Knuckles was sitting on a bin, he was lost in deep thought, he was thinking of his beloved island, he missed it a lot, just then he saw someone approaching him, he recognised the shape it was..
"EGGMAN?" The doctor put on a melancholy face, he then broke down into – fake – tears.
"Oh, Knuckles, I was talking to Sonic and..." He blew his nose "...and he said that we are never going home, he said this planet is a lot more fun and he don't care what we want to do..."
Knuckles growled "How dare he!" Eggman smiled a bit as he continued.
"Knuckles, please help, we need to work together to stop him!"
Knuckles shook his head "You may watch, but I work alone, Sonic the Hedgehog is going down!"
Eggman silently chuckled as he thought "Haha, now that is taken care of, I can hire those goons to steal their Chaos Emerald!" Knuckles stretched his muscles.
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In the lab at the Thorndyke residence.
"Wow! These Chaos Emeralds are like nothing I have ever seen before!" Chuck commented as he tinkered with the machine he was using to examine the emerald "How exactly did these things come about?" Tails shrugged.
"The Chaos Emeralds have always been on Mobius, they was contained and now we were thrown between worlds, I think there was a reason for that!" Chuck nodded, just then Chris walked up behind them.
"What are you two -" Just then there was knocking on the door.
"Excuse me, Old Master, but I have to tidy up!" It was Ella, she then opened the door as Chris threw Tails across the room on top of some cushions, Ella noticed this. "Hey, Chris, did your toy just jump across the room?"
Chris panicked "No! Of course not! What makes you say such a thing, Ella?"
She shook her head "Sorry, my mind is playing tricks on my lately, I could have sworn there was a bunny with a blue creature in the garden yesterday..." They all exchanged the looks.
"Now get out! I need to tidy!" Chris grabbed his Tails "doll" and went out along with Chuck.
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Knuckles was sitting on the cliff, he had a full hour before Sonic would be here to combat him, Knuckles got up, he saw a rock, imagining it was Sonic, he got an evil grin, he dived towards it and with one jab, the rock was in about a million of pieces on the floor.
"Bring it on Sonic, just bring it!" Knuckles snarled. Eggman who was sitting there on the phone from a distance just smiled.
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Vector hung up his phone "Okay, boys, at last we have a job!"
Charmy beamed "Wowwies, really?"
Vector swatted him away "I lied! What do you think? Anyways, some guy has hired us to break into somewhere, where they have located a Chaos Emerald!"
Espio gave him a strange look "What the? Vector, that is thievery!"
Vector shrugged "Anyways, I think that was Eggman! He don't know that we know, he cast lure, which will inadvertently lure him in!" Mighty smiled "That is more like it!" They all laughed as they plotted.
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Chris, Tails and Chuck were running around outside, it was a lovely day, until they bumped into the stupid Mr. Tanaka.
"What are you doing?" He asked rudely.
"We are doing whatever we want!" Chuck tried to push past him.
"While I admire you trying to keep fit by walking around with Chris, but if you really want to keep fit, you should play some adult sports like -"
Chuck cut him off "Out of the way, I am in control here, not you!" Tanaka dragged him off.
"Time for your afternoon nap!" Chris shrugged as Tails got off his back.
"Now, what do we do?" Just then Amy run out and collided into Chris, he rubbed his head as he picked himself up "What are you doing outside?" Chris asked.
"Well, Mr. Cheery, I was gonna tell you that another Chaos Emerald has been found!" Chris and Tails gasped.
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They walked outside again after watching the news report.
"Well, an electrical disturbance, has to be a Chaos Emerald, don't it?" Chris and Tails debated, while Amy walked off in front.
"Sonic, Sonic, where are you?" Sonic waved.
"Oh there you are, we are going to Silky Heights, coming?"
Sonic shook his head "Been there, done that, got the T-Shirt!" Amy turned red.
"YOU BAKA!" She shrieked and the house shook.
"Amy, quieten down, will ya'?" Chris asked, as he dragged her off, Tails followed behind.
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Sonic was still relaxing on the rooftop on his own, when a black flying robot flew up to him.
"Hello!" Sonic opened one lidded eye.
"Hello?" The black robot got a TV screen out.
"Here ya' go!" He then flew away before shouting "By the way, my name is Bokkun!"
Sonic pressed the power button and a picture on the TV screen became visible, the familiar face of Knuckles appeared on screen.
"Hello Sonic, I have heard your devious plan to keep us here trapped on Earth and I am not standing for it, meet me at Silky Heights at 01:00, see you there!" Another voice that sounded a lot like Eggman's started
"We, at the Eggman Empire are not responsible for any damage caused by our merchandise, except this!" The TV then exploded in his face.
"Damn that echidna! He is going down!" Sonic then jumped up from his place and run off.
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Just after that the Chaotix arrived at the Mansion's gates.
"Okay, Espio, we are here, do your stuff!"
The ninja chameleon jumped into the air, he threw one of his Shuriken stars, it smashed the lock off of the gate, Vector then punched the loose gate open with one mighty swing of his fist.
"Okay, Charmy, it's your turn now!" Vector said, Charmy just nodded, he flew around the house and found an open window he flew in and opened the front door "So far, so good!" Vector said "Split up! Move quietly, silently, stealthily and effectively!" Mighty run up the stairs, Espio run into the basement, Vector run into the dining room and Charmy hovered outside watching for any people entering.
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Amy, Chris and Tails were sitting on a blanket with a basket, eating some lunch.
"Mmm, this Ella makes delicious sandwiches!" Chris nodded, he then noticed something moving in the water, but deducted it must be a fish.
"It looks like there is no Chaos Emerald, here after all, huh?" They went to get up, but they then heard something emerge from the waters behind them, it was a huge robot, E-99.
"Capture them, E-99!" Dr. Eggman commanded, and with one fair swoop, the robot had done so.
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Knuckles was exercising, preparing for his upcoming fight with his long-time rival, Sonic the Hedgehog, just then a blue streak entered the arena.
"Well, if it isn't Knuckles!" Sonic said with an angry face.
"Well, if that ain't a fighting face!" He laughed, Sonic simply growled.
"You won't mock me and get away with it, Knuckles!" The red echidna simply smiled as he got into a fighting stance.
"Well, bring it on!" Sonic smiled.
"It is already broughten!" They both smiled, as they both dived forward, toward each other.
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Sonic somersaulted in mid-air, putting both his feet first, ready to plant them both into Knuckles' head. Before the crimson warrior dived downwards, sliding across the floor, and dodging the cobalt fighter's blow, before flipping up to his feet, readying both his fists. Sonic run forward towards Knuckles, swinging forward at him, having the hit parried by the obviously more experience hand-to-hand combatant.
It was now Knuckles' turn for offence, he dived forward, rearing his fist back, fooling Sonic into thinking he was gonna punch him, before stretching his leg into the air at the last moment, planting the heel of his foot into the back of the hedgehog's neck swiftly. Before returning to the ground, bending to his knees and firmly uppercutting his rival. The blue hedgehog flew through the air and collapsed on the ground, after a few seconds, he returned to his feet, his arms hanging at his side.
"Wow, not bad." Sonic said a little out of breath.
"Heheh, did you honestly expect to get the better of me?" Knuckles asked, curious of what the answer may be.
"Well, actually, yes. No, I KNOW I can get the better of you. I've done it before, what is stopping me from doing it again?"
"Last time, I wasn't prepared, that isn't the case this time!" Knuckles said, with a smug smirk planted on his face.
"Prepared for t-" Sonic disappeared into thin air, Knuckles then keeled over, as Sonic reappeared with a fist in his stomach "-h-" Sonic then jawed the red titan "-is?"
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The Chaotix walked outside with their prize, the amazing Chaos Emerald.
"Hah! Well done boys! Eggman may have goofed us last time! It won't happen again!" They all laughed "Now off to Silky Heights! We have an "overdue" debt to collect!" They all nodded as they set off for the mountain ranges.
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Amy, Chris and Tails were trapped inside a large robot.
"LET US OUT EGGHEAD!" Amy screamed aggressively.
"SHUT UP, YOU TWIT!" Eggman screamed back, Amy growled at Eggman's rudeness.
"If you weren't out there, I would shove this hammer right up your -"
Chris covered her mouth "Amy!"
She sighed "Okay, I would stick this hammer up your nose then!" Chris smiled "Better!" They all sat down and watched the two titans clash.
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Sonic and Knuckles had regained their posture.
"Well, round 2?" Sonic asked, Knuckles simply grinned in response to his rhetorical question, Sonic dived at him, Knuckles stood there, as Sonic approached him, Knuckles socked him in the stomach, then kicked him across the floor.
"I'm tired, hedgehog, I have got as much fun as I can out of you and -" Before he could finish, Sonic rotated his legs and swept Knuckles off of his feet, then jumped onto him and began to repeatedly punch the echidna's stomach, Knuckles simply raised his foot and kicked Sonic off, Knuckles leaped on top him and pinned him down, Knuckles held a fist above his face "Say good night!" Just then they saw an explosion in the distance.
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Eggman looked startled.
"How did you know?" Hasked as Vector held him under his foot.
"You don't become elite detectives like us and miss any tricks!" He smiled, Amy, Tails Chris smiled.
"Great work, guys!" Vector diverted his attention for a split second to give him a thumbs up, in that split second Eggman knocked Vector over with a swift kick and jumped back into his craft.
"Fools! All of you!" Eggman said as he laughed.
"I even have the Chaos Emerald, thanks to you!" He held up a green stone.
"Incorrect, you have a green stone!" Espio said with a smirk, Eggman's eyes popped out.
"SAY WHAT?" He looked at the stone carefully and saw that it indeed wasn't a Chaos Emerald, Mighty then held up the real Chaos Emerald.
"Looking for this?" Eggman looked over ignoring him.
"Well, if it isn't Sonic the Hedgehog!" Sonic grinned.
"I get it now, you set me and Knuckles up, so you could get the Chaotix sneak into the Throndyke's mansion and steal the Chaos Emerald and in the meantime capture Amy, Tails Chris!"
Eggman nodded "Indeed, you amaze me!"
Knuckles who was listening from a distance turned red, more so than usual.
"I'll amaze you more!" Knuckles jumped into the air and dived at Eggman "HEY, YOU!"
The doctor looked around as he was smacked away by a powerful fist.
"I bet that fascinates him as well!" Sonic cracked a grin, they then noticed that Amy, Tails and Chris were still trapped.
"Sonic, it is safe to get us out, since Eggman left, the robot has deactivated!" Sonic and Knuckles nodded to the other, acknowledging that they both had the same idea. Sonic spun into a ball, Knuckles run over to him, and booted Sonic forward, right into the glass, which Sonic in his spinball form shattered upon impact. Knuckles smiled as the three captives climbed out. He then walked off.
"Hey Knuckles! Don't leave!" Sonic called, Knuckles shook his head as he went off, Sonic shrugged, the Chaotix then went to leave.
"We'll see you guys around, by the way, here is your Chaos Emerald back!" Vector threw it to Sonic and run off, he shrugged again.
"Come on, guys, time to go!" Sonic and the others walked for the train that went back to Station Square, Amy then brushed herself off and chased after Knuckles.
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Knuckles was still walking when Amy came up beside him.
"Hey Knuckles, where are you going?"
Knuckles gave her a strange look "Hunting!"
Amy pulled on his arm "Don't go! Stay with us!" Knuckles pulled his arm out of her grip and looked at her softly.
"Amy, I have to, the Chaos Emeralds are my responsibility!" Knuckles was gazing into her eyes, and Amy was doing the same to him, she then leaned in close, and planted a soft kiss on his lips. She then snapped back to reality, and pushed him away, falling over herself.
"Knuckles, I am so sorry!" He just stared.
"Amy, I, I, gotta go!" He then run away, Sonic saw all this, he was dumbfounded. Amy then got back up and walked back towards Sonic dazed and confused.
TBC