Another new thing: This Story has side chapters, which tell a story that's connected to the main one eventually, but unfortunately...this one's PATHETICALLY SHORT. Luckily, the next few chapters are pretty lengthy, so you should probably enjoy them.
A 'Miles' In His Shoes
Side Chapter K1- A Wounded Echidna
It was a pleasant day on Angel Island. Knuckles was relaxing near the Master Emerald in case of Emergency, and life was good. In fact, it'd been great since the Chaos Incident. Now that everything was normal, Knuckles was fine to get some rest. No more Cannon-firing, no more supernatural beings. Just guarding the Emerald as always…. And it was actually pretty boring. Knuckles then decided to go for a walk, when suddenly, he heard the sound of jets descending.
"WHO GOES THERE?!" Knuckles exclaimed, getting ready to pull out the cannons.
"GREETINGS, KNUCKLES." A VERY familiar voice said in a robotic tone.
"No…. it can't be…. M-M-METAL SONIC?! I heard Eggman obliterated you! HOW DID YOU COME BACK?!"
"MY MASTER HAS REMADE ME. EXCEPT THIS TIME, IT IS NOT EGGMAN. IT IS A BEING NAMED FOXIMUS. ANYWAY, HE HAS EQUIPPED ME WITH A NEW WEAPON THAT WILL BRING AN END TO YOU, KNUCKLES THE ECHIDNA."
"Pfft… Yeah, right. Bet it can't even make me flinch."
"WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT, YOU IMCOMPETENT FOOL!" Metal Sonic then charged a purple light, and about 1.5 seconds later, it blasted Knuckles, and let me tell you… it truly wounded him.
"AWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAAAAA!" Knuckles screamed as he was being blasted to near-death, as the beam was blasting straight at his brain. When the laser stopped, he then muttered, "Damn you, Metal Sonic….." and fainted.
"MASTER FOXIMUS, THE TARGET IS SLAYED." Metal Sonic said to Foximus through a radio.
"Wait, what?! NO! I told you to just steal the Emerald, not to kill Knuckles!" Foximus screamed.
"HE'S NOT DEAD." Metal Sonic said, irritated.
"Oh, okay. Very good job then, Metal." Foximus said, and then their connection cut off.
"…BUT HE WILL BE NOW! Metal Sonic said as he grabbed the echidna by the feet and tossed him into the ocean. Metal Sonic then grabbed the emerald, and flew off, causing Angel Island to fall once again.
A few hours later…..
"I'm impressed, Eggman! An auto-piloting kayak, a space-rift generator, and a grappling hook/Beam Gun hybrid! Very impressive indeed!" Sonic said while they were in the kayak, and Sonic was looking over what Eggman had made. But suddenly….BAM!
"Oops. We bumped into something." Eggman said.
"What is it?" Sonic asked.
"Let me look…." Eggman said, and when he saw what happened, he was shocked. "KNUCKLES?!"
"KNUCKLES! Kayak, go back! We're seeing what happened to Knuckles!" Sonic said as Eggman lifted Knuckles' supposed corpse.
Approximately 7 minutes and 47 seconds later…
"Okay, let's see what we've got here." Sonic said.
"KNUCKLES, WAKE UP!" Eggman shouted.
"….w-w-Who?" Knuckles asked, confused.
"Uh oh, I think he's got amnesia…" Eggman said.
"AMNESIA?! Oh, god….." Sonic said.
To Be Continued….