Though he didn't want to, Knuckles helped try to fix up the village after his little rampage. He though it would be a nice thing to do and felt really bad for begin tricked and going on a rampage.

"How's work coming along?" Sonic said with Tails and Nicole following behind.

"Well, it might be hot and a pain, but it's better than begin hated for some stupid mistake."

Knuckles then noticed Tails and Nicole behind him.

"Uh, who are those two?"

"Oh, these guys? Their Tails and Nicole, they just moved into the village yesterday and they beat down on some thugs." Said Sonic.

"Hey, nice to meet you." said Tails.

"Nice to meet you two too. Names Knuckles."

"Or as I like to call him sometimes, Knuckle head."

Knuckles hit Sonic with a piece of wood.

"Seriously Sonic?"

"Oh come on Knuckles, can't you take a joke every now and then?"

"Not when I kind of have to fix what I messed up because of Naugus tricking me."

"Who's Naugus?" asked Nicole.

"It's a long story." Sonic said.

"Oh. Ok, well me and Nicole are gonna look around the village some more, you wanna come?"

"I'd love to but I want to keep an eye on Knuckle head here."

Knuckles gave Sonic an angry look. Tails and Nicole walked off. Surprisingly the village was a bit quite, which was no skin off Knuckles nose begin that he didn't want to get yelled at along with deal with dirty looks from the village people.

Knuckles continued to try to hammer some wood together.

"You know it would be nice if you tried to lighten up…" said Sonic.

"Kind of hard to do when the last of my people's island is under sea now, and the master emerald out there where I even don't know."

"Hey at least you can socialize finally."

"With a bunch of people who probably hate me? yeah, I'm really going to be able to start new."

Just as Sonic was about to say something, a TV appeared out of nowhere and sucked the two in.

"WOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Sonic and Knuckles woke up with their heads pounding and dizzy. The two looked around, and where they were looked like it came straight out of a fever dream. The sky if they can even call it that was sort of purplish pink, there wasn't really a ground below them, and things like telephone and paper or rings floated around.

"Please tell me this is a dream…" said Knuckles.

"I have a feeling it is." Said Sonic.

"Well, well, well."

Knuckles couldn't believe his eyes. In front of him was another echidna stood in front of him, a female with pink hair and a green shirt on.

"An echidna…" said Knuckles.

"A pissed off one at that! I heard what happen to the island you basterd!"

"Ok I'm ready to wake up now…"

"I don't think so…"

Behind Knuckles and Sonic was a crocodile with boots and headphones on.

"Who the heck are you?" said Knuckles.

"Names victor, that's Julie-Su." Said Victor pointing at her. "We have a bone to pick with you punks." Victor growled looking at the two angrily. If looks could kill, Sonic and Knuckles would be dead in a second.

"And so do I…"

Sonic and Knuckles let out a scream and jumped back when they saw a purple chameleon appear out of nowhere.

"Names espio…"

A bee then flew down almost hitting the duo.

"Name is Charmy."

A giant column rose up and on top of it was an armadillo, who jumped down in front of the two.

"Names Mighty, we are the guardians of the special zone…also known as the chotixs…"

"The special zone?" Knuckles looked at Sonic confused.

"Never heard of it." Sonic said shrugging.

"A little birdy told us that you two wanted chaos emeralds all to yourselves so you could suck all the energy out of this zone…" said Julie-Su.

"By any chance would that birdy happen to be named Doctor Eggman? Or Naugus?" said Sonic raising his finger up.

"What's it to ya!" Charmy said.

Knuckles brought Sonic close and started whispering in his ear.

"What are we gonna do?"

"Well I would like to fight them but I think we'll just run…"

Knuckles gave Sonic a look, but then dashed off with Sonic taking the lead in front of him. The choatixs just stood there with their arms crossed, still giving the same menacing looks as before.

The tv from before stood before them.

"Now's are chance!" said Sonic.

"I DON'T THINK SO!"

Sonic and Knuckles tripped over each other in shock and surprise. The TV had a mouth and eyes on a blue screen.

"W-w-what the?" Sonic said confused and scared.

"The name is TJ-5000. I am the computer guardian of this zone. After what I've heard from you two your sadly mistaken if you think you're going to be going back to the acorn kingdom."

Knuckles and Sonic backed up only to bump into the choatixs.

"And after all, what's the rush? Isn't this the zone you oh so badly want to drain of all its power?" said Lara-Su.

"Come on guys, just let us go we didn't do anything?"

"No we insist…" Lara-Su said as the choatixs took a step closer to Sonic and Knuckles.

"THERE'S NO WHERE FOR YOU TO RUN!" said TJ-5000 in a booming voice. Dispute this, Sonic and Knuckles ran anyway, away from the Choatixs.

"Where are we gonna run to?" said Knuckles somewhat in a panic.

"Anywhere that's away from them! I would suggest fighting them but we're out numbered and I think they know this place better than us."

"What gave it away the fact that they just said it!"

While Sonic and Knuckles ran, Eggman and Naugus sat back and laughed as they watched from Eggman's base.

"Well some hero you are Sonic? Finally got some common sense and decided not to try to go up against the numbers?" Eggman said.

"I'll give the special zone credit, it may be wired and strange, but it's guardians have these guys on the ropes!"

Sonic and Knuckles continued to run, both of them dodging Charmy's stinger.

"Fight like the men you are!" he said buzzing all around them, Sonic tried to swat at him but he was too fast.

Finally, Knuckles grabbed him by the stinger and tossed him back at the choatixs. A door then appeared in the far distance.

"I don't know where that door leads, but if it can get us away from them I'll take it!" Knuckles said.

Charmy got up angry and stormed at the two. Sonic and Knuckles opened it and got inside quickly. Charmy's stinger went right through the door.

"That was a close call…" said Sonic.

"Tell me about it…" said Knuckles.

Sonic looked before them and saw they were in a ball pit.

"Hey it could be worse…" said Sonic shrugging.

"Come on, let's get out of here before they come…"

On the other side, Victor slowly pulled charmy out of the door.

"Thanks." Charmy said.

"Don't worry Charmy, we're not going to let those freaks out of our site." Said Julie-Su. "I especially have a bone to pick with that echidna…"