Eggman and his crew encounter a space battle between the Metarex and a band of rebel fighters.  Shadow fights alongside the rebels and they are able to force the Metarex to retreat. Thankful for the help, the rebels agree to give Eggman their Chaos Emerald. But all is not as it seems. Leon sends Molly, along with Shadow and Rouge, to retrieve the Emerald, but it’s a trap. Leon and his fellow soldiers have decided to make a deal with the Metarex, but they know Molly will never go along with it. So they have set up a bomb to destroy her! Meanwhile, they plan to hand over Eggman to the Metarex, so that they might be spared. But Shadow saves Molly and Rouge from the bomb, and Eggman catches wind of Leon's plot to betray him.