Cross and Team Dragoon: Sol Conflict

Down in the Restoration HQ training area, Alan and Silence were competing with their just-finished-Mk-III Wispons, trying to destroy more targets. Many had gathered to watch their display, including Team Sundown, who were watching with jealous looks. As Silence's Scattered Silence fires at the cardboard targets, one goes off course and blasts a target Alan was nearby.
Alan: Watch your aim!
Silence: Try to keep up, "Combo Multiplier".
Alan responds to that by using Lightning power to cut through targets in large swathes. Meanwhile, Silence continues firing, the drones having scattered to take their own sections of the battlefield. As Alan tears through the targets, it reminds him of being Super Alan. That makes him think about the last time he was Super Alan, fighting against Eggman and Zenith. That reminds him of Cross, which subsequently reminds him...
Alan: Shoot! All this time!
Silence immediately stops firing.
Silence: What?
Alan: We promised Cross we'd help him! That was weeks ago!
Silence immediately recalls the Scattered Silence drones and runs off back to their room with Alan, getting past the crowd. As they arrived, they saw Dria trying to awe Srish with midair poses using the Combat Wings.
Alan: I just remembered! We promised to help Cross!
Dria: What- shoot, you're right!
Team Dragoon immediately prepare everything, Extreme Gear, Ether Adaptor and Dimension Travel Suits, and jump into the Dimensional Hub, then dash off to the waypoint for Cyne's dimension. As they arrive, Srish realizes something key.
Srish: Where are we supposed to find Cross? Or anyone?
Team Dragoon stops. Meanwhile with Cross...
Cross : Hm...
Tails : So? What do you think?
Tails would be showing Cross a new upgraded version of his dimensional portal generator, now able to store dimensional coordinates and having added support for the Warp Topaz.
Cross : Looking good. You said you already have some Dimensional Coordinates inside of it?
Tails : Yeah, while I was testing the machine in it's beta I opened a portal to Blaze's Dimension, which I guess makes sense since it's the closest to our own. Don't you have something for me?
Cross : Yeah.
Cross would give Tail's the Dimensional Coordinates Chrome had recorded from his time in Team Dragoon's Dimension. Tails would quickly input this into the machines datastores, which would soon show up as a new option labeled "Team Dragoon".
Cross : Great! I'm assuming they probably forgot, but we've had time to upgrade this machine so I guess it's not too bad.
Tails : Take this.
Tails would hand over a watch to Cross.
Cross : What's this for?
Tails : It should stabilize you during dimensional travel. Making sure whatever these dimensional glitches have been don't set you off course. It will also let us communicate and let me know your location.
Cross : Right. I'm assuming the rest are for Team Dragoon?
Tails : Yup.
Cross : I'll be off then.
Tails would activate the machine, Cross stepping through. A portal would open within Team Dragoons Dimension, right in front of Restoration HQ.
At the same time, Team Dragoon went back into the Dimensional Hub to figure out a new plan.
Alan: We don't have the time to search everywhere for Cross. We need to find someone who knows where he is.
Silence: Which would be about as hard.
Dria: We should go back, see if Tails can make us a device to locate him.
Team Dragoon agrees, and head back to their dimension, before going off to look for Tails. At the same time, Cross was heading through the main entrance.
Cross : Even though I was here a few weeks ago, they managed to fix it up pretty quickly.
Team Dragoon run along a higher path for speed, catching Cross's notice.
Cross : There they are. Wonder what's got them in such a hurry? Either way I'd better check it out.
Team Dragoon run for the exit, knowing Tails was in his lab today. Before they made it, Cross caught up with them.
Cross : Hey! You guys! What's the rush?
Alan: Look who the dimensions dragged in! We were looking for you, after all, we can finally get on with saving Cyne. You made any progress on that?
Cross : We had to delay progress due to some weird dimensional glitches lately. But my Tails managed to upgrade our portal generator. Pretty sure he also has more info for when we get back.
Alan: Dimensional glitches? Dunno about that. Maybe aftereffects from Eggman's latest plan?
Cross : We don't really know the cause's of it at all. How about you guy's? Anything new?
Dria flies up with the Combat Wings to show off just what's new.
Srish: Yeah, that. We got new upgraded Wispons.
Cross : Really? Looking good. What are you all capable of now?
Alan: My Suncutter Claws have far longer blades than the Lightcutter Claws, and there's a cooler hyper laser to boot.
Dria: The Combat Wings allow me to fly without flapping my wings in combat, are equipped with much stronger blasters, have a tail with Badnik-melting fluid and have a strong hyper laser too.
Srish: The Rhythm Suit allows me access to long range and area shockwaves that shake apart robots, a cool area explosion, and the dual blasters from the Beat Blasters are retained too.
Silence: The Scattered Silence is a collection of drones, each stronger than my Silencer on their own, and can combine lasers with my own to vaporize larger robots. I control them with the blaster, and sometimes help from my Wisps.
Cross : Wow, if you had that all when we first met. I probably wouldn't be standing here today. I've actually gotten some upgrades of my own. Chrome has been helping me out in secret, giving blueprints and plans to Tails and sending over creations. I just recently got a nano-ventilation upgrade added to my body and I now have a second Chaos Drive Chip. My Chaos Energy attacks are much stronger, I'll no longer overheat in Aero Mode and I've even learned Chaos Control Recently. Well, that part doesn't matter since I don't have an emerald right now.
Cross would then look to the exit they were about to use.
Cross : You were about to go see Tails?
Alan: Yeah, to find you, but we already found you, so time to go see your Tails.
Cross : I still kind of find it weird how Tails is 16 years younger here.
The group would eventually make there way to the still open portal, on the other side Tails would welcome them.
Tails : Good to see you guys back. I think I know where Cyne ended up.
Alan: Great! We can go get him!
Tails : Yup, I've found high traces of Phantom Energy in the Sol Dimension. It's likely he's there. Not too sure where though, maybe Blaze will know something.
Tails would then enter in the coordinates to the Sol Dimension and a new portal would open.
Tails : Well, that's about it. Oh, Cross!
Cross : What- OH! Right.
Cross would hand each member of Team Dragoon one of the watches.
Cross : We'll use these for communication and location tracking. Just incase.
Alan: Great. Where exactly are Shera and Marl, by the way? 
Cross : Around now, they should helping Sonic out on the Starfall Islands. 
Srish: Oh right! That was happening around the same time. Wait, if Tails is here, how did Sonic get to the islands? 
Cross : Tails went in your timeline? Strange. Well, Tails detected them, but he didn't need to go to investigate. Firstly because Dr. Bagon is still here causing Chaos and we need people to stay here and keep him at bay. Second, it seemed like a good opportunity for Marl and Shera to get some experience. 
Alan: Doesn't explain the how, but ok. 
Cross : Well how else would you get there? Of course they took the Tornado, Sonic piloted it. 
Srish: It's been only a couple of weeks, and you already forgot Sonic can pilot the Tornado. 
Alan: He never does it! 
Dria: Alright, enough of that. Let's save our friend. 
The five stepped into the portal, arriving on the shores of Southern Island.
Alan: Ok. We don't actually visit Blaze's dimension often. Does this watch have a minimap or something to locate Cyne? 
Cross : Let's see... 
Cross turns on the watch and notices different apps on the interface. 
Cross : Here we go. 
The map app would open, showing both a 3D and 2D map. However, it seemed to only show a map of their current surroundings. 
Cross : Figures, the map will have to fill itself in as we go... 
??? : Oi! 
A strange raccoon girl would jump from high above onto the shores and point at the group. 
Marine : I've never seen your face's around! You should know my name is Marine! If you came wanting to start problems in my home you'll regret it! I'm a great captain after all! Hehahahaha!! 
Alan: I know you! Yeah, we met you once. Not You you, of course, but a you. Hello Marine. We're here to see Cyne, you seen a hedgehog by that name? 
Marine : What?! You know who I am?! Well I guess I really am that great after all huh? 
Cross : Cyne, you seen em? 
Marine : Cyne? Oh! You mean that hedgehog? 
Alan: Yep. Do you know where he is? 
Marine : Yeah, but you won't be getting that info without a favor! You'll be my crewmates! See those ships over there? 
Marine points out several ships in the water with pirate flags. 
Marine : Those're pirates! I reckon your gonna help me deal with them! 
Alan: Alright, "Great Captain" Marine. What ship are we using? 
Marine : My "Ocean Tornado" of course! C'mon! 
Alan: Ah yes, Tails has regaled me with the story of that wonderful creation. 
Team Dragoon boards the ship and readies the cannons. Dria and Srish then get a better idea. 
Dria: You know, i think i could just fly over there. 
Marine : Whaddya' mean? Fly? 
Cross : Just watch. 
Dria activates the Combat Wings's flight mode, and flies towards the pirate ships. The pirates fire at her, attempting to bring her down, but their shots missed. Dria then countered with the Combat Wings hyper laser, a pair of high powered slicing lasers from the guns, slicing one ship into three, unseaworthy ones. Marine would look on with a gobsmacked expression.
Marine : But- She- They- Huh?
Cross : Well, it's pretty obvious to see how this will go. So do you mind telling us?
Marine : Since you lads have gone above my expectations, of course! 
Silence: Excellent. Now kindly watch this. 
Silence carefully aims the Scattered Silence, and fires it's hyper laser, the pistol laser combining with the drone's and blowing a massive hole into one of the pirate ships, as Dria deals with a third.
Marine : Well done crew! As promised I'll tell you- no, I'll take you to where Cyne is! Last I checked, he should be at the Imperial Palace. 
Alan: Great! Let's go then! 
Team Dragoon follow Marine to the Imperial Palace, after Dria came back from devastating the pirates.
A few minutes later...
Gardon : Your Highness, people have shown up to the palace.
Blaze : I wasn't expecting any visitors...
Cyne would then step into the room.
Cyne : Visitors? You sure they're not Badniks?
Gardon : No, I've never seen them but I can confirm that much. Lady Whisper told me about them in the first place. She says Marine is with them however.
Blaze : Very well, I'll go to check it out. Please tell Whisper to hold off on any aggressions. Knowing her she probably has her finger on a trigger.
Gardon : At once, Your Highness.
The Palace gates would open, allowing the group of six to enter. Standing waiting for them would be Blaze.
Blaze : Hello Marine, who are these people?
Marine : These are..! Uhm... Now that you mention it, I didn't get any names. 
Alan: My name's Alan, your highness. 
Dria: My name's Dria, your highness. 
Srish: Guys? Eh, my name's Srish. 
Silence: My name's Silence. 
Cross : Name's Cross. 
Blaze : I think I've heard Cyne mention all of you before. I'm assuming your here to see him? And please, no need for titles. 
Alan: Couldn't know if you cared or not. Anyways, yes, we are here for Cyne. It's time to bring him home. And we heard you mention Whisper was here, she can come too if she wants. 
Cyne and Whisper would then walk down to the scene. 
Cyne : Oh hey! Cross and Team Dragoon! I didn't think I'd see you guys for a while! 
Alan: This wasn't a while? 
Cyne : I've only been here a few days, maybe a week? 
Cross : Hmm, maybe the flow of time is different here. The Mephiles incident was around 2 months ago. 
Cyne : Really? I didn't even know. 
Whisper would still be standing shyly behind Blaze and Cyne. 
Cross : Hmmm... (Team Dragoons Whisper seemed to be a bit more open then this one. I wonder what happened.) 
Cyne : Oh, Whisper. These are my friends I was telling you about. 
Whisper : Hi... 
Cyne : It's a long story. But as for home... See... 
Cyne would start scratching the back of his head. 
Cyne : The Phantom Ruby went here with me, and Eggman Nega might have stolen it... 
Cross : Are you serious?! You had the Phantom Ruby and you let it be stolen from you?! 
Cross would facepalm. 
Cross : Here I thought he wouldn't be pulling amatuer stunts like this. 
Cyne : Yeah... We're gonna need that before I return. 
Alan: Hoo boy. Good news though, while you were away, we saved excellent weaponsmiths from a tyrannical king, and got Mk III Wispons as a reward. 
Cyne : Really? Nice. I actually learned how to properly use my abilities from Blaze. I don't need the Phantom Ruby or a shard of it to use them. I've also learned how to turn my Phantom Force on and off. I can make my power go tenfold just like that. 
Cross : Seems like were all a bit stronger than. That could've probably been useful against Zenith a few weeks ago. 
Cyne : Zenith? I completely forgot about that guy. 
Dria:(I'm surprised they haven't yet questioned why Mk III before Mk II.) 
Alan: Yeah, he was a pain. He kept overwhelming us, and nearly got Sonic killed. We went super and stopped him though. Cross? Whatever happened to him after? 
Cross : We took the Warp Topaz and signed an agreement that we would give it back to them if Zenith served parole. No issues so far. 
Cyne : Yeah, when I fought Zenith for the first time I was completely outmatched. Until I went super of course. Sounds like a busy time for you guys though. The most I've done was beat the robo-pirate captain. 
Marine : Captain Whisker! 
Cyne : Yeah! Him. 
Alan: Oh boy. Blaze once regaled me with the tale of him. The Eggman pirate robot that stole the Jeweled Scepter for the Eggmen. I suppose Nega's employing him at the moment. 
Cyne : Speaking of, we don't know what Nega might be planning right now. But considering he has the ruby, it can't be any good. 
Alan: Certainly. But he's not gonna cause a War to Take Back the World, so yeah. Blaze, you have the Sol Emeralds, right? 
Blaze : Of course. 
Alan: Then it's as simple as finding Nega, pushing past the smaller mechs and super robots until we force Nega to use his ultimate weapon, and then send Burning Blaze after him. 
Cyne : I'm just happy there isn't some counterpart of Dr. Bagon here. Imagine that. 
Alan: Yeah, considering the mess we had to fight through during his last incident, it's great this universe wasn't altered in that way by yours. So where exactly is Nega? 
Blaze : That's what we're unsure of. Nega has yet to make an appearance himself and apparently he hasn't been spotted at his bases. 
Dria: I suppose we'll have to go looking. 
Blaze : Still, it's strange. I would've expected more after Captain Whisker tried to steal the Jeweled Scepter again, but it's been rather quiet aside from the occasional pirates. 
Whisper : Well.. Actually... I saw something in the sky a few days ago... It mostly hid in the clouds... I think it could have been going towards the Sky Babylon... 
Alan: The, what? 
Blaze : It's an Ancient Ruined city atop a floating continent. 
Cyne : Sort of think like Angel Island. 
Alan: Sounds more like Babylon Garden, but whatever. Do we have a flying vehicle to get up there? 
Blaze : No. 
Cyne : Babylon Garden? I have no idea what that is. 
Cross : It's basically the home of the Babylonians, a giant alien ship they used to come here. They brought things that are widely used to this day, including the Extreme Gears. 
Cyne : Really? Those things Team Dragoon like to use? I thought those only existed in their dimension. 
Cross : Sometimes I forget you spent your whole life an orphan in Green Hill. It's important to know the history of your world and it's locations. 
Cyne : Wait, does that mean Aliens exist? 
Cross : Now is not the time to discuss this. We can give you a history lesson later, let's just focus back on how we will get there. 
Alan: Wait a second. Is something called the Ghost Condor familiar to you? 
Blaze : Yes, I've fought it before. 
Alan: Sonic told me about it. He said he fought it in floating ruins, so if i'm right, you've been to Sky Babylon. How'd you scale it the first time? 
Marine : I touched this old lookin' thingy. Next thing you know the Island shakes and boom! We're goin' up! 
Blaze : Yes... Despite my warnings not to. 
Marine : Hehe... 
Alan: I suppose going there is the only way to figure out. Marine! Prepare your Ocean Tornado for a adventure! 
Marine : I thought you'd never ask! 
The group Cyne and Whisper included head down to the Ocean Tornado. 
Marine : Blaze? You not comin'? 
Blaze : I still have duties to fulfill here, I'll also be keeping the Jeweled Scepter and Sol Emeralds safe here. I do wish you all the best of luck. 
Everyone would board the ship, Marine setting up directions for navigation. 
Marine : Alright, lads! Let's set sail! 
Alan: Right! 
Marine sets the route, and the Ocean Tornado sails off towards Sky Babylon.
Cyne : Alright, this seems like the perfect time for you to tell me about some aliens. 
Alan: Which ones? We've met a couple. 
Cyne : Tell me about all of them. Babylonians, I think Shadow once said something about Black Arms invading us I'll assume those were aliens and whatever other ancient history. Maybe there are even species here that are aliens. 
Cross : (So he doesn't know about Wisps either? How did he make it this far without real education?) 
Alan: Well, in order, the Babylonians were aliens who came to our planet long ago on the Babylon Garden, and if i remember Sonic telling us correctly, they evolved into the Babylon Rouges and others. Next, the Black Arms, a ailen race who sought to use sentient life as a food source, and were vaporized by the Eclipse Cannon, though back home, they came back as robots for some reason. Then there's the Wisps, yes they are aliens, who were brought into the fold by Eggman kidnapping their entire planet for his Interstellar Amusement Park. After that adventure, many chose to stay on our planet. For you, considering Marl is part Wisp, some visited your planet earlier. Then finally, the Ancients. They came to your and our planet long ago, fleeing a dark monster known of as The End and drawn there by the Chaos Emeralds, oh yeah, the Chaos Emeralds came from their planet. Your friends are currently dealing with the aftermath of that, and it's why we have Power Energy in our dimension. 
Cyne : Wait, hold on? The Chaos Emeralds were brought here by the Ancients? Does that mean the Master Emerald was too? How about the Phantom Ruby? Or Time Stones? 
Dria: No, the Master Emerald is what drew in the Chaos Emeralds, the Phantom Ruby... Yeah, we don't know where it came from, and the Time Stones are native to Little Planet. 
Cyne : I guess the Phantom Rubies name can have more than one meaning in that aspect then. That has me more interested in the Ancients though. If they were able to beat The End once then they must have had some crazy power right? I mean, I saw what Power Energy could do, I couldn't imagine an entire being made completely of it. 
Cross : Simple, they had technology that even put Eggman to shame. As for how they beat it, they sealed it in Cyberspace. 
Cyne : Wait, how do you know that? Alan said they're over dealing with that right now. So how would you know if your here? 
Cross : I might know an Ancient. 
Cyne : Cyberspace? What's that like? 
Alan: Never been myself, but Tails's analysis combined with records from Eggman Sonic dug up says it's a digital dimension, made for storing information, that also takes from the memories of those entering it to create familiar landscapes. Sonic also said G-U-N data was leaking into Cyberspace for some reason. 
Cyne : Really? That sounds similar to the Phantom Ruby. But... like a single aspect of one of it's appliances. Like when I made that pocket dimension! 
Cross : They sound similar, but we have no proof that either are actually related. 
Alan: So what have you been doing, Cyne? 
Cyne : Helping around here and there. Trying to find the Phantom Ruby, and learning how to do this. 
A certain air around Cyne would appear, Cyne's spines would begin to raise slightly, his Iris turning Teal with a fade into Lemon yellow and his Pupil becoming Orange. The air around him becoming cold and static. 
Cyne : Like I said earlier, I've mastered my abilities and I no longer need the Phantom Ruby to draw them out. Plus, since I've completely mastered it, I'm actually stronger than when I forced it out. It not only adds amplifications to my ice and electricity powers but I also somehow become more physically capable when turning off my Phantom Force. 
Srish: Awesome! 
A few minutes later, the group reaches the lower areas of Sky Babylon.
Marine : Alright Crew. This is the Island! Find the artifact and we'll be sailing with the clouds! 
Team Dragoon carefully go off and explore the island. 
Alan: Well, i've never been here, so i guess we just look for suspicious stuff? 
Marine : Yup! 
Alan, looking randomly, found a platform with purple crystals tied down by vines. 
Alan: I found something suspicious! 
The rest of the group would run over to see what.
Dria: You ever see purple crystal platforms last time you were here, Marine? 
Marine : Purple crystal? Can't seem to recall nothin' 'bout that mate. 
Dria: It appears to be tied down, so maybe it will float upwards? 
Marine : 'Ey! Maybe it's from the ol' Sky Babylon! How'd it end up down 'ere? 
Cross : Well, if that's true. It's our ticket up. Everyone grab on. 
Everyone gets on, and Alan cuts the vines off, causing the platform to float upwards.
Marine : WOOOO!!! Yeah Heh!
Eventually the crystal would stop, causing the momentum to send them all flying above, giving a decent view of the Sky Babylon.
Cyne : Wow, this place looks nice! 
Alan: Wait, what about landing? 
Cyne : Well, for those who can't fly... 
Everyone who couldn't exactly fly nor glide would begin to descend towards the ground of the Sky Babylon with rapid speed. Cyne however had accounted for this and had entered the "Glacial Frost Mode", making an ice slide from thin air that would safely bring his allies down to ground. 
Cyne : No need to worry, heh. 
Cyne would then deactivate his Mode and re-enable his Phantom Force. Dria and Cross, having already landed due to their air maneuverability would walk over to the group. 
Marine : That was a neat landing don't ya' reckon? 
Alan: Hope we don't have to repeat it. 
Cross : That aside, let's investigate this place. We ought to find something. 
Alan: Let's split up. I trust if Sonic made his way through here, you shouldn't have trouble. 
The groups would split up, Cross and Dria exploring the higher paths and the others taking their own routes. Silence was easily covering the most area, using the Scattered Silence to access and explore areas easier than the others.
Alan: Silence, you found anything?
Silence: No. My Specters are helping in the search with my Scattered Silence drones, but we don't even know what we're actually looking for. 
Cyne : Anything that seems strange or out of place. Shouldn't be too hard in a place like this. In fact, I've just found something. 
Cyne would bend to the ground and pick up something... strange. He lifted it up to show everyone, it was... 
Cyne : Looks like Metal Sonic's arm but... I don't recall it being black. 
Alan: That's concerning. If a Metal Sonic was through here, and IT got damaged, what are we actually facing? 
Apparently they wouldn't need to look for to much longer. 
??? : More robots? No? 
A figure would then walk above one of the islands structures and reveal a tall and muscular looking humanoid with yellow skin, wearing some sort of battle skirt made with a thick hide and an array of odd looking clouds surrounding his neck. It definitely wasn't human, nor was it anything the group had seen prior. 
Cross : What are you? 
Fuji : I am Fuji, Lord of the Skies. I have taken a liking to this place after that "Doctor" unsealed me from my eternal prison. Now, your within the presence of divinity if you don't want to be smited- 
Fuji would point to the rest of Metal Sonic 3.0's body, dismembered in a pile with other badniks. 
Fuji : Then I suggest you kneel. I'm in a rather good mood due to my recent freedom, you would do best not to ruin such kindness. 
Alan: Er, what exactly do you plan on doing? 
Fuji : Hm? Ah, I suppose it may have been a few tens of thousands of years since I've been free. I don't remember all this water... It's quite simple. I used to rule the skies, I even had a great kingdom. It might not be here now but that's fine. I'll take what land is left from below and form it into my new kingdom above. That "Doctor" wanted my power to steal some "Sol Emeralds" or "Jeweled Scepter". I know not of these artifacts, nor do I serve anyone. From time to time I destroy one of his water vessels, I suppose he does not like it. Perhaps I will take one of these artifacts he spoke of. 
Alan: Yeah, i wouldn't advise doing that. People don't exactly react well to their land being sent into the sky. I'm glad we can agree that Eggman Nega is terrible though. 
Fuji : Do not get it confused mortal. You are no ally of mine, nor am I yours. I do not care what the mortals wants, they will learn what I could not enforce during my time in containment. Leave, or I will make you. 
Alan: One last question and then we leave. You have any clue where Eggman Nega could be? 
Fuji : I care not of his whereabouts, why would I seek someone who seeks me. 
Fuji would walk off while saying this, pointing to the pile of metal and scrap. 
Cyne : Guess we should go, not exactly to thrilled to see some "God's" Power- 
Marine : Oi! Who'dya think you are eh'?! 
Fuji : What? 
The group would be telling Marine to stop, but she would ignore. 
Marine : You think your gonna take my sea?! I've taken people twice your size! 
Fuji : Such insolence. 
Fuji would lift his finger, a small hurricane condensed into an orb would appear. 
Marine : Uhhh... 
Fuji : Say your prayers. 
Alan: Grab something! 
Fuji would swing his finger forward unleashing a powerful torrent of winds, vines, moss, and rocks, even the old ruined structures were breaking. Team Dragoon, Cross, Marine, Cyne and Whisper's support soon broke and would lead to them being sent flying off the island.
Alan: Woah! Dria! Grab us!
Dria: One second!
Dria steadies herself midair and grabs the rest of Team Dragoon, but it was straining the Combat Wings, meaning she couldn't carry anyone else down. Luckily, Cross would grab Whisper and Marine.
Cross : Cyne! Grab on!
Cyne : Don't worry! If I'm gonna fall, then I'll strike!
Cross : What?!
Cyne would enter his "Charged Voltage Mode" and begin to speed down towards the ground faster and faster.
Cyne : Never tried this but... I hope this works!
Cyne would flash a great light in front of the others and would become... a lightning bolt? No, he charged energy and threw it down and then at the same time, he rode it. A thunderclap could be heard with the impact, turning the islands sand to glass. In a small glass crater would be Cyne, standing seemingly fine but not using his mode.
Cyne : Wow, that was really risky. (Can't believing throwing lightning and switching to my Phantom Force at the same time actually worked? I might be fall proof now!)
Cyne would look up to see the other still high in the sky slowly coming down.
Cyne : It'll be some time till they land.
After a few minutes, the rest would finally land.
Alan: Well, that was a fright. Hope we don't have to deal with him again. Any other leads on Nega? 
Whisper : No... Sorry... 
Cross : No, think about this. We know Nega is sending badniks to try to force this guy out. Maybe if we camp out here we can see the direction they come from and then head in that direction. 
Dria: Possibly, but wouldn't Fuji up there get annoyed? 
Cross : Considering he didn't notice us until we were up there I doubt it. He probably thinks we're dead. We should be fine. 
Srish: Alright. Hope this doesn't take too long. 
The group would set up a camp, gathering fallen palm making a camp fire, catching up a little more. Soon the night would set in... 
Cyne : Yeah, and so that's how my Phantom Force works. Pretty confusing right? 
Alan: Yeah, jeez. 
Dria: You know, we've never gone camping. 
Srish: For good reason. 
Cross : Well, isn't my first time. Though usually I know I'll be camping before hand. Also, the Phantom Force stuff seems really complicated. Tail's says it gives off a similar vibe to the Phantom Ruby, so I bet theres alot more under the surface then what you explained. 
Cyne : Maybe... I only know how to turn it off and on for now. 
Cross : Anyone else got a good story or some fun facts? 
Alan: Wanna hear about one of our early adventures? 
Cyne : Yeah! I've been dying to hear one. 
Alan: It was a long time ago, back when we first became the top Badnik Corps Team. It started when- 
Alan tells the story of Restoration's Heroes.
Cyne : Wow, missions like that sound fun...
Cross : Don't worry Cyne, when we get back you'll have plenty of time to do some similar. We're actually about to set up our own organization after we get you back and after we're done with the Starfall Islands.
Cross would immediately notice something after saying this, he would enter his scoped mode and look up in the dark sky and see a massive metal box being carried by propeller approaching the Sky Babylon above.
Cross : Put out the fire, looks like somethings coming. 
Srish throws sand onto the fire. The group would notice the metal box landing down towards the island they were on, so they hid in some bushes and watched. The box would auto-unlock and a thick mist would spill out, presumably for cooling purposes. Out of it a giant automated mech would step out, only legs and a giant missile launcher on it's back. The machine would march off towards another location of the island.
Cross : Hmm, those drones haven't returned. It's likely they expect to bring the mech back, I think we should hitch a ride on it.
The group would see the massive missile be launched into the air, and soon after a loud explosion, the Sky Babylon visibly rumbling.
Cyne : Fuji couldn't have survived that right?
Fuji (From the Sky Babylon) : NEGA!!! THAT IS IT! I SHALL DESTROY YOU!!! HEED MY WORDS! YOU WILL BE SEEING ME VERY SOON!!
Cross : There's your answer. Lets go before the mech returns. 
Everyone follows Cross. 
Alan: You know, that mech reminds me of one of Eggman's badniks, what did Tails call it? The Egg Launcher i think. 
Dria: That would be a Egg Launcher V. As in vertical. 
Cross would find a control panel being operated by a pirate badnik inside the metal container, he would swiftly take it out. 
Cross : Alright, let's see... Ah! There! Close up the hatch! 
Whisper would do the honors herself, closing the containers hatch. 
Cross : It might be an hour till we arrive, but I've got Nega's base location. Or.. At least one of them. Either way, main base or not, it will lead us to Nega. This one seems to be heading somewhere underwater. The drones flying this are made for air and water. When we arrive, be ready to take out some badniks. 
Alan: I'm more concerned with the wind god up there, what if he sees the mech and decides to vaporize it? 
Cyne : Can he vaporize it? I mean, he seems to only use wind right? 
Cross : Well Cyne, he could certainly crush this entire containment vessel. Hold on actually, there's a control panel over here for the Mech, camera shows it's still on the island. The wind seems to be rather strong so it seems like Fuji might be coming down. I need to drive this thing with the drones so we can make it out of here cleanly, one of you pilot the mech so we don't have problems with that guy. 
Alan: Controls seem simple enough. 
Alan gets the mech to walk. 
Alan: Where are we going? 
Cross : We're going to the Nega Base, your task right now is to buy us time by handling Fuji with the mech. 
Alan: With what? The only weapon it had was that missile it used to infuriate Fuji in the first place! 
Cross would turn back to Alan. 
Cross : Got any better ideas? Unless you want to go out there yourself and fight someone who can conjure natural disasters. 
Cross would turn back to the control panel. 
Cross : Besides, we're not trying to beat him. Just stall him so he doesn't focus on this container. 
Alan: Alright, let's just hope it was made to handle Fuji. 
Cyne : I'm sure if it was sent here it would be, maybe? 
Alan: Ok, the mech's in a open stretch, and i don't see Fuji. Maybe he has gone to visit Nega? 
Alan's statement would be proven wrong as the mech was seemingly lifted from behind. 
Fuji : This is the trash he sent? 
Alan: Yep. 
Alan then finally notices and pulls a "Anti-Wind" switch. Immediately, the mech lands, despite the intense lifting winds.
Fuji : Resisting my abilities? Blasphemy!
Fuji would grab a few palm trees with wind, hurdling them towards the mech. Alan makes the mech slap them aside, throwing them into the ocean. Fuji was just using them as a distraction however and would have came in close enough to grab and pick up the mech with his hands, throwing it into the sky which he would soon follow.
Alan: I wasn't told Fuji had super strength!
Alan manages to reorient the mech so it could see Fuji coming at it, and managed to dodge Fuji's initial charge. Fuji would rebound with a small hurricane whirling around his fist, punching the Mech with it causing great damage. As the mech crashes back to earth, Alan gets it back up.
Alan: Cross, i hope we're some ways away from the island! 
Cross : We're still in viewing distance, just a bit more. We also can't submerge right now due to the reef. 
Alan: Alright. The mech's still stable, i should be able to do this for a few minutes. 
Fuji would descend, smirking and manifesting a weapon from the wind. It seemed to be some sort of Katana. 
Fuji : I will enjoy shredding you robot. 
Fuji would slice at the air, releasing a sharp gust the would cut off one of the mechs legs.
Alan: Does anyone else feel like Fuji here is part Zenith? There's a endless debate going on back home on whether Blaze is a Sonic equivalent, or a Knuckles equivalent, so that's why i'm asking.
Cyne : I don't think so.
Cross : I mean, they both can make weapons out of the elements they control but... I'd expect a bit more from a Zenith equivalent. Plus, everything else about this guy is way off.
Fuji : Heh, perhaps I will free my brothers after I destroy you Doctor.
Cross : Brothers? Yeah, I don't think so.
Cyne : Hey, maybe it's like a thing were all the brothers together are like Zenith?
Cross : Doubt.
Alan: Well he takes the power level at least. Maybe he took some Mephiles elements with how he was sealed away.
Alan makes the mech look past Fuji to see the progress of the drone craft. While hard to make out, he saw that it was decently far away from the island. In that moment, Fuji would slice the mech in half, completely destroying it.
Fuji : Trash.
Fuji would see the a small object in the distance, but payed it no mind due to it's distance. He would soon return and fly up to the Sky Babylon.
Cross : Good job Alan, looks like we're clear.
Alan: And Nega's mech was destroyed too!
The drone craft subsequently dived into the water to go to the base it's locator was connected to.
A few moments later...
Cross : The Base is just up ahead. Get ready for confrontation.
Alan: Silence, ready your hyper laser!
Silence: Hang on! Are we underwater? How would we get back to our boat?
Cross : Why would we need the boat? We're underwater, plus if it was this easy to hijack Nega transportation then we can return to the boat when we need.
Cyne : What if we can't find transport?
Cross : You can control ice now right?
Cyne : Yeah...
Cross : Then we'll go back to it on water using your ice.
Silence: Still not using it.
Alan: It would be awesome!
Silence: And would blast a hole through the base, flooding it with us inside.
Cross : Come on Silence. You think Nega wouldn't have planned for any sudden floodings?
Silence: Yep.
Srish: Do it! Do it!
Cyne : I could also just freeze the hole shut. Heh.
Silence: Alright, FINE!
Silence blasts the doorway with a massive hyper laser, frying a massive hole in the door, through a chunk of the Badnik army in the base, and out the back wall, creating a massive hole that water immediately flooded through. Cyne would act on this quick, surfing across the flooding waters and making his way to the hole, closing it up before to much water come in, the rest slowly draining through the grates.
Alan: Well. That worked.
Dria: We're not done yet!
Team Dragoon opens fire as the remaining Badniks charge the group.
Marine : Yeah! Get 'em lads!
Whisper would also join in, mainly targeting the flying badniks.
Alan: These Badniks are little more than walking scrap compared to our weapons!
Dria: Don't say that, that's a insult to Scrapniks.
Alan: How about harmless puppets?
Dria: Sure.
Srish fires on all sides, his bouncing shots keeping the Badniks disorganized. Cross meanwhile would be observing the base parts trying to find out where on the map they were.
Cross : (From what the Control Panel showed, this is one of the docking centers. I'll have to see what wing were in.)
Alan then ran off alone, busting through any Badniks that stood in his way.
Alan: Yeah! This place stands no chance against us!
Dria: Alan! Get back here!
Dria chased after Alan as he ran through the base.
Cross : *Sigh* So much for trying to see what wing we're in. Let's follow, see where Alan leads.
As Alan ran through the base, the others did their best to keep up with his twisting and turning path through the base.
Cyne : Alan! Do you even know where your going?!
Alan: I don't actually care. This is what i live for!
Dria: Alright, enough!
Dria flies ahead and throws Alan back towards the group. As he gets back up, Silence slaps him.
Silence: We do not have the time for your obsession.
Alan:... Yes we do. Our new weapons mean we can fight faster than ever before-
Dria: And as such we should get to Nega as quickly as possible, potentially before he even finalizes his mech.
Meanwhile...
Eggman Nega : Intruders eh? Raiding one of my bases? I would have expected it to be that blasted Fuji, but I suppose this could be an interesting turn of events. I have no previous record of those five, I recognize the other three.
Eggman Nega would turn to a mountain sized mech being built.
Eggman Nega : This... Ruby, will allow me to make the ultimate creation! The Nega Monarch! I've seen my troublesome doppelgangers so called "Death Egg" What a fool! Why stop at a that? Why stop at the ARK's Eclipse Cannon as well? The Nega Monarch would double as the ultimate battleship and mech! Piloted by my very own Nega Death Robot! HAHAHAHA!!!
Eggman Nega would look back to the screen on his water base.
Eggman Nega : Still, it's troublesome that they are raiding one of my bases, I for one thought I hid them quite well. They seem quite capable and if they're working with the princess then I'd better make sure they are taken care of. It's a shame Whisker was destroyed, but that's fine. I've done all the testing I've needed for the next great version of my Metal Sonic on that horrible Fuji!
Eggman Nega would walk into the room, revealing...
Eggman Nega : Kaiser Metal Sonic 3.0!
The Metal Sonic looked very similar to Neo Metal Sonic, with very slight difference, the colors being the most notable.
Eggman Nega : Sending all those decoy Metal Sonics produced great results.
Eggman Nega would place his hand on the unfinished robot.
Eggman Nega : Don't worry, your time to shine will come very very soon. That Fuji will also have his uses, heheheHAHAHAHA!!! 
Back at base, the heroes are now following Cross, who's leading them to the computer room.
Cross : This should be the G-Wing. If we keep going forward we should get the-
Cross would be cut off by rumbling.
Cyne : What could that be?
Marine : Er....
Cross : Well, considering how big the room we're in is, and taking into account the giant pool in middle of the room, I'd say...
A giant squid badnik would burst from the water, immediately trying to grab the heroes, each jumping out of the way. On the inside a robot pirate could be seen piloting the mech.
Cross : Yeah, reinforcements.
Alan: Blast 'im!
Team Dragoon bombards the mech with their wispon fire. The Nega Squid would go under the pool of water, a metal gate closing the hole. Sharp metallic tendrils would shoot out from metal holes around the pool and attempt to impale the heroes. Team Dragoon immediately got to work destroying them, when Silence got a idea.
Silence: Dria, bring me above the center of the sealed pool.
Dria: Got it.
Dria brings Silence to above the sealed pool, the Scattered Silence drones following suit. Alan figures out what they're doing immediately.
Alan: Aww yeah, Silence!
Before Silence can pull off his plan, the Nega Squid attempts to grab them, but it's tentacles are destroyed, just in time for Silence to fire a full power hyper laser, busting through the seal and scorching most of the Nega Squid. Nega would see one of his Badnik Pirates and one of his better mechs were destroyed with almost instant damage.
Eggman Nega : What?! What kind of firepower is that? One shot and it's destroyed? Tch! Wait, I have the Metal Siren Prototypes on that base, They are just prototypes so I don't mind using them. I have many others in other sea bases.
Back in the base...
Cyne : Man, that's some serious firepower. But leave some for the rest of us next time, you know?
Cross : All that matters is that we don't need to deal with it anymore. Let's go, the database should be just up ahead.
Alan: You do that, i'm fighting off the Badnik army that catches up.
The rest would make it to the database, Cross saving the data into a portable drive.
Cross : Alright lt's head back.
Cyne : You hear that high pitched noise?
Marine : Probably Alan turning those Badniks to scraps!
Cross : No... This is a frequency, let's head back and see what Alan's dealing with.
As they re-enter the room, they notice Alan looking down into the water.
Cyne : Alan? What's going on out here?
Alan: You hear the weird noise too, right?
Cross ; Yeah, that's why we came back here. Something seemed off.
The water would start to bubble a bit, putting the heroes on guard. They would hear some sort of... lulaby? Seemingly through each bubble that popped.
Bubbles?? : LaaaaaaLaaaaaaLaaaaaa...
They could faintly hear the frequency from the apparent singing.
Cyne : I don't get it? Clearly somethings down there, but why is it singing?
Cross : Hmm...
Alan: We need someone to go down there and check it out, and since we're somewhat deep, it needs to be someone with diving experience. The Scattered Silence wouldn't work, as i don't believe the drones are capable of water operations.
Marine : Leave it t' me! I'd been practin' my water powers!
Marine would dive right in, the water seemingly bending to help propel her in. Marine would begin looking around, soon seeing where the song came from.
Marine : (What's that?)
Porotype Sirens : *Hiss*
Marine would launch out of the water, with a scared expression on her face.
Marine : S-s-s-s-s-s-Sirens!!!
Srish: What?!
Cross : The Mythical Creature? I doubt Nega would just conveniently have something like that under his base, it's most likely a Badnik built to mimic a Siren.
Marine : T-Theres more than one.
Cyne : Why are you so shaken up?
Marine would get up to Cyne's face and shake him around.
Marine : AINT NOTHING MORE SCARY THAN A SIREN! MANY CAPTAINS HAVE MET THEIR END TO EM'!!
Cross : Either way, we're at a disadvantage fighting them underwater, not to mention the frequencies from those bubbles are giving me a headache. It's likely trying to bait us to go in the water, if it comes up here though it can probably lure us back or try. Meaning we'd be stuck here.
Cyne : Any Ideas?
Dria: If we open up the pool, i could probably keep a eye on their positions. Maybe you could drag them to the surface, Marine? We'd have a better chance if they're up here.
Cross : The idea you made is good, but we also don't know what they could be capable of land. If legends are anything to go by, hypnotism could be a risk. Actually, I have an idea. But, I'll need Whispers Cooperation.
Whisper : ...
Whisper's face scrunches up due to the attention being put on her.
Cyne : What did you have in mind?
Cross : Whisper seems like a fair sniper. I think if we worked together we could deal with them from up here. It's also good you have that Variable Wispon, I know in our world Wispon are still in the prototype stage so only few real Wispon only exist, luckily you have one of them.
Whisper : What do you need me to do..?
Cross : Your wisps have more variety then my abilities, your job will be making sure the Sirens can't move or escape from the visible radius, as well as weakening or keeping them at bay. I'll be shooting them with charged Chaos Energy Bullets, which should be much more effective as attacks in water then your Wispon. Everyone else, make sure you be on the lookout for if any other Badniks want to crash in on us.
Alan: Wait, of course! Her laser prisms!
Dria: Got it!
As Dria flies into the sky, Silence directs the Scattered Silence drones to destroy the pool cover so Dria could actually see. Meanwhile, Alan keeps near the doors, busting any invading Badniks. Whisper would have created an inescapable zone using Cyan Laser and the Prisms, making sure the Sirens Couldn't escape, The Sirens would also receive fire from Cross in the process, piercing through the waters resistant properties and straight through the robots. Eventually, the Sirens would all be defeated, as well as any badniks on the base.
Cyne : Looks like we're done here.
Dria: Well, with that done, we need to figure out our next location.
Cross : I've already got the data of other bases on the drive. Let's upload it to the control panel so we can see where the main base is located.
Everyone enters the computer room, and Cross installs the drive.
Cross : If this is correct then... His base can move and its- ABOVE THE SOL PALACE?!
Cyne : What?! How!?
Cross : The Base seems to actually be somewhere in space! But it's coordinates are directly above the Sol Palace! It's no doubt he's planning some sort of attack!
Alan: Well how do we get up there? We don't have flying vehicles.
Cross : We'll worry about it when we cross that bridge, for now we need to go back to the Ocean Tornado and return to the palace before anything happens.
Silence: And how do you suppose we do that?
Cross : We're gonna have to pilot those drones to bring us back to the Ocean Tornado, till the we need to hope the Sol Palace is fine in our absence.
Meanwhile...
Location : Sol Empire
Blaze : I do hope they're alright.
Blaze would hear a loud explosion outside.
Blaze : What was that?!
Blaze would hurriedly run through the halls of her palace and burst into flames landing in the front yard. There she would see...
Blaze : Metal Sonic 3.0?
Kaiser Metal Sonic : That's what I once went by. You can call me Kaiser Metal Sonic. I'm here for the Scepter and Sol Emeralds. Comply, or I will reduce the empire to ashes.
Blaze : Not before you.
Blaze would burst towards Kaiser Metal Sonic in a shroud of flames, however, somehow Kaiser Metal Sonic would mimic the Flame Boost and would land a clean hit on the shocked Blaze.
Blaze : How did you?!
Kaiser Metal Sonic : I don't want to reveal to much, just know that anything you can do... I. Can. Do. Better!
The combined teams quickly look for another drone to get them back to the Ocean Tornado. 
Marine : Er... I might have an idea that could get us back faster, but it's a tad risky.
Cyne : Really? Can't be that bad.
Marine : Ya' see... I've never tried it before. But maybe I could control the water and have it push us there.
Cyne : And I could make and Ice raft to ride it! That'd be much faster then the drones!
Cross : Then what are we waiting for?
The combined teams get to the surface. Once there, near the ocean, Cyne would begin making a sturdy ice platform, making sure to add little safety handles onto it before putting it on the water.
Cyne : Never said it'd look pretty, but it will get us there a whole lot faster.
Dria: I'll fly ahead.
As everyone gets on board the ice platform, Dria flies off towards the Ocean Tornado, with Marine getting the ice platform to follow. Marine's power was higher than expected, though, and the teams were thrown back before recovering.
Alan: One bad thing about ice platforms... Grip is nonexistent.
Marine : Heheh... Oops.
Cyne : No grip..? Maybe I can fix that, it might hurt a bit though.
Cross : What do you-
Everyone on the Ice platformed would be slightly shocked for a moment.
Cyne : Sorry for the shock. I added static electricity into the Ice's properties, I've only merged the two abilities a handful of times and I know electricity has magnetic properties. Hopefully this will give the ice more friction.
Marine : Could've warned us.
Marine would once again start moving the Ice Platform, eventually the group would arrive to the Ocean Tornado.
Dria: Everyone on! No telling when Nega may strike!
The combined groups jump aboard the Ocean Tornado, leaving Fuji's land. Meanwhile, Blaze wasn't fairing so well against Kaiser Metal Sonic...
Blaze : (How's he doing this? It's like he can copy my abilities?)
Kaiser Metal Sonic : What's the matter Princess? Are you starting to understand resistance is futile?
Blaze : Shut up!
Blaze would jet off into the air, conjuring flames to her hands and creating a flame-nado that would engulf Kaiser Metal Sonic, to her surprise however he would condense the flame-nado into his hands, a tiny concentrated fireball.
Blaze : But... How?!
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Like I said, anything you can do. I can... No. I will do better.
Kaiser Metal Sonic would then throw the fireball at Blaze, Blaze would manage to parry it away but would be met by a electrical energy blast behind it. Hitting her dead on.
Blaze : (I can't win... He's too strong. I hope the other are alright.)
Kaiser Metal Sonic : I guess I should end this. Beg- Hm?
A figure, a... Hedgehog? A Hedgehog would jump in front of Blaze, wearing a tan cloak, Deep Navy blue fur and an astonishing scar across his left eye.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : (Sonic? No, Sonic doesn't quite look like this, nor does he have a scar.)
??? : Your very lucky princess, had this been many years ago, It'd be your head in my hand right now.
Blaze : What?!
??? : I'm here to dispose of the trash who would make a mockery of... 
The stranger would look down, gritting his teeth and clenching his fist in a pained expression.
??? : That aside, you will give me answers Noble Cat. But not before I destroy this heap of metal.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Is that right?
Blaze : Who are you?
Terios : The name's Terios, I am the "Supreme Lifeform".
At the same time, The combined teams are seeing the battle from the Ocean Tornado as they approach.
Alan: Hope Blaze is doing fine.
Cross : Yeah, it shouldn't be too long until we arrive.
Cyne : I don't know. I'm kind of getting a strange feeling...
The Ocean Tornado soon reaches the island, and the combined teams rush to Blaze's aid.
Cyne : Blaze!
Blaze : Your all back!
Cross : What happened?
Blaze : Metal Sonic 3.0 came back with a new look, called himself "Kaiser Metal Sonic". 
Alan: Oh no. In other news, we've located Nega.
Dria's Combat Wings manage to hit Kaiser Metal Sonic, drawing his attention towards the heroes.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : More arrivals? Just great!
Kaiser Metal Sonic would conjure a fireball in his hands, preparing to launch it towards the heroes. Suddenly, the fireball would vanish and Kaiser would notice a hand on his shoulder.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : What? My power?!
Terios : Pay attention to the real threat here.
Terios would punch Kaiser Metal Sonic towards the group, miraculously landing atop of him at Sonic speeds before he could pick himself up, one foot on Kaiser's torso.
Cyne : What the?! Who is he?
Blaze : That's Terios. He called himself the "Supreme Lifeform", since before you guys arrived he's been single handedly overpowering Metal Sonic, as to where I couldn't.
Alan: That's great news! We're not exactly good at fighting Metal Sonics.
Cross : "Supreme Lifeform"? Sounds a lot like Shadow.
Blaze : It's strange though, he said many years ago it would've been me on the end of his beating. I don't know whether to trust him or not.
Terios : What could you possibly hope to do?
Kaiser Metal Sonic : I'll kill you!
Kaiser would use boosters to get from underneath Terios foot and would swurve back with a electrifying kick, Terios would effortlessly duck under it and grab the leg, the electricity dissipating on contact.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : (He's fast! And how does he keep negating my powers?!)
Terios : My turn.
Terios would lift the leg and slam Kaiser into the ground, creating a crater that kicked dirt up everywhere. This impressive show of super strength amazed the heroes, clearly this guy was a threat and they still didn't know whether he was an ally or not.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : This isn't over!
Kaiser would fly off, far before anyone could stop him, seemingly returning to the base.
Terios : Coward.
Terios would turn to see the new arrivals.
Terios : Who are you all? Looking for a fight?
Alan: Not anymore, you dealt with that rather handily. We're looking for a way to go to Eggman Nega's base in space.
Terios : Interesting, I could tell just by looking at you that your a fighter, one who enjoys it. "Eggman Nega" you say? Is he a "Robotnik"?
Blaze : Yes.
Terios : I guess those lot are more valuable to me for info now. You say he's in space? Where in space?
Cross : Right above us.
Blaze : Above us?! Impossible how did he-
Terios : Doesn't matter. I've been waiting a while to sink my fangs into him, now that I've traveled here from the Dark Continent I finally get my chance. (But how will I get up there...)
Alan: Trust me, i want up there too, but we have no way up.
Cyne : If Marl was here he could just make some clouds and fly us up...
Terios : Perhaps the princess still has her uses then.
Blaze : Hm? What do you mean?
Terios : Lend me the Sol Emeralds so I can go up there.
Blaze : What?! I can't do that!
Alan: Not alone anyways. If it ends up being the only way, Blaze at least is backing you up, but there has to be a alternative so we can save the Sol Emeralds for Nega's ultimate mech.
Cyne : I got an idea! Fuji can create those crazy winds and can even fly! What if we were to somehow lead him here and... I don't know, make him fly us up there?
Cross : Yeah but where would we even find him?
Cyne : Err...
Terios : Look, I like to do things on my own. The last people I worked with ended up... I killed them... If you can't find a reasonable way within a few minutes I'm going to take those Emeralds by force.
Blaze : I'd like to see you try!
Terios : Hold your tongue Princess, do not forget who saved your life.
Cross : Geez, no need to make this more tense than it already it is.
Alan: I dunno. Fuji's volatile, and humans, ie, me have a little bit more trouble with space than the rest of you. While i don't know what to do, Fuji isn't it.
Cyne : I kinda wish we had that drone thing again...
Dria: Was it spaceworthy? I don't think it was.
Cyne : I mean, it could take us underwater... But I guess space might be different.
Silence: Here's a question. How would Eggman Nega even get up there and build the thing? A Eggmobile wouldn't cut it for building.
Cross : Well... If he really has the Phantom Ruby then theres no doubt he wouldn't use it for his machines. I suspect that's how.
Alan: There's gotta be a way up! There just has to!
Terios : No ideas? Then I guess I'll be taking those emeralds.
Cyne : I don't see any other options.
Blaze : No, I can't trust Terios. It's obvious his intentions are a bit selfish and I also feel like Nega wants us to bring the Sol Emeralds, we should only use them as an absolute last resort!
Terios : Did you think I was asking? It was a demand.
Terios would now be in Blaze's face, Blaze gritting her teeth and growling back.
Marine : Wait!
Everyone would look back to Marine.
Marine : We need some sort of flyin' ship right?
Cross : Yes, one that can take us outside the atmosphere with breathable air.
Marine would look to Whisper who would nod. The Orange Wisp floating around and making playful gestures.
Whisper : Maybe we could... Make a rocket?
Srish: We have enough people, but do we have blueprints?
Marine : I can make some! I've improved my mechanics ya' know!
Terios : Tch! Just make it quick.
Terios would go over to a boulder and start bench-pressing it, mind you this boulder was like 5 times his size.
Cyne : While you guys do that, I'm gonna see what's up with Terios. I wouldn't want him to turn on us at some point.
Terios : I was never on your side to begin with, your all just useful right now.
Cyne : See? Plus, he seems kind of strong. I've kind of been itching for a fight with him since we arrived.
Alan: You do that, we need to rally the people for help anyways.
Terios would then throw the boulder to the side, the ground vibrating from the impact.
Terios : I didn't expect someone like you to be the fighting type, I expected it to be more of the human.
Cyne : Yeah, well. After seeing what you did to metal, I thought it'd be a good idea to fight you and see just what level we're going against.
Terios : Is that right?
Cyne would kick dirt up from the ground towards Terios. Terios would cover his eyes so the dirt wouldn't get in it, Cyne would take advantage of the newly opened blind spot and kick Terios. To Cyne's surprise, Terios would have caught Cyne's legs in his hands, all while still covering his face.
Cyne : What?! He can't even see me!
Terios : Oh, you thought that would stop me?
Terios would then sweep Cyne and slam his head to the ground, now having Cyne pinned with brute strength.
Cyne : GAH!! (This guys almost as strong as Knuckles!)
Time would suddenly halt.
Scribble : Beep beep beep! Hello readers! Let me explain what just happened. Terios does not have any special sensory powers nor does he have any foresight of the future. Instead, Terios can understand a persons thought process after observing them for a few seconds. With this he can visualize his opponents most likely reactions and actions, creating a near perfect counterattack. This isn't perfect however, lets say his opponent is hiding something from him, or has prepared in advance and set up traps, it would be much harder or impossible for him to account for it. With this however he can just about win any one on one.
Scribble would then rub his chin.
Scribble : Since I'm here I may as well explained how he beat Kaiser Metal Sonic, despite him being stronger then Terios. Terios, upon making contact can completely disrupt his enemies power usage, effectively negating they're abilities. This is due to the body holding the spirit and the origin of power, which even ai has (Origin of Power that is), through the same means he can deflect attacks, the stronger they are the harder it is but is effectively every power users weakness. Alright, I think that's all for now, let's continue.
Time would then resume, Cyne would attempt to use one of his modes, but nothing would happen.
Terios : Trying to use abilities to escape? Too bad!
Cyne : It's not. OVER YET!
Cyne would grip more dirt into his hands and throw it upwards towards Terios, forcing him to let go and shield his eyes.
Cyne : See?
Cyne would stand back up.
Cyne : Still, I wasn't able to use my powers somehow? If you can do that then your a scary opponent.
Terios : At least you know that much.
Srish: Impressive, both of you! 
Srish then notices a feeling, some sort of aura of power he recognized.
Srish: (That felt like Scribble! What was he doing here?)
Terios : But yes, as the Supreme Lifeform its only natural that anything I touch would be useless before me. Having the power to not fight back, that's what you will experience against supreme power.
Cyne : I wonder then.
Cyne would activate his Glacial Frost Mode and would put his hand forward, summoning glacier like ice spikes that would grow and head towards Terios, Terios would simply smirk, raise his hand and flick the air. This would cause the Ice to redirect and almost hit Srish, who was spectating the match.
Srish: Do not make me come down there.
Terios : As if-
Terios would trip Cyne who was coming in with a strong hook, picking him up and throwing him away.
Terios : -you could do anything.
Srish: Just watch your aim.
Cyne : Hey! Don't ignore me!
Cyne changes to his Charged Voltage Mode and shoots off electricity at Terios who would simply redirect it back, this wouldn't hurt Cyne but he would be knocked back by the impact.
Terios : Give up, your too predictable.
Cyne : What's that supposed to mean?
Terios : It means your all too easy to read, the fact you don't have alternative fighting styles is blasphemous to me. When up against someone like me, if you fight the way you do against everyone else you'll never win.
Cyne : What? Srish! Do you know what he's talking about? Fighting styles and stuff? He's saying I'm to predictable because of how I fight or something.
Srish: Ah, right, Alan taught me all about them. Fighting styles are essentially how you fight. There are different types and many different styles. For example styles based on speed, styles based on counterattacks, styles that use your arms primarily, or your feet primarily. When not using my Wispon, i have a kick-based fighting style. There's a lot more you could learn, but i'm not the one to teach that.
Cyne : Really? I usually just-
Terios : You fight more like a street fighter. No form, no grace nor coordination. You can't expect to run at your opponent and land a hit the same way every time. Honestly, what an amatuer.
Cyne : (How I fight huh? I only learned how to use my legs from Rouge, but I guess I never really thought about adapting an actual style...) Right...
Cyne would close his eyes gaining an idea, he would soon enter his mindscape.
Cyne : Phantos!
Phantos : Cyne, I see you have returned.
Cyne : Yeah, thanks for helping me learn how to turn the Phantom Force on and enough.
Phantos : It was my pleasure, I know why your here. You want to find a way to integrate the Phantom Force into a fighting style?
Cyne : Yeah... I know you said I'll need the Phantom Ruby to further my knowledge on it, but you are my Phantom Force so... I was thinking maybe you could help me.
Phantos : Very well, usually I will try to ward off anything harmful but while your in combat I'll make sure to focus on any incoming attacks that enters the range.
Cyne : Thanks, also.. uh... What fighting style do you think would fit me?
Phantos : That is for you to discover, perhaps Terios is onto something however.
Cyne : Right.
Cyne would then open his eyes.
Cyne : Right then, I'm ready.
Terios : Bring it.
Cyne would run forward and pick up a rock, Terios would notice this but ignore it. Cyne would then attempt a sweep and Terios would jump over it and attempt to stomp on Cyne, however, he would notice that it felt like a heavy wind was pushing back on his foot, preventing him from stomping on Cyne.
Terios : (What? What is this?)
Terios still, would force his foot through the wind, luckily this gave Cyne enough time to roll and as he did so he threw the rock at Terios which Terios dodges, only to have a fist impact his face from the right. Terios head would move back a bit, but he would still stand sturdy, Cyne would visibly pale.
Cyne : Uh.... Sorry?
Terios would then punch Cyne in the gut, leaving him gasping for air on the ground.
Terios : Well, are you satisfied? What you did at the end wasn't too bad.
Cyne would weakly raise up a thumbs, still choking and gasping for air on the ground.
Srish: Well, that was an impressive showing. I suppose it fits the person who defeated a Metal Sonic.
Terios : What's the rockets progress? I don't want to wait all day. I hate wasting my time.
Srish: Dunno. 
Srish runs off to check.
Srish: Team, what’s our progress?
Marine : The framework is laid out! It will be a while till' we're done.
Blaze : With my men helping this will still take long. Maybe not until tomorrow if we're lucky.
Terios : It better be faster than that. I refuse to wait a day.
Alan: You know, by time taken alone, this is our longest adventure yet!
Dria: And yet, not much has happened.
Cross : Then again, the normal Eggman has always been more of a showoff. Nega hasn't tried to show himself once yet, only sending out his robots. Whatever he's making must be really important.
Srish: He has that Phantom Ruby. He’s probably making a Death Egg Robot best suited to using it.
Cross : Still... That Metal Sonic resembled Neo Metal Sonic. If he's had time to produce a Metal Sonic that powerful...
Cyne would pick himself up, finally having air fill his lungs once again.
Cyne : I swear! If I have to fight another Metal Dragon!
Cross : No... Isn't it strange? He's just sitting up there in space and the most he's done was sent out Kaiser Metal Sonic. If he had time for a Metal Sonic upgrade, then surely he would've sent it out with himself and something like a Death Egg Robot. It seems more like he's trying to buy time-
Terios : It doesn't matter how much time he's given. Whatever he has I'll crush it.
Terios then leaves, not saying a word to anyone. Blaze follows, suspicious he might be heading for the Sol Emeralds. Srish follows along as well. Terios would take an alternate entrance into the Palace, wlaking through the halls with the palace servants staring at him strangely. Eventually, Terios would find the room where the Sol Emeralds were kept, but as he put his hand on the door Blaze would call out.
Blaze : What do you think your doing?!
Terios : Isn't it obvious? I don't have time to play construction with you lot, I'm taking these Emeralds and going up there myself.
Blaze : Over my dead body.
Srish: Terios, what happens if you run out of Emerald power up there, with no one but Eggman Nega nearby?
Terios : That doesn't matter, I don't lose.
Terios would open the door, being overcome with shock.
Terios : What..?
Blaze would halt her attempt of an attack seeing the change of demeanor.
Terios : Where are the Emeralds?
Terios would then turn to the princess.
Terios : Where are they?! TELL ME!
Blaze : What are you talking about?
Blaze would enter the room, and she as well would be struck with shock. She would then take the Red Sol Emeralds and hold it in her hand.
Blaze : I always keep one of these on me just incase... Someone were to steal them under my nose...
Terios : You have one? Then who took the rest?
Blaze : It must've been the Metal Sonic... How could this happen under my watch?
Srish: Well that certainly puts a stop to that plan.
Cyne would then walk in.
Cyne : Great, so now Nega has the Phantom Ruby and six Sol Emeralds?
Cyne would then light up.
Cyne : Wait! This could actually be good!
Blaze : How could this possibly be a good thing?!
Cyne : No no, hear me out. Phantom Energy and Chaos Energy have a really hard time mixing, often ending up in destabilization. The Sol Emeralds might have their own unique energy, but even if they don't stabilize each other, if I make contact with the ruby I could force a fall out between the two. Think about it, Nega would lose the Ruby and Emeralds, we would completely turn the tables on him!
Terios : Foolish, you say it as if it will be easy. Your forgetting that you would have to make it past whatever weapons he creates using them, this is exactly why you couldn't beat me. Your optimism will be your downfall.
Alan: Well, we can’t exactly change the fact the Sol Emeralds are in Nega’s possession, so any plan to handle them is nice… wait a moment.
Cyne : What is it?
Alan: Do we have a way to scan for Sol Emeralds, like we do Chaos Emeralds?
Cyne : I don't think so...
Suddenly Alan's dimension watch would start beeping. There would be a small live video of Tails on the screen, requesting a call. Everyone had clearly forgotten they were given one of these. Team Dragoon immediately accepted the call.
Alan: Tails?
Tails : Hey! Just checking in. I know the time between our dimensions run a bit differently so I thought I'd call now, assuming you guys may have made some progress or need help.
Alan: We’d like a convenient Sol Emerald detector if you have that.
Tails : Sol Emerald detector? I think I have previous data from the few times Sonic has been there and Blaze here, so sure thing! Just send me your coordinates so I know where to open the portal, you should be able to check them on the watch.
Silence: Found them.
Silence sends over the coordinates.
Tails : Alright, got them! This shouldn't take too long.
Tails would then end the call to get to work.
Terios : Why do you even need a radar? He's just above us.
Cross : Yeah, we know. But that doesn't mean he isn't going to relocate them to a different base. Why would he leave something that valuable right above us.
Cyne : Unless he's going to use them for whatever he's planning. 
Alan: And besides, we don’t know that Metal Sonic stole them, it’s merely our best guess.
A few minutes later a portal would open in front of them, out would walk Tails with the Sol Emerald Radar.
Tails : Special Delivery.
Tails would then hand it to Alan.
Cyne : Hey Tails.
Tails : Yeah?
Cyne : Could you help us speed up our progress on this rocket ship?
Tails : Rocket ship?
Cross : We're trying to get to space.
Tails : I see, I'll check it out. Lead the way.
Cyne : Right.
Alan checks the Sol Emerald Radar.
Alan: Looks like they’re scattered across islands.
Cross : How did that happen?
Time would halt once again.
Scribble : Yo, I know I know. Two for one? I'm sure your wondering what happened, let's find out right?
Scribble would take his pencil and draw a tv and insert a DVD labeled "Sol Conflict".
Scribble : Let me just find the scene... Ah! There we are. Take a close look.
On the TV...
Kaiser Metal Sonic : That hedgehog gave me real trouble, I should've been able to stomp him out!
Kaiser would then open a compartment on his forearm. Showing Three Dazzling Sol Emeralds.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Good thing each of my arms can fit three of these, I should probably put these in one of-
Kaiser Metal Sonic would be cut off by a sudden torrent, the Sol Emeralds would be flung in the air and swept away by a powerful wind.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : NO! The Sol Emeralds!! Who would dare?!
Fuji : You would dare attack my island? You look important, this will be payback.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : You! You- YOU FOOL!! Those were the Sol Emeralds!
Fuji : The what?
Kaiser Metal Sonic : You wanted to reclaim the world yes? They had the power to do so! Now they have been flung and landed who knows where!
Fuji : I'll find them after I've turned your head into my trophy, robot.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Fine! I could use your powers anyways!
The TV would then pause.
Scribble : So that's basically how that happened.
Scribble would then walk up to Srish and put a ring pop on his finger.
Scribble : Alright then, ciao!
Scribble would disappear and time would resume.
Srish: What in the- Woah!
Dria: What?
Srish: Someone left me a ring pop. Considering the feeling I just had, Scribble must’ve visited again.
Silence: Yeah, I felt that too.
Alan: I knew that feeling was familiar…
Cross : Scribble... I don't know why that sounds familiar, maybe It's someone I know in another life or something. Also what flavor is that ring pop?
Srish: Cherry, it seems, my favourite.
Silence: What islands are the Sol Emeralds on?
Alan would look at the map again. Trying to sort out the specifics.
Alan: This plant region, this mechanical region, this… coral region, a shipwreck, this ice region, and some darkness region.
Cyne : Alright, while the others are working on the rocket, how about we get those Sol Emeralds back!
Cross : Right, I'd say the most efficient way for us to make use of the time would be to split up, luckily there's enough of us for that. Cyne should head to the mechanical region, his electrokinesis would do well there. Alan should take the darker area, the light based abilities of your wispon would help you the most there. Srish should take the coral region, your more adept in water and your sound based wispon shouldn't have issues attacking in water. Silence should take the plant region, with all the flora his wispon would be able to explore it much more thoroughly, not to mention all the opportunities for stealth. Dria should take the ice region, the icy region will be harder to traverse normally on foot due to the lack of friction, snow and possible ice fractures, her wings would let her soar over all of this and easier navigate the region. Considering most of it will be white, it should make it much easier with a birds eye view. As for me, I'll take the shipwreck, having infiltrated many boats, bases an aircrafts in my time as a soldier I'll probably have the best idea of how to handle the different sections of the shipwreck. Not to mention I'll be able to see through the ships interior and see any unusual energy signatures like the Sol Emerald with my eye. Sound good? 
Alan: Alright. Tails should hold onto the Sol Emerald Detector to route locations through comms.
Cyne : Let me get one of those watches.
Tails : Sure, I had spares just incase.
Srish: And what will Terios be up to?
Terios : Don't-
A loud crash would be heard, well... the crash was right in front of them actually. Right in from of Terios was an unconscious Fuji.
Terios : I'll stay here for now.
Alan: When in the heck did the lord of wind get here?
Cross : Look's like he has burn marks.
Fuji would then slightly open his eyes.
Fuji : Vengeance... Doctor...
Fuji would then pass out.
Dria: Let's... call that a bad omen.
Srish: So how will we all get to separate islands?
Cyne : Marine had been making upgraded version of her Wave Cyclone before you guys got here, there's a few different designs and versions of them at the docks left to the palace.
Alan: Dunno what those are, but ok.
Team Dragoon rushes over to the docks, finding eight different Wave Cyclones. 
Alan: So, Marine, what are the differences?
Marine : The blue one is the original, nice an' balanced! The red one is for speed! The green one can hover on land. The yellow one is meant to be sturdy. The purple one can submerge! Lastly, the orange one has weapons! Like harpoons an' auto-guns!
Alan: And the remaining two?
Marine : I wouldn't personally use those since I never finished 'em, but the white one can control water around it, like making waves, spouts and even whirlpools! The black one has a sonar and translator to talk to and get help from aquatic life.
Alan: Hm. What are you thinking of taking, Cross and Cyne?
Cross : Purple will be useful for exploring underwater portions of the seawreck.
Cyne : I'll take the Orange one, If I'm going to some mechanical place then there'll probably be attackers, not to mention whatever stuff that's in the water that could slow me down.
Alan: Alright. Hey, Tails, did you ever explore a dark place when you were sent here the first time?
Tails : Dark Place? Hmm... Well, there were a few dark places. But the one that stood out the most was the "Big Swell".
Alan: Sonic said that was some battleship holding the final mech. That sure bodes ill.
Dria: Do you need backup?
Alan: It's better if we split up to prevent one of the robots sending the Sol Emeralds to space. We do not have the time.
Cross : That being said we should move out. Besides, We're all capable enough to handle whatever comes our way.
Alan: Considering how far Big Swell seems to be on this map, i'm taking the speedy one.
Dria: Ice could be floating around the ice island, i'll take the tough one.
Srish: I'll take the hover one.
Silence: That leaves me the original.
Alan: Wait! Wisps!
Team Dragoon's Wisps come out to see what Alan's fuss is about, just in time for him to shatter a canister of Power Energy for all of them.
Alan: Now we've got superpowers to find the Emeralds.
Silence: And our Wisps will absorb whatever energies are in the air for later use. Hmm, smart.
Tails : Make sure you communicate back on your watch if something happens or if you get the emeralds. Good luck!
With that they would surf off into the vast sea, each to their own respective destinations. Though, the waves, sharks and random stuff drifting around would hamper them a bit, but that was to be expected. The groups also found a few rings as they zoomed through the waters.
Alan: Hmm. Never seen these before.
Dria: Floating rings? No doubt they're magical.
Srish: Ooh, magic rings! Those have to be useful!
Silence: Tails should be able to explain these.
As each hero grabbed them, they were absorbed into their bodies.
Cross : Hm? You guys say something?
Alan: (Did i leave comms on?)
Silence: I turned on comms. We found some magic floating rings, you know what that's about?
Cross : Floating rings? Wait, you found natural Power Rings? They're yellowish gold in color right?
Silence: Yep.
Cross : Usually they are artificially manufactured by the Acorn Kingdom and sold for a hefty price. But they also coalesce naturally. Keep those, when you touch them the energy will merge with your spirit so they won't add any extra weight. They can absorb the damage of attacks for you or you can use them up to power up attacks or technology. They can be real life savers and even turn the tides of deadly situations. I wonder though... This world seems mostly comprised of Sol Energy, so I wonder if the Rings here use that instead of Chaos Energy?
Alan: Sounds possible. We'll keep these on hand, no doubt Tails will want to see them.
Cyne : Wow! You guys lucked out then! You shouldn't have any problems getting there and back now.
Dria: If you have these things back home, then why didn't we see any during our last adventure?
Cross : Well I personally never need to use them, all of my targets usually die in a single shot.
Cyne : As for me and the rest of Team Phantasm. We don't really have to much money, and just one of those things are really expensive, they cost like 45,000 GC (Global Currency) per ring! Besides, our world is much more populated then this one, finding them naturally is much harder.
Cross : Yeah, they are really valuable. Don't even get me started on the Red Star Rings. One of those can sell for around 10,000,000 GC per ring.
Alan: Hm. neat.
Srish: Shoot, i just remembered. We should have got Tails to give us some of those special pills.
Cyne : Ring him up! Knowing him he's probably came with everything he needs, maybe he brought a drone?
Silence: On it!
Silence calls Tails. Tails would of course, pick up.
Tails : Yeah? You guys finding any trouble?
Silence: No trouble yet, but Srish remembered you invented those power pills. You have any?
Tails : Of course! I always bring them with me just incase. I'm guessing you need some?
Silence: Need is too strong a term. We'd like some.
Tails : Alright, don't go anywhere. Let me configure these drones and they'll go right to your locations. I hope you remember what each pill does, don't forget the wisp variants.
Silence: Let's see, Energy, Speed, Durability, and one other.
The others, having heard all of this, stop as well.
Tails : Alright, the drones will be down there in a few minutes, and the last one is Power.
Alan: Yeah, I'd assumed as much.
After a few minutes, each of them would receive a small bottle of pills, showcasing different colors and smaller spherical pills meant for Wisps.
Dria: Remember, Gold is Energy, Blue is the Jet Pill, Red is Power, and thus the color remaining must be Durability.
Alan: Great. Now let's get on with this.
Each member would go after their respective islands, Dria arriving at hers first. Seeing a massive plane of ice and snow.
Dria: Wow. This place is certainly as they described it.
Dria stops her Iron Typhoon at the frozen shoreline, and activates the Combat Wings, flying around the island. As she flew, she spotted a glint of red. Checking it out, she discovered a Red Star Ring.
Dria: Wow. Now what are you?
As Dria touched it, the ring absorbed into her. Out of a desire to try, she summons it out of herself. 
Dria: This could be practical later, i'll hold onto it.
Dria then flies back into the sky, seeking out the Sol Emerald. With Tails's direction, she found the area where the Sol Emerald was near, finding a small robot watching some cave. Dria of course would find this suspicious and would make sure to observe unnoticed. When that turned up absolutely nothing, Dria decided to force some answers, jumping in front of the robot and grabbing it.
Dria: Ok, who are you, and where's the Sol Emerald?
???: The name's Mini, and my bosses told me to never tell heroes, so i'm not telling you!
Dria: That's alright, i'll just destroy you and search this cave-
Mini: Wait! The Sol Emerald's at the center of the cave! Please don't hurt me!
Dria: Alright.
Dria drops Mini, and flies into the cave. Once she reaches the center, she looks around and finds nothing but a snow platform floating in the ice water.
Dria:(Maybe the idiot robot dropped the Sol Emerald in the water. I'll have to wait until i can get the diving Blue Typhoon to-)
Dria's knocked out of her thoughts as a giant whale robot, the Ghost Whale, attempts to eat her. Dodging out of the way, she notices the Sol Emerald in a glass cage on the forehead. Though for a while, the Ghost Whale would seem stuck on the ice after its gluttonous chomp, the Sol Emerald would glow and cause it to start chomping rapidly, shredding through the sheets of ice and bulldozing towards Dria. Dria would react by dashing away from it, while the Combat Wings fire at the robot. As the Ghost Whale attempts to eat Dria, she manages to get it to chomp into another snow platform, before kicking the Sol Emerald cage while it recovered, stunning it longer, and then firing her cutting beam, slashing through the Ghost Whale as easily as the warships from earlier, destroying it. The robot subsequently exploded, launching the Sol Emerald into a wall of the frozen cave, which Dria then grabbed, and flew out of the cave with. As she landed at the place where Mini was initially, Dria noticed Mini was missing.
Dria: I wonder where that bot went?
Dria decided to not look deeper into it, and just return to the Iron Typhoon. In the snow covered bushes, however, was Mini.
Mini: Such power... Is this the power that ruined the attack? Nega needs to know about this!
As Mini figured out how exactly to do that, Dria flew over the snowy mountains and back to the Iron Typhoon, kicking it on immediately after returning, and riding away from the island. Meanwhile, Cyne would be getting closer and closer to the Machine Labyrinth, even being able to make out a silhouette.
Cyne : I think... That's it up ahead?
Sadly for Cyne, he wouldn't notice the darkness slowly growing under the water until it was too late...
Cyne : Hm? What's with all this shaking?! Wuh-Woah!!
Cyne would be launched off his vehicle and on top of... a submarine?
Cyne : What the?
??? : Well, well, well. What do we have here?
Cyne : Who are you?! What do you want?!
??? : Who might I be?
The robotic blue captain looked to his crewmates, which was proceeded by hardy laughter.
??? : OH! OH! You're killin' me lad'! HAHOHOHO!!!
The seeming captain would then abruptly stop his laughter.
Captain Metal : I be thee great Captain Metal, of thee Blackguard Pirates! Sadly, or fortunately for you, yee interest me.
Cyne : Why's that?
Captain Metal : I've heard tales of yer' fine work against Captain Whisker. Join me crew, or be sent to the depths with Davy Jones locker!
Cyne : Sorry, but I-
Cyne would then realized his only means of transportation was destroyed by the submarine.
Cyne : ...
Captain Metal : Well? Spit it out already!
Cyne : Uh.. Only.. if yee? Help me.. find me treasure?
Captain Metal and his crew would look at each other blankly.
Captain Metal : Accepted!
Captain Metal would then lift his cutlass arm up and his crew would rejoice.
Cyne : (This guy looks like a pirate version of Metal Sonic, I wonder what the story there is? Either way, it'd be best not to get on their bad side.)
Cyne would take the opportunity to turn on his watch and make a call to the other heroes on all channels.
Cyne : So uhh... I think I just joined a pirate crew?
Alan: I'm sorry, what?
Dria: Who's?
Cyne : I think it's like a pirate version of Metal Sonic, I don't think he works with Nega though from how he speaks. Maybe we could use this, I just need to play my cards right.
Alan: You keep yourself safe. I'm on the approach path to Big Swell. This Speed Typhoon really is fast.
Cyne : Alright, best of luck.
Cyne would the end the call.
Captain Metal : I assume yee' have thee' destination? Yes?
Cyne : That island just up ahead, with the metal.
Captain Metal : Tha' Machine Labyrinth? Very well, onwards!
Cyne and the Blackguard Pirates would eventually arrive, Cyne hopping off and refusing the offered support.
Cyne : Don't worry, I'm more capable then I look.
Captain Metal : I'm sure yee' are lad! 
Captain Metal would then give a menacing gaze towards Cyne as he walks off.
Captain Metal : (Better keep an eye on this one.)
Cyne : Wow, this place is massive! Looks like there might be an underwater secti-
??? : Halt!
Cyne would turn to the voice, he would see two badniks with a singular wheel in the place of legs, and the rest of their body looking like a steampunk armor while wielding a sword and shield.
MonoGuard 1 : Leave at once! Blackguard Pirates like yourself aren't allowed here!
MonoGuard 2 : If you do not leave, us MonoGuards will remove you from this territory!
Cyne : Really? Alright, I'll leave. But, only if you point me in the direction of that Sol Emerald.
Monoguard 2 : Insolence!
MonoGuard 1 : Blasphemy!
Meanwhile, over at Big Swell, Alan finds a big battleship. With quick confirmation that this is indeed the place with the Sol Emerald, Alan boards the ship. As he runs across it though, a voice soon addresses him.
???: You certainly don't see landlubbers like this often. You're a human.
Alan: That i am. Your distinctly pirate sounding voice and this battleship implies you're Captain Whisker.
Captain Whisker: That i am. Your choice of ship, however, implies you're a hero. Tell you what, i'm so impressed with your confidence, I'll allow you to flee this once.
Alan: Nah. I came here for the Sol Emerald, and i'm not leaving without it.
Captain Whisker: We'll just see about that. There's a fine line between bravery and foolishness after all.
A explosion then rings out behind Alan as ship cannons destroy the Speed Typhoon. Alan winces, but carries on.
Alan: You know, i came here expecting a army.
Captain Whisker: The boss refused to force Johnny back into my service, and now he only works on a job to job basis. My fleet has been stretched thin recently, so i have no bots to spare. You won't be disappointed by this one though, lad.
The ship's lights turn on, revealing the Ghost Titan, with the Gray Sol Emerald in a glass cage on it's head. Off to the side is Captain Whisker himself. On either side of the ship, meanwhile, is a turret within a barrier.
Captain Whisker: Mr Tickler! Time for battle!
The Ghost Titan activates at Captain Whisker's command, and launches from his connection port into the sky. Alan lights the Suncutter Claws in response, and the robot fires missiles. As Alan runs away from them though, most of them actually turn around and attack him as drones.
Alan: These are some of the weirdest missiles i've ever seen.
Alan cuts through the missile-drones. With that done, he begins firing at the Ghost Titan, which responds by launching it's right arm at him. Alan runs from the attack, and when it misses him, it turns back for another try, which also fails, at which point the arm reattaches to the main body. Things would be going a bit better for Cyne upon dispatching the two MonoGuards, learning the shields could release a offensive burst of steam and the swords could speed up with the steam. Soon an army of them would spill out, Cyne would chain electricity between them all which would fry the weaker badniks.
Cyne : Alright... Hm?
Upon the distance traveled amongst his genocide of robots, Cyne would notice a gleaming yellow in the distance.
Cyne : That must be it!
Cyne would run to the emerald, not noticing the strange arena looking area he had entered and would crouch down to pick it up.
Cyne : Great, that was pretty easy-
Cyne would suddenly be finding himself with romantic interest as his face was now kissing the metal pendulum that slammed into him and nearly threw him off the arena, which had retracted it's previous bridges. Cyne would manage to lift himself up to the edge, regaining his bearing once he could stand. 
Cyne : What now?
Cyne would notice the blue pendulum coming back around to hit him and would dodge to the center finding it silly they only navigated the edge. However, he would then notice the Ghost Pendulum above him about to slam onto the ground and squish him, making him return to the edge to dodge the pendulums.
Cyne : Why can it never be easy?
Alan meanwhile was dealing with the Ghost Titan attempting to blow him up from afar using two massive cannons attached to it's head. Just as it stopped, it flew back to it's plug and plugged back in, before attempting to punch Alan. As he dodged, he fired at the mech, blasting at it's head to destroy it. In response, it fired along the ground with two turrets attached to it's lower body, which Alan dodged by creating a hardlight platform above the ground to stand on, and subsequently stopped by shooting the turrets until they were destroyed. As Alan landed back on the ground, the Ghost Titan slammed it's hands on the ground, causing Alan to lose his balance. It then repeated the action closer, causing Alan to fall on his back, before trying to crush him with his fists. Alan managed to block the attack just in time with a hardlight barrier, before rolling aside as the machine tried again, breaking the barrier and throwing Alan back on his feet.
Captain Whisker: Blast it! Activate the turrets! A human would never be able to exploit them anyways!
The turret shields go down as the turrets turn to attack Alan. Forced to dodge the explosion waves, Alan is caught on the back foot as the Ghost Titan sends the head cannons after him, the cannons firing at every section of the turret's fields of fire with explosion causing lasers. Alan is caught in one such explosion, and thrown into the right turret, his Rings being flung into the ocean. Not willing to question his survival, Alan cuts off the right turret's cannon, before firing straight into the barrel of the left cannon, rendering it useless. The right cannon's remaining barrel retreats into it, as the cover opens, but instead of pulling a Sonic and getting fired out of it, Alan uses everything short of hyper lasers to destroy it, leaving it a burning wreck. Alan jumps back as the Ghost Titan attempts to exploit the focus by firing explosion lasers at him, it missing completely. At the same time in the Machine Labyrinth, Cyne would continue confronting the Ghost Pendulum. Dodging and weaving, trying to figure out how he would destroy it. Cyne would then get an idea and freeze one of the pendulums with a giant ice glacier, this would restrain the robot and force it to lean downwards. Cyne would take advantage running up and curling into a ball before charging the spindash, he would unleash the spindash, knocking the robot back and breaking the ice, as well as him launching himself into the air and smiling.
Cyne : How do ya like that? I've perfected the spinball technique!
Cyne would then use his height advantage and assume his Charged Voltage Mode, raising his hand in the air. The air would burn, crackle and combust around his hand that was charged with pure electricity before he would clench his hand, causing it to course throughout his body.
Cyne : Now for the finisher!
Cyne would unleash his "Charged Homing Attack" for the first time, slicing through the top to the bottom of the machine like butter. Leaving an explosion behind in his wake, sadly the explosion would also end up hitting Cyne. Causing the hedgehog to pay for his lack of thought, per usual.
Cyne : Augh... I deserved that...
Cyne would reach down and lift up the yellow Sol Emerald.
Cyne : Bingo. 
Back at Big Swell, Alan was just about done with the Ghost Titan, having punched hundreds of holes in the mech. Sensing this, the mech uses it's ultimate attack, firing a ship frying laser, this time from the center to the ship's edge, instead of to the center. 
Captain Whisker: Not right now! You're gonna destroy my ship! 
Alan managed to avoid the initial blast, and immediately shot the Sol Emerald's glass cage, destroying it. The Ghost Titan subsequently exploded, launching the Sol Emerald and causing Alan to stumble backwards. As he stumbled though, he managed to catch the Sol Emerald, before falling to a lower deck. As Alan got back up, Captain Whisker attempted to capitalize on Alan's fall by body slamming him, which Alan dodged. 
Captain Whisker: How did a landlubber like you destroy the Ghost Titan?! 
Captain Whisker attempted to charge into Alan, but Alan managed to dodge and cut off his head. 
Alan: Simple, because my Wispon is amazing! 
Captain Whisker's body attempted to attack Alan with a punch, but he fired his hyper laser at it, which refracted off it multiple times until it was destroyed. 
Captain Whisker:... I fought Sonic, taking blow after blow. He wasn't strong enough to break my guard. How can a simple human destroy me and the Ghost Titan?! 
Alan: It was a outdated mech from a outdated plan. You, meanwhile, are no Metal Sonic. 
Alan subsequently stabbed Captain Whisker's head, frying him, before tossing it like a frisbee into the ocean, and calling Tails. 
Alan: Got the gray Sol Emerald, and destroyed Captain Whisker. My Typhoon was destroyed though, i'll need pickup. 
Tails : Alright good job, Whisper will be over there in a bit. Hop on with her when she arrives, Dria and Cyne have also gotten their emeralds. 
Alan cut the call there, and decided to search the ship to pass the time. After cutting through a door, Alan began exploring the ship's internals. It rather reminded him of the Wyvern Ship. Soon, he found a specially locked door, which was cut down immediately. Inside were a bunch of rings and two Red Star Rings. 
Alan: Sweet! Rather literal pirate's treasure! 
Alan grabbed every ring in the room, before leaving the rather empty treasure room and returning to the upper deck.
Cyne : Alright. I hope the others are doing fine.
Cyne would be walking back to the docks, flipping the emerald in the air before returning.
Captain Metal : I say lad! That was fine work!
Cyne : Oh? You were watching? Heh, thanks.
Captain Metal : Hmm, this is quite thee' catch!
Cyne : Yeah...
Captain Metal : Thee' Sol Emerald, how perty.. I suppose this won't be the last of em'?
Cyne : Uh.. (Should I tell him? Maybe if something happens we can have this guy fight for us? I guess a pirate fight could be cool.) No, there's more. I know where.
Captain Metal : Navigator! This one will be with yee'. 
Elsewhere, Srish finally made it to the coral island. Riding the Hover Typhoon onto the beach, Srish jumps off and leaves it there. From there he grabs his Extreme Gear, Hover, and zooms across the island. As he does, he comes across many robots, destroying them as he goes, as well as some rings, including one Red Star Ring hidden behind some dead coral. At the end of the area, he finds a special robot pirate, the bot almost slamming into him. 
Srish: And you are? 
???: Johnny, fastest thing in this dimension and leader of the pirates here. 
Srish: Debatable. 
Johnny responds by charging again. Srish dodges it a few times, before hitting him with a vibration shot, causing him to crash. 
Johnny: W-what is t-his? 
Srish: You're still in one piece? Impressive. 
Johnny: Ans-wer me! Wh-what have yo-u done? 
Srish: Vibration shot. Tears Badniks and most other mechanical things apart from the inside. I guess you're well put together enough to survive one. I'd like to see just how many you can survive, but i'll leave you be if you tell me where you put the Sol Emerald. 
Johnny: T-take it up wi-th the G-host Krake-n in th-at lake. 
Johnny points past Srish at a underground lake, where a floating ring ruin laid in the center. 
Srish: Great, see ya. 
Srish used Hover to get over to the ruin. As he landed, the Ghost Kraken emerged from deep underwater through the ring's hole.
A few minutes before...
Eggman Nega : Of course those older models wouldn't get the job done! Still... This level of power these newcomers possess.
Kaiser would the step in the room.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Apologies, Fuji caused me to drop the Emeralds. I have eliminated him however.
Eggman Nega : It's fine, some of them have been retrieved but most are being guarded by previously stationed machines.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : You know as well as I that they won't hold a candle to that group.
Eggman Nega : Indeed, that's why I have a job for you.
Eggman Nega's grin would widen dubiously.
Eggman Nega : Keep track of each of them, I've detected multiple radio waves being sent across the locations. Hack into whatever comms they are using and listen in. When the time is right make sure they are gathered in one place and swipe the emeralds.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : It's not a bad plan, but what if that black hedgehog appears?
Eggman Nega : You know his gimmick, crush him.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Right, I'll observe each battle I can then.
Eggman Nega : Good, the ability to scan and recreate and attack you see is quite the boon. My counterpart failed, Bio-data is nice, but it's too risky clearly. Being able to copy your opponents and add that to your skillset is much more useful and has no drawbacks!
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Yes, and even if it require a specific energy. My unlimited absorption abilities can take care of that.
Eggman Nega : Indeed! You are my greatest creation! They will only fuel your strength! After all is said and done, I'll upgrade you with that Jeweled Scepter after we've crushed them.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Very well.
Present...
Kaiser Metal Sonic would be watching the altercation with Johnny and Srish from afar, copying and adding the sound based ability to his data.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : It uses an energy I've never seen before. Perhaps this is what's making them so strong? Either way, I do not need that energy to replicate it's effects. 
Kaiser Metal Sonic would watch as the Ghost Kraken emerged and Srish readied to fight it.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Yes... Fight and feed me more of your abilities. 
The Ghost Kraken opens by sweeping it's tentacles across the field, including one housing the Light Blue Sol Emerald. Srish fires one bouncing shot, which bounces along the tentacles, taking them out until hitting the one with the Sol Emerald, stopping it. Srish then rapid fires on the tentacle, until it retreats into the water, and the robot, incensed and heavily damaged, somehow swaps it's normal paint job for a red and white one and pushes the ruin ring into the water. Srish, however, just swims up and jumps out of the water, before landing on it. 
Srish: Buddy, i'm a Water Strider. I'm excellent in it. 
The Ghost Kraken decides in that moment to abandon the ring ruin, and begins chasing a running Srish, who just shot away the tentacles and dodged the ink blasts, until getting tripped up by it's Sol Emerald tentacle appearing from under him. The bot immediately snagged him with all it's tentacles, and in that moment, Srish decided he was thoroughly done, using the Rhythm Suit's explosion attack to destroy the bot in one blow, launching the Sol Emerald. As Srish goes after it, so does Kaiser Metal Sonic, with Srish thankfully managing to grab it after it fell into the water before Kaiser Metal could. This, of course, made Srish catch notice of the Metal Sonic. 
Srish: Metal Sonic, team! I've got a Metal Sonic on me! 
Srish however, would get no response. Srish would glare at Kaiser as he let out a metallic chuckle. 
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Sorry, I'm blocking your radio for communication. You won't receive any back up. Don't try that vibration trick on my either, I've already conquered such an ability. Give me the emerald, and you can go unscathed. 
Srish: Do you ever get tired of being the most unoriginal thing i've seen all day? 
Elsewhere, the other heroes got static on their comms, as Kaiser Metal Sonic's comm block wasn't subtle. 
Alan: What the? 
Dria: Is that Srish's comm? 
Cyne : Is something happening? 
Kaiser Metal Sonic would wag his finger at Srish. 
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Your insults are nothing to me. I'm beyond the original, isn't it obvious? 
Kaiser Metal Sonic would snap his fingers, conjuring a ring of fire. A complete replication of Blaze's ability. 
Kaiser Metal Sonic : I know the answer, but I may as well ask again. Give me the emerald or perish. 
Srish: Not this year. 
Kaiser Metal Sonic closes the ring of fire around Srish, but he jumps over it, before charging in and kicking him into the water, freezing him at the same time, before retreating as fast as Hover will get him out of there. Kaiser Metal Sonic would melt through the ice, leaving boiling water where he would stand.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Leaving so soon? Right after you showed me this magnificent ice ability? I think not.
Kaiser Metal Sonic would boost towards Srish and grab him, Freezing Srish's leg and throwing him back down into the Coral Cave.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : That Ice is quite the neat trick I must say. Here's another you may recognize.
Kaiser Metal Sonic would replicate Srish's Sound Shockwave's to a high frequency, being amplified by bouncing off of the crystal like coral of the cave. While this wouldn't have the same effect on Srish as Badniks, it would definitely hurt the ears by quite a bit, and it also shattered the ice on his leg
Srish: Ok, ow. Unfortunately for you, a simple sound attack was never what my shockwave attacks were meant to be.
Srish pops a Jet Pill, and zooms across the cave, before finding another exit through a dry cave, and takes it, firing behind himself to keep back Kaiser Metal Sonic.
Srish: You know, i wish i could say i've survived demons many times more dangerous than you, but Sonic.OS was never a threat when i met him. 
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Hmph, you may get away now but you will all be where I want you in the end. Now, Let's see if the scepters still kept here. 
As Srish escaped, Kaiser Metal Sonic went off to locate the Jeweled Scepter. Unfortunately, Blaze foresaw someone trying to claim the Jeweled Scepter again, and had it removed from the island and relocated into a secret vault.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : It's not here? No worries, I'll move on to Plan B then. I'll have to go to find each of the Ghost Mechs and the members of Captain Whiskers crew however...
As Kaiser Metal Sonic begin walking out he would notice Johnny, looking worse for ware.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Ah, Johnny. I nearly forgot you were here. I suppose I should fix you after that attack from Srish. 
Johnny: Th-e damage-e is in-internal. 
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Worry not my compatriot. The doctor had programmed the same understanding of mechanics as he had, though, to a lesser extent. I can repair myself and of course you. I've also copied that vibration attack into my database. Since I understand how it works it will make repairs that much easier. Just give me a few minutes and you'll be good as new. I will have to deactivate you for this. 
Before Johnny can respond, Kaiser Metal Sonic deactivates him and begins repairs. Elsewhere, Silence was sneaking through Plant Kingdom in search of a Sol Emerald. 
Silence: Tails, where's the Sol Emerald? 
Tails : The Sol Emerald seems to be constantly moving. From the patterns it looks like some sort of animal is carrying it, a big one. Watch out, it could be one of Nega's Ghost Mechs. 
Silence: Exactly how many of these have been reported to be seen by the others? 
Tails : All of them, they also seemed to encounter Whiskers Pirates, Blackguard Pirates in Cyne's case. 
Silence: Then it's all but guaranteed. What was the regional Ghost mech of this area? 
Tails : The "Ghost Rex". 
Silence: Well then, shouldn't be hard to find. 
Silence resumed the search for the Sol Emerald. A few minutes later, after sneaking past most of the deployed robots, Silence found a small robot and the Ghost Rex. Even from his distance in the trees, Silence could tell the Ghost Rex had a Sol Emerald. He then concocted a plan to destroy the bot. 
Silence: Specter 1, can you pilot your drone to right over the Ghost Rex's head and destroy it with the laser? 
Specter 1 popped out of one of the drones to nod, and then flew the drone to directly over the Ghost Rex, who didn't notice. The small robot did, however, and attempted to figure out what it was. Before it could though, the drone fired it's laser, destroying the glass cage holding the Sol Emerald, and launching it over to the small robot. Silence then struck, jumping in front of the robot with the rest of the Scattered Silence. 
???: Who are you? 
Silence: Same question here. 
Mum: I am Mum, one of the great Eggman Nega's advisor robots! 
Silence: Not for much longer. 
Silence fires his laser pistol straight through Mum, destroying him, before picking up the Sol Emerald. 
Elsewhere...
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Are you feeling better, Captain?
Kaiser Metal Sonic would stand with Johnny Behind him on the shore of a nearby island, having retrieved a badly damaged Captain Whisker and repairing him.
Captain Whisker : Metal? Ya' look different.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : I've gotten a few upgrades, I suppose you could say.
Mini would then pop out and float to Whisker.
Mini : You got beat!?
Captain Whisker : Er...
Kaiser Metal Sonic : It matters not, I've already devised a plan. Those seafarers think that they have beaten you all, but you all have a much bigger purpose. Let them rampage and take the Sol Emeralds, we will take them back in one foul swoop.
Johnny : How're you planning that exactly?
Kaiser Metal Sonic : After all the Ghost Mechs are defeated I will upgrade each of you all using the leftover parts from the mechs. Yes, this include you Mini and wherever Mum is. By doing so you will all become much more powerful. You will manifest into your "Ghost Variants". I as well will grant you each an ability I've copied from the seafarers. Now, Let's keep moving.
Cross would have been exploring the Haunted Ship in his Sub Typhoon, exploring the crevices and finding a treasure room filled with Rings and a Red Star Ring.
Cross : Look at all of that! Hm?
Cross would see the final Sol Emerald within the pile of rings and would open the sub to grab it. Soon he would surface, getting the water out of the Typhoon before he left.
Cross : That was easier than I thought. I was expecting some sort of conflict.
A giant scimitar larger than Cross body would swish through, bouncing the Sol Emerald from his hand and into the now newly revealed Ghost Pirates large and sharp hand.
Cross : I just had to jinx it...
Elsewhere, Silence left with the Blue Sol Emerald, before calling the others. 
Silence: Found a Sol Emerald. How are the rest of you?
Alan: Whisper picked me up. I'll be back to base soon.
Dria: I see the castle right now. I'm almost back.
Srish: I'm a bit behind Dria. I've got something else to say, but i'll save it for when the others chime in.
Cyne : I'm returning as well, on this pirate submarine... They might cause conflict, so just be ready for that.
Cross : I- Urk, Give me a second.
Cross would jump onto the blade after it was swung down on him and point his finger into the Ghost Pirates mouth, blowing a Chaos Bullet through it's head and defeating it. Grabbing the Sol Emerald.
Cross : Well, now I've got mine. I'll be returning now. I should be about- Ten M-
Cross communicator would become static.
Cross : What the?
Cross would then hear metallic footsteps behind him.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Hello, Cross was it?
Cross : This isn't a fight you want.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Fight? Even if we did, I wouldn't call it a fight. A better word would be, domination, for you will be on your knees after facing me.
Cross : Yeah? You'll be sinking to the bottom of the ocean, so doesn't sound like too bad of a deal.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : *Sigh* I suppose your kind must always find out the hard way.
Srish: Oh boy, guess i'll tell you now. You see, i fought the new Metal Sonic earlier. But he's not just a Metal Sonic, no, he's full on Neo Metal. But he's also able to pull a Gizoid and copy abilities instead of just biodata. And he can block comms, so Cross must be in a battle with him.
Cyne : Copy abilities?! Like a Mimic Badnik?! He's probably going to try to copy Cross's ability to create Chaos Energy bullets! 
Srish: As well, he's copied most of my abilities, and some from the Rhythm Suit. Thankfully, his copy tech sucks and can't replicate the soundwave attack properly.
Cyne : Wait, that means he can't fully copy our abilities. His tech probably only allows him to replicate the abilities as close as he possibly can, but for a perfect copy he would have to have the actual thing that allows us to use it.
Tails : Hmm... That's a good theory. That would probably explain why his soundwave attack was a shallow copy of the original. He doesn't have any actual Hyper-Go-On Energy, so to make his soundwaves he would need to rely on his own tech.
Alan: That's useful and all, but we still have a Cross in peril, how do we handle this?
Tails : You and Whisper take a pitstop at the Haunted Ship, there's two of you and Cross will probably need backup.
Alan: Sure, that makes sense. Quick question though. How strong is the individual Ring?
Tails : For Power usage, I've measured around a 0.5-1% boost in power per ring.
Alan: Hmm, not major, but helpful all the same. What about Red Star Rings?
Tails : Those should be around Ten Times what a normal one can offer, they also don't get knocked off your soul after a hit. I've also discovered they have a large amount of Chaos Energy condensed into them, like they mutated. They would be made of Sol Energy in this case, if you get enough you could probably enter some sort of transformation.
Alan: We'll figure that out later.
Alan then gets a sudden flashback to what Cross had said about Whisper.
Alan: Hey, Whisper. Cross said some time ago that you had collected the Chaos Emeralds and then vanished, presumably to here. What exactly happened?
Whisper would remain quiet, her face scrunching up in discomfort. Alan would be quick to notice the abnormal behavior.
Alan: I've seen that face before. That's your deeply hurt face. Does it have to do with your past? Cross mentioned that as well. 
Whisper would just nod, slowly.
Alan: You know, you're not the only you out there. I'm friends with another you. The pasts are the same, both you's lost their teammates to Mimic. I've heard most of it before, but i'd like to know, how'd you get here? Right now, your world's dealing with the whole Starfall Islands thing, so i know you don't have the Chaos Emeralds with you, but did they send you here?
Whisper would opt to not answer. However, she would remember Cyne and the kindness he showed her. Remembering the words he said to her, she would decide to open up.
Whisper : I... I killed Mimic... After that I just felt empty... I hurt people, using my past as an excuse... Eventually, I just realized I couldn't live in my old world... I was scared of what I'd been doing, of what I lost...
Tears would begin seeping from Whispers eyes.
Whisper : I collected the emeralds and I wished for a world where I never lost anything, or made the wrong choices... Then I was here...
Alan: Hmm, didn't know the Emeralds could outright grant wishes. But i guess i get it. The Emeralds either didn't or couldn't grant that wish, so they gave you the next best thing, sending you to a world where you and your former team never existed. Tell you what, i'll tell you a little about my Whisper. It's a story that as i said, is a lot like yours. It probably could've ended the same way as well, if it weren't for a couple special people. Their names are Silver, and Tangle. Silver, in my world, was a big fan of your counterpart, because of a conflict there is no time to get into which your counterpart fought in to destroy Eggman's forces. He was a bit overzealous at first, or so Sonic says, but he deeply respected our you and helped them in return a few times. Then there's Tangle. The first time she met our you, she managed to push past your... well, past to make friends almost instantly. She's just that friendly. Later, she and our you encountered Mimic, which your counterpart could've killed, but Tangle managed to convince them not to. You might wonder what that has to do with anything, but that just means that no matter what past you have, there's plenty of people out there willing to work through it with you, and i can name one back in your dimension, Sonic the Hedgehog.
Dria: Wow, Alan. That was rather deep for you.
Alan: Were comms on this whole time?!
Cyne : Yeah, I wasn't trying to ruin the moment though. This was a great moment for Whisper, so far she's only opened up to me and Blaze. The more people she speaks openly to, the better.
Tails : By the way, Chaos Emeralds can't grant wishes. From what I discovered from the Echidna Tribes prayer, it states "Chaos is Power... Power enriched by the heart". If that holds true, it's likely Whispers deepest desire at that moment resonated with the Emeralds. So in a way she subconsciously used a form of Chaos Control. Interesting...
Whisper would blush a bit, not realizing everyone was listening in.
Alan: Since when was dimensional Chaos Control a thing?
Tails : Well, if you consider the crazy godlike beings they've been used to thwart, the time travel, and all the other stuff. It's not too surprising. Especially after the "Mobius Incident" but that's not too important now.
Alan then spots the Wrecked Ship.
Alan: Whisper, the ship's over there!
The two would see Cross trying his best to fend off Kaiser Metal Sonic. Mostly running around and dodging attacks.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : A defense only lasts for so long. I'm purely toying with you right now.
Alan: Whisper, you think you can snipe the Metal Sonic from here?
Whisper Nods and takes aim and would shoot a Rocket Shot at Kaiser, Knowing Laser wouldn't do too much damage. The two would be surprised that Kaiser would point a finger towards them without looking and would redirect the Rocket Shot towards Cross who would barely dodge it.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Don't worry, you two will have your turn. If your wondering how I deflected your rocket from a distance, perhaps Fuji will tell you about his grueling defeat by my hands.
Alan: Oh boy here we go.
Kaiser Metal Sonic would then flick his finger up, causing the winds to follow which would lift the two off the Typhoon and into the air. Cross would take this distraction to shoot at Kaiser but Kaiser would use his other hand to erect a fire Shield. The bullets would be blocked but from above him Cross would appear with a grenade in hand which he would throw at Kaiser, only for Kaiser to blow it back towards him with wind. Cross would barely dodge the explosion. But would use the force to grab Whisper and Alan and glide them down to the Ship with him.
Cross : How did you guys know to come here? My comms stopped working completely.
Alan: See, the block's not subtle, and the trick became useless the second Srish alerted us what was up.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Thank you for the feedback, but even with the three of you now here... What do you hope to achieve?
Cross : This guy's shown abilities of others? Do you guy's know what up with that?
Alan: He's Neo Metal Sonic with Gizoid abilities. He can copy abilities.
Cross : Really?
Kaiser Metal Sonic : So, you have found out. Then you probably know I can't copy the abilities perfectly, without the proper energy source that is...
Kaiser Metal Sonic would look down to the Wispons.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : However, perhaps such a thing is within reach.
Alan: Stay the heck away!
Alan fires Quake claws at Kaiser Metal Sonic. Kaiser Metal Sonic would kick up a rusted piece of metal and shoot it towards the claws, this would reduce most of the powers from the claws which would easily go through the rusted metal. Kaiser Metal Sonic would then be able to slow it's course with wind, giving him plenty of time to scan them before dodging out of the way.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Interesting, the power to cause tremors. I suppose if those were to hit the target the damage would multiply itself. On a Badnik it would completely destroy them. Do you have any other abilities that I could add to my collection?
Striker then popped out and took a Energy Pill, boosting his energy. He then entered Alan, sending him into a Energy state, where Alan caught the Metal's leg in a electric whip.
Alan: Ever seen this trick before?
Alan slams Kaiser Metal Sonic into the deck, zapping him constantly and keeping him stuck for the others to attack. Whisper would run up using the Cube Hammer to attempt to smash Kaiser as well as Cross who had Chaos Energy charged to his entire palm. Before the attacks could land however, Kaiser would let out a burst of electricity and fire. Pushing Cross and Whisper back while unraveling the electric whip.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Not a bad trick, I wasn't expecting your weapon to have a grasp like that. But as all thing's, I've now entered it into my database. I don't just copy abilities, but I find their strengths and weaknesses.
Kaiser Metal Sonic would whirl up into a spinball and blitz across Cross, Whisper and Alan before jumping out of it and floating in the air. He would raise his hand, lightning would strike his palm and energize him. From his low hanging hand an electric whip would materialize. Kaisers still extended hand would form a fireball, before a violent wind would surround it, fanning the flames.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Oh, by the way. If you dodge this, this old wooden ship might burn a bit. I'd hate for you all to have to get a bit wet.
Kaiser Metal Sonic then threw the fireball directly at Alan. While Alan weighed the options quickly, Distractor made a executive decision, took a Iron Pill, and toughened himself with his power, fully blocking the blast, before rejoining the others.
Alan: Quick thinking!
Kaiser Metal Sonic : (Those pills... I've never seen an invention like that.) 
Cross would jump towards Kaiser was in an attempt to bring him back down to the ship, in the process he would pop a Jet Pill. Kaiser would notice him and attempt to grab him with the whip only for Cross to dodge mid air, Cross would the grab him and throw him down to the ship, strapping explosives onto his back that would burst on impact.
Cross : No way he got out of that unscathed.
Whisper, still suspicious would ready her Wispon, just incase. Alan does the same. Alas, out of the smoke Kaiser would not be seen.
Cross : Wait, if he blew up there should be scraps.
Out of nowhere, a seemingly invisible force would hold up Cross and Alan throwing them to the side. Kaiser would then reveal himself, he had turned invisible.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : You got dust on me. Honestly, did you think that explosion would hurt me? You forget I've stolen Blaze's ability. Unlike those Wispons, Sol Energy is everywhere.
Cross and Alan would stand up.
Cross : How could I not see you? Even if you were invisible.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : I've scanned your energy and how you work. I simply adjusted myself, my energy to be non-detectable by your eye.
Whisper would once again attempt to hit Kaiser with the Cube Hammer, Kaiser would respond with his copied variation of Quake and cause Whisper to stagger back and raise her by the throat.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Those pill's are troublesome, but they will not be enough to beat me-
Whisper would merge with her Pink Wisp, cutting off Kaisers hand.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : ...
With Kaiser Metal Sonic distracted by actual damage, Alan cut into his rocket, destroying his flight. At the same time Cross would come from above with a chain in hand in an attempt to restrain Kaiser, however Kaiser was no longer distracted and would use his one good hand to grab Cross and throw him into Alan.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Pests!
Kaiser would then notice that Cross dropped the Sol Emerald when he was thrown and would pick it up.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Perfect!
Kaiser would create a new hand made out flames using the Sol Emerald before creating five flaming blades of flames floating behind him.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Don't even try to run! They will follow!
Kaiser would unleash the attack, at the same time turning invisible.
Alan: Grr, where is he?!
Alan would not be given time to investigate as one of the flaming blades was closing in on him.
Alan: If Marine were here, we wouldn't have to deal with these!
Alan sidesteps the blade and attempts to wrap it in a lightning whip, but it was non-solid.
Cross : Alan! Whisper! We have to keep moving! Don't jump in the water either, I can see electric currents running through the water around the ship!
Alan: Where?
Cross : If you look closely at the water you can see the sparks, with my eye though I can see the electricity running through it. It's likely Kaiser is somewhere near the water.
Alan: That's not what i meant. Your battle seems to have devastated the way back.
Cross would flip over one of the blades that attempted to bisect him.
Cross : What do you mean?
Alan points at the only other ground a ways away, past what had used to be platforms, and were now just driftwood. Cross would slump slightly at this.
Cross : Er... I see... Wait! Whisper! Surely Whisper and her wisp could make Blue Rings and turn them into blocks.
Alan: Whisper usually brings Laser Prisms. Maybe. Do you have Blue Rings?
Whisper Nods, affirming that she did.
Cross : Perfect!
Whisper throws a bunch of Blue Rings across the gap, before slamming her Wispon's Cube Hammer mode into the floor, activating the block mode. The fire blades would persist, but with more room to move around they could easier avoid them.
Cross : The Electric Currents seem to be the strongest over there.
Cross would shoot a Chaos Energy Bullet at the location and Kaiser Metal Sonic would reveal himself, blocking it.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : So you've found me.
Kaiser Metal Sonic would grab one of the cubes with his electric whip and attempt to slam it down on them. They would dodge, but interestingly enough the shockwave would transfer through the other cubes causing them to bounce up a little.
Alan: What exactly was that supposed to do?
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Your platforms give you room yes, but if you dodge I'll slowly distance the cube. But actually, I have a better idea. But not yet.
Kaiser would continue to attempt to slam cubes onto them with his whip. Slowly moving the Cubes apart.
Alan: Alright! Now or never!
Alan takes a Jet Pill, runs off the cubes and with his light powers, creates a path under him. With that path, he charges at Kaiser Metal Sonic, Suncutter Claws at the ready. Unfortunately, the metal hedgehog reacted by kicking him to the floor and stepping on him, but fortunately, Alan had a backup plan, and Striker swapped from providing the Energy form, to providing the Lightning form. Because Kaiser Metal was now standing on a being of pure electricity, he was shocked and paralyzed.
Alan: Now! Do something now!
Cross would jump on Whispers hammer and would be propelled towards Kaiser, pulling out two daggers and crossing them, planning to make a clean cut on Kaisers head.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : GREAAAAAAA- AHAHAHAHA!!!
Alan, Whisper and Cross would be surprised by the shocking scream turning to laughter. The Sol Emerald he held slowly clearing the effects of electricity.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : You fell for it. Did you actually think after the wolf took off my hand that I'd let one of you get close enough to do this again without a plan in mind? NO! The Sol Emerald is capable of protecting me from something like this! You all fell for it!
Kaiser would grab Cross and slam him into Alan who was still under his heel, this would hurt Alan and also electrocute Cross.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : I will admit, that did hurt. I wish you had attacked sooner so I took less damage from the electricity.
Kaiser Metal Sonic would kick the two into the water which was no longer electrified and would pull the cube Whisper was Standing on towards him, taking her Wispon and hitting her off of it with the hammer and hitting the cube, turning it into a blue ring.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : And it's mine now.
Kaiser Metal Sonic would absorb the blue ring, taking in it's energy.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : So this is what you used, the energy that dispatched so many ghost badniks.
Kaiser would look at the variable Wispon.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : I'll be keeping this. Sol Control!
Kaiser Metal Sonic would warp away, stealing the Variable Wispon and Whispers Blue Wisp.
Cross : He got away...
Whisper : ...
Cross : He took the Sol Emerald with him to... But how, Electricity seemed to be a good counter beforehand... Even with a Sol Emerald, how did he dispel that so easily... He should've been paralyzed in the first place...
The comms would start working again.
Tails : Guys!? Can you guys hear me!?
Alan: Yes... Bad news. Kaiser Metal Sonic stole Whisper's Wispon, and one of her Wisps. Sol Emeralds can also cause teleportation. Knowing what happened with Surge, this cannot be good for her.
Tails : Oh no... He stole her Wisp, Wispon and a Sol Emerald? At least tell me you managed to hurt him bad?
Cross : Alan cut his jets, Whisper took one of his hand and then Alan fried him a bit again. I also managed to to locate and attack him. Nut he's probably getting repairs right now if I had to guess...
Tails : Are the Typhoons destroyed?
Cross : No, both are still intact luckily.
Alan: Can you locate the Sol Emerald?
Tails : Yeah it's... In space. It's at that Death Egg thing above the palace.
Alan: That is the opposite of convenient, but with the rocket, we can at least get up there, steal back the Sol Emerald, free Blue, and deal with the Phantom Ruby one way or another before the Sol Hero finale.
Tails : Let's hope it's that easy...
Blaze : No- I won't let you.
Terios : Give me the Sol Emerald!
Tails : Err... I've gotta go. Just applying the finishing touches to the rocket. You guys return.
Alan: Oh boy. Well, Cross, get on the Typhoon, we're going back. Unless you think you can Sol Control yourself.
Cross : I don't even know Chaos Control, let alone a foreign version.
Cross would hop on the Typhoon, ready to go. Alan meanwhile, sailed the Typhoon, as Whisper was too behind her metaphorical and literal masks to see anything at the moment. As they arrived back, Alan saw a conflict going on near the castle, and knowing exactly what was going on at the moment, ran in to get Terios to hopefully back off.
Terios : Move Human! I'm tired of waiting! I'm going that Sol Emerald and go up there myself!
Alan: Alone? When our enemy has one of their own? Look, i get you're powerful. Probably very powerful. But Kaiser Metal Sonic has learned a lot, and he may be your equal now. Even if not, he has the support of Eggman Nega, and you'd be fighting in enemy territory. You'd likely face Kaiser Metal, Eggman Nega's newest machine, and a army. You think you can actually take all that? 
Terios : I've killed two sides of a war all by myself and I've killed the top of the Dark Seers. This is nothing to me, I won't let this blasphemer of my creator and love live any longer.
Cross : Wait, slow down. Your creator?
Terios : That's not important.
Cross : Look, if he's from the lineage of the person who made you, he likely has all the information he needs on you. Even your weaknesses.
Terios : I have no weakness.
Alan: No outright weakness, maybe. But with all the abilities he's stolen, and having been exposed to your power, he might be able to neutralize it. After all, he managed to make himself invisible to Cross's perfect sight.
Terios : Sounds like excuses a bunch of weaklings would make.
Blaze : If you want to persist, then we will restrain you.
Terios : Try it!
Tails : WAIT!!!
Everyone would look at Tails.
Tails : The rocket is done, there's no need to fight.
Terios would drape his cloak over himself again.
Terios : Hmph. So be it.
Dria: Wait, what happened to Fuji?
Srish: Yeah, right! What happened to him?
Alan: I think the grander concern is where did Captain Metal go?
The group would then see a submarine surface from the water and out of the hatch Cyne would pop up, waving at the group. 
Cyne : Yo!
Alan: Cyne! You're alright! And i presume Captain Metal is in the submarine.
Cyne : Yup!
Cyne would run over, turning the ocean beneath him into ice before eventually making it to land. He would whisper in Alans ear.
Cyne : Also, I told him that there's treasure in space. Lot's of it, so maybe we can use them to raid the base. He doesn't really seem to like Nega all that much.
Cyne would then look over to see the giant rocket.
Cyne : Honestly, wasn't expecting it to be this big.
Tails : Well, take into consideration that we're probably going to face weaponry, we will need offense, space for storage, fuel, and tons of other stuff. Not to mention future uses. I'd say it could fit around 50 People.
Alan: Alright, we've got us in Team Dragoon, Cyne and Cross, Blaze and Marine i think, Tails, Whisper, Terios, Captain Metal, maybe some pirates, am i missing anyone?
Blaze : That should be all.
Elsewhere...
Location: Nega Egg...
Eggman Nega : Really? Your certain?
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Yes.
Eggman Nega : At least you recovered a Sol Emerald. I'll be making a device with this that should attract the other Sol Emeralds, allowing for me to take them all in a single button press!
Kaiser Metal Sonic : I believe they are all below us right now. Should we fire the cannon?
Eggman Nega : Yes, not a bad idea. I've been meaning to test it.
Eggman Nega would walk to the Nega Egg's Helm, sitting down and looking through satellites.
Eggman Nega : A rocket? So they were planning to come up here were they? Too late!
Eggman Nega would raise his finger and press down on a button, the bottom of the Nega Egg would open up to reveal a massive cannon slowly charging. From down below everyone could see the glistening light coming from space.
Cross : Guys... Look up. You probably can't see it as clearly as me, but it seems like he's charging up a giant cannon.
Alan: Now or never then!
Everyone would hop onto the rocket, including the Blackguard pirates, the only exception being Terios.
Tails : Terios, aren't you gonna come?
Terios : Obviously.
Terios would jump on the top of the rocket.
Tails : Uh... Are you really gonna be on top while we go into space?
Terios : I'd rather die then be in there with you lot, besides, if I'm out here then I can get to the doctor first.
Alan: Well, he's the supreme lifeform here. Launch!
Tails launches his and Marine's rocket, piloting it away from the cannon's firing zone. With the main cannon useless, Eggman Nega redirects the charge to the defensive weapons, while Marine fires up the rocket's own. The rocket would manage to fly through the firestorm before landing in a shuttle bay.
Nega Egg: Phantom Space.
The force of combined teams exit the rocket, or in Terios's case, jump off. They then run off down a path further into the Nega Egg. Soon though, Dria would notice a force of deployed Egg Chaser Nega Badniks, when the Combat Wings shot a few down as they swarmed the heroes. Soon, the swarm would form into three groups... until Alan shot them all down with a well placed hyper laser. From there, the groups would have to proceed by rail forwards into the Nega Egg. 
Alan: I've never been the best with these...
Cyne : No time like the present!
The group would grind until a massive wave of distortion would erupt through the facility. Suddenly, everyone would appear in different rooms. In Alan's he would find Captain Whisker staring him down, although with a new look. Captain Whisker Now possessed components from the Egg King and Ghost Titan, although fitted and modify to fit his smaller stature. Kaiser Metal Sonics "Ghost Upgrades" giving him a wide grin and confidence.
Alan: Captain Whisker? How? I destroyed your body, vaporized it!
Captain Whisker: I believe you have bigger concerns at the moment, landlubber.
Captain Whisker sent the explosion cannons after Alan, while he prepared his own attack.
Flashback
Kaiser Metal Sonic : These upgrades will compliment you all for your respective strengths, the doctor was not using these anyways.
Johnny : What if it's not enough?
Kaiser Metal Sonic : I've already took that into account. Me and the doctor have discussed it, as long as your within the Nega Egg we can use the Phantom Ruby as we please. If your ever on the edge of losing, you can enter your second phase. By calling out the the Phantom Ruby you will have it's power lent to you. With it you will go from your current "Ghost" upgrades to your "Phantom" Forms.
Mini : Really?!
Mum : Even us?!
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Yes, even you two. Do not get to cocky though, they will have Sol Emeralds. Take them if you get a chance, they have the power to combat your "Phantom" Forms.
Flashback End
Captain Whisker charges in as Alan dodges a explosive cannon shot and punches Alan straight in the chest, knocking him across the room. Whisker would let out a hardy laugh, Alan clearly not appreciating this. In fact, to make things worse, that punch knocked the air out of him. Alan was lucky for the Captains arrogant laughter to allow him time to catch his breath.
Alan: Alright, that was fun for half a second.
Alan fires the Suncutter Claws's hyper laser straight at Captain Whisker. Unfortunately, Captain Whisker managed to block the attack.
Captain Whisker: Woah. Kaiser Metal Sonic wasn't lying.
Alan: Of course.
Captain Whisker then responded by activating the lower laser cannons, which fired at Alan, who was forced to dodge the blasts. Captain Whisker would then activate the Mortars, causing them to appear from the floors mechanical storage and launch bombs towards Alan, attempting to corner him.
Alan: That's not even a Ghost Titan attack! 
Captain Whisker: So what?
Captain Whisker then deployed a electric chaser the Egg King once used, surrounding Alan in a constantly moving electric cage. As he attempted to dodge that and the mortars, Captain Whisker charged in and grabbed Alan.
Captain Whisker: When i'm done with you, landlubber, there won't even be enough ashes to remember you by!
Captain Whisker attempted to burn Alan with his fire breath, but Alan managed to block it with his light powers, before escaping Captain Whisker's grip by pushing his arms away with light walls. The blocked fire breath quickly overheated Captain Whisker, leaving him unable to move, and as Alan dissipated his light blockade, Captain Whisker suffered from a coughing fit thanks to smoke from his fire breath, while Alan cut into him multiple times, leaving him badly damaged.
Captain Whisker: Not again! Activate Phantom protocol!
Phantom Energy would fill the room, most of it absorbing into Captain Whisker. Captain Whisker himself would repair and gain looks similar to a squid. The room would also warp with Phantom Mist, turning the room into a raging thundering sea, Alan now on a small platform in the middle of a massive whirlpool. With Captain Whisker now in the middle. Within the whirlpool there would be many pirate ships with Whiskers men aboard ready to aim fire at Alan.
Phantom Captain Whisker : Prepare yourself! I'll drag ya' down to the abyss!
From the water, Tentacles would appear as well. These were meant to drag Alan down, But Alan would instead use them as platforms to avoid ship cannon fire and navigate to Whisker.
Alan: I think you got the wrong parts. These must've been meant for Johnny.
Alan then runs along the sky with light terrain under his feet, firing at the phantom captain above the range of the cannons. Whisker would have a large tentacle protect him from fire.
Phantom Captain Whisker : Haha!! Parts? The Phantom Ruby has changed my form landlubber!
Out of the whirlpool a metal vault would arise.
Phantom Captain Whisker : Take a peek a Davy Jones Locker!
The locker would open up and whispers could be heard amongst the loud revolving of the whirlpool. Ghosts would rush out and attempt to grab Alan. Alan just ran along the sky, running above the ghosts if they got in his way, before firing his hyper laser a few times, the refracting beam being able to get past the tentacle. It didn't do as much damage as it would normally, or even compared to the last phase, but it could hit. As such. left with no real alternative, Alan spammed the hyper laser every chance he got, damaging Phantom Captain Whisker over time. Eventually though, Alan starts getting tired from continuous use of his powers, and so has to go back to the platform, where he is immediately surrounded by the ghosts.
Phantom Captain Whisker : This is the end o' the line. You had a good run landlubber, but the rubies power has immortalized me! Any last words?
Alan: I may be land battling now, but this is not over.
Phantom Captain Whisker: Brave words. Ghosts, obtain his Sol Emerald before we blast him to bits.
The ghosts quickly get to work, and Alan, unable to actually hit them, attempts to dodge them until they finally find where he stored the Sol Emerald. When they attempted to retrieve it however, the ghost immediately dissipated. Alan then gets a flashback on Cyne's theory.
Cyne: -Phantom Energy and Chaos Energy have a really hard time mixing, often ending up in destabilization. The Sol Emeralds might have their own unique energy, but even if they don't stabilize each other, if I make contact with the ruby I could force a fall out between the two.-
Alan: That may be it!
Alan grabs the Sol Emerald off the ground as Phantom Captain Whisker orders the ship crews to attack. Seeing he couldn't stay on the tiny platform, he uses his light power to get over to one of the ships, the quick use being manageable on his energy. Of course, the ship crew proved useless against him, and he used the space to keep from getting hit while destroying the other ship's crew. Left with no real alternative, Phantom Captain Whisker started attacking again despite the risks to his form, and Alan managed to jump across the tentacles before stabbing the Sol Emerald into the main body. After a few seconds, Phantom Captain Whisker started turning purple, and Alan got back to one of the ships before Captain Whisker's form "shattered", returning him to normal, as well as the room.
Captain Whisker: How did you destroy my Phantom form?!
Alan: Cyne had a good theory.
Alan then cut off Captain Whisker's head with a few good cuts before destroying it more totally then last time. He then annihilated the body again. With no force left to fight him, Eggman Nega let up the illusion, sending Alan back to where he was. Around the same time Alan was transported so was everyone else, Srish was taken to a room with the new "Ghost Johnny" sported the tentacles of the "Ghost Kraken" on his back, smaller and more compact, optimized to Johnny's size. Johnny would also where a pirates hat, hold large scimitars in each of his tentacles and would bear clawed hands, showing off the "Ghost Pirate" that was also synthesized to this new upgrade.
Srish: Well now. I didn’t expect you to come back. Now go back away.
Srish fired a vibration shot at Johnny, who takes it to prove a point.
Johnny: That won’t work anymore, little insect. Now it’s time to pay for what you did to me. 
Srish is a bit taken aback by the uselessness of his attack, but as a professional wouldn't be held in suspense too long. Johnny would attempt to dice Srish apart with repeated slashes. Srish would manage to dodge each slash but they were slowly speeding up, unsurprisingly if you consider their user.
Srish: Fine, fine. Hard way it is.
Srish fires bouncing blasts at Johnny, doing his best to keep him back. However, he would continue to inch closer and closer
Johnny : Let's see how you like it!
Johnny would lunge one of clawed fingers towards Srish, who would duck. Srish would still get a cut on the cheek but would manage to roll under Johnny and kick him in the center of the back, freezing his tentacles at the root.
Srish: Haha, yeah!
Johnny: How did you- you know what, Eat this!
Johnny begins bouncing around the room like he was under the effects of Laser, putting Srish in a bad position. Quickly, he stops the attack by sidestepping a charge, and kicking him with a ice enhanced kick, causing him to crash into one of the walls, damaging the tentacles even further.
Johnny : NO! How am I losing?! I've gotten the Ghost upgrades! Will I really have to use it..?
Johnny then remembers he’s got swords, and engages Srish in melee, sword slash vs icy kicks. Srish attempts to vaporize him a few times with the explosion attack, but it doesn’t do enough.
Johnny : It's useless!
After parrying one of Srish's kicks Johnny would sweep the other leg causing Srish to fall. Johnny would fall up with an attempt to impale him with a scimitar. Srish dodges with a roll to his feet, before countering by jumping off of Johnny, freezing his torso with his ice powers and then firing at him, flinging him across the room. Johnny, seeing no other options would follow in Whiskers shoes.
Johnny : Activate the Phantom Protocol!
Srish would look on confused at this, until the room around Srish suddenly changed and was filled with ruby mist. The area would change to a bright and sunny sea, opposite to Whisker dark and stormy one. The sea had steady waves, Srish seemed to now be standing on a sailors boat, birds flying above the hot sun. It was rather peaceful, but little did Srish know what lie beneath those waters. Johnny had embraced a more shark like appearance on top of his original design, his clawed hands now being jagged. He was also producing Mechanical Shark's from his body and held a giant anchor which fit in both of his hands. Water circled around him like a bubble, creating a water shield around him for protection. Once again, Srish would be blind to this terror lurking in the depths.
Srish: Well, this is certainly a choice. Alright, let’s look at this place.
Srish jumps off the platform and begins running along the water. Behind him he would here the sound of rippling water, slightly louder than the calm tides. Three shark fins were stalking Srish.
Srish: Sharks? Alright, let's see what they've sent after me.
Srish dives into the water to see what's chasing him. He quickly sees Johnny with a robot shark escort. Srish quickly surfaces and begins running again.
Srish: That is also certainly a choice.
Srish begins firing on the shark crew as they chase him. However, as he ran more and more would show up. One thing was clear though, where ever these sharks came from there was a source and Srish could guess who.
Srish: Coward. You aren't brave enough to fight me one on one, and so you summon mecha sharks to do the work!
The ocean around Srish would become slightly rougher and around Srish four Water Spouts (Basically water tornadoes) would begin spiralling up towards the heavens. The sharks would also swim at these and lash out towards Srish from random directions, each somehow laughing in a mocking tone. Srish ran around these spouts, while shooting down whatever robot sharks came his way.
Srish:(Ok, so i'm going nowhere fast like this. How could i properly engage Johnny?)
As if he could here his thoughts, Johnny's arm would reach out from the water and drag Srish down towards the depths.
Phantom Johnny : Let's go for a swim!
Johnny would then throw Srish violently onto the sea floor, which would indeed hurt. Mechanical Sharks would follow of course. Srish would counter by shooting them, before jumping out of the water and running to the wood platform.
Srish:(Perhaps Johnny might at least poke his head out.)
Among the next wave of sharks, Srish would notice a green sharkfin amongst the group. Taking his shot, Srish manages to shoot the fin, denting it. This causes Johnny to pop his head out of the water.
Phantom Johnny : I just got that you know?
Johnny would then burst towards Srish with unprecedented speed, grabbing Srish and throwing him which would cause Srish to skip across the water like a stone. Eventually a giant Mecha Shark would appear and swallow Srish. Inside would be a much bigger room, filled with badniks and such. Johnny himself would appear from the Phantom Mist and glide a hand across his dented fin, completely fixing it. 
Phantom Johnny : This is a lot better don't you think? This bad boy is bringing us deeper into the water. If you don't want to weaken the hull and be crushed by the pressure of the ocean, don't use that ice too much. It'd suck if I couldn't fully put you in your place.
Johnny would then taunt Srish, giving him a hand motion to "Come and get me".
Srish: Willing to fight me in melee? That's fine with me!
Srish fires at Johnny, while Johnny himself darts between the shots. The Badniks however, were not so lucky. As Johnny attempts to bite out at Srish, befitting his shark modifications, Srish dodges, jumping around and responding with more shots. Johnny seeing this snaps his fingers and create miniature whirlpools that would eat up the shots, he would then take them and make one big whirlpool that would return fire. Srish, seeing Johnny has too many hax, counters the next bite attack with a frozen kick, and as Johnny recovers, he Spin Attacks Johnny in the chest, knocking him off his feet while freezing said chest with his ice powers. When Johnny crashes to the floor, Srish steps on his mouth to finish off the maneuver, freezing it shut. While he had the chance, he also fired into Johnny, dealing some damage to the chest. Johnny would wisp away leaving behind ruby mist and the speakers with the giant mecha shark would play.
Speakers : That hurt a bit, I'll admit you're pretty good close quarters. But, how about swimming out of the Bathyal Zone? Which, for the record is 3 Kilometers below sea level! I'll be surprised if your not crushed under all of that pressure! A half ton!
The Mecha Shark would slowly fall apart, leaks springing out as the shark slowly imploded and began to flood. As Srish went for higher ground, he slipped and fell, his Sol Emerald falling out from where he kept it and landing in the water, which slowly started turning to floor?
Speakers: What the?
Srish: Wait, that doesn't seem right.
Above the ocean Johnny would begin to pale.
Phantom Johnny : (Is this what Kaiser Metal Sonic meant?)
As Srish stepped onto the floor, the Mecha Shark completely collapsed, but aside from it's remains that Srish blew away with a explosion attack, nothing came down on the water strider's head. All around him was a massive amount of water, but none of it intruded on the area turned back into Nega Egg flooring. From the Phantom Mist Johnny would appear in front of Srish.
Johnny : How are you doing that?! How are you disrupting the ruby mist?!
Srish: Same way it reverts you to normal.
Johnny looks at himself and sees the shark parts had indeed faded in the area reverted by the Sol Emerald. He immediately steps back into the water and regains his Phantom form
Srish: See, Cyne had a theory. Back home, the Phantom Ruby could disrupt Chaos energy, so he thought it possible to use the Ruby to seperate the Sol Emeralds from your hands. Yet here we are doing the reverse.
Phantom Johnny : (This isn't good. I can't touch him or I'll lose my power but I can't attack him any other way either.) 
Srish: Anyways, let's clean this mess up!
Srish grabs the Sol Emerald and concentrates on "revert the Phantom Ruby nonsense". With Srish's added Ring energy and stored Sol energy, it sped up the restoration of normalcy. Soon, Srish grabbed it to revert Johnny directly, the robot doing his best to keep back. However, the damage to his chest would unveil it's effects causing a slight malfunction that would make him slip and fall.
Srish: I have you now!
Srish presses the Sol Emerald into Johnny's chest, which soon "shatters" his Phantom form and fully reverts the field. Srish then annihilates him with a explosion attack. With nothing left to fight, he's sent back to the others by Eggman Nega. While that whole fight was going on though, Dria, too, was fighting. In the Room she would see Mini as well as water surrounding the metal arena she stood within. Above her she would also see the Ghost Pendulum.
Dria: What the? Wrong region, bot.
Phantom Mini : Nuh uh! This is the perfect region! Your just in the warehouse! Heehee!
On the spectator stands other badniks would watch and cheer. The roof of the Arena would open and reveal snow falling down from the sky.
Phantom Mini : Ready?
The Ghost Whale would jump out of the water, appearing much bigger than before. As it went plummeting to the metal land it would bite through the steel like butter. Though, the metal would soon reform due to the Phantom Mist.
Dria: They have you on command duty? 
Dria flies up into the sky, far beyond the Ghost Pendulum or Ghost Whale.
Dria:(This is certainly odd, a tag team?)
Dria then comes slightly lower, dodges the predictable attack from the Ghost Whale, and uses her cutting hyper laser on the Ghost Pendulum. The Ghost Pendulum would regenerate however and would begin to hover towards Dria.
Dria: That's new. Tell me, Mini, will the bots die after i destroy you, or will they survive, and i should destroy you first to disorient them?
Phantom Mini : Destroy me? Maybe, but you won't be able to! Hah!
The Ghost Whale would also begin flying in the sky towards Dria. The Badnik crowd going wild at this.
Dria: Oy! Even in the Phantom Ruby's area, Gravity should still be a thing!
Dria flies around the far less maneuverable Ghost Whale, right into the perfect location to cut Mini apart with her cutting beams. When she fires, however, the beam doesn't do much to him.
Phantom Mini : See? See! Before you get me you gotta get through them! It'll be tough!
Dria: They're just targets. You're the real problem to deal with at the moment.
Dria grabs Mini out of the sky and fires at them point blank, soon the both of them end up eaten by the Ghost Whale. 
Dria: Huh.
Phantom Mini : Wuh oh! Now you've done it!
Phantom Mini would turn into ruby mist and appear on the other side of the whale. Badniks would run out, these badniks looking much stronger then the previous ones, even holding shields and swords.
Dria: Hm.
Dria would decimate the Badnik army, before blowing out the Ghost Whale's teeth, forcing it to eject the water out it's blowhole and Dria along with it.
Dria: How much more can you take, silly bot?
Sadly, Dria's taunt would be cut short by a large pendulum swinging and knocking into her like a wrecking ball.
Dria: Ow. Right, they've got clearance for two bots on the field.
Dria cuts off all three pendulums, causing them to fall into the sea. The Ghost Pendulum would being spinning faster, without the weight of the pendulums it became like a giant deadly saw and it was heading straight towards Dria.
Dria: Come get me.
Dria lands on the ground and runs, getting chased by the Ghost Whale and the Ghost Pendulum overhead. Soon the Ghost Pendulum spins at top speed, preparing to drill into Dria, only for her to position the machine over the Ghost Whale and cause both to sink themselves deep into the sea.
Dria: Maybe you'd find better success with one bot.
Dria charges at Mini. Mini would point a finger at Dria, causing ice to surround Dria's body and trap her.
Phantom Mini : If you can't move you can't get me! I'll just wait for my other badniks to come and finish you off.
Dria: Since when did you have this trick?
Dria shoots herself out of the ice and destroys the Badniks that attempted to attack, before firing on Mini. Before the shots could hit they would turn to particles of snow.
Phantom Mini : Don't you know? The ruby can turn fantasy to reality! Those mechs have been attacking for me so I can save the amount of Ruby Mist for a moment like this.
Dria: Oh yeah? For how long can you keep this up?
Dria continually fires at Mini, slowly wearing down his reserves with endless shots, as well as dodging his attacks. Mini would get a bit fed up seeing the tactic and would gain a bright idea. Mini would snap his finger and Dria's Wispon would jam, Dria would try to see what happened but couldn't find anything.
Dria: What did you do?!
Phantom Mini: Froze the power cells transporting Wisp energy around your Wispon. Kaiser Metal Sonic taught us a lot about Wispons when he got Whisper's. Oh, and now that you can't stop it...
Phantom Mini starts creating a huge snowball, one so big that Dria wouldn't be able to dodge it. Thinking fast Dria grabs a dismembered metal plate from the earlier Ghost Mechs and attempts to sleigh away. The snowball however, was picking up pace and in front of Dria was the glacially tempered waters. She needed to think fast, think, think. She remembered something, she got an idea. Dria dives into the snowball, hands first. And as Mini thinks he's frozen Dria solid, Dria comes out, chilled, but certainly not frozen, and with the snow under her control.
Dria: I'll admit, you got close.
Dria throws the snow back at Phantom Mini, soon freezing him solid instead. Dria touches the frozen bot, and uses telekinesis to throw it against the farthest wall hard, smashing the ice and denting the bot. She attempts to repeat the process, but Mini smacks the snow back at her, which slams her into a wall and causes the Sol Emerald to fall towards the water.
Dria: Dang it!
Phantom Mini: Oh, right, we were supposed to be collecting those.
As Dria gets up, she hears the Sol Emerald fall into the... floor? Looking down, she sees the Sol Emerald had reverted a small section of the water below to metal. Mini would notice and would try to fix this, but would realise he couldn't.
Phantom Mini : Why isn't it working?!
Dria: ...The Phantom Ruby was theorized to be able to disrupt the Sol Emeralds... Oh.
Phantom Mini: What do you mean?!
Dria: Like i'm telling you.
Dria jumps down and grabs the Sol Emerald, but realizes her wings are frozen, and she can't fly. Suddenly, as if in response to her needs the Sol Emerald would shimmer, thawing her frozen wings.
Dria: Well that certainly helps. Now then, Mini.
Phantom Mini: Oh the boss isn't gonna like this.
Mini stirs up a snowstorm, but the Sol Emerald repels it as more phantom ruby nonsense, and Dria powers through it, and hits Mini into the floor with the Sol Emerald, "shattering" his Phantom Form, reverting the environment and slamming him into the ground.
Mini: What can you do when you're a defenseless robot at heart...
Dria: Right, anyways.
Dria slices Mini in half with the cutting beam, the ice in her Wispon having faded with everything else Eggman Nega generated. Eggman Nega then returned Dria to everyone else, with no one to fight her. Silence, finally, went through his own fight as well. Silence was within a small desert island surrounded by water. Within the sand the Ghost Condor was setting down mines, alongside it the Ghost Rex would give chase.
Silence: Oh that blasted Ghost Rex. Begone!
Silence fires a full strength hyper laser at it, vaporizing most of it's body.
Phantom Mum : Mmmm.
Mum would float over and and snap a finger, repairing the Ghost Rex. Silence would only find this annoying, even more so due to there only being palm trees that can easily be knocked down. In addition, running on land only left him open to possible mines. One thing was for certain, Silence had to make sure Mum couldn't repair the mechs at all. Either by obstruction or by complete destruction.
Silence: Hey, didn't i vaporize you earlier?
Phantom Mum : I've been reborn anew! It won't happen like last time!
Silence: No.
Silence unleashes another full power hyper laser, his Wisps providing that extra bit of energy to make sure the bot vaporizes. This only leaves Mum with a decent burn on his face, and overheats the laser coils for the drones, causing the full power hyper laser to no longer be a option for the moment. Thinking tactically, Silence remembers that Sonic must've had a way to deal with the Ghost Condor in the sky, and being up there would invalidate the mines. Watching the minefield as the drones destroy it, Silence notices a couple green mines that don't have the spikes of the rest. Recognizing this, Silence reasons that Sonic must've jumped on those mines to reach the flying bot. Being unable to do so himself, he settles for the next best option, jumping over a green mine, and having one of his drones blow it up under him. This works surprisingly well, and Silence lands on one of the orbiting platforms. The Ghost Condor would begin shooting missiles at Silence in retaliation. One of the drones, manned by one of the Specters, shot down every missile. With that managed, Silence opened fire with missiles upon Mum. Mum would gather ruby mist which would consume the missiles and spit them out above Silence. Silence quickly jumped to the other platform as the redirected missiles vaporized the one he was on, only for it to reform.
Silence: That's not how the Phantom Ruby is supposed to work! What did Eggman Nega do?
Phantom Mum : Oh you know! Turns out the ruby can give off this physical mist. Pretty neat right? That's what's filling this entire area!
Silence: Oh come on.
Silence opens fire on the Ghost Condor, slowly dealing damage between it healing. Suddenly though, the Ghost Rex, which had been directly below the Ghost Condor the whole time, but too short to reach Silence, extended it's neck, and chomped the floating platform Silence was on. Silence shoots it, destroying it's grip, but the floating platform was actually damaged, forcing Silence to jump off as it falls and rolls away. As Silence descends the Ghost Condors launches mines right underneath Silences landing zone in an attempt to get quick damage in. Silence, however, managed to grab the other floating platform, and began firing at the Ghost Rex from his vantage point. The onslaught from Silence would cause the Ghost Rex to fall over onto the mines, completely destroying it's body making it unrecoverable.
Phantom Mum : No!
Silence: I think i'm starting to understand...
Phantom Mum : What?
Silence: If something's vaporized, the Ruby Mist can just remake it. But it can't remake what's still together. The Ghost Rex was destroyed because the mines sent the metal of it's legs flying without destroying it. That floating platform was broken because the Ghost Rex tore a chunk off of it. That's why the laser didn't do anything.
Phantom Mum : And? Knowing that won't help you win!
Silence:... Yes it will.
Silence precisely blows apart the mine launcher of the Ghost Condor, rendering it useless and unrepairable, and causing the rest of the mech to fall and explode. Mum wouldn't really have a choice but to act, now without any mechs to do the fighting. Mum would point at the sun, making it become hotter and hotter on the sandy island. The temperature hit 120 degree celsius, heatwaves visible everywhere. Mum had a simple plan, let Silence attempt to fight him in the heat and have it slowly tire the Hyena out. Meanwhile Mum spawned more badniks to keep Silence back.
Silence: Keep the Badniks busy! I'm trying something!
The Specters oblige Silence in their drones, firing missiles at the Badniks as Silence fires at Mum, hoping the phantom redirect doesn't work on laser beams. Luckily it doesn't due to Mum not actually having the Phantom Force Cyne or the Phantom Ruby possessed. Unfortunately, this didn't stop a well timed energy shield from blocking them. 
Silence: Great.
Even more annoyingly, the floating platform, without a Ghost Condor to follow and being overheated, falls from the sky, flinging Silence upon landing, as well as the Sol Emerald. Silence lands fine, with the Sol Emerald landing in his hand, and it causes him to recall Cyne's theory. 
Silence: (Maybe...)
Phantom Mum : What's with that look?
Silence tosses the Sol Emerald at Mum. Caught off guard, Mum gets smacked in the face by it, the Sol Emerald going through the barrier, before he grabs it. Silence gets a little bit worried, before his face lights up as Mum starts glowing purple.
Phantom Mum: Thanks for the free Sol Emerald! Wait, what's with-
Mum's Phantom form "shatters" and Mum falls to the now metal floor, the room returning to normal with him. Silence immediately points his laser pistol at Mum, remembers the Sol Emerald, grabs it, and then points the laser pistol at him again. 
Silence: Hey, Specters! Your lasers functioning again?
One of the Specters pops out to assure him that yes, the laser coils had cooled.
Mum: Not again!
Silence fires a full powered laser at Mum, vaporizing him, and with the bot gone, Eggman Nega returns Silence to his team.
Alan: Is that everyone?
Srish: Cyne? Are you there?
Behind them Blaze, Tails and Marine would appear. With them would be an unconscious Fuji with a destroyed device over his head.
Tails : There you guy's are. I'm guessing we were all sent to different locations? I wonder where Cyne, Cross and Terios are?
Alan: And what is he doing here?
Tails would realize that Alan was talking about the unconscious Fuji and would brighten up.
Tails : Oh him? Let me tell you about it while we wait for the other three. So it started off with...
... A endless sky. Blaze and Marine were falling through an endless sky, no matter how far they fell they would never land.
Marine : Blaze!
Blaze : Hold on!
Blaze would propel herself towards Marine in an attempt to grab her in which she succeeded. But suddenly a visible slash of wind would near the two, before it could slash through them however, both would be lifted up by something.
Tails : You guys alright? That was a close one.
Blaze : Tails! What's going on? I thought we were in that room?
Tails : We were, but it seems like we've been caught in some sort of augmented reality. It has readings from the Phantom Ruby but way weaker.
Marine : Forget that! Who slashed at us?!
The three would look forward to see Fuji, though he had some sort of device on his head.
Marine : Fuji?! How'd ya' reckon he got here?
Tails : No idea, probably Nega if I had to guess though.
Fuji: You're not getting out alive.
Blaze : Is that right?
Marine : I thought he hated Nega? Why would he help him?
Tails : He has some device on his head. He's probably being controlled by it. Our goal should be to destroy it.
Fuji: I will not allow that.
Fuji creates a vortex in his hands, soon thrusting them both forward and shooting a wind vacuum towards the group. Tails would throw Blaze and Marine and would activate a shield from his wrist gadget to take that attack. Meanwhile Blaze conjures fire in hers hand and attempts to grab to grab the device on Fuji's head. Fuji would realise what they were trying and would grab Blaze's wrist throwing her into Marine.
Fuji: Such a obvious attempt.
However, Behind Blaze and Marine was a ball of pure electricity fired at him from Tails. Due to the surprise attack hiding behind the others, Fuji would be forced to block the oncoming attack.
Blaze : Marine! Add your water to it!
Marine : Uhh.. There's no water?
Tails : Wrong! The clouds are made of water molecules, try drawing from them!
Marine would do as Tails said and to her surprise she would indeed make and condense water from the clouds. She would shoot the ball of water with Tails ball of electricity, causing it to burst and coat Fuji with electricity.
Fuji: AGGH! W-what is... You will not stop me.
The three notice Fuji breaking through the control device.
Tails : Let's hope this works. He'll either be understanding or keep trying to fight us.
Fuji, still under control, but fighting it now, stirs up tornados to throw around the group. Blaze use's flames to heat the air, when air becomes hot it expands (The same reason why hot air balloons can fly). Blaze would make her flames hotter an hotter hile Marine used water to cool herself and Tails. The heat would actually work in being used to dodge the tornados and navigated them without being sucked in. Fuji responded by charging into Marine, grabbing her, and flinging her into Blaze. Tails would throw dummy rings at Fuji, causing them to explode around him. Blaze also regains her senses and catches Marine, launching a combines water and flame jet into a double uppercut on Fuji through the smoke cloud. This makes the helmet slip and reawakens Fuji's conciousness, but leaves his body under the helmet's control.
Tails : Fuji?
Blaze : Careful Tails, I'm still getting a hostile feel from him.
Fuji: What's going on?! What is this place, and what are you peasants doing in it?! And why can't i control my body?!
Fuji's body summons a wind barrier around itself to keep the others back, before throwing wild wind around. Blaze attempts to push back with raw firepower but fails, the wind extinguishing the flames as they came out. This would result in all of them be launched back, the sharp wind even giving them small cuts.
Tails : This isn't good. We need to get through that barrier.
Blaze : But how? We can't even get past the wind being generated!
Fuji: However you do it, you'd better not harm me! I have Eggman Nega to punish!
Tails : Can't guarantee that. You guys give me time to run a diagnosis. I might be able to find out why were in an infinite sky and how to sever the link controlling Fuji.
Blaze : Right.
Marine : With pleasure!
Blaze : Marine, do you think you could create water past the barrier?
Marine : Er.. I could give it try?
Marine would attempt it, but ultimately nothing would happen.
Tails : I think if you two try condensing your water and flames, then try shooting them forward the pressure should be enough to go against the massive air resistance.
Blaze : Sure, lets try that.
Both would gather massive amounts of water and flames, each condensing it as much as they could. Blaze would end up with a beachball sized Fireball from what was once a massive boulder sized one and Marine a similar size from what was once a large boulder sized waterball. Both couldn't hold onto this condensed elements any longer and would shoot them forwards, both would pierce through the wild winds but would do little to the wind barrier.
Fuji: Useless! 
Blaze : Tails? Hurry up a little?! 
Tails : Hold on! The diagnostic is running and it's at 35%. 
Marine : Blaze, We just gotta out gun em'! 
Blaze : But... we already tried- 
Marine : No! We tried, but we didn't! Y'know? 
Blaze smiles and gives an understanding look to Marine. 
Blaze : Yeah, let's try it out. 
Marine : Strewth! 
Marine and Blaze would get closer to eachother before bumping shoulders, each of them holding their hands outs next to eachother and gather water and fire. Eventually they would mix, becoming steam. The steam would grow brighter and brighter, if the sky below them had land someone may have mistaken it for a twinkling star. 
Marine : Ya' ready lad?! 
Blaze : Let's do it! 
Marine : Fire! 
Blaze and Marine would launch a pure wave of Condensed Steam towards Fuji, colliding with the barrier. Even though it didn't pierce through right away, Blaze and Marine kept pushing. 
Blaze : Keep pushing! 
Fuji: Don't you dare! You'll burn my body! 
Marine : Sorry Mate! This'll hurt! 
The steam would break through the wind barrier with it's immense pressure constantly building up, blasting through and even hitting Fuji which would leave him seared and steaming. This also fried the helmet. Fuji immediately attempted to retaliate, but took too long charging a attack and fainted from the steam burns.
Blaze : Great we did it.
Marine would carry Fuji's body over using some water.
Blaze : How do we get out of here though?
Tails : Don't worry guys. My diagnostic is finished. This is false reality created by something offsprung from the Phantom Ruby. Since it's not nearly as powerful as the raw ruby we could negate it with a Sol Emerald.
Blaze : Why didn't I think of that...
Blaze would take out her Sol Emerald, tapping into it's power and within seconds the group would return.
Tails :... So that's why Fuji's here. Any questions? 
Alan: When did Nega have the time? He was still at the castle when we used the rocket. 
Tails : Yeah, I still have no idea about how that happened. Maybe he used the ruby? 
Blaze : I think our focus's should be whatever going on up there. 
Everyone would look at the distortion, resolving themselves to enter. 
Five Minutes Before... 
Cyne : What th- 
Cross : Where did the others go? 
The three hedgehogs would hear a deep metallic chuckle from in front of them. 
Terios : Kaiser! 
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Yes, it's me. I'm surprised you all made it up here. 
Cyne : Where did you send the others?! 
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Oh don't worry. They are being handled by others elsewhere. After all, what type of staller would I be if I didn't make you all work to get past this terminal gate. 
Cross : Stalling? So Nega isn't finished with his plans right? So if we crush you quickly we can stop him before it's too late. 
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Technically, but you won't. 
Kaiser would snap his finger, a brief distortion wave being sent around them. 
Cyne : What did you do? 
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Oh, I just created a barrier around us, just incase the others get out quickly and want to ruin my fun. 
Cross : You know if they're all there that they'll break through right? 
Kaiser metal Sonic : Yes, but it will take time. Time is all I need. 
Terios : So be it then, you two stay out of my way. 
Cross : Whatever you say edgelord. 
Terios : Tch. 
The three hedgehogs charged at Kaiser Metal Sonic. Terios would start of the assault attempting to grab on Kaiser.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Oh no no no, I won't be falling for that again.
Kaiser would warp behind Terios and kick him away. In front of Kaiser however was now Cyne and Cross both having their fingers aimed like guns at him.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Hoh?
Cross & Cyne : Surprise!
Cross would shoot a sniper Chaos Energy shot point blank and Cyne did as well with an electricity bolt. However, he would curl into a spinball right before contact and bounce off the two flinging them into the walls.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Oh come on now you three. At this rate I won't even need to use the Phantom Mist.
Cross : Phantom Mist?
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Yes, you will see. 
Kaiser Metal Sonic started changing the environment around him, changing it to a mountainous one, then a firey one, then settling on a open ocean with no land. Cyne thinking fast would freeze the water around them.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Isn't this sad Cyne? You can't use those electrical powers and your now limited to your ice ones. But- oh wait! Your friend's need footing to fight back! So you can't really join them in attacks as often anymore, nor can they attack without risking falling into the water.
Cross : What make's you think we can't swim?
Kaiser Metal Sonic : You want to swim?
The water around them would have many robot sharks leap from the water, showing the dangers of the deadly swarm beneath.
Cyne : You think just because you can change the landscape that we can't win? Your forgetting that I have the Phantom Force.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Is that right? But tell me. Last I recall your not using it, I wonder why?
Cyne : ...
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Oh! I think I know why! You can't use those ice and electrical abilities while using the Phantom Force right? Without the ice your friends are gonna plummet to the shark swarm.
Kaiser would let out another deep chuckle.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : You are all so hopeless. 
Deciding to do something, Kaiser fires at the group with soundwave attacks. Terios would opt to negate each of them as he rushed in to land a punch on Kaiser.
Terios : Hnk!
Kaiser Metal Sonic : HAHAHAAHA!!!
In Terios chest would be Suncutter claws similar to Alans.
Cyne : What? But how!
Cross : How can he use that?!
Kaiser would throw Terios down, who now had sharp holes in his chest, though they did not bleed.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Confused? Well, I'm not an idiot after all! I put a connective component in the others that allow me to copy the abilities of whoever they're fighting. It's quite great. I don't even have to fight the person myself anymore.
Cyne : Then does that mean?
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Yes, I can use all of their abilities. Using the Phantom Mist, plus the energy of those Wisp's we captured plus the Wispon, Nega created the tech needed for the Phantom Mist to adapt the properties from a radiator. That means not only is this room filled with Phantom Mist, but the same energy as those aliens as well! It means I can use any of those abilities freely and I can create additional components on myself to use them better!
Terios would lift himself up off the ground, dusting himself off.
Terios : That hurt a lot.
Cross : How are you even standing?
Terios : My healing factor is good, I no longer even feel the pain. 
Kaiser Metal Sonic: There's one more detail that you should take note of. I looked into Nega's ancestor's files before you got here for more data on the Phantom Ruby, and it showed me a technique that you used to use, Cyne. 
Kaiser Metal Sonic then summoned a copy of Srish, who ran in and fired on Cyne with the Rhythm Suit. 
Kaiser Metal Sonic: Cloning, such a versatile power. 
Cyne would create a wall of ice that would shatter from the shockwave. 
Cyne : (Without a ruby or shard?) 
Terios : Heh. 
Terios would crack his knuckles walking forward, confidence brimming. 
Terios : You think a few fakers will stop me? 
Cross : Tch! Hey Terios! Help us with these clones! 
Terios : Fool, I won't need to deal with them If I take care of the source. 
Cross : This guy... 
Cross would notice the Scattered Silence drones with his eye and would manage to dodge a hyper laser just in time.
Kaiser Metal Sonic: Sure, this room can only handle a few at a time, but that should be enough. 
Terios : What happens if I negate it then? 
Terios would jump into the air and once again reach out his hand. 
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Please, you've already tried this. 
Terios would reveal a chunk of ice being held in his rear arm and throw it with a massive force, to the point the Ice crumbled to dust midair, blinding Kaiser. 
Terios : Have I? 
Terios hand was now inches away from touching Kaiser, however Kaiser would have accounted for this quickly and would manifest Drias Wispon. Shooting Terios without having to see him, Terios would be in point blank range and unable to react, causing him to be bombarded with Eagle Wispon fire. Eventually Terios would land back on the ice and would have to roll back as a laser move towards him, slicing the ice in half. 
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Hmph, not bad. 
Kaiser would wipe the ice dust from his face. 
Kaiser Metal Sonic : But you seem to be underestimating me. 
Terios : Tch! 
Meanwhile Cross was making chain shots of the Scattered Silence while also taking sniper shots at the Silence clone. Cyne had instead swapped to his Charged Voltage Mode, realizing his Ice and the Ice layer around his body were weak to the sound. Using electricity allowed him to move faster than the sound and dodge needless damage. Kaiser Metal Sonic quickly broke off of his battle with Terios to knock around the other two hedgehogs on the field. Cyne would use this time to freeze more of the water into Ice, as much of it had been destroyed in the battle. He did that for all of two seconds before Kaiser Metal Sonic struck him.
Cyne : Agh!
Kaiser Metal Sonic : You think you have time to repair this battlefield?
Kaiser would grab Cyne by then neck and begin electrocuting him.
Cyne : GAAAAAAHH!!!!
Kaiser Metal Sonic : You will sink to the bottom of the ocean. Your friends are too occupied with the clones to help. They will soon follow your fate.
Through sheer willpower, Cyne manages to switch modes and would reverse all of the electricity onto Kaiser Metal Sonic. Kaiser would seem phased, until another metallic laugh would break out. Was this really the end?
Kaiser Metal Sonic : A valiant effort.
Kaiser would lift his arm out, forming a pink spike from his palm and pointing it towards Cyne.
Deep within Cyne's mind... a Phantom Mindscape...
Cyne : I failed... I couldn't get the Phantom Ruby back... Cross is gonna die all because he came here to get me...
Phantos : Why do you feel that way?
Cyne would look up to the blurry figure, a despairing look swallowing his face.
Cyne : He's got me beat in every way, even with three of us we can't do anything...
Phantos : What if there were four?
Cyne would gain a confused look upon hearing this.
Cyne : What do you mean?
Phantos : You don't know how to control your Phantom Force, only turn it on and off. That is why you use your genetic abilities as opposed to it. It's understandable, but to win this the Phantom Force is the key.
Cyne : But how could I use it? Even with it I'm not as stron-
Phantos : You don't need to be. The Phantom Force may not boost your raw power, but the possibilities are endless within it's usage. So while you may know nothing of it, I do. We have come close enough to switch the controllers.
Cyne : What do you mean?
Phantos : All those times you rampaged and went berserk, those times you should've died but you had the slight boost it was me attempting to take over for you. However without you understanding your own power it was difficult, but now it is different. Understand?
Cyne gains hope back in his eyes and smiles.
Cyne : Alright, if three isn't enough. Then let's see how he deals with four!
Back in the real world, Kaiser would plunge his.. Wait..
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Wait..
Kaiser realised his hand was on the left as opposed to Cyne's torso.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : What happened?
Cyne (Phantos) : I, happened.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : What?
Kaiser would realise Cyne's eyes had turned from amber to pink.
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Is this another power? Have you not learned?
Cyne (Phantos) : This power has always been here, I am just helping my master currently.
Cyne would snap his fingers and Kaiser would be blasted back by an invisible force.
Kaiser Metal Sonic: What is this? Some kind of entity which took over Cyne’s body? This wasn’t in the data from the past. 
Cyne : Woah! You got him shaking Phantos! 
Phantos : Yes, However we are not a perfect Sync yet. I can only take control for 12 more seconds. 
After conversing with Cyne in the mindscape, Phantos decides the best decision to make would be to dispel the Phantom Reality. 
Cyne (Phantos) : This Ruby Mist is not yours to wield. 
Cyne lifts his hand, distortion would ripple across the battlefield, slowing warping towards Cyne's hand and dispelling the reality. Cross would look back in surprise as the clone he was fighting vanished. 
Cross : (What the? He's destroying the fake reality?) 
Cyne (Phantos) : There is no more Ruby Mist within this room, Good luck master. 
Cyne's eyes would slowly revert back to amber, Cyne would look around and notice Team Dragoon, Blaze, Tails and Marine stepping up to Kaiser Metal Sonic. 
Cyne : Huh? We're you guys outside the whole time? 
Alan: Sorta, we just got out and were blocked from joining by a barricade. 
Kaiser Metal Sonic : I don't know what that was, but nonetheless I'm impressed. However, I should only need a few minutes, even If I fall here. 
Alan: And just why is that? 
Kaiser Metal Sonic : Oh don't worry. You will find out. 
Kaiser would create a blue light scythe and would sprout combat wings. In addition, his body would modify itself to have rhythm blasters and would have tiny Kaiser Drone's pool out from his body, forming an armor made of drones. 
Cross : Well, we did destroy his little domain. Guess I can't say I'm surprised he did that. 
Terios : It matters not, He'll be turned to rubbish. 
Alan: Where did you get that scythe?! 
Kaiser Metal Sonic: Data from the past spoke of a “Red Scythe” you like using. As for the method, I co-opted your light abilities. 
Alan sliced through the light scythe and began brawling with Kaiser Metal Sonic, while Team Dragoon kept his defenses busy. Cross would help Team Dragoon while Cyne and Terios helped Alan. Kaiser would attempt to shoot homing shot's out at Alan but Cyne would create an Ice shield to block them. Kaiser would then begin making the drone's charge a Hyper Laser all the while defending against the three. However with a well timed parry Terios left Kaiser open for a sharp swipe from Alan, luckily for Kaiser a combat wing would help mitigate the damage. Shortly after Kaiser would fire off a concentrated Hyper Laser, only for Terios to deflect it back at him, destroying the drones around his body and the Combat Wings. Kaiser, though smoking would get back up, twirling his Scythe wildly.
Alan: Give it up! You don’t even compare to the original Metal Sonic! 
Kaiser Metal Sonic : I would destroy that piece of scrap in an instant! Don't get cocky just because an unknown variable entered the field. 
Cyne : If that variable is you getting the old beatdown, then I'd say it was pretty known! 
Without wasting time Terios dashes in, Kaiser attempts to slash at him but Terios would slide under. Kaiser blasts him with a rhythm blaster causing him to crash. Only to see Cyne and Alan in front of him, Cyne would slide and freeze his legs, Terios would grab Kaiser holding him in place and disabling his abilities, Meanwhile Alan was given the perfect opportunity to land the executing blow.
Alan: Slash this-.
Alan cuts into Kaiser Metal Sonic’s neck.
Alan: Fry this-.
Alan stabs Kaiser Metal Sonic’s chest with Lightning.
Alan: Break these-.
Alan shatters Kaiser Metal Sonic’s brittled legs with Quake.
Team Dragoon: And blast this!
Team Dragoon blasts Kaiser Metal Sonic with their first Quad Blast. The resulting combination would completely destroy Kaiser ending the threat.
Cross : Still, I wonder what he was stalling for...
Eggman Nega (Speakers) : This!
The roof would open and a strange looking device would appear, releasing a strange frequency. All at once everyone's Sol Emerald's would fly towards the machine and a cage would close in around them, disappearing into the roof and it in sequence closing as well. The only one with a Sol Emerald at this point was Blaze, due to her having direct will over them.
Tails : Of course...
Cyne : Well hey, at least we still have one. Only one way to go at this point anyways. 
As the group went to leave, Srish heard the head of Kaiser Metal Sonic, which had survived, say something. 
Srish: Eh? 
Kaiser Metal Sonic: Heh… Even if you survive this, Y-you’ll still have to deal with what comes after. 
Alan: And what’s that? 
Kaiser Metal Sonic: Three beings of significance were recorded in data I analyzed. One made of the dimensions themselves, one made of magic and one made of pure power. Even if master Eggman Nega loses, those three will destroyyyyy- 
Kaiser Metal Sonic finally cuts out for good.
Tails : Well that's ominous... 
Alan: I wouldn’t be too frightened. After all, what kind of being is made of the dimensions themselves? 
Cyne : Well, whatever the case I'm sure we can take em'! Now let's get the doctor. 
Everyone heads down, soon arriving at the only way to Eggman Nega, a rail line. Terios would grind on ahead. Cross would look to Alan.
Cross : Need a hand? 
Alan: I never was good at grinding rails. 
Alan accepts the help, and the heroes move onwards, until soon, the middle rail lights up with a yellow light.
Marine : Hm? Yellow? 
Dria, the only Team Dragoon member on the middle rail, flies above it due to suspicion. Cross who was with Alan on a rail to the left would closer into it using his scoped mode.
Cross : Jump off that rail!
Everyone would follow suit and the Middle Rail would spark with electricity, the lights turning pink and then turning into spikes in the shape of electricity. 
Dria: I remember now! Eggman used these rails in his fortress! They can become electrified! 
Blaze : Should I assume the electricity turns into spikes as well? 
Cyne : No, that's definitely due to the Phantom Ruby. He has six Sol Emeralds too, he was probably trying to electrocute and impale us on those. 
As the spikes die down, the left rail lights yellow next.
Cross : Alan, I'm gonna need you to jump with me. Otherwise, your gonna get fried and shish-kebabbed. 
Alan: Got it. 
Cross helped Alan jump to the middle rail as the left one lights with electricity and spikes. From behind them a badnik that looked to be a drone would follow them.
Eggman Nega (Speakers) : Hoh! Look's like this one is having trouble on the rails?! In that case!
Small orbs of metals would circle the drone, six in fact. Each one a different color of the rainbow. The Red orb would flash and shoot fireballs towards Alan and Cross.
Alan: We've got pests on the rails!
Dria: For now.
Dria opens fire, smashing the elemental drones. Unfortunately, this is temporary, as Phantom Copies of them take their place.
Eggman Nega (Speakers) : Oh please! It was never going to be that simple!
As they grinded, destroyed and dodged the drones on the rails, the metallic interior would lead into the outside. The group was now outside the Nega Egg rail grinding, though Alan would notice that there was somehow an atmosphere on the outside.
Cyne : What the?! Look down there!
The group would look and notice that piece of water and earth from the planet down below floating up and circling the Nega Egg.
Blaze : How dare he! Not only does he steal the Sol Emeralds, steal your Phantom Ruby. But now he intends to steal the world as well?! 
Srish: Phantom Ruby, remember? That could just be a illusion. 
Dria: Maybe. But why? 
Cyne : No, it isn't an illusion. I could feel if it was one. 
Eggman Nega (Speakers) : Hoh? Interested? This world is nice but why conquer this world when I could just make a new one! With the Sol Emeralds I could control the nature and the Phantom Ruby I could remove any imperfections! 
Blaze : What will happen to the world then?! 
Eggman Nega (Speakers) : Ah, well. It will be there, just a chunk of it missing is all. A small price to pay for Nega-World! 
Alan: What's that, a bootleg Eggmanland? 
Eggman Nega (Speakers) : Bootleg?! How dare you?! I'll have you know this far eclipses what my other dimensional counterpart made! Why have an amusement park when you could have a World of Fantasy?! 
The green drone shoots poison needle darts towards the group, Cyne using his ice to freeze and block them for the group.
Alan: I'll have you know there is nothing you could make that is worth my time.
The left and middle rail then turn yellow, forcing the group to take to the right rail before they electrify. A light blue drone then freezes said rail. Cyne thinking fast further freeze's and expands the ice turning the frozen portion of the rail into an ice walk way. The group now running along it. The fire drone subsequently responds with a fire blast to melt the rail, forcing the heroes back on it. As they do, all three rails light yellow. Instead of all of them electrifying though, the light cuts out.
Cyne : Tch! What now!?
Meanwhile back on land, Whisper would be evacuating citizens of the Sol Empire. Terrain and homes being ripped from the ground and floating upwards, Whisper could only look up the the Nega Egg with hope they would soon stop it.
Eggman Nega(Speakers): What?! The breakers flipped because i electrified three rails? How does that make any sense?! 
Eggman Nega then realizes the speakers were on.
Cross : You have the Phantom Ruby and Sol Emeralds yet you still don't know how to properly manage power? 
Eggman Nega(Speakers): Shut it! I know perfectly how to manage the Nega Egg's power! Let me show you! 
The rails head back into the Nega Egg, and laser cannons on the walls open fire on the heroes. The heroes would jump between rails in order to dodge the onslaught of lasers. All the while Team Dragoon and Cross shot at the Cannon's, destroying them.
Alan: Yeah! What can you do now, eh?
Eggman Nega(Speakers): More than you think.
Eggman Nega then had cannons father ahead on the rail line fire on the rails themselves, destroying them and causing the rails the heroes were on to lean downwards quickly.
Cyne : Hey Marine! Can you give me a hand real quick?
Marine : Eh? Why- Oh!!!
Marine jump's over to Cyne's rail. Cyne place's his hand on the rail as does Marine. Water would extend out in the shape of a rail before Cyne would freeze it. Eggman Nega would attempt to melt it again however Marine and Cyne built water off of the rail and shot it the Drone everytime it reformed and attempted to melt the rail. Unfortunately, Team Dragoon would fail to use the rail and end up on the ground level, with the drones ignoring them.
Srish: Give us a second! We'll catch up! 
Cyne : Alright! Don't be too slow now! 
As the other heroes fight the drones and defenses, a new threat appears in the form of multiple Kaiser Metal Sonics appearing behind them on the rails.
Cross : Looks like we have some Kaiser Clones. I doubt there anything like the real thing, probably just pale imitations.
Blaze would release a wave of Fire,to burn them. While that happened Cyne would jump into a spinball shredding into one of their torsos and then freezing it when jumping off and back onto the rails. The Kaiser Clones that were not hit with direct blasts would shake off the fire and boost ahead, attempting to knock the heroes off the rails. Cyne and Marine would cleverly change the shapes of the rail and cause the Clones to get in front of them.
Cyne : Ok so, our attacks don't seem to have an effect on them.
Cross : No, Blaze still has a Sol Emerald remember? 
As the Kaiser Metal Sonics turn to blast the heroes, Dria flies up from below on her W-Wing and shoots them, throwing them off. Using this opportunity Blaze uses her Sol Emerald and produces pinkish reddish flames that she shoots towards each of them. The empowered flames would destroy the clones, disrupting the Phantom Energy used to make them. With Eggman Nega unable to reform them, he sends in some Johnny clones instead, specifically to target Blaze and Dria. Blaze takes notice and sends out some more fire which they would speedily dodge.
Dria: Buzz off! 
Dria fires off shot after shot to handle the copies, which keeps them at range.
???: Tch! I was wondering why you were all taking so long.
The heroes would notice Terios running up the Ice Rail and jumping over them, on contact he would be able to disperse the Johnny copies.
Terios : Hurry up, we don't have all day. Playing with his toys isn't gonna make him anymore defeated. 
Alan: You shush! We are moving! 
The rail riders turn to see Team Dragoon racing along the floor. Marine extends some water and Cyne freezes parts of it to make a hand with moving parts. The hand would extend out to them to pull them up.
Cyne : There's a vent up there! We're gonna see what we can enter through that, we also shouldn't have to deal with as many clones or badniks. 
Alan: You see what you can do, our Extreme Gear won't fit in that, so we're continuing ahead. 
Cyne : Right. 
The other half of the group would continue ahead into a ventilation shaft, while the others attempted to make something of their current location.
Eggman Nega(Speakers): There's one more thing to get past before you reach me.
Alan: Oh yeah? What?
A crashing sound then echos behind the team. Srish checks behind him, to see pistons slamming behind them, attempting to catch up and crush them. Alongside a group of pirate Badniks running towards them from the opposite end.
Alan: Go go go!
Team Dragoon boost ahead faster than the pistons, and through the pirate Badniks. Soon enough, they spot a door at the end of the hall slowly closing. If they wanted to make it, they would have to rush.
Eggman Nega (Speakers) : Tik! Tok! 
Srish: I’ve got you! Send me Ranger! 
Srish grabs the Dragoon Sigil and the W-Wing when it goes back to land, and Silence holds onto the Dragoon Sigil, then Ranger enters Hover, and zooms through the door, it shutting the second they pass it. 
Alan: We did it! 
Eggman Nega: Welcome! 
Tails : Oh hey! You guys made it. 
Eggman Nega would be sitting down in some sort of control center in the middle of the floor. 
Eggman Nega : Your just in time! It's finally time I used this! 
A glass dome would cover the top of the control panel as Eggman Nega would sink down into the floor. Eggman Nega would gin wide grin, looking at the Sol Emeralds embed into the top of the control panel under safety glass. After a bit of rumbling and time, a mass of metal would begin emerging from the floor. It was a massive Death Egg Look robot, though it was a bit more slim in build and was equipped with giant glowing gems on each hand. 
Eggman Nega : Prepare yourselves! The Nega Death robot is unbeatable! (Even if they somehow did beat it, I have a plan B that will turn the entire Nega Death Egg into a war mech.) 
The gems on the mechs hands would glow a would create a flaming sword of Hyper-Go-On and Sol Energy and a blue cube like shield with of the same merged energies. 
Blaze : He's utilizing the powers of the Sol Emeralds and the Wisps energy. 
Cyne : Yeah, I don't sense the Phantom Ruby in there though. 
Cross : He could be saving it for a Plan B? Either way, I don't think were out of the fight just yet. 
Marine : Yer' right! Were just getting started! 
Alan: Nice mech. Shame it can only hold 6 Sol Emeralds. 
Eggman Nega : Only six? No, No. I simply do not have the seventh. The casing properly adjust with nanotech to hold and do repairs with the Emeralds. I will be taking that last emerald you have, so do not worry. 
The Nega Death Robot would sink it's sword into the ground causing a wave of fire to ripple out, the wave's of fire were massive and couldn't simply be jumped over. Blaze, Cyne and Terios using there respective powers were able to protect the group from it however the fire from all the other sides hit the wall and exploded into tiny fire ball that would volley around the massive room.
Eggman Nega: You may be wondering where some of your group went. I simply returned them to the ground. Honestly, I should do the same for all of you, but you did manage to beat my Kaiser Metal Sonic, so I want to destroy you here and now! 
Cyne : I was wondering where that Pirate Metal Sonic and his crew were at... 
Alan: Now then, let this battle truly begin! 
Alan fires off his refracting laser at the Nega Egg Robot, but the blast is absorbed by a shield. 
Eggman Nega: I had Kaiser Metal Sonic give me the exact signature for your attacks, they won't do anything. Now then, i think this battlefield's a bit too fair for you, let's change that! 
The Nega Egg Robot then emits a ruby pulse, that turns the entire room red. Seconds after, the room turns into open ocean, causing the heroes to fall into it. Cyne would quickly freeze the water to create a platform to stand on, overwhelmed with the Deja Vu.
Cyne : Geez, Blaze's world is already mostly water, then Metal Sonic makes a massive ocean and now you? What's up with the place and the love for water? 
Team Dragoon quickly drag themselves out of the false sea and onto the platform. 
Alan: Ok, we know it has the Ruby, surely you can do something with that! 
Cyne : Yeah- 
Cross : No, his mech can operate with three different energies present at a time. I don't think a simple instability malfunction will work here. Instead were gonna need to tap into all the power he's using and cause each energy individually to blow up or just completely destroy the mech, which doesn't seem that plausible... 
Cyne : Well, Blaze has the Sol Emerald, I have my Phantom Force and Team Dragoon have Wispons. We should be good then right? 
Cross : Hopefully. 
Eggman Nega: Fools! You think I didn't account for that? This mech converts any commands into a prompt, prompts which I can accept or decline! Feel free to try though! 
Terios : Doctor. Did you forget that I'm here? I'll just negate your little "Prompts". 
Eggman Nega : Oh Really? 
The sword would change to a Cyan color and would begin to extend into a massive laser. The Laser seemed infinite in length. The Nega Death Robot would grip it with both hands and swing it sideways. 
Blaze : We need to dodge that! It's massive! 
Dria simply flies over it, with Team Dragoon in tow.
Eggman Nega : You fell for it!
Laser Prism's would manifest and redirect the Laser Sword directly towards the airborne Team Dragoon. The others have dived into the water to dodge and watched on. Team Dragoon react by dropping off, landing and slipping a little on the ice, but Eggman Nega was prepared for that, and the laser bounces around, keeping the team separated before smashing the ice into bits. Eggman Nega then swaps to a Lightning Sword and prepares to stab it into the water. Tails meanwhile was whispering to Cyne and Marine. Cyne creates a platform of ice under the water and Marine uses her water abilities to lift it up, allowing for them to float on the ice and avoid the electrified water.
Cross : That was good thinking Tails.
Tails : Now's not the time for compliment's, we need to attack before he can put pressure like that on again. Terios, your going to be vital for dealing with that shield. 
Alan: Then let's keep the pressure up. Team Dragoon, attack! 
Team Dragoon opens fire on the Nega Egg Robot, which while immune to the attacks, was having it's vision blocked by them. Tails hovered in the air and spun rapidly holding onto Terios before throwing him, being covered behind Team Dragoon's rapid fire. Terios would land on the shield and negate it, making the gem on it's left hand turn gray.
Eggman Nega : You blasted rat! Why couldn't you just be loyal to my family like you were supposed to be!
Terios : I'm no one's slave!
A sniper shot from Cross would hit the hand holding the sword, leaving the Mech perfectly open.
Srish: Let's see what you can do from melee range now!
Srish and Alan run up to the mech with the assistance of their powers, hoping attacks past it's shield do actual damage. Unfortunately, the most that could be done was leave marks, as the metals were resistant to Wispons and vibrations were ineffective. The mechs exterior would glow black and a big explosion would burst, blasting the three back. There allies would luckily catch them. The smoke would drift away with a completely unscathed Nega Death Robot.
Eggman Nega : Not a bad attempt, but I told you this would be useless. 
Alan: Come on team! I thought you had a idea! 
Cyne : Ah yeah.. Sorry I just don't really have a way to get over there and... 
Blaze : What if I fall?! 
Marine : Ah.. I forgot you were afraid of- 
Blaze : I'm not! 
Eggman Nega: Oh? What are you afraid of? Falling? Well then... 
The Nega Egg Robot pulses again with ruby light, and the environment changes to open air. As such, everyone starts falling, with the slight exception of the Nega Egg Robot, which stayed level with the heroes.
Blaze : Tails! Catch!! Now!!!
Tails : *Sigh*
Tails flies over and catches Blaze, only to realize the descent didn't stop despite it.
Tails : Blaze, you know that this was the same way it was when we fought Fuji right?
Blaze : That doesn't mean I enjoyed it!
Cross : No time for fear, turn that into bravery and make something happen. Alan, Cyne you two should partner up since Cyne can't really fly. Blaze, you can stick with Tails. I'll go with Terios. We need to try this again, this time we need Blaze, Cyne and any or all of Team Dragoon to land there attacks at a focused point. Even if it doesn't outright break it, hitting it with the same energies it's powered by will do damage and force a weak spot. 
Alan: The metals are immune to Wispons! You're telling me you can see some sort of energy nexus? 
Cross : Yeah, that metal has Hyper-Go-On flowing all through it, but I saw it when Terios negated the shield. Those gems on the mechs hands are the main components for managing the energy. Terios negated one when he Negated the shield but the other one was still active. They seem to take 15 seconds between returning the negated energies so we need to have Terios negate both gems, that way the metal can no longer absorb and conduct it. 
Cyne : Wait, I know you have that neat eye but how can you confirm that? 
Tails : No he's right. You saw how the mech turned black all around? The energy is all throughout the Mech, the gems just allow for it's total usage. 
Cross : Yeah, After we destroy those he will be forced to use the Sol Emeralds which probably means he won't be able to use the Phantom Ruby alongside it as well. Assuming he has all three energies in there however the Metal has to be an alloy meant to withstand the possible conflicting powers? 
Tails : Yeah, that means it only circulates what it can take, so by hitting it all in one place we can do critical damage. 
Alan: Wait... Those aren't the Sol Emeralds? 
Eggman Nega: Of course! The Sol Emeralds are well protected inside the mech! I wouldn't just display them on the hands of it! 
Srish: Sounds good. Team! Get ready! 
The Nega Death Robot creates a green wand in it's hand where the shield once was. He would point it at the group and cause them to freeze midair, the endless descent seizing for the moment as well. 
Eggman Nega :You know, one of my favorite combinations is Hover and Rocket! 
The still frozen midair heroes would watch as orange missles shot out from the back of the mech and headed towards them. Terios negates the grasp over himself and deflects all of the missiles back at the mech, also allowing all of the others to be freed as well.
Alan: Alright, his point has been made, Cyne, i have a idea. 
Cyne : Lay it on me. 
Alan: Clouds are made of water. Even water made through Phantom Ruby illusions can freeze. There's a lot of clouds around. Do you get it? 
Cyne : Yeah, but then what? Want do you want me to do with that? What will you do? 
Alan: Freeze clouds, and attack the mech with them. While he handles that, i'll get to that energy nexus and break it. 
Cyne creates a ramp of ice from the water molecules in the air and spindashes up to the clouds. Cyne would grab a cloud, freezing it on contact and hurl it towards the Nega Death Robot. Bouncing from cloud to cloud with small platforms of ice. Eggman Nega responds with a burst shield, melting the ice on contact with the shield. This give's Terios the chance to sneak under and disable the Burst Shield, giving Alan and Cross a chance to destroy the two energy nexus. Alan does so by climbing the mech and stabbing one of the gems with Lightning claws, before using a hyper laser to do additional damage. Cross enters his Aero mode and forms a Chaos Bomb, hurling it at the hand armed with a blade before causing it to explode, disrupting the nexus before shooting it with a sniper shot, shattering the gem. Eggman Nega responds by throwing Alan aside and reactivating his gems.
Eggman Nega: Maybe the problem is that i'm outnumbered. Let's see how you deal with this!
Eggman Nega swaps the environment again, this time to a arena similar to the Machine Labyrinth one. As the heroes crash lightly on the floor, the arena's walls are torn asunder by every Ghost mech Eggman Nega has.
Tails : Is it ready Blaze?
Blaze : Yes.
Blaze erupts in flames, covered an a aura of heat, her eye's turning red and the white puffy fur of her outfit flaming now in a similar fashion to her Burning form. With the utmost concentration and power of a single Sol Emerald, she managed to become Thermal Blaze!
Cyne : Woah! I take it you can handle all these mechs while we take on the main event?
Thermal Blaze : You can count on me. 
Alan: Man, you need to teach my Blaze how to do that! 
Team Dragoon immediately fire off Quad Blasts at the Nega Egg Robot, which it still blocked, but less effectively. Cross would create a Chaos Wire and wrap it around one of the arms pulling it forward, the Nega Death Robot would instead pull Cross forward and into the air to ready a punch, Cross narrowly dodges it and knots both of it's arms together with the wire, reinforced by Cyne who freezes it. Alan and Dria take the chance and attempt to cut off one of the arms with their weapons. Thinking fast Eggman Nega forces the torso to spin 360 degree, shaking off Cross and Cyne and avoiding Alan and Dria's attack. The two conjoined arms would slam into Alan and Dria, sending them flying to a wall. Blaze would thankfully catch them however, showing a ton of half melted ghost mechs behind her.
Thermal Blaze : Are you all alright? 
Alan: Oof... Sometimes i regret being a melee fighter with my frailer body. 
Eggman Nega : (Perfect, even if I'm at the disadvantage right now. Sol Emerald synthesis is at 44% or in this case 88% for the negative energy which is much more receptive to the Phantom Ruby while I'm using it.) 
Blaze looks angrily at the Nega Death Robot. 
Thermal Blaze : What are you doing with the Sol Emeralds? 
Eggman Nega : I'm synthesizing it's power to the Nega Egg. Right now I'm on the backfoot, that doesn't mean I've lost however! 
Blaze blasts in, spinning like a top with her fist hurtling towards the mech. She would melt right through the two trapped arms, rendering them useless.
Alan: That did it!
Eggman Nega: Grr, let's see how well you do when you're having to save everyone!
Eggman Nega swaps the environment a fourth time, this time to the Deep Core. While the heroes were atop rock platforms, they quickly started to melt in the lava. Cyne would attempt to use ice, only for it to melt.
Cyne : Tch! No good! In that case... Blaze! You focus on him! I've got this!
Cyne would switch into his Charged Voltage mode and time would seem to slow down for him, the only people capable of seeing him as anything other than lightning being Blaze, Terios, Tails and Cross. Cyne jumps from rock to rock with lightning speed, grabbing Alan and jumping in the air before slowing down so he could speak.
Cyne : Alan! I'm gonna round everyone up. I'm gonna let go of you but I need you to make a hardlight platform the moment I do. I'm gonna carry everyone onto it alright? 
Alan: Hold on. 
Alan attempts to form such a platform, but nothing appears. 
Alan: No good, the hour must be up! We're out of Power Energy! 
Cyne would begin accelerating his body so time around him slowed again. 
Cyne : (This isn't good... What else is there...) 
Cyne see Tails, Dria and Cross and get's an idea. 
Cyne : (Those three can fly somewhat!) 
Cyne jolts back off around the Deep Core, grabbing Dria and Silence and putting connecting their hands so Dria could hold them up. When he got to Tails, Tails would talk to him, surprising the hedgehog. 
Tails : Cyne, your trying to round up everyone with those who can fly right? 
Cyne : Wha?! You can talk and see me? 
Tails : Eh, when your with Sonic for so long you tend to be able to perceive similar speedy types. 
Cyne : I guess that makes sense and yeah. 
Tails : I wouldn't worry about Terios, it's likely he was built to survive any environments. Cross doesn't exactly fly in that mode, mainly Glide. Though I guess he could if he charged the correct Chaos Energy. 
Cyne would grab Srish and Marine handing them to Tails. 
Cyne : Alright, then I'll help Cross with his power management so he can fly. We'll see what Terios is able to do down there. 
Cyne would then decelerate, and he would be able to percieve time at it's normal pace. The other's would also realize they were either holding their teammates in Drias case or they were being help up. Above the lava.
Alan: You got us, right Dria?
Dria: The Combat Wings are struggling, but yes. 
Marine : Good save Tails! 
Cyne would be running alongside Cross, hopping and jumping off of the rubble and jumping. Cross would begin to glide while holding Cyne. Up ahead they could see Blaze throwing around the Nega Death robot with Terios negating the attacks of the Phantom Weaponry that attacked them. 
Cyne : Sure you wanna keep this lava place up Nega?! It wouldn't be good if you end up burning yourself! 
Eggman Nega: Silence! From my point of view, you're simply flying above metal floor! That freezing fake water stunt of yours was impressive, but my mech isn't in danger of melting! 
Dria: Wait, of course! The Phantom Ruby inflicts real illusions on whoever is selected! 
Cyne : Now would be a good time for Phantos to sync up with me. But I guess I can't use his power the repetitively. 
Thermal Blaze : Cyne, you have some sort of connection to the Phantom Ruby right? 
Cyne : Yeah? 
Thermal Blaze : I've tried taking the Sol Emeralds by force but he has something preventing me. But maybe both of us together could manage something. 
Cyne : I'm willing to give it a try. 
Team Dragoon hear the plan, and Silence gets a idea. 
Silence: Terios, you think you can disable the barrier? 
Terios : Naturally. 
Terios swaps his focus from offensive negation to defensive negation. While Eggman Nega uses the opportunity to attack the others, Team Dragoon attack before he can get to them. 
Dria: Alright, Team Dragoon, let's do this! 
Srish: Yeah! All Hyper Lasers at once! 
Alan: Team Blasts are three heroes attacking as one, so we'll call this a Quad Blast! 
Srish jumps onto the mech's left side, and then Team Dragoon attack with a Quad Blast into the mech's chest. With the shield down, the attack managed to break a hole in the central armor, with a chunk to the left as well, revealing both the Phantom Ruby and a bit of one of the Sol Emeralds.
Cross : Now or never!
Cross throws Cyne, Blaze follows and flies alongside him. Blaze would touch part of the Sol Emeralds while Cyne grabs onto the Phantom Ruby. The illusion would completely disperse and the mech would begin to lose power.
Eggman Nega: No!
Alan: Shield's down. What say we roast this Eggbot before it gets up again? 
Cyne would rip the Phantom Ruby out as would Blaze take all of the Sol Emeralds. 
Eggman Nega : It's time for the Plan B! 
Eggman Nega would pull a button out of his coat pocket and push down on it. The Negative Sol Energy that he synthesized would teleport him to Cyne. 
Eggman Nega : I'll be taking that! 
Eggman Nega would kick Cyne and catch the Ruby, teleporting away somewhere on the Nega Egg. If he had teleported a second later Blaze would've gotten her hands on him. 
Thermal Blaze : No! He's taken the Negative Energy of the Sol Emeralds! Its flowing through the entire base! 
A massive gust of air would sweep through blowing everyone back along with the Sol Emeralds. A portal would open sending them into space just outside the base. 
Eggman Nega (Speakers) : It was fun while it lasted but my superior genius concocted a backup plan! Something my other would never do! I would say it was a good fight, but uh.. Oh! Who am I kidding? I had you all playing my game while I held the controls! Now, have fun floating out in space! Now, I will activate the Nega Egg's War Mode. The Nega Monarch! 
Right before there eye's the entire Nega Egg we be encompassed by the Phantom Rubies and Sol Emeralds power, transforming into a giant planet sized mech. 
Thermal Blaze : You! 
Blaze would look back and notice the others freezing slightly from the lack of atmosphere, Alan taking it the worst being unable to breath. Blaze would hover over with the Sol Emeralds and create an atmosphere from it, allowing them to breathe and not freeze.
Alan: Ungh. This just went ill. We need Burning Blaze to hard boil the Nega Egg, but we can’t survive out here for long. How many of us can use these Sol Emeralds?
Dria: If Scribble’s demonstration was correct, as many as needed.
Srish: Oh I hope so. 
Thermal Blaze : Don't worry. The Sol Emeralds hold Infinite Energy, while we may not be able to fully utilize that, they allow us to be at the peak threshold. When we use them they also increase that threshold. That's why I'm able to turn Thermal by gathering enough Sol Energy to transform, but at the same time it's my normal peak. But with the Sol Emeralds I turn Burning due to the threshold not only increasing, but being put to it's maximum. 
Cyne : Well, you can start us off? Right? 
Thermal Blaze : Yes. 
The Sol Emeralds would begin circling the group. All of them would transform: Burning Blaze, Drowning Cyne, Gale Cross, Superior Terios, Blinding Alan, Burning Dria, Freezing Srish, Spectral Silence, Drowning Marine and Electro Tails. 
Eggman Nega : What? 
Eggman Nega would see a rainbow like twinkle outside the Nega Monarch. 
Eggman Nega : Super forms?! So be it then! 
Extra Zone: Sol of Chaos.
Gale Cross : You've done enough damage as it is! You've taken more than you deserve.
Cyne would point towards the massive Nega Monarch.
Drowning Cyne : Now it's time to give it all up!
Eggman Nega : Big words! But do you forget I have the Negative energy of the Sol Emeralds and the Phantom Ruby?!
One of the hands would generate and massive ball of energy that would be swirling with different elements and shoot it at the group. Terios would go up to deflect it but would be shot at with Phantom Lasers which managed to hurt him through the super form.
Drowning Cyne : Careful, the Phantom Ruby and Sol Emeralds power can harm us still. 
Blinding Alan: That’s fine. 
Alan creates hardlight barriers for everyone. 
Blinding Alan: These should help defend. 
Burning Dria: Man, if Thistle could see me now, they’d be so mad. 
Freezing Srish: Irrelevant. I think it’s time to deal with that Nega Egg. 
Dria and Srish summon orbs of their element and throw them at the Nega Monarch. The Nega Monarch snaps it's continent sized metal fingers and replicates an attack to hit the orbs, cancelling the other out. Tail's meanwhile managed to divert the massive element blast from the planet.
Eggman Nega : With the combined efforts of the Phantom Ruby and Sol Emeralds, even Sol Energy cannot resist my illusions!
Eggman Nega decides to split the group into separate virtual realities. Sending Team Dragoon to a lavascape, Cross, Cyne and Terios to a Jungle Mirror World and Tails, Blaze and Marine to a Sky filled with an ocean top to bottom. However, the one thing that held true about all of these realities is the fact that the Nega Monarch was at the center. On Team Dragoon's side Lava would imbued with Sol and Phantom Energy would dare to lash out at the group.
Burning Dria: Let’s see about this!
Dria takes a risk and gets close to a lava spurt, using her elemental affinity to overpower the Phantom side of it and purifying the lava into something she could control. As she continues doing this, the Nega Monarch attempts to shoot her down, but Alan uses his light powers to create barriers to block with, and Srish blocks wild lava spurts with his ice powers the best he can. Silence, meanwhile, used his spectral powers to pass through the onslaught and disrupt some of the energy cannons, making them non-physical.
Spectral Silence: I’m still not entirely used to how this element works, but this should keep the Nega Egg off my friends! 
The Nega Monarch would then put it's hand in the lava and create a massive wave, behind it he would being charging a Water Eclipse Cannon. The wave completely missed Silence, but did come at the others. As such, Dria committed to her plan, and transformed into Crimson Eagle, with the lava surrounding her. Using it as a shield, she punched right through the lava wave, forcing Eggman Nega to fire the Water Eclipse early. Dria managed to fly over it anyways with the superior flight power of Eagle, and it blew away the lava wave Alan and Srish were about to deal with. Srish then used his ice power to freeze the Water Eclipse as Dria’s lava powered Eagle collided with the Nega Monarch, giving her a Blast Chance.
Note: Blast Chances are powerful attacks only people with the right elemental affinity for the landscape can use once the Nega Monarch’s control over it is disrupted. They boil down to the person with the right affinity throwing the landscape at the Nega Monarch in one giant attack. More complicated elements (Light, Null, Ectoplasm) get fewer of them.
Dria then clasped her hands together, before directing the lava into the Nega Monarch in one big spurt, until the illusion vanished. This would return Team Dragoon back to the original space, allowing them to fight the Second Phase. Meanwhile, Tails, Blaze and Marine were zooming towards their Nega Monarch. Water Spouts would shoot out towards them but Marine would simply collect them, Tails electrifying the collected water. The Nega Monarch would decide to shoot boulders and debris towards the group and Blaze would simply melt through each of them. The Nega Monarch puts its hand's together and forms a massive Sol Spear, hurling it towards the group. Marine and Tail's would launch there combined attack and it would clash. Blaze uses the opportunity to charge Sol Energy to her fist and punch through both attacks with a flaming tornado generating off her fist. With it the three would triple boost towards the Nega Monarch, which would ready an elemental punch, clashing with the triple boost. Seeing as the fist was being pushed back, the Nega Monarchs other arm held on for extra support. Marine would gain a bright idea backing out of the Triple Boost causing Tails and Blaze to be slightly pushed back.
Burning Blaze : What- Are you doing Marine?!
Drowning Marine : Trust me!
Marine would take a wide stance and the ocean from below and above would begin to morph behind her, soon there was no ocean in above nor below, only behind Marine. With it she would form a fist bigger than even the Nega Monarchs. However the Nega Monarch began trying to change the water into air. Blaze and Tail's manage to unleash a powerful combined blo on it's metallic chin making it lose focus and allow Marine a Blast Chance. Marine punches forwards and the Ocean Fist follows, completely blowing away the Nega Monarch illusion and allowing them to return to the original space for Phase 2.
Spectral Silence: Hey guys! The second group’s back.
Burning Dria: Nice! Hey everyone! Look at the Nega Monarch!
The two teams looked on, seeing the Nega Monarch had a massive dent in it’s chest, as well as clear burned metal.
Blinding Alan: Yeah, it seems like the Nega Egg suffers damage from our massive attacks. 
Burning Blaze : What's taking the others so long? 
Meanwhile... 
Drowning Cyne : Terios! If we want to win we need to work with each other! 
Superior Terios : Shut it! You'll only get in my way. 
Gale Cross : Good grief, as if you could take him on all on your own. 
Terios would grab Cross by the jacket and snarl. 
Superior Terios : What was that?! 
Gale Cross : You heard me. 
The two would be smacked away by a Rocket Darkness Fist from the Nega Monarch. 
Drowning Cyne : Of course... This mirror like atmosphere make's it pretty hard to tell attacks. 
The Rocket Fist would return to the Nega Monarch, giving Cyne the idea to grab on. He would make sure to leave a trail of water so the others could follow. 
Drowning Cyne : So this is where you were hiding, no more mirrors! 
Cyne would begin rapidly punching the Nega Monarch making tiny dents, it would eventually swat him away though. Luckily Cross would catch him. 
Gale Cross : Thanks for leaving that trail. 
Terios would fly up and begin negating the elemental control the Nega Monarch had. Cross would grab Cyne's hand and spin in a tornado and throw Cyne. Cyne would be covered in a massive water drill. Funneling through the now undefensive Nega Monarch, undoing the illusion. Allowing for them to appear back in space for Phase 2. Team Dragoon took immediate notice.
Blinding Alan: Hey guys!
Dria, meanwhile, looked at the Nega Monarch.
Burning Dria: No visible extra damage. How’d you dispel the illusion? 
Drowning Cyne : Terios started negating it, and then me and Cross did a dual attack to finish it off. How'd you guys do damage? 
Burning Dria: I tossed an ocean’s worth of lava at the Nega Egg. Could’ve had it hard boiled if the illusion hadn’t fallen apart. 
Drowning Marine : I knocked em' loose with the ocean! 
Blinding Alan: Yeah, that would do it. 
Gale Cross : Interesting. 
Eggman Nega : Hm, separate realities didn't go the way I planned. If that's the case. 
Four Phantom Weapons would spawn next to the Nega Monarch. One a Shield, One a Sword, One a Gun and One a Spear. they would glow a rainbow of colors and elements. 
Eggman Nega : Let's take this elsewhere shall we? 
A massive portal would open consuming the entire area, sending the group to Null Space. 
Superior Terios : This place... I feel different. 
Drowning Cyne : Yeah? I feel a little weaker here. 
Blinding Alan: Null Space… 
Terios instinctively tries to harness the power of Null Space, while he can't manipulate it's Phantom Energy he can manipulate the Null Element present within it. This in turn allows him to create a Null Spear. 
Superior Terios : Handy. 
Terios stabs at the fabric of Null Space and manages to tear it open, collecting some of it's energy with him as they returned to the Sol of Chaos. 
Eggman Nega : What?! How did you do that?! 
Burning Dria: That’s perfect! If we can disrupt it’s control, you can turn Null Space against the Nega Egg! 
Eggman Nega : No! 
The Nega Monarch sent the sword out towards Terio's who uses the stolen Null Energy to create an equal size sword. 
Eggman Nega : I've got more where that came from! 
The Nega Monarchs spears would begin to thrust towards Terios, Cyne and Marine would catch it, combining their water abilities. This give's time for Terios to redirect the blade and aim for the Nega Monarch which would use it's shield to block.
Blinding Alan: Nice. Let me have a try!
Alan summons many light blades and sends them at the Nega Monarch. The spears would twirl and redirect the Light Blades back at the group, Blaze and Tails luckily burning and frying them.
Blinding Alan: Why you-!
Freezing Srish: Let me try.
Srish sent hundreds of icy orbs at the Nega Monarch to brittle it’s shield or weapons. The Nega Monarch would knock away Terios and block the Icy Orbs with his shield. Now, unfortunately for it, the ice did as Srish hoped. Cross reinforced it's effect by sending a massive hurricane over the shield, completely freezing and shattering the shield.
Freezing Srish: That did it!
Blinding Alan: Let’s try something then.
Alan crafts a functional cannon out of hardlight, which Srish loaded up with icy orbs. Alan fired them with much more force than Srish could throw them, allowing better chances at hitting and thus freezing the weapons. Cyne and Marine would help splash the weapons with water to spread and freeze more alongside Cross, shattering the weapons.
Eggman Nega : So, the pests are creative eh? I suppose it's time for the final act then!
The Nega Monarch would begin to glow, and suddenly in almost an instant the planet sized mech would shrink to the size of a building.
Eggman Nega : Juggernaut Mode Initiated! All power condensed and amplified by 600%! This is only possible due to the Phantom Rubie's unique reality bending combined with the Sol Emeralds control and modification of the elements. Making both the Material and Form! Now, let us end this!
The Nega Monarch would move at insane speeds grabbing Tails and Marine, throwing them away and shooting an Elemental Phantom Orb towards them, luckily with the help of Blaze all three manage to deflect it, but the explosion they would see and the force it held would give a bright idea of this new focused form of the Mech.
Blinding Alan: What the heck?! 
Eggman Nega : What's the matter?! Surprised by my genius and ingenuity? 
Blinding Alan: Sorta! It does however give me a idea though... 
As Alan looks around though, he doesn't see Silence. 
Blinding Alan: (Where the heck is Silence?) 
Silence was, in fact, within the Nega Monarch, having phased into it like a ghost. Cross was meanwhile watching Silence due to being able to see him with his eye as he went in. Wondering what he was planning. Silence soon made it to the control room, and using his drones, opened fire on the Nega Egg Robot. Eggman Nega would see the area of damage on one of his monitors would grow angry.
Eggman Nega : That little! Activate Phantom EMP!
Eggman Nega would smash his hand into a button directly connected to the Phantom Ruby and the mech would begin producing Phantom Distortion waves. The Electromagnetic nature seemed effective against the Ectoplasm element Silence possess and would force him outside of the Mech.
Eggman Nega : You'll pay for that! But you have given me a good idea!
The Nega Monarch would start glowing green and would then turn invisible. The only people who could see it were Silence, Cross and Tails. The Invisible Mech would then begin launching laser cannons from seemingly no where.
Spectral Silence: This idiot's copied... my... abilities... We might be able to use this! 
Drowning Cyne : I don't know... If he can use each of our abilities then he also can use all of our weaknesses right? I can't even see the guy. 
Spectral Silence: I can. He's clever, but he's not Kaiser. Team Dragoon, form up! 
Gale Cross : I can also see him. 
Electro Tails : I can't exactly see him, but I can detect him with EMP. 
Team Dragoon forms up, and charges towards the mech with help from being intangible. Eggman Nega notices the group heading towards him and teleports behind the group, sending a wave of darkness towards them. Alan counters the darkness with light, blocking it, and they head that way next. Eggman Nega would create 10 Kaiser Metal Sonic clones, each being a different element of Fire, Water, Ice, Lightning, Light, Darkness, Wind, Earth, Null and Ectoplasm.
Freezing Srish: It's these idiots again! 
Fire and Earth Kaiser go after Srish, Wind and Water Kaiser go after Dria, Ice and Darkness Kaiser go after Alan and Ectoplasm and Lightning Kaiser go after Silence. Meanwhile, Null and Light Kaiser are occupied by Tails and Cross.
Blinding Alan: Blaze, some help here! 
Burning Blaze : I'm sorry! I can't see anything nor sense it! 
Eggman Nega : Whatever I create will passively maintain an aspect of the base element the Nega Monarch is using. In this case they each have the invisibility of Ectoplasm! 
Blinding Alan: Alright, enough of this! 
Alan calls out Ranger, and with Silence's guidance, he located all the Kaiser Metals and used the massively enhanced Laser power to bounce between them and off the Nega Monarch a couple times. 
Blinding Alan: You can try these tricks, we can throw our own right back. 
Eggman Nega : I suppose I should finish this then! 
The Nega Monarch would ready a finishing attack, creating 10 Phantom Eclipse Cannons, each imbued with a different element. At the same time the Nega Monarch became visible again. 
Eggman Nega : I'd like to see you stop this! It has Fire, Water, Wind, Ice, Lightning, Earth, Light, Darkness, Null and Ectoplasm all within it! I call it the "Atlas Cannon". 
The Nega Monarch would then turn towards the planet. 
Eggman Nega : Not only that! If you don't stop it, say goodbye to this world. 
Drowning Cyne : Now! 
Blaze, Cyne and Cross all shoot towards the Nega Monarch and use "Sol Dominance" Sol energies variation of "Chaos Control". A forcefield Eggman Nega input just before they attacked would block it and fling them away. The Nega Monarch would launch it's Atlas Cannon and all of the heroes would be forced to try to stop it. They shot attacks at it but it didn't stop, eventually they had to try to physically push it back, but it wasn't working. They couldn't stop it, only slow it down. 
Superior Terios : Channel your energies into me! 
Gale Cross : What?! Why?! What will that change?! 
Superior Terios : Fool! You forget?! I can deflect attacks if they are within relative range of my power! Individually I'm not enough, but if I had all of your collective energy I could do it! 
Blinding Alan: We've used this power ONCE before this, how do we do that? 
Burning Blaze : Funnel your power in one place! It's the same concept as when you attack but without the hostile intent and rather with the intent of empowerment. 
Team Dragoon gather around Terios and do so, supercharging his powers. Terios now imbued with the energy of the other super forms manages to completely reflect the attack.
Eggman Nega : Uh oh. That isn't good.
Eggman Nega pressed down on the emergency hatch and is shot out of the mech within his Eggmobile, which kept the Sol Emeralds and Phantom Ruby with him. Though, sadly he would watch how his prized mech was destroyed by his own attack. His thought's would be broken however upon hearing a tapping on the glass of the Eggmobile, where he would see the heroes floating outside.
Eggman Nega : Err... I've learned from my ways..? 
Blinding Alan: I think there's enough lingering elemental energy to blow him away. No kill like overkill! 
The heroes get a Universal Blast Chance, allowing everyone to blow Eggman Nega away. Alan readies a massive hardlight copy of the Lightcutter Claws, Dria surrounds Eggman Nega with lava, Srish readies a ice dagger storm above, and Silence a ectoplasm barrage below.
Drowning Cyne : Wait!!
Team Dragoon would look at Cyne with raised eyebrows. Terios especially seemed angry.
Superior Terios : What?! Are you trying to spare this disgrace?!
Drowning Cyne : No, I'm not naive as to not kill. But what's the point in having this cool space fight if we blew away the Phantom Ruby and Sol Emeralds? I'd once heard Knuckles had to go around the world and collect the Master Emeralds shards. I'd rather not have to search the universe for 8 different gems shards. 
Spectral Silence: Fair enough... Wait we went Super with the Sol Emeralds! 
Drowning Cyne : Yeah, but look. 
Cyne would point to the black and white replicas of the Sol Emeralds in the Eggmobile. 
Drowning Cyne : Pretty sure that's the negative energy of them in physical form. 
Blinding Alan: And we can't just leave them? Like sure, take the Phantom Ruby, but these Negative Sol Emeralds hold no bearing over the originals. 
Burning Blaze : I'd still like them. They were originally apart of the Sol Emeralds and created a balance within them. Besides, I'd rather not have their power float in the void. 
Blaze would rip the emeralds from the Eggmobile. 
Superior Terios : Enough waiting! 
Terios's hand begin to take in all that cannot be, the particles which do not allow and which negate all. He was charging his Blast Chance, the Existence Negation.
Spectral Silence: Let's go already!
Silence renders the Eggmobile and Eggman Nega intangible while leaving the Phantom Ruby alone, takes the Phantom Ruby, gives it to Cyne, then retangilizes the Eggmobile and Eggman Nega.
Spectral Silence: Ready! 
Cyne and Marine do a combined Blast Chance, creating a massive Trident of Water. Cross begins charging his Blast Chance, the Hurricane Shot. Tails also create a massive ball of Lightning as his Blast Chance. Blace meanwhile spins rapidly and stores all of the flames with her feet, naming her Blast Chance the Smoldering Claw.
Eggman Nega : Heh... This is the end I suppose... (I'm glad I made that AI before all of this, you must take over now my son... Hermit.) 
Blinding Alan: Can't be left out! 
Alan names his Blast Chance Final Claw, Dria names hers Heat Cycle, and Srish names his Death Rain, though Silence opts out. The heroes then fire all at once, vaporizing the Eggmobile.
Blinding Alan: We did get him, right?
Superior Terios : Yes, he no longer is part of this world.
Drowning Cyne : Alright then, let's head back. I'm starved.
Elsewhere...
Location: Nega Magma Colony 06
??? : Greetings Lord Hermit.
Hermit : Hermit?
The badnik who greeted the one known as "Hermit" would introduce themselves.
Tribot : I am Tribot, I was made to assist you incase you were ever awakened. You were to automatically awaken if something were to happen to the doctor.
Hermit : Doctor?
Tribot : Right, come with me. We need to log the data so you may understand.
A few hours later...
Hermit : He died... Those "Heroes" destroyed him completely...
Hermit would look himself in the mirror, he would almost look like a male version of "Sage" Albeit with black hair, White robes and Orange coloring for the digital bit's instead of blue.
Hermit : Team Phantasm... Team Dragoon...
Tribot : What will you do Lord Hermit?
Hermit : These dimensions... they hold powerful things. Those Wispon, the Phantom Ruby. I must learn of what else is out there... Perhaps... I will look into this council. I'll observe, I'll learn. I'll avenge...
Back at the Sol Empire...
Alan: And that's that! This has been a wonderful time, Blaze, but Cyne needs to get home now, there are people waiting for us.
Cyne would be stuffing his face with grapes.
Cyne : Huh? Hyuo Fay Fomefhing?
Cross : Please finish swallowing before talking. But he's right, I'm sure Sonic and Co. have probably returned from the Starfall Islands.
Srish: There is that yes, but also we kinda wanna get home.
Dria: Whisper, are you coming?
Whisper : Thank you.
Whisper would be handed her variable Wispon, along with her wisp returning.
Captain Metal : Yee' be welcome. Till we meet again lads.
Whisper then runs over to the group.
Alan: (How is this Metal Sonic an alright person?)
Silence: Alright, Tails, you ready to get us home?
Tails : Yup.
Tails would press a button on his watch to activate the portal remotely, soon a portal would indeed appear.
Blaze : Thank you all and farewell.
Team Dragoon: Farewell to you too!
Tails's and Team Dragoon's groups head through the portal and back to the lab. Once they're there, Team Dragoon waves goodbye to Team Phantasm and takes to the Dimensional Hub to get home.
Cyne : When do you think-
Before Cyne could finish his sentence he would be grabbed from behind and have fist twisted on his head.
Cyne : Ah! Hey! Cut it out!
Sonic : What's the matter? Can't tease my son after he's back from vacation?
Cyne : Vacation? If you wanna calle fighting a planet sized robot vacation then be my guess?
Sonic : You got to fight a planet sized robot, here I thought I was a big shot with fighting a giant robot and moon. Which then took over some random Metal Sonic body and may or may not have resulted in my evolving the Super Form?
Cyne would be taken aback.
Cross : Wait. You evolved the Super Form? Is that really even possible?
Sonic : Come on guy's. You should know when I'm around, nothings impossible.
Tails : I'm just glad you made it back alright. Where's Marl and Shera? They should be with you?
Sonic : Oh, them? They went to sleep the moment we left. Probably still in the Tornado.
Cyne : Oh I've gotta see this!
Tails would go to follow, until his radar picked up strange energy levels.
Tails : Hmm... That's not right? Dimensional Energy flux? It can't be from the portal, I optimized that? But... what else could make this happen? I'll have to look into this...
Meanwhile, back with Team Dragoon, they arrived back in the room they stay in.
Alan: Boy, now that was some adventure. 
Silence: And that is why i will not be hearing anything about another until it finds us.
Alan: What are you-
Dria: There will be no fighting this, a break is needed.
Srish: Yeah, this was our longest adventure, i wanna cool off after it.
Alan: Fine, fine. But we're going to see if anything's happened in our absence.
The others, with no objections to that, follow Alan out into the Badnik Corps Barracks as he runs to talk to someone to see if anything's happened. Before he can do so though, the Badnik Corps Commander get in front of them.
BCC: Team Dragoon, where have you been?
Alan: Saving friends in another dimension.
BCC: And why did you never tell us where you were going?
This makes Team Dragoon stop and realize they had, in fact, never informed anyone they were going to help retrieve Cyne, and with the potential time dilatation, they might have "gone missing" just as Cyne himself had.
Alan: Ah. We... forgot that part...
BCC: We can discuss that later, Jewel wishes to see you. Now.
Team Dragoon immediately head to Jewel's office.
Jewel: Team Dragoon, it's good to see you're safe. 
Dria: Has anything happened while we were away?
Srish: Did you worry and look for us?
Jewel: We'll get to that, and no. Sonic and Tangle assured me whatever you were up to, you could handle it. But what was it that you were doing?
Alan: It all started when that Power Energy was stolen. We were dropped into another dimension, which as you know had the Power Energy. But also there were friends of ours. After events, one of them was sent to another another dimension. Then there was the Zenith incident, where we promised we would help them find the missing friend. And so we did so.
Jewel: But what made it so urgent you couldn't tell us, or get additional backup?
Dria: Nothing, but we acted instead of let our friend remain lost, not realizing this might take longer than expected and you'd wonder where we went.
Jewel: Look, you can't keep going into these things alone. Sometimes we need you here, and sometimes you need backup. You have power on level with Sonic now, but even Sonic needs assistance. Now then, i know you probably had a big adventure, but you can't stop yet. Eror has attacked, and will not leave until he has fought you.
Team Dragoon collectively groan.
Alan: Explain a bit more.
Jewel: While you were gone, Eror showed up. We don't know exactly why he did it now, but he started causing chaos, so we sent Sonic and some others to handle him. It turns out he came to fight you, and since you weren't here, he just continued causing chaos. Sonic's team can chase him off, but he just pops up someplace else and continues on. I believe that if you chase him off, he won't come back for a while.
Alan: Alright, we're on it.
Team Dragoon head off to handle Eror.
The End.
Category:Dimensional Adventures
Category:Cyneverse