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Chapter Two
Okay, so I've decided just to post all of the chapters I have now, and I'll edit them if you guys have any complaints about them. Well, let's get started!
When I came to, it was still pretty dark. There was enough light to see that I was in a cell. Concrete floor, walls, and ceiling, steel bed on the side, and to top it all off, a wall of bars, just like a stereotypical prison cell should.
"Hello?!" I called out. "Can anyone hear me?"
"Josh?" A voice called out weakly.
I looked through the bars to the cell directly across the hall. A small figure was slumped against the wall on the other side.
"Jacob!" We both scurried to the bars and reached through. We were able to grab each others hands, but just barely.
"What happened?" I asked.
"I don't know!" He replied. "I was just at home, when all of these Eggman robots came charging into the house. I tried to hide and text you, but they got me too quickly."
"They locked onto the signal. Honestly, did you think that a robot I built wouldn't be able to do that?" A new voice said. A dark, gravely voice. One that we both recognized immediately. "Get back in your cells." Eggman said gruffly.
"Make us Eggbutt!" My brother yelled. I smiled a bit. That's my little brother for you. Brave as can be.
"You're not taking him from me again." I said.
"I beg to differ." Eggman replied. He suddenly whipped a small machine from his belt and pressed it against our hands. An electric shock coursed through both of our bodies, sending us flying to the back of our cells. Jacob landed on top of his bunk. I wasn't so lucky. My back slammed against the side causing me to lose my breath. I sat doubled over, coughing, as two robots dragged me out of the cell, and two more dragged Jacob out.
I was thrown into yet another cell, this one made entirely of glass. Jacob was strapped into the middle of a thin red ring, with his ankles and wrists tied to the outsides of it. We were in some sort of control room. Many strange machines beeped and whirred and whizzed, lights flashed on and off, and in the middle of the room were the seven Chaos Emeralds, all of them inserted into some sort of machine. The machine looked like some sort of column, but it was red, and almost completely covered with switches, lights, buttons, and monitors.
"What's this about Eggman?" Jacob growled as he tried to break free of his bonds.
"It's the future my boy, a future ruled by yours truly." He said proudly. He started to stroke his unusually large mustache. "You see, I have finally determined the core power of each Chaos Emerald, what makes them tick so to speak. They are run by pure emotion."
"You really didn't know that?" Jacob asked, rather bemusedly. "It's how Sonic and Shadow can do Chaos Control and Chaos Blast!"
"No. They use their emotions to harness the power." Eggman smiled. "But no one has truly known where they get their powers from. All of them were theories, or guesses. Some believed they've had it right for centuries, and many others have believed them. However, they were all wrong." Eggman leaned against the strange machine the Emeralds now rested in. "I have found out that each emerald draws it's power from the emotions of those around it. Around the world in fact. The red emerald is fueled by anger, the dark blue by sadness, the yellow by joy, the white by kindness, the pink by love, the lighter blue by normality, or rather, not feeling any of the other emotions."
I started counting to myself. "...Hey, aren't you missing one?" I asked. "There are seven aren't there? Didn't you forget the... ah..." I had a sudden flashback to the events that unfolded earlier on in the day. "The green one. You didn't have that one until you took me and my brother, didn't you?"
"An unfortunate set back. We didn't know that the Emerald had traveled to your Earth until our scanners picked up a strange energy from the far reaches of the galaxy. Lo and behold, there it was!"
"So why do you need us?" Jacob asked.
"I'm planning something." He replied, gracefully avoiding his main plot. "I'm giving the emeralds more energy by subjecting them to extreme cases of certain emotions. I've already received plenty of normality from my robots, and I've managed to find some extreme cases of sadness, joy, kindness, and love from a few... ahem... 'volunteers' I collected. That box you're in, as well as that ring your brother's in, allows me to collect those emotions and funnel them into the corresponding emerald. You're younger brother has already given me plenty of anger." He smirked, jerking his head towards Jacob, who simply glared back. Eggman crossed the room and stood behind Jacob. "Now all I need is one more. The green emerald." He pulled out his shocking machine again and shoved it into Jacob's back, causing him to scream violently. "Fear."
The shock seemed worse than a Taser! Jacob's back arched as if he were trying to escape the shock, but to no avail.
"JACOB!" I screamed! "Please, let him go, I'll do anything, just let him go!" I tried to feel any other emotion. Anger, sadness, anything! But all I could feel was a fear that he was going to kill my little brother.
Eggman laughed maniacally, as the green emerald started to glow. The Emeralds! Isn't there a way that you can pray to the Master Emerald for help or something? Yes, I think Knuckles did it! But was he the only one who could? I couldn't remember, but I had to at least try.
"Oh Master Emerald!" I pleaded as loudly as I can. "If you can hear me, please, help me and my brother!"
"Oh Master Emerald! Save me, save me!" Eggman mocked. "Please, there's nothing you can do!"
I carried on undeterred, staring at the Emeralds. "Please, you need to help us! HELP US!"
End of Chapter Two
What do you think? Like I said, I didn't want this story to be the same as other stories. As far as I know, no other story has their main characters captured by Eggman at the very first of the story, and have them tortured... Too dark? Don't lose hope dear readers! Read on! Oh, and write a review if you want to, whether it be to critique my work, or to correct me on some sort of factual error. See you in the next chapter!
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