NOTE: There are little to none descriptions of characters in this series. It is recommended you look up what each character looks like (with the exception of Rizo and Yami) before you get angry at me for not telling you what they look like.

Knuckles the Echidna stood at the top of some old stone stairs. The stairs led up to the Master Emerald's shrine. He stood, arms folded and eyes closed, in front of the giant emerald, being it's guardian. He had done this for most his life. The echidna had quite the adventures along the way. From the meeting of Sonic the Hedgehog, to the more recent affairs such as his run in with Silver and Mephiles. But his life of adventures wasn't going to stop there. No, the biggest one of his adventures was about to begin.

The entire ship shook. It lurched to the right. It felt as if the ship was going to be torn to pieces. "I knew we shouldn't have left before repairing the ship!" Zarbon yelled over what sounded like something exploding. "Yeah! Those saiyan monkeys almost destroyed the ship!" Dodoria replied. "I'm surprised it's even made this far," Cui said calmly, holding on to a table that was bolted to the ground. The ship lurched to the left. Zarbon smacked into Cui on his way down, sending them both hurling toward the left wall. Zarbon hit something sharp. Thank god for this armor, he thought. A cracking sound split into the air. Zarbon reached back to his armor. Not a scratch. "What was that?" Cui roared over the wirring sound of the engines. "Dunno, but it better have not been something important," Dodoria hollered back. Lightning came from nowhere and struck the table. Zarbon followed the path of the lightning back to where it had come from. "Look! Up there!" Zarbon yelled to the other two, pointing at a crack in the roof. "A crack!" Cui squealed. "Aw, crap!" Dodoria said, his voice not being heard. Another cracking sound. More lightning. "This is getting out of hand!" Zarbon yelled, "Lord Frieza can't go any further without seriously damaging or even destroying the ship!" "You wanna tell him that? Be my guest!" Dodoria hollered. An exploding sound silenced them all. The ship lurched forward, sending the three soldiers forward. The ship stopped shaking. It quieted down. Zarbon got up. "What happened?" He asked. "My guess is that we've landed," Cui said, getting up and brushing the dirt off him. "That can't be," Dodoria replied, "the ship would've been torn to pieces!" "Perhaps we didn't go all the way?" Cui reasoned. "Maybe," Dodoria said, checking himself for any wounds. "I'd get rid of that theory right away," Zarbon said, moving toward the window. "Why's that?" Cui asked. "Because that," Zarbon said, pointing at something outside the window. When Cui looked, he saw what seemed to be an old shrine, and at the top, there was what they had been looking for. The Master Emerald.

Knuckles looked shocked at the ship that had landed not 30 feet away from the altar. Part of him wanted to run away, but he knew that they would be after the Master Emerald. That was enough to stop him from fleeing. A ramp jutted from the side of the ship and slowly lowered to the ground. A door opened at the top of the ramp. Three beings came out. One was purple and had small whisker like things coming off his face like a mustache. Another was quite fat and was pink with spikes on his head and forearms. The last to emerge was a light blue being who didn't look that different from a human, despite the fact he had blue skin and green hair. "What the hell is that thing?" the purple one asked. "Perhaps a native," the pink one replied. "One that I've never heard of. His power level is about 900," the blue one added in. "900? They sent someone with a power level of 900 to guard the Master Emerald? What idiots are they?" the purple one scoffed. "Don't be so sure. Remember the earthlings?" the blue one added in. "Oh, yeah! The ones who could change their power level at will. Well, if you have any hidden reserves of power. I suggest you bring them out now!" the pink one demanded. "Just, who are you?" Knuckles asked. "Well, I suppose you should know. My name is Zarbon. These are two of my comrades, Dodoria and Cui," Zarbon explained, "We are a part of an organization called the World Trade Organization. We travel from world to world and… talk the inhabitants into selling their planet to us who, in turn, sell it to someone else willing to buy the planet." "So, you're intergalactic merchants?" Knuckles asked. "Hehehe. Yeah, sorta," Dodoria answered. "Well, you're not going to get any business here. We're not interested in selling the planet," Knuckles declared. "For once, we're not here to 'buy' the planet. Besides, it's out of our jurisdiction," Cui added in. "We don't have jurisdictions, Cui," Zarbon replied, "But he's right. We're not here to 'buy' the planet. We're here for that emerald." "What? Why would you want the Master Emerald?" Knuckles questioned. "You see, we came here by accident. We need to get back into our own dimension. That emerald is the only thing that can get us back," Zarbon explained. "Wait, dimension? You guys are from a different dimension?" Knuckles bewildered. "Oh, yes. We were traveling in the ship behind us when a wormhole's gravitational pull dragged us in. The next thing we knew, we were here," Zarbon continued to explain. "That emerald is the largest source of power here and the greatest chance to get back to our own dimension," Cui added in. They don't need the Master Emerald to do that. I could easily give them the power to go back, Knuckles thought. "I could give you the power to be able to do that. You don't need the Master Emerald," Knuckles offered. "Very well. Cui! Dodoria! Guard this emerald with your life," Zarbon ordered. "Yes, sir!" Cui and Dodoria said in unison, jumping over to the Master Emerald Shrine. Knuckles walked over to Zarbon. "This way," Zarbon said, motioning toward the ramp that lead into the spaceship.

"Sonic!" Miles 'Tails' Prower yelled at the top of his lungs. The Tornado sped over the landscape. Still no sign of him. Man, whenever you need him, he's gone and when you could do better without him he's there in a couple of seconds, Tails thought. He looked up ahead. Station Square. Tails sighed. Then, something happened. Just off to the right, he saw something. He looked over and saw something that he would have never guessed to see in a million years. A hole in the sky. An actual hole in the sky. Four objects fell from this hole and down to ground below. As each one landed, it created a large explosion. Tails was coming up on it very quickly. He slowed the plane down to land it. A plateau was a good place for landing. The plane came to a complete stop. He jumped out of the Tornado and ran toward the crash site. Four craters next to each other. And then he saw them. Three beings. All human. One with spiky hair and not very impressive height, another that was bald and ridiculously tall, and one that had long hair with average height. Each one was wearing armor and eyepieces. And, surprisingly, each one had monkey tails. Tails came to a screeching halt. "Ahh! It feels good to finally be out of there," the spiky haired one said. "You're telling me, boss," the bald one chuckled, "I'm at least twice your size and in the same size craft as you were." "Well, where do we start searching for the Master Emerald?" the long haired one asked. So these guys are after the Master Emerald, Tails thought. "Let's ask the natives," the bald one suggested. Tails realized that he was talking about him. "Oh, but Nappa! He's not a native is he? No, humans are the natives of Earth," the spiky haired one observe. "Well then, what the crap is that thing?" the long haired one questioned. "Weak. That's what it is. His power level is 670," the one that was called Nappa said. "Wh-who are you?" Tails asked. Nappa stepped forward. "I am Nappa. This is Raditz and Vegeta. We are here to find a giant emerald known as the Master Emerald," Nappa said, enunciating clearly and slowly. "W-why d-do you want it?" Tails stuttered. "Isn't it obvious? To gain power, that's why," Raditz blurted. "N-no way! You have t-to have a good reason to use it!" Tails objected. Tails felt a sudden pain in his chest. He was sent flying backwards. "You will tell us where that emerald is. Otherwise things aren't going to go very well with you," Raditz snickered, fist still outstretched. "I-I won't!" Tails grunted through his teeth. Raditz seemed to teleport over to him and kneed him in the chest. Tails flew into the air. Raditz threw an energy orb straight at him. An explosion followed. Tails fell to the ground. "Great, you knocked him unconscious," Nappa said. "Well, then we'll just have to wait until he wakes up to find where the emerald is," Raditz replied. "Shut up, you two morons! I already know where it is," Vegeta barked. "What? Where?" Nappa asked bewilderingly. Vegeta pointed East. "A floating island?" Raditz scoffed. "Not only that. Look!" Vegeta added. A spacecraft was parked on a small part of the island that was held to the main island by a bridge. "Great, they already have it!" Nappa complained. "Not for long," Vegeta chuckled.

WHO ARE THESE WARRIORS WITH MONKEY TAILS WHO HAVE AMAZING FIGHTING CAPABILITIES?

HOW DO THEY KNOW OF THE MASTER EMRALD?

AND HOW DOES THE SPACESHIP ON PARKED ON ANGEL ISLAND HAVE TO DO WITH IT ALL?

FIND OUT, IN THE NEXT CHAPTER OF CHAOS DRAGON Z!