Yes, I know. It has been a long, LONG time since I've updated this story. I'm sorry for the wait, but I have been busy with Myspace, deviantART, my drawings, my new story 'A Brother's Nobody', my school, Angelique, friends, and all that other good stuff. But, I have finished this chapter and have posted it up. So enjoy.

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Inside the Blue Typhoon…

"They were captured?!" yelled Tails into his wrist-watch communicator. "How did that happen, Amy?"

Amy, who was inside a room, surrounded by a bunch of people, answered, "These guys that I ran into said that they saw the Meterax capture both of them when they were struggling in the water."

"Well, do they know where they are?"

"Yeah, they're gonna show me where they are, and then I'm going to rescue Sonic!"

"Well… Wait! What about Tyler? He was captured, too, right?"

"Yeah, yeah, I'll get him, too…"

"Amy, if all you really care about is saving Sonic, then I'm going too."

"Fine… but you rescue Tyler! Leave Sonic's rescue to me!"

"Okay, okay. I've got your location, so I'll meet you there." Tails closed his communicator, and headed for the Tornado.

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Inside the Meterax Tower…

Tyler was yelling nonstop, squirming in the air. "I'M INNOCENT, I TELL YA! INNOCENT! LET ME GO! I WANT MY LAWYER! I SWEAR, I'M GONNA SUE! I KILL YOU! I KILL ALL OF YOU! EVERY LAST ONE OF YA IF YOU DON'T LET ME GO!"

Sonic, who was hanging above the water beside Tyler, who was also suspending above the water, was just ignoring him. The large Meterax, that had captured them, wasn't doing so well with the ignoring.

"Argh! Shut up!" The Meterax went over to the pole that Tyler was hanging from and turned the crank lowering Tyler towards the water. "Listen here, you! Any more out of you and you're shark bait!"

Tyler looked down to the water below, and saw a fin emerge from the water. A large Great White popped its head out, and lunged out at Tyler. Tyler screamed and started swinging on his rope, causing the shark to barely miss.

Tyler was shivering with fear. "C-can I j-j-just say one m-more th-thing?"

The Meterax sighed. "Fine."

"T-thanks." Tyler inhaled deeply. "HELP ME, SOMEBODY!!"

He screamed so loud, that he was heard outside the tower, where…

"That sounded like Tyler!" exclaimed Tails. "This must be the right place."

Amy was surveying the guards standing in front of the tower's entrance. Her friends that had witnessed the capture, walked up to her.

The oldest, probably an elder, spoke. "The tower is heavily guarded. There's no way you can get in."

"Don't worry. I'll use a little friendly persuasion."

"Friendly won't do it, girl." Tails walked over to him.

"Well, when she says friendly, she usually means-"

"Means what, Tails?" Tails turned around to see Amy, her hammer held high.

"N-nothing! Nothing at all, Amy!"

"Thought so…" She turned back around, as Tails went up to the elder's ear.

"That," he whispered. The elder nodded his head, understanding.

The guards turned their back to them, making Amy jump out from hiding. "Let's get 'em!" She ran toward them, her hammer held high, and smacked both of them to pieces before they could turn around. She signaled for Tails to follow as they entered the base.

Meanwhile, the Meterax with Tyler and Sonic was lowering both of them into the shark tank. Sonic was thinking of a way out, while Tyler was praying endlessly. Even though Sonic was the one thinking, Tyler came up with an idea. His tails weren't tied up, so he spun his tails to make him fly up. He flew as high as he could; the rope only let him fly so far up, away from the shark.

"Oh, sure. Leave me here with the shark!" yelled Sonic.

"Sorry, but I hate sharks!"

The shark came to the surface again, and this time, lunged for Sonic. Sonic swung on his rope, dodging the shark like Tyler did before. "Hey pal! If you're hungry, we could order a pizza!"

"I could go for a pizza," said Tyler, still high up in the air.

"You don't get one, ya coward!" Suddenly, the door to the room flew from its hinges into the shark's tank.

"There's my sweetie!" screamed Amy, hammer in hand. She ran to the edge of the tank and jumped for him. Sonic saw her coming, and swung his body to dodge Amy, and succeeded, making Amy fall into the water.

She resurfaced. "You were supposed to catch me!"

"Sorry, but I'm a bit tied up at the moment."

The shark appeared behind Amy. "Look out for the shark!" yelled Tyler. Amy didn't even turn around, just swinging her hammer behind her, knocking out the shark. She lunged out of the water towards the giant Meterax, and knocked it out too.

"Let's get out of here!" She then broke the pole Sonic was dangling from, and carried it, with Sonic still tied, out of the room.

"Hey, wait! Untie me first!" yelled Sonic.

Tails had flown over to Tyler, and, unlike Amy, started to untie Tyler.

"You ready to go?" asked Tails, who completely untied him.

"Yeah, remind me never to go on this ride again." They exited the room, following Amy. They ran down the stairs, trying not to step on Sonic, who was being dragged behind Amy. Suddenly, Amy stopped. Meterax's were climbing up the stairs, as well as following them down.

"Amy, break through the wall and jump out!" yelled Tails.

"What? It's a freefall to the ground!"

"Just do it!" Amy sighed as she pulled back her hammer. She jumped for the wall and swung her hammer, breaking down the wall. Tails and Tyler jumped after her, and Sonic followed, still being tied up. Tails moved his hand to his wristwatch, and pushed a few of the buttons. Out of nowhere, the X-Tornado flew under them, as they landed on top the plane. Tails moved into the cockpit, and took control.

"Cool feature, little bro!" yelled Tyler over the roar of the plane. Tails gave him a thumbs u before going back to the controls.

"Now that I'm free," Tyler and Amy look behind them to see Sonic dangling in the wind, "how 'bout you untie me?"

Amy looked to Tyler. "Could you?"

"Fine." Tyler spun his tails and took flight. He flew over next to Sonic, and began untying him.

Back at the beach, the Meterax were taking aim at the X-Tornado. They all fired, shooting fin-shaped bullets. The bullets flew by the plane, since Tails saw them coming and dodged them.

"Nya nya, ya missed me!" teased Tails.

"Nice flying, bro!" yelled Tyler.

Amy, who realized the plane now that they were flying straight, turned around to Tyler, and let out a scream. "Tyler… did you untie Sonic?"

"Yeah, Tails jerking the plane made the knot untie."

"Did you remember to grab Sonic?"

Tyler had a blank look on his face. He took a look at the rope in his hands, then turned around and looked to the water, to see Sonic falling straight to it.

"Next time you wanna save me, DON'T!" he yelled, still falling.

"Hang on, I'll save ya," yelled Tyler. Tyler did his own dive towards Sonic, spinning his tails to make him go fast enough to catch up to him. A few feet above the water, Tyler managed to grab Sonic's arm, saving him.

"Thanks."

"Tyler, Sonic!" came a yell from the X-Tornado flying above. "Here comes the Meterax!"

"Let's get 'em!" stated Tyler, flying towards the oncoming Meterax.

"Hold on!" yelled Sonic, still being held. "How am I supposed to fight without ground to stand on?"

"Hmm… Just stay out of the water!" he suggested.

"Oh gee, why didn't I think of that?" replied Sonic sarcastically.

"I meant, just move from one Meterax to the other without hitting the water."

Sonic was silent. "That… has got to be the best idea you've ever had."

"It comes every now and again, but heads up!"

"Heads – WHA!" Tyler drew back Sonic and slung him for the first Meterax. Sonic started a spin-dash in midair and crashed into it, destroying the Meterax and sending Sonic right to the next Meterax.

Tyler flew for his own group of Meterax, punching and kicking his way through the crowd. He ended up next to Sonic again, who just trashed a Meterax and jumped back to him. Tyler grabbed him and flew towards the large group of Meterax, surrounding the giant, main Meterax.

"Hold on!" yelled Sonic.

"Why?" asked Tyler. Sonic smirked, and started to spin-dash, dragging Tyler into it as well. They created a giant spin-dash, and sped off towards the Meterax. The Meterax jumped for the two, but were broken up just by the wind swirling around the duo's spin-dash. They spun right for the main Meterax, as it quickly tried to get out of the way. It wasn't fast enough, for the spin-dash went right through its center, making it explode after the two exited its backside. The two broke the spin-dash, as Tyler flew right to the beach and crash-landed. Sonic landed to his side on his feet.

"What's wrong with you?" asked Sonic.

Tyler motioned him to come closer, and Sonic did. Just as he got close, Tyler spoke. "I think… I'm gonna barf," stuttered Tyler. Sonic jumped and back away from Tyler, who just laid on the ground trying to get focused.

"What's that in the water?" asked Sonic, pointing out into the water. Tyler remained on the sand, but tilted his so he could see. In the water was a giant oval, with the image of a galaxy in the center.

"That must be the Planet Egg!" exclaimed Tails. The Planet Egg slowly descended into the water, disappearing into the blue. There was a short rumble that followed, and then silence.

Tyler sat up, know focused, and looked around. "Isn't something supposed to happen?" Sonic shrugged. They both looked back to the water, before realizing something.

"The water…" started Sonic.

"Is disappearing!" finished Tyler. Sue enough, the water level was dropping fast. The beach that Tyler and Sonic were on had grown more than five times its size already, and the water was still depleting.

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On the top of a sand dune, Cosmo and Angelique were both laying on the sand, both asleep. It was soon that Cosmo stirred from her sleep. She looked over to her sister, lying next to her.

"I guess we both dozed off." Cosmo attention turned out to the water, when she realized that the water was gone. "Angelique, wake up!"

Angelique woke up from her sleep. "What is it? This better be-" She looked all around her, searching for the ocean that was once there. "Maybe this how the planet is supposed to be."

"Then that means that the Planet Egg must have been returned!" exclaimed Cosmo. Their attention turned to dirt being thrown from the sand below them on the sand dune. Cream was following right behind.

"He hasn't found the Chaos Emerald?" asked Cosmo.

"Not yet…" said Cream, still skipping behind Knuckles, who was still digging his way through the sand.

"Well, what does a Chaos Emerald look like?" asked Cosmo.

"Well, it's really shiny," said Cream.

"Like that over there?" asked Angelique, pointing off behind them. Just over the sand dune, where water once covered the sand, a dim shine came from in between some rocks. Cream, Cosmo, and Angelique all ran over to the spot, and between the rocks, the blue Chaos Emerald.

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"This feels great!"

Tails, Amy, and Tyler were all surrounding Sonic, who was stomping his feet on the new-found ground.

"Finally, back on solid ground!" he exclaimed. He turned to Tyler. "Hey, I'll race ya to the Blue Typhoon! Go!" He sped off as son as he finished his sentence.

Tyler looked at Amy and Tails. "Excuse me, but I have to beat Sonic in a race! See ya!" Tyler took off in the direction Sonic took off in. Sonic ran slow enough for Tyler to easily catch up, but they both picked up speed as he caught up. Tyler was really trying to win, but Sonic didn't really care. He was just happy that he had room to run.

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Again, sorry for the wait. I'll be sure to spend more time on my stories so I'll be able to get 'em up as soon as possible. Until the next chapter, catch ya later! And don't forget to leave a review!