Chapter 18: Battle for the Chaos Emerald
Sonic and Saphira flew towards the Spine. They had been flying for hours and Sonic was starting to get impatient.
How much farther? he asked Eragon.
We're almost there, Eragon said. He saw a mountain range in the distance and pointed towards it.
The male dragon nodded and flew towards the mountain range. Once they got there, Sonic and Saphira landed in a valley and looked around. Eragon and Knuckles got off the dragons, stretching. Knuckles scanned the area and grinned, holding up the blue Chaos Emerald. The emerald glowed and sent out a bright light into the sky. He turned around and looked at Eragon and the two dragons.
"There is a Chaos Emerald here. Follow me," Knuckles told them.
They followed the echidna through the valley for miles until he stopped. Everyone's eyes widened when they saw the master Emerald and a yellow Chaos Emerald. Knuckles picked up the Master Emerald and Eragon held the yellow Chaos Emerald, looking at it in awe.
"It looks like we found another Chaos Emerald," Eragon said. "Is that the Master Emerald you have?"
Knuckles smirked. "Sure is. With this, we can locate the Chaos Emeralds more quickly."
Eragon nodded and got on Saphira's back. Knuckles did the same with Sonic. The two dragons were about to take off when they heard a loud roar in the distance. They looked up and saw a gigantic black and red dragon descend and land in front of them. The dragon growled, showing his fangs, and stood his ground. Sonic roared back at the dragon, knowing who it was.
Shadow, Sonic said. What are you doing here?
The evil dragon snarled and spoke. I've come to take that damn Chaos Emerald from you. Master Galbatorix needs it to complete his plans. Give it to me now or you shall pay the price.
Sonic looked at Shadow and roared, issuing a challenge. Eragon, Saphira and Knuckles all backed away as the two dragons began to fight. They flew up into the sky towards each other as Shadow breathing fire at Sonic. Sonic dodged the fire and retaliated with one of his own. A stream of fire flew toward the Shadow, engulfing him in flame. He screeched in pain but recovered from the blow. Shadow flapped his wings and flew at Sonic, slashing his claws across the dragon's face. Sonic roared in pain and flew upward, diving at the Shadow. He took a deep breath and let out a stream of fire and slammed into Shadow's' side, burying his fangs into the the evil dragon's scaly hide.
Shadow growled in pain and shook Sonic off. The two dragons hovered in the air, staring each other down.
You will not get the Chaos Emerald, Shadow! Sonic yelled.
Shadow smirked. I'll take it from you soon enough, faker. Your friends won't stop me, and I think it's time you knew that! He held up a paw and it started glowing with Chaos Energy. Chaos Spear! he yelled.
Sonic's eyes widened as the spear hit his chest. He roared in pain and snarled at Shadow, surprised that he could still use his attacks even as a dragon. If Shadow could do it, then so could he. Sonic flew towards Shadow in a burst of speed, scratching the evil dragon with his claws. Shadow glared at him and tried to keep up with Sonic's super speed but couldn't make out where he was going to strike next. Suddenly a ball of fire engulfed his body and he roared loudly, sending another Chaos Spear towards Sonic.
The two dragons continued to battle, using their flame breath and claws as weapons. Suddenly Shadow stopped fighting and looked at Sonic and suddenly disappeared in a flash of light. Sonic's eyes widened as he heard screams coming from below and landed on the ground. Both Eragon, Saphira and Knuckles were out cold and Shadow held the Chaos Emerald they just found in his jaws. Sonic and sent another bust of flame towards them but Shadow disappeared, taking the emerald with him.
He heard groaning and saw Eragon, Knuckles and Saphira get up, looking around. Once Knuckles saw that the Chaos Emerald was gone, he yelled in anger.
"Shadow has the Chaos Emerald!" he yelled. "We have to get it back."
It's not gong to be easy, Sonic said. Now that Shadow is under Galbatorix's control, he could defeat us easily. I saw that he still has his Chaos powers, also.
Knuckles groaned. "How many dragons does Galbatorix have?"
He has three, Saphira told him. Shruikan, Thorn, and now Shadow.
"How can we defeat them?"
Sonic thought about it and then came up with an idea. Knuckles, you said you wanted to be a dragon?
The echidna nodded.
We could turn you into a dragon; that way it would be an even match between us and them.
Knuckles looked confused. "But how? You said that Angela was the one who transformed you, and she's been captured!"
We'll find a way, Sonic asked. Let's head back to Ellesmera now.
He lay down as Knuckles got on his back still holding the Master Emerald, and Eragon got on Saphira. The two dragons flapped their wings and flew through the air, heading back to Ellesmera.