Despite the Grey Emerald not having a counterpart belonging to Sonic the Hedgehog, the Grey Emerald still grew to the same size as the others when replaced in the Emerald Chamber and helped the Floating Island to become an impregnable fortress once more. However, Robotnik would return once more to absorb the Chaos Emeralds' power and become a God. This time, the doctor was successful but somehow managed to forget about the Grey Emerald's power and Knuckles was again able to extract Robotnik's power. Unfortunately for the tyrant, his body had become so used to the Chaos power that removing it caused him to shrink to the size of an atom.