Destiny is a funny thing. It is often tied in with fate, but destiny is more unpredictable than fate. It's interesting how destiny always makes the fair decision. If you work hard, the result would be more desirable. But sometimes destiny is questioned whether the decision it made was truly justified or not. But no matter what we do, destiny will not change its decisions. We might as well cooperate.
Blaze tore away from the group in search for the others. She had to tell them about her dream and the bird. She quickly found Sonic, who was paying for his ticket to enter.
"Sonic!" Blaze called.
Sonic immediately turned to face her. "Yeah?"
"I need to talk to you."
"Okay. So what do I need to know?"
After Blaze lead Sonic to where there weren't people, she explained to Sonic about her dream and the bird.
"I don't see how a name can be an ill omen." Sonic said.
"I don't know what's going to happen, but we have to avoid that bird as much as possible, that dream must have meant something." Blaze said.
"I'm not really sure it did, but I suppose we can avoid it, just in case. A lot of weird things have been happening recently." Sonic said.
"Hey, Sonic!"
Sonic turned around to see Tails. Tails ran up to Sonic, claiming to know where the Master Emerald's alter is.
"Well, we're finally getting somewhere." Sonic said.
"This guy said that near the city is a small forest, and a little southeast to the center is the altar!" Tails said.
"Well, how can you be so sure he really knows where he is?" Blaze asked.
"I don't, but he claimed to be a pilot and he would see the altar every now and then while flying. We haven't got much to lose, anyways." Tails replied.
"Well, I suppose we could take the chance. We might even be able to know where Knuckles has gone. We should find everyone first. Where is everybody, anyways?" Sonic asked.
"Well, I can fly over the zoo to search for them." Tails suggested. Tails flew off as Sonic agreed. Soon Amy, Cream and Glutzy showed up and tails returned minutes later, claiming to have seen Shadow sit on a bench near the entrance. Sonic then decided to leave the zoo to search the forest for the emerald altar.
Suddenly, a bright green beam shot up into the sky. It was coming from the general direction of the forest the Master Emerald was supposed to be at. Sonic immediately dashed off towards it as the rest followed. As soon as it happened, the beam seemed to have disappeared again. As Sonic race through the city, nobody seemed to even notice what has happened, but there was no time to think, Sonic had to see what happened. Before long, he was out of the huge city and saw the forest in the distance. He started to speed up. He was intent on getting to the altar before anything else went wrong. Before he knew it he was tearing through the forest. Since the forest was where the alter was, he could see a green light coming from what Sonic believed as where the Master Emerald was. The forest broke into a clearing as Sonic skidded to a halt. He looked around, and saw Knuckles staring at the altar, his mouth open.
"Knuckles! Where have you been? It's not like you to just run off!" Sonic said.
"I-I had a strange feeling… The Master Emerald was in trouble… I came here too late. There was a bright light, but as it died away, I broke into the clearing, just soon enough to see the Master Emerald get stolen." Knuckles said.
Sonic looked at the altar. The Master Emerald was missing!
The rest of the gang finally arrived at the altar, and almost immediately saw the Master Emerald missing. Their eyes widened, except for Blaze and Glutzy, who didn't quite exactly know what this meant.
"Robotnik… I'm gonna get him!" Knuckles vowed.
Sonic examined the surroundings but then looked up. He spotted something move on the altar. It was definitely moving, but Sonic couldn't be sure whether it was dangerous or not. I couldn't be the Master Emerald, either, because it was stolen. Suddenly, Tails stepped forward, eyes wide with shock.
"C-Cosmo?"
