[Scene change: Labyrinth, day.]

[Robotnik, Sonya, and Knuckles, led and trailed by several of Robotnik's drones, are running through the Labyrinth. Arrows fly out of the wall, but miss them. A wall of spears blocks the path ahead, causing the leading drones to crash. Robotnik, Sonya, and Knuckles turn down a side path, then jump down, but are forced to split apart as a large spiked ball swings between them, crushing the trailing drones. The spiked ball then rolls after them, forcing them to run.]

Robotnik: I don't want to die like this! It's derivative!

[Up ahead, a heavy stone door is sliding shut.]

Robotnik: Make room for daddy!

[Knuckles and Sonya catch the door and hold it in place long enough for Robotnik to slide under it. The siblings dive from under the door just as the ball smashes into it. Robotnik counts their legs.]

Robotnik: Two and two, three, three. Great! We're still bipedals, more or less.

[Robotnik, Sonya, and Knuckles stand up, looking around for a moment.]

Robotnik: Fire in the hole!

[Robotnik, Sonya, and Knuckles duck in time to avoid a flame throwing trap.]

Robotnik: I've solved it. There is a booby trap every seven seconds...

[A swinging blade trap just barely misses Robotnik's mustache, slamming into the wall.']]

Robotnik: That was a little early. So glad it didn't cut off my mustache. Hey, Little Red Wrecking Balls. I know you're dying to get your Emerald on, but can we be a little bit more mindful of our surroundings? 

Sonya: How?

Robotnik: May I?

Robotnik's control glove: In 30 feet, turn left.

Robotnik: Work smarter, not harder.

[The camera moves to the beginning of the Labyrinth, which Sonic and Y/N is entering.]

Sonic: Argh... my pelvis. Okay, secret temple, let's see what you've got.

Y/N: Wait, maybe we shou-

[Sonic starts running through the Labyrinth, barely avoiding traps along the way.]

Sonic: No, no, no! No! No. Yes!

Y/N: (Sighs and follows after his brother.)

[Scene change: Labyrinth, day.]

[Knuckles punches through a stone doorway, allowing him, Sonya, and Robotnik to enter.]

Robotnik's control glove: You have arrived at your destination.

Robotnik: Wow. That really opened up the space. I can't even picture it with an impenetrable wall now. And the rubble is always a nice touch.

Sonya: (Confused) Okaaaay?

[Robotnik, Sonya, and Knuckles look to see a stairway leading up to the Master Emerald, which is being held up by a stream of green light stretching into the sky.]

Knuckles: At last. 

Sonya: The Master Emerald.

Robotnik: Ultimate power.

Knuckles: Soon, order will be restored. All because of what we have done together.

Sonya: Thank you, Robotnik, we owe you one.

Robotnik: Such a lovely sentiment, you two. I think I feel a single tear forming. Sadly... You're as useful to me now as a backstage pass to Limp Bizkit!

[Before Robotnik can taser Knuckles and Sonya with his glove, they both hear screaming and crashes from above them. Suddenly, Sonic crashes through the ceiling with a spiked wrecking ball behind him.]

Sonic: Nailed it.

Y/N: (Lands next to his brother.) That's not the words I would use.

Sonya: Wondered, when you two would show up.

Robotnik: These guys are always trying to spoil a bad thing!

Sonic: Ah, you guys are here, too? 

Y/N: Took the long way, huh?

Knuckles: Is everything a joke to you? Why must you constantly interfere with our destiny?

Sonic: Because our destiny is to protect my friends and family.

[As Sonic says this, his eyes glow blue, indicating that he is charging chaos energy, while Y/N builds up his chaos energy with his red eyes glowing. Robotnik swallows his throw up.]

Y/N: Go!

[Sonic then dashes up the stairway.]

Sonya: Get the emerald, I'll deal with this hedgehog!

Knuckles: (Nods fiercely)

[Knuckles builds up his chaos energy and dashes up to a wall across from Sonic. Sonic takes notice of this and leaps to the wall across from Knuckles. The two of them then leap toward each other and collide in midair, exchanging kicks and punches. Y/N and Sonya both leap into the air and begin to battle.]

Robotnik: The Echidna siblings are taking no prisoners today! The hedgehog siblings has heart, but will they lose the quills to live?

(Y/N and Sonya head into a deadlock.)

Y/N: Sonya whatever Robotnik is telling you, he's lying to you. You have to believe me. He's just using you."

Sonya: I think I know what I'm doing."

Y/N: No, you're not. You can't trust him. He's evil. He tried to kill us and take away our powers."

Sonya: (Shocked but tries to reaffirm herself.) You're lying!

Y/N: Sonya! I would never lie to you! Look into my eyes!

Sonya: (Looks into Y/N's eyes and she realizes that he's telling the truth.)

[Eventually, Sonic and Knuckles land on the ground, sliding across from one another.]

Sonic: I don't want to fight you, but you're not giving me, much, CHOICE!

[Sonic leaps toward Knuckles, but Knuckles punches him into a waterfall draining from an owl carving.]

Knuckles: Too easy. Let's do this.

[Knuckles walks up the stairway, toward the Master Emerald, only to be cut off by Sonic, who slices through the stairway and makes Knuckles fall backwards. Time slows down as Sonic proceeds to run up the temple to right and above Knuckles. He proceeds to pound Knuckles further into the ground. Sonic eventually gets out, only for Knuckles to leap out and rapidly punch at Sonic, only for Sonic to dodge every hit.]

Knuckles: Why - don't - you - stand still - and die - WITH HONOR!

Sonic: Let me think about it. Okay, I thought about it and, I, pass.

[Eventually, Knuckles hits Sonic so hard that he is sent hurdling right outside the entrance to the room.]

Y/N: Sonic!

 [Meanwhile, Robotnik makes it to the Master Emerald.]

(Sonya sees Robotnik near the Master Emerald. She goes to stop him when he sees her and brings out his taser from his gloves and shocks her.)

"Ahh!!!" she screamed in pain and collapsed down the stairs.

Y/N: Sonya! (Catches her.)

Robotnik turns back to the Master Emerald, gazing upon it.

Robotnik: Hi there, beautiful. You're the real deal, aren't you? (in Italian) "Where have you been all my life?"

[Sonic regains consciousness and looks to see Knuckles holding a massive chunk of stone in his hands.]

Knuckles: Say goodbye, hedgehog.

[Sonic looks down and sees that Robotnik is about to get the Master Emerald and his brother with Sonya.]

Sonic: Knuckles, stop! Robotnik's stealing the Emerald!

Knuckles: What kind of fool do you take me for?

Sonic: Just look! Your sister is hurt!

[Knuckles looks behind him.]

Robotnik: Mine.

Knuckles: [To Robotnik, alerting him] WAIT! That wasn't the deal!

[Knuckles puts down the rock he is holding and Sonic gets up, albeit worn out and holding his right arm.]

Robotnik: You poor, naïve creature. It's not your fault. A more advanced intellect would have seen this move coming a mile away. Or 1.6 kilometers.

Knuckles: [Angrily] But we trusted you! You were my friend!

Robotnik: [Chuckles, Laughs and cackles for a bit] I'm sorry. That just hit me funny. Let this be my final lesson to you, you dim-witted celestial skin tag! Friends are open, honest and vulnerable with each other. Which means x squared times the hypotenuse of y squared, divided by the absolute value of friendship, equals DOOKIE!

Sonic: [Dreading] Oh, no.

[The moment Robotnik touches the Master Emerald, it glows an extremely bright green and sends a shockwave out at Knuckles, Y/N, Sonya, and Sonic, sending them backwards. The light dims down and reveals Robotnik holding the Master Emerald above his head, his red suit now black with green outlines.]

Robotnik: Chaos! Is! Powerrrrr!

[Robotnik's voice becomes distorted as he teleports out of sight. The entire labyrinth then starts to crumble and be flooded with water.]

Sonic: Let's get out of here!

Y/N: I'm with that!

[Sonic makes a run for it. However, Knuckles gets stuck under a column. The water completely covered him up as Knuckles loses consciousness.]

Sonic: Knuckles!

[There is no response.]

Sonic: Water again? 

Y/N: Come on!

Sonic: Get her out of here, I'll get him!

Y/N: Bu-

Sonic: There's no time, just go!

(Y/N runs and dashes out of the temple with Sonya.)

[Sonic jumps into the water. He tried to move the column, but it is too heavy. He breathes in a huge bubble to restrain from breathing the water. Knuckles begins to regain consciousness and sees Sonic trying to pull the column up. Holding his breath, Sonic motions him that they need to push this column off together. Sonic counts down to three with his fingers, and together they move the column. With Knuckles free, he swims up to the surface. Sonic tries to speak with his breath held in, but his air bubbles start to exhale out of his mouth, which he covers. Sonic tries to swim, but he only sinks. Sonic struggles to hold his breath and makes a muffled cry for help.]

Sonic: [Muffled] I can't swim! Help!

[Sonic begins to slowly lose consciousness. As Sonic is at the verge of drowning, Knuckles' hand grabs Sonic's.]

[Scene change: Pacific Ocean, day.]

[Knuckles pulls Sonic up on the beach. Sonic coughs for air, trying to suck in the air for his starved lungs, while Y/N helps Sonic.]

Y/N: You okay?

Sonic: Yeah, you saved me.

Knuckles: Don't talk to me. I'm not in the mood.

[Sonic throws a ball of sand at him, making Knuckles get on his feet. Sonya giggle, while Y/N laughs.]

Knuckles: How dare you attack me in my hour of sorrow!

[Sonic throws another sand ball, hitting Knuckles square in the face.]

Sonic: Why did you save me?

[Sonic prepares another sand ball, but Knuckles throws one large sand ball at him, burying him in sand.]

Y/N: (Laughs)

Knuckles: Because you saved me first, which clearly gave you a tactical advantage I do not understand.

[Sonic emerges out of the sand pile.]

Sonic: It wasn't a tactic. I couldn't just let you die.

Knuckles: Why? Me and my sister have been trying to destroy you and your brother since the moment we met.

Sonic: Because being a hero isn't about taking care of yourself. It's about taking responsibility for other people.

[Knuckles sits down with his sister, Sonic, and Y/N.]

Knuckles: Wise words. An ancient earth proverb?

Sonic: No, sir, that's a Wachowski family special. I got it from a guy in a rowboat. Someone who means a lot to us.

Sonya: (Looks at Y/N and scoots closer to him.) Thank you.

Y/N: I couldn't stand to lose my childhood best friend. Not after we get to finally meet all these years. You're my very first friend I've ever made despite our differences. You just wanted to restore what was lost and you... have a pure heart. And... I couldn't forget you.

Y/N pulls out the flower and puts it into Sonya's ear.

Sonya: ...I'm sorry about everything.

Y/N: It's alright. I honestly don't blame you, except the part about beating me up."

This made him smile a little.

Y/N: You want to... start over? See where this relationship leads us?

Sonya: Yes, I do."

Y/N and Sonya then hug each other. The sunlight shines over the two and it flashes to reveal a young version of themselves as kids just like this one when they hugged for the last time before they were separated. Sonic and Knuckles watched with smiles. His ear twitches at the noise.

Sonic: Wait a second. What's that sound?"

Sonya and Y/N pull away and look up to see Tails arrive at the island in the Tornado.

Tails: Only Sonic the Hedgehog needs rescuing this much.

Y/N: Tails!

Sonic: [Laughs] That sly little fox!

[Sonic looks to Knuckles, who goes back to looking depressed.]

Sonic: Come on, Knucklehead. We're not beat yet.

Knuckles: On the mountain, you told me you'd lost everything. The way I did. But you seem so hopeful and free. How did you two move forward despite failing again? And again. And again. And again. And again--

[Sonic gets annoyed.]

Y/N: Okay, we didn't fail that much. But I didn't do this all alone. I found a new family. New friends. And you can too.

[Sonic lowers his hand to Knuckles. Sonya and Y/N stand up behind Sonic.]

Sonic: You and your sister don't have to be alone anymore.

[Knuckles looks to Sonic and eventually grips his hand, dislocating his knuckles.]

Sonic: Ow, ow, ow, ow! Are you kidding me with that handshake?!

Sonya: Knuckles, again?!

Y/N: (Laughs)

Hope you enjoyed the chapter!!!