Chapter 4: A Bad Feeling
Knuckles and Tails were eating dinner when they heard a huge blast. They ran outside and gasped in astonishment as they saw smoke coming from downtown. Tails looked at Knuckles.
"What is that?"
Knuckles shook his head. "I don't know. It's coming from downtown, in the direction of Eggman's laboratory."
"Wanna check it out?" Tails asked.
Knuckles nodded and soon they were running downtown. Once they got there, they stopped and looked at the laboratory. It was ruined, smashed to the ground. They walked around and saw the ruins.
"Knuckles!" Tails yelled. "Come quickly!"
Knuckles ran over to where Tails was standing and gasped in horror. Eggman's body was buried beneath a pile of rocks, his machine smashed on the ground next to him.
Tails looked at the machine curiously. "What is this?"
Knuckles shrugged. "Beats me. It looks like some sort of machine."
"Who could have done this?" Tails asked. "And for that matter, where's Sonic?"
Knuckles looked at Tails, then back at the machine. "I have a bad feeling about this."