Unlike the rest of the planet Mobius, there was one place that held a great power source. It was called The Floating Island. The island was held in the air by a magic gem called a Chaos Emerald. They were very rare and very powerful and could be used to power machinery. But there was a guardian of the island that watched over everything but mostly the Chaos Emerald. Ever since two thieves had slipped onto the island and tricked him into thinking that the Royal Hedgehog Triplets were the real thieves, Knuckles the Echidna was almost always on watch, when he wasn't looking for food. On this day, Knuckles was sitting on his stone couch in a cave, with his partner laying on his back on the floor.
"Another lazy day in paradise, huh Chomps?" Knuckles asked, rubbing the head of his pet dinosaur Chomps. The dinosaur rested its long neck on the ground and just licked his sharp teeth.
"Thinking about eating Sleet and Dingo again?' Knuckles asked.
Chomps just made a sound in his throat that sounded like a muffled 'uh huh'.
"That was some trick Manic taught you, isn't it?" Knuckles said as he scratched his partner's belly. "Sorry buddy, but we'll have to make do." Knuckles said, placing a piece of cooked meat in front of Chomps.
The dinosaur stuck out his tongue, wrapped it around the meat, and pulled it into his mouth. Knuckles took a small piece of his own meat and looked out he window as he ate. He could see the face of a certain female hedgehog that he knew form in a cloud. Chomps saw this and got a silly look on his face. Knuckles looked at him when he heard Chomps making kissing sounds.
"Ha ha ha, very funny Chomps." Knuckles said with a ton of sarcasm. "But seriously, I'm starting to worry about Sonia and the others, we haven't heard from them in almost a month."
Chomps just made a grunt and went back to his food. Knuckles, however, was still looking out the hole in the cave that they called home. He knew that he could only leave the island if there was trouble and then someone could easily take the Chaos Emerald without him knowing until it was too late.
Suddenly, Knuckles felt something change in the air. There was some strange energy in the air that he didn't know. The Chaos Emerald on the island gave off an energy that flooded the island but this one was new to him. It felt like the air around him was being warped. Knuckles then looked out the window again. There was a quick flash high in the air and two figures could be seen falling from it.
"Looks like we've got some unwanted company." Knuckles said. "Lets' go check it out, Chomps."
The dinosaur quickly forgot about his meal and ran out he entrance of the cave slightly hoping he'd be allowed to eat these two newcomers.
Unbeknownst to Knuckles and Chomps, the two who had fallen from the sky were in for of a surprise then they thought they would be. Kevin was the first one to wake up.
"Ow, my head." He grumbled as he rubbed it. "Those dorks are going to so get it."
The jock suddenly took notice as to where he was.
"Looks like we crashed somewhere it Brazil." He said. "But where's the ocean?"
Kevin looked all around and didn't any water around other then a small pond. He seemed to be in the middle of a jungle somewhere. He cast his gaze onto the ground around him. To his shock and horror, there was a strange green half human half bird like creature. Kevin slapped his hands over his own mouth to keep him from screaming. He looked at the creature a little more carefully and to his surprise this woodpecker was wearing the same outfit Johnny 2x4 had been wearing before. Then he saw a small blue creature laying on top of the bird. This one was not a threat at all. It was small, less then two feet high really. It had a tear shaped head, a small body with small arms, feet, and small pink heart shaped wings. Its' hands, toes, and the top of its' head were yellow but what really shocked him was a small yellow orb floating over its' head.
"What are those things?" Kevin asked himself.
Suddenly, the bird started to stir. It sat up and stretched. Kevin recognized the voice that came from it.
"Johnny?" Kevin asked.
"Morning Kevin!" The bird said before it even opened its' eyes.
"Johnny, do you feel alright?" Kevin asked.
"I feel great! Why do you ask?"
That's when Johnny saw Kevin and his reply was far from what Kevin expected.
"WOW! Look, Plank! A run away circus freak!" Johnny said, pointing at Kevin.
The small creature suddenly jumped from where it was laying and made a loud chirp.
"CHOA!"
This took them both by surprise.
"Plank, is that you?" Johnny asked.
The little creature simply nodded and it seemed almost as scared as them.
"Johnny, that you?" Kevin asked.
"Yeah. That you, Kevin?" The bird replied.
"Yeah, why do you ask?" Kevin asked.
"Just look in that pond behind you." Johnny said, pointing.
"Only if you look too." Kevin said.
The bird and creature simply nodded. The three slowly waked to the water's edge, almost scared to look down. All three of them struggled not to scream. To his shock and horror, Kevin had also changed. He now looked like a half human half armadillo like creature, most of his body was black but the shell that came from his head went from red to yellow. He still had his clothes but they made him itch.
"Oh man." Kevin said.
"COOL!" Johnny screamed.
"Say, Johnny?" Kevin asked. "Is it me or do your clothes make you itch like crazy?"
"Actually yeah, they do." Johnny admitted. "I say we ditch 'em!"
"You mean go nude?" Kevin asked in almost total horror.
"What's wrong with that?" Johnny asked.
"Everything, dude." Kevin said.
"Well it beats being itchy! Besides, no one will see! We're animals!" Johnny said.
After a quick argument, the two boys stripped themselves oft heir clothes, Kevin decided to keep his hat. To their surprise, they were now wearing different shoes and they were now wearing gloves. Kevin's new sneakers were red and yellow and surprisingly sturdy. Johnny's new sandals were red with small black bombs on them and he also had a new bandana around his neck and it was the same color as his shirt. They both had a pair of white gloves that were made of strong materials.
"Where did we get these things?" Johnny asked.
"I don't think we did." Kevin said.
SNAP!
The two boys turned on their heals at the sound of the twig snapping. Something started to move in the bushes. A head poked out of the bush. To their shock and surprise a dinosaur came out of the bush.
"Whoa, a dino!" Kevin said. "I thought they were all dead."
"Me too." Johnny said. "Do you think it'll eat us?"
"Come on, Johnny." Kevin said. "It's a plant eater. It won't hurt us."
Suddenly, the dinosaur opened its' mouth and revealed rows of razor sharp teeth then snapped its' mouth shut.
"I take that back." Kevin said. "I think this one wants to eat us."
"Then what do we do?" Johnny asked.
"Simple." Kevin replied. "We RUN!"
Johnny replied with such. They ran screaming from the dinosaur. Kevin ran ahead of Johnny by a few feet and the small creature that they believed to be Plank held on to a bundle of feathers on Johnny's head.
"How do we lose this thing?" Johnny asked.
"In the water! It might not be able to swim!" Kevin said.
The two boys dived right into the water and stayed under for a few seconds before coming up for air.
"Did we lose it?" Johnny asked.
"I think so." Kevin said. "Lets' swim to the other side just in case."
Johnny simply nodded and followed Kevin with Plank sitting on top of his head. Johnny looked back to see the dinosaur at the bank pf the pond.
"I don't think it's going to follow us." Johnny said.
"I hope not." Kevin said. "Lets' keep going."
By the time they reached the bank both boys were totally out of breath.
"I think we lost it for sure this time." Kevin said.
SNAP!
The two looked up and few feet away, the dinosaur was right in front of them.
"How did it beat us here?" Johnny asked.
"I don't know but I don't think I have enough breath to swim that pond again." Kevin panted.
"Chomps?" A voice cried out. "Chomps? Did you find something?"
From the bushes a red creature with dreadlocks looked at the two boys. It seemed to be a type of echidna.
"Are you guys the ones who fell from the sky?" The creature demanded.
"I don't know. Are we?" Johnny asked Kevin.
"You were probably knocked out when you fell that's why you don't remember anything." The creature said. "So, who are you guys and what are you doing on my island?"
"Well, I'm Kevin, the clueless one is Johnny-"
"And this is Plank!" Johnny cried, holding up the small blue creature.
"Plank? Who calls their choa 'Plank'?" The creature asked.
"Who calls their dinosaur 'Chomps'?" Kevin asked.
Chomps opened his mouth wide and chomped down, HARD!
"Oh." Kevin said, slowly backing away.
"You still haven't told me why you're on the Floating Island."
"Floating Island?" Kevin asked.
"Yeah, it's my home, along with Chomps' and-"
The land suddenly started shaking like crazy.
"WHOA! Why am I floating?" Kevin asked.
"You're not floating!" The creature said. "The island is FALLING!"
They suddenly hit the ground.
"Someone's taken the Chaos Emerald!" The creature said, getting to his feet. "Come on Chomps!"
The dinosaur got to his feet and followed his friend.
"Come on Johnny!" Kevin said. "Lets' check this out!"
The two boys forgot just about everything else and took off after the creature.
"What are you two doing?" The echidna asked when he saw the two following him.
"We want to know what's going on!" Johnny said.
"The island is falling" The echidna said again. "I have to get the Chaos Emerald or else this whole island will fall into the ocean!"
"Well we're going to help you if you like it or not." Kevin said. "By the way, what's your name?"
"It's Knuckles, Knuckles the Echidna."
"Nice to meet you." Johnny said.
"So, where are we going?" Kevin asked.
"The cave where the Chaos Emerald is." Knuckles said. "It's just up ahead."
They broke from the jungle and into a clearing. A cave in a cliff could be seen up ahead.
"Hey, who are they?" Johnny asked, pointing off to another cliff.
A strange ship could be seen near the edge but the boys were taken back by the fact that the ship was almost in the shape of a scorpion. That's when they noticed that two figures running towards the ship.
"Sleet and Dingo!" Knuckles cried.
"Who and who?" Kevin asked.
"A couple of thieves who slipped onto the island and tried to steel the Chaos Emerald." Knuckles explained. "They must be the ones who have the emerald!"
"Well it's too late to stop them now!" Kevin said. "They're already at their ship!"
Right on cue, the ship took to the air and flew off.
"You guys might want to hold on." Knuckles said. "Without the Chaos Emerald, this whole island will fall."
Kevin, Johnny, Knuckles, Plank, and Chomps held onto what ever they could as the island fell. The whole time they could feel their bodies being dropped hundreds of feet by the minute. Finally, they heard a loud splash and the whole island shook one last time. They waited a few minutes before letting go of the trees, or rocks they had been holding onto.
"I think we hit." Knuckles said.
"What a ride, huh Plank?" Johnny asked.
"Choa!" Plank chirped.
"You can understand what he's saying?" Knuckles asked.
"He said that the thing could talk back home." Kevin said. "Back when it was still a piece of lumber."
"What are you talking about?" Knuckles asked.
"Okay, I guess we should start from the beginning." Kevin said.
The two boys told Knuckles what happened before he found them. They told him about the air plain, the storm, the escape, all the way to the point to when they were covered under the waves and then waking up, filling each other in on event and details the other had missed out on. By the end, Knuckles was deep in thought.
"Well, I can't tell you guys how you got here or how became like this but I'll tell you this, you're not on your home planet." Knuckles said. "You're on a planet called Mobius, and you transformed into mobians."
"I guess that explains why everything looks so different around here." Kevin said.
"Hey, Kevin." Johnny said. "Do you think that any of the others got here too?"
"I hope that Nazz is alright if she got sent here." Kevin said.
"A girl you like?" Knuckles asked.
"WHAT?" The two boys asked.
"It's okay, I've also got someone I'm looking to impress." Knuckles said, blushing slightly. "Anyway, if you plan to leave the island, you might want me to come along with you. I have some friends who might be able to help you out. Besides, you may need my help if you run into Robotnik."
"Who?" Kevin asked.
"Robotnik." Knuckles said. "And evil overlord who's goal is to take over the world. But as fate would have it, a group of Freedom Fighters are rising up against him. I happen to know three of them. If we find them, we'll find Sleet and Dingo, because those two are always after them, and if we find Sleet and Dingo, we'll find the Chaos Emerald."
"I'm game." Kevin said.
"I'm in!" Johnny cried.
"CHAO!" Plank chirped.
"The nearest shore line in pretty close, all we have to do is wait for low tide and walk across." Knuckles explained. "Chomps, while I'm gone, I'm leaving YOU in charge of the island, got it?"
"Uh huh." Chomps said.
"Whoa! He can talk?" Kevin asked.
"Not really. He can only say 'uh huh' and 'nu uh'." Kevin explained.
"So, when's the next low tide?" Kevin asked.
"In about an hour. That's about how long it'll take us to get to the edge of the island." Knuckles explained.
"Well what are we waiting for?" Johnny asked. "Lets' go!"
And Johnny charged into the jungle.
"But the shore is this way!" Knuckles called and pointed behind him.
Johnny came charging back of the jungle and into the direction Knuckles was pointing in.
"Is he always like that?" Knuckles asked.
"Yep, all the time." Kevin said.
"And here I thought Sonic was hyper." Knuckles mumbled under his breath and took off after the nutty woodpecker.
Unbeknownst to Knuckles, Sonic, Sonia, and Manic were busy at the moment.
"WHOA! ROADBLOCK!" Sonic cried and skid to a halt.
A large number of SWATbots stood in their way. They were large red brown robots that were almost ten feet tall and in Double D's eyes they were quite frightening.
"What are those things?" Eddy asked as he peeked out from behind Sonia.
"SWATbots." Sonic said in disgust.
"They have us surrounded." Double D said. "Shouldn't we turn ourselves in?"
"We do that and we get turned into robots." Manic said.
"Then what do we do?" Eddy asked.
"WE FIGHT!" Ed cried.
The crocodile jumped from Manic's hover board and charged the large robots.
"LOTHAR SHALL DEFEAT ALL!" Ed suddenly cried.
"Oh dear, Ed is having another one of his horror movie induced hallucinations." Double D explained. "You remember what happened last time, correct Eddy?"
"Oh boy." Eddy said.
"Why? What happens?" Sonia asked.
"It happens when Ed watches too many horror movies. He starts to see things as the things he did in a horror movie." Double D explained. "We'll be lucky if he doesn't end up beating us up like he did to the other kids last Halloween."
"Halloween?" Sonic asked.
"What you guys don't have Halloween?" Eddy asked.
"No." The three hedgehog triplets said in unison.
"It's this one day of the year when kids dress up in scary costumes and go house to house and get buckets and buckets of candy!" Eddy said.
"But last Halloween, Ed had watched so many horror movies that he thought all the monsters that the children were dressed up as were real and he ended up beating them up." Double D finished.
"Oh, he's probably going to go straight to the robotizer if he does." Sonic said.
"THE MIGHT SPACE OUT LAWS SHALL NOT FALL TO THE EVIL ROBOT BOUNTY HUNTERS!" Ed cried.
"Oh dear, he thinks he's on the Robot Planet from Robot Rebel Ranch." Double D said. "This is even worse."
"You can tell us about it later on." Sonic said. "But right now I think your friend may need some help."
"But what can we do? Double D asked. "We can't do anything to help."
"Double D, jump up and do a back flip." Manic said.
"What? Why?" Double D questioned.
"Just do it!" Manic said.
"Oh, very well!"
Sonic placed Double D down and he walked a few steps away. Double D suddenly jumped into the air and to his surprise, it was much easier then ever before! He did a back flip with great ease but there was a sudden gust of wind blowing around his whole body! When he landed he looked at his hands and gasped! There were no hands!
"What in sam hill?" Double D yelled.
"It's something that all chameleons can do on our planet." Manic explained. "They're natural born ninjas so you can perform all of their tricks. If you practice, you should be able to become invisible without jumping!"
"Double D, think you can hotwire those robots?" Eddy asked.
"I believe so!" Double D said.
"Come on, sibs!" Sonic said. "Lets' give Double D a hand!"
Sonia and Manic jumped from what they had been riding and got besides Sonic.
At the same time, Double D had managed to get behind one of the largest of the SWATbots and was climbing onto it's back.
"Okay, Edward, remember what you've learned in school." He told himself.
He opened the back of the SWATbot and looked inside. Compared to one of Eddy's scams, this seemed kind of easy.
"It seems that I have to just cut a few wires, here…here…here…and here." Double D quietly said as he worked.
The SWATbot he was on suddenly started shaking violently. Double D quickly jumped from the machine and roughly landed on the ground. He looked back at the robot and to his surprise it was shaking even more wildly and electric shocks started dancing all around it until it finally fell apart.
"Oh my." Double D said.
"Nice going Double D!" Sonic cheered. "Now we'll take care of the rest."
What the triplets did next shocked the three Eds. Sonic, Sonia, and Manic each touched their medallions and from each one a flash of light shot out. A bright blue light shot from Sonic's and turned into an electric guitar. Not just any guitar but the one the Eds had seen him playing earlier. Sonia touched her own medallion and pretty pink light shot her. It the turned into the same keyboard they saw her playing earlier. And when Manic touched his, in flash of a great green light, a drum set appeared, he took his seat, and like before, it was the same drum set from before.
"Incredible." Double D said in awe. "Now I understand what they were talking about earlier."
"Rip it, sibs!" Manic said.
Sonic aimed one of the necks on his guitar and a blue laser shot from it! Sonia went next. Sonia held the keyboard on it' side and aimed at one of the SWATbots. A pink laser shot from it and the SWATbot was destroyed at once. Finally, Manic had his turn. He started playing his drums and the sound seemed to get more and more wild. Suddenly, the ground in between him and the SWATbots started shifting and split in half. Soon, the SWATbots were all but scrap metal.
"Well, that was fun." Sonic said.
"Depends what you mean by fun." Double D said in a somewhat shaky voice.
Sonic and Sonia gave their guitar and keyboard a gentle tossed into the air and almost at once they turned into a flash of blue and pink light and they turned back into medallions. Manic jumped out of his seat and his drums turned into a green flash of light then returned to resting as a medallion around his neck.
"Incredible." Double D said.
"It's nothing special." Sonic said.
"Yeah, they always do that." Sonia said.
"Come on already you guys!" Manic said as he climbed back onto his hover board. "Lets' get to the hideout already!"
"Alright already!" Sonic said. "Hold on Double D!"
Sonic scooped up the chameleon and revved up his feet. Sonia climbed back onto her bike, and Eddy held onto her around her waste. Double D then took notice that the smallest of them was blushing brightly as he held on. Ed quickly climbed onto the hover board and Manic gave a quick smirk.
"Hang on guys!" Manic said.
The three Eds were all hit by a gale of wind and screamed. Little did any of the six of them know there was an echidna and few others waiting for them.
Well that was chapter three. R&R please