Knuckles' Chaotix (Archie)

Sonic Specials #1 "Knuckles' Chaotix"
Writer: Mike Kanterovich/Ken Penders
Pencils: Art Mawhinney, Rich Koslowski, Mindy Eisman, Barry Grossman
Cover artist: Pat Spaziante/Harvey Mercadoocasio

Knuckles' Chaotix is the fourth Sonic Special published by Archie.

It includes three stories: "The Chaos Effect", ""Tag! You're It!", and "The Hunt Is On".

The Chaos Effect

The Floating Island is a secluded place which tries to stay off the map, considering what has gone on in the past between Sonic, Knuckles the guardian of the island, and Dr. Robotnik. This, however, has changed...

The story begins as all the Freedom Fighters, including minor members, have come to a carnival situated on top of the Floating Island. Although the Freedom Fighter are enjoying themselves, Knuckles arrives and tells Soni that he wasn't the one who invited all of them to the Carnival. A rat walks up, bumping Knuckles out of the way, introducing himself as Renfield T. Rodent. He tells the group to enjoy themselves, leading the Freedom Fighters into a Hall of Mirrors for a free ride. Not wanting to give up a free ride, the group unreluctantly enter the hall. They look at themselves through the distorted mirrors. Knuckles suspects there's something wrong. Suddenly, a flash of light appears blinding everybody in the hall. Knuckles closes his eyes in time to prevent being blinded by the light. He opens them up, witnessing all of the Freedom Fighters trapped inside the mirrors themselves, unable to escape.

Robotnik appears as a hologram inside of one of the mirrors, telling Knuckles about how he hired Renfield to do the work of getting rid of the Freedom Fighters for him. Knuckles tries to break the glass separating him and the Doctor, but ends up slipping and falling on the floor. Robotnik reveals that the released energies from the light have taken away all of Knuckles powers. He says that although he could have transported him to the other dimension with the others, he needed a witness for his plan. He lets Knuckles leave the hall, all the while laughing at his success.

Knuckles heads out, away from the carnival. He sits on a rock and tries to think of a plan to rescue Sonic and the gang. Without his strength, and loss of his sharp knuckles, he's powerless to help. He looks up as he sees something zoom by him at a quick speed. The being stops, introducing himself as Charmy Bee. He asks Charmy why he wasn't at the carnival with the others, to which he replies that he had better things to do. He flies over to a nearby tree, as a voice comes from it. Knuckles watches as a purple chameleon reveals its tree camouflage cloak. Charmy introduces the lizard as Espio.