Dark Chaos
A Sequel to Shadow in Silhouette
Chapter 1: A Different Shade of Chaos
"I was born on an island, in the heavens," Knuckles murmured to himself.
It was a boring job, guarding the Master Emerald, but someone had to do it.
"Especially when the Chaos emeralds were scattered ag...what?"
Knuckles looked up, frowning. It was a grey, starship would be the best description of it. And the ship headed this way, rattling, as if it was falling apart. And it looked like it was going to crash into Angel Island!
Knuckles dove for cover as it screeeeeeeeched to a stop, coming close to the Master Emerald! The hood popped open, revealing two figures, and a vague presence. The first, a small grey clothed man. His bluish tint made him look vaguely smurflike. The other was a big brown furball, resembling nothing more then Archamedes in that one part of Sword in the Stone, only with a longer nose and less intelligent eyes. The presence was pitch black, and it felt familiar. But it couldn't be *that*, could it?
"There it is, Lurky. The Master Emerald! Only with this power can we be thwarted this time. So we'll take it first!"
"I'll go get it, Murky!" said the Furball, clambering out, pressing his hand down hard on the smaller one's helmet, causing it to slip over his eyes.
"LUR-KEEEE!" the man screamed.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing?" Knuckles shouted, "You can't take the Master Emerald!"
"Just watch me, you, you...what are you anyway?" Murky gave up, aiming a gun at the indignant Echidna.
"I'm getting it Lurky!"
Knuckles jumped Murky's gloom blast, gliding his way to Lurky, intent on giving him the ol Knuckles 1-2. There was only one small problem, Lurky was between Knuckles and the Master Emerald, so when Lurky was sent sprawling, he smacked into the emerald. It did what fragile gemstones had a tendency to do.
"Oh no," sobbed Knuckles, "not again!"
"Murky, do you feel like we're falling?"
"I read this would happen! Quickly, back into the space-ship! Before the island crashes!"
Knuckles was going to have to find his own way off, and quickly.
"If I hurry, I just might be able to reach Tails' workshop before," Knuckles glanced down at the approaching ocean, and jumped.
"Now that we've subverted our friend here, and destroyed the Master Emerald," Murky chuckled, watching the pieces of the Master Emerald scatter wildly when the island dropped , "We just have to find the seven chaos emeralds, and allow him to feed..."
* * * * * * * * *
Tails, wasn't at his workshop, however. Knuckles had to take the train past Station Square, all the way to Green Hill, where he and Sonic were relaxing in the warm autumn sun. Tails saw the bedraggled Knuckles first. "What happened, Knuckles? You look like you just had an Eggman Encounter."
"The Master Emerald shattered again."
"And? Isn't that your department? To fix that kind of thing?" Sonic asked.
"Yes, Sonic," Knuckles said shortly, "but there's more to it. I saw Chaos." Knuckles gave a complete description of the mornings events.
Tails and Sonic exchanged a look. "That man'll be after the Chaos Emeralds," Tails said, slowly.
"Right. And that, my 'partners', is your 'department'," Knuckles said. "I thought you might like to go work on it while I repair the Master Emerald."
"Sonic, if that's who I think it is, there's more to it then that. I'll go find Brian."
"Brian?" Knuckles asked, startled.
"Don't worry about it, Knuckles my friend. Sorry about being short with you, you did play the right card. You do that, Tails, I'm going to go get the Tornado ready. We need to find those emeralds!"
Knuckles just smirked. "One of these days, we'll have them collected *before* anything like this happens."
"You know they don't stay in one place for very long, Kuncklehead," Sonic said, all ready racing away.
Knuckles grimaced, but headed back for Station Square, where he could feel pieces of the Master Emerald calling.
* * * * * *
"All right," said Brian, who was playing catch with his dog, "I'll go get Rainbow. If it is Murky Dismal after the Chaos Emeralds, who knows what he's planning?"
Across the street, another hedgehog listened in.
"Rainbow? Sonic? Chaos Emeralds?" she said, "If there's something going on, then I want to help! This time, I'm *going* to help!" Amy stamped her foot into the ground. She turned around, heading back to her home, "Forget the grocery... where did I leave my hammer?"
A Sequel to Shadow in Silhouette
Chapter 1: A Different Shade of Chaos
"I was born on an island, in the heavens," Knuckles murmured to himself.
It was a boring job, guarding the Master Emerald, but someone had to do it.
"Especially when the Chaos emeralds were scattered ag...what?"
Knuckles looked up, frowning. It was a grey, starship would be the best description of it. And the ship headed this way, rattling, as if it was falling apart. And it looked like it was going to crash into Angel Island!
Knuckles dove for cover as it screeeeeeeeched to a stop, coming close to the Master Emerald! The hood popped open, revealing two figures, and a vague presence. The first, a small grey clothed man. His bluish tint made him look vaguely smurflike. The other was a big brown furball, resembling nothing more then Archamedes in that one part of Sword in the Stone, only with a longer nose and less intelligent eyes. The presence was pitch black, and it felt familiar. But it couldn't be *that*, could it?
"There it is, Lurky. The Master Emerald! Only with this power can we be thwarted this time. So we'll take it first!"
"I'll go get it, Murky!" said the Furball, clambering out, pressing his hand down hard on the smaller one's helmet, causing it to slip over his eyes.
"LUR-KEEEE!" the man screamed.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing?" Knuckles shouted, "You can't take the Master Emerald!"
"Just watch me, you, you...what are you anyway?" Murky gave up, aiming a gun at the indignant Echidna.
"I'm getting it Lurky!"
Knuckles jumped Murky's gloom blast, gliding his way to Lurky, intent on giving him the ol Knuckles 1-2. There was only one small problem, Lurky was between Knuckles and the Master Emerald, so when Lurky was sent sprawling, he smacked into the emerald. It did what fragile gemstones had a tendency to do.
"Oh no," sobbed Knuckles, "not again!"
"Murky, do you feel like we're falling?"
"I read this would happen! Quickly, back into the space-ship! Before the island crashes!"
Knuckles was going to have to find his own way off, and quickly.
"If I hurry, I just might be able to reach Tails' workshop before," Knuckles glanced down at the approaching ocean, and jumped.
"Now that we've subverted our friend here, and destroyed the Master Emerald," Murky chuckled, watching the pieces of the Master Emerald scatter wildly when the island dropped , "We just have to find the seven chaos emeralds, and allow him to feed..."
* * * * * * * * *
Tails, wasn't at his workshop, however. Knuckles had to take the train past Station Square, all the way to Green Hill, where he and Sonic were relaxing in the warm autumn sun. Tails saw the bedraggled Knuckles first. "What happened, Knuckles? You look like you just had an Eggman Encounter."
"The Master Emerald shattered again."
"And? Isn't that your department? To fix that kind of thing?" Sonic asked.
"Yes, Sonic," Knuckles said shortly, "but there's more to it. I saw Chaos." Knuckles gave a complete description of the mornings events.
Tails and Sonic exchanged a look. "That man'll be after the Chaos Emeralds," Tails said, slowly.
"Right. And that, my 'partners', is your 'department'," Knuckles said. "I thought you might like to go work on it while I repair the Master Emerald."
"Sonic, if that's who I think it is, there's more to it then that. I'll go find Brian."
"Brian?" Knuckles asked, startled.
"Don't worry about it, Knuckles my friend. Sorry about being short with you, you did play the right card. You do that, Tails, I'm going to go get the Tornado ready. We need to find those emeralds!"
Knuckles just smirked. "One of these days, we'll have them collected *before* anything like this happens."
"You know they don't stay in one place for very long, Kuncklehead," Sonic said, all ready racing away.
Knuckles grimaced, but headed back for Station Square, where he could feel pieces of the Master Emerald calling.
* * * * * *
"All right," said Brian, who was playing catch with his dog, "I'll go get Rainbow. If it is Murky Dismal after the Chaos Emeralds, who knows what he's planning?"
Across the street, another hedgehog listened in.
"Rainbow? Sonic? Chaos Emeralds?" she said, "If there's something going on, then I want to help! This time, I'm *going* to help!" Amy stamped her foot into the ground. She turned around, heading back to her home, "Forget the grocery... where did I leave my hammer?"