A gaurdien,a gaurdien who protects something with seemingly no purpose.
That was what Knuckles the echinda was.He had scowled many times in his
child hood about it,before the emerald had an actual purpose.He learned
later that it was able to nueatralize the power of the chaos emeralds.
But it wasn't ever much good.The first time it could be used the
creature played a trick with it's positive and negative powers.The
second the beast merely changed it's tatics,and the master emerald
again became useless.Actually it was more of a hassel then a gift.The
Master Emerald was surly bueatiful,but that only brought Rouge,who
haunts him to this day.And even the super powers of the emerald,turning
something to super form for a few seconds,was used against him and he
had to get rid of the power.The gaurdien scowled again at it,cursing
it for ruining his life.He had lost everything to it.What had he know?
Love?Power?
Bah!His so called love was a thief and his power was used twenty-four
seven protecting the blasted thing.The facts were clear.Knuckles was
a puppet to it,a puppet with no other purpose but to gaurd a gem.
Knuckles even began to belive the confounded gem had a mind of it's
own,manipulating thing's for it's fun and protection.Knuckles didn't
have much time to ponder this,as there was a thief about,he could sense
it.And puppet or not,it was his destiney to protect it.He inhaled,
craked his overly large nuckles,and waited.He saw a shadow whip by and
heared the sound of moving feet.Knuckles didn't have to guess twice on
who it was.The thing moved again.Knuckles readied for an attack.He
could feel the cold breaze as it rushed by him.He closed his eyes and
turned.
"Black Wave!"
"Thunder Arrow!"
The two attacks collided with no affect.Rouge the bat was however
suprised by the retaliation and fell over.She stood up and began going
to a fit,a fit she went through every time she failed to capture the
emerald(which sometimes lead to many bashes and bruises for Knuckles).
"Why do you love that stupid jewel so much?"Rouge yelled at it.
Knuckles didn't answer,he only stared at Rouge with angry eyes.
"What are you so mad at me for?"Rouge asked angrily,"you should have
gotten used to it by now,and I fed your stupid chao didn't I?"
While heros likes Sonic or Tails were to busy working out or saving the
day Knuckles spent his spare time with his chao in a hidden garden
to the south which Rouge had found,unsuprisingly.The gaurdien would
often spend his time with his three chao,which I won't go into detail
just yet.Rouge stepped forward and up to Knuckles.This was always her
second attempt to take the emerald.She would never be able to do it
will pure fighting abilities,as even if she did win she would be in
no condition to haul the emerald around.So she used her other skill,a
skill she found more useful then her flying kicks or gliding wings,her
charm.
"I can't possibly beat a strong echinda like you,so why don't we just
settle down and..."
Knuckles wasn't in the mood.Usually he would humor her and go along
with it until it came the part where they actually did anything.He
would let Rouge think he was under her spell and snap out of it just in
time,though he never really was,it was just their relationship.
The echinda pushed her away from him,and she looked quite offended.
"Why can't you be like normal men and have a nice pretty girl in your
life?"She yelled,more flustered then ever.
"Oh! Your a girl? As big of a pervert as you are,I would think you were
a trans-sexual!"Knuckles yelled back.
Insults were never his strong points,though his retort was probably
much more clever then what I have written down,I was not there at the
time and had to get most of the story from Biggs the Cat.
"Shut your mouth you stupid gaurdien!"the bat hissed,"the only reason
you still have that stupid jewel is because I GAVE it back to you!"
"I Should have let you burn in that god-forsaken lava pit,maybe then
you'll learn some manners you little wrench!"the echinda barked.
Rouge would give anything to wipe that secure grin off the echinda's
face,but she wasn't feeling up to another.She began to hover above him
with her wings.
"Fine,I'm leaving!A smart girl like me knows once shes not wanted."
And with that Rouge the bat glided away,and Knuckles was left alone
with the Master emerald.He should have let her have the master emerald
and be over with it.
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The gaurdien circled the jewel with a mixture of hatred and
understanding.In the past the emerald seemed so sacred,so holy,but
Knuckles was beggining to develop his own theory.He couldn't destroy
it,if he did it could just as easily be restored.But he didn't think
he could spend another day with it either.He just sat down,staring at
it's miraculous glow.It lit up the starry sky,but it wasn't enough
to cheer up Knuckles.He couldn't remember the last time he had any fun,
had a good nights sleep,or even ate properly.His whole life revolved
around this gem and this gem alone.
"Do what your heart desires."He told himself,his voice strong and full
of new hope."
"Or do what the faiths have ordered you too."Whispered a cold and
emotionless voice in his ear.
Knuckles turned to see the glowing eyes of a friend,of sorts.Para.An
echinda with eyes like pale moons and fur like the night.He wasn't a
very kind echinda,being the son of satan and all,but he made a good
conversation,even if your depressed.
"What do I care about the faiths and my destiney?"Knuckles asked.
The black echinda threw his head back and laughed,a cold,chilling laugh
which made the fur on Knuckles' neck stand on end.
"You of all people should be concerned about your destiney,gaurdien."
said Para,"You of all people should know the importance of this jewel."
"Your joking me."Knuckles growled,"this jewel is sheltering the girl
of my dreams,keeping me from doing things I love and the creatures I
love as well."
"Tikal.Fighting.And Chao."Para said,"Not much of a life."
"Well it suits me just fine!"Knuckles yelled at him,"And what whould
the son of Diablo know about a life?"
Para merely laughed again,the diabolical chill would always haunt the
gaurdien,even in his dreams.
"I have a good enough life to suit me.A great girlfriend and all the
poor slobs I can beat the crap out of,indeed my life is perfect."Para
said proudly.
"Isn't that nice?Well that dosn't help me now does it?"asked the
gaurdien,flustered.
Para walked around the Master emerald,obviously seeing some potential
of evil admitting from it's glow,some possibility of mass destruction.
"I will watch the emerald for you,gaurdien,"said Para slyly,"atleast
for a month or two."
"Yeah,right,I'm not stupid demon-spawn,I know you and your habbit
of wanting to destroy the whole world,I think I'm fine,Thank You!"
"If it makes you feel better,I was not planning on destroying the whole
world,just a small clan that has begun to become an annoyance to me,"
said the black echinda,"I will use the powers to rid myself of them,
and then I will make sure that no bat is in ten miles of this emerald."
Knuckles pondered this offer for a while.Para was strong enough to
handle the master emerald,in fact he was alot stronger then Knuckles
was.He could just get Mighty to look after the emerald,but Mighty had
become slow over the years,and though he was indeed strong enough,Para
was stronger still,and faster.
"You will make sure that the emerald is safe then?"Knuckles asked
nervously.
"As I said before,no evil(besides me)will ever touch this emerald."Para
said,certain that he had Knuckles right where he wanted him.
"Then it is your duty to gaurd the emerald for a month."Knuckles said
finally,"I will be going to see my chao in the hidden Hero garden to
the south of island,do not,and I repeat,DO NOT, use the emerald for any
other purpose but destroying your petty little clan."
And with that he glided off.
"Maybe I lied about the SIZE of the clan,but then again,I never thought
anyone liked the casino in station square anyway."Para smirked,"Anyone
who cheats Para out of ten thousand dollars is always doomed to die in
the end."
That was what Knuckles the echinda was.He had scowled many times in his
child hood about it,before the emerald had an actual purpose.He learned
later that it was able to nueatralize the power of the chaos emeralds.
But it wasn't ever much good.The first time it could be used the
creature played a trick with it's positive and negative powers.The
second the beast merely changed it's tatics,and the master emerald
again became useless.Actually it was more of a hassel then a gift.The
Master Emerald was surly bueatiful,but that only brought Rouge,who
haunts him to this day.And even the super powers of the emerald,turning
something to super form for a few seconds,was used against him and he
had to get rid of the power.The gaurdien scowled again at it,cursing
it for ruining his life.He had lost everything to it.What had he know?
Love?Power?
Bah!His so called love was a thief and his power was used twenty-four
seven protecting the blasted thing.The facts were clear.Knuckles was
a puppet to it,a puppet with no other purpose but to gaurd a gem.
Knuckles even began to belive the confounded gem had a mind of it's
own,manipulating thing's for it's fun and protection.Knuckles didn't
have much time to ponder this,as there was a thief about,he could sense
it.And puppet or not,it was his destiney to protect it.He inhaled,
craked his overly large nuckles,and waited.He saw a shadow whip by and
heared the sound of moving feet.Knuckles didn't have to guess twice on
who it was.The thing moved again.Knuckles readied for an attack.He
could feel the cold breaze as it rushed by him.He closed his eyes and
turned.
"Black Wave!"
"Thunder Arrow!"
The two attacks collided with no affect.Rouge the bat was however
suprised by the retaliation and fell over.She stood up and began going
to a fit,a fit she went through every time she failed to capture the
emerald(which sometimes lead to many bashes and bruises for Knuckles).
"Why do you love that stupid jewel so much?"Rouge yelled at it.
Knuckles didn't answer,he only stared at Rouge with angry eyes.
"What are you so mad at me for?"Rouge asked angrily,"you should have
gotten used to it by now,and I fed your stupid chao didn't I?"
While heros likes Sonic or Tails were to busy working out or saving the
day Knuckles spent his spare time with his chao in a hidden garden
to the south which Rouge had found,unsuprisingly.The gaurdien would
often spend his time with his three chao,which I won't go into detail
just yet.Rouge stepped forward and up to Knuckles.This was always her
second attempt to take the emerald.She would never be able to do it
will pure fighting abilities,as even if she did win she would be in
no condition to haul the emerald around.So she used her other skill,a
skill she found more useful then her flying kicks or gliding wings,her
charm.
"I can't possibly beat a strong echinda like you,so why don't we just
settle down and..."
Knuckles wasn't in the mood.Usually he would humor her and go along
with it until it came the part where they actually did anything.He
would let Rouge think he was under her spell and snap out of it just in
time,though he never really was,it was just their relationship.
The echinda pushed her away from him,and she looked quite offended.
"Why can't you be like normal men and have a nice pretty girl in your
life?"She yelled,more flustered then ever.
"Oh! Your a girl? As big of a pervert as you are,I would think you were
a trans-sexual!"Knuckles yelled back.
Insults were never his strong points,though his retort was probably
much more clever then what I have written down,I was not there at the
time and had to get most of the story from Biggs the Cat.
"Shut your mouth you stupid gaurdien!"the bat hissed,"the only reason
you still have that stupid jewel is because I GAVE it back to you!"
"I Should have let you burn in that god-forsaken lava pit,maybe then
you'll learn some manners you little wrench!"the echinda barked.
Rouge would give anything to wipe that secure grin off the echinda's
face,but she wasn't feeling up to another.She began to hover above him
with her wings.
"Fine,I'm leaving!A smart girl like me knows once shes not wanted."
And with that Rouge the bat glided away,and Knuckles was left alone
with the Master emerald.He should have let her have the master emerald
and be over with it.
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The gaurdien circled the jewel with a mixture of hatred and
understanding.In the past the emerald seemed so sacred,so holy,but
Knuckles was beggining to develop his own theory.He couldn't destroy
it,if he did it could just as easily be restored.But he didn't think
he could spend another day with it either.He just sat down,staring at
it's miraculous glow.It lit up the starry sky,but it wasn't enough
to cheer up Knuckles.He couldn't remember the last time he had any fun,
had a good nights sleep,or even ate properly.His whole life revolved
around this gem and this gem alone.
"Do what your heart desires."He told himself,his voice strong and full
of new hope."
"Or do what the faiths have ordered you too."Whispered a cold and
emotionless voice in his ear.
Knuckles turned to see the glowing eyes of a friend,of sorts.Para.An
echinda with eyes like pale moons and fur like the night.He wasn't a
very kind echinda,being the son of satan and all,but he made a good
conversation,even if your depressed.
"What do I care about the faiths and my destiney?"Knuckles asked.
The black echinda threw his head back and laughed,a cold,chilling laugh
which made the fur on Knuckles' neck stand on end.
"You of all people should be concerned about your destiney,gaurdien."
said Para,"You of all people should know the importance of this jewel."
"Your joking me."Knuckles growled,"this jewel is sheltering the girl
of my dreams,keeping me from doing things I love and the creatures I
love as well."
"Tikal.Fighting.And Chao."Para said,"Not much of a life."
"Well it suits me just fine!"Knuckles yelled at him,"And what whould
the son of Diablo know about a life?"
Para merely laughed again,the diabolical chill would always haunt the
gaurdien,even in his dreams.
"I have a good enough life to suit me.A great girlfriend and all the
poor slobs I can beat the crap out of,indeed my life is perfect."Para
said proudly.
"Isn't that nice?Well that dosn't help me now does it?"asked the
gaurdien,flustered.
Para walked around the Master emerald,obviously seeing some potential
of evil admitting from it's glow,some possibility of mass destruction.
"I will watch the emerald for you,gaurdien,"said Para slyly,"atleast
for a month or two."
"Yeah,right,I'm not stupid demon-spawn,I know you and your habbit
of wanting to destroy the whole world,I think I'm fine,Thank You!"
"If it makes you feel better,I was not planning on destroying the whole
world,just a small clan that has begun to become an annoyance to me,"
said the black echinda,"I will use the powers to rid myself of them,
and then I will make sure that no bat is in ten miles of this emerald."
Knuckles pondered this offer for a while.Para was strong enough to
handle the master emerald,in fact he was alot stronger then Knuckles
was.He could just get Mighty to look after the emerald,but Mighty had
become slow over the years,and though he was indeed strong enough,Para
was stronger still,and faster.
"You will make sure that the emerald is safe then?"Knuckles asked
nervously.
"As I said before,no evil(besides me)will ever touch this emerald."Para
said,certain that he had Knuckles right where he wanted him.
"Then it is your duty to gaurd the emerald for a month."Knuckles said
finally,"I will be going to see my chao in the hidden Hero garden to
the south of island,do not,and I repeat,DO NOT, use the emerald for any
other purpose but destroying your petty little clan."
And with that he glided off.
"Maybe I lied about the SIZE of the clan,but then again,I never thought
anyone liked the casino in station square anyway."Para smirked,"Anyone
who cheats Para out of ten thousand dollars is always doomed to die in
the end."