Today was not Knuckles day.

First the chaos emeralds go missing. Then Eggman goes and tries to steal the master emerald. Of course the attempt failed but still...

Now he was here because Tails' computer sensed chaotic energies in this area and Sonic was too lazy to check it out.

The field went on for miles. If he was a lesser being he would have said it was pretty, but Knuckles was not a lesser being.

"Nothing's here." he grumbled.

Famous last words.

A portal suddenly opened and two foxes poured out. One was orange and female, the other black and male. The orange one landed on the male. It was actually kind of funny to watch.

The portal vanished as soon as the orange fox landed on her companion.

He heard a groan come out of the black fox. That must have been painful.

Knuckles decided to help the poor guy out. He walked over to the two and pushed orange off of black.

"Hey buddy! Are you okay? Wake up stand up!" he ordered the fox before he lost consciousness.

"Who are you?" Orange asked.

"I am-" Knuckles turned and saw her companion unconscious. Great now he would have to carry him. "Knuckles."

"That's... A nice name." Orange said uncomfortable. "My name is Jazz and that's my little brother Danny."

So he was her brother. Knuckles sighed than walked away a good five feet. Jazz didn't say a word but looked like she was angry. Great.

"Tails you were right." Knuckles sighed. "Two foxes came from a portal and the portal randomly closed. One of the foxes squashed her brother."

He could practically hear the excitement in Tails' voice. "Alright. Sending Sonic over now." Tails face on his watch disappeared.

Knuckles turned back to face the now indignant Jazz.

"I didn't squish him!"

Knuckles looked down at Danny. "No you didn't."

Jazz glared at him.

Knuckles decided to sit down. It would be an hour before Sonic got there. Despite being the fastest thing alive Sonic was incredibly lazy.

It actually surprised him when Sonic appeared with Tails, fifteen minutes later.

Jazz looked at the duo surprised but opted to wake her brother up.

"Stand back." She warned.

Sonic being Sonic decided to stand beside the sleeping fox. Jazz gave him a look that said "don't blame me it you get hurt" and poked her brother.

The reaction was immediate.

The fox sprung up, barely avoiding crashing heads with his sister, and twisted the nearest arm. Unfortunately for Sonic... The nearest arm was his.

"Danny, let go." his sister commanded. The fox took a good look at the surrounding area and grinned sheepishly. He let go of Sonic's arm. Knuckles bit back a laugh at Sonic's pained face.

"Sorry." he said rubbing the back of his neck.

Knuckles smiled while the other two stood surprised. His sister only groaned again. Knuckles briefly wondered if all she could do was groan.

"I'm Danny." the black fox said offering out his hand. Sonic backed another step away from the fox. Tails stood still obviously unsure if this was an attack or not.

"I'm not going to hurt you. I just get attacked in my sleep alot." Danny sighed.

Sonic and Tails still didn't shake Danny's hand. Knuckles smirked at the two and shook the relieved fox's hand.

"I'm Knuckles." The echidna was surprised at how strong the fox was. His handshake was strong! He filed that information away for later.

He pointed to the other two." the hedgehog is Sonic and the fox is Tails."

"Why such funny names?" Jazz asked.

"Each of us are named because of ..."

"Some bodily characteristic? Wow that's unique. But if that's the case then why is Sonic called Sonic?" Danny interrupted Tails.

"Because I'm the fastest thing alive!" Sonic announced proudly.

Knuckles could have sworn he heard the black fox mumble. "And I'm part ghost. You don't see me running around calling myself Halfa! I'm a scientific anomaly!"

Apparently his sister heard though because she shot him a glare.

Her brother ignored the glare and spoke louder. "What is your actual name Sonic? Tails and Knuckles are called after body parts..."

"Sonic." the blue hedgehog replied.

"I don't think so..." Danny said thoughtfully. An evil smirk adorned his face a moment later. "Then again I wouldn't want to be called Feet either."

"My name is Sonic." Sonic growled.

"Sure thing Feet." Danny grinned.

Knuckles saw his sister silently shake her head. He couldn't tell if she was laughing or seriously annoyed. It was probably the former though.

Have you seen anybody who may have fallen out of a portal?" Danny asked him.

"I saw two." Knuckles smirked.

"Really?" Both Danny and Jazz perked up a bit.

"Yep. They're standing in front of me." If looks could kill Knuckles would be long dead.

"Besides Danny and I?" Jazz rolled her eyes.

"Sorry." Tails replied. "our sensors picked up only your portal."

Danny and Jazz visibly deflated.

"Maybe they went back to where we were suppose to meet?" Jazz suggested.

"If they did then Sam's going to finish killing me." Danny said putting his face in his hands.

Jazz nodded in agreement.

"Finish?" Tails asked surprised.

"Inside joke." Jazz informed them.

"Okay." Tails nodded.

"What do you mean by finish?" Sonic asked curious. Knuckles couldn't deny that he was curious for the answer.

"None of you business Feet." Danny replied not missing a beat.

"Could you please follow us? We have a few more questions and you need a place to stay while in this dimension." Tails asked the two teenage foxes.

Jazz looked unsure but Danny nodded his head. "I don't see why not. Thanks."

Sonic grinned and reached for Jazz's arm. Danny smacked his hand away. Sonic raised an eyebrow. He was probably hoping to race home with Jazz. Sonic smirked and grabbed Danny's arm instead.

"See you at home!" Sonic called over his shoulder then raced off at the speed of sound.

Knuckles didn't envy Danny.

A/N I don't envy Dannyeither.