All of you Major Sonic fans out there don't kill me! I'm sorry but it was just easily put in to be a good cliffhanger! Anywho, this is the second last chapter before part two! HUZAH! Don't worry, Blaze and Stacey will be coming back for all thier loyal comments (Yay!) Infact, Quarma and a new Character (yours truley) Are in the prolouge, and in the first chapter appear Blaze with a mention of stacey! okay, here's a few thing I want you to see first:

To all of you raving Migro Fan-girls: Yes, there are alot of them. Alot of girls inlove with mr.Bat-boy. If you're one of those fans, don't kill me, he returns!

To all of you Amy act-alikes: Don't worry, I'm not going to be sued by Sega for the killed You know who! HE WILL RETURN! BUAHAHAHA! Read on, Read and enjoy! ...Or be attacked!

Knuckles painfully shifted on the ground, the first thing he felt was the heat. Opening his eyes, he pulled himself into a sitting position. He regretted opening his eyes as they took in the scene before him. Kylo, the first to have fallen, had appeared to land on her back, for she was still in that position, eyes closed, breathing rapidly, with Espio, Charmy and Niomie crouching over her, trying to get her to wake up. They all seemed to be alright, after all, Charmy had his wings, Espio was always prepared and Niomie? Cats always land on their feet. Flicking his gaze from the limp figure and the worried trio, his gaze rested upon Stacey, who also appeared to be fine. She was stretching out her legs though.

"Felines…" He muttered darkly. Of course they'd land on their feet. With a shrug he pushed himself to his feet and stretched. Sonic appeared to be a bit on edge, but was unharmed, with Tails trying to get the angered hedgehog to calm down for no apparent reason. Spike was trying to figure out what happened, Knuckles assumed, for he was staring at the ceiling where he'd fallen from. Vector appeared to be fine as well, though he was tense and looking grim, it wasn't until he realized the heat until he found out. Looking around, he realized the group was in a large dome-like room. Looking down, he noticed the floor had an edge. He took a step towards it, only to stumble back into a sitting position at what he saw.

"What's up Knux?" Sonic asked, watching the echidna, seeming to have calmed down now. Knuckles registered what he saw only a second after his fall.

"We're on a metal pier, stretching to the center of this dome and…Underneath us is lava!" Knuckles said tenser than he wanted to. His tense tone brought teasing words from the resident Blue hedgehog.

"Why so worried Knucklehead, are you scared?" Sonic taunted whilst faking a sympathetic face. Knuckles clenched a fist, trying to decide whether to Punch the Hedgehog's face in, or throw him over the edge. He didn't have to make a choice

"Ahhhh!"

THUMP

"That's going to hurt in the morning." Knuckles heard as he turned at the new voice. Sitting on the ground, rubbing her head painfully was someone only Tails seemed to know.

"Blaze!" He called, rushing over to help the black-and-red fox to her feet. Knuckles narrowed his eyes and put his guard up, just incase.

"Who's this?" He asked, walking towards the pair of foxes.

"She was being held captive by Eggman for his experiments; she was in the same holding room as I was." Tails explained quickly as 'Blaze' brushed herself off.

"Are we done with the introductions?" A new voice cooed from the shadows around the upper part of the dome. Knuckles flattened his ears against his head and looked up; feeling an expression of anger fit itself upon his face. Of course, Migro had probably asked Eggman to send them all here. Where he had the advantage of the Shadows Above, and the ability to fly above the lava.

"Come out and show yourself!" Vector said, pointing to the shadows in the air. He needn't have asked. In the middle of the dome, at the end of the wide metal walkway, a black bat descended gracefully to the ground, landing without a noise on the edge of the pier. Knuckles realized he'd stepped forward without meaning to, and at his side stood Espio, flanked by Vector, Sonic, Spike and the two felines. Flying an aerial surveillance was Tails and Charmy. Tails was hovering in one place, trying to look tough, and Charmy was zipping back and fourth nervously. Kylo had been left with the newcomer. Kylo's fellow fox was poking her in the arm. "Wake up, Wake up!" She repeated lamely. But Knuckles was too distracted to care. Flicking his gaze to Migro, he noticed a flash of fear in the Bat's wide eyes, before it vanished, replaced with the look of overconfidence.

"Really, what, eight, no nine people against one? That seems a bit unfair to you." He boasted, flaring his wings as he spoke. "You Sonic don't have to worry, for you'll be dying by the Doctor's hand. And for Niomie…" He paused and flicked his gaze to the Wildcat before narrowing his eyes in utter hatred "You'll be dying by my hand, so you have something to worry about." With those words, the bat shot back into the air with a single stroke of his over-sized wings. Silence stretched over the pier as everyone waited to be attacked. They weren't kept waiting. From the shadows to Knuckle's right, Migro came shooting towards him, fangs bared. Knuckles had no time to react, but Niomie did. The grey Wildcat leapt into the air, knocking the Vampire Bat off his course of flight.

"Watch your back!" Niomie yelled to Knuckles.

"Alright…Thanks I guess."

"Don't mention it." With that Knuckles spun on the spot and threw a fist at Migro, who'd picked himself off the ground and was shooting at Knuckles again. Knuckles heard a soft crunch as his fist connected with Migro's face and was knocked backwards. A flash of green showed behind the bat as he suddenly changed direction and skidded along the ground, tumbling to the end of the pier. Vector had hit the bat with his tail.

"Ouch." Charmy commented from above. Migro pushed himself onto all fours, taking one hand and wiping the blood from his face. He unsteadily rose to his feet and flew back into the air, cursing loudly.

"You're forgetting something!" Sonic said after yawning widely.

"Am I hedgehog? And what's that?" Migro challenged, angrily, from the shadows.

"You're not just facing Sonic here, your facing us all!" Tails declared, whilst landing beside Sonic and raising his eyes to the shadows above. A soft grunt reached his ears, and Migro suddenly shot from the air and into Stacey. The pink ocelot tumbled with the bat for a moment, before absorbing the fall into her paws and crouching into a roll, Stacey grabbed Migro wrists and jumped out of her tumble, whilst spinning in the air and flinging Migro towards the end of the walkway. A Blue blur shot into the air and swatted the bat back to the ground. Sonic landed on the ground a moment after Migro had, with less of a thud.

"This is getting boring!" He declared and rushed at Migro again, kicking him like a softball off the ground and into the air. Tails threw himself at the falling bat, knocking him a few feet away by the impact as he fell, where he was knocked back into the air by an invisible force. Espio had made himself invisible while he'd struck the bat. Now as the bat shot back into the air Spike jumped up to meet him, spinning in a roundhouse kick and knocking the bat into the ground. The tattered bat skidded along the ground, tumbling along the edge of the pier, before he came to a stop at the very end. The torn bat picked himself off the ground, coughing harshly as he did. Spots of his black fur were stained with red, and he had several bruises already.

"Give up Migro!" Knuckles yelled as he followed Sonic up to the still recovering bat. Migro was still crouching on all fours. His eyes closed, panting heavily.

"You don't understand…What you've done…" The weakened bat stated with unopened eyes.

"What're you talking about?" Sonic said, trading a glance with Knuckles.

"You don't have to kill to live, do you hedgehog? …I never asked to be what I am." He coughed as Sonic took a step closer to the bat.

"Be careful" Knuckles warned as Tails trotted from the gathered group behind them.

"No sweat, Knux! This guy couldn't hurt me now!" Sonic boasted, turning back to face the Echidna.

Big Mistake.

Before he knew it, Migro launched himself at Sonic, grabbing the hedgehog and flinging him over the edge of the pier.

"No!" Tails cried, shooting the catch the falling hedgehog. As Knuckles ran to the edge of the metal walkway, he peered over the edge. As Sonic fell to the lava, he seemed to be turning yellow. 'It's the lava reflecting on his fur' Knuckles thought, watching in horror as Sonic disappeared under the boiling mass of super-heated rock, and Tails was forced to pull up or suffer the same fate.

"Sonic…" Tails said sadly, collapsing into Knuckles arms. The young fox burst into tears. Knuckles sighed, his eyes landing on the broken figure of the bat. His wings were bruised and torn. The bat wasn't going to be flying off. Helping Tails to his feet, Knuckles helped the devastated fox back to the equally shocked group of Chaotix and newcomers. Spike was trying not to look sad, but was failing, as his eyes were wide and unfocused, staring into the ground. Charmy was clinging to Vector's arm and crying loudly

"He's not dead! He can't be dead!" He wailed. Vector did nothing to silence the moaning bee. He just gaped at the spot Sonic had fallen. Espio was looking equally as devastated, his hands lowered to his sides, his eyes closed tightly. Niomie's eyes were closed, and her back to the echidna, so he could not see the same, shocked-to-tears expression on her face. Stacey's eyes were wide; she was staring absently into the ceiling. After all, the famous Hedgehog just perished before her eyes. Kylo was awake, and standing on her own now, but her sword was drawn and she was leaning on it for support. Her eyes too were closed shut, and brimming with tears. The newcomer Blaze, rushed over to Tails, even her eyes were glazed and afraid, but she took Tails's hand and guided him away from the group. Knuckles's throat was parched, he'd realized his mouth was open and his felt a terrible thought nag at the corner of his mind. 'Sonic...Dead?' He turned to see if the hedgehog was emerging from the pits of lava, looking unscathed and bragging about his 'Awesome Comeback' but no. No hedgehog emerged. No sound was heard.

"Murderer!" Tails screeched. Knuckles turned to see Tails hurl himself at Migro, who was leaning over the edge of the pier. The young fox rammed the bat in his back. The bat fell towards the same fate as Sonic, but he spread his wings and winced with pain, he glided lower towards the surface, but slowly advancing to the wall. As he skimmed the lava, unable to fly higher, the wall opened up and the bat glided out of the egg fortress. The bat wavered in the air, and then collapsed towards the ground and out of sight. Tails walked angrily away, snatching up Kylo's sword

"Hey!" She called, but lightly, still numb with shock from Sonic's fall. Tails ignored her and stabbed the sword into the wall, carving a large exit through the metal, and then tossing the sword aside. He rammed the metal frame with his shoulder, and the cutout burst out into open air. Tails stepped onto the edge of the cutout and screamed.

"SONIC!"