Shadow rubbed his forehead, "It is times like this I wished I had stayed evil." Not only had Speed taken off, but Leda had vanished in the night as well. Rouge and Sally sat with him near the ship. They had landed on a small island to try and figure out their next move. "How far could she have gotten?"

Rouge shrugged, "There was a hover bike in the cargo hold last night. Now it is gone! I figure she has gotten pretty far."

The hedgehog nodded, "Any idea where we are supposed to go?"

Sally checked her small computer, "Nicole and me checked every computer bank on the ship. When Speed transferred control to you, it must have wiped the memory clean."

Rouge checked the red insignia on the side of the ship, "We might want to paint over that insignia. The Bounty Hunter Guild doesn't take to kindly to nonmembers who fly with their colors."

Shadow nodded, "Good idea! We have enough problems."

"Indeed you do!" A purple vortex opened and an elderly man in a purple robe walked out.

Sally recognized him immediately, "Lazar! What are you doing here?"

"I have come to help you defeat my brother. I see Speed has left."

Shadow stood up, "So you're the one who told him about these powers."

"Yes! I have come to warn you that Robotnik has managed to revive Bojack. It is imperative that we assemble the six elemental warriors." Lazar motioned to the portal, "Sally! You and Tails will come with me to my lair. You'll be safe there as I try to break the hold Luxor has over the young one."

The squirrel nodded and ran to get the fox. Rouge watched her leave, "And the rest of us?"

"You two will go to Ruins of Arci! The Cave of Storms is where the next stone is." He pulled a purple crystal with a computer band on it, "This has all the information you should need." Sally and Sonia walked up with the sleeping fox in their arms, "Sonia! You must stay here with Shadow. I will try to find a way to rid yourself of the desire to kill your mother."

"Thank you!" Sonia stepped back as Lazar and the others walked into the vortex and it closed.

Shadow looked at the crystal, "We better get started! With Robotnik and Luxor preparing their forces, we'd better make sure were not in the middle."

Sperk walked up to an old house at the edge of a large village. The windows had been boarded up and a huge iron lock was on the door. He walked up the neglected lawn and to the large door. He pulled out a small laser welder and cut the lock off. He replaced the welder on his belt and walked in side. The furniture and knickknacks had long been taken out and the place was bare. His memories of this place were few, but he needed to go back to the beginning. He walked into the empty living room and sat down cross-legged in the middle of it.
Flashback

Leda sat on a large rock out cropping next to a small pond. She straighten her red dress out and sighed, 'I can't go back!' Leda stood up, but before she could move on, a strong arm knocked her down into the grass. As she tried to stand up, she was picked up and tossed into the rocks. She hit her head, but not too badly.

A knife blade was thrusted in front of her throat and a very evil sounding voice rung in her ears, "Shut your mouth or I'll cut you!" The man had very bad breath and a nasty smell was coming from him. Leda opened her eyes and saw that her attacker was a brown echidna in ragged clothing. He had a dark gleam in his gray eyes as he ripped the front of her sundress. He got tired of holding the knife so he backhanded Leda in the face, "You're going to submit to me or I will beat you into submission." Leda tried to get away, but the echidna grabbed her dreadlocks and pushed her to his knees.

Leda pulled her head back, "No!"

The echidna slapped her down, "I don't remember telling you that you could speak." He took his knife and cut what remained of Leda's dress off, "Your mine now, so get used to it." He grabbed her head and shoved his tongue down her throat. His bad breath repulsed her and his grimed covered teeth. Leda tried to shove him off her, but he was too strong. He stopped kissing her and tossed her into another rock. He bent down over her and pushed her legs apart, "Ready for the best part?" Leda just whimpered and shut her eyes. The echidna jumped back and howled in pain and rage. Leda opened her eyes, and saw her would be rapist holding his arm. She was going to try and run, but she caught sight of another individual walking into view. He was dressed in a black body suit, brown boots, black gloves, a green trench coat, and pair of sunglasses. He was holding a gold blaster pistol out and had a small smirk on his face. "Damn you!" The echidna rushed at him, "Die you bastard!" The echidna thrusted forward with his knife. Sperk side stepped him and smacked the but of his blaster into the echidna's head. As the echidna turned, Sperk drew his silver blaster and shot him in chest with both guns. The echidna erupted with blue lightning and fell to the ground and stopped moving.

Leda looked over, "Is he dead!"

Sperk spun both blasters on his fingers and returned them to their holsters, "No! Fortunately for him the bounty is for him alive. I just stunned him. But I am sure he won't live long when I turn him over." He touched a button on his belt and his ship floated down and landed next to him. Sperk picked up the echidna and walked into his ship. Leda stood up and started to walk away, but Sperk yelled out to her, "Come on! I want to check your injures." Leda didn't know what to do, her clothes were in tatters and she was far from anywhere. She walked to the ship and entered it.

It was nightfall as Sperk landed his ship near the house Leda had pointed out, "We're here!" Leda nodded slowly and walked out of the ship. Sperk had managed to find some paints and a large shirt for her to ware. She seemed reluctant to go in and the man that answered the door didn't seam to friendly. Sperk shrugged, it wasn't his problem. As he set the course back home, he saw the man smacking Leda across the room. He thanked the guy for being stupid enough for having a large living room window. He jumped out of the ship and sprinted toward the house.

Her father slammed Leda into a glass table and it shattered. The echidna took off his belt and held it like a whip, "You run away and expect me to take you back." Before he could strike her with the belt, Sperk smashed through the window. He landed right behind the echidna. He turned around and faced the bounty hunter face to face, "Who in the devil are you?"

"Sperk!" He kicked the echidna hard in the gut and tossed him to the floor. He bent down toward Leda, "You still there!" Leda managed to nod and let Sperk pull her from the glass, He leaned her up against a wall, "Hang on!"

Leda's father stood up behind Sperk and pulled a knife from his pocket, "Die!" Before Sperk could react, Leda pulled his blaster from his holster and shot her father in the chest. The father looked down to the hole in his chest and fell to the floor.

"Ok!" Sperk slowly took the pistol from Leda's grip, "Nice shot!" Leda suddenly burst into tears and hugged Sperk. The hedgehog tried to gently remove her, but finally held her and let her cry.

End of Flashback

Sperk stood up and rolled his shoulders, "Was it just out of need? Or did we really form a bond back then." He walked up the staircase and entered what he knew to be Leda's old room. Lake the rest of the house it was empty. He walked to the closet and remembered something Leda had told him. He opened the small door and kneeled onto the floor. He found a small hole in the floor. He pulled off the floorboard and pulled out the small wooden box. He opened it up and checked the items inside. He pulled out a small pink bunny, "So this is where she hid her treasures." He quickly drew his silver blaster and spun around. A brown echidna was standing behind him with a simple hunting rifle in his hands.

"How did you know I was here?"

Sperk smirked, "I grew eyes in the back of my head. Who are you?"

"My name is Richard! And your Sperk."

Sperk bowed his head slightly, "Nice to know I am well known."

Richard dropped the barrel of the gun to the floor, "I wish to thank you for ridding us of that sick man." Sperk stood up and quickly dropped the bunny into the box. The echidna smiled, "Sorry to interrupt you. I saw you break in and thought you were a common thief."

"I am anything but common!"

"I guess! Are you in regular contact with Leda? We knew what was going on, but we had no proof. Leda wouldn't tell us anything, so there was little we could do. You made a lot of people happy when you killed that monster."

"It was a spur of the moment thing. And as for Leda, I will most likely see her one more time. I don't dwell on the past."

Richard nodded, "I understand! If you could tell her that the village would like her to comeback to we can apologize for everything that she went through. He took off his duffle bag, "And I am sure she would like her things back." Sperk took the bag and filled it. Richard turned to the door, "I hope she has finally opened up to someone. No matter how hard we tried, she refused to let anyone in. I guess she would have to find someone she truly trusted to open up to."

Sperk nodded, "I guess! Considering everything that has happened to her, I guess trust is hard to come by." Sperk left the house and didn't look back.

Luxor sat on his throne as he listened to the reports of his underlings. The bear gulped as he read off the report, "Our forces have been pushed back to Knothole. And Robotnik seems to have released thousands of scour drones around the planet. I am afraid that The Ark and here is the only safe place for us right now."

Luxor pointed at the bear and he burst into flames. Luxor waited for the bear to reduce into a pile of ashes, "Clean that up!" He stood up and opened a vortex to his home dimension, "We will hold our strongholds for now. I must find a way to deal with Bojack!"