It turned out that Twilight was the one who had shouted at them. Sonic and Tails ran up to Twilight's house once more, but this time everyone had showed up.

"Good, you two are here. We can get started now." Twilight said.

"What's going on here?" Tails asked.

"We're testing out a new spell that I came across. It allows me to summon a portal that will teleport us a short distance so that way I don't have to expand my teleport spell." Twilight said.

Sonic turned his head away from the group and muttered, "The problems of a magic user, too busy making magic easier to make it useful."

Tails gave Sonic a slight push before saying, "And you want us to test it out?"

Twilight nodded and said, "It's only a short range teleport, so you won't turn up too far off from here. And just in case, we'll be sending Rainbow Dash with you."

"Just in case? You seem to have doubts in me." Sonic said smugly.

"No doubts, just that she wouldn't quit asking me to let her go with you."

"I'm not going to let you go on an adventure without me." Rainbow Dash said.

"Adventure? All we're doing is getting teleported." Sonic said.

"Have you been awake for the past few years? Nothing happens to you that doesn't become an adventure."

Sonic sighed before telling Twilight to create the portal.

"With that thought in mind, perhaps I should come along as well. If things were to go wrong I wouldn't want anyone to get hurt." Twilight said before beginning the spell.

"Our friends don't seem to have much confidence in us." Tails said to Sonic.

Sonic shrugged and said, "Nothing much we can do about that. If they don't believe in us after we've saved them so many times, there's nothing we can do to change that."

Twilight finished the spell and a purple vortex opened in front of the group. Sonic grinned and jumped in before anybody else could. Rainbow Dash, not wanting to be far behind, quickly flew in after him. Tails spun his tails and was lifted into the air. He then flew through the portal after the two speedsters.

Twilight looked at her friends and said, "We should be back soon, so don't go far." Her friends nodded in agreement and Twilight then walked through the portal. What waited on the other side was different than expected.

Located in Night Babylon was a not so hidden Eggman base. It had seemed to be empty for a while, and people payed it no mind. But then again, they never were able to see the inside. Inside of this base, known as Gimme Shelter, was an array of different robots. Each robot was programmed with the urge to kill, and were waiting to be activated.

It just so happened that a purple vortex had opened inside of said base. Sonic landed on both feet after having jumped through. He looked around and was surprised to find himself where he was. Just a few seconds later, Rainbow Dash flew through the portal. Unfortunately, she decided that stopping was a bad thing, and continued flying straight into a robot.

Rainbow Dash crashed into the robot, causing it to topple over. When it hit the ground, it made a loud sound. Down the lines, robots began to activate thanks to the sound. Rainbow Dash blushed, embarrassed about her mistake. Sonic simply smiled as Twilight and Tails came through the portal.

"I was afraid that nothing exciting would happen." Sonic said as he stretched his legs.

"We just got here and you already caused something bad to happen." Tails said, pulling out his arm cannon.

"You know me, never a dull moment." Robots began to come down from where they were hanging. Each one had both a robot arm and a gun. The guns on each robot began to charge with energy.

"Twilight, Rainbow Dash, go back through the portal, we've got it from here." he two girls nodded before turning to the portal. But nothing ever goes right while inside an enemy base and surrounded by the enemy. The vortex vanished, leaving the four friends stuck in the base.

"Can you open another portal?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"I could, but I'd need some time and I need to focus." Twilight answered.

"Don't worry, we can buy you time." Sonic said, getting into a fighting stance. Robots began to fire at the group, signaling the start of the fight. Sonic ran over to Twilight and picked her up bridal style, carrying her out of the crossfire. He placed her behind some cover before jumping back into the fray.

Sonic ran into a group of robots and began jumping on them, punching them, and dashing right through them. Tails fired his arm cannon at different robots, destroying multiple robots at a time. Rainbow Dash spread her wings and took flight, using her height to kick the robots away. The group made slow progress through the robots, and they began to get tired. Meanwhile, Twilight had yet to perform the spell.

"What's going on Twilight?" Sonic shouted over the sound of the battle.

"I can't focus!" Twilight shouted back.

Sonic dashed through another group of robots, causing them to explode. "Then we're going to have to make a new way out!"

"What do you mean?" Rainbow Dash shouted.

"Just trust him, he has a plan!" Tails shouted before returning to firing at the robots. Sonic smiled at Tails and turned towards the entrance to the base. A metal door covered the entrance. Sonic took a deep breath before curling up into a ball. He then began to accelerate at great speeds, spinning in place. Sonic then shot off into the door, spinning right into it.

The door resisted the attack, but eventually began to break. Once the door broke open, Sonic uncurled and spun around, motioning for the others to leave. Tails covered Rainbow Dash and Twilight as they ran towards the door, but a robot in the back of the room was able to aim at the two and fire. Sonic saw this and ran at the two, pushing them out of the way. As he pushed them, the bullet clipped Sonic's arm.

The two girls looked at Sonic with shock, while Sonic just smiled painfully and motioned for them to keep going. With scared looks on their faces, the two ran through the door and out of the base.

"Tails, time to go!" Sonic shouted. Tails nodded and flew out of the base, with Sonic following closely behind. With all threats out of the base, the remaining robots deactivated, waiting for a new threat.

"Sonic, are you ok?" Twilight asked, looking at Sonic's bleeding arm.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Sonic grunted. "The bullet only clipped me, I'll be fine."

"I'm sorry Sonic, I should have seen the robot." Tails said.

Sonic did a thumbs up to Tails and said, "Like I said, I'm fine. Now why don't we go back to your place for some relaxation?"

"Are you sure you wouldn't rather go to the beach?" Tails asked, still hopeful.

"I think that I could use some sleep, but you can go to the beach if you want." Sonic said.

"Fine, we'll go back to my lab." Tails said as the two turned to walk away. Twilight and Rainbow Dash watched the two go. Sonic had saved them countless times before, but this was the first time that they'd seen him get hurt doing it. Sure, they felt bad for what happened to him, but a new feeling surfaced inside both of the girls.

They had fallen in love with their hero.