"How come I've never heard of him?" Silver asked Blaze.

"You just came to the Sol dimension a couple years ago. Snipe got back from his travel around the world a couple days ago." Blaze explained. Snipe nodded.

"Yep, I haven't seen my little friend here for the past 3 years." Snipe turned and looked at her. "Well I can't say little friend anymore." he joked.

"You can be such a perv sometimes." Blaze laughed.

"Wait a minute! Do you have a brother in the Chaos dimension?" Sonic asked. Snipe raised an eyebrow.

"And a little sister. How did you know that?" Snipe asked.

"You found me in the park. Thanks for saving me there." Sonic told him. Snipe nodded.

"Yes, I thought you seemed familiar mate." Snipe responded. (His Australian accent came out strongly when he said mate.)

"You were in the Chaos dimension? How did you get there?" Blaze asked Snipe. He smirked.

"Remember how I use to go visit my family every month or two? Well that's where what is left of my family lives. My brother lives in the house alone so I stop in to say hi. I went there maybe 2-3 weeks ago and saw some blue thing that looked like it had just been in a fight. I dropped him off at the house and was on my way out here." Snipe explained.

"Ok but how do you go there?" she asks again.

"There is a large ravine about 20 miles north of here. There is an old machine with a gray rock in it. Every 1-2 months a huge heat wave passes into the ravine. Touch the machine then and you are sent to the Chaos dimension." explained Snipe.

"Wait, wait, wait, we are in another dimension? Why would Eggman send us here?" Shadow asked.

"I'm sorry but who are you?" Blaze asked Shadow. He grinned.

"I'm the ultimate life form, Shadow the Hedgehog!" he boasted.

"Ya, I think I remember playing your game." Snipe said.

"It was amazing, wasn't it?" Shadow asked proudly.

"Meh, not bad." replied Snipe.

"Can we stay on topic? Now, what are you three doing in the Sol dimension anyway?" Silver asked Tails.

"Well Eggman got his hands on a Rift stone so we tried to take it from him but he captured us and sent us here." explained Tails.

"Ya and Eggman Nega told him were to find It." continued Sonic.

"So the two Eggmans are communicating again." said Blaze.

"Wouldn't you say it Eggmen?" asked Sonic. Blaze stopped her foot.

"I doesn't matter what Eggman is in plural. What matters is finding out what are they planning!" barked Blaze. Sonic put his arms up in protection.

"Sorry, I was just wondering." apologised Sonic.

"How about we head back to the castle and talk." Snipe looked around. "Them trees have eyes." he warned.

"Hey Blaze, do you think that machine is the cause of the rain?" Silver asked while pointing at the giant tuba thing. She nodded.

"This lake is connected to an underground spring. If any water is lost, the spring refills it." she explained. Snipe smiled.

"You still remember when I told you that? Not bad Matches." Snipe applauded. Silver looked at him with confusion.

"Why did you call Blaze Matches?" he asked. Blaze giggled a bit.

"What happens when you strike a match?" she replied.

"You get the flame." Snipe continued. Silver was still confused.

"You hit Blaze, she hits you with fire." Sonic explained.

"So are we going to stand here all day or are we going to smash that machine and get to the castle?" Shadow asked impatiently. Snipe snapped and a large ice spike crashed up into the machine.

"Done." he said. Silver crossed his arm.

"Show off…" he mumbled to himself.

"Ok let's go!" Blaze shouted as she began to run. Sonic and Shadow caught up instantly. Snipe started to run but suddenly the ground in front of him froze. He skates very fast and caught up with them. Silver and Tails was behind.

"Hey, wait for me!" Tails yelled. In the tree that Snipe was looking at, a strange animal was hanging down. It had one, big camera-like eye. Nega's robot had been watching.

Sonic was the first to see the town's gates. There was a large gray cloud dropping rain. Everyone else was right behind him.

"We destroyed the machine. Why is it still raining?" Silver asked sadly.

"Silver, look at the clouds. When I left they were pitch black. Now they are gray." Blaze explained. "There are still more to destroy." Snipe nodded.

"Yes, there are more lakes that are also fed by the spring. Unfortunately, they are all far away from here." Snipe continued. The group walked up to the guards that were guarding the gate. They stood up straightly at Blaze walked pass. The group walked through the raining city. Blaze and Sonic were almost running to the castle. When they got there, the castle workers greeted them.

"Welcome back my queen. The head guard was looking for you." one told her. Blaze snarled.

"Still hate to be called queen huh?" Snipe joked. They walked into the grand hall where there was one, long table with 20 chairs.

"So we now know that Eggman is trying to drain the lake." Sonic said.

"But they can't be drained because of the spring." said Blaze.

"There are more lakes connected to the spring as well." reminded Snipe.

"Why would Eggman want to drain a lake for?" Silver asked.

"To get something from the bottom of the lake." answered Snipe.

"So he will have to destroy the spring to drain the lake." stated Tails.

"Why doesn't he just go down and get it himself?" asked Sonic.

"That lake is way too deep to dive into." said Snipe.

"Eggman will do anything to get what he wants. Even blow up planets." warned Shadow.

"So we will go to the spring tomorrow and protect it." Blaze told them. Snipe shook his head.

"Do you even know where the spring is?" asked Snipe.

"I was hoping you would." Blaze said sadly. Snipe yawned.

"Well it's getting late. I have to go find a hotel. Catch ya later Matches." waved Snipe as he stood up from the table.

"Why don't you stay here?" asked Blaze.

"Stay overnight? Like a sleepover?" asked Silver.

"Why not? We got lots of room." she told him.

"It's ok with me." Snipe told her.