Authors Note: Sonic and all other characters I'm gonna use are not owned by me. This is not a sequel to Knuckles' Party. It is completely different although some aspects of that story are reused. Again this is NOT a sequel to Knuckles' Party.

Well my fellow Sonic fans, this is my second foray into this fandom. After the success (well I call it success, others call it a fluke) of my first comedic S.T.H. story I decided that I would try my hand a slightly more serious one.

This fic is rated T and as far as I can tell it will remain that way unless someone thinks it should be otherwise. And remember as was and will be in all of my Sonic fics, the characters are to be pictured as though they are twenty-ish.

Well let's get started then…

The little red biplane slowly descended and landed with a soft thud on the half-mile long runway. It was a warm summer day on the Floating Island. The sun shone through the sky which was completely cloudless, the Flickies could be heard

Sonic the hedgehog and his best buddy Miles "Tails" Prower climbed out of their aircraft and pushed it over to the large hangar that was located a few hundred feet from them. They had flown to the island to visit with their friend Knuckles, but the echidna was nowhere to be found. As they drew near the hangar Sonic noticed a note, that looked as though it had been scribbled down in a hurry, taped to the door:

"Guys. Something has come up and I cannot meet up with you here. Just come to the house and we can catch up. I left the keys to my Jeep inside the hangar. See you later, Knuckles."

"Huh, that's strange," stated Sonic.

"Yeah," began Tails, "I wonder what's going on?"

"Well there's only one way to find out," the blue blur answered him, "we're gonna have to find the keys to his Jeep and get over to the house,".

The two opened up the hangar doors and pushed the plane inside. Once the duo had the craft inside they searched for the keys to Knuckles most beloved vehicle. This was, however, a very tedious task. The reason being that the red echidna never got rid of anything and instead used the hangar as more of a storage closet than anything else. He possessed some of the rarest, as well as some of the most useless, things ever. He had a pair of sunglasses that let him see hidden items, a pair of steel claws so that he could dig through tough materials, a whole library of XBOX 360 games (he preferred his Sega Genesis over the 360), a large screen TV, his smashed DJ workstation which had been broken at the gangs last party at his home, as well as many other items.

Once they found the keys, which were hung up by the door, the two walked out around back to the shed which housed the jeep. Sonic pulled the door open and backed the jeep out of its' makeshift garage. Tails then proceeded to climb in and turned on the radio which blasted Knuckles' insanely loud techno music through the roof and, consequently, scared all of the Flickies away. After Sonic turned it down a bit they set off for Knuckles' home.

\\\ Ten Minutes Later ///

The little red jeep pulled up to Knuckles' mansion like home. Sonic and Tails never quite got over the sight of the thing.

It had three main floors which held four and a half bathrooms, five bedrooms including the echidnas' master suite, two game rooms, a large dining area, and a very wide open and spacious living room. Also, Knuckles had gone and completely remodeled his basement into what he called his "party room". The party room was where they held all of their big parties that lasted all night. It was carpeted, had completely insulated walls which had all sorts of designs printed on them in fluorescent paint, was furnished with a black leather couch and loveseat combo, and was lighted by regular and black light fluorescent bulbs as well as a disco ball. At the back of the room was a small bathroom which also held a secret entrance to the Emerald Chamber behind the medicine cabinet.

The two friends walked up to the door and knocked. After about a minute with no response Sonic knocked a bit harder, and, when no one answered after another two minutes, they let themselves in.

What they saw wasn't anything out of the ordinary for Knuckles. His home was a mess as it normally was. There were potato chips scattered about on the floor, the TV was on showing some rerun of the UFC's "Ultimate Fighter", and there were books and magazines splayed out on the coffee table. But something just didn't feel right about the whole thing:

"Tails," Sonic began, "I don't have good feeling about this,".

The two began to search the home for their friend, but to no avail. They searched all three floors and there was no sign of Knuckles anywhere.

"Maybe he just had to run to the store," suggested Tails trying to be optimistic, but it did not calm Sonic down.

"No, he would've called my cell if that were the case," Sonic said. That was when he noticed something that even Knuckles wouldn't do: the door to the party room was left opened.

Sonic cautiously walked over to the door and next to it found a small canister. He studied it for a moment, then sniffed the top of it and knew immediately what it was: "Nerve gas," he said aloud.

A look of horror slowly became etched on Tails' face. Sonic flipped on the light switch for the basement and proceeded down followed closely by his companion. At the foot of the stairs Sonic stopped and surveyed the room: the couch was flipped over, there were holes in the walls, a few of the light bulbs had been broken, and the disco ball lay shattered on the floor.

"There must've been a struggle," concluded the blue blur with a hint of worry in his voice.

"Look!" yelled Tails from the bathroom.

Sonic rushed into the small bathroom. The medicine cabinet which had once concealed the entrance to the Emerald Chamber was torn off of the wall and lay on the floor. Next to the entrance, another note was taped to the wall. This one was not in Knuckles hand writing, but Dr. Robotniks'.

"Sonic and Tails, I have kidnapped Knuckles and have stolen the Master Emerald. The Floating Island will crash land on the rest of the planet in approximately seventy-two hours thus decimating half of the worlds population. If you want to save you're friend though you will have to do so within the next twenty-four hours or he will perish. Worst of luck to you, Dr. Robotnik."

"Dammit," Sonic said under his breath, "Tails we've got to move. Let's go!"

And with that the two jumped into the secret entrance way to the emerald chamber to begin their search for Knuckles and the Master Emerald.

I'm baaaack. Yes that's right I've started a new fan fic that I'm sure will be just as good as the last one, though I'm not aiming for this to be a humorous one so some may be disappointed. Oh well. I've had the basic concept of this story on my computer for a while but when I started writing "Knuckles' Party" this idea just took a back seat. But now with the small amount of success of that particular fic I decided that this story needed to be told, and I hope you all enjoy it.

Anyways your thoughts, suggestions, praises, and criticisms are always welcome.

Sons of Ocelot