My warp ring opened up and I stepped through only to be pelted by rain. I covered my eyes with my hand and took a step out. My warp ring went back around my wrist and I took a step.

"AH!" I screamed as I slipped on something smooth and hit it hard. I opened my eyes and looked down to see I was on the Master Emerald. "Stupid rain!" I yelled and tried my balance again. I had to be careful because the rain made it slippery.

When I was sure that I would not fall again I walked to the edge of the huge gem and leaped off and onto the alter. I looked around with my hand shielding my eyes from the rain. Now, where would the Chaotix be? I continued to look around and then having no clue where they would be, I sat down and pressed my back against the Master Emerald to shield myself from the rain.

I looked out over the horizon to see the sky and way down below was land. Even with the grey clouds and the pelting rain, it still looked beautiful. She must be lucky, Felidae. She lives in such a nice place. And she has actual friends. All I got is Frogger, and maybe an Emo Lynx.

"HEY! GET AWAY FROM THE MASTER EMERALD!" I snapped my head around to see Knuckles running up. I stood up very slowly and walked in front of the emerald and waited for Knuckles to get closer. "Who are you?" Knuckles asked as he reached the bottom of the alter.

"I am Celty, Celty the Lynx." I said and started to walk down the alter. Knuckles raised his fist and asked "Why are you here?" I stopped seeing as I was getting to close and I said "I am looking for Felidae, do you know where I might find her?"

"Why do you need her?" Knuckles asked and I smiled. Knuckles just proved that she is a part of the Chaotix. "She is an old friend, but I doubt she remembers me. I need her help with something." I said and Knuckles lowered his fist but then suddenly brought them back up and I took a step back.

I looked in his eyes to see he was not looking at me and I turned around to see the Master Emerald was glowing BLUE! "What the hell?" Knuckles and I said at the same time and Knuckles ran past me and up to the Master Emerald. He placed his hand on it and the emerald suddenly gave of enormous amounts of energy that blew Knuckles and me over like we were just paper.

I tumbled down the stairs and gripped the grass so I didn't get blown across the field. Knuckles landed next to me and I grabbed his arm so he wouldn't be blown away. He grabbed the ground and then started to walk forward. I just watched in awe as the Master Emerald blasted this blue chaos energy everywhere and then I realized that it wasn't chaos energy.

"Knuckles!" I called and he turned and asked "How do you know my name?" I shook my head and yelled "That's not important right now! That's not chaos energy!" Knuckles turned his head back to the Master Emerald and then back to me and yelled "What did you do?" I shrugged and said "I don't know!" Knuckles growled and then started to climb up the steps and headed to the Master Emerald.

He reached it and held up his hands and said "The servers are the seven chaos, chaos is power enriched by the heart, the controller exists to unify the chaos! Master Emerald! Please calm down!" he called to the green gem but nothing changed. I gulped and crawled up the steps. As I got to the top Knuckles spun around and aimed a punch. I ducked and said "WAIT! Maybe I can help! But please don't bash me across the field! I have had enough of that!"

Knuckles thought for a few seconds and then he growled and said "Try anything funny and you will be tossed off the side of the island." I nodded knowing he was telling the truth and I slowly approached the huge gem and gently placed my hands on the gem. Knuckles growled thinking might just steal the energy or something and I don't blame him. That much power was right in front of me.

I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. "The servers are the seven chaos, chaos is power enriched by the heart, the controller exists to unify the chaos! Master Emerald, I don't know if you know me or not. But I am a friend to you; let me take this Aura away so you don't have to bear the weight of chaos and aura energy. Please, you can trust me." I said and Knuckles stopped growling and I opened my eyes to see the Master Emerald was turning green again and suddenly I felt very strange, like I could run forever strange.

I backed away from the Master Emerald and Knuckles walked up to the gem and rubbed his hand against it. Then he turned around and gazed into my eyes. "How did you do that?" he asked in a curious voice and I thought for a sec and then said "Well, I kind of guessed on what to do." Knuckles continued to look at me and then a serious look crossed his face.

"Now, what is Aura and how do you know my name, Celty." He asked and walked closer to me. "…I am an information broker, and Aura is like your life force."

"Information broker?" Knuckles repeated and it made me wonder if he even heard me talk about Aura. I nodded and Knuckles asked my favorite question. "Tell me something you know about me. Can you?" I smiled and then said "Hello Avatar, or how about Chaos Knuckles, or even Enerjak?" Knuckles suddenly launched forward with a punch and I leaped back and ran down the stairs. Not my best idea…

Knuckles looked pissed and I stepped back only to bump into something. Before I could turn around, arms wrapped around me and lifted me off the ground. I looked over my shoulder to see Vector holding me up and the rest of the Chaotix were coming. "Aw Damit." I said and back kicked Vector in his stomach then I knocked my head against his chin and he let go. "Freedom!" I yelled and sprinted forward and running through my warp ring.

"Damn, she's gone." Knuckles said and I yelled "Guess again!" he spun around and I shot an Aura Sphere at him and he fell backward. I smiled but it soon disappeared as Julie-Su and Mighty ran forward, both looking pissed. I turned to run but I collided with nothing and then Espio appeared and grabbed hold of my arm. "You forgot about this hand ninja." I said and shot a small Aura Sphere at him since he was so close. Espio skidded back but was still standing.

I opened my warp ring but Julie-Su blasted a ray gun at it and it automatically closed and went back on my wrist. I cursed and ran in the other direction. Mighty slammed his fist on the ground and it made a small earthquake and the rock I was standing under began to crack and I looked over my shoulder and gasped. I was at the very edge of the island. I didn't have time to open my warp ring because the ground collapsed underneath me and I fell backwards and off Angel Island.

I froze up and couldn't get my warp ring from being too damn scared. I closed my eyes scared that I was going to die. Then suddenly I landed in something and I opened my eyes and saw that a female Echidna had caught me. I looked down to see she was riding on an Extreme Gear board like Jet does. "Thank you." I said and she looked down sharply and asked "Who are you?"

She had dark cherry fur and her dreadlocks went down just pass her shoulders. She had one black deadlock that covers her right eye. and her eyes were sky blue. she wore blue shorts and a sleeveless black shirt. she also had a black hair band that held all of her dreadlocks away from her face, except for the black one. "Who are you?" she repeated

"Celty the Lynx, information broker…who are you?" I asked and she said "Felidae the Echidna, Chaotix member." My eyes widen and I yelled "Sarah!" Suddenly the board stopped and she looked at me and asked "How do you know my real name?"

I looked down at the sky and land below and asked "Can we please land first. My first time flying didn't go so well." Felidae sighed and flew forward and past the Chaotix members and into the forest. I patently waited until I saw a base up ahead and she landed in front of the door and opened it up and I fallowed. "Let's had up to my room." She said and we both ran upstairs and into one of the many rooms.

Her room was light purple walls and a green carpet. There was a dresser and a desk. Also a bed covered in red sheets. "Lot better than my place." I said and gazed around the room and Felidae sat on her bed and asked "So, how do you know my name Celty?"

"That's not my real name, my name is Kate, Kate Alicade." I said and smirked as Felidae's eyes widen and she leaped off the bed and tackled me in a death hug. "Felidae…I can't…breathe!" I gasped as she let go and helped me off the floor. "Sorry and how are you here?" she asked and I said "I was going to Japan with my parents," I started and Felidae interrupted and asked "Really? I didn't know your parents was that nice to you?"

I shrugged and then said "I got on the plane and it got hijacked and I was about to be shot when we started to go down and I fell into the warp ring." I said and held up my wrist. "How long ago was this?" she asked and I answered by saying "About…four days maybe."

Felidae gasped and then asked "Have you been on Angel Island that long?" she asked and I shook my head no and said "No, I live somewhere else."

"What do you live in?" she asked and I said "An old temple of some kind." Felidae nodded and then asked "Have you met any of the characters?" I nodded and said "I have too friends now. Flying and Lightning."

"YOU MET THE DESTRUCTIX!" Felidae yelled and I faced palmed and nodded and then she said "Do you work for them?" her voice was scared and I sighed and said "No, thank god I don't." Felidae sighed in relief and then asked "Do you work for anyone? If not I think I can get you a spot here." I shook my head no and said "I already work for someone."

"Who?" Felidae asked and I held up my wrist and pointed to the warp ring. Felidae was quiet for out thirty seconds before her eyes started to widen and before she could say anything I placed my hand over her mouth and said "Yes him."

Felidae's eyes turned from shock to mischievous and she asked "Do you…Like him?"

"NO!" I shouted and cover my mouth then spoke in a normal voice. "Even if I did, it wouldn't matter. You and I both know that Finitevus is incapable of love, friendship, and self-sacrifice and anything else like that. I could die right in front of him and all he would say is what a shame. Then walk away."

Felidae stood still for a second then said "Maybe not. One time I was captured in the Egg Grapes along with everyone else and he had sent me a warp ring so I could escape. All because I had pushed him through a warp ring so he didn't have to fight Knuckles."

I nodded and then asked "Hey, did you get to see Enerjak?" I asked and Felidae nodded and then she said "I can't see why he did that." I nodded in agreement and then added "Hey! If he wants an Enerjak so bad then why doesn't he become one himself?"

"You're kidding right?" Felidae asked in a worried tone and I nodded. "I still cannot believe that you work for Finitevus." I nodded and suddenly the door swung open and Knuckles walked in and asked "Did you say Finitevus?"

I leaped behind Felidae and then I pointed at Knuckles and said "Don't make me shoot you again Knuckles!" Knuckles ignore me and walked forward with his fist up. Before I could move I was pinned against the wall and Knuckles pulled back his fist. I closed my eyes and suddenly Knuckles was knocked through the wall and I fell to the floor. Felidae helped me up and I asked "Did you do that?" she nodded and then said "I think we should leave." Then she pulled my warp ring off and opened it up and I asked "Where are we going?"

"Shopping in Mobotropolice! You need some clothes or are you going to walk around like a male?" she said and I blushed and fallowed Felidae through the warp ring.