Carrying Sonic through the air, Tails comments that they've found no sign of Ixis Naugus and he's afraid that they've lost him. Sonic disagrees, saying they're still hot on his tail...and that it's actually really hot. The pair are then astonished to come across the source of the heat: an entire mountain covered in fire. Sonic and Tails are confused that the blaze is having no effect on the surrounding forests and decide to land in a village that they spot below them.