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Here's chapter two!

It took me a week to find Sonic. I didn't mind, though - I'd search forever if I had to! He was sitting in a park bench when I found him. I parked my plane in the nearest available spot and ran to meet him. He saw me coming and moved over a bit.

"Hey! What's up, Tails?" I sat down and caught my breath.

"Sonic… I… I have a question." He looked at me curiously, silently urging me to continue. "Uh… What… What do you know about chaos abilities?"

He faced forward, kicked his feet out, and pursed his lips in thought. I anxiously awaiting an answer. "Well… There's not much to tell, really. You know how chaos emeralds work: the stronger your emotion, the more power it gives. If you have enough, you can turn that power into a lot of things, including chaos abilities."

We both sat silent for a moment. "Is that all there is to it?"

"That's all there is to it. Extreme emotion and a lot of preexposure to chaos energy." I nodded and have him a grateful smile. I had almost as much preexposure as Sonic did, so there was hope for this to happen soon!

"Thank you, Sonic."

"No problem, buddy… But why did you want to know for?"

"Just curious," I answered. He nodded, seeing through the obvious lie. I knew he saw through it, be he wasn't going to say anything. "By the way, do you still have your chaos emerald?"

He nodded. "Yeah, two, now."

"Do you mind sticking around for the next few days? I may need to use them in a… in an experiment."

"What kind of experiment?"

"I, uh… It's not fully planned out yet, but it has to do with chaos abilities. I'll be seeing how much easier using chaos abilities becomes over time." I didn't think he believed that lie either, but he nodded.

"Cool! I'll stay a few days. If you need all seven, Eggman's got three and Knuckles had the other. You still have yours, right?"

"Yeah! Thanks, Sonic!" I stood up. He took back his spot in the middle of the bench.

"See ya!"

"See ya!" I returned to my plane, started it, and flew off. I didn't want to ride losing our four emeralds to Eggman, so I decided to take him on before getting Sonic and Knuckles's emeralds. I directed my flight to Eggman's base.

x

There yellow chaos emerald shined in its compartment. I saw my destination in the distance: a tall, grey, spiraling tower with a yellow roof. I didn't know where in the base Eggman would be, but I knew how to look for him. I blew the yellow top off of the building with a few high power missiles. There was an elevator shaft. I shot one more missile into it, destroying the elevator. I slowly descended into the shaft, scouring for the egg-shaped villain.

I eventually reached the bottom. The bottom level was a large, grey, well lit room with an observation hallway running along the top of the walls. It was protected by a thick glass berrier. At the end of the hallway, I spotted the large, red clad figure hunched over a computer. He stood up and faced me.

"Ah, Tails! Was that you making all that racket?" The cold, callous voice came over an unseen intercom. Eggman loosely crossed his spindly arms over his plentiful belly. I turned on my loudspeaker.

"Give me the chaos emeralds!" There was a laugh - a laugh that always gave me chills.

"So sorry, my dear fox, but I'm using them at the moment. Perha-" I fired a missile at the glass panel next to Eggman. There was now a large hole where the glass had once been. He let out a started yelp, but was otherwise unphased by the threat. "Firing missiles inside a building, are we? That's rather reckless, don't you think? I'll have to confiscate that plane of yours, now!"

Eggman began to walk down the hallway in the opposite direction that I'd shot at, but I guided the plane through the hole I'd made. "Stop, Eggman! I'm not playing around! Give me the chaos emeralds, now!"

He froze in his tracks and spin around. "Or what, may I ask? Are you going to shoot me?"

He wore a cold, amused stare, and I started back with annoyance. "You're not going to shoot me… Not like you shot your girlfriend!"

My chest tightened. My breathing became heavy and ragged. The annoyance I'd felt before immediately turned to rage. "You're too innocent! You-"

I hesitated no longer to tap the small, red button. A single bullet escaped the barrel and pierced his shoulder. Crimson flew, and a blood curdling cry followed. Something on the wall flashed and hovered towards the injured man. I opened the plane's cover and jumped out. I approached him shakily. I wanted to kick his shoulder, but I refrained. His breathing matched my own: deep, ragged, and trembling. The robot that had come from the wall began to treat his wound. "E-Emeralds! Now!"

"T… Take them!" He violently gestured his good arm towards a panel of buttons and levers at the end of the hall. There were three glowing gems inside of it. "You… B… Brute!"

I took the emeralds and returned to my plane. I wanted to press the button again. I wanted to fill him to the brim with lead. I shook my head at the thought and removed the plane from the hallway. Without a word from either of us, I flew the plane up the elevator shaft and into the sky. To Angel Island.

x

I landed in front of the altar, shut off the Tornado 3, and jumped to the ground. I climbed the steps. Knuckles was sitting on the second to last step, as always. Behind him was a dull, incomplete Master Emerald. It was still recovering from its intense usage on the Blue Typhoon.

"Hey, Tails! What brings you here?" Knuckles sounded much more relaxed than he had the last time I spoke with him.

"Hey, Knuckles. I just need to borrow something." He sprang to his feet and balled his fists.

"You're not taking the Master Emerald again!" I waved my hands defensively.

"No, no! I don't need the Master Emerald! Just the chaos emerald!" He crossed his arms.

"What for? If you need it to attack Eggman, then I'm coming with you!"

"No, I've already done that." Knuckles scoffed at the statement.

"What do you mean you've already done that?" He uncrossed his arms and gave me an interrogative glare.

"I mean I took his emeralds. You wanna come look?" He nodded and followed me. I showed him the four emeralds resting in their small, metal containers. He laughed.

"How'd you… What's that on your windshield?" I looked to where he pointed. To my horror, there were small trails of crimson liquid on the corner of the glass. "It's fresh."

"I hit a bird…" This was the only lie that made any sense. Knuckles believed it, too. He would find out soon enough, but I didn't want him to think I was insane. I needed his chairs emerald. "So… Can I borrow the emerald?"

"What for? Eggman's not a threat without there emeralds, for now."

"Experiments." Knuckles sighed. "You trust me, right?"

"Yeah… Here." He handed me the red emerald. "Have fun, kid."

I hopped into the pilot's seat and put the emerald in its place. "Thanks, Knuckles!"

"Yeah, make sure to return it soon!"

"I will!" I took to the sky once again.

x

It was getting dark, so I headed home. I'll get the last two from Sonic in the morning, and… Oh, Chaos, please let this work! I don't know if I can spend a lifetime like this!

So… Tails shot Eggman! Is that fun, or what?

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