Alright I'm back and I have a secret plan. Secret... Annyway enjoy the story.

Chapter 6- Living in the moment

"Ahh, Knuckles are you okay!?", Sonic exclaimed. Knuckles looked like he was going to die. He was lying on the ground holding his side covering a huge scar that looked like it was going deeper. "Y-yeah, I'm fine...just roughed up that's all.". He limped over to the Master Emerald Shrine which no longer held it. "Who did this to you!?", asked Amy. "It was the Babylon Rogues!", Rouge said as she flew down with the Chaos Emeralds.

"Here take'em, they're worthless with out they're shine.", Rouge said as she tossed them all to Sonic. Sonic took one and held it against Knuckles side where his side hurt. "Chaos Control!". His side that used to be hurting suddenly stopped and now was covered with his own skin. "Thanks Sonic, and you too Rouge.". Rouge looked at Knuckles and turned her head hiding her facial expression.

"I don't know why but they took the Master Emerald and flew off that way.", Knuckles said pointing south. "Oh, Tails said, well see I traded the Master Emerald for the last Chaos Emerald.". "You what!?". "It was important, we didn't know what they were planning."

"Well we're gonna have to get it back one way or another."

"Chill out Knux, we can do it now and make perfect time."

"How? We don't know their exact location." "Don't worry Knuckles i can hack into their ship and...oh no Wave disabled the satellite location so now I cant finish the hack."

"Then we'll just do it the old fashion way, Tails get the tornado!"

At Tails' Workshop

"Catapult launch, ready. Battle system is ready on command. Alright let's do this!". And with that the Tornado launched with Sonic and Amy on the wings. Knuckles flew aside the plane ready for a fight. "Hey something's on my radar, it's in the distance.". Tails turned the battle systems on and began shooting. "Umm Tails...that was a blimp.". Tails, Sonic and Amy looked at each other with shock. "Lets...get going."

"It's been hours and we still haven't found it.", said an exhausted Tails. "All we found were a blimp, 3 planes, and a Navy air ship.". "It's a good thing they had defenses.". Then something caught their eyes in the distance...again. It was a lot bigger than the last planes. "It's gotta be it. It's big and has a beak.". Tails turned on his battle system and hoped for the best. He started shooting and the ship began to smoke and fall.

Inside the Babylon Ship

"Are you two kidding me!?", yelled Jet. "Sorry boss but we didn't expect them to come after the last four hours.". " G-get the boards and take'em out!". Wave and Storm got hoverboards and jumped out the rear doors. "Sonic look their coming!", said Tails. "Alright let's get'em.". They all jumped toward the Babylons leaving Tails to destroy the ship. Knuckles took a swing at Storm and missed catching an uppercut. Knuckles did a U-turn an missed again accidentally smashing Storms' board in half.

"No!", yelled Storm falling into the ocean. "Nice Knuckles now help take care of Wave", Sonic asked."You don't have to tell me twice!". With out a second thought Knuckles rammed into Waves' board causing it to spiral out of control. "Yeah we did , ackk!-". Sonic couldn't finish his sentence as he was in a chokehold from Jet. "You bastards! You think you won! Haha you'll never get the Master Emerald!", Jet said laughing maniacally.

"What are you talking about, we're just the distraction." As if on cue, Rouge flew down kicking Jet. She was also holding the Master Emerald. "Alright let's get outta here!", Rouge said. Within seconds they all left leaving a knocked out Jet falling into the ocean below.

Back at Angel Island

"We finally did it! We got all the Chaos Emeralds and the Master Emerald.", Tails said. "Yeah, guess should leave now. After all this is Knuckles Island.". Knuckles balled his fists and held them to Sonic. "Yeah, leave now and forever hold your peace.". Everyone one left, everyone except Rouge who was eyeing the Master Emerald. 'I guess this is it. I'm in front of the Master Emerald leaving it behind.', she thought. "Hey!, called Knuckles, I hope you're not planning on stealing it."

"Nah, not this time..or ever."

"What do you mean?"

"I might as well give up on the Master Emerald. The Chaos Emeralds are much easier to get."

"It good you finally got that through your head."

"Hmm, you know what? I almost forgot."

"Wha-". Knuckles was cut off by Rouge pushing her lips against his. The kiss turned into a make out session that lasted for a minute. It would be went on for even longer but they both need to take a breath. "What was that for?". "For saving me and saying all that stuff about me.". "But I thought-". " That I hated you? Maybe I've always had feelings for you."

Knuckles pulled out the Chaos Emerald Sonic have to each of them to protect. "Here you keep it, your as good of a guardian as me.". " Thanks and don't forget, I like luxury condos and dark alleys. Especially at night..", Rouge said as she began to fly off. "W-wait! Who said we were dating!? Rouge! Come back here you crazy bat! ROUGE!"

Aww well isn't that cute. It's too bad this story was short, if it was a bit longer it would have ended a lot sooner. Anyway I was thinking about moving on to the next part which is why this was short because want to get on to the 3rd part of the Semi finales. Yep this is gonna be a lot longer. So please hit all of those buttons below and give me feedback on the story. I'm also doing a alternate story thanks to Irish Republican Brotherhood and I'll be helping him with his own so look out for that as well. So long and fair well. Bye.