A/N: I own nothing except Phantonius, okay? Thank you!

ROBOTHEDGEHOG II: PRINCESS STAR

Escape from the cave and the Bone Monster

Robotboy, Sonic, Espio and Ratchella continued on in search of their missing friends when they reach the rocky canyons.

"So Ratchella, where are we exactly?" Sonic asked.

"I'm not sure, but I think that cavern over there looks familiar…" Ratchella replied while pointing out the cavern she mentioned.

"A cavern?" Espio asked. "You've been in there before?"

"No, but I remember my father had once brought me here, but never went in it." Ratchella explained. "He told me it was too dangerous to go inside, he didn't even tell me exactly why…"

"Perhaps he had a good reason…" Espio said.

Sonic then notices Robotboy reacting about something. "What's up Robodude?" he asked him in concern.

"Tommy in cave!" Robotboy said.

"Tommy? Are you sure?" Sonic asked.

"Yes! Tommy have watch! Robotboy have watch sensor! He in cavern alright!" Robotboy said in determination. "Let go!"

"Hey come back here!" Sonic called out as Robotboy flew into the cavern without hesitation.

"Uh oh, this can't be good!" Ratchella said.

"He really does believe that Tommy is inside that cavern?" Espio asked Sonic.

"Not sure, but we better go after him before he gets in trouble! Let's go!" Sonic said and leaped toward the cavern and zooms into it after the robot.

"Shall we?" Espio asked Ratchella.

"Well, since father isn't here, I guess it's okay if I go in there now." Ratchella said.

"Don't worry, if anything happens I'll be there for you." Espio said while blushing.

"Thank you Espio!" Ratchella gave him a kiss.

And with that, the two went into the cavern after Robotboy and Sonic, hopefully they will find Tommy on time.

Meanwhile, deep inside the cave, Tommy, Tails, Charmy, Kit, Lola, Amy, Cream and Cheese struggled to fight off the skeletons; using all the abilities they had, showing no sights of giving up. But it has been over an hour, and they were getting exhausted.

"There's too many of them…" Tommy panted. "I wish Ro was here…"

But then his wish comes true when suddenly Super Activated Robotboy comes out of nowhere and blasts the skeletons away from him with his machine guns.

"Robotboy!" They cheered with joy.

"Don't forget us!" Sonic showed up, followed by Espio and Ratchella.

"Sonic!" Tails, Amy and Cream shouted with joy.

"Hey Espio!" Charmy flew over the chameleon.

"It's about time!" Kit said playfully when she flew over to Ratchella.

"You guys in need of help I see?" Ratchella said noticing more skeletons appearing.

"Yeah!" Kit said.

"Let's talk about business later, let's just get out of here!" Sonic said pulling out the Chaos Emerald. "CHAOS CONTROL!"

He unleashes a flash of chaos Energy that swallows him and the rest of the guys out of sight, leaving the skeletons confused and then they unleash a shriek of anger as they begin to do something terrifying.

Meanwhile, the heroes warp back in sight just outside the cavern. Tommy quickly embraced Robotboy who was back in his Activated form.

"I was worried about you Ro!" Tommy said.

"Robotboy, worried about Tommy too!" Robotboy joyfully hugged him back.

"SONIC!" Amy embraced Sonic with her trademark hug. "I was so scared Sonic! We just warpped into that scary place, then we had to fight those skeletons…and…and…"

"Amy! Calm down! You're…crushing…me!" Sonic gasped for air under her hug.

"Man, you guys won't believe what we found!" Tails said.

"Like…what? Besides, that…we found a Chaos Emerald in this world?" Sonic said after Amy released him from her hug.

"Yeah, we found one too, but that's not all!" Tails said.

"Yeah! Check this out!" Lola said.

"Ta-daa!" Charmy pulls out the Blade.

"THE BLADE OF THE STARS!" Ratchella gasped in shock.

"That's the Blade of the Stars?" Sonic asked.

"Wow!" Robotboy said.

"Indeed." Espio said.

"Uh, the what?" Tommy asked confused.

"Wait! I remember now!" Kit suddenly said. "That's the same blade that was used in that war years ago, right?"

"Yes Kit, it is!" Ratchella said.

"Care to be more specific? I think some of us would like a more detailed explanation." Lola said.

"Yeah!" Amy, Cream, Cheese, Tails, Charmy and Tommy agreed.

"Okay, Kit and I will explain it to you, the whole story." Ratchella said.

And so, Ratchella and Kit begin to explain about the story of the Blade of the Stars and how a brave Clanian warrior used it along with the Star Emeralds to save the people enslaved by the Evil Spirits and defeated the Tyronosis from the face of the planet, leaving Tommy, Lola, Tails, Amy, Cream, Cheese and Charmy even more surprised.

"Dude! I never would have guessed!" Tommy said.

"Me neither!" Lola agreed.

"So, since we now have the Blade of the Stars, we just need all Star Emeralds to free Black Cosmos and the other Shadowians from the evil spirits' contol, right?" Tails asked.

"Yes!" Ratchella and Kit said.

"But there's one problem: Phantonius has three of the Star Emeralds." Cream said.

"Chao! Chao!" Cheese agreed.

"Don't worry, we'll get them back, one way or another." Sonic said with a thumbs up.

"Yeah!" Robotboy said happily.

"I hope you're right." Ratchella said. "No one has ever been able to get inside Phantonius' castle in space, and return alive anyway. You guys were only lucky to have escaped!"

"Hey, if we can escape, we can get back in and out whenever we want!" Sonic said. "But now isn't the time, let's just find the rest of the guys and as well as the rest of the Star Emeralds and Chaos Emeralds!"

"He's right, for now, let's just concentrate on more important endeavors before facing the enemy." Espio said. "Slow and steady wins the race."

"Uh…" Sonic murmured at the expression.

A sweat drop rolls on the side of his head

"Okay, let's get going!" Tommy said. "And again, great to have you back safe and sound Ro."

Robotboy giggled.

They were about to leave and continue on, when an earthquake causes them to stop on their tracks, and nearly fall over.

"What's going on?" Lola nearly panicked.

"The ground is shacking!" Tommy said.

"Uh guys? Behind you!" Charmy said pointing at something coming from behind.

"What?" Kit looks behind and notices the cliff breaking up, along with everyone else.

"Oh my Stars!" Ratchella gawked.

The cliff breaks open in half as a jet of bones bursts out from the cliff, the heroes watch as the bones form together into a colossus sized skeleton, made of bones from all the skeletons in the cave, with three eye holes, sharp teeth, six arms, wielding swords, axes and crossbows, and a sharp ended tail. The bone monster looks down at the heroes with an anger expression and let's out a dark hiss of anger at them.

"…" The heroes just stood there staring at the bone monster, until one of them broke the silence.

"Uh…GOT TO GO!" Charmy flew off at full speed.

"Uh, yeah, me too!" Kit flew off after Charmy.

The Bone Monster hisses in anger and swings a sword at them.

"SCATTER!" Sonic shouted and zooms off after Charmy and Kit carrying Tails, Amy, Cream, Cheese. Espio and Ratchella followed behind.

"Let go!" Robotboy grabbed Tommy and Lola and flies after the others.

The Bone Monster's attack missed, but it didn't give up without a fight as it begins to chase after the heroes in a menacing way.

"ACK! It's chasing us!" Tails gawked in panic.

"Come on! Time to pick up the pace!" Sonic uses his Sonic Boom ability increase his speed away from the Bone Monster.

Robotboy increases his jet boosters to the max as he follows Sonic and escape from the monster.

Ratchella chants a spell to increase her speed and grabs Espio, Kit and Charmy to get away from the monster.

The Bone Monster hisses as he continues to chase after the heroes, swinging his swords and axes and shooting his crossbows at them. The heroes whimper as they struggle to dodge his attacks and any obstacles in the way. This went on for 20 minutes, and they were now headed to what appears to be a jungle.

"Tommy! Jungle ahead!" Robotboy said.

"Way to go Ro! Hey everyone! Let's try losing sight of him in that jungle!" Tommy suggested.

"Got it! Here we go!" Sonic grinned slyly as everyone dashes into the jungle.

However, the Bone Monster refused to give up and chased them into the jungle, looking forward to send them to their doom.

A/N: Okay, two groups have been reunited, but will they be able to escape the monster and survive? Will they be able to find a way to destroy it? Or is the undead monstrosity going to give them hell? Find out next time on: ROBOTHEDGEHOG II: PRINCESS STAR! R&R, please.