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Chapter 2: Rounding up the Team

Sonic dashed towards Tails' house in Mystic Ruins. When he got there, he threw open the door and said: "Hey, Tails?"

"What, Sonic?" he asked.

"Big is rampaging the city."

"WHAT?!"

"Yeah, so I need your help to find Froggy."

"Ooookay...?"

"Well, come on little buddy!"

The pair hopped into the X-Tornado and flew off.

"Why don't we get Knuckles? He's good at finding stuff," Tails suggested.

"Great idea, little buddy," Sonic said.

They landed on Angel Island, only to be greeted by a giant boulder narrowly missing the plane.

Sonic hopped out and yelled: "Hey! What's your problem?!"

"Last time you showed up, I lost my digging claws!" Knuckles yelled back.

"Oh yeah, sorry 'bout that," Sonic said. "Anyways, Big is terrorizing the city and we need your help finding Froggy."

"WHAT?!"

"Hey, that's what Tails said."

"Uh-huh. So basically you want me to leave Angel Island unguarded to help you find that stupid frog?"

"Well... yeah," Tails answered.

"No."

"Ah, come on, Knucks. Please."

"No."

"Please."

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"Pretty please with a cher-" was as far as Sonic got before Knuckles lost it.

"FOR THE LAST TIME, NO!"

"You don't have to yell."

"I am surrounded by idiots." Knuckles grumbled under his breath.

"Well, bye Knucks," Sonic said, hopping into the X tornado.

"Really?"

"Yeah. Come on Tails."

The duo got in the plane and flew away. As soon as they were off the Island Tails asked: "Are we really giving up that easy?"

"No way little buddy, no way."

It was the middle of the night and no one in their right mind was up and about. Except Knuckles.

"He's got to go to sleep sometime," Sonic said, exasperated. (To explain why Sonic was awake, I did say only those in their right mind.)

"It won't be long now," Tails said, noticing Knuckles continued yawning. (Once again in their right mind, I mean he's following Sonic's plan for Pete's sake.)

"Finally," said Sonic, watching the snoring Knuckles "Go, go, go."

The two of them sneaked over to Knuckles and prepared to lift him up when his eyes jerked open and he jumped up and said: "Ah ha! I knew you wouldn't give up so easily!"

"Darn, you caught us."

"Yes, yes, I did."

All of a sudden a rock fell down and hit Knuckles head with a loud thunk knocking him unconscious.

"I got him guys," said Vector.

Flashback

"There's no way we can get him," Tails said.

"No way we can get him alone," Sonic said.

The X-Tornado landed in front of a small house. The house of the famous detectives the Chaotix. Sonic and Tails went inside knowing that it would be helpful to have detectives since they were looking for a lost object.

"Hey there, Sonic," Vector said.

"''Sup, Vector," Sonic replied.

"What brings you here?"

"Business."

"What kind?"

"Well... Big is destroying the city."

"WHAT?!" all three chaotix yelled.

"That's what Tails and Knuckles said," Sonic said to himself. "Anyway, we need your help finding Froggy."

"Oh. So how much we talking."

"A fourth of what town hall gives us for saving the city."

"Deal."

"Oh ,by the way, we also need help getting Knuckles to join are team."

"It'll cost extra."

"How much?"

"Half of what the town hall pays you."

"Deal."

End of Flashback

"So anyone else we'll need?" Vector asked.

"No!" Sonic said hurriedly.

"Yes," Tails said "We'll need Amy."

"NO!" Sonic cried.

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