Core Cave Zone

Core Cave Zone is a large cave found even deeper than Hidden Palace Zone, and probably the deepest cave in Team Dragoon's dimension. The geography is exceedingly hazardous due to the free flowing lava that's the result of the cave being so close to the mantle. Until a opening was formed, Core Cave Zone didn't even have bacteria living in it, but somehow, a magical artifact had been left down there, a amulet that can contain the Chaos Emeralds and manifest their power in a unique way(Most just call it The Amulet.)
It's existence was only discovered a while after a earthquake struck the Westside Islands, one that went so deep that it broke a hole from the Hidden Palace Zone to Core Cave Zone. A couple geologists reported the Hidden Palace Zone getting much hotter than usual, so the Restoration called upon Blaze the Cat to investigate(due to a resistance to fire and heat that came with her powers.) While she was investigating, she found a huge hole which appeared to be the source. The Restoration then called upon Tails to craft heatproof drones to investigate, which he did in record time. They were then deployed to investigate, where they found Core Cave Zone at the bottom of the hole(Tails named it in the spur of the moment.) Tails continued to investigate this previously unheard of cave, when he found The Amulet held by a naturally formed rocky hook. He brought it out to investigate, quickly finding out it gives off a unique energy, and incidentally discovers it can absorb Chaos Emeralds to strengthen it's power output when he found one while testing The Amulet. Eggman quickly steals it once discovered however, and both heroes and villains fight over it until it's destroyed, releasing the absorbed Chaos Emeralds.
The cave is such a anomaly that researchers flock to it, even after the amulet was taken and later destroyed. There are many theories on how the amulet even got down there, such as it being from another dimension, or being teleported there so no one could ever find it, as that deep, trackers of anything fail to track. Many groups are also interested in installing geothermal energy down there, as soon as they find equipment heat resistant enough.
Category:Zones
Category:Sonic Postgame(Hero of Team Dragoon's AU)