[Miranda_]

Knuckles had been angrier than he'd ever had been before, at least, that he could remember, when he'd finally torn his way into Eggman's base. He'd then not noticed anything else other than the fact that Eggman was standing right there in front of him, and that the precious Master Emerald was behind Eggman. Knuckles had therefore run at Eggman to punch him into oblivion. Before he could do so, there was a blinding flash of light and then it all went black...

Knuckles wasn't aware of anything, even where he was. He was out cold, lying on top of Rouge in a busy street on a planet that he'd never even heard of. The city was in a country called America, far away from his home planet.