"My new program will let us detect a Chaos Emerald anywhere in the galaxy, no matter how far away it may be!" Chris told Sonic, Penny, and Cosmo. Chris opened his machine and held out his hand to Sonic. "All right, Sonic, why don't you say we try it out?"
"Sure thing." Sonic said, handing Chris the blue Chaos Emerald. Chris smiled as he put it in. "Okay."
Once the Emerald was placed in, the lid closed.
"Now we just connect it to the main interface and we'll be on our way!" Tails smiled, pressing a few buttons on his computer. "Knuckles, everything okay?"
"So far so good." Knuckles told them.
"Wow!" Tails gasped.
"What's up, you got something?" Knuckles called back. Tails nodded. "Yeah! I'm detecting a response already!"
Cosmo smiled. "It's thanks to you, Chris!"
Chris blushed. "It's no big deal, really!"
Penny grinned at him. "It's a big deal to us, little brother!"
"Yeah!" Tails said in agreement. "I built lots of neat stuff, but I couldn't come up with something this good overnight!"
"Oh, come on, Tails, you're embarrassing me." Chris laughed.
Tails turned to Amy. "Amy, what's the location?"
"The signals are coming from a place called Planet Breezy." She answered.
"That sounds cool!" Tails said. "Okay, Planet Breezy, here we come!"
"We're on our way!" Amy smiled, pressing a button.
"Engage warp field driver!" Tails announced. He pressed a button, and Penny watched as a white circle appeared in front of them.
"Let's go!" Tails called, and they flew through the portal.
...
Soon, they finally made it to Planet Breezy.
"There it is, guys," Amy announced. "Straight ahead. But it looks like rough weather. The whole planet's in the middle of a terrible snowstorm."
"Snow. Why snow?!" Penny moaned.
Cosmo gasped. "Maybe the Metarex have taken its planet egg away!"
"That would explain the weird weather they're having." Kat said. Hiro nodded in agreement.
Cosmo looked sad. "Everything looks so cold and lonely."
Chris looked at Penny and Cosmo. "Even so, we have to go down there and get the Emerald. Ready, Sonic?"
Sonic shot them a thumbs up. "Sure!" He smiled. "Let's go!"
Something smashed onto the ship, and Penny shrieked, clinging to Sonic.
"What is that thing, Chris?" Tangle asked.
"It's a Metarex!" He answered.
"A Metarex?" Penny whimpered. She let out another yelp along with everyone else as the ship shook. Chris pressed the missile button, and destroyed it in an instant. However, the Metarex shot its own missiles on the Blue Typhoon, and this time it was serious. An red light blinked on and off as a mayday warning.
"Hang on, guys! I'm going to have to bring it in for a landing!" Tails called.
...
After a rough crash landing, Tails contacted Knuckles. "Knuckles, do we have any damage?" He asked.
"I'm afraid so," Knuckles said. "Looks like engines one and three have been hit." He pressed a few buttons. "We'll have to fix it or we'll never get off the ground!"
Tails rubbed his head. "Oh, great!"
...
"My tracking system indicates that Sonic is somewhere on this planet!" Eggman said. "Which means those nasty creatures will be coming soon to try and destroy him!"
"The Metarex?" Decoe asked nervously.
Eggman stood up. "And it's very likely we'll come under attack too unless we play a subtle game of subterfuge."
Instantly, both Decoe and Bocoe stood up, faced each other, and chanted excitedly, "We're gonna play a game! We're gonna play a game! We're gonna play a game!"
"Go on, get busy!" Eggman grumbled. He picked up two shovels and tossed them to both robots.
"What game do you play with these?" Bocoe asked, catching a shovel and inspecting it.
"There's no game!" Eggman snarled. "Go out and make sure the ship won't be seen!"
"Oh!" Both Decoe and Bocoe gasped.
"Get moving!" Eggman growled. "I want this thing in an egg moon by nightfall!"
Listening outside with an stethoscope, Rouge smirked. "Hmmm!" She said.
Bokkun sighed as he flew down the hall. "Well, at least Rouge isn't here." He said.
"Really?"
"This isn't my day..." Bokkun whimpered.
Rouge flew in front of him. "If I didn't know better, I might think you're not happy to see me!"
Bokkun yelped. "Oh, no, Rouge, don't think that!"
"Oh, I'm glad." Rouge said. "Because I got another tiny little favor I need you to do for me." She smirked as she pulled out Bokkun's locket. "You will help me, won't you?"
...
Soon, Penny, Kat, Chris, and the others exited the Blue Typhoon to hunt for the Emerald. Penny shuddered as she hugged herself. Even though she was wearing warm clothing, it wasn't exactly warm enough. When the door of the ship opened, she was nearly shoved down with everybody else by a giant blast of the blizzard.
"Let's get this snow on the road!" Sonic smirked, shooting Cosmo a thumbs up. Silver chuckled. Sonic hopped off the ship.
"Wait, Sonic, it might be..." Penny cringed as Sonic crunched right through the snow. "Deep..." She and Chris finished together.
"Don't worry." Chris said. "I've packed some new snow shoes."
...
After pulling Sonic out of the snow, Penny soon found herself traveling with Knuckles, Tangle, Whisper, Cosmo, Sonic, Silver, Cloud, Chris, Kat, and Hiro through the snow. Tails and Blaze stayed behind in the Blue Typhoon. The first thing Cosmo did when they walked out was walk up to the nearest tree and place her head by its trunk, listening.
"What are you doing?" Penny asked by Sonic's side, curious at what Cosmo.
"I'm trying to listen." She answered, not looking at the human girl.
"What are you listening for?" Silver asked.
"If this tree is still alive, I will hear its life force." She closed her eyes, and a second later, her face held a sad expression. "I knew we were too late..." She whispered.
"Cosmo, don't worry!" Penny said, smiling softly at the girl. "Maybe it will come to life next spring...?"
Cosmo shook her head. "There won't be a spring.." She whimpered.
Sonic looked at Penny. "If the Metarex had already taken the Planet Egg away, there could be no reason for them to still be hanging around!" He turned to Cosmo. "Maybe it's because the Egg's still here someplace!"
Cosmo pushed herself away from the tree. "If that's true, we have to try and find it!"
Cloud looked at her. "We don't have time!"
"If we find it, this planet might have a chance to survive! I know we came here for a Chaos Emerald, but couldn't we look for a Planet Egg too?"
"No way." Knuckles frowned, crossing his arms.
"What do you think, Sonic?" Chris asked.
"The Blue Typhoon's damaged!"
Kat shrugged. "Maybe we can use the X Tornado." She suggested.
"Kat's right." Hiro nodded. "If we look for the Egg, we might find the Emerald!"
"Sounds great! What do you say, Whisper?" Tangle asked.
Whisper nodded, lowering her mask.
Sonic grinned. "Then I say we do it!"
Chris and Sonic chuckled.
"Thank you both." Cosmo smiled happily. "This planet will be so grateful to you!"
Knuckles growled. "Well, all right, let's go!" He snapped.
...
Bokkun looked into the room where his boss, Decoe, and Bocoe were snoozing away. He felt guilty. He never did this type of thing to his own fellow robots or boss before!
"Rouge really did it this time..." He whimpered. "Hot chocolate with sleeping powder!"
Rouge chuckled as she flew off. "I knocked those three out real good, while they're sleeping, I'll be out looking for the Chaos Emerald."
But as she flew, she got trapped in the snow storm.
...
Penny, Sonic, Knuckles, Tails, Silver, Chris, and Cosmo soon were up in the air in the X Tornado. Kat, Hiro, Tangle, and Whisper had agreed to stay in the Blue Typhoon with Tails and Blaze, so now here they were.
Penny gulped worriedly as she looked out the window of the X Tornado. Their enemy, the Metarex, had seemed to find them, and they were now trapped.
"Let's get them!" Chris said, shooting Silver and Sonic two rings. Penny watched as they defeated them one by one. Chris tried to fly the Tornado away from them, but the Metarex found a way to block them.
"Chris, look out!" Penny yelped.
Chris's eyes widened a little.
Penny knew what he was looking at... the mountain behind them seemed to be crashing towards them.
"I think we're in big trouble..." Chris said.
"Oh, no!" Penny whimpered, squeezing her eyes shut and waiting for the hit. But it never came. She opened her eyes and looked down to see the Blue Typhoon stopping the avalanche for them.
Sonic, Knuckles, and Silver both landed on the icy ground. Hearing grunting, they looked up to see the Metarex charging up to them.
"SONIC!" Chris called to them. "SILVER!"
Both hedgehogs looked up to the X Tornado to see two objects flying towards them. "USE THESE!"
Both hedgehogs smiled, then hopped on them. They dashed off.
"You wouldn't have happened to have one of those things for me, would ya?" Knuckles called.
"SORRY, KNUCKLES! I ONLY HAD TIME TO MAKE TWO!"
"Yeah?!" Knuckles snapped, standing up. "Well, that's...!" He yelped as he slipped on the ice. He grumbled as he hopped onto the wing next to Penny's seat, and she could hear him grumbling about how he got no respect. She shot Knuckles an small apologetic smile, which he returned.
Penny turned her attention back to the battle. There seemed to be a pile of Metarex on the ground. Suddenly, the X Tornado tilted, and she yelped, clinging to the seat in front of her. Up ahead, she could see Cosmo doing the same. Chris sped right through the tunnel, where the battle then was placed. Knuckles had the opportunity to smash some Metarex.
"How do we defeat them all when there's so many of them?" Cosmo asked, looking worried.
"Good question." Chris said.
Soon, they finally made it to the chamber room where they were keeping the Chaos Emerald. Sonic hopped off the wing, followed by Silver. Sonic placed both hands on the ice where the Emerald was being held. "Well, there it is." He said.
"Sonic, can you get it out of there?" Penny asked, looking at him.
Sonic looked at her, determination on his face. "I'll try," He said.
"Leave this to me!" Knuckles said, holding out his shovel claws. He took a dash at it and tried clawing his way, but the ice was solid. Knuckles grunted as he fell to the ground.
"Knuckles!" Penny gasped, running up to him. She didn't see the look of jealousy on Sonic's face. Silver did, and he chuckled.
"Are you okay?" Penny asked, helping him sit up. Knuckles grunted. "That ice is harder than a diamond!"
"Of course it is!" A deep voice chuckled. "If not, we would be at the mercy at thieves like you!"
"Come out where we could see you!" Knuckles growled, getting into a protective stance in front of Penny, which earned an even more jealous look from Sonic.
"Very well." The voice said. "Keep your eyes on the Emerald!"
"Emerald?" Penny asked. Her eyes widened when the Emerald started glowing. A second later, a Metarex appeared.
"You don't scare me!" Knuckles growled, and once again he lunged, but the tough ice pushed him back. Sonic and Silver got into their spinning modes, but they didn't stand a chance against the ice, either.
"Now I will destroy you!" The Metarex said.
Penny had no idea what was going on, or what the Metarex was doing. Chris seemed to understand. "He's getting power from the Emerald!" He gasped.
The Metarex laughed. A second later, the whole roof started collapsing. "RUN!" Chris yelled, grabbing Cosmo's hand, and Penny followed. She gave a yelp as the ground parted, and she, Chris, and Cosmo fell.
Feeling something grab her, Penny opened her eyes to see Sonic holding her arms. "I gotcha! Don't worry, Pen!" Sonic called, pulling her up. From the corner of her eye, she saw Knuckles grab Cosmo, and Silver grabbing Chris.
When they finally got to their feet, Penny and Chris hurried to the X Tornado, and began firing. However, the missiles didn't leave a scratch.
"The buckets didn't faze him!" Chris gasped.
"Cosmo, don't press that..." Penny yelped, but it was too late.
"I'm sorry, Chris, Penny, I just hit the laser button!" She cried. But to Penny's surprise, the laser saved their lives, and Sonic and Silver hopped back onto the ship.
"Great job, Cosmo, you're a real life saver!" Chris smiled at her. "The laser sliced right through the ice!"
...
After destroying the Metarex, and returning the Planet Egg, Penny stood outside the Typhoon, gazing out of the thawing planet.
"I found it!" Knuckles called, kneeling over a Chaos Emerald. However, before he could pick it up, cards fell around the Emerald, and Rouge swept down and snagged it. "Thanks for doing the dirty work!" Rouge smiled. "I owe you one, Knucky!"
"She just stole the Chaos Emerald!" Amy gasped.
"Thanks very much for the update!" Knuckles growled.
"Hey, Knuckles!" Silver called. "Take a look!" The Hedgehog smiled as he pointed to growing grass. Cosmo smiled happily. "The grass! It's growing!"
Kat walked up with a smile. "Spring came after all!" She said. "And before you know it, this place will just be as green and beautiful as ever!"
"Sure!" Sonic grinned. "Happy, Cosmo?"
"Yes!" Cosmo said.
...
"How DARE you let them get away!" Eggman yelled once they were back in the air. "I oughta dismantle you snoozing losers!"
"Don't blame us, doctor! You were snoozing too!"
"We all fell asleep after Bokkun bought us hot chocolate!"
Bokkun whimpered at Decoe and Bocoe's accusations. "It wasn't me who put sleeping powder in you coco!" He said.
"WHAT?!"
"I MEANT MARSHMELLOWS!" Bokkun whimpered. "I'm not a very good traitor!"
Eggman and his robots stared at Bokkun in confusion.
...
Rouge hummed to herself as she relaxed in her bathtub. "That nasty snow globe was so windy and wintery! Even my gloves got goosepimples. Oh well!" She chuckled as she held the Chaos Emerald in her hand. "Now I got this hot little baby to keep me warm! Positively perfect! Just got a little load of that shine!"
However, the Emerald dimmed, much to Rouge's surprise.
"Wait a minute!" She gasped. "This is a..."
...
"Fake!" Tails gasped. "After I took a real good look at the response data, I noticed something I hadn't seen the first time! The components of the Emerald were off so slightly even the scanners didn't pick it up!"
"I've reprogramed them, Tails. Next time they'll only respond to real Chaos Emeralds. But what I can't figure out is what that Metarex was doing with a fake Emerald."
"Maybe the fake Emerald was a decoy the Metarex used to throw us off course!" Cloud said.
Sonic shrugged.
"Wait till Rouge finds out she flinched a phony!" Knuckles said, chuckling. Penny smiled, and ended up giggling along with him. "We sure had her fooled!"
...
Rouge grumbled. "They think they can fool me, do they?" She grumbled. "Well, we'll see about that!" She grumbled in anger as she crunched the fake Emerald in her hands.
"They will pay for this! I promise I'll make them PAY!" Rouge growled as they flew off.
