ALF MEETS KINGDOM HEARTS: TROUBLE ON ANGEL ISLAND
"Where are we going?" asked Goofy.
"To Angel Island, the home of the treasure hunter, Knuckles the Echidna!" Sonic replied.
"Angel Island? Knuckles the Echidna?" Lynn repeated.
Sonic nodded
"Yes… He lives there, because that's also the location of the Chaos Emeralds main power source, the Master Emerald, which he guards."
"Wow! But how do we get there?" asked Brian.
"I know! We'll take my plane, the X-Tornado!" Tails replied.
"Right! C'mon! It's juice 'n' jam time!" said Sonic.
"Do you really think it will be that easy?" a voice behind them asked teasingly.
Everyone turned around to see a buxom bat girl standing on the branch of a nearby tree and leaning against its trunk.
"Rouge! What are you doing here?" Tails demanded.
"I'm partnered with Shadow, duh!"
"Are you sure you shouldn't be in a cave right now, nesting with a roost, and hunting insects?" Alf quipped.
Rouge laughed.
"You're funny…Mr. Big Nose."
"I'll pretend I didn't hear that…"
Rouge sighed.
"Anyway, I… Eyes up my friends."
"Wait! What do you mean getting to Angel Island won't be easy?" Sora asked.
"Eggman has set up a dangerous team of search robots to patrol the area. He doesn't want anyone getting the Emeralds before him." Shadow explained
"What about the Heartless? Or Organization XIII? Or perhaps some bumbling idiot by the name of Pete?" asked Roxas.
"Hmm…nope, haven't seen anything like that." Rouge replied
"OK. Thanks anyway." said Sora
Just then, Naminé started to scream.
"EEEK!"
"Naminé, what's wrong?" asked Lynn.
"I-It's them…
"Who?" asked Sora.
"Organization XIII! T-There h-here! I-I just saw one of them! They're here to eliminate Roxas and me! I just know it! I don't wanna die! Not yet!"
"What are you talking about?" asked Roxas, confused. "I don't see anything! Do you guys see anything?"
The other shook there heads and shrugged.
"You're just seeing things Naminé! Just relax! Everything's gonna be OK!" Roxas continued, giving his girlfriend a tender hug, causing her to calm down a bit.
Suddenly, they were completely surrounded by Heartless, along with several Nobodies!
"Not again! Run Naminé!" ordered Roxas, as he and the others got into their fighting stances. "You're in no condition to fight! We'll handle this! Now run!"
Naminé turned and started to run, but some of the Heartless and Nobodies began to chase after her!
"Naminé, watch out!" Brian shouted.
Naminé turned her head and looked behind her.
Screaming at the top of her lungs, she picked up speed.
She ran and ran, until she felt like her lungs were going to burst!
"Oh! Oh! Oh!" she sobbed, as she veered around a corner. "This is exactly what I deserve for causing so much trouble a year ago! I promise…that if I get out of this alive…I'll find a way to make up for it!"
Suddenly, she found herself cornered.
"What am I gonna do? Oh, no!"
Suddenly she had an idea.
"Huh? What's this? Well, would you look at that!" she said, pretending to be surprised. "Look who's came all the way here to see this! It's Xehanort!"
All of her pursuers then turned and looked at where she was pointing, allowing her to make her escape.
"I didn't think that would actually work!" she sighed with relief, as ran of into the distance.
Meanwhile, the others had their hands full fighting the rest of the evil army.
"What do we do now Sonic?" asked a worried Tails.
"How should I know?"
"We'll take it from here!" Shadow shouted, as he and Rouge ran up to them.
"Wha…? Shadow! What are you…?" exclaimed Sonic.
Shadow turned to them.
"We can handle this! Just hurry up and get the others outta here Sonic, NOW!"
Sonic nodded and turned to the others.
"C'mon! Let's juice!"
They all ran off and got ready to go see Knuckles
MEANWHILE ON ANGEL ISLAND
"So what you're saying is…these strangers plan to invade my island?"
"Exactly!"
Dr. Eggman was busy talking to a small, red echidna, known as Knuckles, who was being shown some pictures of Sora and co.
"But why in the world would Sonic and Tails be helping them?" Knuckles pondered.
"You know how reckless Sonic is! He trusts anyone, even the ones he doesn't know! He's too foolish to realize what he's getting himself into!"
"Why would they do this?"
"Because, they're all being manipulated by that one boy, the Keyblade Master!" Eggman replied, once again indicating Sora's photo.
"I see…" Knuckles pondered.
"But you'll probably have to get through them to get at him!"
"So, where are they?"
"They should be arriving in the X-Tornado. They'll be here any second! So get ready!"
"Don't worry! No weapon can stop me!"
"Excellent!" the mad scientist replied with a sinister smile.
He turned to leave.
Meanwhile, our heroes had just landed on the island, none of them noticing Eggman as he went by them, chuckling evilly to himself as he watched them go past.
Soon, they saw Knuckles standing with his arms crossed and his eyes closed, waiting for them from atop the shrine of the Master Emerald. He opened his eyes when he heard them approach
"Hiya Knuckles! What's up?" Sonic greeted with a wave.
Knuckles didn't answer, and instead, jumped down in front of them, and then, to their surprise, started to throw a sudden, massive punch in their general direction.
Our heroes dodged out of the way just in time!
"Yo Knuckles, what's your problem?" the blue hedgehog demanded.
Knuckles turned to face Sora.
"You must be the Keyblade Master." he said.
Sora nodded, a bit confused.
"Yeah, but why do you…?
But Knuckles cut him off.
"No time for games. Just hand over that Keyblade of yours, now!"
"What? There's no way your getting this!"
"Alright, then have it your way!"
Everyone got into their fighting stances.
Knuckles charged forward, his fist raised in the air.
"SHOVEL CLAW!" he shouted as he leapt into the air.
He leapt at Sora, who blocked with his Keyblade. He then charged at Knuckles, who dodged out of the way, only to turn around and do a flying punch.
Sonic, upon seeing this, quickly got into his Spindash mode, knocking Knuckles away, causing him to smash into the wall of the shrine.
Knuckles got back up and charged at Lynn, who tried to counter.
She missed, and Knuckles raised his fist to do her in, when he suddenly found himself with a headache, as a blast of energy hit him literally head-on!
He looked up and saw Naminé standing over him.
"Now, now! You wouldn't hit a girl, would you?" she said with an innocent grin
Knuckles grimaced
"What, you too?"
"What are you talking about?" Roxas asked, as our heroes went into the defense.
So Knuckles decided filled them in on everything Eggman had told him.
"SAY WHAT?" everyone but Knuckles exclaimed in unison.
"What's the matter with you?" Sora demanded. "That's-that's crazy! I would never even dream of hypnotizing or mind-wiping people like that! I mean sure, it may look like something like that happened. And yeah, I haven't always been honest-to-God honest (In fact, I must confess that I was the one who stole my girlfriend, Kairi's entire batch of oatmeal-raisin cookies this past summer!), but still…mind control? That's a bit over the top, don't ya think?"
"Wait, you never…? Than that means…"
MEANWHILE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISLAND
Eggman gave an evil laugh as he watched the whole event on a TV monitor. He was feeling quite proud of himself.
It's all working according to plan! While Knuckles and those fools fight it out, I'll use that advantage to steal both the Keyblade and the Master Emerald! And with these items, along with the 7 Chaos Emeralds, I'll be able to power up my ultimate weapon: a modified version of the Eclipse Cannon located on the newly rebuilt Space Colony ARK! But instead of destroying entire planets, it will instead create the darkness I need to command the Heartless! And with their help, I will finally destroy Station Square, and upon its ruins, I will build my Eggman Empire, where I shall rule supreme! But first…
He turned to Decoe and Bocoe.
"Bring out the prisoner!" he sneered.
Bocoe pressed a button on the control panel of Egg Carrier, and a loud buzzing noise was heard.
Suddenly, a bay door opened, and out stepped two SWATbots. They dragged behind them, bound by chains, a very familiar looking girl.
"Hello Amy, my sweet!" Eggman greeted with an evil grin.
She pulled at her chains, trying desperately to get free.
Eggman continued just kept on smirking.
"Ah! Ah! Ah! I wouldn't try to resist if where you."
Amy glared at him.
"You won't get away with this Eggman! Sonic will arrive here any minute now to save me and kick your big fat a—mmmph!"
A SWATbot suddenly reached over and forcibly put a cold, metal hand over the protesting pink hedgehog's mouth!
"LGOMPH! (LET GO OF ME!)" Amy shouted in a muffled voice.
"Why…of course he'll try a rescue attempt! And that is exactly what I plan for him to do! And when he does, I'll be ready to crush him!" Eggman laughed.
Amy eyes widened in panic.
"Oh and by the way, I'll later be taking you to see someone! A nice old chap who calls himself Saix! He'll be glad to take real good care of you, and really steal away your heart, if you catch my meaning!" he continued with a sinister smirk.
Now Amy was really scared!
Eggman hopped into his Eggmobile.
"Stay here and guard the girl. Don't let her escape! I got a date with the Heartless!"
"A date with the Heartless?" Bocoe repeated, confused.
"Maybe he's compensating for something?" replied Decoe.
Eggman growled in annoyances
"Oh, just shut up and wait here!"
And with that, Eggman left.
Sonic, please be careful" Amy pleaded in her mind.
BACK TO OUR HEROES
"So if you're not the bad guys, then just what are you doing here?" Knuckles asked.
Before anyone could answer, they were all suddenly blasted off their feet.
Eggman was hovering right above them in his Eggmobile, aiming a huge, mounted ray gun at our heroes!
"It's Eggman!" shouted Sonic.
"Well, well! If it isn't a certain pesky blue rat, and his meddling friends! You know Sonic," he added with an evil chuckle, "I was really hoping that your old friend Knuckles would have saved me the trouble! But alas, I must take matters into my own hands."
"What are you talking about Eggman?" Sora demanded.
"Just the fact that you guys where so easily duped!"
Everyone summoned their weapons.
Just then, a long mechanical claw shot out from the bottom of Eggman vehicle and snatched Sora's Keyblade right out of his hands!
"Wha…what's going on?" Sora asked in surprise.
"Dang it Knuckles, don't tell me Eggman tricked you again?" Sonic said, exasperated
"Me? Again? What about you?"
"Nice going Knucklehead!"
"At last I've finally got the 7 Chaos Emeralds, and the Keyblade! Oh, and I got your precious girlfriend too Sonic!"
Sonic was incensed
"You creep! Leave Amy outta this!"
He then paused to consider.
"Oh, and she's not my girlfriend! She's just a…friend!"
"Well it doesn't matter what you call her, I still got her in my clutches! Ohhohohohoho!"
"Heh! You've tuned into a big time villain Doctor!" Sonic with a smirk and wipe of the nose.
"And I'll also be taking this…" Eggman said, as he grabbed the Master Emerald off its perch at the top of the shrine.
"I don't think so!' Knuckles replied, as he leapt up into the air and dealt a heavy blow to the Emerald, shattering it into a million pieces!
Everyone's—except Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Eggman—eyes widened in surprise.
"Knuckles! What did you just…?" Roxas asked, baffled.
"Don't worry. I destroyed it to prevent it from being stolen. If it's in pieces, I can find them and restore it!" Knuckles explained
"Doesn't matter….because I still got THIS!" Eggman said with an evil laugh, as he held out the Keyblade. "And now, I shall take my findings and return to my base!"
Everyone glared daggers at him.
"No! Not the Keyblade!" Sora shouted, starting to sound panicky. "Eggman, you gotta listen to me! The Keyblade is very powerful! It's not going to work for you! You're messing with powers beyond your control! If the Keyblade is misused, it can destroy your base, and even worse, you!"
"Oh really? Well guess what? I really don't care! So long my friends! The next time you see me, I'll be controlling an army of bio-engineered Heartless to help me finally achieve my goal of building my Eggmanland! Adieu… Until we meet again my friends"
He laughed as he flew off.
"Sora, do something!" Lynn cried. "You let him get away with your Keyblade! Why didn't you call it back before he…he…?" Her voice trailed off, having noticed Sora and Roxas exchanging grins. A moment later she caught on. "He stole a fake Keyblade, didn't he?" she added with a smirk.
Sora summoned the real Keyblade, still grinning.
"I figured something like this would happen, so I had Donald conjure up a decoy right before we got to this island! It has the same powers and properties as the real Keyblade, but is much less powerful." he explained
"Yup! I created a really convincing Keyblade!" Donald added with a beam. "Give credit where credit is due!"
"Wait!" said Roxas, holding out his hand for emphasis. "Couldn't you have just summoned your Keyblade back?"
"Well…yeah…I guess…but it was a lot more fun doing it this way!" Sora replied wit a shrug and a grin.
"Wow! Hey Tails, doesn't that sound a lot like that fake Chaos Emerald you once made?" asked Sonic.
"Yeah! And if this fake Keyblade is anything like that fake Chaos Emerald, then that means…
"That means the negative energy will reverse itself, causing Eggman's machines to self-destruct! And that means that his evil plan will blow-up in his face…literally!" Sonic finished with a grin
"Question is, how long will it be for Eggman to find out there truth? He certainly didn't fall for my fake Emerald for long!"
Sora thought for a moment. Suddenly he lit up
"I think I have an idea! One that will rescue Amy and stop Eggman at the same time. Anyway, here's what we're gonna do…
Everyone huddled in a circle and listened to the plan.
Aboard the ARK, Eggman was gloating over his plans.
"It's all working out perfectly!" he laughed. "Soon I will have full control over the Heartless! And then I will build my empire! I shall rule the world! And nothing will stand in my way! Ohohoho!"
"That's what you think…Egghead!" Eggman heard a familiar cocky voice from behind him taunt.
He turned around and saw Sonic, Sora, and friends standing in plain sight.
"Wha…?" he shouted. Then he noticed something really horrified him; Roxas had just used his Keyblade to free Amy from her cell!
"What? No… NOOOOO!" he bellowed. "HOW DID YOU GET UP HERE?"
"You didn't think that I would forget about your pyramid base in Egypt, did you?" Sonic replied with a grin. "The only thing that Tails, Knuckles, and I had to do was lead our new friends there. After that, we just rode your space shuttle up here!
"Wait. Where is Knuckles anyway?" Sora asked.
"He stayed behind on Earth to continue his search for the Master Emerald shards. Before we left him, he said he was gonna start by looking around the Wild Canyon area." Tails replied.
Everyone nodded and turned to face Eggman.
"It's over Eggman," Lynn said, pointing her Keyblade at the mad scientist's neck, "you lost!
Eggman glared at our heroes.
"Silence!" he yelled. "I am Doctor Ivo Robotnik; the greatest scientific genius in the world! You think you've won? Well I still have this!" he added, pulling out the…unknown to him…fake Keyblade.
"Ha!" Sora scoffed. "You think you can do anything with that? That's not even a real Keyblade!" he added.
"WHAT? I thought you said this was your Keyblade?"
Sora smirked.
"I lied."
"Arrrgh! Then where is the real one?"
"Right here!" Roxas replied, pulling out Oathkeeper and Oblivion.
"What the…? Two? This makes things much better! Decoe! Bocoe! Grab those Keyblades!" Eggman ordered.
"We gotcha now!" Decoe shouted, as he and Bocoe pounced on Roxas! "Now hand those over!"
"Go right ahead!"
"That was too easy!" Eggman exclaimed with glee, as the robotic duo handed him Roxas' Keyblades.
"Yeah, easy for us!" Sonic winked at the others.
Sure enough, as soon as Eggman inserted the Keyblades into the machine, it started to spark and sputter and shake!
"What the…? What is this? What's going on here?" Eggman demanded in a panic.
"Alright…we did it! The plan worked!" Naminé whooped, pumping her fist in the air.
"Well that was rather…unexpected…" Roxas whispered to Sora, who nodded.
"Yeah. Usually she doesn't get this excited…"
"WHAT? WHAT'S HAPPINING? ACK! WAIT! NO! ABORT NOW! IT'S NO USE! PULL BACK! RETREAT! RETREAT!" Eggman screamed at the top of his lungs.
Suddenly, our heroes stopped their celebration to figure something out…
"Uh…guys?" Jake pointed out. "I…I think there may be a slight flaw in our plan…
"What is it?" Sora asked.
"Well…nothing…except the ARK is about to blow…AND WE'RE ALL STILL ABOARD!"
Suddenly one of the machines blew up, covering Eggman in soot.
"Help…mommy…the big meanie kids stole my waffles…!
Everyone laughed at poor Eggman's expense.
"I'll teach you jerks to make a fool outta me!" Eggman growled to himself, shaking his fist, as he started to get back on feet.
"OK, we should probably get out of here." Sora stated, getting serious.
"Wait! Where did Eggman go?" Lynn wondered out loud. "He was here a second ago."
"There he is!" Roxas exclaimed, pointing.
Eggman was trying to escape in his Eggmobile, Decoe and Bocoe running after him.
"Oh, no you don't! Wait!" Sora yelled after them.
"Sora, wait for us!" Goofy shouted, as he and the others ran to catch up.
They were too late: the mad doctor had escaped!
"Oh, crap! Looks like Eggman got away!" Roxas said, annoyed.
"Wait, what's that over there?" Brian asked, pointing towards a platform near the ARK's mainframe.
"A teleporter!" exclaimed Tails. "That means we can get out of here!"
"Nice going! Now…everyone step onto the platform!" Sonic ordered.
Everyone heard another explosion and the ARK rocked back and forth!
"Hurry!" Sora shouted.
Everyone quickly ran to the platform and Tails pressed some buttons, causing the gang to be enveloped in a brilliant, bluish-white light.
When the light disappeared, our heroes found themselves standing in what appeared to be the center of a giant pyramid!
"Wait, this can't be right; we're back in Eggman's base!" Naminé exclaimed.
"All of the teleporters come back here! That's the way Eggman programmed them during the last time he took over the ARK!" Tails explained.
Suddenly, they were all startled by what appeared to be a small, strange, navy-blue creature!
'Ha! I scared ya! I scared ya!" the creature taunted.
"You'd scare anyone Bokkun!" Sonic retorted.
"I've got a very special message for you from Doctor Eggman! You'd better listen if you know what's good for you!"
Bokkun then pulled out a small yellow TV from his bag and turned it on, Eggman's angry face appearing on it.
"You guys think you've won?" Eggman sneered. "Well you've got another thing coming! Meet me at the base's core in exactly 10 minutes! You can get there by way of the Death Chamber. My assistant, Bokkun, will help you find your way. Get moving Bokkun!"
"Aww, man! Why do I always to do everything around here? Phooey!"
"Oh, I almost forgot: This message has been brought to you by the Eggman Empire, which is no way responsible for any liabilities caused by this program…except for this part…"
BOOM! The television exploded right in our heroes' faces, covering them from head to toe in soot!
"Got ya!" Bokkun laughed, as he used his jetpack to fly away.
"C'mon, we should go after him!" said Roxas.
"He's leading us to the Death Chamber, right?" Lynn agreed.
Sonic and Tails nodded.
"So what are we waiting for? Let's go!" added Naminé.
Our heroes were soon running down the corridors that lead to the Death Chamber.
And shortly….
"This is it guys!" Sora exclaimed. "The Death Chamber!"
"And if I'm not mistaking, the core should be just ahead!" Roxas added.
They continued through the halls until they finally reached their destination.
"Ha! Ha! Ha! Ohohoho!" Eggman laughed as saw them arrive. "So you've finally showed up, eh? Well you're just in time! In just mere seconds, I shall finally have my revenge! No longer shall my evil plans be foiled by you Sonic…or your kindergarten cohorts! Look right in front of you! Before you stands a one of my earliest and most powerful creations! A weapon so destructive that I had no choice but to deactivate it and seal it inside this pyramid. A powerful mechanical monstrosity so frightening that even the mere mention of its name would strike fear into the hearts of even the bravest if the brave. Just hearing about it makes people feel like there's some evil demon in their midst!"
As he spoke, he pulled out a remote control, pressing the big red button in its center. Our heroes all gasped in fear and awe as a pair of gigantic robotic legs burst from the bottom of the core! Then a dozen huge, clawed metal arms appeared from all sides! Suddenly, the core shattered into a millions pieces, revealing in its place, a gigantic robot with glowing red eyes, several buttons, switches, dials, and flashing lights on its chest, and a label that read "Property if Dr. Eggman" on its waist!
"Behold! E-01! AKA…Bone-Crusher!"
Before our heroes could even react, they found themselves pinned to the ground, as an excruciating pain shot through their bodies!
"Ugh! Can't…move…" Lynn groaned.
"Lynn…help…" pleaded Brian.
"Can't…get…my…Keyblade…" Sora added, on the brink of passing out.
"Wak…" said Donald.
"Gwarsh…" Goofy added.
"Must…fight…" said Roxas
"Must…think…happy thoughts…" said Jake
"Is…this…the end…?" asked Naminé.
"If…only…I had the…Chaos Emeralds…" Sonic moaned.
"I…never…got…to finish…upgrading…the X-Tornado…" Tails whimpered.
"I wish…that I…could stop talking…in short bursts…of dialogue…" Alf groaned.
Eggman laughed evilly as watched his creation do its work.
"That right Crusher! Do your stuff! Give those fools a CRUSHINGdefeat!" Eggman cheered. "I've finally got you Sonic! This time, I've won and you lost!"
He held back his head and cackled maniacally.
Uh-oh! Is this it for our heroes? Can they triumph over this monster? Or has Eggman finally emerged victorious? Find out in the next exciting chapter of Sonic X…err I mean…Alf meets KH!