Nine was in the grim conducting experiments when he spotted a portal that had appeared next to him and he scanned it,he had seen that it wasn't any energy connected to the Paradox Prism and that made him curious.He studied the magic and discovered that it could be used like Sonic's energy to make the Prism stable.The decay was holding and he had time so he went to New Yoke City and looked around he located the energy in his old lab underground and once he entered he saw you.