"So, Knuckles, whose the girl?" Sonic asked as he sat down on a chair opposite the Echidna pair.
"Julie-Su, she's a weather specialist and she saved my life." Knuckles stated.
"Uh huh, is that all she did for you?" Sonic smirked.
"Oh would you grow up?!" Knuckles snarled and gently removed himself from her. When he emerged from the coats and stood up, Sonic could see how much his friend had changed over the years. He was much taller now, his shoulders were broader too. The muscles in his arms looked quite a great amount bigger, so Sonic figured he must have been working out. This theory was also supported by the six pack on Knuckles' chest, something Sonic knew hadn't been there the last time they'd seen each other. Knuckles turned away from Sonic and walked over to a shirt which had been placed over a chair near the fire. As he turned, Sonic noticed two scars on Knuckles' back, both were very long and looked like they had been painful to receive. Knuckles put the shirt on and turned back around. He noticed Sonic had an almost curious look on his face, probably about the twin scars on his back, ones that looked like they could have come from his namesakes.
"Three years ago, metal Knuckles." Knuckles stated quickly before Sonic could even think to ask.
"Right. Come on, we'd better get you two back to the rescue team." Sonic stated.
"I'll leave waking her up to you. Last time I woke up a girl, well, let's just say I nearly got another scar and I'm not willing to go through that experience again." Knuckles smirked. Sonic groaned and walked over to Julie-Su, who had a very peaceful expression about her. When Sonic touched her shoulder, to gently shake her in an attempt to wake her up, her recoiled it immediately.
"Knux, she's freezing!" Sonic exclaimed. Knuckles knelt down beside his blue furred friend and gently touched Julie-Su's shoulder. The hedgehog had been right, she was freezing. However, she wasn't dead, she was still breathing. Knuckles gently shook her and her eyes fluttered open.
"Julie-Su, come on, you've got to get up. The rescue team are here." Knuckles stated.
"One hedgehog, that's going to be a lot of good." Julie-Su scoffed.
"She reminds me a lot of you Knuckles, always snapping at me." Sonic sighed.
Shadow watched as the rescue boats returned. He instantly spotted Knuckles in one of them, on his right side was Sonic, on his left was a pink female Echidna, who had several blankets around her. Her lips were basically blue and even from a distance, Shadow could see that she was shivering. When they boats pulled in, Shadow helped the Echidnas out of the boats, as well as Sonic and Knuckles, who was sticking rather close to the pink female Echidna who had been on his left.
"Sonic, whose that?" Shadow asked as one of the rescue team took the girl from Knuckles and helped her towards an ambulance, however, they ended up having to carry her there.
"Julie-Su, a weather specialist. If she hadn't of been with Knuckles when he answered the call, he wouldn't be here right now." Sonic explained. A few hours later, Shadow and Sonic had updated Knuckles on everything they knew about the meteorite and the magnetic forces.
"From what Sonic told me about it landing on an angel and not rolling, I can probably say there's something large and metal beneath our surface which probably pulled it towards it. However, this could be a problem. If the large meteor that hit the moon was a brown dwarf, then the moons magnetic force has increased." Knuckles explained.
"So, what does that mean?" Sonic asked.
"It means like the brown dwarf and the large metal object beneath our surface, the moon is going to be attracted to the planet and come closer to it, entering a new and potentially dangerous orbit." Knuckles stated. He quickly pushed the office chair he was sitting in to by pushing his hands against the desk, causing it to roll sideways. He stopped at a computer and started typing.
"What are you doing Knuckles?" Shadow asked as he watched the Echidna.
"Looking at the moon's orbit patterns." Knuckles said as he continued typing. When he stopped, a look of concern came over the three's faces. The moon was in a new orbit; one that was much like an oval. It would come rather close to Mobius at some points, then go quite a distance away at other times. That could be the reason for the tidal waves and the dramatic change in temperature. However, it wasn't the moon's current orbit that concerned Knuckles and the others. It was changing, and it's new orbit was destined to have impact with Mobius.