He ran threw the darkness, heading for Angel Island. He knew Eggman was behind this. Threw the forest her ran, trying to see over everyone he was holding, luckily, he knew the Mystic Ruins very well and it was not hard to reach the Island. He lay everyone on the ground, with their backs against the Master Emerald. He could still feel some of the gas in his lungs and tried to breath it out. It worked. He breathed in fresh air, but he was still worried about everyone. His attention turned to Sonic. He was moving and grunting.
"Wha- Huh? Knu? Where am I?" Sonic asked lifting his head.
"Angel Island. Good to see you still alive Sonic." Knuckles said looking back at the others.
"What happened?" Sonic asked
"Eggman put gas in Tails lab. Ill tell everyone the details when they wake up." Knuckles said. "I'm really worried about Rouge, she was right in frond of the gas container when I woke up, she is beaten badly, the gas may have..." He trailed off.
"Don't worry, Knuckles, she'll be okay, we just need to wake her up. And fast." Sonic said looking at Knuckles.
"You're right, we have to get her up, now, any ideas how? She is completely knocked out." Knuckles replied.
"We need to do something, quick, try slapping her." Sonic suggested. Knuckles did so, she didn't move a muscle. "Okay, try... tickling her." Sonic continued. Knuckles tickled her ears and sides. Nothing. Knuckles started to panic.
"Sonic, she's not doing anything! Not even a twitch! We gotta get her up, FAST!" Knuckles said shaking Rouge lightly.
"Knuckles, she isn't getting much air, look!" Sonic said pointing to Rouge's mouth, hardly any air was entering it. Knuckles got scared.
"Sonic what do I do?" Knuckles asked histaricly.
"Do something! Get her heart pumping, get her awake!" Sonic yelled.
Air. The word replayed in Knuckles mind a million times a second. Knuckles didn't take a second to think, he put his hand under her chin and brought her face to his, and in one swift motion, he sucked air in and placed his lips on hers, pushing his air into her and breathing it back into himself, taking the gas from her lungs. But to his misfortune, at that second, Amy woke up.
"Oh my god! Knuckles what the hell!" Amy screamed. Knuckles pulled away, coughing. Amy's screams woke the others up. Rouge opened her eyes and saw Knuckles.
"Huh?" she said weakly. "What's that taste, it's worse that the smell of echidnas." Rouge coughed.
"Because it's the taste of them!" Amy yelled.
"What?" Rouge asked.
"Amy, it's probably just the taste of the gas." Sonic said calmly.
"Oh, yeah right! Like I didn't just see Knuckles locking lips with Rouge while she was sleeping!" Amy yelled.
"WHAT!" Rouge yelled slapping Knuckles' cheek.
"Hey! What was that for!" Knuckles yelled putting his hand on his cheek.
"That's for kissing me! Gross!" Rouge yelled angrily.
"Hey! Don't blame me for trying to save your life!" He screamed back.
"Saving my life! That's a laugh!" Rouge yelled crossing her arms.
"Actually Rouge, Knuckles was trying to save your life, you see, I don't know what happened but you weren't breathing, we tried to wake you up but you were getting worse. You needed air, so he gave it to you." Sonic explained.
"Yeah, and now I don't feel so great, I just inhaled all the gas in your lungs, that stuff is discusting, I taste it to." Knuckles said coughing again.
"Oh Knuckles, im sorry." Rouge said crawling over to Knuckles and kissing him on the cheek where she slapped him.
"It's okay..." He said blushing. Everyone was suddenly aware that they, too, tasted the discusting flavor of the gas.
"Okay, what really happened here Knuckles." Amy asked.
"Well, I woke up and saw gas flooding threw the door so I went out and saw Rouge on the floor, beaten up even more, I carried her, I went into your room and saw you all knocked out. I lifted you all together and-" Knuckles was cut off by Tails.
"You carried us ALL? Together?" Tails asked, surprised.
"Yeah, anyway, I came to Angel Island, Sonic woke up and we noticed Rouge didn't look so good, we tried to wake her up but failed, not much air was getting into her lungs, or out of them, so I breathed for her." Knuckles finished.
"Well, thank you Knuckles." Rouge said hugging him.
"Yeah, thanks." Everyone said.
"You know, Knuckles, that I am a robot, and therefor I do not get infected." Shadow said.
"True, but you do get infected by virus ticks." Knuckles said holding up a small metal creature.
"What? What's a virus tick?" Cream asked.
"It's a tick that infects robots with computer viruses, highly advanced." Tails said taking the bug and examining it.(Knuckles found the bug on Shadows arm, by the way.)
"So, what are we going to do now, Eggman will soon find out we're alive, and we need to go to a place he will never find us." Sonic said.
"Hey, let's rent an apartment! I have some money, im sure Sonic does, and we all must get a discount or something." Amy said.
"Alright, an apartment, sounds cool." Sonic said smiling.
They all set off to rent an apartment downtown, deep in the city where Eggman wouldn't find them.