Spike and Sonic made they're way back to the portal, and like before they used the gear and this time it unlocked the portal, the top of the portal glowed red like the other ones.
"Looks like we need to clear this in order to move forward." spike said as he looked at it.
"Jump onto my back, and keep a good hold, things are about to get fast." Sonic said as he was about to enter it, Spike climbed on his back and Sonic placed his hand on the portal, they're bodies glowed red as they entered Cyberspace.
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(Cyberspace 1-2)
They come through a portal that led to a large sky temple in the clouds and Sonic knows this place
"Sky sanctuary! best hold on kid!" Sonic told him as he began to run faster.
"Let's do this!" Spike shouted as they made they're way forward.
Sonic had jumped through some rings and ran across more speed boosters, he grabbed onto a lever and it led them upwards, he picked up a couple red rings in the process.
"Do you always do stuff like this?" Spike said as they continued.
"You'll get used to it!" Sonic said as he bounced off balloons and landed on some grind rails.
They looped around some and went higher ledge, Sonic jumped through a few more orange rings while collecting more golden rings they had about 80 of them as of now from Spike's counting, they soon saw a spring and once they jumped and they saw the portal.
"There!" Spike said as they continued.
"Let's go!" Sonic said as they jumped through it.
They cleared it in 52 seconds, with 5 red rings, and 80 rings.
They soon came back out and ended up back in their previous area, and Spike got off him feeling dizzy from all that.
"How do you keep your lunch down?" Spike asked as he was feeling sick.
"I've been doing this for so long it really isn't much of a problem for me anymore." Sonic said as he held his hand, Spike soon regained focus and just as he did the portal began to glow blue.
4 Shiny green keys appeared and they held out they're hands and they absorbed into them. Meanwhile the blue, red, and yellow chaos emeralds in their respective vaults began to shine brightly and they shot a beam into the air, and they both saw that.
"Those must be where the chaos emeralds are." Sonic said as the blue one was the closest, with the red and yellow being a little farther.
"We clear more of these, we get more keys, and that unlocks the things containing them." Spike observed as he pieced things together.
"Your right, that would make 3 of 7, lets be sure to keep our eyes peeled." Sonic said as they hopped off the portal.
The bridge they previously couldn't cross began to materialize a bridge out of thin air when two beams shot downwards and it created the bridge, Spike looked at it in awe.
"Whoever made these were extremely advanced, no magic back home could do such a thing." Spike said as he tapped his foot on the bridge as it was solid.
"Yeah, i've seen crazy things before, but this is something else. But the important thing is, we have the path to the Chaos Emerald, lets go!" Sonic said as he began to run ahead, Spike nodded and followed behind.
They did a couple more platforming challenges as they got more of these strange heart shaped tokens, they then made they're way to the top of the cliff and looked at the vault.
That's a Chaos Emerald?" Spike asked in awe as it was the biggest gem he's ever seen.
"Yeah, i've used these to save the world multiple times before." Sonic explained as they walked forward, they held out they're hands and they keys from before flew towards the vault unlocking it, the blue Chaos Emerald then was freed and it landed in Sonic's hand.
"That's one down, 6 more" Sonic said as he put it away.
"Wonder what they could taste like?" Spike thought to himself as they looked at the view, they saw a large grassy field, two large robots could be seen as well as a tower, and a floating prism of some kind.
"This is unreal." Spike said as he looked at it in awe.
"Yeah i agree, look at that tower that's just begging to be climbed!" Sonic said with a smile as he pointed at the tower.
"Yeah, just imagine the view!" Spike agreed as they continued looking around, Spike noticed something a good distance to his right, it looked like... a container?
"Sonic, i see something over there." Spike said as he pointed towards the red sphere.
"Yeah, that looks interesting, lets check it out." Sonic said as they began to run towards it.
They soon came upon the object and they saw someone was inside!
"Who is that?" Spike asked worried, Sonic realized who it could be.
"Amy? Is that you?" Sonic said in worry as he went up to it.
"Is this one of your friends?" Spike asked with worry,
"We gotta help her ." Sonic said as he tried to think of something, Spike then got an idea.
"What about these heart shaped tokens?" Spike asked as he pulled a few out.
"That could be it! great idea!" Sonic said as he pulled some of his out, the hearts then flew into the container until it was enough, the strange white haired figure from before was watching them all the while.
The container soon broke and the energy began to flow into them, and Spike and Sonics hand turned red for a brief moment.
"What.. is this?" Spike asked struggling, Amy landed on the ground and noticed them.
"Sonic! are you okay? that energy containing me went into you two!" She asked with worry. the energy soon faded away and they got up.
"I feel fine now, besides i feel like it gave me some kind of boost!" Sonic said as they looked at they're hands.
"It feels... weird.." Spike said as he felt something different, Amy soon noticed him.
"Who are you little guy?" Amy asked concerned as she walked up to him
"I'm Spike, got sucked into a portal and was taken away from my home, i met Sonic here and we agreed to help eachother out until this is over." Spike explained and she felt bad for him
"You were.. taken away from your home?" Amy asked with worry and Spike nodded sadly.
"Looks like there's no apparent way back right, now, so i'm stuck here." Spike said sadly, they both felt really bad for him and came up to him.
"Don't worry Spike, I'll be sure to help you find your way back." Sonic said with a smile, Amy shook her head in agreement.
"He's right, we'll help you no matter how long it takes." Amy says determined.
"Thanks guys, but don't worry about it for now, i think we should be more concerned for you, your only half here." Spike said as he tried to feel her body but it phased through it.
"I feel fine, don't worry, but i think you should be careful with that energy." Amy said with worry.
"Don't worry, we've been in situations like this before, we'll be alright." Spike said as he walked up to Sonic.
"He's right, i think we'll be able to free you after we've gotten the chaos emeralds." Sonic said as he looked to the two sky beams.
"Well i know you'll be fine if you have Sonic by your side, just be careful, i got a bad feeling about this place." Amy said as they she around
"He'll be safe with me Amy don't you worry, come on, lets get the other two emeralds." Sonic said as he began to run off, Spike looked back at her.
"We'll be safe, i promise." Spike said with a smile as he ran to catch up, Amy still felt worried given how young it is.
While Spike was running, Spike felt the new power manifest, he began to run a lot faster like Sonic can , and a trail of green flames began to come behind him, Spike noticed it and got an idea, he ran around in a circle and he connected the flames and they released a massive burst of fire into the air as he did that, Sonic noticed it and walked up to him.
"Whoa! that was awesome! What was that?" Sonic asked looking at him
"I think i'll call it the Flameloop, it's like the Cyloop but with fire instead." Spike said with a smile and Sonic chuckled at that.
"I like it, it will definitely come in handy, lets get going" Sonic said as he and Spike continued to run ahead.