As the five heroes flew to the battlefield,Knuckles began to wake up. After a few minutes,he woke up with a loud gasp as if it were his first time breathing. He then began panting violently before noticing his injuries had vanished.
The gasp made Fluttershy jump up in surprise while Zecora didn't move.
Knuckles was a little delirious from the ingredients,but he still had his common sense with him. He sprung up and leapt for the door.
"Wait Knuckles,but you can't go now,what if your injuries suddenly came back?" Fluttershy yelled out as if on instinct
"I'm fine Fluttershy,but I must go and retrieve my master emerald,it is what I'm destined for." Knuckles yelled back. Zecora stayed silent,knowing she didn't have anything to add to the conversation.
"But…what if…" Fluttershy said,starting to become frail again
"I have an idea,what if you assist your friend Knuckles with such a quest?" Zecora finally added. Knuckles looked at Zecora,raised an eyebrow at her,then looked to Fluttershy,who looked like she was on the verge of tears.
"Alright…fine….she can come…" Knuckles pouted. Fluttershy sprung back to life in an instant
"I promise I won't let you down!" she responded,happily. Knuckles then opened his eyes widely, then face palmed himself because of the way he had been tricked.
"Fine,I can sense the chaos energy from miles away,follow me." Knuckles said,boredly as he walked out the door. Fluttershy smiled at Zecora and quickly whispered "Thank you…." Before running after the red echidna.
An alarm went off on a computer screen,it said intruders were detected
"So doc,whatcha gonna do about them,they're on their way to kick your but,and all you have here to defend you is three thousand robots here." Fang said to ,sarcastically
"Don't be too sure about that Nack,I still do have one trick up my sleeve,the E-100 series!" the demented scientist told his bounty hunter
"They'll be turned into scrap in five seconds while going up against these guys." A female griffon said,skeptically
"Well I wouldn't be too sure about that,I have also hired a group of mercenaries to kill the mane six and that hedgehog,they will never escape these four!" shouted,Trixie rolled her eyes
"How do you expect these three to be any different from any other bounty hunters?" Trixie asked,Shadow by her side
"Because were professionals,we'll get the job done." A large wold pilot said,a lizard and panther by his side
"Don't worry Doctor Robotnik,well take these fools down faster than you can blink!" the lizard said in a snarky voice before the three animals ran off and jumped into their small jets and zoomed out of the death egg
A black-hedgehog like creature with a diamond-like exterior chuckled evilly to himself
"And this time we won't fail,we will destroy Sonic,and those ponies as well!" Doctor Eggman snouted in an evil tone as he looked on at the three jets leaving the death egg,heading to his nemesis