~BOOM!!!~

Multiple explosions sound across the desert as balls of fire fell from the sky like rain in a lightning storm. The balls of fire destroyed everything and everyone in their path, incinerating everything in their wake. Homes being destroyed, echidnas being hurled through the skies, disintegrating in the flames, even killing the innocent children. Then suddenly from out of the back sky came a human floating in some sort of aircraft laughing pleased with the destruction of this land…

"Ah!!!" screamed a chocolate brown echidna that awoke from his nightmare. "Pant… pant… pant… that was… pant… pant… no dream… pant… pant…" Then the echidna looked down at his chest to see a glowing gold key attached to a chain wrapped around his neck.

"Please…"

"Rudolph! Rudolph, are you alright in there? Came a voice just outside his door.

"Yes mother, I'm fine." He responded, "It's alright, you can come in."

The door slowly opened relieving an older black female echidna with a worried look on her face. "Are you sure you're alright, my son?" she asked.

Rudolph stared at the key around his neck and rose from his bed, "Mother, you must get everyone together for an immediate evacuation."

"What? Why?" She asked staring at him with a look of confusion and worry.

"Someone is coming… and is coming for the Chaoskey." Rudolph said as he stared at the Chaoskey.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Very well." She responded as she began to walk out of his room but then stopped to turn around. "What about you?"

"I'm going to stay behind so I can deal with this attacker." He spoke softly yet emotionless.

"No you can't." Rudolph's mother said as she grabbed him by the shoulders, "There's no reason for you to stay behind."

"Believe me, if I were to leave, this person would somehow track me." Rudolph spoke as his mother began to let go of him. "If I were to leave with you, I would just be putting the others at risk."

"Then please promise me that you'll come back alive."

"Yes, I promise mom."

"Good." She said as she turned for the door, but then she turned back with a smile on her face, "I love you my son."

"I love you too." Then his mother left to warn the others to leave at once.

Hours after Rudolph's mother and tribe left the village, Rudolph stood silently waiting for his vision to come to past… then suddenly, a long, large, silver pin suddenly appeared from the sky and shot straight down onto Rudolph's village causing a massive explosion. In an instant, the one pin was followed by hundreds more completely annihilating his village. Rudolph watched in horror and couldn't believe that someone was capable to cause such damage and in only a few short minutes, and in no time his entire village was reduced to nothing but a smothering pile of ash. Then slowly a round man was somehow levitating to the ground.
"Hmm where is it?" The man asked himself, "I could have sworn it was here in this area." Then suddenly, a green chaos energy ball was shot right by his face starling the man. "What the devil!? Who's out there!?" He called.

"Who the hell are you!?" Rudolph called out as he appeared in front of the man. "What the… you're human!?"

"Yes and I can't believe that you're and echidna, let alone a brown echidna. I never thought a brown echidna existed, no matter. Allow me to introduce myself, I am the great and powerful Dr. Robotnik and I'll be taking the key that you have around your neck!" Robotnik shouted as he pointed at the Chaoskey.

"No you won't, what you will receive is sentences to hell were you belong." Rudolph said as he took on a battle stands.
"Ha! I love it when they try to fight back, all the more rewarding when I rip that key from your neck!" Then Robotnik pushed a button on his control switch and then from out of the sky came a giant metallic flying wasp.

Rudolph marveled at the monster. "So then, that's what a machine looks like."

"Now then, bring me that Chaoskey!!" Robotnik shouted as the wasp charged for Rudolph. Rudolph stood still until the wasp was right in front of him and then he simply jumped over the machine and charged for Robotnik. But the wasp quickly turned around and charged for Rudolph again this time slicing his right arm. Again the wasp charged for Rudolph but using the spurs on his fist, he was able to block the attack and using his strength, he grabbed the machine and threw it into the ground.

Then Rudolph looked up at Robotnik, "Now for you." Rudolph said as he leapt to attack Robotnik but then an instant, the wasp's needle went right through Rudolph's left shoulder holding him in midair. "Argah!!! Rudolph screamed as he was being held by Robotnik's mechanical monster.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here, a filthy echidna that has something that belongs to me?" Robotnik grinned as he reached for the Chaoskey. But right as Rudolph was about to grab his hand, the wasp began sending electricity to Rudolph's shoulder thus shocking him. As soon as the torture was over, Rudolph hung there lifelessly. "Heh heh, oh well, too bad." He said as he took off Rudolph's Chaoskey. "Ok, you can drop him now." And then the wasp titled its head forward and let Rudolph slide off of his stinger. Then both Robotnik and his machine flew off in the distant.
But though Rudolph was injured, he was still alive and fighting to get back up, "D-damn i-i-it!" Rudolph shouted as he got to his feet. "I'll g-g-get that bastard." Rudolph said as he began to chase after Robotnik.

"I can't believe how easy that was!" Robotnik laughed in his hoverpod. "Too bad that kid had to fight me, I could have spared his life but oh well." Robotnik grinned as he stared at the Chaoskey, "Now… what to do next?" But then suddenly another green chaos ball shot from nowhere and shot down the wasp. Robotnik turned to see where that attack came from to see Rudolph standing several feet away panting. "Err that damn brat, I'll teach you not to mess with Dr. Robotnik!!!" He shouted as he push a button oh his control pad cause the wasp to fly right into the air.

"You won't catch me off guard again!" Rudolph shouted as he lunged himself towards the wasp. Right before the two could collide, Rudolph quickly slid underneath the machine, digging his spurs into the wasp thus slicing open the bottom half. Then as the wasp slid on the ground, Rudolph jumped over the machine and held both his hands forward then a large green energy blast shot straight down destroying the machine. After Rudolph landed he quickly turned his attention to Robotnik. "NOW YOU WILL DIE!!!" Rudolph shouted as he leapt for Robotnik one last time but before he could reach Robotnik, the mad scientist shot a red laser gun from the front end of his hoverpod that pierced Rudolph right through his stomach and out his back. Rudolph landed on the ground breathing very heavily as Robotnik laughed and flew away. 'No…' Rudolph thought, 'I… I must get… the… chaos… key… back… move… damnit…'