Episode Four: Friend or Ally?

"My name is Jessica Maria Russo." She said.

"Well are you on our side, or theirs?" Knuckles asked. Jess raised her eyebrows.

"It depends."

"Huh?" Sonic questioned.

"Well, look at it this way. If you are my enemy, I will attack you. If I am your enemy, you will attack me. So which option would you choose; attacking right on the spot, or just calmly settle this with a few 'hi's and 'what's up's. Now, I don't know about you but I'm choosing the second option." Jess said with a small smile.

"She's right…I think." Amy said, a little confused.

"Well, whoever you are, you should come with us to see Tails." Sonic said.

"Um…ok?" Her answer came out as a question.

"Just follow us." Knuckles told her.

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"So you saved Sonic, Knuckles, and Amy?" A yellow fox asked.

"Yep." Jess answered.

"My name's Tails. What's yours?"

"Jessica Maria Russo." Sonic said before Jess could say anything.

"Ahem…I think I could introduce myself." She said with a disapproving, yet amused face.

"Sorry."

"But, yea…that's my name. But you all can call me Jess."

Tails smiled weakly. "Sure Jess."

She shrugged and glanced around the workshop. "Hey…what's that?" She pointed towards two chaos emeralds.

"Those are Chaos Emeralds." Tails explained. "There are seven of them and they all contain powerful energy."

"Oh."

"I don't think she's safe." Knuckles whispered. Jess was too busy gazing at the emeralds in a curious manner to hear.

"Why do you think that, Knuckles?" Tails asked silently.

"Look at her. She seems so…attracted to the Chaos Emeralds. I wouldn't be so surprised to see her stealing them and the Master Emerald."

"I think he's right, Sonic." Amy murmured.

"What do you think, Sonic?" Tails asked.

He smirked. "We'll just see, won't we?"