Zero Sagas

Chapter 10: Friends Reunite

(A/N), I own Zero, Sapphire, Nightmare, and Lifeform 0. I also own the idea of Zero Sagas. I DON'T own Sonic, Shadow, Amy, Knuckles ect. They belong to their respectful owners.

MEANWHILE…

"Man, this door won't seem to budge." Knuckles ran his hand along the door. "What could have made this?"

Knuckles looked around the cave he had 'stumbled' upon. He realized how dark it had become; all he could see was the white glow of the door. Knuckles read the carvings on the door and realized that this door was used to protect the world form a great evil. The door's writing labeled this evil as the 'Commander of Chaos'.

"I don't know how this door got here but I'm going to find out what's on the other side!" Knuckles stepped back away from the door, readied himself, and charged at the door with all his might. Knuckles braced himself as he drew close to the door, and punched the door with all his might. Yet it didn't budge.

"OW!" Knuckles drew his hand up in pain and held it close. "That thing is as hard as bricks!"

Knuckles drew his fists up and began to charge and punch the door with all his might, again, and again, and again. Yet the door stood as strong and as sturdy as it did before.

"Well, I guess I'll use this!" Knuckles pulled from his side a Chaos Emerald. He drew it in his fist and began to focus. He focused so hard it felt as though his head would explode. The Chaos Emerald began to glow a bright red, Knuckles opened his eyes and charged at the door with an amazing speed.

"Yah!" Knuckles threw his fist into the door with an incredible might, and the door, as if responding to the energy of the Chaos Emerald, Banged sound then creaked open a bit, revealing pitch black.

"Whoa!" Knuckles looked at the door, then the opening. "I did it!" Knuckles suddenly heard footsteps echo from the other side of the door. "Who's there? Show yourself!"

Suddenly a big ray of energy erupted from the doors inside; the energy flew forward and collided into Knuckles, causing him to be thrown back onto his chest. Knuckles looked up and saw a pitch-black hedgehog with a cut on his eye, glaring at him. Silently he raised his finger, and pointed it at Knuckles. A flash erupted from his finger and Knuckles suddenly blacked out.

MEANWHILE…

Tails landed his plane at his house and jumped out. "Darn it, Shadow got away, now I'll never find Sonic. But… Amy was there; I wonder how Amy got there? And why was she acting so strange?" Tails withdrew his COM link and pressed the button. "Knuckles are you there?" Yet Tails got now answer. "Knuckles are you there?" Tails heard a sound coming from his house. He ran up to the door, hoping it was Sonic, threw the door open and saw Knuckles' cut, bruised, and injured body asleep on his bed, COM link laying at his side.

"Knuckles! Are you ok?" Tails shook Knuckles until he awoke.

"Huh? What? Oh, Tails, how did you get here?" Knuckles opened his eyes and raised himself into the sitting position.

"That's what I should be asking, how did you get so messed up?" Tails examined Knuckles' wounds and found none of these wounds were fatal.

"Wait, where am I?" Knuckles realized and looked around.

"Your in my house, I just got back from my meeting with Shadow." Tails looked down into his hands

"How did it go?" Knuckles took out some bandages and used them to patch up some of the wounds.

"Well… When I went there Amy showed up." Tails remembered everything that happened on the Ark.

"Amy! How did she get there?" Knuckles stopped what he was doing and turned to Tails, determined to hear everything he had to say.

"I have no clue, all she said was she was looking for Shadow." Tails looked at Knuckles with a grim expression.

"Hm… I wonder what Amy would want with Shadow." Knuckles turned and looked out the window.

"Yeah… and when I saw her, she was acting all… evil." Tails remembered.

"Evil?"

"Yeah, I don't know." Tails turned to Knuckles. "What happened to you anyway?"

"Well, I was searching in the forest when I happen to 'stumble' upon a cave. I rolled down to a giant door. I managed to open it with the Chaos Emerald and." Knuckles suddenly realized something. "The Chaos Emerald, he took the Chaos Emerald!"

"He?' Who's this 'he'? Tails asked.

"This black hedgehog, he was pitch black, and he had a cut on his eye!" Knuckles remembered the appearance of this hedgehog.

Tails remembered the strange 'dream' he had, about the city, the people, and Cream. Yet he decided to keep it a secret.

"Well, all we can do now is go look for Eggman, perhaps he has something to do with Sonic's disappearance!" Knuckles rose to his feet and walked to the door.

"What makes you think Eggman will tell us?" Tails stood to his feet and followed Knuckles out the door.

"Oh, he'll tell us alright." Knuckles punched his hand into his open hand. "He'll tell us…"

MEANWHILE…

"Are we there yet Haze?" Michelle climbed up a pile of rocks and gazed out into the distance, as far as the eye could see were mountains and valleys. "Boy, how did we even get out this far?"

"Almost, the chamber should be in the next valley." Haze hopped up some rocks, and climbed up until she could see the area around.

"But…that's what you said the last two valleys ago!" Julia had a hard time climbing with the chao sitting on her shoulders. "Quartz needs to rest! She's very tired!"

Haze climbed up the mountain and stood at the peak, she looked down the mountain and saw something that made her heart leap.

"Get down!" Haze grabbed Julia's and Michelle's shoulders and forced them down. She lifted her head over and looked at what she was hiding them from.

"What? What's over there?" Julia and Michelle lifted their heads over the side of the mountain and saw what seemed people moving down at the side of the mountain.

"Hey, look, people!" Michelle tried to stand up but Haze forced her down.

"Those aren't people! Those are… wait… I thought they had all died out!" Haze lay on her stomach and crawled over to the side of the ledge. She watched the people stop for a second and look around, it seemed like they were talking before they began to move again.

"Who are those people?" Julia crawled next to Haze and gave her a questioning look.

"Those are the Dark Solders of Chaos! I thought they had all died out in the Great War!" Haze turned from the side of the mountain and sat against a wall of rocks. "And their active… this can't be good!"

"Dark Solders of Chaos?" Michelle crawled up to Haze and asked her.

"Yes, they were the ones who followed Lifeform 0! Yet they're going somewhere, where could they be going?" Haze wondered.

"Well perhaps we should find out!" Julia suggested.

"No, if they find us they will either capture us and interrogate us or kill us. We must find Sapphire, she can help us, let's go." Haze hopped over the rock wall and began to climb down to the spot where the solders where leaving.

"What can this Sapphire do to help us?" Michelle followed closely yet cautiously to Haze.

"Well, I don't exactly know what she can do, but I know she will do something that can help us." Haze gave Michelle a friendly smile.

"Do you have any idea of what she could do?" Julia caught up and sat Quartz in her arms.

"Well, maybe she can find the famous Sonic the Hedgehog! He can probably help us!" Haze suggested.

"Sonic? What can Sonic do?" Michelle asked.

"I am not sure, but I've heard of his encounter with Biolizard, and Perfect Chaos." Haze began to quicken her pace.

"Yeah, maybe…" Julia thought to herself.

Haze, Julia, Michelle, and Quartz traveled a very far distance; they climbed many mountains and crossed many plains. Eventually they came across a big structure. It was very long but was about half the size of them.

"What is this?" Julia examined the appearance of the structure; it was very dusty and showed a lot of age.

"This is the Room of Destiny, come I shall show you." Haze called to Michelle and Julia, she then led them down into the building. This building's entrance dug into the ground and through the sand. Haze led them into a giant hallway. This hallway was very plain, bricks everywhere, unlit torches, and a giant wall at the end of the hall.

"This is it?" Julia turned and set Quartz down; she then began to look around the room.

"I thought this was going to have many things down here, books, charts, maybe even treasure!" Michelle was obviously disappointed by the hallway.

"Don't worry, there are many things here." Haze walked up to the door and placed her hand on the center. She drew from her pocket the purple Chaos Emerald and she closed her eyes. She was enveloped in purple rings and the door slid into the ground, revealing a giant room. "I give you the Room of Destiny!"

To Be Continued…

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