You perched on the roof of a hut, and saw your target. The Echidna Clan. You had to kill them, or at least the strongest. Eliminate all the possible threats. Those were your orders. As you watched, you saw one of your targets. Knuckles. He strode across the clearing, and into the forest. You leapt into the trees, and followed close behind. As you watched, he sat down in an isolated clearing, on a rock, and said The master emerald. I must retrieve it. He scowled.