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Chapter 4: The not-so-good Christmas Carol?
Darkness lies within all of us... some just fight it harder than others... -Fangor Thunderbolt, Guardian of the Master Order Emerald, Leader of the Knights of Justice, Prince of the Lightning Kintushians, Hero of the Prophecy
December 2
Fangor's POV
I dreamt again that night... I saw what looked like Knothole... but different... it was on fire... not a single building remained unburned... I saw a Dark Kintushian standing in the center of it all, smirking and holding a ball of flame in his hands... I aproached him, wanting answers to why I am seeing this... " I know what you are going to ask, Guardian. You want to know why you are seeing this? This is what would have happened to Mobius if you had used the Order Emerald of Fire. I am quite disapointed that you failed to use it... You have such potential... No matter. You will be given another chance later." He was still smirking like he was hiding something, so I pressed further. "Who are you?" "That is really none of your business at the moment... Oh my, look at the time! It's time for you to wake up!" He and the vision began to fade... " No! I must have answers! Stay and answer my questions!" Then, the vision ended, leaving me sitting up in my bed in a cold sweat...
Sally's POV
It was about eight in the morning, and we were watching the victoms of Robotnik step into the de-robotosizor as a machine and out of it as what they once were. I had just handed the last accomodation slip and ID holocard to the last person that had stepped out. " Well that's the last of them... Now we just have to get their towns rebuilt so they can return to their homes..." I ran a search on Nicole for the Lightning's and came up with three results. Apparently Green Lightning's mother and father had been robotosized by Robotnik all those years ago. I got up from my desk and walked with the others, Fangor, Green Lightning, and Bunny excluded, towards the hospital. " What room is Green Lightning in?" I asked as I aproached the front desk. The raccoon sitting at it looked through a computer database for a few minutes before answering. " Room E-7, exhaustion recovery. Be quiet when you go in, please. He is asleep and didn't look like he was going to last when Ms. Rabbot brought him in... I'm surprised he survived the night..." " Thanks. Come on guys. Let's bring him the news." With that we headed off towards the fifth floor, where Green Lightning was.
When we stepped out of the elevator we saw four black-cloaked strangers standing outside room E-7, where Green Lightning was recovering. They turned as we approached. " Who be ye, who comes at this hour on the morrow? Speak quickly, for thou art amongst the Black-Robe Gang of the Mystics!" Stated the one who appeared to be their leader. " I am Sally, leader of the Freedom Fighters. What business do you have with Green Lightning?" I replied. " We are his friends, but some blue 'freak' won't let us in! There is another blue 'freak' in there, but he just sits beside some computer attached to Green Lightning." " If he is not allowing you in, then you must be lying to us. He would have let in people that were truly his friends and did not wish him harm. I would advise you to leave and never show your faces around here again, or the consequences will be severe. Understood?" They began casting spells until the door opened, knocking all of them off their feet and disrupting the spells. " About time you guys showed up! Come on in!" Said Fangor, poking his head out the door. We all walked in, leaving the Black Robe Gang outside.
When we walked in we saw another Kintushian sitting at a computer monitor next to the bed. Wires ran from the computer to various parts of Green Lightning's body. As we approached, he stood up and greeted us, filling us in on what was going on as well. " I am Alazar Makivel of the Lightning Kintushians. I am the top ranked doctor on our planet, so Fangor called for me to come check this out. I'm about to run an analysis on the young fox so I will know what is the problem with him. Are his parents here?" I shook my head. " Then someone needs to go get them and bring them here. I won't do anything without the patient's parents present." " Where is Dr. Quack? Shouldn't he be here doing this?" " No, ma'am, I am far beyond capable of doing this and our technology allows for the type of analysis that I am going to perform, so he is free to check on other patients." Just then the intercom light next to the bed began blinking. Alazar walked over to it and answered the call. " This is Alazar. How may I be of service to you?" The voice on the other line quickly replied. " Alazar, two people are here claiming to be Green Lightning's parents. Should I allow them in? Oh, and Ms. Rabbot is with them as well." He replied, smiling. " I've been waiting for them. Yes, allow them in, nurse. Ms. Rabbot may come as well." He then turned to us. " Seems like I won't have to send someone after all, eh?" He turned the intercom off just as Green Lightning's parents and Bunnie followed close behind. Fangor walked to the door and closed it, keeping anyone outside from seeing what would happen. Alazar walked over to beside the bed and began pulling electrodes from behind his computer. Green Lightning's mother looked curiously at the devices, but said nothing as they were attached to Green Lightning, who was sleeping peacefully on the bed that had been prepared for him. Alazar walked towards the computer screen and began looking down it. After a while he stood up and asked Fangor to sit down in a chair, away from the computer. He then reached behind the computer and pulled out a large metal needle, walked over to Fangor, and stabbed him in the arm with it. The walls must have been soundproofed, because the scream that issued forth from this act was loud enough to cause us to be shoved away by the sheer force of it. After a few minutes the electrodes and the needle were removed from both of them and Fangor's wound immediately closed up, stopping the screaming. Alazar then dragged Fangor over to the computer screen and began stating what it meant.
" Look at his energy level before using the order emerald and look at your energy level, Fangor. You should have known better than to let him use it! And you should have known better than to soul meld with someone before finding out more about their power and energy levels! What were you thinking, you fool?!" Fangor just shrugged his shoulders and replied, with somewhat of a heavy undertone. " I wasn't given a choice. I didn't find out that his soul was contained within me until this week! And how did you know about the soul meld anyways?" " You didn't think that little stunt of yours would keep us from tracking you, did you? You may be able to make it look like you died, but your 'presence' is different from all other kintushians. Even your power and energy levels are different! I suggest you not allow him to use the order emeralds again until you are absolutely certain he can handle their tremendous power. As far as we know, you are the only creature that can handle even one of them." Fangor looked over to the bed, apparently concerned about Green Lightning. " How long you think he will be out for? And how did he survive using the order emerald anyways?" Alazar looked at the computer monitor, then dragged Fangor back over to it. " He apparently brought some of your abilities with him when his soul dislocated itself from your body into a body of his own. He survived because he 'copied' your immortality. As for your other question, he will be out for about a day, but he is not to leave the bed for a week, understood?" Fangor nodded then turned to me. " Sally? I would like to see you in your office, please." Then he left. I walked to the door, but not before telling Alazar I would be back later to check on him.
Fangor's POV
I was waiting in a chair across from Sally's desk. She arrived about ten minutes after I did. " What did you want to talk about, Fangor?" I told her everything I had seen in the vision of Green Lightning's past, about his life, and his death. Everything I had seen, I told her. Just then my radio, which I had thought would never come on, started beeping, meaning I had an incoming message. I turned it on and listened, shocked at hearing who was on the other end. " Rouge to Knothole! I have retrieved the artifacts the king requested and am coming in to deliver! I should be there in about five minutes. Over and out!" Sally and I got up and ran out to the center of Knothole where we would meet Rouge.
Everyone else was there by the time we arrived. Four minutes later, Rouge was there. She looked around at the faces that were staring at her with anticipation. Only four people weren't there: Alazar, Green Lightning, and Green Lightning's parents. Rouge turned towards me. " Well, you haven't changed since I saw you last." She looked around at the crowd again, then back to me. " Where's the king? I have the artifacts he sent me to find." I shook my head, then told her the news. " The king was assassinated several years ago, Rouge. It was a great loss for Knothole, and I have noone to blame for it but myself." She reached her hand back and did something unexpected. She slapped me across the face with the back of her white-gloved hand. " Still blaming yourself for everything that goes wrong around here?" Everyone was shocked, especially me. " So, what took you so long Rouge? You realize it has been more than five years since you left without notice?" She smirked. " Oh, nothing except I had to search every inch of Mobius to find them! Well, since the King is gone, I guess I will have to give them to you, since items such as this could have a bit of magic in them." She reached down into a bag she had brought and took out two necklaces. One had the emblem of a staff and the other had the emblem of a bow. She handed them to me and then she began questioning some more. " Where is Tails and what happened to Robotnik's base?" " Robotnik's base was destroyed yesterday and Tails was kidnapped a couple years ago. That one truly was my fault. I should have kept a better eye out for him instead of focusing on swatbots so much. If I hadn't of come to this planet, he wouldn't have been taken. If I hadn't come, that Ice Kintushian wouldn't have followed me here and sided with Robotnik. There is noone to blame for it but me. Sally, was he among the robotosized?" I dodged another slap from Rouge. " Sorry, Fangor. He wasn't. I fear he is dead, or lost somewhere." I made one final note before I left. " He is out there... somewhere. We need to get enough trained forces to defend Knothole before we can search for him." At that I walked away from the group.
Alazar's POV
I was sitting at my computer, monitoring the sleeping kid's 'statistics', such as energy levels, stress levels (to check for nightmares), and power level, when I heard the door open. I turned one stalk-eye towards the door while keeping the other on Green Lightning and my main eyes on the computer screen. Who should walk through the door but Prince Fangor! He's considered a hero where I come from, don't ya know? After the second war he served in, he was thought to be dead by all but a select group of people that he thought would need to know he was still alive somewhere. The medical, science, and military divisions were a few of those that were notified. His family, too, were among those that were told. Everyone else aside from our churches and the eight Kintushian sages, may god bless them, thinks him to be dead. He walked over to Green Lightning's parents as he entered. " I have something that you would probably know about better than I." With that he reached into his pocket and pulled out two necklaces with strange medallions attached to them. Green Lightning's father's eyes widened when he saw them. " These were thought to be lost for all time! These are the Order medallions containing the Bow of Order and the Staff of Order! Where were they found?" Fangor shrugged his shoulders. " No matter. These will be given to my son when he awakens. They are his, after all." With that Fangor handed him the medallions. I called Fangor over to my computer to show him a few other things. " It appears he has quite a few of the abilities that you have, Fangor. Your 'wind shield', the ability to absorb electricity, the inability to age, the ability to casts spells without saying the words, and his speed and reaction time is one-fourth of yours. His strength and endurance, though, are much below yours." He thanked me for the information, then walked out of the room, apparently eager to get somewhere. I frowned. I had seen that walk before, after he returned from the first war, and the second as well. I looked at my computer and noticed I had a U-E-Mail (Universal-Electronic-Mail) from Fangor. It stated that he had called the military faction to get some of the top-ranking elites over here to train the people of knothole how to fight against kintushians, should the need arise. He's planning ahead for once... good for him. I sent him a simple reply, thanking him for filling me in. Then I sent an E-Mail to the leader of this place asking them what type of power source they used to get electricity. It would be a while before I would get a reply. Green Lightning's dad walked towards the bed and put the medallions around his son's neck, saying " I hope you use these someday, son. I only hope it's for the right reasons, not out of anger like I would have... Rest well my son." With that they left for their house within Fangor's inn.
Two weeks later...
December 16
Green Lightning's POV
It was the night of what Sally called a 'school play'. I think the name of it was 'a christmas carol'. Strange name... Oh well. I was in one of the 'sky boxes' ( why do they call them that? they don't float in the sky... people have unusual names for things in this time-period.) with my mom and dad. I had woken up just three days ago, so my mom was still worying about me. The lights began to dim, and what seemed like snow began to fall ( it was actually Fangor making the illusion of snow using his magic.) The play began, and went well up to the point when the 'ghost of christmas past' appeared. A short while after it appeared, something went wrong. A creature of darkness, like those used by Robotnik about one-thousand years ago, appeared and started towards those that were on stage. It backed them into the corner, unaffected by Sonic, Shadow, Knuckles, Rouge, and Amy's attacks ( of course it was! only powerful magic could take care of these creatures!). It began reaching one of it's clawed fingers for some of the kids there, planning on making a meal out of them. I stood up and grabbed the balcony only to have my knees nearly give out on me. I didn't have the energy yet to use my magic. Only one person could save them. Just then, Fangor burst through the curtains behind us and leaped over my head and grabbed a rope hanging from the rafters above. he swung out towards the creature, holding one arm towards it while preparing 'flamestrike' without words or reagents; alchemic ingredients. The creature turned around just as the spell was released, burning it to a crisp, but it was not defeated. It took a swing at Fangor, missing him by inches. It didn't get a chance for a second blow. Fangor ran up it's spine, almost faster than I could see, and drew his sword as he reached it's head. He jumped up, preparing for a downward thrust, and yelled " Tremble before the might of Justice!" before plunging his sword into the skull of the beast. The creature immediately dissapeared, like someone waving their hand through smoky fumes. Fangor then returned to where he was, as everyone else returned to their places, slightly nervous about what just happened.
The play continued on without further incident, and after everyone else took their bow, the spotlight went up towards the rafters, above the rope that Fangor used. Who should be there, but Fangor himself, crouching and waving at the crowd with a smile on his face. An hour later, we were all in our homes. I stumbled into my bed, tired as though I hadn't slept in weeks. I got under the covers and welcomed sleep, like an old friend.
End of Chapter
Alright, it was short, but next chapter will have something special in it... I won't reveal anything more other than it has something to do between Green Lightning (one of my fan-characters), FoxFan999's fan-character, and the Black Robe gang (the most anti-royalty robe-gang of Mystic Ruins) and that it will be a good few years ahead of this time. I hope I can get the next chapter up before this coming Christmas.
So stay tuned for Guardian of the forest Part 2-Chapter 5: Awakened by Love
(P.S. Remember the two medallions that his father gave him while he was in his little coma. One of them will reveal it's true form next chapter.)
(Another note: Each 'house' within Fangor's inn looks like the Thorndykes mansion on the inside. Just thought I'd point that out.)
I leave you, saying this: Green Lightning will kick a personality trait contained within his family line next chapter.
