Well, this is the second chapter of my new fanfic, Fighting for the Past.
I got into writing it, so it got pretty long. If you haven't read the last
chapter, please do so! And I also recommend reading the bio I posted, The
Daughter of the Master Emerald Guardians. It'll inform you more about
Knuckles's daughter. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this next part! ^_^
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Chapter 2: This Jewel Seems Familiar
We go back into the apartment where Knuckles and his daughter, live. As you may have recalled from the previous chapter, Knuckles mysteriously disappeared from his apartment. His daughter, (her name is Laki), came from her first day of high school to find her father gone. She went to bed believing that she would wake up and he'd be home. But he wasn't. Today, more of the past will come into the present when Laki discovers something that her father was keeping from her...
~~Current Time: Sometime in August, 2:30 am~~ ~~Location: Knuckles's Apartment~~
"I wish I could go back to sleep, but I can't knowing that my Dad still isn't home yet," Laki says to herself.
"Maybe since I can't sleep, I'll go get something to eat," (Laki then gets out of bed and goes to her closet to find something to wear.)
"Hmm, what should I wear today? Yesterday I wore a pretty blah outfit, today I'm gonna change that," Laki decides.
Laki goes deep into her closet, all the way to the back. She finds an old outfit that she hadn't worn for years. It was a leather skirt that was a very dark shade of purple. And with it, was a small sleeveless top that would expose her mid-drift. Not to mention that it was laced up the back. (It also showed plenty of cleavage) She quickly took the outfit from its hanger and put it on. She did not have a mirror in her room, so she went into Knuckles's room to see herself in his mirror.
"Something is missing..." Laki thought.
"I know!" (excitedly, Laki opened her dad's accessories box.)
Inside, she found several different punky necklaces, collars, rings, and even a few pairs of earrings. She picked out a particular spike bracelet that she had bought for her dad a couple years ago and put it on her right wrist. She then went back to the mirror again to look herself over. Satisfied, she closed the box and went back to her closet.
"Ah ha! There are those shoes..." Laki said, looking at some black- leather, steel-toe boots.
She immediately put them on. Then, she got some money, and headed out of the apartment. While walking down the hallway, she noticed Amy pacing around the elevator. She rushed over to see what Amy was worried about this time.
"Amy, why are you up at this hour?" Laki asked.
"What? I should be asking YOU that, Laki," Amy scolded.
"First, you tell me, you were up first," Laki protested.
"All right, all right, girl. I was worried about Knuckles. I have been waiting to give Knuckles this necklace for the whole night. You remember? The one I bought him yesterday," (Amy holds out the necklace.)
"Yeah, I remember it," Laki replies.
"Well, has he come home yet?" Amy asked in an anxious voice.
"No he hasn't been back all evening. I woke up at about 1 this morning. I couldn't sleep," (Laki yawns)
"(Amy sighs) I guess then that I'll have to give it to you then, Laki. I have to go to work at 7, if I don't get any sleep, I'll be a wreck," (She hands the necklace to Laki.)
"I'll be sure to give it to him as soon as he comes home," Laki reassures Amy.
"Say, why don't you try it on, Laki? I bet you'd look great in it, too!" Amy tells Laki.
"Uh, ok," (Laki puts on the necklace.)
"OH, MY, GOD!!! It looks fabulous on you!" (Amy's mouth opens wide.)
"It kinda does," Laki responds.
"If you are going out, you should wear it!" Amy encourages.
"Ok, I will Amy," Laki replies.
"Well, I'm off to bed, see ya' later, girl!" (Amy waves and heads off to her apartment.)
"Bye Amy!" (Laki waves back and heads to the elevator.)
As soon as Laki gets to the first floor, she immediately begins to think about Knuckles again. Where could he be? Laki continues to wonder about her father even after she walks out the entrance. She walks down the sidewalk, looking for a place where she can get some late night/early morning food. The only place she could find was the China Corner, where her friend Roxy works. She went inside.
"Roxy, why are you working this late?" Laki asks Roxy, who was bussing a table.
"Oi, Laki. You won't believe it! My co-worker got sick yesterday during school, so I had to fill in for her tonight! Ugh... ....What is up with that outfit?" Roxy asks Laki after noticing her clothes.
"Oh, I couldn't sleep. So I got out some of my old clothes and wanted to get something to eat. Is anyone in the back cooking?" (Laki looks towards the back of the restaurant.)
"Jimmy is. Whaddaya want?" Roxy asks Laki.
"Oh, I'll just have some Noodle Soup," Laki said.
"Okey-dokey. JIMMY, I NEED A NOODLE SOUP," Roxy shouts to Jimmy.
"OK!" Jimmy shouts back.
Roxy and Laki sit down and start to talk. Laki explains about her father's strange disappearance and that he hasn't been home all night. When Jimmy brings her the soup, he sits down with the two and wants to hear about it as well. When Laki explains it to him, he tells her that he saw a big fleet of airships flying over the Emerald Coast just outside of Station Square. He says that he didn't know where they were going, but they seemed to all be heading in the same direction. Laki thinks about this for a minute, and remembers her father telling her of such an air fleet that he and his friends had to destroy a long time ago. She disregards this thought. After she finishes eating, she pays Roxy and heads out the door.
~~Time Elapse: About 2 hours~~
Laki is now waiting at the bus-stop for her bus to arrive. She has her bus-pass in hand. She soon sees Amy walking by. Laki calls her over, and Amy rushes to her.
"What's up, girl?" Greets Amy.
"Not much, just waiting for my bus. They are running behind schedule today," Laki comments.
"Oh, you're waiting for the bus? Haha, you won't believe this," Amy giggles.
"What, what won't I believe?" Laki asks.
"I remember a long time ago, when Eggman was trying to take over Station Square. The workers at the train station went on strike. They wanted better working conditions. And they forced us to wait to use the train again! But now, can you guess who is on strike?" (Amy arches her eyebrow at Laki.)
"Lemme guess, the bus workers?" Laki guesses.
"Right on, girl! You really catch on quickly," Amy responds.
"I guess that means that I will be walking to school then," (Laki sighs.)
"Probably not, I just read the newspaper a little bit ago, and they've canceled school until the bus transit system is up and running again," Amy answered.
"Oh really? Wow. Only one day of school, and we already have it canceled. It's almost disturbing. Like, it was SUPPOSED to happen on purpose," Laki says as she quivers.
"Well, since you don't have school, how'd ya' like to go shopping?" Amy offers.
"Sure, why not?" Laki responds.
"Great! I've got my trusty Visa equipped already, we are gonna have a lot fun! (Amy suddenly notices Laki's clothes) Hey by the way, where did you get that outfit?" Amy asks.
"Oh, um, it was such a long time ago... I can't remember," Laki answers.
"Well, we've gotta get you some new clothes, girl! This skirt is just not workin' for you," Amy remarks.
Amy then grabs Laki's hand and runs to the nearest clothing outlet. She looks through countless racks, shelves, and departments and picks up different articles almost randomly. Laki would have protested, but she had seen Amy shop before, and she knew that Amy knew what she was doing.
~~Time Elapse: About 7 hours~~
It is now about 2 pm. Amy is now taking Laki to the dressing rooms... with about four shopping carts full of clothes. Amy then looks through all of the clothes she picked out, and holds them up to Laki. She throws out about half of them after doing this. Then, she starts to look for the colors that best accent Laki and what types of clothing look best on her. After she is through with that, she is left with about seven different outfits. Amy makes Laki try on all of them. Laki is really frustrated at this point. But when she comes out with the last outfit on, this is Amy's reaction:
"OH MY GOD!!! I THINK THAT I AM LOOKING AT THE DAUGHTER OF VENUS RIGHT NOW!" (Amy drops her purse.)
"Amy, shhh! You're making a scene," Laki says as she blushes.
"Oops, sorry. I got carried away. Hee hee. But that outfit is SOOOO you! You have to see yourself in this mirror," (Amy then turns Laki to a mirror.)
"I don't look THAT good Amy. I mean, these clothes are just normal clo... (Laki sees herself in the mirror) WHOA! I didn't know that people can actually look like this!" (She continues to look at herself, satisfied.)
"What'd I tell ya'? All it takes is a good day of clothes shopping to get the perfect look," Amy says.
"Well, I'd better get home. If my dad came back yet, he' be worried sick if I wasn't there," Laki says.
"Ok, I'm gonna keep shopping. Here is some money for your outfit, wear it out so EVERYONE can see the new you!" Amy encourages.
"(laughs) Alright, I will. Bye Amy!" Laki bids.
"See ya' later, sista!" Amy jokes.
Laki sends Amy a funny look, and then heads to the front of the store. She pays the clerk, and heads out. She strolls down the sidewalk, humming to herself. Today couldn't have gotten any better. Suddenly, her stomach begins to growl. She realizes that while she was shopping, she completely forgot about lunch. So she heads over to the China Corner for a late-lunch.
~~Time Elapse: About 4 hours~~
Laki is now back in her apartment. She had eaten way too much lunch, so she wasn't going to have any supper. She decides that since she has no homework and won't be going to school, that she do something useful while she at home. Even though her father, Knuckles, is not home, she is almost content, for she has had a pretty good day. She figures that her dad would be mad that she went and spent some one else's money on new clothes, so she was going to go organize his closet. (It was such a mess, and Knuckles always had a hard time finding anything in it.) She went into his room, but stopped by his mirror, just to look at her new look again. She loved the flared jeans that she was wearing along with her purple, heeled sandals. And she adored her red top with two purple stripes. She didn't normally wear tube-tops, but she really loved this one. After gawking at herself, she went over to Knuckles closet.
"Ok, let's start by separating all of these clothes," Laki said to herself.
"I'll put the shirts over here, and the pants over there, and then I'll make spots for them in the closet," She replied to herself.
When that was done, she couldn't believe how much more room there was. She immediately hung up all of the clothes in order of color. Then, she picked up all of the extra stuff on the floor of the closet and sorted them into boxes. She however, was short one box, and had to go look for another. She had no sooner left the closet when she noticed a gigantic box sitting all the way in the back of the closet. (Laki knew that Knuckles's closet was big and deep, but not that big and deep!) Immediately, she went over to it. It wasn't hard for her to move, for she was really strong, but she couldn't help but wonder what was in the oversized box. She knew that it was none of her business and was about to put it back, until she heard a noise. It sounded like crystal droplets of water. She had a glass of water sitting on Knuckles's dresser, and that was where it was coming from. She would have thought herself insane, but the sound was telling something. It was telling her to "Open the box." She was overcome with a compelling feeling and opened it. When she opened it, a blinding green light filled the room.
"What is that!?" Laki shouted.
Suddenly, the light ceased, and Laki could not believe her eyes. Floating in front of her, was a humongous green gem, it was breath-taking. It seemed to glow passionately as Laki looked at it.
"This jewel, it is so lovely," Laki said outloud.
"But, it seems like I have known it all my life, like, I've seen it before," (Laki begins to think deeply.)
"It is odd, thinking of jewel as if it were a person. But, still..." Laki pauses.
{Laki...} A voice whispered.
"Who, who said that?" Laki stuttered.
{Laki, I know that you can hear me...} the voice whispered.
"Show yourself!" Laki demanded.
{When it is time, but not now...} the voice responded.
"(Laki suddenly feels like this voice is a voice that she had heard before.) Do I, know you?" She asks.
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Wow, this chapter got really long. Sorry about that! Anyway, how'd ya' like chapter 2? If you enjoyed it, or have an opinion, please review! And please, no flames. If you dislike clothes and shopping, sorry that chapter centered around it! I promise that the next one won't! Anyway, I wrote this over Valentine's Weekend, so I may not get chapter 3 posted very soon, but I will try! And again, please review!
Chapter 2: This Jewel Seems Familiar
We go back into the apartment where Knuckles and his daughter, live. As you may have recalled from the previous chapter, Knuckles mysteriously disappeared from his apartment. His daughter, (her name is Laki), came from her first day of high school to find her father gone. She went to bed believing that she would wake up and he'd be home. But he wasn't. Today, more of the past will come into the present when Laki discovers something that her father was keeping from her...
~~Current Time: Sometime in August, 2:30 am~~ ~~Location: Knuckles's Apartment~~
"I wish I could go back to sleep, but I can't knowing that my Dad still isn't home yet," Laki says to herself.
"Maybe since I can't sleep, I'll go get something to eat," (Laki then gets out of bed and goes to her closet to find something to wear.)
"Hmm, what should I wear today? Yesterday I wore a pretty blah outfit, today I'm gonna change that," Laki decides.
Laki goes deep into her closet, all the way to the back. She finds an old outfit that she hadn't worn for years. It was a leather skirt that was a very dark shade of purple. And with it, was a small sleeveless top that would expose her mid-drift. Not to mention that it was laced up the back. (It also showed plenty of cleavage) She quickly took the outfit from its hanger and put it on. She did not have a mirror in her room, so she went into Knuckles's room to see herself in his mirror.
"Something is missing..." Laki thought.
"I know!" (excitedly, Laki opened her dad's accessories box.)
Inside, she found several different punky necklaces, collars, rings, and even a few pairs of earrings. She picked out a particular spike bracelet that she had bought for her dad a couple years ago and put it on her right wrist. She then went back to the mirror again to look herself over. Satisfied, she closed the box and went back to her closet.
"Ah ha! There are those shoes..." Laki said, looking at some black- leather, steel-toe boots.
She immediately put them on. Then, she got some money, and headed out of the apartment. While walking down the hallway, she noticed Amy pacing around the elevator. She rushed over to see what Amy was worried about this time.
"Amy, why are you up at this hour?" Laki asked.
"What? I should be asking YOU that, Laki," Amy scolded.
"First, you tell me, you were up first," Laki protested.
"All right, all right, girl. I was worried about Knuckles. I have been waiting to give Knuckles this necklace for the whole night. You remember? The one I bought him yesterday," (Amy holds out the necklace.)
"Yeah, I remember it," Laki replies.
"Well, has he come home yet?" Amy asked in an anxious voice.
"No he hasn't been back all evening. I woke up at about 1 this morning. I couldn't sleep," (Laki yawns)
"(Amy sighs) I guess then that I'll have to give it to you then, Laki. I have to go to work at 7, if I don't get any sleep, I'll be a wreck," (She hands the necklace to Laki.)
"I'll be sure to give it to him as soon as he comes home," Laki reassures Amy.
"Say, why don't you try it on, Laki? I bet you'd look great in it, too!" Amy tells Laki.
"Uh, ok," (Laki puts on the necklace.)
"OH, MY, GOD!!! It looks fabulous on you!" (Amy's mouth opens wide.)
"It kinda does," Laki responds.
"If you are going out, you should wear it!" Amy encourages.
"Ok, I will Amy," Laki replies.
"Well, I'm off to bed, see ya' later, girl!" (Amy waves and heads off to her apartment.)
"Bye Amy!" (Laki waves back and heads to the elevator.)
As soon as Laki gets to the first floor, she immediately begins to think about Knuckles again. Where could he be? Laki continues to wonder about her father even after she walks out the entrance. She walks down the sidewalk, looking for a place where she can get some late night/early morning food. The only place she could find was the China Corner, where her friend Roxy works. She went inside.
"Roxy, why are you working this late?" Laki asks Roxy, who was bussing a table.
"Oi, Laki. You won't believe it! My co-worker got sick yesterday during school, so I had to fill in for her tonight! Ugh... ....What is up with that outfit?" Roxy asks Laki after noticing her clothes.
"Oh, I couldn't sleep. So I got out some of my old clothes and wanted to get something to eat. Is anyone in the back cooking?" (Laki looks towards the back of the restaurant.)
"Jimmy is. Whaddaya want?" Roxy asks Laki.
"Oh, I'll just have some Noodle Soup," Laki said.
"Okey-dokey. JIMMY, I NEED A NOODLE SOUP," Roxy shouts to Jimmy.
"OK!" Jimmy shouts back.
Roxy and Laki sit down and start to talk. Laki explains about her father's strange disappearance and that he hasn't been home all night. When Jimmy brings her the soup, he sits down with the two and wants to hear about it as well. When Laki explains it to him, he tells her that he saw a big fleet of airships flying over the Emerald Coast just outside of Station Square. He says that he didn't know where they were going, but they seemed to all be heading in the same direction. Laki thinks about this for a minute, and remembers her father telling her of such an air fleet that he and his friends had to destroy a long time ago. She disregards this thought. After she finishes eating, she pays Roxy and heads out the door.
~~Time Elapse: About 2 hours~~
Laki is now waiting at the bus-stop for her bus to arrive. She has her bus-pass in hand. She soon sees Amy walking by. Laki calls her over, and Amy rushes to her.
"What's up, girl?" Greets Amy.
"Not much, just waiting for my bus. They are running behind schedule today," Laki comments.
"Oh, you're waiting for the bus? Haha, you won't believe this," Amy giggles.
"What, what won't I believe?" Laki asks.
"I remember a long time ago, when Eggman was trying to take over Station Square. The workers at the train station went on strike. They wanted better working conditions. And they forced us to wait to use the train again! But now, can you guess who is on strike?" (Amy arches her eyebrow at Laki.)
"Lemme guess, the bus workers?" Laki guesses.
"Right on, girl! You really catch on quickly," Amy responds.
"I guess that means that I will be walking to school then," (Laki sighs.)
"Probably not, I just read the newspaper a little bit ago, and they've canceled school until the bus transit system is up and running again," Amy answered.
"Oh really? Wow. Only one day of school, and we already have it canceled. It's almost disturbing. Like, it was SUPPOSED to happen on purpose," Laki says as she quivers.
"Well, since you don't have school, how'd ya' like to go shopping?" Amy offers.
"Sure, why not?" Laki responds.
"Great! I've got my trusty Visa equipped already, we are gonna have a lot fun! (Amy suddenly notices Laki's clothes) Hey by the way, where did you get that outfit?" Amy asks.
"Oh, um, it was such a long time ago... I can't remember," Laki answers.
"Well, we've gotta get you some new clothes, girl! This skirt is just not workin' for you," Amy remarks.
Amy then grabs Laki's hand and runs to the nearest clothing outlet. She looks through countless racks, shelves, and departments and picks up different articles almost randomly. Laki would have protested, but she had seen Amy shop before, and she knew that Amy knew what she was doing.
~~Time Elapse: About 7 hours~~
It is now about 2 pm. Amy is now taking Laki to the dressing rooms... with about four shopping carts full of clothes. Amy then looks through all of the clothes she picked out, and holds them up to Laki. She throws out about half of them after doing this. Then, she starts to look for the colors that best accent Laki and what types of clothing look best on her. After she is through with that, she is left with about seven different outfits. Amy makes Laki try on all of them. Laki is really frustrated at this point. But when she comes out with the last outfit on, this is Amy's reaction:
"OH MY GOD!!! I THINK THAT I AM LOOKING AT THE DAUGHTER OF VENUS RIGHT NOW!" (Amy drops her purse.)
"Amy, shhh! You're making a scene," Laki says as she blushes.
"Oops, sorry. I got carried away. Hee hee. But that outfit is SOOOO you! You have to see yourself in this mirror," (Amy then turns Laki to a mirror.)
"I don't look THAT good Amy. I mean, these clothes are just normal clo... (Laki sees herself in the mirror) WHOA! I didn't know that people can actually look like this!" (She continues to look at herself, satisfied.)
"What'd I tell ya'? All it takes is a good day of clothes shopping to get the perfect look," Amy says.
"Well, I'd better get home. If my dad came back yet, he' be worried sick if I wasn't there," Laki says.
"Ok, I'm gonna keep shopping. Here is some money for your outfit, wear it out so EVERYONE can see the new you!" Amy encourages.
"(laughs) Alright, I will. Bye Amy!" Laki bids.
"See ya' later, sista!" Amy jokes.
Laki sends Amy a funny look, and then heads to the front of the store. She pays the clerk, and heads out. She strolls down the sidewalk, humming to herself. Today couldn't have gotten any better. Suddenly, her stomach begins to growl. She realizes that while she was shopping, she completely forgot about lunch. So she heads over to the China Corner for a late-lunch.
~~Time Elapse: About 4 hours~~
Laki is now back in her apartment. She had eaten way too much lunch, so she wasn't going to have any supper. She decides that since she has no homework and won't be going to school, that she do something useful while she at home. Even though her father, Knuckles, is not home, she is almost content, for she has had a pretty good day. She figures that her dad would be mad that she went and spent some one else's money on new clothes, so she was going to go organize his closet. (It was such a mess, and Knuckles always had a hard time finding anything in it.) She went into his room, but stopped by his mirror, just to look at her new look again. She loved the flared jeans that she was wearing along with her purple, heeled sandals. And she adored her red top with two purple stripes. She didn't normally wear tube-tops, but she really loved this one. After gawking at herself, she went over to Knuckles closet.
"Ok, let's start by separating all of these clothes," Laki said to herself.
"I'll put the shirts over here, and the pants over there, and then I'll make spots for them in the closet," She replied to herself.
When that was done, she couldn't believe how much more room there was. She immediately hung up all of the clothes in order of color. Then, she picked up all of the extra stuff on the floor of the closet and sorted them into boxes. She however, was short one box, and had to go look for another. She had no sooner left the closet when she noticed a gigantic box sitting all the way in the back of the closet. (Laki knew that Knuckles's closet was big and deep, but not that big and deep!) Immediately, she went over to it. It wasn't hard for her to move, for she was really strong, but she couldn't help but wonder what was in the oversized box. She knew that it was none of her business and was about to put it back, until she heard a noise. It sounded like crystal droplets of water. She had a glass of water sitting on Knuckles's dresser, and that was where it was coming from. She would have thought herself insane, but the sound was telling something. It was telling her to "Open the box." She was overcome with a compelling feeling and opened it. When she opened it, a blinding green light filled the room.
"What is that!?" Laki shouted.
Suddenly, the light ceased, and Laki could not believe her eyes. Floating in front of her, was a humongous green gem, it was breath-taking. It seemed to glow passionately as Laki looked at it.
"This jewel, it is so lovely," Laki said outloud.
"But, it seems like I have known it all my life, like, I've seen it before," (Laki begins to think deeply.)
"It is odd, thinking of jewel as if it were a person. But, still..." Laki pauses.
{Laki...} A voice whispered.
"Who, who said that?" Laki stuttered.
{Laki, I know that you can hear me...} the voice whispered.
"Show yourself!" Laki demanded.
{When it is time, but not now...} the voice responded.
"(Laki suddenly feels like this voice is a voice that she had heard before.) Do I, know you?" She asks.
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Wow, this chapter got really long. Sorry about that! Anyway, how'd ya' like chapter 2? If you enjoyed it, or have an opinion, please review! And please, no flames. If you dislike clothes and shopping, sorry that chapter centered around it! I promise that the next one won't! Anyway, I wrote this over Valentine's Weekend, so I may not get chapter 3 posted very soon, but I will try! And again, please review!