Disclaimer: I own Drath, Rolm, Garion, and Leon.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------
~~~~~TAILS
"Hey, Tails, how much longer until you're done?" Garion asked.
"Give me another hour and I'll get this thing working," I said as I made some adjustments to the de-robotosizer. "We can't chance something going wrong."
Garion nodded and sat down at in a chair nearby. I knew he was as anxious as, if not more anxious, than I was to get Rolm back.
Knuckles was in the other room watching TV. Sonic was resting from his ordeal at the base.
"It sure is strange that we haven't heard from Drath in two days. I wonder what he is planning," Garion stated.
"I'd rather not know," I replied as I looked back at the plans and then at the de-robotosizer. "He has been nothing but trouble for us ever since he appeared."
"Too true," Garion agreed. "But as soon as we get Leon, we may stand a fighting chance."
I shook my head. "You're forgetting about the Chaos Emeralds. Not even Leon's power matches the power of them."
Garion sighed. I went back to work and hurried as fast as I could.
~~~~~KNUCKLES
I looked back into the workshop to see Tails and Garion talking. That poor Tails. He has been working without sleep on that de-robotosizer ever since Leon and Rolm came back. I thought about helping, but I probably would only get in the way. I didn't know too much about machines.
I went back to the couch and sat down. I was watching some cartoons, because there was nothing else on. One of the characters picked up a large hammer and was about to nail another guy when suddenly they all disappeared and a newswoman appeared on the screen.
"We interrupt this program for a special announcement."
"Hey guys, come check this out!" I yelled.
Garion and Tails came in quickly and looked at the TV set.
"A lone echidna has been seen destroying streets and buildings here in our city. If you live in this city, we are asking you to evacuate as soon as possible. The screen zoomed in on a picture of...
"Drath!" Garion yelled. "That good for nothing..."
"Well, that settles it, we have to save the city!" Someone said from the door. We all looked to see,
"Sonic!" Tails shouted. "You're awake!"
"Yeah, I'm fine. I just needed to rest for awhile. So, who's coming with me?" Sonic replied.
"I have to stay here," Tails said. "I am almost finished with it!"
"As much as I want to come with you, my friend, I cannot leave Rolm's side," Garion said.
"I'll come with you, Sonic," I volunteered.
Sonic nodded and ran out the door with me close behind him.
'He sure recovers fast,' I thought to myself as I struggled to keep up.
~~~~~GARION
"It's complete!" Tails yelled as he jumped back down off the machine.
"Really?!" I shouted as I stood up.
"Yeah! Let's try it out!" he yelled as he grabbed Rolm's body and shoved him inside the tube.
Tails pushed a few buttons on a control panel on the side of it and it began to hum loudly. Light passed through the tube and suddenly there was a bright flash and I couldn't see anything inside the tube anymore. I squinted and tried to see exactly what was happening. Suddenly the tube opened up and out came...
"Rolm! You're OK!" I shouted as I ran towards him.
"Garion!?" he said in a confused voice as I grabbed him in a fierce hug.
"I thought you might've..." I didn't finish the sentence.
"What? Me, kick the bucket so soon? Nah, I decided I wanted to stay around a bit longer," he said with a chuckle.
"Tails, you're a genius!" I shouted as I let go of Rolm. "Only you could've done such a thing!"
He blushed a little at this remark, and proceeded to put Leon's body inside the machine.
He threw a few levers on the side and watched as the capsule lit up with light once again. But suddenly, the light faded and the whole thing turned off. Leon was still on the ground.
"Something's wrong!" Tails shouted as he ran over to the machine. "Shoot! We're out of energy!"
"How can you recharge it?" I asked. He looked at the ground and didn't speak for a moment.
"We need a very powerful source of energy. Most likely the only thing that will work is a Chaos Emerald."
~~~~~SONIC
We reached the city fairly fast. I shot forwards while Knuckles climbed a nearby building. I reached Drath in no time.
"Drath! You're going down for what you have done!" I shouted.
He laughed and turned to face me. "No, I think it is you who will lose."
He fired an orb at me and I jumped to the side to dodge it. I found myself face to face with him as he smashed into me with a slash punch. I fell to the ground and he loomed over me.
"You see, I am a lot tougher than before, and you couldn't even beat me then!" he taunted as I slowly got up to my knees.
"I'll never let you win," I said.
"My, my. Aren't you persistent? Oh, well, I'll just end your life here and now!" he said as he prepared to attack. Suddenly he got nailed backwards. Knuckles landed alongside of me and helped me up.
"Knuckles! Good to see you!" I said as I glared at Drath. "Let's get him."
Drath fired an orb at me and I dodged it quickly. Drath appeared in front of me again and I jumped back and dodged his punch.
"You never listen. That's your major problem," I said to Drath. "NEVER TRY THE SAME TRICK TWICE!"
I ran towards him in a Spin Dash, but he disappeared and reappeared behind me. Knuckles caught him in the side with a punch.
"Argh! Now isn't this most unfair! Two on one? I think I'll make it two on two!" he shouted as he snapped his fingers. Suddenly his image split in two and there stood two identical Draths leering down at us.
"Now you will pay," they both said as they disappeared.
"Game over!" one of them said as they hit me from above.
"You lose!" the other said as it smashed into Knuckles's back.
We fell to the ground and I lost consciousness listening to the sinister laughs that seemed to come from all around me...
~~~~~ROLM
"So, we can't bring Leon back?" I asked as I looked at Tails. He shook his head.
"Not unless we find some way to power the machine," he replied.
"Rolm, I think now is a good time to try our special move," Garion said as he looked at me.
"Special mo...OH!" I said as I remembered. "But we don't have our Chaos Emeralds! How can we..."
"Don't worry about it," Garion replied. "Just try it without them. Sonic did something similar to it earlier today, so I know it will work if we do it right."
Tails looked from one of us to the other. "What is going on?"
"You'll see!" I shouted as I ran over to the left side of the machine. Garion walked over to the right.
"Ready?" he asked.
"Yep!" I shouted as I started to concentrate.
"Remember, combine our energy together and then concentrate it on the same area!" Garion reminded as he closed his eyes.
I closed my eyes also and felt the energy flowing through me. I shot it towards Garion and his energy met it half-way in the air and created a large beam of light. We then slowly directed the beam towards the machine. I felt all this and tried to increase the energy to its max. My body began to shake as the energy began to be absorbed by the machine. Suddenly I felt all my energy leave me and I fell to the ground. Garion lasted for a couple more seconds before dropping also.
I looked up at the machine and saw that it was lighting up again. I smiled before I passed out.
~~~~~TAILS
"Garion! What the heck is going on!?" I shouted as I looked around. Rolm had just fallen unconscious and Garion looked like he was about to, also.
"It's...nothing. Doing this just drains us for awhile. All we need is a...nap," Garion said as he too fell to the ground.
I looked back at the machine to see a figure emerging. He walked up to me, and I saw a rage in his green eyes beyond all that I have ever seen.
"Eggman will pay dearly for this," he said as he walked out the door.
"Wait, Leon! Eggman isn't the problem at the moment! You need to go after Drath!" I shouted as he took off.
Suddenly he stopped. He looked over at me and smiled. "Drath, eh? I'll take care of him. Where is he?" he asked.
"Right now he is attacking the city!" I shouted. His eyes widened.
"Then let's move!" he said. I flew over to him and grabbed his arm. He looked at it and then at me.
"No flying for now," he said. "I'd rather travel by energy."
Suddenly I felt myself being pulled in a direction I didn't know existed, and then suddenly it stopped. I was standing in front of Drath, with Leon alongside of me.
Sonic was on the ground, but Knuckles was just leaning against a building. I could tell he was still pretty badly hurt, however. I ran over to Sonic to find he was just unconscious.
"So, now you're here," he said as he pointed at Leon.
"You," Leon said as his eyes narrowed. "Who do you think you are? Betraying your own people like this! But most of all, how did you survive? And why have I never met you if we have both lived on the same island?"
Drath laughed. "Do you actually think that Promar was the only village on the whole island? Good grief! How stupid can you get?"
"Shut up!" Leon yelled as he glared at Drath.
"Temper, temper," Drath said as he waved his finger. "Well, if you want to settle this, I suggest a different location. If we fought here we would just destroy everything. And even though that doesn't bother me any, I know it will hinder you, and I want a fair one on one battle to see what you got. Come with me!" He shouted as he opened a small portal in front of him. He walked in followed by Leon. Knuckles suddenly jumped up and dove through the portal before it closed. I looked at Sonic. I would have to get him home. I grabbed him and started to fly. ~~~~~LEON
I stared at Knuckles as he stumbled through the portal. Was he trying to get himself killed?
We appeared to be in outer space. Stars were on all our sides, above, and below us. However, we were standing on ground, so how could there be stars below us?
Drath turned around and looked at me. "Welcome to the X-Zone." Suddenly he looked at Knuckles. "What are you doing here!?" he shouted.
"If you want a fair one on one fight you got it," Knuckles said as he lifted a green gem high into the air. "Master Emerald! Disable the Chaos Emeralds so the evil one cannot use them!"
The gem began to glow and it shot a beam of light out at Drath. Drath dodged to the side but the beam curved and hit him anyway. He started to yell,
"Curse you, you stupid guardian! I was just going to go Hyper!" he yelled. Drath threw the Chaos Emeralds down in frustration and suddenly disappeared. Knuckles suddenly fell to the ground as he got nailed on the head. He was out.
"Now it's just you and me," Drath said with a smile as he charged forward.
I disappeared and reappeared on his side. I fired an orb, and watched as he disappeared. I teleported ahead of me just in time to dodge one of his orbs.
I faced him again and decided to try something different. I focused my power and lifted him up into the air. His expression changed to horror as I threw him down to the ground as hard as I could.
"Very good," he said as he got up. "But not good enough!"
Suddenly a black crystal surrounded me and I felt myself becoming weaker. I fell to my knees, and looked up at him.
"This comes in handy. You should try it sometime," Drath said as I struggled to break free.
I shot an orb out at him and nailed him in the chest. The crystal around me shattered and I jumped to my feet.
"I'll split you in two!" I shouted as I took out my Mind Sword.
"Two can play at that!" he yelled as he took out a sword of his own. I gasped.
"Yes, I have one too! Only this one is for evil users, not goody-goodies like you!"
I growled and charged forward with my blade. He blocked my attack and countered with one of his own. I swayed back and slashed forward again. He teleported out of the way and nailed me with his elbow. I fell down and rolled to the side as his sword came crashing down where I was.
"You want to know something?" he said as I got up. "I gave away our location to Eggman. I purposely got the attention of one of his probes and led it to the island. I didn't want anyone with my powers to get in my way."
"You mean, our island was destroyed because of you!?" I yelled. He nodded.
"I'LL KILL YOU!" I shouted as I felt myself change. I looked down to see my gray fur turning white. My already white fur was now a dark blue. I looked even farther down to see the Chaos Emeralds shining on the ground. Suddenly I understood.
"Knuckles ordered the Master Emerald to stop the evil one from using the Chaos Emeralds!" I shouted as I flew forward. "Guess what? I'm not evil!"
Drath just stood there with his mouth hanging open as I sliced forward. He suddenly snapped back into reality and blocked my attack. I sliced again and he blocked once more. I suddenly decided to aim at his weapon and I hit it with a powerful smash. It sailed out of his hands and landed a few feet away. Drath suddenly disappeared and reappeared by his sword. He picked it up, but when he looked up he didn't have any time to dodge the orb I had flung. He was nailed backwards and was finally out.
"Finally! I must admit, he was a tough opponent," I said to myself. I walked over to the Chaos Emeralds and scooped them up. I then walked over to Knuckles. I grabbed his hand.
"We are out of here!" I shouted as I warped out to the house.
~~~~~TAILS
I sat down at the table and waited for the others to get back. I didn't even know if they were coming back. I mean, with Drath being as powerful as he is? I shook my head clear of such thoughts as the door suddenly burst open.
"Leon!?" I shouted as I looked at him. "What happened to you?"
"Nothing major, I've just gone Super," Leon said with a smile. His eyes were still that same shade of green.
"Cool!" I shouted. I grabbed Knuckles out of Leon's hands and put him in the guestroom. He could rest there for awhile.
"So, what happened?" I asked. Leon quickly told me about everything that had happened so far.
As soon as he was finished, I suddenly thought of something.
"Leon, shouldn't you be in your usual form by now?" I asked.
"I was thinking that myself. I was wondering how much longer it would take," Leon said as he looked at himself. "Not that I don't like it or anything."
"I can answer that," a voice came from the door. I turned to see Garion.
"Garion! You're awake!" I shouted.
"I believe that Leon has absorbed some of the power of the Chaos Emeralds instead of just using them," Garion continued as he leaned against the wall.
"Absorbed? You mean I'll stay like this forever?" Leon asked.
"As long as you want to stay in that form. Try changing back," Garion replied.
Leon closed his eyes for a moment and there was a bright flash. He was back to his usual form.
"Awesome!" he shouted as he switched between forms a few more times. "This could come in handy!"
"Man, you have all the really cool things happen to you, right, Leon?" I asked.
"Well, being robotosized wasn't exactly cool. Even though I could slightly control myself at times."
"You could what!?" Garion shouted. Leon quickly explained to him what had all happened.
"Man, you are one tough dude!" Garion said. "You're able to use phychic powers, switch between forms at will, AND slightly resist robotosization. And you're just starting to learn your powers!" Leon nodded.
"I'm excited about all this, but in a way I'm also scared. I don't want to have too much power and accidentally do things that I don't want to," Leon said. I could understand that.
"But you haven't yet! In fact, you've been a big help!" I reassured. He smiled.
"Thanks Tails. Now, how about something to eat? I'm starving!"
~~~~~DRATH
I opened my eyes to find myself in the X-Zone still. All was deathly quickly as I slowly got up on my feet. I looked around to find the Chaos Emeralds gone. I screamed.
"NOOOOO! Without those emeralds, I can't go back! Curse you, LEON!"
~~~~~EGGMAN
I looked out the window to see all the stars that surrounded the base suddenly disappear. The usual scenery took its place as I looked out the window some more. I was back.
"Something must have happened to Drath," I said. "It serves him right! Double-crossing me like that! Well, at least he helped me create a new robotosizer! With it I will conquer the world! BWHAHAHAHA!"
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------
That's the end of An Old Secret...
Hope you enjoyed it!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------
~~~~~TAILS
"Hey, Tails, how much longer until you're done?" Garion asked.
"Give me another hour and I'll get this thing working," I said as I made some adjustments to the de-robotosizer. "We can't chance something going wrong."
Garion nodded and sat down at in a chair nearby. I knew he was as anxious as, if not more anxious, than I was to get Rolm back.
Knuckles was in the other room watching TV. Sonic was resting from his ordeal at the base.
"It sure is strange that we haven't heard from Drath in two days. I wonder what he is planning," Garion stated.
"I'd rather not know," I replied as I looked back at the plans and then at the de-robotosizer. "He has been nothing but trouble for us ever since he appeared."
"Too true," Garion agreed. "But as soon as we get Leon, we may stand a fighting chance."
I shook my head. "You're forgetting about the Chaos Emeralds. Not even Leon's power matches the power of them."
Garion sighed. I went back to work and hurried as fast as I could.
~~~~~KNUCKLES
I looked back into the workshop to see Tails and Garion talking. That poor Tails. He has been working without sleep on that de-robotosizer ever since Leon and Rolm came back. I thought about helping, but I probably would only get in the way. I didn't know too much about machines.
I went back to the couch and sat down. I was watching some cartoons, because there was nothing else on. One of the characters picked up a large hammer and was about to nail another guy when suddenly they all disappeared and a newswoman appeared on the screen.
"We interrupt this program for a special announcement."
"Hey guys, come check this out!" I yelled.
Garion and Tails came in quickly and looked at the TV set.
"A lone echidna has been seen destroying streets and buildings here in our city. If you live in this city, we are asking you to evacuate as soon as possible. The screen zoomed in on a picture of...
"Drath!" Garion yelled. "That good for nothing..."
"Well, that settles it, we have to save the city!" Someone said from the door. We all looked to see,
"Sonic!" Tails shouted. "You're awake!"
"Yeah, I'm fine. I just needed to rest for awhile. So, who's coming with me?" Sonic replied.
"I have to stay here," Tails said. "I am almost finished with it!"
"As much as I want to come with you, my friend, I cannot leave Rolm's side," Garion said.
"I'll come with you, Sonic," I volunteered.
Sonic nodded and ran out the door with me close behind him.
'He sure recovers fast,' I thought to myself as I struggled to keep up.
~~~~~GARION
"It's complete!" Tails yelled as he jumped back down off the machine.
"Really?!" I shouted as I stood up.
"Yeah! Let's try it out!" he yelled as he grabbed Rolm's body and shoved him inside the tube.
Tails pushed a few buttons on a control panel on the side of it and it began to hum loudly. Light passed through the tube and suddenly there was a bright flash and I couldn't see anything inside the tube anymore. I squinted and tried to see exactly what was happening. Suddenly the tube opened up and out came...
"Rolm! You're OK!" I shouted as I ran towards him.
"Garion!?" he said in a confused voice as I grabbed him in a fierce hug.
"I thought you might've..." I didn't finish the sentence.
"What? Me, kick the bucket so soon? Nah, I decided I wanted to stay around a bit longer," he said with a chuckle.
"Tails, you're a genius!" I shouted as I let go of Rolm. "Only you could've done such a thing!"
He blushed a little at this remark, and proceeded to put Leon's body inside the machine.
He threw a few levers on the side and watched as the capsule lit up with light once again. But suddenly, the light faded and the whole thing turned off. Leon was still on the ground.
"Something's wrong!" Tails shouted as he ran over to the machine. "Shoot! We're out of energy!"
"How can you recharge it?" I asked. He looked at the ground and didn't speak for a moment.
"We need a very powerful source of energy. Most likely the only thing that will work is a Chaos Emerald."
~~~~~SONIC
We reached the city fairly fast. I shot forwards while Knuckles climbed a nearby building. I reached Drath in no time.
"Drath! You're going down for what you have done!" I shouted.
He laughed and turned to face me. "No, I think it is you who will lose."
He fired an orb at me and I jumped to the side to dodge it. I found myself face to face with him as he smashed into me with a slash punch. I fell to the ground and he loomed over me.
"You see, I am a lot tougher than before, and you couldn't even beat me then!" he taunted as I slowly got up to my knees.
"I'll never let you win," I said.
"My, my. Aren't you persistent? Oh, well, I'll just end your life here and now!" he said as he prepared to attack. Suddenly he got nailed backwards. Knuckles landed alongside of me and helped me up.
"Knuckles! Good to see you!" I said as I glared at Drath. "Let's get him."
Drath fired an orb at me and I dodged it quickly. Drath appeared in front of me again and I jumped back and dodged his punch.
"You never listen. That's your major problem," I said to Drath. "NEVER TRY THE SAME TRICK TWICE!"
I ran towards him in a Spin Dash, but he disappeared and reappeared behind me. Knuckles caught him in the side with a punch.
"Argh! Now isn't this most unfair! Two on one? I think I'll make it two on two!" he shouted as he snapped his fingers. Suddenly his image split in two and there stood two identical Draths leering down at us.
"Now you will pay," they both said as they disappeared.
"Game over!" one of them said as they hit me from above.
"You lose!" the other said as it smashed into Knuckles's back.
We fell to the ground and I lost consciousness listening to the sinister laughs that seemed to come from all around me...
~~~~~ROLM
"So, we can't bring Leon back?" I asked as I looked at Tails. He shook his head.
"Not unless we find some way to power the machine," he replied.
"Rolm, I think now is a good time to try our special move," Garion said as he looked at me.
"Special mo...OH!" I said as I remembered. "But we don't have our Chaos Emeralds! How can we..."
"Don't worry about it," Garion replied. "Just try it without them. Sonic did something similar to it earlier today, so I know it will work if we do it right."
Tails looked from one of us to the other. "What is going on?"
"You'll see!" I shouted as I ran over to the left side of the machine. Garion walked over to the right.
"Ready?" he asked.
"Yep!" I shouted as I started to concentrate.
"Remember, combine our energy together and then concentrate it on the same area!" Garion reminded as he closed his eyes.
I closed my eyes also and felt the energy flowing through me. I shot it towards Garion and his energy met it half-way in the air and created a large beam of light. We then slowly directed the beam towards the machine. I felt all this and tried to increase the energy to its max. My body began to shake as the energy began to be absorbed by the machine. Suddenly I felt all my energy leave me and I fell to the ground. Garion lasted for a couple more seconds before dropping also.
I looked up at the machine and saw that it was lighting up again. I smiled before I passed out.
~~~~~TAILS
"Garion! What the heck is going on!?" I shouted as I looked around. Rolm had just fallen unconscious and Garion looked like he was about to, also.
"It's...nothing. Doing this just drains us for awhile. All we need is a...nap," Garion said as he too fell to the ground.
I looked back at the machine to see a figure emerging. He walked up to me, and I saw a rage in his green eyes beyond all that I have ever seen.
"Eggman will pay dearly for this," he said as he walked out the door.
"Wait, Leon! Eggman isn't the problem at the moment! You need to go after Drath!" I shouted as he took off.
Suddenly he stopped. He looked over at me and smiled. "Drath, eh? I'll take care of him. Where is he?" he asked.
"Right now he is attacking the city!" I shouted. His eyes widened.
"Then let's move!" he said. I flew over to him and grabbed his arm. He looked at it and then at me.
"No flying for now," he said. "I'd rather travel by energy."
Suddenly I felt myself being pulled in a direction I didn't know existed, and then suddenly it stopped. I was standing in front of Drath, with Leon alongside of me.
Sonic was on the ground, but Knuckles was just leaning against a building. I could tell he was still pretty badly hurt, however. I ran over to Sonic to find he was just unconscious.
"So, now you're here," he said as he pointed at Leon.
"You," Leon said as his eyes narrowed. "Who do you think you are? Betraying your own people like this! But most of all, how did you survive? And why have I never met you if we have both lived on the same island?"
Drath laughed. "Do you actually think that Promar was the only village on the whole island? Good grief! How stupid can you get?"
"Shut up!" Leon yelled as he glared at Drath.
"Temper, temper," Drath said as he waved his finger. "Well, if you want to settle this, I suggest a different location. If we fought here we would just destroy everything. And even though that doesn't bother me any, I know it will hinder you, and I want a fair one on one battle to see what you got. Come with me!" He shouted as he opened a small portal in front of him. He walked in followed by Leon. Knuckles suddenly jumped up and dove through the portal before it closed. I looked at Sonic. I would have to get him home. I grabbed him and started to fly. ~~~~~LEON
I stared at Knuckles as he stumbled through the portal. Was he trying to get himself killed?
We appeared to be in outer space. Stars were on all our sides, above, and below us. However, we were standing on ground, so how could there be stars below us?
Drath turned around and looked at me. "Welcome to the X-Zone." Suddenly he looked at Knuckles. "What are you doing here!?" he shouted.
"If you want a fair one on one fight you got it," Knuckles said as he lifted a green gem high into the air. "Master Emerald! Disable the Chaos Emeralds so the evil one cannot use them!"
The gem began to glow and it shot a beam of light out at Drath. Drath dodged to the side but the beam curved and hit him anyway. He started to yell,
"Curse you, you stupid guardian! I was just going to go Hyper!" he yelled. Drath threw the Chaos Emeralds down in frustration and suddenly disappeared. Knuckles suddenly fell to the ground as he got nailed on the head. He was out.
"Now it's just you and me," Drath said with a smile as he charged forward.
I disappeared and reappeared on his side. I fired an orb, and watched as he disappeared. I teleported ahead of me just in time to dodge one of his orbs.
I faced him again and decided to try something different. I focused my power and lifted him up into the air. His expression changed to horror as I threw him down to the ground as hard as I could.
"Very good," he said as he got up. "But not good enough!"
Suddenly a black crystal surrounded me and I felt myself becoming weaker. I fell to my knees, and looked up at him.
"This comes in handy. You should try it sometime," Drath said as I struggled to break free.
I shot an orb out at him and nailed him in the chest. The crystal around me shattered and I jumped to my feet.
"I'll split you in two!" I shouted as I took out my Mind Sword.
"Two can play at that!" he yelled as he took out a sword of his own. I gasped.
"Yes, I have one too! Only this one is for evil users, not goody-goodies like you!"
I growled and charged forward with my blade. He blocked my attack and countered with one of his own. I swayed back and slashed forward again. He teleported out of the way and nailed me with his elbow. I fell down and rolled to the side as his sword came crashing down where I was.
"You want to know something?" he said as I got up. "I gave away our location to Eggman. I purposely got the attention of one of his probes and led it to the island. I didn't want anyone with my powers to get in my way."
"You mean, our island was destroyed because of you!?" I yelled. He nodded.
"I'LL KILL YOU!" I shouted as I felt myself change. I looked down to see my gray fur turning white. My already white fur was now a dark blue. I looked even farther down to see the Chaos Emeralds shining on the ground. Suddenly I understood.
"Knuckles ordered the Master Emerald to stop the evil one from using the Chaos Emeralds!" I shouted as I flew forward. "Guess what? I'm not evil!"
Drath just stood there with his mouth hanging open as I sliced forward. He suddenly snapped back into reality and blocked my attack. I sliced again and he blocked once more. I suddenly decided to aim at his weapon and I hit it with a powerful smash. It sailed out of his hands and landed a few feet away. Drath suddenly disappeared and reappeared by his sword. He picked it up, but when he looked up he didn't have any time to dodge the orb I had flung. He was nailed backwards and was finally out.
"Finally! I must admit, he was a tough opponent," I said to myself. I walked over to the Chaos Emeralds and scooped them up. I then walked over to Knuckles. I grabbed his hand.
"We are out of here!" I shouted as I warped out to the house.
~~~~~TAILS
I sat down at the table and waited for the others to get back. I didn't even know if they were coming back. I mean, with Drath being as powerful as he is? I shook my head clear of such thoughts as the door suddenly burst open.
"Leon!?" I shouted as I looked at him. "What happened to you?"
"Nothing major, I've just gone Super," Leon said with a smile. His eyes were still that same shade of green.
"Cool!" I shouted. I grabbed Knuckles out of Leon's hands and put him in the guestroom. He could rest there for awhile.
"So, what happened?" I asked. Leon quickly told me about everything that had happened so far.
As soon as he was finished, I suddenly thought of something.
"Leon, shouldn't you be in your usual form by now?" I asked.
"I was thinking that myself. I was wondering how much longer it would take," Leon said as he looked at himself. "Not that I don't like it or anything."
"I can answer that," a voice came from the door. I turned to see Garion.
"Garion! You're awake!" I shouted.
"I believe that Leon has absorbed some of the power of the Chaos Emeralds instead of just using them," Garion continued as he leaned against the wall.
"Absorbed? You mean I'll stay like this forever?" Leon asked.
"As long as you want to stay in that form. Try changing back," Garion replied.
Leon closed his eyes for a moment and there was a bright flash. He was back to his usual form.
"Awesome!" he shouted as he switched between forms a few more times. "This could come in handy!"
"Man, you have all the really cool things happen to you, right, Leon?" I asked.
"Well, being robotosized wasn't exactly cool. Even though I could slightly control myself at times."
"You could what!?" Garion shouted. Leon quickly explained to him what had all happened.
"Man, you are one tough dude!" Garion said. "You're able to use phychic powers, switch between forms at will, AND slightly resist robotosization. And you're just starting to learn your powers!" Leon nodded.
"I'm excited about all this, but in a way I'm also scared. I don't want to have too much power and accidentally do things that I don't want to," Leon said. I could understand that.
"But you haven't yet! In fact, you've been a big help!" I reassured. He smiled.
"Thanks Tails. Now, how about something to eat? I'm starving!"
~~~~~DRATH
I opened my eyes to find myself in the X-Zone still. All was deathly quickly as I slowly got up on my feet. I looked around to find the Chaos Emeralds gone. I screamed.
"NOOOOO! Without those emeralds, I can't go back! Curse you, LEON!"
~~~~~EGGMAN
I looked out the window to see all the stars that surrounded the base suddenly disappear. The usual scenery took its place as I looked out the window some more. I was back.
"Something must have happened to Drath," I said. "It serves him right! Double-crossing me like that! Well, at least he helped me create a new robotosizer! With it I will conquer the world! BWHAHAHAHA!"
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------
That's the end of An Old Secret...
Hope you enjoyed it!