Chapter 9: Chaos Control

"Tangle's log,

It's been a couple of weeks since we lost the sixth Chaos Emerald to Eggman. Still feeling a bit down about that to be honest…

Anyways, the weirdest thing happened the other day. Sonic had completely lost control of himself. Like, the dude was running… a lot. In fact, he didn't stop for over a day.

We all tried to come up with ideas on how to help him of course, but we pretty much screwed it up every time…

My plan though? That might of been the biggest disaster of them all…"


"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Knuckles asked.

"Yup! I will slingshot him onto that treadmill thing that Tails made, and he'll be pretty much stuck there!" Tangle said.

"Yeah, I get that, but will it really work out like that?" Knuckles asked.

"Trust me, I know my limits, and I know I can handle this!" Tangle said.

She couldn't handle it.

As soon as the hedgehog ran into her tail, she immediately became aware of this fact, and she was swept off of her feet, and trampled by the speedster.

"SORRY TANGLE!" Sonic shouted as he ran away.

"… That went terribly…"


"Eventually Sonic managed to stop himself, so that's good. He had to take a real long nap when he got home though.

As for what is going on right now, Sonic, Tails and Amy just took Chris and one of his friends up in the X-Tornado to try and find that last Chaos Emerald. I'm actually about to head out on my bike to try and look around the area… yeah, I know the odds are really low, but it beats just sitting around and doing nothing.

Hopefully this is the last log entry I make before I see you again Jewel. I really miss you."

Putting her notebook away, into her backpack, Tangle shoved off on her bike and began the search on the ground.

The next day

"Chris? You alright over there?" Tangle asked the boy who was staring off into space.

"Huh? Oh, yeah, just thinking about some things." Chris said. "Any luck on finding the last Emerald?"

"No, not really… Tails said they usually just end up getting lucky when they find it, so we just gotta be patient I guess…" Tangle said. "I am really bad at that…"

"Well, you have been wanting to get back home to Jewel since you got here, so that's understandable." Chris said.

"Yeah… hey, are you sure you're alright? You seem kinda…"

"Hey, anyone home?" Said a familiar voice.

"Huh?"

The two went downstairs and were greeted by the sight of Knuckles, along with…

"Is that an Eggman robot?" Tangle asked, to which Knuckles nodded. "Uh… why did you bring it here?"

"It doesn't seem to be able to cause trouble, so I let it tag along for a bit." Knuckles explained. "Listen, I need to talk with Sonic."

"Hope you got a plane and a Sonic tracker then… cause that's the only way you're talking to him any time soon." Tangle explained. "He's up with Tails trying to find that last Emerald."

"Well, deliver a message to him for me?" Knuckles asked. "Tell him I want us to work with Eggman to create Chaos Control."

"… WHAT?!" Tangle asked. "That's crazy!"

"It might be, but it is the only way we can get home at this point." Knuckles explained. "Eggman has one Emerald, and we have five. Even if one of us finds the last Emerald, we won't be able to activate Chaos Control without either fighting it out, or working together."

"Ok, so fight it out it is!" Tangle said.

"But we don't have time for that!" Knuckles said. "I have something important to get back to, and quickly. If we get Eggman to agree to work with us, he can also help us find that last Emerald too!"

"I mean… I guess… but can we really trust him?" Tangle asked.

"I have very little choice at this point." Knuckles said.

"… Alright, I'll tell Sonic." Chris said.

"Good, I'm actually going to go and talk with Eggman now." Knuckles said.

"You found him?"

"Yeah, in Forest Hill." Knuckles said before he began walking away.

"… Can I come with you?" Chris suddenly asked.

"Huh?!"

"Yeah, sure, come on." Knuckles said.

"H-hold on a second!" Tangle said as Chris and Knuckles left with the robot. "This is crazy… wait for me!"


After a train ride, a walk, and a meeting with Eggman, the trio had managed to get the doctor to agree with their plan.

"Honestly… I feel like that went a bit too well…" Tangle said to herself. "Whatever, if he doesn't betray us, we'll be back home soon... I still have a bad feeling though…"

"Hey…" Chris said as he walked up to Tangle. "You ready to go?"

"Should we really be doing this behind everyone's backs?" Tangle asked. "What if something goes wrong?"

"It'll be fine. As long as you and Knuckles are there, there's no way Eggman will be able to just take these from us!" Chris said.

"If you say so…"


"What?! Lucky found the last Chaos Emerald?!" Eggman exclaimed.

"Wow… I guess Tails was right, we just needed to get Lucky…" Tangle said with a laugh.

"This is great! Now we'll be able to go home!" Knuckles said.

"Yeah, there is just one thing left to do…" Eggman said before Decoe pushed a button on his dashboard.

… And the floor beneath Tangle and Knuckles opened up.

"… Nerts…" Tangle said before the two began to fall.

"I DON'T THINK SO!" She shouted as she stretched her tail out and grabbed onto the ledge up above. "HAHA! TAKE THAT YOU CREEP!"

"Yeah, no…" Eggman said as he kicked the tail into the hole.

"DANG IIIIIIIIIIIIT!" Tangle shouted as she plummeted to the ground below.

When she landed, she heard Knuckles shout Chris' name as the Egg Fort II began to fly away.

"No…"

Suddenly, Sonic came out of seemingly no-where.

"Where's Chris?!"

"On Eggman's ship, with the Emeralds!"

"What?!"

"Sonic…" Tangle said. "I… I am so… so sorry…"

"Don't be, you just wanted to help…" Sonic said.

"But… I just keep screwing things up…" Tangle said. "First with the sixth emerald… and now this…"

"Tangle…"

"Please, you have to get Chris and the emeralds back!" Tangle said, tears threatening to fall. "If he gets the last one…"

"… Got it. I'll talk to you about all this later…" Sonic said before speeding off after the ship.

"We're counting on you…" Tangle said as she just watched.

"… This isn't your fault." Knuckles said.

"Huh?"

"I said this isn't your fault." Knuckles repeated. "This was my plan in the first place. If anyone's to blame, it's me."

"Still… I couldn't do anything to help…" Tangle said. "I… had a feeling that this would happen, but I still didn't do anything…"

"So? I was the one who was gullible enough to completely fall for that jerk's lie. And I couldn't do anything in the end either." Knuckles said. "What really matters right now, is that we catch up to Sonic, and help in any way we can!"

"… You're right. Now's not the time to be wallowing in self pity…" Tangle said as she dusted herself off. "Hang on Chris! We're coming for you!"


Thankfully, they were able to hitch a ride from Rouge and Topaz, who were in the area.

"Sonic…" Tangle said as she watched Sonic getting pummeled by a giant, gold robot.

"He's probably using the emeralds to power that thing…" Knuckles said.

"Yeah, well big deal!" Tangle said as she jumped off the helicopter.

"Tangle!"

"TAKE THIS YOU CREEP!" Tangle shouted as she did a front-flip and stretched her tail out to strike the machine.

And, to everyone's surprise, it seemed to do something!

… Make the machine mad.

The machine brushed off the attack and swatted Tangle away, who hit the ground hard.

"Tangle!" Sonic shouted as he sped over to her, though no-where near his usual speed.

"Ugh… that thing hits like a truck…" Tangle said as she pulled herself up. "And it took that attack like it was nothing…"

"Chaos Emeralds… really beefed it up." Sonic said. "Listen, you should get out of here… I don't want you to get hurt."

"Not happening." Tangle said. "Now, I have an idea…"

Putting Tangle's plan in action, Tangle wrapped her tail around a nearby crate and created a slingshot with it, which Sonic launched himself out of with great speed.

The robot didn't seem phased by this though, as it nailed Sonic with another strong blow, sending the hedgehog flying right into Tangle.

"Ok… that… uh oh…"

The robot followed up by appearing beside them, and throwing a massive punch down on them.

"MOVE!" Tangle shouted as she shoved Sonic away, taking the blow herself.

"TANGLE!"

When the fist moved, he saw that she managed to cushion the blow a bit with her tail, but she still was in real rough shape.

"Tangle… just stay down…" Sonic said.

"Sonic… I can still…" Tangle said as she struggled to get up.

Deciding that Tangle was no longer a threat, the machine began a brutal assault on Sonic, eventually dangling him up by his quills.

"No… Sonic… please…"

And with one last kick, Sonic was sent flying into the ocean.

"NO!"

Without thinking, Tangle got up, and began sprinting towards the water.

'Ignore the pain Tangle! You have to help him!' Tangle thought as she dove into the water. 'If he dies here… I'll never forgive myself!'

She began to swim, quickly locking her eyes on Sonic.

'Faster!'

She began to struggle, her injuries and her inability to breathe inhibiting her abilities.

'Ignore it! FASTER!'

Soon enough, she began to feel her consciousness fading.

'I have to help him!'

Eventually, she succumbed, and closed her eyes.

This didn't last long though, as she suddenly felt herself being carried, her left arm draped around something, or someone.

"*cough* Wh-what?"

When she opened her eyes, she didn't believe what she was seeing.

"Sonic?"

"Just relax, I'll take it from here."

"W-wait… why are you gold?!" She asked.

Sonic just looked at her and smiled, before using the hand he wasn't using to carry her to block an attack from the robot, which was no longer gold.

She then put two and two together.

"This… is what the Chaos Emeralds can do?"

"Yeah… hang tight." Sonic said. "Knuckles… please stay away and safe…"

In a flash, Sonic began to tear his way through the machine, and completely destroyed it before the entire area began to be covered in a bright light.

"This is…"

"Chaos Control… things are going to be changing around here Tangle, you ready?" Sonic asked.

"… Yeah… I'm ready."

And with that, Tangle could only watch as Chaos Control activated, and began a major change to the world around them.

End of Season 1

And that is a wrap on the first season! Pretty short, as I only covered about a third of the episodes… but don't think that season two will be the same. We will be covering the vast majority of the episodes in that season! This is when the REAL story begins! I also start to divert quite a bit from what happens in the show, so if you think there hasn't been much of that lately, don't worry, things will be getting better!

Now, as for my other stories, cause I am sure some people are wondering about those: I have made some really good progress, and the first draft of both are done. That being said, they are still pretty rough, so it'll still be a couple of weeks until they are ready! Soon though, soon…

Anyways, see you next time for the start of season 2!