Disclaimer: I don't own Sonic! I own Leon, Garion, and Rolm!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------
~~~~~SONIC
"So, Sonic, what's the plan?" Leon asked.
"Well, he's going to be expecting us, since he destroyed Garion and Rolm's house... But we have to go and take it to him before he hits ours. I suggest we go tonight, when he is least expecting it, and see what he is up to. If it's too heavily guarded, however, we may have to split up to divide their forces," I replied.
"Guarded by what? More walking tin cans? I could take them all out by myself," Leon bragged.
"Don't be so cocky. I'm sure Eggman has something planned this time," Tails warned. "I'd better take my emerald along on this one."
Tails ran into the house and came back with his yellow Chaos Emerald. Leon looked at it and stared.
"What is that?" he asked.
"It's a Chaos Emerald. It has a lot of energy inside, and allows me to do this," Tails said as he shot out a lightning bolt towards the ground.
"Whoa! Awesome! I'll have to get one of those for myself someday," Leon said.
"There are only seven of them," Tails replied.
"Where are they all at?" Leon asked with curiosity.
"Well, there's this one, Rolm and Garion had three of them, and the other three are scattered throughout the city," Tails said.
"I see," Leon stated. "Maybe I should experiment with yours..."
"All right," Tails said as he handed the jewel to Leon. "Let's see what you can do with it."
"WHOA!" Leon shouted as he was engulfed in a yellow light.
"Leon! Are you OK?" I yelled as he looked at me.
"Yeah, I'm fine. But I have never felt so much energy before in all my life! I can feel its power..."
He closed his eyes and concentrated. A huge bolt of lightning struck the ground beside him.
He threw the emerald to Tails and the light faded. "Man, that's some powerful stuff!"
"It seems like you're more reactive to the Chaos Emeralds than we are... Man, I wonder what would happen if he got all seven?" Tails asked as he looked at me.
I only shook my head.
~~~~~DRATH
I smashed through a bunch of weak robots and proceeded into the inner chamber. Eggman was sitting there, staring at me.
"Now who the heck are you?" he asked.
"My name is Drath. I'm here to strike a deal with you," I replied.
"A...deal?" Eggman repeated. "What kind of a deal?"
"You help me find the Chaos Emeralds, and I'll keep those annoying pests away from you."
"And how do you propose to do that?" Eggman asked me.
I held out my hand and a orb of black energy appeared from it. I threw it to the ground and it made a small explosion.
"Another Mystic! How many more of you survived my attack?"
"What do you mean, 'another mystic'? I'm not the only one?" I asked.
"No, you're not. Another one came in yesterday and burnt my whole base down to the ground."
I smiled at his words. "I'll take care of him. Just get me those Chaos Emeralds."
"And how will I be able to trust you?" Eggman asked.
"How about a...gift to show my loyalty to you?" I asked as I handed him a book.
He paged through it and stopped at a certain page. He flipped to the next page and then back again. He looked at me with surprise.
"How...how did you get this information?"
"There was an old library in my village before you destroyed it. I managed to pick that up and leave the island before it blew. Too bad nobody else in my village had the same power that I had. But no matter. With this book, you know what you will be able to do, right?"
Eggman nodded. "I'll trust you now. Nobody would give me this information and double-cross me."
"So, it's a deal then? My name is Drath. And I know your name already, so lets skip the introductions. I have a certain item that will aid you in exterminating that other Mystic." I handed him a piece of dusty metal.
"What is this?" he asked.
"That is a magic-resistant metal called Zephyte. If you make machines out of this, his powers will threaten you no more. You can find out how to create more of it in that book of yours."
"This is perfect! You are so much help! Now, let's get back to the Chaos Emeralds. I know that that annoying fox has one, and that his friends have three more. The other three are in well-protected areas in the city, so you shouldn't have any problems with those," Eggman said, throwing me a grin.
"The city, eh? Well, I'll go take care of those emeralds. In the meantime, get ready. They could strike at anytime."
I walked out of the room and headed towards the city.
~~~~~TAILS
I stepped back and admired my Tornado 3. It was nearing completion. All I had to do was make a few adjustments and install the weapons. Leon was in there, helping me. Even though he didn't know too much about machines, he seemed to have a wide knowledge on energy, so he was a great help in designing the lasers. Now all that we had to do was actually make our designs real. I turned on the TV set in the corner so that I had something to listen to while I worked. Leon handed me my toolbox and I got to work on the lasers. Leon, meanwhile, was painting the plane a beautiful silver color. I was just about finished when I heard an announcement on the TV.
"We interrupt this program for a special announcement." I got out from under the plane and looked at the TV. Normally these weren't good news.
"Two of the world famous Chaos Emeralds have been stolen from the city today. There have been no arrests made as of yet, but the police suspect it's the same jewel thief that stole from the jewelry store a couple weeks ago. More info later." The TV switched back to the regular program.
"Tails! If two of the emeralds were robbed, the third one must be next!" Leon exclaimed. I nodded.
I ran outside to find Sonic returned from his exercise run. I quickly told him what I saw on the TV.
"So the police think it's Rouge... I don't think so. Knuckles told me that she was going to be with him all this week," Sonic replied.
"You talked to Knuckles? When?" I asked.
"I called him to see how he was doing via the communicator." Sonic answered.
The communicator. How could I have forgotten? It's the only way we could contact Knuckles over long distances.
"So, you think it's Eggman?" I asked him.
"Yep. I think we should hurry to the last emerald... and fast!" Sonic shouted.
"Wait Sonic!" Leon said.
"What is it Leon? We don't have much time!"
"You guys go ahead and get the last emerald. I'll go to Eggman's base and sabotage it since he isn't there!"
"All right, Leon. Be careful!" Sonic shouted as he took off, with me closely following him.
~~~~~LEON
I teleported to Robotnik's base to see a few robots waiting outside.
'Pffft, no problem,' I thought to myself as I blasted them out of the way.
I proceeded through the corridors and finally arrived at the inner chamber. It was dark, so I figured that Robotnik was definitely gone. I walked forward and the lights flashed on, revealing many robots surrounding me with laser guns.
"You guys never learn, do you?" I said as I teleported to the other side of the room as laser fire hit the spot where I had been. I fired a wave of energy at the robots, which quickly destroyed them all.
"Too easy," I said as I walked forward towards Robotnik's computer.
"Then let's make it a bit more difficult," A familiar voice said as a strange dome fell over me.
I noticed that the dome was made out of a strange translucent type of metal. I fired a couple of energy orbs at it but it didn't even dent. I smashed my sword against it only to have my blade bounce off of it. I closed my eyes and tried to teleport. I opened my eyes to see myself still in the dome. I was beginning to panic. Nothing was working, what could I do, what could I do!?
"I see that that echidna wasn't lying after all," Robotnik said as he stepped out from the side of the room.
"What echidna? And why can't I bust through this!?" I yelled as I pounded against the wall of the dome in frustration.
"Why, my partner who came and told me how to stop you and any other Mystics that cross my path!"
I shook my head and slowly remembered something that Spike had told me. I looked at the glass.
"This is Zephyte! Curse you, Robotnik! How did you receive this information!?"
I frantically tried to remember what Zephyte's weakness was, but I couldn't remember. It was so long ago since Spike told me about it...
Suddenly I remembered. Fire! Fire was Zephyte's weakness! Not that it would help me now, however. I hadn't thought to bring a match along with me.
"If you like that so much, you'll love what I have in store for you..." he said as he pushed a few buttons on his control panel. A tube shot up from the ground underneath me and I was trapped inside of it. I tried my magic again but it didn't work. More Zephyte.
"And now you'll become my faithful servant... with my new Robotosizer, of couse!" He pushed a few buttons and I felt energy coursing through me.
"Robotosizer!? They were all destroyed!" I shouted as the energy increased.
"Well, I made a new one. Say good-bye to your free will!"
"Never, Robotnik! My mind is my most powerful weapon! Don't think that you can control it!" I yelled as the energy increased to its full power. I felt myself changing. Even though I knew I should be scared, I was actually fascinated by the metal that now was my legs, and now my arms, and now...
The tube opened up and I walked out. Robotnik looked me up and down and then chuckled.
"Who is your master?" he asked.
"You and only you, master Robotnik," I replied.
He laughed even harder. "Not so cocky now, are you? Well, now we get to have some fun..."
~~~~~SONIC
I ran into the vault to see a black echidna heading towards the Chaos Emerald.
"Oh no you don't!" I yelled as I smashed into him with a Spin Dash.
He was smashed back into the wall and he growled at me. I noticed that his knuckles were actually extended and were at least a foot long each. They shone in the light and I could tell that they were dangerously sharp.
"So you must be Sonic. I've heard so much about you!" He yelled as he fired a black orb at me.
I dodged to the side but it still nicked me. Pain went through my arm as he smiled.
"You're not so tough!" He swung out his hand and a black crystal surrounded me. I couldn't move, and I felt like all the strength I had was being drained away...
"Not yet!" Tails yelled as he dive-bombed into the crystal, shattering it into a thousand pieces, which suddenly disappeared. "We're just getting started!"
"Curse you, you miserable fox!" the echidna yelled as he fired a dark beam at Tails. The beam hit him in the chest and he went crashing into the wall. He fell down off the wall and hit the ground. He was out of it.
I charged forward at the echidna, who was now smiling. Just before I hit him he disappeared.
"What the..." Suddenly a sharp pain went through my back as one set of his claws dug into me.
I fell to the ground, vision getting blurry. He gave me a sharp kick to my head and I was out.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------
Uh oh! Things aren't looking too good! What will happen? You'll find out...tomorrow! Hah!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------
~~~~~SONIC
"So, Sonic, what's the plan?" Leon asked.
"Well, he's going to be expecting us, since he destroyed Garion and Rolm's house... But we have to go and take it to him before he hits ours. I suggest we go tonight, when he is least expecting it, and see what he is up to. If it's too heavily guarded, however, we may have to split up to divide their forces," I replied.
"Guarded by what? More walking tin cans? I could take them all out by myself," Leon bragged.
"Don't be so cocky. I'm sure Eggman has something planned this time," Tails warned. "I'd better take my emerald along on this one."
Tails ran into the house and came back with his yellow Chaos Emerald. Leon looked at it and stared.
"What is that?" he asked.
"It's a Chaos Emerald. It has a lot of energy inside, and allows me to do this," Tails said as he shot out a lightning bolt towards the ground.
"Whoa! Awesome! I'll have to get one of those for myself someday," Leon said.
"There are only seven of them," Tails replied.
"Where are they all at?" Leon asked with curiosity.
"Well, there's this one, Rolm and Garion had three of them, and the other three are scattered throughout the city," Tails said.
"I see," Leon stated. "Maybe I should experiment with yours..."
"All right," Tails said as he handed the jewel to Leon. "Let's see what you can do with it."
"WHOA!" Leon shouted as he was engulfed in a yellow light.
"Leon! Are you OK?" I yelled as he looked at me.
"Yeah, I'm fine. But I have never felt so much energy before in all my life! I can feel its power..."
He closed his eyes and concentrated. A huge bolt of lightning struck the ground beside him.
He threw the emerald to Tails and the light faded. "Man, that's some powerful stuff!"
"It seems like you're more reactive to the Chaos Emeralds than we are... Man, I wonder what would happen if he got all seven?" Tails asked as he looked at me.
I only shook my head.
~~~~~DRATH
I smashed through a bunch of weak robots and proceeded into the inner chamber. Eggman was sitting there, staring at me.
"Now who the heck are you?" he asked.
"My name is Drath. I'm here to strike a deal with you," I replied.
"A...deal?" Eggman repeated. "What kind of a deal?"
"You help me find the Chaos Emeralds, and I'll keep those annoying pests away from you."
"And how do you propose to do that?" Eggman asked me.
I held out my hand and a orb of black energy appeared from it. I threw it to the ground and it made a small explosion.
"Another Mystic! How many more of you survived my attack?"
"What do you mean, 'another mystic'? I'm not the only one?" I asked.
"No, you're not. Another one came in yesterday and burnt my whole base down to the ground."
I smiled at his words. "I'll take care of him. Just get me those Chaos Emeralds."
"And how will I be able to trust you?" Eggman asked.
"How about a...gift to show my loyalty to you?" I asked as I handed him a book.
He paged through it and stopped at a certain page. He flipped to the next page and then back again. He looked at me with surprise.
"How...how did you get this information?"
"There was an old library in my village before you destroyed it. I managed to pick that up and leave the island before it blew. Too bad nobody else in my village had the same power that I had. But no matter. With this book, you know what you will be able to do, right?"
Eggman nodded. "I'll trust you now. Nobody would give me this information and double-cross me."
"So, it's a deal then? My name is Drath. And I know your name already, so lets skip the introductions. I have a certain item that will aid you in exterminating that other Mystic." I handed him a piece of dusty metal.
"What is this?" he asked.
"That is a magic-resistant metal called Zephyte. If you make machines out of this, his powers will threaten you no more. You can find out how to create more of it in that book of yours."
"This is perfect! You are so much help! Now, let's get back to the Chaos Emeralds. I know that that annoying fox has one, and that his friends have three more. The other three are in well-protected areas in the city, so you shouldn't have any problems with those," Eggman said, throwing me a grin.
"The city, eh? Well, I'll go take care of those emeralds. In the meantime, get ready. They could strike at anytime."
I walked out of the room and headed towards the city.
~~~~~TAILS
I stepped back and admired my Tornado 3. It was nearing completion. All I had to do was make a few adjustments and install the weapons. Leon was in there, helping me. Even though he didn't know too much about machines, he seemed to have a wide knowledge on energy, so he was a great help in designing the lasers. Now all that we had to do was actually make our designs real. I turned on the TV set in the corner so that I had something to listen to while I worked. Leon handed me my toolbox and I got to work on the lasers. Leon, meanwhile, was painting the plane a beautiful silver color. I was just about finished when I heard an announcement on the TV.
"We interrupt this program for a special announcement." I got out from under the plane and looked at the TV. Normally these weren't good news.
"Two of the world famous Chaos Emeralds have been stolen from the city today. There have been no arrests made as of yet, but the police suspect it's the same jewel thief that stole from the jewelry store a couple weeks ago. More info later." The TV switched back to the regular program.
"Tails! If two of the emeralds were robbed, the third one must be next!" Leon exclaimed. I nodded.
I ran outside to find Sonic returned from his exercise run. I quickly told him what I saw on the TV.
"So the police think it's Rouge... I don't think so. Knuckles told me that she was going to be with him all this week," Sonic replied.
"You talked to Knuckles? When?" I asked.
"I called him to see how he was doing via the communicator." Sonic answered.
The communicator. How could I have forgotten? It's the only way we could contact Knuckles over long distances.
"So, you think it's Eggman?" I asked him.
"Yep. I think we should hurry to the last emerald... and fast!" Sonic shouted.
"Wait Sonic!" Leon said.
"What is it Leon? We don't have much time!"
"You guys go ahead and get the last emerald. I'll go to Eggman's base and sabotage it since he isn't there!"
"All right, Leon. Be careful!" Sonic shouted as he took off, with me closely following him.
~~~~~LEON
I teleported to Robotnik's base to see a few robots waiting outside.
'Pffft, no problem,' I thought to myself as I blasted them out of the way.
I proceeded through the corridors and finally arrived at the inner chamber. It was dark, so I figured that Robotnik was definitely gone. I walked forward and the lights flashed on, revealing many robots surrounding me with laser guns.
"You guys never learn, do you?" I said as I teleported to the other side of the room as laser fire hit the spot where I had been. I fired a wave of energy at the robots, which quickly destroyed them all.
"Too easy," I said as I walked forward towards Robotnik's computer.
"Then let's make it a bit more difficult," A familiar voice said as a strange dome fell over me.
I noticed that the dome was made out of a strange translucent type of metal. I fired a couple of energy orbs at it but it didn't even dent. I smashed my sword against it only to have my blade bounce off of it. I closed my eyes and tried to teleport. I opened my eyes to see myself still in the dome. I was beginning to panic. Nothing was working, what could I do, what could I do!?
"I see that that echidna wasn't lying after all," Robotnik said as he stepped out from the side of the room.
"What echidna? And why can't I bust through this!?" I yelled as I pounded against the wall of the dome in frustration.
"Why, my partner who came and told me how to stop you and any other Mystics that cross my path!"
I shook my head and slowly remembered something that Spike had told me. I looked at the glass.
"This is Zephyte! Curse you, Robotnik! How did you receive this information!?"
I frantically tried to remember what Zephyte's weakness was, but I couldn't remember. It was so long ago since Spike told me about it...
Suddenly I remembered. Fire! Fire was Zephyte's weakness! Not that it would help me now, however. I hadn't thought to bring a match along with me.
"If you like that so much, you'll love what I have in store for you..." he said as he pushed a few buttons on his control panel. A tube shot up from the ground underneath me and I was trapped inside of it. I tried my magic again but it didn't work. More Zephyte.
"And now you'll become my faithful servant... with my new Robotosizer, of couse!" He pushed a few buttons and I felt energy coursing through me.
"Robotosizer!? They were all destroyed!" I shouted as the energy increased.
"Well, I made a new one. Say good-bye to your free will!"
"Never, Robotnik! My mind is my most powerful weapon! Don't think that you can control it!" I yelled as the energy increased to its full power. I felt myself changing. Even though I knew I should be scared, I was actually fascinated by the metal that now was my legs, and now my arms, and now...
The tube opened up and I walked out. Robotnik looked me up and down and then chuckled.
"Who is your master?" he asked.
"You and only you, master Robotnik," I replied.
He laughed even harder. "Not so cocky now, are you? Well, now we get to have some fun..."
~~~~~SONIC
I ran into the vault to see a black echidna heading towards the Chaos Emerald.
"Oh no you don't!" I yelled as I smashed into him with a Spin Dash.
He was smashed back into the wall and he growled at me. I noticed that his knuckles were actually extended and were at least a foot long each. They shone in the light and I could tell that they were dangerously sharp.
"So you must be Sonic. I've heard so much about you!" He yelled as he fired a black orb at me.
I dodged to the side but it still nicked me. Pain went through my arm as he smiled.
"You're not so tough!" He swung out his hand and a black crystal surrounded me. I couldn't move, and I felt like all the strength I had was being drained away...
"Not yet!" Tails yelled as he dive-bombed into the crystal, shattering it into a thousand pieces, which suddenly disappeared. "We're just getting started!"
"Curse you, you miserable fox!" the echidna yelled as he fired a dark beam at Tails. The beam hit him in the chest and he went crashing into the wall. He fell down off the wall and hit the ground. He was out of it.
I charged forward at the echidna, who was now smiling. Just before I hit him he disappeared.
"What the..." Suddenly a sharp pain went through my back as one set of his claws dug into me.
I fell to the ground, vision getting blurry. He gave me a sharp kick to my head and I was out.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------
Uh oh! Things aren't looking too good! What will happen? You'll find out...tomorrow! Hah!