Dark Crisis
By: Phoenix Ride
Ch.1: Prisoned!
"Sonic catch!" yelled Chris tossing Zeco's planet egg into midair.
Seeing Sonic wasn't going to make it in time Knuckles climbed up the gaint frog metarex's back, jumped, and grabbed the planet egg. The metal frog's tounge lashed out entwining Knuckles in its unbreakable grasp.
Next thing anyone knew Knuckles plus Zeco's planet egg were swallowed by the mechanical frog. Tails had been busy charging up the Sonic Power Cannon, but when he saw the frog swallow Knuckles he knew there was no way he could shoot without harming the echidna now trapped in the frog's belly.
With one gaint leap the metarex took to the skies and disappeared. Everyone on the ground couldn't believe it.
"Hey" said Amy having a sudden realization " if that was the planet egg why hasn't this place flooded?"
"It wasn't the planet egg" said Chris " it was our beachball. I intended to keep the metarex distracted long enough so Sonic could destroy it with the Sonic Power Cannon,"
"And now they got Knuckles," said Tails.
"We have to go after those creeps" said Sonic " there's no telling what they'll do to Knuckles,"
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"Uh, my head" thought Knuckles as he painfully opened his eyes getting a glimspe of his surroundings " where am I?"
A bright blue light suddenly attracted his attention to the darkest corner of the room. Still carrying the beach ball in his hand Knuckles bent down to pick up a bright blue chaos emerald.
"This was the emerald the frog swallowed" said Knuckles " but...that means..that I'm in his stomach,"
"Well" Knuckles thought, sitting down " there's nothing I can do from the inside. Even if I manage to break out I would be lost in space. I'll just have to see where this ride takes me,"
The metarex soon landed at Dark Oak's base and Knuckles could hear the Metarex leader speak through the frog's armor.
"What have you to report?" said Dark Oak.
"Planet egg and chaos emerald obtianed" said the frog " prisoner also aquired sir,"
"A prisoner?" said Dark Oak " show him to me,"
The frog coughed up Knuckles hurling the red echidna at Dark Oak's feet. Knuckles had lost his grip on the planet egg when the frog started to cough and it was still in the frog's stomach. Worse the blue chaos emerald jarred loose from his hand by the force of the fall and landed between him and Dark Oak.
"Well" said Dark Oak, picking up the chaos emerald " how nice of you to bring me a gift. May I have the pleasure of knowing your name?"
"None of your business Meta-punk!" shot Knuckles.
Dark Oak nodded to the frog behind Knuckles and before the echidna even knew it he was soon forced to the ground by the frog's foot.
"I ask you agian" said Dark Oak " what is your name?"
Knuckles refused to say a word and Dark Oak continued.
"Fine then" he said, getting close to Knuckles face " but just the same I will find out who you are,"
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"What's the matter Tails?" said Sonic motioning to the plane " why can't we get this thing off the ground?"
"Without Knuckles around to power the ship we have on backup power" said Tails making the last few ajustments " hang on everyone!"
With a gaint lurch the Blue Typhoon took off into outer space in order to rescue Knuckles.
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Meanwhile, Knuckles was being forcibly strapped to some sort of bizaar machinery with all the Metarex leaders watching him. The machine was turned on and soon a howl of pain escaped to the far corners of space.
Knuckles felt like he was being electrocuted. Dagger's of green light energy surged up and down his body leaving behind a wave of pain after each pass. The Metarex leaders were smiling in delight out of the torture Knuckles was going through, and even after the pain stopped Knuckles could still feel the light's effects.
Green Bay Leaf looked over the results from the scan with interest.
"Hmmm" he said " it seems this creature has the ability to control chaos power like Sonic, but on an unseemily higher level,"
"How much higher?" asked Dark Oak.
"Plenty higher" said Bay Leaf " he has more power than the seven chaos emeralds combined,"
"Interesting" said Dark Oak, looking at his generals " leave us alone for a minute,"
The Metarex generals left and soon Dark Oak and Knuckles were alone.
" There's much to you animals than it first appears" said Dark Oak " only those worthy enough are entitled to control the powers of chaos. With you by our side we wouldn't have a need to collect all the chaos emeralds,"
"That's what you think" said Knuckles " I am just a servant of the emeralds meant to make sure that the chaos emeralds powers do not go out of control,"
"A servant soon to be converted into my ways" said Dark Oak " soon creature the Metarex will rule all, and then only those who serve me will survive,"