"N-no… not at all" Knuckles said nervously.
"Tails, which bat is this? Is it like… Rouge-ish? If not… it can be another white frost bat…you know how Knuckles is…" Sonic said.
"Wait… what time is it?" Knuckles asked.
"It is now 8:37:45, 8:37:46, 8:37:47…" Tails kept going on and on.
"Okay… okay… stop going on and on about time…" Sonic said.
My headache's gone… I wonder why… maybe I should talk to Tails about it… but maybe I shouldn't worry him about it… it's just a stupid headache. Knuckles thought to himself.
"So… really… what happened to you? You know… you should really thank Tails for saving your ass…" Sonic said to Knuckles.
Knuckles's headache came back with a vengeance. It was double the size of last time's.
Ding-dong the doorbell rang.
Tails answered the door.
"Can you help her?.. She's been real… bad since last night…" Knuckles can hear the voice. He recognized it right away. It was… Shadow the Hedgehog.
Knuckles grabbed his head again. The pain was unbearable.
"Knux? You okay?" Sonic asked.
"My head… hurts! What the HELL is this?" Knuckles asked loudly.
"Are you just trying to get away from Rouge… or you really have a headache?" Sonic asked.
"Sonic? Umm… you have another patient… is that okay?" Tails asked.
Knuckles began feeling faint.
"Who is it?" Sonic asked.
"It's Rouge…" Tails said.
That was the last thing that Knuckles heard before everything went black and he fell back onto his pillow.
"Are you okay?" Sonic asked.
"What the hell happened?" Knuckles asked.
"You… kinda fainted." Sonic asked.
"I wonder why… That's it… I'm doing a few tests on Knuckles…" Tails said.
"Don't I have a say in this?" Knuckles asked angrily.
"Tails… maybe tomorrow, in the morning…" Sonic said.
Tails sighed. "Okay…" Tails said. Knuckles knew that he couldn't say no to Sonic.
Knuckles went to sleep.
He woke up past midnight.
My head… doesn't hurt… But… I feel as if something's calling to me… Knuckles thought.
He stood up. What is it? It's calling me… Is it beckoning me to go to it? He walked to the door. He walked outside. He left the door open. Why am I following this thing? I don't even know what it is… But I think it's calling me… I think it's important.
Knuckles walked around the dark streets of Station Square. He walked and walked.
What's going on? Everything's all blurry. My vision's unclear. I can't see much… Hey… who's that? His headache started up again and he heard the blare of a police siren and then he blacked out.
"Hey, Knux! Did you see this?" Sonic asked.
Knuckles sat up on the bed. "Wow… I had a nice sleep," he said.
"Knux! News says that 2 unidentified people stole a Chaos Emerald from a museum… but for some reason… they dropped it and ran when they found out they were being chased." Sonic said.
"Er… really?" Knuckles asked.
"Yeah, you didn't hear all the police sirens? Yeah… you were snoring really loud when I woke up… you know what? The front door was opened… creepy, huh?" Sonic asked.
"I came over when I heard!" Tails said.
"How did you not hear all the sirens?" Sonic asked.
Try to remember, Knuckles…Knuckles urged himself… What happened last night? I don't remember anything that happened last night… maybe I should talk to Tails about this… Wait… that night… above the roof… Rouge got a headache too… Is she experiencing the same thing I am? If so… how do we fix this?