A/N: thank you once again to my dedicated reviewers MysticShadowChick and
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REVIEW... woo. Heh. Anyway on with the story...
Oh and I still don't own sonic the hedgehog.
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Blue walked happily home, actually she had claimed to be sick during the last five minutes of her last lesson and then legged it home through the woods so Cole wouldn't be able to follow her home, but she was walking happily now. The reason she was so happy was that she knew Sonic would be there when she got home, he had called yesterday to say that he had almost finished saving the world and would be home by the time she got back from school the next day. And that day was today.
She hated it when he left, although she did enjoy being with Knuckles on the floating island; he'd taught her how to fight properly since she was a kid, not to mention self defence at her request after what happened two years ago... but she didn't want to think of that now. She didn't have a worry in the world right now, she was doing fine in school and had no homework for the weekend, Sonic would be back, and she'd managed to lose Cole, for today at least.
But the quills on the back of her neck stood up as she got into sight of the house, for one thing the lights were all off; and Sonic always left all the lights on in the house even though Blue nagged him about it. On an impulse she ran to the door to see a note taped to it, she instantly knew it wasn't Sonic's handwriting. She read the note, then after a pause she re- read it.
The note fluttered to the floor and Blue's hands began to shake.
She looked up in the sky at Knuckles' island and pulled a large thin silver disk out of her bag, she pressed a button on it and engines unfolded from almost nowhere she jumped on it and it lurched violently forward. She took a deep breath a focused she began to spiral upwards on the disk up to Knuckles' Island.
Knuckles would know what to do.
She hoped so, because she sure didn't.
She floated over the edge of the Island and called out Knuckles' name desperately, then her eyes slowly began to pick out things that were wrong in the picture she could see and hear.
For one, there was no reply from Knuckles, secondly there were scorch marks on the floor, thirdly there were tank-shaped (though smaller) tracks going through the mud and leading into the jungle. And as she lurched into the forest on her disk she noticed blood on a few of the trees, and red echidna quills embedded in a few.
"KNUCKLES!" she shouted desperately. She suddenly burst into a clearing and saw the red echidna lying on the floor with blood staining his white gloves and a coal-black hedgehog leaning over him.
"No!" She shouted shoving Cole away, he rolled on the floor and looked up at her in shock.
"What did you do?!" She screamed at him.
"Nothing! I came here looking for you and-" Cole began getting up.
"What?! And when you couldn't find me you stab Knuckles?!" She screeched getting hysterical.
"But there were these robots and I-" He stuttered.
"Just go!" She shouted and bent down to take care of Knuckles.
"Knux, speak to me!" Blue begged as tears ran down her face, Knuckles coughed and Blue winced as blood ran out of the corner of his mouth, he looked up at her.
"Blue..." He said as if he had just remembered who she was.
"Yeah, what happened? What did Cole do to you?" Blue frowned.
"Cole? What, the hedgehog?" Knuckles coughed again, "He didn't do anything, I'd probably be dead if it weren't for him; he fought of these robots, there were too many..." Knuckles said looking up at Blue's shocked face. She looked around but Cole had disappeared.
"He's taken Sonic." Blue said hoarsely.
"Who, Cole?" Knuckles asked getting confused.
"No. Eggman." Blue laughed slightly at Knuckles' obvious mistake.
"Listen. You have to go find him." Knuckles held up a hand to Blue's oncoming protest. "I'll be fine, I'll live. No-one other than Eggman wants the Emerald and the robots didn't get it. Listen, Tails stuck at tracer in Sonic so that he can always be found; unfortunately it works on the same power source as your disk. There's a locator in his workshop at your house, I knew this would happen, so trust me." Knuckles said quietly.
"How?" Blue asked softly.
"There was a prophecy, I discovered it a while ago; but I knew if I said anything I'd affect it and Sonic could die. Listen you have to go after Sonic, but you have to take Cole with you." He answered.
"What?!" Blue shouted.
"Blue! I would never question your word, so don't question mine; you've never had any reason to doubt me so don't start now. Just do it." Knuckles growled.
(A/N: I can't help but be reminded of Jackie Chan Adventures here: "One more thing, never question Uncle!". Heh, cracks me up every time... I guess knuckles is getting like Uncle the older he gets. (I also don't own Jackie chan characters either))
"I trust you Knux." Blue sighed.
The coal-coloured hedgehog vehemently kicked a stone off the island, he hope it hit someone on the way down. How could she? How could she think that he would hurt someone that she cared about? He was hurt more than he wanted to admit over the fact that she apparently didn't trust him at all. Hell, why was he even doing this anyway? He'd ditched girls for much less than this before. What made her so different?
But you know. A little voice in the back of his head whispered.
You know she's the girl you've been looking for in all those others before. You're intoxicated by her. And you love it. The voice persisted.
"Shut up." He growled to the voice in his head. His ears pricked up suddenly, surely not more robots? Suddenly Blue came bursting through the trees on a silver flying disk, his mind overrided this weird entrance and let his eyes focus on how beautiful she looked.
'No. Bad thoughts, she accused you of stabbing someone a minute ago!'
His brain continued to ignore his mind.
"Cole! Thank goodness I found you. I'm sorry, Knuckles told me what happened." Blue apologised quickly.
'Okay... well... she still... oh fine, don't listen. You're standing there with you mouth open anyway.' his mind sulked.
"Listen, I need your help." Blue began.
'See?! She's using you!' His mind said triumphantly, the rest of his body ignored his mind in the general agreement that they were totally fine with Blue using them.
"Sonic's been kidnapped, I need you to help me come rescue him." She explained anxiously. Cole's mind managed to seize control of his open mouth to say something that wasn't along the lines of "let me give you some lovin'" or something along those lines...
"Why do you need me?"
"Because Knuckles said there's some prophecy or another, and I trust him. Please Cole, Sonic might die." Blue pleaded with tears coming to her eyes.
After a short and bloody war with his body and his conscience Cole's mind surrendered without terms and was forced, along with Cole's common sense, to be locked in the back of his brain until further notice.
"For you." His body replied.
Oh and I still don't own sonic the hedgehog.
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Blue walked happily home, actually she had claimed to be sick during the last five minutes of her last lesson and then legged it home through the woods so Cole wouldn't be able to follow her home, but she was walking happily now. The reason she was so happy was that she knew Sonic would be there when she got home, he had called yesterday to say that he had almost finished saving the world and would be home by the time she got back from school the next day. And that day was today.
She hated it when he left, although she did enjoy being with Knuckles on the floating island; he'd taught her how to fight properly since she was a kid, not to mention self defence at her request after what happened two years ago... but she didn't want to think of that now. She didn't have a worry in the world right now, she was doing fine in school and had no homework for the weekend, Sonic would be back, and she'd managed to lose Cole, for today at least.
But the quills on the back of her neck stood up as she got into sight of the house, for one thing the lights were all off; and Sonic always left all the lights on in the house even though Blue nagged him about it. On an impulse she ran to the door to see a note taped to it, she instantly knew it wasn't Sonic's handwriting. She read the note, then after a pause she re- read it.
The note fluttered to the floor and Blue's hands began to shake.
She looked up in the sky at Knuckles' island and pulled a large thin silver disk out of her bag, she pressed a button on it and engines unfolded from almost nowhere she jumped on it and it lurched violently forward. She took a deep breath a focused she began to spiral upwards on the disk up to Knuckles' Island.
Knuckles would know what to do.
She hoped so, because she sure didn't.
She floated over the edge of the Island and called out Knuckles' name desperately, then her eyes slowly began to pick out things that were wrong in the picture she could see and hear.
For one, there was no reply from Knuckles, secondly there were scorch marks on the floor, thirdly there were tank-shaped (though smaller) tracks going through the mud and leading into the jungle. And as she lurched into the forest on her disk she noticed blood on a few of the trees, and red echidna quills embedded in a few.
"KNUCKLES!" she shouted desperately. She suddenly burst into a clearing and saw the red echidna lying on the floor with blood staining his white gloves and a coal-black hedgehog leaning over him.
"No!" She shouted shoving Cole away, he rolled on the floor and looked up at her in shock.
"What did you do?!" She screamed at him.
"Nothing! I came here looking for you and-" Cole began getting up.
"What?! And when you couldn't find me you stab Knuckles?!" She screeched getting hysterical.
"But there were these robots and I-" He stuttered.
"Just go!" She shouted and bent down to take care of Knuckles.
"Knux, speak to me!" Blue begged as tears ran down her face, Knuckles coughed and Blue winced as blood ran out of the corner of his mouth, he looked up at her.
"Blue..." He said as if he had just remembered who she was.
"Yeah, what happened? What did Cole do to you?" Blue frowned.
"Cole? What, the hedgehog?" Knuckles coughed again, "He didn't do anything, I'd probably be dead if it weren't for him; he fought of these robots, there were too many..." Knuckles said looking up at Blue's shocked face. She looked around but Cole had disappeared.
"He's taken Sonic." Blue said hoarsely.
"Who, Cole?" Knuckles asked getting confused.
"No. Eggman." Blue laughed slightly at Knuckles' obvious mistake.
"Listen. You have to go find him." Knuckles held up a hand to Blue's oncoming protest. "I'll be fine, I'll live. No-one other than Eggman wants the Emerald and the robots didn't get it. Listen, Tails stuck at tracer in Sonic so that he can always be found; unfortunately it works on the same power source as your disk. There's a locator in his workshop at your house, I knew this would happen, so trust me." Knuckles said quietly.
"How?" Blue asked softly.
"There was a prophecy, I discovered it a while ago; but I knew if I said anything I'd affect it and Sonic could die. Listen you have to go after Sonic, but you have to take Cole with you." He answered.
"What?!" Blue shouted.
"Blue! I would never question your word, so don't question mine; you've never had any reason to doubt me so don't start now. Just do it." Knuckles growled.
(A/N: I can't help but be reminded of Jackie Chan Adventures here: "One more thing, never question Uncle!". Heh, cracks me up every time... I guess knuckles is getting like Uncle the older he gets. (I also don't own Jackie chan characters either))
"I trust you Knux." Blue sighed.
The coal-coloured hedgehog vehemently kicked a stone off the island, he hope it hit someone on the way down. How could she? How could she think that he would hurt someone that she cared about? He was hurt more than he wanted to admit over the fact that she apparently didn't trust him at all. Hell, why was he even doing this anyway? He'd ditched girls for much less than this before. What made her so different?
But you know. A little voice in the back of his head whispered.
You know she's the girl you've been looking for in all those others before. You're intoxicated by her. And you love it. The voice persisted.
"Shut up." He growled to the voice in his head. His ears pricked up suddenly, surely not more robots? Suddenly Blue came bursting through the trees on a silver flying disk, his mind overrided this weird entrance and let his eyes focus on how beautiful she looked.
'No. Bad thoughts, she accused you of stabbing someone a minute ago!'
His brain continued to ignore his mind.
"Cole! Thank goodness I found you. I'm sorry, Knuckles told me what happened." Blue apologised quickly.
'Okay... well... she still... oh fine, don't listen. You're standing there with you mouth open anyway.' his mind sulked.
"Listen, I need your help." Blue began.
'See?! She's using you!' His mind said triumphantly, the rest of his body ignored his mind in the general agreement that they were totally fine with Blue using them.
"Sonic's been kidnapped, I need you to help me come rescue him." She explained anxiously. Cole's mind managed to seize control of his open mouth to say something that wasn't along the lines of "let me give you some lovin'" or something along those lines...
"Why do you need me?"
"Because Knuckles said there's some prophecy or another, and I trust him. Please Cole, Sonic might die." Blue pleaded with tears coming to her eyes.
After a short and bloody war with his body and his conscience Cole's mind surrendered without terms and was forced, along with Cole's common sense, to be locked in the back of his brain until further notice.
"For you." His body replied.