Chapter Six: Heroes In Action
Back at the Tornado, the four heroes, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Shadow are still on their quest to search for the seven Chaos Emeralds. Shadow already has one of the Emeralds in possession, so they really only needed to find six more.
"Tails, do you care to tell us exactly where we are going? Like, do you have an idea where we are?" Shadow asked impatiently.
"Take it easy, Shadow. It has been a stressful day for all of us, I am sure he'll have an idea of where we are going." Sonic told him.
"But we have been flying for an hour now, we should have landed somewhere by now." Knuckles added.
"Well guys, I can tell you now, I have been working on this device for a while that I have built into the Tornado." Tails started.
"A new device? What device would this be, Tails?" asked Knuckles.
"Well, it is a tracker of some kind. Like do you remember the last time we have collected all of the Emeralds? When we all fought against Eggman, when he turned back time and we teamed with a younger Sonic, and a younger me, and fought against a younger Eggman, and they both invented the Time Eater?" Tails explained.
"I do remember that fight, yes. That was a tough one." Sonic stated.
"I remember it all too well, because I was trapped in stone when this happened." Knuckles added.
"And if I am not mistaken, we were surprising Sonic for his sixteenth birthday." Shadow also added.
"Alright, well, after we collected all the Emeralds, and before Sonic placed them in each of the mechanics that opened the portal to fight them, I was looking after the Emeralds, while Sonic was saving the rest of the worlds, I placed a chip inside each of the Emeralds, which is the indicator of where I can track these. This is the first time I ever got to switch this on, because I was still working on a few kinks that this had, but it should be working now." Tails finished explaining.
"Seriously?!" Knuckles exclaimed in shock.
"Even I didn't know he was making this!" Sonic stated.
"Incredible!" Shadow added.
"Right, it is switched on now. And as you can see, the green light there indicates the green Emerald Shadow has with him now, but for some od reason, the other six seem to be in the exact same location. Now sure if this is still bugged on the chips part, the tracker's part, or the Emeralds have landed in the same place." Tails wondered.
"Or maybe somebody already has them." Shadow added.
"Well let us hope that is NOT Infinite, otherwise that is bad news." Knuckles feared.
"Well in that case, we better go there now, and find out!" Sonic said with confidence.
"Right!" Tails finished.
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(Sonic singing)
Head's in my hands
Time's slipping away like falling sand
Until it bleeds like daylight
(Tails singing)
This rope's pulled tight
Now we're standing still on the edge of a knife
Just ready for the fight
Just ready for the fight
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(Sonic and Tails singing, Sonic improvising)
We'll get back up for good this time
We aren't coming down
We'll get back up because our whole lives
We were lost, and now we're found
It's a dawn of a new day (new day)
It's a dawn of a new day coming
It's a dawn of a new day (new day)
It's a dawn of a new day
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"We will get those Emeralds, and we will stop Infinite!" Sonic stated.
"Understood that, loud and clear!" Shadow added.
"And no matter what, we will fight till the end, and make Infinite surrender!" Tails stated in determination.
"That's the spirit, Tails!" Knuckles chuckles in encouragement.
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(Shadow singing)
Lay down our pain
Cut this from our hearts, let this fall like rain
Like tears within the dust
(Knuckles singing)
Here in the dark
Is a raging fire searching for a spark
Let this light us up
Let this light us up
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(Knuckles and Shadow singing, Shadow improvising)
We'll get back up for good this time
We aren't coming down
We'll get back up because our whole lives
We were lost, and now we're found
It's a dawn of a new day (new day)
It's a dawn of a new day coming
It's a dawn of a new day (new day)
It's a dawn of a new day
.
"Tails, can you possibly make this baby move any faster?" Sonic asked.
"Sooner we get there, sooner we stop Infinite, I would say!" Shadow stated with confidence.
"Now that, I have to agree with." Knuckles added.
"OK guys, activating turbo mode, now!" Tails exclaimed.
And after he mentioned this, the Tornado blasts into the speed of light towards the location of the Emeralds.
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(Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Shadow singing, Sonic and Shadow improvising)
I'll get back up for good this time
I ain't coming down
I'll get back up 'cause my whole life
I was lost, and now I'm found
It's the dawn of a new day (new day)
It's the dawn of a new day coming
It's the dawn of a new day (new day)
It's the dawn of a new day
.
(Sonic, Knuckles and Shadow singing, Tails improvising)
We'll get back up for good this time
We aren't coming down (We are not coming down)
We'll get back up because our whole lives
We were lost, and now we're found (We were lost, and now we're found)
It's a dawn of a new day (new day)
It's a dawn of a new day coming (A new day coming)
It's a dawn of a new day (A new day coming)
It's a dawn of a new day
.
They finally make it to their location, and Tails made the Tornado slow down, and enabled the landing gear. The Tornado then slowly descents towards the Island, and then the Tornado lands softly on land. After that, everyone jumps out of the Tornado.
They all walked towards the location of where the Emeralds were, and when they finally reached the location, it came to as a surprise to all of them, there was nothing here.
"What the hell?!" There is nothing here!" Shadow exclaimed.
"How is there nothing?!" Knuckles wondered in shock.
"Tails, is that machine working, or is that broken?" Sonic asked, as he turned to Tails.
"I don't get it! It worked fine when it detected Shadow's Emerald! Where are the other ones?! They should also be here!" Tails panicked.
"That is because, they are here!" a voice called out.
The four of them looked up, and gasped when they saw who it was.
"INFINITE!" they all exclaimed in shock.