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~~~~~KNUCKLES
I looked at the plane that was heading towards me and recognized Sonic and Tails instantly. But whom were the other two that were riding with them? I sensed a large amount of energy coming from both of them.
"Well, I guess I'll find out in a minute," I said to myself as I walked towards the now landed plane.
"Hey Knuckles! How have you been?" Sonic asked as he got out of the plane.
"Good enough. And who is that you have with you?"
"This is Garion and Rolm. They have a problem with one of their Chaos Emeralds," Sonic replied.
"Oh? And what is this problem?" I asked.
"Well, it's about this gray emerald," Rolm told me as he showed the emerald. "When I used it to do a spell a week ago, it started controlling my mind..."
"WHAT!?" I shouted in disbelief as I looked at the emerald. "Chaos Emeralds do NOT control people's minds! And how do you know about spells?"
"We protect the gray and red Chaos Emeralds," Garion answered.
"Guardians, huh? Aren't you a little young?" I asked Rolm.
"I'm not too young! Tell them Garion! I beat you in a match!" Rolm protested.
"That's because you had four more emeralds than I did," Garion said with a growl.
"Enough, enough," I said. "There may be one possibility why your emerald is acting strangely, but it is a slim possibility. More than likely you just can't fully control the power of a chaos emerald yet."
"And what would that possibility be?" Rolm asked, ignoring the second half of my statement.
"That a spirit is lurking inside of the Chaos Emerald... There is only one way to find out. Let's go to the shrine of the Master Emerald," I said as I took off in the direction of the shrine.
~~~~~ROLM
I stared at the emerald in my hand. Could an evil spirit really be lurking inside of my emerald?
"Hey, Rolm! Hurry up!" Garion shouted from ahead of me.
I looked away from the emerald and ran after Garion, hoping to find some answers to this mystery.
In no time we arrived at the shrine of the Master Emerald. We found Knuckles inside the shrine, gazing at the Master Emerald.
"Give me the gray emerald," he said as he held out his hand. I dropped the gem into his outstretched palm and he took it. "If there is a spirit within this emerald, it will be forced to show itself when I touch it with the Master Emerald." He reached forward with my gray emerald and tapped the Master Emerald with it. Then all hell broke loose.
Knuckles was smashed backwards into Sonic and the two both went tumbling down the steps of the shrine.
"Sonic! Knuckles!" Tails yelled as he ran down the steps after them to see if they were all right.
Suddenly a man, no, a specter, materialized inside of the Master Emerald. Suddenly the figure spoke.
"BWHAHAHAHAHA! After a thousand years I have finally been released! I tried to use you and the seven Chaos Emeralds to get enough power to be released, but the power of this Master Emerald suits me just fine!"
"No way! It can't be..." I said.
"It's ZEON!" Garion shouted from my side.
"After a thousand years, my name still is known..." Zeon said with another laugh. "I will rule this world just as I had in the past! With this Master Emerald, nobody can stop me! So long, fools!" Zeon said as both he and the Master Emerald disappeared.
"NO!" Garion shouted as he ran forwards to the spot where the Master Emerald was. "This can't be... Zeon has returned!? What have we done?"
Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails rushed up the steps at that moment.
"Garion, Rolm!" Knuckles said as he ran towards us. "I'm glad to see that you're..." Suddenly he noticed that the Master Emerald was missing. "What happened!? Where did the Master Emerald go!?" he shouted in anger.
"Knuckles, calm down. Garion, what DID happen here?" Sonic asked as he rubbed a large lump on his head.
"It was Zeon who was enclosed in that emerald. And now he has been resurrected," Garion said, defeated.
Knuckles looked absolutely shocked by this information, but Sonic and Tails had puzzled expressions on their faces.
"Who is Zeon?" Tails asked.
"Zeon was a powerful magician who ruled this world a thousand years ago. History books say he was extremely powerful. They say that he was the one who created the Chaos Emeralds. He reigned the world with terror and destruction. It was complete chaos," Knuckles replied. "One day he just disappeared. Some say he destroyed himself with his own power. But it looks like he had just been imprisoned in his own creation. This is horrible... Who knows what he will do with the Master Emerald!"
"Guys! What is that!?" I yelled as I looked out the window. A huge shadow was surrounding the whole island, and a large ball of energy was hanging in the air above us.
"We need to get out of here! NOW! Everyone to the plane!" Garion yelled as he grabbed me under his arm and ran towards the plane.
~~~~~KNUCKLES
I took another step forward but fell down again. My foot hurt like hell, it might've been broken for all I knew. That fall down the stairs must've been worse than I thought. I started crawling forward, the plane just a few feet away.
"Knuckles!" I heard Tails shout from ahead of me.
"Go on, get out of here!" I yelled back. "You haven't got much time left!"
"No!" Tails yelled. I heard him flying towards me.
"Damn it, Tails! How do you turn this thing on?!" I heard Sonic shout.
"I'm getting you out of here!" I heard Tails say as he lifted me into the air.
"Faster!" I urged him.
I watched as we got closer and closer to the plane. The shadow around the island was getting darker.
"HURRY!" Garion yelled from the plane.
Tails dumped me in the back seat and quickly pushed a couple buttons. We zoomed away at top speed as the energy ball crashed into the island behind us, creating a huge explosion. Angel Island was no more. The shock wave suddenly reached us and we were thrown about in the air like a feather in the wind.
"Hang on to something!" I yelled as we went upside down.
"TIDAL WAVE!" Sonic warned.
Something crashed into us with the force of a train and I lost consciousness.
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~~~~~KNUCKLES
I looked at the plane that was heading towards me and recognized Sonic and Tails instantly. But whom were the other two that were riding with them? I sensed a large amount of energy coming from both of them.
"Well, I guess I'll find out in a minute," I said to myself as I walked towards the now landed plane.
"Hey Knuckles! How have you been?" Sonic asked as he got out of the plane.
"Good enough. And who is that you have with you?"
"This is Garion and Rolm. They have a problem with one of their Chaos Emeralds," Sonic replied.
"Oh? And what is this problem?" I asked.
"Well, it's about this gray emerald," Rolm told me as he showed the emerald. "When I used it to do a spell a week ago, it started controlling my mind..."
"WHAT!?" I shouted in disbelief as I looked at the emerald. "Chaos Emeralds do NOT control people's minds! And how do you know about spells?"
"We protect the gray and red Chaos Emeralds," Garion answered.
"Guardians, huh? Aren't you a little young?" I asked Rolm.
"I'm not too young! Tell them Garion! I beat you in a match!" Rolm protested.
"That's because you had four more emeralds than I did," Garion said with a growl.
"Enough, enough," I said. "There may be one possibility why your emerald is acting strangely, but it is a slim possibility. More than likely you just can't fully control the power of a chaos emerald yet."
"And what would that possibility be?" Rolm asked, ignoring the second half of my statement.
"That a spirit is lurking inside of the Chaos Emerald... There is only one way to find out. Let's go to the shrine of the Master Emerald," I said as I took off in the direction of the shrine.
~~~~~ROLM
I stared at the emerald in my hand. Could an evil spirit really be lurking inside of my emerald?
"Hey, Rolm! Hurry up!" Garion shouted from ahead of me.
I looked away from the emerald and ran after Garion, hoping to find some answers to this mystery.
In no time we arrived at the shrine of the Master Emerald. We found Knuckles inside the shrine, gazing at the Master Emerald.
"Give me the gray emerald," he said as he held out his hand. I dropped the gem into his outstretched palm and he took it. "If there is a spirit within this emerald, it will be forced to show itself when I touch it with the Master Emerald." He reached forward with my gray emerald and tapped the Master Emerald with it. Then all hell broke loose.
Knuckles was smashed backwards into Sonic and the two both went tumbling down the steps of the shrine.
"Sonic! Knuckles!" Tails yelled as he ran down the steps after them to see if they were all right.
Suddenly a man, no, a specter, materialized inside of the Master Emerald. Suddenly the figure spoke.
"BWHAHAHAHAHA! After a thousand years I have finally been released! I tried to use you and the seven Chaos Emeralds to get enough power to be released, but the power of this Master Emerald suits me just fine!"
"No way! It can't be..." I said.
"It's ZEON!" Garion shouted from my side.
"After a thousand years, my name still is known..." Zeon said with another laugh. "I will rule this world just as I had in the past! With this Master Emerald, nobody can stop me! So long, fools!" Zeon said as both he and the Master Emerald disappeared.
"NO!" Garion shouted as he ran forwards to the spot where the Master Emerald was. "This can't be... Zeon has returned!? What have we done?"
Knuckles, Sonic, and Tails rushed up the steps at that moment.
"Garion, Rolm!" Knuckles said as he ran towards us. "I'm glad to see that you're..." Suddenly he noticed that the Master Emerald was missing. "What happened!? Where did the Master Emerald go!?" he shouted in anger.
"Knuckles, calm down. Garion, what DID happen here?" Sonic asked as he rubbed a large lump on his head.
"It was Zeon who was enclosed in that emerald. And now he has been resurrected," Garion said, defeated.
Knuckles looked absolutely shocked by this information, but Sonic and Tails had puzzled expressions on their faces.
"Who is Zeon?" Tails asked.
"Zeon was a powerful magician who ruled this world a thousand years ago. History books say he was extremely powerful. They say that he was the one who created the Chaos Emeralds. He reigned the world with terror and destruction. It was complete chaos," Knuckles replied. "One day he just disappeared. Some say he destroyed himself with his own power. But it looks like he had just been imprisoned in his own creation. This is horrible... Who knows what he will do with the Master Emerald!"
"Guys! What is that!?" I yelled as I looked out the window. A huge shadow was surrounding the whole island, and a large ball of energy was hanging in the air above us.
"We need to get out of here! NOW! Everyone to the plane!" Garion yelled as he grabbed me under his arm and ran towards the plane.
~~~~~KNUCKLES
I took another step forward but fell down again. My foot hurt like hell, it might've been broken for all I knew. That fall down the stairs must've been worse than I thought. I started crawling forward, the plane just a few feet away.
"Knuckles!" I heard Tails shout from ahead of me.
"Go on, get out of here!" I yelled back. "You haven't got much time left!"
"No!" Tails yelled. I heard him flying towards me.
"Damn it, Tails! How do you turn this thing on?!" I heard Sonic shout.
"I'm getting you out of here!" I heard Tails say as he lifted me into the air.
"Faster!" I urged him.
I watched as we got closer and closer to the plane. The shadow around the island was getting darker.
"HURRY!" Garion yelled from the plane.
Tails dumped me in the back seat and quickly pushed a couple buttons. We zoomed away at top speed as the energy ball crashed into the island behind us, creating a huge explosion. Angel Island was no more. The shock wave suddenly reached us and we were thrown about in the air like a feather in the wind.
"Hang on to something!" I yelled as we went upside down.
"TIDAL WAVE!" Sonic warned.
Something crashed into us with the force of a train and I lost consciousness.
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