Authors Note: I'm back with the first Chapter. I tried to make it a lot longer than Prologue.
Disclaimer: I do not own any Sonic character of this story. Plain and simple.
-Emerald Hunters-
Chapter 1: Tricked Again
Knuckles was watching the sky closely. The Master Emerald was his sworn duty, but sometimes it had just bored him to death. Passing clouds filled Knuckles' view. The sun was hidden in all of the passing clouds, and the wind blew softly. It was some time until Knuckles got back on his feet and walked towards the Master Emerald. "I may be a little bored watching you, though... Maybe I need a break." He watched the Emerald sparkle and shine as the sun came from behind the clouds. "Then again, maybe I should watch what I say..."
Knuckles sat on top of a rock nearby. He looked up to see the clouds gone and only the sun remained. He kept looking up and soon enough, a fast plane flew past his eyes. "What the! No planes ever fly high up here, unless... Oh no..." Knuckles groaned as he realized who the pilot of the aircraft was. A blue plane made a U turn in the distance and headed towards the island.
"What's he doing here?" Knuckles asked himself. The plane landed in front of the alter. Knuckles leaped off the rock and readied himself for anything, just in case he was wrong. The cockpit opened up and two familiar faces could be seen, getting themselves out of the plane.
"Hey Knux! How's it goin'?"
"Sonic, what are you doing here?" Knuckles asked him as Sonic walked towards him. In the back of Sonic, a small fox could be seen getting out of the plane. "I was in the neighborhood, so I came to visit. It's been a while Knuckles." Sonic answered. "I see you also bought your little sidekick." Knuckles said, nodding towards Tails. "Yeah, he tagged along." Sonic said. Knuckles knew that if Sonic was here, the situation on earth was in peril.
"So, what do you want? I'm sure you just didn't come to visit me." "Yeah, you see Knux..." Tails began. "...Dr. Eggman is plotting something and we need to find out what to prepare ourselves for the onslaught of his plan."
"Yeah? So?" Knuckles retaliated. "So... We need to build a stealth chip in the Tornado that will make the plane invisible. You know, like a cloaking device." Tails explained. Knuckles looked back and forth between the two. He then asked, "So, what does that have to do with me?"
"Well, you see Knuckles, I can build the chip, but I need lot's of energy to do so." Tails said. Knuckles looked at Tails, knowing something bad was about to be said. "You see Knux, what we need is..." Sonic interrupted. " What we need is the Master Emerald!"
Knuckles jaw dropped. He knew they were gonna say something bad, but not that bad. "You need my what!" Knuckles yelled. " C'mon Knux! The fate of the Earth is at stake." Sonic exclaimed. "NO! Your not getting my Master Emerald. You can forget your silly idea." "Knux..." Tails murmured under his breath. Sonic tapped Tails shoulder. They whispered as Knuckles held the Emerald, looking at them in suspicion.
"Okay, Tails. Knuckles isn't gonna let us get the Emerald that easily, so we have no choice but to trick him." Sonic whispered. "But Sonic..." Tails whispered back. "No 'buts' Tails. We gotta do it." "Your taking advantage of him! You know how he's always easily tricked..." " I know, isn't it great?" Sonic whispered with a slight grin on his face. Tails could only look and nod as there was no other way to get the Emerald. "Okay Sonic, it's worth a shot."
"Huh?" Knuckles said confused as Sonic walked up towards him. "Well Knuckles, obviously we can't get the Emerald from you, so we'll have to use a Chaos Emerald, but oh! We've already tried that, right Tails?" Sonic bumped him with his elbow. "OH! Yeah! Right." Tails quickly said. "It...uh...didn't work. Yeah, that's it."
"We just have no choice but to surrender to Eggman..." Sonic said, sounding incredibly sad. "What! Surrender to Eggman? The Sonic I know would never surrender to Eggman! Are you guys trying to trick me?" Sonic looked at Knuckles, acting shocked. "gasp Why! No way Knuckles, we're...uh...just letting ya know if Eggman attacks he'll come after the Master Emerald first, right Tails?" "Right..." Tails agreed. "Yeah! That and he'll use it for his devious intentions!" "Eggman? He's after the Master Emerald!" Knuckles asked. Sonic and Tails both nodded.
"NO! I will not let him take it. You win Sonic..." Sonic and Tails murmured under their breath,
"Yes!" "Alrighty then Knux, you take the Emerald out of the alter with us, so we can use it for our project." Tails explained. Knuckles glanced at Tails angrily. "And to protect it from Eggman... heh, heh..." Tails quickly added. Knuckles took a look at the Emerald. Thoughts were running through his head.
"Get the Tornado ready Tails," Sonic ordered. "We're going to your workshop!"
Knuckles ripped the Emerald out of it's place and hauled it off towards the Tornado. When the Emerald was settled, the three quickly hopped in and took off. In the air, Knuckles looked back at the floating island, only to find nothing. "Huh! Where's Angel Island!" Knuckles exclaimed. "Without the Emeralds power, the island will fall in the ocean next to the edge of Mystic Ruins. You know that, right?" Tails explained to Knuckles.
"Oh, yeah... I kinda forgot, it's been so long actually... y'know, since the Master Emerald was off of the island." Knuckles said. "I really hope I'm not journeying too long..." "Who said you were coming with us!" Sonic exclaimed. "Huh? Then why am I on your plane you idiot!" Knuckles yelled. "Because of this... TAILS! NOW!"
Tails did a quick barrel roll. Sonic hanged onto the wing, however Knuckles fell like a rock.
"Sorry Knuckles!" Tails yelled down to him. Knuckles looked up into the sky as he was falling. "I knew you guys were tricking me!" He yelled back. When Sonic and Tails saw that he got closer and closer to the ground below, Sonic yelled out towards him. "HEY KNUX! IF YOU KNEW WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO WITH THE EMERALD, YOU WOULDN'T LET US KEEP IT!" Sonic explained back towards him. Shouting so loud that he was sure Knuckles heard him.
As Knuckles saw the plane fly away to the horizon, Knuckles hit the ground hard. He groaned in pain and rubbed his back to try and shake the pain off, but to no avail. "Gah! Those idiots! They had better keep my Emerald safe!" Knuckles yelled. Knuckles landed in the most rural part of the Mystic Ruins. Knuckles tried walking off the pain until he reached a solo house hidden in the trees. "Hopefully they have something comfortable... ouch..." Knuckles groaned in pain as he reached the lawn of the house. In the lawn was bees flying from flower to flower, gathering nectar, but there was one particular bee the didn't gather anything. Instead, a familiar face to Knuckles was found.
"Charmy? That you Charmy?" Knuckles asked. Charmy looked up at Knuckles. "Hey Knuckles!" He joyfully shouted. "What are you doing here?" "Cream invited me over to sniff her flowers. If I can't have candy, I come to sniff her flowers instead because of their sweet, sweet scent." "So Cream lives here?" Knuckles thought for a moment, and then shrieked in pain as he rubbed his back more. "You okay Knux?" Charmy asked.
"I've got a back problem, had a huge fall, don't worry about me. Anyways is Cream's mother home." Knuckles asked the bee. "I don't know about her mother, but I know for a fact Cream's inside..." "Thanks..." Knuckles said as he started to depart inside. "Y'know Knuckles, sweets make the world go round." Charmy explained. "Yeah... Whatever..." Knuckles calmly said as he opened the front door.
"Cream?" Knuckles yelled. "Cream, you in here?" "Yes?" Came a sweet innocent voice that echoed from the Kitchen to the Living room. "Who's there?" "It's me, Knuckles." Cream popped her head inside the Living Room. "Knuckles!" Cream screamed joyfully. She quickly ran in the room.
"Shouldn't you be up guarding your Emerald?" Cream asked. "Something... happened." Knuckles answered rather angrily. "Does your mom mind company?" "Not at all! You're welcome here anytime." Cream said with a wide smile on his face. "Good, 'cuase me back is killing me. I had a long fall and I need someplace to rest. Can I sleep on your sofa?" Knuckles asked as he nodded towards the sofa. "Sure." Cream answered.
"Thanks." Knuckles said, relieved. As he started to doze off, he said a few quiet words so Cream wouldn't hear. "Don't worry Master Emerald, I'm comin' for ya!"
Knuckles then drifted off in a deep sleep.
And that's the end of Chapter 1. Longer, huh? Chapter 2 up next. It's a little boring now I'm sure, but the Story will catch on later on. Stay tuned for more.