top of a building for a closer look at the portal.

The Mother Ship appeared out of it and the Spaceship beeped while it tried to land inside the pod, with Eggman as pilot. It landed perfectly, lighting up New Yoke City, Renegade and Leader were dismayed.

"No…" Leader said.

"So much for everything we hoped for." Renegade said.

Meanwhile some kids were playing with Eggforcer parts when the robots became rejuvenated, forcing them to stand back.

"Sorry, Mr. Eggforcer." Denizen Wolf said and the two rebels were spied upon by Eggforcers.

"Shit." Renegade said.

Inside the Spaceship.

"Ah, can't you just taste the soot and ozone." Eggman said relaxed.

"We never should've left it in the hands of these ignorant peasants!" Done-It said grunting disgustingly.

"But we've already discussed this!" Eggman said angrily. "Leaving to gather three Shards was the prudent decision. Now we'll be powerful enough to make short work of them." he said normally.

"You know I can't plan for a shatterversal domination with all those rebellion ingrates making a rocket! And didn't that dag-blasted rebellion start in your neighborhood?"

"Rebels joined from all five districts. Besides, their hideout was in Deep's district."

"We should just burn your district to ash!" Babble said.

"Someone needs to feed the baby. He's cranky." Don't said.

"Save this negative energy for later. Each of us has to clean up his own house, so we can make a beautiful mess of reality." Deep said and Babble started yelling so Deep handed him a pyramid-shaped juice box to use as a baby bottle.

At New Yoke City residents were running away from an onslaught of Eggforcers terrorizing the place. Renegade fend off a few of them with his fists.

"Rescue op, street side, now!" he said while two kids were being cornered by two Eggforcers.

Then Rebel swooped down, kicked the robots away with her feet and took the kids up to safety.

Leader heard and saw smashed robot parts flung up in the air, followed by Rebel carrying the two kids.

"OK, the kids are getting away so that's good." she said while Rebel took out another robot, landed the kids to a safe place and returned to Renegade.

"It's madness out here." Renegade said.

"It's hopeless." Rebel said and were approached by three more Eggforcers, but were instantly wiped out by Leader's Spin Attack and then returned to meet them, standing on top of the rail.

"We can do it." Leader said and the rebels became surprised.

"Sonic?"

"You OK?" Renegade asked.

"Yeah." Leader said.

"Good." Rebel said.

Then an Eggforcer slammed into Leader, but she dodged and prepared a Spin Dash on top of the downed Eggforcer to break it.

On the Spaceship Eggman pressed a button on the screen, showing Leader being chased by Eggforcers.

"The cerulean simpleton again?!" Done-It said angrily in an ascending tone.

"He is the definitive bug in our game." Don't said.

"Peace, my brothers. The Blue Blight currently infests my district, and I will purge him like toxins after a juice cleanse. But first," Deep said entering."let us secure our own Nest Egg…" he said, typed on the keyboard and the kids ran away from view while the shutter closed. "And give the rebels a little something to keep them busy."

"What makes you so sure you'll exterminate the rodent? He's bested you at every turn! Got any new ideas?" Done-It asked.

"Actually, no. Nothing new." Deep said and the three Eggforcers emerge past the door. "I'm going to recycle."

At New Yoke City the Eggforcers kept terrorizing the place, with kids whimpering, screaming and running in panic while Leader kept eliminating the robots with Homing Attacks.

"Come on, don't let Sonic get in all the good licks!" Renegade said and he and Rebel took down more robots.

They worked together on another Eggforcer, only for it to be finished off by Leader, who then stepped in and met the gang.

"It's great to see you guys again, it really is, but I…" Leader said and was suddenly grabbed by the shoulders and turned to by Renegade.

"What the hell is going on?!" Renegade asked annoyed.

"I think the Council got their hands on more shards." Leader said.

"WHAT?!" Renegade and Rebel said in shock.

"Don't worry, I've got a plan. I'm on my way to fix it right now."

"Are you nuts?!" Rebel asked.

"I'm gonna bust into the Yoke, grab the Shards and rescue Nine."

"The fox with the new attitude? The one who stole the Shard?"

"I know he's a little rough around the edges these days…" Leader said stammering.

"It's not just the edges."

"...but he saved you!"

"And then he disappeared again." Renegade said.

"Because he was captured! We can trust him."

"Can we really trust him still?" He asked suspiciously, pointed his glove to his face and Leader put his arm down.

"Fine. I don't need you guys slowing me down anyway." she said and prepared to take off. "I'll just…" she started but stopped noticing a series of propeller-topped robots float down from the sky and approach the gang, whom prepare themselves for combat while one robot chased a kid along a road. "Those machines, they've never been so fast. Or this aggressive." she said and one robot grabbed a kid with its fingers and Renegade took off. "I need to get into the Yoke. The Shards are what matters."

"Go on, then. Don't let us slow you down." Rebel said and she and Renegade took care of more Eggforcers, while Leader waited at the top of the building.

"It's fine. They can handle it." Leader said determined. "Focus on the Shards, focus on the Shards..." she said and started running down a building. "Uh, why am I running into battle?" she said, jumped and clung onto a Propeller bot trapping a kid.

She broke free of the robot's hold, sending a kid screaming and falling down, landing into the arms of Denizen 1998. Froggy on top of the cat croaked. Rebel defeated another Propeller-bot and three more Propeller bots chase Renegade, who hid behind a building segment. He pounded the ground to scoop it up in the air and punched it towards another Propeller Bot. Rebel returned to him, but suddenly, a horde of Eggforcers confronted them, only to be finished off by Leader's Spin Attack. They ran across a road but were stopped and surrounded by more Eggforcers, which were once again knocked out by Leader with her Homing Attack, including one more from airborne and Leader returned to the gang.

"Well, it's been a blast, but I gotta get to the Yoke." Leader said and prepared to take off, but Rebel stopped her.

"We're going with you." Rebel said.

"What?"

"We're all heading to the Yoke." Rebel said and Renegade shook his head in disagreement.

"Why would we go to the Yoke?" he asked and picked up a robot part. "The streets are crawling with Eggbots again!"

"Now that the Council is back and more powerful than ever, we have to take the fight to them."

"No one likes a good dust-up more than me, you know that, Rebel, but these grunts are green. We need to get underground."

"Love that you're talking this out, but I should've been there already. I can't wait around…" Leader said and swaggered off slowly but Rebel angrily stepped in front of her.

"You're gonna have to! This is bigger than you, Sonic. If you fail, and the Chaos Council keeps the Shards, we're finished. And I'm not letting that happen." Rebel said calming down. "I know this isn't what we do. We stick to the shadows, we fight from the shadows, but this time, there's just too much at stake. We have to bring the fight right to them."

"Maybe there's a way we can do both." Renegade said.

At Yoke HQ.

"We should make it bigger!" Done-It said angrily.

"Big surprise that Dr. Slouch wants it taller." Eggman said.

"Give it Buzzsaws!" Babble said and giggled.

Then Nine cleared his throat and appeared with some Eggforcers.

"You rang for me?" Nine said.

"How long are we putting up with him?" Don't asked annoyed.

"He's built us what we want, get rid of him already." Deep said.

"Now, now. We're going to put him to work, but this one possesses a, shall we say, less-dull mind than the usual riff-raff? He'll appreciate this." Eggman said.

"Appreciate what?" Nine asked.

"What we've built, of course." Eggman said and he and Babble display the Shard generator astonishing Nine.

"You're harnessing the energy of all three Shards? That much power is..."

"Incalculable? Indeed." Deep said.

"No, it isn't! Just make them bigger!" Done-It said.

"What are you guys doing?" Nine asked.

"The rat is confused. Perhaps a demonstration is in order. Dr. Don't? If you wouldn't mind." Eggman said.

"Whatevs." Don't said and pressed a button.

The generator unleashed an electrical dome homing in on a broken Eggforcer. It shown a bright light. After a moment, it was rejuvenated into a Jumbo Eggforcer and Nine looked at it in surprise.

At the Railway Station a tram rode along the tracks. The gang walked down the steps quietly then stopped.

Soon the rest of the team continued onward, followed by Denizen 1998 and two denizen soldiers. On the other side of the Railway were a series of Propeller-bots roaming the area. They ran, hid to another spot and peeped through the wall.

"What's the plan, Leader?" Renegade asked.

"We need to get into the tunnels on the other side of the station. Using them, we'll be able to get in close to the Yoke HQ with less attention than on the streets." Leader said.

"So we just gotta get past these chumps first?" he said and scoffed. "No sweat." he said and they hid back in and ran past a tube, but the propeller bots were right in front of them as they exit.

They combat the robots. Leader Spin dashed up the barricade of a stairway and jumped to defeat a Propeller-Bot, followed by a Homing Attack before Rebel kicked away another bot. One of the soldiers was grabbed by a Propeller Bot and dragged into the rail's path. Then a horn honked, causing her to scream, but Renegade saved her as the tram passed through, knocking out the bot. Leader slid under another Propeller Bot to dodge its grab. Denizen 1998 grabbed the Propeller Bot's arms, allowing the soldier to shoot its propellers and another Propeller-Bot was destroyed by a tram.

"Way to put the "team" in "teamwork," everybody! Oh, looks like you can handle yourselves, so maybe I'll just take off." Leader said and set off, but a door rumbled and opened, unveiling some larger Eggforcers, causing the gang to stand back.

"Those things are huge." Renegade said.

"Okay, seriously, what's with all the upgrades?" Rebel asked.

At Yoke HQ Nine was watching footage of the railway on the screen.

"Enjoying the show?" Eggman asked.

"It won't be enough." Nine said.

"Not enough? Balderdash! My Jumbo Eggforcers will pound that varmint into blueberry jelly!" Done-It said.

"We'll see."

"Yes, we will. You admire him, don't you? For all of your bluster, you think of him as a friend. Funny, I thought you were smart." Eggman said and Nine kept looking.

Back at Railway Station the bigger robot confront Leader and her team. It prepared to jump on top of them, forcing them to clear out onto the rail tracks.

"Whoa." Leader said.

"Knux, we'll handle this one. Can you clear the exit?" Rebel asked and Leader saluted, got to work and Rebel pointed. "Let's move." she said and she and Renegade took on the large Eggforcer.

Renegade tapped its leg, distracting it, while Rebel flew around it and delivered a punch.

Meanwhile, Denizen 1998 was caught by two Propeller Bots, but Leader defeated them, leaving Big to fall to the ground and Leader gave him a thumb up, but another horn honked in the distance as two more soldiers confront the Giant Eggforcer in the middle of the tracks. Leader alerted and rescued the soldiers off the tracks as the tram zoomed by, but was blocked by the heavy Eggforcer. She seized her chance and got to the top of the stranded Eggforcer by breaking off a part. The robot pushed the tram along the rails and flicked her away. Denizen 1998 used the part as a gun and took aim, firing and knocking down two Eggforcers.

"Let's go!" Rebel said and they ran into the track's tunnel.

Back at Yoke HQ.

"Sweet corn! They destroyed my babies! My big, beautiful babies!" Done-It said.

"So much for "just make them bigger." Next time, try laser eyes." Deep said.

"Buzzsaws!" Babble said.

"Flamethrowers are tight." Don't said while playing a video game.

"Buzzsaws!" Babble said.

"Flamethrowers!" Don't said and Eggman groaned in anger.

"Enough!" Eggman said and Don't passed his game.

"So, which one are we doing?" Don't asked and Eggman scoffed.

"I don't -care!" Eggman said, grabbed Nine and dragged him away. "Do whatever you want." he said and the rest of the group looked at each other.

Back at New Yoke City, as three Eggforcers roam together, Leader watched on from the tunnel's opening. Down below, lines of Eggforcers march along the road while the rest of the gang joined her and Rebel gasped.

"I'm starting to think this was a bad idea. They've never had this many Eggforcers, and they've never been this tough." Rebel said.

"What do we got left to lose?" Renegade asked.

"Look, this is all getting pretty intense and it's a lot more than you signed up for. So, I don't blame any of you if you don't want to go any further. But I have to go. I have a fox friend to rescue and a world to save, a few worlds, actually. I should have been doing this alone anyway." Leader said.

"No. The Chaos Council are not going to stop at bigger robots, and you're our best shot at any sort of victory. We're with you, Leader." Rebel said firmly and Leader looked up to them.

"Just tell me who to punch." Renegade said and Leader nodded and took off, with Renegade and Rebel landing on and breaking some robots.

Denizen 1998 picked up a robot and threw it onto another, but dodged a ground pound from another Eggforcer. He ducked to dodge an arm attack, until Rebel grabbed hold of the robot and tossed it with her might into the flying fist of Renegade.

Meanwhile, Leader approached two more Eggforcers shooting back at her, jumped and clinged onto one robot's mouth. As the robot scanned her, she taunted by moving her eyebrows. Then she looked over, evaded an arm attack from another robot, Homing Attacks the other Eggforcer, and jumped around various parts of the landscape to dodge more lasers. One laser attack cut off one of the rails, leaving a honking tram to de-rail and ram into a group of Eggforcers. While more robots shot at Leader, one of them was hit on the head by a robot part. From above, Denizen 1998 body pressed down on the Eggforcers. Soon, they heard Denizens yelling in the distance and the two Denizen soldiers hid behind Robot parts while being shot at. Renegade, dodging more lasers, hid and prepared to shoot, while Rebel took out another Eggforcer. The shutters open, revealing two more bigger armored Eggforcers and the gang confront them and Renegade groaned.

"Huh?" Rebel said and Renegade fired a weapon at it. "Forget it, Renegade! They're too well armored!"

"We'll see about that!" Renegade said, charged at the two armored Eggforcers, punched one on the head which popped back out and the Eggforcer started firing lasers from its eyes back at him. "Huh?" he said and Leader saved him from the attack and took him to safety.

"You OK?" Leader asked and he nodded.

Then the robot slammed as it landed behind them, holding a flamethrower and flamed at them so Leader retreated around the landscape and caused the robot to give chase.

Back at Yoke HQ the Chaos Council were watching the action on their monitor and Deep punched the air.

"Yes! Barbecue that rodent!" Deep said. "For evil purposes only, mind you. I'm a strict vegetarian." he stammered.

Meanwhile Eggman and Nine were looking away.

"We both know that the other members of the Council won't stop Sonic. They lack vision and imagination," Eggman said and turned to Nine. "unlike you."

"You think I have vision and imagination?" Nine said.

"Perhaps. Or perhaps you're just a stupid fox." Eggman said and went right to his face. "Alone. Useless. Pathetic."

"I'm pathetic?" Nine said sarcastic. "You're the one with unlimited power, and all you can think to do is build a bigger robot." he said and threatened Eggman who cackled and threatened him back with a large stun gun.

"Tell me how to defeat Sonic!"

"You can't, she's too fast. She thinks on her feet. No matter what you throw at her, she takes it. No matter how hard you hit her, she always gets back up! You'll never beat Sonic, because you can't understand her. You don't think like she thinks. You're not even in the same league."

"So I need to think like Sonic? I knew you had vision and imagination." Eggman said and Nine jumped off his seat in protest.

"Hey, wait! I didn't..."

"Yes, yes you did." Eggman said and left with the shutters behind him.

"Oh, what have I done?" Nine said despaired. "Nine to Sonic." He said on his Regulator.

Back at New Yoke City Leader was in the middle of a battle.

"Nine?" Leader said.

Back at Yoke HQ.

"Are you there, Sonic?" Nine said and Don't and two robots confront him.

"Warning your friend? Not cool." Don't said.

Back at New Yoke City Leader Super-Peel-Outs and did a U-turn, as the robots walk closer to her.

"Can't take your eyes off me, huh? Come on, do your worst!" Leader said and the two armored Eggforcers scan her and fire a laser, which she dodged with a back-flip.

She peeled out and lured them to destroying more Eggforcers then spun in between and jumped up in the air causing the robots to blow up themselves before landing back down.

"Yeesh." she said and kicked a robot part. "You guys need some team spirit."

Back at Yoke HQ three members of the Chaos Council were furious with the outcome and Done-It gasped.

"Dagnabbit!" he said.

"No! No!" Deep said and Eggman appeared past the automatic doors.

"Gentlemen! Why the long faces? Could it be that your plans amounted to nothing, again?" Eggman asked.

"Well, if it isn't the cat that ate the canary. Where have you been?" Done-It asked.

"Answers aren't hard to find, if you know the right neck to twist." Eggman said then Don't appeared, holding Nine.

"Turns out our many-tailed prisoner has been in communication with Sonic" Don't said and lifted up his Regulator. "this whole time."

"I knew it! That rat's a rat!" Done-It said and Nine let go.

"I... am... a fox!" Nine said furiously.

"I'm gonna turn you into a bath robe!" Deep said furiously and Babble babbled furiously.

"Ah, let's not be hasty. The fox can lure Sonic right to us." Eggman said.

"How is that going to help? She keeps beating our Eggforcers!" Done-It said.

"Exactly. That's why I have... something... better in mind." Eggman said, walked over to his demonstration in the generator room and the rest of the Council followed. "My interrogation of our prisoner has inspired a design for our greatest robotic creation. Watch and learn." he said, pressed a key and the shard generator started pumping up with energy while Nine looked on, worried.

Back at New Yoke City Leader and the gang finished off a battle and met together.

"Nice job. Told you she'd make it." Rebel said.

"As always." Leader said with her arms crossed. "I can take it from here."

"No chance. We've come this far. We finish this together."

"Easy to say. But we still gotta get inside. This place is locked down." Renegade said then more Eggforcers arrive from the doors and attack them.

"Take cover!" Leader said and they hid while weapons were being shot at them.

"More Eggforcers?" he said then a weapon hit his hiding spot and he groaned. "I hate to say it, but..."

"We're not retreating! We make our stand, here and now!" she said and his hiding spot was hit by another shot.

He fired, along with Denizen 1998, but the cat hid, leaving Froggy up in the air.

"We can't hold them off for long. We need to get inside, now!" Renegade said.

"Leader!" Nine said over Leader's Regulator.

"Nine? About time!" Leader said.

"Bring your friends to the southwest doors."

"You okay? You sound strange."

"I'll get you in." he said and she thought.

""Bring your friends"? Why would he say that?" she said as they kept hiding from weapon-fire.

"Not like we have another option." Renegade said and they ran for it.

"Rebels! Fall back!"

Soon they arrived at the top of a building, ran and stepped outside the southwest doors. Then the doors open and they walked slowly inside.

"Yeah, this isn't ominous at all. I don't like this." Renegade said.

"You don't like anything. Anyone got a light?" Rebel said and the next set of doors opened with a mysterious orange glow.

"Nine?" Leader said and a robotic figure walked towards them. "Is that you?" she asked and the robotic figure stopped as they approach the gang, causing them to take a step back and Renegade put his weapon down.

'Oh please don't be what I think it is.' she thought.

"No, it's... you." Renegade said and Chaos Sonic switched on and displayed an angry facial expression.

Then Leader and Renegade looked at each other.

'Not another Metal.' they thought and it hit them. 'Tails.'