Nic's life was flashing before his eyes as it seemed that the man was actually going to shoot him right through his brain. The man stared coldly at him, but then set the gun back in his belt, snickering. "For once it's actually good to see you, Sonic." He said.
"Fang?" Nic realized. "What are you up to?"
"Listen, I know we have a bad history with each other, but I need your help. You know the theft that happened at the muesem?" Nic nodded. "Well, everyone's pointing fingers on me, but I didn't steal anything. I'm not a thief, I'm a sniper."
Nic looked behind Fang. "I understand that, but Rouge isn't a sniper. She is a thief."
"I didn't steal it either!" Rouge complained.
"Anyways, what's with the gun, Fang? I thought you were just a little better than that!"
"It wasn't real." Fang pulled the gun back out and pulled the trigger, and a cork popped out, attached to a small string. "It's a popgun."
"Okay, enough about guns. If you guys didn't steal the jewel, who did?" Nic questioned.
"How are we supposed to know?"
Nic shook his head. "I'll just go home, I can keep looking tommorow."
"Chili dogs. Apparently your favorite." Sophie grumbled, setting a plate with five chili dogs in front of Nic. "And with cheese." Dezi added, giving Miles a single chili dog with cheese piled high on top of it. Nic gobbled up his lunch extremely quickly, sending chili flying across the room, which hit Miles in the face. "Do you have any napkins?" He asked. Dezi disappeared upstairs and came back with a piece of toilet paper, that was fortunately unused. "Well, it's crude, but it'll work." Miles wiped the chili of his face. Suddenly, someone knocked on the door. Nic went to open it.
"Rouge?"
"Look what I've got, Big Blue." Rouge pulled out a blue diamond-cut gem, just like the one that had been stolen.
"You lied! You did steal it!"
"Alright, you've got me. But this is a Chaos Emerald, and the Chaos Emeralds have no owner."
"...That's debatable."
Miles and Dezi came in, wondering what was going on. "Is that a Chaos Emerald?" Dezi asked. Miles nodded.
"Rouge, we had the red Chaos Emerald, and something weird happened to it. It turned-"
"Listen, Big Blue, I just-" Suddenly, the Chaos Emerald began glowing like the red one did, but rather than a huge blast, silver sparks emitted from it as it slowly turned a dull green. "Huh? What's happened to it?"
"That's what I wanted to explain. The Chaos Emeralds are turning into normal emeralds. We have to find them before they all change, or else we might be stuck here forever."
"What do you mean, 'here'?" Dezi asked.
"Listen, you and your sister probably don't believe it, but I'm actually Sonic the Hedgehog. Me and my friends need to get home to our dimension, and we'll need the Chaos Emeralds to do that, but if they turn in to normal emeralds, we'll never get home."
"...I believe you, Sonic." Dezi replied.