His base of operations wasn't anything special. Just a simple house underground with a lab room and no windows. The only way in or out was with a warp ring.
WAAARRRRR!
A golden warp ring opened up in the living room. Out jumped the doctor.
"Oofff!" He landed on his back. The warp ring closed and returned to his arm. He decided to lay there a bit. Just rest. Just relax until he can find out what to do with the warm ball of fur resting on his belly.
So he rested there. In his living room. With nothing but his haggard breathing accompanying him.
Finitevus sighed, he readjusted his purple specs.
"Well at least the Destructix are not present. "Droned the doctor.
Suddenly the six faces of the Destructix swam into his view. His face soured visibly under their shade. "Oh well look at that, they are here."
Fiona was the first to speak. Grinning like the cheeky leader she was. "Looks like you got quite a beating doc." Finitevus became rather conscious of all his bruises and marks no doubt the armadillo and the guardian had created.
The guardian! He placed both of his hands calmly over Knuckles in an attempt to hide the lump under his cape. The babe didn't enjoy being pressed to this person's warm body but he didn't struggle.
"Yeah, Spooky." Scourge chimed, crossing his arms and capping his eye lids. "Did Knuckles hurt your pride?" The rest of the Destuctix didn't dare to snicker.
Though the nick name irked him to no end, Finitevus' face remained. "Not as much as I hurt his."
"Really how'd you do that?" asked Fiona.
Knuckles decided now was a good time to see what was going on. He kicked and punched at this giant's hands until eventually the black veil was pulled away. He sat up and shook the trapped feeling out of his dreads. Blinking eyes peered up at the sight of the Destuctix.
The Destuctix gasped and took a hearty step back.
SGT Simian "Oh my God!"
Lightning "Oh that's just wrong."
Predator (0_0)
Flying "Aww cute."
Scourge "AHHHHH …!"
Fiona "What in Mobious-?"
Finitevus "SHUT UP ALL OF YOU!" He jumped to his feet.
"AhhhyaHH AH NAA" Finitevus maneuvered a squirming Knuckles in his grip. "EH!" With a new spike of vigor Knuckles fought the doctor's grip. Biting, kicking, squealing! Finitevus was practically juggling his nemeses to avoid the not painful but irritable attacks.
"Guardian! Stop it!" He growled. But Knuckles' efforts were sluggish and uncoordinated. So were some of his thoughts. In the end Finitevus had won the battle holding out the little hair ball in front of him. He could do little more than try and kick at Finitevus's warp rings before his sticky feet would fall back down. His limbs were much too heavy. The Destuctix stayed silent in shock as the Doctor and baby had a rather heated staring contest
"Are you going to settle down or am I going to have to restrain you in some way." Finitevus's voice was angry, obviously not pleased with how marvelously his serum had failed. Knuckles looked away with a pout. "Good boy." He cradled him in the crook of his arm. He faced the Destuctix.
"How did that even happen?" Fiona shrieked. She made a sharp gesture to Knuckles who flinched.
"I don't know." He answered. (No not Knuckles silly, the insane scientist.)
Scourge who was still cringing, muttered things like "That's just wrong." and "He's a baby now?"
Lightning Lynx mustered up the guts to ask a question "What did you originally go there to do."
The mercenaries knew that Finitevus was at work creating a something for Knuckles. Why else would he send them out to get him a dart gun.
Finitevus stared at Knuckles wondering if it was safe to explain his plan with Knuckles present. He was a 5 month old now, so he deemed the guardian powerless with the information.
"The serum I created was meant to temporarily subdue the guardian's chaos powers." Knuckles didn't react to those words more than looking up at Finitevus.
"Well that makes perfect sense. Removing chaos powers has a side effect of being turning into a squishy little person." Scourge crossed his arms. His sarcasm struck a light in Finitevus's mind.
"Of course, it makes perfect sense now!" He said, his gleaming teeth smiling.
The others cocked a confused eye brow.
Finitevus rolled his black eyes. "Open your minds children. It's quiet simple. Knuckle's idiot father Locke experimented on him when he was still an egg. Knuckles received his abilities when he was a baby!"
"Yeah so."
"Sooooo" Finitevus gripped the bridge of his nose. "The serum was meant to take away his chaos powers." Said the scientist. "But in doing so, it rendered Knuckles into the exact state he was in before he received his powers."
"Wait you said that the serum was supposed to be temporary?...Is this temporary?" Scourge weaved his way towards Knuckles, who was biting the barbs on his small hand.
Finitevus looked at Knuckles again for like the millionth time. He pulled his hand out of his mouth.
"No, I don't think so. But I know what the serum did, so can make an antidote and fix this catastrophe."
Predator. "How long will that take."
"A day, three days, a week, a month. I don't know. Until then we will just have to take care of the puggle."
The teens looked and looked at Finitevus.
"Puggle?" Said SGT Simian.
"Yes that is the term for an infant echidna."
Finitevus shifted the baby to his other arm.
"Eh eh…!" Knuckles squirmed and grunted his protests against the unwanted contact. Finitevus took the child in both hands, making Knuckles struggle all the more.
"Ugh, even in infancy you fight against me."
"So, Knuckles is a baby now." Scourge stepped forward letting his blue eyes grab Knuckles' attention. Blue eyes that Knuckles saw were chilled with thoughts of revenge. Revenge and what every mean thing can be done to an enemy that's been turning into a puggle. And in the shade of Scourge's form, Knuckles' little eyes creased together.
Fiona "Can he like understand us?"
Predator "Yeah, does he still have the mind set as his adult self?"
The shapes of evil teens blocked out the living room light.
"Hey you ughly thang!" Fiona squealed. She took Knuckles from Finitevus's arms. And the doctor did not like that. "Are you ready to spend a week with Aunty Fiona?" Scourge took him.
"Yeah and your Uncle Scourge we can play foot ball." He brought Knuckles to eye level. "Guess who's the football?"
Lightning took the baby "I say we dress him up in a little princess outfit."
Predator next "Why don't we just drop him off a cliff."
Then Sgt Simian "Nah that's too merciful."
Knuckles whimpered.
Flying Frog "Let's do away with the little chat, mat, brat, right here right now!"
The expression of every Destuctix member spoke an argument to Flying's words. And Knuckles, counted with the blurred vision of being grabbed and man handled by six different sets of hands, felt sick to his stomach. And the flip flopping due to being in danger didn't sooth a nerve.
On an instinct long for gotten. A self-defense long past muscled through, resurfaced.
"WAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
The Destuctix jolted out of their blood lust stooper. Their once evil bent palms, flew to their ears. And Flying, not waiting till Finitevus had a good hold of the puggle, covered his. Knuckles wailed and wailed until his chin chafed a shoulder. His crying halted. He didn't squirm or resist as Finitevus ran a bandaged hand up and down the small of Knuckle's back. Whether it was out of irritation or sympathy that Finitevus comforted Knuckles, no one could say. He felt utter mortification that He felt infinitely safer in the Doctors hands.
"Alright you troglodytes, this is what's going to happen!" The doctor bellowed. The teens said not a word. Knuckles cringed at the yelling "As much as you all don't care to notice, this world is corrupted. Knuckles has a destiny as the new Enerjak. In order for that to happen he needs to be back to normal. This means no dropping him off a cliff."
Destructix "AWWWWW!"
Finitevus looked down in thought then looked up again. "In fact none of you are going to have any contact with him."
Destructix again. "UUUUHGGGGG!"
"Now," Shifting the babe's weight to one hand, he removed a ring. "Go to the baby stores." He tossed the ring. "Buy diapers, baby food, toys, a crib." Fiona caught it and opened it immediately. Most of the Destuctix members were already entering it. "Buy anything that will make Knuckles' time here as easy as possible. I will pay you double what I do now if you do this."
Fiona stopped in her tracks from entering the ring. She face her employer. She crossed her arms. "Wait a minute. You said that we were going to have absolutely no contact with Knuckles."
"Yes, that's what I said." Fin answered flatly.
"Then that means you'll be the one that's going to change his diapers, feed him, and comfort him when he balls his head off, right?"
Those Destuctix members who had not entered the ring yet, looked at the man of science. Their eyes bore into him expectantly. Finitevus tensed. Knuckles felt it.
"Yes," Knuckles heard him answer. "I will be the Guardian's care taker. You have nothing to worry about."
Fiona nodded. Then they all left.
Ping!
Authors note: I'm super sorry that I haven't posted in a long time. But I back now with new ideas that I plan to write. So a world of new adventures await myself and my readers. I desire to be a writer when I become older so all of this *gestures to my story* is practice for me. Please don't hesitate to give me constructive criticism, ideas, or complements. Take to mind that I said 'constructive' criticism, cruelty will not sway me into the creative mind the Lord is building me up to become. God sneezes His blessings on all of you ha ha.