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It was very strange for the temple to suddenly become quiet. A few minutes ago, there were the terrifying sounds of Eclipse screaming in that swirling, black vortex. And then, there was nothing. What had happened to Eclipse and that strange whirlwind that he was pulled into?

"Sonic," Amy said finally breaking the silence. "Why did it get so quiet?"

"What do you think happened to Eclipse?" Tails asked.

"I'm pretty sure that jerk got what he deserved," Shadow said.

"I think I'd have to agree with you on that, Shadow," I told the jet black hedgehog. "At least the rest of us made it out okay."

"Most of us," Knuckles said kind of sadly while lowering his head. "Typhoon didn't make it. He jumped into that portal and disappeared."

"I'm sorry, Knuckles," I told the red echidna while placing my right hand on his left shoulder. "I know how badly you wanted to help him."

Just then, everything around us started to shake. The shaking was intense, but it wasn't powerful enough to make us lose our footing.

"What's going on?" Rouge asked before a piece of the ceiling fell down between us.

"The temple's caving in," Tails answered.

"What? No way!" I couldn't hide the shock in my voice as I took my hand off of Knuckles's shoulder. The temple was falling down and we needed to find a way out of it. Otherwise, we would be buried underneath its remains.

"What are we going to do?" Tikal asked.

"Well, I can't use Chaos Control in here," Shadow said. "I already tried."

"Sonic, how are we going to get out of here?" Amy asked me while grabbing my left arm.

"I don't know, Amy," I told her.

Knuckles couldn't dig us out because the floor was made of stone. And with the ceiling falling, we were likely to be crushed trying to fly out through an opening in the roof. Amy released her grip on me, placed her glove-covered hands on my shoulders, and let her head rest on my chest as she began to cry. I put my arms around her to try to comfort her as I closed my eyes. I didn't want to admit it, but I was scared. The temple was collapsing and there was no way out. There were no windows or doors that lead outside. The portal we used to get in was our only exit and it had vanished. And with Eclipse gone, there was no way for there to be another one.

"I'm afraid were goners this time," I said.

"You never seemed like the kind of person to give up so easily to me, hedgehog."

My eyes snapped wide open when I heard that familiar voice. All of us turned our heads to the direction it came from and saw Typhoon. The dark gray echidna was standing in the middle of the stone hallway and he appeared to be holding someone in his arms. It looked like a girl echidna, but she was transparent like a ghost.

"You picked a fine time to join us, echidna," Shadow said to the echidna standing in the middle of the hallway to the temple room. "We're just about to be buried alive in this ancient deathtrap."

"What are you talking about?" Typhoon asked.

"The portal was the only exit and it disappeared," I explained to the dark gray echidna. "There is no way out."

"There is one way."

"What?" Knuckles said. "Typhoon, what are you talking about?"

"There is another way out of here. Follow me and I'll show you."

The dark gray echidna turned in the opposite direction and sped down the ancient passageways with the rest of us following in hot pursuit. The stone walls and ceiling kept crumbling around us as we dashed through the hallways, trying to make it through them alive.

Finally, Typhoon turned left and ran through an entrance that was two doors past the temple room. The rest of us went in after him, shortly before the ceiling fell in and blocked the passageways we were racing through earlier. The room we were in was shaped like the one where Eclipse had tried to kill Tikal. However, it had no markings or torches on the walls and it was more the size of a bedroom than a gym.

In the center of the room was a black statue of a serpent's head that was half the size of the goblet-shaped lanterns. The serpent had eyes that looked like they were made of rubies and there was a dark blue, oval-shaped gem that was four times the size of a Chaos Emerald in its mouth. A blue brightness emitted from the gem was the only thing that made the room visible. The way the statue was designed it looked like it was trying to eat the gem and let the room be covered in darkness. When I looked around the room, I realized that there weren't any windows or doorways. There was no way out!

"You led us to a dead end!" I said to Typhoon.

"Emphasis on dead," Shadow added with his arms crossed.

Typhoon didn't say a word nor did he turn back towards us. It's like he didn't even hear us. He went over to the statue in the middle of the room and shifted the girl he was carrying to his left shoulder. Then, he placed his right hand on the dark blue gem inside the mouth.

What is he doing? I thought. Has he lost it?

A few seconds had passed and nothing happened. Then, the serpent's ruby eyes began to glow like the markings in the temple room. After they did, a portal just like the one we went through to get to the ancient passageways appeared a few inches away from Typhoon.

"How did you do that?" Amy asked the dark gray echidna. "Do you have magic powers too?"

"No," he replied. "Because of the spell my master casted on me, I gained dark powers which were the same ones that he used. Now unless you guys want to stay here and become ancient relics, I suggest you enter the portal."

"He's right," I told Amy. "We need to get out of here."

I took hold of the pink hedgehog's right hand and sped us both into the black portal. After we made it through, I noticed that something was different about the area we were at. It wasn't until I turned around and saw the altar with the Master Emerald on top of it did I realize where we were. We were on the surface of Angel Island. The others came out of the portal just seconds before it vanished like the one that led us to the temple did.

"Those portals never last long," I said as I let go of Amy's hand.

"Well, at least we're not trapped in a temple that's falling down on us anymore," Knuckles said.

"That's true," I said to the red echidna. "Knuckles, what are we doing on Angel Island?"

Knuckles surveyed our surroundings to make sure that I wasn't joking. Then, he said, "Typhoon brought us here. Probably because it's the place where I found him."

Just then, I saw light beginning to appear on the grass at our feet. It was like someone was shining a huge spotlight on us. I turned around and saw the sun began to peak its rays across the ocean.

"Sonic! The sun's rising!" Tails exclaimed.

I began to turn back towards Amy ; ready to run full speed to take her to the safety of the nearest shady area. When I turned around, I saw that she, Knuckles, Rouge, and Typhoon were ascending up into the air. As soon as they were floating as high as the tops of the palm trees in the jungle were, each of their bodies became engulfed in white light. The rest of us had to cover our eyes as the vampires stood suspended in mid-air for about a minute ; their bodies seeming to resemble light bulbs. Then the blinding, white radiances from each of them had vanished before the vampires began to slowly float back down to the ground. As soon as they safely landed back on the surface, I ran over to Amy's side. I shook her shoulder the same way I did the night when Knuckles bit her.

"Amy, wake up," I said to her with a little nervousness in my voice. She made no movement. That light that was surrounding her body earlier was a little strange. What did it do to her? Did it kill her? Fear crept into my heart when I thought of that. I was afraid she might have been really gone. My eyes filled with tears as I lifted her to a sitting position and held her in my arms.

"Sonic, why are you crying?"

When I heard that voice, I looked down at the person in my arms that had spoken in it. Amy looked at me with light reflecting from inside her emerald green eyes. The endless darkness that was in them earlier was gone!

"Amy, let me see your teeth."

The pink hedgehog did what I told her and opened her mouth. Just as I suspected, her fangs weren't there anymore. Those two particular teeth looked just like all the others did. After she closed her mouth, the rays from the rising sun began to shine on her body. She didn't seem to be in any pain and smoke wasn't coming from her skin like it was on fire. That light didn't kill her. It cured her! I wiped the tears from my eyes and smiled at Amy as I felt an immense feeling of joy come over me. She wasn't a vampire anymore!

(Knuckles)

I sat up on the ground trying to figure out what had just happened to me. It was just like when we were in the temple. The last thing I remember was exiting the black portal and then I was laying on the ground. As I made an attempt to stand up on my feet, I saw that the sunlight was on my skin. But it didn't seem to hurt me anymore. I used my tongue to feel my fangs, but they were gone!

"Knuckles?"

I turned my head to the left and saw Tikal standing over me. Using my hands to support my body, I stood up on my feet to meet with her face to face. The peach echidna seemed shocked after looking directly at me.

"Tikal, what is it?" I asked her.

"It's your eyes," she replied.

"Tikal, I know they now look dark and lifeless, but I still wouldn't hurt you."

"No, that's not what I mean. What I mean is I can see light in them again."

I didn't know what she was talking about until I remembered that my fangs were gone and the sunlight didn't hurt my skin anymore. After I thought of that, I ran at full speed to the altar and up the stone stairs where the Master Emerald was. The big green gem stood spinning like a giant, glowing, bright green disco ball as I looked into it. I couldn't believe what I just saw! It was my reflection! I haven't seen it since before Typhoon bit me! I wasn't a vampire anymore. How was that possible? I ran back down the emerald altar and back over to where Sonic and the others were standing.

"Sonic, how did this happen?" I asked the blue hedgehog.

"As soon as the sun started to come up, you and the other vampires began to float up in mid-air. Then, some white light started to shine from each of you. After a while, the light was gone and you floated back down to the ground. That light must have cured you."

I couldn't believe what Sonic had just told me! I don't remember floating in mid-air or seeing a white light shining from my body. That sounded weird! As I stood there still perplexed about what the blue hedgehog just told me, I saw Typhoon speed by us ; looking like a dark gray blur. He wasn't going to the edge of the island. He was going the other way.

"Where is Typhoon going?" Sonic asked.

"It doesn't look like he is going back to the mainland," I explained. "But, I think I know where he is heading off to."

End of Chapter Fourteen.