Sonic scratched his head, and looked at the emeralds. "Royal emeralds? I still don't understand." he said, "why didn't mom tell us about them?" he looked at Sonia, who shrugged her shoulders.
"I guess she had her reasons. Anyway, we'll still have to find the two last emeralds, wherever they are!" she said, and knocked her fist down in her hand.
"But how do we know where to start? You said they were hidden all over Mobius!" Manic said. Sonia nodded. "We just HAVE to find them!" she said. Sonic held the green emerald up in front of himself. Suddenly, he felt something. He looked at the thing he felt, and saw a little note, taped to the emerald. He pulled it off, unfolded it, and began to read. "In town in a sewer... In the sea in the wreck of Aphrodite." he read.
The others looked at him. "What?" Jennifer asked.
Sonic showed the note. "That's what's written... What the heck does that mean?!" he asked, looking at the note, wondering. Sonia snapped her fingers.
"That's where the two other emeralds are hidden! In a town, in a sewer, and in the sea, in the wreck of Aphrodite, a ship!" she said.
Sonic smiled. "Guess you're right... In town? Are you thinking what I'm thinking, sibs?" He asked.
They looked at each other with a smile. "Robotropolis! Here we come!" Manic said.
"Geesh! I feel like a can in this disguise!" Manic said, and tried to walk.
He, Sonia, Jennifer and Sonic were disguised as robots, and searched after the third royal emerald. "Shh! Do you want the SWATbots to discover who you are! Act like a robot!" Sonia whispered from her disguise.
Jennifer looked backwards, noticed someone, and held her breathe for a moment.
"Uh, what's wrong J?" Manic asked.
"Eh... Have you noticed that Sleet's walkin' behind us?" Jennifer whispered.
They all turned around, and Sleet stopped in front of them. "What are you doing here? What are your orders!?" He asked.
"Patrol 5. Checkin' for enemies in the alleys!" Sonic answered.
Sleet looked at him wondering. "In the alleys? Well, O.K. then! I'm keeping an eye on you, though!" he said, and turned to leave.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. "That was close!" Manic whispered.
They turned around, and started to continue, when suddenly, Sonia fell, and the robot-head rolled away.
Then, one of the real SWATbots turned around. "Stop! You're under arrest!" it said, and walked towards Sonia.
"No way! Take this!" Sonic said, and shot the SWATbot with a laser-gun.
The other SWATbots turned around, and walked towards them.
"We've been discovered!" Jennifer said. Everyone jumped out of their disguise, ready to fight.
"Don't worry! They're gonna lose!" Sonic said, and transformed his medallion to his guitar.
Sonia transformed hers to her keyboard, and Manic transformed his to his set of drums. Sonic was the first one to shoot, then Sonia, but suddenly, one of the SWATbots lost its destination, and shot a ray towards Jennifer.
"J, look out!" Manic cried, jumped into Jennifer, and pushed her away. She fell down in an open sewer. The ray hit a metal-wall and flew back, hitting the SWATbot.
Manic ran over, and looked down at Jennifer. "Wha... What happened?" She asked.
"One of the SWATbots tried to shoot ya... Are you O.K.?" Manic asked.
Jennifer nodded, and smiled. "Except for the fact that I'm sitting in a sewer! YUCK!" she said.
Manic noticed something beside her. "Hey! What's that!?" He asked, and pointed.
Jennifer looked, and began to dig. A pink emerald showed up, and Jennifer and Manic looked dumbfounded at it.
Sonic came over to them. "The third royal emerald! Ya found it, J!" Sonic said.
Jennifer picked the emerald up.
Sonia pulled her up from the hole, and smiled. "We just need to find the last one!" she said.
"Let's go then! But how do we find that wreck?" Sonic asked, and scratched his head.
Suddenly, a great light showed up, and a few seconds later, the Oracle of Delphius appeared right in front of them. "Hey, Orc! Long time, no see!" Sonic said.
Jennifer stepped back. "Orc?" She asked.
Manic walked over to her side. "The Oracle of Delphius... You know, that guy with the prophecy, and stuff!" he whispered.
"Oh… He always shows up like that?" Jennifer asked.
Manic nodded. "You'll be used to it!" he said, giggling.
"Young hedgehogs! You have to find the last of the royal emeralds, and when that's done, I'll be able to show you your family secret!" The oracle said.
"Our family secret?" Manic asked.
The oracle nodded. "I can't tell it to you before you have the last emerald. The secret is sealed in each of the four royal emeralds." he said.
"Our family secret... I didn't even know we had one... But where IS the fourth emerald?" Sonia asked.
The oracle threw something to Sonic. "Follow this map to the wreck off the ship, Aphrodite. When you've found the last emerald, you'll know what to do!" he said, and disappeared.
Sonic looked at the map. "It's... It's in the... SEA!" he said.
Sonia smiled. "So what? As long as we find the last emerald!" she said.
"But... Why does it always have to be WATER?! YUCK!" Sonic said.
Sonia folded her arms. "Sonic! We can't swim down to the wreck anyway, so you don't have to touch the water at all!" she said.
Jennifer and Manic giggled quietly.
"What do we do, then?" Sonic asked.
Sonia shrugged her shoulders. "Maybe Cyrus has something. A submarine, for example!" she said.
"Cyrus!? a submarine!?" Sonic asked.
Sonia sighed. "It worth a try! Anyway, if he doesn't, we can ask Trevor! It can't be that tough!" she said.
"And if neither Trevor nor Cyrus have a submarine?" Sonic asked.
"We'll need to swim!" Jennifer teased.
Sonic looked at her. "Trés amusing, J! Anyway, let's ask!" He said.
Sonia smiled. "Well done, J!" she whispered.
"Thanks! It was my turn!" Jennifer whispered back, and giggled.
The four walked out of the city, sat into the van, and drove off.
Cyrus looked surprised at Sonic, Sonia, Jennifer, and Manic when they entered the room. "Hi guys! I had no idea you'd be here today!" he said, and smiled.
Sonic shrugged his shoulders. "Well, we'd actually like to ask if you had a..." he said, but Cyrus interrupted him.
"Wait a second... I've something I've gotta show you before you say anything!" he said, and left.
"Something he's got to show us!? I'll bet he knows everything about technology and he has EVERYTHING to show us!" Jennifer said.
Then Cyrus said "Everything and anything... Most of the technical stuff you can get is in here." Sonic said.
A few seconds later, Cyrus came back. "Listen... I have to download a program from the net... Can you wait a few minutes?" He asked.
Sonic looked at the others, and nodded. "Sure but we'd just like to ask if had a..." he said, but Cyrus interrupted him again.
"Fine!" he said, and left again.
Sonic sighed. "Aw, man! WE came here to ask HIM about something!" he said.
Manic shrugged his shoulders. "Hey, maybe it could be useful to smash Robotnik... Let's just see what it is, and then ask!" he said.
A few minutes later, Cyrus came back. "I've finished it... It's ready." he said.
"O.K. then! Let's see!" Sonic said, and ran into the room Cyrus came from. The others followed with Cyrus a bit behind. Then they came into the room, Cyrus walked over in front of a great thing, which was covered by a carpet. "Ready to get your life's biggest surprise?" He asked, and pulled the carpet away, and a big submarine stood in front of them. They gasped.
"A... Submarine!?" Sonic exclaimed.
Cyrus nodded. "Yeah! It's built to go about 10 miles down, so you can explore almost everything and everywhere in the sea! Do you wanna test it for me?" He asked.
Sonic smiled. "Sure! Actually, we were here to ask if you had a submarine! We've got to find something in the sea!" he said.
"What's that?" Cyrus asked. "The fourth royal emerald. It's the last one, we already have three!" Manic said.
Cyrus lifted an eyebrow. "Royal emeralds?" He asked, and looked at Sonic.
"It's pretty hard to explain, but we've got to find the wreck of a ship called Aphrodite!" Sonic said.
"I think I understand. Let's go then!" Cyrus said.
Sonic looked wondering at him. "Excuse me, but… How do you wanna transport the submarine?" He asked.
Cyrus smirked. "You'll see!" he said, and walked out of the room.
Sonic shrugged his shoulders, and looked at the others. Then, they walked out too, sat in the van, and headed towards the beach nearby.
