Captain James T. Kirk and the rest of the Enterprise`s away team sat patiently in the Galileo, following the blue biplane ahead to their destination. None of them had any idea where Angel Island was, so following the Tornado II was their best bet at finding it. After a while, the little blue aircraft turned skyward and flew into the cloud cover overhead.
Dr. McCoy asked confusedly, "What the Hell are they going up there for? Are we going to an island or the moon?"
The Galileo turned upward and followed, and when they emerged through the top of the clouds, they saw an amazing sight. Mountains, jungle, animals all resting on a piece of ground that floated in the sky. What they saw up ahead was Angel Island.
The Tornado II landed on the shore of the flying island. Sonic the Hedgehog emerged from the plane, quickly followed by Miles "Tails" Prower. The Galileo quickly landed in the sand next to them. The door opened and Captain Kirk and his crew stepped out. They all looked around at their surroundings in amazement.
Sonic chuckled and said, "Pretty impressive, huh?"
Spock replied, "... Fascinating."
"What... Is this place?" Sulu asked in awe.
Tails answered, "This is Angel Island. It`s suspended thousands of feet in the air by the Master Emerald."
"Which is exactly the thing we're looking for." Kirk chimed in.
"Exactly."
"And does anybody... live on this island?"
"Well..."
"An old buddy." Sonic said with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
"And just where the Hell is this Master Diamond?" asked Dr. McCoy.
"Master Emerald, Doc."
"Whatever."
"It's resting at a shrine hidden deep within this jungle."
Kirk responded, "In that case, we'd better run some scans from the Galileo and map out the island so as to not get lost."
"Nah. No worries, Cap, I know this place like the back of my hand."
Kirk smiled, "Well, in that case, we'll just follow you."
Sonic and Tails quickly made their way into the dense jungle followed by the Enterprise's away team. Kirk and his crew followed the hedgehog as closely as they could, but the little blue rodent moved too quickly, and soon enough, they lost him, and thus were lost themselves.
Knuckles the Echidna rested next to the Master Emerald shrine, leisurely munching on a fresh orange. Things had been going well lately. No raging battles against Eggman and his robots, no threats against the Master Emerald, and best of all, no Sonic. He had to admit, he didn't hate Sonic; the blue hedgehog just had a tendency to push his buttons. He continued to sit back and enjoy the serenity, but was instinctively put on guard when he heard rustling in the leaves.
He took a fighting stance and demanded, "Who's there? Show yourself!"
Out of the underbrush emerged the familiar faces of Sonic the Hedgehog and Tails.
Sonic called out, "Yo, Knux! How`s it hangin'?"
Knuckles groaned, "You. What do you want?"
Sonic smiled nervously, "Well, ya see... It`s a bit of a long story, but... We're in a pretty tight spot and well... We... Kinda... Sorta..."
Knuckles grew impatient, "Well? Get on with it!"
"We. . ."
Knuckles took another bite of his orange, "You..."
"Need to borrow your Master Emerald."
Knuckles choked.