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So this is another chapter that I am probably going to have to cut a lot from its original version. At least the beginning part.

Chapter 4

After a quick trip through space the entire group landed on the still floating Angel Island. After Knuckles had been experimenting with the emeralds and the Master Emerald he found a way to actually pilot Angel Island and move it to other locations. He found that if the chaos emeralds were focused enough he could slightly control the flow of the Master Emeralds power. Normally the flow was in a stationary spherical pattern in the center of the Master Emerald. When Knuckles moved the pattern to a different area of the Master Emerald the whole island also started to move in that direction. He made a deal with the government to move the island over a huge lake. They figured that if something happened to the Master Emerald again and the whole island fell out of the sky again then at least it would not start a huge tidal wave. And with Angel Island's location secured the government could make sure that all of their aircrafts knew where the island was and thus would not crash into it anymore.

Rouge was the first one of the group to look around once they landed. As she had the best knowledge of the island, courtesy of the many trips she had taken to attempt to steal the Master Emerald and see a certain echidna, she was the leader. After walking through a small forest she turned to Shadow. "Shadow? Couldn't you have sent us a little closer to the Master Emerald? We are probably going to have to go through a lot of different areas to just get to the Master Emerald. If you can warp us closer it would be nice."

"I can't do that. The energy of the Master Emerald makes it difficult to be able to remain focused on using my emerald to warp. I could be very dangerous to go any closer using chaos control." Shadow answered.

"But I've done it before Shadow." Sonic said surprised. "What is different now? I don't understand."

"The problem is that I have one emerald and the other six emeralds are around the altar. If I had more chaos emeralds or their were less around the Master Emerald it would be fine. But right now it is too difficult. That same reason is why we can't just chaos control to where Eggman is right now and attack him unawares. There is just too much chaos energy in that area to try to make it in their with just one emerald. I doubt we could warp into Eggman's base even if we had all seven chaos emeralds. It is just too difficult." Shadow answered.

"Oh," was all Sonic said.

The group walked forward for a little while. Eventually they made it in front of a huge area full of water. "I remember this zone. Isn't this the hydropolis zone or something? I remember when Knuckle's went and destroyed the bridge I was on and sent me down here." Sonic said.

"Oh yes. I liked this area. There were tons of hidden areas that only I could reach." Tails said.

"Why did Mr. Knuckles go and trick you like that?" Cream asked concerned. "That was not a very nice thing to do to one of his few really good friends. I don't understand."

"Isn't Knuckles the one who is always get tricked instead of you?" Vector asked surprised.

"He really is not the sharpest tool in the shed when it comes to well... life in general." Espio said.

"His entire fighting style is really about just smashing everything in his way and bursting his way through every single problem that gets in his way. In doing that he really does not need to think about his problems for that long. They usually get knocked out of the way pretty quickly. The only thing that he thinks about for more than a couple seconds is protecting that master emerald of his." Emerl said after a couple moments of deep thought.

"In other words, he is an idiot." Charmy said flying around.

"I normally don't compliment that fool but I do have to say this." Shadow began uncertainly. Everyone immediately turned to look at him. He sweatdropped and continued. "There is one thing that no one is really mentioning. No matter how intelligent or not intelligent he is he does get one thing. He gets very good results with what he does."

"If he did not get good results then we would not be asking for his help right now would we?" Sonic said.

"Can we continue this riveting chat about how Knuckles' intelligence levels after we get through this area." Amy said.

"Oh yes. We should continue on. To answer your question though Cream, it was before we were friends." Sonic said.

"He had been tricked by Dr. Eggman to think that Sonic and I were enemies." Tails said laughing a little. "He really made a mess of our plans for a bit and was quite a hindrance. I think my favorite moment of the whole adventure was when Knuckles was mocking us on top of a pylon near Eggman's grounded Death Egg. He was acting all smug and then tripped when the Death Egg was launched and fell off into the water in surprise."

"And then we go right back to the whole 'Knuckles is a gullible idiot' thing." Rouge said sighing.

When they tried to step forward into the Hydropolis Zone a bunch of robotic versions of Knuckles jumped in front of them. The one in front walked forward and started to speak. "You are trespassing on Angel Island. State your name and purpose for coming on to the island. If you give a proper response you may survive. If you wish to leave then you can walk away at any time. We will be waiting here until you wish to answer." He then walked backwards.

Everyone looked at each other for a little bit. "I guess we are going to get some practice in smashing robots before tackling Eggman's base." Sonic said. He got into a fighting stance and started to focus his energy. Rouge then kicked him in the back of the head.

"What was that for!!!" Amy yelled in surprise.

"Just let me handle this please." Rouge said while walking towards the robots. "My name is Rouge the bat and I want to see the master of the island, Knuckles the Echidna."

The robots looked at each other in surprise. "Of course miss Rouge. You are on the list of people that the master allows to pass through without any troubles." The first robot said.

"Oooooooooooooh. I wonder why that is? Why are you specifically allowed to get past security to see Knuckles?" Amy said smiling with a mischievous grin on her face.

"I don't know what you are trying to imply by that statement. What are you trying to say?" Rouge said.

"Does he only allow his girlfriend to get near his precious Master Emerald?" Amy asked.

"What are you talking about?" Rouge said still not having any emotions register on her face.

"I wonder why he is letting you go near his emerald so easily when you have always tried to steal it. Isn't that why you always come on the island all the time? Or do you have other reasons?" Amy asked.

"I just want to steal the Master Emerald, there is not other reason for me coming here all the time." Rouge said getting annoyed.

"I actually feel sorry for Knuckles," Amy said. Rouge turned and looked at her suspiciously. "When he goes and gets married to you he is going to have to get one really special wedding ring to satisfy you and make you happy." Amy finished grinning mischievously.

"Thats it!" Rouge yelled in extreme irritation. "You cannot talk to me at all about romance. All you are is a little obsessive fangirl. If you actually had any romance experience you would not have to always go and chase after Sonic all over the planet." Rouge said scathingly.

Everyone looked up in shock and alarm as a fiery aura appeared around Amy. She and Rouge stared at each other in anger for a minute or two. Sonic looked from Rouge to Amy and back again. He then started to dance and cartwheel around them. He then figured out that both of the girls only saw each other and were ignoring the rest of the world around them. "I think that all men should exit the area right about now. There is about to be one of the scariest types of fights ever."

Immediately Sonic, Tails, Espio, Emerl, and Vector ran away from the two furious women. Charmy flew above the group to watch from above. Shadow stayed where he was, looking like the perfect picture of calm. Sonic however, noticed that Shadow had his chaos emerald in his hand and was ready to use chaos control at a moments notice. Sonic chuckled slightly but stopped when everyone nearby turned to look at him in confusion.

Cream was still a little confused on what was happening and stayed where she was standing. She did not realize that she was in a very dangerous area and did not realize that Sonic meant that she should also go and move away with the rest of the group.

Tails was quiet for a moment and then ran forward, grabbed Cream by the waist, and then pulled her back behind some bushes where they both watched from afar. Cream looked at Tails for a moment and blushed slightly and then turned to watch the soon to begin match.

Charmy noticed that quick look from where he was flying and grinned slightly. I guess that Rouge and Amy aren't the only ones who are thinking a little bit about romance.

Finally with a yell of anger Rouge and Amy jumped at each other. Amy summoned a huge hammer and Rouge summoned her special Iron Boots. Sonic looked at the hammer in a little bit of surprise. Isn't that hammer from one of Eggman's robots that I busted a while ago.

For a couple of times the hammer and the boots crashed into each other. When it looked like they were actually going to injure each other they suddenly both collapsed unconscious. Everyone turned and looked at the Knuckles robots that went and shot tranquilizers at the fighting pair.

"Forgive us but this seemed like the only way to make sure they would not destroy everything around them." One of the side robots said. "If you follow us then you we can bring you to Master Knuckles."

Shadow and Sonic picked up Rouge and Amy respectively and dragged them with the group as they followed the robots. "Where are we going?" Sonic asked. "Which one of the zones has Knuckle's now put the Master Emerald in? Is it still in the Hidden Palace Zone like he had it in all those ages ago? That place was awesome. Even the area getting over to that zone was really cool. It was full of precious stones and stuff and very pretty."

"Eggman destroyed the Hidden Palace zone awhile ago. It is now in the Marble Garden Zone. Well... the remains of the marble garden zone. Most of it got destroyed by Eggman as well." One of the robots said.

"The Marble Garden zone?" Tails said surprised. "That area was also cool as well. Lots and lots of rings and we got to fight Eggman while flying through the air above the area."

"So why is it that Rouge gets special privileges to see Knuckles anyways?" Vector asked.

"Well we tried to stop her the first time she came here. She destroyed half of us in a couple of seconds. After that Knuckles decided that it would be a lot more useful to go

and let her go through whenever she came. And he has a couple of people to guard the Master Emerald even if he gets tricked. They are a little less gullible then he is." One of the robots said.

The group finally reached the "new" Master Emerald altar. It pretty much looked the exact way that it had looked when Sonic and the others had seen it in the past. When the group looked around they saw that Big and Froggy were fishing in a nearby pond, Knuckles was doing some push ups, the Chao were playing some games and a Chaos was floating in the water. To Sonic, Tails, and Amy's surprise they noticed that Tikal was leaning on one of the pillars of the altar taking a nap. Knuckles and Big looked up in surprise when they saw the group.

"Hey Knuckles!" Emerl yelled in greeting. Knuckles' mouth opened and he stared at Emerl for a moment. He then ran forward and attempted to kick Emerl. Emerl dodged quickly and punched Knuckles. Knuckles slid backward a couple of steps and then started to laugh.

"That proves it. You are the real Emerl. I don't know why you are still alive and I don't care. I just am excited to see you. But why are the rest of you guys here?" He said looking from person to person.

"So I wasn't the only one surprised by seeing Emerl alive. That's good." Sonic said.

"I just wasn't surprised because I doubted that the ultimate weapon could be destroyed so easily." Shadow said quietly.

"I only knew because the government has been keeping tabs on Emerl ever since his awakening. They were worried that they might have to fight him if he went crazy. They also hoped that they might be able to enlist his help if we ever were attacked by aliens again." Rouge said.

"Anyways, we are here because Eggman has tons of fake emeralds and is getting ready to attack the world if we cannot defeat him. We were hoping that you could help us." Sonic said.

Knuckles scratched his head. "Yea. I guess I can help out. Chaos and Big can protect the Master Emerald. I just find it weird about Eggman. It seems odd of him to act like this. I mean, he is the one who gave me these robot versions of myself. He said he had no need of them anymore. I thought that meant he was going to quit attacking the world." Knuckles finished thoughtfully.

"Can Big and Froggy also help out?" Big asked curiously. Everyone turned to look at him.

Everybody opened their mouth to say no but Cream immediately answered, "of course you can Mr. Big. We would be happy to use your strength to smash the mean robots that kidnapped Froggy awhile ago."

"What about that other Knuckles?" Charmy asked. "Who is she?"

"Thats Tikal. Normally she resides in the Master Emerald but she got bored and decided to deal with having a body again. She is nice but she can get angry if you say anything against women or about her strength. I am just warning you right now. Be careful."

"Well she does not look very strong at all." Espio said.

Tikal instantly woke up and looked at Espio in anger. She suddenly summoned a huge boulder into her hand and chucked it with all of her strength at Espio. Espio was smashed by the rock and went crashing into one of the mountains. All the Chao started to applaud. "I hope you see how wrong about my strength. Never say I am weak again." Tikal told Espio when he had managed to crawl his way back to the group. He only groaned in response.

"Hey! Want to help us as well Tikal?" Rouge asked. Tikal looked up shocked. So did Espio. "It would help to make the ratio of guys to girls closer to equal." Amy smiled at this.

Tikal agreed after a little bit of discussion and the whole group took the rest of the Chaos Emeralds and warped to where they sensed Eggman's emeralds.

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Whew. It will now be mostly battles and less talking from here on out. I found out that I was wrong about how large my margins are and after redoing them I realized that I have written 29 pages of single spaced times new roman font in just this story. Sheesh I am going to be writing a lot.

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