Grim Tidings Nine takes the shards to the Grim to rebuild the Paradox Prism, which he uses to transform it and build his own fortress. This causes the Shatterspaces to decay, though Sonic and Shadow manage to escape into the Void as the gateway to Ghost Hill explodes, while the Chaos Council flees back to New Yoke City. Sonic and Shadow go to confront Nine, but realize his actions have caused the Grim's gateway to start collapsing. However, Sonic and Shadow manage to enter through a crack in the side of the gateway. Nine refuses to listen to Sonic, instead using the Prism energy to create Alpha Grim Sonic, another robotic version of Sonic...