Because what are friends for?

Story by Tygriss on SoFurry

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#4 of Mobius Tales

Melissa, formally Tails, and her now husband Espio team up with their friends to thwart an underground movement from a Robotnik Appreciation group, using the Casino Nights zone to smuggle Mobians over to their side.

However, things are not well with Amy Rose who has split from Shadow upon finding out he had secretly being dating Rogue. Will her darker look on life push her friends away?

Special thanks to my fur daughter for helping me clean up some areas of my story! <3


It always seemed to be night at Casino night zone, some claimed it to have been built in an area where the sun never quite reached this part of Mobius.

The sound of slot machines, blaring music, and gambling from numerous tables could be heard from all over as a couple walked among the bright, flashing lights of the zone that never sleeps.

"Oh darling, I just seem to be on a roll tonight!" A golden furred, busty and beautiful vixen announced loudly as she won for the 12th time in a row on a slot machine in one of the many casinos.

"Hm, you really have the magic touch my darling wife," a handsome, green chameleon said as they gathered the chips from the machine with glee.

"Hey, goon squad approaching, shall I smash them now?" a familiar voice sounded on the pairs hidden communicator.

"No, not just yet," the chameleon whispered into the hidden mic on his chest. "Let them lead us to their base of operations first, then you can track us."

Espio and his wife, formally Miles Tails Prower now turned female, were in disguise as Sonic and the gang received word from one of their scouts based up here there was an underground Robotnik Appreciation group staging kidnappings at the Casino Nights zone. The rest of the gang were keeping themselves hidden as they would be too well known here, keeping to the shadows and the support beams.

Espio was using all his chameleon skills and ninja training to keep his skin green. And Melissa? She had a small gadget strapped to one of her two tails, turning just that appendage invisible. So long as no one looked hard enough, she seemed like any one tailed vixen.

They both looked stunning in their attire; Espio wore a black and gold trim tuxedo with a purple necktie and cufflinks, Melissa wore a light blue dress, seeming to be her choice of colour to wear these days, cut at the thigh in an asian style to show all her tempting thigh and leg, purple mascara on and her long fringe swept back in a posh guise.

Their comms where via a hidden earpiece for Espio and a lovely pink flower just above Melissa's ear that held a transmitter and mic.

"Fine, but let me know when okay? I'm ready to bust some heads!" Amy growled as Sonic, Amy, and Knuckles waited to spring into action from nearby.

Amy had been in a mood since she and Shadow had broken up. She found out one day after growing suspicious about his longer missions away, and managed to break into his computer, finding messages to Rouge about them secretly loving each other.

Needless to say...it didn't go down well. Shadow had tried reasoning with her that of late there had been little in the way of love between them, but Amy just brandished her hammer and swore that she would make Rogues tits flat and see then if he could rest his head on them.

Since then she had...darkened somewhat, and taken up to using a modified crossbow she had Melissa make for her, and on some targets she made a habit of pinning Shadows face on and hit with unerring accuracy. She had the same said crossbow tucked away, made to fold away for easy concealment stuffed inside a pair of ripped jeans, having ditched her girly attire along with a white and black striped top.

"I'm sorry miss, but we have grown suspicious of your winning streak, may we ask you to accompany us to our office and review the security footage, just to make sure there is no infringement?" a smartly dressed weasel said in what was the most cliched look possible for a weasel at a gambling establishment.

"Not without me," Espio said before a burly bear stood in front of him and folded his arms.

When it looked like he would force his way past Melissa gave a small smile," its okay, I won't be long dear," she said, smiling softly at him.

The weasel flashed a smile to his cohorts before leading her through a side door of the casino, past the flashing lights and through a nearly hidden, dark door.

As it closed behind her, Melissa noticed it was a flight of stairs that led down, very odd indeed. "Hey, where?" she began, nearly to be pushed down by the weasel, bringing a gun to point at her, saying nothing but nodding for her to move, or else as the gun cocked.

Swallowing, she nodded back and walked down...only for it to open into a room littered with old robots of Robotniks, including a machine she had hoped to never see again...a robotosizer.

It stood there in the middle of the room, dark and imposing as she remembered from her young days having almost been a victim at one point, it sent shivers down her spine all the way to her tails, causing them to bristle and look even bigger. "What do you hope to get by turning me into a robot?" Melissa said in a voice of dread, halting in her tracks.

Two robotosized goons suddenly emerged from the shadows and grabbed her by the wrists, dragging her by the heels over to the machine. "You see my dear, we saw you cleverly hacking the machines. We built this casino to weed out the clever and cunning souls, for they would make an invaluable addition to our growing army," the weasel said in his smarmy voice. "Plus, they make for much more competent servants," he cackled as she was dragged under the machine.

Melissa gasped, whipping out one bushy tail to try and wrap one of the turned robots up, only for it to catch her tail. "Oh you are feisty, not to mention even as a robot you will be stunning," the weasel cackled, liking his lips and with a clawed finger, slit open the top of her dress, letting her large E cups bounce free of their restraints.

"N-no, let go of me!" She cried out, genuine fear creeping into her eyes and voice now as she tried in vain to free herself from the robots grasps.

Hefting a heavy breast and feeling its warm softness, he licked his lips and leaned in to wrap his muzzle around her large nipple, only to find to his surprise a robot falling on top of him.

Melissa had used the distraction and used her hidden tail to trip the unknowing robot over, the device falling off and revealing her second tail. With the goons gaping in surprise, she whipped a small gun strapped to her second tail and used it to blast the second robot off of her.

"Son of a bitch! Two tails, does Tails have a sister we knew nothing about?!" a goon cried out as three guns pointed her way, only for one goon suddenly to squark in pain as a burst of electricity caused every hair to stand on end before collapsing, a stun bolt lodged in his back.

"What?!" the remaining goons turned around, only for Sonic to spin-kick the two remaining goons.

"You know, you creeps should really learn how to treat a woman," Sonic said with his arms folded and glared at the trio of fallen thugs.

As the robots picked themselves up, one looked up to find itself confronted by a red, muscled body. "Hey Espio, to you!" Knuckles shouted out, grabbing the robot by the arm and hurled it towards Espio who kicked it mid air, sending it hurtling into the other bot that had just come to its feet, leaving the pair in a pile.

"Heh, still got it," Knuckles smirked, high fiving Espio who gave an answering smile before remembering Melissa and ran to her side.

"Just like old times huh Knuckles?" Sonic smiled as the red echidna gave an answering smile and high fived.

"Heh, well, not quite Sonic. Some things have changed," Knuckles said, pointing at first Melissa and Espio who were cuddling, "and worse..." he trailed off at Amy who was taking her anger out on a downed villain, kicking him with her foot.

"Amy, we're the good guys remember?" Sonic sighed, walking over to pull her off the hapless, groaning weasel.

"Melissa, you should have stayed at home with our kit, what if something went wrong and we...lost you?" Espio scolded his wife as he held her close to his clothed chest.

"Espio my dear, I may be a female and mother now, but I refuse to be helpless, especially when I am more than clever enough to take care of myself. Plus, I knew you guys would be close behind me," Melissa smiled, kissing him on the mouth before she pulled away...forgetting she was now minus her top dress.

Sonic and Knuckles both stared at her, still awed at her impressive bust whilst Amy glared in part envy, part loathing.

Whipping her tails around her chest to cover her, Melissa made a half joke on why she can't go around in her fur any more as Espio escorted her up the stairs.

"Bet her kit never goes hungry with those tits huh Sonic?" Knuckles laughed, trying to lighten the mood

"Oh shut it!" Amy growled and threw a venomous look his way, "Tits this, breasts that, guys are ALL the same!"

"So...guess we're cleaning this up huh?" Sonic sighed as she stormed up the stairs.

*

"Amy calm down," Espio said as they ran at a leisurely pace, or more leisurely pace for Espio and Amy who could run at speeds of 100mph quite comfortably. Melissa for her part swore she would not give up the gift of flight after she gave birth to their daughter. Once she was minus the extra weight, her and Espio devised a work out routine to strengthen her tails to fly once again.

This had given Espio a new respect for her tails, and weariness as she nearly broke his ribs with the strength she had built up in them... "He's right Amy, lashing out at everything will just hurt you and your friends," she shouted from six feet in the air as she just managed to keep up, her breasts straining at a top they borrowed from a shop at Casino Nights.

"And what right do you two have to speak on my behalf?!" Amy spat back before pouring the speed on. She was no Sonic but after years of trying to keep up with him and Shadow, she was able to give Espio a good run for his money.

Espio was about to give chase when Melissa came down in front of him, forcing him to screech to a halt. "Leave her be for now Espio, she'll have to learn on her own," Melissa said in a soft but firm tone, laying her hand on his shoulder. "I feel bad about leaving Sonic and Knuckles to clear up though, think they will be okay alone?" she said, looking back at the way they came, at the zone that was always shrouded in dark with colourful lights illuminating it up.

"They will be okay, besides, getting you covered again was my highest priority, Espio said, turning back around to receive a kiss on his lips from her soft mouth.

Sharing in a passionate kiss, they pulled away, staring into each other's eyes before a carrier vehicle rumbled up to stop beside them. "Yeesh, get a room you two," Vector shouted out from his high driving position atop the six wheeled leviathan.

"Vector, what brings you down here?" Espio asked, trying to cover his blush and failing as his body glowed pink.

"Well Sonic needs some means of getting the captives back safely, plus he radioed me a while ago, letting me know of there been some robotasizing so it would be safest plus, we can get them back to the castle where the derobotasizer is stored." He paused, glancing at Melissa and wolf whistled, "no matter what you wear Melissa, you always look hot, even in mismatched outfits," he laughed, rumbling away as Espio cursed his friends wandering eyes.

*

"Violet!" Melissa cried out as they walked into Sally's castle, walking through into the huge living quarters only to see Sally playing a game of hide and seek with their daughter. Spying its mother, she gurgled and crawled towards Melissa where the golden furred kitsune scooped her up in her arms, snuggling against her bosom.

Violet, like her name implied, was a deep purple furred, twin tailed vixen much like her mixed parentage, her pea green eyes shining as she looked up at her buxom mother.

Wasting no time, she tried to seek out the nipple through her t-shirt. "She has been like this since you lot left," Sally smiled at the scene. "She took a few sips of the powdered milk before trying me. I'm not quite making enough milk yet though," she blushed, the chipmunk princess's hands roaming the curve of her swollen belly.

Sitting down, Melissa took her top off and the kit latched on straight away, hands squeezing the large, warm flesh as she drunk her fill from Melissa. "I'm sure you will be a great mother Sally," Melissa moaned as her kit suckled so eagerly, looking proudly up at Espio who just smiled with nothing but pride and happiness showing in his face.

"I'm fine, thanks for asking," Amy said in a sour tone from her corner of the room, arms folded with her crossbow in hand.

Melissa opened her mouth to say something before Espio held up his hand and walked up to Amy. "I'll let you girls talk," he said, grabbing the pink hedgehog by the shoulder and guided her off and out into the palace grounds.

"What do you think you're doing? Take your hands off me!" Amy cried, aiming to elbow him, only for him to catch her elbow before flipping her on her back, an angry look in his eyes.

"Amy! What do you hope to gain by lashing out at everyone?" Espio growled at her, "do you want to lose all your friends?!"

Amy's scowl cracked, then broke as she began wailing, tears flooding out of her eyes as she bawled. Espio was having none of it though and kept a firm hold so she couldn't bolt away. "We are your friends, though I may not know you as well as others, this isn't you! Pull yourself together before you lose us all!"

"And what do you know huh? Everyone else has found happiness but me!" She cried out, her tears of pity turning to angry tears. "You and Melissa! Sonic and Sally! Knuckles and Julie-Su! Hell, even Cream and Blaze! You all have someone and I am still chasing mine!" She cried and cried before her thrashing finally gave way to weariness, hiccuping and shaking before Espio finally let her up.

"Feeling better after that outburst?" Espio said, helping her up and guided her to a bench to sit down, the birds twittering in the tranquil surrounds.

"I guess..." she sniffled, wiping her eyes with a hand before sighing. "I know I have being a bitch...but everywhere I go I see nothing but reminders of my own emptiness," she sniffled. "Plus...I must admit I am jealous of Melissa. She has turned into such a beautiful woman, any male would desire her. What do I have?"

Espio couldn't find the words to help her, sorely wishing Melissa was here to back him up. "Sorry, but I grew concerned when I saw you drag Amy out," Melissa said as she rounded the corner of the palace.

"Well, I don't need your pity-ah!" Amy gasped, Melissa lunging forward and wrapping her arms around her in a hug.

"I know you're hurting, and I know you feel the pain when you look at everyone else being happy. But...maybe you should come back home with us? I know Sonic is a hard reminder of what could have been but we could help you."

"I'm...not sure about that," Amy said, casting her eyes downward, secretly hating herself. Here she was pitying herself and hating Melissa for her good fortune and there she was, inviting her into their home for support.

"I think she has a point Amy," Espio said in a soft, deep voice, holding a hand out to help her off the ground, Melissa holding a soft hand out for the other.

"You-you guys..." Amy sniffled before accepting the hand up, nodding in acceptance of their offer.

*

They drove home in Melissa's car, a specced up buggy that had a few hidden gadgets about it. Some for defensive purposes and some for more practical uses...such as a souped up engine capable of blasting them along the roads at over 200MPH.

"Wow," Amy gasped as she looked around Melissa's, now Espios home. "It's so different, I don't think I have ever stepped foot in here since you two did it up."

"Yeah I know, we got some extra furniture in when Espio moved in with me, plus it was time to paint the house anyway," Melissa smiled as Amy's eyes fell on one of Violet's toys.

The rest of the day wore on with Amy catching up, mostly with Melissa having closer ties to her, but she could see why she had fallen so in love with Espio after she became a woman. He was quite handsome, and that deep voice had a quality that Shadow's lacked, one that set her own heart pounding.

She had dinner with them, played horsie with their kit who grasped her ears to hold on, giggling like mad and a large smile lighting Amy's own face up, one Melissa hadn't seen in a long, long time.

But as the sun started to set, Amy looked out the window and felt her heart drop. "Thank you, you two, I...don't know how to ever thank you both," the pink hedgehog said in a quiet voice, wringing her hands together.

Espio looked at Amy with a concerned expression, then turned towards Melissa who was taking their kit to bed and smiled, tipping him a knowing wink before he answered with his own. "What, what are you winking at Espio?" Amy said, suddenly confused to what was going on.

"Oh nothing, you can stay here tonight Amy, we wouldn't send you out how you are." A knowing, almost playful tone had now crept into his voice that did nothing to settle Amy's nerves as he invited her to settle back on the couch.

Once Melissa was done settling Violet, she returned back to the living room with Espio having poured some liquor out to help settle Amy's nerves, it seemed like she was a bit of a lightweight as she started getting a little giggly, reminiscing about the past, on the adventures she had chasing Sonic and the one moment they had alone and she had her way...only to be told where his heart belonged with Sally, then came the waterworks.

Espio had his arm around her, cradling the crying hedgehog as she buried her face in his heart shaped chest and looked at his wife as if to say, 'Help.'

"Amy, its okay. Sometimes these things happen for a reason. I'm sure you will find someone better in time but for now we're here for you...in whatever way we can be," Melissa said in a soothing, motherly tone, having developed from her kit baring. Gently guiding her away from Espio's chest, she wrapped her huge golden fluffy tails around the pink hedgehog in soft warmth.

"Mmh Melissa...your kit and Espio are so lucky, I can just get lost in your warm tails, they make a great pillow too," Amy said, nuzzling up to what she thought was her tail tips but then her eyes flew wide when she found she was nuzzling her bare breasts.

"Melissa, what are you doing?" Amy gasped, trying to backpedal only to bump into Espio who had maneuvered behind the panicked female.

"Amy, you need to relax and unwind, Espio and I talked about how best to help you relieve some stress and the best way we figured was to get you to relieve some...sexual tension."

"Wait but is this fair, I mean, you're both married and you even have a kit now, is this right?" Amy said in a higher than normal, rapid voice.

"It's only fair if we all consent to it, and of course we have both taken precautions to take pills earlier in the evening," Espio said, smiling as he wrapped his arms around Amy from the back.

"After all, we've known each other for ten years, I have seen your envious looks at both of us, even soon after I became Melissa Prower. So, maybe this will help us clear the air?" with that said, the beautiful kitsune pressed forward into Amy and wrapped her arms around her neck from the front, surrounding her in their naked closeness.

"Oh Melissa...even after all...I mean after what I..." Amy whispered out, tears streaking her face before her eyes quivered in their sockets.

Melissa leaned in, fully sealing their mouths in a passionate and tender kiss. Amy tried to resist, weakly pulling but it was a feeble attempt, and she soon surrendered, kissing back at that soft, delicate mouth, her own mouth hot and wet. Before she knew it, her own arms were wrapping around Melissa in a gentle embrace, feeling the alcohol help relax her into the mood.

Espio meanwhile was doing his best to discreetly undress Amy, taking an item of clothing off whenever they would part. This didn't go unnoticed by the pink hedgehog and opened her mouth in protest, only to find it captured again by Melissa. By chaos, she wasn't much into females but Tails had turned into a siren of a woman and was setting her pulse racing.

Once they had her top and small bra off, Espio gently pulled her onto her back. "W-wait, topless is fi-" again she was cut off, this time by Espio who gave her an upside down kiss whilst Melissa worked on taking off her trousers and panties, a plain white pair but of a nice make.

His mouth in comparison was a lot more firm, bearing a masculine taste that surprised her as she kissed the chameleon in return, her heart beating rapidly as her own privates grew damp, her legs moving and fidgeting as a need for release built up, feeling all the tension, anger and emotions melt away in the moment.

By this point, Espio had a raging hard on, his cock throbbing as her arms encircled his neck, pressing up into him, kissing deeper and with more vigor. As they both kissed, Espio looked on at Melissa through half lidded eyes, seeing the loving, heated expression of his wife. All three of them were starting to grow quite horny by this point, their scents intermingling in the living room.

"Mmh, what?" Amy gasped as Espio gently, but firmly, pushed Amy away from him and guided her over onto her back.

"I think we all want in on the action Amy," Melissa said in a sultry tone, her baby blue eyes fluttering at Amy and Espio, her tails waving around behind her in wanton need.

Amy had never been one for other girls but my god, Melissa was so sexy and from this angle she could stare right up her canyon cleavage. When the golden furred vixen moved for her pussy to hover over her muzzle, she tried to back out in panic, only for Espio to hold her legs firmly.

"Give it a chance Amy," he said softly, his own face having grown flush with arousal, his skin glowing a soft red as his shaft stood up for attention.

"I-I've never been with another woman, I don't..." Amy started with her excuses before a drop of Melissa's juices landed on her muzzle. Her tongue licked it off before she could stop the impulse, and her eyes widened at her taste. Melissa tasted...exotic. A feminine taste but it was something that inflamed her desire rather than put her off.

Melissa was trying to take this slow with Amy, but she almost went over, having to quickly place her hands either side of Amy as the pink hedgehog pulled onto her face, crying out as her tongue pushed inside her silken folds. "Ahh Amy! What happened to not enjoying girls?!" she cried out, her tongue spilling out as she felt her pussy drip juices into that eager mouth.

"You're a special exception," came Amy's muffled reply from between her thighs, her own pussy growing moist, her hips arching off the ground in a clear horny state.

"Mind if I make use of that tongue?" Espio murmured softly, catching his beautiful wife's tongue in his own mouth, leaning forward as he shuffled and lined his throbbing cock up with Amy's slit and kisses the kitsune good and deep. With a skilled thrust, he grunted into Melissa, feeling his shaft plunge deep into Amy's sodden, soft folds.

"Hnnh, ahh!" Melissa cried out as she broke their kiss, her chest bouncing underneath her, milk dripping from her large nipples as they swung around and swayed, arching down into Amy's eager muzzle, the pink girl crying out into her as her own pussy was hammered by Espio, stretching her good and wide.

"Ahh, hah, hah!" Amy panted as Melissa lifted off of her, letting her breathe, "f-fuck! I can tell you two fucked every night!" Amy moaned, causing an even deeper blush to radiate through Melissa's white furred cheeks. "Melissa I-I need, I want to try, ahh!" Amy cried, Espio's own grunts filling the room as he thrust harder and deeper inside her, drawing close to his own climax, the feeling growing too intense for her to properly finish her sentence.

Melissa didn't need her to though, her green eyes were locked onto Melissa's swaying, large chest. Nodding in understanding, she crawled over her face, Melissa didn't even have time to brace herself as Amy arched her head up, latching onto a large, perky nipples as she suckled, drawing her sweet milk into her muzzle.

Amy's eyes widened in shock, she knew breast milk to be sweet, or so she had heard, but she didn't know it was going to be like this. Her milk...it was so sweet and delicate she could imagine drinking bottles of the stuff daily.

"Haah, oh d-damn!" Espio cried out in a deep, hot breathy moan, his yellow eyes riveted on the two females. It was too much, feeling Amy's much tighter passage around his shaft and seeing Amy drink from his wife's breasts in such a sexy way.

"Hnnnghh!" he moaned, feeling himself climax deep inside her, jet after strong jet of seed pumped inside of her, thanking himself that he took the pills to render his seed infertile for the next 24 hours.

"Mmh, moooohhh!" Amy cried around the nipple she was suckling on, using Melissa as an anchor as her own climax hit her, washing over in strong waves as her walls climaxed around the spurting shaft, taking his seed deep into her womb.

Melissa hissed in pleasure, her own soft hands buried deep inside her pussy, the pressure around her nipple from the vacuum like suction around the pink hedgehogs mouth helping to reach her peak. "Oh yes, oh Espio, Amy!" she moaned, surveying the scene through half lidded eyes, the scene keeping her going, driving her climax on as her hand was soaked through.

"Ohhh that was...a guys fantasy come true," Espio moaned out, finally pulling out of Amy's soaked passage with a tired groan, letting their mixed juices stream onto the floor.

Sitting on his toned rear, Espio couldn't help a smile at the scene. Melissa was still moaning, leaking a stream of her juices onto the hardwood floor and Amy was still latched on, drinking and gulping her milk audibly.

"What happened to...not enjoying girls," Melissa panted, her tongue out doggy style. Normally she wasn't as sensitive when feeding her kit but something about another woman's touch was so much more intense.

Amy seemed to just realise the other two were staring at her, gently releasing the tit to let a drop of milk fall on her muzzle which she licked off without a thought. "Well...I guess you're a special exception Melissa," Amy panted out, shivering from the intense three way. All through her relationship with Shadow she had never felt pleasure like she had tonight. The feeling of their love for each other was so intoxicating, she felt for the first time in a while, at peace with things.

Melissa slid down to Amy, pulling her to cuddle against her. "See Amy, you're never alone in your struggles, so long as you remember who your friends are," she said softly, licking her sodden hand clean before stroking it across the female hedgehogs brow. "Amy?" Melissa said in concern, looking down at her before noticing with a smile that she had fallen asleep, a peaceful smile on her mouth as she slumbered against Melissa's bust.

"I'm proud of you Melissa," Espio whispered, crawling up to his wife to kiss her muzzle, resting his purple head on her other bust and gazed up with adoration. "You're one hell of a woman, and mother," his voice shone with pride.

Her tails twirled in a bashful gesture at his compliment, "It is thanks to you and my friends I have become the woman I am today," she said softly, "maybe I should rent my breasts out since they seem to be so comfy," she giggled.

Holding each others hand, they gently made their way to bed, having deposited Amy carefully on the sofa to sleep.

*

Meanwhile on the floating island......

"It was good to see some action after been out of it for so long!" Knuckles groaned as he stretched out on the picturesque Angel Island, lounging in the Mushroom Hill zone they had made their home.

"Ooh, did you kick the bad guys ass?!" Knuckles son, an echidna of about five years old they named Tussle, bounced excitedly on his heels. His colouring was somewhat of an interesting contrast between Knuckles red shade with purple streaks and highlights mixed in from Julie-Su.

"And I wonder where he got that kind of language from hmm?" his wife scolded, planting her hands on her hips and glared over at her husband.

"Hey don't look at me, you're as susceptible as I am for the odd slip of the tongue," Knuckles smirked from his grassy bed outside, enjoying the rays of the sun and the scents of nature.

"I swear Knuckles, sometimes you are just such a"

"Wait wait," Knuckles said, suddenly cutting her off mid sentence and held a large hand out. "Something is up with the Master Emerald, it is powering up," he said before quickly using an emergency chute he had installed that led to the shrine of the Master Emerald.

"...We're not finished here mister," the female echidna said, arms folded with a scowl.

"You and dad can be as bad you know?" Tussle said quietly, earning a glare from his mother.

"I swear, just when you think you can settle back into a peaceful lifestyle, if its someone wanting the Master Emerald for its power than they have another thing coming to them!" He growled to himself as he ran the distance back to the chamber. He may only be half as fast as a certain blue hedgehog but he was by no means slow and was there in a minute.

Erupting out of a concealed stump, he rushed to the large gem, there was a figure silhouetted by the glow. "Okay whoever you are, come out with your hands up."

"Easy Knuckles, we fought together once remember?" a familiar voice sounded against the glow. As the glow died down a silver hedgehog emerged from the Master Emerald.

Wearing hi-tech glowing bracelets and gloves, and sporting fancy looking footwear with his front quills in the form of a half sun, Knuckles would recognise him anywhere. "SIlver? What are you doing here, is there another future crisis we need to know about?" Knuckles said, suddenly getting a bad vibe from the serious look about him.

"Yes, I am here...because in a few short months time, Amy Rose takes her life..." he said, a narrowed, worried look about his young face.