Hex realized that someone touched her iPhone attached to the stereo system; she flicks her tongue to detect the scent in the air.

"Knuckles, did you touch my stereo?" Hex asked with a sly grin on her face.

"Uh, no. I did not, I wouldn't" Knuckles lied.

"You're lying, Knuckles. I saw you played a song from Monster High" Hex showed Knuckles her iPhone's playlist.

"Fine, I did. I just like that music it got stuck in my damn head!" Knuckles said.

"Uh huh? I better get it secured next time or you better ask" Hex said to him.

"Okay then. Sheesh" Knuckles shook his head in annoyance.

"So the next location is in Italy, huh?" Shadow asked Tails.

"Yup. It's in Rome, in the Colosseum" Tails said.

"Alright. In a public area no Alien monster won't get us right or will it?" Nebula wondered.

"It might come one or two, Eclipse knows where we are" Shadow said.

"We better keep an eye out. But first, can we visit Tuscany, Italy? I heard they have hot springs" Blaze said with excitement.

"That sounds like fun! Hot springs are really good for our bodies!" Nebula said.

"Well....sure ladies. We settle down at Tuscany and then we go to Rome" Tails said.

"Then let's go then. Hex you wanna hang out?" Nebula asked Hex.

"Thanks but no thanks. I'm already warmed up here. Good luck finding all the Chaos Emeralds" Hex said.

"Good Bye Hex, it was an honor to have your help here" Nebula hugs her.

"No problem old pal, see you next time" Hex said.

---

Later the group heads back to the plane after saying good bye to Hex. They fasten their seatbelts and heads to Tuscany to enjoy the hot springs.

"I hope Venice doesn't annoy me that much with his Italian accent" Silver said to himself.

"So what ancient history did Italy have?" Shadow asked.

"Well....I don't know about their ancient history but I do know about the Pompeii" Nebula said.

"What's special about Pompeii?" Shadow asked.

"It got buried in volcanic ash when Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.C, but it got rediscovered in the 1600's I believe" Nebula said.

"How bad was it?" Shadow asked.

"Very, people died" Nebula added.

"Oh my gosh. That's gruesome" Shadow said.

"Yeah. It's really bad" Nebula said, "No one survived. It was tragic over thousand years ago. Everyone and a few animals died. Here's what they look like when that happened" she takes out her iPhone and taps on the Safari icon, searching on the Google images of the Pompeii bodies.

Shadow was a bit surprised at seeing the bodies.

"My god" was all he could say about the bodies.

"Yes, many tried to escape by boats but the water was unstable by the volcano" Nebula added.

"Poor earthlings. But that won't happen again?" Shadow asked.

"Who knows, but I don't think that will ever happen again" Nebula said.

"Guys, we are arriving to Tuscany in a few minutes" Tails said. The crew turned their attention to the seatbelts and adjusts them in for landing. Tails lowers the plane below the clouds and they have come to central Italy where Tuscany is. They landed at the grass field and once the Tornado stopped, they got out from the plane and they saw a sign where Tuscany is.

"I can't read Italian, man. Sometimes it just sounds a bit like Spanish" Knuckles said.

"Tuscany Le sorgenti calde" Silver reads in Italian.

"What does the sign say?" Blaze asked.

"Tuscany Hot Springs, the part called Petriolo is just a half hour away from Siena. We can just walk to there, it's not far away" Silver said.

"Man, when we get there I'm gonna need some relaxation" Nebula said.

"Yup, we sure will" Silver smiled and they began walking there, Tails then locks the plane and follows them to the hot springs.

----

From Eclipse's spaceship, he was growling in anger that once again a monster has been defeated in Egypt.

"Man, I got to get a stronger monster or many more. It seems the chaos emerald is not at that location they are now" Eclipse said. Then he noticed the signal of the chaos emerald in the Roman Colosseum.

"But at least I can use a camouflaged creature to make the chaos emerald a bait" Eclipse said and looks at a centaur-like alien monster which changed to its exhibits walls color.

"Patience, my friend. Once those earthlings are at the Colosseum, you know what to do" Eclipse said to the monster.

The monster nods and licked its lips at seeing the group on screen.

"Yes, good. Them" Eclipse grins evilly.

----

A half-hour later after arriving at the hot springs, they saw many people relaxing in the springs. But Shadow noticed that the humans and mobians are wearing something different. He saw the females wearing either two-piece clothing or one clothing on their torso while the males are just wearing shorts.

"Man, it looks like the water is steamed up. Are you sure that's safe?" Shadow asked.

"Totally safe, unless you don't want dried up feet" Nebula giggled.

"If I bath too long" Shadow guessed, Nebula nods. The group goes to the changing room to put on their swim-attire; Shadow borrowed a pair of dark-blue shorts.

"So hot springs are always near the volcano?" Shadow asked, putting on the swim shorts.

"Yup, the natural ones are often near a volcano which is inactive, so the water is not like acid. So there's no need to worry Shadow" Tails said.

"Oh okay, I was just wondering" Shadow said. He walked out from the changing room and takes a towel with him. He goes to the hot springs and felt the water with his toes. It was a bit warm and he steps down into it and lets out a sigh of relaxation.

"Hey, guys" Blaze and Nebula arrived, wearing their two-piece swim suits.

Shadow turned to see Nebula in her purple two-piece swimsuit and he blushed at the sight of it, "Whoa, Nebs is so beautiful" Shadow thought.

"How's the water Shads?" Nebula asked him, sitting next to him.

"Uh....fine I guess" Shadow stuttered nervously. Silver saw his kitty girlfriend and made a playful meow at her.

"You look gorgeous, Blaze" Silver said to Blaze.

"Thanks, Silver" Blaze said, joining him in the hot springs.

"Wow, I've never felt so....relaxed. It's like healing my body" Shadow said with a relaxation sigh.

"Oh Shads, you look too handsome with your abs visible" Nebula touched his six-pack on his belly.

Suddenly Shadow purred lowly at her touch on his abs.

"*purrrrrrr*"

"You're purring Shadow?" Nebula heard his purr.

"N-no" Shadow blushed.

"Its normal silly, I purr too" Nebula giggled.

"Wow. So I'm not the only one that purrs. Do the earthlings purr too?" Shadow asked.

"Only a few felines and some hedgehogs do" Nebula said, resting her head on his chest-fur. Knuckles and Tails awed at this and so did Blaze and Silver.