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Sonic 3 & Knux – Encounters
Chapter 3: Here We Go Again
Game Scene: Mushroom Hill Zone, after Sonic falls from Death Egg
Sonic crept ever so quietly to the edge of the ridge on his belly. Peeking over the ledge he could now see in full view the sight of an all too familiar red echidna. "Ah man, I was hoping that he got fried by the launch boosters when he fell." On closer inspection, he noticed that Knux look pretty steamed about something.
"Great, that space station thing fell back on the island, thanks to that blue freak." The guardian was now pacing back and forth, kicking up turf in anger. "That means that he'll probably be coming back. He's caused me enough trouble. I'd better get back to the shrine and check up on the Master Emerald. Then I'll need to go find Eggman and ask him what he's gonna do now. All I want is to get that 'thing' off my island…not to mention the space station as well." Knux sniggered at the little joke he had just made.
author's notes: yes, Knux is saying all this out load. I suppose that you too would get into the habit of talking to yourself after years of protecting an oversized gem all alone
Sonic gritted his teeth in fury and pounded the soft grass with his fist. "Bastard," he whispered under his breath. When he drew his attention back to Knux, he realized that the echidna had disappeared.
He sat in thought for a second. "What was all that about the 'shrine'? And more in particular, what the hell is the 'Master Emerald'?" Doesn't matter about that stuff now. Maybe I can reach him before he gets to Eggman first."
With that, he leapt up and off the ridge and landed gracefully on the ground below before speeding off ahead.
Game Scene: Mushroom Hill Zone, at the air pump bit
After running aimlessly in vain, Sonic came to the conclusion that he wouldn't find Knux like this. He decided to take a rest for a moment to compose himself by leaning on a nearby wall. "Think dude," he pondered, tapping his head with his fist, as if to try and knock some sense into himself, "this is his island. He probably knows every square inch of it and has some secret tunnels all over the place, or something."
Although Sonic wasn't able to keep up with the red guardian, Knux was able to notice that he was being followed. He slowly crept up on the opposite side of the wall Sonic was leaning on. A sly smirk formed on his red face. "I'll blow this guy away, literally," he thought. Placing a hand on a nearby lever, he pulled it down and back up again.
On Sonic's side of the wall, he began to feel a slight gust rise up underneath him, blowing through his quills. "Oh, what now he thought?" he thought.
Knux's grip on the lever tightened and he pulled the lever up and down again and again. "Mustn't finish him right away," he thought evilly, "save some for later." He let go of the lever and ran off out of sight, chuckling to himself.
For Sonic though, it was a different story. The gentle gust had now turned into full-fledged storm winds and he was digging his fingers into the ground, holding on for dear life. "Well, I guess Tails is missing all the action," he thought before he lost his grip and was shot up toward the treetops, "I envy him right now."
Game Scene: Lava Reef Zone: when Knux pushes the boulder down the stairs
Sonic stopped for a second to look up the flight of stairs that seemed to be the only way out. "This better be the way out," he thought, "I can't stand the sweat building up in my shoes from all this heat."
He decided to take this quiet moment to take notice of his surroundings while he climbed the stairs. He hadn't been able to do so since he arrived. The architecture of the stairs, wall and ceilings were ones that Sonic had never seen before. He had also noticed some runes on the walls that he was curious as to know what they said.
He began to think about Knux. "Now why the hell would Knuckles want to join Eggman?" This bothered the blue hedgehog very much. He also wandered why he saw no one else on the island. "Knuckles can't just be the only guy on this whole island."
"Hey, blue boy, penny for your thoughts?"
Sonic looked up the staircase and was a little surprised to see whom the voice belonged. "You're a hard man to find, Mr. Guardian. But I feel that your not doing a good job if your letting Eggman run loose on your island."
Knux stirred slightly in the spot at the last comment. "Enough of your insults and lies hedgehog, you won't confuse me! In fact, why don't you lighten up?"
At this time Sonic noticed a rather large boulder next to Knux and that he was drawing back his fist. "Here, have a ball!" yelled the red-quilled echidna as he followed through with his punch, connecting with the side of the boulder.
Gaining momentum, the oversized pebble rolled on as it caused cracks in the staircase, jumping from step to step. It was far too late for Sonic when he realized that the cracks had caught up to him and the stairs beneath him gave way.
"Damn it! My horoscope said nothing about falling constantly for today!" he yelled as he fell into the dark void below.
Game Scene: Hidden Palace Zone, before Sonic & Knux fight
From where he stood, Sonic could see an archway at the end of the monstrous hall he was now in. Looking up at the walls and ceiling, he noticed the same type of architecture and runes scattered around.
"'Come into my parlor', said the spider to the fly," a booming voice echoed, bouncing off the high stonewalls.
Sonic was startled by the sudden rush of sound that cut through the silence that once was. "You're in my domain now" boomed the voice again. "The game was fun, for a while. But now that you've reached this part of the island, it gets serious now."
At that moment, Knux appeared from behind the archway, a stern look on his face. "And I'll do all that is within my power to protect this island."
"You're not protecting the island if you're letting Eggman have his way." Sonic also let his voice echo down the hall to emphasize his point. "I'm surprised that he hasn't even tried to take it for his own, or at least blow it up."
"Don't try to confuse me with your lies, hedgehog." Knux stuck out his fist and pointed his sharp spikes straight at Sonic. "You are the enemy."
"Enemy!?!" Sonic was completely shocked. Where he was from, the blue blaze was loved by all and they knew that they could trust him with their lives. "Hey, knucklehead, reality check, Eggman is the enemy. That Death Egg of his is a huge space station, equipped with a shit-load of destructive weaponry. What the hell has he been telling you?"
"He told me you were an evil, power hungry monster. That 'you' blew up his space station and crash landed it into my island to take it over."
"Now that's a lie!"
"Are you saying that you didn't blow it up the first time, after seeing you crash it a second time?"
"Well, aahhh…" Sonic scratched his head, trying to find the right words to say.
"Hmm, just as I thought. The perfect plan, right? Crash the space station into the island to knock it out of the sky. Easier to take over it over, am I right?"
The blue hedgehog didn't show the curiosity on his face, but thoughts began to swim around in his head. "Out of the sky?" he pondered, "Does this island float? And if so, how the hell does it do that?"
Sonic narrowed his eyes as he snapped back into reality. "Now wait just a second, I blew that thing up so that Eggman wouldn't take over the world."
"A genius like Eggman?" Knux was looking straight into Sonic's eye with intense confusion. "Look, I don't know what your beef is with him, but he told me he used his intelligence to help the world. And that he helped design that huge metal ball out there as some sort of international space station for research, among some other things."
"Genius he is, I'll give him that, but you forgot to mention that he's also insane." Sonic began to feel a little sorry for the echidna. It was obvious that he was influenced by the lies that Eggman told him. "You have to realize that Eggman has told you a load of bullshit about himself and about me."
Knux had shut his eyes as tight as he could and swayed his head slightly from side to side. A mixture of rage and confusion ran through his veins. He had to vent it soon or he'd probably blow up. "Enough!" His shout pulsed throughout the hall. "I'll stop you now!" The guardian began to charge at the hedgehog.
"Dude, wait!" pleaded Sonic. But to his vain, the echidna continued on.
author's notes: sorry guys, no fight scene here. I'm just doing the cut- scenes. I'll put the fight in if I when do the full story
Wow, what a cliffhanger! Are you on the edge of your set or what? One more chapter to go. Please R&R.
And remember, I don't own anything. Sega and Sonic Team do (they do lovely work).
Sonic 3 & Knux – Encounters
Chapter 3: Here We Go Again
Game Scene: Mushroom Hill Zone, after Sonic falls from Death Egg
Sonic crept ever so quietly to the edge of the ridge on his belly. Peeking over the ledge he could now see in full view the sight of an all too familiar red echidna. "Ah man, I was hoping that he got fried by the launch boosters when he fell." On closer inspection, he noticed that Knux look pretty steamed about something.
"Great, that space station thing fell back on the island, thanks to that blue freak." The guardian was now pacing back and forth, kicking up turf in anger. "That means that he'll probably be coming back. He's caused me enough trouble. I'd better get back to the shrine and check up on the Master Emerald. Then I'll need to go find Eggman and ask him what he's gonna do now. All I want is to get that 'thing' off my island…not to mention the space station as well." Knux sniggered at the little joke he had just made.
author's notes: yes, Knux is saying all this out load. I suppose that you too would get into the habit of talking to yourself after years of protecting an oversized gem all alone
Sonic gritted his teeth in fury and pounded the soft grass with his fist. "Bastard," he whispered under his breath. When he drew his attention back to Knux, he realized that the echidna had disappeared.
He sat in thought for a second. "What was all that about the 'shrine'? And more in particular, what the hell is the 'Master Emerald'?" Doesn't matter about that stuff now. Maybe I can reach him before he gets to Eggman first."
With that, he leapt up and off the ridge and landed gracefully on the ground below before speeding off ahead.
Game Scene: Mushroom Hill Zone, at the air pump bit
After running aimlessly in vain, Sonic came to the conclusion that he wouldn't find Knux like this. He decided to take a rest for a moment to compose himself by leaning on a nearby wall. "Think dude," he pondered, tapping his head with his fist, as if to try and knock some sense into himself, "this is his island. He probably knows every square inch of it and has some secret tunnels all over the place, or something."
Although Sonic wasn't able to keep up with the red guardian, Knux was able to notice that he was being followed. He slowly crept up on the opposite side of the wall Sonic was leaning on. A sly smirk formed on his red face. "I'll blow this guy away, literally," he thought. Placing a hand on a nearby lever, he pulled it down and back up again.
On Sonic's side of the wall, he began to feel a slight gust rise up underneath him, blowing through his quills. "Oh, what now he thought?" he thought.
Knux's grip on the lever tightened and he pulled the lever up and down again and again. "Mustn't finish him right away," he thought evilly, "save some for later." He let go of the lever and ran off out of sight, chuckling to himself.
For Sonic though, it was a different story. The gentle gust had now turned into full-fledged storm winds and he was digging his fingers into the ground, holding on for dear life. "Well, I guess Tails is missing all the action," he thought before he lost his grip and was shot up toward the treetops, "I envy him right now."
Game Scene: Lava Reef Zone: when Knux pushes the boulder down the stairs
Sonic stopped for a second to look up the flight of stairs that seemed to be the only way out. "This better be the way out," he thought, "I can't stand the sweat building up in my shoes from all this heat."
He decided to take this quiet moment to take notice of his surroundings while he climbed the stairs. He hadn't been able to do so since he arrived. The architecture of the stairs, wall and ceilings were ones that Sonic had never seen before. He had also noticed some runes on the walls that he was curious as to know what they said.
He began to think about Knux. "Now why the hell would Knuckles want to join Eggman?" This bothered the blue hedgehog very much. He also wandered why he saw no one else on the island. "Knuckles can't just be the only guy on this whole island."
"Hey, blue boy, penny for your thoughts?"
Sonic looked up the staircase and was a little surprised to see whom the voice belonged. "You're a hard man to find, Mr. Guardian. But I feel that your not doing a good job if your letting Eggman run loose on your island."
Knux stirred slightly in the spot at the last comment. "Enough of your insults and lies hedgehog, you won't confuse me! In fact, why don't you lighten up?"
At this time Sonic noticed a rather large boulder next to Knux and that he was drawing back his fist. "Here, have a ball!" yelled the red-quilled echidna as he followed through with his punch, connecting with the side of the boulder.
Gaining momentum, the oversized pebble rolled on as it caused cracks in the staircase, jumping from step to step. It was far too late for Sonic when he realized that the cracks had caught up to him and the stairs beneath him gave way.
"Damn it! My horoscope said nothing about falling constantly for today!" he yelled as he fell into the dark void below.
Game Scene: Hidden Palace Zone, before Sonic & Knux fight
From where he stood, Sonic could see an archway at the end of the monstrous hall he was now in. Looking up at the walls and ceiling, he noticed the same type of architecture and runes scattered around.
"'Come into my parlor', said the spider to the fly," a booming voice echoed, bouncing off the high stonewalls.
Sonic was startled by the sudden rush of sound that cut through the silence that once was. "You're in my domain now" boomed the voice again. "The game was fun, for a while. But now that you've reached this part of the island, it gets serious now."
At that moment, Knux appeared from behind the archway, a stern look on his face. "And I'll do all that is within my power to protect this island."
"You're not protecting the island if you're letting Eggman have his way." Sonic also let his voice echo down the hall to emphasize his point. "I'm surprised that he hasn't even tried to take it for his own, or at least blow it up."
"Don't try to confuse me with your lies, hedgehog." Knux stuck out his fist and pointed his sharp spikes straight at Sonic. "You are the enemy."
"Enemy!?!" Sonic was completely shocked. Where he was from, the blue blaze was loved by all and they knew that they could trust him with their lives. "Hey, knucklehead, reality check, Eggman is the enemy. That Death Egg of his is a huge space station, equipped with a shit-load of destructive weaponry. What the hell has he been telling you?"
"He told me you were an evil, power hungry monster. That 'you' blew up his space station and crash landed it into my island to take it over."
"Now that's a lie!"
"Are you saying that you didn't blow it up the first time, after seeing you crash it a second time?"
"Well, aahhh…" Sonic scratched his head, trying to find the right words to say.
"Hmm, just as I thought. The perfect plan, right? Crash the space station into the island to knock it out of the sky. Easier to take over it over, am I right?"
The blue hedgehog didn't show the curiosity on his face, but thoughts began to swim around in his head. "Out of the sky?" he pondered, "Does this island float? And if so, how the hell does it do that?"
Sonic narrowed his eyes as he snapped back into reality. "Now wait just a second, I blew that thing up so that Eggman wouldn't take over the world."
"A genius like Eggman?" Knux was looking straight into Sonic's eye with intense confusion. "Look, I don't know what your beef is with him, but he told me he used his intelligence to help the world. And that he helped design that huge metal ball out there as some sort of international space station for research, among some other things."
"Genius he is, I'll give him that, but you forgot to mention that he's also insane." Sonic began to feel a little sorry for the echidna. It was obvious that he was influenced by the lies that Eggman told him. "You have to realize that Eggman has told you a load of bullshit about himself and about me."
Knux had shut his eyes as tight as he could and swayed his head slightly from side to side. A mixture of rage and confusion ran through his veins. He had to vent it soon or he'd probably blow up. "Enough!" His shout pulsed throughout the hall. "I'll stop you now!" The guardian began to charge at the hedgehog.
"Dude, wait!" pleaded Sonic. But to his vain, the echidna continued on.
author's notes: sorry guys, no fight scene here. I'm just doing the cut- scenes. I'll put the fight in if I when do the full story
Wow, what a cliffhanger! Are you on the edge of your set or what? One more chapter to go. Please R&R.