Picking up from where the last chapter left off, Wizeman was in his lair.

"Reala, I summon you..." Wizeman called his ervant, Reala, who appeared before the former.

"Yes, Master Wizeman?" Reala asked Wizeman.

"Send this note to the resistance leader." Wizeman instructed Reala handing him a letter. "But do not harm him nor his comrades."

"Very well, Master." Reala obeyed his master exiting the lair leaving Wizeman alone.

"Soon, Nights and Nightopia will both be mine." Wizeman remarked on his master plan letting out an evil laugh before ending with a cough.

Elsewhere, Tyler was out in a nearby forest accompanied by Shadow the Hedgehog, Blaze the Cat and Silver the Hedgehog, but he was feeling remorse for having sent both Sonic and Klonoa to Wizeman's lair undercover as he started believing that they'll probably won't return.

"Is something wrong, Tyler?" Shadow walked to Tyler and asked the latter in concern.

"I put Sonic and Klonoa in danger." Tyler responded to Shadow.

But before Shadow could reply back to Tyler, Reala's laugh was heard echoing through the woods.

"That laugh." Blaze said recognizing the voice of the laughter.

"No doubt about it." Shadow remarked ready to take on Reala.

"Hello, Chronicles..." Reala greeted the heroes coming out of a black vortex that appeared a second earlier.

"What do you want, Reala?" Tyler demanded. "Come for a fight? We'll send you back to Wizeman one piece at a time."

"Now, now, Tyler. I've come unarmed and I was merely sent here to deliver this to you." Reala reasoned with Tyler taking out and handing the latter a letter from Wizeman.

"A letter?" Tyler asked taking the letter from Reala.

"Ciao, Chronicles." Reala greeted our heroes goodbye. "Master Wizeman and I will see you very soon..." Reala then entered the black vortex behind him and as soon as he did, the black vortex disappeared.

Tyler then opened up the envelope and read the letter inside.

"'Resistance. We each have something the other wants. You give me Nights and your comrades, Sonic the Hedgehog and Klonoa will be spared.'" Tyler read the letter aloud. Tyler then wondered what to do about the situation before him as he turned to the others.

"So, any ideas on how to bring them both out of Nightmare?" Tyler asked.

"No." Tails answered.

"Sorry, Tyler." Blaze apologized to Tyler.

"Nope." Silver replied.

After a moment of silence, Shadow came with a plan.

"Hmm...I think I have an idea." Shadow broke the silence and informed his comrades.

"What's the plan?" Tyler asked Shadow.

"We create a replica of Nights and two of us hand it to Wizeman." Shadow proposed.

"Perfect!" Tyler said liking Shadow's plan. "Let's go visit Wizeman."

"How do we get there? Through Chaos Control?" Blaze asked wanting to know how they'll get there.

"No. We get through there." Tyler responded pointing toward an ocean.

"What's that?" Silver asked.

"That is the Dark Ocean, Silver." Tyler informed Silver. "It's also the entrance to Nightmare and if you're not careful, the Dark Ocean will swallow you whole and you will never return."

"Well, then. Let's get busy, shall we?" Shadow insisted as he and the other got started work on their Nights decoy.

Tyler, on the other hand, didn't follow the group as he thought about the situation.

'What if Reala and Wizeman don't take the bait?' Tyler thought worried.

"Tyler?" Nights asked Tyler from behind.

"Huh?" Tyler snapped back into reality and turned around to face Nights. "Oh, Nights, you startled me."

"Tyler, you looked odd kinda far away look in your eyes." Nights said to Tyler.

"Nights, I-" Tyler was about to say to Nights.

"It's finished, Tyler." Silver stepped in with Shadow and informed Tyler about the bait.

"Thank you, Shadow and Silver." Tyler thanked the both of them.

"But who's going with you to Nightmare?" Blaze then asked Tyler.

"Shadow." Tyler answered.

"Very well." Shadow said accepting the mission.

"Let's go take the decoy." Tyler said.

"Are you sure about this?" Shadow asked Tyler.

"Yes." Tyler answered jumping head straight into the Dark Ocean with Shadow.

They submerged deep into the Dark Ocean until they appeared within Nightmare. They walked right into Wizeman's lair where Wizeman was waiting for them.

"Master Wizeman, the boy..." Reala informed his master.

"Ah, the leader of the resistance called the Chronicles as well as one of his soldiers." Wizeman said about Tyler and Shadow. "I see you brought my Nightmarien."

"Wizeman the Wicked, I have brought Nights for the trade." Tyler proposed to Wizeman where Shadow brought out the Nights decoy.

Wizeman then followed his end of the deal snapping his fingers.

"Reala, fetch the hedgehog and traitor." Wizeman ordered Reala.

"Very well, sir." Reala obeyed as he left to retrieve and came back with Sonic and Klonoa.

"Tyler." Sonic hollered Tyler hiding a Chaos Emerald in his hands.

"Sonic, Klonoa, don't move!" Tyler hollered to Sonic and Klonoa.

"Now hand over Nights and I will hand over your comrades." Wizeman told Tyler.

"Here." Tyler said back as he and Shadow handed the Nights decoy to Reala, who took it off their hands. "Take Nights and go."

"Here are your allies." Wizeman said freeing Sonic and Klonoa who quickly went over to Tyler's side.

"Now let us go, Wizeman." Klonoa demanded to Wizeman.

"I'm afraid this is where it ends." Wizeman then said letting out a menacing laugh and and conjured an earthquake-like shake all over Nightmare.

"What did you do?!" Shadow asked Wizeman.

"I knew it would come to this. I knew you would creat a false Nights to try and fool me. So, I have now brought destruction upon this part of Nightmare where you will all perish." Wizeman explained his motives.

"You're insane, Wizeman!" Tyler told Wizeman. "You'll get destroyed, too!"

"I can leave this place with ease." Wizeman said summoning a dark vortex behind him. "Until we meet again, Chronicles." Wizeman then let out a laugh before it was stopped by coughing as he entered through the vortex.

"You have only 3 minutes live." Reala informed the group before he entered the portal as well, which closed and the word 'live' echoes throughout the room.

Well, Wizeman pulled a fast one on Tyler and the gang, but they appear to have only one Chaos Emerald with them.

Where are the other six Chaos Emeralds?

Can the Chronicles escape their fate

Or do the Chronicles already need a new leader for the job?

Find out in Episode 6: Dr. Robotnik's Desert Storm