"SHE WHO SOWS SEEDS OF DESTRUCTION, ARISING FROM THE ABYSS OF THE PIT TO CLAIM HER WORLD"

Entropy

How far does a field span? A field sacrifices all its path to stay bare and protect its lush scenery. It lays nothing amongst its grass, trees and gardens. Albeit with the chaos that ensues it will ensure an existing future. Bearing in mind those who seek to destroy and those who seek to border it. Those of the Free and those of the constrained. But at what point does freedom become chaos?

Sonic the Hedgehog runs across these fields in his everlasting travels. A world to call his own with bountiful plains that drive his will. Nay does a thought in his spiky head speak of troubles and doubt. He lets the winds guide him to where ever a inner world is found. His speeding ways, notable and flexible. To see him run...and run...and run...was an honour. World renowned and blessed. Disliked by some for reasons that should be obvious. His chaotic ways, notorious and booming. To see him run...and run...and run...was a bit destructive. His idealism of a world of inbuilt freedom without chaos is a long-shot. The Blue dude with the 'tude was a piece of reverse. Order with Chaos. In his triumphs became legendary. Voluntary or assigned job? Didn't matter. He'd save the day regardless. Otherwise he'll always be running...and running...and running.

Hills, trees, rivers...lakes and whatnot. Flora and fauna. The way it should be. Pristine and untouched by consumerist hands. He caught glimpses of these wondrous things in split seconds as he passed them. Speeding past one particular hill he noticed, were a garden of flowers. Red in colour. Taking a super-speed sniff, he gathered that they had be roses. He stopped to a immediate halt and quickly ran towards them. He knelt down on one knee before one tall rose and took a whiff.

He smiled at the just gorgeous and breath taking garden and wondered who could have planted them.

"Do you like the colour red?"

Sonic quickly stopped. The voice was low and monotone, but still could sorta be recognized.

He stood up and turned around. Before him stood a pink headed hedgehog. He prepared to flee at in an instant, his face contorted at the sight of the girl before him. But before he could run, he noticed something odd. On her face was no smile, but a dull expression. On her body did she not wear her usual red dress, boots and headband, but a strawed weaved hat with a blue flower. She also wore a long baby blue dress with white cardigan and sandles. In her grasped hands was a picnic basket.

"Wait, don't tell me I agreed to have a picnic with you?" He asked. The girl's head tilted as she looked at the garden of roses, seemingly ignoring him. "These are the rare Abbadonia Roses. They only grow where there the air is fresh and the sun shines down." She said again dull, as if robotic.

"These Roses are Red. Their thorns are blue."

Sonic scratched his head. "Uhh...isn't it Roses are Red, Violets are Blue?" He asked.

She ignored him again and knelt beside one of the taller roses. "These Thorns protect the roses from harm. Nonetheless they always smell good."

Sonic looked behind him briefly as a gust a wind suddenly shifted past. Turning back he noticed the girl was gone. "What...the..."

He looked behind him again, then in front. Spinning around didn't help either. She had disappeared completely. He ran around the Garden. Nope. She wasn't anywhere. He put his hand over his eyes to scan around the perimeters. He shrugged his shoulders and now believed he had been seeing things.

Heading in the direction, Sonic bumped into something else. Taking a quick look, it was a charcoal colour with mystic wavy runes with embers entering through small cracks, seeing spiky shoulder pads and arms with paws extending from them as well a belt with silver curved spikes at the hips with blackened legs and lower paws, alongside gigantic seared wings. He stood back seeing a head of fire. The body just seemed to float in front of him. Taking a defensive stance, The creature rose up, extending its left arm and protruding claws.

Sonic again sniffed the air. "I smell sulfur..." He commented. The sky turned blood red, as fire and brimstone raised from the once fresh earth. Sonic looked down to see holes appearing around him.

The creature raised both arms as beasts hopped and clawed out of the pits.

Sonic's eyes went wide as they came out in all different shapes and sizes but all of terrifying appearances and pouring lava blood out of every orifice. "These guys don't look pretty friendly." He said, ramming his fist in his palm. "Time for me to kick some demonic butt!"

He jumped into the air and immediately rolled into a ball, homing in on the demons, many that had either one to twenty eyes or limbs. One was made of spikes, except for one area and was rolling around. Sonic simply rolled into a spin ball and rammed himself into the spiky demons bare face, pushing back into the pit from hence it came. Hearing a bated breath behind him, Sonic leaped and back-flipped to find himself behind a dog like demon with eight legs. The dog growls thundered through Sonic's chest, though he did not fear it. "Hey doggy! Wanna play fetch?" He said, violently ripping the whip like tail on it's back, splattering it's lava blood everywhere and causing it to yelp. Sonic used the tail as a rope and quickly wrapped it around the beast. "Gotcha! Now it's time to put you down!"

Sonic began swirled the dog around in circles and gathered momentum, eventually raising it up into the air. Finally having enough momentous strength, Sonic threw the beast with such brute force into the pits. He jumped and Spin balled his way through each demon, making sure each was back in their holes. He wiped his face, then looking at the lava blood on the back of his hand. Obviously it was hot, but strangely it wasn't hurting his hand.

"Only you can take the heat." Said a sultry voice as they clapped. "Bravo."

Sonic looked at the demon which was still alive. She was indeed curvaceous with her mystical runes and fiery head. Even brighter eyes sneered at Sonic as she pulled out a sword from behind her, which the blade appeared to be made out of Crawlfangs and Mephbones, twisted and contorted with the base and handle concealing a crimson jewel in a one eye socket demon skull. Sonic stood back.

"Who ever you are, I can tell you're up to no good." He stated. "Such is the obvious Mr. Thorn." She snarled as she floated towards him. He began walking backwards, almost slipping, but then regaining his balance. He faced behind him, seeing the pits had connected and now the pits of pure abyss created a moat around the small isle of thick dead dirt. Sonic faced back to the creature, who held out the sword in her hands, as if giving it to him.

"I've already done swords. Not everyone was pleased with that gimmick." He mocked.

"But Mr. Thorn, it's not for you. Just hold it." She said. She turned the swords handle towards Sonic who took one glimpse at it. The Crimson Jewel in the middle burst, and out appeared a bloodshot green eye. Sonic took a look at the handle, then back at the creature who's grin was considered of mercury. Sonic wasn't too sure about this. It was all too suspicious to him. He reached out to the handle and grabbed it. He had no choice. He knew he wasn't going to get out of there if he didn't.

Squish

Sonic looked at the end of the sword. He froze as the creature had pushed herself into the sword.

His eyes dove towards her abdomen, as her lava blood seeped through the self-inflicted wound.

"Sonic..." Said a wispy voice. Sonic's eye's zoomed back up. The creature's head had somehow changed back into a familiar pink head, tears flowing from it's eyes.

"AMY!"

Sonic shot up. He batted his eyes a few times to awaken properly. His heart was pounding. He looked around him to gather on where he was. He lifted his head upwards to see the night sky, and the hardened ground he was laying was a tree trunk on a cold winters night as snow fluttered down from above.

"That...was just a dream?" He mumbled as he rubbed his eyes and pondered. What kind of dream was that? He shook it off as some horrible nightmare. His stare traversing the area, he was atop of a pine tree situated on the outskirts of Station Square. Flicking the bouts of snowflakes off him he was off in a hunch, jumping off the branch onto the ground below. Suddenly the back of his skull was itchy, so he reached through his fur and felt something thin and rough and grabbed it. Pulling it out of his fur, it was a piece of paper. An invitation to Cream's birthday. Looking at the time and date, he realized he was late. Not that it was anything new to his cause. He often skipped boring parties because they were too slow. But this was Cream. She was still young, prompting Sonic to believe she would be rather upset if he didn't end up showing up. He fled off towards the direction of her house...

But he couldn't shake off that eery feeling. That dream was particularly disturbing. He tried to avoid having at his fore-thoughts, but it kept crawling back. He'd never seen those demons before in his traversals. And Amy? What did she have to do with it? What ever it was it was literally complicated as hell. He kept placing it as a shifted nightmare. It was all it was. A nightmare. He was going to see Cream and the rest of his friends, a matter of happiness and gleefulness for the little rabbit. He just ran faster, running past overbearing trees and towns on the way, being careful with his turns as to not slip on the icy roads. He passed a clock tower, it reading around 7:30. Creams party started over an hour ago. He was definitely going to be fashionably late. But he sure he forgot something...

"Alright Cream! Open my present!" Said Amy. In the warmth of the coziest place this side of Station Squares suburban housing, Cream was over-joyous. Her mother, Vanilla had already giving her dozens of presents. Mostly clothes and new toys. Wrapping paper was all over the place, mounting tables and chairs. Around the two were Cream's colourful guests: A green crocodile, a purple chameleon and a happily buzzing bee sat with each other, as well as a red Echidna and an orange two-tailed fox standing beside the fireplace, watching Cream open Amy's gift.

"Wow a pink chao doll! That will go well with my collection huh Cheese?" Cream gleed. "Chao chao!" Chirped Cheese, the small blue pixie like chao. Cream fled off to her room and placed the pink chao on a row of multicolored ones. "Thank you so much Amy!" She said, running back and hugging her friend. "That's not a problem Cream!" Amy smiled. She wanted to be angry but she wasn't. She knew Sonic would be late anyway, but also knew that he wouldn't miss Cream's parties.

He wasn't mean enough to do it. She shrugged it off and went off to help Vanilla clean up the mess.

"When's the cake?" Asked the green crocodile. "Soon Vector. Soon. We're just waiting for Sonic to arrive, where ever he is..." Answered the two-tailed fox. "He probably forgot." Amy cooed. Cream shook her head. "Mr. Sonic never forgets my birthday." She assured. "I hope you're right." Answered the red Echidna. Vanilla faced Vector. "Vector, do you mind helping me out in the kitchen?" She asked ever so sweetly. "Would I ever!" He answered with a bit too much enthusiasm as he followed Vanilla.

The two-tailed fox and the red Echidna rolled their eyes. "Why worry about Sonic? He's far too predictable nowadays." The red echidna commented.

"I will say yes and no to that Knuckles..." Said the Two-tailed fox. Knuckles gave a raised eyebrow.

"Tails...what does that even mean?" He replied. Tails shrugged. "Well...he is but he isn't. A bit paradoxical but that's besides the point."

Meanwhile Amy chucked the rest of the shredded wrapping paper into the bins outside. She heard a few sounds before seeing a blue blur speed past. "Finally." She muttered under her breath. She quickly returned inside through the laundry door and went to go look for Cream, who was busy stuffing her face with candy. Amy tapped her shoulder. "Cream! Guess who's here!" She said.

Cream turned around, her cheeks bulged. "Mr. Shonish?" She answered, muffled by lollies.

As if on cue, there was a knock at the door. Cream quickly swallowed down the candy in a huff and skipped over towards the front and turned the knob.

"Hey Cream! Happy Birthday!" Announced Sonic, who had his arms out wide. Cream immediately jumped into his arms. "I knew you would come Mr. Sonic!" She squealed. The hug made a tight embrace before letting go. "Sorry I was late!" He apologized. Cream shook her head.

"It's okay! You got here just in time for the cake!" She said as she snatched his hand and dragged him over towards the dining table. Sonic laughed as the young rabbit took him to the side and saw Tails and Knuckles, who waved to their friend, as well as the bee and the Chameleon hanging around as well.

This wasn't so bad. Never really is. He knew the Chaotix, consisting of the mentioned Vector, notable for his crush on Vanilla, in which he must have taken Charmy and Espio along with him. Or they agreed. Assurances on Espio's part, to make sure Vector didn't go too far or somewhat fainted and needed someone to pick up and take him home. Nonetheless, they knew each other well. Plus Charmy and Cream got along swell with one another, being playmates almost.

Knuckles and Tails hadn't changed much. Knuckles, for once, left the Master Emerald. He took in the comfort that Rouge was currently on mission with Shadow and GUN. His only concern was Eggman, who could be anywhere, but last reports were that he was some weeks away from revealing some dumb plot for Team Sonic to foil, not to mention Eggman is hardly interested in it anymore, knowing he would probably get a beat down from merely just touching the damn thing. Sonic counted on his roaring rampages to eventually get it back, or if it ever smashed to pieces, he'd find half, Eggman would find half...in the end it'd come back together, like if nothing ever happened. Stereotypical of their adventures. Tails...just Tails. His tinkering agendas were nothing new. He'd recently moved to a more remote location not to far from this particular suburb.

"So what ya cookin' up this time Tails?" Sonic asked, giving a thumbs up and a wink.

Tails shrugged. "Nothing in particular. I was actually trying to decode some old runes I'd found the other week. So far I'm having little luck. So I asked Knuckles to help me out."

Sonic turned to Knuckles. "So, what'd ya do?" Knuckles crossed his arms. "Nothing like I'd seen. It's in Ancient Mobian...very Ancient Mobian. Possibly tens of thousands of years old."

Sonic nodded in interest. "That's cool. Nothing like Gaia or Babylon Garden is it?"

Knuckles shook his head. "Well, no. This thing has its worse vibes, but in our investigations nothing seems to have happened." Ah another ancient historical sight. This planet has fascinating pasts, ranging from Knuckles ancestors to internal planet dwelling god-like beings. Never ceases to amaze Sonic...although they would usually find out because Eggman had discovered them all beforehand. That Doctor really does his research...well, most of the time, prompting Sonic to reflect Eggman on his successive failures. "Although, we did find this really strange type of flower that apparently only grows in that area. In fact, its the only one that grows there. Smells good too." Commented Tails. Sonic loved his flowers. This area had to isolated. Only such beauty lives in untarnished areas. The unreachable would hold such wonders that only most can dream of. "I wouldn't mind having a sneak peek at this place. Where is it?"

Tails tapped his chin. "It's about 500km North of where Holoska's Gaia Temple was. It's strange though. It's in-between weird mountains where it fails to snow. What's even more odd is it that the temperatures peeks at almost 30 Degrees Celsius."

That was indeed strange. Considering most of Holoska was a frozen wasteland last time they visited.

"I've seen plenty of flowers on my island too. There's a large range of them that according to Tails, they can be only found there. So I've seen a lot. But there's something fishy about this one." Said Knuckles. "What's wrong with it? Other than it being grown in an impossible place..." Sonic wondered. Knuckles looked at Tails. "Well..." Started Tails. "I've tried looking it up. I've checked from A to Z in types of flowers, wild flowers and flora...nothing there."

Knuckles continued. "But when we looked up mythical plants, we found something that was highly identical to it."

Sonic cocked an eyebrow. "Okay...you seemed so hyped up about this plant. What does it actually do?"

Tails pulled a book out from one of his tails and opened it up. He flipped through the pages very quickly before finding the page he was looking for. "Ah he we go. This plant is very ancient and is known to only be found in a place called Muriel's Garden."

"Which is where we were." Said Knuckles. Tails kept on reading. "On old rumors and stories, this plant was said to have two seperate effects depending on how it was consumed. One, if it burnt like an incense, was said to cause violent hallucinations upon smelling it."

Sonic's eyes drifted between the two of them. "Wait...smelling it? Didn't seem like it had an effect on either of you."

Tails shook his head. "No...it has to be burnt, then smelled. Lucky we had no intention in burning them in the first place."

Sonic shrugged. "What ever. What else does it say?"

Tails nodded. "Alright, it says the second effect is that if it's grounded up into a fine powder and mixed with honey, water and...hm...wait, does that even exist?"

Sonic blinked. "What?"

Tail's face contorted in thought as he wondered out aloud. "Lava blood. Honey, water and Lava Blood is thrown into the mix."

Knuckles was just as confused. "Never heard of that either."

"Does it say what it does?" Asked Sonic. Tails looked back down at the book. "It's said to cure people of comas. Simply pour it down their throats and it should wake them up."

"That's pretty neat. Pity about that so called Lava blood though. I guess it's just a lost cause."

"I dunno Sonic..." Said Tails, who seemed to be less skeptical. "We've seen some freaky stuff over time. Who knows? It could be under our noses..."

Knuckles rolled his eyes. "Perhaps we wouldn't want it under there Tails..." He said sarcastically.

Sonic just cleaned his ear with his pinky finger. "Well, I suppose. I want to take a look at this flower. If it's beautiful as you say it is...I might just tag along for the ride..."

Tails handed the book over to Sonic. "Even though we should be studying the runes instead of some flowers. I suppose we could kill two birds with one stone while we're at it." He said.

Sonic looked at the page briefly. It had a sketched image of the flower in question. It had a big red rose with deep blue thorns. Sonic thought for a moment, trying to place something about it. He'd seen it somewhere...but where? His eyes were brought up to the name of the flower.

"Abbadonia's Rose." He muttered. His eyes quickly went wide as he flashed back to his dream and skimmed through it, scrolling to the last part where he'd seen...

"Sonic!" Yelled a chirpy girlish voice.

"Amy?" He said, before getting glomped. Tails took back the book that Sonic was carrying...then dropped. Amy had her arms wrapped around Sonic's neck as she took him from behind.

"I knew you would come! Come on! We're about to have the cake!"

She let go of him as she turned the lights off around the house. Sonic was stunned and in deep thought. "What is this about?" He pondered. Amy stood next to Cream as Vanilla brought the cake, which was a cute white cake with a pink ribbon around it and white icing to the table and started singing Happy Birthday. Cream sat in her special chair as Cheese sat in her lap. Everyone soon surrounded the table cheering. Sonic again shook off his peculiar thoughts and started singing alongside them.

"..Happy Birthday dear Cream...Happy Birthday to you!"

Cream smiled from ear to ear as they sang. "Go on Cream, make a wish then blow out the candles!" Said Vector, who stood on the other side of her.

Cream placed her finger to her thumb. "Ummm...oh I know!"

Her mother grinned and leaned down beside her. "Don't say it or it won't come true!" She muttered.

Cream nodded frantically. She, along with Cheese, finally blew out her candles. Every clapped and cheered. Vanilla leant the knife to Cream. Amy giggled. "If you touch the bottom you have to kiss the nearest boy!" She bragged as her hands flung to her hips. Cream took the knife and pressed it down in the middle of the cake. Doing so, Vector winked at Espio, who grinned evilly and grabbed onto Charmy, throwing him towards Vector, in which Charmy cried out in confused protest. Vector held Charmy by his arms. Cream wasn't paying attention as she 'accidentally' touched the bottom. Amy squealed. "Now kiss the nearest boy!"

"WHAT? EW!" Cried Charmy. "Oh come on Charmy! It's just one on the cheek!" Said Vector.

Amy chuckled. "Wait! You planned this didn't you!" Charmy said in anger. "Just do it! Might do you some good to know you've been kissed by a girl." Espio chuckled. Charmy's head fell.

Cream giggled as her head reached his cheek and gave it a little peck, causing Charmy to blush furiously. The rest of the group laughed along.

Not too long after, Vector had spread small plates out while Vanilla cut the cake into pieces and placed each piece on a plate, then Amy gave them out to everyone. Sonic again stood with Tails and Knuckles, slowly eating his piece. "You were white as a ghost before. Do you mind me asking why?" Said Knuckles. Sonic lifted his head up. "I was? Huh...I dunno." Sonic said. It was sorta half true, half false. Memory of his dream had floated back to his mind. The girl...Amy. He was looking straight at those flowers. So was she. But...she spoke in cryptic words. Then those demonic beasts...the pits of abyss. It made no sense to him. But he knew...if anything, that he had to investigate the ruins.

"So when are you two going again?" Asked Sonic. "Well, I was going to take the tornado over there tomorrow morning." Answered Tails, taking a bite of his cake. "Why dob you join ush?"

Sonic tapped his finger. He wasn't doing much else with his time. A little excavating wouldn't hurt anybody. "I think I'm up for a little adventure!"

After cake it was soon time to go. Vector helped do the dishes while Vanilla cleaned the house. Charmy buzzed around for a bit with Cream, completely forgetting the fiasco earlier and started playing with her and Cheese. Espio sat down and watched TV, waiting for Vector to finish. It indeed was getting a bit late. Sonic patted Cream on the head as he walked into her room.

"Hey Cream, thanks for the partay!" He said, giving a thumbs up.

"No thank you Mr. Sonic for coming. And don't worry about my present..."

Sonic blinked, then chuckled nervously. "Oh I knew I'd forgotten something. I promise I'll give your present. Maybe tomorrow?"

Cream just smiled. "Oh okay then." She said, getting up and squeezing him. "Heh...stay out of trouble then...you too Charmy, Cheese!"

"Seeya Sonic!" Said Charmy.

"Chao chao!" Said Cheese.

Sonic walked into the lounge, said goodbye to Espio, then went into the kitchen and said his farewells to Vanilla and Vector. "Thanks for coming Sonic. Cream really appreciates it." Said Vanilla

"No problemo!" Replied Sonic. "Cya some other time Vector!"

"You too!" Responded Vector. Tails and Knuckles had already gone out the door. But then noticed someone was missing.

"Where's Amy?" Asked Sonic. Vanilla shrugged. "I think she's already left. She said she had important stuff to do."

Sonic cocked an eyebrow. "At this time of night? Oh well...cyas!"

Sonic went outside in the snow with Tails and Knuckles, somewhat disturbed by Amy who had already left. It wasn't like her. Passed years had her stay behind to clean up. But she seemed perfectly happy and normal before. It'll probably be nothing. Sonic now believed he was taking things out of proportion. It was minor, he was sure. He left those thoughts behind and started walking with Tails and Knuckles.

"Well, I'm heading home now. I expect to see the pair of you at my house at say, five am?"

"Five am?" Sonic complained. "Why so early?"

Tails crossed his arms and scowled. "Good excavationists have to get to their destinations nice and early, so they have all day to explore..."

Sonic and Knuckles exchanged the same looks. "Whatever you say Tails..."

Knuckles gave his indication and immediately went back to Angel Island, while Sonic walked Tails back home. It was quiet and the snow had stopped falling. Tails was still bright and cheery with his white with a green stripe scarf wrapped around his neck. Sonic remembered he didn't have any other warm clothes. But it didn't matter. He could brave the cold. As well as try to avoid catching at cold at least. His head was low as his eyes followed the footpath in front of him. He unconsciously look to the right of him, down a lonesome street, squinting to see a brownish figure with glowing lines running all over it. "What the..." Sonic muttered. He stopped and put his hand over his eyes to see what was there. It waved to him, before spurting blood everywhere...

heeeeeeeeeeeellllllppppp meeeeeeee soooooooooooniiiiiiiiiic

Tails stopped in his tracks and turned around. "What's the matter Sonic?"

Sonic faced Tails. "Uh...nothin'." He replied. Tails gave Sonic a concerned look.

"That's the second time..." He commented. Sonic scratched his head. "Second time for what?"

"You're white as snow. Did you see another ghost or something?"

Sonic's pupils had dilated. "Well...I don't think you'd believe me."

"Why's that?" He concerted. Sonic pointed down the road. "Do you see any demons down there?"

Tails looked where Sonic was pointing. "Well...no...not really. Just an empty street. It might have been a cat."

Sonic shook his head. "Never mind..."

"Is someone a little paranoid lately? Was that the reason why you were late to the party?"

Sonic clasped his ears. "N-no Tails." He wanted to change the subject...as it had become increasingly sensitive to think about. "I was worried that Amy was going to murder me again, because I didn't go to her picnic yesterday."

Tails tilted his head. "Sonic...Amy didn't have a picnic yesterday. She was in Station Square buying Creams present."

Sonic crossed his arms. "How do you know that?"

"She called you remember? She said she was buying the present and wanted to know if she could buy your present for her, because she knew you would forget."

"Really?" Said Sonic, now confused. He could barely think of what had happened yesterday. It was all a blur. "Well...OK..."

Tails gave a longing look. "You sure you're okay Sonic?"

Sonic looked up, realizing that he was staring at the footpath again. "I'm fine. Just...the cake..." He said, rubbing his tummy. "I guess the sugar is going to my head. I suppose I better run it off huh?"

Tails turned back around. "I suppose. I'm almost home anyway. Run all you like. Just remember, five am."

"Okay buddy. See you in the morning..."

Tails walked off. "Bright and early..."

Sonic rubbed his head. Why couldn't he remember yesterday? He bolted off in the opposite direction, hoping to be lead anywhere...

Sure enough, Sonic found himself in the middle of Station Square, where it was dead still. No one on the streets, but the street lights were still on. Was it really that late? He'd passed several shops on the way. All closed, but looking into the shop windows for anything that Cream would like.

Obviously she wouldn't enjoy cleaning utensils, although that would be good for Vanilla. Passing by a chemist, auto stores and the like, before arriving in front of a toy shop. He pressed his hands against the window and let his breath create the fog on the window. "Hmm...lessee..."

He saw some chao plushies. But he didn't know which ones she had or which ones she didn't.

He tried to screen around, but majority of the toys on display were male orientated. He sighed to himself and turned around, keeping his eyes to the ground once more. His head tilted upwards ever so slightly, seeing another pink haired hedgehog, this time wearing a yellow coat with babs of white fluffy cuffs and yellow boots and beret. She consistently stared at Sonic with her green eyes.

"Amy don't scare me like that. Almost gave me a heart attack."

Amy tilted her head ways and glanced at Sonic. Sonic approached her, then looking above at the now clear blue sky.

"Why are you out this time of night? Oh weren't you busy?" He said. He looked downwards. She'd gone again. He frantically searched around, seeing her to his left, down in the middle of an intersection. "Amy what are you doing?" He asked, albeit puzzled by her actions and lack of words.

He began walking in her direction, before she turned to her side and ran off down the street. "Hey Amy wait!" He said, running after her. She waited at the end of street, often turning around to make sure Sonic was following her. Sonic couldn't understand what she was up to, or why she was acting so creepy. They made twists and turns before Amy walked up a flight of steps and entered through a dark brown door. Sonic checked his right and his left before slowly walking up the steps himself.

"Hey Amy what was it you wanted to show me-HEY!"

The sun was bright and warm and the fields were no longer endless, but pillars of twisted vines shielded the horizon. He walked forward and searched around. Where was Amy?

"Hello? Anyone here?" He shouted. Silence. Dead silence. No wind to shuffle the leaves in the nearby trees or the rustle in the long grass. Sonic's ears started ringing because of it.

"Okay, getting out of here now..." He said, spinning around to head out the door...before realizing the door was no longer there. Just a gigantic tree. Sonic stood back in awe of this awesome tree, which possessed swirling runes and the like. The runes were in some indecipherable language, but then rearranged themselves to form something else entirely, which then became legible. Sonic squinted then un-squinted as he read the words out aloud.

"In bated breath comes the child's flower, sowing seeds of chaotic order."

Feeling a tap on his right shoulder, Sonic immediately looked. She was readily standing there in her all breathless stature which outright freaked him out. He stood back raising his hands.

"Okay...I don't know whats going on, so I would like to be let in on the loop please..." He pleaded.

She just stood there staring at him, curiously. She held out a familiar flower...she wanted to give it to Sonic. Sonic hesitated for a moment. "I dunno...last time I was even near that thing all kinds of crazy stuff happened. We don't want that now do we?"

Her arm was still open to him. She barely moved from her spot, with her head swaying side to side.

"Nuh uh. I'm getting the heck out of here. See ya!" He said, before bolting off down the fields.

He ran...and ran...and ran...with no end in the sight. The scenery repeated itself. Rows of trees flew by, each one more the same than the last, the same birds flying past repeatedly. He skidded to a halt and wiped his forehead. "Where I am...it sure is cooky." He turned around to see how far he'd gone from the giant tree...only to see he hadn't gotten any further, making Sonic's jaw drop.

"Come on now! This is getting ridiculous!" He belted. It was getting further and further in obscurity as he went on. None of it was making any sense to him. He turned back around, only to bump into the girl again.

"Ah man, not again!" He grumbled and sighed. "Look, please. I don't know what you want from me. I want out. I can help you with what you need, but...you gotta help me. Do we have a deal?"

The girl once again lent out her hand with the rose. Sonic face palmed. "Aw geez not with the flower again." He had no choice. He would end up running on the spot for the rest of his life.

He reluctantly grabbed the flower and looked at it. "Is this what you want? Because I gotta run...".

"Yup...now you have to wake up..."

Sonic's head flung up. It was that fire headed woman again, with the lava blood running her 4 dozen fanged mouth. Sonic screamed.

"Wakey wakey Sonic!"

Sonic batted his eyelids and yawned. "Huh?" Sitting up and rubbing his eyes, Sonic tried to get accumulated to his surroundings. The roof was pointed and wooden, the walls were a faint orange with a window shrouded in green circle patterned curtains blew in the wind of the open window.

The doona was thick and white, the bed single and black. Sonic helped himself out of bed to the smell of toast. He saw a flight of stairs and slowly walked down the spirals onto the bottom floorboards. He yawned before seeing Tails in the kitchen. Then realizing where he was: Tails house.

"How did I get here?" He mumbled. Tails looked confused as he was spreading peanut butter on his toast. "What do you mean? You asked me if you could crash the night. Don't tell me you saw a ghost again Sonic...your face is all flustered. Bad dream?"

"Yeah must have been. It's okay man. I'm probably all worked up from yesterdays dilemmas. So we off to the ruins soon?" He asked, desperately wanting to change the subject.

"Almost. We just have to wait for Knuckles to arrive. I called him earlier. I doubt he even slept."

Sonic shrugged and headed towards the fridge. "That's Knuckles for ya. His opinion is that they'd often get ya at night. If it wasn't for his gullibility it would be impossible for him to leave."

Tails chuckled. "Yeah. But I bet he'll have a snooze on the plane over."

Sonic grabbed the carton of Milk out of the fridge and drank straight from it. "Of course..."

He agreed, placing the carton back into the fridge.

Tails soon served up the toast and they nommed that down to the last crumb. Tails washed the dishes while Sonic sat in the lounge on tails still packaged couches.

"Aren't you gonna remove the plastic?" He asked, shirking at the screeching sounds.

"I don't want them getting dirty you know...while I'm working."

Sonic laid back with his hands behind his head. "What ever you say."

He pondered for a while. Another dream...another moment encountering people resembling Amy Rose. But why does that make her so special? There was failure in this sense. It wasn't as if she was in his forethoughts...

KNOCK KNOCK!

"That'd be Knuckles. Let him in..." Said Tails. Sonic jumped off the couch and headed to the door.

"Hey, I'm not late am I?"

The trio headed down into Tail's Lab. It was extensive and vast, a place for scientific kings. Tails prepared the Tornado for a long hall to Holoska. "Alright...shes ready..."

Tails hopped into the cock pit, with Sonic standing at the back, and Knuckles sitting in the newly fashioned passenger seat. Tails placed on his specialised goggles as he pressed numerous buttons, causing the roof to slide down to an angle, using his driveway as a run way.

"Here we go!" Said tails as a pressed a bright big red button. The Tornado shifted, and zoomed off into the distant sky...

Tails kept above the clouds for the trip, and as was suspected, Knuckles had already fallen asleep.

Sonic relaxed and let the breeze run over him. No troubles in the sky...but those words were marked in his head...

In bated breath comes the child's flower, sowing seeds of chaotic order.

He whispered. He mind was consumed in confusion. Flashes of red crossed his mind for no reason...this wasn't a memory...was it?

"Do you like the colour red?" He muttered to himself. Red. Red could mean anything. It had to be related to the flowers. Those...Abbadonia Roses. They had to be connected. Their cause...their means. He could have sniffed them at some point, but at what cost? Maybe the reason he couldn't remember the other day was because he might have encountered them. Who knows? His memory as of late was a bit fuzzy. The same people entered is forethoughts. Amy...Amy...different Amys. Many Amys. All acted with such behavior that he couldn't comprehend. One spoke, one didn't...the other preferred to be suicidal. Three Amy's. Nah...Amy would have mentioned brothers and sisters by now. Actually, realizing now, he knew nothing about her. Other than her obsession with himself and her friendships, there was scarcely a thing he knew. She never mentioned family, nor origins or her past other than when he saved her on Little Planet all those years ago. Then again, what was she doing on Little Planet in the first place?

Maybe she was native? Nah...I think in response she had been smitten with him. He wondered when Little Planet would come back next. Eggman never kept tabs after the first time. Those damn Time Stones...he didn't know what was worse: Those or the Chaos Emeralds.

Obsessionalized Chaos perhaps? So many things unanswered for. Beating robots and creatures and saving the world over and over again...most of the time from the same person. Surely those repeated times would never or hardly change a bit. It was abnormal for Sonic to think that Eggmans strategy with bigger and better robots would change. But this was not about Eggman...it was nor a friend or foe but something more...internal. Battling his own demons? Funnily enough the psychotic thing about it was just those dreams so far. Such little endeavors. They bothered him so much. But why? Why all this confusion and unanswered questions? Someone was trying to speak to him...or warn him. What ever the case, Sonic tried to wonder whether or not to follow up on these or just leave them be as terrible nightmares or the effects of the hallucinogenic flowers. Not that he remembers having burnt any flowers in more recent times. It was so...blank...blurry...only shadows of black and red...brown...dirt...flames. It hurt his head more than he'd like it to be.

"Well, we're here!"

Sonic snapped out of his thinking cap, surprised they'd gotten their already. "Wow Tails that was fast..."

"Well I did install a new engine." He commented as he banged the side of the plane for good measure.

They slowly descended down, Sonic noticing the cold winterous atmosphere that was Holoska. Then seeing the mountainside and the weirdly deep yet colourful depth of the ruins they were going area must be Muriel's Garden, the entirety of it. A mixture of flat surfaces, hills and rocks scattered everywhere. Tails carefully landed the Tornado just outside of the large limestone gate way, in which one of the doors had been broken.

Getting off the plane, They walked towards it, Sonic noticing an abundance of the aforementioned roses growing on the sides. He was slightly afraid of going near them again, wondering if the book forget to mention that just a small sniff can cause one to see minor things. He looked at Knuckles curiously. "Hey Knux lemme ask you something..." He said. "Shoot."

Sonic rubbed his chin. "You said you smelt the flower. You didn't see anything unusual afterwords did you?" Knuckles shrugged. "No not really. Maybe a few noises perhaps. But it might have been the wildlife."

Sonic scanned the area. No birds or any type of animal was seen. Maybe because it was Holoska...a barren northernmost land. "I don't see any..." Sonic noted. Tails checked the book.

"The book might have forgotten to write that down. Obviously this area was still inhabited before the population vanished. If we investigate this area more, we might find out who lived here and why they're not longer doing so."

Sonic nodded. "Alright then. Then solve the mystery of the flower to huh?" "That too." Replied Tails.

The trio walked through the large gate. They entered in what appeared to be a wide courtyard. In the middle sat a fountain which no longer sprinkled, but was filled with water still. The ruins were a deteriorated brown and majority of the ground tiles walls and pillars covered in overgrown grass and moss. The atmosphere became a bit humid as the sun pined down from above. Abbadonias grew in here too. They approached the opposing wall beyond the fountain to find a large carving of some sort of symbol. It was a square with a spiraled flower from birds eye view in the middle of it. The ends of the petals were edged.

"Huh...these people must have worshiped them." Sonic stated. Knuckles looked at the hieroglyphics underneath the carving. "I was trying to transcribe this before. It made no sense to me. I've seen it before elsewhere like most ruins I've seen. But...I'm also not too sure with the transcriptions."

Sonic examined the symbol. "Give it to me straight Knuckles...just tell us what ya got so far."

Knuckles leaned in to the hieroglyphics. "The style is similar to Ancient Mobikian..."

Knuckles cleared his breath before reading on. "Here lies the Garden of Rosales. All guests are welcome into the House of Rosoideae, the bearing fruits of the heavens."

Tails rechecked his book. "It says Rosales is the entire area. Not just including this courtyard, but this whole place behind the mountains."

Sonic trailed off while Tails and Knuckles were busy rereading the transcriptions. He had wandered off through what appeared to be a door way into some district. The wind hollowed through the cracks and crevices of the multi-storied limestone bearings. Like the courtyard, aged tiles riddled the floor with grass shooting through, some blades reaching a few meters high. And also like the courtyard, more Abbadonia's filled bits and pieces and seeped through the edges of the tiles.

He walked down a little more, before his head turned left, noticing what appeared to be a main street, filled with ancient buildings. Sonic repeatedly checked his surroundings for anything suspicious. He heard footsteps behind him and swung around. "Who's there?" He demanded.

No response. He swerved back front, eyes bellowing as a pink haired hedgehog wearing a white line patterned green skirt and bikini top. She also wore a green blindfold over her eyes.

"Not you again." He moaned. She did not attempt to goad him with a flower, like the other two.

"You must find her and bring her to her house, for once more the lock has been broken and the last Keyholder is dead. It is clearer with eyes wide shut."

Sonic stepped back. "No way man...I've been attacked by that crazy demon lady twice! How do I know you're not in the same league as her?"

"The blind see more than those who are not." She muttered, having the same exact tone the blue and the yellow girls did. Sonic stood back a little more, ready to bolt off.

"Yeah uh, I'm actually busy exploring this place. Cya!" He rambled, before heading back towards to Tails and Knuckles. "You want knowledge...I can give you the past."

Sonic stopped in his tracks. "If its an artifact of doom, I suggest you seal it off before someone comes to steal it."

"No." She stated. "I only want you to see the truth."

Sonic faced her once more. Her proposal seemed appetizing, if not intriguing. "I'm not gonna get screwed over here am I?"

The girl truffled her way over to Sonic in a snails pace, annoying Sonic to no end. He stood there, staring at her Amy-like resemblance and wondered if they were related somehow. She grabbed his hands and placed them in a butterfly position. Sonic didn't feel any different, just awkward.

"So...can I move my hands now?" He partitioned. Again, silence riddled his ears. "Okay, opening my eyes now..."

"Move it Stupilite!" Roared a voice.

Sonic unlatched his hands as he jumped out of the way of a moving cart. "Sorry!"

Looking around, he realized that he was someone different...no...he'd experienced this before...he was in some different time! The ruins were fully functional buildings, complete with bronze statutes all around, Abbadonia's organized and so forth. Pink hedgehogs roamed the place, exchanging goods such as fruits, meats and fish. Most had short hair, exactly like Amy's, some wore white robes and other articles of ancient clothing. Most laughed and cheered. Sonic's jaw just dropped.

"Woah..." Was all his mouth could mutter. He walked down the main street, past carts and shops, blacksmiths and the like. Men...women and children. He then witnessed a group of blue hedgehogs, just like him, huddled up further in what appeared to be a temple of sorts. He walked up to them. They wore golden armour with a Þ shaped mark on the chest plates and shoulder armour. They had red silky cloaks bearing the same mark as well as golden spiked spears. Sonic hid behind one of the many tall pillars and listened in to their conversations. One, who had had fringe tufts coming from his forehead and wrinkles under his eyes, obviously an Elder of sorts.

"We've gotten word recently of ruckus coming from the Echidna clans up north having a bit of strife with one of their deities. We've been tasked to take the Prophetess back up to Miracle Planet for safety." He stated. One of the younger ones, short but proud, stunted his spear.

"Should we get the Sorcerers to prepare the Altar for her?" He asked. "Affirmative. We cannot afford for the demon to be let lose again." Ordered the Elder. The lessers barged into the Temples doors, while Sonic secretly followed them along. He'd trespassed into a larger chamber, complete with roof and wall paintings. Hiding behind another pillar, he witnessed the Elder Guard approaching a pink female hedgehog in a very revealing white dress. They're all over the place. Sonic thought to himself. She sat on a thrown, alongside three younger hedgehog girls in front of her sitting on matching coloured futons. One was wearing a blue gown, with light blue fluff over her ears. Another was wearing a yellow gown, with some sort of golden brace over her mouth. The last one was wearing a green gown, with a green blindfold over her eyes. Sonic's own went wide and made the deducement. "So that's who they are..." He muttered. He looked up at the Elder Guard talking to who he assumed was the Prophetess.

"Milady, the King has informed me that the Echidna Clans have been brought on-"

"By the wrath of the Gods. I know..." Replied the Prophetess, who's voice was wispery and dreamy.

"We fear they..."

"No."

"But...milady..."

"I said no..."

The Prophetess refused to back down. She sat in her chair and solemnly stared at the Elder Guard.

"The Gods will not punish us like the Echidnas. Their greed is their own downfall. I pity the young Princess Tikal. She was a good friend of ours"

The Elder Guard stood back in shock. "She's dead too?"

The Prophetess closed her eyes and clenched the edge of the armrests of the throne. "No...not quite. She will return...but not in our time-line."

The blind girl stood up from her futon and started walking off towards Sonic for no reason. The guards paid attention to this, and saw Sonic in the midst. "Intruder!" Barked one of the guards.

"Bring him to me." Ordered the Prophetess.

The Blind Girl latched onto Sonic's shoulder and walked him to to the throne. He was met by glares from the guards, but the other girls seemed to just gave him blank stares.

"Thorns also and thistles shall bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field." Muttered the Elder Guard.

"Enough Gabriel, you do not have the authority to command in my temple. Leave us... Mizaru has no problem with this Stupilite. Neither do I."

"But..."

"LEAVE!" Roared the Prophetess in such a Goddess's fierce voice.

Gabriel bowed and hustled himself and his lesser guards out of the temple.

"Mizaru, please sit back with the others." She asked sweetly. Mizaru walked back to her futon and sat there with her legs crossed.

Sonic stood there, rather stunned. Then back to the Prophetess. Her stare was piercing and emotionless.

"You are Sonic the Hedgehog? Are you not?"

Sonic bowed his head. "Yes milady." He replied with courtesy.

"Rise up! I want none of that! You are a Ghost of the Future. Returned by the sentience spirit of Mizaru. And no doubt also lead by Kikazaru and Iwazaru here as well."

Sonic lifted his head back up. "Well, I guess so."

The Prophetess smiled and crossed her legs. "Good. I am Shizaru, Prophetess for the House of Rosoideae. I am their contact with the rest of the distant lands. You have questions for me no?"
Sonic blinked. "Uh yeah." Shizaru bowed her head. "Speak."

Finally, time to get some answers. Perhaps those were purposeful dreams after all. But what questions to ask. He reached to his back and scratched it, inclined about picky choices.

"I wanted to know...I've been visited in my dreams by these girls. I know who they are now...but who is the fourth one? Could it be related to the demon that your Guards spoke of?"

Shizaru rested back. "The demon appears to you because it knows your one of it's greatest threats. It cannot rise until the lock is broken and the Keyholder is dead."

Sonic tapped his cheek. "A huh...so...I'm assuming they're alive. I mean, at this very moment."

Shizaru bowed her head and closed her eyes.

"One cannot be certain if either has broken or died. But your future...is bleak." Said Kikazaru.

Sonic's head aimed for the light blue girl. Iwazaru the Yellow rose from her futon and turned to face Sonic. With her right hand, using her middle and index fingers together she used the finger tips to wipe his lips. He suddenly then tasted sulfur. "Wait, does that mean it's already happened in my timeline?" He blurted. Iwazaru turned back around and sat down again. "You're here because you are Stupilite...Defender of the House...bound by spirit and law."

Sonic face-palmed. "Great...another prophecy..." He moaned.

"All Stupilites are armed for greater destinies." Mizaru mentioned. "You wouldn't be here if you weren't destined for something greater..."

"Don't they all mention that? Sounds a bit cliché..." Sonic said sarcastically. "So...what do I actually have to do?"

"Find the girl and return her to this House. The Wisers will appear to you again when we need you."

In a flash of light, Sonic found himself back in the Courtyard. He saw Tails and Knuckles still rambling on about whatever.

"So what did you find while I was gone?" He asked. Tails lifted his head up from the book.

"Sonic...now's not the time for lame speed jokes. I know you're impatient but I've only done one page..."

Sonic scratched his head. "I was gone...for like, half an hour."

Knuckles sighed. "Yeah Sonic...that is kinda lame dude." He complained. Knuckles eventually moved on to another wall. "Alright...this one says "The House of Rosoideae is humbly protected by the Stupilite Honour Guards. With them harm will not come to this holy place peace and prosperity. Those who intrude the peace or threaten to harm it will..."

Sonic's head suddenly froze, all that moved were his lips that said: "Thorns also and thistles shall bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field."

Tails and Knuckles both gave Sonic looks. Tails eyes then went to Knuckles.

"Since when can you read hieroglyphics?" Knuckles brooded. Sonic shrugged. "I can't. It was...something that just came out of my mouth I suppose."

The fox and the Echidna gave a quick glance to one another, before looking back at Sonic.

"Sonic man...you're kinda giving me the creeps."

Sonic shrugged it off. "It's probably those damn flowers." He suggested. "Probably yeah..." Agreed Tails. Tails went back to his book while Knuckles went on transcribing. Sonic just gave a relieved huff.

"Ah I see. The Stupilites were a rare group of elite Hedgehogs who were saved by the people here, who were also, coincidentally, hedgehogs. They were hunted down because of their demonic ways, often having abilities some shouldn't." Read Tails. That sounded awfully familiar to Sonic.

"Their numbers were small. But eventually the House found governed clans across the globe and brought them together. The only thing the House forbade them was to marry one another, as although they were of similar species, they were big on blood purity at the time."

Knuckles chuckled. "Relatives of yours Sonic?" He joked. Sonic flustered. "Probably not...but it'd be cool to have them as ancestors huh Sonic? Something to trace your roots back to." Said Tails.

Sonic crossed his arms. "What makes you think I'm not?" He retorted. Tails rolled his eyes.

"Who knows maybe you are maybe your not? Their population was low, but got higher over time thanks to the House's efforts. I suppose they had a better relationship than most...other than the blood purity thing."

"Meh...my family was like that. Blood purity this, blood purity that. Dwindling civilizations were pretty much exactly the same. It's nothing new." Knuckles explained.

Sonic looked at the door away again, hoping to see any of the Wiser Girls standing there. But with no avail. He had to look for the girl they spoke of. Only problem was that which one?

Using at least some of his deductive intelligence, he thought of Amy. Out of all the pink hedgehogs he saw, Shizaru was the one who resembled her the most. But surely Amy had relations with others, family, friends. There had to be thousands upon thousands of pink hedgehogs in the world. But only Amy seemed to be connected to this mess. Oh what ever one would call it.

"Hmm..nothing new here. Other than the rest of text rambling on about Gods like Chaos, Gaia and the like. I suppose they were pretty informed for such an isolated area. But nothing that'll tell us whats in this place."

Tails scratched his head. "We could have a look around for a map. If this is a starting place as well as a meeting place, it'll have to have one floating around."

"For sure good buddy." Said Sonic,giving a thumbs up. They walked through the same doorway that Sonic went down previously. He himself, trekked behind the two as they were in awe of the décor that was the ruins of Rosales. "Incredible." Tails complimented, almost dropping his book as a result. "Just look at this place..." Said Knuckles, who was slowly making his way around.

Sonic's arms were held behind his head, his expression uninterested. Arriving at the main street, They witnessed a crowd of robots headed towards the Temple at the very end.

"Oh jeez I wonder who they belong to..." Sonic said sarcastically. "What's Eggman doing here?" Knuckles wondered. "Obviously up to no good again." Tails pointed out. Sonic simply rolled his eyes. "At least we found this place before he did." He noted. Tails nodded. "Of course. But with his clan of robots, it'll be impossible to excavate this place in peace...you know, with stuff being blown up an' all."

Sonic shrugged his shoulders. "We can make sure that his greasy hands don't get to touch what evers there."

Knuckles raised a fist. "Yeah. I mean, surely if he's here, there must be something good hiding within that Temple."

Sonic glimpsed at Knuckles. "Of course. I mean look at it. It's still in good shape after what, four thousand, five thousand years?"

"Must have been built to be sturdy." Suggested Tails. "You can't say that for most ruins we find."

Knuckles huffed. "That's because Eggman decides to use the easiest method of getting to things."

"You ain't wrong about that." Said Sonic.

The trio decided to use stealth and follow Eggman's robots into the Temple. All three hid behind adjacent pillars on the front steps before heading through the large doors. Remembering what the temple looked like from the inside, Sonic flashed back constantly. The place had hardly changed. Only the paintings of gods and hedgehogs on the roof had slightly worn, as it would do over time. The marble floor was gone and dusted as Abbadonia's had somehow spread in here too. They saw Eggman sitting in his specialized hovercraft, a half cupped piece of mobile machinery. Before him was the crowd of specialized robots. The trio recognized some of them. The front row consisted of a tall chicken robot, next to him was a dark green, stout robot with treads and drills for hands. The second set had one short and silvery and the other tall and golden, like brothers. And finally two robots who could be mistaken for brothers as well as the other two, one skinny and could form into a small red ball, and the other very similar and could warp back into medium sized black and yellow box.

Eggman's head went from side to side, facing his front row of special machines.

"Welcome gentlemen, to the Temple of the Prophets. I have either ordered you or purposely reconstructed you to...aid me in a new project of mine. But first! Let us introduce ourselves, as I bet we haven't even seen one another in a very long time."

He waved his hand over them and faced the first robot. The lanky chicken nodded.

"Uh..hey all. I'm Scratch. How you all doing?" He said with nervousness.

The stout dark green brought his drills together. "Greetings my brothers. I am a Grounder at your service."

The short silver one bowed down. "I am Bocoe."

The tall gold one did a courtesy. "I am Decoe!."

The red Ball waved his hand about. "I am SA-55 "Orbot."

The yellow and black box swirled manically. "Hey everyone! I'm Cubot! Pleasure to meet yas!"

Eggman nodded. "And as you all know I am the number glorious Dr. Eggman! Your true creator. One more for the beckoning?" He said, while a Sonic-looking robot came forward.

"This is Metal Sonic. One of my greatest creations!"

The six robots shook in fear as Metal Sonic glared at each and everyone one of them. Metal Sonic's deathly stare with it's crimson and jet eyes bored into the mechanical souls.

"I am holding a little competition for you all. For my new project I need two very special volun- I mean eh...companions...yes..." He snarled, rubbing his hands together.

"What is this plan of yours Doctor?" Asked Decoe.

Eggman made an evil grin as he intertwined his fingers.

"This is Rosales. Once known as the Kingdom of Hedgehogs. No, this has nothing to do with Sonic I assure you. For this plan is so...dastardly not even he can hope to destroy it!"

"Not that if I have anything to do with it..." Sonic mumbled.

"Here lies great treasures of old! Treasures that are glorious! But also can be quite deadly indeed!" He said with malicious glee.

"What kind of treasures your repulsiveness?" Picked Scratch.

Eggman licked his lips as a he whipped out a remote. A neon green hologram projected from the front of Eggmans Eggmobile. The hologram consisted of a coveted artifact, a small ball with numerical runes on it.

"This is what you will be looking for. It's called the Sphere of Abyss. It was said to been used by the Prophets to punish their perpetrators by sending them into a pit of no return. Then, maybe then! I will be able to rule the whole planet with an iron fist!"

"Sir if I may?" Asked Cubot in his nice calm tone.

Eggman was busy grinning and stroking his 'stache. "Yes what is it?"

"What if everyone would eventually rebel? Do you have any sort of back up plan in case this fails?"

Grounder rolled his eyes. "Of course he would stupid! Robotnik always has a back up plan!" He retorted. Orbot grunted. "Hey don't call him that! We can all be civilized people right?" He wondered.

"The Doctor does not go by that name anymore." Bocoe argued.

"Sure he does! He'll answer to either!" Scratch fired.

As the robots argued, Eggman face-palmed. "Take care of them will you?" He requested as he turned to Metal Sonic. MS Obeyed and produces a shock wave of energy, temporarily paralyzing the six.

"Listen up dingbots and you pieces of scrap! I need you all to cooperate on this!" He belted.

Each pair looked at another. "Now shake hands!" He ordered, crossing his arms.

"Can we get some tea too?" Pryed Orbot.

Eggman ignored him as all of them shook hands. "Now that's over and done with, I want to place some rules and boundaries for this competition."

"Rules? Since when did you have rules?" Grounder wondered, scratching his head.

"Since I said so!" Roared Eggman. "The rules in place are: The first pair to find this treasure will be my sidekicks for the project. The rest will relay orders from the winners onto the rest of the lesser robots."

"That doesn't sound too hard." Said Decoe.

Eggman shook his head. "Oh no...of course not. Except for all the booby-traps that could be situated in the sacred tomb of Shizaru, the 72nd Prophet."

Six gulps were heard in sync. "But it will be easy for those brave and smart enough to avoid said traps and claim my prize." Eggman sneered. All saluted.

"Of course we are!" All said in unison. Eggman laughed. "Excellent! Now only one thing! If any of you decide to...lessay cheat or try to run! I have Metal Sonic linked to all of you, so if you aren't here, we will track you, hunt you down and melt you down and raise you back up as my new electric razor. Got that?"

Not a mind spared the thought of becoming the nightmarish experience of shaving the Good Doctor. Even the Trio gagged in retrospect, just imagining it made them sick.

"Ho ho ho! Now go! Go get my treasure! Meet me back here when you find it!"

"Yes sir!" They replied, before bumping each on their way out, causing Eggman shake his head in shame.

"I don't even know why I planned to use them instead of actually using a set of competent robots..."

He muttered. Metal Sonic just stood there. "Perhaps you should have."

Eggman grunted. "Grrr I don't need your opinion. Come on. We have work to do."

As Eggman and Metal Sonic left the temple, the trio conjugated together.

"So Eggman is still up his old tricks huh?" Stated Tails. "That's no surprise. Does that mean we get to bash up some more junk?" Said Knuckles, with a glint in his eye.

"I certainly hope so. I was getting bored doing nothing anyway." Sonic replied.

Tails frowned. "But Sonic, we haven't finished excavating..."

Sonic shifted it off. "Maybe we can do both at the same time. It'd certainly make the whole experience a lot more interesting."

"If you say so..." Tails mumbled as the three walked out of the temple together.

Meanwhile, three shadowy figures lurked upon a balcony above the temple floors.

"Well ladies, here's the mission all in a hunch..." Said a seductive and husky voice.

"I have no complaints about it. Just when and where to we have to start." Said a more girly but serious voice.

"I'm packing a ready to blast." Said an older yet sweet voice.

"Alright let's move out!

AN: How joyous. Yes I would to welcome you dear readers to my story. For those who know me, I want to let you know Mystery of the Future and Chronicles of Ruka are sorta on hold for the moment. I will get back to them...I promise...

Reviews would be nice. Please? Just to know whether or not this story is interesting to anyone. Hehe...he. *goes off to shamelessly self-promote*