Blasting there way out of the underground base the group reached the outside, where a large group of enemies ranging from symbiotes to crystal-like wolves was waiting for them. Ruby picked up Sapphire and Lyric, allowing Metal to stand. Metal looked out at the horde of the creatures and snarled. "Pathetic." Ruby brought the twins behind cover as Metals body glowed red. "Chaos... Blast!"

A huge red explosion of fire and energy swept across the horde, destroying every last one of them. As the fire dispersed, Metal found himself out of breath.

"Always takes... too much energy... to do that." He retracted his spikes again and the twins got back on. "Come on, it's a clear shot from here to the village."

As they were about to take a step they froze at who they saw. Hack Wonder was standing a few feet away from them twirling his cane. "Well well, what have we here?" He looked Ruby over and smirked. "Another of that annoying ranger's young, you don't look like you're from around here."

Ruby smirked and pulled out her wrench. "You could say that, I'm not really from this moment in time."

"Say what now?" As Hack was distracted by her words Ruby smirked and swung her wrench like a boomerang, hitting Hack in the face. It came right back to her and she repeatedly threw it back.

"Get them out of her Metal, I'll deal with tophat here."

Metal nodded and began running away from the battle. "You come back to me, you hear?" He said before he took off.

Hack regained his bearings and held his jaw. "Y'know somethin? I was in a really good mood today, until you showed up and nailed me in the fucking nose with that oversized can opener!" The ground shook and Hack started to seep dark red mist. "I'll kill you and then go right after those little brats!"

Ruby's smirk faded into a frown and she glared at her opponent, pulling out her RYNO VII. "Threaten me, I'll laugh it off, threaten my friends, I'm pissed, threaten my family..." She readied the gun and aimed it at Hack. "... then you better be fucking praying for mercy."

"Bring it on." They glared each other before charging forward.

Nathan ran with Krystal on his shoulder through the thick forest that surrounded the villiage. "You sure you picked up a signal Krystal?"

The blocky ranger nodded. "I definitely picked up a surge of strange energy coming from this direction, and the source is approaching us a few hundred feet ahead." Nathan came to a screeching halt as he heard his children calling him.

"Dad!"

"Over here!"

He continued by walking until he came across Sapphire and Lyric in a clearing with Metal. He set Krystal on the ground and immediately turned to his human form, rushing over to his children. They ran to him and he brought them into a tight protective hug. "Oh thank God you're safe." He kissed ther heads and held them close. "I am never letting you two out of my sight again. If I let something like this happen again your mother would kill me." He pulled away and started looking them over. "Are you two ok, did they hurt you?"

"We're fine dad, Ruby and Wolfy saved us." Sapphire pointed to Metal who was sitting like a wolf, watching the family with a strange look in his eye.

"Another displaced?" Nathan got up and walked over to the metal hedgehog. "Who are you?"

"I am Metal Sonic, and yes, I am a displaced."

Nathan just looked him over. "What the hell happened to you?"

"It's a long story, I'll just say that I got a taste of something called Apocalypse Magic back on my world." Nathan nodded and looked back to his kids. "Um, could you tell your daughter to stop calling me Wolfy please? It's kind of embarrassing."

"Sorry, once she gives a nickname to someone there is no escaping it."

Metal facepalmed and looked in the direction of the ongoing battle. "The Maniacs hideout is up there, as well as my friend who is currently fighting their leader, I suggest you go and assist her, I'll guard your kids."

While hesitant to leave his children again he knew they'd be safe with Krystal and this newcomer. "Alright, I've been meaning to get even with Hack Wonder anyways." He changed to his pony form, specifically his Pegasus mode. He took to the skies and flew to the battle, getting a great view of the intense struggle below.

Ruby was blasting Hack with everything she had, holding down the triggers of the RYNO VII and her lancer with an extreme glare. Hack disappeared into a puff of smoke and fled the area. A large amount of mist clouds left the cave leading into the hideout and followed Hack. Nathan pulled out the suck cannon and tried to pull them in with the vortex, but they were too far out of range. Growling at the fact he let his sworn enemies slip away he all but crushed the grip on his weapon.

Looking down at the girl below he turned into his ranger form in mid air and landed in front of the Ruby who looked up at his massive size in awe, with a few tears in her eyes at the sight of him. "You there, what is your name?"

Ruby struggled to hold back her tears of joy as she looked him over. "M-My name is... Ruby."

Nathan looked down at her and noticed her tears. "Why are you crying?"

She slowly started walking towards him. "I was told so many stories, about your appearance, your capabilities, your adventures and the love you had for your children. After all these years in that sanctuary, I finally get to see you alive, in person." Nathan watched as she walked right up to his eye and let a few tears roll down her cheek. "I finally get to meet you... Daddy." She hugged his eye and opened the floodgates.

Nathan could only stare in confusion. He decided to scan her energy readings and w as surprised at his findings. 'She... She's my daughter?'

Author's Notes:

The Maniacs are going to be reoccurring villains in this story. Now we're getting into some really deep parts of the story. What is Ruby and Metals backstory? Stay tuned to find out