Leda squinted into the volcano as Sperk transformed into his thunder form, "Are you sure about this?"

Sperk shrugged, "Can't let the stone fall into the wrong hands. Its owner may be dead, but we can still protect it." He jumped into the volcano and dropped fifty feet onto a small island of stone. The lava surrounding it bubbled. He tapped the com unit on his headset, "You should come down here. We could have a picnic."

"Not on your life!"

Sperk smiled and looked around the small stone island. He found a red glowing gem setting on a stone altar at the very center of the island, "Bingo!" He reached out for it, but a pink hedgehog fell from the sky and kicked him away, "Reka!"

The hedgehog smiled, "You think father would let you do as you pleased without interference?"

"Probably not!" Sperk summoned his pike, "But you really don't count as interference."

Sperk was hit with a dark blast of energy and fell to the ground. A rabbit in a leather bodysuit walked up behind him, "How about me?"

As Sperk stood up as fist shot from no where and connected with his jaw. A yellow mongoose dressed like a heavy metal punk walked up, "Name is Rave! Dad sent us to kill you."

Sperk quickly looked around to make sure there was no one else, "It takes three of you to take me on!"

Reka smiled, "But we are just defenseless girls and your a strong man." The girls giggled. As Sperk stood up, the girls jumped close together and formed a triangle, held their hands out, "Tri Attack!" A triangle of energy formed in-between them and shot at the hedgehog. It hit Sperk hard and blasted him off the island and into the lava. The girls separated and Reka went for the stone, "Well that was easy!"

"Thanks!" Bojack appeared in a burst of black energy, "Now it is your turn!"

The Hunter hovered over the ocean as Shadow floated in the water. Even in his armor, he floated like a feather. Rouge was sitting on the open hatch with her feet in the water, "You almost done?"

"Almost! I can feel the water recharging me."

Rouge sighed and laid back. Sonia was sleeping in the small bedroom, "You think Speed and Leda are all right?"

"I'm sure they are fine."

Bojack summoned a sphere of black energy and blasted all three of the girls away. All three managed to stay on the small island. The black fox chuckled, "You three are pathetic!"

Renee pulled out her whip and lashed out at Bojack, "Take this!"

Bojack tossed out his arm and the whip wrapped around it. The thrones on the whip broke as they hit his metal arm. Bojack grabbed the whip and pulled Renee to him. He grabbed onto her face and held her off the ground, "You should have let go." Black energy surged from his hand and lashed around the rabbit's face. Bojack chuckled as she cried out in pain. Reka drew her hammer and lunged at Bojack. She swung hard and the hammer hit him square in the back. He fell to the ground, but kept his grip on Renee. He rolled over and tossed her into Reka. Both girls fell to the ground. Bojack jumped to his feet, "That hurt!" He held out his palm and a sphere of black energy formed, "Good riddens!"

"Stop!" Rave had gotten to her feet and drew a dagger.

"Ok!" Bojack threw his sphere at her. It exploded on impact. The mongoose was blasted off the island and into the wall of the volcano. She fell off and was incinerated by the lava. Bojack smiled, "Well that was lame!" He turned to the others. Renee was out cold and Reka was just standing up. Bojack stepped back toward the edge, "Just you and me." Bojack's taunting was stopped when a hand shot from the lava and grabbed his leg. The heat from it melted the metal armor around his leg and the hand tripped him. As Bojack hit the ground, Sperk pulled himself from the lava. His armor was blackened and his face was covered in burns. He crawled toward the altar and fell to his chest. Bojack pushed himself up, "How did he survive?"

"Ask yourself that!" Reka had acquired her hammer and smashed it into Bojack's face. The cyborg flew back and his arm landed in the lava. He yelled out and pulled it out. The metal had fused to his skin more so than it was.

He gritted his teeth and stood up, "You will pay for that!"

Reka bent down to Renee, "Another time! Father will get revenge for Rave." The two vanished.

Bojack cursed and walked to the downed Sperk. He kicked the hedgehog onto his back. He was barely awake. Bojack pointed his left arm at him and a small laser blaster opened on top of it, "At least I will be able to kill you!"

As the laser powered up, a black ship appeared overhead. The ship was streamed lined and looked like a smooth metal hawk. Bojack fired at it, but a green energy field protected the ship. The ship's wing tips sparked with green energy and fired several energy bolts at him. Bojack got blasted back into the altar and the red gem hit the ground. A small opening appeared on the side of the ship and a echidna jumped out. She ran to the fallen Sperk, "Speed!"

His eyes opened a little, "Hi!" His voice was raspy and weak, "Try to stay out of the pool!"

Leda sighed and hit a control on her wrist gauntlet. A metal cable lowered from the ship and she tied it around Sperk, "Hang on!" The hedgehog nodded and grabbed the cable.

Before Leda could activate the winch, Bojack smacked her down with his fused arm, "No you don't!" He picked her up with his good arm and tossed her away, "He is mine!"

Leda rolled across the ground and stopped next to the gem. She picked it up instinctively, "Stay away from him." Leda jumped up.

Bojack blasted her with his laser, "Die!" The beam hit the gem and both it and Leda were blasted into the lava. Bojack turned back toward Sperk, "Now to finish you. I have been waiting for this moment a long time."

Sperk summoned his pike, "Keep waiting!" He shoved it into Bojack's chest and lighting blasted Bojack away. He freed himself from the cable, but had to hold himself up with his pike, "This time your going to stay dead."

Bojack laughed, "You can barely stand!"

The lava behind him bubbled behind Bojack and Leda jumped out of it. She wore a red version of Sperk's armor and held a spear in her hand. She landed in front of Sperk, "You want to try and take me on?"

"YOU!" Bojack laughed so hard the rocks shook, "What are you going to do? Cry on me!" The lava around the island suddenly rose up in a huge wave and started to fall onto the island. Bojack looked up, "Crap!" He teleported away as the lava hit.

A red shield of heat protected Sperk and Leda. Leda let Sperk fall on him, "Guess we are going to fight together more often!"

"Works for me!" The two managed to get on the ship and fly away.

Shadow's jaw dropped as they neared Angel Island. The whole island was covered in spider webs. Rouge leaned toward the view port, "Any ideas how that happened?"

Shadow shook his head and scanned the island with the ships's sensors, "No clue! Whatever that stuff is, the sensors can't get past it. So what do you want to do? We can land and try to find Knuckles or go after the next gem."

"We better find Knuckles! We might need him later." Rouge walked towards the back of the ship, "And he might need our help right now."

"You still have feelings for him!" Shadow's face was the same, but his tone was far from its cold tone.

Rouge looked to the metal floor and then back to Shadow, "I'm not sure! But I know I care for you a lot. More than friendship."

"But not as mates!"

"I don't know!"

Shadow shrugged, "Whatever! Tell Sonia we'll be landing soon!" Rouge nodded and hid her tears as she walked out of the bridge.

Speed laid his head down on his pillow. He was back aboard The Eclipse and his wife had patched him up. The green hedgehog had to smile, the ship he was in had been built by Robotnik, modified by The Bounty Hunter Guild, but only he in his berserker form had been able to find a suitable power source. The only good thing he ever got out of his evil form. Leda walked into the small room and laid her head on his chest, "How you feeling?"

"Fine!" He rubbed her head, "Never better." The ship flew into the night as the two slept.

Luxor slammed his fist onto his throne, "He did what?"

Reka stepped back as her father fumed, "Bojack killed Rave!"

Luxor eyes burned with red fire, "I want him killed! Not sealed, not injured, DEAD!"