Chapter 3

Race for the Emeralds

MYSTIC RUINS

After getting off the train, Sonic and Tails raced to the workshop. Obviously, Sonic didn't know where it was and kept running off track, so Tails won. But as they both stepped on the hill where Tails's workshop resided, they met a familiar friend, or should I say… foe.

"Well, if it isn't Sonic!" Eggman was in his Egg Hoverer thing and looked down at the hedgehog and the fox.

"Hey, look, it's a giant talking egg!" Sonic screamed in obvious sarcasm.

"Silence! I am Dr. Robotnik, the smartest evil genius in the world!"

"Whatever you say, Eggman!"

"I know that you have a Chaos Emerald. Bring it to me now, or else!"

"Or what?"

"Or I'll take from you. By force!"

The Egg Hoverer went down and added some parts to it. A few gigantic engines and well… that's it. Eggman called it… the Egg Hornet. It shot a wave of rockets at Sonic and Tails but they dodged it easily. The Egg Hornet then had claws coming out of its sides and then tried to stab Sonic, but he dodged it and gave a homing attack to Eggman. Eggman screamed in pain and then shot two waves of rockets at Sonic that missed. It tried the claw nosedive attack again, but he missed once again. This time, Tails gave a tail-whip to Eggman.

"OW! He's not gonna get away with this!" Eggman said.

This time, he shot three waves of rockets, two at Sonic and one at Tails, but they dodged them. At that moment, Eggman didn't know who to hit with the claw attack, since he didn't have anymore rockets. If he tried to hit either one, that one would dodge it and the other one would hit. While Eggman was hesitating, Sonic looked at Tails and Tails looked at Sonic. Tails flew up in the air and Sonic jumped and hung onto Tails's hands. They flew over Eggman and Sonic jumped and gave a homing attack to Eggman. The final hit. The extra parts fell off, leaving only the Egg Hoverer. Tails then tried to make a run for his workshop, Chaos Emerald in hand.

"Aha!" Eggman said. A giant pincer came out of the Hoverer and grabbed the Chaos Emerald.

"Come out, Chaos! Time to eat!" he yelled apparently at nobody. Out came the blue creature that Sonic had fought only last night. Eggman tossed the Chaos Emerald into its body, and it transformed! What a sight! Chaos had grown a bone in his right arm with the Chaos Emerald in the middle of his new palm.

"It's just as the stone tablets predicted. You see, Sonic, when Chaos gets all seven Emeralds, he will destroy your puny Station Square and I will rebuild on it, Robotnikland! The ultimate city, where I will rule it all." Eggman said. He pressed a button and teleported somewhere else. Sonic and Tails had a job to do.

"Sonic, if Eggman gets those Emeralds in time, who knows what Chaos will do!" Tails screamed.

"There's only one thing to do. We have to get the Emeralds before Eggman." Sonic answered.

"Wait, you know that cave over there?" he asked Sonic as they walked up to the workshop. "Well, I took a look at it. It's some windy place there, but I saw a symbol there. It looked like this." Tails picked up a green stone in front of his workshop.

"The wind stone," Sonic said. "Come on, let's try it in the cave!" So they ran to the cave. Sonic tossed the stone and it started floating. It went down and placed itself into some socket. Then the wind blew more rapid than ever.

"After you," said Tails. So Sonic jumped into it and Tails did so after.

STATION SQUARE

"It is my destiny to find the missing Master Emerald pieces so that Angel Island can float once again. The thing is, I don't know where they are." Knuckles said.

He ran towards the City Hall area and picked up a faint sense of the Emerald shards, but he still couldn't find them. He looked in between bushes, in stores, and inside burgers, but he still couldn't find them. There was a barricade covering City Hall. Knuckles in anger, punched it so hard, it flew right into the doors of City Hall, opening them. Then, the Master Emerald sense became stronger.

"It's in there." Knuckles said pointing at City Hall. He ran in and followed the signal.

STATION SQUARE – SPEED HIGHWAY

Nobody really knows it, but there's a back entrance/exit to City Hall. It leads to the Speed Highway of Station Square. Knuckles followed the signal to the three Emerald shards located there. He found one inside a small alley and one on top of a building, but he couldn't seem to get the last one.

"Destroy Eggman's robots, as there may be something inside of them." a voice said. The only thing around Knuckles, though, was a light.

"Oh, well." he said. The signal was extremely strong when he got near a spinning bat robot. Knuckles gave his signature move, a one-two punch and then a power jab. It destroyed the bat with ease, and out flew the shard.

"Wow, that voice was right. Whatever it was." Knuckles said and followed another signal.

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FUN FACTS

- Sonic and Tails don't fight Eggman together, and they don't use the Tails grab Sonic routine ever in the whole game.

- Sonic and Tails jump into the wind that leads them into Windy Valley. That is Sonic's second adventure stage and Tails's first

- Knuckles's first adventure stage is Speed Highway.