GCB Fanfics: The Fanfiction Project

July 15th, 2003 - Continued


The forest grounds outside of the stadium were a particular favorite for many of the contestants. Some used this as a quiet place to rest; others liked to train out here, away from watchful eyes. Most liked to play games of Hide and Seek Tag out here at night(with Solid Snake usually winning). Yet, for Knuckles the Echidna, none of those reasons fit his purposes. Tonight, he was simply here for a meeting.

"YO KNUCKLES!" Knuckles jumped a little as a familiar voice shouted from behind him. Can't that Hedgehog take anything seriously? Knuckles turned around, a glint of anger in his eyes.

"You want to let EVERYONE know we're out here, Sonic? Honestly..." Knuckles complained, letting loose a sigh of frustration. The familiar blue form of Sonic the Hedgehog emerged from behind a tree, darting back and forth as he always liked to do. He could never be still.

"No one‘s out here, man! They're all snoozing‘." Sonic responded, ignoring all of Knuckles' concern. "Why are we being all secretive anyway? You gonna ask me out on a date or somethin'?" Sonic joked, still not attempting to keep quiet like Knuckles had wanted.

Knuckles just grinned at Sonic's comment. "No way," he said. "I am going to give you a present, though. Take it anyway you want to."

Knuckles pulled something out of his glove and tossed it over to Sonic. Sonic, unable to get a good look at the object in the dark, knew what it was as soon as it touched him. He could feel the tingle of power flowing through his body...and it shocked him. It was a Chaos Emerald. "Where did you get this?" Sonic asked, running a hand through his spines and keeping his voice to a whisper now.

"Found it as I was practicing my digging maneuvers right in this area." Knuckles pointed over to a little mound of dirt, right next to a pretty deep hole. "Surprised me, to say the least."

"If there's one, then there's gotta be six more around this place." Sonic stated, still staring down at the light blue emerald, almost captivated by it.

"I had no luck finding any of the others. If they are here, they must be scattered, like always." Said Knuckles. Knuckles was also looking at the emerald. He had gotten used to being around them as guardian of the Master Emerald that kept Angel Island afloat. That is where his mind was focused now. Sonic was about to say something, but Knuckles cut him off. "No, if the Master Emerald were here...I would know about it. Besides, that thing is teeming with energy and this place isn't that big. You know the Master Emerald cancels out the Ch-"

"I wasn't going to ask about that." Sonic blurted. "I was going to ask, ‘Does anyone else know about them?'"

Knuckles reeled for a moment. How could he just overlook the Master Emerald like that? Doesn't he understand my duty. Doesn't he- wait.... Knuckles thought back to when he first saw Shadow, before the tournament began. "Shadow has a Chaos Emerald..." Knuckles answered him, sullenly. God! How could I be so stupid?! I should've remembered that Shadow's powers only work if he has a Chaos Emerald in his possession.

Sonic didn't look overly concerned. He was surprised, to be sure, but it seemed as if he wasn't worried that Shadow had one. "That explains how they got here, then. Shadow brought one with him, and they all come along." Sonic said, almost nonchalantly. Knuckles noticed that he had stopped whispering.

Sonic stretched his arms over his head and let out a long, drawn out yawn. "Well, I think it's time for this hedgehog to turn in. I‘ve got a match tomorrow, after all. You can keep me p-"

"NO! This isn't something you can just brush off, Sonic!" Knuckles growled, throwing his hands in the air. If he could be anymore red, he would have been out of his sheer anger. "Do you realize what could happen if the Chaos Emeralds fall into the wrong hands?!"

"Yeah, I don't win the tournament." Sonic retorted, cockily.

All Knuckles could do was shake his head. "You idiot. You think Robotnik was bad, what he could do with the Chaos Emeralds? Just think what happens if someone like Ganondorf figures out how to harness the power of these things."

"You don't even know that it will work like that-"

"YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT WON'T!" Knuckles shouted, clearly worried about all of this. "We can't assume we are the only ones who can use the power of the Chaos Emeralds. If they fall into the wrong hands..."

Sonic dashed over to Knuckles' side and patted the echidna on the back. "You worry too much, Rad Red. Honestly, you think I'm gonna let someone else get a hold of the Emeralds?" Sonic proposed, his patented grin still stuck across his face. "Someone would need all seven...and I've already got one. No big. I'm gonna get the rest anyway...and when I do-well-let's just say you'll be callin' me the Yellow Blur."

Knuckles grumbled, crossing his arms across his chest. "You mean we've got one. No way I'm going to let you hold on to them. We each will hold some and we will not use the Chaos Emerald's just to win this tournament!"

Sonic just started to laugh, which irritated Knuckles considerably. "You think you'll get all the Emeralds before me? Good luck with that, Knux!" At that, Sonic dashed off, created a loud boom of energy as he broke the sound barrier. All Knuckles saw now was a blue line skating through the woods, which was gone in an instant. Knuckles knew what was at stake...but somehow; Sonic's claim had alleviated his worries. Despite all the time Sonic had spent goofing around, not taking anything seriously, he had always come through when it counted.

"He'll never change."




Today's Author: DanBonezTheThird
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