Sonic Battle 2
Chapter 5: The Nature of the Emeralds
Author's Note: WHOHOO! Extra-long chapter! (And not just because of the poem) Also, I've come to a decision about Shadow's fate, but did you actually think I would tell you and ruin the suspense? HA! Fool...
Everyone was at the lab and as worried as I hope all of you are about whether or not Shadow will come out of his coma. Then Sonic spoke up.
"Knuckles, what was it that you were saying before about the Chaos Emeralds and elements?"
This was met by many a blank and confused stare.
"Yes," Knuckles started, as if to indicate a long-winded explanation, "each Chaos Emerald has its own elemental assignment. I came to learn of these properties when I was very young and just learning of the echidna tribe's history. On the most deeply hidden of the stone writings in our hidden palace (Sonic & Knuckles, anyone?) was a long writing about the Chaos Emeralds and their powers. This is only a part of it...
Green, the first, is fused with power
Against its holder all will cower
Yellow, the next, will give a shock
To anyone who has rotten luck
Purple, the third, will grant defense
From this day forth and ever hence
The bearer of Blue can command
All that is not air or land
Red, of fire, will bring a blaze
To all who can conquer its haze
White, the sixth, controls the breeze
And all who take to the air, it frees
Sky, the last, will bring forth ice
You should find its power would suffice
Combine all seven and you'll have at hand
Enough power to rule over all the land
But if you do, think ever faster
For you can be humbled by he who controls the Master."
"Where did that come from?" Sonic asked in shock.
"It was one of the many scriptures I had to memorize to fulfill the last line and keep Angel Island at peace. He who controls the Master..."
"So that's you?"
"Yeah."
"Well, that would explain a lot...Tails, the robot we fought had an ice gun, right?"
"Yeah, why?"
"We got the light blue Emerald from it."
Sonic then looked at Knuckles and asked, "So does that mean that we can use the power of ice now?"
"Not quite. The passage I read speaks of both the Emeralds' individual power and their combined power, but using the true power of the Emeralds requires years of practice and knowledge of the other ancient writings."
"But I can use their combined power. I can turn into Super Sonic!"
"Wait...you're right! Sonic, hold the Emerald at arm's length and focus all of your energy at it."
Sonic did, and a brilliant beam of blue light issued forth. The wall it hit was encased in solid, frigid ice.
"But this doesn't make any sense, unless...there was another part of that writing, and it contained a prediction for the future. It was illustrated later on, and some of the illustrations are in plain view in the part of the Palace we fought in. Remember?"
"No. Refresh my memory?"
"The paintings clearly depict a human stealing the Master Emerald, but opposite him is a gold figure that looks like a hedgehog. I would not have understood at all back when I learned of these predictions because we believed that both humans and hedgehogs were inferior, but then I saw a gold flash in the sky as the Death Egg exploded. Then I saw you fight Chaos, and now it's obvious—the prediction was of Eggman trying to take away the Master Emerald and you, Sonic, stopping him! You are the one predicted! You are the only being from outside the echidna clan to know how to harness the Emeralds' power without years of work!"
Tails interjected, "But I could use their power too!"
"Yes, but you required the Super Emeralds, remember? The predictions tell of an outsider who could use the Chaos Emeralds alone and conquer all who oppose him. That's Sonic!"
"Well I guess we should resume our search if we want the Emeralds' true power!" Sonic concluded.
Amy and Cream set out to search Station Square's Central City area, when she realized that she would be the next to get in a fight. They had just passed by Amy's apartment when they noticed a large, black robot with a startling similarity to Emerl. They also saw a purple Emerald in its chest. This was the third Sigma robot.
Amy knew exactly what she had to do, regardless of what Cream was planning. She pulled out her beloved Piko Piko Hammer (though not as beloved to her as Sonic) and gave the robot a firm smack across the face. As the mallet was about to make contact, a bright purple shield appeared around the robot and the whole of the hammer's force seemed to fly at Amy, sending her back into Cream and knocking the both of them to the ground. The robot closed in and prepared to make the final blow. Amy and Cream both huddled up to try to protect themselves, but it was too late. The robot threw a punch, and then...
Not a heck of a lot happened. The robot's purple Emerald gave it incredible defensive abilities, just like Knuckles' poem predicted, but the robot couldn't punch to break a water balloon! On the bright side, this gave Amy and Cream enough time to think of a way around the robot's defenses.
That's when a thought came to Amy. She remembered that when Sonic beat Chaos, it was shown the Chao it was protecting! If there is that deep a link between Chaos and the Chaos Emeralds, then the Emeralds' power probably could not be used against a Chao! Amy instructed Cream: "Cream, tell your Chao to attack the robot!"
"But why?"
"If I'm right, the robot won't be able to block a Chao!"
"Okay, if you say so...Cheese, attack!"
The tiny Chao formed an energy ball around it and flew full-speed at the robot. The robot tried to access its defensive maneuver, but the Chaos Emerald wouldn't activate. The robot was taken so aback by the force that it was knocked out cold. Amy pulled out the Chaos Emerald and headed back to the lab.
So, will Shadow still live (yeah, I'm not planning on saying anything)? Will Amy get back to the lab (Probably, that was a dumb question)? And where has Emerl been all this time (muffled shouts Stuck in this scanner you moron!)? Find out next time (or at least some time in the future) in...
Sonic Battle 2!
How do you like my little poem? I came up it off the top of my head as I wrote, because I knew I had to introduce the Emerald-element system more formally.