With Rouges spying powers and supernatural sensing, she had in no time at all found the Egg Fortress. Rouge dawdled along the secure less hallways when she stumbled upon and voice activation system. "Piece of cake" she said with pride, and played Eggmans voice through a dicta phone "Argh! If only we had the 7 Chaos Emeralds!" She was rewarded with "Access granted. You are cleared to enter" Rouge swiftly moved to a safer place in the room, near the air vents, and suddenly saw something remarkable! All seven of the 'Chaos Emeralds' were just lying there, on the table, but had lost all there colour and were a dull black! "I can't believe he just leaves things lying there for no reason! He really is a bad egg!" Rouge dived at the table and at tremendous speeds swiped all seven of the 'Chaos Emeralds'. She took stealthy flight and was out of the Egg Fortress within seconds!

"Sonic, I got your message in the sky and came straight away!" Shadow burst out, straight away. Sonic replied, "Sweet! Shadow, you're just in time for the party! Let me explain the situation!" Sonic explained the situation to Shadow, and he wasn't impressed. Smugly, he said "Why don't you drop that bogus excuse for a fox and let your guilt float away?" Sonic roared at him: "BECAUSE HE STOLE MY BEST FRIEND AND HAS CREATED EVIL EMERALDS! He has practically brainwashed Tails, and has somehow drained the power of the Chaos Emeralds! If we don't fix this soon, the Chaos Emeralds will vanquish and the world will lose all order! We have to get cracking Shadow! We need all the help we can get!" Sonic finished, and Knuckles added; "Yikes Sonic! I never knew you had it in you!" Shadow was surprised. He comforted Sonic and said "Sorry Sonic, I'll contact Omega right away! We do need all the help we can get!" Shadow jumped in the air and yelled "Chaos...WARP!" he warped off and arrived back, this time with Omega. Sonic was very pleased. "SWEET SHADOW! You really do have a soft spot for the good guys!"

Back at the Egg Fortress, a disaster (or a helping disaster) happens...

Eggman: Oh NO! The Egg Emeralds! They have disappeared! Who darn didtis and how?

Tails: Don't look at me Eggman! You told me that they weren't finished!

Eggman: I know! I'll check the voice activation system and see who spoke in it last!

Eggman and Tails ran to the entrance door. Eggman entered his voice and selected, 'Play 2nd last voice'. They both stood there, waiting, and then they heard it. "Argh! If only we ad the 7 Chaos Emeralds!"

Eggman: But I said that last at Final Fortress, when Metal Sonic finally transformed!

Flash Back

Sonic: That's Metal Sonic?

Eggman: Metal Sonic has combined your power with the power of Chaos and is super strong! We can't defeat him! Argh! If only we had the 7 Chaos Emeralds!
End Flash Back

Eggman and Tails ran back to the table where the Egg Emeralds were before they were stolen and were truly shocked. On the table where the Emeralds were, a white mark in the shape of an 'R' was left on the table, with a red lip mark. Eggman was extremely angry and went red in the face. "I'll show that bat! I'll show her so much that she will never forget it!"

As Sonic, Shadow, Omega and Knuckles were about to head off, Knuckles had an eerie feeling inside of him. "Oh man, something is terribly wrong! Yep, I'm right and I sure do know it." Knuckles wearily spoke and glared at Shadow. "Guys, forgive me, but we all have to get back to Angel Island. Quara is in danger, and so are the Emeralds." Shadow guessed at Knuckles "And you want me to Chaos Warp? Ok, but only this once! Chaos...WARP!" And at that, the four disappeared, and landed on Angel Island, only to see the entire Island in havoc...

Rouge caught up with Charmy overtime, and because she knew that he had recently been spying, she figured that he would know all about these strange Emeralds. "Hey Sugar, how are you feeling?" Rouge sneaked up on him and gave him a fright "Fantastic Rouge! Did I tell you that I spied on Eggman earlier?" Charmy brightly replied. There he is again, Rouge thought. Leaking vital information will be his downfall as a spy. "Did you?" She pulled out an Emerald. "Well, I'm sure you'll be able to tell me all about these then?" Charmy burst out the truth without thinking straight away. "Oh yeah, those emeralds are called 'Egg Emeralds'! I heard Eggman saying that they drain the power of the Chaos Emeralds and can turn Tails into super form! Wow! I wish I could go SUPER!" As soon as Charmy finished, he realised what had just happened and he sweat dropped. Rouge was ecstatic and worried both at the same time, but thanked Charmy all the same. "Wow Charmy, you really are a little angel! Thanks for the info!" Rouge burst into the air and was on her way to Angel Island.

Rouge was flying through the sky like a rocket, and was thinking all sorts of different thoughts. This means good things, she thought to herself, but it also means bad. The world is in danger because of the Chaos Emeralds but I have with me something that can change that! She changed her thoughts to something negative. Oh no, I have to put up with that Quara! I can't believe he dumped me for her! Maybe I can bribe him with these? All of a sudden, Rouge was painfully knocked in the face by an Eggman bot. Oh no! He's on to me! Rouge acted fast, and threw a dummy ring bomb at it, temporarily paralyzing it. She was about to take off, when the bot retaliated with a death ball, right in the head. Rouge was out cold almost instantly, but she was lucky that Knuckles was also in the sky. He brought her down to ground and slapped her awake. She was instantly shocked at the condition of Angel Island; the fire was so intense, it seemed like hell. Before neither of them could speak, they were blown away buy a gust of wind. Suddenly, a grey and green figure was among them, as a replica of a close one...