It was recess time at school, and Danny and Francis were playing basketball outside. Helen sat by in her wheelchair, watching. The two cheered as Danny tossed the ball straight into the net.
While the kids were having fun, Mr. Stewart crouched low in the bushes and called his homeroom through his communicator watch. "This is Chalkboard Charlie calling homeroom. Christopher and Penelope Thorndyke are still absent from school." Something bumped against his leg, and he heard Danny yell, "Get the ball, Frances!"
"Mr. Stewart?" Frances called. He turned around. "Could you throw me the ball, please?"
"Hey, Mr. Stewart!" Danny smiled. "Why don't you come and play?"
Mr. Stewart looked confused. "Uh... me?"
"Yeah!" Francis smiled. "It will be fun!"
"All right." Mr. Stewart smiled. He held the ball in his hands and started dribbling it towards the net. He took a leap, and the ball landed victoriously into the net.
"What a net!" Danny said in excitement. "That was an awesome shot, Mr. Stewart!"
"Well, I was an alternate on the practice squad back in college." Mr. Stewart said, sheepishly rubbing the back of his head. Helen laughed.
Mr. Stewart looked at her in curiosity. "Did I say something funny, Helen?"
Helen smiled. "I was just thinking that I'm happy we got you as our teacher!"
"Really?" Mr. Stewart asked.
Danny smiled. "We weren't sure about you at first, but you're cool!"
Mr. Stewart rubbed his neck. "Thanks, Danny." He smiled.
...
Penny stared around the empty workshop that Tails worked in. "I thought Tails, Silver, and Sonic would be here in the workshop!" She said, glancing around. "Wonder where they are!" She thought for a moment. "Maybe they took the X Tornado out. I guess I just missed them." She smiled a bit as she stared at some rough sketches of the X Tornado. "I can't wait to show them what I got!"
She smiled. "Sonic's gonna be so proud of me when he sees that I found a Chaos Emerald!"
...
While Penny was searching for Sonic, Silver, and Tails were walking around the forest, when they stopped to see their old friend, Knuckles.
"It's Knuckles!" Tails said.
Knuckles turned to the trio, a smirk plastered on his lips. Below him was an unconscious Eggman.
"Eggman!" Sonic said in shock.
"What'd you do to him?" Silver asked as they joined Knuckles. "Nothing." The red echidna said. "I found him this way."
Tails grabbed a stick and poked Eggman with it. He looked up as Eggman got into a sitting position. "AAH! HE'S ALIVE!" Tails cried, completely freaked out.
"Of course I am!" Eggman growled. Sonic stared hard into Eggman. "What happened?!"
Eggman looked at Sonic. "Chaos turned against me!"
"How come?!" Silver asked, surprised.
Eggman looked down. "Because... it wants to use the power of the Chaos Emeralds all for itself."
Having enough, Knuckles growled and ran up to Eggman, threatening him with his fist. "Tell us where Chaos is now or else!"
"Take it easy, Knuckles," Sonic said, thinking quick and pulling Knuckles off of Eggman.
"HOW DARE YOU THREATEN ME," Eggman growled. "I'd love to teach you a lesson, but unfortunately I have to fly." And with that, he was lifted off the ground.
"He's getting away!" Tails cried. The four Mobians looked to see Eggman being carried by a claw, that was hanging by a hot air balloon. And flying it was Eggman's robots, Decoe and Bocoe.
"Okay, let's start reeling him up!" Decoe said, and the two bots started arguing. Eggman growled in annoyance. "Don't just leave me hanging here like a salami!" He growled.
"Try not to get agitated or the cable will break!" Decoe warned the doctor.
"Just enjoy the ride!" Becoe suggested.
"There's no time to lose," Eggman growled. "My plans for world domination depend on Chaos. And we have to track down that renegade right away!"
"Roger!"
And with one angry yell at the Mobians, Eggman and his bots flew off into the dark clouds.
Knuckles turned to them. "If Eggman is telling the truth, we have to find Chaos fast and stop it! The second it gets a hold of all seven Chaos Emeralds, it'll become too powerful to defeat!"
"You're right," Sonic said, crossing his arms. Silver nodded.
Then, a bright light... the same light that Knuckles, Silver, and Sonic witnessed before, absorbed them in its bright light.
"What's going on here?!" Sonic yelled as the world around him went white once again.
...
Soon, they were back in the past, around the time where Tikal's clan had started their attack on the Seven Chaos Emeralds, including the Master Emerald itself.
"I've been here before." Knuckles said as he surrounded the area. "We're back in the past." Their attention turned to the home of the Master Emerald, all in flames. Tikal stood in front of them protectively, her arms outstretched. The six little chaos each stood beside her.
"Tikal," The leader said. "The clan needs those Seven Chaos Emeralds! It is the only way to protect ourselves from our enemies!"
"But taking the Emeralds isn't the way!" Tikal cried, still in her protective pose, her purple eyes wide with fright. "Please stop! You'll regret it forever!"
"The clan has made its choice and will seize the Emeralds now!" He turned to the other Echidna. "Warriors... ATTACK!"
"STOP IT!" Tikal screamed, but the crowd pushed through her as if she wasn't there. Tikal gave a frightened cry as she fell, almost trampled by her own clan.
The Seven Chaos Emeralds glowed around the Master Emerald as the Echidna clan entered. Then, something appeared before them before their own eyes. It was Chaos.
"What is this thing?!" The Leader asked.
A bright light filled the rock home.
The Echidna all yelled out in shock, covering their eyes from the bright light.
Then they were gone.
The bright light of the Master Emerald dimmed back to its normal green glow.
"They're gone." Knuckles muttered, his eyes wide. "All of them."
Sonic shook his head. "Not all of them!" Silver looked at Sonic as the blue hedgehog ran to Tikal. Sonic kneeled in front of Tikal worriedly. "Are you okay?" He asked the Echidna girl.
Tikal moaned and looked at Sonic. Then she looked at the stone temple. "I knew this would end in disaster!" She sobbed. "Why, Father, why didn't you listen to me?!" The girl got up and walked up the steps.
"Hey, hold on!" Sonic said, but the girl continued upward anyway.
Soon, Tikal neared the top of the stairs, right under the Master Emerald. Sonic, Knuckles, and Silver joined her. Tikal looked at the Emerald. "You must understand." She began. "The Servers are the seven Chaos. Our hearts intensify their power. The controller serves to unify the Chaos! The Seven Chaos Emeralds take what is in our hearts, and turn them into power."
Her eyes widened in fright as if she realized something. "But if the heart that wields the Emeralds is filled with nothing but anger and fear, then that power will bring pain and destruction to the world! Oh, please!" She folded her hands, looking pleadingly at the Master Emerald. "You must stop Chaos!"
The Emerald started glowing again. Tikal closed her eyes and opened her arms.
Everything went white once again for Sonic, Silver, and Knuckles.
...
"She's gone," Knuckles said once they were back into the future. Sonic looked at Knuckles and Silver. "Guys. Did you understand what she meant about Chaos?"
"Maybe..." Silver said. "So much was happening, I wasn't sure what to follow!"
Knuckles turned to the two hedgehogs, a serious look plastered on his face. "We have to stop Chaos from getting hold of the last Emerald!"
"HEY, YOU GUYS!"
Hearing the familiar voice of the female girl, they turned around to see Penny running up to them, the white Seventh Chaos Emerald in her hands. "LOOK!" She called, excitedly waving the Emerald in the air.
Knuckles nearly flipped when he saw what she had in her hand... the Seventh Chaos Emerald.
Penny was almost there when suddenly the ground beneath her rumbled, and she lost her balance. She shrieked as a huge water pillar lifted her high up the ground, trapping her in the middle.
"PENNY!" Sonic yelled, and he dove in and grabbed the girl's arm, and she wrapped her hand around his wrist. She shrieked through the forcefulness of the rushing water.
"HOLD ON, PENNY!" Sonic yelled, keeping a strong grasp on his friend. Even with her eyes squeezed tight, she could feel the Emerald slip loose from the hand that held it.
"JUST HANG ON!" Knuckles yelled, and he and Silver jumped and gave the water beast a swift kick, a kick so strong that it split the water apart. Sonic landed on the ground with Penny in his arms, dripping wet. Her features were full of shock and fear. She had her face buried in Sonic's neck, and she shuddered while he tried to comfort her.
The ground in front of Tails split open, and the bag of Chaos Emeralds fell, along with the one Penny found. Thankfully, Tails managed to fly away before he fell in as well. A huge fountain of water rumbled in front of Sonic, Penny, (who was still in Sonic's arms), and Tails. Then it disappeared into the ground.
Knuckles frowned, walking up. Silver came to join him. "So Chaos has all seven Chaos Emeralds now." Knuckles said grimly.
"I'm sorry, Knuckles. It's all my fault." Penny said sadly. Knuckles turned to her. She was sitting down, looking glum. Sonic stood by her side, holding the same expression she held, only it had a hint of thought. Knuckles looked at them. "That creature is more powerful than all of us." He began. "It can't be stopped!"
Sonic growled, clenching his hand. Chaos has gone too far this time. "We have to try!" He said.
Watching from behind, three Chao chirped worriedly as they watched the little group.
...
"You're doing 50 in a 35 miles an hour zone." Sam the Speed King told a driver as he signed a piece of paper. "But since you did ask me for my autograph, I'll let you off with a warning this time." He smiled.
That's when the nearest sewer manhole cover shot out, and a huge gush of water shot out. "Must be a water main break!" He yelled in shock.
But it was much more than that. All around him, people clamored around in panic as the potholes all popped out, and water gushed out.
"Weird!" Was all Sam could say as he stared at the strange sight.
...
All around town, streets were getting cracked open by the vicious flood, and the water traveled at a fast speed, gushing out of buildings and coming at full speed.
"YOU'LL BE SAFE HERE!" Sam yelled as he helped get people to safety. "HURRY!"
He yelped as a wave of water smacked into him.
Then, Chaos appeared, more powerful than ever before.
"Station Square is flooded! We don't know the exact cause of the disaster yet, but eyewitnesses reported that something went seriously wrong in the city's water supply system. As you can see, there's complete devastation! Oh my! There's something down there! It appears to be some kind of monster!"
"Tell that pilot to fly closer to the monster!" A reporter yelled into his headset.
...
"Our counter attack is impossible!" A military exclaimed in panic as they called the President about this. "Our missiles work on the front!"
"What about fighter jets?" A woman wearing fine clothes asked the person on the other line. "How many do we have in the area?"
"We'll have to throw everything we got at it! As commander of the chief, I authorize you to do whatever it takes to stop that thing!"
Rouge watched on the news as Chaos wrecked building after building, a worried frown plastered on her face.
...
At Chris and Penny's house, Ella, Blaze, Kat, Chris, Cream, Cheese, Hiro, and Cloud all watched with worry. They sighed in relief when the reporter reported that no one was seriously hurt. At the sight of the monster on the screen, Cheese started completely freaking out, and she started chaoing at the screen, flying around like crazy.
"What's wrong, Cheese?" Kat asked.
"Yeah, what are you trying to say?" Cream asked. She yelped a little in surprise as Cheese looked at her frantically. Ella looked down at Ella. "Don't worry, it won't hurt you!" Ella told the Chao reassuringly.
"Right!" Blaze smiled. "We're going up to the mountains where it's safe!"
However, Cheese didn't seem to like that. She just stared chaoing even more fiercely by now.
"What are you guys waiting for?!" Chuck suddenly burst in. "We have to get out of here, fast!"
Ella looked at him. "But we can't go yet because Miss Penny isn't here yet!"
Chuck looked shocked at that news. "Where is she?!" He asked.
...
Where was she? Well, she was flying in the X Tornado, sitting behind Tails. "We've gotta stop Chaos somehow!" She said. She looked over at Tails. "Faster, Tails! We don't have much time!"
"Better hang on!" Tails ordered, and they flew off.
Sonic and Silver sped as fast as he could towards the city. "If we don't get to the city fast, there won't be anything left to save!" Sonic growled.
...
At the school, all the teachers were trying to get the children to safety. Most of them were crying, and some of them cooperated as they ran. "Children!" Mr. Stewart called. "We're heading up the slope there!"
Hearing his watch beep, Mr. Stewart turned on his watch. "Roger. This is Chalkboard Charlie."
"We need you back here at headquarters on the double!"
Mr. Stewart frowned. He looked back towards his students, and he saw Danny, Francis, and Helen coming. He frowned. "But I can't leave my students!" He protested.
"What?! This is a direct order!" The caller on the other side cried.
Mr. Stewart had no choice. "I'm sorry, I didn't copy that. Can you repeat homeroom?" He asked, and turned off his communicator watch. He didn't care if he got fired... the kids needed to get to safety more than anything. Homeroom can wait.
Mr. Stewart turned to Francis, and Danny, who was pushing Helen in her wheelchair. "Sir?" Francis asked.
"Are you the last ones?" Mr. Stewart asked.
"Yeah." Danny said. "The others went ahead."
Mr. Stewart nodded and grabbed Helen's wheelchair handles. "That's good." He said. He took off. "Then follow me!"
"Right!"
...
"I will wait for Penny, as a former water polo champion, I can swim both of us to safety when the flood comes." Mr. Tanaka promised the group.
"Chao Chao!" Cheese cried.
"All right," Chuck said, and he grasped Cheese in his arms, and they walked out.
Mr. Tanaka sat and waited.
...
Sam felt someone grab him by the arm and pull him out of the water. Whoever it was pulled him inside the wreckage. He coughed and looked at his rescuer. "Thanks." He said. "That was close!"
Hearing helicopters up ahead, Sam smiled. "All right!" He cheered. "Hope they send that thing down the drain!"
At the signal, the army fired everything they got at the robots. Missile after missile, they tried, but it didn't work. Chaos just spat the missiles out right back at them.
...
"Systems are go!" Decoe announced.
"Let's take off," Eggman said. "A successful evil genius always has a plan B! That's why I have the Egg Carrier Two! Chaos better watch out... things are about to get really chaotic!"
And with that, Eggman flew after Chaos.
Sonic and Silver both glared at Chaos, the monster that was destroying Station Square.
"All right, Chaos!" Sonic yelled. "Your destroying days are over!"
And with that, the two hedgehogs darted upward, giving Chaos every punch they got. Chaos managed to swat them away, but Sonic managed to hold on and punch another attack. The two hedgehogs ran up a building and dove right at Chaos, but the monster managed to suck in Sonic and Silver. With a gush of water, the two hedgehogs flew out of its mouth, yelling. Chaos shot a wave of water at them, but luckily the two hedgehogs grabbed two boards and surfed the water.
"SONIC! SILVER!"
Hearing the female's cry, Sonic and Silver looked up. Sonic grabbed Penny's outreached hand, and Silver grabbed hold of Sonic's other hand, and with his powers, he managed to stay with the ship. Penny looked over at Sonic, worry over her features. "You all right?" She asked them both.
"Yeah," Sonic said. He smiled. "Thanks, Penny."
She looked at him, her expression going from worried to panic. "You think... we'll win?" She asked, looking into Sonic's eyes. Sonic smiled gently at her and gave her a wink. "It'll turn out okay." He promised. "But Chaos is more powerful than ever, so I'll need plenty of help. Can I count on you?" He asked with a smile.
Penny smiled, though she still showed hints of worry. "You bet." She said. Sonic smiled at her gently. "Okay, then, let's do it!"
Soon, Sonic joined Penny on the roof of the X Tornado. Tails managed to dodge shots of water that Chaos shot at them. Then, a shadow loomed over them.
"What's this?!" Silver asked in shock.
"Back off, Sonic and Silver. Chaos double-crossed me, now it's payback time!"
"Eggman?!" Sonic asked in surprise. "This time he's fighting on our side?!"
Eggman tried to launch an attack on Chaos, but it was no use. Chaos destroyed Eggman's ship with one powerful blow.
"Oh, great!" Sonic yelled. "How are we going to beat him now?!"
Chaos was about to launch another attack, but a bright light suddenly entered the sky. Sonic and Silver yelped. Penny and Tails cried out and covered their eyes. The bright light gently laid them down on the ground. Sonic hopped on the ground, and Silver joined him. "This just keeps getting freakier and freakier!" Sonic said. Silver nodded his head in silent agreement.
From the plane, Penny saw a young girl who looked sort of like Knuckles.
Sonic's eyes widened. "You again?!"
Tikal looked at him with worried eyes. "Since the day of my father's invasion, I've journeyed across the seas of eternal time with Chaos to help keep its power under control." She closed her eyes. "But some fiend wants Chaos with a plan to use its power for an evil purpose!"
"Eggman!" Sonic growled. "He must've uncovered the way to revive Chaos somehow so he could use it to take over the world!"
With a roar, Chaos shot out the seven Chaos Emeralds. Some of them fell at Tikal, Sonic, and Silver's feet. Tikal picked up a faded purple Emerald and knelt to her knees, her eyes full of sorrow. "Chaos has now drained all the Emeralds of their power!"
"What?!" Sonic asked, shocked.
Tikal's voice began to wobble. "Ever since my clan attacked the temple, Chaos has known only hate and anger! It will use the power of the Seven Emeralds to destroy this world! We have to seal Chaos back in the master Emerald before it's too late!"
"It won't work!" Sonic said. Tikal and Silver looked at him in surprise. "Huh?"
"If we seal it in the Master Emerald, the same thing will only happen again! We have to solve this problem once and for all!"
"Yes," Tikal said, her eyes still showing worry. "But how can we?"
Sonic looked down thoughtfully. In the distance, he heard Chaos roaring. Before he thought or did anything, a familiar voice called out to him.
"Sonic! Silver!"
It was Cream, and she walked up to Sonic and Silver with that adorable smile of hers plastered on that cute little face. "Look! I have something! For you!"
"Cream got the Emerald back after Chaos let them all go!" Cloud called as he walked up with Kat, Chris, Blaze, Hiro, Chuck, and Ella.
Soon, Amy joined with an Emerald in her hand. Following behind her was Lilly and her family. "Hey! Sonic! Silver!" She called, waving the founded Emerald in her hands.
Then Big came up. He held the Emerald up to the two hedgehogs. "I finally got back the pretty rock that Froggy swallowed!" He said proudly, holding it up to Sonic. "You two can borrow it if you want!"
Then, Knuckles marched up with Eggman and his bots still banged up from the fall. "Sonic!" Tails smiled, walking up. "If you collect all the Emeralds, you can defeat Chaos!"
Knuckles smiled at Sonic. "Here." He said, handing the blue hedgehog the Emerald. "You have more experience at being a hero."
"Thanks, Knuckles," Sonic said. Silver nodded, surprised at Knuckles' generosity. Knuckles frowned at Eggman, who had his back turned on the group. "Eggman!" Knuckles growled warningly. Eggman sighed and dug through his pocket. "Oh, all right..." He muttered. "Take it." He handed Knuckles the Emerald.
"We need one more..." Hiro muttered.
"SONIC!" Penny yelled. She ran up to the group, her expression excited. "Look what I got!" She called, waving the final Emerald in her hand. She yelped as she tripped over a big crack in the road.
"Penny!" Sonic gasped and darted over to her side to make sure she was okay. Sonic put both hands on her shoulders. Penny groaned and moved her head towards him. "Sonic, look!" Penny smiled into his startled expression. She handed him the white Emerald that she wanted to show Sonic before. Sonic smiled at her. "I knew you'd come through!"
Penny smiled back, her eyes shining.
All around them, people were cheering Sonic and Silver on.
Then, something amazing happened.
The seven Emeralds started to glow.
"The Emeralds are getting their power back!" Penny smiled. Everyone gasped in awe as the Emeralds rose from their hands. They surrounded Sonic and Silver, and the two hedgehogs closed their eyes. They started to glow golden, and their quills slowly moved up.
Tikal gasped. "I thought the power of the Emeralds could only be awakened by the power of hate and anger!"
"There are other feelings that are more powerful." Knuckles explained to the girl.
"When everybody gave their Chaos Emeralds to Sonic and Silver, it was because of our friendship!" Blaze said, smiling gently. "Caring is stronger than hate, and that's how Sonic and Silver are going to defeat Chaos!"
Both hedgehogs lunged their attacks on the Chaos Monster. Chaos tried to create a shield over itself, but luckily Sonic and Silver managed to break through the shield to get to it. Chaos roared as water poured out of it. Using its power, it tried to end Sonic and Silver. But both hedgehogs were ready... they spun at the water spears Chaos made, destroying them in a single spin.
Chaos shot a water flare out of fury at the heroes, but the two dodged them. Then, Chaos shot one of its missile waters right at their friends. But luckily, Sonic and Silver defeated the blast.
"SONIC!" Penny screamed her friend's names. "SILVER!"
To the girl's relief, the two hedgehogs made it out safely. "You can't stop us!" Silver smirked.
...
Over in the safety of the hill, the kids cheered excitedly as they watched their favorite hedgehogs fight Chaos. Helen clasped her hands together nervously. "If anyone can stop that monster, Sonic and Silver can!"
"GO SONIC! GO SILVER"! Danny started yelling. That one yell caused the students to cheer the two heroes on.
Chaos grew furious and lunged another attack...
...but Sonic and Silver both stopped that attack with their own two hands. With one blow, the arm disappeared in front of them. Sonic smirked. "Is that the best you can do?" The hedgehog asked.
Chaos responded by shooting a huge light blast from its mouth. The two hedgehogs shot right through it with great force, and the monster glowed. Sonic and Silver hopped to safety as Chaos disappeared behind them.
The crowd cheered.
The gold color left Sonic and Silver, and both hedgehogs were their normal colors once again. Chaos returned to its original form.
"It wasn't destroyed!" Knuckles growled. "It survived!"
Cheese flew by his side, looking at Chaos worriedly. Soon, more chaos appeared out of the water and surrounded Chaos. Chaos looked at them all and gave a cheeky smile that everyone could see in its eyes.
"But it doesn't look angry anymore..." Knuckles said curiously.
"Yeah!" Kat smiled, crossing her arms. "If you ask me, Chaos actually looks kinda happy!"
"Wow!" Cheese said. "Look at all those chao!"
"I wonder where they came from!" Chris muttered. Penny smiled and nodded in response.
"It looks to me like those Chao are friends of Chaos who came here to see him!" Amy said.
Tikal walked up to Chaos. She smiled at it. "These are the Chao you kept watch over," she said. "They're coming into this world now! The Chao will live here in peace, and you can be in peace now, too!"
Penny turned her attention back to Chaos, who looked like it was smiling. "Time to go!" Tikal smiled. She raised her arms and floated in the air with Chaos.
Penny and her friends watched as Tikal flew up with Chaos, and disappeared in bright light.
"Hu?" Silver suddenly said. "Where'd Eggman go?"
"I think he escaped when we were distracted." Mr. Tanaka said.
"Yeah, well he won't get away next time!" Knuckles vowed.
Penny smiled as she walked up to Sonic, who was staring at the now-wrecked city. She grinned at him. "You did it, Sonic!" She smiled.
Sonic turned around and gave her a cheeky smile and a thumbs up. "We all did!" He said.
Penny smiled and shot him a thumbs-up back.
