Knuckles wearily opened the door to the Anderson household, tired, grubby,
and crabby from last night's searching. A whole night, and then some, of
searching turned up a complete blank for any type of Chaos Jewel. Hopefully
Sonic, Shadow and the rest of them hadn't gotten into trouble while he was
gone.
Sally saw him come in and ran up to him. "Knuckles! Thank goodness you're back! We need your help!"
Two words flashed through Knuckles' mind. Too late.
He was led into the kitchen to reveal Sonic and Shadow leaning against each other in a deep sleep. It looked as if both of them were passed on, but only on a spiritual sense, seeing as the body of each was still breathing with ease. Below unobstructed view, Knuckles found them to be holding each other's hand with a strange star marking on the backs. Knuckles smiled to himself; Starlight found his brother.
Knuckles opened his mouth to speak, but instead a pounding sound came from the direction of the door.
As Mrs. Anderson ran off to answer it, Cody quipped, "He knocks when he speaks now! How can we understand him?"
Tails, who has recently gotten over the recent fight with Cody, had to at least giggle with the laughter at the little joke.
"But I said you can't come in! I want to know what's going on!" Mrs. Anderson called from the hallway.
Knuckles rushed to the scene with Sally and Tails close behind. "What's going on?" he called.
Two men in a type of soldier battle uniform that more resembled a robot than camouflage had pushed Mrs. Anderson away to enter the house. "We have come for the Blue and Black Devils. That's all you need to know."
Despite the efforts of Sonic's friends (especially Amy's) the two men in uniform came to the kitchen and tried to take Sonic and Shadow outside. However, seeing as the two teens would not wake up under any conditions (including being doused with water) so they had to be carried while sleeping.
Any opposition was completely demolished due to the fact that the uniformed men also had guns, so it was very hard to warn them about any type of danger that could be faced while both 'Devils' were asleep. Knuckles, however, was able to warn them to not let Sonic or Shadow release their grip on the other teen.
This was only followed because it was impossible to pull them apart anyway. It was all Sonic's friends could do not to follow or fight while Sonic and Shadow were loaded into a tank-like van and taken away.
Rouge fiddled with a small pen as she waited just outside the confinement area of the government facility. She knew that, Chaos Emeralds or not, Knuckles' friends were first to him. Now that she had sent in the three calls, all she needed to do was pull some strings in the facility and get her help to find the Chaos Emeralds.
She watched with slight contempt as the boys were carried in, still gripping the other's wrist in their death-like sleep. She did notice the star mark on the back of their hands, but she also noticed that both teens were asleep.
She wasn't going to find the Emeralds that way!
Grumbling, she left the facility. She was on her own.
Sally saw him come in and ran up to him. "Knuckles! Thank goodness you're back! We need your help!"
Two words flashed through Knuckles' mind. Too late.
He was led into the kitchen to reveal Sonic and Shadow leaning against each other in a deep sleep. It looked as if both of them were passed on, but only on a spiritual sense, seeing as the body of each was still breathing with ease. Below unobstructed view, Knuckles found them to be holding each other's hand with a strange star marking on the backs. Knuckles smiled to himself; Starlight found his brother.
Knuckles opened his mouth to speak, but instead a pounding sound came from the direction of the door.
As Mrs. Anderson ran off to answer it, Cody quipped, "He knocks when he speaks now! How can we understand him?"
Tails, who has recently gotten over the recent fight with Cody, had to at least giggle with the laughter at the little joke.
"But I said you can't come in! I want to know what's going on!" Mrs. Anderson called from the hallway.
Knuckles rushed to the scene with Sally and Tails close behind. "What's going on?" he called.
Two men in a type of soldier battle uniform that more resembled a robot than camouflage had pushed Mrs. Anderson away to enter the house. "We have come for the Blue and Black Devils. That's all you need to know."
Despite the efforts of Sonic's friends (especially Amy's) the two men in uniform came to the kitchen and tried to take Sonic and Shadow outside. However, seeing as the two teens would not wake up under any conditions (including being doused with water) so they had to be carried while sleeping.
Any opposition was completely demolished due to the fact that the uniformed men also had guns, so it was very hard to warn them about any type of danger that could be faced while both 'Devils' were asleep. Knuckles, however, was able to warn them to not let Sonic or Shadow release their grip on the other teen.
This was only followed because it was impossible to pull them apart anyway. It was all Sonic's friends could do not to follow or fight while Sonic and Shadow were loaded into a tank-like van and taken away.
Rouge fiddled with a small pen as she waited just outside the confinement area of the government facility. She knew that, Chaos Emeralds or not, Knuckles' friends were first to him. Now that she had sent in the three calls, all she needed to do was pull some strings in the facility and get her help to find the Chaos Emeralds.
She watched with slight contempt as the boys were carried in, still gripping the other's wrist in their death-like sleep. She did notice the star mark on the back of their hands, but she also noticed that both teens were asleep.
She wasn't going to find the Emeralds that way!
Grumbling, she left the facility. She was on her own.