Chapter 2: The Master Emerald's Defeat

Within some dusty location, was Knuckles the Echidna and Rouge the Bat arguing about the holy Master Emerald. "Just let it go! You just don't know when to give up, do you?" Rouge angrily asked. "What are you taking about? That emerald's mine. Got it in your head? The Master Emerald has the power to neutralize the energy and powers of the Chaos Emeralds; which makes it very powerful."

Knuckles was interrupted by seeing the sky start to turn purplish-black, and watched something fall from the sky. However it wasn't one, but six things, and they each ended up in various locations around Earth. "What the-" Knuckles said, before he looked at the Master Emerald and saw it being taken by Doctor Eggman.

"I came here following the radiant signal from the Emerald. If I'm not mistaken, this is the Master Emerald, is it not?" the villain asked, while currently lifting the large gem.

Knuckles was confused as he said, "What do you mean, 'if I'm not mistaken'? You're doing the same thing you tried to do when we went from Mushroom Hill to Flying Battery to Sandopolis to Lava Reef to Hidden Palace and onward. You KNOW that's the Master Emerald!"

Eggman cackled to himself as he said, "Thanks for confirming it, Mighty the Armadillo ripoff."

Knuckles angrily jumped up and broke the Master Emerald into pieces to prevent Eggman from stealing it!

Rouge let out a scream, right before strangling Knuckles. "What was that all about? And look what you did to my beautiful emerald!" Knuckles pushed Rouge backwards and exclaimed, "I did that to prevent it from being stolen you damn idiot! If it's in pieces, I can restore it. And by the way, that's not YOUR emerald!"

Eggman began flying away as he said, "Doesn't matter. I'll look into it once I get to my base!"

Rouge grunted and said, "I despise anyone who takes my jewels! All the world's gems are MINE to keep!" Knuckles angrily put his fists up as he said, "Yeah, well we'll see about that, bat girl!"

Knuckles then went off to Wild Canyon, while Rouge went off to Dry Lagoon.

Suddenly, when Knuckles made it to the Wild Canyon, he tripped over SOMEBODY. "How can someone as smart as I am trip over a...person?"

He looked down and saw a yellow pony with pink hair, and with butterflies on the side of her. "Strange, nobody else seems to be in this canyon." Knuckles said as he looked around. He groaned and picked up the pony saying, "I guess I'll have to take her with me, before she dries up in this heat." And with that, Knuckles began searching for pieces of the Master Emerald.