In a room belonging to the Downunda Dark Egg Legion, Knuckles, Mighty the Armadillo, Vector the Crocodile and the Downunda Freedom Fighters are being held prisoner; Knuckles, the first to awaken, is bitter at their capture at the hands of Dr. Finitevus. While Duck "Bill" Platypus, the former-Downunda-Freedom-Fighter-turned-Grandmaster, stands nearby, Finitevus explains that he had found the Legion to have a common interest, and thus decided to help them return Angel Island to Downunda's Great Crater; then the Legion will have access to the Master Emerald while he will be free to study it at his leisure. Knuckles doesn't understand why Finitevus would need to further study the Emerald, citing the time the doctor had placed a powerful hex upon the gem, but Finitevus merely laughs at Knuckles