Chapter 2: Monsters of Chaos

Place: Station Square
Time: 1:00pm

"Red or Blue?"

Amy the hedgehog is one of Sonic's best friends. She adores Sonic and would never leave his side for anything. When Finalhazard was defeated, she moved to a new flat and got a new roommate.

Amy paced up and down. She couldn't decide on which dress to wear.

"Red or Blue? Cream!" shouted Amy still thinking.
"What Amy?"

Cream the Rabbit is a new friend. She is a young and very polite young girl who would help anyone. Her Chao, Cheese, has been her best friend since she was young and sometimes is very helpful.

"Which should I wear? Red or Blue?" repeated Amy.
"Red. It suits you more."
"Thanks Cream!" said Amy.

Amy walked behind the screen in her room and began to get changed. Then, there was a knock at the door.

"I'll get it!" shouted Cream when she was at the door.

Cream opened the door and came face to face with Sonic, Tails and Knuckles. Cream knew who Sonic was as soon as she saw him. She dragged him in and sat him on a chair.

"Hello Mr Sonic! Can I get you a drink?"
"CHEESE!" shouted cheese.
"Ermm..." said Sonic, watching Tails and Knuckles walk in, "Is Amy in?"
"AMY!" shouted Cream, "Sonic's here and he brought friends."

Amy walked in and brushed the dust of her dress. She saw Sonic and ran up to hug him. Sonic dodged the hug and Amy hugged the chair instead. She stood up and cast Sonic a mean look.

"Cream, this is Tails and this is Knuckles" said Amy.
"Hi Mr Knuckles. Hi Tails." Cream blushed as she said hi to Tails.

Tails smiled and sat on a nearby chair.

"What are you here for then Sonic?" said Amy trying to ignore him.
"There's a new bad guy on the loose and we could do with your help."
"That's big of you" said Amy.
"Come on Amy! Help us!" said Tails.
"Ok. Just for Tails though. Where are we going?"
"The museum to get the chaos emeralds." said Knuckles.

Amy ran into her room and threw aside a huge pile of clothes. She picked up her Piko Piko hammer and her new crossbow. She had been practicing with it for awhile and was getting good. She ran back in and faced Cream.

"Cream. Be good Ok?" Cream nodded.

"Mr Sonic? Could you watch me play in the parade?"
"When is it?" asked Sonic.
"Tomorrow"
"OK, I'll watch" Cream jumped and said bye as they left. She walked into her room and picked up her Violin.

It was purple and had the purple Chaos Emerald embedded in the centre.

"Should we have told them Cheese?" said Cream.
"Cheese?" said the Chao.
"Anyway, lets practice for Mr Sonic!"
"CHEESE!" Cream played her Violin and the soft, pure music floated out into the noisy street.

Place: Unknown Temple
Time: 1:10pm

Cheq sat in his throne. He closed his eyes and relaxed. Then, a bright glow flew off him and formed a perfect map of the world.

"Perfect! Locate Chaos Emeralds!" said Cheq, pleased.

Five dots of Blue, Purple, Grey, Green and Yellow appeared on the map.

"Hmm.. Only five. The Sixth must be lost. I will find it but first..."

Cheq reached out and touched the grey dot. It zoomed in on a giant ship floating above the Bermuda triangle. There was a giant face of man with a moustache on the side.

"Maybe I can get help from this person in exchange for a little jewel?"

Cheq stood up and the map floated away.

"Time to return. CHAOS WARP!"

Cheq vanished and left the temple empty.

Place: Egg Carrier 3, Lab
Time: 1:15

"Blasted Contraption!!"

Dr Eggman as he is called by Sonic is a scientific genius that tries everything to stop Sonic. After Finalhazard, he stole the grey Emerald and is trying to harness it's power to some effect.

Eggman stood up and paced in front of the Chaos Emerald. He had tried everything to make it work for him but it seemed mysterious. Every time he tried something on it he blacked out and woke up two days later. Something was wrong with it. He had to try one more time...

"I wouldn't do that if I was you"
"Who's there?" said Eggman, startled.
"I have come to help you master"

Cheq walked out of the Shadows that were concealing him and began to walk towards him. Eggman placed his finger on a red button.

"I trust no one!"

Eggman pushed the red button and 100 robots flew out towards Cheq, firing all of their lasers. Cheq easily dodged all of these and began smashing the robots to pieces. He took care not to use any Chaos moves as Eggman would then know to much. After the last robot fell, Eggman lowered another machine, Metal Sonic. The robot flew around Cheq like he had wings.

This machine is like the spike. He is weaker though thought Cheq.

Cheq leapt up into the air and brought down his fist hard into Metal Sonic's head. The robot whirled before receiving a one inch punch to the chest which threw him into a nearby electricity source. His eyes blacked out.

"Who are you?" said Eggman, now very worried.
"I am stronger creature than you but I need you help. I want you to take care of a little blue spike for me" said Cheq.
"Sonic..." said Eggman.
"And in return I would show you how to use the Emerald you hold".

Eggman thought before standing in front of Cheq and offering his hand. Cheq grabbed Eggmans hand and smiled.

"First, I would like you to find the remaining Chaos Emeralds for me from this map".

Cheq moved his hand and the map from before appeared. Eggman nodded.

"I have to get something first though.."

Cheq turned and returned to the shadows before a bright light warped him away. Eggman smiled. This Echidna knew what he wanted and so did Eggman.

Place: Station Square, Museum
Time: 1:15pm

Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Amy all walked into the museum. Amy ran over to clerk and got a leaflet which was a map of the museum. She opened it and everyone gathered round.

"Where shall we go first?" said Tails.
"The Emeralds here and the tablets are on the other side" noted Knuckles.
"Tails, Amy. You go to the tablets. Me and Knuckles will go get the Chaos Emerald" said Sonic.

Everyone nodded and walked off to their destinations.

Place: Museum, tablet room
Time: 1:18pm

Tails and Amy walked in and soon saw the stone tablets found on Angel Island. Tails walked up to them and Amy kept watch. Tails began to read the tablets.

"Long ago, Chaos came to put the world into chaos".
"Well DUH!" said Amy. Tails ignored her and carried on.

"When Chaos absorbed the emeralds he became perfect but a Echidna named Tikal locked him away with herself in the Master Emerald. She did not seal his power though"
"Tails!"

Amy ran at Tails and pushed him into a nearby cupboard. She left the door open slightly to see what was happening.

"Stupid tablets. Covered in dust"

It was just the janitor and he left after brushing the tablets. Amy and Tails both fell out of the cupboard and Amy saw something on the tablet. She stood up and pressed the button. The tablet fell away leaving another tablet in it's stead. Tails inspected.

"Whats it say?" asked Amy.

Tails opened his eyes and grabbed Amy's arm.

"We have to go now!" shouted Tails.
"Why?" said Amy
"Because Sonic and Knuckles are going to be outnumbered" Amy followed Tails quickly and they ran as fast as they could towards the Chaos Emerald chamber.

Place: Museum, Emerald Chamber
Time: 1:18pm

Sonic and Knuckles entered the chamber and saw the Emerald protected by tainted glass.

"Well no one is getting that" said Sonic.
"I don't know..." said Knuckles "Cheq is strong".
"Thats right" Cheq dropped down from the ceiling and faced his enemies.

"Cheq!" shouted Sonic and Knuckles together.
"The one and only" said Cheq sarcastically.
"We won't let you get the emerald" said Knuckles.
"Brother, I already have"

Cheq pulled back his fist and rammed it hard into the glass. It shattered easily leaving the blue Chaos Emerald exposed. Sonic ran forward and grabbed the emerald before Cheq could grab it and Knuckles began to distract Cheq with a punch. Cheq dodged it and hit Knuckles hard with his foot right into his jaw. Knuckles hit the ground and Cheq focused on Sonic.

"Chaos Strike!"

Again Sonic fell to the strike and the emerald rolled to Cheq's feet just as Tails and Amy arrived.

"Guess I'm outnumbered" said Cheq as Knuckles and Sonic rose from the ground.
"That's right" said Sonic.
"Then meet my minions. But first.."

Cheq clutched the emerald tightly and all the energy drained from it quickly. Then Cheq held out his hand and yelled...

"Come my Chaos Minions!"

Two beams of light came from Cheq's hand. The Teal light fell to the floor and swirled up creating a fox with four tails. It had the teal emerald imprinted on it's forehead and it's teal fur shined brightly.
The other beam created a mini tornado which dissolved into a blue hedgehog with deep blue eyes and the blue emerald on it's forehead. The blue was much darker than Sonic's and his shoes were a orange colour.

"Say hello to Whips" said Cheq pointing towards the fox, "and Conis" he said pointing towards the Sonic look-a-like.

Everyone watched as Conis and Whips advanced the team.

"Now, Let's FIGHT!" yelled Cheq.

Conis and Whips charged forward towards the gang. Sonic leapt forward with a kick towards Whips and Tails began to fly around Conis. Knuckles began to walk towards Cheq.

"Amy, go hide" said Knuckles.
"No! I want to help!" she yelled.
"GO!" yelled Knuckles.

Cheq leapt forward and got Knuckles to the ground. Cheq began punching Knuckles in the face but Knuckles was blocking easily. He pushed Cheq off and turned into his fighting stance. Sonic, meanwhile, was having a hard time with Whips. He fought like Tails in every manner except, Tails wouldn't kill you. Whips lashed his tails at Sonic's face. Sonic grabbed them and spun him. He let go and watched him fly into the column that had held the Chao Emerald. Tails was also having a hard time. Conis was faster than Sonic and Tails was finding it tough to dodge his attacks. Conis threw a running punch which tails dodged and followed up with a kick to the back of the head.
Amy was now worried. Knuckles was having a boxing fight with Cheq which Cheq was winning, Tails was finding it hard to stay afloat and Sonic couldn't reach Whips. She had to do something. Amy pulled out her crossbow and fired a shot towards Whips. It caught 3 of his 4 tails and pinned him against the wall.
The free tail suddenly reached over to Amy and smacked her across the face. Amy hit the floor and blacked out.
Sonic ran over to the now unconscious Amy and pulled her behind a nearby box. He stroked the side of her face and went to help Tails. Conis laughed as he charged around Tails, hitting him with homing attacks and punches. Then, Conis felt a sharp point in his neck and flew across the room to Whips dangling feet.

"Need some help?" shouted Sonic to Tails who responded with a thumbs up.

Knuckles was losing badly. His face was was badly bruised and his right arm was aching. Cheq punched again knocking Knukcles to the floor. He brought his fist upwards and came slamming down with it, aiming for Knuckles skull. It never reached his head as Sonic flew into the back of Cheq with a homing attack and Tails grabbed Cheq in mid air and flung him into his minions. Cheq stood up and pulled the crossbow bolt that impaled Whips. Conis followed.

"You are good" said Cheq, "But you are nothing compared to our true power! CHAOS GRAVITY!"

Again Tails hit the floor and even Sonic and Knuckles could hardly move. It felt like they were wearing iron boots.

"CHAOS HAIL!" yelled Whips.

Hail stones the size of golf balls began to hit the trio and Tails caught one with his forehead. He went into a deep sleep. Knuckles managed to fight them off even with gravity working against him. Sonic did the same.

"CHAOS HYDRO!" yelled Conis.

Two geysers of water erupted from beneath them and flung Knuckles into a wall. He was also knocked out. Sonic managed dodge the water's onslaught and flung himself at Cheq in a homing attack.

"No time for this. Chaos Warp!" said Cheq.

Cheq and helpers disappeared and Sonic crashed into the wall. The last thing he remembered was the sound of laughing and then he slept.

End of Chapter 2