Charlie took the two of them to a room where in the middle was a table with straps attached. All around the table were computers and other advanced machines. Charlie took a large cylinder with a purple serum inside. He placed it into one of the machines "Okay. We'll get everything ready then you'll have to get on the table".


The helicopter was heading to Station Square. Clove was briefing the men "Snipers on point. Deltas on backup. We make it before they move again, we'll have two tries. If we can't take him inside then we'll track him once he leaves. But if we can't hit him unaware before he gets onto a street we stand down. Under no circumstances is Knuckles to be engaged directly". Zavok was loading his gun barley listening before he suddenly looked to her "What about if he goes feral?". Luger turned to the men "Then we'll have failed to learn from our mistakes. He's never turned unless cornered or hurt. So, if we can't take him out from long range or if he makes us and runs then we fall back and let him go". Zavok tilted his head and narrowed his eyes "Not much of a rematch, is it?". Clove stared disapprovingly at him "There's 1.5 million people within a three-mile radius. You wanna take that thing out there". Zavok rolled hi eyes and looked down at the floor patiently waiting. Clove leaned in closer to Luger "You sure about him?" "I need somebody who won't run if he turns. Hopefully, we won't need him".


Charlie started strapping Knuckles down to the table "These will protect you from yourself if you have a strong reaction" "You can tell me later if you thought it was strong" Knuckles had needles in his arms. Charlie went over to the computer and started the machine up "This will be a somewhat novel sensation". Blood was taken from Knuckles' arms "The dialysis machine will mix the antidote with your blood. Except the antidote will only take hold once we've achieved a full reaction". Su took his hand "Just relax". Charlie put a small protector in Knuckles' mouth to stop him biting his tongue. He then picked up two electric pads "Alright. We set to pop? I'd take your hands off him if I were you" he told Su. She backed away keeping her eyes on Knuckles as Charlie shocked the two sides of his head. He then quickly backed away as Knuckles started to groan and convulse. His eyes then opened and flashed green, his fur then shined green as well like an emerald before turning back to red "Oh, Gaia" Charlie said amazed. Knuckles spat out the mouth guard and started to scream. Charlie turned to administer the antidote, but Su raised her hand "No, wait! Wait. I don't think he's done". Knuckles began growling like an animal, he broke through one of his restraints "Now, do it!" Su yelled but Charlie stood amazed at Knuckles' strength. Su jumped on top of Knuckles and stared into his eyes "Knuckles! Knuckles, look at me. Stay with me". She then grabbed Charlie by the shirt "Charlie! The antidote! Do it, now!". Knuckles calmed down when Su looked back to him. Charlie activated the machine but it started beeping. Charlie hit the machine "Oh, you've got to be kidding me!". He kicked the machine as hard as he could and the antidote was administered. Knuckles grunted in pain before he fell back unconscious. Su stared at him worried "Knuckles?". Knuckles suddenly gasped and woke up back to normal. Su smiled and held his face "It's okay. You're okay. You did it". Charlie checked the screen "He's fine. This is fantastic". Knuckles smiled as Su "Hi" "Hi".


The three of them were back in Charlie's office with him still in shock "That was the most extraordinary thing I have ever seen in my entire life!" "Wait, stop. Stop! Can we please talk about what just happened?" Su said. Charlie nodded "Absolutely. Okay". He composed himself "All your cells are generating chaos energy, but the main pulse came from the amygdala. That's why anger triggers it" "But why hasn't it killed me?" Knuckles asked. Charlie sighed "I can partly explain that. Your cells generate the energy at a safe rate when you're emotions aren't high. Once you begin the transformation your cells alter so the increase doesn't harm you. That's what the green flash is. The closest approximation I could say is like a chaos emerald". This took Knuckles by surprise; chaos emeralds are the purest and rarest forms of chaos energy on the planet. If his body was able to absorb that energy, then it's no wonder the military couldn't stop him "I'm a living chaos emerald?" "No. Not the exact same. It's hard to say, I've never seen chaos emerald before I'm just going by what I've read. However, I did a test on the blood sample you sent me. When I realised it was different to chaos energy, I tested what would happen if the two met. Under different circumstances I was able to amplify or nullify the chaos energy with your energy. It can control it". This was a lot for Knuckles to take but there was something else he wanted to know "So what did the antidote do?" "We'll have to wait before we know that. Maybe we've neutralised the cells permanently or maybe we just suppressed that event. With how much energy you have in you, I'm inclined to think the latter, but it's hard to know because none of our test subjects ever survived". Knuckles sat up straight "What? Test subjects? What test subjects?". Charlie grinned excitedly "Come with me".


Luger and Clove were inside a truck which was a portable command centre "What's the activity level?" "Snipers are covering Alpha sector".


Charlie led them to a different room "We started on flickys, but it just completely fried them, so we had to go bigger. And we still don't know why your blood is resistant and others aren't". They entered a large room fool of fridges all carrying gangs of blood "What is all this?" "Knuckles, this is all you. You didn't send me much to work with, so I had to concentrate it and make more. With a little more trial and error, there's no end to what we can do! This is potentially Gaian! This chaos technology has limitless applications. We'll unlock hundreds of cures. We will make humans and Mobians impervious to disease!". Knuckles looked around the blood worryingly "No, no, we've got to destroy it" "Wait, what?" "All of it. Tonight. Is this the whole supply". Charlie was surprised by this "What? We could get the Nobel prize for this" "You don't understand this like I do. It is too dangerous. It cannot be controlled".


Soldiers started to surround the college, Zavok led a squad inside. He then heard over the radio "No shot". Zavok started running up the stairs. He then got impatient and instead jumped onto the wall and climbed. He then heard Luger over the radio "Zavok, stand down! My daughter's in there!" he ignored him and kept going.


Charlie was still arguing "We have the antidote now" "They don't want the antidote! They want to make it a weapon. And if we let it go, we will never get it back. You don't know how powerful this thing is". Charlie scoffed "Look, I hate the government just as much as anyone, but you're being a little paranoid, don't you think". Knuckles moved in front of a window about to say something when he was suddenly felt something hit his back. He began to feel very faint; he was about to collapse but Su ran forward and caught him. She pulled a dart out of his shoulder that was shot through the window and laid him down on the floor "Knuckles" "Get out!". Su and Charlie turned to the door and saw Zavok. Charlie got out of the way, Su tried to stop Zavok, but he just threw her aside. He then grabbed Knuckles, so they were face to face "Where is it? Come on, where is it?" he looked deranged. He punched Knuckles who barely reacted due to the tranquilizer "Show it to me!". Zavok heard more soldiers coming and punched Knuckles again knocking him out.