~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ {DUE to Some ADULT CONTENT, reader's discretion is advised. } ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~-<{<>}>-~ (PART4) Written by: Mecha Sonic Kefka the Dark One and by Monique Morgan a.k.a. Miyasha ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THANKS GOES TO: ROGELIO VILLALAZ For helping me out when my system crashed and I lost Bookshire E-Mail address and the address where these stories are... D'oh!! Next time I'll write 'em down! ---------------------------------Editor/Co-Author's notes----------------------------------------------------------- Hi, this is my first time working w/Kefka. This is a great story line although violent for some but GIVE THIS STORY A CHANCE. I didn't do ground breaking work on this story, I just made things as 'pretty' as I could and I added in some suprises. Hopefull y after this series is done there will be more stories to do (Heck, maybe one of these day's you'll actually see my character!). My thanks go out to Kefka a.k.a. Metal Sonic for letting me work on this story and also to anyone who reads this. Remember th at: A.) This story can (and will) get violent, so if that disturbs you.... TOUGH! You choose to read it. B.) There is some adult situations in this but this is not a porno so if you're looking for a cheap ride... TOUGH! C.) I HAVE DECLARED MY ROOM AS MY OWN COUNTRY AND...... eheheheh... I done now. Jya mata, O Genki de and enjoy the story! :) ~Miyasha-chan a.k.a. Monique Morgan (Miyasha ka@aol.com or Twohobbits@earthlink.net) -----------Back to Author's comments----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dedicated to: Certain such people as Sugar, Leo, Locy, Locke, Roxane and Bakndadaze.... And my Brother onAND my Brother on AOL Mecha Sonic and so many more that I have lost count on them, they all are the greatest friends anyone can have.e sneakers to BOOKSHIRE DRAFTWOOD for placing this on the coolest web page in the world of Mobius! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Letter Response: I was hoping Anyone with comments, Idea, or wish to ask for rights to use any of this story would send E-mail to any of the following Addresses...... 104643.1572@Compuserve.com MetalSonic@AOL.Com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lawful Crap: Sonic The Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prowers, Dr. Robotnik and all other related characters are based on the characters created by SEGA, Archie Comic publication, DIC's Sonic The Hedgehog Old Saturday Cartoon, and SEGA of AMERICA. Other such Ch aracters are created from the minds of Elizabeth Ramirez and Alex Arellano. Final Fantasy 3, Kefka, and other such things are based on the characters and items created by SquareSoft inc. Suikoden's Rune of Gate is a trademark (I'm sure) of Konami Energy Bank is an item from the game "Legacy of Kain" Great game! made by ActiVision and Crystal Dynamics 1) No one can use the Characters Elizabeth Ramirez, or Alex Arellano created without written permission to the author. 2) This file is not to be placed upon a Web site or On-line Service without written approval from the authors 3)No one says anything about how cruel I make Sonic 4) And on a final note, How come I put my legal stuff on my Sonic Stories and not on my Final Fantasy Stories....Hmmmm... monkey sees monkey do? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brief summery: Knuckles and Sonya reach the ruins of the Floating Island, only to find it's not so ruined and the population has been enslaved by some up known entity. Who could be so cruel? If that wasn't enough Poor old Sonya is about to get a taste of being used again, in the all out story, what will happen to Knuckles and Sonya's relationship? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 1: Forgotten History Sonya and Knux left Neo-Knothole the following three hours after the arrival of the princess. They didn't want to leave; their worry for Sally nearly consumed them but Tails suggested a break for everyone was for the best (He actually ran them out) . Th e duo took a day's travel from the dark, shielding forest and through the plains until they arrived at the beach "Natures Wonder", the closest beach to where what used to be the Floating Island once sailed above. Much to their suprise, the beach was not polluted with Sonic's horrible Toxic chemicals, it had remained pure as they last remembered it "This is nice isn't it Knuckles?" Asked Sonya. "Yeah, but I can't help but worry about Sally." "She'll be O.K., I'm sure, Miles wont let anything bad happen." Sonya looked up at the echidna as he paused for a moment. He gazed up at the sky briefly, he remained motionless with his mouth slightly agar then fell to his knee's in the moment that his m ind finally processed all the information it had inadvertently taken in. Sonya followed his gaze toward the crystal blue and gasped. Higher then it ever flew before was the Floating Island. . . but it wasn't alone. Within it's vicinity more, smaller is lands stood held in the air by some mysterious, magical force. Sonya saw Pyramids and gasped again, the one on the far left was Sandopolis, this must have been some strong magic... "Sonya do you see what I see?" Knuckles interjected into Sonya's thoughts. "You mean the Floating Island and other little isles with it?" "Yeah..." ". . .NO I don't see it..." She looked at him again. "Honey, calm down, you look like you're about to faint." "I'm O.K., really I am...come on we gotta get up there and fast!" Knuckles removed his ninja hood and grabbed onto Sonya by the waist. He leaped up and his dreadlocks caught the wind sending them soaring into the air toward the isles. Sonya could feel Knuckles grip tighten when Mountain Fate rose from the clouds, that Mountain should have been gone. Why was it there again, HOW was it there again? Knuckles flew over the mountain and gazed at the horror that was once his homeland, there were many conco ctions of metal that were factories on the island, sucking the natural resources away in their mindless continuancy to serve their 'masters'. There were many robotic beings whipping the few residents of the land into terrified submission; It was a night mare, a dark and twisted nightmare that seemed to rise up from Knuckles mind making him sick to his stomach with hate, anger, and last of all, sorrow. The Echidna landed not to far away from one of the many factories that dotted the land. "What's going o n Sonya..." Knuckles whispered. "I...I dunno, this is horrible. We gotta do something Knuckles." The echidna fitted his mask back on his face. He smiled at her with almost evil hint hidden in it. "I intend to, now, come on, let's first find out who is responsible for all this..." Chapter 2: New Employment "Enerjak, Enerjak!! Come in you stupid echidna." Sonic's voice blared from a tela-monitor. "Come in now or I will make you PAY." A red Echidna dressed in ancient Aztec clothing ran in and switched the monitor on. He pushed back his beaded dreadlocks an d kneeled to the screen. "Its about time Enerjak. . .I trust things are going well in the search for the Rune of Gate?" "Yes of course Master, the half blade has pointed to its location, the Hidden Palace. However sir, ah, the Palace is hidden within the mountain; its interior has change since the fall of this land." "Find it fool, with that we can finally be rid of all the nuisances. Find it by next week or else I'll have your head on a pike! Sonic out!" The screen went black. Enerjak trembled for a moment and convulsed. He heard a moan in the back room where he c ame. It seems the girl he had raped has woken from her 'rest'. Enerjak grinned slightly and went back to her. "Well, well, my dear, it seems I'm going to leave you for now, if you're wise you'll be prepared to serve my pleasures later." The girl started to sob but nodded. Enerjak moved over to the bed. Above it hung the half Blade of Mobius. He removed it and left the room and went back to the screen, sighing as he did so. "Blade of Mobius, hear the wishes of your owner, lead me to the Rune of Gates." The blade began to glow lightly, leaping from his hands and hovering over the table with the monitor on it. A mong other things was also a large map of the Floating Islands. It slapped itself right in the middle of the Sandopolis Ruins. From there it cut its way towards Sky Sanctuary, then to the Mountain of Fate. "Damn you blade, why do you make this complicat ed... Know that once I find all the Ruins for my master I'll melt you down and make a butter knife." The blade stirred slightly. It understood him and hated him. * * * Knuckles and Sonya decided to split and find each other's way, they would meet back there in 1/2 an hour. Sonya stayed in the shrubbery, her clothing was not good to track in since she wears light colored clothing. She tried to stay where the flowers w ere, she thought she has succeeded in staying stealth, until something hit her from behind. She fell unconscious, her last vision was that of large bot, grinning over her. * * * Knuckles hated spying, but he loved the feeling of danger and excitement. Within the small time he had, he had found this was of course Sonic's doing. He kidnapped a small kangaroo and asked it what was going on... "please Tell me kid...you remember m e, the one who helped you find your mother, when the winds were getting rough." "Momma is dead, she tried to save me from SWATbots and she ended up eating lasers." Cried the 'roo. "Mr. Guardian please, please get even with those guys...they took my whole family away." "I will kid, I promise, but first I need some info... tell me everything you know since the fall of the island those years ago." "O.K., Since the fall, allot of the island was destroyed, Angel Island, Marble Guardian, Carnival Night, all those places are gone now. The island was still in some ways alive it floated over the currents in the sea. Then one day a Hedgehog in purple, black, and red came here...he told us he was gonna help us. He was really nice at first, I remember he petted me and all that. Then he showed his true colors, he took the Chaotixs," Knuckles suddenly felt a hard lump in his throat at the name of his com rades. "And he killed Charmy and Espio, he disassembled Bomb and Heavy. The only ones that are alive is Mighty and Vector." The 'roo paused for a moment. "He even called back Enerjak..." Knuckles almost screamed. "What?! That mad Echidna is back again?! I thought he was floating in space somewhere." "He's back Mr. Guardian! he is! he's Sonic's main henchmen on this Island. He's brainwashed Mighty and Vector again!" "Oh Great...what's with the factories and drilling?" "Enerjak is commanding us all to dig for resources and to find some sorta rune thing." "Damn, any ideas where it is?" "Oh that's easy! It's in Hidden Palace! But the way is blocked by hundreds of granite....And anyone who tries to get in there is burned and some voice named Archimedes warns us to go away." Knuckles grinned, his old fire Ant comrade was still around and thank goodness for that. "Oh I'm going to be missed, that's 25 slashes please I must go back..." "O.K. Kid, I'm sorry, and I'll get you out of this, so says Red Claw!" The 'roo started t hop away when he turned back and smiled at the Echidna. "Mr. Guardian! Umm You might wanna check Sky Sanctuary out first! There's been allot of activities going around there!" "Alright, thanks kid!" * * * Sonya was getting quite annoyed at the constant black outs she's been having these past weeks. First with her pop now this. She opened her eyes to find herself lying on the ground fully clothed... she was grateful for that, "What hit me. . ." she mumbl ed out. "Just a Stealth bot Sonya." A low toned voice spoke out. "Wha...who...who are you? where are you!?" Sonya rose up and took a look around her surroundings, it was a kinda prison cell but very metallic, the only way out seemed to be a large hole, but pink lights reached from the top to the bottom of it. It didn 't take a rocket scientist to know those were containment field rays. She was someone's prisoner, she didn't like this one bit. "Why have you captured me. . .why are you doing this!?" "The Questions are indeed substantial and are entitled for factual acknowledgment. However young one I cannot give these answers out so easily, you must work for them. Try to understand that I do not wish this but that the dominator impels me." "Listen pal, first of all, I don't care what your dominator wants. And second, you should really learn to stop speaking in such intellectual output of your declaration. D...damn you got me doing it..." The door opened and someone dressed in a brown cl oak entered, Sonya couldn't make out his face at all. "Child, go to Sandopolis your answers lie there. . ."He reached out his hand and touched her forehead and she fell to the ground unconscious. "Go there and prepare child. . ." * * * Knuckles tapped his foot repeatedly, his actions reminded him of the ol' annoying less deadly Sonic. It was an hour past the time of meeting with Sonya, and he began to worry. He gave a long sigh, and decided to leave and hunt for Sonya. As it was, th e only area he thought to check was Sky Sanctuary, it was, seemingly calling him, and he wasn't about to disappoint it. Sonya awoke an hour later, she felt like she had a hang over from drinking to much Mega Muck. She didn't quite know what to expect at the moment she opened her eyes, but what she saw was, frankly, very much void. She laid on a Sand dune in the middle o f Sandopolis, a pyramid was close by, all other directions lead to nothing more but sand as far as the eyes can see. "Oh great..." She mumbled. "Sandopolis, spiffy, and me without some sun tan lotion and a guide." The hedgehog rose from her position and made her way to the pyramid. The gravel door opened and she gazed into the dark abyss, of the pyramid. <> sh e thought with very will aspiration to enter. Sonya stepped in and the door behind her shut, she turned and slammed her fists into the door. "Now, Now kid, you don't have to be trying to mess up the whole interior." Sonya swirled around quickly and drew her blade. Stand in front of her was Vector, the large Crocodile looked at her and grinned. "Vector! Thank Mobius! You scared me to death!!" "Enerjak was right about you, so the was the old hedgehog. He did good in catching and bringing you here daughter of Robotnik." "Vector. . . w. . .you're working for them now aren't you...." "Of Course, now, your gonna do what I say and retrieve the last part of the Mobius blade." "Mobius Blade?! That blade belongs to me!!, Sonic has the blade, you know where the flint is?!" "In this place, but it seems only that of Robotnik's blood can retrieve it." "Why don't you get Sonic to do it." "Sonic isn't pure of Robotnik's blood. At least he use to be but not anymore, now your gonna get it or Knuckles will die." "Knuckles?! Where is he?! What have you done!!??" "Do the job and he'll be safe, so says our master Enerjak." Sonya knew who Enerjak was, but had no idea how powerful he was. Sonya decided if her love was captive she had better do what Vector says. "Fine, what must I do?" "Simple, the Flint is there," Vector pointed ahead, Sonya squinted and saw a small glint of light reflecting from something. "Since that damn statue wont let anyone near the blade except that of Tubbies blood, you gotta get it." "What will it do as soon as It knows I am one of is blood?" "I don't know, but you should be able to accomplish it. . . .For Knuckles sake heh..." * * * Knuckles hated this, sure flying use to be one of his favorite pass times, but to fly over deadly spikes with almost no wind holding him up, toward Sky Sanctuary was something that would not fit in his "Fun past time" lists. The Echidna's doubt quickly vanished when he landed on the green floating paradise. "Place hasn't changed much." He told himself. "Just as perfect and peaceful as it use to be." "Not Exactly Echidna," Knuckles turned quickly his red metal claws out. The Purple and white weasel came out of the shadows and grinned. "Hello Knuckles, I think you know me... Remember, you smashed my face in those years ago while I was flying my sky cycle in the floating island." "Sorry I've smashed so many faces in these years, you're just one of the many folks who've lost teeth cause of me." Knuckles grinned. "Funny, really funny, lets see how funny you think it is when Enerjak rapes Sonya." Knuckles' eyes became cold and he advanced on the weasel. "Where is she you bastard...." "Tut tut! what good will it to do kill me when I've come to give you some information." The weasel paused for a moment "Your better off if you earn your information. Take out the guardian here, then maybe will talk." "Who's the guardian?" "You'll see, I'm sure he wont let you go running around his domain undetected. By the way, my name is Nack. Ta-ta" Nack waved his hand and vanished into a cloud of smoke. Knuckles shook his head and continued upward into the zone. He came across the ruins of an old Sanctuary that once held the most brilliant statues and pictures of the Old Echidna god. Inside was Mighty, the Armadillo that was Knuckles best friend. "Hello Guardian" he Whispered. "Its about time you showed up, now, lets play huh?," Mighty lunged at Knuckles. He gave a long sigh and didn't bother to defect the blow, Knuckles smashed into an altar table. Mighty pinned him down and laughed. "Are you getting soft former Guardian?!" "I cant fight you damn it Mighty.... You know what our friendship means to me..." "Our friendship is gone Echidna! Put 'em up! Before I knock em up!" "Mighty, break the spell!" Knuckles threw him off and leaped up, he took off his metal claws and threw them to the side. "I don't want to do this Might..." "Its time to see who's stronger, The Rad Red, or the Mighty Arma..." Mighty Lunged... * * * Sonya walked up to the statue and looked up at it. "O.K. Statue, I'm one of Robotniks blood. Give me that Flint." Sonya advanced on it ready to grab when something threw her back. <> "I was once a Human, those years ago. . . I lived on Earth." <> Sonya nodded. <> "Nineteen nighty six" <> "....I forgot...." She whispered, a bolt of lightning struck her, she screamed an fell back, holding her chest where it struck. <> the statue's voice paused for a moment. <> "Sega." <> "Final Fantasy 3 or Final Fantasy 6 in Japan" Vector looked on, totally confused but listening carefully. <> "Ummm Sonic Drift 1?" <> "Yes if you input a certain code in the Sound test" <> "Knuckles Chaotix" <> "Three Characters are Princess Sally, One is Princess Sally Alica Acorn, red hair, ground squirrel. Princess Sally, she is in fact Amy Rose, And England's version of Princess sally who does in fact has a long squirrel tail." <> "Four, One is a Jamaican, the other is an Australian, the other is a normal speaking All around American Echidna. And the final one is Scottish made by Archie comics" <> Sonya stopped for a moment and sighed. "Sonic, there are an evil punk version made by Archie, the normal huge ego one, the one I miss, and then there is this one....And of course there's the Japanese Sonic." She paused. "How many more questions..." <> "Either the Mecha Madness issue or the Super Sonic vs. Hyper Knuckles issue" Sonya answered question after question with no end it seemed. She finally realized something and smiled. "For one who is called wise, your really stupid. As it is known, One s who answer questions are not as wise as those who ask...let me prove to you I am wise enough to option that piece of the blade. Let me quiz you..." * * * Knuckles was getting tired, it felt like a battle that would rage on forever, however he knew Mighty's weakness, and that was he didn't use his mind to often. Knuckles figured if there was anyway to win he must outsmart the Armadillo. Knux ran quickly towards the top tower, knowing very well if he took the battle to the sky there's more a chance he would win. * * * <> "Humph! O.K. O.K. You wanna play tough...what is the hidden joke in Miles Prowers name?" <> "Not yet!" Sonya thought for a moment about her past human life, riddles had always confused her, yet made her ponder on every part of it. Perhaps a riddle with no answer must be asked. "What's the highest number?" <> "Do Flies Fly?" <> "If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around, does it make a sound?" <> "What was the first unrecorded language ever in Earth?" <> "What is the Christian God real name?" <> the voice was enraged, just as Sonya hoped. He prayers were answered when he told her to answer this question. In response, she clapped her left paws fingers on her left paw's palm, it made a weak sound of flesh hitting flesh. The Voice roared out in rage for a moment, then silenced. Sonya wondered if it was O.K. To get the blade now, before she could think more on it, the voice spoke. < > * * * Mighty chased down Knux, screaming out for him to halt in the name of Enerjak and Sonic. "Yeah right bud! You wanna stop me you gotta catch me!" Knuckles leaped off the stair cases and glided under it. Mighty stopped and looked around, confused by Knuck les action, he was never one to flee in the heat of a battle. Without warning the echidna leaped up and smashed into Mighty, knocking him off into the platform below. He landed on Mighty and pinned him down. "NOW!!! Shall we start talking about you and Enerjak?" * * *' "Yes!!" Sonya pulled the flint from the cushion and waved it around. Vector walked up to her and smiled. "Well done kid, now give it up to me so I can give it to Enerjak." Before Sonya could decline a bolt of lightning struck dead center between them, Enerjak appeared from the powerful charge and grinned, he snatched the Flint and held up the blade. "At last!! COMBINE YOU ACCURSED BLADE!!!" It shook for a moment then bonded, the blade was now whole, its ridged edges gleamed wonderfully. Enerjak turned back to Sonya and smiled wickedly. "Well done girl, as a reward, You will not die, but in fact b e once again turned over to Sonic." His grin widened, "after I'm through with you..." another bolt of lightning and she passed out. Enerjak looked back to Vector and nodded. "You have done well Vector, now, stand by, I will need you and Mighty when we di scover the hidden Palace." * * * "That's all I know! Now let go of me bastard! You will never reach Enerjak in time to stop him from island domination! He serves Sonic, and by god Sonic will get what he wants!" "Not if I can help it..." Knuckles lifted his hands and struck Mighty again. "Snap out of it Mighty, Remember, you use to value your freedom over anything else, sides our Friendship!" "Key terms Echidna, USE TO." Another blow to Mighty's cranium. "Damn you! Fine, Take a rest!" Knuckles struck his comrade roughly and the Armadillo passed out. "Well done Guardian!" Knuckles turn around again to see Nack Standing there with a huge grin. "Now, about Sonya..." Sonya REALLY hated this, Blackouts were becoming quite troublesome. As she was discovering now, back in Enerjak's Citadel, she laid upon the bed, her hands and feet strapped and restrained by Enerjak's Magical Energy. She was still clothed, but from En erjak's look, not for long. "Let me tell you of Echidna civilization little one, perhaps that will relax you." Enerjak, poured himself a drink of wine and moved over to the bed, he sat down on its side and gazed into Sonya's eyes. Slowly he removed his mask from himself, she gasped as the face of a well-toned Echidna appeared. His dreadlocks were beaded, and he had dark eyes. "Long long ago, Echidnapolis was a striving city. It was still bound to Mobius, Technology reigns supreme, However with Techno logy we found out of an upcoming disaster. A white comet from the heavens...Large and unforgiving would soon crush the city and destroy all in its path. That is when a young Echidna Scientist, a female echidna, her name forever lost in time, however kno wn as one of Knuckles distant relatives, found a way to save the island from this threat. Using all echidna's in the city, they searched for the only natural source that might save them...the Chaos Emeralds. As said in books, a dozen were placed, and wi th their powers, the city was uplifted. Many Generations later, my brother and I were born, his name was Edmund, and mine was Dimitri, Long at studies we worked on creating a device that would slowly drain the chaos emerald and once again make the floati ng island part of Mobius." He paused for a moment, Sonya seemed Deep in thoughts, even when he was younger, his brother had told him he was fantastic in telling a tale, to best even the greatest bards. As she was preoccupied he slowly began to move close r to her, he slipped off her boots and kissed her small feet. She flinched and broke her chain of thoughts. Realizing his mistake he continued to speak of the past. "The Chaos Syphon, was the hopes of all echidna who wanted to once again join with the social creatures under us. We delivered our speech of the outcome, it would have worked, and it would have once again brought happiness to those. But the weak willed fools fear it. They would not take the small risk, my work, my time, MY LIFE was ruin because of them. My cowardly brother refused to go behind their back and try it, but I wasn't. My brother attempted to stop me, it was futile. 'What has begun...cannot be undone' as I told him. Before I became what I am to this very day, Enerjak. But before I could achieve total rule, creatures....Simple FIRE ANTS chewed away at the foundation of my tower, and collapsed it. Burying me, until nine years ago. Before that I had over a thousand years to plan my revenge. And I was finally released...." He slowly slipped her shirt off and gazed at her body. Sonya seemed so deep in his words. "Tell me little one, tell me of your past, you are not a Mobian....speak as I partake in you." "My life as a human. It had always been cold, rejected by my fellow classmates, bad grades. Hated by most of my family cause of my tom boyish ways. The only thing that would drown my sorrow and keep me going was a interesting comic I found but a few m onths back as my life as a human. It was Sonic The Hedgehog Issue no. 11, I remember that comic well, I still hold it dear to me. Soon I went on an all out quest to fine the ones I missed, eventually retrieving all of them. Though my spirits were lifte d once a month, I was happy, I use to dream of being in Mobius, one night my dream came true. From out of the night a portal opened, and told me, it said to me to come and become the legendary heroine of this weakened planet. I didn't know what to think , it was all too sudden, like from a Comic book or Fan fiction." She paused for a moment, feeling Enerjak thrust deeply into her. She held back the urge to scream and spill herself onto him. "When I finally chose yes, I remember being at the boundaries of a Forest and a polluted city. I was also naked, and still human. I found a device strapped to my arm, what I now called a 'Morpher' it allowed me to change my form to anything I wished, to allow me to call any kind of magic, to use any special abilit y and to use any weapon. But it didn't allow me to gain comrades, I was kidnapped by Robotnik's moments after I arrived. He questioned me, he wanted to know why me, as a human, was here. Considering he said he 'Dealt' with all the humans on Mobius, the look in his eyes scared me, I didn't know what to think nor say. I was a female human, no doubt the last of my kind and he was a male human, almost the last of his kind. This could have led to very nasty situations." Raw energy was entering Sonya the longer Enerjak did his thing with her, she felt such an electric charge as he touched her breast and began to lick parts of her not even Knuckles dare considering doing without her approval. She shivered under his tongue and continued her tale. "I remem ber screaming as he began to touch me in certain sections, then something happened, I hit part of my morpher and my body changed, into this, but I was a yellow color. I sprang from my captors' hands and ran, I don't even remember how far I got until I bu mped into Sonic. I screamed again, I mean I knew who this way but I was seeing him face to face!! When we saved each other. We Returned to Knothole, and I began my typical tourist, and no life at all fan girl act. Oh! Princess Sally!, Tails!, Antoine!, Bunny" I acted like such a fool. But this removed all doubt in their mind that I was a spy, as time passed I discovered I needed to locate the Chaos Emeralds, that's when I met Knuckles, he was working on Robotnik's side. He almost killed my brother, bu t I tackled him and stopped him, we gazed into each others eyes, and found a love." Sonya's lower lip trembled violently, she felt Enerjak's erection flare up, it would only be a matter of time before he spills himself into her. "M..Many...t..Times, I've h..held...him." She started to sob softly, Enerjak smiled darkly at her. "You know, Once I ejaculate into you my dear, the force of eleven chaos emeralds will enter your body. You'll be mines forever, I can ask Sonic to let me keep you, yes, Once this is done you are mine, body and soul. Never has even one been able to resi st the power I forced into them." She stared at him, her mind racing with his words, she started to sob louder now, feeling helpless against this betrayal of her love. She had been raped often, too often for a mear Mobian or human to survive without ment al damage. However she too held the power of the Chaos emeralds and the powers of beyond Mobius. But this, This was breaking her, Enerjak was making her so weak, this was different from her father or Sonic or anyone else's rape, this was as if she was b eing raped by her lover Knuckles. She started squirmed in his hands, but this mealy made him thrust deeper, that time had come, she knew it as he did. The bond of her Emeralds and his were calling each other. As it was about to spill into her, a window shattered, Knuckles ripped from it screaming Sonya's name and smashing into Enerjak, leaving Sonya once away unconscious. "So, you made it, I was hoping you would former Guardian." Enerjak rose from the ground and gazed into the Echidna's cold eyes, Knuckles held out his red iron claws and smiled. "I wouldn't miss killing you for all the world." "I didn't mean killing me. I meant the rape of your love." Knux turned and looked at the naked Hedgehog. "She's quite a creature. Quite willing when you draw her mind into submission, tell me Knuckles, tell me what you think of what I did..." "I'll make you pay for all this..." Knuckles lunged at him only to be knocked back roughly, Enerjak cackled and began to use his magical energy it surged and ripped into the screaming knuckles. "How does it feel to be at death's door once again Knuckles?!" He picked him up and threw him against the wall, Knuckles was greatly weaken by these attacks, never had such pain filled him. He loomed over Knux and smiled darkly, his foot rammed into Kn ux's side harder and harder, every kick and punch served to torture the echidna. "I kill you off quickly so I can get back to playing with Sonya. Soon this world will completely be Sonic's and I will rule with him! And I shal~ UGARRAHHH!!" Knuckles hea d his scream and the quick movement of something, Enerjak's gaze became very obscure and finally he collapsed to the side of Knuckles. Slowly Knux looked up and saw Sonya, naked, shaking and holding the bloody blade of Mobius, Nack was by her side looki ng down at Enerjak, smiling slightly. * * * Sonya embraced Knuckles still holding the bloody blade. She sobbed his name whispering words of a mad person. "Don't ever leave me don't ever leave me," the blade slowly began to glow a bright yellow, Knuckles let out a moan feeling his wounds heal wi th a loud suction cup like noise, Sonya was soothed by the light. Her mind became clear from the rape, she let out a small sigh and starred at the blade. "You're alive aren't you..." The blade jiggled slightly as if to reply. "My goddess, the blade is alive." "And hold the key to stopping Enerjak or anyone else from taking the ruin of gate." Nack interrupted. Knuckles was about ready to leap at him when Sonya spoke out. "Thank you Nack, for saving me." "Was nothing Sonya, ya know how I feel 'bout you. but cant we talk about this later? we must get to the Hidden palace. Sonya ask the blade to guide you." Sonya nodded. "blade of Mobius, please, we need your help, find the Hidden Palace for us." Again the blade stirred and jiggled around, it pulled Sonya toward Mount Fate. As she was pushed faster and faster towards the mountain she turned to face Knux and Nack. "Come on! lets hurry!" * * * Countless hours of running through the large maze inside the mountain they came to a sector that was buried by stones, unmovable to those without the aid of the blade. Sitting on one rock was the old Echidna, he started at Sonya then Nack then to Knuckl es. "At last you have come ......my Son." He removed his hood, Knuckles' eyes widen as the face of his father appeared, his beard now stained white with old age. Knuckles nearly collapsed from disbelief. "F...Father....H...how is this possible...." "This must be kept for another time my son, now, Sonya you must open the gate and retrieve the Ruin before He arrives and takes it." "But Enerjak is dead." Replied Sonya. "I do not speak of the Echidna of yore, I speak of Sonic, the demon adolescent." ". . .it is you isn't it. . .Your The one that kidnapped me in the first place!" Sonya raised her blade at him, knuckles pushed her back. "No! Not my father, don't even try it Sonya!" He roared, her eyes widen, he had never truly yelled at her in such a way. It hurt, her eyes darted and back to Nack and moved to him. "Sonya do as he says and break the granite" "Fine." She rose her blade again, a strange illumination spilled from it, it darted to the boulders and crushed them to sunder. On the other side the glow of hundreds of crystals and mystical marble pillars stood. Standing in the middle of it all was t he fire ant Archimedes, his bent Australian hat tilted to the side and his brown clothing covered in dust. "Well its about time you came back Guardian!" He leaped up on Knuckles and smiled. "its been too long. Far far to long." "Yes my friend, thank you for watching the Master emerald and this rune everyone is talking about." "Yes well this rune is important. Now, Sonya have it join with your blade." "How did you know who I was?" "I know allot of things Sonya, plus Knuckles father told me." "How do I get the blade to join with it?" "Why didn't you say 'how do I get MY blade to join?'" "Cause, it seems to have a will of its own, plus who am I to claim a living being is mine too own." "You are truly one of Pure heart, hard to believe you are of Robotnik's blood." "Damn it, leave my father out of this. He is a good man, its your Mobians that made him who he was!" She screeched angrily. Before she could finish her ranting a magical blast of fire busted hitting Sonya and throwing her to the ground. They spinned a round and gasp, Enerjak stood there with Vector and Mighty at his sides. "Do you think a simple thrust of a blade could kill me..." He touched his blood soaked clothing "I'll make you pay for this Girl, and you as well Nack, you betrayed Sonic your head will be mounted on a wall for this." "Sorry pal, I had a reason, we Returners just can't stay loyal to him." Nack grinned and drew out a long whip. "As I suspected. You are a Returner, scum like you will no longer be a problem once the rune is given to M'lord. I'm sure Knuckles, and Sonya want to know why all this is happening for a simple rune. Before I kill you all, my Master wanted to tell you ." Enerjak dropped his staff to the ground, a black cloud arose from it and a holographic picture of Sonic appeared. "Greetings Knuckles, hello Sister. I'm surprised you made it this far, considering the fact you both are quite wounded, but more so that your minds must be thinking partly of Miles and Sally. They are all alone, what fun if I could capture them." "You'll never find them Hedgehog, They are out of your reach for now." "For now..... but your not, Demitri will deal with you, but before that, I just cant help but tell you my plans for the future you will not be in. Picture a world corrupted by the dark powers of the demons. The rune of Gates is the key, the first of m any keys. In Mobius there lies many, 27 to be exact, that one here on the floating island is just the first, it will lead me to the others, once they are gathered, then I shall open the unholy gates and my powers shall finally concur this world!" He paus ed to chortle for a moment. "Then your resistance and the Returners are GONE, a Holocaust of all who oppose me shall become! MY FINAL SOLUTION.... A world of pain and suffering for me to feed on. A World ruled by my fellow Demons, a world where blood wi ll be the lakes, rivers and oceans. The Flesh of my victims shall be the ground, the bones the trees that shade the darkness. The phlegm of their inner body ours to bathe in, the world of the demons, and I SHALL RULE IT!!" The heroes fell back their wea pons out. "Deal with them Enerjak, brings their remains to me." "Yes sire," Sonic's hologram disappeared and Enerjak picked up his staff again. "Are we ready to play?" "I was born ready to kick your butt Ener-ass." Knuckles lunged at him, knocking him to the ground. Demitri laughed, with a movement of his hand Knuckles was thrown back hitting the wall and collapsing to the ground. "Who's next?" "I am," Sonya rose up and waved her blade. "blade of Mobius please, aid me in destroying this mad man." The blade wiggled a little and a powerful wave of blue energy slammed into the villain. Mighty and Vector fell back, mighty didn't get up but Vector did and he screamed out. "Big Wave!" The fire ant leaped up to Sonya and screamed for her to use dispel. A Tidal wave started to form from a hidden source, Sonya screamed out the words, a strange silver glow covered then disappeared, the wave went over them with no damage. "Is that the best you can do?!" Chuckled Sonya. "I've played Final Fantasy 3 punks! I know all the spells." They looked at each other confused. "Err never mind, Sonic Boom!" A blast of blade made from wind came from the blade, they struck Vector and he c ollapsed to the ground. "Excellent Sonya, but you trick cannot defeat me with such weak attacks" "We shall see!! ENERGYBANK!" a small glowing sphere appeared over her, "DEATH STRIKE!" Lasers from an unknown force began to attack Enerjak but to no avail. "Impossible! FIREWAVE!" she stabbed the blade into the ground, an explosion of fire ripped from there to Enerjak, again no effect was made. "Fire 3! Demi! Ice glacier!" All attacks were of no avail, she had run out of magic points* "It...its impossible how can anyone!" (*=the Magic power that allows her to cast a spell, the more she cast the lower her MP goes. A tip for those non-RPG'ers..:) ) "I am not ANYONE! now SUFFER!! ETERNAL NIGHT!" a wave of black mist circled them, Sonya looked around frantically her vision obscure, she didn't dare swing her blade around in fear of hitting one of her comrades. Enerjak struck her from behind, she coll apsed but rose again. "How does it feel Sonya? this time there is no escape for you or your lover." Another strike and Sonya fell, she heard the crack of a whip and howl of pain from Enerjak. "Sonya! Stay down!" Screamed Nack, he twirled his whip in circles, it hit Enerjak again, he fell back quickly and use his magic to try and avoid his attack again. The dark mist began to disappear, Knuckles leaped up and tackled Enerjak again, Knux's fa ther helped pin him down as well. Sonya rose with her blade and advanced on him. "There is no way to kill him, through physical or magical form, and Mental does little.... There is only one way." The fire ant whispered to himself. Enerjak roared out at his captors. "You....Will...PAY!! ATOMIC BLAST!" Sonya started to scream feeling her body on fire, she and the others were flung off, still howling in pain because of the immense heat that emitted from Demitri's body. "Enough Demitri! Why don't you face me!" Growled Archimides "Very well fire ant, you have caused me enough trouble as it is...Ice block!" Cubes of ice started to fly towards the fire ant, he dodged out of the way and looked around. Nack recovered first from Enerjaks attack, "Nack! Use your whip now!!!!" The weas el nodded and pulls back the whip. "Knuckles, ....my comrade.... Good-bye...." Nack released, it struck Enerjak hard, he opened his mouth to let out a horrible scream, as planed, Archimides lunged up and screamed out "SELF IMPLOSION!" He entered Enerjak 's mouth and forced himself into his throat. Enerjak gagged and tried to cough him up again. "N...NO!!! Archimides!" screamed Knuckles. Demitri was now gagging attempting to rid the fire ant from his gullet. He felt him going deeper down his throat, the fire burning strong inside him. "T...t...t...his...i..s.....n..n....o...t......p...o..s..s....i..b..l....e..!!....n...n..ot...b..y.. ..a.... a.....s.i.m.p.le.......f..f.ire.....a..n.t....n...N..o....not......a...a.g..a..i..n!!!" Hemanaged to choke out, the last words of the fire ant.. . 'Self implosion.' came to mind, his body began to burn with the fire ant essence, he screamed a scream of pain and horror as all went black and his body imploded in on itself. They did not only gaze at what was left of their enemy, but they gazed at a sacrifice made by a close comrade. Knuckle was in tears, however he did not sob, Nack looked on a lump in his throat, Knuckles kin lowered his head and walked away. Sonya just sobbed softly, how she didn't really know the fire Ant she knew that he was one of gods most humblest creatures. "He was so brave." she whispered. "He was once an enemy, only to be discovered to be an ally who only tried to train me. To prepare for the horrors I would face, just as you did father." Knuckles turned to his dad. "What shall we do now father?" "For now Sonya must join the runes to her blade. Go up to it child and press your blade to the rune carved into the wall ." Sonya nodded and walked toward it. the rune was a strange shape, its sides were ridged like that of a Dragons scales, its cente r glew with a green glow, she tapped her blade on the rock, an explosion of light filled the cavern, when it ended, she held the blade him, the imprint of The rune remained. "You Sonya now own the gate rune, you have the ability to travel back and forth through a warp portal, but there are I'm sure rules to it. But for now the Floating Islands must be once again freed." He lifted his arms and pointed to Vector and Mighty. "Rise and live again with clear thoughts" They did just that, Mighty and Vector looked at them confused for a moment then the flood of memories filled them. After a brief explanation on what happened they made apologies. Now came time for choices. "Knuckles my son, we have so much to speak about... but...before this, you must come back to the island as the guardian." Sonya's eyes widen. "But father I failed you, I let the island collapses." He whispered. "I am a failure." "No no you are not Knuckles. You can help re-build the island to its once perfect nature." His father smiled at Knuckles. "K...knuckles....We have to get back to Knothole, its been a couple of days." She spoke very shakily, feeling those feeling she had so long ago. "Please Stay Sonya." He whispered. "No...." She shook her head. "No not again knuckles, you know I cant, its either me or this island." Knuckles looks back at his father then to his comrades, then to Sonya again, he looked down. "Then I'm afraid its the island, forgive me Sonya." "......How could you do this to me, again." Her eyes darkened, and slowly started to step away. "How can you make me suffer like this again?!" Sonya started to cry, she backed away faster, "I hate you knuckles ! I HATE YOU!" She ran out of the Hidden Pal ace crying. "NO! Sonya!" * * *