Chapter 5:
Storming Eggquarters
Knuckles watched as the tornado fell crashing to the ground in a whiff of smoke. He had one hand into the wall of Eggquarters, and on hand holding onto Tails. Knuckles obviously had a lot of upper body strength, to be able to hold his weight, and Tails, while dangling off the side of a ship over 300,000 feet into the air. The bar that held Sonic, Shadow, and Rouge started to bend, and then snapped without anybody but Rouge making it out safely. Reflects kicking in as fast as lightning, she shot into the air, and flapped her wings swiftly. Sonic and Shadow plummeted to the ground, and disappeared out of sight from them. Knuckles looked up and gave Rouge the most evil look he could mutter up at the time, and then pulled himself and Tails up, placing them upon a small steel platform.
"I wonder what this thing is for." Rouge said, strutting the length of the platform. Knuckles just cocked his eyebrow up, and then turned and threw Tails over his shoulder.
"I guess we better get inside some how." Knuckles said. He surveyed the wall, looking for a week spot, but nothing showed up. He turned around on his heel to see Rouge flying forwards towards him, and then ducked. A hole in the wall appeared, as Knuckles stood up to see Rouge standing in a hole. She had an enormous smirk across her face, and Knuckles gave her a little push, stepping into the hole himself. A quick glance over his shoulder, and downwards towards the ground, he entered Eggquarters, and started to look around.
"Big place Robotnick's got here." Rouge said, continuously looking around. Small lights in the floors were the only source of light in the entire place, or at least as far as their eyes could see. Knuckles placed Tails on the floor, making sure that he didn't injure his head in any way. "Why don't you just leave the kid here?" Rouge asked in a snobbish matter.
"He is the last friend I have. I will not let him fall behind." Knuckles answered Rouge quickly. "If I have to carry him to Robotnick myself I will." Knuckles fists tightened as the rage was building up inside him. His teeth gritted, and then a small grunt let out from Knuckles' mouth.
"Calm down there killer." Rouge said sarcastically, spinning around, her hands on her hips. "We have to find Robotnick first before you use all that rage of yours up." She looked over her shoulder while giving Knuckles a smirk. A roll of the eyes quickly ended this conversation if you could call it that. They started to climb the wall, Rouge being quicker than Knuckles, because she did not have a two-tailed fox across her shoulders. He quickened his pace, and slowly caught up to her. The problem was digging his Knuckles into the steel wall. It caused quite an uproar that echoed through Eggquarters.
"Think you could pick up the pace a little?" Knuckles snarled at Rouge, who immediately shot upward, almost knocking Knuckles off the wall. "Wow." Knuckles gave a great sigh, and then followed after her with more speed. They reached the top of the wall, and then climbed up, and stood tall above the wall below them, now filled with holes.
"Think we could cut the noise down?" Rouge always seemed to have a witty come back to whatever Knuckles was thinking, or said. He shrugged, and then noticed a glow at the end of the hallway. A pair of gleaming green eyes stood at the end of the hallway, piercing through them with a hazy glare. Knuckles dropped Tails off his shoulder, and then prepared for the worst.
"You two make more noise than an elephant fighting a tiger." He said. Knuckles didn't understand how he knew they were coming, or who that was at the end of the hallway. He turned to Rouge to protect her, and a quick blast knocked him off his feet. Standing up, he noticed that a fireball had scorched his arm.
"Chaos." Knuckles growled down the hallway. Infuriated, Knuckles held out his hands, and closed his eyes. A bright blast filled the room, and then a crystal appeared in his hand. Chaos stood straight up, moving out of his laid back, leaning up against the wall pose. "Apparently, you do not know of the Chaos Emeralds." Knuckles said with a grin on his face.
"Of course I do." Chaos exclaimed, showing another grin on his face. "I created them. Why do you think they are called the Chaos Emeralds?" Knuckles stepped backwards at this statement, not knowing whether to believe Chaos, or not. True, the emeralds origin was unknown, but could they really have been created by Chaos. "They're used for war. They would collect the emeralds, and place them around themselves, giving themselves more power." Chaos said. "But you know this obviously, because what use to you would they be if you didn't know that." Knuckles did know that the emeralds wielded the power to unlock inner energy, but for war. Knuckles was the one protecting the master emerald, so that must have been the reason why he was assigned the job.
"You Knuckles, you are an echidna." Chaos quickly added. "The guardian of the master emerald, and one of the last of your kind. Besides for Tikal that is. You posses the last emerald I need to complete the Eclipse Cannon. Give me that Emerald!" Chaos was shouting, which echoed through out the small hallway made of steel.
"The Eclipse Cannon. Robotnick is up to that again?" Knuckles asked, stepping forwards and clenching his fist. "Then he'll never get this one." Knuckles closed his eyes once again to make the emerald disappear, but before he could, his concentration broke by a fireball, which knocked him off his feet.
"You insignificant fool." Chaos yelled with more rage than ever. "You will give me that emerald, right now." Chaos' eyes were glowing more than ever, which apparently wasn't good. He appeared in front of Knuckles, and then placed his boot over Knuckles' neck. "I will give you one last chance. Give me that emerald, or perish in the process." Knuckles gave a shrug, and then to his surprise, Chaos fell forwards, down the long hanger in which they had just climbed up a little bit ago. He rolled to his side, and then saw Tails, panting heavily, holding up and emerald.
"Tails." Knuckles said. "Thank you." He had a smile upon his face, and could hardly breathe now.
"No---Problem---Knux." Tails responded, trying to talk every couple seconds. He had put a lot of energy into that attack, which tired him out. Knuckles stood up, and then Tails' eyes went white, and he fell forwards. A quick swipe, and all Knuckles saw was a white flash, in which he fell forwards, and lay upon the floor. Rouge had betrayed them.
Storming Eggquarters
Knuckles watched as the tornado fell crashing to the ground in a whiff of smoke. He had one hand into the wall of Eggquarters, and on hand holding onto Tails. Knuckles obviously had a lot of upper body strength, to be able to hold his weight, and Tails, while dangling off the side of a ship over 300,000 feet into the air. The bar that held Sonic, Shadow, and Rouge started to bend, and then snapped without anybody but Rouge making it out safely. Reflects kicking in as fast as lightning, she shot into the air, and flapped her wings swiftly. Sonic and Shadow plummeted to the ground, and disappeared out of sight from them. Knuckles looked up and gave Rouge the most evil look he could mutter up at the time, and then pulled himself and Tails up, placing them upon a small steel platform.
"I wonder what this thing is for." Rouge said, strutting the length of the platform. Knuckles just cocked his eyebrow up, and then turned and threw Tails over his shoulder.
"I guess we better get inside some how." Knuckles said. He surveyed the wall, looking for a week spot, but nothing showed up. He turned around on his heel to see Rouge flying forwards towards him, and then ducked. A hole in the wall appeared, as Knuckles stood up to see Rouge standing in a hole. She had an enormous smirk across her face, and Knuckles gave her a little push, stepping into the hole himself. A quick glance over his shoulder, and downwards towards the ground, he entered Eggquarters, and started to look around.
"Big place Robotnick's got here." Rouge said, continuously looking around. Small lights in the floors were the only source of light in the entire place, or at least as far as their eyes could see. Knuckles placed Tails on the floor, making sure that he didn't injure his head in any way. "Why don't you just leave the kid here?" Rouge asked in a snobbish matter.
"He is the last friend I have. I will not let him fall behind." Knuckles answered Rouge quickly. "If I have to carry him to Robotnick myself I will." Knuckles fists tightened as the rage was building up inside him. His teeth gritted, and then a small grunt let out from Knuckles' mouth.
"Calm down there killer." Rouge said sarcastically, spinning around, her hands on her hips. "We have to find Robotnick first before you use all that rage of yours up." She looked over her shoulder while giving Knuckles a smirk. A roll of the eyes quickly ended this conversation if you could call it that. They started to climb the wall, Rouge being quicker than Knuckles, because she did not have a two-tailed fox across her shoulders. He quickened his pace, and slowly caught up to her. The problem was digging his Knuckles into the steel wall. It caused quite an uproar that echoed through Eggquarters.
"Think you could pick up the pace a little?" Knuckles snarled at Rouge, who immediately shot upward, almost knocking Knuckles off the wall. "Wow." Knuckles gave a great sigh, and then followed after her with more speed. They reached the top of the wall, and then climbed up, and stood tall above the wall below them, now filled with holes.
"Think we could cut the noise down?" Rouge always seemed to have a witty come back to whatever Knuckles was thinking, or said. He shrugged, and then noticed a glow at the end of the hallway. A pair of gleaming green eyes stood at the end of the hallway, piercing through them with a hazy glare. Knuckles dropped Tails off his shoulder, and then prepared for the worst.
"You two make more noise than an elephant fighting a tiger." He said. Knuckles didn't understand how he knew they were coming, or who that was at the end of the hallway. He turned to Rouge to protect her, and a quick blast knocked him off his feet. Standing up, he noticed that a fireball had scorched his arm.
"Chaos." Knuckles growled down the hallway. Infuriated, Knuckles held out his hands, and closed his eyes. A bright blast filled the room, and then a crystal appeared in his hand. Chaos stood straight up, moving out of his laid back, leaning up against the wall pose. "Apparently, you do not know of the Chaos Emeralds." Knuckles said with a grin on his face.
"Of course I do." Chaos exclaimed, showing another grin on his face. "I created them. Why do you think they are called the Chaos Emeralds?" Knuckles stepped backwards at this statement, not knowing whether to believe Chaos, or not. True, the emeralds origin was unknown, but could they really have been created by Chaos. "They're used for war. They would collect the emeralds, and place them around themselves, giving themselves more power." Chaos said. "But you know this obviously, because what use to you would they be if you didn't know that." Knuckles did know that the emeralds wielded the power to unlock inner energy, but for war. Knuckles was the one protecting the master emerald, so that must have been the reason why he was assigned the job.
"You Knuckles, you are an echidna." Chaos quickly added. "The guardian of the master emerald, and one of the last of your kind. Besides for Tikal that is. You posses the last emerald I need to complete the Eclipse Cannon. Give me that Emerald!" Chaos was shouting, which echoed through out the small hallway made of steel.
"The Eclipse Cannon. Robotnick is up to that again?" Knuckles asked, stepping forwards and clenching his fist. "Then he'll never get this one." Knuckles closed his eyes once again to make the emerald disappear, but before he could, his concentration broke by a fireball, which knocked him off his feet.
"You insignificant fool." Chaos yelled with more rage than ever. "You will give me that emerald, right now." Chaos' eyes were glowing more than ever, which apparently wasn't good. He appeared in front of Knuckles, and then placed his boot over Knuckles' neck. "I will give you one last chance. Give me that emerald, or perish in the process." Knuckles gave a shrug, and then to his surprise, Chaos fell forwards, down the long hanger in which they had just climbed up a little bit ago. He rolled to his side, and then saw Tails, panting heavily, holding up and emerald.
"Tails." Knuckles said. "Thank you." He had a smile upon his face, and could hardly breathe now.
"No---Problem---Knux." Tails responded, trying to talk every couple seconds. He had put a lot of energy into that attack, which tired him out. Knuckles stood up, and then Tails' eyes went white, and he fell forwards. A quick swipe, and all Knuckles saw was a white flash, in which he fell forwards, and lay upon the floor. Rouge had betrayed them.