Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic or related characters. They belong to SEGA / Sonic Team.
Claimer: Darknite / Dakunaito is t3h pwned by me. :P
Author's Comments:
Tani: Well, Chapter's 1 and 2 done! Who would imagine I can work so fast in just about half an hour? 3
Darknite: ...Though you forget to mention right after those laborous 30 minutes, you believe it's right to rest.
Tani: Hey hey! Me very lazy! ;P
Dark: Hey hey! Me very talented with sword - wielding...*growls*
Tani: o.o;; Okay! Someone get the third chapter up before he kills me! . ...Maybe it's because he doesn't a major role in this chapter. ;P
Arrival of Darkness Rewrite Chapter 3
Only a few days after the incident, Sonic was with his friends, showing up at a guest invitation to a new museum that had opened. While the hero himself did not want to go, his friends - Amy and Tails in particular - had begged him. Tails had wanted to see the objects because as a genius he just had a bit of a thing for history, meanwhile Amy was hoping it would give her a shot at a date. Sonic sighed...whether it be boring history or an evil pink hedgehog...it was going to be a long day...
But all these thoughts, while you might not think it, were at the back of his mind. At the front was the incident several days ago. He saw that black hedgehog once more, clutching the emerald. And just as Sonic was about to snatch it from him, the creature had warped away...leaving an entire city to darken overnight, stranded without running water or electricity.
Sonic's thoughts of failure and guilt were quickly overridden, when he felt the all too familiar pull of a certain girl's hands.
"Come on Sonic! I never knew you to be so slow!" Amy said, trying to pull the firmly anchored hedgehog to the door. Sonic's feet released their grip on the ground, heading towards the door, and once inside, he proceeded to meet the 'staff.' Typical boring hero stuff, he always reminded himself. Being a celebrity wasn't all it was made out to be.
He noticed Amy was still dragging him, for the most part. He broke free as he caught eye of the manager, running up to him.
"Sonic! What a pleasure to see you made it!" the manager said, holding out his hand. Sonic took it and shook it anxiously.
"Yeah, it is. Now, if I'm correct, you guys have a Chaos Emerald exhibit, right?"
"Yes, that's correct. Why do you ask?"
"Listen carefully!" Sonic said. "The guy who stole the emerald from Pai An's power plant was a black hedgehog, just a bit taller then me. I doubt your security can handle him, he slaughtered more then 30 military-grade guards."
"Well dear...that may be an issue...do you think he'll show up?"
"Whether Darky shows up uninvited or not..." Sonic threw a fist into his other palm, "I'll be waiting for him." he smirked.
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Eggman jumped with glee as Darknite kneeled before him, his arm outstretched with the emerald inside it.
"For you, Master." Darknite said, his tone very reminiscent of Shadow's.
Eggman slowly removed the gem from the creature's claws, admiring it through his goggles. "Well well Darknite, I must say, you've outdone yourself. Two emeralds already? At this rate, within a week or so I'd have all seven!"
"Indeed...now perhaps I should be after the third." Darknite had gotten back up, turning around, pacing towards the door.
"Darknite, WAIT!" Eggman shouted. The hedgehog stopped immediately, about facing.
"Yes?"
"Allow me to steal the next one. The element of surprise, you see. If Sonic and his friends are anywhere nearby, they'll be expecting you...me, however..." Eggman grinned.
Darknite chuckled. "Do what you wish sir." The hedgehog had walked out of the room within moments, Eggman following. Eggman headed towards the Mech Room.
As Eggman stepped inside, he eyed all his destructive creations...which weren't as large in number thanks to Metal Sonic's squandering of resources. After building such a massive fleet, the world had tightened it's measures on the doctor, which meant both his illegal suppliers and his criminal empire were threatened.
As Eggman paced down the aisles, he came to one robot that stood out. Eggman glanced at it.
"Perfect."
Darknite glanced from around the corner, smirking as he had upgraded the machines, unknown to the Doctor. This would make them more effective against Sonic.
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While Tails had been observing things such as the dinosaur and machine exhibits, Amy and Cream had gone to look at the Plant area, which was intentionally jungle-like. Sonic was forced by the pink demon to go along. Before being dragged their way, he gave a begging glance to Tails, to which Tails responded with a shy look that only said, 'You're on your own.' The little fox had enough knowledge not to tick off Amy.
Sonic, who was practically asleep by now, stood there, pretending to be interested at the various plants Cream and Amy were observing.
"Hold on guys, I need to use the bathroom." Amy said, running off towards it, "Try not to peek Sonic, you pervert!" Amy giggled as she entered. Had this been an anime, a sweatdrop would've appeared on the hero's head.
"I get the strangest feeling we should go look at the Em-" Sonic was cut off at hearing a scream.
"Aaaah!!!" shouted Amy as she ran out of the bathroom. Sonic was woken up finally.
"What's wrong Amy?" he said as the girl ran into his arms. Sonic then looked at the door, and was surprised to see a giant FIN rip right through the wall and floor.
"Okay...now I see what's wrong." Sonic said. "Eggman's chosen to resume his carreer." Sonic took running after the machine, which had torn through the hallway floors as it headed for what surely be the Chaos Emerald exhibit. Sonic, being cocky, had taken the opposite route to the emerald exhibit, confident he could make it there far quicker.
He arrived just in time to stand before the glass case. Eggman's machine's fin was right across from him before the emerald. As Amy and the others rushed onto the scene, the robot rose up. Not surprisingly, it looked like a giant shark with arms and legs. It bore the traditional gray, orange and black of the Eggman empire.
"Hahaha! I see we are at odds once more, Sonic! Or evens, as there's two of us..." Eggman shouted over the microphone inside.
"You're after that emerald, aren't ya?" Sonic said, getting in a battle pose.
"No, actually, I came here to retrieve the dinosaur fossiles so I could revive them and use them to - OF COURSE I'M AFTER THE EMERALD YOU NITWIT!" Eggman shouted in anger.
"Well if you're after it, I guess that leaves me no other choice but to kick your shiny metal butt!" Sonic smirked, cocky as always.
"If I don't get it, Darknite will later! My loyal soldier told me very well how he beat even the fastest thing alive to the emerald! If you don't improve soon, nothing can stop me from taking over the world!"
"He may have beaten me, but that's how new competitors are. I'll be sure not to make the same mistake the next time." He lunged at Eggman's robot, curling up into a ball and preparing to do a homing attack.
"Not so fast!" Eggman pressed a button, a net launching from the cannons on the shark's belly towards Sonic. Had it been the net Eggman had designed, it would have been shredded. Rather then that occuring, the steel wiring actually wrapped around Sonic, pinning him to the floor as it let loose a jolt. As Sonic was shocked, he writhed, trying to fight the growing feeling of numbness.
"Hmm...odd...could've sworn this was just a normal net..." He ignored Sonic's yells of pain as he walked forward, facing the glass case. His robot's fist smashed through it, shards flying from the damage.
With that, a long, robotic tongue slid from the Egg Shark's jaws. It wrapped around the jewel, quickly carrying it into it's mouth, the sharp teeth closing and sealing the emerald inside.
"Haahaa! Emerald number three! I'd love to stay and chat, but the others await!" With that, the machine hopped back into the ground, taking off and following it's original path.
Sonic, through the electrifying pain, was able to stare on...feeling that he failed once again. He also began to feel less pain, as the jolts wore off. As soon as they did, he shredded the net with ease.
"Damn! Again! I should've known they were working together!" Sonic said, furious.
Tails ran up to his hero. "Sonic, are you okay?" He looked concerned.
"I'm fine." Sonic said calmly. "We just need to stop them before they get the fourth one."
"'Them'?" Was what he heard from all his friends.
"Oh yeah...guess I forgot. The guy who stole the emerald from Pai An City, his name is Darknite. I tried to stop him and he got away...he's a cold blooded murderer, he slaughtered at least half a hundred there I think...and he seems to be working for Eggman, which is even worse..."
"And Eggman's going to use Darknite to take over the world?"
"Yeah, it looks that..." Sonic's eyes shrunk a bit. "Waiiit..."
'My name is Darknite. I am actually the future ruler of this planet..' Those words echoed in Sonic's mind.
"Darknite said HE was the future ruler...Eggman's walking into a trap!"
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Eggman's Base
Darknite stood there in Eggman's throne room, hearing the Doctor landing his craft inside. "About time..." he said impatiently.
"Oh Darknite?" Eggman's voice said as he entered the throne room, emerald in hand. "I have it!"
Darknite was bathing in the shadows of the pillars, shunning the light as much as possible. After Eggman had walked by, Darknite emerged from hiding and followed the Doctor slowly. As Eggman neared his throne and turned around, he screamed in terror at Darknite standing right before him.
Darknite chuckled, a grin on his face. "So that makes three, right doctor?"
"Correct! Now all I need is the fourth and I'll surely be unstoppable!" Eggman shouted triumphantly.
"Yes, that is true..." Darknite closed his eyes. "But I'm afraid your services are no longer needed..."
"W-what?" Eggman said, cocking a brow, fearing what could happen.
"While you were away...fat man..." he slowly approached the Doctor, "I took a look through some of your archives and files...it says you're keeping a certain look alike of mine in stasis somewhere nearby...if he's truely alive...my reasons for hating Sonic are ill-founded...as is the need to kill him..." he grinned before his last comment, "...as is the need to form a contract with you for revenge. Our contract is null and void because it was made under false belief."
"W-wait Darknite!" Eggman said in terror. "Don't kill me!"
Darknite had already leaped on the Doctor's lap, his piercing rubies staring into Eggman's goggles. "I didn't intend it. You're just about worth more alive then dead...so...I think an old friend of yours will deal with you...METAL!"
At those words, Eggman's pulse practically stopped inside for a moment. He looked at the doorway to see electronic red eyes gazing at him...the sleek blue build...METAL SONIC! "B-but...he's been l-locked up ever since he tried to r-revolt!"
"Surprising what a few Chaos Emeralds can do to technology, isn't it Doctor?" With those words, Darknite leaped off Eggman's lap, turning towards the robot. "Have your fun, then lock him up. Don't mortally wound him."
Metal Sonic advanced rapidly on the doctor, Eggman shouting all sorts of commands and the word 'No!' as it did.
Darknite smirked as he slowly walked off, knowing that he could now assimilate Eggman's Empire and build one that would be far greater...