#some bad

- A few years before Knuckles meets Sonic, Tails, and Eggman. He's annoyed, speaking to the Master Emerald (M.E.) as the silence of Angel Island weighs on him during a bright sunny day. -

Knuckles: Why am I stuck here with you? I want to leave... M.E.: Knuckles: But you know, don't you? You know I don't know anything about the surface below this island, you know I'd have nowhere to go... M.E.: Knuckles: *grits teeth* I bet it's funny to you that I feel this powerless. Are you laughing on the inside, you stupid Emerald? M.E.: Knuckles: *holds his head in his hands* Why won't you speak to me? Why won't you use some weird magic or something to show me that you're just keeping me safe from the surface? I'll understand... Speak to me. M.E.: Knuckles: Just tell me there's a point to this isolation! *glares back at the M.E.* Answer me! Why should I stay beside you?! What makes you so special?! You're nothing! M.E.: Knuckles: *tears build up as he takes notice of his reflection in the Master Emerald* It's lonely and I'm angry, ya know. If... If you are special, then... grant me a wish. Give me another life. Give me someone who's shaped like me. M.E.: Knuckles: *crying* Please. Please... grant my wish, please. M.E.:

- Knuckles stares at his crying reflection in the Master Emerald as minutes pass. -