HOME, Part 4: FINALE
Writer: Karl Bollers
Penciler: Steven Butler
Inker: Jim Amash
Colorist: Jason Jensen
Letterer: Jeff Powell
Editor: Justin Freddy Gabrie

Sonic barely manages to dodge the laser beams from Mecha's eyes while his family and the royals watch back in Knothole. Not too far away, Robotnik and Shadow continue their meeting. Shadow tells Robotnik that he wants to kill Robotnik. Robotnik tries to run away--sure, like that is going to work against someone with super speed. When that doesn't work, Robotnik tries saying that heroes have a "moral code" but Shadow informs him that he isn't like Sonic and most definitely doesn't have one. Meanwhile, Tails and A.D.A.M. are still playing the riddle game, with A.D.A.M. still not being able to solve any, but wanting to try so that he can prove he's capable of figuring them out.

Back at the Fort, Knuckles pretty much is giving the "rally speech" before the main fight. After he's done, Julie-Su questions Knux desire to be front since he doesn't even have the ability to glide anymore. Rouge gets in the middle and mentions that she can help if that's the problem. Knux accepts the offer for a ride, which annoys Julie-Su. With everything settled, the group at the Fort (Knux, Chaotix, Amy, Rouge, G.U.N., & Gen. D'Coolette and his troops) attack the remaining robot horde.

Back at Megaopolis, Sonic is making jokes since Mecha hasn't been able to hit him. Of course, his talking makes her change her strategy to aim at where she believes he'll be taking into account his speed. That strategic change enables her to finally nail Sonic on his right shoulder. That hit being the "straw that broke the camel's back" causes Sonic to fall to the ground. In the castle, Sally sees Sonic's not moving and starts crying and runs out. Mecha starts stepping on Sonic as she wants him to "beg." However, Mecha is tapped from behind and then gets a fistful from Bunnie, which sends Mecha flying through the wall of a nearby building. Then, Bunnie crushes the camera, so no more live broadcast to Knothole. Sonic asks what took the gang so long, while Bunnie moves him (Sonic's arm is bleeding). Geoffrey says "Turbulence" while throwing a grenade to where Mecha was sent. Since the building has now come down on Mecha, Fiona starts tending to Sonic. Sonic asks Bunnie to take Antoine and stop the launch. Bunnie asks to take someone else to Sonic's surprise but in the end takes Antoine. Sonic is still confused and Fiona fills him in that Bunnie and Antoine broke up six months ago. That bit of news is immediately followed by a large "Wruncht" (gotta love the made up sounds) as Mecha unburies herself, but with her circuitry exposed, to remind them that the fight isn't over yet.

Elsewhere in Megaopolis, A.D.A.M. has finally figured out a riddle. Tails is happy and asks A.D.A.M. if he realizes that these games are fun. A.D.A.M. doesn't answer and seemingly disappears. Near the fort where Knux and company are fighting, all the robots stop attacking. No one knows why, but they don't care as it makes trashing them all that much easier. At Robotnik's carrier, the countdown for the launch has stopped at 30 seconds. Robotnik yells at A.D.A.M. to resume the countdown, while Shadow takes the opportunity to smack Robotnik. It's at this moment that Bunnie and Antoine arrive on the carrier with Bunnie commenting that no one had seen Shadow for months. Since Shadow's smack sent Robotnik to the ground above his escape route, Robotnik goes below to escape from the group despite Shadow trying to re-open the door. Tails, meanwhile, has noticed that he can now control Tornado but is wondering what happened to A.D.A.M. just like Robotnik. A.D.A.M. finally responds to Robotnik, who is getting away within a submarine, and begins the countdown again. Bunnie sees that the time has started moving again and tells Shadow to get Antoine to safety. Before Antoine can get out his protest, Shadow has grabbed him and is running over the water toward land. Bunnie flies high up into the air and then comes down by going through the carrier several times until it sinks. The atomic bombs go off in the water as the carrier blows up.

Meanwhile, Fiona is still bandaging up Sonic while Espio attempts to use his tongue to take on Mecha. She grabs it and sends him into Geoffrey, which knocks them both out. Hershey attacks her in retaliation, but Mecha swats her away like a fly. Since Fiona is finished, Sonic uses his speed to burn the ground around Mecha. The spot that Mecha is standing on falls apart and into the water below and since her circuitry is exposed, Mecha seemingly short-circuits and sinks to the bottom. The battle now officially over, everyone (save Shadow) in Megaopolis and near the Fort begins to head for Knothole City. In the castle, Queen Alicia comforts Sally as she tells her Sonic is alive. In Megaopolis, Shadow watches the sunset. Robotnik complains to A.D.A.M. about his 10 month long plan going to waste due to A.D.A.M. getting caught up in a game with Tails. A.D.A.M. says that the game wasn't satisfying, but it was "fun."

To Be Continued in SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #134