Back at Mobius, Knuckles relaxed under a bench. Sonic had offered him a place to stay but Knuckles wanted to be outside, seeing as it's where he spent most of his life on the now island.

"This is pretty great, I've always liked begin outside, at least when the weather was great."

A shadow then covered Knuckles.

"Knuckles…"

"Huh?"

Knuckles sat up and was taken back by the appearance of Tikal.

"You're a…"

"Knuckles, I need you. You were the one who guarded the Master Emerald weren't you?"

Knuckles scratched the back of his head nervously.

"Um…well…"

"What's wrong?"

"The Master Emerald sort of broken a part for safety reasons." Knuckles said, afraid that Tikal was going to unleash wrath on him. Instead, she just sighed with relief.

"Well, at least it's hidden, though Chaos won't be happy about this."

"Chaos?"

"He was one of the 1st guardians of the Master Emerald. He was nice and kind dispute began made out of water and looking a bit weird, but after the civil war he sort of lost his mind. Something in him snapped, and now he's somehow awaken."

"I see…"

"I don't know how he's awaken, but you need to stop him."

"I'll see what I can do." Knuckles said. "Do you happen to have any idea where he could be?"

Water splashing out of the ground from the street answered his question. Water came out of the ground and soon appareling before him was the creature.

Sonic saw the water and ran over to check it out.

"What the heck?"

Soon, the creature showed itself.

"What the heck?" Sonic said out loud, a bit too loudly, as Chaos looked directly at him. Chaos splashed water at sonic, sending him flying.

"Well, you're not very nice!" Sonic said.

"I am the true chaos Emerald guardian, awoken by whoever dare stole the only chaos emerald that kept me asleep."

"I take it you're friends with Knuckles then." Sonic said.

"I am friends of no one except Tikal, but even she doesn't want me to do what I need to too, to punish you all for the hatred you have created."

Knuckles ran over with Tikal, who once there quickly pleaded with chaos.

"Chaos please don't harm these people, they don't mean you any trouble."

Chaos looked at Tikal, angry that she was once again there trying to muddle things.

"Tikal I don't want to show anger towards you as you've been my friend for such a long time, but I just don't understand why you want to defend these hateful begins."

"Come on now, we're not hateful." Sonic said in response, only to find himself getting hit once again with water.

"Quiet you…"

"Hey, leave him alone!" said Knuckles.

"Knuckles, don't anger him…" said Tikal, holding onto Knuckles arm.

"See what I mean Tikal, they are not peaceful creatures, they are just punks!"

A part of Chaos fell off and grabbed Knuckles, scooping him up in a blue ball of liquid. Another part captured Sonic.

"This is what punks like you get, pain!"

The blue liquid prisons let go and blasted Knuckles and Sonic up into the sky. Sonic and Knuckles panicked a bit, however Knuckles guided Sonic onto a roof with his gliding skills.

"Chaos stop, they mean no harm!" Tikal pleaded once more.

"Tell that to the group of punks that stole my chaos emerald, one of them began the same species that I protected!"

Chaos wanted to continue to fight, but he was feeling weak. Without a work he turned into a puddle and quickly went away. Sonic was going to go after him, but the creature went sunk into the ground.

"What was that all about?" Sonic said, looking at Knuckles for an answer.

"I don't know, but I want to get to the bottom of this before that thing comes back."

Knuckles and Sonic went down towards Tikal.

"You ok?" Knuckles asked.

"Chaos said that he was awaken when someone took a chaos emerald that was keeping him asleep for quite some time. I know about the emerald as well, it was in the sky zone."

"Well, I haven't ever heard of the sky zone, have you Sonic?" Knuckles asked Sonic.

"No. But I have a feeling the Choatixs are behind this."

"The Choatix?" Tikal said with her head sideways in confusion.

"It's a long story, but don't' worry, we'll get to the bottom of it." said Knuckles.

"And before Doctor Eggman decides to join in on the party." Sonic added.

To Sonic's dismay however, Eggman had seen everything that had went down in the Acorn Kingdom.

"That creature…" said Eggman. He couldn't help but feel fascinated by the creature made out of water. He turned to Naugus for more info.

"Hey Naugus, do you have any idea who this creature made out of water is?"

Naugus looked at the creature.

"I'm afraid not Eggman, never seen it before and I will admit my history on the echindna is kind of rough, however, I can investigate." Naugus said with his signature evil smile.

"Great, in the meantime I'll keep my eye on the creature and see if I can learn its motives." Eggman said.

Sally walked back from her classes, only to see the town wet, and a mess. She sighed. She found Sonic and caught up with him.

"Ok, what happen?" said Sally.

"A creature made out of water has a bone to pick with Knuckles for some reason is what happen."

"Hey don't look at me, I didn't go picking or doing anything to tick off an angry spirit, and I'm convinced that the Chaotix have something to do with this." Knuckles said defensively.

"How do you know?"

"The creature (aka Chaos) said that he was awaken by one of the creatures he protected stealing an emerald."

"Well, Shade was at my class, so she's out."

"Then it's settled, it has to be Lara-Su and the Choatix, who else could it, be?" Knuckles said with his arms crossed.

"Anther Echindna?" Sonic responded back.

"I doubt it."

"Well, is there any way that we can sort of try to find out if there are any chaos emeralds around the area or in any other areas?"

Sally thought for a second.

"Let me talk to my dad, I think he has some contact with other kingdoms/villages in Mobius." Said Sally.

"I'll come along." Sonic said.

"Me too…" Knuckles added.

And so the trio headed off to see the king…