A Guardian
I own no one except Blade Jin Ishikawa. All other characters are property of Sega, Sonic Team, Archie or whoever else claims legal ownership of them.
Enjoy, and remember- It is not within the star that hold our destiny but within ourselves-William Shakespeare
Chapter 6: The Chaos Pool Part Three
The Company walked down cold hallways. The temple had been empty of movement for quite a while. Knuckles sniffed the air and quickly shook his head. The air smelled rather rotten. "Wonder how long this place has been here."
"Pretty long by zee looks of it." Antoine commented as he placed a hand on the wall and pulled back. Where his hand had been was a deeper blue stone then what they saw.
As the Company moved along they wondered how long they would be here. Finally they entered a large room. It was huge. There were tons of walkways on different levels. At the bottom was water with a walkway just above it. Above was darkness. They group pressed forth. For hours they came back to the room on another walkway until they reached the bottom one. Just as they crossed it the water began to ripple. Blade, Julie-Su, Geoffrey St. John, and Antoine readied their weapons. Once it stopped the group pressed onward.
They continued until they entered a room that was empty of anything. It measured thirty ft by twenty-five ft by twenty ft. The group walked in slowly as if waiting for something. Just as they reached the center the doors slammed shut on both ends. At that instant the team was armed and ready for battle. Knuckles looked about for a light source because there was light in the room. Out of the floor came liquid. The puddles numbered fifty. Out of twenty came warriors wearing oriental armor. They had mempos on so their faces weren't seeable if they even had faces. Each had the simple katana and wakizashi of the samurai.
On the same cue they drew their katanas and ran forth. Blade ran forth and using his sword he sliced at one over head and used his shield to block the attack of another. Next to him Tails rolled under one and caught it in the small of the back with his sword. The thing fell with a painful shriek. Blade pushed one assaulter down with his shield and then bashed the other in the head with the shield. While the opponent was trying to gain its sight it was stabbed in the lower jaw and through the back of the head. Blade withdrew quickly and stabbed the one on the floor. It was then that Blade noticed three more of these things came out of the other puddles.
"We must conserve strength!" Blade yelled over the clings and clanks of battle.
"You're right!" Knuckles replied as he smashed the rip cage in on one and a new one rose.
Knuckles turned slightly as he grabbed the arm of an attacker and used a hip toss to throw it at one sneaking up on Julie-Su. The two fell and allowed Blade to stab them both threw the gaps of their armor at the chest and stomach.
Knuckles turned about and saw one his fellow members, a gold furred cat, get stabbed through the back and then had his head sliced off by his frontal assaulter. Knuckles ran in a grabbed the head of an opponent. With a swift twist he heard the neck snap. He then went to the other and drove his knuckle barbs into and through its mask. He withdrew and turned to see he was about to be sliced from head to toe. His attacker then lurched forward near the waist and fell backwards. Antoine smiled and moved to another opponent.
At his point the Company had lost one but the enemy had lost twenty. Blade was beginning to tire as this was going nowhere. He sheathed his sword then removed the glove on his right hand. The black veins in the metal arm began to glow a bright blue. He then grabbed the face of one of the samurai and ran more volts of electricity then the thing could stand. Blade then brought to bare the knuckles claws in the arm and began swing at any of the things. Even a touch to the armor could transmit electricity to the body. It didn't kill but did stun them enough that a member of the Company could strike them down. A squirrel of the Company was hoisted by hand by one of the things and then thrown into the waiting swords of other of the things.
The Company was down to fourteen now and they had only slain twenty-eight. At this rate they would be dead before they could finish the fight.
After some more fighting they had lost two more while the things were down to six. Most of the team sat out except Blade and Knuckles. Blade kicked one in the temple and smacked another with the two thirds of his shield the remained. His sword had been broken in half and the two bits were embedded in the chest of two different samurai. Knuckles picked one up over his head and threw it into a wall. He then punched one in the chest with a right then left then right and kept going until he smashed the chest plate into the chest.
He took the katana of it and drove it into another eye socket as it charged. Blade threw the remains of his shield at the thing Knuckles had thrown at the wall as it caught up. Its head fell to the ground in two pieces. Blade then placed his hand on the face of another and crushed the head inward. Knuckles caught the head on one under his armpit and began punching the face until it caved it. The last two things charged forth at the echidnas. Knuckles brought all his strength into the gut of one and through its back. Blade caught his in a bear hug and crushed its rips in.
"That was hard." Knuckles said flopping onto his rear.
"It was. The weirdest thing was that those things didn't bleed or anything. Only the four that had died of their team had bled. Suddenly one of the doors opened. Knuckles stood up and began to walk forth. "Hold it Knuckles!" Blade said stepping to him.
"I must proceed alone."
"What?" Julie-Su shot up from sitting and ran to him. "You can't!"
"A voice in my head told me to. He said we passed the test."
"A test! This was a test! We lost four people!" Geoffrey yelled.
"Let the boy go. He isn't crazy so the voice must belong to someone. We are in their territory so we must accept their rules." Blade said smoothly. Knuckles nodded and walked through the door.
The area ahead of him was so fresh looking. It was like a time warp or something. The walls were free of dust and muck. He walked on for what seemed hours until he heard a dripping noise. Knuckles stopped walking and listened. Whatever it was it was close. Knuckles ran forward. The more he ran the louder the dripping got. He came to a screeching halt when he entered a cave. A platform led out slightly over a large puddle of water. The water was rather odd in appearance. It was blue was such a deep blue he could see no more then the surface. Knuckles walked forth on the ledge. When he reached the edge the water began to violently ripple. Slowly out of the water rose a large figure. It was like a serpent except made of water. The brain could be seen as well as its large green eyes. It took up the entire cave except some small areas.
"What the?!" Knuckles's purple eyes went wide in horror. "Who are you?"
"I am Chaos, the God of Destruction." The voice didn't come from the mouth nor throat. The sound didn't echo in the cave yet it did. Chaos shifted slightly as it leaned back to see the guardian better. "I have foreseen your arrival." Chaos's voice was so loud yet so soft. It rumbled like thunder and shook like earthquakes.
"You have?"
"Sit my child. You need not stand in the presence of your God." Knuckles nodded and sat.
"So then you can explain to me why the Chaos Emeralds have been acting so weird?" Knuckles asked tilting his head to the right slightly.
"They have acted so because I have ordered them to do so. I used that as a way to call you. What I am to tell you now shall be for your ears alone child."
"Okay." Knuckles nodded.
"Soon in the near future the Dark Legion shall attack the island and destroy it. You must leave the island in ten days so that you may live. Take the Master Emerald with you but leave the Chaos Emeralds. You shall find part of the island near the ruins you have come to. That shall be where you live. The name is your choice for the island."
"What?! You're asking me to leave my family, friends, and people to die!"
"Unfortunate it is my child but I cannot change what my father, Lord Power the creator of the universe. He has written the future. I can only see it to an extent."
"You can't do this?!"
"I'm sorry."
"Well then I can at least bring my family and friends." Knuckles said.
"You shall do no such thing."
"What?!" Knuckles was on his feet.
"Only you shall leave the island. You shall go to Knothole and bring Sonic, Miles Prower, and Amy Rose with you. They shall find their own places to live."
Knuckles just couldn't speak.
"Remember my words and obey them. You can choose your own path in life but to do so shall be the end of Earth." Chaos then fell back into the puddle in water droplets. Knuckles returned to the room where the others were. They were sitting about talking.
"What happened?" Blade asked.
"What do you mean?" Knuckles asked snapping back into reality.
"You were in there for at least a day."
"I'm sorry. It was a long path."
"That's okay. Did you get any answers?" Julie-Su asked standing next to her boyfriend.
"Yeah. A lot of answers."
The Company returned to Knothole Village in a day and the rest to the Floating Island in a few hours.
Knuckles stood there that night looking at the Master Emerald. He was going to have to make the biggest decision of his life.
End
Please Review. Next time. Chapter 7 The End of Life
I own no one except Blade Jin Ishikawa. All other characters are property of Sega, Sonic Team, Archie or whoever else claims legal ownership of them.
Enjoy, and remember- It is not within the star that hold our destiny but within ourselves-William Shakespeare
Chapter 6: The Chaos Pool Part Three
The Company walked down cold hallways. The temple had been empty of movement for quite a while. Knuckles sniffed the air and quickly shook his head. The air smelled rather rotten. "Wonder how long this place has been here."
"Pretty long by zee looks of it." Antoine commented as he placed a hand on the wall and pulled back. Where his hand had been was a deeper blue stone then what they saw.
As the Company moved along they wondered how long they would be here. Finally they entered a large room. It was huge. There were tons of walkways on different levels. At the bottom was water with a walkway just above it. Above was darkness. They group pressed forth. For hours they came back to the room on another walkway until they reached the bottom one. Just as they crossed it the water began to ripple. Blade, Julie-Su, Geoffrey St. John, and Antoine readied their weapons. Once it stopped the group pressed onward.
They continued until they entered a room that was empty of anything. It measured thirty ft by twenty-five ft by twenty ft. The group walked in slowly as if waiting for something. Just as they reached the center the doors slammed shut on both ends. At that instant the team was armed and ready for battle. Knuckles looked about for a light source because there was light in the room. Out of the floor came liquid. The puddles numbered fifty. Out of twenty came warriors wearing oriental armor. They had mempos on so their faces weren't seeable if they even had faces. Each had the simple katana and wakizashi of the samurai.
On the same cue they drew their katanas and ran forth. Blade ran forth and using his sword he sliced at one over head and used his shield to block the attack of another. Next to him Tails rolled under one and caught it in the small of the back with his sword. The thing fell with a painful shriek. Blade pushed one assaulter down with his shield and then bashed the other in the head with the shield. While the opponent was trying to gain its sight it was stabbed in the lower jaw and through the back of the head. Blade withdrew quickly and stabbed the one on the floor. It was then that Blade noticed three more of these things came out of the other puddles.
"We must conserve strength!" Blade yelled over the clings and clanks of battle.
"You're right!" Knuckles replied as he smashed the rip cage in on one and a new one rose.
Knuckles turned slightly as he grabbed the arm of an attacker and used a hip toss to throw it at one sneaking up on Julie-Su. The two fell and allowed Blade to stab them both threw the gaps of their armor at the chest and stomach.
Knuckles turned about and saw one his fellow members, a gold furred cat, get stabbed through the back and then had his head sliced off by his frontal assaulter. Knuckles ran in a grabbed the head of an opponent. With a swift twist he heard the neck snap. He then went to the other and drove his knuckle barbs into and through its mask. He withdrew and turned to see he was about to be sliced from head to toe. His attacker then lurched forward near the waist and fell backwards. Antoine smiled and moved to another opponent.
At his point the Company had lost one but the enemy had lost twenty. Blade was beginning to tire as this was going nowhere. He sheathed his sword then removed the glove on his right hand. The black veins in the metal arm began to glow a bright blue. He then grabbed the face of one of the samurai and ran more volts of electricity then the thing could stand. Blade then brought to bare the knuckles claws in the arm and began swing at any of the things. Even a touch to the armor could transmit electricity to the body. It didn't kill but did stun them enough that a member of the Company could strike them down. A squirrel of the Company was hoisted by hand by one of the things and then thrown into the waiting swords of other of the things.
The Company was down to fourteen now and they had only slain twenty-eight. At this rate they would be dead before they could finish the fight.
After some more fighting they had lost two more while the things were down to six. Most of the team sat out except Blade and Knuckles. Blade kicked one in the temple and smacked another with the two thirds of his shield the remained. His sword had been broken in half and the two bits were embedded in the chest of two different samurai. Knuckles picked one up over his head and threw it into a wall. He then punched one in the chest with a right then left then right and kept going until he smashed the chest plate into the chest.
He took the katana of it and drove it into another eye socket as it charged. Blade threw the remains of his shield at the thing Knuckles had thrown at the wall as it caught up. Its head fell to the ground in two pieces. Blade then placed his hand on the face of another and crushed the head inward. Knuckles caught the head on one under his armpit and began punching the face until it caved it. The last two things charged forth at the echidnas. Knuckles brought all his strength into the gut of one and through its back. Blade caught his in a bear hug and crushed its rips in.
"That was hard." Knuckles said flopping onto his rear.
"It was. The weirdest thing was that those things didn't bleed or anything. Only the four that had died of their team had bled. Suddenly one of the doors opened. Knuckles stood up and began to walk forth. "Hold it Knuckles!" Blade said stepping to him.
"I must proceed alone."
"What?" Julie-Su shot up from sitting and ran to him. "You can't!"
"A voice in my head told me to. He said we passed the test."
"A test! This was a test! We lost four people!" Geoffrey yelled.
"Let the boy go. He isn't crazy so the voice must belong to someone. We are in their territory so we must accept their rules." Blade said smoothly. Knuckles nodded and walked through the door.
The area ahead of him was so fresh looking. It was like a time warp or something. The walls were free of dust and muck. He walked on for what seemed hours until he heard a dripping noise. Knuckles stopped walking and listened. Whatever it was it was close. Knuckles ran forward. The more he ran the louder the dripping got. He came to a screeching halt when he entered a cave. A platform led out slightly over a large puddle of water. The water was rather odd in appearance. It was blue was such a deep blue he could see no more then the surface. Knuckles walked forth on the ledge. When he reached the edge the water began to violently ripple. Slowly out of the water rose a large figure. It was like a serpent except made of water. The brain could be seen as well as its large green eyes. It took up the entire cave except some small areas.
"What the?!" Knuckles's purple eyes went wide in horror. "Who are you?"
"I am Chaos, the God of Destruction." The voice didn't come from the mouth nor throat. The sound didn't echo in the cave yet it did. Chaos shifted slightly as it leaned back to see the guardian better. "I have foreseen your arrival." Chaos's voice was so loud yet so soft. It rumbled like thunder and shook like earthquakes.
"You have?"
"Sit my child. You need not stand in the presence of your God." Knuckles nodded and sat.
"So then you can explain to me why the Chaos Emeralds have been acting so weird?" Knuckles asked tilting his head to the right slightly.
"They have acted so because I have ordered them to do so. I used that as a way to call you. What I am to tell you now shall be for your ears alone child."
"Okay." Knuckles nodded.
"Soon in the near future the Dark Legion shall attack the island and destroy it. You must leave the island in ten days so that you may live. Take the Master Emerald with you but leave the Chaos Emeralds. You shall find part of the island near the ruins you have come to. That shall be where you live. The name is your choice for the island."
"What?! You're asking me to leave my family, friends, and people to die!"
"Unfortunate it is my child but I cannot change what my father, Lord Power the creator of the universe. He has written the future. I can only see it to an extent."
"You can't do this?!"
"I'm sorry."
"Well then I can at least bring my family and friends." Knuckles said.
"You shall do no such thing."
"What?!" Knuckles was on his feet.
"Only you shall leave the island. You shall go to Knothole and bring Sonic, Miles Prower, and Amy Rose with you. They shall find their own places to live."
Knuckles just couldn't speak.
"Remember my words and obey them. You can choose your own path in life but to do so shall be the end of Earth." Chaos then fell back into the puddle in water droplets. Knuckles returned to the room where the others were. They were sitting about talking.
"What happened?" Blade asked.
"What do you mean?" Knuckles asked snapping back into reality.
"You were in there for at least a day."
"I'm sorry. It was a long path."
"That's okay. Did you get any answers?" Julie-Su asked standing next to her boyfriend.
"Yeah. A lot of answers."
The Company returned to Knothole Village in a day and the rest to the Floating Island in a few hours.
Knuckles stood there that night looking at the Master Emerald. He was going to have to make the biggest decision of his life.
End
Please Review. Next time. Chapter 7 The End of Life