"We do not know what we would do when faced with an impossible situation. How much would we be willing to risk to save the world from chaos?" Aleena said.

The Fortress of Altitude was afloat and ruined with sparks flying. Sleet and Dingo escaped using their magic carpet.

Sleet chuckled.

"Let's get out of here, Dingo. No, it's coming after us!" he said holding a Chaos Emerald. "Chaos Emerald. So long, Robotnik!"

Dingo chuckled.

"Yes!" he said and the fortress exploded.

Robotnik heard a siren blare and flinched as one explosion was caused near him. Then he was hit by a second explosion sending him flying backwards. He slid and hit his head on the wall. Then he heard a rumbling sound and ran inside the ejection rocket.

"Abandon fortress!" he said and the door of the ejection rocket closed.

The rocket flew out of the fortress up in the air. Its wings open and it steered across the sea.

Meanwhile Sonic, Sonia, Manic and Knuckles were still trapped inside the rumbling fortress.

"Whoa, we gotta get out of here!" Manic said.

Then torrents of water crash through the edge of the fortress and cover their feet.

"Water! We landed in the sea! Let's all hunch!" Sonic said, zoomed across the water and found an inlet. "This way!" she said and unlocks the inlet.

As more water tried to barge through, she tried to keep it closed.

"Uh... Maybe not. Argh!" she said and the inlet came off.

The water gushed through and dragged her back to where Knuckles was standing.

"Man!" she said and cleared her nose but Knuckles grabbed her arm. "Why's it always gotta be water?!"

Then Sonia found a clear inlet.

"Quick! In here!" she said and Sonic and Manic fell through while Knuckles looked before he jumped in.

"But, this is a garbage disposal! No way I'm gonna be diced up like a plate of leftovers!" Knuckles said angrily.

"Robotnik would never recycle his garbage. He's just dumping. Now" she said and pushed him. "get down." she said and fell in too just before another explosion was seen behind them.

Everyone screamed as they fell down the chute. They flew through the outlet and into the sea. Sonia, Knuckles and Manic float above water and looked for Sonic.

"Where's Sonic?" Sonia asked.

Then Sonic floated briefly and thrashed her arms about in the water.

"Ow! I can't swim!" Sonic said and brought her arm out as she sank back into the sea.

"Sonic!" Sonia said.

"Hold on, Sonic!" Knuckles said and swam towards Sonic.

Then Sonic's hand disappeared and Knuckles dove down.

"Sonic! Knuckles!" Sonia said.

A moment later Knuckles pulled Sonic above water and was holding a rope.

"I pulled this off the wreck!" Knuckles said and tied the rope around Sonic. "Hold on to this!" he said and they held on to the rope.

Then he bit into it and started swimming Sonic to the shore.

"Hey! What?!" Sonic said and felt the rope tug. "Argh!"

"Yikes!" Manic said.

"Whoa!" Sonia said

Sonic managed to stand on the water and started surfing.

"Hey! Way cool!" she said, stretched her arms out and wobbled.

Manic: "Yo, check this out!" Manic said and they talk over each other while they were taken to an island.

Later at the island campfire was made. Sonia straightened her hair and whipped it to shake off the water.

"Ah... That's much better. The weight look is definitely over rated." she said.

Sonic poked around inside her ear. It popped and water poured out.

Manic chuckled.

"Sis. Hope there's not a fish in there." he said and laughed.

"Very funny." she said and cringed.

Then Knuckles walked in.

"There is no time to argue. Robotnik's Chaos Emerald is still missing. We've gotta find it before whoever took it tries to use it." Knuckles said.

"We need the van." Manic said.

"No prob lo, I know where to go." Sonic said and prepared a Super Peel Out. "Be back as fast as I can drive a van." she said and peeled off.

Meanwhile Sleet and Dingo were flying their carpet.

"What are we gonna do now that we got the Chaos Emerald?" Dingo asked.

"We attack!" Sleet said and showed the Emerald to Dingo. "Use the emerald's power to overthrow Robotnik and make me the ruler of Mobius!"

"Can we do that?"

"Chaos Emerald, we can do anything!"

"You mean all it takes to become ruler of Mobius is the Chaos Emerald?"

"The last time, yes!" Sleet said angrily and Dingo stood up.

"That's what I thought you'd say." Dingo said and grabbed Sleet's arm that was holding the Emerald.

"Huh?" Sleet said and Dingo held the Emerald and looked at it.

"Then, I'll be ruler of Mobius!"

"You?" Sleet said and scoffed. "Ruler of Mobius?" he said and let go of Dingo's arm. "You can't even drink a glass of water without using two hands!"

"Yeah, but I don't spill as much as I used to. So long, Sleet!"

In possession of the emerald, he jumped off the carpet and Sleet reached out for him.

"Wait! The Emerald!" Sleet said and the carpet lost control.

"When I'm ruler of Mobius, Sonia can be my queen!" Dingo said, opened his parachute, was pulled up by the resistance of the parachute and lost the Emerald which eventually touched the ground and caused a bright green flash of light.

Two shards broke apart. Dingo landed on the ground safely, lied down face first with the parachute covering him and mutterd to himself.

Meanwhile a zooming Sonic stood near the Camper Van.

"Funny. It doesn't look like rain. Oh well." she said and tried pulling the tree. "Hmmm..." she said and spin attacked the tree.

She moved inside the van and tried starting it up but it failed.

"And not a tow-truck in sight." she said.

Meanwhile, the energy generated by the emerald increased in Dingo's sight.

"Uh oh. Oh..." he said and hid behind the parachute. "...no! What am I gonna do?!" he said and the emerald increased energy and exploded in a brighter flash of light which spread across the area.

Meanwhile Sonic repeatedly pressed a button in desperation.

"What a time for the battery to kill dead." she said and kept pressing the button.

Eventually, the emerald's energy reached the van and it started up.

"Whoa! Talk about a jump start! Let's go!" she said impressed.

Then the van took off. It drove until its wheels got stuck under a log. A few seconds later Sonic managed to drive over the log.

Meanwhile Manic was sleeping by the campfire while Sonia and Knuckles walked along the sand.

"Oh it's so peaceful out here, you can almost forget about Butt-nik, about everything." Sonia said.

"I can't forget about the Chaos Emerald. We've got to find it." Knuckles said.

"Don't worry. We'll find it."

"Maybe I should have stayed on the floating island. Great-grandfather Athair warned me that something bad would happen if I left the island."

"It's not your fault we didn't get the Chaos Emerald."

"I know, but Athair is never wrong!"

They gasped and watched in the distance. The Emerald's energy approached them at high speed.

"Energy!" he said and it struck the ground.

They stood back and dodged the attack. Sonia lost her footing and fell on her back.

"Oh my gosh!" Sonia said as cracks form through the land underneath her and was forced to keep her balance. "Help!"

"Look out!" Knuckles said.

"Knuckles!" she screamed as she fell down through the cracks.

"Sonia!"

After a while, Sonia landed on a rock and breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly, she looked up and heard more crumbling noises.

"Sonia, hold on!" Knuckles said.

"Well, duh." Sonia said, braced herself by leaning next to her wall and the cracks cave in. "Elp!"

Suddenly, a piece of land broke underneath her foot.

"Help! Hurry, Knuckles!" she said and more land crumbled beneath her.

Knuckles jumped to the other side of the crack and spun downwards. Then Sonia saw a tunnel in front of her and gasped when Knuckles appeared and offered a hand.

"Sonia?" Knuckles said.

"What took you so long?!" Sonia asked and the land broke under her feet.

She fell but Knuckles grabbed her just in time. He tried to pull her up but struggled and looked at the falling rocks coming down.

"Uh oh." he said and pulled her to safety just before the rocks fell on them.

They made their way to the top on dry land and Manic arrives at the scene.

Manic: "Man. I'm like "What happened?"." Manic said.

Then the ground shook underneath them and they started wobbling. The cracks kept caving in. As soon as the cave closed, a giant thud sent them up in mid-air and they all land on their backs. Knuckles rubbed his head.

"Something must have released the chaos energy inside the Emerald." Knuckles said.

"But the emerald makes them fly." Sonia said.

"Yeah, man. It doesn't shake them apart like a pair of crazy maracas." Manic said.

"The Chaos Emerald is a source of power. You can harness it for all kinds of things, like levitating the floating island, or Robotnik's fortress. But if the energy is released without any control, the result is..." Knuckles said but was cut off.

"Chaos?" Sonia said.

"All over Mobius." he said quietly.

Meanwhile Sleet searched the area on his carpet and groaned.

"I'll teach that free resort Dingo to bail out on me. When I get that Chaos Emerald back, I'll-" he said but was attacked by two trees thrown upwards by the Emerald's energy.

The carpet lost control, but Sleet kept it steady. He saw spiked trees growing around the area and shooting off.

"What chaos!" he said.

A minute later, he lost control again and somersaulted a couple times.

"Yikes! Fool Dingo must have unleashed the chaos energy trapped inside the Emerald. I'll need help if I'm gonna get that Chaos Emerald back under control, and there's only one person I know who can do that." he said and zoomed off.

At Robotropolis the energy hit a building, causing it to sparkle and cover in smoke. The smoke covered the screen.

Meanwhile Robotnik banged his fist on the desk.

"My Fortress of Altitude I could have devastated all of Mobius! But now it's ruined!" he said upset, as a pillow was put behind his head. "All my plans. All my dreams." he said and sighed. "How's the tyrant supposed to tyrannize without his most powerful weapon?" he said and rest his head on a pillow.

However, his entire room shook thanks to the emerald's energy. He fell off his chair and landed on his front.

"Wait til I get my hand son Sleet and Dingo. It's their fault Sonic took my Chaos Emerald!" he said and realized what it was. "Unless they took it! They did. I'll make those rats wish they'd gone down with the ship!"

Outside Dingo was standing with the two Emeralds generating energy puzzled.

Dingo: "I gotta fix this thing, but how?" he said, picked up both shards and clipped them together.

It electrocuted himself showing his skeleton and the entire planet.

Meanwhile, the Camper Van drove its way across the land, with Sonic on the controls.

"I got a whole hunch out of here." Sonic said and pressed a pedal.

Suddenly, the ground rumbles and the van lost control. Geysers of emerald energy pop out randomly around the land with a large glowing tornado up ahead. Sonic saw this and stopped the van.

Sonic: "You gotta be kidding me. Man, this is turning into one crazy road trip!" she said, braced herself and put her foot on the gas.

The van struggled but shortly started moving. It drove away from the tornado, which moved towards the camera and broke up even more land.

At Robotropolis, the tornado burst water from one of the buildings.

Robotnik: "Ooh, you flea-infested over-achiever! You got a lot of nerve coming back here." Robotnik said.

Sleet sat on his knees with arms behind his back in between two Swatbots. Then Robotnik approached him and grabbed his shoulders.

"Those hedgehogs didn't steal the Chaos Emerald." Robotnik said and shook his shoulders. "You did, didn't you?!"

"It was Dingo's idea." Sleet said.

"Oh yeah right. Like Dingo's ever had an idea!" Robotnik said, released him, talked to the computer and the Swatbots grabbed his shoulders. "Take him away, and roboticize him twice!"

"You need help to get the Emerald back?" Sleet said, was dragged, put inside the Roboticizer.l and the pod rise. "I know where Dingo is!" he protested and the pod stopped.

"Lucky for you, we have to get that Emerald back and under control before Mobius is torn apart." Robotnik said while Sleet tried to push the chamber down. "But if you try to double cross me this time."

"Never, your rotunda. I've learned my lesson. You heard the boss."

"Just make sure you remember that!" Robotnik said to the computer. "Release him."

At Floating Island Sonic, Sonia and Manic were trapped inside a plethora of chaos energy.

"We gotta find the Emerald and see if..." Knuckles said.

They all gasped and watched a tornado slowly approaching them.

"Oh no!" Sonia said.

"Whoa, dude!" Manic said.

"Look out!" Knuckles said and they all moved away from the twister.

They hid in a pit and the twister moved away.

"Man, that was close." Manic said and the boys and Sonic gave themselves high fives, while Sonia watched the tornado.

"Well, we missed it alright... but... is it heading straight for Port Mobius?!" Sonia said scared.

Manic touched his Medallion which turned into a drum set. He banged the drums with all his might while Sonia and Knuckles cover their ears and eyes. Soon, Knuckles screamed as the Emerald's energy flashed. It shown a huge light which covered the screen then turned into a firework display of purple, yellow and green bangers. Manic's drums bang to a beat as hurricane-symbol shaped works appear either side. A meteor shower covered the screen and touched the ground. The fireworks disappeared and the energy stopped.

"That should do it!" Manic said.

The Camper Van arrived and parked next to the trio. As it did so, sand was whipped up in their faces, causing them to cough. Sonic opened the pod on top and lost her temper.

"Hey! While you guys have been relaxing on the beach, the rest of Mobius has been falling apart!" she said while Sonia rubbed sand off her skirt.

"Tell us something we don't know." Sonia said in a sassy voice.

"Oh... Somebody's release the energy from the Chaos Emerald." Manic said.

"No wonder things have been so... uh..." Sonic said.

"Yank?" Sonia said.

"Yeah. Thanks, sis." Sonic said and cringed.

"Oh no..." Knuckles said.

"Hey! We're not beaten yet Knuckles! Don't let Chaos get you down!" she said confidently.

[The song "Learn to Overcome".]

Sonic, Sonia and Manic were alongside each other.

"It's like I say. When faced with disaster, just move a little faster." Sonic said.

"You're right." Knuckles said and thumbed up. "We're not beaten."

"Yes." she said and they nodded their heads.

"There's one person who might be able to help us now: My great grandfather Athair, the ancient sage of the Echidnas."

Meanwhile a thunderstorm struck the area while the Camper Van drove along. Sleet put his hand in the middle of a map.

"Dingo jumped out over these mountains." he said and pointed ahead. "He's got to be here somewhere."

"Good. We'll split up and try to find that fool and the Emerald." Robotnik said.

Then Sleet separated from Robotnik with two Swatbots while Robotnik's vehicle left and took off.

"Yes!... Emerald... Better find it first. Finders Keepers." Sleet said.

Meanwhile the Camper Van was parked next to a stairway. The heroes moved out.

"Athair lives in a cave at the top of the mountain." Knuckles said.

"All the way up there? Yeah, what is it with you echidnas in height?" Manic asked and they walked up the stairs.

"To think I paid good mobiums for exercise classes to do this!" Sonia said annoyed.

"Look on the bright side, sis. After climbing these stairs, at least you'll get somewhere." Sonic said.

"Very funny, Sonic!" Sonia said annoyed.

During a thunderstorm, Sleet looked around with his binoculars.

"Dingo must be around here somewhere." Sleet said and looked all the way to his left while thunder struck again.

He saw the four heroes walking up the mountain.

"Farewell. Dingo can wait." he said and snickers.

Then he talked on his transceiver, with Robotnik on screen.

"Robotnik, I found the hedgehogs." he said.

"Ooh?!" Robotnik said and laughed. "This is turning into a good day after all."

Meanwhile the heroes mad it to the top of a stairway. Sonia and Manic were sweating and trying to catch their breath.

"Oh man." Manic said and panted. "I think Athair could've really used" he said and panted. "an elevator."

"He's a hermit. He doesn't have many visitors." Knuckles said.

"No surprise there."

They carried on walking and arrived at a cave. At the end of it was Athair, facing away from them.

"Great-grandfather Athair. There's been a terrible..." Knuckles said.

"The Chaos Emerald has been broken. I can feel the chaos swirling around us tearing Mobius apart." Athair said, picked up the Canister and showed it to Knuckles. "Take this, place the pieces of the emerald inside the canister."

"And then what?" Sonic asked annoyed.

"That is the only one way to stop the chaos from destroying Mobius. You must make an alliance..." he said and gaced them. "with Robotnik."

"Oh no! Robotnik?!" she said shocked.

"Oh seriously bad news, dude." Manic said.

"Are you serious? Chaos is bad enough but Robotnik? Oh we're talking trouble."

"It is the only way." Athair said.

"But Robotnik? Knuckles, he can't be right." Sonic said bawling.

"Athair has spoken." Knuckles said holding the canister.

A few minutes later they walked back to their Camper Van.

"I'm with Sonic. No way I trust Butt-nik round that Chaos Emerald." Manic said.

"Sonia?" Knuckles said.

"Well, maybe, maybe Athair's wrong? Even wise men make mistakes." Sonia said.

"Looks like I'm outvoted."

"Don't worry, Knuckles. It'll be cool. We just gotta find that juice." Sonic said and the door of the Camper Van opened.

They stepped back as Sleet was at the other end.

"Going somewhere?" Sleet asked evilly.

"Sleet?" Sonic said and the Swatbots approach her, Sonia and Manic.

"I've got you this time!"

Sonic pressed the button that closed the door, locking sleet in. Knuckles was still holding the canister but spun and dug a hole while the Swatbots load their guns.

"In here!" Knuckles said and the Swatbots open fire.

Sonic jumped in the hole while Sonia held her nose as she jumped in and Manic dove in. Bullets were shot around the hole, then the shooting stopped. The Camper Van's door was being banged repeatedly.

"Get me out! Let me out!" Sleet muttered.

The door opened and he fell flat on the ground. The Swatbots ignore him, walk and stood beside the hole and started shooting again. Sleet grunted in anger. He caught up to them and pushed them aside.

"Lost 'em!" he said.

A hole had been dug next to the Camper Van and Manic jumped out and hurried inside.

"Argh!" Sleet said and pointed to the van. "They're getting away!"

The Swatbots fire between the hole and the van. Sonia and Sonic made it to the van. Inside, Manic was the controller.

"Let's hold!" Manic said and the Camper Van got away.

Then they celebrated and laughed at themselves. Sonia suddenly realized something.

"Hey, where's Knuckles?" she asked and she and Sonic looked around.

"He was right behind me." Sonic said.

Meanwhile, Sleet pushed the swatbots over in frustration.

"Out of my way!" Sleet said. "You?" he said shocked and saw Knuckles still holding the canister. "But what are you doing here?"

"I need Robotnik's help to find the Chaos Emerald and save Mobius." Knuckles said and offered the Canister to Sleet. "Take this to Robotnik." he said and the canister glowed.