I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. Here's the next one. By the way, I'm
afraid you won't like this one as much, since I'm not completely certain
how to do treasure hunter levels. I'll try my best, though.
Disclaimer: I only own Scales the Lizard, for now.
Day 1, 12:00 PM
The sun shone down on an interesting scene in the middle of the Egyptian desert. Two treasure hunters faced each other in some temple ruins half a mile from a pyramid. Between them was a massive green jewel. One of the hunters was a red Echidna with long dreadlocks/spines, spiked knuckles, and a white crescent on his chest indicating his guardianship. The other was an attractive white bat, with black wings, white boots with heart emblems at the tips, and a heart-shaped cover over a black leotard. Strangely enough, she had spiked knuckles as well. The two glared at each other. A few weeks ago, the bat had stolen the jewel from the shrine on Angel Island. Without the Master Emerald, the Island sunk from the sky, landing in the ocean. Knuckles had left the Island to track down the thief and get the magical rock back, as was his duty as Guardian of the Emerald. "Look, just give the Emerald to me!" he yelled. The bat scowled. "I'm not giving you this jewel! It's mine! I stole it, I keep it." Knuckles snorted. "What kind of lady goes around stealing jewels anyway?" "I do!" "And who are you, anyway?" "The name's Rouge the Bat, expert jewel thief. And I'm not letting you take my Emerald without a fight." She said. "YOUR Emerald?! Why I oughta-" Their conversation was cut when suddenly, a metal claw came down from the sky, grabbed the Emerald, and pulled it up. Rouge gasped. "What the hell? Give me back my Emerald, you thief!" Rouge yelled at the thing taking the Emerald. Knuckles snickered. "Look who's calling who a thief." The claw fully retracted. It was attached to the underside of a floating metal pod, one very familiar to Knuckles. In it was a man even more familiar to Knuckles. The man sitting in the pod was very short, wore a blue shirt and black pants that also doubled as shoes, and was also pretty ugly. He had a pale face, a long needle nose, and only a few hairs on his dome of a head. One of his eyes was a telescoping lens, one of his arms was completely robotic, and both of his legs were mechanical as well. (which was why they were covered up in such strange pants.) More parts of his body were mechanical as well, but they were inside of his body, such as a reinforced rib cage and an artificial liver. This man was the evil Dr. Snively, enemy of all living things on the planet. The reason for his baldness and mechanical body parts were because of his numerous battles with Shadow. Every time Snively attempted world domination, he always had an extremely powerful machine of doom he used to try and kill Shadow. The dark hedgehog always managed to blow up the machine, causing Snively to get damaged severely despite his escaping. In their first battle, Snively had lost most of his hair. When he had attempted to launch the Death Snivel for the first time, he had ended up losing his arm. You see where I'm getting at, don't you? Snively looked over the side of the pod at the Master Emerald, grinning. "Ah, this is the Master Emerald, is it not? It's not what I'm looking for, but it'll do nicely. I'd better recalibrate my Chaos detector, I'm looking for Super Emeralds, not the Chaos or Master Emeralds." "Snively, get your metal claws away from the Emerald!" growled Knuckles. "So THAT'S Dr. Snively." Rouge muttered to herself. Snively chortled. "What'll you do if I do touch it?" he asked. "How about this?" said Knuckles, raising his arms. Storm clouds gathered above them. Snively looked up, confused. Knuckles prepared the special attack he had learned recently. "Thunder Arrow!" "What are you-" Snively's query was broken off as a lightning bolt shot down from the heavens, striking Snively head on. As he flailed about, screaming, the lightning coursed through the pod, causing the claw to let go of the Master Emerald. The giant gem fell towards the ground. Both treasure hunters' eyes widened. They raced for the gem, trying to grab it before it hit the ground. They slammed into each other and fell over. The Emerald hit the ground and shattered, splitting into twelve pieces. The pieces flashed and vanished. Rouge screamed and grabbed Knuckles as they both got up. "You idiot! Why did you do that?!" Knuckles shoved the bat off of him. "Relax! The Emerald's just broken, not destroyed. If I find all the pieces, I can put it back together." Rouge blinked. "Oh. Okay then." Snively coughed up smoke, his hair more than a little burnt. "This bears looking into." He wheezed. He took the controls of his pod and flew wobbly away towards the pyramid. "Well, I'd better start looking for those pieces." Said Rouge, starting to walk away. "What are you talking about?" Rouge smirked. "I'm going to get the pieces of the Emerald first. I despise anyone who takes my gems. All the jewels in the world belong to me!" She ran off in the direction of the pyramid. Knuckles shook his head and walked away, trying to detect the pieces of the Emerald with his innate Chaos sense. He headed west, towards a canyon.
Stage 2: Wild Canyon. Mission: Find three pieces of the Master Emerald.
Knuckles was in a large, roughly circular underground chamber. There were several alcoves and large wall paintings scattered around the room. There were four pillars standing around a big well. A tornado came out of the well, going up through a big hole in the ceiling. Knuckles wandered all around the large chamber, trying to find the Emerald shards. He found many old GUN Beetles, Hawks, and Rhinos, but no shards. He even dug into every wall painting he could find, still not getting anywhere. Disgruntled, he walked over to the well and looked up to where the tornado was going. Perhaps the Emeralds were up there? Knuckles jumped into the tornado and spun around as he was lifted out into the fresh air. There were three side canyons splitting off from the middle hole. Several small statues and ruins littered these canyons. Knuckles started gliding in an attempt to gain control of himself. He flew around the edges of the tornado, picking up speed until he was able to go into one of the side canyons. At the far end was a statue that looked kind of lonely. He glided towards the statue and was surprised when his Emerald senses went wild. He landed on a big ruin close to the Lonely Statue and tried to triangulate the shard's position. He looked around and saw the missing piece floating beneath a platform jutting from the wall. The Echidna jumped off the ruin and glided towards the Emerald, grabbing it in midair. He landed and stored the piece in a little bag he kept in his dimensional space (Oh come on, you know that all video game characters have a dimensional pocket of some sorts in which to store things) and walked back towards the tornado. When he passed a wall painting underneath a ledge, his Emerald senses went off again. He walked towards the painting, making sure his senses were accurate. He climbed onto the painting and dug into it, entering a secret chamber. There were several identical wall paintings surrounding him. Knuckles walked towards each painting, trying to find the appropriate painting. He was surprised to find that two of the paintings were setting off his Emerald senses. He walked to the closest one and dug into it. He landed in a chamber with one of the shards! He grabbed it and dug back through the painting. He went to the other one and burrowed into it, landing in a large chamber with several pillars of differing heights. The Emerald piece was floating in the air high above the center of the room, too high for him to glide to. He looked around and saw a spring on top of the smallest pillar. He climbed up and ran into the spring. He was launched into the air, grabbing the Emerald piece as he passed it. He landed on the tallest pillar and did a little victory dance.
(STAGE CLEAR. RANK A.)
"Yeah! Three down, nine to go! Now, how do I find the rest?" said Knuckles to himself. The bag holding the Emeralds vibrated. "Huh?" The Emerald shards glowed. A swirling blue portal opened before Knuckles. "Oh, I see. The pieces are sensing some of their siblings and are providing me with a way to get to them quickly. Okay then." Knuckles leaped into the portal, which closed behind him.
How was this chapter? I know it was kind of short, but it's hard to describe the treasure hunt levels. Don't worry, the next one will have more action. Promise!
Day 1, 12:00 PM
The sun shone down on an interesting scene in the middle of the Egyptian desert. Two treasure hunters faced each other in some temple ruins half a mile from a pyramid. Between them was a massive green jewel. One of the hunters was a red Echidna with long dreadlocks/spines, spiked knuckles, and a white crescent on his chest indicating his guardianship. The other was an attractive white bat, with black wings, white boots with heart emblems at the tips, and a heart-shaped cover over a black leotard. Strangely enough, she had spiked knuckles as well. The two glared at each other. A few weeks ago, the bat had stolen the jewel from the shrine on Angel Island. Without the Master Emerald, the Island sunk from the sky, landing in the ocean. Knuckles had left the Island to track down the thief and get the magical rock back, as was his duty as Guardian of the Emerald. "Look, just give the Emerald to me!" he yelled. The bat scowled. "I'm not giving you this jewel! It's mine! I stole it, I keep it." Knuckles snorted. "What kind of lady goes around stealing jewels anyway?" "I do!" "And who are you, anyway?" "The name's Rouge the Bat, expert jewel thief. And I'm not letting you take my Emerald without a fight." She said. "YOUR Emerald?! Why I oughta-" Their conversation was cut when suddenly, a metal claw came down from the sky, grabbed the Emerald, and pulled it up. Rouge gasped. "What the hell? Give me back my Emerald, you thief!" Rouge yelled at the thing taking the Emerald. Knuckles snickered. "Look who's calling who a thief." The claw fully retracted. It was attached to the underside of a floating metal pod, one very familiar to Knuckles. In it was a man even more familiar to Knuckles. The man sitting in the pod was very short, wore a blue shirt and black pants that also doubled as shoes, and was also pretty ugly. He had a pale face, a long needle nose, and only a few hairs on his dome of a head. One of his eyes was a telescoping lens, one of his arms was completely robotic, and both of his legs were mechanical as well. (which was why they were covered up in such strange pants.) More parts of his body were mechanical as well, but they were inside of his body, such as a reinforced rib cage and an artificial liver. This man was the evil Dr. Snively, enemy of all living things on the planet. The reason for his baldness and mechanical body parts were because of his numerous battles with Shadow. Every time Snively attempted world domination, he always had an extremely powerful machine of doom he used to try and kill Shadow. The dark hedgehog always managed to blow up the machine, causing Snively to get damaged severely despite his escaping. In their first battle, Snively had lost most of his hair. When he had attempted to launch the Death Snivel for the first time, he had ended up losing his arm. You see where I'm getting at, don't you? Snively looked over the side of the pod at the Master Emerald, grinning. "Ah, this is the Master Emerald, is it not? It's not what I'm looking for, but it'll do nicely. I'd better recalibrate my Chaos detector, I'm looking for Super Emeralds, not the Chaos or Master Emeralds." "Snively, get your metal claws away from the Emerald!" growled Knuckles. "So THAT'S Dr. Snively." Rouge muttered to herself. Snively chortled. "What'll you do if I do touch it?" he asked. "How about this?" said Knuckles, raising his arms. Storm clouds gathered above them. Snively looked up, confused. Knuckles prepared the special attack he had learned recently. "Thunder Arrow!" "What are you-" Snively's query was broken off as a lightning bolt shot down from the heavens, striking Snively head on. As he flailed about, screaming, the lightning coursed through the pod, causing the claw to let go of the Master Emerald. The giant gem fell towards the ground. Both treasure hunters' eyes widened. They raced for the gem, trying to grab it before it hit the ground. They slammed into each other and fell over. The Emerald hit the ground and shattered, splitting into twelve pieces. The pieces flashed and vanished. Rouge screamed and grabbed Knuckles as they both got up. "You idiot! Why did you do that?!" Knuckles shoved the bat off of him. "Relax! The Emerald's just broken, not destroyed. If I find all the pieces, I can put it back together." Rouge blinked. "Oh. Okay then." Snively coughed up smoke, his hair more than a little burnt. "This bears looking into." He wheezed. He took the controls of his pod and flew wobbly away towards the pyramid. "Well, I'd better start looking for those pieces." Said Rouge, starting to walk away. "What are you talking about?" Rouge smirked. "I'm going to get the pieces of the Emerald first. I despise anyone who takes my gems. All the jewels in the world belong to me!" She ran off in the direction of the pyramid. Knuckles shook his head and walked away, trying to detect the pieces of the Emerald with his innate Chaos sense. He headed west, towards a canyon.
Stage 2: Wild Canyon. Mission: Find three pieces of the Master Emerald.
Knuckles was in a large, roughly circular underground chamber. There were several alcoves and large wall paintings scattered around the room. There were four pillars standing around a big well. A tornado came out of the well, going up through a big hole in the ceiling. Knuckles wandered all around the large chamber, trying to find the Emerald shards. He found many old GUN Beetles, Hawks, and Rhinos, but no shards. He even dug into every wall painting he could find, still not getting anywhere. Disgruntled, he walked over to the well and looked up to where the tornado was going. Perhaps the Emeralds were up there? Knuckles jumped into the tornado and spun around as he was lifted out into the fresh air. There were three side canyons splitting off from the middle hole. Several small statues and ruins littered these canyons. Knuckles started gliding in an attempt to gain control of himself. He flew around the edges of the tornado, picking up speed until he was able to go into one of the side canyons. At the far end was a statue that looked kind of lonely. He glided towards the statue and was surprised when his Emerald senses went wild. He landed on a big ruin close to the Lonely Statue and tried to triangulate the shard's position. He looked around and saw the missing piece floating beneath a platform jutting from the wall. The Echidna jumped off the ruin and glided towards the Emerald, grabbing it in midair. He landed and stored the piece in a little bag he kept in his dimensional space (Oh come on, you know that all video game characters have a dimensional pocket of some sorts in which to store things) and walked back towards the tornado. When he passed a wall painting underneath a ledge, his Emerald senses went off again. He walked towards the painting, making sure his senses were accurate. He climbed onto the painting and dug into it, entering a secret chamber. There were several identical wall paintings surrounding him. Knuckles walked towards each painting, trying to find the appropriate painting. He was surprised to find that two of the paintings were setting off his Emerald senses. He walked to the closest one and dug into it. He landed in a chamber with one of the shards! He grabbed it and dug back through the painting. He went to the other one and burrowed into it, landing in a large chamber with several pillars of differing heights. The Emerald piece was floating in the air high above the center of the room, too high for him to glide to. He looked around and saw a spring on top of the smallest pillar. He climbed up and ran into the spring. He was launched into the air, grabbing the Emerald piece as he passed it. He landed on the tallest pillar and did a little victory dance.
(STAGE CLEAR. RANK A.)
"Yeah! Three down, nine to go! Now, how do I find the rest?" said Knuckles to himself. The bag holding the Emeralds vibrated. "Huh?" The Emerald shards glowed. A swirling blue portal opened before Knuckles. "Oh, I see. The pieces are sensing some of their siblings and are providing me with a way to get to them quickly. Okay then." Knuckles leaped into the portal, which closed behind him.
How was this chapter? I know it was kind of short, but it's hard to describe the treasure hunt levels. Don't worry, the next one will have more action. Promise!