REVIEW RESPONSE

Burner the Echidna: Thanks. A chapter of perfect length isn't easy to write, especially when people's idea of perfect length is different for each person. On average, I try and have about 2,000 words a chapter.

Nightw2: Glad you like the Drama. Tikal has only appeared in one Sonic game (2 if you count the fact that she was a multi player character for SA2B) so doing her character well is difficult. Glad you like the drama.

PurpleCobra247: Yep, a little action can go a long way. There will be more action later, wait and see the finale I have planned. I can pretty much guarantee that there will be a incredible action point. Glad you like it.

acosta pérez josé ramiro: Wow, no offense, but I didn't expect you to review. Glad you like this story. I've been a Sonic Fan since the Genesis/Mega Drive (Depending on where your from). Nice comparison between Sonic and Knuckles. I'm guessing you're not sure who Tikal is. She is a female Echidna from Knuckles' tribe. She objected to her father's greed, which eventually led to a catastrophe in her world. She was able to save the world but ended up as like a goddess.

I am extremely sorry for the severe delay in update this. I have several other stories to do, as Nightw2 and PurpleCobra247 will testify. Please don't kill me (Hides in a bunker).

Chaos Hunt

Sonic had lost Amy and had run back to Tails' workshop There wasn't much happening at the moment. Tails was at the computer while Sonic was sitting on the roof looking for any sign of trougble. He liad back and admired the morning sun burning down. There was a light breeze in the air, taking a few leaves with it. He started to feel a little dozy. He shut his eyes and was about to doze off when the alarm in the workshop sounded, making Sonic jump out of his skin.

"WOAH!" Sonic yelped. The sudden wake up call caused him to fall to the ground. He quickly recovered and went inside the workshop. Inside, all the computers were showing an alert screen and a red alarm light was flashing on and off.

"Tails, what's going on?" Sonic asked.

"Sonic, Angel Island is falling." Tails replied.

"Again!"

"Again. There's going to be a Tidal wave here any minute."

"Will the workshop be ok?"

"It will be, but we need to find out what happened." Tails opened the hangar where the Tornado 2 was waiting.

"I bet Eggman has something to do with this."

"We'll have to ask Knuckles and Tikal what happened." Soinc jumped onto the tail of the plane while Tails climbed into the cockpit.

"Runway clear, Tornado 2 ready for takeoff!" Tails shouted. The hangar opened and the tornado 2 took off and flew towards Angel Island. Along the way, they saw the Tidal wave created by the falling Angel Island. The wave crashed into the cliffs under the worrkshop and did liittle damage. However, a different cliff crumbled under the intense force.

"Thank goodness that Tidal wave wasn't any bigger." Tails mttered.

"No time to think, we need to get to Angel Island." Sonic shouted.

"Right." Tails piloted the plane towards Angel Island.

They found Angel Island in the middle of the ocean. Knuckles was standing in front of the ruined Master Emerald, clutching his fist in rage. Tikal was on all fours, struggling to stand up after the impact. She was also emotionally shocked at what had jus happened. Eggman had just stolen the Chaos Emeralds and shattered the Master Emerald. It was just as bad as what her father had done thousands of years previously. Tails landed the Tornado 2 on a clearing a few metres away from the altar, causing Knuckles to look over his shoulder at them. Soniic jumped off the pland and ran over to Knuckles. Tails climbed out of the cockpit and went over to Tikal.

"Knuckles, what happened here?" Sonic asked.

"Eggman, he shattered the Master Emerald and stole the Chaos Emeralds." Knuckles replied.

"WHAT!"

"Eggman has the Chaos Emeralds and the Master Emerald is n pieces." Tails was helping Tikal to her feet. She stood up and dusted herself off.

"Are you ok?" Tails asked.

"I'm shocked. Eggman is just like my father." Tikal replied.

"Eggman attacked?"

"Yes, he shattered the Master Emerald."

"Did he take the Chaos Emeralds?"

"Every last one." Knuckles replied. He and Sonic had come down from where the Master Emerald once stood

"Not true, I was able to save one of them." Tikal replied. She reached into her pocket and pulled out the green Chais Emerald. Everyone gasped at the sight, although Tails showed a look of gratitude.

"Great. With this, we can find Eggman." Tails exclaimed.

"How?" Tikal asked.

"The Chaos Emeralds can attract each other. I can use that ability to detect a signal from the other Emeralds and Locate Eggman."

But what does Eggman want with the Chaos Emeralds?" Tikal hesitantly gave Tails the Chaos Emerald as she said this.

"No doubt some twisted plan on world domination." Sonic replied.

"Sonic, we have to find Eggman." Tails shouted.

"Right." Sonic and Tails started running towards the Tornado 2.

"You guys go ahead." Knuckles shouted.

"Where are you going?" Tails asked.

"I need to find the fragments of the Master Emerald and restore it."

"And I'll come with you." Tikal added. Knuckles turned and looked at her.

"Are you sure?"

"The Master Emerald has a special place in my heart. I want to help restore it." Knuckles was touched by this display.

"Ok, we'll see you later." Sonic called out. The Tornado 2 then took off and flew off towards Tails' workshop.

"How are we going to get off this island?" Tikal asked.

"Simple, we climb to the top of the highest mountain on the Island and glide off." Knuckles replied.

"But, I can't glide."

"Don't worry, I'll carry you across. If necessary, we can swin."

"Erm, ok. I can swim pretty well." Knuckles grabbed Tikal by the arm and took her to the top of the mountains. Once they were there, Tikal climbed onto Knuckles' back.

"Are you on?" Knuckles asked.

"I'm ready." Tikal replied.

"Ok, hold on tight!" Knuckles leapt into the air and began gliding towards an area where he knew there was land.

Sonic and Tails were back at Tails' workshop. Tails was at a computer trying to locate the remaining Chaod Emeralds. Amy was sitting with them. She was looking through a fashion magazine in the corner. Sonic was sitting opposite her looking out the window. Birds were flying around outside, completely unaware of what had just happened. The Chaos Emerald that Tikal had given them was plugged into Tails' computer. Sweat was running down the back of Tails' neck. He was getting desprate, he needed to find Eggman and stop him before anything happened. Suddenly, the computer showed a blip on his radar. The ping of the radar made everyone in the room jump.

"Tails, what is it?" Sonic asked.

"I've found the other Chaos Emeralds!" Tails replied.

"Great, where aere they?"

"In the middle of the ocean according to radar."

"How are we going to get there?"Amy asked.

"I built a submarine that we can use."

"Cool. How big is it? Does it have a bathroom? Does it have separate rooms?"

"AMY!"

"Am I asking too many questions?"

"Yeah."

"Sorry"

"Where abouts in the ocean are the Emeralds?" Sonic asked.

"About 20 miles East of Angel Island." Tails replied.

"Eggman must have an underwater base there."

"I suppose he's trying to expose your hate of water." Amy suggested.

"Well, it won't work now we have the Tsunami!"

"Come on guys, let's go!" Tails exclaaimed.

"Hang onn, where is the Tsunami?" Amy asked.

"In the lower half of the warehouse." With that, Everyone went down to the lower half of the workshop to where the Tsunami was waiting.

Knuckles and Tikal had arrived in the Metropolis zone of Mobius. The city was particularly busy, the citizens unaware of what had happened. Knuckles and Tikal were in the centre of the city. Tikal looked around in awe at all the buildings around her. There were many skyscrapers around her, as well as many citizens. A lot of citizens were walking around but there were several vehicles on the road as well. It was unlike anything she had ever seen before. She just stared around at the city awestruck.

"Enjoying the sights?" Knuckles asked. Tikal snapped out of her trance and looked at him.

"Sorry, it's not like anything I'm used to." Tikal replied.

"Don't worry, you'll get used to it."

"I'm sure I will." Knuckles began walking down the sidewalk.

"Come on, we have some fragments to find." Tikal walked up to Knuckles and stayed close to him. As they were walking along, they were stopped by a Dog. The dog looked rough (or sould that be ruff, lol) and physically strong.

"Hey Knuckles, what brings you here?" The dog asked.

"If you don't mind, I'm looking for something valuable." Knuckles replied. The dog then noticed Tikal and eyed her.

"Who's this?"

"Just a friend."

"Aww, has rough boy Knuckles got himself a girlfriend?" The Dog started laughing as he said this. Knuckles blushed and then got extremely angry.

"WHAT! I dare you to say that again!"

"Aww, has rough boy Knuckles got himself a girlfriend?" Knuckles lost his temper and threw a punch to the dog''s face.

"HEY! Nobody gives me a sucker punch!" The dog shouted. He threw a punch right at Knuckles' face. Knuckles placed his hand to his face. He looked at it and saw blood on it. His lip had been cut by the blow.

"YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT!" Knuckles shouted. He punched the dog even harder in the face. The dog was abouut to punch back but Tikal interviened.

"Guys, fighting won't solve anything." Tikal said calmly.

"What do you know?" The dog asked.

"Enough to know that you were rather rude back then. You both owe each other an apology."

"Why should I apologise?" Knuckles asked. He was stilll very angry but Tikal replied calmly.

"You need to apologise for reacting in the way you did."

"And why should I apologise?" The Dog asked.

"For being rude back then." Tikal grabbed the Dog's hand and Knuckles' hand and pulled them closer.

"Now shake and make up." Tikal instructed. Knuckles and the dog both growled at each other before finally shaking hands.

"I'm…sorry for hurting you." Knuckles finally said.

"And…I'm…sorry for being rude." The Dog replied.

"Good, now we can continue our search." Tikal said in relief. They were about to walk away but the dog called out to them.

"Excuse me Miss." The dog called. Tikal turned around and looked at him.

"What is it?" Tikal asked.

"To show you I'm sorry, I'd like you to have this." The dog handed Tikal a green crystal.

"A fragment of the Master Emerald!" Knuckles exclaimed.

"Why thank you." Tikal replied. With the firstt fragment in hand, they continued their search for the remaining fragments.

Eggman was hiding in an underwater base with the Emeralds he had stolen. They were stored in a black box which he had on his lap. He was sitting in the control room of the base. The walls were covered in computer screens, buttons and levers. Some of the computer screens showed water pressure, some showed security cameras inside the base and others showed an outside view of the base. What wall was visible in the room was painted red and black withh Eggman's logo on the wall. Eggman was laughing his head off over his recent triumph.

"Ho-ho-ho-ho! That was so easy. I have the Chaos Emeralds and the Master Emerald is destroyed." Eggman said to himself. He heard the door to the quarters open. It was Metal Sonic. He came into the room and stood next to Eggman.

"You seem happy." Metal Sonic complimented.

"That's because I'm one step closer to taking over this world." Eggman replied.

"I see, what is in the box?"

"Why, the Chaos Emeralds of course."

"Nice. Your dream will come true soon enough."

"And I'm glad that you are back on my side now."

"Yes, I apologise for doing that. I disobeyed your orders out of the need to defeat Sonic."

"Apology accepted Metal Sonic, just don't let it happen again."

"It won't."

"Good, now how about we have a peek at our Emeralds." Eggman pened the box and looked at the Emeralds. Metal Sonic peered into the box.

"I don't mean to be rude sir, but there is one missing." Metal Sonic said.

"There is? Which one?" Eggman asked.

"The Green Emerald." Eggman dug through the box and saw that it was missing.

"ARRGH! I need to find that last Emerald."

"It's safe to assume that Sonic has it."

"If that's the case, we'll let him bring it to me." With that, Eggman let out an evil laugh.

(A/N: Again, I am extremely sorry for such a long delay. Hopefully that won't happen again as my top prority projects are finished. If you're wondering what caused Metal Sonic's change of heart, you'll find out later on in the story. Please read and review for now.)