NOTE: THERE IS MUCH SWEARING IN THE OPENING WORDS. NOT BY ME, BUT STILL.
K.O.- MY MIND HAS BEEN FOREVER SCARRED! But in a good way!
Sonic- Good way?
K.O.- One word, retard; YAOI!
Sonic- AAAAUGGGGGGGGH! IT BURNS! -runs into wall-
K.O.- -not caring- Also, I beat Sonic Adventure DX in one day, Ian is still alive (checkie the profilie), and now I have actual grammer skills! -does victory dance-
Shadow- And you've barely been working on this beacuse of that?
K.O.- ...I hate you.
Twilight-Link- I thought you might like that. But considering they don't know them yet, Airie and the others don't like it very much...
Airie- We'll go easy on you if you answer us these simple questions... Who the HELL is Gabriel! What did Water Tails mean by 'others'!
Lite- And why is someone in the kitchen with Dinah!
C.K.- Talk K.O.!
K.O.- -tied to a chair- NEVER!
Airie- -slaps K.O.-
By the way... -in Pig Latin- ...your ight-fay ene-scay with inwa-Shay is in this apter-chay.
Sariyu-chan- Thank you, but I need to make plans to take over the Illinois Board Of Education. -begins plotting-
Shadowkiller27- Sorry. In all honesty, I did think the Scooby part was the funniest. It wasn't going to be Airie who dressed as Velma though, but instead they might have actually had the real Velma. No one was sure if all the Velmas that came to audition were the real one, so we had to do that.
Chaotix Extremist- I know! SCREW 4KIDS! WHY SWITCH THE VOICE CAST, DAMMIT! But you still have to admit, for Tails and Amy, it was kind of an improvement. I mean, Amy didn't even sound like she was 12 (more like 16), and Tails' old voice is probably why some new Sonic fans mistook him for a girl. There's hardly any difference between Sonic's, Shadow's, Eggman's, and Espio's old and new voices, but it was a tragedy for poor Knuckles and Rouge!
Knuckles- -weeping- We lost our beautiful voices!
Rouge- -also weeping- And not even us, the greatest treasure hunters in the world can ever find them again!
K.O.- Poor, poor things...
Anthony Bault- Nah, I didn't forget. I was busy with schoolwork and such (which is why this one took so long), and I didn't have enough time to work on it daily. I actually had to finish it during my school's winter break, on Sunday night, till 1:30 AM! (You people owe me big)And thanks once again for clearing your idea up for me.
Sonic-Sillya- ...You DO realize I will need to know what kind of animal '?' is before I use him right?
Carolyn the Hedgehog- Well, she's not really in yet, but whatever makes you happy...
emily-fire-element- Isn't just so much fun to torture Shadow? It just makes you feel all fuzzy inside, don't it! I'm happy I finally got in some romance too, and though I fear for losing my male readers because of it, I understand completely why. But, my friend, kyofangirl668, wasn't too happy it was Sonic and not Knuckles...
-flashback-
K.FG.668- WHY THE FSCK ISN'T IT KNUCKLES THERE, DAMMIT! I'VE WAITED, LIKE, 17 CHAPTERS FOR THIS GROUND BREAKING ROMANTIC MOMENT, AND AIRIE WAS CRYING ON THAT BASTARD SONIC! WHAT THE HELL! ITS LIKE SOME BAD SOAP OPERA CRAP! I MEAN AIRIE AND SONIC, WORLD'S BIGGEST BITCH! TOGETHER! ITS A LOAD OF BULLSH!T! GOD DAMN THAT LITLE BLUE FSCKWIT!
K.O.- Must... not... kill...
-end of flashback-
Yes, those were her exact words, thank goodness we were outside in a non-populated area. K.FG.668 doesn't exactly understand the concept of a 'plot device', and she knows it. I might be able to make an exception for Ice, but I need to get a answer from another person about their character. She's a hedgehog, right?
K.O.- And THAT, my reviewing friends, brings me into the next topic of dicussion...
Sonic- What is this, a buisness meeting?
K.O.- Yes, now STFU.
At the end of Ch. 17, when Water Tails went 'home', the names I put down in the speech were the names of OCs that I know are in the story. Now, I thought I made it clear that I NEED TO KNOW IF YOUR OC IS IN OR NOT! You have to email me back on whether or not you're OK with the idea I sent you. The story might not get ANYWHERE OTHERWISE!
(This goes especially you, Saith-chan. If you're reading this, you have to email me back ASAP because the part with your OC is going to coming up after I write about Chaos and Tikal, which isn't too long from now. If you don't, then emily-fire-element's OC gets the job)
In other non-K.O.-bitching news, I am pleased to announce that I will be holding the first ever 'Amazing Super Dee-Duper FunFunFun Write An SGK And Get Free Cookies Competition'.
...Ok, you don't REALLY get cookies but...
ANYWAY, I decided to do this because my friend Twilight-Link wanted to write some fight scenes for the story. Me, who sucks at writing fight scenes, eagerly accepted his gracious offer. -bows before the kindness of Twilight-Link- But, the thought came to my mind was, 'What about the other readers? This won't be fair to them! They're going to murder me in my sleep for this!', and thus the SGK contest was born. READ EVERYTHING!
RULES
TO SUBMIT AN SGK, YOU MUST:
Have reviewed at least twice.
IN THE SGK, YOU MUST:
1. Have Knuckles speaking throughout it. Its not called 'Shirt Guy Knuckles' for nothing y'know.
2. Have at least 2-3 official characters in it, and that's including Knuckles.
3. Make it funny. ...On second thought, hilairious is preferred, but funny will be accepted.
4. Send it to me in an email when it is complete. Address all entries as 'Give Me The COOKIES!'.
IN THE SGK, YOU CANNOT:
1. Lead into a fic you created.
2. Write anything hentai-ish. Send me anything XXX rated and I will yell at you. However...
3. Not so much as if you send me anything yaoi-ish or yuri-ish. The last thing I want to read about in an SGK is how Tails and Lite would engage in anal butt love.
4. Write it in a review. That's just really defying the purpose of entering if you do so.
IN THE SGK, YOU CAN:
1. Include yourself and any characters you created.
2. Include 2-3 of the characters in the story (except those that do not belong to me, if you want to include them you gotta talk to their creators), as long as you don't abuse them.
3. Make the characters in what ever form you want (if you can). How you choose to respresent them is up to you. Human, furry, chao, machine, Japanese Anime Ladyboy... Up to you. I welcome it all. (Ok, maybe not that last one...)
The due date... well, there really isn't one. You can only one SGK entry to me in the email BEFORE the chapter is up. (the chapter will include the fight scene by Twilight-Link). I will annouce the winning SGK and the 4 honorable mentions in that chapter. The winner will have their SGK appear at the chapter's end. There will be future SGK contests, so even if you don't win this time, you'll still have a chance the next.
Also, for anyone who can't read Pig Latin, one of Twilight-Link's fight scenes will be shown in this chapter, meaning the first contest will be an exception, since it will have no scene by him. It will have a great emphasis on the way the storyline goes, I am sure of this.
-Please note that though this chapter includes one of his scenes, it does NOT count as an SGK contest. I'm giving extra time for the first contest to see how well it goes, so send them in before Ch. 20-
-talks really fast-OneEntryPerPerson.ManyWillEnter,OneWillWin.
GOODAY, GOODBYE, AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU SIRS/MADAMS!
(I also realize I haven't updated in awhile. Don't worry; I made up for it with all the words in this chapter)
RECAP: W.T. stared at where Shinwa once stood for a moment. "...Gabriel." he said suddenly. "Do you think...that the Key will be able to handle Shinwa? She only found out about her duty today, and I have no doubts that the shock has not subsided."
Gabriel looked at Airie in the portal, laughing, and sighed. "We can only hope so, Water Tails."
We can only hope so...
"Aw crap! Knuckles, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean for it to go that high!"
Airie and Knuckles where at a clearing near that lake in the forest. Knuckles was teaching Airie how to fight with her hands, in case she ever lost her chakrams again. Once in a while, they'd practice with Airie's power over water, mainly for shielding before going offensive, but right now they were working on kicking. Airie was... surprisingly good at kicking, as Knuckles' muzzle soon discovered.
Airie knelt down next to the echidna, still holding his muzzle. "Its OK, its not even bleeding..." Knuckles said frombeneath his hand. "You really need to restrain yourself."
"I know, I know, but if its not that bad, why are you still holding it? You should only be applying pressure it its broken." Airie said.
"Well, in all honesty..." Knuckles said, hiding a smirk underneath his hand. "I'm a bit afriad of my status amoung the others dropping severely."
"What?"
"I just got hit, very painfully I might add, in the nose, by a girl. Don't tell me that you think Sonic wouldn't laugh."
"Oh c'mon, since when have you ever cared what they think?" Airie said. "Besides, you have C.K. and a wholenation of fangirls completely devoted to you back where I come from. And what does Sonic have? A nation of haters and torturers."(A/N: I mean no offense to anyone. I'm a member of both those groups. Beisdes, Airie said it, not me. BUT IF I OFFEND YOU I WILL KICK MYSELF!)
"Suprisingly, that doesn't help. Except for that 'Sonic torturers' thing..." Knuckles said his hand still on his face.
Airie got sick of him holding it. "What, Knuckles? Do you want me to kiss your muzzle and make it better or something?"she joked. Knuckles' face flushed, even though he knew it was a joke, and Airie could see it very clearly. He quickly regained his composuer, but his voice still had a small crack in it.
"Look, we aren't going to get in any training if we don't take this seriously!" he said.
Airie put her hands up in defense. "Hey, I'm not the one with weak hormones!"
"Right, whatever, but let's try this now!"
Knuckles ran up, grabbed Airie's arms, and held them behind her back with one hand. She tried to kick him from behind, but his other hand grabbed her ankle. She could feel his breath on her neck. There was no way she could get out of his grasp.
"Now..." he smirked. "How would you get out of a situation like this?"
Airie smirked as well. She had a little trick up her sleeve. "The way I see it, there's the fun way, and my way."
"Which are?"
"Well..." Airie said faking a giggle. "Considering the position we're both in, I could do it the fun way, meaning I'd kiss you and see where that would get me." Airie could feel Knuckles tense up after she explained. "But, as much fun as that would be to see you faint and get a nosebleed at the same time, I think I'll just do it my way."
She, who the whole time had been stalling while she summoned water to her, moved her hands apart. The water gathered between them grew, and before Knuckles could react, it grew to such a large extent it exploded, the force blowing Knuckles into the lake.
Airie clapped her hands in trimuph, glad to see the disastisfaction, as well as a little blushing, on Knuckles' face when he reamerged. He couldn't say anything to what she just did though, as a female voice called to them, yelling "LUNCH TIME!"
Airie knew that to be C.K.'s voice. Indeed, the witch echidna was flying towards them, Gaga on her shoulder, and a large pot of something steaming tied to her broom. The only thing different about her though was that she was now wearing an authentic witch hat, black with the top point going in a zigzag, around the red ribbon which served as arim, blue gems with gold stars engraved; courtesy of Gaga, who, still feeling guilty about listening to Largo, went straight to the Demon World and bought it for her.(A/N: Really courtesy of Twilight-Link)
From her bird's eye view, C.K. saw Knuckles in the lake. She flew over and picked him up, then flew back to the rocky shore to land.
Airie inspected what was in the pot, which looked like curry. "C.K., you didn't happen to cook this did you?"
"Why yes I did!" C.K. proclaimed proudly.
"Oh. In that case, I'm not hungry." Airie said.
"Oh c'mon Airie!" C.K. cried. "You've eaten my cooking before!"
"Before I knew it was a nuclear hazard!" Airie yelled. "Don't you remember what happened last time? Lite had to be quarintined in his room for two weeks!"
"That was only because I got the ingredients messed up, I had no idea he'd get mononuclearosis! But you can eat it this time! Gaga told me the recipe, and made sure I did it exactly correct!"
Airie who looked at Gaga, who nodded approvingly. "Well, Knuckles?" Airie asked. "You ready to die?"
"Not really." Knuckels snorted. "But this smells fine."
"Can you tell?" C.K. asked. "I added white wine to it!"
"...Fine." Airie grumbled. "You win. But I want a FULL explaination of mine and Knuckles' deaths at our funerals." She and Knuckles both took the bowls full of curry handed to them, and took bites at the same time. Then, they both dropped the bowls in synch, covered their mouths, and ran back to the lake, where they dunked their heads in the water to get rid of the foul taste.
"But I don't understand..." C.K. said before eating a bite herself. "The white wine should have..." Once she took a bite, she urked, but forced herself to swallow it. "Gaga, are we sure that was wine?" she asked when she regained the ability to speak.
"Uh-huh." Gaga said innocently. "It even says it on the bottle, see?" He held up the bottle for C.K. to see. "W-I-N-E, wine, but the 'w' is sort of worn off though..."
"Lemme... see that..." Airie gasped when she and Knuckles returned from their dunk. On the bottle's label, the 'w' was actually a 'v', and it looked like the label was folded in half. Airie folded over the other side, where that last three letters were G-A-R.
"C.K..." She said anger bottling up. "You put in VINEGAR!"
"What! That's impossi-" But on closer inspection of the bottle, C.K. realized Airie was right. "...Oh, shazbot..."
"Alright." Knuckles said. "I love eating dead, rabies-infected carion as much as the next echidna-" C.K. growled at him a bit. "-but I need something edible."
"I'm on it." Airie said. "I'll see if Amy and Tekela made any leftovers."
"None for me." Knuckles said. "Its a about time I left, anyway."
C.K. looked at her new diamond and onyx encrested Yin-Yang pocket watch (A/N: Which was another gift from Gaga (what is he, rich?)) "Oh, you're right..." she said with a little disapointment.
"Well, before you leave..." Airie said as she dug through her pocket. "You never asked for it back for the Lady Ninja fiasco, so I've been holdin' it for ya." She tossed to Knuckles the red Chaos Emerald.
"Wondered where this went..." Knuckles murmered to himself. He took the emerald and hid it neatly in his dreadlocks. Airie and C.K. stared.
"What? You didn't expect me to put it in my shoe or something, did you?"
"You wouldn't believe us if we told you." Airie said, who, before arriving in the Sonic X universe, had argued with C.K. over whether the boysused their quills as pockets, or had them in their shoes. "Anyway, let's head back, C.K."
"Nope!" C.K. said cheerily. "Knuckles promised to teach me to fight too!"
"...No I didn't."
"He said that it was for the best that I should, me being the Gate Keeper and all..."
"I never said that!"
"We better get going!" C.K. said, ignoring Knuckles' last comments. She grabbed him in a hug and dragged him away elsewhere, Gaga following behind.
"Airie, help me!" Knuckles gasped.
Airie smiled. "No, no. See, I like living." She flew up and over in the direction of the mansion, leaving Knuckles in C.K.'s grasp.
After beating the ever living hell out of Largo, Airie asked Amy and Ella to teach Tekela how to cook and help with the chores and such. They were both happy to do so; they needed an extra hand. Cameo, completely loyal to Largo as that was how he was made, was his 'apprentice'. And we all know that no good could ever come from that.
As Airie landed, she saw Largo lugging a large robot made out of cardboard boxes with missles attached, and a small TV as a head. "Largo... what are you doing?"
"I'm deploying the last of the PH34R-Bots." Largo answered. "The darkness is coming."
"Largo..."
"I don't know if I can stop it. The 3vil ones are gathering the forces of darkness about them as we speak. They will strike a blow so final that Station Square will be unable to rebuild. A great darkness will fall, and there will be no escape. This all goes down next Tuesday. It's a bad situation, dude. Me and Cameo have managed to locate all the respawn points in a two-mile radius. PH34R-Bots are strategically placed so that if anything spawns in this zone, it will be taken out. Respawn points seem to all be linked by dark, evil smelling tunnels. The network is very extensive."(A/N: You might want to remember this for later on)
Airie stared at him for a moment. "You're bot-camping the sewer system. ...Thaaat's just perfect."
Largo pointed to the sky. "Dude, I wouldn't stand there unless you want to get chunk3d."
Airie could see a shadow getting larger where she stood. When it got to its largest, Airie swung her fist above her only to have it caught, and also to have caught another fist herself.
"Young lady have good reflexes." Cameo complimented.
"Thank you, Cameo." Airie said, letting go of the chameleon's fist. "Your English is coming along quite nicely. I'm just glad that Largo hasn't forced you to speak L337 yet."
"L337 Master does not want to teach Cameo L337 till Cameo masters English." Cameo replied.
"'L337 Master'?" Airie said. "Cameo, you do know that your 'L337 Master' is a total nutjob."
"Perhaps young lady is correct. But the road to enlightment can make enlighted ones complex and misunderstood."
The two of them were so busy talking that they forgot that Largo, the walking landmime, was standing right next to them, struggling with his PH34R-Bot, which fell on top of him. "Off me PH34R-Bot! I am not a minion of t3h darkness!" he screamed.
"L337 MASTER!"
Cameo leapt into action as he tried lifting the heavy PH34R-Bot. It would have been easier, had Largo not been struggling. Airie cocked an eyebrow, then slowly walked away into the mansion. She quietly passed through the doors and into the kitchen, where Tekela was helping Ella clean the dishes.
"Hey guys, do we still have anything to eat?" she asked.
Ella jumped from Airie's voice and dropped the plate she was holding. Immeaditely, Tekela's hand and fingers extended and grabbed the dish around the edges before it crashed. She recoiled her hand, grabbed the dish while recoiling her fingers, and began to scrub off whatever was on it.
'Do I make up awesome people or what?' Airie thought. "Nice catch Tekie."
"CU CURIE OU." Tekela replied.(A/N: Tekela can't talk English yet, for those who haven't read my profile. That's all she can say for now. And to make it easier, I make her speak in CAPs) She turned around and bowed, saying 'thank you', then returned to her task.
"Oh, I'm sorry about that!" Ella said in her Spanglish accent. "You just startled me there!"
"Don't worry 'bout it." Airie said. "It would be something to worry about if you were-" She cut herself off and sniffed the air. It reeked of burnt food. "...C.K. tried to force feed you guysher cooking didn't she?"
Ella grew uncomfortable. "Y-Yes, well, erm... it had an... unforgetable taste..."
Airie put up a hand. "Its OK, Ella. I think her cooking sucks, too. I'm just glad she and Amy didn't have a beat down over who should cook."
"Amy wasn't here. She's out with Sonic right now."
"Really?" Airie asked. She racked her memory of what this 'episode' was supposed to be. Sonic didn't let Amy within two feet of him, of his own will mind you, on a regular basis. Once she came to the conclusion that her memory was crappy today and she couldn't remember, she heard a yell:
"SON-IC!"
"...Amy's home." Airie said bluntly.
Airie and Ella walked outside, where Chris,Cream, and Lite already were. They were standing a good distance from a very angered Amy, yelling at Sonic, who was on the roof and picking at his ear.
Airie slowly edged over to her brother. "Lite...!" she whispered. "My brain's being stupid and I don't know what's going on right now. You remember?"
Lite paused for a moment, wondering how his sister's brain could be stupid without her being dumb, but whispered back, "I'm not all that sure, but I think its where Sonic won't stop running."
Airie scratched her head. "You sure? Amy always gets pissed at Sonic for some reason or another..."
Suddenly, Sonic yelped in pain, and his eyes became bloodshot for a split second. Then he jumped down from the roof and ran off away from the mansion.
Everyone stared and remained silent. Airie looked after the dust cloud he left. "...Of course, there's always that."
Right when the dust cloud subsided, their was a deafining 'screech'. Sonic had stopped turned around and was coming back in their direction.
Or, more precisely, Airie's direction.
Sonic not only had no control over his legs, but also no control of his arms. He automatically picked Airie up once he got close enough. Her reaction to this was the usual kicking, followed by jabbing Sonic in the face with her elbow while screaming in his ear, 'PUT ME DOWN NOW YOU RETARD!'
Lite immeadiatly tried running after him, as Sonic wasn't running very fast. When he got closed enough, Lite lunged at him, but Sonic had pulled away and ran at his normal, non-18 mph speed.
Lite laid face down on the pavement of the driveway. When he finally pulled himself up, he turned around with a bright, happy smile, and asked, "Sonic just kidnaped my sister, didn't he?"
Unsure of how to respond due to Lite's smile, Amy nodded uneasliy.
Lite kept smiling. "OK, that's what I thought."
His smile turned delieriously evil as he pulled out his laser.
While running downtown Station Square, it seemed Airie had no choice but to let herself be kidnaped, while Sonic had no choice but to run. Airie told him that during his last fight with Eggman (A/N: That's where he and Amy were before), he implanted a chip in Sonic's ear, causing him to run. Why Eggman had him kidnap her, she had no idea.
That left them both confused. If Eggman did want Airie for something, they had to get her away from Sonic. Right now, that's what they were trying to figure out.
"Hmm... maybe if you turned around and bit my hand..." Sonic suggested.
"That would only result in a grope, which neither of us wants." Airie said, jabbing him in the face again. "Besides, even if it did work, you can't stop running,and at the speed you're going, if you let me go I'd never survive it!"
Sonic groaned. "Well, what are we gonna..." He trailed off when a red sports car drove beside them "...do?"
Airie cocked an eyebrow. Someone was trying to keep up with them. 'Who would do something so stu... oh no, not him!'
"Hey there!" said Chris' uncle Sam. "Going beneath the speed limit, eh?"
Airie smacked her forehead. "And there's Sam."
Sam then saw Airie in Sonic's arms. "Oh, AND you're handling a load! I might just have to write you up!"
Airie's eye twitched; she hated Sam with a burning passion. She turned her head to him as best she could and said, "I'm sorry, but don't you have to be writing up a turtle for going beneath the speed limit right about now?"
Sam looked at her in a mixture of shock that someone, let alone a girl, actually insulted him, and anger from the insult. Airie felt proud of herself, but also she couldn't stand being within 5 feet of Sam any longer. "Sonic, would you please get away from Sam?"
"I don't know if I can..."
"Sonic, if you could stop running and let me down I would be on me knees BEGGING you right now. Please!"
"But..."
Airie sighed. "Let me put it this way..." She took out a pocketknife from her left pocket(A/N: That was originally ANOTHER present from Gaga to C.K.(He just smothers her with giftsdoesn't he?), and held it to his head. "Get away from him NOW or say 'buh-bye' to all your quills."
Sonic, not wanting to lose his silly amount of hair, pulled away from Sam. Right before they went out of sight, Airie called, "Might wanna avoid that street lamp, Sam!" And they were gone.
Sam was left in confusion about the street lamp comment, until-
CRASH!
"MY CAR!"
Airie snickered evily to herself.
-Next Day-
"Please?"
"No."
"PLEASE?"
"No!
"PUH-LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESE?"
"For the last time, NO!"
For anyone who hasn't gotten what I think is completely obvious, we have just returned to our favorite echidna duo, C.K. and Knuckles. You see, after leaving Airie, Knuckles escaped from C.K.'s clutches and ran away as far as he could, which didn't do much good as C.K. faster than he was on her broom.
Luckily for Knuckles, C.K. accidentally flew into a tree, giving him some time to gain distance away from her. But, since this task was too important to C.K. for her to fail, she recovered quickly, and after telling Gaga to take her broom and other belongingsback home, climbed up the tree and lept, glomping Knuckles. He was still able to escape as her grip had not tightened yet, but before he could get away completely,C.K. grasped his leg.
Now a day later, the poor Guardian had to walk all the way back to the mansion for Airie's help, with a crazy fan-girl on his leg. C.K. said she would only let go if he promised to let her follow him wherever he went, resulting in her becoming his faithful sidekick or girlfreind, whichever came first. Knuckles, not wanting either (A/N: At the moment, anyway... :3), refused, and here we are.
Knuckles had dragged C.K. all the way back to the lake where she first captured him. C.K. had been begging him for about 20 minutes to stay with her, and, given Knuckles' patience span equal to the IQ of a pickle, was making himquite pissed.
"Would you GIVE IT A REST!" he screamed. "I can't feel my leg anymore! You have to get off me NOW!"
"No!" C.K. cried, while trying to shift her legs around his foot. "I can't do it!"
"I don't care if you don't want to! JUST DO IT!"
C.K.checked her boots for a moment, and then looked up to him. "No, I really can't do it!"
Knuckles gave her a confused and angry expression. "Since I'm kinda sitting on your foot, the zippers on my boots got stuck together." she explained. "And...since I can't fix them without sticking my head up your... y'know... I'm stuck."
Knuckles buried his face in one of his hands. "Great. Just perfect. Now what do we do?" C.K. didn't answer him; she was looking in in the sky. "What is it?"
C.K. pointed to two small, blue dots in the distance underneath a large pink dot. "Now, I could be wrong, but isn't that Sonic and Airie attached to a giant bubble?"
Knuckles looked up as well. After a moment, the pink dot seemed to explode, and the two smaller ones dropped down over the lake. They were too far away from them, otherwise they would have heard Sonic scream about the water.
Airie knew that Sonic couldn't run underwater, and she couldn't swim him back to shore. Then, an idea popped into her head, a crazy one, but an idea at that.She closed her eyes and concentrated, ignoring Sonic's screams. She tried to picture the water moving away and making a path for them.
So the Key wished it, so it was.
The water where they landed parted, not so much that a religious issue would be stomped (A/N: Don't worry, I'm Christian), but just enough for Sonic to be able to run across. As he sped across making water rise into the air, Airie thought she felt a small 'thump' at her side. She shook it off; the only thing at her side was the Sapphire that Water Tails gave her, safe in her pocket.
Knuckles and C.K. just stayed where they were, waiting for Sonic to stop. Instead, he past by them, the force knocking C.K. off Knuckles' leg and blowing a fish into Knuckles' arms. While C.K. wailed and cursed loudly at Sonicthat her boots were ruined since the zippers were ripped off, Knuckles looked toward the dust cloud that was once Sonic and Airie.
"...OK, I'll give." he said tossing the fish back in the lake. "What just happened?"
C.K. took off her now broken boots and walked over barefoot. "Sonic's brain has been implanted with some chip that's messing with his nervous system, causing him to run. It also must have taken control of his arms, since Airie was with him and all." Knuckles gave her a look of surprise. "What?"
"I thought you were... well... a ditz." he said.
"Hey! Just because I may be clumsy sometimes doesn't mean I'm stu-" C.K. fell face first on the ground. a moment later she stuck her finger up and said, "Don't you say a word."
Airie looked back as best she could past Sonic's head. "Now, I could be wrong, but wasn't that just Knuckles with C.K. stuck to his leg?"
"Yeah." Sonic said. "And I think I knocked C.K. off. She's gonna kill me isn't she?"
"Probably."
Just then, Airie remembered something. Something important. Her memory wasn't as crappy today as she thought it was! She dug into her right pocket and took out her cellphone. After dialing a number, she said "Sonic! In about half an hour, run back to where we just were."
"OK... why would I want to do that, now?"
"Don't ask stupid questions, you'll live longer." Airie held the phone to her pointy ear and waited for C.K. to pick-up. Instead, a small, squeaky voice answered, "Hello?"
Airie remained silent. "...Gaga? Is that... you?"
"Yes! Hello to you too, Miss Airie!" he said happily. "May I help you with something?"
"How did you get C.K.'s cell? How did you know how to work it? ...Wait. How are you even holding it?"
"Lady Chihiro asked me to take her broomstick and other belongings back home, she taught me how to use it in an emergency, and I'm holding it up next to a jar of peanut butter."
"What are you doing with a jar of peanut bu... On second thought, nevermind, its better I don't know. Is everyone else still there?"
"Yes, but they're leaving soon. Something about Sonic kidnapping you." On Gaga's end of the phoneline, there was a crashing sound, an angry scream, and someone yelling 'OH NO! NOT THE GOOD CHINA!'. "Your brother seems very upset."
"As if that's not a surprise. Anyway, tell them to go find Knuckles and C.K. Once you do that, go find C.K. and tell her and Knuckles to stay where they are and wait. Can you make sure everyone gets there in about half an hour?"
"OK, but may I ask why?"
"Trust me, you'll see... Oh! One more thing. Make sure Lite helps Tails and Chuck build the giant hamster wheel."
"Yes ma'am!" Gaga hung up.
Airie shoved her cell back in her pocket, while Sonic looked at her in confusion.
"...'Giant hamster wheel?'"
"What did I say about asking stupid questions? What did I say?"
-30 Minutes Later-
Knuckles and C.K. stood atop a cliff, waiting for the signal to push the giant hamster wheel down. They stared out at the open space, looking out for the dust cloud that would be Sonic and Airie.
Down below, Amy and Ella were cooking some food while Cream helped Tails set up his machines. Lite, still angry from what Sonic did even though it was against his own will, was on the verge of both having an anger-induced coma and frothing at the mouth. Thankfully, Tekela had come along and restrained him with her retractable arms before he shot anyone.
Knuckles and C.K. got their signal, as a large dust cloud formed in the distance. Knuckles then shook out his arms for a moment, then pushed it toward the edge. C.K. walked up and kicked it off the egde. Since she was still barefoot, it hurt like crazy, but she held in the scream of pain and only shed one tear, before falling to the ground with her leg still up from kicking.
Whenthe wheel met up with Sonic and Airie, Sonic jumped inside it. Once inside, the spokes of the wheel retracted outwards so the wheel would stay in place. They were trapped inside, but in the good sense.
Once inside and secure, Tekela used one her hands to put a tray of food in front of Sonic so he could eat. This, unfortunatly, weakened her grip on Lite. He escaped and, grabbing his gun, played the all new game he just made up, 'Target Practice With Sonic'. Sonic had to duck so many times that by the time when Lite was restrained again, Airie had eaten all his food.
An hour later and still running, Sonic fell asleep. Lite had cooled down, and was exacting his revenge by using C.K.'s broom, flying up to him, taking a marker and doodling all over his face, Airie joining in later. Soon, Sonic's face had an eyepatch, a spectacle, 3 tic-tac-toe games, a few 'your mom' jokes, and also that one phrase that claims 'I'M IN LOVE WITH A STRIPPER' drawn all over it.
Knuckles and C.K. howled with laughter.
-Another Hour Later-
"OK, I'm bored now." C.K. said, twirling her hat in her hands. Ella had repaired her boots and was no longer barefoot.
Sonic had woken up by then and after seeing his face, wasn't the happiest hedgehog in the world. Airie had to wipe it off him since he couldn't move his hands.
"Hey, watch it!" he yelped as she tried rubbing off the ink.
Airie growled. "Do you still want this crap out of your fur, or do you still want to the back of your head to say 'MY NAME IS SONIC AND I SMELL OF WEE'?" Sonic complained no more.
"Tails..." Airie moaned. "How much longer till you get Sonic to stop running? I can't feel my legs anymore..."
"I don't know." Tails replied. "It'll take a awhile for me to find the chip while Sonic's running, and even when I do find it, I can't get it out if he can't stay still!"
"So... you're saying we're screwed, then?"
"I guess you could put it that way..."
"Thought so." Airie looked over and saw that Sonic's eyes had gotten a little big. "What's with you?"
Sonic faced her. "Is it just me, or did the wheel just shake?"
They both immeadiately looked at the spokes. One side was coming loose.
"...Oh yeah. We are SO screwed." Airie said.
The spokes gave out, and the wheel spun out of control. Everyone dogded out of its way, except for Knuckles who couldn't get out of the way in time and got run over. Instead of the wheel spinning past them straight, it curved inword and burrowed a hole in the ground.
Everyone just stayed where they were for a moment, somepossibly wondering if it was worth it to look over the edge. Suddenly, the ground shook with such a force, and the hole caused by the hamster wheel exploded with water. On top of the new fountain was Sonic, freed from the wheel, and Airie, freed from Sonic.
Airie felt another 'thump' at her side, only it was much stronger and faster than before. Blocking out Sonic's feet, that were kicking water up since he couldn't stop running, she dug into her right pocket and pulled out the Sapphire. It was resignating witha blue aura.
"Its... pulsating..." Airie quietly gasped.
Her realiazation didn't last too long. The water just receeded back into the hole, leaving Sonic and Airie stranded in the sky. They stayed up like that for a moment, then dropped down like deadweight. Sonic starting running in the air, defying all physics as we know it, and once he reached the ground he just ran out of sight.
Airie, however, wasn't so lucky. Her wings had stayed tucked in for so long that she'd need to stretch them out before flying, and since she couldn't really do that given her current position, she just fell down. Unfortunately, Knuckles had just gotten up from being run over, only to be knocked down by Airie AGAIN. (A/N: Running gags. Gotta love 'em)
"Why is it ME you always land on?" he asked.
"'Cause you're the only thing that's big, red, squishy, and soft-headed enough to land on around for miles." Airie answered getting up.
-Sundown-
"Its weird..." Airie said. "That stone Water Tails gave me a few days ago was pulsing... and then the water shot up..."
"Airie, you taking this way too seriously." Amy said. "Right now just eat. You haven't eaten anything but Sonic's lunch in a day."
"Yeah. Where'd he go anyway?"
"I'm not sure." Chuck said. (A/N: Yeah, Chuck and Tananka and Chriswere there too) "But I just called Sam. He'll find out where Son-"
"You called SAM!" Airie yelled.
"You FOOL! You've screwed us all to hell!" C.K. screamed.
"No! No more, Mommy! I'll be good! I promise!" Lite cried.
"...I guess you guysdon't like my uncle?" Chris said.
"'Don't like' is putting it mildly..."C.K. groaned. "Chuck, I just want you to know that I hate you SO FREAKING MUCH right now."
"...Oh well." Airie sighed."Hopefully that street lamp he crashed into should slow him down..."
Chuck went back to whatever he was helping Tails with, Chris joining. Ella and C.K. were helping Knuckles with his injuries, Amy was forcing Airie to eat some more, and Cream was poking Lite who had curled up in afurry ball of fear at the sound of 'Sam'.
Amy walked over to whack Lite out of his fear-induced coma, leaving Airie in peace for the moment. She played around with the Sapphire in her hands, and held it up to the fading sunlight. It had been acting very strange, like Water Tails was trying to talk to her through it.Airie did want to talk to him; he had slippedaway too many times by now without giving proper explainations and it was making her really mad.Then, the Sapphire did something that freaked her out.
"Key Of The Twilight!"
It spoke. In Water Tails' voice.
The stone nearly slipped out of Airie's hands while she squealed in surprise. She clampsed it between her hands before it touched the ground (A/N: Remember, Water Tails said that was bad) and lightly panted for breath. Everyone else stared at her sudden outburst.
"Didn't you hear that!" Airie yelled. "It was Water Tails! He just talked through the stone thingy!"
"I didn't hear anything..." C.K. said while applying some medicine to the back of Knuckles' head.
Airie shook her head. "I don't understand. Lite, did you..." Lite was recovering from the whack Amy gave him and seemed spaced out, saying something about 'wanting to ride the pony'. "...Nevermind."
Water Tails spoke again, only a bit softer. "Miss Airie! Can you hear me now?"
Airie held the stone a little higher to her face. "Wait... What'd you say?"
Upon seeing this, Knuckles did the only thing he saw fit. "Cough, crazy, cough." Airie threw her plate at his head, which hit him straight in the face. "Ow."
Airie gave him a glare, and held the stone to her ear. "I'm sorry, Water Tails. What'd you say?"
"Can you hear me now?"
"Yes perfectly."
"Good. Now listen carefully to what I tell you..."
Now, to evryong else, it seemed like Airie was havingsome imaginary discussion with some imaginary person. She looked downright ridiculous talking into the stone. All she ever said from the instructions Water Tails gave to her was 'Yeah.', 'Uh-huh.', and '...the crap?'. Soon, Water Tails 'hung up', and Airie put the stone away.
She turned to them and said, "OK, apparently me and three other people have to go down that hole to meet the Spirit Of Lightning. Sooo... anyone wanna come down the Hole Of Probable Death?" she asked meekly.
After some agruing and more plate throwing, it was decided that Lite, C.K., and Knuckles would acompany Airie down. Gaga had to come too; it was his duty to C.K. to protect her as a Steward.
One by one, they dropped down; Airie, followed by Lite and then by C.K. and Gaga. However, when Knuckles tried to jump down, some sort of barrier held him back. He was actually able to walk across it, making it look like he was standing on air. It took a few moments to realize it, but he came to the conclusion quickly.
"The CHAO counted as a person!"
The four people, demon Chao included, walked down the hole that the wheel had made. It looked that the wheel had continued moving even when Sonic and Airie got out. It had turned sideways, making a tunnel. As they walked, they saw parts of the wheel that most likely came off from the massive friction. C.K. occupied herself by echoing silly phrases in the depths of the cave-like tunnel.
"UNNNNDERWEAAAAR! SMELLY SOCKS! JELLY BELLY!"
"C.K., SHUT UP!"
"Killjoys!"
They had walked for what seemed like an eternity. As they did, they noticed that the dirtwalls around them turned into some kind of purplestone, engraved with all sorts of odd symbols none of them had seen before. Airie had found them starngely familiar though, but she didn't say anything.
The end of the tunnel was not what they had expected. It was basically a circular room, still withthe purple walls and such. In the center, however there was a set of stairs that led towhat appeared to be a large, thickpole.
"Where are we?" asked Airie.
Gaga tapped his Chao paws together for a few moments, than said, "If I read the map I looked at before I came here correctly... we should be by one of Station Square's lighting rods."
Airiesquinted her eyes off in all directions. "Doesn't look like there's that much to this place... maybe Water Tails was wrong..."
"Wait a minute!" Lite pointed to something moving beneath the pole. "What's that!"
Whatever Lite sawwas moving. Before it had been sitting down, perhaps meditating, or simply contemplenting the arivial of its guests. It stood up, revealing a body form no taller than they. (A/N: Twilight-Link's fight scene begines... NOW!)
The figure stood silently, its hooded cloak concealing its features from view, but Airie could easily see the quiver of arrows strapped to its waist.
Lite leaned over to C.K. and whispered, "Looks pretty freaky doesn't it?"
"Yeah…" C.K. replied, adjusting her hat slightly.
Airie stepped forward, and knelt down, bowing her head. She had no idea what she was doing, as Water Tails had failed to tell her what to do when she met the next Spirit. (A/N: Way to be, Water Tails, way to be) "Um…Okay, I have come requesting you're… uh… assistance...?" she said, nervously. The figure's face, hidden in shadows, looked down upon Airie. Airie looked up.
"…What?" Lite cocked an eyebrow.
"Did it… say something?" C.K. asked.
Gaga nodded, and said, "It's a kind of telepathy, hold on, I'll try to translate, she's speaking in ancient language." The Knux Chao finished, scratching his head.
"How do ya know it's a she?" C.K. asked, "That cloak hides its build pretty well." she added, eyeing the cloaked figure suspiciously.
"She told me, Lady Chihiro." Gaga replied, "okay, she said: 'A Twilight, I have not seen one in such a long time… yet, even though you have traveled many a mile to find me, I do no longer desire a pact." The figure looked at Gaga, and nodded silently.
Wh… what!" Airie cried, Gaga continued, his face scrunched up in concentration.
"You are most likely not strong enough, I have no further need for an audience with you, leave my sight." The figure proceeded to turn around when she was stopped by Airie's voice.
"NO! We need your help!" she shouted, drawing her chakrams.
"Airie! Stop!" C.K. cried."Don't be stupid, we don't know how powerful she is!" It was too late, the figure turned around, and held her hand out in front of her, palm facing Airie and Co., and suddenly, lightning began dancing down the length of the figure's arm, and when it came in contact with her hand, she squeezed it into a fist.
All of a sudden, Airie and Co. were flung backward into the cave wall, Lite C.K. and Gaga hit the wall with a sickening 'thud!' and collapsed on the cold cave floor, unconscious. Airie also hit the wall, but landed on her feet, which caused pain to lance throughout her entire figure, her knees buckled and she collapsed onto one knee.
She heard footsteps, and summoning what strength she had left, she looked up. She saw the figure's face for the first time; it was the face of a bat. Apparently, the force of the blast had blown her hood back off of her head, revealing her features. Her fur was a deep black, like the night sky at midnight, and Airie could make out the neck of a green shirt, possibly a dress.
The bat descended the steps leading down from the altar and started walking toward her; she was going to finish what she started. "Please…" Airie groaned, as the bat approached her. The cold look in the bat's gaze did not change. Airie hung her head, and shut her eyes; all that she could do know was hope for a miracle.
And, lady luck was on her side, because a miracle came. Although Miss Keys wasn't aware of it at first, she felt something light, and fluffy, yet slightly damp caress her face, she opened her eyes and looked up to see Water Tails standing in front of her blocking the bat's path.
"W…Water…Tails…? She stammered. Water Tails clapped his hand together, and held them out in front of him, water dripping from ceiling began to come to him, and it rested in his hands, and then it began to shape itself into his Double-Bladed Sword. He grasped the handle of his Double-Bladed Sword, and rested the sword on his shoulder, he was protecting the Key.
"Shinwa!" Water Tails called to the bat, "That is enough! You know what will happen if the Key dies!" The bat blinked at him, and began to gesture with her hands, as though she was explaining something. Water Tails grimaced.
"What?" He asked, "This isn't the way to test one's strength!" The bat continued to gesture. "'A true warrior is always prepared to fight'…!" Water Tails said, "Most of the time that is the case, but not when they have no idea what they're up against! And don't you dare say that they knew what they were up against when fighting you!" He turned to Airie, "Miss Airie, can you stand?"
"I-I…think so…" She replied, climbing painfully to her feet. She leaned on Water Tails for a moment then, then stood on her own two feet.
"Are you prepared, Key of the Twilight?" He asked, his voice brimming with a seriousness that she had never heard before.
"As ready as I'll ever be." She replied, the duo looked at Shinwa. She held out her right hand, and out of nowhere, a bolt of lighting materialized in her hand, and began to meld itself into the shape of a bow, then another bolt of lighting struck and created the string. She closed her hand around the bow and, and drew and arrow from her quiver.
She knocked it to her bow and pulled the bowstring taut. Suddenly, lightning began to dance up and down the length of the arrow, and the arrow tip glowed with electrical power, the cloak that Shinwa wore began to billow from the power that the arrow emitted. Airie gulped.
'This is gonna be one hell of a battle...' she mused. W.T. suddenly bolted towards Shinwa, who turned and let the arrow fly. When the arrow was released, the back draft caused her cloak to billow more wildly behind her. In mid-air the arrow shape shifted into a bolt of lighting and flew at Water Tails. W.T. vaulted to the side to avoid the lightning arrow, Airie snapped out of her musings and darted towards Shinwa, as did Water Tails, Shinwa couldn't shoot at both them at the same time.
Boy, she couldn't have been more wrong. Shinwa drew two arrows out of her quiver and knocked them to her bow. Lightning immediately danced up and down the arrows, and then Shinwa did something amazing. She turned, shot at Airie, then the exact same second she had released the first arrow, the second was already flying at Water Tails.
Water Tails avoided the arrow with ease, Airie wasn't as lucky. Though she had managed to escape being pierced by the electric projectile, it had grazed her shoulder, and the arrow's energy surged throughout her body. It could only be described in one word: pain. Excruciating pain lanced throughout her entire form, her knees almost buckled, but she managed to keep standing.
"Miss Airie! You alright?" Water Tails asked, while avoiding three arrows from Shinwa's bow, he was distracting the Spirit of Lightning, so that Airie could recover.
"I'm alright! I can still fight!" She replied, gingerly taking a step forward, only to be rewarded as pain shot through her entire form again. She leaned against a cave wall, and rested, trying to regain her strength, the arrow seemed to have robbed of most of the energy in her body. Suddenly she heard a scream of pain, and looked to see that Water Tails had slammed his Double-Bladed Sword into Shinwa's side.
Shinwa glared at him, Water Tails glared right back. Then he felt something prick his stomach, he looked down to see a lightning arrow pressed against his abdomen. He looked up at Shinwa who said this, telepathically:
'Goodbye, comrade.' And she let the arrow fly.
Water Tails was thrown backward, into the wall, and screamed in agony as electricity coursed throughout his watery form. Shinwa, slowly walked towards the Spirit of Water, and gradually drew an arrow from her quiver, she stood before W.T. and knocked the arrow to the bowstring.
W.T. started climbing to his feet, trying to dislodge the arrow from his abdomen. Shinwa blinked and that caused the arrow in W.T.'s stomach to send another bolt of electricity through him, knocking him back to the ground. W.T. lay there, panting as Shinwa took aim, and then he noticed something that made his heart leap with joy.
Airie had grabbed his fallen sword, and was slowly sneaking up on Shinwa. Airie raised Water Tails' sword and struck. But Shinwa was faster, she turned on her heel and used her bow to block the almost certainly fatal blow. Then Shinwa noticed something that made her blood run cold: Airie was using one hand to handle the sword. "Hasta la vista, batty!" She shouted, as she swung one of her chakrams into Shinwa's stomach.
The reaction was immediate. Shinwa stumbled backward and clutched at her side, and Airie advanced upon her. "Airie! Go for the wound I made!" Water Tails shouted. Airie nodded and swung W.T.'s Double-Bladed Sword into the wound he had made.
Suddenly, Water Tails shouted an incantation and his sword transformed into water once more and the water, seeming to have a mind of its own, coiled itself around Shinwa's arms and legs and pinned her to a cave wall. She struggled fiercely to get free of the watery bonds, but to no avail.
"Airie, shoot her with her bow! It's the only way!" Water Tails shouted, he pulled the arrow out of his gut and tossed it towards Airie, she caught it and picked up the bow. Airie didn't really know how to shoot a bow, but how hard could it be, eh?
Hard, apparently.
Airie knocked the arrow to the bow, and pulled it taut, and was rewarded with a lightning arrow. But, since she was not the Spirit of Lightning, the arrow had an adverse effect, basically pain. She gritted her teeth and did her best to ignore the agonizing pain that was coursing through her. She smiled as best she could and muttered, "Arrow, fly true." And she loosed the shaft.
And that arrow did fly true. It imbedded itself into the center of Shinwa's chest. She screamed in agony as the electricity from the arrow combined with electricity that she had power over, the two opposite energies canceled each other out and robbed her of her power.
Water Tails repeated the incantation and the coils of water released the exhausted Spirit, the water that had coiled around Shinwa's wrists and ankles entered Water Tails body and repaired the scar that he had in his abdomen. The Spirit of Lighting stood up and looked at Airie, who just stared back.
'You have proven yourself worthy of my power,' Airie heard her say, 'you have my bow and the speed of a lightning strike, use it well, Key of the Twilight.'
Over... 9600... words... can't... move from... chair... read the... SGK... -falls over- ...oh cookie...
(ATTENTION: Those who are fans of DragonBall Z should not read the following SGK, as I bash it. A lot. I'm sorry, but I hate DBZ. At first I thought it was cool, but it didn't last for too long.)
Shirt Guy Knuckles: Episode 4- DragonBall Z(ero)
Knuckles- Today, for the soul sake of parody, we present the plot of DragonBall Z, as told by the AOTT crew. First, our heroes are informed about their enemy.
Big- -portraying King Kai- Hark! I do predict a stupidly powerful villian approaches. You must all train for 15 episodes to combat this threat.
Sonic- -portraying Goku- GASP!
Lite- -portraying Piccolo- GASP!
Airie- -portraying Vegeta- GASP!
Knuckles- Next, the bald villian shows up.
Shadow- -portraying Cell- Rargh, I am Perfect Cell, here to destroy you because I am so very jealous of your vast amounts of hair.
C.K.- -portraying Bulma- GASP!
Tails- -portraying Kurlin- GASP!
Amy- -portraying Chi-Chi- GOKU GET YER ASS OUT HERE BEFORE I MURDER YOU!
Knuckles- Then Goku, who grows silly amounts of hair, destroys the villian but not until after all the bald people die.
Shadow- -underneath Sonic's foot- I am vanquished.
Sonic- -wearing a long, yellow colored wig (because we didn't want to go over the special effects budget if he went Super)- I rule.
Knuckles- And finally... YOU REPEAT THE PLOT FOR INFINITY!
