The following days were days of major concern. Mobians went into panic, after all, they had been assured there was no danger of anything landing on their planet, yet, it had. Knuckles managed to sent the meteorite that had landed near him to a place where specialists on meteors and meteorites worked, hoping they would find something in it that would explain why it had come so close to Mobius and ended up hitting the moon, which, luckily wasn't too damaged by the impact. Sonic had studied the terrains in every area where the meteorites landed, checking for anything unusual that might have happened or any weird patterns made by the meteorites themselves. Shadow studied the samples that were sent to him for hours, however, it was only when he studied the one Knuckles had sent in did he find something. He quickly grabbed his phone and called Sonic.
"Hello? Blue blur speaking." Sonic called down the phone when he answered.
"I still can't believe you say that. I've got something on the meteorite Knuckles sent us. It's magnetic, meaning it can only be one thing. A brown dwarf." Shadow stated.
"A brown dwarf? Are you sure. No one's had their hands on one of those before." Sonic said.
"Well, it's magnetic, so it must be." Shadow shrugged.
"Well, I've found something too. When meteorites normally land, they usually leave some sort of trail if they land on an angle and roll until they stop moving. The first sample you received landed on an angle, but, it didn't roll. It just went straight down into the earth." Sonic stated.
"Meaning?" Shadow asked.
"Meaning it was pulled towards something under the surface." Sonic stated.
"Go find Knuckles, he's the one that knows all the forces stuff." Shadow ordered and hung up.
Meanwhile, the weather was making an unusual change. Normally in the summer months, it was warm, sunny and had very few cold breezes. All over Mobius, the weather was changing to more winter like conditions. The air was getting colder, it was beginning to become cloudy and starting to rain almost everywhere. Strong winds blew, causing some parts of buildings to be torn off. A day later, things got worse. Tornadoes began to tear through populated areas, sea levels began to rise and tidal waves started hitting cities. A large storm was brewing over Echidnaopolis, and Knuckles was caught in the middle of it. Suddenly, the island began to fall from its place in the sky and down towards the sea below. People could be heard screaming in fright from all directions. When the island landed in the sea, due to the chaos energy of the master emerald, it floated. Knuckles stood up and looked around, then froze at the sight he saw. A tidal wave was headed straight for the island. He quickly placed the Master Emerald in the underground chamber that was there for emergencies and began to run towards Echidnaopolis, hoping to save as many lives as possible. When he arrived, he saw people running towards high ground. Cars had been abandoned and people were pushing and shoving others out of the way. Suddenly, a strong wind started to blow, causing several cars to be sent flying into the air. One car hit another, causing it to roll over due to the impact. The car then hit the wall of a building and the second car got wedged besides it, stopping all the doors of the first car from opening. At first, this didn't concern Knuckles, however, that changed when he spotted a pink female Echidna in the car that was trapped between the wall and the second car. He looked behind him to see the tidal wave had just hit the edge of the island and was approaching fast. He quickly ran over to the girl and punched the windscreen and helped her out. He the grabbed her wrist and they both began running towards a tall building. Knuckles quickly opened the door, pulled the girl through and closed it. They both reached the stairs just as the wave smashed through the doors and started to fill the ground level of the building with water.
"Go! Quick!" Knuckles ordered. The girl quickly ran up the stairs, followed by Knuckles. The water was literally biting at their ankles. However, eventually it stopped rising, they were safe.
"Thank you, for saving my life." The girl panted.
"Don't mention it." Knuckles smiled, also panting as he spoke. He looked out of the window to see the whole of Echidnaopolis engulfed by water, besides for a few tall buildings.
"Now what do we do?" Several voices asked, Knuckles turned around to see several of the Echidnas who had escaped the tidal wave, all of them looked terrified.
"We wait for help." The girl Knuckles had saved stated.