The boats traveled very far... A waterfall came into view... or was it two waterfalls, no one, maybe it was two... It doesn't matter.
The two boats took up the shore. The Friendship (-minus Shadow) got...
"Uh-oh..." Knuckles said. Everyone turned to Sonic and waited. He got out of the boat and looked at them.
"What?" Sonic asked.
"Oh Nothing..." Tails said.
They set up camp along the shore while they waited.
"We'll wait 'til it's dark and then move out..." Knuckles explained to Espio. "Then we have darkness to cover us. Oh Yeah, that's da masta plan..."
"You know... I really don't like this place..." Espio said. "I feel something dark is near..." He looked down to see a Pepper burnt to a black crisp.
"...pain..." Pepper coughed.
"Well, there's your dark feeling..." Knuckles said to Espio. "What happened?"
"We tried to start the fire." Pepper explained.
"Vector hasn't come back with the firewood yet." Espio said.
"So that's what we were missing..." Pepper began to walk off. "Hey Berry! We need firewood!"
"Oh! That explains it!" Berry called back.
"Is it me? Or they getting as dumb as Sonic?" Espio asked.
"Where is Sonic anyway?" Knuckles and Espio looked around. Sonic was nowhere to be found. "Did we finally lose him?"
"I hope so..." Espio answered.
"Wanna go to the KFC down the road?"
"Sure..."
(Meanwhile...)
Sonic walked along the ground constructed of the brown, fallen leaves. As he took each step, the crunch, crunch echoed out into the forest.
"Will you stop crunching on those leaves?!" Vector yelled. Sonic stopped and turned to him. Vector was holding some sticks and large pieces of wood.
"What are you doing here?" Sonic asked.
"Getting firewood... you shouldn't be wondering off. I want to take that emerald from you and use it later to inflict pain on who crosses me... Um, forget you heard that..."
"Okay..." Sonic's eyes went blank and a clicking noise could be heard from inside his skull. "Done."
"Okay?" Vector paused. The word 'PAUSE' began blinking slowly in front of you... Vector unpaused and started towards Sonic. "On second thought, I'll take it now."
"Take what?"
"The Chaotic Emerald!" Vector yelled.
"Oh..." Vector got closer and closer and closer. Closer than the closest of close. "Wait a minute... You can't have it!"
"Give it to me!"
"You are not yourself!"
"Yes I am, I'm Vector!"
"Hi, I'm Sonic..."
"Nice to meet you." They shook hands.
"Hold the phone..." Vector pulled his hand from Sonic's and jumped on him, trying to get the emerald. As he struggled with Vector, Sonic pulled it out and used Chaos Control.
"Aha!" Sonic yelled triumphantly. "See how go you are when you're as slow as dirt!" Sonic began kicking Vector around the ground and laugh menacingly:
"MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" Sonic demonstrated. Then he took off into the forest.
He climbed up into an old ruin and leaned up against a shattered wall. A glow seemed to come behind him. He turned around and looked over the wall. Gerald's face was watching him.
"Staring contest..." he said.
"Ready... Set... GO!" Sonic yelled. Both their heads shot forward with wide-eyes staring at each other. And so they stared and they stared and they stared and they stared and they stared and they stared and they stared...
(10 minutes later)
And they stared and they stared and they stared and they stared and they stared... Sonic's eye began to twitch. It twitched again and suddenly he blinked.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" Sonic feel to his knees in defeat.
"Muahahahahahahahaha!" Gerald laughed, again showing a demonstration of laughing menacingly. Sonic backed up and fell of the ruin. He fell to the ground.
"Huh?" Sonic realized he did not land on the ground, but on Knuckles.
"Will you please get off me?" Knuckles asked. Sonic hopped off him. Knuckles got up to reveal a smash bowl and chicken lying on the ground. "Should've went with Espio..." Knuckles sighed.
"I take it you were going to eat those?" Sonic said.
"It's okay..." Knuckles sighed.
"There was something I was going to tell you, but I forgot..." Sonic thought for a moment. "Oh yeah! It was horrible!" Sonic grabbed him by the arms. Knuckles rolled his eyes. "Vector tried to take the emerald."
"Where is the emerald?!" Knuckles said seriously. Sonic backed away. He still had it in his hand.
"Knuckles..." The emerald whispered. Knuckles eyes focused on the emerald. He drew closer to Sonic reaching his hand out for it. Then he closed Sonic's hand over it.
"Naaaw! My love for the Master Emerald is more powerful..." Knuckles said.
"Good... I thought I was going to have to kick your ass if you tried to take it..." Sonic said, chuckling. Knuckles looked up at Sonic glaring. Then he put on his metal shovel gloves. He began to walk toward Sonic. "Now Knuckles... Let's not be hasty now. I realize I made you drop your chicken and proved that I'm a better fighter, but we don't need to resort to-AAH!!!" Knuckles swung at Sonic's face, but Sonic ducked. A crashing of metal came from behind him. Sonic turned to see that Knuckles hit an E-100 series robot.
"Run Sonic!" Knuckles commanded. More 100 series were emerging from the forest. "Go!" Sonic dashed through the forest, running for his very life. Knuckles walked towards them, tightening his gloves and began destroying the oncoming enemy.
The two boats took up the shore. The Friendship (-minus Shadow) got...
"Uh-oh..." Knuckles said. Everyone turned to Sonic and waited. He got out of the boat and looked at them.
"What?" Sonic asked.
"Oh Nothing..." Tails said.
They set up camp along the shore while they waited.
"We'll wait 'til it's dark and then move out..." Knuckles explained to Espio. "Then we have darkness to cover us. Oh Yeah, that's da masta plan..."
"You know... I really don't like this place..." Espio said. "I feel something dark is near..." He looked down to see a Pepper burnt to a black crisp.
"...pain..." Pepper coughed.
"Well, there's your dark feeling..." Knuckles said to Espio. "What happened?"
"We tried to start the fire." Pepper explained.
"Vector hasn't come back with the firewood yet." Espio said.
"So that's what we were missing..." Pepper began to walk off. "Hey Berry! We need firewood!"
"Oh! That explains it!" Berry called back.
"Is it me? Or they getting as dumb as Sonic?" Espio asked.
"Where is Sonic anyway?" Knuckles and Espio looked around. Sonic was nowhere to be found. "Did we finally lose him?"
"I hope so..." Espio answered.
"Wanna go to the KFC down the road?"
"Sure..."
(Meanwhile...)
Sonic walked along the ground constructed of the brown, fallen leaves. As he took each step, the crunch, crunch echoed out into the forest.
"Will you stop crunching on those leaves?!" Vector yelled. Sonic stopped and turned to him. Vector was holding some sticks and large pieces of wood.
"What are you doing here?" Sonic asked.
"Getting firewood... you shouldn't be wondering off. I want to take that emerald from you and use it later to inflict pain on who crosses me... Um, forget you heard that..."
"Okay..." Sonic's eyes went blank and a clicking noise could be heard from inside his skull. "Done."
"Okay?" Vector paused. The word 'PAUSE' began blinking slowly in front of you... Vector unpaused and started towards Sonic. "On second thought, I'll take it now."
"Take what?"
"The Chaotic Emerald!" Vector yelled.
"Oh..." Vector got closer and closer and closer. Closer than the closest of close. "Wait a minute... You can't have it!"
"Give it to me!"
"You are not yourself!"
"Yes I am, I'm Vector!"
"Hi, I'm Sonic..."
"Nice to meet you." They shook hands.
"Hold the phone..." Vector pulled his hand from Sonic's and jumped on him, trying to get the emerald. As he struggled with Vector, Sonic pulled it out and used Chaos Control.
"Aha!" Sonic yelled triumphantly. "See how go you are when you're as slow as dirt!" Sonic began kicking Vector around the ground and laugh menacingly:
"MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" Sonic demonstrated. Then he took off into the forest.
He climbed up into an old ruin and leaned up against a shattered wall. A glow seemed to come behind him. He turned around and looked over the wall. Gerald's face was watching him.
"Staring contest..." he said.
"Ready... Set... GO!" Sonic yelled. Both their heads shot forward with wide-eyes staring at each other. And so they stared and they stared and they stared and they stared and they stared and they stared and they stared...
(10 minutes later)
And they stared and they stared and they stared and they stared and they stared... Sonic's eye began to twitch. It twitched again and suddenly he blinked.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" Sonic feel to his knees in defeat.
"Muahahahahahahahaha!" Gerald laughed, again showing a demonstration of laughing menacingly. Sonic backed up and fell of the ruin. He fell to the ground.
"Huh?" Sonic realized he did not land on the ground, but on Knuckles.
"Will you please get off me?" Knuckles asked. Sonic hopped off him. Knuckles got up to reveal a smash bowl and chicken lying on the ground. "Should've went with Espio..." Knuckles sighed.
"I take it you were going to eat those?" Sonic said.
"It's okay..." Knuckles sighed.
"There was something I was going to tell you, but I forgot..." Sonic thought for a moment. "Oh yeah! It was horrible!" Sonic grabbed him by the arms. Knuckles rolled his eyes. "Vector tried to take the emerald."
"Where is the emerald?!" Knuckles said seriously. Sonic backed away. He still had it in his hand.
"Knuckles..." The emerald whispered. Knuckles eyes focused on the emerald. He drew closer to Sonic reaching his hand out for it. Then he closed Sonic's hand over it.
"Naaaw! My love for the Master Emerald is more powerful..." Knuckles said.
"Good... I thought I was going to have to kick your ass if you tried to take it..." Sonic said, chuckling. Knuckles looked up at Sonic glaring. Then he put on his metal shovel gloves. He began to walk toward Sonic. "Now Knuckles... Let's not be hasty now. I realize I made you drop your chicken and proved that I'm a better fighter, but we don't need to resort to-AAH!!!" Knuckles swung at Sonic's face, but Sonic ducked. A crashing of metal came from behind him. Sonic turned to see that Knuckles hit an E-100 series robot.
"Run Sonic!" Knuckles commanded. More 100 series were emerging from the forest. "Go!" Sonic dashed through the forest, running for his very life. Knuckles walked towards them, tightening his gloves and began destroying the oncoming enemy.