Again, I apologise for the shortness of this chapter. I'll come up with better stuff soon, I promise! lol Just to say i shan't be updating over the weekend coz im going away till Sunday. Sorry! lol ENjoy this chapter tho (even tho it's well short lol)


Chapter 17

Sonic ran across the huge open landscape, near the Mystic Ruins. He jumped on boulders, to avoid hitting them, taking in the morning sun. After several minutes he jumped onto a huge boulder and stopped, to look at the scenery around him.

The sun glistened off of the morning dew, making everything sparkle. A slight breeze blew and Sonic took in a deep breath, enjoying the peaceful environment.

As he was looking around he noticed something out of the corner of his eye. A shining light. At first he thought it could have been the sun but the light was a purple colour. It was coming from another large boulder, a few metres to Sonic's left.

"Hmm..That could be.." he thought.

Sonic launched himself off the boulder so that he "flew" and landed on the boulder, which the strange glow came from.

"I knew it! A chaos emerald!" he said aloud.

Sure enough there, buried in the boulder was a purple chaos emerald. Sonic grabbed it and pulled. Eventually part of the boulder gave way and Sonic fell backward, clutching the emerald.

"Awesome!" he said "Who'd of thought I'd find an emerald this quick?"
He stopped for a second.
"Actually, I would've done!" he laughed and stood up.

Suddenly he heard something. It was like some sort of engine; a whooshing sound. It got louder. Sonic turned around and there, floating above him, was the DX 100.

It's eyes glowed red. Sonic kept his guard up.

"If it's the emerald you want think again buddy!" he yelled.

Just then the DX 100 charged at Sonic and smacked him in the jaw. The force of the hit sent Sonic to the ground. Luckily, he managed to keep hold of the emerald.

He stood up, rubbing his jaw, and growled.

"I can't take this thing on right now!" He thought to himself, "Not after seeing what it did to Shadow. I'm not strong enough. But I can't let it get the emerald."

He stood up, as the DX 100 landed on the ground.