Sonic and Co. began to look for the Master Emerald, and got nowhere. They walked around aimlessly, trying to find some trace of the things they need. Shoetly after, Knuckles began to sense a Chaos Emerald and a shard of the Master Emerald. After a few more minutes, they split up. Sonic and Tails looked for the Chaos Emeralds, and Knuckles hunted down the piece of the Master Emerald he sensed in this area. As Sonic and Tails searched, Sonic explained why this place was interesting to him. "You see Tails, this is the first time I had actually encountered Eggman. I can still imagine it now... The Egg 'n Chain. Me. I win. Heh." explained Sonic. "What was the Egg 'n Chain thing you just said?" asked Tails. "Oh. That thing. That was the first device he had ever used against me. This was long before I met you though. C'mon. lets go." replied Sonic. They continued through the area, going through the rollercoaster-like loop-de-loops, quarterpipe ramps, and many other wacky landforms. As they searched, Knuckles search led him closer and closer to the Master Emerald shard. "Hmmm... This is a bigger stretch of land then I thought..." grumbled Knuckles. "Wait- could it be here?" questioned the red echidna, sensing the Emerald Shard under him. He dug fast and furious. At last, he found the first piece, a rather large chunk at that. With that, he went off to look for Sonic and Tails.
"Hmmm... Could the Emerald be in those Special Stages?" asked Tails. "Maybe, I dunno really." replied Sonic, "Anyways, theres a star post over there, so we might as well check it out." And with that, they set off. Upon hitting the strange device, white light surrounded them, and in an instant, were teleported to what is known as a "Special Stage", parralell dimensions in wich Chaos Emeralds generally reside in. As a last line of protection, those who can get past various obstackles can take the emerald for their own. Those who can't are sent back from where they came from. Upon landing, a voice, heard all around, announced the goal. "GET THROUGH THE STAGE'S TRAPS WITH AT LEAST 50 GOLD POWER RINGS TO CONTINUE." was the goal set here. Suddenly different platforms appeared with spining gold rings on them. Strange orbs and other gadgets also appeared to make the talsk more difficult. Suddenly, a chime sounded, marking the start of the challenge. With that, Sonic and Tails split up, and had collected 75 rings total. the next goal, collect 100 rings. They did it with ease, and reached the Chaos Emerald. Upon touching it, they were teleported with the emerald back to their world, right next to the Star Post.
As if on queue Knuckles ran up. "Sonic! Tails! I see you have the emerald! I found a nice chunk here!" he said, happy with their fortunate find. But, as you and I know, Eggman has to intervene, and cause trouble. "Muahahahaha", a voice laughed. It was Eggman. "Whats up, Egghead?" asked Sonic, uninterested in his "new" plan. "Hand over what you have, and I won't have to hurt you." said Eggman, knowing the answer he'd get. "Honestly, Eggman.." said Sonic, "Do you really think we would give up that easily?" "In all truth, no." replied Eggman. "Well then, Eggy. BRING IT ON!" yelled Sonic, as the trio went twoards the machine that Eggman was using to stop them. Suddenly, a mechanical chao-like figure came out of seemingly nowhere. This little robot is called Omochao. "NAME: EGG 'N CHAIN. HITS: E-" Omochao was cut off by Eggman, who blew it out of the sky. As much as the trio were Eggman's enemy, almost everyone was against Onmchao, whos CPU was apparently programmed with an extremely low AI, as he would state the blatently obvious things. He also got in the way.
With that little escapade out of the way, the battle commenced. Sonic flew at the machine in a ball, only to be hit away by the barrier. Knuckles, who took this as an advantage, snuck up and punched the machine. It went flying a few feet, but had regained bearing. Tails threw some dummy rings, wich short-circuted the machine, and caused it to fall to earth. Knuckles got under and punched it, and sent it up once more. Sonic, having recovered, spun straight up through the maching, going through the engine. releasing the eggmobile before he was caught in the explosion, he yelled, "You'll pay for this, Sonic!", and with that, he was off, leaving the Egg 'n Chain to explode. "Whew" said Knuckles, "That was pretty rough...". "Well, lets go team!" said Sonic, as they left in search of the next Chaos Emerald and Master Emerald in the beach area...