Chapter 3: New Enemy, New Mission
The night had gotten late and Emblem left Shadow to rest heading to her own room which wasn't far from his, but not before stopping by and talking the Roxanne. He sighed –Maria...I'm here for a reason...Am I needed in this place...? Or...- he didn't have too long to ponder his thought as he realization of how tired he was caught up with him and he soon find himself drifting back to sleep....
"Hey Nimbus....I didn't think you'd wake back up." Roxanne had been in her room sitting in her bed fingering a silver bracelet boardly and standing in her door was the now awake Nimbus.
"You'd be tired too is ya did what I did today Rox." The younger fennec-bat protested. Roxanne smiled.
"Yes...I've heard." Roxanne replied recalling what Emblem had told her just previously.
"So whatcha doin'?" Nimbus asked curiously as she came over plopping down on the foot of the Echidna's bed. Roxanne sighed.
"Nothing really." She answered. "Just thinking."
"Hmm..." Nimbus thought back to what happened earlier and thought about the shiny green gem the black hedgehog had.
"Didja see the gem he had? It was how I was able to spot him...."Nimbus paused and looked over at Roxanne.
"Yes...I saw it."
"I think...that gem looked like one of the Rubies...What do you think." Nimbus suggested quietly. Roxanne is silent. –I thought it did also.-
"No. It may 'look' like one of the Rubies but it is not one." Roxanne explained surely. –Though I hafta say that the gem he had had some sort of strange power.- Roxanne looked bat at Nimbus and smiled. "And we can worry about that later. Right now it's late." Roxanne yawned emphasizing how tired she was.
"Well. Since you're obviously throwing hints that you want to go to sleep, I'll leave." Nimbus says as she smiled at the older, sleepy Echidna.
"Yeah So get Out!" Roxanne answered harshly, but playfully. "Goodnight Nimbus." Nimbus began to leave.
"G'night Roxy." Nimbus leaves the older Echidna to her sleep....
Near the Mystic Ruins...
Knuckles glided through the air to save some energy that it would take him walking. He felt a sense of urgency to reach Tails' Workshop. –Something tells me that whoever that was earlier...his first stop will no doubt be here.- He landed not too far away from the known location of the Workshop and decided to walk the rest of the way. The thick brush prevented him from safely gliding so Knuckles began to trek toward the energy which was the Chaos Emeralds....
It had began to get late at the Workshop as Sonic, Amy and Tails sat talking about what their plans about searching for the Emeralds. Outside, however, a pair of striking lilac colored eyes watched the workshop sneakily. –Hmm...having one of the smaller Chaos Emeralds could benefit me beside by getting my hands on the Master Emerald of Chaos.- The figure chuckled leaping into the air. –I will strike now.- In a gust of wind, he disappeared....
"It'll be like old times, don'tcha think. Eggman has gone into hiding and the extra power from more Emeralds we collect could come in handy when he strikes again. Whaddya say." Tails suggested hopefully. He too had began to become bored in these quiet times. Before Sonic could reply, another voice cut him off.
"How does death sound instead." The voice said. Amy was returning from the kitchen area with something to snack on for the three but stopped dead in her tracks when she heard the voice. Tails, Amy and Sonic froze.
"What...Who said that." Tails asked shakily. Sonic stands up in front of Amy.
"What's going on? Who are you?" Suddenly, the roof was ripped off by what appeared to be a large claw...made of a purple wind. Floating above the trio was a figure cloaked from head to toe in black. In his hand was a rather large ball of purple light. Amy coward as the figured raised his hand to power an attack aimed at her.
"Amy! Watch out!!" Tails shouted but before he even finished his statement, a brilliant display of bright lights coming from Indigo blinded him as well as the others. Amy shielded her eyes. This is it! When the lights died down, everyone expected to see no more Amy but to their surprise, their she huddled in the same position and a furious figure looking at his now singed hand from his one attack and standing in front of her was none other than....
"Knuckles?" the others asked in sheer surprise. Knuckles ignored them, eyeing the figure who stood before them. –It's him...That same presence I felt earlier.-
"Who are you?!" Knuckles asked. Sonic stood beside the Echidna defensively.
"And what do you want with us?!" Sonic added.
"It is simple really." He looks at Knuckles. "Guardian of the Emerald of Chaos...you need not know my name yet but I will tell you this again. I seek all the powers of Chaos and that requires me having the Shard that was once mine." The figure paused, the wind once again picking up. "Do not think yourselves lucky because of my hasty retreat. I will return for what is rightfully mine." The figure disappears. It was only a few moments later that the four could relax.
"What was that all about?" Tails looked at Knuckles.
"I dunno. But whoever he was, he was on Angel Island spying on me."
"Well, it seems we really have no choice in the matter of finding the rest of the Chaos Emeralds. We don't know anything about this new enemy and it would be a good idea if we locate them before he does." Sonic says.
"Yep! And this time we won't be doing this blindly. We can find the Emeralds in no time with my radar." Tails says. Knuckles quirked an eyebrow at what he said and before he could inquire about the little object, Tails explained his new invention and how it worked.
"Well, then it's settled...We start our search soon."
The next morning and the Shrine....
Shadow had woken up early the next morning blinding by the desert sun that peeked through the window. After attempting to get back to sleep—and failing—Shadow finally gave up sitting up in bed. Then his ears twitched upon hearing footsteps outside of his door. Silently, he got out of bed slightly surprised that he was able to move. –I'm completely healed. I wander how...- his thoughts were cut off when his door opened and sure enough the orange hedgehog Emblem stood there smiling brightly.
"Goodmorning Shadow. It's good to see you up and walking." She says.
"Thanks." He replied flatly.
"I know you're still probably a little tired and probably wouldn't feel like heading into the city with me so, you can stay here if you want." Emblem glances down the hallway a good way as if to think about something but didn't comment on anything. "I'm about to leave now so feel free to look around if you want." Emblem says. After tell him goodbye, she disappeared down the hallway and out of sight. –Look around huh? Fine. It'll give me something to do.- and with that, Shadow roamed the large Shrine looking for something interesting to do.
Well it's getting late and I do plan to update soon. Thanx for the Reviews and all you new people reading this story, PLZ R&R! Goodnight