[center]Don't Turn Away[/center]
[chapter]Chapter 6: The Salvation of the Jewel[/center]
[center]By: Rainie[/center]
Okay, so I DIDN'T get it! Bah! Okay, So, if you don't mind, I'll try again. Ya'll just gotta tell me if the little tag things bug you, and I'll stop trying, k? Cool. And BTW guys, thanks for the load of reviews! Oh yah, and Midnight's mine! No one use him without permission, 'kay? Oki! READ ON!
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Rouge scaled the room inaudibly, as did Sonic, Tails, and Amy, and they met up at the far end of the room, farthest from Dr. Robotnik and the cage Knuckles was in.
"What are [I]you[/I] doing here?" Rouge mouthed.
"Rescuing! What else?" Sonic uttered back. They all turned back to Eggman, who was making a long speech about how he would conquer the world with the power of his Robotization gun once he had Knuckles hypnotized and had restored the Master Emerald. Knuckles, however, had grown bored of this long oration and was leaning against the back of the cage with his arms crossed casually and his eyes closed. Tails couldn't help but chuckle at the sight. Fortunately, no one heard him except those around him.
"So, are you going to help me or shall I hypnotize you?" asked Eggman, his proclamation finally ended. Knuckles cracked an eye open halfway. Rouge and Amy stifled giggles.
"Put it this way, Doctor, I wouldn't help you if my life depended on it."
"How can he be so [I]calm[/I] at a time like this?" Amy inquired to herself.
Eggman was by now infuriated that he couldn't get Knuckles to restore the Emerald, so he told the robot behind him to shoot at Knuckles, and in doing so, spotted four shadows at the rear end of the room. Omochao appeared through an air vent behind our four heroes, and said in a whisper, "Eggman has spotted you. To avoid his hypnosis ray, run away!" Sonic rolled his eyes and told everyone to follow him, just as Eggman fired the hypnosis ray, causing Omochao to substitute as the target. Rouge glanced back at the robotic chao and flinched. She waved at Knuckles as she dashed and zigzagged all over the place, dodging Dr. Robotnik's wrath.
"ENOUGH!" Eggman shouted. He turned the gun up to its full power, and aimed it at Knuckles.
"Unless you give up this wild goose chase, your friend here won't make it in time to see the rest of his life go by!"
Knuckles had an expressionless look on his face, as if he didn't care. Rouge wondered what was going on in that echidna's head. She convinced herself that he was thinking that there would be no one to protect the Master Emerald, which was redundant, because the gem hadn't been restored yet.
Knux suddenly burst out of the cage with an enormous amount of strength, and went right for the hypnosis ray. Sonic went for the robotization gun, while assuring Amy that he'd be alright and keeping her in a safe place away from the fray. Tails also joined the fight by killing off any robots who were shooting at Sonic or Knuckles, and Rouge just helped Knuckles bring down the place. While all this was taking place, Eggman secretly pulled out yet another one of his inventions, (-.-' sorry, I'm a little bit of an inventor myself) one which would kill anyone instantly with one shot, a pretty powerful gun. The ray of the gun was also as fast as Sonic could go, so, obviously, he aimed it at Sonic first and pulled the trigger.
"SONIC! LOOK OUT!" cried Amy, horrified. An unknown figure, hidden in the shadows, pushed Sonic out of the way, narrowly missing the beam itself. The force was so great because of his speed that Sonic was knocked out of consciousness. The last thing Sonic heard before he passed out was 'Diamond Domination.'
Knuckles saw this happen, and went mad with fury.
[I]That thing could've killed Sonic![/I] he thought hotly. Rouge landed by his side, and tried to calm him down.
"Knuckles," she whispered urgently. "leave him be, he'll be fine. Go finish off Eggman!"
The sound of her voice calmed Knuckles down enough to listen to her. He nodded, and glided stealthily into the shadows for some quick thinking.
Amy wanted to creep over to Sonic, but she knew that she'd probably be killed in the process, so she stayed put, gazing sadly at her boyfriend, caught right in the middle of the fight. Rouge landed next to the blue hedgehog's body, picked him up, and headed over to where Amy was hiding. The white bat placed Sonic next to Amy.
"You can take care of him, right?" Rouge asked. Amy nodded, and Rouge left to reenter the battle.
There was a glow in the middle of the room, suddenly. Rouge shielded her eyes and squinted. She gasped. Knuckles had somehow, [I]somehow[/I] managed to grab the shards of the Master Emerald and was restoring it. Once it was put back together, however, Eggman grabbed it and put it inside the robotization ray.
"What! Wait a minute, I thought Sonic destroyed that!" Knuckles shouted.
"You FOOL! Did you really think I wouldn't have thought ahead and figured that the brats would come and ruin my plans again? I created a decoy, so that the real one would be safe, and the best part is, NOW I CAN RULE THE WORLD!"
"Not so fast!" a voice called out. Knuckles looked up and scanned the area for the unknown voice. A figure stepped out from the depths of the hallway. It was the same person who rescued Sonic.
"What's this? Who are you?" Eggman asked. The individual stepped into the light, and Knuckles and Rouge were surprised to see that he carried not a chaos emerald, but what looked to be a Master Emerald, but a different color. This one was pure white. The person, or echidna, looked a lot like Knuckles, despite the fact that he was black and had a patch that looked like a star in the middle of his chest.
"I am called Midnight, guardian of the Star Diamond."
"Guardian of the [I]what?![/I]" Knuckles and Rouge asked.
"Hmmm, who you are doesn't matter. I MUST have that Diamond!"
"Come get it." Midnight taunted. He ran, with Dr. Robotnik in hot pursuit, while Knuckles and Rouge looked on, trying to think of a way to get Knuckles' Emerald and trying to comprehend what had just happened. Knux was dragged out of his thoughts when Midnight shouted, "Hey, echidna! Heads up!" and tossed his Master Emerald at him. Knuckles caught it, and the new black echidna joined him. Rouge noticed that Eggman's egg walker was ruined. Gently, she nudged Knuckles and pointed. Eggman was still conscious though, and now was beyond desperate to get the jewels. All the while, Tails and Amy were watching, stunned. Knuckles used his 'thunder arrow' to blast Eggman far, far away with the help of Midnight's 'Solar Sonic-boom' (eheh, in tribute to Sonic! ^.^). Amy and Tails cheered while Knuckles and Midnight shook hands (or paws, whatever).
Rouge was beaming with joy.
"You did it! You did it!" She screamed. The white bat hugged Knux tightly. The red echidna blushed deeply.
"Yeah, well, you should thank Midnight too. . ." he murmured shyly. Rouge smiled and thanked Midnight right before he left. Knuckles wanted to ask him a few questions, but shrugged them off since he seemed to be in a hurry. Then they rushed over to Sonic, Amy, and Tails. The blue hedgehog seemed to be recovered, but was still a little woozy, though he was denying it.
"Sit down and rest, Sonic, you need it."
"No way Tails! I gotta fight!"
"But Sonic, the fight's OVER!"
Knuckles seemed to be amused at the sight, as did Rouge, especially when Sonic started shouting about how he missed all the action. They practically passed out from laughing.
Tails shook his head at the spectacle. "C'mon guys, let's get outta here."
He picked up Sonic (With help of Knux, of course), and began to fly off with Rouge, carrying Amy and Knuckles flying behind.
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Okay, whoever thinks it was a dumb battle, say I!
*raises hand * I!
Now, for those of you who wanted it, there will definitely be a sequel, whether ya'll likes it or not! So HA! Okay, I'm fine. Bye Peeps, 'til the next chappie/epilogue! (Depending)
~Rainie~
Okay, so I DIDN'T get it! Bah! Okay, So, if you don't mind, I'll try again. Ya'll just gotta tell me if the little tag things bug you, and I'll stop trying, k? Cool. And BTW guys, thanks for the load of reviews! Oh yah, and Midnight's mine! No one use him without permission, 'kay? Oki! READ ON!
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Rouge scaled the room inaudibly, as did Sonic, Tails, and Amy, and they met up at the far end of the room, farthest from Dr. Robotnik and the cage Knuckles was in.
"What are [I]you[/I] doing here?" Rouge mouthed.
"Rescuing! What else?" Sonic uttered back. They all turned back to Eggman, who was making a long speech about how he would conquer the world with the power of his Robotization gun once he had Knuckles hypnotized and had restored the Master Emerald. Knuckles, however, had grown bored of this long oration and was leaning against the back of the cage with his arms crossed casually and his eyes closed. Tails couldn't help but chuckle at the sight. Fortunately, no one heard him except those around him.
"So, are you going to help me or shall I hypnotize you?" asked Eggman, his proclamation finally ended. Knuckles cracked an eye open halfway. Rouge and Amy stifled giggles.
"Put it this way, Doctor, I wouldn't help you if my life depended on it."
"How can he be so [I]calm[/I] at a time like this?" Amy inquired to herself.
Eggman was by now infuriated that he couldn't get Knuckles to restore the Emerald, so he told the robot behind him to shoot at Knuckles, and in doing so, spotted four shadows at the rear end of the room. Omochao appeared through an air vent behind our four heroes, and said in a whisper, "Eggman has spotted you. To avoid his hypnosis ray, run away!" Sonic rolled his eyes and told everyone to follow him, just as Eggman fired the hypnosis ray, causing Omochao to substitute as the target. Rouge glanced back at the robotic chao and flinched. She waved at Knuckles as she dashed and zigzagged all over the place, dodging Dr. Robotnik's wrath.
"ENOUGH!" Eggman shouted. He turned the gun up to its full power, and aimed it at Knuckles.
"Unless you give up this wild goose chase, your friend here won't make it in time to see the rest of his life go by!"
Knuckles had an expressionless look on his face, as if he didn't care. Rouge wondered what was going on in that echidna's head. She convinced herself that he was thinking that there would be no one to protect the Master Emerald, which was redundant, because the gem hadn't been restored yet.
Knux suddenly burst out of the cage with an enormous amount of strength, and went right for the hypnosis ray. Sonic went for the robotization gun, while assuring Amy that he'd be alright and keeping her in a safe place away from the fray. Tails also joined the fight by killing off any robots who were shooting at Sonic or Knuckles, and Rouge just helped Knuckles bring down the place. While all this was taking place, Eggman secretly pulled out yet another one of his inventions, (-.-' sorry, I'm a little bit of an inventor myself) one which would kill anyone instantly with one shot, a pretty powerful gun. The ray of the gun was also as fast as Sonic could go, so, obviously, he aimed it at Sonic first and pulled the trigger.
"SONIC! LOOK OUT!" cried Amy, horrified. An unknown figure, hidden in the shadows, pushed Sonic out of the way, narrowly missing the beam itself. The force was so great because of his speed that Sonic was knocked out of consciousness. The last thing Sonic heard before he passed out was 'Diamond Domination.'
Knuckles saw this happen, and went mad with fury.
[I]That thing could've killed Sonic![/I] he thought hotly. Rouge landed by his side, and tried to calm him down.
"Knuckles," she whispered urgently. "leave him be, he'll be fine. Go finish off Eggman!"
The sound of her voice calmed Knuckles down enough to listen to her. He nodded, and glided stealthily into the shadows for some quick thinking.
Amy wanted to creep over to Sonic, but she knew that she'd probably be killed in the process, so she stayed put, gazing sadly at her boyfriend, caught right in the middle of the fight. Rouge landed next to the blue hedgehog's body, picked him up, and headed over to where Amy was hiding. The white bat placed Sonic next to Amy.
"You can take care of him, right?" Rouge asked. Amy nodded, and Rouge left to reenter the battle.
There was a glow in the middle of the room, suddenly. Rouge shielded her eyes and squinted. She gasped. Knuckles had somehow, [I]somehow[/I] managed to grab the shards of the Master Emerald and was restoring it. Once it was put back together, however, Eggman grabbed it and put it inside the robotization ray.
"What! Wait a minute, I thought Sonic destroyed that!" Knuckles shouted.
"You FOOL! Did you really think I wouldn't have thought ahead and figured that the brats would come and ruin my plans again? I created a decoy, so that the real one would be safe, and the best part is, NOW I CAN RULE THE WORLD!"
"Not so fast!" a voice called out. Knuckles looked up and scanned the area for the unknown voice. A figure stepped out from the depths of the hallway. It was the same person who rescued Sonic.
"What's this? Who are you?" Eggman asked. The individual stepped into the light, and Knuckles and Rouge were surprised to see that he carried not a chaos emerald, but what looked to be a Master Emerald, but a different color. This one was pure white. The person, or echidna, looked a lot like Knuckles, despite the fact that he was black and had a patch that looked like a star in the middle of his chest.
"I am called Midnight, guardian of the Star Diamond."
"Guardian of the [I]what?![/I]" Knuckles and Rouge asked.
"Hmmm, who you are doesn't matter. I MUST have that Diamond!"
"Come get it." Midnight taunted. He ran, with Dr. Robotnik in hot pursuit, while Knuckles and Rouge looked on, trying to think of a way to get Knuckles' Emerald and trying to comprehend what had just happened. Knux was dragged out of his thoughts when Midnight shouted, "Hey, echidna! Heads up!" and tossed his Master Emerald at him. Knuckles caught it, and the new black echidna joined him. Rouge noticed that Eggman's egg walker was ruined. Gently, she nudged Knuckles and pointed. Eggman was still conscious though, and now was beyond desperate to get the jewels. All the while, Tails and Amy were watching, stunned. Knuckles used his 'thunder arrow' to blast Eggman far, far away with the help of Midnight's 'Solar Sonic-boom' (eheh, in tribute to Sonic! ^.^). Amy and Tails cheered while Knuckles and Midnight shook hands (or paws, whatever).
Rouge was beaming with joy.
"You did it! You did it!" She screamed. The white bat hugged Knux tightly. The red echidna blushed deeply.
"Yeah, well, you should thank Midnight too. . ." he murmured shyly. Rouge smiled and thanked Midnight right before he left. Knuckles wanted to ask him a few questions, but shrugged them off since he seemed to be in a hurry. Then they rushed over to Sonic, Amy, and Tails. The blue hedgehog seemed to be recovered, but was still a little woozy, though he was denying it.
"Sit down and rest, Sonic, you need it."
"No way Tails! I gotta fight!"
"But Sonic, the fight's OVER!"
Knuckles seemed to be amused at the sight, as did Rouge, especially when Sonic started shouting about how he missed all the action. They practically passed out from laughing.
Tails shook his head at the spectacle. "C'mon guys, let's get outta here."
He picked up Sonic (With help of Knux, of course), and began to fly off with Rouge, carrying Amy and Knuckles flying behind.
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Okay, whoever thinks it was a dumb battle, say I!
*raises hand * I!
Now, for those of you who wanted it, there will definitely be a sequel, whether ya'll likes it or not! So HA! Okay, I'm fine. Bye Peeps, 'til the next chappie/epilogue! (Depending)
~Rainie~
