The Last Chaos Emerald/A Dastardly Deed

**The Last Chaos Emerald** (or, **A Dastardly Deed**), is the twenty-fifth episode in Sonic X: Heroes Forever.

## Characters:

* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Miles "Tails" Prower
* Knuckles the Echidna
* Rouge the Bat
* Amy Rose
* Cream the Rabbit
* Cheese the Chao
* Shard the Hedgehog
* NICOLE
* Bunnie D'Coolette
* Sally Acorn
* Rotor Walrus
* Julie-Su
* Fiona Fox
* Antoine D'Coolette
* Sonia the Hedgehog
* Manic the Hedgehog
* Tikal the Echidna (Mentioned, not named)
* Dulcy the Dragon (Mentioned)
* Sir Charles Hedgehog
* Jules Hedgehog
* Queen Aleena Hedgehog/Bernadette Hedgehog
* Vanilla the Rabbit (Mentioned)
* Hope Kintobor
* Abraham Tower
* Christopher Thorndyke
* Chuck Thorndyke
* Mr. Tanaka
* Ella
* Frances
* Danny
* Topaz
* President
* Captain Westwood
* Doctor Eggman
* Snively Robotnik
* Decoe
* Bocoe
* Scratch
* Grounder
* E-07 Ant Acid (First appearance)
* E-77 Lucky (First appearance)

## Plot

The episode starts with Hope and NICOLE analyzing Shard's Robian form, trying to find a way for him to turn back to normal. Hope remembers Sir Charles used a special crystal to turn himself back, but, he walks in, saying he lost the crystal upon the Chaos Control warp sending everyone to Earth. It would take some time to find it, but, Sir Charles said it wouldn't be impossible.

Later, Sonic, Tails, Hope, Amy, Sally, NICOLE, and Rotor search everywhere for the last Chaos Emerald in the X Tornado, while Frances, Chuck, Bunnie, Cream, and Cheese watch them take off. Cream hopes they do their best, when Bunnie assures her that with Hope there, they're more than enough to find the last Emerald. Meanwhile, in Chris' room, he's doing some drawings when Frances and Danny walk in, explaining about the Emerald situation. They notice Chris' drawings, but, he tries to hide his work, only for Jules to tell him to stop. Chris reluctantly shows his pictures to his friends, but, much to his surprise, Danny and Frances are massively impressed and it's here that Chris admits he becomes nervous in art class because he feels like he'd be treated like the teacher's pet. With this new information, Jules gets the kids to sit down so he can tell them a story of his own: he was nervous to start a romance with Aleena for three years because she was the queen of Christmas Island while he was born to a middle class family in the Kingdom of Acorn and he feared she'd treat him like he was beneath her. But, when they actually did get together, Aleena treated Jules as an equal and he said that Aleena was the best thing that ever happened to him. He then tells the kids that if you worry about what could go wrong, you miss the opportunity of a lifetime. Chris then realizes he should have more confidence in his work and he admitted that he was afraid to show his talents because he was afraid his friends wouldn't be his friends anymore and that he only had friends because he was rich. Frances and Danny assure that is far from true and they are friends with him because they saw he was lonely and he didn't deserve to be alone and Chris says he wants his friends to go back to Mobius, but, he doesn't want to lose his friends, either. Jules tells him that even though they would be gone, the bonds of their friendship would remain strong and Frances and Danny confirm that.

Meanwhile, after his robots comment about him being a bit too happy, Dr. Eggman has deployed E-77 Lucky, a robot designed to bring good luck, to go out and find the seventh Chaos Emerald as well, hoping to rely on luck in order to find the Emerald, while E-07 Ant Acid is deployed to try and manipulate Shard to joining his side. However, Lucky is very clumsy and falls off after taking its first step out of the Egg Fort II, much to Ant Acid's annoyance. This leaves Decoe, Bocoe, Scratch, and Grounder heavily skeptical about the plan.

While all that is happening, Knuckles and Julie-Su walk through Forest Hill, talking amongst themselves about how Earth wasn't a bad place, but, they still needed to go home. They need all seven emeralds to do that, as the voice had mentioned, but, Julie-Su tells Knuckles that could mean anything. Unknown to the echidnas, Fiona is watching them, seeing that they have a Chaos Emerald (and wrongly assumes that Julie-Su is Knuckles' new girlfriend). She's about ready to fire her blaster, but, Julie-Su ends up using her taser on Fiona instead. Knuckles then holds her up by the tail and asks why she's been spying on them, to which she replies she's here about the Chaos Emeralds and kicks Knuckles between his legs. At this point, Julie-Su and Fiona start attacking each other, but, Knuckles manages to break things up. He then concludes they make a truce with Eggman, to which Fiona feels that the kick she gave him must have knocked his brain a bit, but, Knuckles explains that Sonic and his friends have four emeralds, he and Julie-Su have one, and Eggman also has one and that he has a plan. At this point, the trio hear a robot nearby and Fiona's about to shoot, but, Knuckles says that they don't do anything as it may be their chance of finding where Eggman's base is. Lucky starts leading the trio to the base and Knuckles explains to the girls that they are going to make fake Chaos Emeralds to give to Eggman and in order to make them, they'd need to chip off small potions of the originals. Julie-Su approves, but, Fiona thinks it's crazy.

Down at the White House, the President is having a meeting with Rouge and Topaz about what could happen if they caused their own Chaos Control. Rouge explains that it could either solve the Eggman problem or make things even worse and that even desired effects could backfire hence the name *Chaos* Energy. Topaz then adds that she learned from Rouge that it could lead to global destruction and Rouge says that because all Mobians have Chaos Energy within them to certain degrees, they have the best understanding of it. The President then realizes it's best for them to look into things a bit more so they realize what they're dealing with.

Back at the Thorndyke Mansion, Chris goes upstairs to the lab with Hope, the latter of whom had just come back from the hardware store while Ella had been cleaning up the house. As she goes downstairs, Hope notices that Chris is upset and he admits his life had changed heaps since everyone came from Mobius to Earth and that he wouldn't have the confidence to share his art with his friends before they arrived. His family gave him a lot to live up to because they were rich and successful and he was afraid what he did wouldn't matter because they beat him to it. Hope encourages Chris to make his own niche in life and she had been told the same thing, which she took to heart especially after seeing what her uncle was capable of. They hear a noise downstairs and much to their surprise, Knuckles, Julie-Su, Fiona, and Lucky are at the door and Knuckles explains he found Lucky while wondering in the forest. Hope explains that Lucky isn't made for combat, just for good luck, and she adds that he's one of Eggman's more harmless creations, but, he gives great amounts of luck to whichever side he's on. Knuckles then asks to talk to Sonic, but, Chris reveals that he and some of the others are out right now and Knuckles asks the kids to pass on the message to Sonic when he gets back. Chris immediately turns it down and Fiona says that "even the stupid human gets it". Hope immediately gets cross with Fiona, saying that he does have flaws and it's human nature, but, he also knows more about Earth because he was born and raised there and she also would hardly call Overlanders flawless and she's not blind to Mobians flaws either. Julie-Su then tells the kids about Knuckles plan with the fake Emeralds and Hope realizes if they do it well, they just may be able to fool Eggman and that Colin has some affection for her. She explains that Colin was actually Snively, her half brother. After Hope reveals they need tiny fragments of the real emeralds to make fakes, Chris worries about it, but, Hope assures him that they'd be able to repair if they are fragmented and Knuckles reveals Eggman's radar wouldn't be able to tell the difference of a fake Emerald like he can.

While that's happening, Shard is hiding from humans while walking alone in his organic form. He then catches sight of what looks to be a human, but, he quickly realizes it's an ant robot in disguise. Ant Acid reveals his true self, causing nearby humans to run and Shard hears Eggman's voice, tempting him to join him. Shard winces with pain and Ant Acid tells him it can stop if he joins Eggman, but, Shard refuses. Ant Acid sprayed acid at a light pole, once again getting humans to panic, and Shard grabs the lamppost to stop it from falling, then transforms into his Robian form. He glances over and realizes the best way to destroy Ant Acid is rupturing his acid tanks. Shard tries to hide, but, Ant Acid pins him down and before Shard can make his move, Ant Acid had ruptured his acid tanks on his own. In an attempt to save himself, Shard uses his Cyber End move to get Ant Acid off him and when he crashes, the acid slowly destroys him. Ant Acid's final words to Shard is telling him he's become a monster and a machine of destruction. Just then, NICOLE, Jules, and Aleena catch sight of Shard and he tries to hide from them. Aleena reveals to Jules that Shard's been ashamed of what he had become and she unknowingly guesses exactly what Ant Acid told him and she tells NICOLE and Jules that Shard was very gentle as a child and a very capable guard. NICOLE realizes that Shard may have felt sorry for the robots he destroyed because he could end up like them. Jules realizes that NICOLE seems to understand Shard more than anyone else and NICOLE admits it may be due to her being an inorganic being herself. Aleena suggests that the Intelligence-Types make her a solid body, to which NICOLE agrees to.

Down at the Egg Fort II, Bocoe sees some enemies coming and prepares to attack, but, Eggman reminds him that Knuckles has one of the emeralds while Chris and most of Sonic's team have four. Poor Chris is waving a flag with a scared look and Fiona tells him to suck it up, but, Knuckles, like Hope, defends Chris. Fiona remarks that Chris is useless, only for Hope to retort what she is contributing. Before anything else could happen, Knuckles ushers everyone inside. Eggman thinks that the group want to surrender, but, Knuckles explains the truce and Julie-Su adds if they don't, they'll be stuck on Earth forever. Eggman suddenly acts very calm, much to Hope's suspicion, but, decides not to say anything. Eggman also asks to hold onto Knuckles and Julie-Su's emerald. After shaking on the deal, Knuckles, Julie-Su, Fiona, Chris, and Hope leave and Eggman explains to his robots that Knuckles is playing into his hands. Outside, Chris wonders if Eggman is playing them, but, Knuckles assures him that his tribe makes very convincing fake Emeralds and Eggman would be none the wiser and fake Emeralds are still very potent.

Back at the Thorndyke Mansion, Bunnie, Antoine, Amy, Sonic, Sally, and Tails are watching Cream and Cheese dancing to the Next Show and Chuck is working at his desk. Chris and Hope come in and Chuck asks where they had been. Chris lies about it saying they went to Danny's house and Tails tells Hope they couldn't find the last Emerald. Cream and Cheese then start crying due to Cream missing Vanilla and Bunnie hugs them both. Upon hearing this, Chris becomes conflicted, not sure if he can do it and Hope admits she has doubts about the plan due to Eggman acting off earlier. Sonic catches onto the truth, thinking Eggman would double cross them and Amy calls Chris stupid, causing Sally to wack her on the head. Hope then reveals the duplicates and tells them they were Knuckles' idea. Amy was totally speechless and Sonic admits when Knuckles is in his element, he's very clever and resourceful, mentioning the traps he and Tails got stuck in during the first time they met him, much to Tails' embarrassment, Bunnie and Antoine also comment on his acting skills. Even so, Bunnie expresses concern about Eggman double crossing them, but, Chris assures her he'll be careful. Unknown to them, Lucky finds the grey Emerald - the last one - in a box in the dump that evening.

The next day, Chris and Hope join Knuckles, Julie-Su, and Fiona at the train station with the duplicates. Chris explains that everyone knows of the plan, but, he still feels worried about it., to which Julie-Su assures him they know how to deal with Eggman. Fiona once again insults Chris, saying he's useless, but, Hope explains that without him, the Mobians wouldn't be safe from Eggman's wrath and that he bought tickets for all of them as only he has Earth currency. The two echidnas stop the argument by reminding them about the train. While aboard, Chris is still conflicted, which is only made worse when Fiona suggests they ditch him at the next station. Hope tries to tell her that Chris is emotionally troubled without his parents, to which Fiona says that at least his parents were alive (implying that her own parents had died) and Julie-Su tells her that even though she was hurting, insulting others wasn't helping her case. Fiona then says he pays everyone for everything, but, Hope reiterates that his parents are the ones paying and if everything was handed to him, he wouldn't have parent neglect issues. Once more, Knuckles manages to break things up and Julie-Su says the faster they do this, the faster they get home.

Down in the forest, some officials from G.U.N., including Topaz, Rouge (who is keeping a lookout), and Captain Westwood, are looking for the Egg Fort II and the purple emerald. In a flash, Rouge spots the Egg Fort II and Topaz radios in to Abraham Tower, much to Westwood's dismay, saying that Topaz and Rouge are making him look bad. Rouge then catches sight of Knuckles' group heading for the Egg Fort II, leaving her very surprised.

Meanwhile, Eggman arrives to see the group and Chris shows the backpack of the fakes to Eggman. Eggman then reveals the red Emerald to Knuckles' team as well as the purple one from Filmdom City, but, he cannot open the box as that would prove disastrous. Snively then reveals to Eggman that the last emerald had been found in a dump. He tells Snively for Lucky to stay where he was so they could collect him and he betrays Knuckles by having Scratch activating a trap door underneath him, Fiona, and Julie-Su, while trapping Hope and Chris in an energy cage. Eggman then reveals to Chris and Hope that he does not care about staying on Earth or going home to Mobius, he just wants to establish his Eggman Empire. Either world would not make a difference to where he would establish and he was aware of the fake Emeralds the entire time. He also reveals he had Knuckles' real emerald due to a device he made which could teleport the Chaos Emeralds within a mile radius and he is going to get the four Emeralds Sonic's group has.

Down below, Knuckles, Julie-Su, and Fiona get to their feet, and the pink echidna tells the red echidna that she has some unfortunate news, other than the fact they were double-crossed. Her cybernetics picked up the fact Eggman was gloating to the kids and he was onto them from the start, he has a device that can make the Emeralds come to him at a one mile radius and when Knuckles realizes his Emerald was gone, he realized the device works. Fiona says that Chris messed things up, but, Knuckles said the plan was *his* idea, not Chris'. Just then, Sally, Sonic, Sonia, and Manic all turn up and Knuckles explains about Eggman's plan and how their plan backfired. Sonia then wonders where Chris and Hope are and Knuckles tells her they are on the ship. Like before, Fiona tells the Mobians to let Chris rot as he messed up, but, the other Mobians all get angry and Sally and Sonic explain how Chris saved them from the pool and been keeping them safe on Earth. Sonic then turns to his girlfriend and siblings, telling them they should rescue Chris and Hope. Julie-Su wants to help, too, but, Sally tells her she can help by keeping a close eye on Fiona. Sally and the Royal Hedgehog Triplets rush off as Knuckles wishes them luck as the episode ends.

## Differences between this and the real episode:

* The real episode begins with the X Tornado taking off, while this episode begins with Hope and NICOLE trying to figure out how to turn Shard back to his organic form.
* In the original episode, the group on the trip in the X Tornado were Chris, Danny, Tails, Amy, and Sonic. In this episode it was Tails, Hope, Sonic, Sally, Rotor, Amy, and NICOLE.
* In the real episode, Chris gets a pep talk from Mr. Stewart at school, while in this episode, he is given a pep talk by Jules at home. Furthermore, he sees Frances and Danny at home rather than at school and they admire his pictures, and Mr. Stewart is completely absent.
* In the real episode, Cream and Cheese are upset because the Next Show isn't playing the next week. In this episode, it's because they still miss Vanilla.
* Because of the aforementioned scene with Cream, Chris is more shaken about the fact everyone's not going home, which makes him let the truth about working with Eggman slip. In the original, Chris runs outside and Sonic does so, too, and he vaguely asks about him wanting to go home. When Sonic gives him an answer about not minding if he does or not, Chris lies saying that Mr. Stewart says hi.
* In the real episode, Knuckles feels the problem is that Sonic and Eggman need to make a truce to go home and he needs to take the Emeralds to Eggman. Here, he'll know Eggman would mess around with the Emeralds regardless and decides to make the fakes as counterfeits. He's also much calmer about getting home in this episode, while in the real episode he was more desperate.
* In addition to Knuckles giving Eggman counterfeits, he gets the real Emeralds by using a device he made himself.
* In the real episode, Knuckles mentions he had gotten the emerald when he was with Hawk. Here, he doesn't mention Hawk at all.
* The scene at the train station in the original was during the night. Here, it was set in early morning. Same thing can be said for the scene with Rouge and Topaz in the forest.
* In the original episode, we find out that Jerome Wise was demoted to a garbage man and Vivian dumped him in the Japanese dub. We don't get that information here, instead we get more scenes of Shard doubting himself and being reassured by NICOLE, Aleena, and Jules.