Part 9: The Jungle
(Katherine POV)
Halfway there, I am walking cautiously over the oozing quicksand. We aren't sinking as of yet or at all actually. There is nothing but silence and the sounds of shoes hitting brown, oozing, wet quicksand at our feet, until we hear voices in the distance coming from the jungle.
"This is your entire fault! Bravery means taking risks, not finding a mud pit and it trying to let's just say eating us!" A female voice yells
"My fault? At least i didn't want to get killed by vines snapping, 'taking risks' and trying to swing onto a platform. There was no frigging way that is clarified as brave! That is just plain; grade 'A', absolute bullshit!" A male voice yells.
We follow the voices into the jungle. They are nowhere to be seen. We are close since their yelling is fairly loud, but we can't see the two argumentative, possible jungle dwellers in sight. They probably can hear us as the female voice said "listen, there's someone here." The male contradicts by saying "It is a deserted jungle, goddess. Like there is anyone else here besides us". We keep listening and we look at the ledge and there is a platform on the other side, the voices could be coming from there, but we are unsure. Two seconds later, Silver drops the map and it rolls off the ledge. He looks to see it in the mud. The other thing he sees is two muddy hedgehogs, one he can recognise as Avira.
"Guys, look down here. We found Avira!" Silver wittingly remarks
"Dear Goddess, Silver? Is that you?" Avira asks
"Me, Blaze, Sonic, Sally and an Overlander." Silver yells down to the stuck Avira.
"Who's the Overlander kid, Silver? Friend or foe?" Avira asks
"Could ask you the same question? Who's the one with the mud all over his head?" Blaze asks
"I'll explain if you guys get me outa here! Had been stuck here for hours! Come on, We've been stuck here and sinking! Avira yells impatiently.
"Ready, we'll combine our powers. One... Two... Three!" Silver asks of Avira to combine their powers at the same time.
The two focus their powers and the two muddy hedgehogs are released. I focus my water powers and rinse Avira off she is drenched and the white dress is practically see-through so we see her battle-suit underneath her dress. I rinse off the other one and he is a hedgehog coloured black and a sort of light blue-ish colour.
"Mephiles the Dark?" everyone (except Avira and I) yells in question
"I thought we killed you?" Sonic asks
"I'll take this one. Mephiles wasn't erased from existence, he is mortal, but a demonic spirit from a side-effect with the sceptre. I had released him from the Sceptre of Darkness like a day ago. I'm trying to fix the forces. The Forces are out of balance, i hadn't told anyone as this is only important to me and as Goddess of Light; I have to handle this myself. I would of asked for your help, but you don't understand what i am doing." Avira explains
"So good to see you again, my cousin. How long has it been?" Mephiles asks
"How am i supposed to tell? You were always the evil child in this family. No wonder that your last name isn't Cava." Silver said under his breath.
"Silver? Did you just... Never mind. What are you doing here?" Avira asks
"I'll answer. My name is Katherine-Maria Robotnik... and yes, I am aware of who i am related to and what implications it haves on me. I am a pacifist so I'm not in any way like him, thank you. We are looking for the Pure Moon Sceptre to cure my dark side. I had been cursed since birth with a dark side that came into being when i turned 11 years old." Katherine-Maria explains
"What a coincidence. I'm trying to find that too." Avira Replies
"Why don't you both join us then?" I say happily with a smile.
"Silver, don't say it. I know what is going to..." Blaze gets interrupted
"We are not having my older, partially evil, manipulative, cowardly, reckless, and unbearable; over confident cousin join us, Katherine. No how, no frigging way!" Silver yells.
"Come on, we need that sceptre. I think that if they are going there too, i suggest that they come along." I console the angry Silver.
"Don't make me come over there, Silver! I will join even if you say no. Mephiles and I are joining no matter what you think!" Avira yells
"You and what army, Celiade?" Silver replies
"Don't... make... me... Mad!" Avira starts getting mad.
It is like nothing i have seen before, her markings light up and her sceptre turns a bright colour of white. Sparks fly and a whole lot of light emits from her sceptre. It is like my two sides merging, but more powerful and i don't know what it is doing. We warp, against the rules of the quest; we arrive outside of the temple. Where the sceptre is. I wonder what force had caused us to come where, since she clearly blew a fuse. Now we are so close i can taste it (no, not really, but that would be pretty cool through... ...and plain Yuk). I'm probably going to shut up now and let someone else narrate.
(Mephiles POV)
I can't believe she just did that. I hate to say but that was so cool. Avira definitely has some issues, like i do. Sometimes, when i was the apprentice of the empire, i remember how i would have a temper tantrum. Anavatoia has worse; she practically tears a room apart. So, now Silver and i have now been brought back together. He turned out looking like his dad, Nathaniel, just like Avira looks like her mother whom i only noticed for three minutes before i was sealed. We enter this temple and there are traps going off everywhere. I take the lead and use my powers to blast the objects coming at us. Before Avira starts, I'll just say it, this is the hooda and the whatnot about Leadership path or something and i think this is working something. This might be the path for me.