SONIC ADVENTURE 2: SHADOW
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Chapter Four: A Guardian and a Thief
While Sonic and Amy were being captured by the military, trouble was brewing in a far away desert. Flying though the desert was a female black winged, white bat that looked to be 18 years old. The female was wearing a skin-tight black jumpsuit with a pink heart-shaped chest plate, white elbow length gloves with pink cuffs and knee-high boots with Metal soles and heels. She was Rouge the bat, world famous jewel thief and today she had hit the jackpot. She was holding a rope, which held to most valuable prize she had ever seen in her life: the Master Emerald.
"Wow, this thing is heavy. It's a wonder how that red guy manages to carry this thing so easily." Rouge said. The emerald was so large and heavy that it had quickly worn her out. Rouge decided to stop and rest on one of the many cliffs in the area. After gently setting down the Master Emerald, Rouge fell to the ground in exhaustion. Unfortunate for her, she had a very persistent and hot headed follower. "Looks like a finally found you, you winged witch" the newcomer said.
Rouge got back on her feet and looked over to see the Master Emerald guardian, Knuckles. Rouge winked at Knuckles and said "Hi, cutie. Have you been following me? I like that in a guy, especially one as strong as you." "Can it, you thief. Now hand over the Master Emerald!" Knuckles demanded. "Aww, I thought you liked me, especially after that little smooch back on the island." Rouge said in a false loving way. Knuckles turned redder then ever as he remembered how Rouge kissed him to distract him long enough to steal the Master Emerald. "I wanted nothing to do with that! You're the one that came on to me!" Knuckles shouted. "Don't tell me you didn't like it." Rouge said "I didn't!" Knuckles shouted back.
While Rouge and Knuckle were having their little "lovers spat", they did not notice a mechanical claw grabbing the Master Emerald. When the two saw the emerald lift from the ground, they looked up to see the claw attached to Eggmans hover chair (I still don't know what it is.). "Thief!" Rouge shouted. "Look who's talking" Knuckles said, referring to Rouge. "My, Knuckles, long time no see. Why, I having seen you since the Chaos incident." Eggman said, unusually happy. "What do you want with the Master Emerald, Eggman?" Knuckle question. "So that's Eggman?" Rouge said to herself. "I don't know. Maybe I'll find some use for it on the way back. Good-bye." Eggman said, preparing to leave. "Oh no, you don't!" Knuckles shouted as he jumped to the Master Emerald and shattered it.
Knuckles landed back on his feet and smirked, knowing Eggman would not be able to take the Master Emerald away like last time. Knuckles heard footsteps from behind and turned around to see Rouge, who began to strangle him. "Look what you did to my precious emerald!" Rouge yelled furiously at the echidna. Knuckles broke free from Rouge hold and said "Ok, two things. One: it's not your emerald. And two: I did it to prevent it from being stolen by thieves like you. Once I find the shards, I can restore it." "Interesting, I'll have to look into it, back at the base." Eggman said as he flew off. Rouge flew off too saying "all jewels belong to me. Once I get those shards, I'll have my precious emerald back" "Not if I get them first." Knuckles said as he ran to find the shards.
As Knuckles was about to begin his search, he was halted by two balls of light that began to take form. He then saw Tikal and Chaos appear before him. "Tikal, Chaos, what are you doing here." Knuckles questioned. "Oh, Knuckles, it's terrible. The Master Emerald has been broken and we are in danger." Tikal stated. "I know. That's why I am search for the shards." Knuckles told them. "Please hurry, Knuckles. If don't get them back with in five days, Chaos and I will disappear forever." Tikal told the guardian. "WHAT!" Knuckles said in shock. "Me and Chaos souls are connected to the Master Emerald. If it is damaged this badly, then the energy will leave the emerald and us along with it. Please, Knuckles, you must hurry." Tikal begged him. "Don't worry, I'll restore the Master Emerald before that happens" Knuckles said as he ran off to begin his journey.
Rouge was started her search by exploring a secret oasis in the desert. "Well, that shard has to be here somewhere." Rouge said. Rouge flew down to get a closer look, but when she landed, she was unexpectedly surrounded by Eggmans robots. "Ok boys, you want to play, then lets play." Rouge said with a smile. The robots fire a series shots at rouge, which she easily dodged by flying upwards. The shots missed her and destroyed all the robots except one. "Don't think your getting off that easy." Rouge said.
Rouge looked down on to the poor robot and readied herself to finish it. "Drill drive!" Rouge shouted as she began to spin around at incredible speed and plummeted straight into the ground. Rouge's attack not only allowed her to go through the robot, but into the earth itself. After many seconds, Rouge emerged from the ground holding her prize: an emerald shard. "Who knew it would be this easy to find such a small thing?" Rouge said as she flew off to find another shard.
Meanwhile, Knuckles was scouring another part of the desert, which looked to be some kind of ancient ruins. "The emerald shard is here. I can fell its presences." Knuckles thought to himself. Knuckles began to concentrate and focus on the position of the emerald shard. But when Knuckles came close to finding it, Eggmans robots dropped in from behind. Knuckles had lost its trace and grew angry at the robots for interrupting. "You're going to wish you hadn't done that." Knuckles said threateningly.
The robots then opened fire and Knuckles pulled out his shovel claws and dug underground before he was hit. The robots gathered around the hole and fired like madmen. The robot halted their attack, thinking Knuckle was dead. Big mistake. Just then, one of the robots fell through the ground and the sound of metal ripping metal came from inside. Then another robot fell and another, until there was only one left. The robot aimed its gun at the ground, expecting Knuckles to pull it in as well. What it didn't expect was for Knuckle to pop out from behind.
"Hammer punch!" Knuckles shouted as he sent his fist straight through the robots chest area. The robot collapsed to the ground and Knuckles resumed his position he was in before the robot assault. "Now, where was I?" Knuckles said as he began to concentrate. Then Knuckles woke from his trance and walked to the far side wall. Knuckles plowed his fist through the wall and pulled out an emerald shard. "That's one. Who knows how many there are to go." Knuckles said as he ran out of the ruins and straight to the closest shard possible.
When Knuckles arrived, he saw the emerald shard on top of a pedestal, out in the open. "This is too easy. What's the catch?" Knuckles thought. Knuckles glided to the emerald shard and was about to pick it up until. "Don't you dare touch my emerald!" he heard Rouge shout from the sky. Knuckles looked and barely had enough time to raise his fist to block Rouge's kick. "Wow, for a thieving witch, she is very strong." Knuckles thought. The force from both attacks sent both Knuckles and Rouge back five feet from the shard.
"Give it up, big boy. That emerald is mine." Rouge stated. "Only in your dreams, batgirl." Knuckles replied. Knuckles charged with a barrage of fist attacks while Rouge countered with and assault of kicks. The more they kept fighting, the more Rouge realized how evenly match they were. "Looks like I'll have to play dirty." Rouge thought.
Rouge then grabbed her ankle and pretended to be in pain. "Ow, my ankle. I think its broken." Rouge acted out. Knuckles, being the total sap he is, went over to help her. "Is there any thing I can do?" Knuckles asked. Just then, Rouge tried to kick the easily-tricked echidna. Knuckles just barely manage to grab Rouge's leg before it hit and swung her around and threw her across the desert. Knuckles grabbed the emerald shard and said "I'll admit, you almost had me there. Any second later and I would have been done for. You're a great opponent batgirl." Knuckles said as he began to walk away.
Rouge got back on to her feet and called out to the echidna. "Wait" Knuckles looked back at her and was wondering what she had to say. "First off, I want to say thanks for the compliment. Second, if we are gonna keep running into each other, I think we should at least know each others name." Rouge said. Knuckles looked to her and said "I am Knuckles the Echidna." And Rouge replied with "And I'm Rouge the Bat. I'll be seeing you soon cutie." Then she flew off to the sky leaving a very confused Knuckles.
Even though she had lost two of the emerald shards, she had seemed strangely satisfied. "Oh well, I may only have one, but that'll do for know." Rouge said as she stared at the Master Emerald shard in her hand. She turned her gaze from the shard to the sky above her. "Knuckle the Echidna, huh? He's not such a bad guy. In fact, he seemed kind of cute." Rouge said to herself and she flew off to continue her search for the emerald shards.
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