Chapter Ten: The Emerald Hunt Begins
Sonic had just been recently arrested, and Tails, Knuckles and Shadow are set on their adventure to find the remaining six of the seven Chaos Emeralds.
"Right Tails, you said that the first three are somewhere in this city, right?" Shadow asked.
"Yes indeed." Tails replied.
"Right, so any idea where they are?" Knuckles asked.
"Well from what I can tell on the radar, one Emerald is in the Emerald Coast, one is in Twinkle Park, and one is at the Casinopolis." Tails replied.
"Right, I'll go to the Emerald Coast, Tails you go to Twinkle Park, and Knuckles you go to Casinopolis." Shadow asked.
"But what if that Exetior comes near us while during this?" Knuckles asked.
"Well, we'll just have to try and get away from him as quick as possible. There's nothing more we can do. We need all the Emeralds, and we need them fast." Shadow explained.
"I guess. Hopefully he doesn't harm the girls, or anyone else." Knuckles stated, as he made his way towards Casinopolis.
"I hope so too." Tails added, as he then made his way towards Twinkle Park. Shadow sighs worriedly.
"Me too, guys." Shadow finished. Then after that, he made his way towards the Emerald Coast.
Meanwhile, while Tails, Knuckles and Shadow were looking for the Chaos Emeralds, Sonic was being escorted into Mobius prison. He has been arrested, because they think that Sonic was the murderer of Big and Vector. They don't even know about the death of Eggman.
"Officers, please, I'm telling you! I had nothing to do with Vector or Big! I was framed!" Sonic tried fighting for his freedom. After that, they threw Sonic into a cell.
"Sonic, one more word from your mouth, you will be in prison for a lifetime, instead of five years!" The police officer yelled.
"Officer, please don't do this! You've got to listen to me! Big and Vector are my friends, I'd never kill them! There is a monster out there who looks like me, he's the one killing those people!" Sonic explained. The police officer just laughed.
"A monster? Really, Sonic? You murder innocent people, and now you're claiming a monster that looks like you is framing you, and killing them? What's next? The monster is your long-lost brother? Not another word from you Sonic, otherwise you'll get no phone call for a lawyer!" the police officer warned him. After that he walked away, Sonic kicked the cell in frustration.
"Fine, GO AHEAD AND WALK OFF! But when more innocent people get murdered, DON'T COME CRYING TO ME!" Sonic yells.
After that Sonic walked towards the bed, and sat down with his hands on his head, and laid his head down in shame, with sad tears flowing from his eyes.
(Tails in Twinkle Park)
Tails was wondering around Twinkle Park, looking for the Chaos Emerald. He's been searching high and low for the Emerald, but still no sign.
"Hmm, where could that Emerald be?" Tails thought.
Suddenly, he saw a children's playground which is Pirate themed.
"Wait a second. There's something very shiny next to the gold." Tails pointed out.
He walked towards it, and looked in the treasure chest. He dug in deep, and was nearly blinded by one treasure inside. A further inspection, it was actually a yellow Chaos Emerald.
"Aha! There you are!" Tails exclaimed.
"Excuse me sir?" a security guy asked suddenly. Tails gasped in shock.
"Uh, yes sir?" Tails replied.
"This is for children under ten years of age. Could you kindly remove yourself from there?" the security asked.
"Oh! Yes, sorry. I accidentally dropped my phone in there. Was just retrieving it." Tails lied.
"Not to worry, young fellow. Now move along." He said.
"Yes sir." Tails replied.
Tails made his way out of Twinkle Park, but smiled as he looked at the Chaos Emerald he's retrieved.
(Knuckles in Casinopolis)
Knuckles has spent a long time in Casinopolis looking for the Chaos Emerald he's after. Knuckles actually broke the law at this moment. The casino was actually closed. But he didn't have a choice, knowing he needed the Emerald.
Before looking, Knuckles even took the time to tamper with the security camera, to make sure it loops back into seeing the same empty room.
"Well, this has become a lot harder than I thought!" Knuckles said sternly.
Knuckles was starting to lose his temper, up until he saw something glowing in the 'Casinolopis' symbol above the casino. It has gold and ruby on it. Knuckles climbed all the way up there to inspect it.
Knuckles finally reached the top. And as soon as he looked closer to the symbol, he can clearly see that there is a red Chaos Emerald inside it.
"Well, it's about time!" Knuckles exclaimed.
As soon as he said that, he placed his hand inside 'O' of the symbol, and pulled out the Emerald. But while he did that, the alarm went off. Knuckles gasped in shock.
"INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!" the alarm said.
"Oh, shit! Better get out of here, quick!" Knuckles stated.
After that, he climbed to the very top of the casino. He tried looking for the gap he entranced into the casino with, but with the bright red lights, it was hard to see it.
"Damn it! I can't find the exit!" Knuckles yelled angrily.
"Ah, fuck it!" Knuckles yells.
After that, he ended up punching a huge hole in the roof, so he can escape from the casino. He got out just in time, because the security just came into the casino, looking for the intruder.
"Where did he go?!" one security yelled.
"Damn! We've lost him! He got away!" the other one yelled.
After that, the two securities left. Knuckles sighed in relief. He then took out the Emerald he's received.
"Ah, get in! I hope Tails and Shadow have received theirs too." Knuckles hoped.
(Shadow in the Emerald Coast)
It did not take Shadow long to find the Emerald he was looking for, as he used the green Emerald he has to lead him towards it. He has just found the Blue Emerald in the lake.
"Well, that was a piece of cake!" Shadow exclaimed.
Shadow the put the Emeralds away, and was about to make his way out. But as he was making his way out, he heard a horrifying scream coming from the lighthouse.
"Hmm?! What was that?!" Shadow thought.
As he said that, he then made his way towards the source of the noise. Shadow quickly ran into the lighthouse, and he immediately ran to the very top and saw the problem. Shadow gasped in shock. It was Exetior murdering the owner of the lighthouse. Exetior then drops the man, knowing he's been spotted by Shadow. He smiles evilly at Shadow.
"Ah, Shadow! Nice of you to join the party!" Exetior said.
"What are you doing here, Exetior?!" Shadow asked, angrily.
"Don't you remember? I'm saving us all from the emotions, remember? Once I kill everyone, I can resurrect them to become what I am, then we can live in peace." Exetior replied. Shadow clenched his fists.
"Like hell I'd let you do that!" Shadow snarled.
While this was happening, Tails and Knuckles were actually making their way to the lighthouse, as they also heard a horrifying scream from the lighthouse.
"Ah, Tails, Knuckles! You never told me that you've invited friends over, Shadow." Exetior evilly smiled.
"Murdering more people, Exetior?!" Knuckles snarled.
"Indeed, Knuckles!" Exetior replied.
"Why?! Why do this, Exetior?! You are proving no point doing this! You've got Sonic arrested, because they thought the murder which you've caused was him!" Tails snapped.
"Exactly, Tails! With Sonic out of the picture, there's nobody who can help you!" Exetior snapped with anger.
"Exetior, this is wrong! You can't do this! Nobody would have wanted you to do this! Not even... Amy!" Knuckles yelled.
Just mentioning Amy's name sends chills down Exetior's spine. He used his psychic powers to throw Knuckles against the wall. Tails rushed over to Knuckles to help him.
"KNUCKLES!" Tails shrieked.
"Don't you DARE, mention her name again! DO YOU HEAR ME?!" Exetior yelled. Suddenly, a group of police ran into the room.
"FREEZE!" the police officer yelled.
When they entered the room, they were very shocked at what they were looking at. They saw Exetior for the very first time.
"Wait a minute, didn't we arrest you?!" the police officer yelled.
But after that, Exetior tried to murder one of the officers, but Shadow jumped in front of him.
"CHAOS CONTROL!" Shadow yelled. After that, Exetior disappeared from the room.
"Shadow, how did you do that?!" Tails asked.
"I can teleport someone else to a different place when I have two Emeralds." Shadow explained.
Knuckles was grunting, as he made his way up. Shadow and Tails helped.
"Knuckles, are you OK?" Shadow asked.
"Yeah, I'll be fine." Knuckles replied.
"Can someone explain what is going on?" one of the officers asked impatiently.
"Officer, this was what we were trying to tell you. It wasn't Sonic who killed those people, it was that!" Tails explained.
"But what was that?" he asked.
"It's a long story. But listen, you need to get back to the station and ask the station to release Sonic. He's the only one who can help us. We're trying to gather all the Emeralds to stop that thing. No time to go through the full details, can you please do this?" Knuckles asked.
"Uh, no problem." the officers replied.
"OK, thank you." Tails thanked.
"We'll get back to the station as quick as we can!" the police officer's said.
"I'll get you there quicker. Remember, please get Sonic out! He's the only one who can help. CHAOS CONTROL!" Shadow yells, as he teleports the officers back to the station.
"Wait a minute, what...?" he tried asking, but was already zapped.
"Well, now we've proved Sonic's innocents. But where did you teleport Exetior?!" Knuckles asked.
"I've teleported him to the other side of Mobius. It's abandoned, and it will stall him for the time being, and gives us time to retrieve all the Emeralds." Shadow explained.
"Right. Hopefully they'll understand, and get him out." Tails hoped.