Phantom gets his main weapon!
Chapter 3: The Passing Of The Fang
After the attack, the Dark Garden was almost empty. Phantom looked around at half-eaten fruits and abandoned toys. Luna placed her hand on her son's shoulder when he suddenly broke away.
"Mom! Dr. Robotnick has my friends in that cage! I have to do something!" Phantom yelled as he started out of the garden.
" Wait, we need to notify the council about this incident before we do anything rash." Luna explained to her son. Together, the two started to walk out of the Dark Garden to the council.
Robotnick piloted his pod to his base in the Scrap Brain Zone and dropped his payload of chao into a cage of small animals. Immediately, Mecha whipped out a laptop and scanned the bars while everyone else huddled together in fear. Sugar and Spice gazed in terror at the machine working right in front of them. A conveyor belt carried the small animals into a machine that generated a small green bubble around them. Next, the animals were placed into robotic bodies and taken to the scanner where the robot was checked for errors.
'What is this place?' Cursive wrote nervously.
" This is the headquarters of Dr. Ivo Robotnick. That machine readies animals to serve as power cores for his army of robots." Mecha rattled off without even looking up from the screen. Burst sat in the corner in the fetal position while sucking his thumb.
" Great. Just bloody brilliant… We're supposed to save the gardens from war, but who will save us?" Spice muttered.
" Oh, man… That means I'll never see that hunk of a chao again." Spectra sighed.
Back at the council, Luna reported what just happened.
"Hm. This is unacceptable! Sugar and Spice are captured as well?" one councilman asked. Luna nodded solemnly.
" Phantom, you have heard this. I have decided to give you the chance to prove yourself to the council. You must save everyone from this Dr. Robotnick fellow. First, you must go to the Hero and Dark Gardens and collect two sacred swords for your sisters. Time is of the essence, Phantom. May Chaos lead you to peace." The elder ordered.
" The Angelfire blade rests in the waters of the fountain while the Muramasa lies beyond the red pond." Another councilman said as Phantom and Luna ran out of the temple.
Before they went to the other gardens, they made a stop at their home.
"Why did we stop here?" Phantom asked.
"There is something I want you to have. It's our family heirloom…" Luna replied as she pulled out a box from the shelter. When Phantom opened it, inside lay a katana with a glittering blade.
"Wow! You heirloom is a sword?" Phantom asked astonished.
" This is the Dragon Fang. Your ancestor Soul forged this blade from the tooth of a dragon he slew. My father on his deathbed gave this to me. I want you to use it." Luna explained with a tear in her eye. Phantom reached inside and gripped the hilt. An unknown strength flooded into his body from the blade.
" What is this power? As soon as I picked it up, I felt stronger!" the white chao asked his mother.
" This sword is powered by the souls who wielded it before you. When the owner of the Dragon Fang dies, their spirit merges with the sword and lends their power to whomever they deem worthy of it." Luna answered. Phantom started out when his mother embraced him while crying.
" Don't worry, mom! I'll be back with everyone else." Phantom assured her and walked away. The tiny warrior stopped at the Hero Garden. It was completely empty except for a pair of leather gloves lying next to an abandoned flowerbed. He peered into the waters of the pond and saw a faint glimmering. The white chao dove in and saw the Angelfire sword stuck at the bottom of the pool. He grasped the handle and immediately let go due to a burning feeling emanating from the sword. Phantom surfaced, sputtering and gasping for air when he saw the gloves.
" Maybe those could help…" he thought as he grabbed the leather gloves and dove again. This time, Phantom managed to free the blade from the concrete and sheath it. Slowly, the burning aura faded from the sword. Phantom took a quick look around the Hero Garden and left for the Dark Garden. The only light came from a full moon that permanently hung in the sky.
" The Muramasa lies beyond the red pond…" Phantom said to himself as he looked at the red pool of the Dark Garden. The white chao overbalanced and tumbled into the crimson pond. He got some of the liquid in his mouth and expected the coppery taste of blood. Phantom surprisingly tasted the sweet taste of fruit punch.
" Huh, It's actually fruit punch. Who knew?" Phantom said to himself as he swam to the other side of the pond where the hilt of the Muramasa was stuck in a tombstone. The sword pulled out without a problem. With both swords collected, Phantom walked out of the Chao World lobby and into the outside world.
" Hang in there, guys! I'm coming!" Phantom yelled as he dashed off. A few seconds later, a blue chao stepped out of the shadows and followed chase.
Who is this new chao? Only one way to find out…