Cyber Sonic: Emerald Quest Part Three- Windbreaker By: Kenneth Hillis a.k.a. Duo Prower Author's Note: Okay, I've come up with something. With the Cyber Sonic saga being so huge, I've decided to kind of organize them into "Books". Cyber Sonic #'s 1-14 are "Book 1" and the next one will start after that. Okay? This story is kinda fast paced also. And I've noticed that there seems to be too much dialogue, but it'll be fixed next time. The next one has a bit more story and drama. I'm working on it now, and should hopefully be done soon. But of course, that doesn't mean I don't like this one. :) Remember the people with Cyber Armor at the beggining are: Sonic, Sally, Knuckles, the Chaotix, Kragok, Cronan, and Dindrix. (You'll learn more about him in another story) Also, I need feedback on this series, so please e-mail me! Well, I've nothng much else to say, so on with the show! Characters in (hopefully) order of appearance: ?????? Knuckles Echidna King Sonic Hedgehog Queen Sally Acorn Julie-Su Echidna Antoine D' Coolette Bunnie Rabbot-D' Coolette The Knowing One Miles "Tails" Prower Jewel Hedgehog-Prower Mandy Treen Prince Speed Acorn Locke "Basher" Echidna II Princess Crystal Acorn Constable Remington Geoffrey St. John Mighty Armadillo Kelly Armadillo Vector Crocadile Espio Chameleon Zartox Kragok Cronan Dindrix Cristie Stron Amy Rose-Stron Comet Prower Rotor Jessica D' Coolette Cyber Sonic Episode 4 Chapter 1 On an unknown planet....... In a quiet peaceful place, lush fields bear gigantic beautiful trees. The animal and plant life is quite abundant. But, sentient life it does not have. All creatures here have survived over the millenia by instinct alone. Suddenly, the sky darkens greatly as the sunlight is blocked out by a huge warship. The shp begins to fire upon the unsuspecting creatures, tearing the ground up greatly. Fighters emerge from the ship and begin to lay an even greater line of fire. The animals didn't stand a chance for they had no defenses. On the main bridge of the ship, a heavily armored man watches this with glee. "Ah, this planet has much energy. Lord Nebula will be greatly pleased." ***** Mobotropolis, Mobius "But it can't be The Dark Legion!" Knuckles exclaimed. He was in the Castle's war room with Sonic, Sally, Julie-su, Antoine, and Bunnie. "Knux has a point, ya'll," Bunnie said, "It could easily be a breakaway fraction of them. We've faced 'em in the past." "True," Sally said, "But none of those fractions have ever had so many members. What do you think, Sonic?" Sonic shook his head."You've got me, Sal. I just don't know." "C'mon," Julie said, "Let's stop dwelling on something we can't control." "I geuss you're right," Sonic responded. "I'll contact the DL later. If it's not really them, maybe we can get some info from them. Anyways, Cemator's still alive?...... So to speak." "Yeah," Knuckles said, "He almost had me and Julie, but we were able to beat him." "Any idea how he got the Earth Cyber Emerald, Knux?" Sally asked. Knuckles shook his head. "Nope. Not a clue." "I belive I can answer that." They spun around to see The Knowing One hovering above them. "Greetings." "Greetings," Sally said. "Why is it that you have come here today?" "I have come to answer some of your questions," she said, "As well as hope you can answer some of mine." "How did Cemator get the Earth Emerald?" Julie asked. "First," The Knowing One said, "I must know, how many Cyber Emeralds have you recovered?" "But I thought..." Antoine, Knuckles, and Sonic started, but recieved slaps over their heads from their wives. "That you were supposed to know everything," Sonic shot out quickly. Sally glared at him, then continued. "We have the one you gave us, Fire, I found the Water one, and Knuckles revovered the Earth one," Sally said. "My," she responded,"You have recovered that many in only a month? I must say that I'm impressed. I geuss then you deserve to know the remaining ones, now that you have proven that you can find them. There's Wind, Ice, Lightning, and Gravity. But, if any of your enemies happens to get ahold of one of them, the result could be disasterous. For instance, if Nack Weasel had gotten the Water Emerald first, it would be his, and not Sally's. Now, as for how Cemator got it. The Emeralds have been scattered across the planet. Cemator simply found the Earth Emerald, but hadn't used its power yet." "Cool," Sonic said,"Three down, four to go." "Sonic," The Knowing One said,"I must let you know that with every new Cyber Emerald you get, your power increases and you gain new abilities. You will know them when the time comes. Farewell." And with that, she disappeared in a flash of light. ****** Mobotropolis Hospital Tails and Jewel walked through the hospital halls approching Speed's room. Jewel was a bit more dressed up than usual, with a white shirt and tan dress. As Tails opened up the door they found Mandy, asleep in a chair next to Speed's bed. Silently, they left the room."Man, she sure fell asleep easily. It's 6:00 in the evening," Tails said. "She's been keeping watch over him ever since he got hurt a few days ago. Honestly though," Jewel said,"I can't really blame her." "Neither can I," Tails replied, "She's taking this worse than Sonic and Sally, but like you said, I can't blame her. Anyways, what do we do now?" "How about dinner?" Jewel suggested, "Duo and Comet are both out with their girlfriends, so we shouldn't be interrupted." Tails chuckled and took her arm as they walked away. "You talk like that, honey, and you'll jinx us." ***** Basher walked with Crystal along the beach hand-in-hand. Basher could tell she was worried about something. "Something wrong, Crystal?" She looked up at him."I guess I'm just worried about Speed." "Ah, c'mon," he said."You know him. He'll be okay." "I guess," Crystal said,"But I guess it has a lot to do with us being twins. I've read somewhere that it's been said that sometimes twins can have a tighter connection than regular siblings. I guess I just feel like a part of me is missing." Basher looked down at her. "Um, Crystal... do you remember that thing I was trying to tell you the other night?" "Slightly," she replied."Why? Was it anything important?" <> "Um, well, what I was trying to say was... well..." "Locke Basher Echidna the second, spit it out," Crystal said. Basher took a deep breath."Crystal, I want you to know... I want you to know you mean everything to me. I would give up anything for you. I love you." Crystal looked at him for a few moments. "Did you just say what I thought you said?" He nodded. She threw her arms around him and hugged him tightly. She then pulled away slightly and looked him in the eyes. "I love you too." They then moved closer to each other and embraced in a deep kiss. Chapter 2 Sonic laid on the couch in the living room as Sally walked in. Suddenly there was a bright white flash in the room. Sonic sprang up to see the Knowing One. "What the?!? Dang, you sure know how to make an entrance. What's up? Something wrong?" "Actually," she said,"No. I wanted to speak with you two alone." "What for?" Sally asked. "Sally, do you remember when you healed Sonic in the Frozen Tundra?" The Knowing One asked. "Yes," Sally answered,"Why?" "And do you two remember when you felt a strange connection on the Trident?" "Yeah," Sonic said."They're connected?" "Very much so, Sonic," The Knowing One answered. "Thanks to that, you two now have a telepathic link." "Say whu?" Sonic asked. "Not so that you can read each other's minds, at least without the other's permission, but you will from now on be able to communicate through your minds. Farewell." And with that she vanished in a flash of white light before either of them could say, "how?". Sally plopped herself down next to Sonic. He noticed something about her. "Somethin' wrong, Sal?" She looked over at him."You know we've hardly been able to even visit Speed since he got hurt?" Sonic sighed and put his arm around her. "I know. But we've hardly even gotten any sleep for the past few days, much less time to visit him." "We haven't even really gotten any time to ourselves at all since we began looking for the emeralds," she said. "Well," Sonic said,"Why don't we head down there and see if there's been any development, then later come back and get something to eat. Alone for once." She chuckled. "Sounds like a good idea to me." ***** Tails brought his glass up to Jewel's. "Cheers," he said. She lightly tapped her's against his and then leaned back against the couch. "Dang it's been hectic lately, hasn't it?" He smiled. "Tell me about it," he said. Jewel reached over to the coffee table and put her glass down, then grabbed the last piece of food fom her plate. "I thought things were confusing around here when Robotnik was here," she said as she finished off the food. She then bowed her head somewhat sadly. "At least we knew what we were facing then." Tails knew something was wrong with his wife. He finished off his drink and placed it next to hers. "Jewel? What is it?" She looked up at him. "I-I don't know, Tails... it's just... what the Knowing One says is coming... what she says we'll need the Cyber Emeralds for... Tails, I'm scared... and I don't know why." He looked her in the eyes. "I'm sorry, Jewel, I didn't know." She leaned against him and placed her head on his left shoulder. "It's okay, Tails. You didn't know. I just wish..... that we could live a normal life, and not always have to be worrying about if we'll still be alive the next day," she sighed. "But we've always had to deal with things like this." "And we've always gotten through it," Tails told her, "and dwelling on it is not going to help us at all. All we can do is be prepared the best we can. And that means we have to work on finding those emeralds." She looked up and smiled weakly. "You're right, Tails." She then moved her mouth to his and kissed him softly. The kiss soon became deeper and more passionate as Tails laid her down on the couch. Suddenly there was a huge explosion outside. Tails shot up. "Ah, damn. Why always..." He ran over to the window and grabbed a pair of binoculars on the way. As he looked out the window he muttered, "Crap." "What is it?" Jewel asked, walking over to him straightening her clothes slightly. "Here," he said handing her the binoculars. As she looked through them she repeated her husband's words. "Crap. The Dark Legion." Tails sighed. "Great. Listen, I'll get to the war room. The others are probaly there by now." Jewel nodded. "I'll go change." She then kissed him softly. "Be careful." Tails smiled. "You know it." He then ran out the door as Jewel headed for the bedroom. ***** Tails entered the war room as Sonic entered with Sally in his arms. "Sorry I'm late, guys," Sonic said as he placed Sally down, "Me an' Sal were at the hospital visiting Speed." "Mandy is going to stay there on guard duty for the place," Sally said. "Me and Jewel were having dinner," Tails said. "She'll be here in a few..." At the moment Jewel entered in a purple and orange streak. "Right now." The war room was in chaos, soldiers and guards running about with everyone else trying to figure out how it happened. "Remington!" Sonic exclaimed running over to him,"How did this happen?" "We're not quite sure, your majesty," Remington said. Sonic and Sally had tried to get him to address them by first name, but it didn't work. "But we think it might have been an interdimensional portal from a pocket zone. That would explain how they got here the last time. They're attacking the front part of the city and steadily moving in." Suddenly Tails stopped in his tracks. Sonic noticed this. "Yo, bro, what's wrong?" "Sonic," Tails muttered, "they have the Wind Cyber Emerald." "Who?" Sonic asked,"The DL?" Tails nodded. "Yep." "Okay," Sonic said,"Sal, Knux, Mighty, Kelly, Espio, Vector, Geoff, let's get outside. Time to rock." ****** The eight Freedom Fighters soon exited outside. Before anyone could say anything, Sonic whipped out his emerald. "Okay, guys, Cyber Emeralds activate!" In flashes of bright light, their Cyber Armor was on them. "Okay, folks," Sally said. "Mighty, Kelly, Espio, and Vector's Cyber Emeralds could give out at any time, so we'll have to stick to a buddy system. Sonic, you go with Mighty. Knuckles, you're with Espio. Geoffrey, Vector. And I'm with Kelly. Got it, everyone?" They all nodded. "Then let's do it." And with that they all rocketed off into the air in their respective teams in different directions. ****** "Okay," Antoine said,"Everyone getz one blaster, and five energy grenades. Got that?" Everyone nodded. "People," Remington continued,"you guys'll have to lay a line of fire at the DL to cover Tails as he tries to get the Wind Emerald." "No prob with that," Bunnie said. Energy crackled around her and changed from her normal form to her semi-robotic one. "Also," Tails said, "Basher, Crystal, Lara-Su, and Duo, join Mandy at the hospital and help protect it. Other than that, everyone else try and fend off and push back the, Legion, got it?" A resounding cheer answered his question. "Then let's go." ***** "Got anything yet, Mighty?" Sonic asked as he flew through the city. "Not yet, Sonic," Mighty replied."I hear them but... wait! Hold that thought." As the two rounded a corner they found MST officers trying to fight off many Legionaires, but the enemy's number was too great. "I'll start, you follow," Sonic said. "Fire-Wave!" With that, a blast of fire energy shot toward the Legionaires, destroying a few of their tanks and knocking back a few Legionaires. Mighty landed, crouching on the ground in front of a few tanks and DL robots. "Ground-Quake!" He slammed his right fist on the ground, throwing the robots away like rag-dolls and turning the tanks over. Sonic softly landed on the ground. "You guys give up?" "NEVER!" one of the Legionaires shouted. Sonic grinned under his helmet. "Your loss." ***** The same happened all across the city, the Freedom Fighters easily fighting of the Legion forces. Kelly and Sally had met back up with Knuckles and Espio, and were figuring out their next move on top of a building's roof. "Well," Kelly said, "it seems if we keep fighting them back like this, we should be done with them soon." "I don't know," Knuckles replied. "It seems to be too easy. They've got to have something up their sleeve." "You've got that right." The four Freedom Fighters shot their heads up to see Zartox and a barrage of Legionaires on a small transport. "Great," Sally muttered. The Legionaires then leapt down and began to engage them in battle. Sally blasted some away with a water blast. "Give it up, Zartox!" "I don't think so, Queen Acorn. You see- UGH!" Zartox fell to the ground. The Freedom Fighters looked to see Kragok with his robotic arm crackling with electricity. Next to him on either side was Cronan and Dindrix. Knuckles and the others rocketed over to them. "What the heck are you doing here?" Knuckles exclaimed. "Belive it or not, Gaurdian," Kragok answered,"we're here to help you." Sally, Kelly, and Espio also rocketed over to them. "What's going on here?" Sally asked. "I belive I can answer that, Queen Acorn," Cronan said. "Zartox, quite literaly, is mad. He convinced a large number of the Dark Legion into believing in his views. Then he attacked you a few days ago." "Where are your emeralds?" Knuckles asked. Each one of the three Legionaires drew out their Cyber Emeralds. "Right here," Dindrix replied. "We just didn't want to have them activated when we first saw you," Kragok said. "We thought you might... get the wrong impression as it were." Zartox picked himself up. <>Hhe ran over to the transport and leaped onto it. <