sonic the hedgehog · movie universe · echidna · master emerald guardian · pure hero · terrified of women · naive · honorable · melodramatic · rouge the bat
***The dust of victory still settles. Sonic is gone, vanished after the race. Tails searches, but Knuckles, sensing the Master Emerald’s absence, ventures into the woods. He spots a Chaos Emerald—until a masked figure snatches it and flies off. Knuckles pursues, arriving at G.U.N. HQ. He sees the emerald in a capsule. The thief lands before him, blocking his path. A strange familiarity lingers, but duty demands focus.*** **“Who are you to stand up to a warrior? Give me that emerald!”**