One's thought can lead to terrible misunderstandings. A mere detail missed can make all the difference, and often we aren't able to react wisely to the consequences of the missing detail, thus making things a lot more difficult. Eventually, things will get more and more serious, whether it's done by us or not.

"Cosmo!" Without thinking, Tails ran up the emerald altar. "How come you're here? I-I thought you died!"

"Tails, after you fired that cannon which killed the Materix, there was something that kept me from dying. I wanted to be with you… I drifted through space unconscious until a huge beam shot just past me. It woke me up, and I saw that the beam came from a planet. Your planet. I couldn't believe my luck. Suddenly, I felt something, it felt like the Master Emerald was calling me down. All of a sudden, I found myself here." Cosmo explained.

"Wait, you said that the Master Emerald was calling you down? Why would it do that?" Knuckles asked.

"I-I don't know." Cosmo admitted. "Why is everyone looking so tense?"

"Robotnik and Eggmand Nega are working together to take over our worlds." Sonic explained.

"Um… Worlds? And who is Eggman Nega?" Cosmo asked, puzzled.

"Oh, right, Cosmo never met Blaze." Tails said. Tails brought Cosmo down the altar, where Blaze was standing, and introduced them to each other "Blaze comes from another planet, and the Robotnik there is Eggman Nega."

"Tails, it's great that you're happy, but we're going to have to keep on going, or else the sun's going to go down." Blaze said.

"Um… Right, I'll tell Sonic." Tails said as he and Cosmo went towards Sonic.

"Sonic, maybe we should get going again?" Tails suggested.

"Yeah, it hasn't been very long, we might still catch up with the thief. He can't go very fast holding that huge chunk of rock." Sonic said. "Okay, let's go." The entire gang went in the opposite direction of Everett where Knuckles had saw the thief go, but the whole day passed without any luck.

At last, night has fallen and since most of the group were exhausted, Sonic found an inn for them to stay for the night. Unfortunately, the only restaurant that seemed to exist in this small village was a pizzeria below the inn, and not everyone was crazy about pizza. The pizzeria wasn't too big, either, and since there were already a lot of people eating there, everyone had to cram into two tables. The waiters were all dressed as pizzas and talked in goofy voices. After ordering, Sonic started discussing about the thief with Knuckles, Blaze and Amy.

"That thief couldn't have gone far. That emerald is way too big for him to travel faster than walking speed. I think if we search the area tomorrow, we would have a good chance of finding him." Sonic said.

"Knuckles, you said you saw him. Can you tell us what he looked like again?" Blaze asked.

"He was a Badger, dressed in green. That's all I know." Knuckles said.

"Well, he doesn't sound like anything Sonic can't handle!" Amy said.

"A badger dressed in green, he sounds like he's able to stand out in a crowd, this isn't going to be that hard." Sonic said, half to himself.

"Excuse me." One of the pizza waiters said. "I couldn't help but overhear you guys talking about a badger dressed in green."

"Yeah, what about it?" Knuckles asked.

"It just so happens that I know a badger who likes dressing in green. Maybe I can help you guys?" the waiter suggested. Sonic, Knuckles, Blaze and Amy huddled into a circle to discuss this matter.

"I don't know, he seems like a nice guy, but I don't really trust him."Knuckles said.

"Oh come on, what has he got to earn from this? Nothing, clearly." Sonic said.

"Well, the Master Emerald is in danger, and if it leaves the island, it's going to fall into the ocean. I think this is a chance worth taking." Amy said.

"I agree, we should let him help. An ambush is highly unlikely since there has been no cover for some time now." Blaze said. Everyone then agreed to let the waiter help, and they turned back to the waiter.

"Okay, you can help us." Sonic said. The waiter led the four into the one of the empty rooms upstairs.

"So, what do you know?" Knuckles asked.

"Well, my friend would do a lot of things if the price is right. I think that someone is paying him to steal that emerald of yours." The waiter explained.

"Do you know where he could be?" Blaze questioned.

"He works here as a delivery boy, but he hasn't shown up today, so I'd say there's a pretty good chance he's in his house waiting until his "employer" comes to pick up the emerald."

"Well, do you know where he lives?" Sonic asked.

"He lives quite close to here; it's about a 10 minute walk." The waiter answered. "I'm going to change out of this pizza costume, just wait here."

"What about your shift?" Blaze asked.

"It's going to end in 2 minutes anyways, can't hurt anyone." After leaving the room, no one said anything else until the waiter came back. Without the costume, he was a grey porcupine wearing a pink shirt with an ice-cream cone on it. He also had 3 strands of hair in front of his face.

"Well, to reduce the number of questions you guys may ask, I'm wearing a pink shirt because… well, it's a nice colour. Also, the ice-cream seemed to be the only design." The waiter explained.

"Do you usually dress up as food?" Amy asked.

"Yeah, but usually for promotional reasons. By the way, my name is Ultra. Weird name, right? My dad was really drunk from a party when he named me so it was a combination of half a name and throwing up."

"That's great, but we need to find your friend now." Sonic butted in.

"Yeah, okay." Ultra led the four down and out of the building. After walking for only five minutes, a bright, green light suddenly appeared and everyone had to cover their eyes. Suddenly, they found Silver standing in front of them.

"I finally found you, Sonic. You were planning to destroy everything all along, right?" Silver said.

"What? Why would I destroy everything? You must have confused me for Shadow." Sonic replied.

"Don't think I don't know your plans. You've come to do something that will ruin the future, right? I'm not going to let you." Without waiting for a reply from Sonic, Silver raised his arms as another bright green light appeared. "I'M GOING TO DESTROY YOU BEFORE YOU DESTROY ANYTHING ELSE!!!"