(Quick note that I thought this song actually fitted the battle scene in this chapter. I actually felt pretty proud of this one: Sonic 2006: Kingdom Valley -Water)

Mystic Ruins - Forest - Time: 5:01 AM

Ken kept running away from Alexandria at his top speed, with her not too far behind.

"Man, you're not much of one to mess around huh?" Ken asked with a smirk "How about cat girl? A race for the emerald?"

"Very well then. I'll defeat you and and obtain your emeralds!" Alexandria said as Ken smirked more.

"Then let's do this then!" He said as he ran faster, quickly jumped off of the ledge and quickly landed onto the ground, to which he began to run onto the river with Alexandria just a bit behind.

"Attention to all soldiers, the son of Hamon is making his way to the temple inside the forest! Stop or slow him down at all costs!" She said through a watch, with Ken still ran until small droids began to chase him down and fire bullets at him, making him quickly dodge them as fast as he could.

"Sending droids to slow me down are you? Now YOU'RE a real cheater ya know that?" Ken said to himself, with him quickly homing attacking the firing droids, sending them into trees, making them explode in which sent the trees down, with Alexandria quickly flipped over to dodge them. "Is sending droids to kill me all you've got kitty cat? Come on! I expected more from you than that!" He quickly kicked another droid, making it ricochet off of a tree, and hit her while flipping away, making him smile. "Serves you right!" Alexandria quickly got up and took out the Yellow Chaos Emerald.

"Chaos... Control!" She yelled as she warped in a Yellow light, and flashed next to Ken, with her trying to slash him with a sword but dodged it.

"Whoa now! Now THIS is what I'm talking about!" Ken said with a smile while they began to throw their fists at each other, with one countering another and creating small explosions of Light Blue and Yellow, sending some of the leave and water nearby to fly away. They kept doing this until they both entered the temple while passing sign inside that said 'Lost World', and began to race each other through the long hallway of ruins and decay. "You know what? You're not bad! I gotta say, you're a real challenge! Even more than Stone!"

"You're not bad yourself hedgehog." Alexandria said while taking out the Yellow Chaos Emerald again, with her growing a Gold Yellow aura. "But I'm only getting started."

"Same here!" Ken said while he too took out the Light Blue Emerald, gaining the same colored aura once again. "Let's cut the warm up and get to the real battle!" Both of their auras clashed intensely and began to charge at each other from side to side by bouncing off of the walls toward each other, causing most of the ruins from the inside to be destroyed. They kept clashing with Ken's chains and Alexandria's sword together, causing the hallway to be blasted into single bricks along with both of them flying into a large pool of water, with a stone snake floating around the area, to which Alexandira landed on but Ken fell into the water, making him start drowning while the water raised.

"Shame hedgehog! You were a real good challenge! But in the end, you were just as weak as a rat." She said with a smile.

"Crap! This isn't good! If I don't get out of here soon, she'll find the Chaos Emerald and the world is doomed!" Ken thought while holding his breath, until he looked at the Chaos Emerald in his possession. "What that girl pulled... Can I do it as well?" He closed his eyes cleared his mind. "What was it called? What was is called?! Wait... Chaos... Control!" He quickly flashed in a Sky Blue light, and quickly appeared next to Alexandira as she began to run to another hallway. "Well what do you know? It works!" He quickly ran through and caught up with her, surprising her greatly. "Yo! Miss me?"

"What?! How could a pest like you do Chaos Control?!" Alexandria asked in shock.

"Hey, a magician never reveals his secrets! Except I'm more than that and a rat!" Ken said with a smirk. "I'm the hero of this world, and a hedgehog!"

"You'll end up a dead one by the end of today!" Alexandria yelled, with her trying to stab Ken once again, but parried it with his chains while running on the side of the inside, seeing flames engulfing the area until the both of them fell off. They landed on a slope and kept fighting while a large flaming rock chased them, and the both of them fell off of the ledge, landed onto ruins and kept racing each other while they began to run onto water and clashed their weapons.

"Man, you're DEFINITELY not standing down now aren't you?" Ken asked with a smirk. "You're the most fun I've had out of this all day!"

"You think all of this is a game, don't you?!" Alexandria asked in anger.

"Pretty much, yeah!" Ken said with a smile, until he faded away. "But now it's going to get serious!" He looked forward to see a Emerald Green Chaos Emerald on the stone ground, quickly skidded in front of Alexandria and kicked it away from them. "Let's go! No more running!"

"Very well..." Alexandria said as she aimed her sword at him and began to swing it toward him, with him clashing it with his chains again and causing explosions of Light Blue and Yellow, to wave out of control along with causing the ruins of the temple to shake and fall out of control. "Before this is over, I'll make sure claim those emeralds and your head!" She then quickly swept kicked him, sending him to fall but recovered by flipping away at a fast speed.

"I'd like to see you try cat girl!" Ken said as Alexandria then tried to stab him at a quick speed, but he slid the the sword in between one hole of the chains and yanked it away, leaving Alexandria defense and weaponless, giving him the opportunity to quickly kick her away from him. "I've got you right where I want you now!" He grabbed the sword and threw it at one of the slits of the stone celing, causing it to break and stop her from getting any further by barricading her.

"You rat! I'll get you for tha-" Alexandria tried to say while she raised her Yellow Chaos Emerald until a large rock then landed on her, silencing her and making him wince while the emerald was sent flying by the impact next to Ken's feet.

"Sorry cat girl... You were one hell of a challenge." Ken said as he grabbed the Yellow Chaos Emerald, ran to the Green Chaos Emerald, grabbed it, and tried to run out but toward the entrance, but was closed off by a large rock. "I'm trapped!" He looked around for an exit until he looked at the three Chaos Emeralds, closed his eyes and let his mind clear, making him glow in a Green color. "It's all or nothing... Chaos... Control!" He quickly flashed in a Green light, and appeared outside of the temple, seeing it crumble before him. "Man... that was way too close..." He quickly ran back to the edge where he came from, climbed up the ladder, and ran back to the workshop to see soldiers still aiming their guns at the group, Gemstone included, and jumped to them. "Hey guys!" They all looked at him.

"Ken get out!" Comet yelled as the soldiers began to shoot at Ken, to which he quickly flipped over them and landed on one of them, knocking him out while the other tried to shoot but was punched in the face. "Whoa... Is that really?" Ken walked over to them and started taking the handcuffs off of them.

"You're ok!" Edge said while he hugged Ken's leg happily, with him smiling.

"Yeah, I am." He said while Gemstone walked up and hugged him tightly around the neck.

"I'm so glad you're ok..." She said with a smile, with him doing that same.

"I'm glad you're ok too." He said as they stared at each other for a bit, with Stone looking at him.

"Where is Alexandria? The cat?" He asked, with Ken showing them the Yellow Chaos Emerald, then showing them the Green and Light Blue.

"Dude! That's three!" Comet said with a smile.

"But... what Happened to her though?" Yune asked as Ken looked at her.

"She... Was crushed during our battle. She was one heck of a challenge and fighter, and an awesome warrior of Xiran. All the way until the end." He said with Stone nodding.

"She was much like me, a Top Warrior, but much faster and stronger than I was." He said with Ken nodding.

"Yeah. But now we're just about tied with Xiran now. Just gotta get another Emerald or so, and then there might be a chance of beating him." Ken said while looking at Gemstone. "It's almost over."

"Is is for you." A dark voice said as a Black flash grabbed Gemstone and Yune, and flashed back with other soldiers, revealing to be Xiran who has them.

"Xiran..." Ken said in shock.