Sorry for the wait. Writer's block really sucks and school is such a pain as of late. But here's another part. :)
Location: Station Square
Year: 2014
Blaze and Chase were walking down the street and discussed the events that took place. He told her about the robberies that occurred.
"First the jewelry shop, and then Tails' workshop," He explained. "From what Sonic told me, Tails was pretty devastated."
"The good news out of this is that we still have OUR emeralds," Blaze told him. "It is very important we do not mix them up with the present ones. Who knows what kind of reaction it'll cause." They walked passed an alleyway, but they failed to notice someone had been watching.
"We really need to find Silver," Blaze said. "I'm getting nervous about this. Something just doesn't seem right. It's almost a sense of deja vu." Chase stopped walking and hesitated. He looked down at his feet and scratched his head. He had an overwhelming sense of worry.
"You don't think we made things worse do you?" He asked. He then looked up at her. "I mean, wasn't this what happened when we traveled in time before? The emeralds being stolen I mean? That's what caused us to change the future."
"Hey," Blaze put her hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry. We are going to fix this. We are going to save your mom and dad, and we are certainly going to save you. Don't be scared. We're just going to do what we came here to do and go back to the future in which we came from."
"I knew something was strange about her..." said a voice, before popping out from the shadows and yelling, "You guys are travelers!" Blaze and Chase turned around.
"Espio! What are you doing spying on us?!" Blaze asked. She and Chase quickly pulled him into the alleyway. They didn't want anyone to overhear them.
"What are you guys doing here? Don't you guys know how risky time travel is?" Espio asked.
"Shhh! Keep your voice down," Blaze looked around to make sure nobody else was nearby. "Look, it is extremely important that nobody knows we are from the future," she said. "We are here to stop a terrible accident from happening."
"Okay..." He said. "And what is that exactly?" He looked over at Chase. "And you are?" Chase rolled his eyes. Nothing was going according to plan and at this point he was ready to give up.
"I'm Chase. I'm Sonic's future son." Espio smirked.
"Sonic? Have a kid?" He asked. "That's something I never thought I'd hear. Who's the lady he married?"
"Hey!" Blaze said. "We are already in a deep hole with this as it is!" She sighed. "Look, since you know about us, I guess we can use your help."
"Okay?" Espio said, very well interested. "How can I?" Blaze explained in great detail about the incident that occurred and why she, Chase, and Silver were there. She told him of how he can help with finding Silver and keeping Dr. Eggman from getting his hands on any chaos emeralds.
"If we fail, Chase would cease to exist, and Sonic may cease to do so as well," she concluded. "We only have one shot to make things right again."
"I'd like to help but the fact you told me I was one of the victims that died well-"
"There's no need to worry," she interrupted. "You are not gonna die. We got your back, and we can really use the help. Please?" Espio crossed his arms as he stared at Blaze. He then glanced at Chase, and eventually smiled and nodded.
"Alright," he said. "If we spare each other's lives, then there shouldn't be any problem. So you want me to find a chaos emerald?"
"We need to prevent Eggman from getting his hands on them, so it would be great if you found one," Blaze told him. "Chase and I will keep searching for Silver. With the five of us working together, we should be able to prevent that incident."
"No problem," Espio said. "I'll get right to it then. And don't worry. Your secret is safe with me." He waved and ran off. Blaze let out a sigh of relief.
"I'm sure glad he handled that well," she said before turning to Chase. "Think we can trust him?" They started walking together.
"We were able to before," he said. "Hopefully all goes well." Blaze put her hand on his back and gave a reassuring smile.
"Don't worry," she told him. "With Sonic, Espio, Silver, and us on the watch, Eggman shouldn't be able to gain ANY of those chaos emeralds."
Location: The Mystic Dimension
Year: Unknown
Knuckles and Phoenix were running straight through the forest in which the chao led them through. They were searching for the entrance to which they arrived, but they were having trouble finding the path.
"Where are those chao?" Knuckles asked as he pushed some leaves and vines out of his way. "They could have at least led us back!"
"This path seems familiar," Phoenix said. "Just follow me and stay close." They continued running, but Knuckles lost patience along the way.
"It didn't take us this long to find Chaos," he said. "Are you sure you know where you're going? Do you even see anything?"
"Up ahead! The door!" They were a few feet away from reaching the entrance, but they saw a shadowy figure standing in front it, holding the glowing yellow chaos emerald.
"Hey!" Knuckles yelled. "Put that back!" The two echidnas tried to run faster, but they could only push themselves so much. The door was closing on them.
"Knuckles the door!" Phoenix shouted. "We won't make it out!"
"Who is that?!" By the time they reached the door, it had already been shut. Knuckles and Phoenix tried to punch and kick at it, but not even a chip came off of the stone. Phoenix leaned against it and sunk to the floor.
"It's no use," she said. "Without a chaos emerald in that keyhole, there's no way we can get through here." Knuckles didn't listen. He continued to hit the door with all of his might and strength.
"No!" He yelled. "We need those chaos emeralds! We have to try!" He banged on the stone door. "I gotta find the emeralds!" He hit the door again. "I have to save my people!" He nearly lost it as he banged on the door repeatedly. "I have to save Tikal and my family!" Phoenix grabbed him from behind and tried to stop him.
"Knuckles stop it!" She yelled. "Face it, we're trapped here! There's nothing we can do to escape! You're going to hurt yourself!" Knuckles struggled to free himself from her grasp.
"No!" He yelled. "My people need me! We gotta try!"
"Knuckles enough! Pull yourself together!" Phoenix shouted. She could see his eyes watering up as he tried to escape from her grasp. "You're going to have to fight Pachacamac without the chaos emeralds!"
"Let me go! Get the hell off of me!" Finally after struggling, Phoenix let him go and he fell on his knees. He was panting heavily.
"I'm gonna lose my family and my future," he said. His tone of voice then went back to being angry. "I wanna know who the hell that was! That was our chaos emerald and now we're stuck here! How are we gonna get out now?!" Phoenix shook her head.
"I don't know," She said. She turned around and observed the scenery. "We don't have a choice Knuckles. We're going to have to find Pachacamac and his men and fight him ourselves. I mean, we may not be able to escape, but the least we can do now is to make sure you become Chief. We can make at least some part of the future exist." Knuckles banged his fists on the ground.
"I know," he said. "But the Master Emerald is still on Angel Island with no one to protect it. And to fight Pachacamac and his men free handedly? I can't do it. We needed those chaos emeralds so I could be strong enough to do so, and now we're trapped here without a single one." He stood up and brushed off the dirt on his gloves.
"Hey," Phoenix said with a small smile. "You still have me. I can fight with you. Who says you have to do it alone?" Knuckles looked at her.
"I did," He said. "You're my daughter. I won't risk putting you in anymore danger. Losing the chance to get the chaos emeralds put us in enough trouble as it is. I'm not going to screw this up some more."
"I don't mean to make you feel worse," she said as she crossed her arms. "But what exact difference is it going to make if I fight or not? I mean I don't belong here anyway, and we don't have the chaos emeralds. That just reduced the chances of the right future happening some more. At least if I fight with you, we can still save what we can of it." Knuckles shook his head.
"No. Chaos said that it was all up to me to make the future happen. It was based entirely off of my own actions. I'm going to fight Pachacamac without the emeralds and free my people. We may have to live here, but at least it's something if I win." He walked ahead.
"What happens if you fail then?" Phoenix asked. "Don't you want to see me and Tikal again?" Knuckles kept walking.
"Of course I do. But that is strictly up to me to make that happen. The future depends on me. Not you." Phoenix watched as he walked away from her. She soon followed behind him, unsure about whether or not to break the silence that stood between them.
They walked for a few long hours, by now reaching a huge body of water in the open. They decided to rest for the time being. They had a campfire set up and by now Knuckles had fallen asleep. Phoenix was still awake, and she thought back to an old childhood memory she had with her parents.
Location: Angel Island
Year: Unknown
"Phoenix?" Tikal called out as she walked downstairs to the front of the stone castle. She spotted one of royal guardians and made her way over to him. He was lifting stone bricks and laying them out with the rest of the other men.
"Have you seen Knuckles and Phoenix? I cannot find them anywhere," she said.
"The King and his Daughter?" he asked and pointed to the side of the stone building. "I spotted them in the back just a bit ago. Would you like me to lead you to them your majesty?"
"I am fine," she said smiling. "Thank you." She looked at all of the men. "You guys are working too hard! Tonight I shall prepare a feast for all! I thank all of you for your hard work and participation for helping us build our brand new home!" All of the men cheered and clapped for Tikal.
She walked towards the back of the building and spotted Knuckles and a little Phoenix standing by the backdoor.
"That's my girl!" Knuckles said. They were holding their own bows and arrows and shooting at targets. Phoenix was dressed in the armor of a black knight. Tikal ran over as quickly as she could.
"Knuckles!" She yelled. "For Chaos sake! Phoenix is only six years old! She should not be playing with weapons of any sort!" She crossed her arms, but Knuckles scratched his head and smiled.
"I'm watching her," he said. "Come on, I have her protected."
"Mommy look how far I can shoot!" Phoenix said as she prepared another arrow, but she ended up putting it backwards to which Tikal quickly reacted and took it out of her hands.
"That's enough young lady," she said. "You are a growing princess and I think it is time we start teaching you how to act like one." Phoenix put the black armor knight's helmet on her head and looked up at her mom.
"A princess?" she asked. "What kind of weapons does that come with?" The statement only made Tikal glare at Knuckles, whom couldn't help but laugh as he took the little red echidna in his arms. Although Tikal wasn't fond of the use of weapons, she couldn't help but smile.
"You are your father's daughter that's for sure." She said. "You have his looks and his fighting personality." Knuckles held Phoenix to his cheek.
"Do we really look alike?" He grinned. Phoenix looked at him before grinning with him. The sight only made Tikal giggle.
"Most definitely," she said. She opened the door and went inside. "Come on. I'll make some lunch for you two. And Knuckles please get her out of that armor and into something comfortable!"
"Alright alright," He said before turning to Phoenix. "Still want me to teach you how to wrestle?" He whispered to her. Phoenix nodded, much to Knuckles' laughter. He ran up the stairs with her in his arms.
"I knew you would."
Her flashback ended and she smiled as she fell asleep.
Location: Silver Valley
Year: 2014
Sonic and Tails were on top of a mountain as they searched for a chaos emerald. Sonic was looking down from a cliff at the water below, while Tails searched around the waterfall.
"Anything?" He asked. Tails flew up towards him.
"Nothing," He said. "How can we be sure if there is even an emerald here Sonic? For all we know, we could be wasting time trying to find out."
"Since when did you think negative?" Sonic asked him. "I trust my own instinct on this one. I know there's an emerald around here somewhere. I can feel it in my gut."
"Are you sure that's not those ten chili dogs you had for lunch?" Tails asked, giving Sonic a dead faced look. Sonic hesitated before pounding his chest and letting out a large burp.
"Uh...yeah maybe," he said. "But I know there's an emerald here! We just gotta keep looking!" Tails sighed. He wasn't in much of a mood to do anything after what happened.
"What happens if we don't find an emerald Sonic? I mean think about it. It's obvious this was Eggman's doing. Should we even consider reasonable doubt about that after all these years? Wouldn't it just be easier to find his base rather than an emerald at this point?" Sonic slid down a dirt hill. He spotted a cave and walked inside.
"Sonic? Are you listening to me?" Tails asked. He followed right behind him. The cave was moist and there was tiny stream of water they were walking in.
"Sonic it's too dark to see in here. What are you doing?"
"I want to know where this leads too," he said. "Who says we can't have some adventure while looking for a chaos emerald?" Tails annoyingly sighed.
"Why do I even bother?" He said under his breath.
Flying just over the mountain was the Eggman in his Eggmobile. Eggman smiled deviously as he prepared to launch an attack.
"I got them right where I want them," He said to himself. Sonic and Tails weren't able to hear Eggman lurking around at the top of the cave, but they did hear a strange beeping sound a few feet away.
"What is that?" Tails asked as he stood close to Sonic.
"Shhh," Sonic said as he tracked down the sound, but when he saw the source he immediately reacted. "It's a bomb! Let's get out of here!" Sonic pushed Tails the other way and the two began running. The beeping was getting louder. Sonic led the way and of course Tails followed behind, only he clearly wasn't as fast as the blue hedgehog.
"Sonic wait for me!" He called, but he ended up tripping and falling flat on his face. When he looked at what he fell over, he spotted a light blue chaos emerald, almost buried under the dirt.
"Oh no," he said as he tried digging it out. "There was an emerald right here and it was so covered up we hardly noticed. I got to get this to Sonic." Sonic had been outside the entrance by now and sighed in relief.
"Man that was close," he said. "Tails you alright buddy? Tails?" He turned around, seeing that his twin tailed fox friend wasn't in sight. "Tails! Aww no! Hold on pal! I'm coming!" He ran back inside the cave and looked left from right to locate his friend. The beeping grew louder and faster, almost to twenty beeps per second. He eventually spotted the yellow fox struggling to get the emerald out of the rocks and dirt.
"Tails!" He yelled. He grabbed him from behind. "What are you insane?! We gotta get out of here!" Tails yanked the emerald one last time before it finally popped out of the ground.
"Sonic look! I found a chaos emerald!" He said, but Sonic took his hand and ran as fast as he could out of there. By now the bomb had exploded, and Sonic was now running away from a blast of flames that followed right behind him. Eventually they made it out, but the blast made them trip over their feet. They were breathing heavily.
"Tails don't ever put your life in danger like that again!" Sonic told him. Tails brushed off the dirt on his body and held up the emerald.
"But Sonic," he said. "You were right. There was an emerald here!"
"Tails I'm glad you found the emerald but I rather you have left it behind than risk getting killed buddy," Sonic told him. "No emerald is worth losing my best friend." He smiled at him.
"Thanks Sonic," Tails said with a smile. He looked around. "But I'm confused. Where did that bomb come from anyway?" Sonic looked up and groaned.
"I think I know," he said. "Eggman followed us here. He must have planted that bomb while we were inside."
"But Sonic," Tails said. "How could he have put the bomb inside if he was out here? There's no way he could have snuck out without us knowing."
"Did you see anyone else in there by any chance?" Sonic asked. Tails shook his head.
"Nothing."
"Hmm, well one thing's for sure," Sonic said with a smile. "If Eggman is behind this, he'll come back for our chaos emerald, and we'll settle this face to face." He looked at his friend. "Come on pal, I think we've had enough adventure for today. We ought to go back home and make sure this baby is safe."
"Right."
The two got up and headed for the city. Meanwhile, Eggman watched as they ran off and slammed on the keyboard of his Eggmobile.
"Darn it!" He yelled before pressing a button on his communicator. "What was that for?! I had them where I wanted them! Why did you plant that bomb there? I need them alive, not dead!"
"Relax doctor," the voice on the other end of the call said. "I know exactly what I am doing. I got you four chaos emeralds already. We have five now, and the hedgehog has one. I think it's time we reach out to them and invite them for a little meeting at the old base."
"Very well," Eggman said. "I'll pick you up. Don't move. You had better know what you're doing or else you're history. I don't want any more surprises. Is that clear?"
"Crystal," said the voice. Eggman grinned.
"This is the best idea I ever had," he said to himself. "I should have done this a long time ago. Sonic won't know what hit him this time, and once I get all the chaos emeralds I will at last have the power to ruin Sonic and build my Eggman Empire."
Sorry it's so long. Again, I forced my way through writer's block and combined many parts so if it sucks I am terribly sorry. On the plus side, Shadow's coming up in the next part. :D