Sonic looked confused. "Ok, hold on one sec, I thought I defeated you!"
"You did... Until I risen again to settle things." replied Mephiles.
"What kind of things?" Sonic asked.
"Well, I only risen to defeat you and be on my merry way." said Mephiles. "But first..." he looked at Alice and he pushed the sword through her head.
"NO!" Sonic screamed, but it was a trick from Mephiles, the sword hadn't gone through at all. But he vomited anyway.
Mephiles chuckled. "I am building myself up again, bit by bit, to defeat you." He let go of Alice, who ran to the other side of the room. "Time to settle our differences." He pointed his sword at Sonic.
"Oh, someone's gonna get settled, alright!" said Sonic. He readied his sword. "Let's do this!"
Sonic lunged at Mephiles, who simply sidestepped the attack. Mephiles then made his move. he blinked behind Sonic and hit of across the head with the flat of his sword. If it wasn't for the helmet, he would have been knocked out cold.
"Resistance is futile." said Mephiles.
Sonic smiled as a plan formed in his mind. If he is fast enough, he might catch Mephiles out while he is blinking. After all, blinking is just moving fast, right? He lunged again, and this time he was ready. He pointed his sword to his left and Mephiles blinked. But he appeared behind him. It wasn't going fast at all. It was legitimist teleportation!
"I don't have time for this running around." Mephiles said. "I'll deal with you later." And with that, he disappeared.
Sonic chuckled. "Scared, aren't ya?" he said. He turned to Alice. "Are you alright?" he asked.
"I'm fine, jut a bit shaken..." she replied. "He just came out of no-where and grabbed me."
"I got a feeling he might have something to do with this time travel stuff." said Sonic. "For now, we got a king to meet."
General Sky then dashed in. "We have been looking all over! What has been going on?"
"I got lost." said Sonic.
"Well, the main part of this Castle is this way. Follow me."
Sonic took off his helmet and gestured for Alice to follow. As they walked through the narrow streets, they saw a few knights with arrows in places like their knees. In fact, they all had them near or below the hips.
"Why do they aim below the torso?" asked Alice.
"They shoot the legs because they flinch. If it hits under the knee, the part you hit if you want your leg to reflex on it's own, your nerves might snap."
"Man, that's brutal." said Sonic.
They walked through a market with various multi-colored stalls. "Get your best bread here!" shouted a hawk in one stall. "Potions! Heal or hurt, all here!" shouted another.
There was a jousting arena nearby. It didn't look like they were doing much, though. Just taking down some bunting
They stopped before a large building, larger than the others. It was decorated with flags and golden statues of hawks.
"So this is the place?" asked Sonic.
"Yes, the finest building in the castle. Fit for a king!" replied Sky.
The general push the large, red door open and they walked into a very big room. The walls were decorated with paintings and flags. Statues went down the red carpet, leading to a throne with a red hawk sitting in it. He had golden armor and a sword which had a golden handle, much like calibur.
"Ah, and these are who, General Sky?" Asked the hawk.
"This is the Knight of the Wind. And this is Alice." replied Sky.
"Please, just call me Sonic." he said.
"I like what you've done with the place." said Alice.
"Sonic, Alice, meet the almight King Seph!" said Sky.