This is a story about the Dark Emerald and it's rivalry to the Chaos Emeralds. Long ago 7 mystical gemstones existed on Earth. These gemstones were said that they could turn people's thoughts into power and had the ability to grant miracles. But legend had that there was an 8th emerald that could match it's ability to all 7. This emerald was just as powerful but was forbidden to be use due to it's negative effects on those who wielded it. It was for that reason that the emerald was locked away and for it's energy never to be used.
-Present day-
Deep underground a bunch of egg-shaped robots with hard hats were digging through tough rock using drills, pick-axes and shovels. Up on top of a cliff a egg-shaped doctor watched the robots' efforts making sure that none of them slacked off. Behind him a silver and a gold robot walked up. "Dr. Eggman, can't we take a break?" The silver robot asked. The egg-shaped doctor turned his head toward the two.
"I'm with Decoe" the gold robot said. "If this search goes on any longer our circuits will fry." An angry look crossed the doctor's features.
"You good for nothing dolts!" The doctor yelled. "I'm on the verge of world conquest and you want to take a break?! You dunder heads had better get back to digging before I disassembled you!"
The silver robot then said "But, Dr. Eggman, we've been at it for days and we still haven't found a trace of the temple."
"Wouldn't it be better to just give it up doctor?" The gold robot asked.
"No!" The egg-shaped scientist shouted. "According to my research the temple we are looking for was burried underneath this jungle for centuries waiting for someone worthy enough to uncover it's secrets and I, Dr. Eggman will not rest until I find that temple. So both of you get to it, or I'll turn you into washing machines and have you clean my underwear!" The gold and silver then turned to each other.
"Dr. Eggman sure is excited over finding this temple." The silver robot said. "I wonder what could be in it?"
"Beats me." The gold robot replied. "But I doubt its anything worth rusting our gears over." Then, a black robo appeared from within the mines.
"Dr. Eggman, they've found the temple that you've requested, sir!" He then said. The egg shaped doctor looked up and exclaimed
"Excellent! Bring me to it!"
-Several minutes later-
The black robo led the egg shaped doctor who was being followed by the silver and gold robots through the mines and into a large tunnel. It was then that they walked up to a small rocky structure surrounded by a group of egg shaped robots. "Out of the way! Move it! Make way for the evil genius!" The egg shaped scientist called out as he pushed his minions aside and made his way to the front. When he got there he was met by another one of his minions.
"Dr. Eggman." He said. "We were able to unearth the temple from the rocks, but we are unable to get through the temple's doors."
"What?!" The egg shaped man asked in shock before he pushed him aside to see more of his minions struggling to get the door open. The door then shot out a blue energy wave knocking back all of the robots that were on it. A blue circle then appeared around a pedestal that was before the door along with some ancient, blue text on the door prompting the egg shaped doctor to walk up and read it.
"What does it say doctor?" The silver robot then asked.
The egg shaped doctor then said. "It says those who want to enter the temple must step in the circle and answer a riddle. Those answer correctly may gain access into the temple and those who fail will be annihilated on the spot."
"Oh, no!" The gold robot exclaimed. "That won't be so good if we don't know the answer to the riddle!
"Bocoe is right doctor!" The silver robot then said. "Maybe we oughtta turn back!"
"Are you joking?" The egg shaped doctor queried. "I'm a extraordinary genius with massive intellect! There's no riddle unable to be solved by my knowledge!" The egg shaped scientist then walk onto the pedestal inside the circle causing more text to appear. "Hmm..." He said as he began to read the text. "A murderer is condemned to death and has a choice of 3 rooms. The first one is full of ferious flames, the second one full of assassins with deadly weapons, and the third one full of lions who haven't eaten for 3 years. Which room is the safest for him?" The doctor thought and thought the minions became silent, waiting to see if the scientist could solve the riddle. "Hmm..." the doctor said still pondering the question before him. "Hrmm..." he said still having no clue what it could be. "Aha!" The man got out as he looked up at the door. "Room #3 is the safest for him!" Silence filled the air. Then slowly but surely the door started to open. "As I thought!" The doctor said.
"How did you know it was room #3, doctor?" The silver robot asked.
"Yeah?" the gold robot questioned. "Each room seemed just as deadly as the next!"
"It's elementary really..." The egg shaped scientist said as he walked toward the temple. "Nothing could survive after not eating for 3 years so the lions that were in the third room are dead." The doctor then grins as he looks inside. "Finally! At long last! I will know true ultimate power!" A dark aura surrounded the inside of the temple as he slowly walked inside.
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