"Dude… man he got fucked up." Came a voice.

"Sonic, that's not funny, he could have died." Came another.

'Who's there?' Rudolph thought. 'Why am I still alive?'

"Man but did you see this guy? Someone was really out to get him, huh bro?"

"It's a good thing we saw that fire in the desert or we would have never found him."

"I wonder what he was doing all the… hey look! Looks like he's waking up."

"Yeah, you're right Sonic!" Slowly Rudolph began to open his eyes to see a blue hedgehog and a yellow fox staring at him. "Hi. Are you o-" but before the fox could finish, Rudolph threw his fist for the two but the very instant he began his attack, the two were already clear across the room.

"Hey!" Called the blue hedgehog wearing ripped blue jeans and a sleeveless blue hoody. Standing next to him was a slightly smaller yellow fox with two tails wearing blue jeans and a sky blue and white striped shirt. "What the hell is your problem!?"

"Who are you and why have you captured me!?" Rudolph yelled as he jumped out of the bed glaring at the two.

"We didn't capture you, you retard!" the hedgehog shouted back.

"Lies!" Rudolph yelled as he threw his fist in an attempt to attack but the two quickly moved out of his way as his fist went right through the wall."

"Gah! He's as strong as Knuckles!" The young kitsune squealed as he took shelter behind the hedgehog.

"Yeah and he's just as stupid too."
Rudolph pulled his arm out of the wall and glared at the two. "What do you want from me!? Set me free or I will kill you!"

"We don't want anything from you, all we did was save your life!" the blue hedgehog shouted.

"What!?" Rudolph yelled in anger but then remembered his fight with the human from the night before. He looked down to see that his entire torso and both his arms were completely bandaged.

"Yeah," the teenage fox added, "If we hadn't found you when we did, you would have died, although it's incredible that you were even able to survive in your condition."

"Hey!!! What's with all the racket in there!?" Came the voice from just outside the room.

When the door opened, a red echidna wearing brown pants with no shirt on and a sideways crescent on his chest came into the room followed by a lavender cat wearing white pants, a pink t-shirt, a long white vest, and a flame shaped Rudy necklace. "What are you guys doing!?" The red echidna asked filled with anger."What are you guys doing!?" The red echidna asked filled with anger.

"Hey don't blame me!" The hedgehog shouted back. "This guy's the one who's making all the noise!" He shouted as he pointed towards the brown echidna. When everyone turned their attention to Rudolph, they all notice that he was staring at the red echidna.

"Uh…" The red echidna began, "Are you ok?"
Then at that moment, Rudolph got on his knees and bowed to him. "Fellow tutor, por favor, perdónenme por ser irrespetuoso y grosero." Fellow guardian, please forgive me for being so rude and disrespectful.

The red echidna stared at the brown echidna and responded, "Fellow tutor? Usted es un tutor también? Pero nunca he visto antes." "Fellow guardian? You are a guardian as well? But I've never seen you before."

"What are they saying?" The blue hedgehog asked.

"I think they're speaking in echidna tongue." The yellow fox answered.

"Well I can't understand a damn thing they're saying."

"It sounds Mayan." The lavender cat interrupted.

"Really?" The hedgehog asked. "You understand what they're saying?"

"No… they're accent is too deep and thick fore me to understand."

"Así que ... lo que ha sucedido a usted? Cuando nos encontramos, usted se encontraban en forma horrible." "So... what happened to you? When we found you, you were in horrible shape." The red echidna asked to Rudolph.

"Un humanos llegaron y atacaron mi aldea. Él destoryed todo." "A human came and attacked my village. He destoryed everything."

"¿Qué hay de tu pueblo?" "What about your people?"

"Pudieron escapar." "They were able to escape."

"Hey!" The blue hedgehog yelled as he interrupted the two echidna's conversation. "I don't mean to be a bother but why don't you two try speaking English so we all can understand ya!?"

"Que es este baffoon azul?" "Who is this blue buffoon?"

"A… amigo." "A… friend."

"HEY!!!" The hedgehog shouted again. "Speak… English… You… Dumbasses!"

"Shut up Sonic!" The red echidna shouted. "Anyway, what is your name?"

"My name is Rudolph, sir." Rudolph said as he knelt on his knee.

"Please don't bow to me."

"Wait… what's your name?" The blue hedgehog asked.

"Rudolph."

The hedgehog simply stared at the brown echidna and suddenly began to laugh hysterically. "RUDOLPH!!!? What kind of name is that!?" The hedgehog said as he laughed. But then at that moment, Rudolph threw a punch that knocked Sonic halfway into the opposite walk.

"Gah! Sonic!" The fox yelled as he ran over to his embedded friend.

"Just so you know…" Rudolph began, "If you ever make fun of my name again, I will kill you."

"Ok…" The red echidna began. "My name is Knuckles, the female cat you see standing over there, her name's Blaze. The blue guy who you just punched… his name is Sonic and the kid that ran over to him, his name is Tails" Knuckles said as he introduced everyone.

"Thank you." Rudolph said as he began to take off his bandages, "But now I have to go."

"Wait, where are you going?

"The human stole my Chaoskey, and I need to get it back."

"What's a… Chaoskey?" Sonic asked as he pulled himself from the wall.

"It's a powerful power source that could destroy everyone on this planet."

"Well… was this human really fat, with a bald head, black goggles?"

"Yes." Rudolph answered as he finished taking off his bandages without looking at him.

"Was his name Robotnik?" And in that very moment, Sonic found himself held up against the wall being gripped by his shirt by Rudolph.

"If you know where he is then tell me!"

"We don't know but we're looking for him." Sonic said with a grin.

"Argah! I don't have time for this!" Rudolph shouted as he dropped Sonic.

"Well at least put some clothes on dude! If you didn't notice, all you got on is underwear." Sonic grinned as he pointed at Rudolph.
Rudolph looked down to see that Sonic was right, "No matter, I must find the Chaoskey."

"Yes but you should at least put something on." Knuckles said. Rudolph stared at Knuckles and sighed. "Very well."

"Yeah and besides," Sonic said as he jumped up with his grin still intact, "We're all going after the same person so he can help each other out."

"Where is a place I can change?" Rudolph asked emotionless to Knuckles.
Knuckles point to a hallway, "Down the hall, last door on the right. There should be some clothes that could fit you."

"Thank you." Rudolph said as he walked down the hallway.

"Wow," Sonic said as he walked over to Knuckles, "He's just like you with the Master Emerald."

"Yes Sonic," Knuckles said as he began to walk away, "It's called priorities."

"Hmph! Another word for responsibilities, something I try to avoid as much as possible." Sonic said as he turned away.

Sonic, Knuckles and Blaze were standing outside the safe house when Rudolph came walking out wear black sweatpants, a white t-shirt, a long black coat, and white gloves with a socket to put each finger in and to two extra sockets to put his spurs in.

"Woo hoo!" Sonic yelled. "Lookin' pretty snazzy there buddy!"

Rudolph simply stared at the group, "… Thank you for the clothes, and now I must-"

"SONIC!!!" Tails yelled as he ran out of the safe house. "We just got a distress call from the Echidna Kingdom! It's absolutely urgent!"

"Are you serious!?" Knuckles yelled back.

"Yeah! We gotta go!"

Knuckles glared at the ground and then turned to Rudolph. "Rudolph, will you come with us?"

Rudolph instantly stiffened, "What? I can't."

"Come on!" Sonic said as he slapped his back with a grin. "We're all after the same idiot anyway; you might as well join us."

"I said I can't!" Rudolph said as he pushed Sonic's hand off of him.

"You know we could help you track Robotnik so you can find your chaos-thingy."

"I don't need your help. I can sense my Chaoskey from anywhere in the world."

"Fine, go ahead on your own." Sonic said as he walked towards Tails. "Alright bud, let's go."

"Rudolph, I feel as if we could really use your help." Knuckles said to Rudolph in a very serious tone.

Rudolph turned back to Knuckles with a face just a serious, "Do I have your word that I'll be protected?"

"Protected?" Sonic asked as he turned around.

"Yes." Knuckles said.

Rudolph sighed, "Ok, I'll go with you."

"Great!" Sonic grinned, "Now let's get going! Tails, you know the drill."

"Right!" Tails shouted as he pushed a button on his wristwatch. Then the ground a few feet away began to open as a large silver jet with four exerting wings, two on each side that took the form of an X and two incredibly large boosters at the back of the aircraft began to rise from within the gap.

"What is it?" Rudolph asked in awe.

"It's called the X-Tornado!" Tails yelled with pride as he spun his two tails and flew into the cockpit.

"Alright let's get this party started!" Sonic shouted as he jumped onto one of the four wings. Blaze followed Sonic and landed on a wing adjacent from him as Knuckles jumped onto the wing under Sonic.

"Is that how you ride a plane?" Rudolph asked in confusion.

"No, only experienced riders ride my X-Tornado like that." Tails laughed. "Here, you can ride back there." And then a cockpit a few feet behind Tails'. Rudolph leapt onto the craft and eyed to entrance carefully and then sat inside. Then Tails' face appeared on the screen before Rudolph, "Hey there!" He smiled, "Are you all strapped in?" Rudolph nodded as he put on the seatbelt. "Then get ready, since this is you-"

"Hey Tails!" Sonic called. "Let's get a move on will ya!"

"Ok, ok. Here we go!" Tails shouted as the engine fired and the jet took off at high speeds.