Okay, I already this posted at deviantart so I suppose posting it here too wouldn't kill me. Start the fic.
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Sonic and Tails were flying in the Tornado to Angel Island. With Tails in the cockpit and Sonic standing on top of the wings as he always does.
"What did Knuckles want to talk to you about?" asked Tails.
"He was pretty vague about it, but Knuckles usually doesn't contact us unless it's important."
"And even then he's pretty reluctant to do so." added Tails.
Eventually they landed on Angel Island taking but a moment the majestic scenery of the island.
"You know I never really noticed before but Knux has got a pretty sweet set up here." noted Sonic.
As Tails started to lock up his biplane Sonic sped off straight towards the Master Emerald shrine.
In meer seconds the blue blur was there to meet the Master Emerald Guardian. But Sonic was greeted with a very strange (to him at least) sight. Knuckles was wearing a brown leather jacket and, what looked like, an Indiana Jones hat with some odd trinkets surrounding it.
"You're wearing clothes." announced Sonic.
Knuckles shook his head as he turned around to greet the fastest thing alive.
"Sigh. Yes, I'm wearing clothes! The Master Emerald thinks I might need them for my trip."
"The 'Master Emerald' told you?" queried Sonic.
"It's...a Guardian thing." explained Knuckles.
"Wait a minute, let's back up here for a second. What's this about a trip?" asked Sonic.
"I've been reflecting on some of our past adventures and have decided that I haven't been a worthy enough Guardian for the Master Emerald. So it showed me that a journey would give me what I needed to be a better Guardian."
"Well yeah Knuckles, I guess you DO kinda NEED it." Taunted Sonic.
Normally that would have been enough for Knuckles to start throwing the first punch but astonishingly enough, Knuckles lowered his raised fist and took a deep breath.
"Whoa, keeping your temper under control? I'm impressed! What brought this on?"
"I got sick of being humilated that's what!! I'm going to try and think things through with a calm mind!"
Sonic merely stood wide eyed. "Wow...that's all I can think of to say...just...wow!"
"Anyways, I've decided that my journey would probably have more sucess in a different world."
"What makes you think that?" agrued Sonic.
"Let's face it Sonic, everytime we try to do something personal some disaster or villain strikes." answered Knuckles.
"No no, I mean there was that one time.......how about the time....or maybe when....okay your right." admitted Sonic. "But what about the Master Emerald?"
"That's where you come in..."
Sonic knew what was coming and shouted a quick"NO!!!"
"Sonic as your friend..."
"NO!!!"
"I would like to ask the favor..."
"NO!!!"
"That you...."
"NO!!!"
"Sonic the Hedgehog..."
"NO!!!"
"Watch and protect..."
"NO!!!"
"My Master Emerald while I go on my journey to become a better Guardian."
"....................NO!!!"
Oddly enough Knuckles merely smirked.
"If you don't do it I'll tell Amy where your new house is hidden." threatened Knuckles.
"OKAY!!! JEEZ!!! You didn't have to go for the throat like that!" ranted Sonic.
Knuckles raised an eyebrow at him. "Didn't I?"
Sonic stood slightly impressed at Knuckles. It wasn't often that he got burned.
"I better get going...like now!" stated Knuckles.
Knuckles jumped ontop of his Master Emerald and started an odd chant that Sonic just barely couldn't hear.
When Knuckles stopped a swirling green portal hole opened up before him.
"So long..." grinned Knuckles.
When Knuckles was one leg into the portal he turned back to his ex-rival. "Oh and Sonic?" Knuckles raised his fist towards the hedgehod in a threatening manner. "If anything happens to my Master Emerald while I'm gone...I'll find you!"
Sonic grunted a small laugh. He gave Knuckles a smile with his trademark thumbs up. "No problem."
As Knuckles completely entered the portal Sonic couldn't help but think to himself. "I hope his journey is quick. I don't want to stay on this island forever."
Iterpol forces surrounded a museum with several police cars and one hovering helicopter with a seach light monitoring the sky light.
Carmelita Fox came out of one of the police cars followed by several other officers.
She spoke calmly and clearly into a megaphone. "Everybody take your postions!"
A couple of officers took out shock pistol
"Are you sure you're okay with us arresting your boyfriend?" a cat officer asked.
"EX-boyfriend!!!" corrected Carmelita hotly. "Not my fault he chose a life of thievery with his friends over a nice quiet life with me." she added with a grumble.
A lizard officer approached the female fox with a quick salute.
"We have the building surrounded, ma'am."
"Excellent, when Sly makes a move we'll be ready for him. Did you bug ever room of the museum like I asked?"
"Yes mam! Here's the earpiece to the mainroom for the artifact he's after."
The lizard officer gentally placed the earpiece in her hand and she delicately put it in her ear.
All was quiet for a moment but Carmelita knew that by now Sly was either starting to slink in or he already had. But she heard the ever faint sound of quiet footsteps touching the floor. She had trained herself to do so when dealing with Sly. She was about to order her troops inside when a loud boom come from inside the building.
"What the Hell was that?!" screamed Carmelita.
"HEY YOU!!! DON'T TOUCH THAT!!!" shouted a voice inside the museum.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" cried a voice that sounded like a certain racoon thief they were all expecting.
BAM!!! SHATTER!!!
The famous Sly Cooper came flying through the glass door, backwards, head first. He ironically enough landed infront of Carmelita.
"Uh...hey foxy lady..." grinned Sly with a black eye and some broken teeth.
Carmelita quickly fired a round from her shock pistol at him and started to walk back towards the museum.
"Um Mam, are you sure you should really just walk away from Mr. Cooper like this?" asked the cat officer.
"He won't be getting up." stated Carmelita. "Not where I shot him."
Carmelita walked up the stairs to the museum, ignoring the cries and moans of pain from her ex-boyfriend, and entered through the hole that Sly had made.
The inside of the museum was pitch black but she made sure to have her Shock Pistol ready just in case.
"I know you're in here! As an officer of the law I order you to come out into the open!"
Truthfully she was expecting whoever it was that sent Sly flying to try to make a break for it once she announced herself. Not everybody was as stealthy as Sly so this new person probably would have slipped up in an escape attempt in which she could identify and arrest him/her.
But instead the second intruder came into the light with his hands up in a peaceful gesture. Carmelita cocked her head to the side, she had never really seen an Echidna before, let alone a red one.
"Sorry about the raccoon, but it looked like he was going to make off with that small stone tablet and I guess instinct just took over." he explained himself.
"What's your name, stranger?" she asked.
"You can call me 'Knuckles'."
Anyways I know a KnucklesxCarmelita is proooooooobably a weird pairing. But the odds of my weird pairings are like one out of five. Bound to show up at sometime. It might be just one sided from the officer I don't know yet. But feel free to share your feelings