Writer's Note:
This story is a novella adapting the events of the 1994 video game where Sonic and Tails meet Knuckles, who was tricked by Doctor Robotnik and fights Sonic while the doctor enacts a plot involving the Master Emerald...
SEGA owns the Sonic crew just as they own the franchise, all rights reserved.
BOOM! "Whoa!"
The earthquake rocking the island was unexpected, earlier today, all was peaceful. Now, what had happened? Knuckles stood up, having woken from his nap. He walked around the area, wondering what was going and what caused the earthquake.
"Huh?" The red echidna spotted the huge mass sitting on the mountain not too far off, he then noticed that his island was no longer in the sky but had fallen into the ocean. Was that weird gigantic thing sitting on the mountain responsible?
Knuckles headed off to investigate, the giant mass became clearer and easy to make out once he was close to the mountain. It looked like a huge metal ball with eyes and a moustache, just where in the world did that come from?
If there was one thing the guardian of the floating island hoped, it was that the weird metal thing wasn't an egg. If it was an egg, that meant trouble. Knuckles had heard the prophecies from centuries past, prophecies about a world-destroying giant monster.
The prophecy of the monster also spoke of how his own kind was wiped out, thanks to their own greed and desire for power. The tribe leader had been an idiot, attempting to get his hands on the seven gems just so he could defeat the tribe's main rival faction.
Observing the humongous egg shaped object a bit longer, Knuckles headed off to think about what was going on. Days passed and the echidna returned to check on it, still making sure that the thing that made his island fall wasn't what he thought it was.
Somehow, life on the island seemed to carry on as normal, the animals living here weren't worried about if their home had fallen. Eventually, everything finally changed. One morning, just weeks after the island fell in the ocean, a visitor came.
Knuckles was on his way over to check on the huge sphere again when he bumped into a fat man with an orange moustache wearing blue glasses, a red shirt, yellow cape and black pants. Where the heck did he come from?
"Who are you and what's going on?" Knuckles demanded.
The man turned, "Oh ho, have no fear, my red friend. I am just a humble scientist curious as to why the egg-shaped object is on the island as well, my name is Doctor Robotnik and I come in peace."
"Huh, ok. I believe you, Robotnik."
"Splendid, with that settled, I could use your help. What if I were to tell you there's this crazy blue hedgehog out there and that he might be after your island's power source?"
"WHAT? He's after the Master Emerald?" Knuckles was outraged, he shook Robotnik's hand, "Thanks for the heads up, doc."
The red echidna walked off to take in everything he'd just learned, all while failing to notice the sinister smile on Robotnik's face. 'He fell for it.' The doctor thought, 'Hook, line and sinker. Heh heh heh...'
Miles away, world hero Sonic the Hedgehog was sitting back on a beach as a shapely bikini-clad blonde girl massaged his shoulders while a shapely one-piece clad rabbit woman rubbed his feet and a bikini-clad brown haired woman rubbed his quills.
This was the life, after saving the world and so much adventuring, the hedgehog needed a break. He also certainly was very popular among every female on the planet, first he'd met Amy Rose and now he was with beach girls.
Sonic's shoes lay nearby, he'd taken them off so he could get his feet rubbed. The hedgehog had signed a couple fan autographs and done photos with a couple people on the beach already, his fame had gone through the roof after the Death Egg debacle.
It had been half a month since the battle with Robotnik on Little Planet, everything was peaceful and the world was safe. But little did Sonic know that the very next big adventure was coming sooner than he thought.
"Hey, Sonic!" The speedster's buddy and sidekick Tails came running up, a tracker device in hand. "Oh hey, little bro." Sonic said casually, laying down on his stomach as one of the beach girls began rubbing his smooth back, "What's up?"
"You're not gonna believe this." Tails replied, showing the blue hero his device, "I just picked up an energy reading from far off, something similar to the energy signature of a Chaos Emerald. Oh, I also found this."
Tails pulled out a ring with strange writing on it and gave the ring to Sonic, who examined it. The ring seemed to mention something about an island in the sky and a massive emerald of great power, whatever was going on, this was worth investigating.
A short time later, Sonic was standing on top the wings of the Tornado as Tails piloted the plane and they flew over the ocean, approaching the mass that appeared to be the legendary Floating Island. The island was floating alright... IN THE WATER!
Deciding to scout out the place and show off, Sonic called on the power of the Chaos Emeralds and turned into Super Sonic, he flew off the plane and blasted towards the island at super speed. In seconds, he was blazing across a beach and through a jungle.
However, just as Super Sonic was exiting the forest and into a vast forest-y clearing area, something unexpected happened. Someone with incredible strength burst out of the ground and punched him in the face, knocking Sonic over.
The only thing he could see before getting temporarily knocked out was a spikey fist, the next thing Sonic knew, he was back in his regular form and the Chaos Emeralds were scattered around him as a red looking guy picked the gemstones up.
"Didn't see that one coming, chump?" The island's inhabitant asked with a sneer.
"Who are you?" Sonic demanded, "And what are you doing with the emeralds?"
"I'm Knuckles the Echidna," Knuckles replied, "Guardian of the Master Emerald. And, speaking of emeralds, I'm taking your Chaos Emeralds. Robotnik told me about you, so it looks like I got ya good. See ya later if we meet again, blue boy!"
Knuckles ran off just as Tails caught up to Sonic. "What was that?" The speedster muttered, he rose to his feet and looked at their surroundings. They were standing in a strange forest-like area full of giant mushrooms, nothing like they'd seen before.
Deciding to investigate the situation that had unfolded and get back the emeralds, Sonic and Tails got on with exploring the area. They found dragonfly Badniks and a few Motobug-like Rhino robots in the vicinity, learning that Robotnik WAS on the island.
If the doctor was here, this meant that the Death Egg had crashed on the island and Robotnik was trying to fix it. Darn, Sonic thought the battle station had exploded. Turned out it was intact but damaged, time to deal with the Death Egg again.
Looking around every corner for secrets, Sonic and Tails soon spotted Knuckles exiting a cave, looking around himself with a suspicious look on his face. Once he left the area, the duo headed for the cave to investigate why Knuckles was acting strange.
Trashing a couple Buzz Bombers, Sonic went into the cave and Tails followed suit. It was dark and hard to see in, but Tails brought out a flashlight that made things easy. Before long, the two found out what Knuckles seemed to be hiding.
A bag lay on the ground and inside the bag were seven familiar multi-colored gemstones, Knuckles had hidden the Chaos Emeralds in the cave. The bag with the emeralds wasn't the only secret in the cave, a giant warp ring happened to be nearby too.
Sonic looked at Tails, knowing that things were getting interesting. They picked up the bag with the emeralds and walked into the warp ring, leading to a whole new place...
-Hidden Palace Zone-
"Whoa..." Sonic breathed with amazement as he drank in the scene around him and Tails. They were standing in some type of underground temple full of what seemed to be ancient architecture, pillars and stones held up the palace and a mural sat on the wall.
Looking at the tapestry, the two adventurers raised their eyes as they saw what looked like a golden hedgehog fighting a mustached guy over an emerald. The hedgehog looked like Sonic and the other guy looked like... Robotnik!
Completely confused and surprised, Sonic and Tails decided to look around the strange temple for more secrets. They spotted an altar with a purple orb on it and approached the altar before tapping the object, causing the orb to light up.
In seconds, there was a flash of light and a feeling of coldness before Sonic and Tails saw they were standing in a different area of this interesting location. Thankfully, they hadn't lost the Chaos Emerald bag. Who wanted to lose the emeralds again?
"Ahem!" Someone grunted. Sonic wheeled around and there was Knuckles again, the red echidna had his arms crossed and he looked furious. "So," Knuckles growled, "You found the emeralds and now you're after my Master Emerald?"
"What..." Sonic quipped, "Nuh uh, Knucklehead. Your mind is warped, Robuttnik is manipulating ya. If you think he can be trusted, you're wrong, Eggman's evil." Knuckles just laughed, "I dunno what you're talking about but... PUT 'EM UP!"
Knuckles lunged for Sonic, fists raised and ready to hit him, but the speedster dodged and struck him in the back with a kick. Knuckles recovered and punched the blue hedgehog in the face, briefly dazing him before the echidna got a spin dash to the face.
Tails joined in on the fight, smacking the red echidna in the face with his tails and a few kicks from his legs. Sonic and the fox joined forces, gaining up on Knuckles until he was down on the ground, defeated and confused.
Right on cue, no sooner than Knuckles had been defeated, explosions rocked the palace. Sonic and Tails looked around just as a villainous laugh echoed through the halls. "OH NO, THE MASTER EMERALD!" Knuckles suddenly exclaimed, standing up.
He ran off and Sonic followed him down a hallway, followed by Tails. The jog didn't take too long, they both were soon setting foot in a humongous room with a giant altar where a humongous green gemstone sat. 'The Master Emerald.' Sonic assumed.
More villainous laughter echoing in the chamber, then the man revealed himself, Doctor Robotnik piloting his Egg Mobile which was suddenly equipped with a claw. Robotnik chuckled as he snatched up the Master Emerald and began to fly off.
"WHAT?" Knuckles cried, "WHAT THE FLOCK?" The echidna jumped onto the altar, jumped off, glided through the air and grabbed onto the Egg Mobile. Sonic and Tails caught up, watching as the echidna tried to take down Robotnik... only to get zapped.
"See you later, Knucklehead!" Robotnik sneered and flew off into a teleporter, vanishing to who knew where. Knuckles groaned in agony, weakened by the Egg Mobile's electric grid. He looked at Sonic and muttered, "Sorry, I got tricked!"
"Its fine." The speedster commented, shaking Knuckles' hand, "At least we'll make up for it." Knuckles then instructed Sonic and Tails to follow and go stop Robotnik, pointing to the teleporter that the mad doctor had just used.
Knowing what to do, Sonic and Tails jumped into the teleporter and a bright light flash engulfed them as they teleported out of Hidden Palace and to somewhere else. Before they knew it, they were standing on some metal platform in the sky over the clouds...
-Sky Sanctuary-
Tails heard a noise close by and tapped Sonic on the arm, pointing to a cluster of clouds. The duo watched with surprise as they saw the Death Egg rising once again, how did Robotnik rebuild that fast? Was it thanks to Time Stones or the Master Emerald?
It didn't matter, Robotnik had to be stopped. Sonic and Tails explored Sky Sanctuary, trashing new Robotnik-looking robots known as Egg-Robos along the way as they headed towards the highest platform that could take them onto the Death Egg itself.
Little did they know that something was watching them, a new type of robot but almost familiar. Sonic and Tails smashed a few Buzz Bombers and Egg-Robos as they hopped from cloud to cloud, they felt like they were in heaven with demons after them.
A teleporter sat nearby, glowing with power. Sonic reached the teleporter and let it transport him to the big platform above just as the Death Egg was about to get higher and higher, Tails caught up to the speedster, but just as they were about to go further…
KER VVVVT! "Target acquired!" The duo turned and were shocked to see what looked like ANOTHER robot Sonic, Sonic rolled his eyes, he could take the robot no problem as it looked like a joke. Mecha Sonic marched forth, laser weapons ready.
Sonic leapt at his foe and launched into a spin dash, going right through the torso of the mechanical beast and destroying it in seconds. Mecha Sonic was no more, thus the way to Robotnik was paved and clear.
Hoping they weren't out of time, Sonic and Tails ran up a huge flight of stairs to an even higher surface as the stair behind them suddenly started crumbling. They jogged faster and faster before they leaped off a ledge high through the sky.
Tails grabbed onto Sonic and used his tails to fly, they flew and flew all the way towards the Death Egg as it gained altitude. Before they could run out of air and lose the big machine, the duo successfully managed to get on board the space station...
-Death Egg Zone-
Just as the space station was reaching the vacuum of space high above the planet, Sonic and Tails found Robotnik in a massive chamber near an observation deck that overlooked the planet itself. In fact, the doctor was waiting for them.
"There you are, Eggman." Sonic said, "You're gonna go down and we're gonna get rid of your Death Egg for good, ya think you can get away with what you're doing, well it ain't gonna work. We stopped your big darn Death Egg before and so we can again."
"Don't be confident, Sonic!" Robotnik purred, "I got a few tricks up my sleeve as usual." He suddenly jumped down a hatch and, in seconds, a massive robot resembling a bigger Egg-Robo emerged with mechanical hands.
"GET A LOAD OF MY NEW ROBOT, FOOLS!" Robotnik cackled. Sonic looked at Tails and smirked, they knew what to do. As the giant mechanical beast launched an attack, the duo evaded the missiles and fists before springing their own attack.
Joining forces together, Sonic and Tails launched a spin-dash combo and rammed the Giant Egg-Robo in the torso before hitting its hands and smashed them. Then, they went for the head and smashed it in one big go. BOOM! Curb-stomp Robotnik fight!
The defeat of the mech had the side effect of the Death Egg starting to self destruct, explosions rocked the station, one after another. Sonic and Tails high-fived. They knew it was time to go, but they had to take care of the Master Emerald first.
Robotnik, who'd escaped his mech, tried to run for it with the Master Emerald but Sonic turned into Super Sonic with the Chaos Emeralds and snatched the Emerald from Robotnik and left with Tails as the station exploded while the doc managed to escape.
Sonic and Tails headed back to the island below and gave the gemstone to Knuckles, who thanked them for saving his home and fixing everything. Sonic shook the echidna's hand, forgiving him for the mistakes he'd made.
With all said and done, Sonic and Tails got in the Tornado and headed off on their next adventure with another Robotnik battle behind them and the day saved again for now...
The End
