Luna finally has Amy Rose in her grasp.

But not before she decides to try to solve the Yashima's riddle.

NOTE: Stupid writer's block. This is what I had a few times about halfway through this chapter. Oh, well. I'll definately fix that. Anyway, enjoy the chapter.

"Finally!" she exhaled. "I finally have Amy Rose in my grasp. Come, LRS – 2. Let's leave this pathetic excuse for a city," she commanded.

AFFIRMATIVE. NOW CHARGING INTERNAL ENERGY FOR TELEPORTATION.

Luna gripped him with her hand and held onto him tightly, wanting to make sure that they got away successfully. She peered down at an unconscious Amy Rose, who was bleeding from the back of her head. Luna looked and chuckled. "What a sad sight that is. What a shame. She had so much to live for, too," she said jokingly. Just then, she slowly took out the controller and flipped the switch to "camouflage." The interface on Amy's back disappeared. "There we go," she laughed. Just as they were about to leave, LRS – 2 began to act funny. He was supposed to teleport them out of the vicinity, but he wasn't doing so. "Hey! What's the big idea?"

INTERNAL SYSTEM ERROR. SYSTEM CHECK. ZZZZXXKKYYZZZZ! ZAP-ZAP! INTERNAL MEMORY DUMPED. SYSTEM MALFUNCTION.

"What do you mean by that? Respond!" she commanded.

UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANSWER.

"I suggest that you find an answer right now before I tear you apart!"

SYSTEM MALFUNCTION. SYSTEM SHUTDOWN. WHIRRRRRRRRRRRR…

The robot closed its capsule, shut off completely, and fell to the ground. It didn't even move. It lay there, broken. Its shell was cracked like an egg. Luna was shocked and mystified by this. How in the world did he just shut down like that? She was looking down at him, disappointed and let down. She thought that a little bug couldn't affect him. She remembered back then when they were exploring a planet in the outer rims of a galaxy much like this planets.' The planet's name was Ensora. The planet had very high electrical levels and a high level of gravity that LRS – 2 couldn't handle. During their time on the planet, LRS – 2 acquired a small bug. It screwed with his programming, and almost rendered him useless. But, thanks to his software and hardware capabilities, he was able to delete it. Supposedly. He was able to get rid of most of it, but a very small amount was encrypted in his hard drive. He seemed to be fine for a long while.

"It must be from this planet's ozone. All of the other planets that had an ozone layer didn't affect him at all, but I don't know why this ozone layer is different from all of the other ones. There must be something in the air that's weakening the ozone layer that's causing some kind of form of radiation. I did feel it as I approached Earth. It felt strange. If that's not it, it must be something else. I don't know what else it could be."

Just then, the top of his head opened and revealed the cube. It was the very same cube that had been trying to solve all along. The cube was just floating up and down on top of his lifeless, disembodied robot body. She reached down and picked it up. She stared at it until it began to glow. Just then, the floor disappeared. All of a sudden, she was quickly surrounded by that same cold black that surrounded her before. "Damn it! What's going on now?" she exclaimed. She looked at the black sky and saw a white dot. Maybe it was an angel coming to take her away from this terrible place. The white dot began to fall closer and closer to the ground, slowly increasing in size, expanding, growing, and filling the sky. It had to have been an angel. There couldn't have been this much light shining down on her normally. It must have been an angel. There couldn't be any other explanation besides that. Her eyes slowly widened as the white dot grew even larger until it soon encompassed the darkness Luna was standing on. "It is an angel."

"No, it's not," a dark voice said.

"What?" Luna gasped. "I'd recognize that voice anywhere. Yashima!" She looked up and noticed that Yashima was encompassed in a veil of white light, she had large angel wings, however, she did not have a halo. She had three large spikes protruding from her back. Something wasn't right about Yashima. When she touched the ground and fell down to Luna's level, the ground began to shake and move. It made Luna stumble and fall on her knees. She looked up and saw Yashima looking down at her, downtrodden and scared.

"You are truly pitiful, Luna. I have given you a chance to solve this cube and to show what your future holds."

Luna picked herself up quickly. "How would you know what my future holds?" she shot.

"Solve the riddle. It holds the key to your life," she said, then she floated back into the air, and the darkness began to fade. In short time, she was back in the streets of Station Square, surrounded by the sounds of people's footsteps, voices, and car engines revving past her as she had nothing but her sanity. She stared deep into the glowing cube, wanting desperately to solve it just to see what Yashima meant by what she said. "Maybe if I solve this stupid thing, she'll leave me alone."

She still had a good amount of LRS – 2's teleportation energy within her. She used it to teleport to the top of a large building, where she could be alone until the time was right. It was a good thing that no one saw her transport; otherwise she would have been in even more trouble. When she had the cube in hand, she looked at the sky again. She noticed that it was getting darker, but it wasn't Yashima this time. She could tell that this was the sun going down, and nighttime was going to soon come. This was a good thing, because if this happened, her powers would get a drastic increase. But, first it had to be completely dark. It was already sunset. All she had to do was wait for a couple more hours. She really hoped that it didn't take her forever to solve this thing; so long, that she wouldn't be able to find her next victim. She thought about her next victim and who they were going to be located. Without LRS – 2 guiding her, she was better off searching for her victims in the pitch black night. She was blind without him leading the way, showing her where her precious victims were. "Maybe Yashima destroyed him," she said. She could feel her brain leaving her. She hissed in pain and grabbed herself. "God. What is going on here? What in the world does this cube have to do with me anyway?" she whined. "It just doesn't make any sense!" She held the cube in her tight sweaty palms. The cube was making her remember the riddle.

"One color, two items,
Stands out from all,
Shows victory,
Not to the enemy."

"What does that even mean? Maybe it was an oxymoron. The "one color, two items" line had to have meant something about two different life forms combined into one. The "stands out" stanza has to mean its spiritual power or physical power that is unmatched by anything that could possibly be perceived as being invincible. The "enemy" line means…" she halted. She knew exactly what that line meant. It meant that she was going to be defeated and her mission wouldn't be finished. "No. That's impossible! I can't lose!" she yelled. She tried to deny what would happen in her future. Just then, the cube began to glow and shimmer. She looked deep into the cube and saw an image of her fighting a mysterious figure, and she had her new army with her. "I have my army, and everything is falling into my favor. You can never predict the future," she said, confident of her victory. It really did seem that she was winning. Just then, she noticed that something was wrong. The cube showed Luna on a strange black planet, screaming at the heavens, blaming her God for letting her die. Finally, a gigantic explosion blinded the hero, but he stood, victorious with his friends. Luna was shocked and very critical of the future message. "No! How can that even be?"

Just then, a hologram of Yashima began to float down. The sky didn't change to black this time. The hologram spoke and said, "Good job, Luna. You've solved one part of the riddle. You still have to solve the rest of the riddle to see your future in its glory…unless you want to run the risk of denying your future, you might want to finish the riddle," she said. She disappeared.

"How am I supposed to solve this riddle?"

The sun finally descended beneath the ocean and Luna began to glow bright white. "Well, I'd better try my best to find my next victim…Shadow the Hedgehog."

To be continued…

Yeah, that damn writer's block screwed me over. Chapter 12 is coming soon.