Alright, sorry about the long wait, but I wanted time to think up this chapter. Most of the words in my stories range between 800-2,000 words, and I wanted there to be a really big plot point this chapter. So, naturally, there'll be more words in this chapter. More words + More action + Big plot point = So much time needed that the entire events of Kid Icarus Uprising could happen within the time span. Twice.

Anyways, Silver, Alot, and Sonic are ready to fight John Vesker, the general Puritan raring to take their lives.
I don't want to keep anybody else waiting (unless it's an advertisement for my new fanfiction: Protoman's Lament), so achtung, baby! Let's rock!

The fight started out fast. Sonic was the one to throw out the first punch, being the fastest and all, and went for a jab in John's gut. Of course, I knew it would hit because Sonic's the fastest thing alive and unbelievable, John actually blocked. Well, Sonic was as surprised as I was, because he pretty much just stopped and gasped by this point. John picked Sonic up and threw him another direction, but Sonic was already up when he hit the ground. Alot was the next one to head in, bringing out his kunai to attack. John brought out his knife and clashed with Alot's kunai, sparks flying with each hit.

Honestly, it was like something you'd see in some action movie or whatever.

Anyways, Alot was slightly faster than John, seeing as how he was smaller and packing less weight. The kunai also weighed less than the knife, at least that's how things looked from here. Sonic ran up to my side. "Silver!"

"Right!" Sonic rolled into a ball and prepared a spin dash. I picked him up using my psychokinesis, being careful not to break his spin dash. The only problem was making sure that Alot was out of the way.

"Alot! I need you to move!" I said, but he wasn't listening. He was hellbent on making sure that John was down. Maybe even dead. I'm not one that likes death, not exactly pleasant.

"Alot! Move!" I said. Damn, he's still not budging. That's when I saw something. Alot had got his kunai right under John's knife. Once that happened, the kunai flew directly out of John's hand and into the ground, blade down. Alot then leaped into the air, giving me a clear shot.

"Smile for the blue ball of destruction!" Now, Sonic had been building up quite a bit of energy. After all, he was spin-dashing for quite a bit of time. Not to mention that I've been holding him and making sure I launched him with everything I got, just for that added power. When I did that, well...

John was in a world of hurt.

John was sent flying after I made the shot, landing it square in the gut. Sonic, not being one to miss an opportunity, continued to run and throw a few more punches and kicks to John, while he was flying. Then, he did a backflip sorta kick and threw John our way. When John came close, I grabbed him with my psychokinesis, and threw him towards Alot. When he came close, Alot let out a hard fist, with John slamming into it. To be honest, it was actually kinda comical.

John was on the ground at this point. He got up, coughing blood out. I WOULD be surprised that he was still alive, but for some reason, I was actually kinda used to the feeling of someone being alive after I ended them.

*cough* "Heh...I'll give you credit, kiddos...you certainly put a punch in me..." He then pulled something out of his pocket, a bottle of some sort. "How about a drink to celebrate things?" He handed it out, mockingly offering us some, and then drank the whole bottle. "Ah...whiskey, I adore you. Let's see how well you do when I can't feel pain anymore." Wait, WHAT?! That was ALCOHOL?! And he drank enough to completely kill any feeling of pain?! This guy's nuts!

"It's not just that actually. See, us Puritans know how to work the alcohol in our systems. I made sure the alcohol's..." he pointed to his biceps, smiling, "in my body, not in my head." He said, pointing to his head. The short version: He's not drunk, and he can't feel pain anymore.

We're screwed.

"Heh. Just because he can't feel pain..." Sonic said, smirking and jumping up and down a bit. "Doesn't mean we aren't dishing it out. Silver! How about another go?" He asked.

I nodded and proceeded to pick up the now spin-dashing Sonic with my powers. Alot charged at him again with his kunai, but John grabbed him by the arm, smirking. "I think I got enough scars from that kid, but thanks anyways." He then flew Alot toward our direction. Alot, however, was quick to use his hands to flip straight above us. Seeing as how I got a clear shot, I shot Sonic towards John again.

Now you know the saying "Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me?" Well, apparently, so has John. John used his hands to stop Sonic before he could get to his gut. Sonic continued to spin, and I could see John's hands practically steaming. If he hadn't drank that alcohol, this attack would work! Damn you, pain killers!

John, noticing that Sonic wasn't stopping anytime soon and he would lose his hands if he went on, proceeded to use his knee to kick Sonic into the air. Lucky shot, he got Sonic right in the torso, sending Sonic straight up into the air. When he came back down, before he could even hit the ground, John grabbed him and threw him right in my direction.

Now I thought sliding hurt a lot. Little did I know that even more pain could be produced by a hedgehog being thrown straight at you. Needless to say, I would be feeling that for a couple days. Everyone was down, and John was victoriously standing above us. "Heh heh, you guys are finished now." He proceeded to grab Alot's neck. He picked him up and squeezed the neck hard, causing Alot to scream.

"Now, now, don't want your little friends to worry about you, do we, Alot?" John said venomously. No. No, I can't let this happen. No.

"NO!" I pushed out my hand, and my powers proceeded to throw John back in the sand.

"Oof! What? That actually hurt?" John said, surprised. Good, guess my powers must've somehow wore out the alcohol. Since he was in shock, I knew the time for attack was now. I ran up close to him and whacked him with some more of my power, paralyzing him. He just looked at me in shock after that.

"Why...can't I move?" John said. "Nnrgh! You little brat! You bastard!"

Yeah, yeah, yeah, tell me that when you're underwater. I picked John up and threw him pretty far. My control over him was still there, so I left him in the ocean water a bit. I felt a LOT of squirming, I'll say that. Before he could drown, I picked him back up and threw him on the sand. Hard.

"Nobody. Touches. My friends." I said to him before he passed out. The battle was finally ours!

Sonic got up, looking a bit groggy from the hit he took. "Nmghlbf." He said. "What happened?"

"Well, you and Alot got a bit tired and went to rest while I played with the dog we decided to adopt." I said.

"...so he's dead?" Alot asked.

"No, we're not killing him. I don't want a life to be over my-"

"Good. Last thing I want is for him to be dead." Alot said. Now it was my turn to be surprised. Alot went at him like a killer, yet wanted John alive? Um...the hell?

"So, what're you guys here for anyways?" Sonic asked. He began walking towards John's body when he tripped over something. Something green and shiny.

"Ah! A Chaos Emerald!" I said. I grabbed it and put it in the locator's compartment, where it would begin transportation.

"So that's what you needed. Well, I'd be happy to help..." Sonic said.

"Great, thanks! Maybe you can get this one right he-"

"But I got my own problems to solve. Anyways, I'll see you later!" Sonic finished before running off. Damn, his speed would've gotten things over with quickly. I looked at the next area, and saw that the next Emerald was in another continent. We'd need some way to get over there first, since I, and I'm pretty sure Alot, can't swim to continents that are thousands of miles away.

"So, do you know any big cities nearby here, Alot? We need a plane." I asked.

Alot nodded. "There's a city just about a few miles from here. Some argue it's bigger than Grayley because of how many buildings it has, but some say it's smaller because it doesn't encircle a large mountain."

"What's it called?"

"Soleanna City."

Before anyone asks, yes, I DO like Sonic 06. However, I do recognize it as a terrible game. I'll be making a review of it on my Youtube channel. Look for alotofstickfigures.

Anyways, I'm so freaking happy this chapter's done with. Keep in mind, I'm not sure if alcohol CAN actually kill any feelings of pain, but I got the idea from a roleplay I was in a while ago. No, I don't drink, and I probably never will.

So yeah, next area is Soleanna City. Trust me, I plan to make this one less human-y and more animal-human-y.

I'm the Silver Keyblade, and I'll see ya next mission!