Echoes of The Past!

Disclaimer: Sonic and co are Sega related, I don't own them, but I do own the 8th one.

Chapter 1: Rebirth Of Chaos!

It was a dark night; in the shrine of the Master Emerald laid Knuckles The Echidna, fast asleep. Normally he would be up looking out for the great gem. But tonight he felt tried. As the fiercest fighter Sonic knew rested, the Master Emerald glows. As it did, it woke the sleeping echidna up. He looked at the emerald and wondered why it was glowing. Then all of a sudden, he saw a brilliant flash. After the flash Knuckles removed his hand from his eyes to keep himself from going blind. As he did his mouth dropped, he was back in the past.

"What is this?" he said as he looked around

The echidna couldn't believe what he was seeing; there in front of him was the Master Emerald in the past. Tikal lying in front of the Master Emerald, after she had sealed Chaos into it. Tikal opened her eyes and saw Knuckles; she smiled weakly and struggled to speak.

"Please...make sure that if he is ever released...he doesn't get...the 8th...one..." the young girl said with her dying breath.

"The 8th one?" Knuckles asked her

After asking this question there is another flash. When he opens his eyes, he sees that he is back in his time. He was back in his time. He looks at the Master Emerald, a look of utter confusion on his face. What did Tikal mean by the 8th one? Maybe she meant that it had something to do with the 7 Chaos Emeralds and the Master Emerald? But the Master Emerald wasn't a Chaos Emerald; it was more like a controller emerald. What did she mean? All Knuckles knew that this has something to do with Chaos.

"Tikal probably doesn't want Chaos getting the 8th one. I don't know what the 8th one is, but I'm not gonna let Chaos get it." He said, punching his knuckles together

The next day, in Station Square; Sonic lies on a folding chair. Amy was swimming in the pool. Sonic had finally decided to be Amy's boyfriend; which is an interesting story in itself. At first he thought it was going to be a big mistake, she wasn't so bad. Then as he was dozing off, a fist hit him hard on the head.

"OW! What the?" he said, holding his head

Sonic looked up and saw Knuckles, with a serious look on his face. Sonic got up and looked at Knuckles. Amy stopped swimming and saw the two glaring at each other. She sighed as the two rivals/friends glared on.

"Here we go again..." she sighed

"What did u do that for knuckle head?!" asked Sonic, a little angry

"I should be asking you why you are lazing around again." Knuckles responded, with out removing his serious look.

Sonic folded his arms. "It's none of your business what I do old 'pal'." He said as he tapped his foot.

"Look, I'm not here for an argument, I came to tell you something." Knuckles said, this caught Amy's attention and she got out of the pool. "What's up guys?" she asked curiously. Knuckles told Sonic and Amy about the vision he had last night. Sonic's eyes widen, Chaos was coming back? Amy clutched onto Sonic in fear. Knuckles the whole time kept a calm voice.

"It can't be...we stopped Chaos and sealed away his evil energy" Amy said in a scared voice.

"I don't think that it was complete; maybe Chaos still has some evil in him." Knuckles said, with his eyes closed the whole time.

Sonic shrugged. "So, what do you think this 8th one is?" he asked his former rival.

Knuckles shrugged as well. "I don't know, but whatever it is, we can't.."

Knuckles sentence is cut short by a huge explosion behind the three. Sonic got in front of Amy. Knuckles raised his fists and got into a fighting position. What came out of the smoke shocked them. There was Chaos, but this time his aqua membrane was a dark black color and his eyes glowed red. Sonic and Knuckles looked at each other and charged at the creature. Sonic rolled into a ball, and rammed into Chaos, who smacked Sonic away. Knuckles jumped into the air and began to throw punches at rapid speed. Not one punch seemed to hurt the creature. Chaos swung his right arm back and like a whip, smashed it into both Sonic and Knuckles. Sonic got up and looked at Knuckles.

"Ok, attacking him alone won't work." Sonic said panting.

"You have a real talent for stating the obvious." Knuckles said, Sonic glared at his rival with a "Shut up" look. "Look out!" Amy yelled.

Sonic and Knuckles jumped over the wave of water Chaos sent at them. Sonic rolled into a ball, Knuckles knowing what to do, kicked Sonic and the brain of Chaos, which hit dead on. Chaos splashed into puddles, but reformed himself. He punched at Knuckles, his arm stretching to reach the echidna. Knuckles ducked and ran at Chaos, and delivered a powerful uppercut. Sonic then jumped into the air and rolled into a ball and did a Homing Attack on Chaos' brain. This had a huge effect, making the liquid monster splash into puddles.

"YEAH! Take that you creep!" Sonic said, only to get hit on the head by Knuckles. Chaos formed into one puddle and began to move away, heading towards the sewer pipe. Knuckles chasing after it, with Sonic close behind. Before both of them could stop Chaos from getting away, it slid into the sewer.

"DAMNIT!" Knuckles yelled, slamming his fist into the ground. "Looks like we have to get the Chaos Emeralds before it does again." Sonic said, rolling his eyes. "Oh man, there goes our vacation." Amy pouted.

While the three prepared for another adventure, Shadow the Hedgehog stood alone on top of a roof. His faced never looked so seriously, for he knew who the 8th one was. He looked at his hand and clenched it.

"Who would have thought...that there would be an 8th?" Shadow thought as he watched Sonic and co walk. "Well, it seems Chaos is back as well" said Rouge from behind him.

"Now's not the time to be happy about it Rouge, if he gets all seven..." Shadow said.

"He won't, neither will they." Rouge said and pointed to Sonic, Knuckles and Amy as they walked into the building, Shadow smirked. He knew that Rouge had a huge crush and grudge on Knuckles. Rouge looked at the black hedgehog with a confused look on her face.

"What's so funny?" She gave Shadow a look

"Do you know how obvious it is that you have a crush on that echidna?" Shadow chuckled.

"Shut up Shadow, if it weren't for me, you still be trapped in that tube". Rouge said, folding her arms

Shadow sighed; he still didn't remember anything with the battle at ARK. But he regained his memory of who his friends where. He knew what the 8th one was, but he couldn't tell Rouge just yet. The next day, Sonic and the gang went to Tails' at the Mystic Ruins, where the fox was testing his newest robot with a Chaos Emerald.

"Yo Tails! Long time no see!" Sonic said, greeting his best friend. "Hey Sonic!" Tails replied as he saw his friends walking up. "Tails, we got trouble, Chaos is back." Knuckles said, not in a mood to greet people. "What's so bad about that? Isn't he good?" asked Tails, with a confused look on his face.

"We are guessing that his evil side separated from his good side." Amy said, leaning on Sonic. Tails looked at the couple and couldn't believe that those two were together. He then sighed, remembering how powerful Chaos is.

"Oh no..." he moaned.

"Plus, Knuckles thinks that he is after this so-called 8th one." Sonic said.

As the four talked, outside a very familiar doctor pressed a button that fired a missile. Sensing danger, Knuckles jumps and punches through the wall. Sonic looked out through the window and signaled everyone to get down. Which they did, as soon as they ducked, the missile flew through the house.

"Shit...that was close." Sonic said as he helped Amy up. The four turned and saw Eggman, they groaned.

"Oh no...it's him again." Amy said as she dusted off her shirt

"BWAHAHAHAHA! Hello Sonic!" Said the evil doctor, with an evil grin on.

"You again? I thought Team Chaotix gave you a beating so bad, you where bleeding." Knuckles said, remembering the final moments of Sonic Heroes

Sonic, Amy, Tails, and Knuckles burst out laughing. Eggman's head had an anger vain on it at this comment. He pressed a button that fired another missile at the four. Sonic jumped into the air and jumped onto this missile and turned it around towards Eggman, the missile hit Eggman's ship exploding. Sonic landed on the ground all-cool and all.

"Oh my aching egghead..." he said, rubbing his skull (get it? Egg? Head? Ok bad joke)

"What are you up to this time Eggman?!" Knuckles yelled, raising his fist at Eggman.

"Isn't it obvious?" Eggman asked the four.

"No" the team below said at once

Eggman sweatdroped "Well then, you see I am going after all the Chaos Emeralds, and this time you can't stop me."

"We always beat you, just give it up already." Amy said, putting her hands on her hips.

"NEVER! Because this time, there is an 8th one!" pushing a small button on his keyboard in the egg pod he always floated in.

Eggman's pod opened up and showed a Chaos Emerald. Unlike the others, this one has a golden aura around it. For some reason it is even stronger then it feels. Knuckles' eyes widen, maybe this was the 8th one. Of course! It had all became clear, Tikal meant the 8th one and the golden emerald Eggman had was the 8th one! The 8th Chaos Emerald!

"That's a Chaos Emerald!" Sonic said, getting in a fighting pose.

"Not just a Chaos Emerald, the 8th Chaos Emerald! This is the most powerful of the Chaos Emeralds, its power like a Super Emerald! However, the Master Emerald, which you left Knuckles, still can stop it." Eggman laughed, all he got from the echidna was a smirk.

"HA! That thing is safe! I brought it with me!" Knuckles said, pulling the Master Emerald out, the giant emerald glowed with power. Eggman's mouth dropped.

"Yahoo! Way to go Knuckles!" Tails said, jumping into the air.

"WHAT?!" Eggman yelled as he saw the biggest emerald in Knuckles' hand.

"Knuckles, you stop the 8th emerald and I'll get it!" Sonic said getting ready to charge at Eggman.

"Right!" Knuckles said, putting it on the ground.

The Master Emerald begins to glow; Sonic begins to run at Eggman, who is firing bullets at Sonic. The hedgehog dodges each one; he gets close to Eggman's pod and jumps. As soon as the blue blur does, the Master Emerald spins even faster. Knuckles opens his eyes at the right moment.

"Stop the 8th Emerald!" Knuckles yelled,

As he says these words, the golden emerald Eggman has stops making Eggman's pod fire bullets. Sonic smirks and grabs the emerald and pulls it out. As he did, Sonic felt the awesome power of the Chaos Emerald surge through him. It felt like all the Chaos Emeralds where in him. Sonic's quills began to spread out like Shadow's, and his hue color turns to a Gold Metal. Sonic had become Super Sonic!

Super Sonic looked at his reflection in the water near by "Whoah...how did I?" He looked at Amy, who shrugged.

"The Emerald...it.." Knuckles said, shocked at what happened

"What power..." Tails said as he looked at Super Sonic.

Super Sonic smirked "Heh, hey Eggman...." He said, turning his attention to the doctor.

"Oh crap..." Eggman sweated, knowing what was coming.

Super Sonic flew at Eggman, and when he hit the pod of Eggman, there was a explosion, that sent Eggman flying. Super Sonic landed on the ground. He sighed and went back to Sonic. As he did, the 8th Chaos Emerald appeared in his hands.

"What power, its like all 7 where stored into this thing". Sonic said, looking at the 8th emerald

"Sonic, we can't let Chaos get that emerald, including the other 7." Knuckles said, picking up the Master Emerald.

"Lets get going then!" Sonic said, as he stored the 8th emerald in a safe spot.

The race had begun! The emerald count is looks good for our heroes! Thanks to Tails' robot that had an emerald in him, the count it 2 to 0! Who will win?