Chapter One
Robotnik comes to the Floating Island
One day as Knuckles was relaxing with his friends on Angel Island; he saw a gigantic flash in the sky. A blinding white light flooded the sky over Angel Island. Knuckles raised his arms to protect his eyes from the light. When the glow died Knuckles looked up into the blank sky.
"Huh? What in the world was that?" Knuckles said as the gazed into the sky. He waited several seconds, expecting something else to happen, but the sky still remained completely empty. He looked to his friends still playing in the brush. It appeared that none of them had noticed the flash in the sky. Knuckles blinked several times and then looked back into the sky.
'I must be seeing things!' he thought.
At first Knuckles ignored what he thought had just happened and went back to enjoying himself along with his friends. But for some odd reason he couldn't shake the feeling that someone or something was coming. He had been having the same unsettling feeling for weeks now, but nothing had really happened until today. Suddenly Knuckles had a brief vision, 'Knucklessss'
"Wha?"
The vision continued, 'Knucklessss! Remember what you were once taught!'
"Once taught?"
'A great danger is arriving soon on the Floating Island!'
"Danger! Where?! When?!"
'Seek the Master Emerald for counsel.sel.el.!'
All of a sudden the vision ended.
"What was that all about?" he said out loud.
"What was that Knuckles?" said one of his friends.
'Maybe I should go to the Master Emerald. I once remember my father telling me that the Master Emerald could help you if you ever needed assistance. Perhaps it might give me a clue as to what's going on,' he thought.
"Hey guys! I forgot about a few things that I have to take care of, ok? I'll see you all later!"
"Ok, bye Knuckles!" all of his friends replied in unison.
He then turned around and dug his gigantic fists into a mountain side and began climbing up to top. He jumped off and glided through Angel Island toward Hidden Palace Zone.
When Knuckles reached the Master Emerald he was surprised to find it glowing so oddly. It had always had a light-green aura around it but it seemed to be a darker-green aura today.
"Something is coming to Angel Island. I'm sure of that now. But whatever it is, it isn't something that could be good."
Just then a massive explosion was heard in the sky. Knuckles saw a gigantic meteor-like object heading for the island.
"Oh no! I've got to warn my friends before it's too late." With that Knuckles raced back toward Angel Island Zone to warn his friends.
Alarms were flashing everywhere on the bridge of the Death Egg. Consoles and power conduits were exploding left and right. Sparks were flying in all directions.
"YEAH! YEAH! I KNOW THAT WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF POWER! IF THAT HEDGEHOG HADN'T STOLEN MY CHAOS EMERALDS I WOULD BE ABLE TO POWER THIS BLASTED SHIP!" yelled Robotnik as the ship plummeted through Earth's atmosphere.
"MAIN POWER OFFLINE! DEFELCTOR SHIELDS OFFLINE! LIFESUPPORT AT 32%! WARNING! CRITICAL CORE MELTDOWN IMMINENT! DESTRUCTION OF DEATH EGG IN FIVE MINUTES," said a computer voice.
"ARRGG! THE OUTER HULL IS BUCKLING! IT'S GOING TO BREAK UP ANY SECOND NOW!"
"WARNING! CRITICAL CORE MELTDOWN IMMINENT! DESTRUCTION OF DEATH EGG IN FIVE MINUTES!"
"COMPUTER! COMPENSATE FOR CORE MELTDOWN! SEND EMERGENCY POWER TO CORE AND SOME TO STRENGTHEN FORWARD DEFLECTORS!"
"UNABLE TO COMPLY!"
"DAMN IT! COMPUTER! SEND ALL REMAINING POWER TO THE CORE! BUT THE EMERGENCY POWER WON'T HOLD FOR LONG! IT WILL NEVER AMOUNT TO THE POWER OF THE CHAOS EMERALDS!"
"POWER CORE COMPENSATED!"
"THIS SHIP WON'T STAY ALOFT! I'LL JUST HAVE TO REPAIR THIS INFERNAL SHIP AND MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING BACK ON EARTH! I ONLY HOPE THIS SHIP DOESN'T BREAK APART BEFORE I REACH THE GROUND! COMPUTER! DIRECT A SAFE EMERGENCY LANDING TOWARD THE NEAREST LANDMASS!"
"ACKNOWLEDGED!"
"A toast to the continued prosperity of Mobius, and especially the wonderful village of Knothole," Sally announced as glasses clinked, "Oh! I almost forgot! How would everyone be here if not for both of our favorite heroes Sonic and Tails!"
"Yay!" Tails cheered.
"Please! Really! Hold your applause! It was only the second time I stopped Dr. Eggman from dominating the entire world and turning everybody into his mindless slaves!"
"Hmmph! Sonic and his ego! I'm sure that I could have easily done the same thing. Piece of cake!" Antoine mumbled under his breath.
Everybody cheered Hip, Hip, Hooray three times before getting started on the enormous barbeque Antoine had been preparing.
"Sonic, tell us all about your adventure! I'm sure everyone would enjoy hearing it from your point of view," said Rotor.
"Ok then! It all started when we were in the Emerald Hill Zone."
It took Sonic about an hour to finally finish his story putting in every last detail he could possibly remember (not to mention how much he emphasized on battles with Robotnik and so called 'close to death' situations).
".and then I jumped as high as I could and put the final blow on Eggman's cockpit. I had finally finished off Eggman in his Egg Mech! But suddenly the entire space station began to collapse. Dodging falling metal plates, large wires, heavy pipes and other obstacles I raced as fast as I could to the gate toward airless space. Once outside I used the Chaos Emeralds' power to help me fly through Earth's dangerous atmosphere."
"Oh Sonic! Do you still have those Chaos Emeralds? I would love to study them! They certainly sound like fascinating subjects study!"
"Of course Rotor! But be very careful with them. I think that some power is connected to them. When I touch certain emeralds together it invests power within me which helps me do the good things I do. Although it has helped me in my good deeds, there is no telling what else it is capable of. If Robotnik was able to use its power to power his evil space station, then I assume it can also be used for evil as well."
"Oh, ok then!"
Just then an alarm went off in the spy scope room.
"What the heck?!" Sonic shouted.
Everyone ran downstairs and looked at Nichole which had detected something on radar. Tails went over to check what was up.
"Oh no! Nichole has detected Eggman! He must have survived the explosion! Nichole says that Eggman is almost completely through Earth's atmosphere!"
"C'mon Tails! We have a job to finish!"
"Right! To the Tornado!"
'I'm almost there!' Knuckles thought to himself as he raced toward his friends. Knuckles took a brief glance at the sky when he saw that the meteor was no more than a couple hundred feet away from the surface of Angel Island.
"EVERYBODY!" Knuckles cried out to his friends.
They kept on playing and standing where they were.
"GUYS!" he shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Oh hey Knuckles. What kept you?"
"THERE'S NO TIME! THAT GIANT METEOR IN THE SKY IS HEADING THIS WAY! GET MOVING NOW! THAT THING IS GOING TO IMPACT THE ISLAND ANY MINUTE NOW! TAKE COVER!"
The animals of the island scurried over to their nests and burrows. Faster and faster the meteor plummeted toward the Floating Island until it finally smashed onto the surface of the island. Knuckles tripped and fell down from the shockwave the meteor gave off. When he finally got was able to stand he noticed that the meteor was not a meteor after all. It was a ship! And it was a gigantic one that was in the shape of an egg.
"I better get down there," said Knuckles, "whoever was in that ship might have been hurt."
Knuckles found his way over to the area where the ship had crash- landed. Knuckles glided over the ship and found out that it was heavily damaged. He landed on the ground and surveyed the damage on the ship. Some of the metal plates on the surface were missing. Sparks flew everywhere and made Knuckles jump back from where he stood. Suddenly a doorway opened and a man in a small floating ship came out to greet Knuckles. Knuckles was slightly apprehensive at first because he had never really met any other people other than his animal friends on the Floating Island. He had always been the lone guardian of the master emerald. Robotnik came out of the ship grumbling under his breath. He became surprised when he saw Knuckles.
"Who are you?" asked Knuckles, "I don't want any trouble but if you're here to steal the master emerald you'll have to go through me first!" Robotnik's eyes suddenly flared at the word emerald. He was about to ask where he could find the emerald but thought quickly and decided instead to scheme up a better way to get the emerald.
'Hmm,' thought Robotnik, 'maybe if I can trick this person to allow me to become friends with me them then maybe he will lead me right to this master emerald! Yes, that would be perfect. Ha! Ha!'
"Oh no no! I mean no harm! My name is Dr. Ivo. Robotnik! I come from Mobius! I have had sort of a.um. mishap here. You see, there are these two pests.er.um, I mean evil enemies that have yet again prevented me from saving the world; Sonic and Tails. Just look at what they did to my ship! They are extremely powerful and want to stop my schemes.er.um, I mean plans to save the world at all costs. You must help me stop them! They also are searching for certain kinds of gems called Chaos Emeralds, and the Master Emerald too. If they get those gems they will be unstoppable! You must tell me where they are so that I can guard them for safe-keeping them. Will you help me?"
"If these foes are as bad as you say they are then I'm behind you one hundred percent!"
"Perfect!" Robotnik replied.
Robotnik comes to the Floating Island
One day as Knuckles was relaxing with his friends on Angel Island; he saw a gigantic flash in the sky. A blinding white light flooded the sky over Angel Island. Knuckles raised his arms to protect his eyes from the light. When the glow died Knuckles looked up into the blank sky.
"Huh? What in the world was that?" Knuckles said as the gazed into the sky. He waited several seconds, expecting something else to happen, but the sky still remained completely empty. He looked to his friends still playing in the brush. It appeared that none of them had noticed the flash in the sky. Knuckles blinked several times and then looked back into the sky.
'I must be seeing things!' he thought.
At first Knuckles ignored what he thought had just happened and went back to enjoying himself along with his friends. But for some odd reason he couldn't shake the feeling that someone or something was coming. He had been having the same unsettling feeling for weeks now, but nothing had really happened until today. Suddenly Knuckles had a brief vision, 'Knucklessss'
"Wha?"
The vision continued, 'Knucklessss! Remember what you were once taught!'
"Once taught?"
'A great danger is arriving soon on the Floating Island!'
"Danger! Where?! When?!"
'Seek the Master Emerald for counsel.sel.el.!'
All of a sudden the vision ended.
"What was that all about?" he said out loud.
"What was that Knuckles?" said one of his friends.
'Maybe I should go to the Master Emerald. I once remember my father telling me that the Master Emerald could help you if you ever needed assistance. Perhaps it might give me a clue as to what's going on,' he thought.
"Hey guys! I forgot about a few things that I have to take care of, ok? I'll see you all later!"
"Ok, bye Knuckles!" all of his friends replied in unison.
He then turned around and dug his gigantic fists into a mountain side and began climbing up to top. He jumped off and glided through Angel Island toward Hidden Palace Zone.
When Knuckles reached the Master Emerald he was surprised to find it glowing so oddly. It had always had a light-green aura around it but it seemed to be a darker-green aura today.
"Something is coming to Angel Island. I'm sure of that now. But whatever it is, it isn't something that could be good."
Just then a massive explosion was heard in the sky. Knuckles saw a gigantic meteor-like object heading for the island.
"Oh no! I've got to warn my friends before it's too late." With that Knuckles raced back toward Angel Island Zone to warn his friends.
Alarms were flashing everywhere on the bridge of the Death Egg. Consoles and power conduits were exploding left and right. Sparks were flying in all directions.
"YEAH! YEAH! I KNOW THAT WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF POWER! IF THAT HEDGEHOG HADN'T STOLEN MY CHAOS EMERALDS I WOULD BE ABLE TO POWER THIS BLASTED SHIP!" yelled Robotnik as the ship plummeted through Earth's atmosphere.
"MAIN POWER OFFLINE! DEFELCTOR SHIELDS OFFLINE! LIFESUPPORT AT 32%! WARNING! CRITICAL CORE MELTDOWN IMMINENT! DESTRUCTION OF DEATH EGG IN FIVE MINUTES," said a computer voice.
"ARRGG! THE OUTER HULL IS BUCKLING! IT'S GOING TO BREAK UP ANY SECOND NOW!"
"WARNING! CRITICAL CORE MELTDOWN IMMINENT! DESTRUCTION OF DEATH EGG IN FIVE MINUTES!"
"COMPUTER! COMPENSATE FOR CORE MELTDOWN! SEND EMERGENCY POWER TO CORE AND SOME TO STRENGTHEN FORWARD DEFLECTORS!"
"UNABLE TO COMPLY!"
"DAMN IT! COMPUTER! SEND ALL REMAINING POWER TO THE CORE! BUT THE EMERGENCY POWER WON'T HOLD FOR LONG! IT WILL NEVER AMOUNT TO THE POWER OF THE CHAOS EMERALDS!"
"POWER CORE COMPENSATED!"
"THIS SHIP WON'T STAY ALOFT! I'LL JUST HAVE TO REPAIR THIS INFERNAL SHIP AND MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING BACK ON EARTH! I ONLY HOPE THIS SHIP DOESN'T BREAK APART BEFORE I REACH THE GROUND! COMPUTER! DIRECT A SAFE EMERGENCY LANDING TOWARD THE NEAREST LANDMASS!"
"ACKNOWLEDGED!"
"A toast to the continued prosperity of Mobius, and especially the wonderful village of Knothole," Sally announced as glasses clinked, "Oh! I almost forgot! How would everyone be here if not for both of our favorite heroes Sonic and Tails!"
"Yay!" Tails cheered.
"Please! Really! Hold your applause! It was only the second time I stopped Dr. Eggman from dominating the entire world and turning everybody into his mindless slaves!"
"Hmmph! Sonic and his ego! I'm sure that I could have easily done the same thing. Piece of cake!" Antoine mumbled under his breath.
Everybody cheered Hip, Hip, Hooray three times before getting started on the enormous barbeque Antoine had been preparing.
"Sonic, tell us all about your adventure! I'm sure everyone would enjoy hearing it from your point of view," said Rotor.
"Ok then! It all started when we were in the Emerald Hill Zone."
It took Sonic about an hour to finally finish his story putting in every last detail he could possibly remember (not to mention how much he emphasized on battles with Robotnik and so called 'close to death' situations).
".and then I jumped as high as I could and put the final blow on Eggman's cockpit. I had finally finished off Eggman in his Egg Mech! But suddenly the entire space station began to collapse. Dodging falling metal plates, large wires, heavy pipes and other obstacles I raced as fast as I could to the gate toward airless space. Once outside I used the Chaos Emeralds' power to help me fly through Earth's dangerous atmosphere."
"Oh Sonic! Do you still have those Chaos Emeralds? I would love to study them! They certainly sound like fascinating subjects study!"
"Of course Rotor! But be very careful with them. I think that some power is connected to them. When I touch certain emeralds together it invests power within me which helps me do the good things I do. Although it has helped me in my good deeds, there is no telling what else it is capable of. If Robotnik was able to use its power to power his evil space station, then I assume it can also be used for evil as well."
"Oh, ok then!"
Just then an alarm went off in the spy scope room.
"What the heck?!" Sonic shouted.
Everyone ran downstairs and looked at Nichole which had detected something on radar. Tails went over to check what was up.
"Oh no! Nichole has detected Eggman! He must have survived the explosion! Nichole says that Eggman is almost completely through Earth's atmosphere!"
"C'mon Tails! We have a job to finish!"
"Right! To the Tornado!"
'I'm almost there!' Knuckles thought to himself as he raced toward his friends. Knuckles took a brief glance at the sky when he saw that the meteor was no more than a couple hundred feet away from the surface of Angel Island.
"EVERYBODY!" Knuckles cried out to his friends.
They kept on playing and standing where they were.
"GUYS!" he shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Oh hey Knuckles. What kept you?"
"THERE'S NO TIME! THAT GIANT METEOR IN THE SKY IS HEADING THIS WAY! GET MOVING NOW! THAT THING IS GOING TO IMPACT THE ISLAND ANY MINUTE NOW! TAKE COVER!"
The animals of the island scurried over to their nests and burrows. Faster and faster the meteor plummeted toward the Floating Island until it finally smashed onto the surface of the island. Knuckles tripped and fell down from the shockwave the meteor gave off. When he finally got was able to stand he noticed that the meteor was not a meteor after all. It was a ship! And it was a gigantic one that was in the shape of an egg.
"I better get down there," said Knuckles, "whoever was in that ship might have been hurt."
Knuckles found his way over to the area where the ship had crash- landed. Knuckles glided over the ship and found out that it was heavily damaged. He landed on the ground and surveyed the damage on the ship. Some of the metal plates on the surface were missing. Sparks flew everywhere and made Knuckles jump back from where he stood. Suddenly a doorway opened and a man in a small floating ship came out to greet Knuckles. Knuckles was slightly apprehensive at first because he had never really met any other people other than his animal friends on the Floating Island. He had always been the lone guardian of the master emerald. Robotnik came out of the ship grumbling under his breath. He became surprised when he saw Knuckles.
"Who are you?" asked Knuckles, "I don't want any trouble but if you're here to steal the master emerald you'll have to go through me first!" Robotnik's eyes suddenly flared at the word emerald. He was about to ask where he could find the emerald but thought quickly and decided instead to scheme up a better way to get the emerald.
'Hmm,' thought Robotnik, 'maybe if I can trick this person to allow me to become friends with me them then maybe he will lead me right to this master emerald! Yes, that would be perfect. Ha! Ha!'
"Oh no no! I mean no harm! My name is Dr. Ivo. Robotnik! I come from Mobius! I have had sort of a.um. mishap here. You see, there are these two pests.er.um, I mean evil enemies that have yet again prevented me from saving the world; Sonic and Tails. Just look at what they did to my ship! They are extremely powerful and want to stop my schemes.er.um, I mean plans to save the world at all costs. You must help me stop them! They also are searching for certain kinds of gems called Chaos Emeralds, and the Master Emerald too. If they get those gems they will be unstoppable! You must tell me where they are so that I can guard them for safe-keeping them. Will you help me?"
"If these foes are as bad as you say they are then I'm behind you one hundred percent!"
"Perfect!" Robotnik replied.