We'll be together again someday

Showdown in Space

Rouge was at the ARK Colony sitting inside a shuttle, speaking to Topaz over radio.

"Topaz, I'm transmitting my report now. Over." Rouge said on the radio.

"Be careful, Rouge. That space colony is a dangerous place." Topaz said over the radio feeling the ground shake as the ARK descended."

At the Eclipse Cannon Sonic and Shadow were still fighting creating a hole in the wall, revealing a Power Ring.

"You've interfered for the last time!" Shadow said and threw more Chaos Spears at Sonic, who leapt up and grabbed the ring.

He used a ring-powered home attack on Shadow, knocking him to the ground.

"All right, Shadow. What's goin' on here?" he said as Shadow sat up.

"You'll find out." Shadow said then they felt the room shake. "Sonic, your time is running out!" he said and flew through the hole in the hall.

"Wait!" Sonic said and turned around to see a timer that read 00:23:45:00.

Meanwhile Chris, Tanaka, Knuckles, Amy, and Tails entered the computer room. Eggman slammed his fist on the console.

"He tricked me! My own grandfather tricked me!" Eggman said.

Suddenly a door sealed away the Chaos Emeralds.

"The Chaos Emeralds!" Knuckles said.

Gerald's message played on the big screen.

"The countdown marking my final revenge on this world has begun! In just a few minutes, you will be destroyed. Soon, Space Colony ARK will hurtle through the atmosphere and crash into this planet with devastating force!" Gerald said.

Only twenty minutes remained. Everyone around the world saw Gerald's message.

"You have no time to prevent this disaster, and absolutely no hope of survival. Your ruler took my granddaughter Maria from me, so I'm destroying everything you care about. Now you'll feel what I felt when I lost Maria. You will see. You will see. You'll see!" he continued.

"Who is that guy? And what does he mean?" Amy asked.

"That is Professor Gerald Robotnik, He was a scientific genius and my grandfather." Eggman said.

Gerald's message repeated.

"The countdown marking my final revenge on this world has begun!" he said and the space colony shook again.

"Hey, it feels like this place is breaking apart!" Knuckles said. "This feels like an Angle Island repeat three years ago!"

"Soon it's going to get a lot worse." someone said.

Knuckles turned to see Rouge approaching.

"I've just checked the colony's propulsion systems. The computers are locked, so we can't reverse course. Looks like there's nothing we can do." she said.

"Grandpa, destroying a planet is one thing, but destroying your grandson is another." Eggman said.

Sonic stood at the entrance of the room.

"What's going on here?!" he asked.

"Sonic!" Chris said.

"If you came here for a showdown, Sonic, forget it. Soon we'll all be vaporized." Eggman said.

Sonic joined the others.

"Come on. Don't be such a quitter, Eggman. Maybe if we work together, we can get out of this mess." he said.