A/N: Well, we may as well finish this episode up. I mean, we do have to move the plot, and well, I want to get the Master Emerald taken care of. Oh, and before I forget, I'm no longer putting a due date for the contest. Keep sending in entries. Especially for the not-Freelance organizations.
Chao Card: Bokkun
Type: Dark, Demon, Flight/Power
Known Powers: Above average strength, flight, decent hand-to-hand combat
Equipment: Carrier Bag
Yaxchilán- 14:52
Chris kept shooting the Egg Gigas to keep it distracted as his grandfather told him everything he knew. "And that's how we ended up in this mess," Chuck stated as Chris put down the smoking blaster. "You know, maybe I was wrong about your mother taking you to a shooting range."
"And you and dad said it would not be in my best interest to learn how to use a gun just in case I play a cameo role in one of mom's movies," Chris chuckled. Lowering his voice, Chris stated, "Anyways, I can't believe all of this happened. Swift and Tails are God knows where, and we're barely managing to hold down a giant stone version of Knuckles- he was tough without being a giant robot!"
"What was that?" Lindsey questioned, taking a few shots at the Egg Gigas herself.
"Nothing, mom! Just me and Grandpa talking!" Looking up at Knuckles, who was now at the top of an old pyramid, Chris muttered, "Whatever you're up to… make it quick! I don't think bullets are working, anymore." He then shot it one last time, as he only had one more bullet. "Yeah, I'm dry with ammo."
The echidna, now looking at the Egg Gigas finally getting up, took a deep breath. 'Are you ready for this, Spike?' Ahaw Kin questioned his Chao ally.
'I hatched ready for this,' the echidna Chao answered. Knuckles then jumped off of the tower, extending his arms, and flying towards the Egg Gigas that was now looking up at him. However, only one thing came to the minds of Chris, Chuck, Lindsey, Nelson, Sam, and Tanaka.
"He can fly!" all six of them asked each other. However, when Knuckles was right over the Egg Gigas, the graceful flight turned into a murderous, headfirst, downward spiral, almost like a drill. What happened next was nothing short of amazing. The Egg Gigas' head instinctively snapped backwards as the red bullet pierced into it at amazing speeds, going all of the way through the back of its head and slamming into the ground, where it stopped. Knuckles pulled both of his fists out of the ground, and looked up to see the Egg Gigas falling forwards, its broken mass creating a crater in the ground.
"That… was… awesome," Springsteen's cameraman broke the silence.
"Note to self," Springsteen stated. "Do not mess with those things."
"That was amazing," Chris breathed. "Who knew echidna could fly?"
"That was not flying!" Knuckles corrected. "Echidna don't fly- they glide! It's pretty much falling with style thanks to wind currents under our quills!"
"Flying, gliding, whatever!" Lindsey cheered. "I think I know what exactly we should put in the movie, now, thanks to you!" The echidna rubbed the back of his head, awkwardly chuckling. Lindsey, meanwhile, walked towards the Egg Gigas, interested. "Now, as for your… fallen rival. Who would build such a monster?"
"Lindsey," Nelson suggested while walking towards it, "you shouldn't go near that thing. What if it goes back online?"
"I don't think you can do too much about a massive hole in the head," Lindsey argued. "The force of the impact alone was enough to kill that thing. Besides, it's not going to do anything else. I could use this to find out some things so we can use it for the movie." All of a sudden, the ground underneath them began to rumble.
"Now what!" Nelson questioned. Chris' senses suddenly spiked up. Looking at the Egg Gigas, he could tell, just barely though, that the ground underneath it was breaking apart due to too much of an impact made by Knuckles.
"Mom, dad!" Chris called to his parents. "Run!" The two were confused until the ground beneath the Egg Gigas finally collapsed, creating a huge hole that led into Robotnik's base, taking Chris' parents with it. Chris, scared for his parents, ran towards the hole in time to see a winged Dark Chao catching the two of them by their collars.
"Well, well, well," the Dark Chao smiled at the two, "look at what we have, here!"
"Could you put us down?" Lindsey awkwardly laughed.
"Sure," the Dark Chao smiled, making the two sigh. "How do you want to go?" This made both Lindsey and Nelson stare at him in shock. "TV bomb? Smothering? A very large drop? Because all I have to do for the last one is let go, and that's too easy."
"I think she meant 'put us down on the ground'!" Nelson yelled at the Dark Chao, who had a swirl over his head.
"I knew what you meant," he scowled. "Can't people take a joke? It was her unfortunate choice of words that set it up."
"Okay, we get it," Lindsey rolled her eyes. "Can you please let us on the ground?"
"Sorry," the dark Chao chuckled, "but Dr. Robotnik wants a couple hostages to secure his soon departure, and you two will do nicely."
"Oh no you don't!" Chris yelled as he jumped towards the Chao, grabbing the devilish tail. The Dark Chao, surprised to see a human having that kind of guts and getting an exclamation point over his head, nearly dropped the two humans he was holding. However, a few Egg Beetles began to swarm around the group, surprising Chris. Luckily, Knuckles managed to jump into the fray- literally. Before the Egg Beetles could fire their lasers, Knuckles dropped down, stabbing each set of claws into an Egg Beetle.
Ripping his left hand out of the robot's head, Knuckles grabbed Chris' arm, yanking him off of the Dark Chao, and, tearing his right hand from the other Egg Beatle, stabbed his claw into the nearby wall, scrapping the rock wall for a while until friction made them come to a halt. "Thank Chaos that's over with," Knuckles sighed as the Dark Chao, no longer hindered, flew deep into the base.
"Knuckles," Chris scowled, "that Chao has my parents!"
"I know that," Knuckles replied. "But in this form, Sonic, you are human, not a Mobian hedgehog. If you wish for revenge, you must find the Chao half of you first. Only then will you be able to wreak the havoc on our enemies that you need to. But until then, I'm quite literally the only thing keeping you alive!" Chris looked down to see that they were quite high, and Knuckles' claws were, in fact, the only thing that was preventing his fall to his death.
"…Fine," Chris growled. "Just get me down, and I'll settle this."
"So you're the psychopaths I have to blame for nearly being crushed to death," Tails' voice joked as he flew up towards them and took Chris off of Knuckles' hands. "You guys make an entrance. Chris, how many times do I have to fly you out of certain death? If this becomes a reoccurring thing, we may have a problem."
"Danny," Chris scowled, "I don't think now's the best time for jokes. I have to get down there, find Swift, and rescue my parents. Now, put me down!" Tails blinked at the serious tone that Chris had yelled at him in. But more specifically, the mention of his parents- they were in danger?
"…Okay," Tails nodded, lowering Chris to the ground. Knuckles, using his gliding, easily caught up to them. "…We should find Swift before we do anything else," the kitsune suggested. "I have no idea how to use that Chaos Sense thing Swift can use, so tracking the little Chao who always has to be on the move is near impossible."
"Chaos Sense?" Knuckles chuckled. "Why didn't you just ask me?" He then closed his eyes, and focused his own Chaos Energy in an attempt to pinpoint Swift. However, all he got was a bigger gem… one that was very important to him. "Guys… I think I found something we originally came here for. Specifically, the very thing that both sides of me were bound to protect."
"…The Master Emerald?" Chris remembered. Knuckles, rather than answer, broke into a full-out run. Chris and Tails, confused, ran off after him.
Master Emerald Chamber- 15:01
Swift angrily struggled to get out of the ice. "Some hero I turned out to be," Swift grumbled, a swirl over his head. "I lose my cool… and now I'm quite literally on ice. I swear, there are so many bad puns I can make about this, it's not even funny." Sighing, Swift looked back at the major reason why he was stuck in a block of ice- the Master Emerald.
If Swift was anywhere else in the world, he would've used the grip he had on his Chaos Emerald to use the power of wind to slice his icy prison in half and- after working off the issue of frostbite- be on his way out of here. However, he was stuck right next to the Master Emerald- essentially the number one source of Chaos Energy. He knew the stories of its might… how it stopped the Chaos Emeralds since they were easily subjected to its power, as it can create order out of the one thing they were fueled by- chaos. Never in his short life did Swift imagine being in the same room as the Master Emerald.
And here he was. Unfortunately, it was also the one thing that was keeping him trapped from the neck down in ice. Swift, getting sick and tired of not being able to do anything, began to struggle back and forth, attempting to use enough force to break the ice cube he was in and escape. He didn't know where Robotnik was heading- and it was very disturbing to him. How was the battle on the surface- if there was one?
"HEY!" a robot's voice spoke up from outside of the room. "WHO ARE YOU? YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BE IN HERE- AAH!" All of a sudden, there was the noise of metal being ripped apart. Soon the door to the room flung open, revealing Knuckles with his fists covered in oil. Swift, upon seeing Knuckles walking in followed by Tails and Chris, had an exclamation point of surprise above his head.
"…I hope we're not interrupting anything," Knuckles announced, looking at the struggling Chao.
"I've already went through every ice pun that came to mind," Swift announced. "So, please save me the trouble and don't make any."
"I wasn't going to," Chris announced as he walked over to Swift. "But I'm both disappointed and concerned about you Swift. Running off before we even had a plan was no doubt the stupidest thing I've seen you do in the brief time we've been together! We had no idea what was going on, here, and even though you are a super powered Chao, you're still just a Chao. Now, we're no closer to stopping Robotnik's operation than we were before."
Swift looked down at the ground as Chris looked at the ice. Swift sighed, "…You're right. I was stupid thinking it would be that easy…" Looking up, the hedgehog Chao scowled, "But I found out his plan, Chris." The boy looked at his Chao, who explained, "Using the Master Emerald behind me, he definitely plans to power an army's worth of Chaos Morphers… and he really does have the blueprints from mine and Miles' house. Considering all of this technology lying around, we all know that he has the resources to do it."
"Well," Knuckles grinned as he placed his hands on the Master Emerald, "it's a good thing I'm here. The Master Emerald will not be used for such a purpose as long as there is a breath in my body." Chris and Tails stared at the Master Emerald as Knuckles began muttering to himself… Chris with more intent than the fox Neo Mobian.
'So this is the Master Emerald Swift, Ahaw Kin, and Spike mentioned,' the boy thought as he neared it. '…Amazing. I don't know why… but I can't help but feel drawn to it.' When he reached out a hand to touch it, the large Emerald shrunk down to the size of a regular Chaos Emerald, gently landing in Knuckles' hand. Chris, on the other hand, fell over. Tails blinked at the scenario.
"I probably should point out that an incantation allows the Master Emerald to adjust its size, making transporting it a lot easier," Knuckles announced, placing the Master Emerald on his person.
(A/N: You guys remember that one scene in Sonic Adventure 2 where Knuckles pulled the Master Emerald from his quills? You know, right before Cannon's Core and again right after the Biolizard fight? How else can the Master Emerald- or its fragments, mind you- be so easy for him to carry all over the place if Knuckles didn't know some sort of magic spell to transport it around? Same gimmick was used again for the final battle in Sonic Battle's story mode to take it aboard the spaceship when Sonic went to stop Emerl from blowing up the Earth. And besides, in that same SA2 scene before Cannon's Core, the Master Emerald was about the same size as the Green Chaos Emerald and with the exception of certain features could pass as the Green Emerald's twin. That being said, I call magic.)
'That makes about as much sense as the rest of the things we have to go through,' Danny stated to Miles as Tails helped Chris up.
'That's not important, right now,' Miles scowled. 'What is important is that Robotnik is planning on using the adjustments to the Chaos Morpher blueprints I personally made and is going to amass an army, just like Dr. Naka said he would. As Neo Mobians, we're dangerous enough, and you and I make up the weakest one of us in terms of physical skills. But an army of them on the same level as Sonic and Knuckles? Not even GUN stands a fair chance! America is doomed if we don't shut this operation down!'
'How?' Danny questioned. 'We don't even know where to begin-'
'Yes we do,' Miles answered. 'But I don't like what I'm going to suggest. We have to destroy the blueprints before they're mass-produced by him… provided he doesn't have a photographic memory like I do.'
'If you have this by photographic memory,' Danny questioned, 'why does it matter if we destroy them?'
'…It's that I worked so hard on those blueprints,' Miles answered. 'I essentially took the Chaos Morpher blueprints and made them my own. The Morpher is practically my baby… destroying its original is going to be hard on me. …But for the good of humanity and Chao-kind, we have to do it. Nobody else on the planet can know about this but us.'
'Can't you just settle for stealing them back from him? Because I thought that was the original plan, here.'
'And risk him stealing it back from us or worse, another evil organization getting their filthy mitts on the blueprints and building Chaos Morphers for their schemes?' Miles questioned. 'No. I can't. Not only would it be stupid to go back and forth between acts of thievery for one little stack of papers that could be easily copied, but who knows how many people will get their hands on the blueprints before it becomes out of hand. I'd rather end the Morpher game quickly rather than risk it all like this.'
Out loud, Tails announced, "Guys, we have to find and destroy the Morpher blueprints." Swift, Chris, and Knuckles looked at the fox in confusion. "The Chao side of me says that we can't afford to let Robotnik mass-produce the Chaos Morphers, because that will be the main part of his plan. After he has enough Morphers to work with, he may start finding people for an army- more than enough to decimate GUN and the United States. The Chao side of me would rather see the blueprints burn in hell before letting somebody like Robotnik use them for world domination." The others aptly nodded… except Swift.
"That's pretty noble," the hedgehog Chao announced with a question mark over his head, "but where would Eggman put something that important? He has bases all over Earth- this is just one of them, and I doubt it's here. He wouldn't keep it in any part of Latin America- that would be stupid and easily recoverable."
"Not as stupid as you going solo and ending up in a block of ice," Chris stated. "Speaking of which, how the hell do you get trapped in a block of ice? We're in a warmer part of the world."
"That leads to some… other bad news," Swift sheepishly announced, a swirl over his head. "He has the light blue Chaos Emerald." Chris and Tails both gasped, while Knuckles did not seem as surprised. The echidna nervously chuckled at that, causing the others to turn to him. "…You knew, didn't you?" Swift scowled.
"Sorry," Knuckles answered. "Robotnik told my human and Chao side that you all were gathering the Chaos Emeralds, and he found one to compete against you. That, along with the assumption that you stole the Master Emerald to nullify the Chaos Emeralds, caused me to attack you all."
"And this is the first time we're hearing this?" Chris groaned. Knuckles reluctantly nodded. "…This just complicates things. You guys know what? We'll cross all of these bridges- the Morpher blueprints, the Chaos Emerald, and Robotnik's Morpher army- when we come to each of them. Right now, we have a more immediate problem- my family is in danger." Swift then had an exclamation point over his head at that piece of news.
"What?" the hedgehog Chao questioned.
"I'll explain on the way. But first, Swift, let's get you out of that ice block."
"Finally!" the hedgehog Chao grinned as Chris activated his Chaos Morpher.
"Chaos Soul, Activate!" Swift and Chris disappeared in a cyan flash, and the heat of the Chaos Energy used for the transformation easily melted the ice. Sonic emerged from the flash, his quills dripping in water, holding the dark blue Chaos Emerald in his hand- the gem's glow returning thanks to the Master Emerald's power being muffled by Knuckles.
"Let's find my human side's folks," Sonic grinned at his two partners before speeding off towards where Chris remembered where his parents were taken.
Robotnik's Escape Chamber- 15:13
Robotnik was not stupid. He knew that with his Egg Gigas' destruction- as well as several of his Egg Pawns falling victim to the underground maze's spike pit- any further attempts to keep his Yaxchilán base were going to be futile efforts. That meant that he would have no choice but to let the Master Emerald fall back into the guardians' hands. As much of a loss that is, though, the base had served its purpose- it was only built to study the Master Emerald's power, not to keep it one-hundred percent safe. And he got more than enough research done to find out that there is a codeword involved… a phrase that activates the Master Emerald.
Now, he had to escape. But he couldn't leave Decoe, Bocoe, and Bokkun… the three were perhaps the only friends he had left. "Doctor!" Bocoe's voice announced. Robotnik turned to see Decoe, Bocoe, and Bokkun entering the room, Decoe holding a struggling Lindsey and Bocoe restraining Nelson.
"I was wondering when you three would show up!" Robotnik greeted the three as they approached. "And who might I ask do we have here?"
"None of your damn business," Lindsey scowled. "And for the record, you have quite the rude Chao. When I raised one, she was a proper little thing rather than this little devil." Bokkun rolled his eyes, a swirl over his head.
"Bokkun," Bocoe questioned, "why did you insist that we detain these two humans, again?"
"Am I the only one who thought we could use an exit strategy?" Bokkun questioned the others. "I mean, really, guys?"
"Good job, Bokkun," Robotnik smiled, making Decoe and Bocoe stare at their Dark Chao companion in jealousy while Bokkun had a heart over his head. "Because we're done, here. We'll head to our main base." As Robotnik approached the Egg Balloon, Decoe and Bocoe looked at each other, confused.
"Doctor," Decoe stated, "I'm not seeing the Master Emerald being frantically loaded onto your airship. Is it already on board with the Chaos Emeralds?"
"Actually," Robotnik sheepishly announced, "we don't have time or the robots to get the Master Emerald on board. Not to mention I couldn't get the other one." All three of his minions looked at him in shock, Bokkun's heart turning into an exclamation point.
"We're giving up the Master Emerald after we spent so much time on it?" Bokkun questioned. "Why?"
"This base is compromised now," Robotnik stated. "With the loss of the Egg Gigas thanks to our little guardian problem, we're out of high-level defenses for this base. And besides, we have enough to go off of. If our operation is going to run smoothly in the future, we have to get out of here… now."
"What are you all even talking about?" Nelson spoke up, making everyone turn to him and Lindsey. "Chaos Emeralds? Bases? And you know that echidna that destroyed that monster? Okay, who the hell are you people!" Robotnik sighed.
"If you must know," the scientist announced, "I am Doctor Ivo Robotnik, soon to be Emperor of the world. Consider it an honor to be in my presence."
"Doctor Ivo Robotnik of the infamous Robotnik family?" Lindsey breathed. Turning to her husband, Lindsey stated, "I thought most traces of the Robotnik family disappeared almost twenty-five full years ago."
"Most traces did," Robotnik replied. "But now, you two are my guests. Or, as Bokkun bluntly put it, my hostages."
"Doctor," Decoe inquired, "getting back to our previous discussion, is it wise to just leave without the Master Emerald?"
"It's the only way we'll get out of here on schedule, right now," Robotnik replied. "I already have the bombs that will cover our tracks armed and ready. We'll detonate them as soon as our altitude reaches a safe distance."
"You're going to cause the rest of Yaxchilán to implode?" Lindsey realized. Robotnik just chuckled.
"And risk the public eye to catch onto what happened here?" the scientist rhetorically asked. "Hell no! I figured I'd just settle for using the underground lake that is right next door to this little facility as well as my Chaos Emerald of Water to flood the place! Easier on me than figuring out a way to explain how a national monument was destroyed."
"And what are you going to do with us?" Nelson demanded. The scientist looked at his wrist, as if he was waiting for something while pulling out a detonator switch.
"What I'm going to do with you two should start right about…"
"About time I found you!" Sonic's voice called out, making everyone in the room turn to Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles. "Dr. Robotnik."
"No… bloody… way," Lindsey breathed, clearly excited to be in the same room as all three members of Team Sonic… particularly the Blue Blur himself. "Sonic the Hedgehog… here?"
"Sonic the Hedgehog, Tails the Fox, and Knuckles the Echidna," the scientist shot back. "Now that we've gotten that out of the way… what brings you here, Team Sonic?"
"Don't play dumb with us, scientist!" Knuckles growled. "We have the Master Emerald again! You have nothing left, here! Surrender and I will limit your suffering to only a broken arm."
"As if that's going to coax me into surrendering myself when I have the real bargaining chips, here," Robotnik pointed out, looking at Lindsey and Nelson. "I think you dropped something when you destroyed my Egg Gigas, my guardian friend?" Sonic scowled at the two robots holding his human half's parents.
"What do you want for their release, Robotnik?" Sonic questioned.
"Safe passage out of here," the scientist demanded, getting straight to the point. "As well as no attempts by you to follow- you have no further reasons to follow me, today, now that you have your Master Emerald, back."
"I call bull on the 'no further reason' part," Tails spoke up as he stepped forward. "You still have the blueprints you stole from that house, and the Chaos Emerald of your own. Whether you hand them both over or we have to take them back by force, we're ending this, right now." Robotnik, to counter, held up the detonator.
"One more step, fox boy," Robotnik warned, "and I will flood this goddamn underground base with more than enough water pressure to crush the lot of us."
"It's true," Nelson spoke up. "He really does have bombs placed to blow a hole into a neighboring underground lake. The Robotniks are all crazy- he will drown us all."
"Ignoring the 'crazy' crack at my family," Robotnik stated while rolling his eyes, "listen to the man. He knows I wouldn't lie about an underground lake… would I, Sonic?" Sonic blinked in confusion- it was obvious that his human half wasn't aware of it. But the Chao side of Swift, who was defeated by it, was aware of the lake's existence.
'He's not lying, Chris,' Swift answered. 'He used the water from it to put me in that block of ice… and beat the tar out of me with waves. And since you can't swim as Sonic thanks to my one hindrance, I think we should give in… for now.'
'That's gotta hurt your ego,' Chris announced. 'Physically, Swift, you've learned your lesson. But you're still in trouble when we get out of here.'
Out loud, Sonic announced, "So you do have a lake… and since I can't swim, that's kind of bad." Looking at Tails and Knuckles, he sighed, "We're going to have to let him go."
"What?" Tails questioned. "What if he takes them with him?"
"I have absolutely no reason to," Robotnik interjected, nodded to Decoe and Bocoe, who let Lindsey and Nelson go. "They were just collateral for you 'hero types'. Though, since we have our guardian friend, here… I have an important question just for you." Knuckles raised an eyebrow in confusion that the scientist was not done tormenting him. "What's the incantation?"
"'Incantation'?" Knuckles questioned.
"For the Master Emerald to reach full power and stop the Chaos Emeralds completely," Robotnik explained, "a certain incantation must be said. Surely you know it?"
"…I honestly have no idea of the incantation," Knuckles said with reluctance. Robotnik frowned, displeased with this piece of information.
"Very well," the scientist announced, backing up towards the Egg Balloon. "It seems we are done here… though, just to be sure I do not have to worry about you all going back on your end of the deal…" He then returned the detonator to his pocket, but pulled out a different switch. "I'm going to let you play with one of my Egg Pawn Giants." He then pressed the button on it.
"Do I even want to know what an Egg Pawn Giant is?" Sonic questioned the scientist. The hedgehog's senses then picked up before he had to dodge a giant hammer slamming into the spot where he was a second before. Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles looked up to see a giant, black and red, thick-armored Egg Pawn-like robot with buff arms, thin legs, carrying a hammer over his shoulder. "You have got to be kidding me!"
"No," Robotnik chuckled. "I'm not. I really did build a bigger Egg Pawn and give it a giant hammer to crush people with… and knock down buildings."
"…I hate you now," Sonic scowled as he looked at the Egg Pawn Giant. Robotnik took the opportunity to slip into his Egg Balloon, with Decoe, Bocoe, and Bokkun, leaving Team Sonic to prepare for the menacing Egg Pawn Giant.
Robot Card: Egg Pawn
Model: E-1001
Equipment: Various Weapons (Egg Blaster, Egg Bazooka, Egg Lance), light armor, equipment based off of certain themes (for humor)
Purpose: Foot soldier, guards, workers for when organics are not capable
Kingdom Rider92's Notes: Happy Groundhog's Day, peoples! You know, this holiday kind of seems useless for us. I mean, with all of the media and flashing cameras surrounding the furry little guy, that groundhog's always going to see his shadow. And even if he doesn't, we still have to wait until March for the first day of spring. Luckily, you guys only had to wait a month for part 2 of episode eight. I told myself this would only be a 3-episode story arc because the next arc will be important.
Speaking of important announcements, if the author's note at the beginning of the chapter didn't specify, I'm no longer having a definite deadline for entries to the contest. That's right- any future deadlines are undecided right now. I want people to keep sending entries in… you know, maybe I should eliminate the Pirates of Arcadia faction, as they're not going to be important, right now… and nobody even bothered to apply for them. Though I do want more entries for Gerald's Children, the Robotnik Empire (especially now knowing what Robotnik's plan is), and GUN… you'll see why later.
Edge's Corner: Well, I'm not surprised. Hey, since my cold is better… how about I do my radio show with this Groundhog Chao, Dusty?
Dusty: Wait, what? Okay… here we go.
Samswimmer by Edge: Chris acknowledged the fact that the Egg Gigas was a threat that wouldn't die with one shot. No need to worry about a dislike of repeated violence from us.
Spark681 by Dusty: Well… Swift was helped by the rest of the field members of Team Sonic. Hopefully, Swift will learn from his mistakes, right?
Hanzo of the Salamander by Edge: Okay, just in case my immune system doesn't like me, I got that cactus, the lard, the sombrero, and I have a baboon on the way. What do I do with it all?
Sozic by Edge: Like we said in the chapter, Chris' mom has taken him to a few shooting ranges for her acting career and if he ever had to cameo in one of her movies. As for how Swift broke out of his icy prison, well, there we go.
kirbyisawesome by Dusty: Looks like he did… and since part 3 of episode 8 isn't as long as the other parts, we should be done, soon.
Hit-N-Miss by Edge: Looks like I'm in for another long one. Okay, first of all, good eye for everybody for spotting Topaz as the episode's antagonist. Secondly, for all "Topaz-related" rumors, Kingdom Rider92 is not at all able to confirm her as Rouge right now for a variety of reasons. We will cross that bridge when we come to it- and that will not be until after the next story arc.
Anyways, Kingdom Rider92 figured that for Ross' Fortune, he'd attempt to connect the past and the present in a decent order, especially considering all of the characters he has to use for the story. For this one, though, the Emerald Powers were an attempt at utilizing the elemental powers of those in Power Stone (one of his favorite fighting games of time). As for how the powers work, well… we figured the Emeralds couldn't be called "Chaos Emeralds" if they weren't able to cause natural disasters or some sort of chaos and destruction. And Maria II, I really like her, myself. We wanted to remind people that while she's a genius who is affected by this new turn of events especially considering her relationship to the Robotniks, she's also a teenage girl.
Swift can't stay of trouble, can he? Well, Swift represents the ego and "rushing in headfirst" personality of Sonic in a Chao form, so no matter in what form Swift is, he's still the "act first, ask questions later" Chao we know and love. As for Robotnik beating Tails, I wanted to highlight any potential fighting abilities that Robotnik happened to have from previous incantations… and Tails, compared to Sonic and Knuckles, is no fist fighter. Speaking of Knuckles, he totally deserved to drill that robot in the face… and the rest of the head.
Anyways, Kingdom Rider92 understands… he'll take some time to breathe. Just be sure to snipe the flamers.
White Hunter by Dusty: Swift and the Master Emerald have been recovered. That's good… though they now have a juggernaut robot to deal with.
SuperSpeed by Dusty: Yeah… Edge and Kingdom Rider92 are both surprised. Anyways, I believe Swift and Miles will answer the question in a flashback within the next story arc. The Morpher blueprints are going to be a major plot device within the next four episodes.
Jyn-the-Racoon by Dusty: Well, they're not beating the ever-loving snot out of Robotnik… but they have done everything else.
Kingdom Rider92's Notes: Okay, well, that should take care of the comments. Anyone who wants in on the story is free to participate in the contest- the rules and sign-up sheet should still be in there. Kingdom Rider92, out!