Chapter 4

Gabbriella walked out of Knuckles' room and looked sneakily both ways. She stood up straight, closed her eyes and concentrated. 'Maybe if I can concentrate, I can find where the Master Emerald is.' A few seconds later, Gabbriella's eyes bursted open and she looked left. "It's down there." Gabbriella ran in that direction and then into the room at the end of the hall. She was in the main power room. She walked in deeper and looked around. "It has to be in here somewhere," She closed her eyes, "I can feel it." Just then a glowing green light appeared a few feet in front of her. She opened her eyes and saw the Master Emerald and smiled. She walked up to it and laid her hand on it and closed her eyes relieved. "At least nothing happened to you."

"Takin a look around?" Said a voice from behind. She turned surprised. It was Sonic, he stood there smiling with his arms crossed.

"Sorry, I wanted to make sure the Master Emerald was alright." She said turning back to the Master Emerald.

"Yeah, it's fine. So what happened?"

"Huh?"

"Knuckles said that he thought you were killed and here you are standing, clearly not dead."

"I don't...remember...It happened all so fast." She put her hand on her head trying to think. "I just can't remember...I remember being knocked out and then the next thing I remember was waking up in your recovery room."

"So...you're ok?"

"Yeah...I think so. I'm just glad nothing happened to the Master Emerald. If it had been destroyed, it could've been disasterous."

"Yeah, no kidding. Well, I just saw you walk in here and I thought I'd check on ya. See ya!"

"Bye." Gabbriella watched Sonic leave and then turned back to the Master Emerald and smiled. She lifted her head and closed her eyes. Both her and the Master Emerald began to glow a bright yellow and the glow lifted Gabbriella into the air. A few minutes later, Gabbriella was let back down very slowly and they both stopped glowing. Gabbriella sighed. "Thank you." Gabbriella said softly. She smiled one last time, turned and walked out of the room.

in Dr. Eggman's ship

"I can't believe it!" Eggman screamed, "How could she have been knocked out?"

"Well, Knuckles sure can pack a punch." Rouge told him.

"And she still could have been hurt when we found her." Shadow added and Rouge nodded in agreement.

"Well, no matter what, that girl has tremendous power and I want it! I won't rest until I have it! And neither will you! Shadow! Rouge! Go and bring me that girl, alive!"

"Yes doctor." Shadow said as both he and Rouge left the room.

"I just have to get it! Her power could be the key to destroying Sonic and helping me take over the world! Grrrrrrr...I better have it soon."

back in the Blue Typhoon

Knuckles sat in the bridge with Sonic and Tails. "I think Gabbriella may be able to help us." Tails told them.

"How so? She's been knocked out for 4 years." Knuckles reminded him.

"I know, and she also comes from your tribe so she can help us locate the rest of the Chaos Emeralds and get them back. She also has all that power. I mean did you see all that power she had when she was fighting you, Sonic?"

"I sure did! She sure can fight...she reminds me of you, Knuckles." Sonic said. Knuckles didn't say a word.

"She could be a great addition to our team."

"All we have to do is ask her for her help." Sonic said. Just then Gabbriella walked into the room.

"Hey guys! What's up?" Gabbriella said smiling.

"We were just talking about you Gabbriella! We need to talk to you for a minute." Tails told her.

"Alright." Gabbriella sat down next to Knuckles on the couch. "What about?"

"We were thinking, it would be a good idea if you would join our team and help us look for the rest of the Chaos Emeralds." Sonic told her.

"That be great! I want to do whatever I can to get those emeralds back! Any help you need, I'm here." Gabbriella said happily. Sonic and Tails smiled at each other.

"Alright!" Sonic said. Gabbriella smiled and then noticed that Knuckles had been looking at her the whole time. She smiled at him and then looked as if she had remembered something.

"I just remembered! I promised Amy I'd help her with something. See you guys later!" Gabbriella left the room and walked down to a room down at the bottom of the ship where Amy and Chris were. "You guys still need me?"

"Sure do!" Amy said.

"Nice timing!" Chris added. Gabbriella smiled.

in the main power room

Knuckles sat in the main power room alone. He was sitting on the floor leaning against the Master Emerald with his arms crossed and his eyes closed. 'I don't understand. How could she have survived? That attack was brutal, no one could've survived it. I'm still trying to figure out how I survived, now I have to figure out how she did.' He thought.

Knuckles' flashbacks

Knuckles stood below the monster watching him knock over buildings and killing innocent echidnas. There was screaming, lots of it

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Knuckles attacked the monster and it threw him and knocked him out.

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Knuckles woke up.

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Knuckles slammed his fist into the wall. "No."

flashbacks end

Knuckles opened his eyes. "I don't undershtand." He said looking back at the Master Emerald. "Maybe the Master Emerald saved us both somehow. Maybe it...hmmm...maybe she...but...maybe not. Somehow we both got out of it alive." Just then the Blue Typhoon shook. "What?" Knuckles stood up and ran to the bridge where everybody else already was. "What's going on?"

"We're under attack!" Tails said taking the controls. Tails pushed several buttons in front of him and a screen appeared on the window and it showed Eggman's ship.

"It's Dr. Eggman!" Chris said.

"What's he doing here?" Sonic asked. Another missile headed for the Blue Typhoon.

"What do we do?"

"We fight back!" Sonic said clenching his fist in front of his face.

"Right! Sonic, you ready?" Tails asked him. Sonic and Knuckles ran out of the room. "Load Sonic Power Cannon." Sonic got in the cannon. "Are you in position, Sonic?"

"I'm ready." Sonic turned into a ball. Knuckles jumped out of a hatch at the top of the Blue Typhoon.

"Sonic Power Cannon loaded. Getting ready to fire." Tails pressed several buttons. "Sonic Power Cannon...fire!" Tails pressed a big red button and the cannon shot at Eggman's ship leaving a small dent.

"What?" Sonic said rubbing his head. "I barely made a dent." Knuckles, with a jetpack on, flew up to Sonic and handed him a jetpack.

"What's wrong?" Knuckles asked.

"I wasn't able to get inside! I barely made a dent!" Knuckles flew up to Eggman's ship and tapped on it.

"Nobody's gonna be able to get in there. That's pure steel."

"That's right!" Said Eggman's voice over the intercom. "I told you, I'm always a few steps ahead of you. Did you think I didn't know you were going to couterattack? Nothing gets in unless I want it too." Just then Shadow and Rouge snuck out of the ship, when Sonic and Knuckles didn't see them. Inside the Blue Typhoon, Gabbriella was the only one who noticed them come out.

"Oh no." Gabbriella said. "Sonic!"

"What's wrong?" Tails asked.

"Tails! I need you to get me out there!" Gabbriella said frantically pointing outside.

"Ok. But why?"

"Just do it!" Gabbriella said for the first time getting really angry.

"Ok."

"Send me in the power cannon." Gabbriella demanded.

"What? Sonic's the only one who..."

"Do it!" Gabbriella interrupted.

"Alright. If you know what you're doing. But you know, there's only a slim chance that you'll come out alright."

"Don't worry about me, I can take care of myself."

"What ever you say? Chris, show her where the power cannon is and I'll get it ready."

"Right." Chris said nodding.

"Charging power cannon. Get ready Gabbriella." Gabbriella got into position.

"I'm ready." Gabbriella said.

"Preparing to fire." Tails started. 'I sure hope this works. Sonic is the only one who can survive the power cannon because of his speed. Hopefully, Gabbriella knows what she's doing and can get through this or Knuckles will kill me for letting her go.' "Power Cannon loaded. You ready?"

"Ready."

"Alright. You sure you wanna do this?" Tails said pressing several buttons.

"Yes."

"Ok...power cannon ready to fire. Power cannon...fire!" Tails said pressing the same red button.

Will Gabbriella survive? I sure hope so, but no one will know for sure unless you guys review.