New Beginnings

A/N: Just something quick to mind, The Brother parts in this are inspired by Metal Gear Solid, which is owned by Konami

Chapter 4

I've made up my mind, I must destroy the Chaos Onyx, It's the only way I can truly feel safe . . . "Are you ready Rouge?" I ask her as I lock the door to my house. "I am Knuckles." We walked over to the Master Emerald shrine, where all seven Chaos Emeralds resided. I grabbed the purple one, oh how it reminded me of Rouge. No! Now is not the time for that. I looked over to her, and she grabbed the Red Chaos Emerald. My right eyebrow quirked, and I sighed. "Chaos is power, enriched by the heart." I started to chant, even though that wasn't the true call. "May the heart guide us . . . CHAOS CONTROL!" Rouge shouted alongside me, and in a flash of light, we teleported off of Angel Island, and to a different grassy field. "Green Hill." I said to Rouge.

I knew a fight would happen here, so I prepared by bringing some drill mines. I sheathed them in my dimensional pocket, one that I picked up during the ARK adventure. "So! You came! BROTHER!" I heard someone with an English accent shout. "Death Fist . . ." I silently said. Sure enough, he fell from the sky, already in a fighting pose. "Before we begin Brother, there is something I must do." Suddenly he punches, not at me, but at . . . "ROUGE WATCH OUT!" But it was too late, a dark wave struck her and knocked her on the floor, Knocked out, but breathing. "You have fifteen minutes to defeat me Brother . . . otherwise, your girlfriend gets turned to my side!" My eyes widened, and I took no hesitation, I went straight in with a punch, one that he dodged easily. "You're forgetting that I am practically your clone!" He was right; he had my exact same skills, and knew them like I knew them.

No one moved. I was hoping that he would make the next move, but he just stood there. Looks like I have to start moving again. I circled him, ever so slowly. "Is that the best you got Knuckles?" Death said harshly, "Not quite." I respond with the same harshness. I went in for another left punch. He moved to the right and I smiled. 'Gotcha' I said to myself. 'This is a risky move but it might just work . . .' I anchor my fist into the ground, and did a handstand split kick to my brothers face. He recoiled, and fell on his butt. I unanchored my fist and got in a fighting pose once more. I allowed him to recover. "Sneaky move BROTHER!" He shouted once more in his English accent. "That's annoying Death Fist, you sound like some English Idiot, who wants to rule the world with nukes . . ."

(A/N: Blame Konami)

That seemed to do it. I could see his eyes burn with flame, but not a normal flame, but some sort of unholy flame. Before I knew it, I was defending myself from his relentless attacks. Damn this guy is fast, if not faster than me! Just when I thought I saw an opening it was gone. I saw it again, AH! A pattern . . . 'Left, left, Right Left, right, right, left, left, THERE!' I punched his gut at that instant, stumbling he tripped into the hole I created when I anchored my fist, and that's not all. I placed a drill mine there. I ducked, just in time to have the explosion go over my head.

After the dust had cleared, I saw my brother lying there unconscious, with the Chaos Onyx in his hands. A fear went in my heart and I looked over to Rouge. She was struggling to awaken. "Rouge!" I run over to her. "Knu.ckl.ee.s.." She says softly before falling asleep once more. I pick her up and then walk to my brother, take the Chaos Onyx, and walk away from Green Hill and back towards Mystic Ruins. The truth is, Mystic Ruins is connected to Green Hill. So it wasn't a long walk, not that I minded.