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Sonic adventure 2: A shadow's memory
Chapter 2 - the Guardian and the thief.
The Bartender and the thief
Unknown to him exactly what his purpose is, the dreadlocked Red echidna Knuckles rests beside the Emerald he has been destined to guard. The last of his kind, and so alone. He feels his destiny as a guardian goes hand in hand with his lone wolf nature. He thoughts and feelings are dominated by the need to protect the master Emerald, as only the Master Emerald can stop the seven chaos emeralds power. With the enormous power of the seven chaos, the possibility of people with Dark hearts using its power is high. The master Emerald is its fail-safe and so must be protected.
As an extra incentive the island it normally resides in floats due to the Master Emerald's power. For years the island was considered a myth due to the altitude is got to. The Ancient people thought it could be Heaven and so full of Angels, hence why it was named Angel Island. However when Dr. Eggman's Death egg crashed into the island and it fell into the ocean, the people soon discovered it including a certain blue hedgehog and his two tailed fox partner.
It was a beautiful sunny day, but not everything was as it seemed. Lurking in the shadows was a creature consumed with greed, a greed for Jewels. And the Master Emerald was some Jewel. The creature came out of the shadows to reveal a female bat. Her name was Rouge the bat, well known for her skills as a spy and a treasure and bounty hunter. Her abilities as a spy proved useful in sneaking up to the Master Emerald and stealing it without Knuckles knowing.
As she made her getaway Knuckles awoke, shocked to see his Emerald in the hands of some lowlife thief.
"Stop right there! I am the guardian of the Master Emerald, which you currently hold. You couldn't comprehend the importance of that Emerald. Bring it back before I'm forced to take action against you thief", Said Knuckles
"Ha! Bring it on Red. I've defeated tougher opponents than you", Said Rouge.
"Don't be fooled I'm tougher than I look", said Knuckles smiling. It was then that the Island started to shake.
"Whoa! What's going on?" Asked Rouge
"The Island is about to fall, that Emerald keeps it afloat. You have to return it, NOW!" shouted Knuckles
"Cool, a shortcut to the ground. Well if you want the Emerald you'll have to take it from me. All the worlds gems belong to me", Said Rouge
"Why you no good…" Said Knuckles. Rouge flew off to the edge of the Island; Knuckles got up and followed her.
Meanwhile Big the cat woke up to find himself on the edge of the desert. Right on the bay off the ocean.
"Oh my head! The desert? I must've drifted across the ocean from Prison Island. Well at least that's over, lets go home Froggy", Said Big. After a while Big noticed that the little frog hadn't jumped onto his shoulder as he usually does when Big calls.
"Froggy?" asked Big. He looked around and saw nothing, "FROGGY? WHERE ARE YOU?"
Suddenly there was a loud crash. Big looked in that direction and saw Angel Island crashing into the land. Within seconds two mysterious figures flew past him at high speeds. Big decided to follow.
In the sky rouge looked back to see if Knuckles was still following. Knuckles was gone,
"Ha lost him! How pathetic" Said Rouge. Suddenly Knuckles flew up from under her and knocked her down to the ground. The Master Emerald dropped out of her hands and onto the ground. Knuckles landed and Rouge got up.
"That was a cheap shot", Said Rouge
"You careless fool, you let Angel Island just crash into the land. Just be thankful it landed over empty space, rather than a big city"
"Just let it go you don't know when to give up, do you?" Said Rouge
"What are you talking about that Emerald's mine", Said Knuckles, "The Master Emerald contains special powers that neutralise the chaos emeralds, that makes it very powerful", Said Knuckles. Just then Dr. Eggman appeared and stole the Master Emerald.
"What the?" said Knuckles
"Thief!" exclaimed Rouge
"Huh! Look who's calling who a thief!" Said Knuckles.
"I came here following the signal from the Emerald, if I'm not mistaken this is the master emerald is it not", Said Eggman
"It's you Dr. Eggman", Said Knuckles.
"So that's Dr. Eggman", Said Rouge.
"This may prove useful, I'll just take it with me. Farewell Knucklehead", Said Eggman.
"Not if I can help it", Said Knuckles jumping fist first. His fist flew through the emerald and shattered it, scattering shards across the land.
"ARRGH! What was that for? And look what you did to MY emerald", Said Rouge.
"I did that to prevent it getting stolen you idiot. If it's in pieces I can restore it, and by the way that's not YOUR emerald", Said Knuckles
"Doesn't matter, I look into it once I get back to the base", Said Dr. Eggman heading towards the pyramid in the background.
"Ugh! I despise anyone who takes jewels from me. All the worlds gems belong to me", Said Rouge
"We'll just see about that, batgirl", Said Knuckles. And the two split up, searching for the Emerald shards. Knuckles head towards the nearby canyon, rouge headed towards the Lagoon.
Action stages: Dry lagoon (Rouge) and Wild canyon (Knuckles)
"My feet are on fire! The Emeralds must be close", Said Knuckles. He jumped into the wind tunnel and looked around. To his surprise there were GUN robots patrolling the area.
"The military? What are they doing here?" asked Knuckles, "Doesn't matter, I have to get the emerald shards". Knuckles dove down into the wind chamber. There was a loud siren.
"Halt! Whoever you are, show yourself. This is restricted property for the military's use only. Show yourself or we will be forced to take action", Said a loud voice.
"Great, this is all I need!" said Knuckles.
Meanwhile,
"I can sense some Emerald shards nearby. But what's this? GUN?" asked Rouge.
"Rouge the bat, this is restricted space. Explain your purpose here!" said a GUN robot.
"I'm looking for some Emerald shards that fell down here. Seen any?" asked Rouge.
"No. I'm sorry Rouge but without clearance I'll have to escort you outside", said the robot.
"What are you doing here anyway?" asked Rouge
"That is classified. Now will you please vacate the are before we are forced to take action", said the Robot. There was a short pause.
"What the hell, this could be fun", said Rouge diving into the lagoon.
Meanwhile Big had followed the two and sat high between the two areas. He looked down and saw Knuckles riding the wind currents to reach impossible heights, while Rouge freed a captive turtle, which repaid here by transporting her between areas. However while Knuckles escaped, Rouge was captured. Strangely it seemed like she went willingly.
He turned to his right and saw a blimp station. He walked over to it and found a blimp with the words "Got ring" getting ready for a trip to capitol city.
"Hello there. This blimp is going to capitol city right. Do you mind if you give me a lift? I'll pay you," said Big. After a bit of negotiating a deal was made and Big was taken to Capitol City.