Sonic and friends made it back to Tails. "Hey, Tails," Sonic asked."Where's Silver?"
"I don't know. He told me he had to do something, but he didn't specify." Tails replied.
"It' really really weird with him knowing so many things that I don't."
Shadow giggled.
"What?" Sonic puzzled.
"Nothing."Shadow denied."Anyway, Tails. Analyze this for us, will you."
"Will do." Tails nodded, and accepted the Engine Core.
"Seriously, Shadow!" Sonic demanded."What's going on?"
"Sorry, Sonic." Shadow answered."It's as Silver said, you're on a need-to-know basis. All will be revealed in time."
"Well, the least you could tell me is how many Engine Cores we have so far."
"We have five." Tails told him."That makes two more to go."
"Hey, where's Knuckles?"
"You're full of questions today, Sonic."Shadow pointed out.
"Got a problem with that?" Accused Sonic.
Shadow paused, a glare on his face, but finally spoke."No."
"Good." Sonic replied.
"Well, Knuckles decided to go back to Angel Island. He was worried that Rouge was about to steal the Master Emerald. He was sure he could stop her."
"And I was right on both counts." Knuckles boasted through his headset.
"Good ol' Knuckles."Sonic noted.
"Well, my analysis is complete." Tails announced."This one fires explosive energy bolts when channeled through the Ball."
"Nice job." Sonic gave Tails a thumbs-up and inserted the Engine Core into the Ball."Now, let's do it to it!"
Yes, SatAM reference for old timey's sake. I still don't know what that stands for, though. Yeah, this chapter was mostly dialogue. I planned to make it alternate between dialogue and action, but sometimes I'll break that pattern. Anyway, review or I'll pretend to kill you. Don't pretend to be a ghost, or you've got something else coming. You have been warned! Goodbye, everybloody.