Chapter Three
Remaining Hope?

A blinding flsh of light filled the shrine of the Master Emerald, a giant green emerald
that had the power to cancel out the power of the seven Chaos Emeralds, that was set into a hole
in the middle of the shrine. Three beings suddenly appeared, however, two of them collapsed.
Knuckles a Red Echidna, picked up the severly beaten black hedgehog and Carried him to the Master
Emerald.

"Master Emerald, hear my plea. Help us to heal this hero. He once had evil intentions, but
now he Is fighting for good."

The air went dead and still. "Please", Knuckles yelled. Nothing happened at first, but then
the ground began to quake. The Master Emerald started to glow and hum in a pattern, and then It
absorbed Shadow, encasing him inside. Sonic, who was picking himself of the ground, looked up at
Knuckles with a quizical look upon his face.

"Oh, sorry Sonic, I fogot to tell you. The Master Emerald has healing powers, But It only
works on the pure of heart and intentions." Knuckles paused, "Shadow Is now within the emerald. But
it would go a lot faster If we had the seven Chaos Emeralds. It will take around a week for him
to heal fully. But... since he's such a advanced life form, It may take longer."

"We don't have a week, that portal's getting bigger, and that monstrosity will emerge within
two, three days at most. What would happen If we had all seven emeralds?

"It would increase the healing process about twenty fold. The results would be instentanious
although, I can't senese all the emeralds. That portal must be interfearing with my ability to
sense the Chaos Emeralds. We have three, the two you have and the one Rouge and I recoverd in
the Wind Canyon.

"Four!" A voice called out from above. And the Egg-Walker, like the Cyclone, can
transform from a high speed hover shuttle to a Giant Robot Walker with heavely armored
capabilities.

"What the Hell do you want Robotnick? We don't have time to play. We need the Chaos
Emeralds. We can't fool around with you. Go away." Sonic yelled up.

"Yeah Egg-man, Get out now before we gid rid of you!" Knuckles followed up.

"You miss judge me this time. I have come to help. That monster grows stronger with every
minuet we don't attack him. It is from another dimension. I don't know were, and I don't know how
It came here. Hopefully Shadow can tell us more. I'll prove I come In peace, look. *holds up
white Chaos Emerald* You see, Here catch. *Throws emerald down to Knuckles* It's real, I can make
false emeralds too. That's how I am able to stay in flight.

Doctor Robotnick landed and told his story of how he sent his robot army and the creature
destroyed them in one fatal swoop. After this Sonic and him would still be on hostile ground, but
for now they would call a truce. The only way they could beat this monster was to work together.
Shadow and Sonic were the only hope for the world. If his robots could assist them in any way,
let him know. Imediantly Knuckles asked If Robotnick could find the three remaining Chaos
Emeralds. Dr Robotnick replied saying no, his tracking equipment was being interfeared with by
the energy that the portal was generating. So, no chance. Just as Robotnick was lifting off, Tails
and Rouge were coming over the mountain that stood slightly over Angel Island.

"Goodbye Sonic, If you need help, just use the communication capsule I gave you. Bye."

"What do you think changed his tune? Mabey It was the discovery that his romodel, Gerald
Robotnick, would kill every living being on Earth. Including Him.

"Mabey, I don't know." Sonic replied. At this point Tails and Rouge landed and Sonic yelled
at them. "Tails, Keep the plane hot. Were going emerald hunting!"




Chapter 4: The Chaos serch starts.