Chapter 17: Fights And Lights

"This isn't good at all…" Knuckles held his ground for now; he stood in front of his radiant gem. It's waves of energy that flowed the island connected to Knuckles, and he knew that there were more than meets his eye right now. Thirty hedgehog warriors left their shelter and proceeded forward with the command of their red leader.

"Take it now!" He screamed out, leading another thirty out of hiding. Blue had caught the amethyst eyes if the defending echidna, and that blue could only belong to Sonic. He didn't have time to yell out to him or even take another glance as twelve soldiers jumped up to meet him at the emerald, but white gloves welcomed them in the face and stomach, sending them back down the stairs. Spears came flying, along with punches and kicks on both sides. Marko silently snuck around to the back of Knuckles sight, waiting for the battle to end.

"We have to help." Sonic jumped in, spin dash hit three of the warriors and four more as he came around the side. The hill was swarming with them, the seemed to just keep coming…instead of sixty, there were at least a hundred.

"This doesn't make sense." Sonic scratched his head, and yet still no soldier attacked him. They were all after Knuckles and the master emerald; odd that so many were needed.

"Sonic! They aren't real! My father created them; they're just an image." Sarah was at his side once again, terrified at the news. "If we don't do something quick, they will double with each one defeated."

"It's time we reached the shrine to truly help then."

Shadow was in the city now, only letting Kyra reach ten feet close to him before running again.

"Shadow, this is stupid. Stop denying your feelings."

"What feelings?" Kyra had been bugging his ever since he ran from her, embarrassed still.

"Hey…wait a minute." Kyra had stopped, and Shadow turned to see what was up now. "There's going to be fireworks tonight!" Shadow made an anime fall…(I don't know don't ask)…

"We are not stopping to watch some lame light show." The dark hedgehog walked forward, not interested at all.

"Come on. This will be fun, and we can sit close." He didn't notice that she was next to him again.

"…?…No." He recovered from the shock of her closeness already.

"Why not."

"Because I said so." He was straight up forward with that, not hesitating even the least bit.

"We're going whether you like it or not." He turned to her, slightly frightened from her sudden aggression.

"Fine, whatever. But you are not sitting close to me at all." She stuck her bottom lip out slightly, but still her ignored it.

"Knuckles! They're not real! They're created by chaos energy!" Sonic was next to his friend by the time all of his words came out.

"Then it's time I started fighting by his rules." He knew that the red hedgehog was behind him, so he gave a side-glance as he took his pose upon his slow spinning emerald again. He gathered his energy that he had already and took more in. Sonic and Sarah had to protect him as he called upon the emerald for more and more, making the red echidna glow green, the opposite colors stood out strong. He was about to unleash it, knowing just how to do it too.

Sorry...but I don't know why, it's just that I'm losing interest in writing more...no reviews or maybe the loss of everything on runescape...I don't know, but please, be patient or else you'll get a really crappy story.