Yeah, it's the same old same old junk. Sonic and all related characters belong to Sega! Drake belongs to me! You know the drill.

            Thank you to the people that reviewed! I didn't expect to get any reviews for a while.

            Just a note: the names of the zones in this story are just the names of stages from Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2 mixed up.

Chapter 3: The First Chaos Medallion

            "Hey, where's the ferry?" Sonic, Tails, and Amy were standing at the dock with their suitcases packed, but the ferry to take them back to the mainland was nowhere in sight.

            "Maybe it's late," Amy suggested.

            "We've been standing here for almost a half an hour!" Sonic cried. He paced around in circles.

            "You're so impatient," Amy told him. "It'll get here."

            Two hours later, Amy finished the last magazine on the rack and looked out at the sea. Sonic and Tails were snoring next to her. She sighed and nudged them awoke. "Okay, guys, wake up. Now I'm positive the ferry's not coming."

            Sonic stretched. "I told you! Why don't we go look for somebody who can contact the ferry company?"

            Tails sat up next to him. "But Sonic, this is supposed to be a "deserted island paradise." There's nobody here."

            "Yes there is!" Sonic cried. "Some strange-looking guys kept coming out to refill our supply of smoothies and corn dogs."

            Tails frowned. "Actually, those were robots."

            Amy looked down at him. "Tails, you could fly us back in your plane."

            Tails shook his head. "Sorry, I still haven't gotten it fixed. I just knew it would take a while."

            "There's gotta be a way off this place," Sonic said. He zoomed back to the beach and Tails followed closely behind.

            "Hey!" Amy cried. "Wait up, you guys!" She ran after them.

            Sonic and Tails ran around into the building that the robots had come from. Sonic suddenly got a flash of insight.

            "This must be Eggman's doing! He purposely trapped us on this island. That explains all the robots."

            Tails looked around the building. "Hey, see that path of rings? It's probably telling us something."

            Sonic looked up at the ring path. "You're right, there's a door up there! It's a little too high up though…"

            Tails smiled. "No problem." He grabbed Sonic's hands, spun his tails and flew him up to the ledge where the ring path was. On the way up, Sonic grabbed all the rings he could. They landed and Sonic gave his buddy a high-five.

            "I've missed doing that. Sure, flying on planes is fun, but Tails-flying is a lot better!"

            Tails grinned. "I'm glad you enjoyed it." He stepped up to the door, turned the doorknob, and pulled. It didn't budge. "The door's locked," he said. "Maybe we should find another door…"

            Sonic pulled out the key to the hotel room they had stayed at. He had forgotten to return it.

            "That's not going to work!" Tails cried. "It'll only open the door to our room!"

            "I know," Sonic said, "But I have a hunch…" The lock clicked when he turned the key. He twisted the doorknob and the door swung open. "See?"

            Tails felt like laughing.

            The two of them stepped in the door. They expected to find a normal room, but instead they found themselves in the middle of rush hour. Strange hovering robots ran up and down the red fabric street as far as the eye could see.

            Sonic scratched his head. "I don't remember seeing this place on the island map."

            Tails read a sign on the side of the ribbon. "Red Highway Zone."

            "Really?" Sonic cried. "Cool! C'mon, let's trash all these 'bots!"

            So Sonic and Tails zipped through Red Highway Zone, jumping on robots' heads, collecting rings, and sliding on signposts. Suddenly, the highway stopped and dropped away into a big black pit. Four flying robots were hovering over it.

            "I'll see you on the other side!" Tails called, flying over it and waving.

            Sonic jumped up in the air. He curled into a ball and zoomed to the first robot. He performed homing attacks onto each of them and bounced onto the other side. Tails was already there and holding something in his hands. It was flat, circular, and red.

            "Hey Sonic, look what I found! Can I keep it?"

            Sonic ran over and looked at the object. There were strange markings at its center. "I have no idea what these marks mean, but we better hold onto this just in case. It looks important."

            White light started up around Sonic and Tails. "It looks like we finished the zone," Tails said. In a bigger flash, they reappeared in the lobby of the building.

            Amy jumped up on her feet when she saw them appear out of nowhere. "Where did you guys go?!" she cried. "I've been searching this entire building looking for you!"

            "We found a zone in that door up there!" Tails cried, pointing at the door. "And look at what we found!" He waved the red object.

            Amy lit up. "Hey, I saw something that looked like that, except it was blue!"

            "Really?" said Sonic. He grabbed the red object again. "It looks like some sort of medallion, but I can't be sure. Amy, where did you see that other one?"

            "Right this way!" Amy cried. "Follow me!" They ran after her.

            She came up to the beach again and climbed into a straw hut structure. Inside was another door. "I saw it go through this door," Amy said. "But I can't figure out how to open it. I banged it with my hammer, but it did no good."

            Sonic pulled out his key and unlocked it, just like he had the other door.

            "That's really weird," Tails said. "Our hotel room key is also the key to all the zones. We better be careful; this might be part of Eggman's plan to get rid of us."

            Sonic nodded. "C'mon, Amy," he said. "We might need backup."

            Amy's eyes lit up. "Really? You're actually letting me come with you?"

            "Yeah, sure," Sonic said, running through the door with Tails. "Hurry up, or we might leave you behind!"

            Amy ran through the door after them. A flashing sign above the door read: "Twinkle Coast Zone."

            Meanwhile, Drake had arrived on Getaway Island. He pulled out a mini-computer and scanned the island.

            "Yes," he said to himself. "The Chaos Medallions are definitely here. I'm picking up waves of their power radiation." He looked around the island for a while. "It's strange, this island seems to be man-made and not natural, but how could someone make an island this size?"

            Drake looked up at a ledge high in the air. Suddenly, rocket exhausts started up on the bottoms of his shoes and propelled him high into the air. He landed on the ledge and looked around. Suddenly, a red light below him began blinking. "Intruder Alert, Intruder Alert," a loud computer voice droned.

            "Ouch!" Drake nearly fell off the ledge. A robot on wheels suddenly had come up and smacked him with its long arms. All the rings he had been carrying scattered all over the place and disappeared.

            "Oh well, there go my souvenirs." He turned back towards the robot. "It looks like I've got no choice."

            A green beam erupted from his outstretched hands and blew the robot to pieces. Drake really wasn't one for fighting, and maybe that was why he was such a lousy keeper. He happened to look down at the sandy beach below and noticed three figures. Two were blue and pink hedgehogs, and the third was an orange fox with two tails. Drake gasped. The two-tailed fox was holding the red Chaos Medallion of Strength! Drake decided to jump down and secretly follow them.