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It felt as though I was in a coma, like it was all just a bad dream... I knew better yet I couldn't stop myself from hoping it was. Could you? Having everything and everyone you know taken from you as you are forced into a cruel darkness that can only be imagined in the deepest of nightmares or in the acid tripped minds of video game developers. The blast doors remained sealed, still I lay there hoping to awaken from this eternal damnation, before something inside of me clicked and I began to hope ever so faintly that somehow, someway they survived. I demanded a status report from Elektra, as I began to pour over the stabilizers making sure that my underground shop remained untouched by the radiation. Everything looked good and stable as I donned a rad-suit and entered an airlock, of course, Elektra was concerned with the probability of my survival but I couldn't have cared less.

I slid the chamber shut and manually opened the door to an elevator shaft leading to the surface. My wrist com came to life as Elektra began feeding me information regarding my surroundings and I activated the lift. Being the anxious kit that I am, it felt like it was going slower than a snail as the lift made its way up. What didn't help the feeling was the sudden jolt as the lift came to a stop. Sighing, I pressed a few buttons on my wristpad and my personal maintenance nanobot came to life and freed itself from my pack. Crawling up my pant leg, I lowered my hand where it could climb on and raised it to my eye level. "Elektra" I said, "scan the circuitry and see what you can find wrong with the lift." Faster than lightning, my pmn leapt from my hand to the wall of the lift and made its way into one of the circuit panels. After a good 5 minutes, I was about to radio Elektra and see what the problem is when there was a massive spark causing the lift to begin ascending again. Being overjoyed, I opened the compartment to retrieve my bug only to find a pile of nanobits solder and burnt wire. I will need to recalibrate their systems I had thought as Elektra fed me the data on both the lift and my late bot.

I had assumed that it would go smoothly from there, however, once I had reached the top... once the lift had breached the debris, my fears were realized, my anxiousness left, and I was suddenly faced with the reality that this was something more than I thought I could handle. Still, I tucked that emotion away and began work on trying to find anyone that might have survived. Lucky for me, Elektra had activated the emergency procedures for my hanger, so everything was underground and tucked away from the blasts safely in a led lined storage room. That being said, I was able to utilize the walker mode on the X Tornado not to mention the medical equipment I had added should I find anyone in need of it. Yet, even with all this equipment, I hadn't expected it to be this bad. Nothing was recognizable. Even with my scanners and radar and anything else I could have used, it would have taken me months even years to sift through all the rubble.

I decided against searching the burnt out buildings, I knew that if anyone were caught in the initial blasts they were already dead. But something kept telling me to search for my friends, that's when I remembered the beacons in their com watches I had designed specifically to always be activated. It would aid me in the search for the team, but boy was I ever to say that my beacons did not function, they did. In fact, they were all in the vicinity of where I was located. I was happy and somewhat excited as I shifted into hover-jet mode and made my way to their location. However I didn't expect to find what I did, it was a small area untouched by the nuclear blast. It was an area that was unburnt and still as beautiful as the day I first laid eyes on it. Angel Island. I know what you're thinking and yes angel island was a target, and yes, there were missiles (twenty three to be exact) that were supposed to destroy the floating island.

I suppose the "eyes" didn't count on the guardian of the island utilizing the master emeralds power as a shield to defend against the attack. I chuckled as I arrived, however my smile was short lived, as soon as I landed my eyes caught a glimpse of the destructive power of the greatest mistake ever. Hundreds upon thousands of people, most of which were on cots, some missing arms or legs others sick with advanced radiation poisoning. My heart sunk, before I could say anything, I heard the familiar sound of chaos control. I turned to face and seen Shadow touch down with another truckload of wounded soon followed by the Chaotix in a chopper carrying another group. They dropped them off and then left for more, I wanted to help but first things first. I needed to find Knuckles and figure out where Sonic and Cosmo were. When I had confronted Knuckles with my inquiry he slightly grimaced as if he was faced with an important decision.

Not using my head, I grabbed Knuckles by his collar and demanded to know where Sonic and Cosmo were. Needless to say I was met with a strong right hook. Knuckles were wanting to pummel me, I could tell lucky for me, I was able to talk him out of it by reminding him I'm just a kid and can't control my feelings. (he's not the smartest of the bunch) never the less he leads me to a tent close to the master emerald and there in that tent was it... the very last bit of hope I had left shattered. There, neatly laid out on cots covered with sheets were the unmistakable bodies of my two closest friends... Cosmo Seedrian my love, and Sonic, my brother and friend… I blacked out.