Spike and Sonic are flying high into the skies at fast speeds, they eventually see the next island high in the clouds.
"Wow who knew something like this would be this high up? "Spike said looking at the place.
"I've been to a few places as high as this before, but none are as interesting as this place.." Sonic said as they got closer.
Just then lasers begin to start firing at them and they look shocked as that happens.
"Again?!" Spike said surprised as they tried to dodge them.
"Come on!" Sonic said trying to get closer, they were able to hold off for a bit, but like before they got shot down and fell to the ground again the chaos emeralds flew off once again as they landed, they got knocked out for a bit before they groaned as they woke up.
"Again with the splitting up thing.." Spike said annoyed as he was getting up.
"What was that? It was like the last island.." Sonic said trying to find Spike, but when he looked at him his eyes widen in surprise.
"What's wrong, is there something on my face?" Spike asked getting up, but when he stood up he noticed Sonic wasn't as big as he was to him before.
"Did you shrink?" Spike asked confused.
"More like you hit a growth spurt during the time we were knocked out, look at you!" Sonic said pointing at him.
Spike looked at himself and noticed he had grown a few inches! Spike was slightly taller then Sonic now, Sonic was a little small now , and he was just a couple inches taller then him and they were both extremely shocked at this.
"How is this possible? giving me wings is one thing, but this is..." Spike said shocked looking at himself, he compared himself again and was a lot taller now.
"I thought the Chaos Emeralds would just give wings, but maybe this is something else. Maybe they're adjusting your body to handle they're power better?" Sonic suggested
"Could be, i just hope this is the last time this happens, i don't wanna get to big i'm not even 13." Spike said said still adjusting to his new height.
"Well now that we're here, we should start searching for Tails," Sonic suggested.
"He'll most likely be trapped in another container, so we need to be careful when absorbing the energy." Spike warned as he remembered what Sage told him
"Don't worry, knowing him he'll figure something out, let's get going." Sonic said as he starting running ahead, Spike looked a little worried for a moment before regaining focus and following behind.
"Why does my body keep growing? What is the meaning of it?" Spike asked himself as they continued.
Chaos Island was pretty different from the others, it was a volcanic island that was high in the clouds. there were lava flows from the top and military like stuff both from the Ancients and from someone else.
"More Eggman Tech, it looks like he was planning a full invasion, so where is he?" Sonic asked as they looked at some inactive robots.
"This.. Eggman built this?" Spike asked looking at the Death Egg Robot.
"Yeah, he's done a lot of bad things over the years, i've always been there to stop him, but where is he right now?" Sonic asked while they continued.
"Maybe he got trapped in Cyberspace? It would explain why we haven't seen him across the islands" Spike suggested looking back of the similar tech in the last islands.
"Could be, but where could he be in there though?" Sonic asked
"Don't know, hope we can find out before he does anything bad though.." Spike said hoping they find out soon.
"Agreed, let's get going, i wanna find out more of what's going on." Sonic said as he started running ahead with Spike following behind. Sage had been watching them and noticed Spikes change.
"So his body has grown more, if what the Hedgehog theorized is true ,this could lead to more ways to save us all" Sage said looking down at them, she had been running simulations for outcomes.
Spike and Sonic continued to run around more, Spike was able to collect more of these "Tokens" that were shaped like wrenches pretty easily thanks to his wings, soon they found another person trapped in another container.
"Tails! Hang tight little bro, i wont make you wait much longer!" Sonic said with worry.
"Sonic, remember we have to be careful" Spike warned him.
"It will be okay, let's do this" Sonic said as he held his hand up. Sage was watching them in the distance while they do it.
More wrenches flew into the container and it soon broke, more energy flew into them but Sonic was the one who took most of it while Spike only took a small chunk. Sonic and Spike groaned as more energy came into them, Spike's arm was completely consumed up to his shoulder to his right side, fading between red and blue and he fell on his knees holding his side.
" The more i absorb this.. the more it hurts.." Spike said in pain as his arm returned to normal. Tails soon fell on the ground and noticed Sonic in pain as most of the energy covered a lot of his body, he was coughing in pain as well.
"Sonic!" Tails said worried for his friend as he tried to help him but he phased through him.
"Just catching my breath.." Sonic said weakly trying to calm him down. Sage was observing the whole thing as he gets up.
"He never stops, clarification, he never gives up" Sage says surprisingly worried for them.
Tails proceeded to see what's happening.
" The spatial anomaly that affected us seems to have left me in a digitized state." Tails said looking at his body, Spike look surprised how quickly he came up with that., he reminded him of Twilight.
"But those same energies are manifesting some worrisome mutations for you' Tails explained observing his body as it returns to normal
"Those sure are words you said just now" Sonic said trying to lighten the mood.
"wow you came up with all that? You weren't kidding when you said he was smart" Spike said surprised, Tails looked over and soon noticed Spike as he was to focused on Sonic right now .
"Who are you?" Tails asked shocked.
"This is Spike, he's a new friend who got transported here through Cyberspace, he's helping me free you all so we can hopefully find a way for him to go home to." Sonic explained.
"Yeah, like he said the names Spike, nice to meet you, you must be Tails" Spike said walking up to him.
"Nice to meet you two, are you.. a dragon?" Tails asked as he observed him.
"Yeah, surprising i know, but I've been helping your friends through the islands." Spike said and tails looked amazed.
"Fascinating, i thought dragons were a myth, but here's one standing right in front of us!" Tails said surprised.
"Yeah, he got transported here by mistake, what's more interesting is that he's been growing through each island we go to." sonic explained.
'Growing?" Tails asked confused.
"On the first island i was pretty small, about half of Sonic's height, on the next i grew these wings on my back" Spike explained showing his wings," And now i'm a little taller then Sonic." Spike finished and Tails was thinking it over.
"We've used the Chaos Emeralds a couple of times before, so i think they have a reason as to why he's grown so much" Sonic suggested.
"The Chaos Emeralds are capable of many things, i think they could have been rapidly evolving your structure, basically growing you body rapidly ,making your body more suitable for they're power," Tails suggested. Spike thought it over too.
"It could be the case, it was a little overwhelming when i first used them, when i had my wings and used them, they were still a little much, so i think the next time i use them i could handle them better" Spike suggested looking at his body.
"That could be the case, but i notice the Cyber energy is flowing in you as well" Tails said pointing at his right side which turned to normal.
"It's just a small part at this point i think i'll be fine, but i think Sonic is the one we should be more worried about" Spike said regaining his strength as they looked as his body still had some red and blue energy over him.
"He's right, we're saying we're fine and your not, we're both worried for you" Tails said with Spike nodding.
"You took on way more energy then i just did, i feel like you absorbed to much" Spike said worried as the effects were still showing ,but Sonic shook his head.
"i'll be fine you guys! We need this power to rescue you!" Sonic said assuring them.
"He is enduring the Cyber corruption better then i thought he would, Spike only absorbed a little of it, so it shouldn't be much trouble for him." Sage said watching the thing.
Spike and Tails looked at eachother still worried though, but Tails looked a little down.
"Your always rescuing me and.." Tails said a little sad but soon regained focus.
"Let's focus on the now, what do you two need?" Tails asked, and Sonic got up again.
"Chaos Emeralds, think you can help us track them down?" Sonic asked.
'They split off again after we landed here, so they're probably scattered over the place again" Spike said a little annoyed as its getting tedious doing it over again.
"I'm on it!" tails said with a smile and ran off and disappeared , Spike looked back at Sonic.
'You sure you'll be alright, your body is still showing the energy." Spike said worried for him
Just then the energy spread over his body and Sonic fell to his knees coughing some more.
"Sonic!!" Spike said worried as he tried to help him, Sage was still watching the thing.
"It's so sad seeing someone so impressive will be lost in the end, it's... it's not fair" Sage said sadly.
The energy soon left and Sonic started breathing normally again.
"Sonic are you okay?!" Spike asked scarred for him helping him up.
"Don't worry i'll be fine, i promise ,let's get going." Sonic said starting to run ahead.
"Sonic!" Spike shouted but he kept on going, Spike groaned in frustration but calmed down.
"Don't worry Sonic, I'll help you, we'll find a way." Spike said to himself before catching up with him.
Spike took one more look at his body before catching up with him.
"If i continue to use these emeralds.. how much will i grow?" Spike asked himself as he kept going.