Sonic, Sonia, and Manic continue to tap their feet on the ground impatiently while glaring at me. "What's the matter guys?" I asked curiously.
"UPADTE SONIC UNDERGROUND SEASON TWO AREADY GOD DAMMIT!" They yelled at the same time.
"I will! Just as soon as I've finished the next chapter." I replied. "In the meantime here's a new chapter to this story."
Sonic and the Black Knight – The After Years
Chapter 2 – Flashback! The KOTU's New Leaders and Lancelot's Pride Shattered!
The next day in the infirmary Nimue returned to the group in the waiting room. "There awake now if you would like to see them." She offered them.
They nodded and followed her into the room where they found the two hedgehogs lying down on the beds wrapped in bandages. "Wow. Those guy's sure did a number on you two." Gawain slightly joked.
Lancelot scoffed at his joke. "They weren't any ordinary Knights of the Underworld." Lancelot replied angrily. "They-they were…" Lancelot Hesitated.
Sonic leaned in to listen. "What?" He asked.
"I think it's better if we start from the beginning." Lancelot claimed.
*Flashback*
I was running through the forest leading to Misty Lake. It didn't take long till the encampment was in sight so I charged through some Knights that were guarding the gate. I then pulled out my sword and slashed the gate in half. The knight's that were inside charged at me as I walked in not knowing there destined fate.
I stopped and charged up a few of my Chaos Spears in each of my hands. Once I had four in each, I quickly throw them and they all connected with a knight and exploded killing any other KOTU in the vicinity of the blasts. I continued to traverse through the camp killing any KOTU in the area, until I found their leader. He was a much larger knight who was wearing Golden armour. He may have looked intimidating, but compared to me he was nothing.
I killed him like all the others, but something caught my eye. There was a scroll next to him that fell out of his pocket. I was curious so I picked it up and opened it. I found that this was an order from one of his commanding officers ordering them to pack up and retreat as soon as they could. It had the location of their base as well as a signature that spelled 'D.L. and D.G'. At the time I took no concern for the names and decided to confront these two thinking I could cause a big hit in their plans, so I rushed off to a place called 'The Damned Isle'.
"I've heard of that place in legends!" Percival exclaimed. "It is said that it can be found in a in the side of a mountain just past the Deep Woods. It's supposed to be one of the most unholy of places in the land, and is haunted by the undead." Percival finished.
Lancelot continued. When I reach the mountain side I found the cave and entered with out hesitation, but as I did I felt a slight chill down my spine which would be the unholyness of the place sinking in, but I ignored it and continued on.
After what seemed like hours of traversing through the cave I finally came to a brightly lit room. As I got closer I heard what sounded like voices so once I was at the entrance to the room I crept up against the wall and listened carefully to what they were saying. I peak into the room to get a glimpse of who was in the room. I saw two figures, one was an ordinary KOTU, but the other was different. He was a hedgehog like us, but wore black and red armour over his whole body.
"Damn!" The hedgehog in armour cried and banged his right hand on his desk. "You're telling me that Lancelot took out the WHOLE encampment single handedly?!" The knight slowly nodded in fear. "Hmph, fine get out of my sight!" He ordered which the lower classed knight obeyed. The room was silent for a minute until he spoke. "You can come out Lancelot. I know your there."
I was shocked to say the least. I hadn't given anyway for him to detect me, no way for him to get wind of me heading here, but I stepped into the room to confront him none the less. "How did you know I was here?" I had asked curiously.
He chuckled. "Are you kidding? I could sense you coming the moment you picked up that scroll!" He then disappeared and before I could even draw my sword I felt a fist collide with my left cheek and I was flung to the wall. I felt consciousness slipping away quickly, but was still awake long enough to see him walk up to me. "Now Lancelot you will coming with me." He said as he reached to grab me.
"No…" Was all I could say before everything went black.
*End Flashback*
Everyone stared at Lancelot in shock as he finished his story. "W-what happened next?" Sonic asked curiously.
"I guess it's my turn." Galahad said.
"Ok. Go on Galahad." Percival said and he nodded.
*Flashback*
I had made it to the encampment and looked around. Shortly I found the leader's body, but what interested me was that there were burn marks in the grass. I crouched down to inspect in which I noticed that they must have been from my father's magical shoes. I noticed that they were leading down towards Deep Woods and proceeded to follow.
It took me longer to get through the Woods since I'm not nearly as fast as my father, but I made it none the less. I found the entrance to the cave and entered without hesitation. I traversed through the cavern, only having to stop to hide from some passing KOTU's. Minutes turned into hours as I searched and searched through the caverns, all the while the longer I stayed there the more it felt like my very soul was slowly getting corrupted by the presents of this foul place.
After hours I found myself in front of a metal door that was sealed with a lock. There was a sign next to it reading "Holding cells. Keep out unless authorized!" Knew that this must be where they were keeping father so I picked the lock with my powers and the door swung open. I peeked inside, but I couldn't believe the sight before my eyes, Father was chained up against the wall! I used my power to make a light in the room and the sight was even worse than I thought. Father had deep cut and bruises all over his body like he was being used as a training dummy. I hurried to my father's side to release him, but after I picked the locks on his chains and began to help him up I could hear him whisper something.
"G-get out of… here G-Galahad… It's…" Was what he whispered. At that moment the door closed and someone spoke. "Looks like you fell for our trap!" Then a bright light filled the room and a figure in dark silver armour was standing in front of the door.
I placed my father down against the wall and proceeded to attack the knight. We match blow for blow, we were evenly matched. It was like he knew every move I would make even our power were the same. After a long fight I was exhausted, but he wasn't tired at all! He was just standing back in front of the door again and stared at me with a creepy smirk. Finally I decided to ask. "Who are you?"
He chuckled for a moment and began to remove his helmet and once he did I was filled with utter shock!
*End of Flashback*
"What?! Who was he?!" Gawain asked impatiently.
"Well I found out the initials D.L and D.G meant." Lancelot claimed.
The others looked over to him. "What?" Sonic asked.
"The Guy I fought was… Me…" Lancelot hesitated
"WHAT?!" Everyone excluding Galahad cried. "What do you mean yourself?!" Sonic exclaimed.
"That's not all." Galahad said. "The one I fought was… me as well." Everyone was shocked at their words.
"It turns out that the initials stood for, Dark Lancelot (D.L), and Dark Galahad (D.G)." Lancelot explained.
"That-that's impossible!" Gawain cried.
"But how did you guys get out of there?" Sonic asked.
"Well I knew that there was no way the two of us could beat our doppelgangers at the moment especially in the state I was in, so I grabbed Galahad by the arm and teleported us as close to the castle as possible, and you know the rest." Lancelot explained. "But I don't care how strong they are, my pride is at stake here! As soon as I'm heal I'm gonna show them my ultimate power!"
But then Lancelot suddenly fainted and fell back down on his pillow. "What happened?" Percival asked.
"His blood pressure was too high for his current state so he fainted." Nimue explained. "Galahad you'd better get some rest too."
Galahad nodded and lay back down in his bed as the others left the room.
'Just you wait Dark, I'll destroy you no matter what it takes.' Lancelot promised himself as he fell asleep.
To Be Continued
Next time: To the world of King Arthur! Sonic's reunion!
