Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic or other related characters. I DO own Klim,
but that's pretty much it.
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I felt pretty good. After all, I cheered up Kit Kat, and we received another Chaos Emerald! Everything seemed to be going smoothly, but the coolest thing was that I learned a new move in that volcano! I decided to call it Impaler, since that was basically what it did.
"Are you sure about this?" Kit Kat asked as he set his foot gently down on the now hard lava.
"Positive," I replied. "This should all be rock now. Igneous rock, if I remember my lessons right."
"The next Chaos Emerald should be just ahead," Lynx said as he looked up from his map.
We continued across the rock-bridge and arrived at the island. It was full of jungle plants, many of which I had already seen in the other jungle.
"Well, at least this island isn't big enough for us to get lost in," Lynx said as he glared at Kit Kat.
"Lay off, Lynx," I interrupted. "We're out of that mess, so let's just think about what we have to do."
Lynx gave me a small nod of acknowledgment, and continued on ahead of Kit Kat and me.
"Thanks, Klim," he said to me quietly.
"Hey, don't thank me. We all need to stay together on this. He will be a better friend...just give him time. I'm sure he is still trying to get over the fact that he is even here," I said.
"...Doesn't look like it," Kit Kat replied as we watched Lynx fly up into the air.
"Hey, Lynx, where are you going?" I called.
"I just flew up here to get a better view. The shrine is just up ahead," he shouted back as he started to fly forward.
"Wait up!" I shouted as Kit Kat and I struggled to keep up.
We reached the shrine in about a minute. Lynx was nowhere to be seen. I figured he had headed into the shrine, so after waiting for about two minutes I began to get worried.
"Where is he?" Kit Kat asked. I shrugged.
"Let's go in the shrine," I suggested.
Kit Kat nodded and we walked in. Inside there wasn't the usual statue holding a chaos emerald. In here there was nothing except for a dark blue tile on the floor.
"What is that? And where is the emerald?" Kit Kat asked. If curiosity didn't kill him, I didn't know what would.
"I'm not sure..." I said as I stepped onto the tile. Suddenly a blue light surrounded me and I suddenly found myself being pulled downward. In a matter of seconds everything was over, and I realized that I was...underwater!?
Strangely enough, a large bubble surrounded my head and I found I could breathe with no difficulty. I swam forward to get a better view of where I was. Suddenly something appeared in front of me, something I had not expected to see, especially in Sonic's world. I was staring at a mermaid.
"Who are you?" she demanded.
I decided that I had better not give her any trouble.
"My name is Klim. I hope I am not disturbing..." Suddenly the mermaid grabbed me and pulled me forward, towards a strange shell-shaped building. She brought me inside and there was Lynx, pounding against the wall of what appeared to be a cage.
"This fox has been calling for you and a guy named Kit Kat," the mermaid explained. "Do you know him?"
"KLIM! Thank goodness you're here, I...uh..."
"What kind of mess did you get yourself into now, Lynx?" I asked.
"So you DO know him," the mermaid replied. "Great. Could you try explaining why he attacked three of our people?"
Lynx turned around and talked over his shoulder. "I didn't know..."
"I'm sure he was startled," I answered for him. "After all, we never saw any mermaids before this, and we didn't even know that we would even end up here!"
The mermaid nodded, seeming to understand everything I had told her.
"In that case, you are free to go. You are just lucky you didn't hurt anyone too badly, or you would have been in some REAL trouble," she said as she unlocked the cage.
"Phew, thanks for getting me out of there," Lynx said.
"No problem," I replied. Suddenly I heard someone screaming and getting closer and closer to the building we were in.
"WATER! WATER! IhatewaterIhatewaterIhateit! HELP! KLIM! LYNX! WATER!"
I smiled. It had to be Kit Kat.
Suddenly another mermaid entered the building pulling a screaming Kit Kat by the arm. "I think he may be a bit funny in the head..." she said.
The mermaid that had brought me here covered her face with her hand. "Go. But please, don't tell me any more of you are coming," she said.
I smiled. "Don't worry, this is all of us," I replied.
"By any chance, do you know where the Chaos Emerald is?" Lynx asked.
He almost got himself thrown in the cage again. "What business do you have with the Chaos Emerald!?" the mermaid shouted.
"Whoa!" Lynx shouted. "We're the GOOD guys! We're the ones trying to stop Robotnik from getting them!"
"They are safe where they are. They don't need you to protect them," the second mermaid replied.
"You don't understand!" I added. "Robotnik is more determined than ever to get them! And we already have three of them! We also need them to get us back to where we came from!" Maybe I said a bit too much there.
"Where you came from? What do you mean?" the first mermaid asked. Oh, great. Now I've done it.
"There is a portal linking this world with another, and we need the Chaos Emeralds to close it," Lynx said. Pretty nice explanation, and not far from the truth...
"In that case, talk to the queen," the second mermaid replied. "I'll take you there."
The queen. Hoo, boy. This didn't sound very good.
We got there in only a matter of minutes, and we would've gotten there sooner if we didn't have to wait for Kit Kat. Oh well. I guess you can't blame him for being a cat.
Once we had arrived I realized I had the whole thing messed up. This queen wasn't the fat ruling I'm-queen-listen-to-me-or-you-get-thrown-to-the- crocodiles kind of queen I thought she would be. She was more the Cleopatra type, beautiful, and very smart. She listened to our story and then agreed to let us have the emerald...on one condition.
"You must prove your skills to me. Prove to me that the emerald will not fall into the wrong hands."
I could see her point in doing this, but to tell you the truth, I was getting a little tired of battles.
"Well, we might as well. I mean, we have to get the emerald," Lynx said. I nodded.
"A fight in the water!? Great, this is just PERFECT!" Kit Kat complained. I didn't know exactly how he COULD help in a situation like this, but I knew he would come up with something or another.
"Are you ready then?" the queen asked. I nodded.
"Then let's start!" the queen said as she pushed a crystal to the side on her throne. A cage opened up behind us, and as I turned around I saw a shark come out of it. And I thought we were fighting the queen!
"YIKES!" Kit Kat shouted as he pulled his tail out of the way of the shark's path. The shark kept going and hit a pillar next to the throne. Man, maybe Kit Kat should take up bull-fighting.
I couldn't use my Impaler move here, since we were underwater, so I just shot forward with my spear in front of me. My weapon reminded me of the harpoons used to kill whales. I stabbed forward and the shark shot upwards, making the blow miss by a few inches.
"I trained him myself," I heard the queen say.
The shark let out a yell of pain as Lynx nearly severed its tail off. The shark then turned and charged towards Lynx in murderous rage. It was moving so fast that it was almost a blur. Suddenly Kit Kat shot upwards underneath the shark and struck it with a blow to the chin with his frying pan. The shark howled again and this time charged at...me?! Why was he so ticked at me all of a sudden!? I was only seconds away from getting ripped to pieces and these were the kinds of thoughts running through my mind. Suddenly the water around the shark began to boil and the shark itself turned a bright red in color. The shark died right there. It began to float up to the ceiling. I looked to see what had caused this to find Kit Kat smiling and holding his red Chaos Emerald over his head in victory.
"I did it!" he shouted.
"Awesome!" I congratulated as Lynx walked up to the queen and got the Chaos Emerald.
"Hey, Lynx, since he just saved my life, why don't you let him have that Chaos Emerald?" I suggested.
"...Alright," he said reluctantly as he handed the emerald to Kit Kat.
"Strange," Kit Kat muttered to himself. "I suddenly don't feel too afraid of water anymore!"
"You may have just gotten used to it from being down here so long," Lynx answered.
"Or perhaps you are somehow reacting with that Chaos Emerald. It probably holds the element of water inside," I said,
"Water? Cool! Now if I find one of my personalities, I'll be able to super-soak em!" Kit Kat said. I laughed.
"Kit Kat, the Chaos Emeralds are going to stay here after we leave. If we take them with us, the balance in this world would probably be destroyed. After all, what would happen to the Master Emerald if the Chaos Emeralds weren't around for it to control?" I pointed out.
"Yes, I agree. We will have to leave them here when we leave," Lynx said. "I just hope Sonic and Tails can guard them..."
"Don't worry about it! Before we go, we will give Eggman a thrashing that he'll never forget! That'll teach him to mess with the power of the Chaos Emeralds!" I shouted.
"Yeah!" Kit Kat yelled in agreement. Lynx only smiled.
"Alright then, let's go," he said.
We were directed by the mermaids back to where we had entered this underwater kingdom and we took the teleporter back up to the island. In no time we were off the island and searching for our next emerald. Lynx said that it is located somewhere in the Frosty Mountains. I can hardly wait.
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I felt pretty good. After all, I cheered up Kit Kat, and we received another Chaos Emerald! Everything seemed to be going smoothly, but the coolest thing was that I learned a new move in that volcano! I decided to call it Impaler, since that was basically what it did.
"Are you sure about this?" Kit Kat asked as he set his foot gently down on the now hard lava.
"Positive," I replied. "This should all be rock now. Igneous rock, if I remember my lessons right."
"The next Chaos Emerald should be just ahead," Lynx said as he looked up from his map.
We continued across the rock-bridge and arrived at the island. It was full of jungle plants, many of which I had already seen in the other jungle.
"Well, at least this island isn't big enough for us to get lost in," Lynx said as he glared at Kit Kat.
"Lay off, Lynx," I interrupted. "We're out of that mess, so let's just think about what we have to do."
Lynx gave me a small nod of acknowledgment, and continued on ahead of Kit Kat and me.
"Thanks, Klim," he said to me quietly.
"Hey, don't thank me. We all need to stay together on this. He will be a better friend...just give him time. I'm sure he is still trying to get over the fact that he is even here," I said.
"...Doesn't look like it," Kit Kat replied as we watched Lynx fly up into the air.
"Hey, Lynx, where are you going?" I called.
"I just flew up here to get a better view. The shrine is just up ahead," he shouted back as he started to fly forward.
"Wait up!" I shouted as Kit Kat and I struggled to keep up.
We reached the shrine in about a minute. Lynx was nowhere to be seen. I figured he had headed into the shrine, so after waiting for about two minutes I began to get worried.
"Where is he?" Kit Kat asked. I shrugged.
"Let's go in the shrine," I suggested.
Kit Kat nodded and we walked in. Inside there wasn't the usual statue holding a chaos emerald. In here there was nothing except for a dark blue tile on the floor.
"What is that? And where is the emerald?" Kit Kat asked. If curiosity didn't kill him, I didn't know what would.
"I'm not sure..." I said as I stepped onto the tile. Suddenly a blue light surrounded me and I suddenly found myself being pulled downward. In a matter of seconds everything was over, and I realized that I was...underwater!?
Strangely enough, a large bubble surrounded my head and I found I could breathe with no difficulty. I swam forward to get a better view of where I was. Suddenly something appeared in front of me, something I had not expected to see, especially in Sonic's world. I was staring at a mermaid.
"Who are you?" she demanded.
I decided that I had better not give her any trouble.
"My name is Klim. I hope I am not disturbing..." Suddenly the mermaid grabbed me and pulled me forward, towards a strange shell-shaped building. She brought me inside and there was Lynx, pounding against the wall of what appeared to be a cage.
"This fox has been calling for you and a guy named Kit Kat," the mermaid explained. "Do you know him?"
"KLIM! Thank goodness you're here, I...uh..."
"What kind of mess did you get yourself into now, Lynx?" I asked.
"So you DO know him," the mermaid replied. "Great. Could you try explaining why he attacked three of our people?"
Lynx turned around and talked over his shoulder. "I didn't know..."
"I'm sure he was startled," I answered for him. "After all, we never saw any mermaids before this, and we didn't even know that we would even end up here!"
The mermaid nodded, seeming to understand everything I had told her.
"In that case, you are free to go. You are just lucky you didn't hurt anyone too badly, or you would have been in some REAL trouble," she said as she unlocked the cage.
"Phew, thanks for getting me out of there," Lynx said.
"No problem," I replied. Suddenly I heard someone screaming and getting closer and closer to the building we were in.
"WATER! WATER! IhatewaterIhatewaterIhateit! HELP! KLIM! LYNX! WATER!"
I smiled. It had to be Kit Kat.
Suddenly another mermaid entered the building pulling a screaming Kit Kat by the arm. "I think he may be a bit funny in the head..." she said.
The mermaid that had brought me here covered her face with her hand. "Go. But please, don't tell me any more of you are coming," she said.
I smiled. "Don't worry, this is all of us," I replied.
"By any chance, do you know where the Chaos Emerald is?" Lynx asked.
He almost got himself thrown in the cage again. "What business do you have with the Chaos Emerald!?" the mermaid shouted.
"Whoa!" Lynx shouted. "We're the GOOD guys! We're the ones trying to stop Robotnik from getting them!"
"They are safe where they are. They don't need you to protect them," the second mermaid replied.
"You don't understand!" I added. "Robotnik is more determined than ever to get them! And we already have three of them! We also need them to get us back to where we came from!" Maybe I said a bit too much there.
"Where you came from? What do you mean?" the first mermaid asked. Oh, great. Now I've done it.
"There is a portal linking this world with another, and we need the Chaos Emeralds to close it," Lynx said. Pretty nice explanation, and not far from the truth...
"In that case, talk to the queen," the second mermaid replied. "I'll take you there."
The queen. Hoo, boy. This didn't sound very good.
We got there in only a matter of minutes, and we would've gotten there sooner if we didn't have to wait for Kit Kat. Oh well. I guess you can't blame him for being a cat.
Once we had arrived I realized I had the whole thing messed up. This queen wasn't the fat ruling I'm-queen-listen-to-me-or-you-get-thrown-to-the- crocodiles kind of queen I thought she would be. She was more the Cleopatra type, beautiful, and very smart. She listened to our story and then agreed to let us have the emerald...on one condition.
"You must prove your skills to me. Prove to me that the emerald will not fall into the wrong hands."
I could see her point in doing this, but to tell you the truth, I was getting a little tired of battles.
"Well, we might as well. I mean, we have to get the emerald," Lynx said. I nodded.
"A fight in the water!? Great, this is just PERFECT!" Kit Kat complained. I didn't know exactly how he COULD help in a situation like this, but I knew he would come up with something or another.
"Are you ready then?" the queen asked. I nodded.
"Then let's start!" the queen said as she pushed a crystal to the side on her throne. A cage opened up behind us, and as I turned around I saw a shark come out of it. And I thought we were fighting the queen!
"YIKES!" Kit Kat shouted as he pulled his tail out of the way of the shark's path. The shark kept going and hit a pillar next to the throne. Man, maybe Kit Kat should take up bull-fighting.
I couldn't use my Impaler move here, since we were underwater, so I just shot forward with my spear in front of me. My weapon reminded me of the harpoons used to kill whales. I stabbed forward and the shark shot upwards, making the blow miss by a few inches.
"I trained him myself," I heard the queen say.
The shark let out a yell of pain as Lynx nearly severed its tail off. The shark then turned and charged towards Lynx in murderous rage. It was moving so fast that it was almost a blur. Suddenly Kit Kat shot upwards underneath the shark and struck it with a blow to the chin with his frying pan. The shark howled again and this time charged at...me?! Why was he so ticked at me all of a sudden!? I was only seconds away from getting ripped to pieces and these were the kinds of thoughts running through my mind. Suddenly the water around the shark began to boil and the shark itself turned a bright red in color. The shark died right there. It began to float up to the ceiling. I looked to see what had caused this to find Kit Kat smiling and holding his red Chaos Emerald over his head in victory.
"I did it!" he shouted.
"Awesome!" I congratulated as Lynx walked up to the queen and got the Chaos Emerald.
"Hey, Lynx, since he just saved my life, why don't you let him have that Chaos Emerald?" I suggested.
"...Alright," he said reluctantly as he handed the emerald to Kit Kat.
"Strange," Kit Kat muttered to himself. "I suddenly don't feel too afraid of water anymore!"
"You may have just gotten used to it from being down here so long," Lynx answered.
"Or perhaps you are somehow reacting with that Chaos Emerald. It probably holds the element of water inside," I said,
"Water? Cool! Now if I find one of my personalities, I'll be able to super-soak em!" Kit Kat said. I laughed.
"Kit Kat, the Chaos Emeralds are going to stay here after we leave. If we take them with us, the balance in this world would probably be destroyed. After all, what would happen to the Master Emerald if the Chaos Emeralds weren't around for it to control?" I pointed out.
"Yes, I agree. We will have to leave them here when we leave," Lynx said. "I just hope Sonic and Tails can guard them..."
"Don't worry about it! Before we go, we will give Eggman a thrashing that he'll never forget! That'll teach him to mess with the power of the Chaos Emeralds!" I shouted.
"Yeah!" Kit Kat yelled in agreement. Lynx only smiled.
"Alright then, let's go," he said.
We were directed by the mermaids back to where we had entered this underwater kingdom and we took the teleporter back up to the island. In no time we were off the island and searching for our next emerald. Lynx said that it is located somewhere in the Frosty Mountains. I can hardly wait.
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