Chapter 8, A warning from the future.

Angle island, Alter of the emeralds.

Knuckles was sitting at the top of the Alter, guarding the Master emerald while eating grapes, "Things sure have been boring recently, no Sonic, no Eggman, maybe I should take a break, I could ask Mighty to guard the Master emerald for a few days" thought Knuckles as he throw a few grapes into his mouth.

Suddenly the ground began to shake and Knuckles was on his feet in an instant ready to face whatever may come, the shacking intensified and a large white portal opened a few feet above the ground.

Knuckles got into a fighting stance, he wasn't sure what this portal was but if it was a threat than he would be ready to fight to his dying breath.

Knuckles may have been ready to face any danger but he wasn't ready to see a white hedgehog fall out of the portal and land flat on his face, Knuckles was shocked into silence for a few seconds before he realised who this was.

"Silver, Silver is that you" said Knuckles as he approached the hedgehog, Silver pulled himself into a sitting position, he looked a little disoriented perhaps from falling on his face of maybe from traveling two hundred years into the past.

Silver recovered his senses and immediately went into a panic, "Knuckles we have to hurry, we don't have much time, we need to stop Eggman before it's too late" said Silver very quickly and making very little sense.

"Silver calm down and explain to me what's going on" said Knuckles loud enough to get Silver's attention, Knuckles know that Silver wouldn't have travelled from the future without a good reason, so whatever was wrong must be serious.

Silver took a deep breath and calm down a little, "Ok listen, something happened to the future, suddenly everything around me just changed into a destroyed wasteland, I did some research and found out that it all started today when Eggman started his conquest of the world" explained Silver.

Knuckles could hardly believe what he was hearing, "That's impossible, Sonic would have stopped Eggman in a heartbeat" he said, "Sonic was dead, he gets killed today along with Tails and Amy" said Silver almost returning to his panicked state.

Knuckles's face almost turned white, "Where does this happen" he asked, "It happens in Station square, and it could be happening right now so we have to hurry" said Silver unsuccessfully trying to drag Knuckles along with him.

Knuckles looked at the Master emerald, he know it was his duty to protect the emerald but if what Silver was saying was true then he may have no choice but to leave it unguarded for a while.

Knuckles sighed, "Ok let's go" he said and a spark of hope appeared on Silver's face, Knuckles took one last look at the Master emerald before leaving hoping that it would be ok until he got back.

Station square.

Tails was flying through the streets with Metal sonic not far behind, Metal sonic fired his laser which Tails narrowly managed to dodge.

Tails had been trying to escape from Metal sonic for some time now, but despite his best efforts the deadly robot never lost sight of its target, and its attacks was only coming closer to landing a hit.

Tails swerved to avoid a street light just as Metal sonic fired another laser, this time the laser found its mark and his Tails in him left tail.

Tails fell to the ground and quickly examined his tail, the damage wasn't severe but he wouldn't be able to fly for a couple of weeks until it healed, Tails looked up and saw Metal sonic was hovering just above him, charging his laser ready to finish of the young fox.

Tails closed his eyes and prepared for the inevitable, just before Metal sonic could fire his laser he was hit in the back of the head with a large chunk of metal causing him to fire his laser into a nearby building instead of Tails.

Metal sonic turned around to face his attacker and saw Amy standing there with her hammer in her hands, "Hey you bucket of bolts, why don't you pick on someone your own size" said Amy while getting ready to take a swing at the robot.

Metal sonic move as fast a lightning, he was so fast that he grabbed Amy by the throat before she could even swing her hammer, Metal sonic throw Amy and she landed painfully next to Tails.

Metal sonic picked up Amy's hammer and snapped it in half over his knee, he then throw the severed pieces at Amy, luckily Amy was able to duck in time to avoid the hammer head hitting her in the face.

Metal sonic began to charge his laser, Amy quickly grabbed Tails and attempted to use her own body as a shield for the young fox, "I guess this is it" she thought as she closed her eyes.

Suddenly a car came flying out of nowhere and hit Metal sonic, burying the robot underneath it, Tails and Amy looked around in confusion wondering what just happened.

"Up here" said a voice, the two looked up and saw Silver floating down from the sky, a few seconds later Knuckles ran up to the two and helped them up, "Are you two alright" asked Knuckles, "Yes, thanks Knuckles, thanks Silver" said Amy as she got to her feet.

Before anyone could say anything else Metal sonic burst free from underneath the car looking very angry, Knuckles got into a fighting stance, Silver used his psychokinesis to pick up two nearby cars and prepared to throw them at the robot, Amy snapped her fingers and a new hammer appeared in her hands and Tails got into a fighting stance although he didn't know what he could do against Metal sonic.

Metal sonic looked at the four and analysed how powerful they all was, in less than a second Metal sonic had calculated that he had a very little chance of winning this fight so he flew into the air and towards the safety of Eggman's battleship at full speed.

"I'm glad he's gone" said Amy in relief, "We don't have time for celebrating, we have to find Sonic now" said Silver, "Sonic's this way, he's fighting some new guy that Eggman brought with him" said Tails as he began to lead the other to where he last saw Sonic.

Tails led the group to the street where Sonic had been fighting Infinite, however when they got there they couldn't find any trace of Sonic, Eggman of Infinite.

"Tails are you sure this is where Sonic was" asked Knuckles, "I'm sure, there's even damage here to prove it" said Tails, Silver kicked a nearby street light "Damn it, I was too late" he said in anger, Amy was looking at Eggman's battleship which was now leaving the city "Sonic" she whispered with tears in her eyes.

Suddenly a sound could be heard, the four turned towards the sound and saw a squad of G,U,N helicopters heading towards the city, "Looks like G,U,N showed up to deal with Eggman's robots" said Knuckles.

"Come on guys, we should help them clear out the robots before anyone else gets hurt" said Tails, "Ok" said Knuckles and Silver, Amy was so busy worrying about Sonic that it took her several minutes to respond, "Right let's go" she finally said struggling to keep her voice even.

Just as the four was running deeper into the city to help G,U,N Silver sighed, "I'm sorry Sonic, but even if I couldn't save you I will save this world" he thought.

Together with the help of G,U,N the four was able to drive Eggman's robots out of the city, however despite how hard any of them searched no one could find any sign of Sonic or what could have happened to him.