Chapter 2: Evil on the Wind
High in the sky, on Angel Island, Knuckles the Echidna was guarding the Master Emerald as usual. Today, it is eerily quiet on the island, so Knuckles sits on the altar, looking at the sky and thinking.
"The sky is always so clear up here," Knuckles thought to himself. "While I wish I could shirk my duty sometimes, I always think back to this sky and am at peace…"
As he was thinking, a strong gust of wind knocked him off the altar. Struggling to hold on as the wind blew around the steps; he eventually lost his footing and fell flat on his face at the bottom of the altar.
As Knuckles picked himself up off the ground, a harsh, almost demonic voice resonated from the direction of the wind.
"Guardian of the Master Emerald, I am the being who lives within the Dark Emerald… You will soon learn to fear me, for it is in your blood…"
"What's going on?" Knuckles said. "Am I dreaming? I… I must be dreaming; the wind can't-"
"SILENCE!"
When the voice shouted, the wind began to swirl around the island. It swirled faster and faster until it became a funnel cloud that surrounded the entire island.
Dumbstruck, all Knuckles could say was, "T… this… is no dream…"