Chapter 4-More Surprises

Lucario had settled in quite nicely. The lush jungles of Angel Island had seemed to make him feel as if he was home. Also since it was Knuckles' home and he was a guest, he treated the island with great respect, mostly not to anger the Guardian more that he already had. Knuckles, on the other hand, was actually happy to get some extra company. He was watching Lucario over the last day and noticed that he didn't need to help too much. The Pokémon managed to find shelter in a hollow tree and didn't seem to mind the fruit of the island. He found it strange to be happy, on account of being alone all his life, guarding the island and the precious Master Emerald, like his family before him. While he lost in thought, Lucario spoke.

Lucario: I'm curious about something, Knuckles; how are you living in such solitude on this vast island?

Knuckles: Well, I come from a long line of Guardians, and earlier in my life my tribe disappeared so I took it upon myself to protect the island and *Gesturing to M.E* the Master Emerald.

Lucario: I sense a very powerful aura from it.

Knuckles: I'm not surprised. It has power over seven smaller jewels called the Chaos Emeralds, which are full of unlimited power.

Lucario: Interesting. But I have no need for them.

Knuckles: That's good because some people use them for evil while some, like Sonic, uses them for good.

Lucario was about to ask Knuckles a few more questions about the Emeralds when he felt something. It was an aura he never felt before and it was coming from across the bridge. He stiffened and Knuckles noticed.

Knuckles: What's up?

Lucario: *Growling* I sense something from across the bridge…!! WHAT'S THAT?!?

A green light appeared and two figures formed from it. One was a male, young hedgehog that has silvery white fur with 2 quills coming from the back of his head and a crown of fur on his head. He has a large patch of white fur on his neck and chest and yellow eyes as well as gloves and shoes that seemed to be decorated with something that was blue and glowed. The other was a light purple female cat that was dressed in a purple robe, white pants and gloves that was decorated with white fur or something at the cuffs as well as her purple, heeled boots. She also had her hair tied back, yellow eyes, and a red jewel on her head. At first Lucario thought Knuckles would be mad at these figures for trespassing, but was caught off guard again.

Knuckles: Hey, Silver. Hey, Blaze. What are you two doing here?

Lucario: Wha-wh…you know these two?!?

Knuckles: Yeah! *Pointing to the hedgehog* This is Silver, who's from the future, and *Pointing to the cat* this is Blaze, who's from another world that's like Mobius but in a way, it's also different.

Lucario: I see…

Knuckles: I'll explain a little more later.

Silver: Hi, Knuckles! I thought that Blaze and I would come for a visit! Sorry if we didn't send a letter or something ahead!

Knuckles: That's O.K, Silver. Friends are always welcome on Angel Island.

Blaze: Who is your friend there and where is Sonic?

Knuckles: That's a long story.

Knuckles soon introduced Lucario and explained his story. Both Silver and Blaze were both surprised and dumbfounded to hear such a tale. Soon they all heard a couple of very cheerful voices calling out and they saw a small female rabbit with brown and cream-coloured fur, eyes, large ears, cotton tail, and a very neat red dress with matching shoes, a white collar and a small blue bow around her neck. Following behind her was a small blue creature with pink wings and a red bowtie.

Blaze: Hello, Cream and Cheese. Long time no see.

Cream: Hello, everyone!

Cheese: Chao-chao!

Knuckles: What are you doing here?

Cream: Tails told us what happened to Mr. Sonic and Cheese and I came to meet Mr. Lucario.

Lucario: *Thinking* She is incredibly polite! I see she was raised well! *Ahem* Well it's a pleasure to meet you and Cheese. May I ask what he is, out of curiosity?

Cream: Cheese is a Chao and my best friend.

Cheese: Chao!

Knuckles: Chao are small creatures that can be considered pets and friends around here. Sometimes they are given small animals or special fruit in order to change shape. But Cheese here will always be the same, right?

Cheese: Chao-chao! *Flies over to Lucario and lands in his arms*

Lucario: Oh my!

Silver: *Laughs* Looks like Cheese likes you, that's for sure!

Lucario blushes while everyone laughs, until they heard a familiar sound of jets in the sky. He soon stiffens to see the familiar shape of Dr. Eggman with a new robot. It looked like a jackal with a missile launcher and it was aiming for the Master Emerald with a claw out of its belly. Knuckles told Cream and Cheese to hide before he crushed the claw with a single punch.

Knuckles: Alright, Eggman! What are you up to with M.E!

Eggman: Well, Knucklehead, I thought since Sonic was gone, I took the opportunity to take the Master Emerald and use its power to conquer the world! Ha-ha! Why not you try to stop my Egg-Jackal!

The battle soon started! Eggman was launching out missiles only to be stopped by Silver. Lucario soon discovered that this hedgehog had psychic powers and was amplified by the blue circles on his gloves to suspend the missiles in the air. Blaze soon showed her stuff by blasting out fireballs towards the suspended missiles to make them explode! Knuckles was doing his best to keep the robot away from M.E but needed help. Lucario soon did so by attacking the robot with a shockwave from his paw to stun it and finished the battle with an Aura Sphere to send the egg-head flying!

Eggman: I'll be baaaaack!

Knuckles: *Panting* What…was…that…technique?

Lucario: It's called Force Palm. It's another one of my many techniques as well as the Aura Sphere.

Silver: That was amazing!

Blaze: I must say I'm impressed.

Cream: How many attacks do you have, Mr. Lucario?

Lucario: *Blushes* Too many to number, really.

Lucario had shown his worth again! But will Sonic do the same on his first rescue mission? Or will the Pokémon world lose all hope? We'll just have to find out!

END NOTES: Alright! I've got more alerts and even some faved me as an author! Thanks to GreenSonic21, BabySonikku20, and Scorp316! I also thank Scorp316 for a review! And I've only been on this dang thing for almost a week! WHOO-HOO!

Now to get down to business. Here we see Lucario meeting more of Sonic's friends, even from the future! Also we see him in action against the Egghead, again. (Yeah "Egg Jackal" is a really cheezy name but Eggman made me choose it since he calls most of his robots "Egg-something" already!)

R&R please and if anyone wants to make a comic or an audio drama or anything like that with this story, go right ahead and give me credit OR ELSE!

Sonic and related (c) SEGA/Sonic Team
Lucario (c) Nintendo/The Pokemon Company/Game Freak