DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN KNUCKLES THE ECHIDNA OR THE PARALYMPICS. I DO OWN ZACHLEY THE ECHIDNA (trademarked).

KNUCKLES JOINS THE PARALYMPICS

"Shucks" said knuckles; "I sure am a big fat lump" he pondered as he gazed upon his big stomach full of the chili dogs. He had been depressed ever since he lost his legs in the big sonic war.

|FLASHBACK BEGINNING|

"I thougth you were my companion and lover, bean the dynamite" said knuckles the echidna

"I don't need friend Im a part of the daesh now" bean yelled as he threw his trademark bomb on knuckles the echidna's legs.

"NO MY LEGS!" knuckles whispered in pain.

"But I still love him"

|FLASHBACK END|

The tv turned on automatically because the presidential address started.

"Hi, dear americans." Sonic hedgehog said on the tv "I am before you hear today to tell you how glad I am that Mobius will host the 2015 paralympics."

"Paralympics?" knuckles

"It is the biannual event in which cripples battle for supremacy in 8 special events. "said sonic hedgehog happily "the games are the following

· 1. Running, it's about going fast, I love that, I'm the fastest man in town. The runners have blade legs.

· 2. Wheelrunning is the same as the last one, but this one has wheels instead of legs

· 3. Baskeyball: in this variant of the popular ball game, the players are in wheelchairs instead of feet.

· 4. Polevault. Self explanatory

· 5. Swim: its going fast in water, I, myself cant swim but the cripples can, so good on them haha

· 6. Horses: horseraces with blind people. It's a hoot

· 7. Wheelchair fencing: I did some fencing back in the day in Sonic and the black knigh. I yearn to be back

· 8. Football: blind

. If you want to sign up for the Paralympics, please go to your recruitment. this is president sonic eijiofor hedgehog signing out, America."

The television tuned out as rapidly as it turned back on and knuckles didn't know what to do. He could finally be a Olympic champion as he always wanted to be, but he would have to leave his house for the first time since the big war of sonic the chronicles. He was at at crossroads.

There was a knock on the door.

Knuckles finally decided to get it back together, so he jumped on his wheelchair and went out the door and t o the local recruitment center. The emeralds had to wait.

"hello, knuckles" said manic the hedgehog as he arrived in the rec center

"hey, manic" replied knuckles the echidna. "you work here?"

"yes, after sonia died a fell into a deep depression, i started doing crack cocaine and selling my body down and dirty on the city streets. i slept on a wet piece of cardboard looking up at the neon sky. i still remember, like it was yesterday. I remember how bartelby snapped her neck out of pure, I remember the ugly grin to his face, and finally i remember the way he pointed that pistol straight between his eyes, still grinning from ear to dirty fucking ear, and then he pulled the trigger. i keep replaying that moment in my brain, wondering if theres something I could have done, dude."

"can I sign up for the Paralympics?" knuckles asked.

"Yes, what sport?" manic asked

"wheelrunning" knuckles answered

"You're in the game. Go to the stadium" manic said

And so he did…

END OF FIRST CHAPTER