[Dark’s POV]

“So, I guess I’m stuck… alone… in his body until I can figure out what to do….” I stared at the ground. Tails took a second to understand everything that I told him.

“That explains a lot, actually.” He said after a while. He then stood. “Let’s see what’s going on with Knuckles then.”

“You’ll help?” My ears perked up.

He smiled. “Of course; I’m not just going to stand here when I could help my friends!”

Before I knew it, I was standing and hugging him. “Chaos, I was scared you’d either not believe me or not help.”

“I mean, I’ve heard weirder, honestly; I live with Sonic.” Tails laughed a bit.

“Yeah, I guess this isn’t the most bizzare thing to have happened to my boy.” I chuckled.

Tails smiled before looking to Angel Island. “Alright, let’s go.”

I nodded, and Tails flew up, grabbing my wrists and flying us to the floating island. My feet soon met the ground, and Tails and I quickly made our way to the altar and climbed our way to the top.

My eyes were wide. “Wh-Where’d the emerald go!?”

“It couldn’t have gotten off the island, or it wouldn’t be floating.” Tails quickly said. I nodded and we quickly ran down the steps on the other side of where we came.

I could see a glimpse of red in the forest, and I was there at an instant. “Knuckles! There you are!”

Tails’ eyes widened as Knuckles turned around. He grabbed my arm, backing away. “I don’t think that’s Knuckles….”

It was true; the eyes were an unsettling, glowing green that were such a stark contrast to his usual deep purple eyes. He had the Master Emerald, but, looking at his eyes, I could tell that he probably wasn’t going to do any good. “What happened to him…?”

“I don’t know, but we have to stop him!” Tails shouted as Knuckles turned to run away.

Quickly, I darted towards the other, but a force of energy came out of the emerald. I gasped out, immense power and pain flowing through my body. I shook, my legs collapsing, causing me to fall to the ground. I screamed out, my blurry vision watching Knuckles run off. Soon enough, I felt the island fall as I passed out.

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[Silver’s POV]

I looked up at Angel Island; it hadn’t really changed, even after over 200 years.

“Go ahead and tell him, Dark….” A voice in my head sighed, causing me to jump in surprise.

“Wh-What!?”

“Wait, Silver!?” The voice shouted in question, and I knew I recognized it then.

“Sonic!? Wh-What are you doing in my head!?”

“I don’t know!” He sounded like he was panicking.

“Alright, alright, let’s calm down.” I say that, but I am just as panicked as him. “What do you remember doing last?”

Sonic paused. “Um… If I told you, I don’t think you’d believe me.”

“Sonic, I’ve heard a lot of weird things since I first came to the past.” I leaned slightly against a tree. “Whatever it is, I have no choice but to believe you.”

“Um… Alright….”

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[Devion’s POV]

“Hello, welcome to Go Quick.” I said half heartedly as I heard the sound ring. Honestly, I don’t know why George wants me to greet customers everytime they come in.

I heard the thumping of heavy footsteps coming towards me, so I opened my eyes. There Knuckles stood, holding a large emerald. “Oh, hey Knuckles. Why are you….” I trailed off, his unsettling green eyes catching me off guard. Immediate alarm bells rang in my mind as I took a step back. “Knuckles?”

He just stared at me before grabbing my arm. “Hey!” I tried pulling away, but, well, I’m not the strongest person by any means.

He pulled me to him before carrying me over his shoulder. I beat against his back. “Hey, what gives!? My pays gonna be docked if I leave!”

He seemed to ignore me, walking out and running in some direction. Nobody seemed to notice us, and I think that was the strangest part of all of this.

I had no idea where we were going, and only seeing where we’ve been wasn’t really helping much. I crossed my arms, giving up on hitting his back; it wasn’t going to do anything either way.

After a while, I felt him stop. I tried my best to see what was going on, but I’m not flexible enough to really be able to do anything.

I heard something slide open before a voice spoke up. “Ah, Knuckles, you did everything I asked for: the emerald and the vessel!”

My ears twitched; I could vaguely recognize that voice; maybe from TV?

Knuckles walked inside where ever we were, remaining silent; could he even talk with whatever happened to him?

I glanced around, noticing that everything was made out of metal: the floor, the walls, the ceiling. Ugh, I swear I know this!

We soon entered another room, it… also being made of metal; why am I not surprised?

“Just set him there.” I felt myself being plopped on a seat beside a hospital bed of some sort.

That was when I could see the source of the voice. It was that guy who tried to take over the world all the time; what was his name? It was egg themed I think.

“Are you- um, what’s the name- Eggham?”

The human’s mustache seemed to flare out. “It’s Eggman, you furry little rat!”

I held my hands up. “Woah, chill; I don’t watch the news too often.” The human grumbled angrily as I looked around. That’s when I noticed the body in the hospital bed. “Wait, that’s that Shadow guy!” My eyes widened as I looked between Eggman and Knuckles. “What’s going on here?”

Eggman glared at me. “Hold him down, Knuckles.”

“What!?” I was going to stand, but he held me to the chair. I struggled, but of course it was useless. “Wh-What’s going on here!?”

The human grinned before stabbing me with some kind of syringe. My vision started to get blurry, but I could still hear some of the things Eggman barked out before I everything faded out.

“Hurry up and get the demon in his body before Shadow wakes up!”