"What is that?"

"It looks like some kind of robotic Echidna"

"Must be one of the Doctors creations too fight Knuckles"

"Are you sure?"

"Maybe"

The group of soldiers were chattering as they set Metal Knuckles on the table and Knuckles went over to see the robotic copy, frowning to himself.

"Never thought I see this thing again, the last time I saw it was during that racing competition a few years back, Eggman had the nerve to create a robot duplicate of me," he shakes his head sighing and crossing his arms "what it was doing in that strange ship...and why was Gadget in there too" he looked over at the red wolf sitting in the chair looking at the floor with his eyes close as Silver got him some coffee.

He hadn't heard from Gadget yesterday during their Assualt on Eggmans Egg Fortress, it certainly was odd to see him here all of a sudden on that dropship. He remembered trying to get in contact with him after Yesterday battle was over but he never heard from him, so why was he here all of a sudden..

"Then there's this attack on the City district of Sunset Heights, how did Eggman find the Location of our base, it was suppose to be kept secret after that attack in the Outskirts...just in case he tried to hack our systems...wait a minute...!"

His widen abit and realization set into him.

"No...it can't be" He looks over and saw Silver hand Gadget a cup of coffee "it can't be..." His boxing glove forms into a fist and it shakes as he grits his teeth "so that's how it is..."

There was no mistake about it and he needed answers from that red wolf.

"Here drink this" Silver offer Gadget some coffee.

Gadget open his eyes and looked up at Silver before taking the cup and sipping it down. His eyes widen, spitting the coffee out and throws the coffee cup aside.

"What's in that stuff?" Gadget gagged sounding annoyed he was served coffee that didn't taste good.

Silver rubs the back of his head and smiles sheepishly "Sorry, guess I got the wrong kind," he chuckled abit as Gadget sighs looking over at Metal Knuckles body being put on a stretcher table.

"Oh no, don't tell me they're going to take him somewhere to examine him"

He try's to get up too move but winces abit clutching the side of his waist and gets set back down in the chair.

"Easy there Gadget, we'll get you to the medical bay, don't need you to push yourself if your injured"

"I'm fine, I-i just need too m-move around abit...t-that's all" he lied while cursing himself in his head.

"I can't get caught...if I know a little abit about Eggmans robots while working with the 'Resistance' is that they have video feed from their optical vision or 'eyes' to be exact...if they get access to that feed, I'm done for"

He grits his teeth not happy with the situation he was in, only a miracle could happen for him to get outta there along with Metal Knuckles too.

"I hope Infinite and Metal Sonic are coming to rescue me..."

While he was lost in his thoughts he didn't notice Knuckles approaching Silver and him.

"Hey Gadget I got a question for you" Knuckles said catching the red wolf off guard who flinch at the sound of his voice and clutching his chest.

Looking up at the Guardian, he could see some kind of seriousness in his eyes and they did not look friendly.

"A-Ask away"

The sound of Gadget stuttering was giving him away and he wanted to make sure the air was all cleared since he would have to take him away for questioning

"What were you doing in that strange dropship with one of Eggmans Enforcers?" Knuckles asked crossing his arms watching the red wolf ears perk up.

"D-Did he figure it out?...wait how could Knuckles suddenly ask me this question...did he use that head of his?"

He watch Silver give Knuckles a weird look and notice several arm Resistance soldiers approach them.

"No no no no"

"Knuckles, why are you asking Gadget a strange question like that" Silver asked looking at the Guardian seeing the seriousness in his eyes.

"Cause, how did Eggmans fleet manage to find our base, the coordinates to our base were put on a USB drive and given to someone within our 'group' Just in case Eggman had the nerve to hack our systems"

Gadget begins to tense up abit slowly reaching for his holster to get his 'Burst' Wispon ready.

"He did figure it out...damn it, I was at that 'meeting' after helping repel that attack out in the 'Outskirts' district in Sunset Heights several days ago"

He notice one of the Resistance Soldiers take out a pair of cuffs and begins too scoot back in his chair as it makes a screeching noise earning looks from Silver and Knuckles and his heart begins to beat against his chest.

"Damn it, that Echidna did figure it out after all...I-I c-can't get interrogated here...I won't let them interrogate me"

"Fight Gadget, Fight to survive"

He grits his teeth hearing the Voice in his head and starts to pull out his 'Burst' Wispon but a sudden scream caught everyone off guard followed by some shouting and a explosion as a table is thrown through the air follow by shouting and screaming.

All chaos broke lose as the table sent flying through the air was heading towards the group but Silver use his psychic powers to stop it from hitting Knuckles, him or the Resistance Soldiers.

"Go Gadget, nows your chance, Fight"

Hearing the Voice in his head again Gadget lean backwards in the chair falling over on his back and with enough force kicked it over to Knuckles which collided into the Echidna head while fully pulling out his 'Burst' Wispon and starts firing away the flames hearing the screams as he briefly saw several dropships appear in the sky from out of nowhere before getting up and running over to a pillar, taking cover behind it, catching his breath.

He pokes his head out too see Egg-Soldiers dropping from the dropships and looks over at to where he was a moment ago and saw Knuckles getting dragged away behind another pillar by Silver who was clutching his chest from a burnt mark and the three resistance soldiers burnt corpses were laying in a pile not moving an inch

His eyes widen abit and pulls his head back behind the pillar "Are they dead...d-did I just kill another person," He thought to himself his ears flatten realizing he just kill several Resistance Soldiers but shook his head "focus Gadget, just focus and get out of here"

There was no time left, it was time to get Metal Knuckles and get out of there.

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Some groaning was heard as Knuckles clutch his head and shakes it wincing abit as he could hear the sounds of screaming, shouting and explosions go on in the cafeteria.

"Knuckles are you Okay?" Silver asked who was kneeling next to the red Echidna while clutching his burnt chest.

"I think s-So w-what happen?"

He could see Silver ears flatten a little before the hedgehog let out a sigh.

"I-it was G-Gadget, apparently he kicked the chair at you after that explosion threw the table and he fired a few burst shots at me and the Resistance Soldiers"

The Echidna gritted his teeth as he pushes Silver off of him and gets up wincing abit still clutching his head.

"So my hunch was right, he did give Eggman the coordinates after all, that's why he was in that dropship, he was helping Eggman all along" Knuckles snarled poking his head out seeing the red wolf make a mad dash towards Metal Knuckles robotic body.

"Knuckles, what are you saying, Gadget would never do that...he help us through the whole war, he must've been captured by Eggman and-!"

The Echidna growls ignoring Silver and makes a mad dash towards Gadget attempting to knock some sense into the red wolf for stabbing them in the back.

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Seeing the Battle occur within the Cafeteria was such a nice and glorious sight to see, he really wanted to get in on the action but sadly they were in a hurry and their wasn't much time left.

"I can't believe we have to rescue MK again" a voice replied on the Radio that sounded almost young

"He always is the gullible one, wanting to get in on the action" another voice replied on Radio that sounded sternly but yet calm.

"Wish we can fight those Resistance soldiers it would be nice to spill some blood"

"Patience Young one, we will get our chance when the time comes, Infinite and Metal have a plan in place already"

"Well I just want some action"

"Will you two cut the chatter and focus on the extraction" A dark blue robotic hedgehog replied to the other two on the radio.

"Yes sir Mecha Sonic"

"Of course 'Commander' Mecha"

Mecha Sonic lets out air from his ventilation shafts and facepalms himself from the sighing.

"Cover me while I get MK and the red wolf"

"Yes sir" both of them replied on the radio.

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He ran, duck, rolled out of the way, firing his 'Burst' Wispon at Resistance Soldiers setting them aflame getting closer too get to Metal Knuckles body and ignoring the body's being burned alive.

"Almost there"

He fire one more shot at another Resistancew Soldier setting them on fire and winces while gritting his teeth as he ignores the pain in his waist and leg.

"Time to get that Robotic Echidna and get out of here" he thought to himself making a mad dash towards the table.

"GADGET"

He heard his name and looks over to see a boxing fist get delivered to his face but he duck at the last moment and delivers his own fist to his opponents gut followed by an uppercut to the jaw.

"Stay out of my way Knuckles" Gadget growl watching Knuckles stumble backward clenching his jaw.

"I'm not going to kid, why are you helping Eggman?"

The red wolf grits his teeth keeping his stare on his prey like a regular wolf would do. His prey kept their glare on him.

"I don't have to answer that question to you Knuckles"

"Then I will force it out of you kid, you were suppose to be on our side"

"Well...that was then, this is now"

Both Opponents ready to attack one another staring each other down waiting for one of them to make the first move.

"There's no going back now...if I have to fight Knuckles to get out of here...then so be it" Gadget grits his teeth and his fangs were showing as he fires his 'Burst' Wispon at the Echidna.

Knuckles jump out of the way easily dodging the flames and quickly picked up a chair throwing it at Gadget. The red wolf jumps out of the way as the chair misses him but gets socked in the face by Knuckles boxing glove sending him through the air.

When knuckles punch collided into his face, it sent him flying into a pillar before dropping to the ground clutching his face.

The moment he clutch his face, he could only feel the smoothness of the fur, something wasn't there.

"My Glasses?"

He starts to frantically look for them since without his glass he couldn't see. He manages to Briefly look ahead and see Knuckles charge him even if his eyesight wasn't all that great.

Reaching for his holster, he realizing his Wispon wasn't there either.

"Damn it, that punch knock my Wispon away including my glasses...I hope my glasses aren't broken, they are the only ones I have" Gadget thought to himself jumping out of the way as Knuckles trys to punch the red wolf

"Missed me Knuckles" Gadget called out picking up a nearby chair and throwing it at his opponentcharging towards him who easily punch it away but got a fist to the face in responses.

The punch delivered to knuckles face sent the Echidna stumbling backwards clutching his own face. He growls seeing Gadget looking at the ground for something and saw him pick up his Glasses that were a few feet away from him.

"No"

Examining his glasses they appeared to be fine but the left side of his lens were cracked. He growls abit putting them back on since it will have to do as his eyesight wasn't great but it wasn't bad either.

He saw Knuckles get up and brushing himself off since he saw everything happen.

"Can't see without your glasses kid" Knuckles taunted

He frantically search for his Wispon around him but it was no where to be seen, looks like he'll have Fight the old fashion way. Gadget glares back at Knuckles getting into a battle stance.

"My Eyesight just fine Knuckles"

"Why are you on Eggman side?"

"Like I'll answer that question to you" Gadget said growling before charging towards his former commander ready to do battle.

Friends turn into enemy's, the gloves we're off now. No more holding back.

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Boss fight next chapter.

Gadget vs. Knuckles.

I guess Knuckles manage to figure it out despite him being hot-head and gullible.

Wonder who will win, time to work the next chapter.