Karr stepped up onto the porch of the old building. He held the red emerald in his hand; it was glowing bright red, brighter than it would normally glow. Karr carefully opened the door, it creaked as he pushed it open and as he stepped into the old warehouse the door slammed shut on its own. The thick cement floor was cracked and the bright glowing red emerald went dark, it was just a faint light that seemed like it was trying to escape the enclosure it was in.
"Well, well it took you long enough to get here."
"I am sorry master, my partner was the cause of the lateness, and she won't stop pestering me to be with her."
"Well then, what have I taught you so far? To be a worthless slave that can't even arrive on time!? No, no, I have taught you better than that, you have not even gotten rid of her yet!? All you had to do was kill her and you can't even do that!"
"But she's my partner, we both work together…"
"NO, there are no partners, no wives, no children, and most of all NO FRIENDS! You work alone, you do everything alone, and no one ever gets in the way. You understand don't you?"
"Yes master I understand."
"Good, you will be a good servant, and bring me Kitt, alive and I will reward you with your freedom."
Karr turned around and bolted for the door, he wanted his freedom so badly and the only way to do that would be to take down Kitt, or to backstab Vectra and join up with Kitt to take down Vectra. It was one way or another, and hopefully Sevipa would at least agree with him.
Sevipa was tired of waiting for Karr, but he had told her to wait at the old base that was Kitt's. She was finally annoyed of him ignoring her every time they did something together, she was going to confront him now and hope that he admits what his feelings are for her. She did not want to be like Katara and Kitt, where their relationship was butting into everything, she only wanted to know if he liked her or not. After years and years of fighting good guys together, they should be getting somewhere with their own relationship and not always him being a cold shoulder to work with.
Karr stepped onto the base and had a feeling something bad was going to happen. He jumped out of the way just in time to see a net swoosh up toward the ceiling and then another caught him, he hissed and yelled to be brought down to the ground.
Sevipa felt pride as she caught Karr, she finally figured out a way to get Karr without his little feelings outsmarting her. He was always three steps ahead of her and to outsmart him was like getting Kitt to fall flat on his face, it was nearly impossible to do it. Sevipa sat in the corner for a few more minutes, sitting in her pride, as long a Karr does not ruin the pride tonight she was going to treat herself to a treat.
Karr stopped yelling, and looked at the handy work of a knot tying girl, if the girls were as perfect as they had said then he was screwed on getting out. But if they had one little mistake in knot tying then it was their own faults if Karr got out.
It took Karr a few minutes to find a mistake and was finally untying it; he huffed harshly to get the net to swing. He was annoyed and hoped to his teacher that it was not Kitt who found their hideout and Kitt who had caught him in this net. It took a few more seconds before hearing what he thought was who he thought it was.
Sevipa just came out of her hiding spot and looked at Karr who was trapped in her net.
"Well look who caught the cat? So how you feeling up there Karr, feeling pretty embarrassed to be caught by a girl that's always behind you? Well I will only let you down if you tell me how you feel."
Karr let out the breath he was holding, at least she was not going to ask where he goes every time he misses Kitt in being killed. It was much too dangerous to ever let her know about Vectra, he then smacked himself mentally. His teacher knew about Sevipa and was letting on about how he liked her, but he could never be like Kitt… he could never be like Kitt… never be like Kitt… never be like Kitt unless…
"Hello, anybody listening to me? I try so hard to get you to notice me and this is the treatment I get? Karr?"
"I have to tell you something, and its rather important too, can you let me down? I don't want anybody but you to hear what I have to say."
Sevipa was happy he was going to tell him civilly and not caught up in a net, she was so happy. Karr on the other hand was upset, he was going to get rid of his teacher, he was going to be a hero, but first he's was going to need a hero's help. And his guts told him that was so wrong, but to be free of being told what to do was a good feeling he always had, he was meant to be evil but not to be controlled to do evil, he was free, from the moment he met Sevipa and Kitt he was free, now this teacher had him controlled, and he hated Vectra for everything that he forced on Karr.
"Hello? You keep zoning out Karr, you gonna tell me what you wanted? Because if you keep zoning out then I will just tie you back up, it's fun to watch you struggle, but not so much fun to watch you try to go after me."
"You know what? I will tell you both, but first we need Kitt before I say anything about where I go when I suffer a defeat from Kitt."
Sevipa stood still, and turned around. Her back to Karr, "you mean you've got something planed? You never want to talk to Kitt, just tell me know what's going on."
"I'm sorry but we need a plan before we kill this guy. He's undefeatable while fighting alone, and I'm never free anymore."
"Of course you're free…"
"No! You're wrong; I have been controlled since after I met you, and after the seventh defeat by Kitt, this guy has been controlling me, I always wanted to be free again, but until this guy is killed I can never be freed again."
"Karr why did you not say anything about this? I could have helped you."
"No one could help me here, and I already tried to stop him, but he's undefeatable, he is Kitt and at the same time not Kitt. It happened when we had that fight over that golden emerald; yes he was that black creature that came out of Kitt when he grabbed the emerald. Sevipa I don't like being controlled, I hardly can stand you and your annoying talks about how to handle a sword, better yet how you talk about the knives you weld. Let's go inside, it's rather cold outside."
Sevipa stood with her back to Karr, she sighed deeply, and at least grateful for Karr at least noticing how she could throw her supply of knives. Then turned around to find Karr already inside the empty base, she sighed again and did something she would later regret when Karr would wake up, she held the dart in between her fore fingers, and tossed it at Karr. It was like slow motion when he fell to the floor, the thud was like a drum being hit one last time, Sevipa shook herself and walked into the base, the tranquilizer would not last very long, she had given Karr a very large dose, to keep him out and not to be reminded she always had a good shot.
Kitt jumped up, it's been weeks since the last attack from Karr, and that was when half the city was destroyed, again. He sworn he would always fight Karr until he was put in his place, or placed on Prison Island, a prison for Mobians and according to his adopted father, a horrible place, he knows from experience because he was there for a century. Kitt laughed, his dad was known for his skill for killing, something that Kitt did not receive as a blessing, Karr got the blessing to kill, all Kitt got was a blessing for being the hero, his father had both and it split, just like Kitt and Karr were twins.
Kitt looked over from the television to the kitchen; he could already smell the cookies that Katara was making. She always makes good cakes and cookies, it was Kitt who did all the real meals, and Katara could burn everything but her cakes and cookies.
Kitt stood up from the chair he was sitting in, turning the TV off as he did so. It was when he was standing in the doorway to the kitchen when the door slammed open and Safferia burst into the room, breathing rather hard and holding her stomach, trying to breathe enough to speak.
"What is it? Is Karr back in the city killing people?"
"No… but I do… know that Sevipa… is… coming here. I don't… know why though."
Katara joined Kitt and said "do you know why she is coming?"
"Once again… I don't know… why she is coming, but she sure… looks like she… just might throw a fit…"
"How much longer till she gets here? And is it to try to attack us? Hurry and get Light-Raze I have a feeling that we might need him."
Replied Kitt as he moved from the corner to the window in a few seconds. He had a gut wrenching feeling that this meeting might not be normal. If it was only Sevipa who was coming then there might have been something that Karr had planned, and he always comes in with a plan.
Safferia ran out the door as quickly as she could, not noticing she passed Sevipa as she ran out the door. Sevipa walked in and glanced over at Katara and asked rather overly sweetly, "can I have one of those cookies?"
Katara glanced from Kitt to Sevipa and dug out a dirty burned cookie, saying sweetly "here's your cookie, now tell us why you're here."
"Well I think Karr may have just lost it, no, no not like he's killing things again, ever since that crazy fight with you Kitt, he's keeps saying he's never free, always being controlled, and he wants your help to free him, since the guy he's being controlled by won't die by Karr."
Sevipa tossed the dirty cookie over her shoulder and knocked down a picture of Kitts family off the wall. Kitt sighed and picked the picture up, rehanging up the picture. He turned toward the kitchen again, hoping that Katara had stopped any stupid fights. He turned and seen Sevipa sitting at that dining table and Katara holding out a cookie, one that was not burned or dirty.
"Wait is you telling that Karr is not free anymore? That's impossible, he's always free. It was the only thing he valued over anything else. What are we going to do?" Kitt looked from Sevipa, then back to Katara.
"Don't look at me, I'm not his silly twin, think about it, why is Karr not free in the first place? The only explanation is if he was captured or he freely joined with Vectra, and I doubt he was captured, he's too strong to be bound in ropes…"
"So you're saying that he had freely joined up with Vectra? I really doubt that, unless he had wanted to join up with him, or he had offered something worth more than being free… he was probably offering to get me, Karr has always wanted me dead, but what would he gain from killing me? He just had the thing that he valued more than anything tooken away from him."
Replied Kitt as he tooken a step back, he shook his head thinking (Karr would never want me dead, more than his most valued thing in the entire world.) Kitt looked left and right, hoping that his main partner would be around again, but even that was wrong, his partner was dead, dead for so many years that even a wish would not bring him back. Kitt turned around, he was going to have to find Karr and knock some sense into him, and if that was not going to work then he was going to have to confront Vectra.
"Kitt is something wrong?" asked Katara. She looked over Sevipa's head to look at Kitt. "No, nope nothing wrong here, why?" replied Kitt. "You were just standing there, shaking your head and talking to yourself."
"Like I said Katara, I'm fine, nothing is wrong." Katara walked up to Kitt giving him a hug, and Sevipa coughed harshly causing Kitt to break the hug. "What is your problem?! Is a hug not good enough for you?" yelled Kitt.
Sevipa whipped her hidden knife out of her shoes and held it up, saying "if you keep making me feel worse than I already do, I will not hesitate to cut your throat out. My place will be with Karr, and I will use anything to do it, even blackmail." She stood up from the chair she was in and simply used the back end of her knife to toss it into the air, watching the chair shatter on the wall. She had a smile on her face as she walked out of the room and outside, slamming the door hard enough to have it fall off the hinges.
"Jezz what's her problem? I guess I can't hug you around her." "no it's the thought of a family that ticks her off, Karr only thinks of her as a partner, she wants something more from him, but he won't give it. Kitt don't worry about girl problems, they are too complicated for your simple mind."
Kitt watched Kit-Kat come down the stairs, asking "who destroyed the chair? Ohh is that cookies I smell? Hey mom can I have a cookie?!" Katara moved away from Kitt going back to the kitchen to keep her daughter from eating all the cookies.
"Kit-Kat what did I tell you about using the mystic emeralds!?" "Dad you have to calm down, I had already explained to mom about using them." "And is she alright with you using them in the house?!" "Dad she's alright about them, when are you going to tell me about that blue gem you carry all the time?"
Kitt left the room stepping over the broken chair and door; he held the emerald in his hand (when I finish my end of the deal. I will tell you the truth, Kit-Kat.) Kitt stepped outside and looked at the dust swirl around the yard. He was bored and wished for someone to talk too. He could see far into the desert, and carefully watched Sevipa drive off.
It was about fifty miles away from Kitts home that the bike's back tire blew out. Sevipa kicked the bike, causing it to fall, she was already having a bad enough day, first Kitt and his wife hugged, something she had despised for a long time. Then the stupid tire decided to go flat. If she did not make it to Karr in the last hour, then he was going to wake up and then she was going to get yelled at for drugging him to sleep. She wasn't even finished with her extra errands to even think about drugging Karr again. And because the tire blew out she was going to need to use the only thing she normally refused to use, an emerald. In Karr's and Sevipa's hands, an emerald was the most dangerous thing they could hold. It was nothing like a gun or a knife, and if you wanted to use Chaos Control it would destroy the area they were in. it had backwards affects for them, it don't normally do what they wanted. Then again Kitt and his silly team had emerald trackers; it would be a waste of energy to use an emerald.
Sevipa took a deep breath and brought the emerald to her face, looking at how perfect and clear white it was. She brought her other hand up, it held the knife she had threatened Kitt with, she moved the emerald back and slashed down, light burst from the emerald, as it could not hold against the effects of a magic knife. Sevipa looked around, finally she was back at the base and it seemed like she could have another chance to drug Karr, since he was not up yet.
She walked into the room, scattering the emerald pieces around the door, they had turned black and held not a speck of power left, she had simply destroyed the emerald, although she would have to polish and retune the knife, it did not avoid getting ruined in the process. She had other knives but none where as good as her favorite, it shimmered with the rainbow but it was normally used only to threaten others, it was used for magic, normally used as a shield but can do others. Sevipa glanced around, she knew what Karr enjoyed for food and she was just bored enough to make it.
"A hero is always around, but where is Kitt now? In hiding? Afraid of the fan girls? Or just plain dead? We will hear exclusively from the fastest thing alive later at 5." The TV was shut off, cloaking Vectra in darkness as he got out of the chair he was sitting in; he already had the perfect plan to get rid of the creatures that would only get in his way as he tried to get Kitt murdered. The first one was going to be killed at the news station to talk about the latest hero, Kitt. (As long as that blue creature does not bring his boyfriend then he is as good as dead.) Thought Vectra as he glanced toward the black gem still sitting on the top of the TV. He chuckled and the gem flashed a darker black, he went over to the TV and picked it up, enjoying the dark force within the gem, unable to be freed.
"Hey Shads do I look good enough to be on TV?"
"No not really, I would say your nearly ready to get hit across the face by Amy herself, that is if you not so old!"
"Come on Shadow, we were all heroes before, why make fun of my age now? You freaking immortal, you can sit there and watch me age. I bet you would never leave the Space Colony ARK if you had a choice."
"yeah if I had a choice, but sticking around you is way too much fun, and I don't think that Silver wants to come here in this time to help wheel you around in that chair."
"Hey I said don't make fun of my age, if I had a choice I would be the very one to adopt those two kids that you found, but nooo, I had to sit out because of my age. And now look what you had done? Kitt is the hero and Karr is a freaking villain, and Kitt is just like me, scared to death by any weapon given to him while Karr is an insane killer who would end up killing everyone just to be a total showoff."
"It sounds a lot like me doesn't it? At least his values are still of being free, he will never have to worry about being controlled, and that means by anyone, he will be a loner, something like me when I was alone for that fifty years."
"Shadow! You were in suspended animation for fifty years! You had no control over your body."
"That did not stop my plans of killing you and the entire planet right? Even when old Egghead made me his personal killer I was still backstabbing him to get all the Chaos Emeralds to the ARK, and then I fell out of the sky down to earth, again."
"Your right Shadow, let's just hope your little secrets stay that way."
"No one knows and when I die I will give then up, which will be forever! See I still can make jokes, just to make you feel bad about your age; you're a pretty blue old man. Now come on the TV place wanted to see you tonight, don't worry too much though, old Egghead will be at the old people care center, no need to worry about dying. And I promise I will be in the car waiting for you. Aqua Marine will bring you in, so don't worry too much, you know she's really nice."
"Yeah, yeah I know. There is nothing more for me to do now, except tell the world about a hero, who don't ever show himself to the cameras, reminds me a lot about you."
Shadow shoved Sonic into his wheel chair, leaving the room that was the only one that would let them in with the wheel chair. Quickly Shadow skated toward the car, unlike his bike to have to be completely shut in, and he knew how Sonic felt being shut in an enclosure. Unlike himself who was in an enclosure his entire life, Sonic was used to the freedom.
An hour later Shadow was sitting patiently waiting for Sonic to come out of the building after his little interview. He seen the sharp slash of blue as Aqua Marine ran out to the car. She opened the door and said softly.
"Shadow I'm sorry, Sonic was killed, a shot to the heart, we could not save him."
Aqua stepped back, as the door on the car went flying; she stood as still as she could. Shadow fits of rage was legendary, he would go after anything that moved, and with no mercy either. She blinked and noticed he was gone, his fits would allow him to use Chaos Control without having an emerald with him. Course this was also the only time she would get a chance to escape from his rage, and escape she would.
Shadow burst though the room, not caring one bit about the building he was in, or the people trying to escape, all he wanted to see was his boyfriend again. Shadow found Sonic in the wheel chair, he took a sigh of relief and as he took his final steps toward the fallen hero, the building finally collapsed, the fallen timbers had finally fallen apart nearly as fast as Shadows rage.
The radio suddenly went off, "Kro, did you kill the blue one?"
The black gun was suddenly placed onto a patch or red skin, returning back to black feathers. The beck was speckled with red, its claws sharp and as black as its feathers. As it moved it flashed with the color of flames, its black eyes glittered as it watched the building collapse; its voice was like soft singing songbirds.
"Of course Boss, he's dead as it gets, but if you wait a few seconds you will be sure he's dead."
The black bird brought his claws up and struck them together, creating the flames that he had always cherished, protected and never let them go out. They were his heartbeat, and that's what he had to protect for much of his life. It was Karr who found him broken and dying, and it was Karr who kept him well fed and cared for. He let the flames wrap around his fingers and jump back and forth, it was always hunger and would go to any lengths to be fed, Kro sliced the little flame in half, tossing one end into the collapsed building and the other into the sky. The one in the building was happy to eat, and because it was an old building it would be eaten quickly. The one in the sky proved that Kro had killed someone again. It had been five long years for him to recover from the attack from the humans, they wanted his feathers and his weapons, and his reddish colored skin, and he would have been killed for his skills.
"Your next target is Tails, the double tailed fox, and be quick about it, Kitt and his 'buddies' could be anywhere."
"Yeah I know what they all think, and don't worry, nothing ever gets in my way to kill something, the flame follows every order I make."
The radio was suddenly consumed by the flames, destroying any evidence that Kro was there. He leapt down off the building he was on, twisting in midair so he would land facing the alleyway he was going to escape out of. Once he landed on the ground, he swiftly and silently vanished into the darkness, the flames of the building reaching toward the sky, like they knew they would never see him again.
"Kitt! We have a little problem! Something different popped up on TV; the greatest hero was just killed on public TV! Get Kit-Kat out of the room now! And try to gather up the rest of the team, we need to have a meeting."
Kitt tripped over his chair, running toward Kit-Kat, he grabbed her and quickly climbed up the stairs, going two steps at a time, he rushed past the room with LightRaze, who happened to be dancing at lightning fast paces. He nearly tore the door off of the wall as he pushed Kit-Kat into her room.
"You stay in your room; I don't care if Karr even comes to take you, YOU STAY IN YOUR ROOM Kit-Kat."
Kitt left the room still closing the door softly, but Kit-Kat could hear her father yelling at LightRaze to quit playing those dancing games, and to help them fight evil. She turned toward her table, it was a bare room, not much decoration, only the walls were the beauty in the blank room, there was drawings up and down, even the ceiling was painted and drawn on. Her bed was made, but sitting on the table was her greatest power, a sparkling golden jewel. It was many times smaller than the dark blue emerald her father carried but this one had beauty, something she had, and that both her parents hated, they said beauty was for the weak hearted. Kit-Kat chuckled softly, of course beauty was soft, it was meant to be that way, but it was of the motto that made her chuckle, 'one man can make a difference'. She was the one who was proud of her beauty, did not try to hide it or attempt to cover it up, like the other girls at school tried too.
Kit-Kat opened her window, it may have been nearly 20 feet off the ground but she had her jewel, she could gently fly, it was not good for quick escapes or in the middle of a fight. But Kit could control it quite well, already she could combine her energy and the stones and make a strange type of blast, she did it to a few people once. They feel asleep and were wiped clean of any makeup; it was funny to know they had no memories of the attack. It was a onetime attack, if her father even called it an attack. She also was given a whip from her mom, but she never had the guts to attack anyone with it.
Once she landed on the ground, Kit-Kat looked around, making sure that no one had noticed her escaping the house. LightRaze was smart and he could tell when and who was sometimes coming or going, if Kit-Kat was right then he would be in the safe room, no gifts could work inside of it. The safe room was exactly that, a safe room, it could only be destroyed from the inside out, and the only people who know how to control it were her mom and dad. Kit-Kat started to walk toward the underground base, it was disguised by a broken down barn.
She hated sand, of all the places her parents had to set up base it was in a desert, it was the only thing that her jewel could block and it proved that was it.
Kit-Kat walked down the stairs, not noticing the black shadow that slowly followed her. She went over to the chair that was sitting in front of the computer.
"Hey Tails, how you been doing?"
"Nothing much Kit, just working on your Fathers medication, those flash backs he's having might get worse, and I already heard about my big brother dying, you don't have to get me so sad, I knew he was going to die, but not like that."
"Ummm Tails? I was not going to tell you about that, or about my dad. I was going to ask if you could enhance my stone, but that's okay if you're too busy."
"Well if that's all you need that's fine, I can do that in a jiffy. But you do know that I will have to log it and your parents will find out."
"Well if you put it that way, I don't really want to ruin my life yet, and my brother probably will find out, he nearly knows everything that I do."
"Yeah Tracer is quite smart, he knows when you need protection."
"Not all the time."
Tails turned around in his chair, and seen the black shadow that had murdered his older brother. Kit-Kat jumped in front of Tails, attempting to protect him, even though they both knew only Tracer could save the day now.
"How pretty, a young hedgehog trying to protect her double tailed friend, who is this Tracer, I'm hearing about?"
"It's me, Kitts hidden son, kept far away from others, for that exact reason."
Kro turned around, looking into the shocking blue eyes, of a strong bodied blue and black Hedgehog. He laughed and took a chunk of feathers off his back, taking the ninja stars into his clawed hands.
"Well then, it will be an honor to kill him, along with his sister and his two tailed friend."
Kro whipped the stars toward the older hedgehog, and vanished into flames, just as Tracer jumped back from the frontal attack, avoiding the stars but right into the trap that Kro was at. Tracer spun around with the grace and power only he had; as he spun he pulled the knife, which was in his quills, out.
"Why does everyone I know so far use rocks and knives to attack?"
Kro cried with distress, then Tracer flicked his wrist, allowing the knife to extend to a full length double handed sword, it shimmered with blue, a dark shine to it.
"Well then, I might have a challenge on me…."
Kro grasped the stars as they came back around, he put them back onto his back and pulled a couple feathers from his sides, they forming into one of his favorite weapons, the Anelaces. He could use them in both hands and they allowed him to attack twice, only good for offence and no good for any defense.
"….if you're not the sissy of this match, I will give you the terms, I win you will be killed and so will they. You win and I will flee from here and leave you and your petty life back to where it was. Well boy? Going to fight or run?"
"I will gladly accept your terms, but if you even think about killing my sister and Tails again, I will kill you."
"Ha! Such petty talk for such a small boy, you won't even last five minutes against me."
"Well then maybe you should attack first, I'm not used to fighting first."
"What?! Fine I will attack but be warned."
Kro leapt up, using the light breeze to control his moves, the two weapons in his hands flying faster that he could control. Tracer managed to hold back the attack, the thick clang of metal on metal creating sparks as they battled. Kro jumped back, his swords now covered in flames, and dove low for Tracer's legs, then twisting around and slicing down with one sword for Tracer's arm and the other for his head.
Tracer could only block one attack, either his arm or his head. He took a breath and blocked the attack on his head, taking only split seconds to realize the same move his trainer had taught him, one attack on his arm and one on his head left the enemy completely open for an attack of his own, but it was a desperate move on his own part.
Tracer took the chance, japing forward with the sword he had, the sharp hiss and the burning pain meant he finished the attack but he could no longer feel his other arm. The moment of battle was suddenly quiet as Kro was nowhere seen, Tracer dropped his sword onto the ground and flopped down next to it, he chuckled and realized that Kit-Kat was sitting next to him, gently wrapping up his arm and telling him what a nice job he did at protecting them.
"Where did that bird guy go?"
"Don't worry about it Brother, you protected us when you needed too, you should feel good about protecting us."
"Kat this was my first fight in my entire life, I do feel really good."
Kit-Kat carefully finished wrapping her brother's arm up, as Tails got the guts to say something.
"Tracer that was the most graceful fight I had ever seen, but that was a bold move you pulled on him, you could have easily died."
"Yeah I know Tails but it was the only thing I could do."
"Well good job, it scared him off, he killed my big brother."
"Well we have to go now, bye Tails."
"See ya Kit, bye Tracer."
The both left the base, going back to the house, never noticing that Kro was sitting on top of the building. He chuckled to himself and looked over to the denominator to the bombs he had set up in the base. He pushed the button, and listened carefully as they went off, the two kids hit the ground as the explosion went off behind them.
"Tails!"
"No Kit-Kat don't!"