Dreamwatcher:
Chapter 16
Two Echidna of Light and Dark
"One of us is Light
One of us is Dark
We have our differences
We have no same
We are both not compatible
Yet we can still be friends
If not, We will be foe
But a friend we love is at stake
Will we put aside our difference
So that we may free her
Or will we perish from each other?"
Author's Notes: Gah! Need more reviews…only one person is doing it…oh, and another thing, please keep all questions in the review section, don't e-mail me. But please, keep sending me those questions! Now, on with the next chapter.
*Amy's POV*
"So, what's the play called?" I asked.
"Asian dragons." Remington answered, "It's about the story of three warriors: Hiroki Mikado, a Japanese samurai who is skilled with his sword, Sheng Lee, A Chinese warlord who uses his spear, and Yumi Kim, a Korean ninja who uses her fans and umbrella as her weapon. They go on an adventure, a quest to save the three Kingdoms they hail from because the kingdoms are in danger of famine and evil. Only this one dragon can help, so they are searching for it."
"Wow, sounds fun." I smiled, "Oh, by the way, you look real good in your armor…but why did you paint your face white? And put those red marks around your cheeks and foreheads?"
"Why, you hate it?" He shrugged, " If you look, the actors have it, too."
"Oh…why do they have white faces?" I asked.
"Just traditional when it comes to Asian plays." Remington grinned.
I also manage to figure out what Remington meant when he said this theater was different. Every person was decked out in Asian wears…it was a rule here. Amazing.
"Oh." My, I know nothing about Asia and my father is one himself. He seem to be familiar with the play. My father once did say he was a giant fan of Asian plays. I sat down and got ready to watch the play.
"Oh, and you look good in your hanbook." He whispered. I blushed. I felt happy.
*Knuckles POV*
Great! I was a lead character in the play! I had to play the Chinese main character, Sheng Lee! My face was painted white, so I felt a bit embarrassed. I really shouldn't be since I have acted in plays before. My sword was replaced with spear. Unlike most acting, this spear was an actual one. It was a nice one, light and easy to use, Good. I actually felt like I could do it. Besides, I know this play by heart as I have seen it many times.
"Okay, guys, let's do it to it!" The manager came.
Everyone nods and looks at me.
"I'm ready!" I shouted. I could only hope Amy didn't recognize me.
*Normal POV (for ma sake as we will keep switching between Knuckles and Remmy/Amy)*
Knuckles was more then ready to perform. He knew all the lines by heart, he sang the songs he was suppose to, and fought bravely in fighting scenes. The other actors gave him winks and thumbs up to show he's doing fine.
"Hmmm…" Amy pondered.
"What is it?" Remington asked.
"That Chinese guy…he looks…familiar." Amy pointed. Remington also stared at the echidna playing Sheng Lee…he gasped.
Knuckles! He thought. What is he doing here? For Amy? Remington smirked. This is better then I thought.
"I swear, unless my eyes are going all wrong, that he looks like Knuckles." Amy pondered some more.
Knuckles dodged the sword blows and fought back with his spear. The other actors followed through. Knuckles, in his head, did what he could do to impress Amy who was watching from afar. For Amy, he thought. He didn't know about winning Amy's heart, but it would embarrass him a great deal if he messed up.
"Wow, I never knew an opera would have fighting scenes." Amy gasped.
"Well, this one does." Remington smirked.
"This is impressive." Amy smiled, "I wish I could be in that play, could give my skills a workout."
"Really?" Remington looked.
"Yea, you should be up there, too!" Amy urged, "You would be perfect for the role of Hiroki."
"It's awfully a coincidence that Remington's Japanese name is Hiroki, Amira." Came Kragok, Remington's father. A nice echidna…somewhat. He was an excellent leader to his people. He gave orders in a heartbeat. He was harsh a lot of times. Very fond of execution or severely punishing people. But he was extremely good to his son, Remington. He was one of the few people Remington respected and that is saying a lot.
Meanwhile, in another part of the theater, Fang, and three other weasels were awaiting. They were on top of the roof of the theater.
"Okay, we break in the glass we're on top of, grab Amy and make a run for it!" Fang ordered.
"Are you sure?" one of the weasels asked, "Shouldn't we just…ya know, sneak up?"
"I tried that." Fang sighed, "But Remington has good ears…and nose, I heard he's part wolf…like me."
"Well, let's go then." another weasel popped in.
So, the four weasels started off. Fang took out his pop gun and broke the huge window, causing the play to come to a screeching halt.
"What th-"
"Gracious!"
"Aya!!!"
More noises came from the audience as they expressed their feelings on the broken windows and the weasels.
"What the hell!?" one of the actors gasped.
"Oh-No, it's Fang!" Knuckles gasped, " And he brought company!"
"Remington, that's Fang!" Amy gasped as she stood from her seat.
"They must be after you again!" Eggman gasped, "Come, Amira, we have to run!"
"No, I won't runaway!" Amy shouted.
"Amy, don't be stupid!" Remington shouted.
"No, I won't run!" Amy came closer, "I can do this!"
Remington sighed and even tried to stop her, but she ran head long into battle.
"You stupid!" Remington gasp. He ran after her. He was amazingly fast for one wearing such heavy armor.
"There she is!" Fang pointed to Amy, who was running right after them, "Get her."
The weasels ran after the pink hedgehog, but Amy was extremely well good in her marital arts. She manage to knock out the weasels easily, but they just kept coming back. Knuckles dived down and joined in.
"Knuckles!?" Amy gasped, "It IS you!"
"Oh, hello." Knuckles smiled sheepishly, blushing madly.
"How did you get on stage?!" Amy gasped.
"It's a long story." Knuckles sighed as he punched one of the weasels.
The audience all started to run, making it hard for Remington to run to Amy and Knuckles. He was met with a punch by one of the weasels.
"You bastard." Remington punched him back, knocking him unconscious. Remington manage to join in with the others.
"Hello, people." Remington fought.
"Wow, they look like the Asian Dragons." Eggman smiled, "A samurai, a warlord, and a ninja…like the play."
"I don't think Amy's dress is very ninja-ish." Kragok popped in, "Though it is kinda…dark."
The three fought the weasels with such grace. Things didn't last that good when Fang came up from behind and knocked Amy unconscious.
"Amy!" Both Knuckles and Remington shouted. Fang picked up Amy and started to climb the rope that was hanging from the roof. Remington and Knuckles climbed in after. When they got to the top of the roof, they saw that Fang was nowhere. Remington tried to sniff for him.
"Nothing…he's gone." Remington sighed.
"THAT fast?!" Knuckles gasped.
The two went back down and revealed the news. Needless to say, Eggman did the unthinkable and started to cry…a lot.
"My poor…AMIRA!!!" Eggman howled, "MY POOR AMIRA!"
"There, there." Kragok's mother, Merlin-Da comforted him, "We'll get him back."
"But how will we do that?" Eggman sniffed back a tear, "Who wants my beloved daughter!?"
Remington eyed the three weasels they knocked unconscious during the fight,
"Perhaps they will tell us…" Remington grinned.
*Knuckles POV*
I swear, they would all die…whoever would hurt Amira. I will not rest at all until she is in safe arms again. The theater was completely empty, only Remington's family and Eggman, plus the weasels remained. I was on one of the theater seats, worried and scared for Amy. Meanwhile, Remington was busy torturing the three weasels. He had them tied upside down and he was screaming at them like a drill army soldier. Well, coming from the EST, I wasn't all that surprised.
"I'll ask one more time, WHERE IS SHE!?" Remington asked.
"We ain't saying nothing!" one of the weasels spoke.
"Lift them up higher!" Remington ordered. His uncle Rykor did so and the weasels were higher then before.
"Wah, what the hell!?" A weasel cried out.
"That's the whole routine, if you keep refusing me to tell where Amy is, you'll all go higher and higher and higher." Remington smirked, "and once you reach the top and you still don't answer, you'll all fall yo your doom."
"But you need us to give you the info to where Fang took your gal pal."
"I'm a cop, I have my ways to get information, I'm just taking a much easier route, now sing!"
"No way!"
The rope went higher. The weasels had high beliefs that Remington wouldn't kill them, but knowing Remington, those weasels did not know him very well.
Soon, they were up so high, the weasels were sweating, not to mention very blue on the faces, they were hanging upside for too long.
"Remington, this is enough, let them down!" I gasped, "The blood is rushing to their heads!"
"Knuckles, stay put." Remington ordered, "I know what I'm doing!"
"They'll be all unconscious!" I gasped, "Even they don't deserve this!"
"If they don't get punished, they won't ever tell."
The weasels were all groaning in pain. I was horrified. I knew Remington was cruel, but I never thought he would go this far.
"Remington!" I gasped.
"Fine!" He shouted, "Drop them."
"No, lower them down!" I shouted.
"Well, which one!?" Rykor shouted, "I only have one brain." Keep in mind, from what I heard, Rykor wasn't the brightest person on two legs.
"Lower them." Remington sighed. Rykor did so.
The weasels were all gasping for air. Remington came closer to them.
"Well, where is she?"
"Fang took her…to a secret headquarter…outside of the Angel Rainforest…in a cave…somewhere in Angel Waterfall…" then the weasel fainted…heck, all of them did.
"Angel Waterfall, that's the biggest waterfall of all Angel Island." I gasped.
Before I could ponder any further, Remington bolted out the door.
"Well, there he goes again, once he sets his mind on something, he'll finish it, no matter what." Kragok sighed.
"Remington, wait!" I ran after him. I wanted to save Amy as well, I cared about her so much.
"There goes Knuckles." I heard Kragok say.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Remington asked me as I caught up with him.
"I'm here to save Amy!" I answered, "I care about her, too!"
"Whatever." Remington turned away from me and focused on where he was running.
It felt kind of strange. I was still in my ancient Chinese wear, complete with white makeover, just as Remington was still in Japanese samurai gear with white makeover.
"We're not gonna fit very well in the crowd with our clothes." I told Remington.
"Something I really don't give a damn." Remington sighed.
"Really, Remington, do you care about anything?" I asked, rather sarcastically.
"Hardy Har Har." came the equally sarcastic Remington.
We ran for hours until we reached Angel Island. It was awfully dark as it must have been over Midnight.
"We rest for tonight." Remington sat down on a rock.
"What!?" I gasped, "But, we can't give up, what if they would something terrible to Amy!?"
"What if they won't?" Remington popped out, "Better to rest and be more energized for tomorrow, you of all people should know that."
Hate to admit it, but Remington was right. I decided to stay for the night as well. I gathered some firewood as Remington went out to fetch dinner.
I took out a fire ofuda and lit the branches and logs on fire. Then I awaited for Remington's return. Needless to say, he was back, his bottom legs soaking, then I found out why. He caught fishes.
"Here." He threw a fish at me.
"Ahh!" I manage to catch it, but the water from the fish sprayed at my face.
We took a stick and stuck the fish through it. Then, we stuck the sticks near the fire and let it cook. I sighed as I took off my hat.
Everything was deadly silent. The only noises was the crackling of the fire and crickets chirping.
"So...Umm…the night sky is beautiful." I tried to start a conversation, "Lots of stars."
Remington also looked up.
"Yea, lots of stars." he repeated, "You can't see stars in the city, too much lights."
"Well, when Echidnaopolis disappeared to another zone 10 years ago, I had an entire decade to look at stars."
"You must be lucky." Remington smiled, "I wasted my entire life in the city, hardly any worthy place for star gazing."
"Well, cities are like that." I smiled, "I loved my life…sure, it was harsh and cruel, but I face it everyday…or at least I try."
"Good for you." Remington sighed.
"Oh, the fish are done." I took my fish and bit off it. Mmm, delicious. Remington did the same.
We ate our food and then we put out the fire. I got comfortable in one spot while Remington did so in another and we both soon feel asleep.
Morning came rather quickly and we ate breakfast which consisted of berries and went on. I was used to living like this as I had for the past 10 years.
We were climbing up a steep hill covered with rocks and grass aplenty. I saw many waterfalls as we went, but I knew those weren't Angel Waterfall. Remington wasn't very familiar with the entire island as he lived most of his life in the city.
"If you want, I'll give you a tour sometime." I suggested. He gave me somewhat dirty look and I cringed a little.
"Fine." he shrugged. I smiled, maybe I can get through him after all.
We traveled further and we actually struck up a conversation that way. Sure, Remington ended his sentences short and to the point, but we actually had a meaningful conversation. I learned so much about him and I can only hope he did the same. It was noon when we rested for lunch. It consisted of MORE berries and fishes, but hey, food was food. This was what I ate much of the time when I was living out in the wild, though I ate a lot of Chinese food, thanks to Station Square, I mean, I couldn't live without Chinese food. It's true what they say, Asians can't live without rice. (Author's Notes: It's so true, I'm Korean and I cannot live without rice!!!)
"I miss rice already." Remington sighed as he ate his fish.
"Me, too." I smiled, "But hey, food is food." Remington nodded.
"Angel Waterfall is a hell of a long way." Remington sighed.
"Yea, it'll take a couple of days by foot." I sighed, "We also need a bath, we smell nasty, sweat sticking to our outfits, ugh."
"Is there a lake you know nearby where we can take a bath?" Remington asked, mouth full with fish and berries.
"There's one nearby, though it'll be night when we reach it." I sighed. Remington just shrugged.
Naturally, I did find it and we did take a bath. My gosh, was the water great to feel. I remember the days used t take baths like this. I sighed and took a deep breath and looked around for Remington.
"Remington" I looked around.
"Over here." He spoke. He was behind the rock. I swam over and saw him, his arms crossed, his eyes shut.
"Would you mind?" Remington asked, with a bit of tone in his voice, "I'm trying to concentrate."
"It's a bath." I sighed, "Unless your meditating in water…ahh, that is a good mental exercise."
"Nah, just thinking of some stuffs." Remington sighed. He uncrossed his arms and opened his eyes.
His hair was not stuck to his face, no longer messy and wavy like it usually was. For a prince, his hair was about as messy as they come. Me, Well, all had was fur. I sighed as I swam some more.
"Relaxing?" Remington asked, still unmoving from his one spot.
"Yea…aren't you going to swim?" I asked, "Don't tell me you're embarrassed."
"I usually take my showers and baths alone." Remington sighed.
"We're both guys here." I sighed, "Your talking to me as if I'm homosexual."
"Gosh, don't mention that word." Remington shuddered."
"What's wrong with that?" I came in.
"No, nothing at all, you just reminded me of one of the members in my EST team." Remington shuddered.
"Who?" I asked.
"Brock, 15 years old, smart kid, good with computers and what not. Has a big crush on me." Remington sighed, "You can tell he does…of course he's more bi then homo."
"Oh." I nodded, "So you feel a bit disturbed?"
"A bit?!" He gasped, "More then a bit, he freaks me out most of the time! He..tries to touch me whenever he gets chance."
"Uh…ok." I gulped, "More then I needed to know."
We were silent for the rest of the bath. After that, Remington and I got out and dried ourselves with my Wind ofuda and put our clothes back on.
"That was relaxing." I smiled.
"And disturbing." Remington mumbled, "May I never, ever take a bath like this again."
"I have a feeling you will." I smiled again.
"Yea, so do I."
We slept for another night and started off again in the morning. We were lucky to get some honey for our breakfast that day. We saw many a beautiful sight as we walked on. I eyed Remington occasionally and saw a face I never really expected to see in him: surpised. Remington was in utter shock and surprised. He looked all over the rainforest and I saw why he had that face on. This was the first time he ever viewed the rainforest up close and personal. Usually, when he goes from Echidnaopolis to Necronopolis and back and forth again, he rides a hover bike, so he had no time to marvel at what nature would show us, but now, he did and I think he loved it.
"Knuckles…I never knew how beautiful the rainforest can be." He gasped, "I only saw them through books…wishing I could visit it instead of being stuck in a city with no escape since the zone had nothing but the city when it was trapped there for 10 years."
"Didn't you ever view any wildlife back in the Twilight zone when you were a kid?" I asked, "Back when before you came to Echidnapolis and became an EST officer?"
"No, I stayed in the city at all times." Remington sighed, "I was happy, so I didn't care back then…now, I missed a lot."
"Well, I'll show you around, Angel Island has just about every element you could ever muster up!" I smiled, "We can go snowboarding on the Ice Caps, explore the volcanoes in Lava Reef, Swim under the ruins of Hydro City, sandsurf and visit the temples of Sandopolis."
"It is amazing how our ancestors have built such beautiful temples, temples I only saw in pictures." Remington made a contented face, one that shocked me as he was smiling, eyes half closed, as if he was dreaming.
"I'll show them to you all." I smiled, "We can visit the whole world, Remington! Me, you, Amy, Sonic, everyone!"
"Like a vacation?" He asked.
"Yea." I nodded, "Ever been on one?"
"No." He shook his head.
"Well, we'll all have one." I smiled, "Your missing out if you don't…what do you say?"
"I think that'll be fine." Remington smiled, still shocking me.
"Oh, look…Angel Waterfall." I pointed, "We're here."
To Be Continued…
PROFILE:
Tails
Full Name: Miles "Tails" Prower
Age: 11
Height: 2'11
Job: Mechanic, Pilot
Weapon: His tails, his inventions
Magic: None
Birthdate: Nov.23
Birthplace: Westside Island
Eyes: Blue
Fur: Orange
Vechicle: Bi-PlaneL Tornado (though it has undergone many changes)
Speech: Average, but uses a lot of big words due to his intelligence
Nationality: Western
Family: Amaedus (father-dead), Rosemary (mother-Dead)
Tails lost his parents when he was just a young baby. They were killed by an unknown force which also caused Sonic's parents to be killed and the result of hi two tails (if you must know the unknown forcw, you can e-mail me about this one). Sonic took Tails and they both grew up together in South Island where Tails' family was visiting one day.
Tails was given that name since he had two tails, that and he hated Miles. He grew up intelligent and would always look through magazines full of mechanics for tips and hints. He began tinkering with the little stuff when he was still below 2. He had perfect speeches and was just as smart as Knuckles and Remington. Sonic thought this was no biggies at first, until three years old Tails made a bi-plane which forever shocked Sonic for the rest of his life. He knew that Tails was gifted.
Little tails followed in Sonic's footstep all the time. Where Sonic went, Tails followed. He learned to survive from Sonic's help and even fought alongside him against Eggman, his mechanical rival. He has met his match. Tails built more and more as he aged and Sonic took good use of Tails' mechanical inventions.
Of course, Tails no longer wanted to grow up as Sonic's shadow. By the time he was eight, Tails tried his best to become a hero himself instead of being known as Sonic's partner and many times, he has succeed. Many people rely on Tails just as much as Sonic and that makes him happy, but no matter what, Tails will always be with Sonic. He owes him for taking care of him.
Tails, by far, is a happy child. He is contented with his work and loves to hang around with "big" brother, Sonic. He is, of course, seriously intelligent for his age and he realizes this everyday and takes good advantage of it. He usually can strategize and is mature for a child of his age. He's not as helpless as many people think. He usually tries new challenges and never gives up on what he believes. He even makes inventions alongside Eggman nowadays. Needless to say, Tails still has not realize his potential, but someday, he will.
Big
Full Name: Kelvin (means "water") "Big" Pennyworth (he got stuck with a surname he hates)
Age: 20
Height: 6'7
Job: Fisher, in secret, he is really the captain of the G.U.N army, but Sonic and friends (not even Rouge) knows that
Weapon: Fishing lure, himself
Magic: None
Birthdate: Sept.9
Birthplace: London, England
Eyes: Yellow
Fur: Violet with Indigo
Vechicle: A hovercraft for water use: Aquarius
Speech: Average, with a calm tone
Nationality: English, with some bit of Scottish, also part Jewish
Family: Thomas father), Miranda (mother)
You wouldn't believe me if I told ya that Big grew up as a wealthy child in London. There, he was served food, clothing, anything he desired. Big, of course, didn't like the boring life he led. He wanted some excitement in his life. He got the chance when he was still a young boy when he heard of the G.U.N. He ranaway from home and joined immediately where he became a fine soldier. He soon graduated as Captain of the Army. Big was given many missions and most of the time, he succeed. He was very contented with his life. Naturally, he housed himself in the Mystic Ruins where he met Froggy. The two became fast friends and when Big isn't busy with his life in G.U.N, he led a quiet life fishing in the Mystic Ruins, happy that he doesn't have any further trouble. Of course, his life got more involved when he met Sonic and his life changed as he helps save the world alongside him. Big may be a nice, quiet guy, but he's got a big secret his friends doesn't know of…yet.
Big is a nice guy, he really is. He tries to get everyone together as he is the glue that hold everyone together. He tries to help resolve problems and never really speak out in anger. He's a nice, innocent guy. He holds a lot of responsibilities. He's very good with them, which often surprised the others for a guy who only fishes all the time…or so they think. Big is easily guilty of his secret an wishes to tell, but cannot as ordered. He tries, however, to make the most of his friendship and will do anything for his friends, even Froggy who usually makes jokes to him. Overall, a nice guy with a relaxing and powerful heart and a responsible side.