Chapter 17, The battle for Angel island.
Angel island.
A team of Resistance members was currently guarding the Master emerald and watching for any sign of Eggman, Knuckles had assigned this team to Angel island and had told them to contact him if they saw anything suspicious.
"Man, we must have gotten the most boring job in the Resistance" said a sky blue cat named Mew, "You should enjoy the peace while it lasts, you never know when Eggman might decide to attack this place" said an orange dog named Slate.
"I know, it's just that I wish there was more to do here than just watch this big green stone" said Mew, suddenly an alarm when off, "You just had to jinx it" said Slate as he walked up to a computer to see what was wrong.
Slate's face turned to fear at what he saw, "What wrong" asked Mew, "Call HQ now" Slate almost shouted in panic.
Resistance HQ.
Knuckles was looking over a map of the world, he was trying to figure out what the Resistance's next move should be, Amy was on the computer looking over the reports of their resent missions.
Suddenly a message popped up on Amy's computer, "Knuckles we're getting a call from the Angel island team" she said, Knuckles immediately looked up from his work, "Put it through" said Knuckles clearly worried about the Master emerald.
Amy pressed a few buttons and the message appeared on the big screen, "This is Angel island defence team, Eggman has launched a massive attack, we need backup immediately" said Mew, suddenly there was a loud explosion and the message cut out.
Knuckles expression was a mix of anger, fear and determination, "Amy get a ship ready, I'm leaving for Angel island A,S,A,P" he said, "Knuckles you can't go to Angel island alone, it's too dangerous" said Amy, "Don't worry, I won't be going alone" said Knuckles.
In less than ten minutes Knuckles was on board a Resistance airship heading towards Angel island, many of the Resistance solders on board the ship had been armed with the new laser wispons, this would be their first time using them in battle and Knuckles hoped that Tails and Gadget really had worked out all the bugs.
Along with the Resistance solder Knuckles had also brought the Chaotix and Mighty as back up, working with this group again made Knuckles feel a little nostalgic.
Angle island.
Soon the airship neared Angel island and everyone could see what was happening through the windows, "Man that doesn't look good" said Vector, Knuckles looked out the window and was left speechless at what he saw.
Angle island was almost completely overrun with robots, Eggman had sent an army of both EGG gunners and E-2000 robots, the only place the robots hadn't take over was the Alter of the emeralds where the Angle island defence team was making a last stand.
"Alright everyone, we have to stop Eggman's robots, if they take the Master emerald then Eggman's army will be even more powerful" said Knuckles, no one said a word, they all knew that the odds was stacked against them.
The airship landed and the doors opened, everyone ran outside and fired their wispons at the nearest enemy, much to the relief to everyone the wispons was very effective against the robots.
Knuckles started to tear his way through the robots desperate to reach the Alter of the emeralds, Mighty followed Knuckles while the Chaotix stayed behind to help the solders.
The Chaotix was facing a hail of machine gun fire, missiles and lasers, Vector tore robots apart with his great strength and jaws, Espio sliced through robots using his kunais and Charmy flew above everyone's heads and delivered stings to any robots that he could.
"Vector we're heavily outnumbered" said Espio as he dodged a laser fired by a E-2000, "Don't worry, we've been in tougher situations then this, right Charmy" said Vector, "SOMEBODY HELP ME" shouted Charmy as he was currently being chased by three homing missiles.
Alter of the emeralds.
Knuckles and Mighty reached the Alter of the emeralds in record time, most of the Angle island defence team had already been wiped out, there was only a few survivors left.
Knuckles punched straight through a E-2000 robot and Mighty picked up an EGG gunner and throw it at another, "Mighty we need to get rid of these robots" said Knuckles, "Don't worry I'm already on it" said Mighty.
The two continued to fight until they noticed a decrease in the robots numbers, "Is it over" asked a panting Mighty, "I don't think so" said Knuckles, he doubted that Eggman would have just sent an army of his regular robots to do a job this important.
A small Eggman ship landed nearby and Knuckles and Mighty prepared for combat, "Get ready, it looks like they sent reinforcements" said Knuckles, the small ship's door opened and to the surprise of both Knuckles and Mighty there was no robots onboard, instead the ship contained three people who Knuckles had fought against in the past.
The ship's passengers was the Hooligans, Fang the sniper, Bean the dynamite, and Bark the polar bear, the three stepped out of the ship and Fang's eyes immediately landed on the Master emerald.
"You heard what the big man said, we get that jewel and we'll be rolling in cash for the rest of our lives" said Fang, "Who cares about money, I just what to blow stuff up" said Bean as two bombs appeared in his hands, Bark said nothing.
"Oh no, not these clowns" said Knuckles, "You know these guys" asked Mighty, "Yeah, just watch out for that green one, he's insane." said Knuckles.
"Bark, you take care of that red imbecile, Bean you can handle whoever that other guy is" said Fang, "Oh boy, this is going to be fun" said Bean hyperactively, "Got it boss" said Bark.
Bark took a swing at Knuckles, Knuckles dodged the attack and punched Bark in the stomach, however the attack did no damage.
Bark grabbed a hold of Knuckles's arm, Knuckles tried to break free, but while he was strong Bark was much stronger, Bark picked up Knuckles and slammed him into the ground as if he was weightless, then he picked Knuckles up again and throw him aside as if he was a rag doll.
Mighty jumped back to avoid one of Bean's bombs, "Hey hold still, I what to see you go boom" said Bean, "Knuckles was right you really are insane" said Mighty, "Hey I'm not insane, I'm just crazy, what does insane mean" said Bean as he throw another couple of bombs.
"It means crazy" Mighty half shouted as he hid behind a piece of stone to avoid a bomb blast, "Oh, well in that case, I'm insane and I love it" said Bean as he summoned a bomb that was almost as big as he was.
Bean throw the giant bomb and Mighty cured up into his shell for protection, the bomb exploded creating a large cloud of smoke, "Woohoo, another one bites the dust" sang Bean, however his celebration was short lived as Mighty jumped out of the smoke unharmed and grabbed a hold of Bean.
While Knuckles and Might was distracted Fang made his way to the Master emerald, two Resistance solders stood in his way and pointed their weapons at him, but Fang was too fast and killed the two solders with his revolver, "Like shooting fish in a barrel" thought Fang.
Fang started to climb the stairs leading to the Master emerald, "No the Master emerald" shouted Knuckles as he tried to run to Fang only to be stopped by Bark who slammed him into the ground again.
Fang reached the top of the stairs and stared at the giant green jewel, "Well hello gorgeous" said Fang as he licked his lips at the thought of all the money he was about to make.
Before Fang could even touch the Master emerald a slightly blue liquid started to seep up through the stone and formed a body, Fang stared in shock as Chaos formed between him and the Master emerald.
"Chaos? Great that's all we need" said Knuckles sarcastically remembering that the reports said that Chaos was currently working for Eggman.
However to everyone's surprise Chaos stretched out his arms and knocked Fang away from the Master emerald and down the stairs, Chaos jumped down the stairs to meet Fang just as he was standing back up.
"You stupid drip" said Fang as he pulled out his revolver and fired several shots at Chaos, however the bullets did nothing to Chaos's watery body, Chaos delivered an uppercut that sent Fang six feet into the air.
Bark throw Knuckles aside and ran over to Fang, "You ok boss" he said, "Bark grab Bean, we're getting out of here" said Fang as soon as he regained his senses.
Bark ran over the Mighty and Bean, Mighty currently had Bean on the ground and in an armlock, Bark pulled Mighty away from Bean and throw him away, "I could have taken him" said Bean as Bark picked him up and ran to their airship where Fang was already waiting.
With all three Hooligans onboard the airship zoomed away from Angle island as fast as it could, Knuckles took a deep breath knowing that they had won the battle.
Knuckles turned to Chaos who was still standing at the bottom of the stairs, Knuckles didn't understand what had happened, the reports said that Chaos was working for Eggman, he had even seen recordings of Chaos attacking Resistance and G,U,N solders, but if that was true then why did Chaos help them stop the Hooligans.
"Chaos, thanks for the help, but could you explain what's going on" asked Knuckles, Chaos as usual said nothing, Knuckles felt a little stupid for expecting an answer.
A bright ball of light flew down from the sky and the spirit of Tikal appeared before them, "Knuckles please, Chaos has done nothing wrong, he has not left Angle island for some time" she said.
"What, but how is that possible" asked a very confused Knuckles, "Chaos has remained on Angle island and has been watching over the Master emerald whenever you have been away, the one who has been helping Dr Robotnik is a fake" explained Tikal.
"Eggman has a fake Chaos, but how" asked Knuckles, "I don't know how he did it, but I can assure you this is the real Chaos" said Tikal, this gave Knuckles a lot to think about, he would have to call a meeting when he got back to HQ.
"Thanks for clearing that up, its good to know that Chaos isn't really helping Eggman" said Knuckles.
Knuckles looked around at what little was left of the Angle island defence team, he could always assign more Resistance solders to protect the Master emerald but he knew that they wouldn't stand a chance if the Doctor sent another large attack.
"Chaos, I hope that you don't mind me asking, but could you help our team defend the Master emerald in case Eggman launches another attack" asked Knuckles, Chaos nodded showing that he agreed, "Thanks, it's good to know that your willing to help" said Knuckles.
Within an hour the Resistance had cleaned up the damage done to the island by Eggman's attack, Knuckles assigned a new larger team to defend the Master emerald explaining to them that Chaos was here to help them.
With the Master emerald safe Knuckles, Mighty and the Chaotix boarded their ship and headed back to base, along the way Knuckles wondered exactly how everyone was going to react to the news about Chaos.
