The Ruby Eyes of Affection

Where is Mozak?

Rob stood back a few feet as he took a really long look at the beautiful painting. Amy, Rouge and Tails decided to look around the place a little. It was a relatively simple area with only a couple doors and the one giant work of art. Rob was not all that interested in anything else but staring at this glorious painting obviously composed with the upmost care. It showed a Miran and Voziti in their beautiful and traditional ancient mobian attire but it also included what looked to be a young Ivo and Maria. How in the world did the ancients know about Ivo? Hell, how did they know about Maria? It didn't make any sense. He looked over to the paintings interpretation of himself who happened to be standing next to his Princess in a simple but elegant outfit. He was obviously very young in the picture. Roughly about eight years old or so. Ivo stood next to Voziti, he also looked to be in his mid to late teens. And of course, Maria's beautiful golden hair out shown the entire picture. She happened to be standing in the middle with a soft and elegant white dress on with a lovely hair piece. This was all so incredibly shocking and everyone in the area was silent. They all looked to Rob for answers. Something... ANYTHING. Explaining the presence of both Maria and Ivo... However, before they all could really think about it further a loud thump could be heard from one of the doors besides the painting. As soon as the group got their bearing a large machine like creature leaped out from another room and pointed some kind of firing arm at them.

"What business do you come with, Nedaće? And why have you brought these peasants with you." The robot spoke firmly and assertively as he pointed his ancient gun right at their faces.

He was a very simple robot but was apparently very intelligent. His body was covered with long strands of weeds and vines that seemed to be almost crusted onto his slick metal cover. His general form was that of an old-fashion badnik and he wasn't too keen with the situation at hand.

"We have come to locate these strong chaos signals and we..." Tails spoke desperately before being immediately cut off by a yell from the robot.

"Silence! I do not speak to followers only our leaders. What is your purpose Nedaće? Speak or I shall be forced to escort all of you back to where you once came." The machine threatened coldly as his monotone voice made his actions very clear.

"Voziti is in trouble... He needs one of these items that emits strong energy to fight artificial Voziti. He must win or everything will fall apart. Including, everything we have worked so hard to accomplish!" Rob expressed fondly as he clasped his hands together, almost begging in the process.

"Voziti? Where is Mozak?" The robot spoke in slight confusion.

"Who? I have never heard that name..." The brunet hedgehog clarified desperately as he really didn't know what he was going to do if he couldn't get the items.

The others stood silently as they all knew that this was Rob's job to handle. However, Amy placed a single hand on the brunet's shoulder and he responded with a slight nod.

"I'm afraid without him here I can only give you one of the sacred items." The machine replied matter-of-factly as he bowed his head slightly to the brunet.

"That's fine... Just something! Please... Anything to help him..." Rob exploded emotionally as tears finally started trickling down his face.

"I shall do so. Please wait here Nedaće..." The robot finished as he provided a gentle bow before walking over to the beautiful picture and pressing some kind of button on the wall.

Suddenly a chamber opened beneath the flooring and two identical pedestals rose from the ground. One was black and red and the other was green and gold. As soon as the pedestals were secure, two items came out of them. One emerald green and the other bright crimson red. They were gemlike in shape but also kind of see through, as if the middle was made of only powerful chaos energy. The ring of intense power circling around each gem seemed to be incredibly attracted to each other as they almost morphed into one single stream of energy. This caused a huge chain reaction and in a matter of seconds, the Chaos Emerald Locator beeped at an incredibly high frequency before quickly shutting off.