Return of the Knight of the Wind
Chapter 3 – The Egg Paladin's Strike
"Look out!" shouted Knuckles as he held back the Egg Paladin's swords with his namesake. "Ugh, how are we supposed to beat this Paladin thing when we can't even dent a single one of those tin cans?" As Knuckles' namesake started to crack and bleed Tails quickly flew them onto a large rock.
"If I remember correctly, Paladins are known for their strength, so lets hit them at Sonic speed!" stated Sonic. "Heh heh heh"
"How did you know about the traits about Paladins?" asked Tails. "Was that also in your story book?"
"Again, it wasn't a story! And I learned that from the style of a certain Knuckleheaded Paladin. Now leave this to me!" With that Sonic jumped off and performed a series of Homing Attacks from Knight to Knight. As he got to the Paladin in the middle he did a series of short Boost Attacks while dodging its blows. As he Jump Boosted back to the rock the Egg Paladin accidentally struck an Egg Knight, obliterating it with one blow.
"So that's it!" exclaimed Tails. "It appears that only a sword made from that material can damage them! Sonic and Knuckles, do you think you can get a sword to use against the Knights?"
"One step ahead of you!" shouted Knuckles as he glided off of the rock and into the fray. A few seconds later he wall-climbed back up with three swords for the price of three missing namesakes. As Sonic & Tails looked at the bleeding wounds, Knuckles commented, "Eh, no sweat, it's my fault for not staying in peak condition. Now let's make some scrap metal! … What?"
"Uh, leave the puns to me ok Knux?" said Sonic. As he saw Tails' uncertainty he asked, "Tails, are you going to pick up that sword or just stand there and be an Omachao? Now enough talk, follow my lead!" This sword will make it much easier, but it won't be as good as Caliburn…
With that last thought the trio, led by Sonic, jumped off and went head on, each taking on a separate group of Egg Knights. Sonic quickly moved about with Boost and slashed through 10 Egg Knights in no time at all.
"Whoa…" said Tails as he managed to strike down one Knight with his long sword.
"Damn Sonic! Leave some for us!" shouted Knuckles as he destroyed three Knights and claimed a second short sword.
"If you think that's good, get a load of this!" Did I just say that? Ugh, anyways… "Soul-Surge!" With that, Sonic's Knight Sword started to glow, followed by the Blue Blur speeding from Knight to Knight, leaving only a pile of powdered metal in his wake. "Heh, is that all you got Eggman?"
"RESTORATION – ACTIVATED!" exclaimed the Egg Paladin as the powdered metal rose at the glowing movement of the dual swords. In a dark flash all of the Egg Knights that were defeated returned and were fully functional.
"What the hell! That's not scientifically possible!" exclaimed Tails.
"Bro, just relax," responded a surprised Sonic. Note to self, check on what Tails has been up to lately...
"Yeah, you're right, we just need to defeat the Egg Paladin first, I think…"
"Can you two just shut up and hold off the Knights?" exclaimed Knuckles as he was going head to head with the Egg Paladin. "Oh crap too late…" During the time that Sonic was resting from the strained Soul-Surge and Tails freaking out, the Egg Knights had sent for reinforcements and had surrounded all three of them. "Sonic, can't you do another one of those Soul things?"
"I can't, without Caliburn I strained myself to be able to do that…" replied Sonic.
"Still thinking about a made up sword even at a time like this?"
Ignoring Knuckles' comment, Sonic thought, "If only Caliburn was here, then I would've defeated these bots in no time at all…" as the Egg Knights and Paladin closed in on the trio…
Author's Note: Well Eggman has proved to be getting smarter lately hasn't he? I hope you enjoy and please review your likes and any improvements that can be made, thank you!