Hello once again. I've just decided to continue the story in this little e-book. I don't want those that have been following along to be forced to scramble back to my profile. So, last chapter gave us some important details for the next adventure. Specifically, a new island…check out what's next RIGHT HERE WOOOO!

Sidenote: the beginning is super similar to the last scene Robotnik was in. There is some new dialogue there so bare with me lol.

Angel Island

As his jetpack roars, the Doctor lays eyes on uncharted territory floating in the water. Unmoving. Unbending. Robotnik can make out canyons, with numerous waterfalls in the area, glistening in the light. Despite those details, there's also lavish land, and trees present to keep that oxygen pumping thriughout.

"Money.."

The doctor soars down, sticking his chunky feet out to have a good landing. He gets it, but lands somewhere he never saw from the eagles eye. A shrine, with four pillars, and a big series of steps that could test anyones cardio. He sure wasn't going to try now after his exhausting battle.

He looks at his own reflection in a puddle. "Environment is tropical, much like Southside. If you could take over there, imagine what you could do without that hedgehog rolling around.." Robotnik rants. "You'd be an invincible innovator. A crowned prince of prosperity. You've still got the looks to pull it off."

Debatable.

His narcissistic rant is interrupted as a blunt force strikes him from behind! He goes soaring into a bush, forcing those branches away. Before he can get anywhere, a large white hand with spikes on rips him out by his collar!

Robotnik finds himself face to face, with a red Echidna. Looking into those stern purple eyes, he knows there's not much time to scramble for an excuse.

"Trespasser.." It says, pulling a fist back.

"WAIT!" Robotnik throws his hands up! "WAIT..I know this looks bad but allow me to explain. We can clear this up in an instant!"

That Echidna clenches his fists. "Explain yourself.."

"It'd be my pleasure…" the Doctor stares at his fist, actively holding a glare in. "Can you let me go?" After the echidna obliges, Robotnik drops to his knees. "It's been a rough time for me. All I wanted to do was bring a new era of prosperity, but that hedgehog REFUSED! He wants to stop me for own gain!"

"..who?"

"He calls himself Sonic. He's a..a.." Robotnik makes his eyes squint, cracking his own voice just to pull this off. "I'm sorry sir, it's just hard to recover after what I saw!"

The creature walks to his side. "What atrocities has he committed?"

Robotnik shakes his hand "involuntary", starting to lift fingers. "He ruined all of my hard work. Countless hours trying to make this world a better place…" he wipes an eyelid with his pinky, hiding a little smile behind his hand. "Do you understand the severity?"

"How low has he stooped?"

The Doctor grabs his shoulders, with a fake frown. "He convinced a CHILD to fight his wars for him! Sonic's PAST the deep end! He needs to be defeated, once and for all before your beautiful paradise goes up in smoke..Do it for me. For you. Even for the child! We can't let him run any further.."

The mention of a kid gets a sharp exhale from the Echidna. "A child is not fit for battle that young. It takes years of harsh experience to truly be ready for the battlefield. Some he may not be ready for. I am very disappointed he wasn't smart enough to stay out of it."

"I'm glad we see it the same way..thank you, my dear, dear Echidna.

That Echidna, seeing this elder break down in front of him, can't help but aid him. Gracious, good motive, feeble, His heart's screaming at him to do something about this! "You may look like a begging pleasant..but your words ring true." The echidna clenches a heavy fist. "We will avenge you, and your fragile machines!"

Robotnik catches himself glaring, and forces his brows up. "You're speaking my language..say..I-I never asked your name."

"I am Knuckles. An Echidna warrior. What name do I address you with?"

"Doctor Robotnik. But my friends call me Rob.." That Doctor offers a hand to the warrior, ready to seal the—

CRUNCH!

Robotnik shouts, ripping his right hand from the shake. He could swear all night about the static buzzing around in there, but he makes a few..painful readjustments to get that feeling back. "Agh..you crushed my favorite hand..you bumbling buffoon!"

Knuckles gets a look at his own hand. "I am not injured or bumbling. That must be a problem of your own."

He fights the urge to unleash everything on that warrior. He's got a big mouth and doesn't even realize it. The lack of socializing on the island must have tanked his IQ. There's still bigger concerns, though. Water surrounds the island, with only a little land in sight. He can't use his mobile to carry his new inferior away. "Say, Knuckles. How do you leave this anomaly?"

"I will show you."

Knuckles runs to the edge and jumps off! Robotnik gasps at the sight! "You must have a death wish!" He's proven wrong immediately when Knuckles glides forward, all his limbs stretched out for a better flight. The doctor's jetpack shoots him into the sky.

"Wait!"

Prison

Dallas, Texas

Stone's stuck in an orange jumpsuit, staring at the unfortunate pile of schlop on his blue tray. The disgusting aroma of the fish makes him cringe, and the small veggie tray beside it doesn't ease him into the meal. One more day of this gross meal plan and he'll have to take matters into his own hands.

He can almost make out the doctor's reflection in the veggie tray. Carrots as an outline, broccoli as the head, and tomato slices making out that glorious mustache. "You would never leave me behind, would you doctor?"

A muscular, gruff man with a pure Blackbeard and a face tattoo shoves Stone out of his seat! Before Stone can process what happened, he's lifted and pinned to the table, all while that man's nasty breath breaches his nostrils, causing the agent to gag. "STONE!"

His shouts get all eyes in the cafeteria on them. Stone tries to break the man's grip, but he's holding on like his life depends on it. "What do you want from me?"

"You know what I want…"

"I actually don't. You need to be more specific."

"Haha, you got quite the mouth on ya, boy." Stone gets socked in the nose! The man grabs Stone's fish and dangles it. "Is that specific enough for ya?!"

Stone clutches his nose. "You..you want THAT? Take it. Don't see why you'd want it but.." he pauses when the man reaches for his veggie tray, and gets a hand in front of it. "Thats off limits."

"You think you call the shots?"

"You're not cutting my nutrients OFF!" He yanks both trays and discombobulates his assaulter! The man clutches his head, trying to shake off the surprise attack. Stone puffs his chest to keep the confident image going. "Old men hit harder than that."

The prisoner pulls his fist back but another p—

CRASH!

Grey rubble goes flying in, causing everyone in the cafe to hide under any table they can! The only two left to be seen are the angry prisoner, and Stone himself. He starts SMILING, which causes him to get charged. He steps to the side and let's the prisoner ram his ribcage!

Much to Stone's surprise, a red echidna enters, no identifiable joy on his face. He starts heading towards Stone, who starts backing away..that is until his bad old boss flies in on his signature float. "Don't be scared, Stone. He only bites our haters."

Any nervousness in Stone's body flushes out. First, his dream b—doctors back, and now they have a powerhouse on the team? Sure this creature's an alien and all, but maybe he could be useful. "Doctor..I knew you'd come."

"I always do." Robotnik's confident gaze turns to disgust as he spots Stone's attacker getting to his feet. "You know what to do, Knuckles. He hurt our teammate.."

Knuckles grunts, marching the man's way. That prisoner nearly tilts his own head off seeing this alien walk up to him. Doesn't matter how big and bad he is, this creatures about to meet the baddest in prison. "The hell are you gonna do, big guy? Hurt me?"

One shot and he's out cold.

"HO-HO YES!" Robotnik shouts, watching as Knuckles brings a foot over the man's body. He pounds his namesakes together, causing red electricity to crackle. They came here for one mission alone, retrieve Stone. Now that Stone's hopped inside his transportation, there's no need to stay. "Hey, red! We're done here."

Knuckles leaps on the side of the mobile, hanging on with ease as they fly off. They also left a hole in the wall leading to the outside world, so the opportunistic prisoners rush out! After many years for some, they get to touch grass. Well, until the blaring sirens kick in.

"We have the best seat in the house for this turf war. Unfortunate we can't witness it all." Robotnik comments, sticking to the path back to his secret bunker. He grins to himself, finally having a viable counter to that wretched hedgehog. If Knuckles can steamroll through solid walls, that's a power advantage base form Sonic has to try against.

While the doctor's satisfied, Stone leans to him. "Thank you for the save. I owe you one."

"You've owed me enough. Your lattes are state of the art. Seems you learned how to fight too." Robotnik..praising someone besides himself? "You'll be useful in combat."

Nevermind.

Stone readjusts his eyes towards the buff red creature hanging on the side. Luckily the doctor has great edits of his transportation. If he didn't, they'd be tipping over. "..I had no clue we were working with an alien."

Knuckles gives him a stern glare. "I am NOT an alien. I am an echidna warrior. Humans seem to get that mixed up with ease. As if you are a group of unaware cavemen."

Stone, of course, looks offended by that comment. "Do you have any social skills?"

"Social skills are unnecessary for my duties. It's all in my fists." Knuckles raises his free knuckle. "I can demonstrate if you tempt me."

"Are you..threatening me?"

Robotnik clicks his tongue at the interaction. "Try not to offend our powerful prodigy. You've seen what he can do with one slobberknocker. Don't make him use two."

"But he just—"

Robotnik pulls Stone closer, leaning to his ear. "Trust me, Stone. Wrong place, wrong time.."

Knuckles just squints at the duo. For someone who's supposed to be a savior, he can be unsavory. However, everyone has their flaws. Even his own tribe. His tribe..

.

.

Before he can think about it too much, he forces his mind back on the speedy hedgehog, who seems like the biggest threat at this time. If he can't concentrate on a threat he can't see, that animal will ruin everything.

Central City

The Marvelous Queen boosts through a town, with a certain purple weasel driving. Fang's got a couple bags of rings, which combined weighs up to a solid twenty pounds. He can make a fortune getting away with this little heist.

"You're a buncha' suckers!"

A blue blur zips past the various buildings, and to the queen's side. It's that hedgehog again! Fang swerves his Queen to the side, not risking another wreck. "Why can'tcha' go away?!"

"You've gotta be delusional." Sonic teases, jogging casually and still keeping up. "Why can't ya stop robbing places?"

"Cause I don't want to!"

Sonic shrugs. "If you say so. Anyways—" Sonic slides under the Queen, clutching the bottom with both hands. In a second, he takes control away from the weasel, guiding the Queen around the streets.

"PRICK!"

Sonic laughs, as they come face to face with a store. Sonic swerves left and now they're headed right for the highway. He constantly switches lanes, until he comes to a little gap on the left. Two yellow railings extend to another territory. "Hang on!"

Fang tries to rip Sonic's hand from his motorbike. "How about you let go?!"

Sonic slides across the railing, little lights going off beneath him! He's got an ironclad grip on Fang's bike, not letting the crook breathe. "YOU'RE A MADMAN!"

"There's so much you haven't done!"

Sonic starts to slow down, spotting two bald eagles with batons, and a rectangular building behind them. Jackpot. He stops there, refusing to let the Queen go. Fang, recognizing this place, has a face full of dread and makes a run for it, still clenching the bags! "I'm not goin' back! You can't make me!"

Sonic just shakes him off, causing Fang to land rear first on solid asphalt! The eagles restrain him, dragging him into the building. Fang's standout tooth shines, as he seethes with rage. "I'LL GET YA NEXT TIME, BLUE BITCH!"

SLAM!

The doors close, as Sonic lets the Mobian authorities do their jobs. Fangs still a wanted criminal who hasn't seen the light Sonic has, so he figures: back to the slammer. He takes the bags and returns them to the mightiest sender of them all:

The bank.

He's greeted by a paparazzi. Some obnoxious flashes take out Sonic's vision, while some fangirls walk it and smooch him on the cheeks. He's getting swarmed faster than the speed of sound. Sonic clears his throat.

"This is cool and all but I've got stuff to pick up. No autographs!"

They don't stop coming, so he immediately runs elsewhere. The mob follows him like the thirsty fans they are.

"Relax will ya?!"

Westside Island

Tails' Garage

Sonic's rush comes to a stop, seeing the good old Tornado. He has a few bags in hand, so he doesn't jump on.

"What's up this time?"

He enters the familiar territory to find a new jet facing horizontally instead of vertically, so he has to tip toe around it. It only has one half done, while the other is filled to the brim with metal and wires. It's wider than the original plane, with a fresh new paint job.

Blue.

Yellow.

White.

Not to mention the interior. There's a built-in radar, surrounded by buttons, and a hexagon shaped hole located below it.

Sonic whistles at the work. "Lookin' fine..." he sets those bags on the dirty desk. Luckily the well spent items are covered up by the relentless bags, not folding for any dirt. He was supposed to fly around with his pal, but it seems the mechanic's off to handle more pressing matters.

"Guess I can chill for a bit." Sonic says, sitting cross-legged on the floor. Some time passes..

Tick.

Tick.

Tick.

His eye twitches. Gosh, can Tails just hurry it up already?

Tick.

Tick.

Tick.

Sonic can't take it anymore and bolts outside for another run. He's only sixteen at least, he needs his stimulation somehow.

Not the most climactic ending to the chapter, but there are some major developments. Knuckles the Echidna is being casually manipulated by Robotnik, who's desperate for a win over that hedgehog. Sonic's just going around, beating up baddies and hanging with Tails..who seems to be off doing his own thing for the day. That little status quo can't last forever though..

Next chapter will drop soon.