"Doctor when do I get to go after the bastard the killed my brother?" yells an obviously angry Drex. "Soon my boy. I am having some difficulty locating the escaped experiments, but I am certain that they are still in this city." replies Dr. Robotnik lazily. "Well what is taking so long?" yells Drex. "Relax my boy I have a plan." responds Dr. Robonik before reaching into his coat pocket and pulling out a glowing dark blue gem. "Is that another Chaos Emerald?" asks Drex now curious instead on angry. "Yes, but it's not for you. Its bait." says Dr. Robotnik. "What do you mean bait" inquires Drex, "That is none of your concern!" snaps Dr. Robotnik who has grown tired of Drex's constant questions. Following this outburst Dr. Robotnik presses an intercom button on his chair and says into the microphone "Pandora I have orders for you." A few moments later Pandora walks through the door and stands directly in front of the doctor. "Reporting as requested. What are your orders my master?" says Pandora in cold and empty tone. "Take this Emerald hide it in the park and don't be seen." commands Robotnik, "Yes master." responds Pandora who then takes the emerald and sinks into the ground.
With that being done he then turns his attention back to Drex. "I'm sorry for snapping at you like that my boy. I've just been under a lot of stress lately." he says with mock sincerity. "Now as for your earlier question. If a Chaos Emerald is left in the open and unshielded it will attract one of the escaped experiments. Namely the one that killed your poor brother Spike. All we have to do is wait for him to take the gem and then we can use its energy signature to follow him when he returns to the rest of the escapees" says Dr. Robotnik with a slightly sinister smile.
"Spike stop pacing. You're starting to worry me." says a concerned Amy. "I can't. Ok. I have a lot in me head to think about right now, and the pacing helps." responds Spike sharply. Spike continues pacing for a while and then abruptly stops and heads for the door. "Where do you think your going?" asks Brick gruffly. "Out for a run. I need to clear my head." responds Spike, "But what if you get lost? What if some one sees you? What if something happens to you?" asks Amy softly. In response Spike walks to Amy, gently pulls her to him, smiles softly, looks directly into her eyes and whispers "I'll be fine. I promise to come back to you.". Then without waiting for another protest Spike releases Amy letting her fall into the chair behind her and leaves.
Spike runs through the city, unafraid of being seen because his blue fur blends in perfectly with the city's deep shadows and the darkness of the moonless night. "Miles said that I'm supposed to be able to move at hypersonic speeds. Let's see if that is just another thing the good doctor lied about." says Spike bitterly to himself between breaths. Spike begins picking up speed, cutting through the still night air like a bullet. He continues accelerating until he breaks the sound barriers and the quiet night is rent by the earth shattering sound of one sonic boom and then another. Spike continues to run until he is forced to stop by an irresistible attraction to something near him. After stopping Spike finds himself in the middle of large park, "Why did I suddenly stop like that?" asks a confused Spike panting heavily, and then he sees it. Stuck in the roots of a large oak tree he sees a blue gem glowing gently. Its light pulsing like his own heartbeat and calling out to him. Spike kneels down to grab it, closes his fingers around it, and feels a strange warmth flowing from the gem, into his hand, down his arm, and filling his whole body. "What the hell is this thing?" says Spike under his breath.
Then deep with in his conscious mind two words appear Chaos Connect , and without meaning to or even understanding why Spike says them "Chaos Connect". Following his utterance Spike hears voices inside of his head, but neither of them his own. "I hope he is ok". says the first voice , "I'm sure he's ok. He did promise that he would come back. Right Amy?" says the second. Inside his mind Spike calls out "Amy?" and the response he is met with is the first voice calling his name "Spike?" . Before Spike could respond of even process what had just happened he is enveloped in blue light and the whole world falls from beneath him, and for a single instant he is falling into an empty void, and in the next instant he is standing between a confused looking Amy and Alice.
For several moments all the three of them could do was stare at each other. "Spike. Where did you? How did you?" blurts a still shaken Amy, but her question was met with only more confused silence and Spike looking at her knowing that he should try to answer but unable to say anything.
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