Chapter 3: Mystic Kangaroo
Shadow and Knuckles headed back to the transport when they discovered it was gone.
"No!" Knux screamed in anger. "Our transport is gone!"
"Damnit! Now we have to take the slow train!" Shadow grumbled.
"We should probably get some rest before we go to Mystic Ruins, though." Knuckles suggested.
"Sleep would be good." Shadow admitted.
So they went to the hotel and went to sleep for the night. Knuckles woke up early and went out to the pool. He jumped in.
"Nothing like an early morning swim." Knux said as he floated in the water.
He swam for a while until he got hungry. He went back inside and saw Shadow eating.
"Hey Shad! You're finally up!" Knux said as he joined him.
"Yes. So what? Don't make a big deal out of it. And as soon as we finish eating we need to leave immediately."
They finished eating and took the train to Mystic ruins. They rode for a couple of hours when they heard the speaker say "Now arriving in Mystic Ruins. Get ready to depart."
Knux and Shad walked off the train and walked up to a man that was panting.
"What happened to you?" Knux asked the man.
"Why do you ask that, Knuckles? He obviously was just running or exercising." Shadow answered.
"No." The man said. "I was on an expedition in the jungle when… when we were… attacked. Our attacker was some type of creature. It looked like a two tailed fox. It had red eyes and spoke in a deep, dark voice. It… it got my partners. I was the only one to escape."
"That's terrible!" Knuckles screamed.
"Yes, yes it is." The man agreed.
"So this was the hypnotized Tails, huh?" Shad asked himself. "Then Knuckles and I must head into the jungle and find Tails. He can lead us to Eggman."
"If you are truly going I wish you luck." The man said.
"Let's go, Shad!" Knux said as he ran to the jungle. He hopped in the cart with Shadow following behind. They went into the jungle and jumped off the cliff landing safely on the trees.
"This jungle sure had changed since I was last here." Knux said admiring the scenery.
"We don't have time to worry about that, Knuckles. We must find Tails."
Shadow and Knux ran on the trees for a little while until they were suddenly surrounded by Eggbots and some other machines of Eggman.
"Finally, some action." Shadow said with a smirk.
"Give up or die!" A robot said in a monotone voice.
"You should give up, machines!" Knux screamed.
"We are not programmed to surrender."
Everyone engaged in combat and fought fiercely. Knux was jumping and punching in the air while Shad was doing Homing attacks and kicks.
"We aren't doing any damage!" Knux screamed as he punched a robot.
"Eggman has upgraded his machines for us! It looks like I'll have to use Chaos powers!" Shadow assumed.
Shadow did Chaos Blast but the machines were virtually unhurt.
"What? They are still here after my Chaos Blast?" Shad asked confusingly.
"How can we beat these things?" Knux asked in fear.
"You can't." A robot said as he blasted Shadow off the treetops. Shadow hit the ground and got knocked unconscious.
"Now it is up to me!" Knux said with fire in his eyes. But he too, was blasted off the treetops. But when he hit the ground, however, he was still conscious but just barely.
The robots flew down to where Knux and Shad were.
"This is the end for me." Knux said as he closed his eyes as the lead Eggbot charged up a blast.
He heard the blast and lied there for a few seconds with his eyes closed. He though he'd be dead by now for sure. The blast wasn't that slow. So he opened his eyes and saw a kangaroo holding a chaos emerald with a blats coming from it. The blast was blocking the blast of the robot but he was still struggling where as the robot was just gaining more power every second.
"Thank you for saving me." Knux said as he pulled himself up. "Do you know of any weak spot on this bots?"
"Yes." The kangaroo replied. He was blue with green eyes. He was really tell and had lightning bolt tattoos on his arms. His hands were red and he had a short, stubby tail. "Their weakness is in between the eyes. Hit the leader there and I will destroy the rest."
"Okay." Knux said.
Knuckles walked over to the leader and punched him right in the weak spot. The leader blew up and the kangaroo's blats hit some other robots destroying them.
"Nice job!" The kangaroo said as he ran over too some Eggbots. He punched one and kicked another. He stabbed another with his tail. Knux was helping him destroy the robots.
They fought for a few minutes until they finished destroying the robots.
"Thanks, kangaroo." Knux said as he walked over to the kangaroo. "I'm Knuckles. You can call me Knux."
"Nice to meet you, Knuckles. Name's Sarroo Kanga. Let's go back to my hut and I'll give you some food. You look hungry. Get your friend, too."
Sarroo and Knux got Shadow and took him to Sarroo's hut. Knuckles started to chow down on the food Sarroo gave him. "This is delicious!" Knux screamed in between bites.
"That's what everyone says. Everyone likes my food. And it looks like your friend is coming to. What's his name anyway?"
"My name is Shadow the Hedgehog."
"Eat some food, Shadow." Knuckles told him.
"Good idea."
Shadow began to chow down as well. They kept eating until Sarroo ran out of food.
"Sorry for eating all of your food, Sarroo." Knux apologized.
"No prob. I make more all the time. Now what are you doing in the jungle? Were you on an expedition?"
"Not really." Shadow answered. "We were looking for the hypnotized Miles "Tails" Prower."
"Is he a two tailed, orange fox with red eyes?" Sarroo asked curiously.
"Yes! That's it!" Knuckles screamed in happiness.
"Well, I have some bad news about that." Sarroo said. He then proceeded to whisper something to Shad and Knux.
"You mean we have to do what!" Knux asked.
To be continued.