Alrighty then, uh, oh yeah, disclaimer...I don't own Sonic or anything related, but if I did...mischevious grin

Knuckles acted almost as Sonic did when he laid his eyes on the Egg Carrier.

"Wow. Just, wow," Knuckles muttered, his eyes still goggling in the ships direction. Tails grinned at the expression on his face.

"Yeah, I know. I hope to do a test run sometime today. Boy, if Eggman finds out about this..." Tails chuckled at the thought as he gazed lovingly at the craft.

Knuckles suddenly went into deep thought.

"What are you thinking about Knux?" Sonic inquired.

"Maybe I could use the Master Emerald and upgrade the Egg Carrier to it's maximum power," Knuckles suggested.

Tails' face suddenly lit up. "That's a great idea! The Egg Carrier would be invincible! This would be a good time to do a test run! So let's get in and go back to Angel Island." A lift suddenly appeared on the side of the ship. Sonic sighed and walked into the lift

'Why didn't we just take the Egg Carrier up there instead of taking Knux all the way over here?' Sonic thought as the lift moved upward.

"I'd advise everyone to go inside as the wind will blow you off the deck when we're going to Angel Island," Tails explained as they stepped onto the deck.

"Ooh! I think I'll go to the pool!" said Amy cheerfully as she ran to the door leading to the pool. Sonic and Tails exchanged glances as they made their way to the cockpit. A few minutes later, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles sat in the seats Tails recently installed. Tails pulled a few levers, flipped some switches, and pressed a button that said Start. Suddenly, the Egg Carrier roared to life. Tails backed out of the hangar and sped over the Mystic Ruins towards the island in the sky.

"Wow, this thing does go fast. You weren't kidding," Sonic informed Tails as he struggled to keep himself sitting straight.

"There it is!" said Knuckles pointing to the majestic island, coming ever closer.

"Hold on, I need to find a place to land that's big enough to accommodate the Egg Carrier for a little bit," Tails muttered as he steered toward a large clearing in a forest. After the landing, all of them got out and headed for the shrine where the Master Emerald rested. They ran across the wooden bridge and ran up the weakening stone steps to where the giant glowing, green emerald rested.

Knuckles walked over to it, touched it and started concentrating. Suddenly the Master Emerald shrank to the size of a Chaos Emerald. Suddenly, they all noticed a slight change in gravity and realized that Angel Island was falling again. They stumbled a bit as the island splashed down into the water. "Sorry Knuckles," Tails said apologetically. Knuckles waved his hand once to show he didn't mind. They started running down the steps when they're path was abruptly blocked by a black echidna.

The echidna had two red snake-like eyes that seemed to stare straight into your soul. It's muzzle was darker than Sonic's. It wore a gray cloak with dark spiked gloves protruding from the sleeves. It's shoes were spiked and the color of crimson.

It held out it's hand and muttered," Give me your Chaos Emeralds."

"We don't have them with us," Sonic said. Suddenly the echidna's eyes turned white and Sonic suddenly had the sensation of being in a dream. After a few seconds, the echidna's reverted back to red. "You speak the truth, but I know where they are hidden. They are on the Space Colony ARK, in the core of the colony, surrounding the artificial shrine of the Master Emerald," the echidna said looking with disgust at the Master Emerald.

"How did you know...?" Tails said under his breath. The black echidna slowly turned his head to look at the fox. "I have powers beyond imagination, they surpass even the ultimate life-form's power," the echidna explained with a hint of annoyance in his voice. An evil grin suddenly appeared on his face. "Once I have the emeralds, you will soon know the true meaning of chaos," he said. A dark aura formed around the evil echidna and cackling evilly, faded from view.

"We gotta get to the ARK as fast as possible or that echidna will destroy the world!" Tails said with a hint of panic in his voice. "Hurry! Back to the Egg Carrier!" They all ran as fast as they could to the ship and hurried into the cockpit. The Egg Carrier slowly lifted off the ground and shot into the slowly darkening sky.

I hope this was good enough. I think it was kinda rushed in my opinion, but that's just me. And thanks for the reviews guys! Keep 'em coming!