There was a noise in this darkness. It was a very faint tone at first, but it was starting to crescendo. The more prominent it became, the more familiar it was becoming. A chord of instinct struck within him and Joseph finally managed to open his eyes. The tracker was still in his ear, as its ringing finally silenced. He pushed himself off the grass and looked far into the sky, where he could see the jewel shimmer before it continued on in the distance, too far to chase now. The distance wasn't what kept him, however, it was where the Chaos Emerald was going. It flew through the city- and perhaps beyond it- but Joe last recalled being in a city. He looked around, realizing he no longer was. Around him was lots of grass, topped with a few trees and several bodies: Silver, Nathan, Sonic, and Shadow. Nathan's body stirred, followed by Sonic's who was right next to the former. Shadow and Silver shifted next and everyone arose, trying to awake themselves.

Nathan noticed too that they were no longer in the city, "Something isn't- UMPH!"

Nathan was knocked back onto his rear and Sonic unrolled himself in mid-air to a stand. "You better hand over that Chaos Emerald now! You obviously can't use it any better!"

Nathan didn't want to fight back, as he was still feeling drained from when he was trying to use the Chaos Emerald. He wasn't sure what went wrong there, but that didn't matter right now. He needed to somehow pull himself together to teach this hedgehog a lesson.

"You just don't give up," he grunted, noticing the hedgehogs also seemed to be at full energy, "What the hell do they put in those food pellets of yours?"

"Wait, where are we?" addressed Silver.

Sonic laxed when he realized something was different with his surroundings. He noticed the grass, recalled being in a city, then he found himself gazing out to the city ahead, along with everyone else fixating on it.

"Is it just me, or do those buildings look a bit different?" asked Joseph.

"I don't think this is Westopolis." said Silver.

"Leave it to these goons to teleport us here!" Sonic mocked.

"Hey, it was his first time using one of those things, give us a break!" Joseph defended. "Come on, Nate, I saw it go that way."

"Wherever it went, it's long gone now." Shadow finally spoke.

"How do you know?" Nathan questioned.

"I don't need technology to know where the Emeralds are. I can feel them, and I surely don't feel that other one anymore."

"Ahh, horse-crap. Nate, let's go find our-"

There was a whirring sound coming from above and the grass blades below them were blown in opposite directions. They all looked above and a large black aircraft took form in thin air- or rather, it uncloaked itself.

"-ship..." Joseph finished.

There was no thruster burning and no exhaust fumes coming out from it, just a light wind. This aircraft was clearly advanced, what kept it afloat were two large fan-propellers under its wings. It looked like a large jet, but it was descending as smooth as a helicopter. From behind, several black ropes fell down before it finished landing, and multiple dark bodies slid down from it. Upon hitting the grass, they pulled out handguns from their side and set their aim for the group of five.

"Put your hands in the air and don't move!" barked one militant.

Everyone did as told.

"On your knees!" she shouted again.

This time, Shadow was the only one who didn't abide.

"Stand down sold-"

"On your knees!"

"It talks!" another soldier gasped.

"Where is the Commander?" demanded Shadow.

"I am the commander, here."

The aircraft had already landed and silenced when the voice responded. A tall and dark bald man in a black trench coat and matching gear came out from behind the vessel.

"Identify yourselves!" Shadow ordered.

The leader was holding some kind of tablet in his hand, as he was glaring at Shadow, no fear in his eye- his only eye. "You are in no place to make such a demand."

"I am Shadow The Hedgehog, agent of G.U.N."

The man frowned, "'Gun?'"

"Guardian Units of Nations? What rock have you been living under?"

"Funny," the man stern, bringing his tablet close and began searching for something. "Is this 'G.U.N.' supposed to be some knock-off group of us?"

"Knock-off? What're you-"

"You must not be from around here. I don't have time for these games though-"

"CIA here!" Joseph now.

The frustration in the man's eye was intense enough to take on the one hidden under the eye patch. "Excuse me?"

"Agents Nathan Blackwood and Joseph Luno. We are the Loose Cannons, an emergency unit of the CIA."

Shadow turned behind him, "For the last time, there is no such thing as a 'CI-'"

"I'm sorry, but did you get hit with a rock? 'Cause, it seems you live under it now," the man snapped at Shadow, "As for you 'Loose Cannons,' your names aren't on their records, neither is your codename."

"How do you have that access?" Nathan asked,

"That is none of your damn business. Let's get real for a second; We are the Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate- also known as S.H.I.E.L.D. I am Director Nick Fury, and if you don't surrender yourselves, we will take necessary action."

Nathan quicky sprung up and fired his two pistols. Director Fury ducked and pulled out his own pistol, opening fire along the rest of his agents. Joseph grew into his werewolf form and blocked Nathan from the shots. To his surprise, they weren't even bullets- instead, he felt electric pulses coursing through his body. They were stun guns, and Joseph was trying to fight through the unusually powerful effect. Nathan realized this by the way Joseph's body constricted and the hairs all over him rose. Nathan cartwheeled to his right and fired more bullets at the agents, taking out two of them.

One agent aimed for Sonic, but badly missed when the speedster zipped off towards the city to avoid causing more trouble. The same idea came to Shadow, but he heard someone step on a leaf close by. He faced ahead and immediately leaped over the oncoming pulse-shot, and curved a Homing Attack to strike the agent at his side and launch him at Director Fury. Fury was more agile than he looked, and he acted on reflex to roll sideways into a crouch and promptly fire back at Shadow- but he had just dashed away.

"What the hell are these things?" he scoffed.

Fury checked over the area and saw Nathan trying to escape with Joseph. He took aim, but a random shadow was casted over him and his two remaining agents. When they looked up, their aircraft was glowing aqua and hovering over them. The energy field disappeared and they all scurried and dove out of the way when it was dropped back down. Silver's distraction now gave him a chance to escape, and Nathan too right after he flew away. Nathan's wings flung out after getting a grip on a semi-paralyzed Joseph, and flew in Shadow's direction.

While flying, Joseph asked, "We following Shadow?"

"Yeah, let's see how good he is at finding the Chaos Emeralds" said Nathan, "But the thing is, I don't think he'll be on his A-game either."

"What do you mean?"

"This might sound crazy...but I don't think we're on the same Earth anymore..."

Down below, Director Fury had recovered and held a finger to his ear, "I need all ground units deployed to this area, immediately. We are dealing with what seems to be two metahumans and three anthropomorphic creatures...You heard me right, now get to it! Be ready to call some of the Avengers; we'll need certain ones to assure they handle this situation smoothly."

Four black trucks sped through the grass and parked behind everyone. More agents filed out, scoping the area and quickly escorting Fury and the other agents into the vehicle. 

*YOU WERE WARNED!
I read this to my brother and he was so utterly confused, BUT I TOLD HIM TOO!

This has been in the making for a VERY LONG TIME NOW, and you probably don't see how yet!

It began as a VERY small detail of the past- a detail, that will soon blossom into something major...

Vote if you liked, comment your thoughts, and stay tuned for more! You might need to if you want this to make sense, hahaha!