1A dark being eyed the Master Emerald with greed. A smirk found its way onto the creature's face.

"This is almost all too easy!" it chuckled to itself as it began approaching the emerald. Just as it began to climb up the steps to the summit of the alter, it was tackled by a flying red object. That object was Knuckles.

"What do you think you're doing!" he roared. The impact caused the creature to fall down on the ground.

"..."

There was no reply. A frustrated and enraged Knuckles continued to yell.

"I asked you a question! What the hell do you think you're doing! Do you have any idea of what that emerald is up there!" Knuckles pointed up to the Master Emerald.

"Hey Knuckles!" A voice called out. Knuckles turned in the direction of the voice to see Shadow and Rouge coming for back-up. He chuckled lightly.

"Don't worry guys, I can take this one! Won't even be a challenge!" Knuckles claimed as Shadow and Rouge ran up next to him. The creature's eyes shot open.

"What makes you say that?" Rouge asked.

"That thing's too weak to get up after one little tackle! It probably can't even talk! It hasn't said a word! If that isn't a weakling, I don't know what is!" Knuckles boasted.

A deep, menacing growling filled the air around them. The creature slowly turned its head towards Knuckles and the others, its eyes filled with pure rage. The three standing before it gasped at its identity.

"A-Amy!"

Only something was different. At first glance it would look like Amy, but it wasn't. The creature was a dark lavender color with crimson eyes. It was dressed completely in black. It wore black bell-bottoms, a black tanktop with a black leather vest over that. It had an earring in its right ear and had many chains dangling from its body. Huge black dragon wings were outstretched behind it and a dragon's tail laid coiled around it. It slowly rose to its feet and smiled.

"Heh heh! Guess again!" it stated in a shallow, dark voice.

"Guys! This isn't Amy!" Rouge yelled.

"Give the girl a prize!" the dark Amy shouted as she slowly began walking towards the others.

"Who are you! State your name, you imposter!" Shadow demanded.

"Imposter?" the creature asked, "I can assure you I'm no imposter! As for my name... you shall address me as your master!"

She then leapt at them, claws stretched and fangs bared.

"Guys watch out!" Knuckles yelled as he and the others jumped out of the way.

"Chaos Spear!" Shadow cried out.

"Hmph! Your attempts are futile! You couldn't possibly comprehend my power!" the Dark Amy replied.

"Well, it's worth a try!" yelled Rouge. "Screw Kick!"

But the Dark Amy saw the attack coming. Her wings opened up as she flew out of the way. Then another creature tackled Rouge, which knocked her to the ground.

"What the!" Knuckles asked, alarmed. The Dark Amy looked at the figure that tackled Rouge.

"Charcoal! It's about time you showed up!" she claimed. The dark red hedgehog turned around to face her and bowed before her.

"Forgive me sister, but I ran into the others and then led them all here," he explained.

"Ah, excellent! Good work brother!" The Dark Amy replied.

"We're here!" called a voice. The Dark Amy turned her head to see Blade and the others. Knuckles and Shadow took advantage of this. Knuckles threw a powerful punch at the Dark Amy while Shadow attacked her with a series of swift kicks. Because they caught her off guard, they were able to knock her down. The growling returned again, but this time it was much more intimidating. Charcoal slowly began inching off to the side.

"I think I'm gonna go over here!" he claimed in a shaky voice as he watched the Dark Amy get up. She turned to Charcoal and the rest.

"What do you think you fools are doing!" she bellowed, "Get them!"

They nodded.

"Right!"

Then, Charcoal leapt at Shadow, Knuckles and Rouge as Blade and the others followed his example. Rouge slowly and painfully made her way up to her feet, only to come face to face with Typhoon.

"Hello there!" Typhoon grinned. "Although you may look like me, I still have to kill ya!"

Before Rouge could react, Typhoon kicked her in the stomach, causing her to gasp for air. Then, Star and Ninja came up from behind and tackled her. Meanwhile, Shadow found himself up against Bane. The two ran at high speeds, exchanging punches and kicks every now and then. Soon, Charcoal caught up with them and managed to trip Shadow, causing him to lose his balance and fall down. Knuckles was fighting against Blade when a bright flash appeared next to the green fox. There a figure stood, smirking at Knuckles. Knuckles clenched his teeth and made a fist at the familiar face. It was Gold.

"Well, I must say, you do travel fast Knuckles!" laughed Gold.

"Grrrr! You're gonna pay!" cried Knuckles as he lunged at Gold. Gold and Blade looked at each other.

" You ready brother?" Gold asked.

" Ready when you are!" answered Blade.

Just as Knuckles was about to punch Gold, Blade picked him up and flew up in the air.

"Hey! Let me go!" Knuckles demanded.

"Well, if you say so..." Blade snickered as he dropped Knuckles. Before Knuckles hit the ground, Gold jumped up and punched him hard.

During all this, everyone forgot about the Dark Amy. She slowly made her way up the steps of the alter. Before long, she saw an object glowing in a bold shade of green. She smiled darkly as she walked up to the object and put her hands on it.

"At last..." She whispered. She then picked it up and held it high above her head as she turned around to look down on everyone else.

"Heh heh heh heh heh!" she laughed. Everyone stopped fighting and looked up at her. Knuckles' eyes widened.

"NO!"

"Ha! The Master Emerald is now in my possession!" the girl declared. She looked at her brothers and sisters. "We've obtained what we needed! We have no more business here! Lets go! Chaos Control!" she yelled before she vanished. Her brothers and sisters nodded and they all got together.

"Heh heh! Until we meet again!" Charcoal yelled. Then, in one voice, they all cried out,

"Chaos Control!"

And they disappeared from sight.