Alright. Here are some photobucket (LOVE PHOTOBUCKET) links to pictures of all the characters. I do not own them or photobucket yadda yadda yadda. This is just in case someone isnt familiar with everyone in the story.

Sakura: .com/albums/jj226/xander_

Kakashi: .com/albums/jj226/xander_

Naruto: .com/albums/jj226/xander_

Knuckles, Sonic, Shadow, Tails: .com/albums/jj226/xander_2008/Sonic__Nazo_Unleashed_Part_3_by_

L: .com/albums/o356/EreshkigalPrincess/L%20Death%

Donald, Goofy, Sora: .com/albums/o196/rebel_skywalker/Sora_Donald_

Orochimaru: .com/albums/jj226/xander_

Sasuke: .com/albums/jj226/xander_

Eanaru: .com/albums/bb153/Gaara4Lyfe_1995/Fourth%

Koul: .com/albums/jj226/xander_2008/Flintri-Wolves/wufei_

Hazel: .com/albums/jj226/xander_

Kierriadon: .com/albums/jj226/xander_

Black Doom: .com/albums/ll164/gamefreak16236/ShadowCG_

Eggman: .

Knuckles groaned with a heavy dose of growl. What was going on? The place stunk of Eggman. His robots were everywhere. But the Black Aliens were crawling all over the place too.

"What do you want?! Where's the master emerald!" He demanded. "Where's Sonic!"

"You're pitiful." A voice stated from behind him. Knuckles was unable to move to look. This infuriated him.

"Show yourself you coward!" He roared. Shadow stood before him then, that maddening Greater Than Thou smirk on his face. Knuckles itched to punch it off.

"What do you want?" Knuckles growled.

"The Master Emerald. And you're going to give it to me."

"Why would I do something like that?"

"Because you dont have a choice."

"Pah!"

Shadow wrinkled his nose. He told Black Doom that questioning Knuckles would be pointless. The echidna would rather die than give in to anything, he'd proven that more than once. Shadow carried out his orders anyway, making a mental note to say 'I told you so' later.

"Don't under estimate the power of Black Arms. They have ways of making people talk."

"You're still saying 'they'? What, are they still taunting you along with empty promises of answers to your past?"

Shadow slugged the red gaurdian. Knuckles glared, unflinchingly. Shadow stared at him, thoughtfully. He couldn't understand these creatures. Why did they keep fighting even when it was no longer in their own best interest? It didnt make sense to him. Or did he understand? Shadow shook his head. He couldnt let himself be sucked into another psychological self debate.

A sharp pain went through Shadow's skull. He fell back in suprise.

"Shadow, do you think we'll ever get to go to the planet's surface?" Maria said, looking wistfully out the window.

"Yes." Shadow said, certainly. Everything was certain back then.

"Oh I hope so. Grandfather says that even though there are lots of problems there, some things make it worth it all."

"Like what?" Shadow asked.

"Like...Lemonade." Maria turned to look at her friend, her blue eyes sparkling. "Grandfather says that real lemonade is the best thing in the world."

"We have lemonade." Shadow said, frowning slightly.

"Not REAL though," Maria sighed, looking back out the window at the giant blue sphere beneath them. "We only have frozen stuff. Real lemonade is made with actual lemons that grow on trees in the sun and air."

Shadow nodded. That did sound better than a melted yellow ice cube.

Shadow stared at the floor between his legs. Maria, he thought, torturedly. He hated it when flashbacks came. It hurt to remember, but at the same time isn't that what he wanted? What did Maria want?

"See, you'll remember yourself if you allow it," Knuckles said. "You dont need some alien you dont know if you can trust to tell you what happened in your own life."

Shadow 'hmphed' and stalked away, head head down in thought.

Knuckles sighed and shook his head. He looked at the shackles binding him. He was stuck, alright. Eggman had made certain his fists were well imprisoned. Just then a crash sounded across the room. Knuckles looked up sharply.

A hole appeared in the wall, and a troop of people and oddlooking creatures climbed through it.

"Watch where you throw that stuff!" A big duck yelled at a pink haired girl.

"It's chakra, Donald, and watch where you put your tail!"

A tall person with dark hair rolled his eyes and looked around. "There!" he pointed at Knuckles. They all ran up to him.

"Who the heck are you?" Knuckles cried, staring at the duck and a big dog standing beside him.

"This is Goofy, Sakura, Relena, Kierriadon, and Eanaru. And I'm Donald!" The duck said in his weird voice.

"I'm Knuckles." Knuckles introduced himself. "Hey, were you prisoners too?"

"Still are, I'm afraid," Kierriadon said. "Knuckles, what can you tell us about Eggman and the Master Emerald?"