Stalker looked at Clik.
"This is my partner Stalker, Stalker this Clik." Reaper introduced them.


"What should we do then?" Luna tried to comfort him.

Cobalt slid his sword smoothly back to the sheath. He sat down.

Knuckles trotted up behind him. "Well, I know where the shard is, but I'm no thief to take it from the guy. But I think I know where Shadow is."

"Where," Reaper asked.

"That's the bad news. I think those Pyro guys you mentioned have him." Knuckles reported. "It lines up."
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Zero glanced over at Nox. "We should leave..."
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Sonic made no further attemps at small talk.

"I fully agree." Nox spoke.


Reaper paled a little,"Not good."


Ajal had a few smaller coughing fits but kept going.

Zero flicked his tail and held the Phantom Ruby in his left hand, extending his right to Nox.
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"Yeah, no," Knuckles agreed. "So we should get going right now." He took out his Chaos Emerald and hesitated. "Grab ahold...."
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Sonic kept a careful eye on him for a while, then glanced down at his watch. "Uh, wanna break for lunch?"

"Sure." Ajal panted and sat down, he was starting to see double this point.


Reaper did as he was told, "Let's hope Val is truely dead for Shadow and our sake."
Stalker grabbed onto Reaper, You are going to need help.


Nox took Zero's hand, "My my such the gentleman."

"I was a mercenary. You often had to be." Zero dismissed before teleporting.
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Once everyone was on, Knuckles managed a Chaos Control with more sucess then Sonic had.
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Sonic nodded. "Want anything special?"

Ajal sat down and shook his head.


"Just take the compliment." Nox muttered.


"You okay," Reaper asked Knuckles.
Stalker sniffed around the ground.
(Where did they teleport to?)