Knuckles and other characters are trademarks of SEGA, DIC or
Archie Comics. Death Phantom, Kasumi, Vintage, Malice, and Soul Assassins
belong to me. Based upon the Sonic Adventure song "Unknown to M.E." Done in
an Archie genre.
Characters :( not in order of appearance)
Knuckles
Vintage
Julie-Su
Zagat (Death Phantom)
Malice
Soul Assassins
Mighty
Espio
Vector
Ray
Remington
Locke
Lara-Le
Sabre
Deo Volantes
Archimedes
Kasumi
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Love and Lies Part 3: Hold On!
Vintage brought Julie-Su to Zagat's thrown room in chains. The whole room was almost dark expect for the candles that glowed from a top the chandelier. Upon arrival Julie-Su notice the dark emerald which glowed almost in magnificent way. Zagat came out from the shadows and then with a flick of his hand motioned Vintage to leave. All that was left was Julie-Su and Zagat. "The dress becomes you every time I see you and I see that you're eyeing my chaos emerald, my dear", said Zagat as he moved closer to her. Julie-Su just looked away, trying her best not to make eye contact. "This emerald has opened my eyes to the truth Julie- Su. You may not believe so but it has and I want you to know that the truth can hurt. Through the emerald, I have seen your so called lover, warrior, champion, cheating on you with someone else and it gives me great pain to see someone doing this to someone as beautiful as you" said Zagat, as he slithered by Julie-Su. Slowly Julie-Su looked at Zagat, "Knuckles would never betray me! He loves me! I know he does!" With the release of rage Julie-Su spat at Zagat. Zagat wiped off the spit and pointed to the emerald, "Why don't you have a look, the emerald will show you what is real and what is not".
Julie-Su walked toward the emerald and as she came closer her heart felt as if it was turning cold, as if her faith in Knuckles began fading from her. Unknown to Julie-Su, the powers of the dark emerald was entering her body and clouding her judgment. Once Julie-Su got close enough, she started to see a projection coming from the emerald. The image was of Knuckles and another female. "It can't be, it just can't be!" mumbled a teary eyed Julie-Su, as she heard the voices from the projection. "So, I just tell her that I can't go with her camping, so that I could be with you" a Knuckles type "player" said to a gorgeous female echidna.
Julie-Su fell to her knees, she had a sharp pain in her heart and stomach, and this time with tears streaming down her face. She couldn't believe it. The one person she loved the most and gave her heart to, had lied and a cheated on her. All that ran through her mind was the hurt and pain that the lie caused. "H...He...He told me he loved me. He told me he loved me. HE TOLD ME HE LOVED ME!", shouted an agonizing Julie-Su. She felt as if the air was knocked out of her or if someone ripped her heart out. How can such a kind, gentle-creature be such a creep, thought Julie-Su to herself.
"See my dear, I told you that he was no good", said Zagat as he helped Julie-Su up off the stone steps that lead up to the emerald. Zagat began to stroke her face than began to run his fingers through her locks trying to comfort her as best he could. "Think of the future with me and all that can happen between, my dear Julie-Su", Zagat said as he drew her close to him. Julie-Su tried to resist him by all means, but the powers of the emerald made her forget her faith and turned her love into a dark lust. With her eyes clouded ,Julie-Su felt a surge of evil course through her veins. The evil surge was soothing as Zagat leaned in and began to kiss her madly and passionately, with Julie-Su returning.
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Knuckles appeared right in front of Zagat's palace gates. He noticed a long bridge that connected the palace on the other side of a cliff, but the eerie walk way was long, covered by a grove of wild thorns making it nearly impossible for anyone to cross through it, and the bridge that connected it was over a spiky groove of rocks. The place where Knuckles was, was a windless and desolate planet. The hard ground made it almost impossible for anything to grow or for someone to scale a mountain. "Please Julie-Su, please be alright. I promise I'll set you free again. I promise you!", said Knuckles as he started to make his way through the groove of sharp thorns, while using his sharp Knuckles to cut through. With each step he took inside the groove, Knuckles would get cut by the thorns, but he didn't care. All that was his mind was the love he had for that female echidna.
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Back in Echidnaopolis all were worried about Knuckles and Julie-Su. No one knew what to think about what might happen to them. It seemed to be an eternity waiting, not knowing what the hell was going on, not being there to help your comrade or even your child. The gut wrenching moment seemed to drive everyone mad with worry. Was it worth it, was it worth the sacrifice of the current guardian to go alone and face an unknown enemy just to save her? Some thought that love, the love and the touch for another sparked Knuckles compassion to save her. They were probably right about it. Wouldn't you do the same for someone you truly care about. This was a lesson that every one of Knuckles friends and family would take to mind forever .
Lara-Le wept as the thought of losing her only child and the girl whom she felt was like her own daughter would be taken from her. Wyn came to her side to comfort her, "Dearest you must be brave and not think of the worst. You know what those two are capable of. They'll find away back to us. I believe in them and I believe in you". With that Wyn, kissed Lara-Le on her forehead and dried her tears." Y--You're right. They'll make it out, and we'll be here for them no matter what happens. This is what they were brought up to do", said a depressed Lara." I just wish that I could have protected them, from this", Lara thought to her self.
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Julie-Su sat upon Zagat's throne as she looked herself in a mirror. To herself she looked the same but in reality she had changed for the worse. Her once pink fur began to change to a pale gray, and her once wild, starry violet eyes changed to a blood red. Zagat came from behind a tapestry next to the throne and kissed Julie-Su on the neck. "Your beauty will never match another my dear so why look in a mirror?", asked Zagat as he nuzzled her. " Just looking for someone, but he's already here. "Julie-Su lifted up her hand and began to stroke Zagat's locks. "Dearest, you have made my life have meaning. I once thought it did when I meet up with a certain guardian. Should have known that he would be nothing but heartbreak."
Zagat cracked a smile upon hearing this. He began to walk towards a window, which was facing towards the palace gates. Zagat, started to notice some kind of movement in the thorn bushes. He motioned for Julie- Su to come see. "Look my dearest. Here comes your ex-lover. Care to teach him a lesson?" Julie-Su looked out of the window towards Knuckles and then looked back at Zagat, "You know how I would love to take revenge on him. Let him make his way here and once he makes it through the thorns, I'll take care of him by myself."
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Knuckles made it through the grove of thorns. His body dripping with blood and covered with sores. He thought he would never have made it through the patch, but how could he give up now and on her. Knuckles took a deep breath and swallowed his pain. He began to gather up his strength and began to walk into the palace. The whole place seemed quiet inside. It was quiet enough, that you could hear the wind actually talk. No one seemed to be guarding the place.
Knuckles kept himself on guard, only flinching once when he saw a rat go right passed him thinking that it was something or someone else. Knuckles felt as if he was in hell . God knows that the entire place felt like that. He never would have thought he would get to see a place quite horrible as this. But something about the name of his new foe reminded him of something he was told as a child. Something he would fear again, like when he did as a child.
Knuckles made his way up the stairs, still not finding any trouble. Where were the Soul Assassins, where was Zagat? Did Kasumi send him to the wrong place? If so why didn't anyone attack him? All of these thoughts went through Knuckles' mind as he opened the door to the throne room. BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A dark light ,like thunder hit Knuckles knocking him into the heavy steel doors .
Feeling dazed, Knuckles muster up enough strength to get up and get a quick look around before who ever his attacker was could attack again. "You think you can get away with cheating and breaking a young girl's heart? Well I'll tell you something Guardian, you're not going to get away with it. Not by a long shot!" said a female voice.
Knuckles looked around the room and saw a female figure floating in the air. He knew the voice, but Julie-Su's new appearance didn't look right to him, in fact he didn't even recognize her. " I don't know who the hell you are, but if you hurt her I swear I'll kill you", yelled an enrage guardian. Julie-Su, laughed and began to mock Knuckles. "You think you know what real love and friendship is. You think you know matters of the heart. I'll tell one thing, your once former lover is gone! She isn't coming back and I would think that you would be better off with that other girl!" growled Julie-Su.
Knuckles looked at her trying to think what she meant by "that other girl". "What other girl!? The only girl I love is Julie-Su and no other. She is my soul , my world, and she's everything that I could ever want!!" With that Knuckles said, he closed his eyes and concentrated his uncontrolled powers. "Liar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", shouted Julie-Su as she lunged at Knuckles, scratching his chest. Knuckles kept his eyes shut and kept on concentrating his powers. Before long he gathered enough power that he released it on Julie-Su. With a sharp scream that was mixed with rage and that of a broken heart Julie-Su collapsed to the ground.
She was motionless and cold to the touch. Blood ran from her lips, her neck was broken, and so were many other bones in her body. Knuckles fell to his knees and started to breathe heavily. He looked at the still body for a while. His eyes widened as he stared in horror. Knuckles crawled over to the fallen beauty. Tears were now streaming, like never before. Gently he put his arms around her and cried even more, with each tear landing on her face. She may look different on the outside, but there was something that only Knuckles could recognize. Her soultouch. If only his judgment and heart wasn't clouded by revenge. He would have recognized that it was his lady that he was fighting and if he had known it was her, he would have had the chance to heal her instead of killing his one and only true love.
"Bravo! Bravo! Didn't know you had it in you, to do her in like that. My, my, my what is the world coming to?" said a voice in the shadows. "Oh by the way my name is Zagat!" Out of the shadows came Zagat with a smirk on his face. "Who would have of thought that you would be the one to kill her?"
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Characters :( not in order of appearance)
Knuckles
Vintage
Julie-Su
Zagat (Death Phantom)
Malice
Soul Assassins
Mighty
Espio
Vector
Ray
Remington
Locke
Lara-Le
Sabre
Deo Volantes
Archimedes
Kasumi
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Love and Lies Part 3: Hold On!
Vintage brought Julie-Su to Zagat's thrown room in chains. The whole room was almost dark expect for the candles that glowed from a top the chandelier. Upon arrival Julie-Su notice the dark emerald which glowed almost in magnificent way. Zagat came out from the shadows and then with a flick of his hand motioned Vintage to leave. All that was left was Julie-Su and Zagat. "The dress becomes you every time I see you and I see that you're eyeing my chaos emerald, my dear", said Zagat as he moved closer to her. Julie-Su just looked away, trying her best not to make eye contact. "This emerald has opened my eyes to the truth Julie- Su. You may not believe so but it has and I want you to know that the truth can hurt. Through the emerald, I have seen your so called lover, warrior, champion, cheating on you with someone else and it gives me great pain to see someone doing this to someone as beautiful as you" said Zagat, as he slithered by Julie-Su. Slowly Julie-Su looked at Zagat, "Knuckles would never betray me! He loves me! I know he does!" With the release of rage Julie-Su spat at Zagat. Zagat wiped off the spit and pointed to the emerald, "Why don't you have a look, the emerald will show you what is real and what is not".
Julie-Su walked toward the emerald and as she came closer her heart felt as if it was turning cold, as if her faith in Knuckles began fading from her. Unknown to Julie-Su, the powers of the dark emerald was entering her body and clouding her judgment. Once Julie-Su got close enough, she started to see a projection coming from the emerald. The image was of Knuckles and another female. "It can't be, it just can't be!" mumbled a teary eyed Julie-Su, as she heard the voices from the projection. "So, I just tell her that I can't go with her camping, so that I could be with you" a Knuckles type "player" said to a gorgeous female echidna.
Julie-Su fell to her knees, she had a sharp pain in her heart and stomach, and this time with tears streaming down her face. She couldn't believe it. The one person she loved the most and gave her heart to, had lied and a cheated on her. All that ran through her mind was the hurt and pain that the lie caused. "H...He...He told me he loved me. He told me he loved me. HE TOLD ME HE LOVED ME!", shouted an agonizing Julie-Su. She felt as if the air was knocked out of her or if someone ripped her heart out. How can such a kind, gentle-creature be such a creep, thought Julie-Su to herself.
"See my dear, I told you that he was no good", said Zagat as he helped Julie-Su up off the stone steps that lead up to the emerald. Zagat began to stroke her face than began to run his fingers through her locks trying to comfort her as best he could. "Think of the future with me and all that can happen between, my dear Julie-Su", Zagat said as he drew her close to him. Julie-Su tried to resist him by all means, but the powers of the emerald made her forget her faith and turned her love into a dark lust. With her eyes clouded ,Julie-Su felt a surge of evil course through her veins. The evil surge was soothing as Zagat leaned in and began to kiss her madly and passionately, with Julie-Su returning.
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Knuckles appeared right in front of Zagat's palace gates. He noticed a long bridge that connected the palace on the other side of a cliff, but the eerie walk way was long, covered by a grove of wild thorns making it nearly impossible for anyone to cross through it, and the bridge that connected it was over a spiky groove of rocks. The place where Knuckles was, was a windless and desolate planet. The hard ground made it almost impossible for anything to grow or for someone to scale a mountain. "Please Julie-Su, please be alright. I promise I'll set you free again. I promise you!", said Knuckles as he started to make his way through the groove of sharp thorns, while using his sharp Knuckles to cut through. With each step he took inside the groove, Knuckles would get cut by the thorns, but he didn't care. All that was his mind was the love he had for that female echidna.
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Back in Echidnaopolis all were worried about Knuckles and Julie-Su. No one knew what to think about what might happen to them. It seemed to be an eternity waiting, not knowing what the hell was going on, not being there to help your comrade or even your child. The gut wrenching moment seemed to drive everyone mad with worry. Was it worth it, was it worth the sacrifice of the current guardian to go alone and face an unknown enemy just to save her? Some thought that love, the love and the touch for another sparked Knuckles compassion to save her. They were probably right about it. Wouldn't you do the same for someone you truly care about. This was a lesson that every one of Knuckles friends and family would take to mind forever .
Lara-Le wept as the thought of losing her only child and the girl whom she felt was like her own daughter would be taken from her. Wyn came to her side to comfort her, "Dearest you must be brave and not think of the worst. You know what those two are capable of. They'll find away back to us. I believe in them and I believe in you". With that Wyn, kissed Lara-Le on her forehead and dried her tears." Y--You're right. They'll make it out, and we'll be here for them no matter what happens. This is what they were brought up to do", said a depressed Lara." I just wish that I could have protected them, from this", Lara thought to her self.
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Julie-Su sat upon Zagat's throne as she looked herself in a mirror. To herself she looked the same but in reality she had changed for the worse. Her once pink fur began to change to a pale gray, and her once wild, starry violet eyes changed to a blood red. Zagat came from behind a tapestry next to the throne and kissed Julie-Su on the neck. "Your beauty will never match another my dear so why look in a mirror?", asked Zagat as he nuzzled her. " Just looking for someone, but he's already here. "Julie-Su lifted up her hand and began to stroke Zagat's locks. "Dearest, you have made my life have meaning. I once thought it did when I meet up with a certain guardian. Should have known that he would be nothing but heartbreak."
Zagat cracked a smile upon hearing this. He began to walk towards a window, which was facing towards the palace gates. Zagat, started to notice some kind of movement in the thorn bushes. He motioned for Julie- Su to come see. "Look my dearest. Here comes your ex-lover. Care to teach him a lesson?" Julie-Su looked out of the window towards Knuckles and then looked back at Zagat, "You know how I would love to take revenge on him. Let him make his way here and once he makes it through the thorns, I'll take care of him by myself."
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Knuckles made it through the grove of thorns. His body dripping with blood and covered with sores. He thought he would never have made it through the patch, but how could he give up now and on her. Knuckles took a deep breath and swallowed his pain. He began to gather up his strength and began to walk into the palace. The whole place seemed quiet inside. It was quiet enough, that you could hear the wind actually talk. No one seemed to be guarding the place.
Knuckles kept himself on guard, only flinching once when he saw a rat go right passed him thinking that it was something or someone else. Knuckles felt as if he was in hell . God knows that the entire place felt like that. He never would have thought he would get to see a place quite horrible as this. But something about the name of his new foe reminded him of something he was told as a child. Something he would fear again, like when he did as a child.
Knuckles made his way up the stairs, still not finding any trouble. Where were the Soul Assassins, where was Zagat? Did Kasumi send him to the wrong place? If so why didn't anyone attack him? All of these thoughts went through Knuckles' mind as he opened the door to the throne room. BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A dark light ,like thunder hit Knuckles knocking him into the heavy steel doors .
Feeling dazed, Knuckles muster up enough strength to get up and get a quick look around before who ever his attacker was could attack again. "You think you can get away with cheating and breaking a young girl's heart? Well I'll tell you something Guardian, you're not going to get away with it. Not by a long shot!" said a female voice.
Knuckles looked around the room and saw a female figure floating in the air. He knew the voice, but Julie-Su's new appearance didn't look right to him, in fact he didn't even recognize her. " I don't know who the hell you are, but if you hurt her I swear I'll kill you", yelled an enrage guardian. Julie-Su, laughed and began to mock Knuckles. "You think you know what real love and friendship is. You think you know matters of the heart. I'll tell one thing, your once former lover is gone! She isn't coming back and I would think that you would be better off with that other girl!" growled Julie-Su.
Knuckles looked at her trying to think what she meant by "that other girl". "What other girl!? The only girl I love is Julie-Su and no other. She is my soul , my world, and she's everything that I could ever want!!" With that Knuckles said, he closed his eyes and concentrated his uncontrolled powers. "Liar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", shouted Julie-Su as she lunged at Knuckles, scratching his chest. Knuckles kept his eyes shut and kept on concentrating his powers. Before long he gathered enough power that he released it on Julie-Su. With a sharp scream that was mixed with rage and that of a broken heart Julie-Su collapsed to the ground.
She was motionless and cold to the touch. Blood ran from her lips, her neck was broken, and so were many other bones in her body. Knuckles fell to his knees and started to breathe heavily. He looked at the still body for a while. His eyes widened as he stared in horror. Knuckles crawled over to the fallen beauty. Tears were now streaming, like never before. Gently he put his arms around her and cried even more, with each tear landing on her face. She may look different on the outside, but there was something that only Knuckles could recognize. Her soultouch. If only his judgment and heart wasn't clouded by revenge. He would have recognized that it was his lady that he was fighting and if he had known it was her, he would have had the chance to heal her instead of killing his one and only true love.
"Bravo! Bravo! Didn't know you had it in you, to do her in like that. My, my, my what is the world coming to?" said a voice in the shadows. "Oh by the way my name is Zagat!" Out of the shadows came Zagat with a smirk on his face. "Who would have of thought that you would be the one to kill her?"
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