Chapter 1 The Beginning of the End

It was a stormy day in Mobius, rain poured down from the sky, the wind blew swiftly through the sky and the black clouds loomed over the heroes as they made their way to Angel island. Tails carefully flew the plane with Amy and Cream in the two back seats. Sonic had refused Tails' offer to go in the third seat, although he had put in the third seat for this occasion. Even when it had gotten stormy, Sonic still decided to stay on the wing. His shoes planted firmly on the wing, the restless wind blowing against him, his face with a serious expression.

"Are you sure you don't want to come in, Sonic? It's getting seriously windy out there" Tails asked from the cockpit. Sonic folded his arms. "No... besides, were almost there." Tails nodded, "Your right. Hold on, Sonic, this is going to get bumpy! Tails said sternly. Sonic knelt down on one knee and put his hand on the wing for support. Tails spotted a relatively clear area and dropped the plane low to the ground, the bumped off the ground once, causing Cream to squeal in the back seat. All of a sudden, there was a sound of thunder. Tails jumped in his seat, banging his head against the window.

"Ouch!" He yelped in pain, rubbing his head. The wheel had been turned to the right from Tails jump, without him knowing.

"TAILS"! Amy shouted in her seat, pointing at the tree in front of them. Tails was still in a bit of a daze, unaware of what was happening. Just as the plane was about the hit the tree, Sonic jumped off the plane and sliced the tree from the bottom. The plane slid over what was left of the tree and just about stopped, avoiding the next tree. Sonic zipped over to the plane. Tails opened the cockpit and slowly got out. Followed shortly by Amy and Cream. They breathed heavily and looked blankly into the distance.

"You okay?" Sonic said to the group. After Amy had gotten over her shock, she glared at Tails. Tails chuckled nervously, backing away from Amy.

"I am, but I don't know if Amy is, hehe" Tails said, sweat appearing on his face. Amy took out her hammer and slammed it into the ground.

"You almost crashed into a tree because of some silly thunder!" Amy shouted furiously. Tails gulped nervously, "A little help, Sonic. Sonic?" Tails looked around him, but found no sight of the blue blur.

"He went ahead. I think he got a bit bored" Cream said.

"Oh" Amy and Tails said in unison.

Sonic was making his way to the shrine, already seeing a giant robot there. "How did we miss that on the way in?" Sonic said to himself. Moments later, he was at the shrine, seeing the robot in great detail now.

"Whoa..." was all Sonic could say. He saw that the robot was drilling in the ground for something. He quickly snapped out of it and spin dashed towards the robots drill. He smashed into it at full speed, knocking the drill out of the ground and damaging it a little. Eggman, who had been in his Egg mobile the whole time, looked down at the ground, trying the find the culprit for the disturbance. He spotted a blue hedgehog.

"Sonic! Of course, who else. So what does the rat want this time. Am I not allowed to even dig these days without your permission!" He shouted down at Sonic. Sonic glared at Eggman, "No, your not. Where's Knuckles?" Sonic said seriously. Eggman cocked an eyebrow.

"Wow, your straight to the point. Wake up on the wrong side of the field you rat!" Eggman said with a laugh. Sonic gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.

"I said... Where's Knuckles!" Sonic shouted. Eggmans eyes went wide with shock. He was stunned for a moment, but regained his composure.

"Oh I dunno. I think he was pounded in the direction of that mountain, the one over there." Eggman said, pointing behind him teasingly.

Sonic's body started to shake in anger. He then started breathing out heavily, trying to calm himself down. Once he had calmed, looked back up at Eggman.

"Okay, bring it on Egghead!" Sonic said confidently.

"Hmpf, Eggdriller, crush this rat." Eggman said in disgust. Sonic charged at the robot. The robot smashed the ground in front of him, creating a mini earthquake.

"What the?" Sonic said as he was flung into the air by the force. Eggman grinned. "Smash him?!" Eggman shouted jumping from his seat. As Sonic was left helpless in the air, he could only say one thing.

"Uh oh..." he said as his vision was filled with metal. The gigantic drill made contact with the hedgehog's body, sending him flying far into the woods, completely out of view of Eggman.

"Ho Ho Ho Ho, that's another one out of the park. We got a mean swinger here boys and girls. Nice job, Eggdriller!" He said, applauding his magnificent robot. In response, the robot smashed his gigantic fist against his chest.

"Whoa, calm down, Eggdriller. You'll damage yourself if you not careful!" Eggman scolded. He sighed.

"Honestly, sometimes my robots are too strong for their own good" Eggman said, leaning his hands on his hand in thought.

Amy's POV

How dare Sonic leave me behind, sometimes I wonder why I bother. I mean he always runs from me, and when he isn't running away, he isn't bothered to listen to me, the nerve of him! I think Tails is right, something must be wrong with him if he doesn't want to spend time with me.

Normal POV

"Amy, could you please pass me the cloth? We need to get Knuckles cleaned up right away, he's in serious trouble!" Tails said putting his hand out. Amy snapped out of her thoughts and rushed over to the medical kit and grabbed a couple of cloths and gave them to Tails. Tails quickly got to work, cleaning Knuckles' wounds up. They had found Knuckles on their way to the shrine. They would have asked him how he got so messed up, but they could see the gigantic robot in the distance, so the question answered itself. Knuckles opened his eyes after having passed out when he found Tails. He slowly got up.

"Easy, Knuckles." Tails said, helping him up. Knuckles spat out a bit of blood, he gave a little grin.

"Heh, I'm fine, Tails, really!" Knuckles said, trying to stand by himself. Tails still went over to him, holding his shoulder up. He knew Knuckles was just trying to be tough, he needed to take it easy. Cream looked at Knuckles with more worry then Tails.

"Are you going to be okay, Knuckles. You're... bleeding a lot... Cream said turning away. They had obviously forgotten how young Cream was. Tails was surprised that Sonic had told Cream not to come, arguing against Amy. Amy had won the argument, but now that he thought about it, Sonic was right. Cream was too young for this. Tails then noticed the robot had disappeared from over the trees.

"Hey guys, where did the giant robot go?" Tails asked. Knuckles shrugged. Tails got up off a rock and walked up to Knuckles.

"Come on, Knuckles. I'll help you get the shrine. Come on Amy and Cream." Tails said as he started walking with Knuckles. They got up and joined him. As they made their way to the shrine, Knuckles had been getting a little better, not needing Tails as much for support.

"I cant believe that robot. Taking out the great Knuckles in one hit, one... hit! Knuckles said again.

"Really? One hit?" Tails said in surprise. He knew Knuckles well, and he was not a pushover in fighting.

"I know, right!? Crazy!" Knuckles said. They continued on, the rain had started getting heavy again after just disappearing. Amy looked up into the sky. A fear that something bad had happened was creeping in her mind, "I hope he's okay..." Amy thought.