The Child That Could Be Chapter 4
By Angnix
Knuckles after about a minute pushed Tikal off of him.
"Tikal, I came here for Rouge! What do you think you are doing?"
"But Knuckles, remember what you said? You said that and I quote "I will take what I can get!" But now you don't have to pick her, now there is another of your own kind, now the echidna race can continue!"
This comment made Rouge give Tikal and even harsher look and to start to come toward her. Knuckles had to restrain Rouge.
"You better not try to take him away from me you little brat!"
"Well Rouge, I thought you were mad at me."
"Well, you did say something rotten to me, but I get mad at people who try to take something I have my eyes on away from me."
"Oh, well, in that case Rouge want to go out on a date?"
"Sure my echidna hunk! My place, right now."
"Knuckles! Don't go with her! She is nothing but trouble!"
"Tikal, if I were you, I would keep my mouth shut."
Knuckles and Rouge made there way back toward the train. Sonic and Cream headed in that direction too, Sonic wanted to talk it over a little with Knuckles, Cream had to go home before sunset. Tikal just sat there and started to cry, Tails and Amy tried to comfort her.
"I don't understand! Right now he is stomping on everything his ancestors believed in. And what about the Emerald? I can't believe this is happening!"
Tails put his arm around her and tried to think of the most comforting thing he could possibly say.
"Tikal, you can't force somebody to do something that they don't want to. Maybe Knuckles will change his mind."
"I just don't understand. I thought Knuckles would guard the Emerald faithfully, I guess I was wrong. Tails, can you fly me to Angel Island, I have to make sure the Emerald is safe, that is the most important thing right now!"
"Oh, I want to go to! I don't want Tikal to be alone!"
"Okay Amy, let's go to Angel Island! But first here's a tee-shirt and shorts for Tikal, I mean, that towel isn't staying on very well! I'm trying not to look but. opps, that just slipped out, uh, just put the clothes on."
They arrived at Angel Island and were relieved to see the Master Emerald safe and sound. Tails then flew off again leaving Amy and Tikal sitting in front of the Master Emerald. Tikal started to cry again.
"Oh Amy! Why doesn't Knuckles like me?"
"Men are funny that way, I wonder the same thing about Sonic. I mean, come on, what's not to like about me? It's not your fault, it's his! He's a brat like Sonic!"
"You really think so?"
"Oh yea! If you just keep pestering him, then there is no way he can say no!"
"You really think so?"
"Uh huh! But first you need to look cuter, hmm, I'm guessing there are no malls around here, shoot, if only Knuckles would come back and watch the Emerald again, then we could leave!"
"I know! Chaos Zero can watch it! I mean, Chaos Zero is technically the one that first watched over all of the Emeralds! I wonder if I can still summon him?"
Tikal concentrated as hard as she could. Suddenly a column of water appeared and out of it materialized Chaos Zero. But Chaos Zero seemed confused and couldn't figure out why Tikal wasn't a spirit anymore.
"Hello my friend, can you guard the Emerald for us? I know it may seem weird to you I have a real body again, that was the work of Tails. Anyway, Knuckles isn't back yet and we want to leave the island, please guard the Emerald for us!"
Chaos nodded in agreement, Amy and Tikal started to walk away, but then something dawned on Amy.
"Um Tikal, how exactly are we suppose to leave the island?"
"Uhhh, looks like we will have to wait until somebody comes back! Darn! I really wanted to know what this 'mall' you mentioned was!"
"Oh! You don't know? See, the mall is the most fabulous place in the world."
Amy and Tikal talked long into the night about the wonders of the mall, Chaos almost went insane having to listen to them.
Meanwhile it was already dark outside when Tails returned to his workshop. After securing his plane in the hanger he went outside to move his invention back inside. But suddenly Tails felt an ice cold presence grab him. Tails tried to struggle but just couldn't get away.
"Let, let go of me whoever you are! Show yourself!"
Suddenly about 20 ghosts materialized out of the darkness.
"Wha, wha do you want?"
Suddenly one huge ghost, the most frightening thing Tails ever seen, materialized.
"We know what your invention here does Tails, now show us how to use it, or you will end up one of us!"
"I'm I'm not scared of you!"
Tails was trying his hardest not to wet himself.
"Oh, SO brave! fellas, give him a taste of what we can do!"
The ghosts totally surrounded Tails. He felt so cold, then he found himself gasping for air.
"Please stop! I, I will show you how it works!"
All the ghosts but one then backed off, one was still holding him. Then the huge ghost got inside the machine.
"Tails, activate this machine now or you will die and will have to be a ghost like us."
"Yeah, well, what if I then use the machine on myself?"
"How could you? You can't push the button on the counsel from the inside! Plus we would then have to smash the machine and kill you again. If you rebuild the machine as a ghost we will smash that one too. We'll just keep smashing them."
"Yeah, but if you smashed it, then you couldn't use it and I would have accomplished my goal of not letting you use it!"
"Uh, Uh, then we will just kill your friends, I'm sure they would not like that."
"Yeah, but then I could just bring them back to life again with the machine."
"If you do that, then we smash the machine, kill your friends, then if you rebuild the machine and then bring your friends back to life again then we will smash the machine again and kill your friends again, then we will just keep smashing and killing."
"But yet again you would have to smash the machine, still accomplishing my goal of not letting you use the machine."
"But what if we then..."
They just keep arguing like this for hours until Tails finally had enough and just pushed the button on the counsel to end the conversation.
Sonic tried to talk to Knuckles on the train, but to no avail, he was now making out with Rouge and just ignored Sonic. Cream just made a bunch of faces like she was disgusted. Sonic didn't really think he should go with Tikal or anything, but he was concerned about Knuckles' current behavior and his neglect of the Master Emerald. When they got off the train Sonic one again tried to reason with Knuckles.
"Knuckles, come on, could you at least take Rouge to Angel Island or something? I mean, if Eggman gets a hold of that thing again it would be a pain to get it back!"
"Oh come on Sonic, you like a little adventure, don't you?"
Knuckles and Rouge walked away. Sonic decided to just take Cream home then go home himself, he just gave up. Finally Knuckles and Rouge arrived at her house, as Knuckles entered the door he for an instant did think that maybe what he was doing was totally wrong, he was hurting the feelings of his friends, he was away from his Emerald, but all those thoughts went away when Rouge came out wearing a very short and very tight black dress.
"Holy cow!"
Knuckles couldn't handle it and passed out. Rouge grabbed his feet and started to drag him up the stairs.
"Ho hum, looks like my Knuky poo is a little nervous. Hmm, looks like I'm gonna havta be a little patient with him."
She laid him in her bed, and petted him lightly on the head to wake him up.
"Oh Knuckles, what a shame, are you gonna pass out like this a lot?"
"I'm sorry, I don't know what was wrong with me. Just kiss me. That will make it all better."
But in the middle of the kiss they turned over and fell off the bed onto the floor, Knuckles hit his head kind of hard.
"Oww!"
"Hee hee, you need to work on you coordination!"
"I guess, now, where were we?"
"We were kissing."
"Oh, right."
(Since I am not a pervert, it will end right there. Anyway, do you really want to know what happens, then read the next chapter I will eventually write stupid!)
By Angnix
Knuckles after about a minute pushed Tikal off of him.
"Tikal, I came here for Rouge! What do you think you are doing?"
"But Knuckles, remember what you said? You said that and I quote "I will take what I can get!" But now you don't have to pick her, now there is another of your own kind, now the echidna race can continue!"
This comment made Rouge give Tikal and even harsher look and to start to come toward her. Knuckles had to restrain Rouge.
"You better not try to take him away from me you little brat!"
"Well Rouge, I thought you were mad at me."
"Well, you did say something rotten to me, but I get mad at people who try to take something I have my eyes on away from me."
"Oh, well, in that case Rouge want to go out on a date?"
"Sure my echidna hunk! My place, right now."
"Knuckles! Don't go with her! She is nothing but trouble!"
"Tikal, if I were you, I would keep my mouth shut."
Knuckles and Rouge made there way back toward the train. Sonic and Cream headed in that direction too, Sonic wanted to talk it over a little with Knuckles, Cream had to go home before sunset. Tikal just sat there and started to cry, Tails and Amy tried to comfort her.
"I don't understand! Right now he is stomping on everything his ancestors believed in. And what about the Emerald? I can't believe this is happening!"
Tails put his arm around her and tried to think of the most comforting thing he could possibly say.
"Tikal, you can't force somebody to do something that they don't want to. Maybe Knuckles will change his mind."
"I just don't understand. I thought Knuckles would guard the Emerald faithfully, I guess I was wrong. Tails, can you fly me to Angel Island, I have to make sure the Emerald is safe, that is the most important thing right now!"
"Oh, I want to go to! I don't want Tikal to be alone!"
"Okay Amy, let's go to Angel Island! But first here's a tee-shirt and shorts for Tikal, I mean, that towel isn't staying on very well! I'm trying not to look but. opps, that just slipped out, uh, just put the clothes on."
They arrived at Angel Island and were relieved to see the Master Emerald safe and sound. Tails then flew off again leaving Amy and Tikal sitting in front of the Master Emerald. Tikal started to cry again.
"Oh Amy! Why doesn't Knuckles like me?"
"Men are funny that way, I wonder the same thing about Sonic. I mean, come on, what's not to like about me? It's not your fault, it's his! He's a brat like Sonic!"
"You really think so?"
"Oh yea! If you just keep pestering him, then there is no way he can say no!"
"You really think so?"
"Uh huh! But first you need to look cuter, hmm, I'm guessing there are no malls around here, shoot, if only Knuckles would come back and watch the Emerald again, then we could leave!"
"I know! Chaos Zero can watch it! I mean, Chaos Zero is technically the one that first watched over all of the Emeralds! I wonder if I can still summon him?"
Tikal concentrated as hard as she could. Suddenly a column of water appeared and out of it materialized Chaos Zero. But Chaos Zero seemed confused and couldn't figure out why Tikal wasn't a spirit anymore.
"Hello my friend, can you guard the Emerald for us? I know it may seem weird to you I have a real body again, that was the work of Tails. Anyway, Knuckles isn't back yet and we want to leave the island, please guard the Emerald for us!"
Chaos nodded in agreement, Amy and Tikal started to walk away, but then something dawned on Amy.
"Um Tikal, how exactly are we suppose to leave the island?"
"Uhhh, looks like we will have to wait until somebody comes back! Darn! I really wanted to know what this 'mall' you mentioned was!"
"Oh! You don't know? See, the mall is the most fabulous place in the world."
Amy and Tikal talked long into the night about the wonders of the mall, Chaos almost went insane having to listen to them.
Meanwhile it was already dark outside when Tails returned to his workshop. After securing his plane in the hanger he went outside to move his invention back inside. But suddenly Tails felt an ice cold presence grab him. Tails tried to struggle but just couldn't get away.
"Let, let go of me whoever you are! Show yourself!"
Suddenly about 20 ghosts materialized out of the darkness.
"Wha, wha do you want?"
Suddenly one huge ghost, the most frightening thing Tails ever seen, materialized.
"We know what your invention here does Tails, now show us how to use it, or you will end up one of us!"
"I'm I'm not scared of you!"
Tails was trying his hardest not to wet himself.
"Oh, SO brave! fellas, give him a taste of what we can do!"
The ghosts totally surrounded Tails. He felt so cold, then he found himself gasping for air.
"Please stop! I, I will show you how it works!"
All the ghosts but one then backed off, one was still holding him. Then the huge ghost got inside the machine.
"Tails, activate this machine now or you will die and will have to be a ghost like us."
"Yeah, well, what if I then use the machine on myself?"
"How could you? You can't push the button on the counsel from the inside! Plus we would then have to smash the machine and kill you again. If you rebuild the machine as a ghost we will smash that one too. We'll just keep smashing them."
"Yeah, but if you smashed it, then you couldn't use it and I would have accomplished my goal of not letting you use it!"
"Uh, Uh, then we will just kill your friends, I'm sure they would not like that."
"Yeah, but then I could just bring them back to life again with the machine."
"If you do that, then we smash the machine, kill your friends, then if you rebuild the machine and then bring your friends back to life again then we will smash the machine again and kill your friends again, then we will just keep smashing and killing."
"But yet again you would have to smash the machine, still accomplishing my goal of not letting you use the machine."
"But what if we then..."
They just keep arguing like this for hours until Tails finally had enough and just pushed the button on the counsel to end the conversation.
Sonic tried to talk to Knuckles on the train, but to no avail, he was now making out with Rouge and just ignored Sonic. Cream just made a bunch of faces like she was disgusted. Sonic didn't really think he should go with Tikal or anything, but he was concerned about Knuckles' current behavior and his neglect of the Master Emerald. When they got off the train Sonic one again tried to reason with Knuckles.
"Knuckles, come on, could you at least take Rouge to Angel Island or something? I mean, if Eggman gets a hold of that thing again it would be a pain to get it back!"
"Oh come on Sonic, you like a little adventure, don't you?"
Knuckles and Rouge walked away. Sonic decided to just take Cream home then go home himself, he just gave up. Finally Knuckles and Rouge arrived at her house, as Knuckles entered the door he for an instant did think that maybe what he was doing was totally wrong, he was hurting the feelings of his friends, he was away from his Emerald, but all those thoughts went away when Rouge came out wearing a very short and very tight black dress.
"Holy cow!"
Knuckles couldn't handle it and passed out. Rouge grabbed his feet and started to drag him up the stairs.
"Ho hum, looks like my Knuky poo is a little nervous. Hmm, looks like I'm gonna havta be a little patient with him."
She laid him in her bed, and petted him lightly on the head to wake him up.
"Oh Knuckles, what a shame, are you gonna pass out like this a lot?"
"I'm sorry, I don't know what was wrong with me. Just kiss me. That will make it all better."
But in the middle of the kiss they turned over and fell off the bed onto the floor, Knuckles hit his head kind of hard.
"Oww!"
"Hee hee, you need to work on you coordination!"
"I guess, now, where were we?"
"We were kissing."
"Oh, right."
(Since I am not a pervert, it will end right there. Anyway, do you really want to know what happens, then read the next chapter I will eventually write stupid!)