THE DARK WINDS CHAPTER 13 PHANTOM FIGHTS
DISCLAMER; NOPE I STILL DON'T OWN SONIC.
Here's chapter 13 weird huh? Oh well hope you guys like it there will be more to this story then just a emerald but I won't tell you read and find out.
Knuckles began to mumble to himself as he climbed up the side of the mountain wall heading towards the huge pumpkin shaped top.
"Dang that Rouge why is it she always beats me at everything?" Knuckles said with a little anger.
Knuckles began to think about it, but he was quickly interrupted as a loud yell came from his side as a white specter like figure popped out at him.
The figure was pure white; it had only two arms with three fingers at the end of each hand. It had a head that resembled the lid of a pop up garbage can, and a tongue inside its mouth that held the color of a rainbow on it, as if the phantom had consumed a large amount of colored candy. (Pretty much a small version of king boom boo from Sonic Adventure 2)
Knuckles screamed out in fright as the phantom surprised him. Seeing this the specter began to laugh out wildly.
"Man you are such a coward I never would have guessed you would be so easily frightened, loser." The ghost said still laughing without a sign of stopping.
Knuckles seen this an at once grew a darker shade of red as his anger grew, Knuckles then raised his hand and punched the figure into the wall of the mountain, as he yelled out "I hate this place!"
The specter then began to cough as it spoke out.
"Look man can you please remove your fist from my face, a lack of back bone is no reason to smash my face in." The specter said in a muffled voice.
Yet hearing the back bone comment caused Knuckles to simply drive his fist deeper into the phantoms face causing blood to leak out of its face.
"Ok, ok, I get it just move your fist already." The phantom spoke in pain.
Knuckles finally moved his fist from the specters face.
"Dang that was harsh don't you think?" The specter yelled.
Knuckles then grabbed the phantom and held it to the wall as he spoke.
"Alright gas bag give me one good reason why I shouldn't plant you like a seed." Knuckles spat still upset with the phantom.
"Because if you let me go I can lead you to the chaos emerald." The specter uttered trying to free himself from Knuckles grip.
Knuckles then thought over his offer and let him go.
"Ok ghoul you had better lead me to the emerald, and if you try to pull anything I will turn you into a new glove, gas ball." Knuckles said as he held his fist to the phantoms face.
"Alright, got ya, just follow me… An by the way my names Spook." Spook spoke shooting Knuckles a nasty look.
Knuckles then began to follow the phantom up to the top of the hill. They traveled to the top of Pumpkin Hill and at then began to look around. It was dark as the sun was now beginning to set. The hill was about as inviting as a grave yard which there was one not to far from their current location.
Knuckles was starting to become edgy. He had a knack for knowing when he was being watched, and he was getting a serious feeling of it right now. He at once tightened his muscles and began to look around.
There was nothing in front of them. The top of the hill was barren, dead brown grass covered the ground. There was a grey building that looked like the burned remains of a farm house, but there was one thing that seemed to be very much alive here, and it was none other than the vast amount of pumpkins that surrounded them. Yet the pumpkins were not ordinary as they all seemed to have sinister jack o lantern faces carved into them.
The atmosphere was getting thick as the sky began to become ever darker. Horrid sounds started to call from out of nowhere; they seemed like screams, wild beast's roars and even laughing. Knuckles was starting to lose it then he turned to stare at Spook.
Yet Spook seemed unaffected, in fact he was calmly sitting on a pumpkin enjoying a cup of tea. (Where he got the tea even I don't know and I'm the author!) Spook let out a small "what" as he noticed Knuckles.
"You piece of trash what is this, I told you to lead me to the emerald, apparently you want to become dumber than plant." Knuckles yelled as he grabbed Spook.
"Hey, hey I am leading you to the emerald, just be patient he will be here soon." Spook said trying to calm Knuckles.
"What he? Have you been leading me into a trap?" Knuckles fumed ready to strike the phantom.
"Dude calm down, he will be here any second." Spook said, and then the ground began to shake around them.
The ground began to shake more violently as a large spire spiked out of the ground.
"Well that was fast." Spook stated as a figure emerged from the spire.
The figure came into the light, and showed itself. The best way to describe it would be a phantom. The being in front of Knuckles was around his height maybe a centimeter shorter. It wore a black tattered hooded cloak that covered its entire form; the only thing visible was the red chaos emerald at the center of its chest.
"Hey, who are you, and where'd you get that emerald?" Knuckles shouted at the figure dropping Spook.
Yet the phantom remained quiet. Knuckles then stared at the figure waiting for an answer, and then the being spoke.
"If you want the emerald you must prove your worth." The dark figure stated.
"I don't know who you are but if you want to fight then I can take you down." Knuckles said as he rushed at the figure with his left fist raised.
"He's so impulsive, but I guess I should expect it from him he has always been that way." The figure said as the ground began to shake again.
Then Knuckles gasped as he looked on in shock.
Large shards of the ground beneath them began to levitate around the phantom.
"Dang," was all Knuckles had time to say as the shards of the ground rushed at him. Knuckles instantly began to run to the burned barn as 6 shards flew his way. Knuckles was only able to dodge 5 of them but the sixth one slammed into him and shattered.
Knuckles recoiled in pain at this but had no time to whine as he looked up, 7 more shards were heading his way. Knuckles tried to run but stumbled in pain, that last shard had hit him hard, and now he was a sitting duck.
The shards smashed into Knuckles as he tried to block the full impact with his arms.
They kept pounding away at him, leaving him covered in cuts and blood running down his arms. Knuckles began to cringe in pain as the rocks continued their onslaught.
The figure looked upon Knuckles and dropped its head in disappointment. It then began to speak.
"Is this really all the power you can muster? I'm disappointed in you; you will never be able to save Sonic if this is all the power you've got, when there is a chaos emerald right in front of you." The figure spoke with a lower tone then before.
It then dawned on Knuckles what he needed to do. He began to close his eyes as he focused his mind, and spoke.
"Chaos emerald I ask for your power, please lend me your strength." Knuckles said to himself.
The red emerald began to glow as knuckles said this. Knuckles then began to glow red to match the emerald.
What happened next shocked the figure, as Knuckles red glow blocked off the shards. Yet that was not all as Knuckles punched towards the figure with his left hand and caused shards of his own to fly at the phantom.
The phantom barely dodged them and then looked towards Knuckles who was now breathing heavily. The phantom then spoke up.
"Well I'm impressed, you are most definitely strong, you pass Knuckles." The figure said in a calm voice as it threw him the emerald.
"What, what do you mean I passed?" Knuckles said with utter confusion on his face.
"You have passed your first test, but be warned the battles to come will be far more difficult then you imagine." A strange voice spoke out of nowhere.
Yet before knuckles could ask who else was here it disappeared, Knuckles then looked at the figure again, yet this time Spook was standing next to him.
"Well Knuckles I am quite proud of you but you still have much to learn, but don't worry we will continue our lesson soon enough." The black figure then began to disappear.
"Yea Knuckles I'll be watching to so you better not lose, oh and you should really work on that fear of yours." Spook said as he too vanished.
Knuckles could only watch as this happened, and when they were gone he looked down at the emerald an thought.
"Who were those guys, and what did they mean by tuff battles?" Knuckles thought to himself but then was interrupted as he heard another voice.
"Kunckie you here?" Rouge said as she flew over head.
"Yea, down here." Knuckles called to her.
"You ok? You look like you've seen a ghost." Rouge said with a smirk.
"Something like that but I'll tell you later." Knuckles said as she walked up to him.
He then showed her the emerald as he stated.
"Well I got the emerald, did you get yours?" Knuckles said to her.
She showed him the silver emerald, and then Knuckles spoke out.
"Alright 3 down four to go." Knuckles said talking into his communicator.
4 DAYS REMAINING UNTIL THE BATTLE WITH DARK SONIC.
ALRIGHT HERE YOU GO MY FRIENDS CHAPTER 13, NOW KEEP A WATCH OUT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE AS THEY WILL SPRING UP SOON, I HOPE YOU KEEP READING MY STORY, SO UNTIL THE NEXT CHAPTER…
STAY THIRSTY MY FRIENDS