At the Thorndyke Mansion, Sonic, Tails and Chris watch as Rouge steals the Moon emerald from the museum. Sonic believes that a fake is commiting crimes like Shadow did it with him. At G.U.N., Captain Westwood asks that Rouge should be arrested with Topaz defending Rouge. The President has no choice but to arrest her, but she has disappeared. Later, the President apologises to Rouge about not trusting her and gives her the "Chaos Emerald", which is really a cubic zirconium.