Egg Carrier Battle/Heads Up, Tails!

**Egg Carrier Battle** (or, **Heads Up, Tails!**), is the thirtieth episode in Sonic X: Heroes Forever.

## Characters

* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Miles "Tails" Prower
* Knuckles the Echidna
* Tikal the Echidna (Flashback)
* Amy Rose
* Cream the Rabbit
* Cheese the Chao
* Big the Cat
* Julie-Su
* Sally Acorn
* Rotor Walrus
* Manic the Hedgehog
* Sonia the Hedgehog
* Mina Mongoose
* Bunnie D'Coolette
* Antoine D'Coolette
* Mighty the Armadillo
* Ray the Flying Squirrel
* Pachacamac the Echidna (Mentioned in flashback, not named)
* Various Chao (Flashback)
* Lily the Flicky
* Brian the Flicky
* Daisy the Flicky
* Froggy
* Chaos
	+ Chaos 4
	+ Chaos 5.5 (First appearance)
	+ Chaos 6 (First appearance)
	+ Perfect Chaos (First appearance, flashback)
* Hope Kintobor
* Professor Von Schlemmer
* Christopher Thorndyke
* Chuck Thorndyke
* Vivian (Mentioned, not named)
* E-102 Gamma
* Jerome Wise
* Doctor Eggman
* Bocoe
* Decoe
* Bokkun
* Scratch
* Grounder
* Coconuts

## Plot

The episode starts with Team Sonic, Sally, and Julie-Su crash landing on the Egg Carrier despite Tails' successful efforts to transform the X Tornado to the X Cyclone. Team Sonic, Team Acorn, Team Music, Rotor, and Julie-Su all start to rush forward, but, Sally tells Sonic she wants him to carry her. Sonic complies with the request and Doctor Eggman starts launching missiles at the group, but, Rotor uses his Iron Rotor armor to counter the missiles. One missile hits the Egg Carrier which opens up a hole. Knuckles and Julie-Su leave the rest of the group to search for the last piece of the Master Emerald. Sonic assures Tails they have more than enough backup to find Amy and Hope and Sally tells them to start moving quickly before the next attack. Tails removes his bandages as he follows his friends.

Meanwhile, Hope is finishing up Gamma's upgrades and Eggman calls Gamma to the control deck. Hope tells Gamma to play along, much to Amy's confusion, but, Hope tells her it's best that Eggman doesn't know about Gamma's Conscience Circuit. Amy, Hope, and Lily make their way out, but, they're caught by Scratch and Grounder. She then pulls out her Long Hammer, but, is stopped by Eggman. Manic tells Eggman he's going down and Amy bursts into tears of joy upon seeing him. The green hedgehog leaps up, using a new technique with his wind powers: Wind Fist. It manages to knock Eggman to the floor and release his grip on Amy's hammer, which makes contact with the wall, making the rest of the group fall on Eggman. Scratch then snatches Lily and Eggman gets Sonic and Co. off him. He then grabs the terrified Lily's necklace and a Chaos Emerald pops out. He then orders Scratch to give back Lily. Gamma then appears to the deck and Eggman orders him to get rid of the Freedom Fighters, starting with Sonic. Amy is about to protest, but, Hope silents her, reminding her of the plan. Sonic is dodging Gamma's attacks, but, he soon realized Gamma was shooting at his feet and missing every time. Gamma fakes the fact he's having errors in his system, making Eggman cross.

Meanwhile, Chris, Big, Team Balance, and Professor Von Schlemmer are still looking for Froggy. Unsure where to look next, they hear an explosion and feel the Egg Carrier tilting. Mighty suggests they'd best not stick around to find out what's going on. Back on the deck, an explosion then goes off behind the group as Eggman races to the bridge. Gamma asks if his act was convincing and Sonic asks what's going on. Hope explains about Gamma's Conscience Circuit and Sonic realizes Gamma was pretending to have a malfunction. Amy tells the group that Gamma was the one who set her, Hope, and Lily free. Unfortunately, Coconuts overhears this and throws a bomb at Gamma. Quickly, Hope uses her EMP on Coconuts while Amy uses her Long Hammer on him as "target practice," sending him flying. Hope tells Rotor to help her fix Gamma while Tails and Manic get Amy to safety and everyone else to go after Eggman. Amy gives Manic a kiss on the cheek and thanks him for attempting to rescue her before, even if it didn't go smoothly. Manic manipulates the wind, causing him and Amy to fly and Sonia tells Tails to go with Manic and Amy as he's still a bit injured from before. They and Lily leave the Egg Carrier.

Meanwhile, Chris, Big, Von Schlemmer, and Team Balance manage to find Froggy in a room and the container he's in starts sliding, much to their worry. On the ground, Chuck, Cream, and Cheese see Amy, Manic, and Tails and take them in Chuck's car back to the house. Cream starts nuzzling up to him and when she and Manic realize he isn't responding, Tails explains he is still worried about Sonic, Sally and the others. Manic assures they have Hope and plenty of Power-Types to keep everything running smoothly. When Tails was still worried, Cream decides to use a new technique by taking off her gloves, Fluffy Tickle, and vigorously tickles Tails' belly. Tails starts laughing and after a while, he starts to feel better. Amy squees as this and once again thanks Manic for saving her.

Meanwhile, Knuckles and Julie-Su manage to find the last piece of the Master Emerald and start to find a way out when they see a red glowing ball of light and are sent back into the past again. They spot an injured Tikal and some unconscious Chao on the ground in front of the shrine. Julie-Su wonders if they should help her or if that will interrupt the time flow, but, Knuckles tells her they can't interact with her in a Chaos Vision. Tikal mummers to herself that she tried to stop her father, but, he didn't listen to her. The three echidnas hear Chaos' gargled roar and Tikal rushes over to the alter, saying she entrusts the future of the Knuckles Clan to her brother. Knuckles and Julie-Su then realize this must have been the case if there were still others to carry out the bloodline. Knuckles and Julie-Su are then sent back into the present and Knuckles wonders why he's been receiving Chaos Visions so frequently. Julie-Su suggests it may be due to him being the Master Emerald's guardian, but, Knuckles explains they haven't been showing up until after the Chaos Control incident, making both echidnas very confused.

Double meanwhile, Big is panicking that he, Von Schlemmer, Team Balance, and Chris might not get Froggy back to safety. Chris tells Big that panicking is not a good idea and he used to freeze up so much as *seeing* anything to do with Eggman and now he doesn't. Von Schlemmer suggests they all have a drink from the Egg Drink. He points out the machine nearby and after Chris sees it only accepts Mobiums. Thankfully, Von Schlemmer has enough to cover for all five of them and they all choose their own drinks. They admit the drinks taste very fresh and Von Schlemmer explains Grounder makes them. Despite his low IQ, when making food, he knows what he's doing. With Big's nerves calmed, Ray tells them he'll grab Froggy as he's the only one of the group that can fly. He manages to get him and the six friends make a retreat.

When they reach the deck, they spot Chaos and Eggman. Eggman tells Chaos that Froggy has an unusual tail and Chaos remarks that the tail belongs to it. The group try to run, but, Chaos tosses Big like a rag doll and he drops Froggy. Eggman picks up Froggy and chokes the Chaos Emerald out of him. He then feeds it and the Emerald from Lily to Chaos 4 turning him into Chaos 5.5. Mighty is confused, but, Chaos clarifies it doesn't have it's tail yet. Eggman then feeds Froggy to Chaos 5.5. Big tries to save him, but, despite his friends' protests, his face plants into Chaos 6 instead. Mighty and Ray rush to help Big, as does Chris, but, Von Schlemmer holds him back, telling him it's dangerous. Chaos pulls in Big and Team Balance. Froggy's tail then disappears and reappears on Chaos, making it Chaos 6. Sonic, Sonia, Mina, and Team Acorn then appear and see Big and Team Balance inside Chaos. Sally tells Mina and the two hedgehogs to keep Chaos distracted while she and her team try a Team Blast. Unfortunately, Sonic gets pinned down. Knuckles shows up holding up the tentacle that had Sonic down and Julie-Su was only a couple of steps behind, much to everyone's relief. Knuckles says they have to strike Chaos' brain and Sonia has an idea. She whips out her keyboard and plays a few notes, damaging Chaos while Knuckles uses his Shovel Claws on it to expose its brain. Team Acorn then go in with their Team Blast: Acorn Judgement. Antoine uses his Sword Beam, Bunnie uses a Double Shot, and Sally readies her Homing Attack, all at the same time. Chaos 6, being defeated, is then reverted back to harmless water and releases the captives. Sonic recognizes Professor Von Schlemmer from his travels with Tails and they greet each other, but, Mighty points out they are still falling from the sky. Sonic suggests using the X and Y Tornadoes to get off the Egg Carrier, but, he sees Eggman trying to escape. He and Sally dash after him and grab onto his Eggmobile. Knuckles and Julie-Su note that Sonic and Sally can handle themselves and Big and Froggy hijack the X Tornado. Julie-Su realizes they need to cram into the Y Tornado, but, Rotor admits that won't be an issue as there's plenty of room.

Back at the Thorndyke Mansion, Lily shows Amy and Manic a picture of her brother and sister and that one of them is powering Gamma. Amy and Manic offer to help find Gamma so they could rescue Lily's sibling.

Meanwhile, Eggman, having lost Sonic and Sally, finds Jerome Wise in the dumpster area, digging through them to find food. Jerome reveals he lost his job as the President's press secretary, his wife divorced him, and he also lost his other job as a garbage man, blaming the entire thing on Sonic. Eggman realizes how petty he was and he says that he has a device to wipe out all Mobians in Station Square. Jerome accepts the "gift", but, realizes that it was a missile. He blames Sonic for it, but, Eggman points out that Sonic wasn't even *there* at the moment. Eggman launches it

Tails, Cream, and Cheese were on a walk together when they see the missile. They break into a fly and see it lands in the middle of Station Square at the bridge. No one appeared to be hurt, but, Bokkun flies out with a message from Eggman, saying it was scheduled to detonate in two minutes. Everyone runs for it, but, Tails, Cream, and Cheese remain. Tails laments how Hope could have solved things if she were here, but, Cream tells Tails that Hope isn't here and he has to do it and that he's one of the smartest Mobians Cream knows and she believes in him. Feeling a spark of courage, Tails decides to give it a go. He starts thinking of that if he doesn't deactivate the bomb, Cream will be among those who die today and he feels more determined than ever to stop the bomb. He then figures out which wire to cut and successfully defuses the missile. The crowd cheers and Cream gives Tails multiple victory kisses while an annoyed Bokkun flies away.

Meanwhile, both Tornadoes land near the Mystic Ruins and everyone disembarks. Chris asks Big why he took the X Tornado and Big admits he wants to get away from the Chaos Emeralds as quickly as possible. Von Schlemmer points out that next time he should consider the fact there's others he needs to look out for and Big apologizes. Knuckles and Julie-Su go to Angel Island to fully restore the Master Emerald, but, moments after they left, Chris spots the last Chaos Emerald near the X Tornado. The grey one, he noticed, and he tells Hope it was the same as last time: the grey one was found last. Hope admits that no matter which order Sonic found the colored Chaos Emeralds in, the grey one was *always* last. Chris suggests it's because the brightly colored ones are easier to find and Hope suggests they'd better go back. Big and Froggy then decide to head home.

Further out in the forest, Sonic and Sally had fallen off their ride with Eggman and the former landed headfirst in the dirt. Sonic tries to free himself, but, Sally tells him she's going to help him. After a "thank you" in Morse code, Sally successfully pulls Sonic out. They both see a hovering orb of white light, much to Sonic's surprise, and it's absorbed by his body. Hope reveals that Sonic now has the Ancient Light, which allows him to use the Light Speed Attack. Sonic and Sally realize they now have all their Upgrade Items and they notice an ancient temple. The couple investigates it as the episode ends.

## Differences between this and the real episode.

* In the original, Sonic raced back to Tails to see if he was okay. Here, it's because Sally asked Sonic if he could carry her.
* In the original episode, Gamma is still at least partly loyal to Eggman. Here, it was a full on act when he was attacking Sonic. In addition, Gamma was damaged because Sonic knocked him down in the real episode. Here, it's because Coconuts threw a bomb at him when he realized Gamma was a traitor.
* In the original episode, Decoe grabs Lily, while in this one, Scratch grabs Lily.
* Amy was about to use her Long Hammer to attack the robots, but, in the real episode, Amy doesn't have a Long Hammer so she uses her Piko Piko Hammer instead.
* In the Japanese episode, Sonic says something that makes Amy angry and she hits the wall on purpose, causing Sonic and Tails to land on Eggman. In the English dub, we don't know why Amy hit the wall. But in this episode, it was a genuine accident on Amy's part.
* In the original episode, Sonic grabs Eggman's attention, while in this one, Manic is the one to grab Eggman's attention. In addition, Manic knocks Eggman down with his new powers instead of Amy knocking Eggman down with her hammer.
* Due to the inclusion of more characters, instead of just Sonic and Knuckles fighting Chaos 6, it's them plus Sonia, Julie-Su, Mina, and Team Acorn.
* In the original episode, Big uses his pole to have Chris climb across to grab Froggy. In this episode, Ray simply flies out to grab him instead.
* In the original episode, Chris tries to grab Froggy from Chaos 6 and gets caught in Chaos 6. In this episode, Mighty and Ray get trapped while Von Schlemmer holds him back.
* Cream and Cheese weren't in the car in the original Sonic X. Here, they were and Cream cheers Tails up by tickling him. In addition, Cream, Tails, and Cheese all see the missile in the middle of Station Square while out on a walk, not from the TV.
* In this episode, Jerome Wise has more of a grudge against Sonic than he does in the original, if he had any at all. Vivian is also mentioned here, but, she wasn't in the English dub of the episode. Eggman also notes his pettiness.
* Chaos without its tail in the original Sonic X was just called Chaos 6. Here, it's called Chaos 5.5.
* When Tails is doubting his capabilities in the original, he wishes Sonic was there and he gains confidence by remembering how Sonic has always been there for him and how he needs to stand on his own two feet. In this episode, his self doubt stems from Hope being absent and his confidence is brought back up by Cream reminds him of how intelligent he is and that she believes in him. He also notes that if he doesn't defuse the missile, Cream would be among those who would die.
* After Tails defuses the missile, Cream gives Tails a lot of kisses in this episode. In the original, he gets a reluctant handshake from Bokkun and he says Eggman wouldn't be happy about this. Bokkun was also counting down the time to when the missile went off in the original, but he doesn't do that here.
* Scarlet Garcia was giving a news report on the missile in Station Square. While it's possible she still did that, we don't actually see her do it in this episode. In addition, Ella and Mr. Tanaka were watching this report from the TV and they were both dropped from this episode as well.
* In the original episode, Amy doesn't find out that Brian and Daisy are inside Beta and Gamma until later. In this episode, she and Manic find out that Daisy is inside Gamma right away.
* Knuckles was able to interact with Tikal in the original episode. Here, he and Julie-Su could not even if they wanted to.
* In the original episode, while trying to free himself, Sonic accidentally knocks over a few trees. Thanks to Sally's help, he doesn't have that problem here.
* Knuckles and Chris were implied to have grabbed onto the X Tornado in the original episode as it was flying away. In this episode, they and everyone else still on the Egg Carrier board the Y Tornado.
* The X Tornado nearly crushed Big and Chris in the original due to Big crashing it. In this episode, they and the others don't have this problem.
* Decoe and Bocoe were seen evacuating the Egg Carrier in the original. We don't see that here.
* Grounder is revealed to make the drinks inside the Egg Drink vending machine in this episode. We don't get any clarification on who made them in the original. In addition, we don't know how Big and Chris got their hands on drinks in the original, while here, Von Schlemmer purchases the drinks for them as well as himself and Team Balance.
* Many of the scenes of the episode are put into a different order. For example, the original episode ended with Big and Froggy swimming back to their home, while this episode ended with Sonic and Sally going into the temple.