The robots weren't expecting a shuttle to land in their landing bay, no prisoners were to be delivered today, the next drop-off was tomorrow, so, why was there a shuttle in their landing bay?

They walked closer to the shuttle before it's doors opened and several different attacks, most of them from Wispons, flew out of the shuttle, crashing into the robots and causing havoc and chaos.

"Everyone! Out! Now!" Vector yelled as he charged into the fray. "And split up! This place is huge and we only have a limited amount of time to look for Sonic before we have to retreat!"

I rushed into the fray, I had orders to find a way out of the landing bay, I headed towards a huge set of doors with a group of resistance members that were holding different Wispons. A group of them with green Wispons gathered in front of them before they pressed the triggers, creating a huge shockwave that knocked the doors down.

We ran though that hole, splitting up to head off in different directions, I ended up heading down for a while, when the Commander called me.

"Listen up, rookie. Our other forces are busy dealing with enemies." He said. "It looks like you took the best route. It's up to you to save Sonic now. Find him!"

I started to mentally freak out about this. The Commander was asking me to find Sonic, on my own! "I am so screwed!" I muttered to myself as I used my grappling hook to help me drift around a wide bend in the path. "And how am I supposed to find him?! I could have taken the wrong path!"

I shook my head as I kept going down. "I just have to focus on where I'm going, I need to reach the actual prison cells first, before I can start looking for him."

The path was long and it had a lot of bends that I had to drift through, along with robots that got in my way.

I had reached a spiral staircase when I got a call from Rouge.

"The prisoners are being held in a kind of internment facility. Sonic is probably there too. Security is tight, so stay on your toes."

I nodded my head as reports came in from the other resistance members that were storming the Death Egg.

"Nothing in this room, either." Silver reported in after he finished checking another room.

"We're still trying to fight our way out." I could hear the sound of a fight from Vector's end. "They've got us pinned down!"

My path was now a maze of wires and moving platforms, crawling with robots. I was up against robots in the ground and in the air.

"It looks like this place was used up until recently." I told the others. "I don't want to know how many of our comrades were held here."

"That's one more thing that Eggman will answer for." Silver said.

I nodded my head before I jumped onto one of the jump pads that were scattered around this place, some of the platforms destroyed themselves the moment that I stepped on them, leaving me with only a few seconds to move before they fell.

An alarm went off and it drowned out what Rouge was trying to tell me as I drifted through a wide bend, leaving behind a trail of sparks.

"I sense Sonic's presence!" Espio yelled as I started to Quickstep so that I could bypass the holes in the hallway. "He's close!"

I nodded my head and I was about to Quickstep again when I saw something glinting in an empty cell. I rushed over to it and I used the flames of the Wispon to help me bust open the cell door. I ran over to the item and I picked it up.

It was a kunai, like the ones that Espio and Kaity used.

"Kai! Why did you stop? Kai!"

"E-E-Espio, I-I-I-I found something." I told him. "And, you're not going to like it."

"Kai, what did you find?"

"One of Kaity's kunais, in an empty cell, it's covered in oil and I can smell blood and it's fresh, it has to be less than a week old."

I could feel the tears steaming down my face.

"And all of the cells in the hallway are empty! Even the ones above and below it! Espio... Kaity could be..."

"Don't think about that!" Espio yelled at me. "You should know that even if it looks like the worse has happened, there's a chance it hasn't! Find Sonic! You have to! You know what will happen if you don't..."

"I know..." I put the kunai in my pocket and I took off down the hallway, quickstepping through the mess of holes and stairs.

I couldn't stop the movie of memories that was playing in my head, every moment that I had spent with Kaity played through it, all the insults, the fights but I also saw the peaceful times, where we would just sit somewhere and not talk to each other.

I didn't want to believe that she was dead, but war has a habit of breaking hopes and dreams. I pulled out a small amount of durable rope from my pocket, along with the kunai and I threaded the rope through the hole, the kunai was dull enough that it couldn't cut anything so there was nothing to stop me from hanging the kunai around my neck.

I tucked it underneath my jacket, feeling it's solid weight against my chest and I made a promise.

"Kaity, if you're out there and if you're still alive, I promise to return this kunai to you, when I see you again."

I started to encounter robots as I left behind the mess of hallways, holes and stairs, I had lost my Wispon, thanks to a lucky hit which had destroyed it.

It was just me vs a growing horde of robots that was getting bigger.

My hands were twitching, carrying out actions that six months ago, would have destroyed some of these robots but now, it was a reaction that happened when I was nervous.

And right now, I was really nervous.

My left hand grasped the handle of the kunai around my neck and I felt something, I didn't know what it was but it made me feel better.

I could get away from the horde if I had the chance, all that I had to do was to wait for the right moment.

But that moment never came, because of the blue ball that came out of nowhere and homing attacked the robots.

"No, it can't be... Sonic?!"

The smoke from the destroyed robots blew away and the famous blue blur was standing there.

"Are you here to rescue me?" He asked as he helped me back onto my feet. I nodded my head. "I can't tell you how much I appreciate it. It's been a while since I've seen a friendly face."

My communicator went off and I grinned when I realized that it was the Commander. "Hey rookie, you still in one piece?"

"Oh, sure, don't even bother to ask how I am."

"Sonic!" Amy yelled.

"Amy?!"

"I'm so glad."

"Hold up Amy." The Commander said. "We're all happy that Sonic is alive! But he won't be for long if he doesn't get off that egg in a hurry."

"Is there an exit around here?" The famous blue blur asked before I pointed at the shuttle that we used to come here.

"Your concern is touching, Knuckles." Sonic said, before he started to lightly jog to the shuttle, while I called Vector.

"Vector, where are you? We have to leave, now!"

"I'm inside the shuttle, wait, is that who I think it is?!"

"Yeah, it is." I turned my communicator off, running after Sonic, using my grappling hook to help me reach the shuttle before it's doors closed.