The Child That Could Be Chapter 10
By Angnix
The next morning Tikal woke up from her uneasy sleep.
"Looks like another day of watching the Emeralds."
Tikal first walked around a bit trying to find something to eat; luckily she didn't have to go too far, there were plenty of fruit-producing trees on the island. Then she walked across the wooden plank bridge that lead to where the Emerald Alter rested. She sat herself down on one of the stone steps and resting her head between her hands. She stared outward hoping something would come along to make the day more interesting. Suddenly she spotted a blue plane off in the distance; it was Tails and Kentlechan checking up on the island. Tikal waved hi to them, but then they threw something to her out of the plane. Tikal picked the cb radio up and pushed the button on it.
"Tikal, you can use that to talk to us any time you want, and we can talk to you! Just call us if you need anything and we will drop it to you out of the plane!"
"Thanks guys! You are such a good friend to me Tails!"
Tikal sat down clutching the radio to her heart, a tear came to her eyes, she would not have to be totally alone. But still she could not talk to them face-to-face.
Meanwhile Tails and Kentlechan returned to Tails' Workshop and Tails decided to get breakfast since they didn't eat yet.
"Kentlechan, doesn't it feel good helping people?"
"Yea, I guess all those years of biting heads off were for nothing."
Tails just sort of backed away a little and continued to fry his eggs. After eating Tails remembered he should tell Sonic and Knuckles about the radio he gave to Tikal.
"Hey Sonic and Knuckles, I gave a cb radio to Tikal so we can talk to her any time we want!"
Knuckles looked a little sad.
"Why didn't you guys give me a radio when I was guarding the Emerald?"
"Well, uh, I didn't think that you would want to talk to anyone! Plus Tikal is not used to being alone like you are."
"I suppose so."
Sonic butted in.
"Hey Kentlechan, any yellow stains on the sheets?"
"Sonic!"
"No, but I thoroughly inspected them though."
"Hahahahah!"
"Sonic! Stop it now; I am trying to be serious!"
"Sorry Tails, it's just that, I can't resist! Anything else we need to know Tails?"
"Oh yea, I also got Angel Island under radar surveillance, if anything suspicious approaches the island I will know about it!"
"Great Tails, talk to you later, don't let the bed bugs get soaked!"
"Sonic!"
"Ha ha, bye!"
Meanwhile back on Angel Island Tikal was getting board again so she pressed the radio button.
"Tails, are you there?"
"Uh, I'm busy, what's up?"
"I need someone to talk to, I am bored."
"Uh sorry, talk to you later."
Tikal just sat the radio down and stared off into the distance again. Suddenly something tapped her shoulder from behind. Tikal turned around and was startled to see Rouge!
"Hello Tikal, heard you were all alone. I came to take your pretty Emeralds to add to my own collection."
Tikal pressed the button on the radio but Rouge kicked it out of her hand and destroyed it.
"They can't help you anyway; I believe you told them that Chaos cursed them to die if they set foot on this island?"
"I am the Emerald Guardian now and I will do what it takes to keep you from taking the Emeralds from the island! Heaven's Justice!"
Lightning immediately struck Rouge but she seemed unharmed.
"Insulative rubber clothing, your lightning bolts have no effect on me, so hand them over!"
"Never!"
Tikal tried to punch Rouge, but it was no use. Rouge hit the ground hard with a Hip Drop and Tikal fell. Then she turned around real quick and sent out a Black Wave. Tikal was hurt so bad that she couldn't get up, then she passed out.
"That was way too easy, now part two of my plan!"
Rouge went to the alter and took the Master Emerald and all seven Chaos Emeralds. She arrived on the island in a small helicopter that she had because of her spy operations and she loaded them up and took them away. The helicopter didn't even set off Tails' radar. Rouge flew off into the distance. A minute later the entire island crashed into the sea, that set off Tails' radar like crazy. Tails went into a panic!
"Angel Island fell! Someone took the Emeralds! What to do? What to do!"
Tails picked up the cb radio.
"Tikal, Tikal? Are you there Tikal???"
Only static could be heard on the other end of the radio. Tails immediately called Sonic and Knuckles. Sonic and Knuckles were watching TV again, Sonic was enthralled in Night of the Werewolf Zombie Vampire Mummy 11, Knuckle was just sitting there again sick of the fact that this was the 5th movie in that series he was forced to watch because of Sonic. Knuckles was relieved that the phone rang and he answered it.
"Sonic! Angel Island fell! Tikal is in trouble!"
"Angel Island fell?!?!?!?!?! I knew something like this was going to happen!!!"
"Oh it's you Knuckles, anyway I tried to reach her on the radio but I got nothing!"
"We have to go there!"
"But we can't set foot on the island, remember?"
"Yea, but I can fly, and we can always fire at stuff from my plane!"
"Well, I have to go anyway; it is, well, was my Emerald."
"And I want to go too Tails, come in your plane right away and pick us up at Emerald Coast right away!"
"Okay, see you in a little bit!"
Tails hung up the phone and started toward the door.
"Tails, can I go too?"
"No Kentlechan, I don't have room in my plane!"
"I understand, good luck!"
"Bye Kentlechan and behave!"
As soon as Tails took off in his plane Kentlechan fell and landed on one of Tails inventions smashing it too bits.
"Darn. Maybe I can fix."
Tails picked up Sonic and Knuckles and they headed off as fast as they could toward Angel Island. Tails flew over the island. Next to the now empty Emerald Alter was Tikal lying face down.
"Tikal!"
Knuckle jumped off the plane and glided toward Tikal.
"What are you doing Knuckles?"
Knuckles landed beside Tikal and picked her up in his arms. Tikal slowly opened her eyes.
"Tikal, are you okay?"
"I will be fine. Rouge took the Emeralds, she knew must have heard our conversation in Station Square when Chaos banned all of you from the island with a curse. The curse! Knuckles, you aren't supposed to be here!"
"I don't care about a stupid curse! I care about the Emeralds, and I care about you! Rouge is going to pay for trying to kill you again! I will never rest until the Emeralds are restored to their rightful place!"
But after speaking those words Knuckles suddenly lost his grip on Tikal. Knuckles fell backwards and Tikal fell on top of him with her head on his chest. She could fell his heart starting to waver and his breathing growing shallower and shallower. After a minute they stopped all together. Tikal gathered enough strength to roll off of him and now she was kneeling on her knees bend over Knuckles. She took her hand and closed his eyes that were just a minute ago looking down on her. She closed her eyes, tears hitting Knuckles' face and rolling off his cheeks onto the ground below.
By Angnix
The next morning Tikal woke up from her uneasy sleep.
"Looks like another day of watching the Emeralds."
Tikal first walked around a bit trying to find something to eat; luckily she didn't have to go too far, there were plenty of fruit-producing trees on the island. Then she walked across the wooden plank bridge that lead to where the Emerald Alter rested. She sat herself down on one of the stone steps and resting her head between her hands. She stared outward hoping something would come along to make the day more interesting. Suddenly she spotted a blue plane off in the distance; it was Tails and Kentlechan checking up on the island. Tikal waved hi to them, but then they threw something to her out of the plane. Tikal picked the cb radio up and pushed the button on it.
"Tikal, you can use that to talk to us any time you want, and we can talk to you! Just call us if you need anything and we will drop it to you out of the plane!"
"Thanks guys! You are such a good friend to me Tails!"
Tikal sat down clutching the radio to her heart, a tear came to her eyes, she would not have to be totally alone. But still she could not talk to them face-to-face.
Meanwhile Tails and Kentlechan returned to Tails' Workshop and Tails decided to get breakfast since they didn't eat yet.
"Kentlechan, doesn't it feel good helping people?"
"Yea, I guess all those years of biting heads off were for nothing."
Tails just sort of backed away a little and continued to fry his eggs. After eating Tails remembered he should tell Sonic and Knuckles about the radio he gave to Tikal.
"Hey Sonic and Knuckles, I gave a cb radio to Tikal so we can talk to her any time we want!"
Knuckles looked a little sad.
"Why didn't you guys give me a radio when I was guarding the Emerald?"
"Well, uh, I didn't think that you would want to talk to anyone! Plus Tikal is not used to being alone like you are."
"I suppose so."
Sonic butted in.
"Hey Kentlechan, any yellow stains on the sheets?"
"Sonic!"
"No, but I thoroughly inspected them though."
"Hahahahah!"
"Sonic! Stop it now; I am trying to be serious!"
"Sorry Tails, it's just that, I can't resist! Anything else we need to know Tails?"
"Oh yea, I also got Angel Island under radar surveillance, if anything suspicious approaches the island I will know about it!"
"Great Tails, talk to you later, don't let the bed bugs get soaked!"
"Sonic!"
"Ha ha, bye!"
Meanwhile back on Angel Island Tikal was getting board again so she pressed the radio button.
"Tails, are you there?"
"Uh, I'm busy, what's up?"
"I need someone to talk to, I am bored."
"Uh sorry, talk to you later."
Tikal just sat the radio down and stared off into the distance again. Suddenly something tapped her shoulder from behind. Tikal turned around and was startled to see Rouge!
"Hello Tikal, heard you were all alone. I came to take your pretty Emeralds to add to my own collection."
Tikal pressed the button on the radio but Rouge kicked it out of her hand and destroyed it.
"They can't help you anyway; I believe you told them that Chaos cursed them to die if they set foot on this island?"
"I am the Emerald Guardian now and I will do what it takes to keep you from taking the Emeralds from the island! Heaven's Justice!"
Lightning immediately struck Rouge but she seemed unharmed.
"Insulative rubber clothing, your lightning bolts have no effect on me, so hand them over!"
"Never!"
Tikal tried to punch Rouge, but it was no use. Rouge hit the ground hard with a Hip Drop and Tikal fell. Then she turned around real quick and sent out a Black Wave. Tikal was hurt so bad that she couldn't get up, then she passed out.
"That was way too easy, now part two of my plan!"
Rouge went to the alter and took the Master Emerald and all seven Chaos Emeralds. She arrived on the island in a small helicopter that she had because of her spy operations and she loaded them up and took them away. The helicopter didn't even set off Tails' radar. Rouge flew off into the distance. A minute later the entire island crashed into the sea, that set off Tails' radar like crazy. Tails went into a panic!
"Angel Island fell! Someone took the Emeralds! What to do? What to do!"
Tails picked up the cb radio.
"Tikal, Tikal? Are you there Tikal???"
Only static could be heard on the other end of the radio. Tails immediately called Sonic and Knuckles. Sonic and Knuckles were watching TV again, Sonic was enthralled in Night of the Werewolf Zombie Vampire Mummy 11, Knuckle was just sitting there again sick of the fact that this was the 5th movie in that series he was forced to watch because of Sonic. Knuckles was relieved that the phone rang and he answered it.
"Sonic! Angel Island fell! Tikal is in trouble!"
"Angel Island fell?!?!?!?!?! I knew something like this was going to happen!!!"
"Oh it's you Knuckles, anyway I tried to reach her on the radio but I got nothing!"
"We have to go there!"
"But we can't set foot on the island, remember?"
"Yea, but I can fly, and we can always fire at stuff from my plane!"
"Well, I have to go anyway; it is, well, was my Emerald."
"And I want to go too Tails, come in your plane right away and pick us up at Emerald Coast right away!"
"Okay, see you in a little bit!"
Tails hung up the phone and started toward the door.
"Tails, can I go too?"
"No Kentlechan, I don't have room in my plane!"
"I understand, good luck!"
"Bye Kentlechan and behave!"
As soon as Tails took off in his plane Kentlechan fell and landed on one of Tails inventions smashing it too bits.
"Darn. Maybe I can fix."
Tails picked up Sonic and Knuckles and they headed off as fast as they could toward Angel Island. Tails flew over the island. Next to the now empty Emerald Alter was Tikal lying face down.
"Tikal!"
Knuckle jumped off the plane and glided toward Tikal.
"What are you doing Knuckles?"
Knuckles landed beside Tikal and picked her up in his arms. Tikal slowly opened her eyes.
"Tikal, are you okay?"
"I will be fine. Rouge took the Emeralds, she knew must have heard our conversation in Station Square when Chaos banned all of you from the island with a curse. The curse! Knuckles, you aren't supposed to be here!"
"I don't care about a stupid curse! I care about the Emeralds, and I care about you! Rouge is going to pay for trying to kill you again! I will never rest until the Emeralds are restored to their rightful place!"
But after speaking those words Knuckles suddenly lost his grip on Tikal. Knuckles fell backwards and Tikal fell on top of him with her head on his chest. She could fell his heart starting to waver and his breathing growing shallower and shallower. After a minute they stopped all together. Tikal gathered enough strength to roll off of him and now she was kneeling on her knees bend over Knuckles. She took her hand and closed his eyes that were just a minute ago looking down on her. She closed her eyes, tears hitting Knuckles' face and rolling off his cheeks onto the ground below.