Episode 2: "Unbeatable Odds" - Sonic Forces: ARC Infinity

## "Unbeatable Odds"

**"Unbeatable Odds"** is the second episode of Sonic Forces: ARC Infinity. It aired on a date later to be determined and is produced and uploaded to YouTube by Jackuwarz.

## Summary

In the cell hallway of Westopolis, Tails overhears the imprisoned Nero's doubts about not going with Voltar who several days prior managed to escape, retreating into a populated area in a disguise. Tails asks if Nero is alright who then questions what it means to do the right thing and to Tails' answer he brings up how he could have went with Voltar after he opened his cell but chose not to because, in Tails' perception, Nero didn't want to be a criminal anymore. The assured Nero then asked Tails more about the Phantom Ruby including the visions he saw when Nero first touched it explaining that he saw himself living a different life in a different world. Tails keeps his answer to this vague and stammers how those could just be visions and not actual different worlds in a different life. The scene then cuts to Mace skydiving out of a cargo plane late for an Extreme Gear race and is able to touch down on the ground just as the race countdown began.

Despite starting the race in last due to checking into the race last, Mace makes his way through the field of racers and leads just after halfway where he never relinquishes the lead on his way to another dominating victory with Team Chaotix members of Vector, Charmy and Espio congratulating him. Meanwhile the crowd in attendance arouse in a chorus of boos after seeing Mace yet again win who himself momentarily seemed concerned over before a celebratory Vector and Charmy came over to tell Mace not to worry about.

Team Zeti, Zavok, Zazz, Zeena, all confront Mace and Team Chaotix after the race with Zavok explaining to Mace that the Hands of ARC Infinity housing a Phantom Ruby is needed to traverse Dimensions and would allow the trio of Zeti to reunite with Zor and Zomzom in the Silver Dimension and Zik from the Sonic Dimension. They hoped that they could earn the Ruby by besting Mace in a race, but given Mace's undefeated reputation they insisted in one day taking Mace's Ruby by force as their patience for reuniting with their lost Zeti dwindles. Mace thinks nothing of the situation the Zeti explained to him and gives a quick and insincere sympathy for before Vector intervenes the conversation, taking Mace with him.

Later that night during a party to celebrate their race win, Mace and Team Chaotix are greeted by Rouge who offers Mace an alliance with Team Dark's racing team to which Mace and the others laugh at considering how successful their team currently is and that there would be no point in switching teams. Mace in a more mature tone reiterates to Rouge that leaving Team Chaotix with how successful his alliance is with them would be a mistake and that there would be no way he could ever see himself racing for someone else. In the end Mace respectfully declines and Rouge leaves their shop.

The following day, a white cat named Lucy appears to Mace and Team Chaotix' race shop and asks if they can recruit her to the team. Mace and co are initially skeptic on bringing her in due to none of them ever hearing of Lucy before but eventually accept her into the team thinking they can easily have her fit right into the team with little to no issue given the team's already high prowess. Lucy overjoyed tells the team she needs to step outside to call her family about the news where instead she contacts Dr. Eggman back in the Sonic Dimension in that with Lucy on Mace Chaotix Racing she can be close to Mace and be ready to kidnap him to the Sonic Dimension. Lucy then asks Eggman about his plan to take the Phantom Ruby from the Silver Dimension along with bringing Nero and June over as well to where he responds soundly with it going according to plan as he looks at Metallix who's upgraded with immense powers courtesy of the Sonic Dimension's Phantom Ruby Eggman has. Dr. Eggman then instructs Metallix to go to the Silver Dimension with the intent on taking its Phantom Ruby and kidnapping Nero and June, after showing Metallix pictures of the two, by any means necessary.

Metallix arrives to the Silver Dimension with an army of badniks and Death Egg Sentinels and begin to lay waste to Westopolis searching for Nero, June and the Phantom Ruby here. Nero still incapacitated in the Westopolis prison tries to ask one of the guards what is going on only to be assured by them that the situation will be taken care of. The episode ends with Metallix menacingly defeating Westopolis guards in search for his objectives.