It's time to talk about Issue 34! Sorry this one came a day late, I wasn't able to read it yesterday.
So after the races happen and Cheese wins them all, Rouge reveals that she has a plan to dupe Clutch and take the parts from him...
When that plan is set into action, Shadow shows up (which I'm just gonna assume is part of the plan), and he also brought Omega. Interesting thing to note here is how it still hasn't been confirmed who was talking to Shadow in the last preview page, but it could have been Omega... somehow.
Oh, and remember when I said the thing in the cage could have been a Chao?
On one hand, YAY I WAS RIGHT, but on the other hand, doesn't abuse your Chao, kids.
Meanwhile, Sonic's waiting for Tails to finish hacking into the Eggnet when a certain someone is found by them...
And of course, Sonic thinks she's a badnik and tries to fight her, but he soon realizes that she isn't.
Another interesting thing here is that Belle mentions that her creator (who she almost calls her dad) is missing. Judging by her emphasis in saying her creator isn't Eggman, and also going off of previous theories we've already had, my thought is that she was created by Mr.Tinker and is aware that he and Eggman are technically the same person, but doesn't completely understand what happened or where he went.
After that, the three get surrounded by badniks, and that's the end of Issue 34.