//------------------------------// // Mystic Jungle: Casino Forest/Aqua Road // Story: Sonic Forces: Resistance is Magic // by MetalJrock //------------------------------// Buddy walked into the main room. So far it had only been a few hours since the attack at the city on South Island. He noticed that the other team had returned from Seaside Hill and stopped once he spotted Rouge looking over Omega's deactivated body. "To see him this roughed up... Hopefully he can be fixed up." said Rouge. Twilight replied, "As much as I want to help him, I wouldn't even know where to begin to do so. This is more advanced than any technology in Equestria. Is there anyone here can fix him?" Sonic shrugged, "Tails is usually the brains of the gang, but we still have no clue on where he's at. If he were here, maybe you two could put your minds together to wake him up." "You still don't know where he went?" Fluttershy asked. The hedgehog shook his head, "Not yet. Knuckles is already having troops search for Spike as it is. If he wants us to find him, he'll do it when he's ready." "I'm sorry about that. Maybe we can look for Tails if you want?" Twilight apologized. Sonic waved a hand, "It's cool, Twi. Spike's safety is important to you, I get it. If it means focusing search efforts on him, that's fine." Knuckles nodded, "There have also been reports that the Egg Dragoon's scrapped remains have been found in Green Hill during the battles I sent some of you to. Same case with Oil Ocean, I didn't send any troops to that sector." "See? Told ya Tails was fine." Sonic assured, "Any updates besides that, commander?" "Actually, yes. Amy recently discovered some life signals within the Mystic Jungle. None of them are giving off the same energy signature like with Infinite and the other rogues." Knuckles faced the lone red wolf, "Buddy. Are you up for another mission?" Buddy slowly nodded. Better him to investigate he guessed. The echidna replied, "Good to hear. If it helps, this shouldn't be too dangerous. Just go there and see who's in the jungle." he handed the wolf a yellow lightning-bolt shaped device, "This is the Lightning Wispon. You can use it like an electric whip on any opposition. If you find a Wisp, you can also use the Light-Speed Dash." Twilight spoke up, "...If I may, Knuckles. Shouldn't someone go with Buddy just in case it's a threat?" Knuckles answered, "Good idea, Twilight. Any volunteers?" "ME!" Popping her head from the ceiling was none other than Pinkie Pie. Everyone except Sonic jumped in response to her sudden appearance, the hedgehog holding a laugh. Knuckles raised a finger and asked, "How did you-- what--?!" "Just let it be..." Twilight whispered. "I was waiting here the whole time, silly! Of course I'll help! There could be some super meanies waiting for us in there!" Pinkie laughed, rubbing the commander's head. Knuckles sighed, "...Okay then. I guess the two of you will head out immediately. Remember, your comms may stop working the closer you get to Eggman's old lab. Be prepared for anything." Twilight silently gulped. She hoped that whoever was there wasn't out to hurt them. Deep within the Mystic Jungle were three new arrivals. Tails, Spike, and the Sonic from the other timeline started walking down the path they landed in. The fox pressed a few buttons on his Miles Electric, "Okay, I'm deactivating the Chaos energy jammers. Now the others should be able to track us down soon." he spoke "And we're here because Eggman's lab is shut down right?" Spike asked. Tails replied, "Yeah. Because of that, this should be safe enough to rendezvous with the others." The fox smiled sheepishly as he faced Sonic, "I know it's kinda weird to ask you to find Sonic. But I'm glad you're here to help us. Even if the circumstances aren't all that great." "I'll say. At least you guys have experience with look-a-likes. Twilight was shocked when she met her doppelganger." Spike laughed. Sonic nodded. If his doppelganger needed help, he wouldn't ever hesitate to do so, and he knew that the Sonic of this world would do the same for him. They were the same person after all. At the very least, he could say he made a difference with his sudden arrival. He shrugged at Tails, pointing at the neon lights in front of them. "Oh yeah. Eggman turned these ruins into another casino zone for some reason." Tails explained. "Casino zone?" Spike repeated. "Eggman has a fascination with turning certain places into giant life-sized casinos. I can't even begin to explain it." Sonic smiled. Casino? He loved those zones simply because of how hectic they could get. He went ahead, much to Tails and Spike's annoyance and he went down a small slope. On instinct he curled into a ball and felt something behind him push back before pressing forward, causing him to roll around a loop and over a slope, landing perfectly on his feet. Yep, it's just as fun as he remembered. He waved for his friends to follow him. Spike blinked, "Uh... What the heck just happened?" "I think we're in the life-sized portion of the area. Curl into a ball once we get down there, Spike. I have a feeling things are going to get a little bumpy." Tails warned. "Oh boy." The two rolled down the slope and awaited their fate. Suddenly, they were launched in the same spot as Sonic, the dragon screamed at the sudden force pushing him along. Tails landed on his feet while Spike fell stomach first with a groan. The fox knelt down and offered his friend a hand, "You okay, Spike?" Spike groaned and raised his head, "Yeesh. I never want to do that again." Tails helped the young drake up, "As much as I agree with you, I think this place has different plans." Dusting himself off, Spike curiously asked, "How so?" Without saying a word, Tails pointed to Sonic goofing around and jumping on the pinball bumper before it pushed him off, bouncing off the round bumpers in the air surrounding a slot machine. With precision, Sonic got to the higher floor and bowed once he was done. "Oh." Spike paused, "Your world is weird." "Maybe. Then again, you're also from a pretty bizarre world yourself." Tails quipped. "Touche." Spike mumbled. The fox scratched his head, "Y'know, I could probably fly us up there to make it easier." "Nah. I want to experience this stuff for myself." "Suit yourself." Tails went first and jumped on a bumper, bouncing off a sphere and repeating Sonic's actions with ease. Spike took a slow step forward and slipped, accidentally bouncing at the wrong time and finding himself stuck in an eternal loop of bumpers, "S-S-S-Somebody stop t-t-this c-c-crazy thing!" he shouted each syllable per bounce. Luckily for him, he got his bearings and landed in the center of the slot machine. "Oh no." Tails sighed. Sonic watched in awe. The slots began to rotate, luckily landing on three pictures of Sonic's head. Suddenly, a bunch of rings flew in and surrounded Spike, surprising him. Sonic pumped his fist proudly at the sight. Once the machine was done, Spike somehow bounced his way to the platform Tails and Sonic were on. "Well... That was a thing." Tails tapped his muzzle, "I guess. I'm surprised you got jackpot on one of those on your first attempt. Speaking of, the slots had your face on them, Sonic." he pointed out to the small hedgehog, "But not this Sonic's for some reason." "Yeah, that is pretty odd. You actually look different from the other Sonic after all." Spike added. Sonic rubbed his chin. That was pretty weird, but he decided to brush it aside. The casino zones were already weird enough as it was. The three leaped down the next pathway and avoided the pinball-esque obstacles as much as they could. The hedgehog took the time to look around and noticed that the area was surprisingly empty. Void of any opposition or Eggman's defenses. Curious, he looked to Tails and made a few gestures to explain himself. "What'd he say?" Spike asked. Tails said, "He wanted to know why there isn’t that much opposition. That's probably because Sonic and the others were already here and Eggman wanted to make this part less hostile since it is a casino." "So Eggman resorts to casinos for money? That would probably explain all the robots we've seen." the dragon realized. "Maybe. Sonic and I never thought hard about that." Tails replied. The fox led his friends deeper into the ruins, spotting a giant neon-covered building in the background. "Whoa. It's like Las Pegasus." was all Spike could mutter out. "Is that where we need to go?" "I don't think so. Eggman's lab is a little more discreet than that. Most of the time." Sonic raised a brow at that. The last base he went to was shaped like a giant Eggman robot. Not really "discreet" in his mind. The hedgehog walked ahead of the others and got to the edge of a pit, spotting nothing but bumpers to guide them upwards. Unfazed, Sonic jumped first and timed his bounces so that he moved across the walls and reached the upper platform perfectly. "...I know I wanted to practice my Spin-Jump, but do you think you can fly us up there, Tails?" the dragon asked. Tails extended a hand, "Sure." Spike gripped Tails' wrist and the two-tailed hero spun his namesakes around, allowing the both of them to reach Sonic with ease, the hedgehog tapping his foot impatiently. "Jeez. Sorry for wanting to play it safe." Spike muttered under his breath. Sonic again pointed behind him, wanting to get a move on. While they walked, Tails asked, "So, Spike. You mentioned that you went to another world earlier. What was that like?" Spike rubbed the back of his neck, "Uh... Pretty weird I guess. When we got there, we weren't ponies. Nobody in that world was actually. Twilight was able to walk on two legs and didn't have any fur on her body and I... Well... I turned into a tiny pet dog." "A pet dog?" Tails repeated with a slight grin. Sonic held his stomach and silently laughed at the idea of this dragon transforming into a tiny dog. Now he wished he and his doppelganger where there to witness it. Spike looked at the ground in embarrassment, "...Yeah." Noticing his friend's discomfort over their comment, Tails decided to change the subject, "From the sound of it, Twilight turned into a human when you got there." "Human?" "Yeah. There are a lot of them in our world. They pretty much live in certain regions separate from us. Depending on how this war goes, we might have to visit one of their cities to help." Tails explained. Sonic thought to himself. He hasn't encountered any human in his world yet. He thought that he should do some exploring when he got back to his world to see what Tails meant. "Huh. Never heard of them until we got to that world." Spike said with clarity. "What were you doing in a different world anyway?" Tails asked. The dragon started to explain, "Princess Celestia's old student, Sunset Shimmer, stole Twilight's crown so she could rule the other world. Twilight and I followed her to stop her, and after that she became good once she realized what she did." "Oh. She stole the Element of Magic?" Tails deduced. "Yes." Sonic had to admit. He was kind of lost. From what he's hearing Equestria has a lot of potential adventures for him. Maybe he'd have to go and visit there too somehow. When he brought up the idea, Spike said, "I guess you can visit too. I just don't know how you'd get there. Heck, I still kinda don't know how I got here." Once they were done conversing, the three found themselves on another downward slope. Sonic looked at his two-tailed friend. "Looks like another one of those bumpers. We should go together this time." The trio jumped down and curled into a ball, letting the pusher pull back and launch them around the loop and over the incline, giving them enough momentum to move past the small pit. This time, Spike joined the experienced heroes in having a good landing from his Spin-Jump. Once they realized what had happened, Tails and Sonic applauded their friend, earning a humble bow in response. "Thank you, thank you." Spike said. Tails smiled, "Told you you'd get better at it." Sonic nodded in agreement. "Heh. So how close are we now?" Holding out his handheld to give a better answered, the fox said, "Not too far. The lab is an easy jog from here." Sonic pumped a fist and ran first. This earned an eye roll from the others as they followed suit. Pinkie Pie had her hooves wrapped around Buddy's neck as tight as she could as the wolf sprinted the both of them across the jungle. "We're detecting the life signals moving closer to Eggman's old lab. Be prepared for anything and remember that your comms may go dark the closer you get." Knuckles warned the new recruit and party pony. "Okie dokie, Knux!" Pinkie replied. The two ran into a cave and jumped off a ramp, landing on a slide filled with water. At this point, Pinkie let go of the wolf and raised her hooves happily, "Whee!" "What's happening now?" Rainbow asked. "We're on a waterslide!" Pinkie cheered. "Wait what? Aw, I wish I was there." the cyan pegasus moaned in disappointed. "Me too. Pinkie's lucky." Charmy agreed. Vector Espio and Twilight letting out a quiet sigh each was heard from the communicators in response. Buddy did his best to stay on the path of the slide. However the force the water pushed him with made it a little more difficult than he wished. He placed his right palm on the surface to lightly push himself back to the center of the slide. "Hold on. I think some of Eggman's remaining robots are coming towards you." Amy noticed. Out of nowhere, Motobugs flew onto the scene and landed on the slide next to the heroes. Buddy was surprised to see some enemies in this area of all places. "Whoa! How are we gonna smash them to itty bitty pieces here? We're busy sliding!" Pinkie wondered. Buddy decided to do something and moved himself in the direction of one of the robots, using his momentum to push the Badnik off the slide to whatever awaited in the pit below. "Oh..." Pinkie said. She mirrored the wolf's actions, causing one of the Motobugs to fall of as well. "Good idea Buddy!" The wolf smiled at that. Good to know he was competent in the thinking department. Placing his hand around, Pinkie's hindleg, he made sure they both went in same pathway in the fork of the slide. More Motobugs appeared. Pinkie bumped one of them off the side while Buddy found himself bouncing in between two of them, pushing them both off. "This is so much fun!" Buddy gave her a silent laugh, having fun as well. His smile faded however, when he saw the slide end. In a haste he grabbed Pinkie and used his grapple to reach the jungle again. The two flipped and landed on the dry grass. Buddy and Pinkie shook their bodies to dry themselves off as best they could before wandering on. Pinkie skipped ahead and said, "Hey, Buddy! I think I found one of your Wisp friends!" Pinkie glued her eyes to the capsule, seeing the yellow lightning-bolt shaped alien, "Aw. He looks trapped in there. Are you sad little fella?" she asked the creature. "Actually, Pinkie. From what I researched, the Wisps willingly agreed to put themselves in those capsules." Twilight revealed. "That sounds horrifying." Fluttershy asked. Knuckles elaborated, "It was admittedly mainly for distribution purposes in order to make the Wispons. But being in a capsule outside of that was mostly their decision. Mainly so the soldiers don't miss them. They've been quite a help for us." Buddy hummed. He always wondered how these weapons were made. Guess he learned something new here. Curious, he opened the capsule and the Wisp flew into his weapon. What got his attention was the hovering path of rings that aimed themselves over another waterslide not too far away. Curious, he grabbed Pinkie's hoof and aimed his Wispon forward, suddenly getting dragged along the trail of rings. Once it ended, the two fell onto the slide. Knuckles took the time to compliment, "I gotta admit. You’re a fast learner, Rookie." "Right? He's a natural at this adventure thing!" Pinkie added. Buddy smiled sheepishly. It wasn't that big of a feat he thought. Doing this just came naturally he supposed. He heard Knuckles say, "Just don't go goofing around in the water." "You jealous you aren't on the slide, Knux?" Applejack teased. "What? N-No." the commander studdered. "Ha! You totally are!" Rainbow laughed. Rouge teased him, "Should've known you never changed, Red." "No. I totally did! I'm the awesome commander--" Buddy didn't hear the rest of the comeback. It looks like they were getting closer to Eggman's old lab. He gripped his left palm on the rim of the slide and moved down the left path. Pinkie followed him. Surprisingly there weren't any enemies on this path. With that out of the way, Buddy grabbed Pinkie and grappled their way back to Eggman's lab. "Do you think we'll have to fight more meanies when we get their buddy?" Pinkie asked her friend. The wolf shrugged as an answer. "Yeah, I'm kind of hoping not. The city battle really left me pooped!" she added. The two made their way through the lab in the jungle once they landed. Buddy noticed something glowing on the ground. Curious, he knelt down and examined it. It looked like a strange purple gem. Kinda like the one he saw Infinite have on that day. "Ooh. Shiny." Pinkie admired. "Don't let Rarity see or use it. It looks pretty important." Agreeing with his pink friend, Buddy hid the mysterious gem. When he did, they froze upon hearing footsteps. Worried, Buddy held out his Wispon while Pinkie stood behind him. The first thing he spotted was a yellow two-tailed fox raising his arms. "Ah! We come in peace!" the fox shouted earnestly. Standing next to him was a strange purple dragon and... Sonic? "Yeah. We're just looking for the Resistance!" the dragon chimed in. As though she recognized the voices, Pinkie popped her head out and looked at the dragon. It was though they knew each other. "Spike? Tails? Is that you?" A smile grew on Spike's face, "P-Pinkie Pie?!" Suddenly, Pinkie became a pink blur and tackled Spike wrapping her in a bear hug. "Oh, Spike. You're here! Twilight's gonna be so happy when she finds out that you're safe! Heck, I'm happy that you're safe! You missed so so much since we got here!" Spike managed a smile as he was starting to lose his breath in the bear hug, "That's... great, Pinkie... Need air..." "Sorry!" Pinkie apologized. Tails spoke up and waved, "Hi, Pinkie." Pinkie immediately hugged the fox, "Hi, Tails! I'm super duper happy to see you too!" "I can see that. It's great to see you too." Tails replied. Releasing her grip on Tails, the pink party pony examined Sonic. "Hey, Sonic! You... Look a lot shorter. Did you become a kid?" she wondered, tapping her chin. Sonic tapped his foot at the comment. "Oh yeah. This isn't exactly the same Sonic. It's kind of a long story." Tails explained. Pinkie hummed in understanding. He gazed at the wolf, "Have we met before?" Buddy shook his head at that. Although Buddy at least heard of him. He was talking to Tails, Sonic's best friend. How could he not know who he was? "Tails, Spike, other Sonic, this is Buddy the Wolf! The newest member of the Resistance!" Pinkie introduced. Buddy awkwardly waved. Spike was the first to respond, "Hey, Buddy." Tails gave the new guy a handshake, "Nice to meet you, Buddy. How are Sonic and the others?" Buddy gave a thumbs up. "Good to hear." The other Sonic only acknowledged Buddy with a wave. The new guy seemed alright, but he needed to see how well he handled himself in times of adventure to get a better opinion. "So, uh, what now? Should we let the others know we're back?" Spike questioned. "Not yet! We should make it an epic surprise when we show up!" Pinkie decided. Sonic shrugged. Why not? He loved making a grand entrance. He looked to Tails and Spike, the latter saying, "Uh, okay I guess." "Wait, really?" Tails whispered. "Let Pinkie have her fun. I kinda miss it." Spike admitted, "Plus Sonic seems okay with it." "Okay, Pinkie. We'll do that. We'll take the Tornado back. Just lead the way." Pinkie clapped her hooves, "Yay! Now let's get back to the base!" Buddy scratched his head. Guess he was playing along. Oh well. The door to the Resistance base opened, revealing Pinkie and Buddy. As of now, they only revealed that the source of the life signals were non-hostile people and that they were ready to help the Resistance. Everyone gathered around to meet these new allies. Confused, Knuckles was the first to ask, "Where are the people you mentioned?" Pinkie giggled and shouted, "Come on down!" "Sonic!" Said hedgehog's mouth formed a grin as he recognized that voice from anywhere. "Tails!" Flying into the base was indeed Tails, a grin on his own face. He wrapped his arms around Sonic's body, embracing him in a hug. Sonic returned the gesture. "I was so worried. I-I thought you were..." Sonic chuckled, "Heh. You never had to worry. I was perfectly fine. It was you I was worried about." The two ended their hug, the fox saying, "Really?" "Yeah. You were knocked out with me and I didn't see you when I broke out." Sonic held his old friend's shoulders, "Everyone here was worried about you." Releasing his grip on his friend, Tails looked at the ground in shame, "Sorry about that. I was just so scared. I-I thought I could take this on alone. That I'd just disappoint you all by being around you after Sonic vanished. But that didn't go well." Amy walked to her friend and lightly jabbed her friend, "Don't ever run off like that again. Please." "I won't, Amy. I promise." "Disappoint? Dude, there will never be a day where you disappoint me." Sonic proudly told Tails. "Even when we got our butts handed to us by the bad guys and I got captured, I never once thought that you were the one who messed up. It was a tough battle. I'll admit it. Eggman and his goons screwed up, not us." Twilight said, "We're just happy you're back, Tails. And that you learned to not handle things alone. Who else is with you?" Tails smirked, "Alright, come on in." Stepping into the door was Spike, who awkwardly looked at the base, looking at Sonic's friends. "Um, hi?" he greeted. His eyes then met a certain shocked alicorn's. His expression matching hers. "Spike!" everypony but Twilight shouted in joy upon seeing their dragon friend safe and sound. Twilight was stunned at what she was seeing. Spike was here this whole time. She thought he was back in Equestria. But all along he had been on this world. Both relief and concern washed over her. For a moment, those haunting thoughts vanished. Without a moment's hesitation, she hugged Spike the second he came closer to her. "I was so worried about you. I-I didn't know you were even here..." Twilight whispered. "I don't blame you. The portal pulled me in after you. I'm sorry for scaring you like that." Spike replied. "But you're safe with us now. Thank Celestia, that's all that matters now. I know I shouldn't be this overprotective, but--" Twilight said. "It's okay, Twilight." Spike replied. The alicorn let go of Spike and Rarity proceeded to hug him, "I'm glad you're okay, Spikey-Wikey." Spike chuckled as he blushed, "Heh. T-Thanks, Rarity." Once the unicorn let go, he embraced Fluttershy and Applejack. "I missed you both too." "Same here, sugarcube." Applejack admitted. "Me too." Fluttershy said. Then there was Rainbow Dash, who gave him a hoof bump. "So, Knux was talking about a few things. That refinery and that Egg Dragoon thing got smashed. Were you there?" "Yeah. I wasn't alone though at least." Spike answered. "Nice!" Rainbow complimented. Spike walked up to Sonic, who gave him a fist bump. "Nice seein' you again, dragon dude." "Same here, Sonic." Spike replied. He then introduced himself to the rest of the Resistance. Twilight whispered and got the fox's attention, "Tails." "Yeah, Twilight?" the fox wondered. "Thank you for keeping Spike safe." the alicorn said. Tails said, "No problem, Twilight. I wouldn't let anything happen to him and honestly? I wouldn't have gotten as far as I did without his help. He had my back too." "Well, I wasn't the only one helping you." the drake revealed. "Really? Who else was there?" Charmy asked. Finally, the third person stepped into the room. The Resistance seemed unfazed, but the ponies were a little confused by who they were looking at. "Sonic...?" Rainbow Dash whispered. Standing there glaring at the Equestrians was a shorter hedgehog that looked exactly Sonic, except younger. The taller Sonic smirked and said, "Alright! Now this is a reunion I wasn't expecting!" "He looks so cute." Fluttershy said. The other Sonic crossed his arms and rolled his eyes at the comment. "Pardon me, sugarhog. But why does he look like ya and how do you know 'em?" Applejack muttered aloud. Sonic high-fived the other Sonic and said, "That's because it is me!" "This Sonic is from an alternate timeline. We all met him when our Eggman met his Eggman and destroyed time and displaced him and the Tails of his time." Tails explained. "His doppelganger?" Twilight deduced. "Exactly." Tails answered. "It's weird that he's even here. I don't remember his presence being recorded in history." Silver recalled. The smaller Sonic wondered if he was being called forgettable. Yeah right. He's been more than useful ever since he showed up, he thought. Sonic spoke to his counterpart, "Well, it's awesome having you here too. You doing okay?" the other Sonic gave a thumbs up. "Is the Knuckles or Tails of your world here as well?" Knuckles wondered. The other Sonic shook his head, basically telling him he's alone here this time. "Darn. That kinda stinks. "What shall we call him? I believe calling two people Sonic might get a tad confusing after a while." Rarity wondered. "I don't think he wants to get called 'Little Sonic' either based on his attitude." Rainbow said. The other Sonic put his hands on his hips. He wondered if teasing his height was going to be a thing now. Vector shrugged, "I got nothing." Pinkie raised a hoof, "I got it!" Espio said, "What is it, Pinkie?" The party pony pointed to the taller Sonic, "We'll call him Modern Sonic since looks new-ish..." she then pointed to the shorter Sonic, "And we'll call him Classic Sonic since he looks like a throwback hero! The readers probably expected this to happen, but it works better like this if you ask me." "Sure, Pink." Rouge murmured. "I guess it works." Vector said. "It's easier I suppose." Twilight agreed. Modern Sonic cracked his knuckles, "Looks like it's settled. What do you think, Classic Sonic?" he confidentally asked his doppelganger, earning a nod. Tails spoke up, "As fun as the reunions were, I wish we came here with better news. While we were in Green Hill, the three of us overheard Eggman's latest scheme. He has something planned for us three days from now." "Did he say what it was?" Twilight wondered. "No. He was being secretive and told us nothing." Spike revealed. After his drake friend spoke, Tails raised a finger, "But he did say something about the Phantom Ruby Prototypes." Classic Sonic blinked and raised a hand upon hearing that. "What's up, me?" Modern wondered. Classic did a few gestures to explain, "So you were battling your world's Eggman and his new robot cronies for something called the Phantom Ruby right before you got here? Yeah, something tells me this is connected." "How did you understand him? He didn't say a word." Twilight questioned Modern. Modern Sonic gestured to Classic Sonic, "Considering we're the same person, I know that I let my actions speak instead. Back then, words really weren't necessary." "That's weird." Rainbow said bluntly. Classic Sonic rolled his eyes yet again. "From the sound of it, Eggman might know about the Phantom Ruby here. Don't know how, but I guess it's up to us to find out." Tails realized. Twilight added, "Most likely. And it might be the very thing Infinite used to bring us and all our enemies here." "So what are we going to do now?" Fluttershy asked. Modern Sonic smirked and put his hands on his hips, "We'll just have to do what we heroes do best: Kick bad guy butt and save the world once again. Eggman and his cronies think they have us on the ropes, but this is just another challenge we'll overcome. We've done it before and we'll do it again." "Now you're speaking my language!" Rainbow bragged. "As much as the idea of war bothers me. I'm glad to be among such good friends like you all to overcome it." Twilight said. "We can end this like Sonic said, but we have to do it together." "I learned that lesson the hard way." Tails chimed in. "Now that we're finally reunited, I think it's time we hatched a plan to take down Eggman once and for all." "I'm with ya, bro." Modern Sonic said. "We got this in the bag!" Classic bumped his chest and Buddy smiled. The whole Resistance cheered. Everyone was back and even if none of the Eggman Empire were defeated during this reunion, at least they could take satisfaction in uniting as a better team than before. The tables have turned in their favor now.