

to take Nazo out, but he's also there for the personal satisfaction of fighting him himself. Shadow, as unfriendly as ever, says he's only here under orders from G.U.N. As Nazo was about to finish Sonic, Shadow shows up and helps him. After dodging most of his attacks, Sonic discovers Nazo can use Chaos Control, to which he is caught off-guard and bashed into a crater. Knuckles then tries the Maximum Heat Knuckles Attack, but Nazo merely knocks him aside. While Knuckles is shocked that Nazo knows who he is, and he knows about the Echidna Tribe, he brushes it off and is the first to fight Nazo with a direct punch, which didn't do much. Knuckles angerly threatens Nazo for stealing the Master Emerald, while Nazo mocks him, saying "He's seen everything he has to offer". Nazo introduces himself and apologizing for not doing so earlier, followed by telling the Trio his goal: to use the 7 Chaos Emeralds to "Achive what he was destined to do for all these past years". He turns up to be correct, as Nazo appears before them shortly after. They find 6 of the Chaos Emeralds as well as the Master Emerald in one convenient location, with Knuckles commenting that this seems too easy.

Catching up with him, Tails fills Sonic in on whats happening and the heroes go off to fight Nazo. Sometime later, Tails and Knuckles fly past the badlands of South Island and notice Sonic. Shadow feels uneasy, however, as he can feel the Negative Chaos Energy even from where he is.

has issued a worldwide assault on the creature, and they're sending him in to deal with the monster himself, he laments how he likes a challenge, he'd rather have Sonic take care of it. After a news report detailing the damage, Shadow the Hedgehog is seen listening in on the news via Radio in the outskirts of the city. After an unknown amount of time passes, Nazo then gets the sixth Emerald and proceeds to destroy Downtown Southopolis. Using Chaos Control, he teleports away with the Master Emerald, causing Angel Island to fall yet again.
