The Legend Of The Eigth Emerald.

Chapter 3

Amy glanced up the stone stairs leading up to the Master Emerald and found no trace of Knuckles anywhere, she walked up the steps and stopped in front of the gaint rock, "Knuckles is always here..I wonder where he went?" Amy asked herself as she placed a hand on the ME without realizing it and the ME started glowing bright green "huh?" Amy had to cover her eye's.

Suddenly Amy was surrounded by small blue chao who were singing a tune to her, she stared at them and wondered where they came from cause they just appeared out of nowhere, but she smiled at them, they stopped singing as a blue flash was seen and she was shocked to see what it was.

"C-Chaos?" Amy squeaked a little.

Chaos nooded it's head and smiled he walked up to Amy and held out it's hand to her, Amy held her right hand out and touched chaos and they both started glowing, after a few minutes the glowing stopped and Amy felt something in her hand, "a key?" she said as she looked at it in awe since it was very colourful she held it in both hands.

"That key will lead you to the eigth emerald, you must keep it safe from evil dooers as you are the sole controler of the eigth emerald," Amy's eye's went wide at this.

"What? You mean I can control the emerald." Amy said a little shocked only Sonic and Shadow could control the chaos emeralds.

Chaos nooded it's head and made it's way back inside the Master Emerald and the small chao followed him. The ME shone brightly again, "wait come back," Amy called but Chaos was no longer there she still had questions to ask.

"Amy what are you doing here?"Knuckles asked, Amy turned round to see Knuckles standing on the stairs.

"Oh uh hi Knuckles..I." Amy started but she was interupted by Zark's vocie.

"Thought you could get away from me huh Amy hehehe," Zark chuckled.

Knuckles didn't look too pleased "who are you?" he demanded.

"Zark you know your not getting this so I suggest you give up!" Amy yelled there was no way she was giving this up. Knuckles glanced at Amy wondering how she knew this guy.

"You know him?" Knuckles asked confused.

"Yes she does..Now give me that key!" Zark yelled the last part as he was getting impatient now.

Amy held the key close to her and turned away from him "no!" She yelled.

"Alright Amy you leave me no choice, I'll have to use force," Zark lunged for her, he grabbed onto her hands and tryed to get them open, but she wasn't giving up, they both stumbled about until Amy was at the edge of the stairs, her right foot was just at the edge when she fell.

"Ahhh," both of them yelped as they tumbled down the stone stairs and Zark was now on top of Amy, he was about to punch her so he could make her drop the key but something stopped him, he felt a familier feeling when he looked into her eye's.

Zark gasped out of shock and jump off her, Amy stared up at him in confusion, "uh Zark what are you doing, why aren't you getting the key?" The yellow hedgehog asked snapping him out of his trance.

Zark shook his head and grunted "this isn't the last you've seen of me Amy, I will be back!" Zark yelled as he ran off letting the yellow hedgehog catch up with him.

"Hey Zark, wait up!" He cried Zark was just that bit faster than him, but not as fast as Sonic or Shadow, Zark was now walking while holding his head as the yellow hedgehog caught up to him.

"There you are, what was all that about, why didn't you grab the key, when you had the chance?" The yellow hedgehog was angry he stopped right in front of the dark hedgehog.

Zark frowned at him, "that is none of your concern, i just have to be alone for a while, so go and do something useful!" Zark marched off towards the river, he sighed ploppled himself down at the edge of it.

"Mephiles is gonna kill us if we don't get that emerald!" The yellow hedgehog yelled as Zark walked away from him, Zark however just ingored him.

Meanwhile Knuckles had walked Amy to Tails workshop where she was glomped by Cream who was glad to see her unharmed, "Amy!" Amy giggled as Cheese hugged her as well.

"Amy I'm so happy your ok!" Cream said as she pulled away.

"Thanks Cream, but nothing really happened," Amy smiled at the rabbit.

"Well you might wanna explain to us, about who that hedgehog was," Knuckles said as they walked in to the workshop, where Tails had jumped of the X - Tornado along with Sonic they both walked over them.

Amy sighed "well his name is Zark and he's after whatever's inside this box and whatever inside it, it will lead who ever posseses it to the eigth emerald, but they must also have this key to unlock the box and the path lead to the eigth emerald."

"Wait there can't be another emerald, there's only seven," Tails said he couldn't believe there was another emerald.

"Nope there's eight and I was hoping I was the only one who knew about this..obvilously not." Amy said as she closed her eye's while thinking about the way Zark had acted strangely towards her earlier on.

"So, where is this emerald?" Sonic asked.

"Um well that's the part I have to find out and hopefully, before Zark does."

"Any idea's Amy?" Tails as he cleaned oil stain's of his fur.

"Mmm well there's one, but I'm not sure, It might be on the island of Crystal's," Amy replied.

"We're not too far from that island why don't we go and take a look?" Tails suggested.

"Well if there's an emerald there, I'm all for another adventure," Sonic said with his thumbs up, nothing exciting had happened in a while. Everyone agreed and Tails got the X - Tornado ready but he had a few minor wire's to attach and then they were all set to leave all unware that a certain white bat was listening in on the conversation.

She hid inside Tails ventalation system, "an eigth emerald huh? Interesting," Rouge smirked and made her way back out.