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Chapter 3 – Mobius 203
Genesis Era: Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Hydrocity
"Cool!" shouted Bedwyr as he looked at the water slides and waterfalls scattered throughout the mostly water submerged city that was Hydrocity. Tails, Knuckles, and Bedwyr/Aquarion were standing on a high building above the beckoning clear water.
"This is quite impressive…" quietly added Aquarion.
"Well what are we waiting for? Let's dive in!"
"Uh, you guys can go on ahead!" shouted Sonic from a cliff high above in the Angel Island Jungle.
"Why won't he join in?" asked Bedwyr as he sped through a water slide, practicing his Shell-Dash.
"Sonic can't swim," responded Tails as he swam in the water below.
"The Knight of the Wind can't swim?" asked Aquarion.
"Now that's funny!" shouted Knuckles as he wall-climbed to a high pillar facing Sonic. He then dove into the water and shouted, "How do you like dem Emeralds Aqua-phobic Hedgehog?"
"Shut up pinky!" shouted Sonic as he backed away from the edge of the cliff.
Lava Reef/Hidden Palace
"Not another Cauldron…" sighed Bedwyr as he slowly trekked behind Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles on a rock bridge floating over boiling lava.
"Don't worry," said Tails, "This is the way to the Hidden Palace and Sky Sanctuary, that's all."
"Hidden Palace and Sky Sanctuary?"
"The Hidden Palace is the original shrine to the Master Emerald & Super Emeralds Tails mentioned, while Sky Sanctuary is a series of temples that float above Angel Island," replied Knuckles as he searched for the next path.
"Knuckles appears to be wiser than I led on…" complimented Aquarion.
"Nah, he's a complete bonehead outside Angel Island," commented Sonic with his signature chuckle.
"Grr… Anyways, here's the Hidden Palace." At Knuckles' words a door opened showing a bright violet crystal covered tunnel. At the end of the tunnel was a series of stone-brick ancient yet majestic looking bridges leading to a dead end room with a red sphere in the middle. Bedwyr was confused at first about where to go, but then he saw Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles touch the sphere and them being shot through the tunnel above. The next room was empty, but it had a peculiar mural of a blue hedgehog covered in a golden aura facing off against an odd being that's holding the Master Emerald. Past this room was what Knuckles wanted to show Bedwyr. In this open area was 7 large platforms with purple flower-like openings with the middle being a golden platform with shining green crystals jutting out of the platform. "This is the Hidden Palace and original Master Emerald Alter. When the 7 Chaos Emeralds and Master Emerald are placed on their platforms, the Hyper Forms of Sonic and me, as well as Tails' Super Form, are unlocked."
"Whoa… This is truly something… So is there anything special that happened here?"
"It was during this adventure where we first met Knuckles," said Tails as he stood on one of the purple platforms.
"It's also during this point where Knucklehead here finally notices he was tricked by Eggman for the FIRST OF MANY times!" added Sonic as he stood on another platform, "Anyways, let's have a race at Sky Sanctuary! What do you guys think?"
"No fair since Needle Mouse here can go 0 to 60 in no time at all…" claimed Knuckles.
"Well Sky Sanctuary is filled with several platforms and climbing instead of pure running…" added Tails.
"Fine, I should win anyways since it's my Sky Sanctuary!"
After this the group went forward and down a set of stairs to another red sphere teleporter.
Sky Sanctuary
When Bedwyr got out of the teleporting beam, he found himself at the bottom of a series of golden & ivory colored temples & ruins high in the sky. The clouds were below and all around him as he slowly said, "This is unbelievable…"
"Awesome huh?" shouted Sonic from another platform equal to his level.
"Very nostalgic isn't it?" said Tails from a third platform.
"Yeah," answered Knuckles from the fourth, "Back in a time where all we needed to do is kick Eggman's ass with no questions asked."
Everyone laughed for a moment before Sonic said, "Since I am the fastest thing alive and since I've been through here just a few months ago, I'll give you guys a head start."
"What cockiness!" exclaimed Aquarion, "That is not kingly material!"
"That's not cockiness," interrupted Tails, "That's confidence since he can back it up… You'll see soon enough. Anyways, just try to find a way up, avoid spikes, and use the springs and item screens scattered around!"
"What?"
"Just follow what Tails said," added Sonic, "I'll show you more about those things tomorrow. One more thing, never stop running! Now go!"
At this starting signal Tails took to the skies with this namesake turning like propellers while Knuckles jumped up and started to wall climb. Bedwyr decided to follow a path next to him while switching into Cavalier-Form. At the end of the path was a yellow spring that Tails had mentioned, which Bedwyr approached slowly before standing on it and being thrown upwards. "Whoa! That's certainly a rush!"
"Move along or you'll lose this little challenge!" exclaimed Aquarion as he looked towards Sonic starting to wall jump between two pillars above them. Bedwyr proceeded on his path, but he felt something odd. As he looked back, he found that the path behind him was falling, urging him to run ahead. At the end of the path was a red sphere transporter and as Bedwyr was about to stand on it Aquarion called out, "Just a second Sir Bedwyr!"
"What is it?"
"Over there…"
As Bedwyr looked to a near-by ledge, he saw an item screen with the icon of Speed Shoes. In the background Sonic was visible breaking a Ring Screen and Boosting faster on the second to last temple before the Spiral Tower. Meanwhile, Tails was right behind him with an Electric Shield and Knuckles was falling behind due to accidentally hitting a forgotten Eggman Item Box. "Huh, I wonder what that does…" Upon breaking the screen, Bedwyr obtained a boost of speed as he crashed into the teleporter and sped past Knuckles.
"He must've found the speed boost…" said Knuckles as he was catching his breath from being damaged.
Bedwyr quickly reached the beginning of the Spiral Tower as Sonic was starting to head up. "Whoa, finally someone who can keep up!"
"You've clearly forgotten about me Sonic!" shouted Tails as he flew above them.
"Hey no fair!" Sonic, Tails, and Bedwyr all raced to the top of the pillar neck and neck. Even when the Speed Shoes Power-Up wore off of Bedwyr he forced himself forward. At the last spiral Sonic pulled off a Sonic Boom, reaching the top but with a groan instead of a cheer. "How?"
At the top of the pillar was Knuckles triumphantly posing as he said, "Well it is MY Sky Sanctuary, so it's only fair that I know all the secret shortcuts…"
"That's just messed up!"
"Anyways," interrupted Tails before Sonic & Knuckles would start arguing again, "since we'll be showing Bedwyr around Mobius, how about we go to Spagonia first and catch the sights?"
"Sure as long as we don't run into Amy…"
"No promises!"
"Fine..."
Author's Note: I hope you enjoyed both parts of this chunk of the story. Hopefully I can update every week! Please leave your polite & honest review and be sure to vote on the poll on my profile for the next story to be made after this one!
