Chapter 4: Rumor

The next day, Shadow went to the Sonic Gym for exercise. The Sonic Gym was opened last week. Tomorrow is Amy's birthday. I wonder what I should buy for her. He thought of it until a yell came. It was Sonic's yell. "What? Where's the Chaos Emerald?" Shadow heard the yell inside and skated in. "What happened, Sonic?" he asked. "The Emerald. It's gone." Sonic pointed to the broken glass case where the Chaos Emerald was. "Who could have stolen it?" Knuckles wondered. "And have strong fists?" Sonic added another part. That was true. The door had punch marks and was slammed down. The floor and glass had no bloodstains. "Hey, everyone. I think I have found the culprit." Tails reported from the security room.

At the security room, everyone watched what happened in slow motion. The first was the door slammed down. Someone ran like Sonic. "Huh? Who is that guy? He looks like me," Sonic wondered. Next was the glass broken by his fist and swipe the Chaos Emerald. "Stop there," Shadow ordered. Tails stop when the culprit turned around. Shadow recognized the two hair bands like in the picture. "It's John. Amy's brother."

"Amy's brother?" All three asked Shadow.

"Yeah. He looks older from 4 years."

"But, why would he steal a Chaos Emerald?" Knuckles asked. Everyone shrugged with no answer.

At 5 o' clock at the afternoon, Shadow was out of energy and walked back home. While going back, he listened to three friends talking.

"Yo, have you heard about the John Rose?" The first person asked.

"No," the second was drinking his coke.

"Not me," the third shook his head.

"He was supposed to be the son of Jak."

The person spit out the drink and wiped his mouth. "No way. For real? Jak the Hedgehog? The hero of Earth? Rival of Eggman?"

"Yep. He is also the brother of Amy Rose."

"Wow. Isn't Amy Rose the daughter of Fianna Rose? The spell caster who saved all the people from Eggman as well?" The third was surprised with his eyes wide open.

"Bingo. That's what other people said so. Some say he tried to find Eggman to avenge his family. Others say that he was a loner and a rogue. I think he still lives."

Shadow stopped and thinks about the discussion. Was he really a rogue or just finding a way to kill Eggman? Shadow skated down back to the house and didn't say the discussion to Amy.