NOTE: I do NOT own any of these characters, they are copyright of SEGA!!!
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Sonic did what he had to do, stumbling, he too was rolling down the mountain. They could not keep their eyes open because of the pressure. Their ears had popped and felt a scaly hand grab them.

"Gotcha'!" said the animal.

Knuckles put on his glasses.

"Eh-Eh-Eh..." he said. "...ESPIO!! IT'S YOU, BUDDY!!!" He ran over to the purple scaly dude and gave him a hug.

"I'm glad to see you again, Knuckles. I haven't seen you since Chaotix split up!"

"So, how old are you?" asked Knuckles.

"I am 46." said Espio.

Suddenly a bell rung.

"What's that, are the muffins ready?" asked Sonic, exitedly.

"No, you dunce! It's lunchtime!" said Tails.

"WAIT!!!!" they heard a voice, they looked out the window and saw Shadow running up the mountain!

"I can't...*pant*...hang on, any...*pant* longer...!" he yelled.

"I got ya!" said Knuckles, he grabbed Shadow's hand and pulled him up.

"Well...you don't look any different...how old are you?" asked Knuckles.

"Can you belive I'm 100 years old?!" he said.

"HURRY UP, THE SAUREKRAUT IS GETTING COLD!" yelled an employee.

"Coming!" the five furries said. They all sat at a table in the cafeteria.

A blind lady handed them each a dollar. "Get yourself a drink." she said, scoldingly.

Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Shadow all got their drinks and sat down.

"Hurry up, Espio!" shouted Tails.

"I'm speaking to the lunch lady!" he said. He went over to the lunch lady.

"Yes, what do you need, Mr. Echidna?" she asked.

"I have a complaint! Some mean old lady gave us each a dollar, I want a beer and a beer is two dollars!!" he screamed so loud everyone looked at him. They then started eating again.

"We're sorry, but people your age shouldn't drink beer!" she said with a smile.

"GRR!!! I WANT A BEER!!!" yelled Knuckles. He ran over to the machine and punched the glass and stole a beer. He threw two dollars in the machine.

"Here's your tip." he said.

He sat down next to Tails.

"So what's for lunch?" asked Shadow.

"The mean lady said saurekraut," said Sonic.

"Saurekraut?! Yuck!" Knuckles said and stuck out his toungue. Because he is an echidna, his toungue is long, it went out so far and bareley touched an old lady.

"Ahh!" she said, and slowly fainted.

"Whoops!" said Knuckles, sarcastically.

"Hey, that echidna is causing TOO much chaos," said an officer. "You know what we do to people who cause too much CHAOS?" he said

Knuckles shook his head slowly. "CHAOS?! CHAOS EMERALDS??!?!!" screamed Shadow. He then jumped out the window.

"TIME OUT," said the officer. He thwacked Knuckles in the head. When he woke up he was sitting in a chair. "W-Where am I...?" asked Knuckles in a scared voice.

"WELCOME TO YOUR DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM", said a mysterious voice.

Red eyes flashed in a dark corner.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!" screamed Knuckles.

"Whoa, whoa WHOA!" said the voice. He pulled off the mask revealing the officer.

Knuckles eyes tightened and he started grinding his teeth.

"YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU!!!!!!!!" he screamed behind his clenched teeth.

He punched the officer in the nose and he fell out the window.

Knuckles yawned. "That's enough adventures for one afternoon," he said to himfelf.

He went to his room and collapsed on his bed. All of a sudden the room darkened. It was VERY dark, not your average every day darkness, it was...ADVANCED DARKNESS.

"Who's there...??" said Knuckles in a scared voice.

He heard his friends crying for help, "KNUCKLES HELP US!!!" Sonic, Tails, and Espio screamed.

TO BE CONTINUED...*evil laughter*