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Chaos Channel

"Shadow! Shadow, please wake up!" Chocolate said as she shook Shadow. He didn't budge.

Keioketsu is a fox? Tails thought.

"We've been here too long." Knuckles said. "Sonic, we need to leave now. Sonic!"

Sonic was staring at Maria Robotnic.

Is this what she looks like? Sonic thought.

Maria had not aged, as she looked like her younger self from 56 years ago. A few moments had passed.

"Let's go." Sonic said as he turned around. "Someone carry Shadow and these two capsules."

"Whoa! Who died and made you queen?" Jet asked.

"Look, birdbrain, this is Maria Robotic, Shadow's best friend who died 56 years ago." Sonic said as his eyes burned into Jet's. "I don't know why she is here and Shadow will be wondering the same thing when he wakes up. This is no time for jokes. We need to leave now before..."

"...you all are now under arrest by the Guardian Units of Nations, Sonic the Hedgehog and company." Shouted the Assistant G.U.N. Commander.

"What!?" Amanda shouted. "I don't want to go to jail!"

"Rouge the Bat and Naota the Bat, you both have been identified and will be apprehended and questioned. Nobody move!" the Assistant Commander also said.

"You and what army?" Amy yelled.

Suddenly G.U.N. officers appeared on every ledge of the big room and all of their guns were aimed at Sonic's company.

"What do we do now, Sonic-san?" Kohaku asked.

Sonic went into his battle stance as the officers moved in. Suddenly the officers backed up, frightened.

"Backup! I need backup, NOW!" The Assistant shouted into his walkie-talkie.

Everyone turned around when they heard glass shatter behind them. Keioketsu stepped out of his capsule and looked around.

"What is this? Where am I?" he shouted angrily. Everyone backed away.

What is this feeling? Naota thought. This evil presence. I can't move.

"I'm scared!" Cream said as she moved closer to Big.

When Keioketsu saw that he was was surrounded by armed gunsmen, he became even angrier. A black aura surrounded his hands.

"Open fire!" The assistant commander shouted as he fired his handgun at the crowd. After a few moments had passed. He held up his hand and the firing stopped. When the dust cleared, he saw that Sonic and his group was completely unharmed. "Fall back! Fall back!"

"Not so fast!" Keioketsu said as the men turned to run. The aura around his hands grew bigger and everyone started to float in the air.

"What's going on?" Chrys yelled.

"Unworthy opponents, you have challenged me and will be defeated. Prepare to feel the wrath of Keioketsu."

When he closed his hand to form a fist, the guns exploded.

"Now..." he started as he took the Chaos Emerald with his psychic powers that Sonic had. He threw it into the air. The armed camera that was in the room spotted Keioketsu and started to fire at him. When he caught the emerald he said 'Chaos Control' and the emerald started to glow. However, the bullet hit the emerald and it shattered. Suddenly the floor started to shake.

"What's happening to the floor?" Sonia said as she fell.

"This is Chaos Control." Shadow said.

"Shadow, you're awake!" Amy said.

"Normally, when Chaos Control is activated, everything slows down until it completely stops." Shadow said. "However, is the emerald is damaged while performing Chaos Control..."

"...we will be transported to another dimension. The Chaos Emerald allows one to freeze time, but..." Tails started.

"Alright! I get it! Break Chaos Emerald, different dimension. Okay!" Knuckles shouted.

"What's going to happen?" Rouge asked as she became nervous.

Suddenly, Sonic's group and Keioketsu disappeared, leaving nothing behind.

(Five Minutes Later)

Sonic slowly opened his eyes.

"Did I blackout or just fall asleep? Sonic asked himself.

Sonic looked around and saw that everyone but Keioketsu, Silver, and Shadow had blacked out. He also noticed that they all were falling in a purple-colored abyss.

"What? Where are we?" Sonic asked himself out loud.

"Chaos Channel" Silver replied.

"Chaos Channel?" Sonic asked.

"Yes. Think of this as extended Chaos Control. You can mold Chaos Control into teleportation, attacks, or anything else. But, we no longer control the emerald so we are not in control of where we go. Do you understand?" Silver explained.

"I think so."

"We're almost there."

The purple abyss became brighter and brighter until it became completely white. Sonic closed his eyes. When he opened them, he saw that he was in a forest and that everyone except Silver, Shadow, and Keioketsu were unconscious.

"We're here." Shadow said.

"Where is here?" Sonic asked.

When Sonic realized that he was at a high altitude, he walked toward the cliff and looked off into the distance.

Hmm. A kingdom. Where have I seen this? I can't remember. Sonic thought.

When he turned around and started walking, he almost slipped on a sign but caught himself. He read the sign.

"Knothole?" said as he chuckled nervously.

But he knew. He had returned to the other dimension, where he had left his past behind.

TO BE CONTINUED