Yay! I… updated today! Yay! Anyway, I think that the last chappie was sad… (sigh)

Anyway, I just wanna do this again, just in case I don't get reported… Jayln belongs to Dark Sil, Vinny to V.B., Fear, Flare, and Kai to me… (a lot by me, sorry!)

Knuckles ran towards where he had heard the shriek of terror. Everyone followed right behind him. Under one light bulb, Rouge was found, backing away from something hidden in the darkness.

"I should have known that Eggman would make traps to guard the emeralds!" a voice said.

Kai looked infuriated. "I can't believe this! It got Jayln and Shadow! I'm going after it!" she said angrily.

"Nuh-uh! Not by yourself, you aren't!" Vinny said, grabbing her left arm. He knew that it was that arm that was weaker at this point.

"Yeah… I'm going with you guys too!" Amy said with a brave face.

Kai gave a smile. "Great! We'll get them out of this trap… while all the others help Rouge find the Chaos Emerald hidden around here…" Kai said confidently.

Knuckles nodded, helping Rouge up. "We'll find it… don't worry…" he said.

Jayln and Shadow…

"Damn you, Eggman! You're not getting away with this!" Jayln yelled, kicking the cyndrilical prison she was in.

"Hah! You really think that your friends can get you out? Just give up! I see that 'Dark' has…" Eggman said with an evil smirk.

Jayln looked over to the other cylinder to find Shadow on the floor, just sitting there, his eyes bored into the outside world.

"What did you do to him?" Jayln asked angrily.

"Oh, nothing… he's like that because… he is! He's doing that out of his own free will! Well, not really free right now, huh?" Eggman said with a smile.

"We will get out of here! Our friends will help us!" Jayln said.

"Well, how do you know that they won't fall into my evil traps?" Eggman asked.

Jayln gave him a look of disdain. "You will go down…" she murmured.

Kai, Vinny, and Amy…

"I can't believe this! We can't get through!" Kai yelled.

The thick metal door in front of them kept them away from everything.

"Don't you think that there are traps over on the other side?" Vinny asked.

"I don't know… we'll just have to find out, huh?" Kai asked with a confident smile.

Vinny and Amy nodded, smiling along with Kai. "Let's do it for Jayln and Shadow!" Amy said happily.

"Yup!" Kai said. She threw the fake emerald over to Vinny.

"Chaos Control!" he yelled.

I think it was short… but was it good? Review please!