Villages and towns had been destroyed, leaving the buildings in ruins as fire swarmed the destruction. All of the townsfolk were evacuated, thankfully.

Silver watched the flames, his brow creased in worry before his attention was drawn to a descending aircraft above. He watched, signalling to the others to get their attention, gesturing to the drone hovering above.

Shadow‘s glare never strayed from the drone, his body tense and alert. Sonic paused, glancing at the other two before running to the drone, his speed forming him into a blue blur as he rushed past. Silver tried to call after him, sighing before following Sonic. Shadow stared after them, looking over his shoulder at the flames before rolling his eyes, stalking after them.

Sonic skidded to a stop, watching the drone as it landed on the soft grass below. His eyes widened as he peered inside, caught off guard. The last thing he’d expect was a small child, curiously looking back up at him. Eggman must’ve kidnapped you, and accidentally sent the drone carrying you, here. But why would take you?

Silver came to a stop beside him, noticing you sitting inside the drone’s compartment, holding something in your hands. Silver paused, lifting you out of the drone and setting you on the grass by his feet, noticing your small hands clasped around a large, green emerald. A Chaos Emerald.

Shadow crossed his arms, his gaze drifting to the side to find even more robots charging towards them.

Sonic noticed Shadow’s gaze, looking over as he groaned dramatically, moving to stand beside Shadow. Silver reached over, gently prying the powerful gem away from your grasp. He held the glowing gem to his chest, guarding it from Eggman as you sat by his feet, plucking the blades of grass curiously.

The army of robots surrounded you as Shadow positioned himself in front of you, shielding you as Eggman stepped out from his army of deadly droids, grinning as he approached. “I need the kid. And the Chaos Emerald too, while you’re at it.”