"Sonic...how I hate him." Eggman said walking down the halls. "I joined you so that if we pooled our resources, we'd finally make the world we've both wanted, Flux."

"Don't worry, Eggman. With our latest collaboration project, your humiliation at that hedgehog's hands and my humiliation at Jexi, Hopeless and...the icy guy's hands be returned a thousandfold!" Flux said.

"Exactly!" Eggman said as thousands of masked fox clones were in pods. "All of our hatred for our enemies has been pooled into this one project! The Elements may have been a failure, but now with that data in our latest project, we finally have the weapon we need, that's more powerful than all of them."

"Uh… are you guys sure we should be experimenting on a mercenary that was still alive?" Buggy asked.

"This is different, Buggy. This individual wanted nothing more than to get stronger. We're simply giving him what he desires. He will be reborn as the ultimate weapon of...the Universal Villains!" Flux said laughing.

No sooner after the end of the nightmare of Danganronpa had ended that the Universal Villains staged a conquest on Sonic's world of Mobius. Eggman lead the charge so that he could take the first step in making the Eggman/Flux alliance a brand name across the globe. Even going as far as cornering a few civilians and Tails.

"Game over." Eggman said before a blue blur zoomed in and took out the nearby robots. This blur was the hero of this world, Sonic the Hedgehog.

"Sonic! Cutting it a little close, aren't you?" Tails asked.

"Yeah, sorry about that, Tails." Sonic said.

"Ah...Sonic. You just showed up just in time." Eggman said as Sonic charged at him before another blur ran into Sonic and knocked him back. This blue was a black hedgehog with red stripes.

"Shadow?" Sonic said in shock before a red zeti joined him. "Zavok?" A blue robotic hedgehog then joined. "Metal?" Then a water like creature joined. "Chaos?" he added before floating down was a jackal like creature in a mask that stood before him. As Sonic charged at them, the figure simply moved to the side as Sonic zoomed past and missed.

"He's even faster than Sonic!" Tails said. "No, it's something different. Gotta analyze him to be sure."

"Tails, I could do with that analysis any time!" Sonic said trying to attack the menacing foe only to be knocked back.

"Sorry, but I can't get a reading. All of these are messed up!" Tails said as Sonic was getting a pounding from the five foes. The jackal then laid on the finishing blow as Sonic fell, defeated. "Sonic!"

Months passed after that as the Last Crusade was finally reaching the world to find it a lot different as flags of Eggman and Flux were hanging in different places.

"Oh I do not like this." Jexi said.

"Is this how it's usually beginning for you guys?" Himiko asked.

"Sometimes, but other times it starts out peaceful. Looks like Eggman and the Universal Villains have been busy." Ming said.

"Hope and the others were down here too when it happened. I pray that they're all okay." David said as they were receiving a transmission.

"Unidentified ship. Are you friend or foe?" a familiar voice asked.

"Silver?" Jexi asked.

"Jexi! You're okay." the voice said as appearing on the screen was a silver hedgehog.

"Of course they are." Maki said.

"I see you got Danganronpa off the air." Silver said.

"It was tough...and stressful with what they were spewing, but it was worth it in the end." David said. "Anyway, what's going on? What the heck happened down there?"

"Sonic was defeated by an unknown enemy. Hope tried to step in to take over, but he got taken down too. We believe both are gone. Eggman and the villains have taken over 99% of the planet. But a resistance with the other Dimensional Heroes and Shining Hope Squad has been formed. I recommend you come join us." Silver said.

"With the way things are, there doesn't seem to be any other options at the moment. Where are you guys based?" David asked.

"Follow the coordinates I'm sending you." Silver said.

"Got them." Vera said as they headed there. They soon entered a base where inside was Amy, Vector, Charmy, Silver and Espio.

"Yay! They're back and alive!" Charmy cheered.

"Ha! See? I knew we didn't have to worry about them." Vector said.

"You were the one mourning for their potential losses a moment ago, Vector." Espio said.

"What? No I was not." Vector said before some junk fell revealing effigies of Jexi and David. "Uh...that's for something else."

"Right…" David said as he sweatdropped.

"This reminds me a bit of Angie." Himiko said.

"Missed you too, Vector." Jexi laughed.

"So, ever since Sonic and Hope have disappeared, we've formed a resistance to push back against Eggman and Flux. Knuckles took charge as commander of the resistance and leader of both Dimensional heroes and Shining Hope Squad." Amy said. "But...he could still be…"

"I'm an optimist, but I'm also a realist. Sonic is gone. And Tails...Tails has just lost it. We have to save the world without them." Silver said.

"Without them is right. And I'm just as glad to finally have Hope gone from this equation." Zoro said as the Dimensional Heroes and Shining Hope Squad entered.

"Wh… what do you mean? You guys actually like Hope gone?" Amy asked.

"He may have been captured, but that doesn't mean he's dead. There's still a chance we could rescue him...again." Zelos said.

"And don't forget Zoro, YOU were kidnapped along with him last time." Nami said.

"Sure, Hope's way of thinking is...a little screwy, but he never really intended anything bad." David said.

"David's right. Hope may mess up a lot but he isn't a bad guy. He just...doesn't learn a lot from his mistakes." Jexi said.

"That's just it, he's nothing but dead weight. It's better for us to cast him off if he doesn't learn. He's holding us back, don't you get it?!" Zoro said.

"That's enough, Zoro. Look, I understand how you feel about this, but that doesn't change the fact that Eggman and Flux have left us strapped for resources." Fumikage said.

"I'm not sure what David's new recruits are capable of, but with the way things are, we'll need all the help we can get." Silver said.

"Speaking of which, how are Kirumi and Gonta?" Sectonia asked.

"They woke up a few months ago and then started working with us after we explained the situation to them." Izuku said. "They're really determined to help us save the world."

"Gonta even wanted to join David's team as a repayment to Sectonia for saving him. He said, 'Gonta no care if desire to be gentlemen is fake, gentlemen must always repay debts.' Or something like that." Lacy said.

"Yeah, that kind of does sound like something he would say." Shuichi said.

"So...where is Knuckles?" Jexi asked.

"He's guiding a new recruit into our ranks today." Espio said.

"New recruits?" Kurochi said.

"Yeah. Like we said earlier, we're strapped for resources, and the one Knuckles is bringing decided to lend a hand of their own. They're a survivor from the city." Silver said.

The door opened and Knuckles came in with said recruit.

"Hey guys, glad to see Jexi and David here and alive. We could use as much help as we get." Knuckles said.

"So is this the rook?" Zelos asked.

"Yup." Knuckles said as they saw said recruit walk up.

He was a black furred bird mobian with black metal gloves and aerodynamic boots. He carried a grappling hook for traversal and his head gear was a mask.

"He doesn't look like much." Charmy said.

"Neither do you, Charmy and I still put your pointy butt to work." Knuckles said. "Here kid, take this."

Knuckles handed the recruit a strange blaster. It was red and spherical with three holes.

"It's going to take a lot to turn this battle around. Where should we start?" Jexi asked.

"We need to start by taking back areas of the world. And hopefully, see if we can find Sonic and Hope." Pit said.

"What's the point? Aren't they both gone?" Usopp asked.

"They aren't, not with the intel I got just recently. They're alive, both of them." Knuckles said. "My spy tells me Eggman and Flux has been torturing them both for the past few months."

"Torture? That's low, even for those guys." David said.

"Where, exactly?" Shuichi asked.

"Inside the newly created Death Egg." Knuckles said. "So we're gonna see about stealing a shuttle and sneaking on board."

"Then let's do it. I'm not resting till we save them." Jexi said.

"Agreed. Hope's no dead weight, he's one of us. No one looks out for any of us better than him." Fuyuhiko said.

"Then let's not waste anymore time. We're saving them no matter what." David said.