"Well… it doesn't make any sense to me." said Sonic.

"Say it again." said Chris.

"You started out hot, but now at the end you're ice cold. This is your last chance to win the pot; if you fail the eggs will be sold. So far you've played my game following every rule in the book. Now you must ask yourselves, where on Earth is the last place you would look?"

"We started out warm, but now we're ice cold?" asked Amy.

"Ice cold? We're at a volcano for crying out loud!"

"That's why they call it a riddle." said Cosmo.

"The last place on Earth we'd think of look… The south pole?" asked Cream.

"I don't think so."

"Maybe it is, it tells us you've started out hot but now we're ice cold."

"No, that's not it. Hot means you're close to it, cold means you're far away. That means we were originally close to it at the start… wait… that's it!"

"What's it?"

"Remember, to King Jack this is all a game. It tells us we've been playing his game, or he has been playing us from the start."

"What do you mean?"

"Instead of leading us closer to the eggs he's been leading us further away from them."

"You mean he's been cheating?" asked Cream.

"Not exactly, he's been purposefully leading us away from them just for the heck out it, waiting for the power barrier to give and allow Godzilla a chance to break free. Now at the last minute he tells us where the eggs really are."

"So where are the eggs?"

"Like the riddle says, the last place on Earth we'd look… back where we started."

"Godzilla's loose!" exclaimed Miki.

"Jacob, prepare Kiryu!"

Godzilla started stomping out to sea, when suddenly Junior and Crystal came up behind him.

"RAAARRREUGH!!!"

"KIEYOOOO!!!"

Godzilla stopped where he was to listen to them.

"Jacob… hold that thought." said Chris.

"Will do sir."

At that moment Sonic and the others had arrived in the Typhoon. They saw Godzilla, Junior, and Crystal all talking.

"What are they saying?" asked Cream.

"Junior and Crystal are telling Godzilla that they can sense the eggs are still on the island." replied Cosmo.

"How do they know the eggs are still here?" asked Amy.

"They must be using telepathy. I believe Junior has the same kind of link with his father."

(As seen in the movies "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II" and "Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla")

Godzilla followed his son and Crystal back to the island. There Sonic and the others told Chris and Miki about the final clue.

"Here on Monster Island? There's no way they could have gotten through our defenses unnoticed."

"What about during the attack?"

"Hmm… I suppose it's possible."

Junior and Crystal led Godzilla and the other to a small cave on the other side of the island. Unfortunately Godzilla, Junior, and Crystal were all way too big to fit inside.

"We'll go in and find the eggs, but stay sharp, this could get ugly." said Sonic.

The cave looked like it had been tunneled, and judging by the freshness of the huge tread marks in the ground it was apparent that it hadn't been dug too long ago. At that moment they heard King Jack's voice.

"So you've finally arrived, now the real game begins, and my tricks and traps will see who wins."

Sonic and the others proceeded down the long tunnel until they came to a fork.

"Which way now?"

"Gee, both ways look real inviting." joked Amy.

"Okay… Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, catch a tiger by the toe, if he hollers let him go, my mother told me to pick the very best one and you are not it."

Sonic and the others ended up going down the left tunnel, when suddenly…

"Guys… I think I stepped on a button." said Cream.

"What button?"

The ceiling above them opened up and a huge steel ball started rolling towards them.

"RUN!"

Sonic and the others ran through the tunnel but the ball just kept gaining on them.

"Why is it chasing us?!"

"Because we're downhill!"

They came to a dead end with no way out, Knuckles turned to face the steel ball and punched it, causing it to crack in half.

"That wasn't so tough." he said.

"Why didn't you do that in the first place?"

"Guess I panicked."

Sonic and the others went back to the fork and took the other tunnel. At the end they found themselves in a big room with a huge canyon in the floor that seemed to stretch on so far that the other end was barely visible.

"I don't think I can make it all the way across." said Tails.

"I'm not sure I'd be able to get that far even if I went back down that tunnel and dashed off a ramp." said Sonic.

"This is impossible. It will take us all day to climb down one side of this canyon and up the other one."

"Maybe we won't have to." said Cosmo. "Everybody hold hands."

"What will that do?"

"Just do it."

They did as Cosmo instructed and held hands. Cosmo started to hum something and they were all surrounded by a bright glow. It blinded them for a moment, and the next thing they knew they were on the other side.

"Just a little something I've been practicing."

"Since when can you use your telekinetic powers for teleportation?" asked Knuckles.

"I'm kinda figuring them out as I go. But I do have my limits. I can only teleport to places within my field of vision."

"Cosmo, I know I've said this before, but I'm glad you're on our side."

Suddenly something came rolling towards Sonic and the others and released some kind of gas into the air. Most of them managed to cover their mouths, but Cosmo wasn't quick enough.

"I feel… funny…"

"Funny weird or funny ha-ha?"

"Funny…"

Before Cosmo could finish she collapsed.

"Is she okay?!" exclaimed Amy.

Tails checked her vitals.

"She's… out cold."

Sonic and the others walked further into the cave with Tails carrying the unconscious Cosmo on his back. Eventually they came to what looked like rather spacious elevator.

"I guess this is how we get to King Jack."

When Sonic and the others entered the huge metallic doors closed fast behind them, then they heard the insane chess player's voice.

"You've fallen right into my trap Sonic. Now here's a riddle I've been dying to solve… How long can a hedgehog and his friends hold their breath?"

A small hole opened in the ceiling and water started filling the room.

"We've got to get out of here!"

"The door's locked!" exclaimed Cream.

"Move aside!"

Sonic went into a spin dash against the door, while Amy and Knuckles started beating away at it, but it was to no avail.

"Tails, contact Chris!"

"It's no use, I can't get a signal, the cave walls must be blocking it!"

The water was up to Sonic's shoulders and was stilling rising.

"We're trapped! There's no possible way we'll ever get out of this situation! AAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

(To be continued)

Is this the end of Sonic and friends?!

Will our heroes drown in a watery grave?!