Author's Notes: I managed to defeat writer's block with my sword and shield. Sorry Chapter 4 took a while. I had to think about birthdays and a few doctor appointments. Also the mapping for this chapter was very difficult since the world's layout seems to change in the video games. Thank you for being patient with me. Enjoy. :D

Chapter 4: Fall from Grace

At Eggman's base/Death Lab (Next Day)...

Amy wiped her eyes and yawned. She stood up and looked around. Unfortunately, the pink hedgehog was still in Eggman's lab.

"Maybe I have nothing to worry about. He hasn't done anything to me. But he didn't even bother to feed me anything which is unusual. Eggman would give me a few small sandwiches and some water to drink at the very least," Amy said as her stomach growled in agreement.

Whining about it isn't going to make your situation any better.

"Who said that and why do you sound like me," the startled girl asked as she prepared her hammer.

Oh. It seems you forgot about me. I would be hurt if I actually gave a damn.

"You didn't answer my question. Who are you," she asked the voice again while her tone made her seem more aggressive.

Someone's getting angry. Are you going to hit me with that oversized toy if you find out who I am? If you're planning to, then that makes things a little awkward for both of us.

A figure started to materialize right in front of her. Amy gasped as she saw the owner of the voice. She dropped her weapon and only stared.

Amy, you naive little girl, I can't believe you. I could kill you for forgetting my beautiful form. Just this once, I will forgive you.

The entity looked almost like Amy with a few exceptions. Her quills were pointing in many different directions, claws were coming out of her gloves, and she had very sharp teeth. The beast's fur was a darker shade of pink and it was dull instead of the vibrant shine Amy's coat usually has. In short, this person or thing appeared to be feral.

The hedgehog took a step back before thinking about how this is even possible. This being's face warped into the physiognomies of other creatures she saw in her nightmares like twisted versions of her friends.

"I d-don't k-know who or what you are but you better not get near me or-"

The creature vanished and then appeared next to the hammer Amy dropped. She picked it up and started to swing at the air, hoping to get a reaction from the confused hedgehog.

You're going to try to hit me with one of your hammers you stored in hammerspace. If that is what you want to do, just know I can do everything you can do.

"Stay away from me," she said with fear in her emerald green eyes.

Relax, I'm not your enemy. They are.

The shadow pointed to the one of the white walls rising up and revealing an army of robots.

Eggman's base/ Revival Lab (Earlier)...

The egg-shaped scientist watched as metallic parts start to replace the 'patient's' organic limbs, torso, etc. A fox wearing a black body suit under all of the metal was strapped to a stretcher. Robots made sure everything was placed correctly according to the doctor's orders. Orbot and Cubot held small plastic containers with two hedgehogs each in them.

"Yes, I managed to conquer death itself," he said excitedly as his creation opened their red eyes when a robot used a device that appeared to be an advanced version of a taser to give them a little Chaos energy, "Now for the finishing touches."

Eggman walked over to the fox struggling to get out of the bindings. He pulled a yellow gem out of his pocket. It looked like a smaller version of the yellow Emerald. The man commanded two bots to hold the animal's head in place so he could put the object into the socket dug into a very durable helmet. When the jewel was in place, certain parts of the armor lit up with a yellow light. A huge shock went into their system as more Chaos energy traveled through their body. The jolt caused them to drift in and out of consciousness. Then, emotions like anger and sadness started to effect their returning memories.

The portly doctor watched as one part of his plan started to take shape. He called Infinite and told him to come to the Revival Lab.

"Do you need something, doctor," Infinite asked as he arrived.

"Yes, I need you to make a very potent illusion. I need one that warps Amy's perception of time. Whatever illusion you did before, cancel it," he said as he pointed to her wristwatch on a portable monitor a robot with wheels was carrying.

"I could do that but it will make her body and mind unstable. Also, the illusion I did beforehand only affected her dreams so I can easily get rid of it so her mind won't be too confused by that anyway."

"On second thought, keep the previous illusion and add this one. It would take a long time to study her mental changes otherwise."

"Are you sure? It could kill her."

"Relax, if her mental state starts to negatively affect her significantly, I'll let you end that part of the illusion."

"Okay. I don't want this plan to go pear-shaped just because we killed the wrong pawn," Infinite said as he started to activate his Ruby.

The jackal was dismissed by the mad doctor. Orbot and Cubot hovered towards Eggman.

"Boss, we still don't know what you want us to do with these hedgehogs. They weren't on the sheets you showed us," Orbot said while looking at the furry little animals.

"They were. Now that I've finished studying and feeding them, I can show you their part in the plan. I left no stone unturned after all," the doctor said as he groomed his 'stache.

Spagonia (Present Day)...

Blaze ran through the city while Silver hovered behind her. The cat glanced at her friend flying through the air.

"Wow. He seems to travel in the air a lot faster than he runs," Blaze thought as the hedgehog was actually catching up to her.

Silver saw the ocean ahead of them. He told Blaze to stop so she didn't end up running into the huge body of water. The cat managed to stop before she reached the shallow part of the water. Silver landed onto the sand gently. The pair looked at the expanse with worried expressions.

"Silver, are you sure you can get us there," she asked while looking a little beyond the shallows.

"I've been practicing going through obstacles like this. I wouldn't have been able to gather all of the Emeralds if I wasn't able to go over oceans," Silver said while looking at his friend who was very nervous.

"Okay, I trust you, Silver. I do have a question."

"What is it, Blaze?"

"Why didn't we warp directly to Central City? That's what usually happens when we come to the Chaos Dimension's past," she said to Silver who was also confused.

"I was wondering the same thing. Someone once told me that the seven Chaos Emeralds usually give thoughts power if you gather them. I thought of Sonic but it seems we were warped a continent away from his home," Silver said while thinking back to when he made his wish to come to the past.

"The Emeralds could have been acting on their own. Sonic and Tails came to my world involuntarily through the Emeralds' influence (reference: Sonic Rush Adventure). It was like Sol was sending a distress signal to Chaos," Blaze explained, trying to make sense of her current situation.

"So Chaos acted on its own accord. There was a reason it warped us to Spagonia instead of Central City but what could that be?"

They thought of anything that was out of the ordinary in the partially ruined city but to no avail. Then the golden-eyed hedgehog thought of something or someone.

"What about Knuckles," Silver asked as he thought about the short-tempered echidna guarding the massive Master Emerald.

"Does it have to be Knuckles," Blaze asked in a huff.

"Yes, he is the Master Emerald guardian so I thought he would be able to tell us about what we need to know. I mean, you were taught everything about the Sol Emeralds because the people decided that you should be their guardian."

"You're right, Silver. My kingdom's greatest historians spent years teaching me the history and the powers of the Sol Emeralds. Of course I had a little help from Sonic when it came to actually knowing how to use those powers."

"So, do you agree that we should go to Angel Island or the Mystic Ruins to visit Knuckles," Silver asked, waiting for her answer.

"Alright. Let's go see Knuckles. If he doesn't have anything useful to tell us, we go ask Sonic or Tails about the distortions you've been feeling with little to no detours."

"Agreed."

In Green Hill Zone...

Cream and Cheese were about to have a picnic in the grassy landscape. The weather was perfect. She wanted to have a relaxing day with her chao friend but Amy's disappearance was still bothering her.

"Okay, Cheese. We need a good spot to set everything up," Cream said with a smile.

"Chao chao chao," Cheese sang with glee.

"You think we should set up there," she asked as she tightened her grip on the picnic basket.

The chao nodded. They went to the area Cheese suggested and saw the blue Chaos Emerald lying in the grass. The rabbit picked it up and thought about what Sonic told her.

"Mr. Sonic said he would take care of it but this Emerald might help," she thought as she stared at it.

On Angel Island...

The golden fox drew up a few blueprints with new weapon designs. Knuckles carried a pile of inactive badniks to the Master Emerald Shrine so Tails could start rebuilding his weapons and/or modify them.

Knuckles dropped the last pile on the ground. He wiped the sweat off of his forehead.

"Tails, I'm going to the store since I didn't buy enough food for two people," he said while pulling out the rings he found while locating the broken down robots.

"Okay. If you see Sonic, please don't mention me," Tails said while looking at the blueprints for the mini energy cannon, "I forgot my tools in my workshop so could you get those too?"

"Alright, Tails. It might take a while so watch the Master Emerald," Knuckles said as he thought of Rouge or Eggman getting their hands on it.

Tails nodded as he took out the robot he disarmed earlier. Knuckles was about to jump off of the floating island until he saw a plane circling the it.

"It must be Eggman. His emblem is on it," Tails said as he took out a remote and pressed a button to activate his robot.

The automaton readied its guns. Knuckles ran towards the Master Emerald. Tails commanded his creation to shoot the plane but the pilot was able to dodge most of the bullets with some clever maneuvers. The red echidna made it to the Emerald and started to concentrate so he could shrink it and put it away (reference: Sonic Adventure 2) but it was hard to concentrate when danger was near. Neither of them expected the plane to head straight for the Emerald itself.

"Knuckles, look out," Tails shouted as the craft was about to hit the mystical gem.

"Come on! Hurry up and shrink already! I'm not letting the Master Emerald get into the wrong hands! I don't care if I die protecting this thing," Knuckles shouted when the Emerald's size wasn't decreasing.

The pilot hopped out of the plane and Chaos Controlled to a safe distance before it collided with its target. There was a gigantic explosion that engulfed Knuckles and Tails. The two were blown off of the island and landed into the ocean below. A plethora of Emerald shards flew in many directions. When the smoke cleared, the assassin grabbed as many shards as they could see as the island was descending. Before the island hit the water, they locked some of the pieces away in a metal case and used Chaos Control.

Meanwhile...

The fox woke up to find himself in red water with Emerald shards surrounding him. His body was aching but he wanted to live. If he didn't make his move, he would drown or be crushed by the falling island. He used his pain-filled arms and legs to swim to the surface until he saw an unconscious echidna.

Tails used his tails as a propeller to get to Knuckles quickly. The young fox grabbed him and managed to make it to the coast of the Mystic Ruins. Tails took this time to catch his breath. He saw the island falling and knew the Ruins would be flooded. They were still in peril but Tails couldn't move any further. His injuries were really bad and he didn't know if Knuckles would survive for much longer. Tails started to see black and heard his body hit the ground.

He managed to open his eyes a little and saw someone dragging Knuckles' body. Then he turned to see another person trying to pick him up. The two people ran away from the water rushing towards them with the bodies and some of the beached Emerald shards in their possession.

Above the ocean (Earlier)...

Silver and Blaze were flying to the next continent over using Silver's psychokinetic ability.

"Are we going to be there soon," Blaze asked as she was getting sick from looking at the water at their height.

"We are almost to the Mystic Ruins. When we get there, we have to head northwest or atleast that's what someone said when I asked for directions earlier," Silver said to the frightened cat.

"Okay. How do we know when we reach the Ruins?"

"You will see a floating island with a green light coming from it."

"A...floating...island..."

Blaze remembered Sky Babylon.

"Is there anything wrong, Blaze," Silver asked while trying to continue to focus on keeping them in the air.

"No, it's nothing," she said with a sigh.

Silver was a little worried about her but thought she was only scared from being high up.

"Is that it," Blaze asked as she pointed to the floating land mass.

"Yes, Angel Island. And there's the Mystic Ruins."

They were heading closer to the island, allowing them to see and hear an explosion.

"What is going on," Blaze asked Silver.

"I don't know."

Tails and Knuckles were blown away by the blast. Blaze and Silver saw their friends plummeting.

"Silver, we have to save them," Blaze exclaimed.

Silver was about to help rescue his campanions until he started to fade in and out of consciousness.

Silver...Silver the Hedgehog...It's time...

Blaze noticed her body getting lower and Silver's grip was weakening.

"Silver...Silver, wake up," she shouted as she continued to slowly drop, "Silver!"

"Bla...ze..."

The silver hedgehog wanted to stay up long enough to get Blaze and himself to safety but he was finding it very difficult to stay awake. Instead of seeing black everytime he drifted in and out of reality, he saw a girl with glowing blue eyes sitting atop a giant creature made out of water and Chaos energy.

Silver, face your destiny.

"I'm...sorry...Blaze..."

Silver was unable to hold them up any longer. The last thing he heard was Blaze calling his name but as a horrifying shriek.

At Tails' Workshop...

Sonic started to rummage through Tails' belongings until he found a Phantom Ruby prototype that Tails kept in case Infinite attacked again.

"Yes, I knew it would be somewhere in here! Now, how do I use this thing," the blue hedgehog asked himself as he scratched his head.

He tried to use Chaos Control but there was no effect. Sonic put it away and tried to think of something else.

"Darn it. Maybe I could go into all of the rings I saved to buy a plane," he thought as he pulled a ton of rings.

Why didn't you think of that before? It would have saved so much time.

"You again? I don't have time for it right now. Besides, I thought Tails would have came back by now. That's what usually happens when he goes on his little tantrums. Plus, it's been a while since I actually flew a plane so this was my last resort."

What about Knuckles or Rouge?

"I haven't seen him lately and...I don't want to ask Rouge to fly me to Angel Island. I really don't need Knuckles to be on my case."

How about Cream? She can fly and I don't think she is very interested in the Master Emerald.

"Cream? I know she would be able to pick me up since she was able to hold Amy and Big at the same time. I don't know if she has enough stamina to get me up there though."

Once again, your friends are proving to be useless or a hindrance. You need Tails to fly the Tornado to travel from continent to continent and where is he? He's on an island that is very hard for a lot of people to get to. Do you feel trapped, Mr. Knight of the Wind? Let me give you an answer that will put your mind at ease. Drop the fox and the stalker.

Sonic heard a knock on his door. The cobalt hedgehog answered it. A rabbit holding the blue Emerald was there to greet him.

"Hello, Mr. Sonic. Cheese and I found this and thought it would help," she said with an innocent smile.

"Where did you find this," he asked as Cream gave him the Emerald.

"I found it near the coast of Green Hill Zone."

Sonic checked everywhere except the parts near water. His body was filled with fear and a strange sound started to fill his head while he was in or near the water (reference: drowning music). The memories made him shiver.

"Thank you, Cream. Now, I can get to Tails," he said as looked at the shiny Emerald.

"What happened to Tails, Mr. Sonic," Cream asked with concern.

The hedgehog was about to tell her about how Tails ran away until an alert went off on his TV. Sonic ran to the TV to see footage of Angel Island falling from the heavens.

"Tails...I'm coming for you, little buddy," he said before bolting out of the door.

The tailwind almost destroyed the workshop but managed to knock Cream and Cheese over. Cream stood up and helped out her chao.

"There must be something wrong with Tails. Mr. Sonic might be going to Angel Island. Let's go, Cheese," Cream said while flapping her long ears to get her feet off of the ground.