"Wait, they disappear?" Lara had Sonic's full attention with that comment. It didn't make any sense - how could something alive just disappear "Weird..."

"Yeah, sounds good." Sonic didn't want to leave Lara behind either - if those weird disappearing creatures she was talking about came back, he wanted to be there. He was pretty sure he could take 'em out, whatever they were.

He started forward, making sure she was staying with him and pointing at the shiny object he'd seen (he was still too far away to make out what exactly it was). "See? There shouldn't be something that shiny in a place this old, right?"