THE DARK WINDS CHAPTER 15 THE LEGEND.
DISCLAMER; YEAH AH… STILL DON'T OWN IT.
Here you go chapter 15. The next 5 chapters will be where everything starts to really pick up.
"Well looks like I'm in the right place." Shade said as she looked at the vast lake in front of her.
She took a minute to take in the scenery.
The lake was rather large. It seemed to be as long as a football field, and about just as wide the only real difference was that the lake was circular and blue. There were several trees surrounding the lake almost as if they were acting as a gate to ward of intruders, but yet they remained a beautiful sight none the less. An with the clear blue sky over head as well as the large mountains surrounding the valley, this picture could only be described as an oasis.
"This is truly wonderful." Shade thought to herself.
Back before she had met Sonic and come to his world Shade had spent a quite a while in the Twilight cage.
She remembered how much she hated living there. That was nothing more than a desolate prison dimension with other strange aliens living there as well. She was forced to do nothing but slave for the success of Lord Ix's plans. With only the false promise of returning to this world to comfort her, but when Sonic and his friends came along her dream was finally realized.
That's right Sonic!" Shade then gasped as she recalled what happened to him.
That dark aura, those soulless eyes, and the pure hate he radiated.
Shade thought to herself as she walked toward the lake. To think something like that would happen to such a nice guy like him was unthinkable, especially considering not only did he save her from Lord Ix, he also was the first to trust her and invite her to stay in his world with out a moments hesitation even after all she had done to him.
"Sonic you helped me gain my wish, and because of you I met Shadow. I owe you a great thanks for this. An as a fellow warrior, that's why I will do whatever I have to in order to return the favor." Shade said as she pressed a button on her left wrist, which caused her helmet to form on her head, as she then dove into the lake.
The water was rather cold, but due to her battle suit she barely felt anything at all, thanks to its good insulation. She saw several bubbles fly up to the surface once she was under water, and this reminded her of how useful her suit was. Shade suit came fully equipped with a built in breathing device that allowed her to breath in places where air is limited, even underwater. Shade smirked to herself at this, as Shade then began to descend deeper into the darkened bottom of the lake.
It only took her a few moments before she reached the bottom of the lake.
There were quite the sights to behold at the bottom. There was seaweed that looked to be about six feet long waving in the lakes current. Several large sharp rocks littered the sandy floor of the lake, along with a few fishing boats that had been unfortunate enough to snag onto them and sink.
Shade was quite taken with this mystic sight, but then she turned as something amazing caught her eye. Shade looked on in shock as she noticed a large temple that seemed to appear out of no where shoot up right in front of her.
"Well that's new." Shade said to herself as she swam closer to the structure.
The temple was a very impressive thing to behold.
Just from her point of view the temple looked as big as one of those malls she had seen a few times since she came to Sonic's world. It was a large brown building, with five stone pillars holding it up from the front.
Shade stood in awe at this, yet she couldn't shake the feeling that she had seen this before somewhere.
"This place seems so strange for some reason…Well better take a look inside." Shade said as she swam in.
Shade swam through a long hallway for a few minutes, until she came across a level in the temple that didn't seem to be flooded.
Shade then swam to the room and scanned the surroundings with her arm scanner. Once the scan revealed that the air was breathable she removed her helmet, and walked onto the land.
"The emerald has to be in this temple somewhere." Shade said as she checked her emerald scanner.
As she gazed at the scanner her attention was shifted to the walls around her.
"What? No way!" Shade yelled as she looked at the walls.
The walls were covered in several strange symbols and pictures of a dark being, seen causing havoc across the land.
"The legend of the dark one." Shade stated with shock.
She began to step back as she realized what she was looking at.
"Hmm…You seem to know of the legend…Interesting." A voice said out of nowhere.
"Huh, who said that, show yourself?" Shade said assuming a fighting stance.
"Simmer down young one I am not your enemy." A light blue figure said as it appeared in front of her.
The one that appeared before her was a figure cloaked in a tattered cape that seemed to cover its entire form, much like the others she had heard about through Knuckles and Tails reports.
"Wait I heard about you guys from my friends, you're here to test me and see if I'm worthy of the emerald right?" Shade said with sternness apparent in her voice.
"That would be correct my young friend." The light blue figure said revealing the light blue chaos emerald at the center of its chest.
"I see so what happens now? Do I fight you for it?" Shade said obviously ready to fight, as she said this the water around them became unstill and shake as if waiting to fight as well.
The figure noticed this and began to speak.
"I'm quite shocked to know that you are aware of my purpose here, but I am more intrigued by something else at this moment. Tell me can you read the writing before you?" The light blue figure spoke.
Shade looked at the blue figure with a shocked expression and simply nodded. Wondering why the figure would ask that.
"Good, then would you mind reading that on the wall there?" The figure said pointing to the various pictures.
Shade looked at the figure with shock but decided it would probably be best to do as asked, so she began to read.
"The dark one was a being of unknown origin that attacked our world. It had come unprovoked from the very depths of darkness, and simply began to destroy everything around it. We had no defense against it; our greatest warriors fell like ants before it."
Shade gasped as she continued to read.
"We had lost all hope, no matter what we tried the being seemed only to get stronger, and more violent. It was nothing more than chaos itself and in an instant half of our people were wiped out." Shade then stopped
"This is just too much." Shade said as she began to kneel against the wall.
The figure then placed its right hand on Shades shoulder.
"I know it's not pleasant but please continue." The figure spoke.
Shade nodded, fighting back her anger and then continued to read.
"All seemed lost, yet then something happened. The Master had appeared and was able to restrain and seal the dark one away. When it was defeated the chaos emeralds again began to glow and light our world. An just as all was beginning to restore itself war broke out among our tribes and the Nocturnus then separated themselves from us."
"This is the legend of when the dark one appeared an when my clan and became the Nocturnus." Shade said with shock.
"This is correct young one, thank you for reading that." The figure said as it handed over the light blue chaos emerald.
"Wait your just giving it to me why?" Shade asked with a puzzled look.
"Because there's no need to test you further, you are already worthy." A voice spoke from a white light that showed itself in front of the light blue figure.
Shade gasped at this, and stated.
"You're that light that Tails and Knuckles mentioned. What do you want from me?" Shade stuttered.
"As I told them a great evil lies in the future and you all will play an important part in fighting it." The voice spoke.
"What do you mean are you talking about Dark Sonic… or something else?" Shade questioned.
"All in good time young one, all in good time." The voice said as it disappeared with the light blue figure.
"Wait," was all Shade could say before they vanished. Yet there was no time to question as the temple began to break down.
"Great, just perfect." Shade said as she put her helmet on, sliced a hole in the temple with her leech blade and swam off away from the falling building.
She soon reached the surface of the lake, and walked onto shore.
"I now know the legend of the dark one but what does that have to do with Sonic, and what did that light mean by great evil." Shade said with her hand under her chin.
"Well at least I got the emerald but I can't shake this feeling there's much more to this than meets the eye." Shade said looking into the emerald before she began to dash.
"This is Shade mission complete I'm heading back to base." Shade said into her communicator, as she raced off.
DAYS REMAINING UNTIL THE BATTLE WITH DARK SONIC 2
ALRIGHT FOLKS THIS ONE WAS NO DOUGHTEDLY THE PRELUDE TO SOMETHING BIG BUT WHAT LIES IN THE FUTURE, WHAT IS THIS GREAT BATTLE, AND WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH SONIC? ALL IN DUE TIME MY FRIENDS, ALL IN DUE TIME.
SO UNTIL NEXT CHAPTER…. STAY THIRSTY MY FRIENDS