Sonic Series Fan Fiction ❯ Sonic Adventure 3: Curse of Egyptain Chaos ❯ Chapter 4: Close your eyes, fell the burn. Now see what you have to do. ( Chapter 4 )

First off I'd like to say that I know some of the facts in this story are not true. My knowledge on the Sonic games is vary limited, I'm doing the best I can with what I know. Also the fact that the scene transitions are a bit fast and fuzzy, blame it on .hack/sign (those that watch it should know what I mean) but I'm not sure how to fix that ^_^'.

Next the fact that Maria's alive only gives Shadow a purpose, that being to be able to see her again but it won't come in to play until later. I found out how to use html format (note the italics). One last thing I'm not much of a sonic fan and have been told he is vary slow minded it reflects in my story a-lot sorry to any one who is offended. With that said and done, on word ho!

Chapter 4: Close your eyes, fell the burn. Now see what you have to do.

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"All that and you know nothing about them?" Knuckles asked inquisitively. Sonic had explained his little run in with Kat Galileo.

"Well, no." Sonic answered sheepishly. As the two continued their conversation Shadow pulled Bacura aside.

"How did you keep Maria a live?" The question had been bugging him since it was brought up.

"I'm sorry Shadow I can't tell you- only because you're not meant to know, not now anyway." Shadow stayed silent. His face was set in stone, only his eyes gave a way the pain he felt. Caching on Bacura quickly added. "I know it hurts, Shadow, but I'll make you a deal: you come through this in one peace and I'll tell you every thing you want to know, and even take you to see her, okay?"

Shadow's eyes dropped to the floor, but he gave a small nod in reply. Bacura left Shadow to his thoughts and laid down near to the flames.

"Bacura, where's Shadow?" Sonic asked for no other reason that to make conversation.

"Over there." He simple stated motioning to the one place the flames did not tame the darkness. Bacura's head suddenly snapped up, eyes and ears pointing to the cave entrance. "Knuckles, who's at the Master Emerald's shrine?"

"Chaos Zero and Tails...why?"

"Something's not right." instantly Bacura and Tigris (who had fallen asleep during Sonic's story) sprang up and disappeared in to the thick forest.

"No one touches my emerald!" Knuckles proclaimed as he dashed after the two tigers, Tikal, and Shadow hot on his tail and Sonic, caching on a little late, far behind.

Standing at the entrance he watched the rain blanket the land, suddenly a familiar presence seized his attention. Someone was there he had met them before but who? Wandering off to the side he was determined to find out who it was.

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Thunder, rain and lighting

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Three forms darted across the landscape. Two seemingly white beams of light the third pitch black barely visible across the darken land. Two more not far behind, a deep red that faded to a light orange.

The five stopped having reached there destination. One stepped forward and called out, "Put him down."

A mid-night blue cat hung in the air with out any support. He held a small two-tailed fox by the scruff of the neck. "Gladly," he said the throw tails in to the stone steppes of the Master Emerald Shrine. "He was getting boring any way."

"Tails!" Tikal cried running toward him.

"You'll pay for that." Knuckles threatened holding his spiked fist if front on his face.

"And who are you to make such threats?" asked the cat.

"I am Knuckles Echidna, keeper and guardian of the Floating Island and the Master Emerald."

"Virus. But I'm more interested in your tiger friend." He said looking intently in to emerald green eyes.

With no warning knuckles charged at virus, only to be stop as of he smacked in to an invisible wall. Virus chucked a bit then slowly lifted his hand to his face, Knuckles was lifted of the ground till he was eye level with Virus. The cat slowly clenched his fist and watched as Knuckles resisted the urged to cry out in pain. Then thru him, but surprisingly caught and let down lightly.

"So you can use them, let's see how well..." Virus sneered as his counterparts appeared next to him. Suddenly explosions caused everyone to scatter.

A teen-aged dog caught Tigris off guard. "I'm gonna have fun with you..." she said

"Really? Me too." And the two charged at each other, moving so fast they where barely operable from one another. Crashing into each other and leaping back only to charge again trying to gain the upper hand.

Bacura slowly move in to help Tigris, but was blocked by Virus "You think I'm letting you off that easy?" he asked. Bacura only glared back. The cat lifted up his hand and Bacura was taken up along with it, his body crippling from the psychic force. Bacura was then thrown, but twisted in midair and laded on his feet. A barrage of energy balls flew at the tiger barley giving him enough time to but up a shield.

Knuckles moved cautiously as battles raged around him. A punch was thrown at him and he instinctively pulled back. A dark green dragon stood between him and the emerald shrine. "Your precious emerald is fine," he said. "But you'll have to go thorough me first." Knuckles clenched his fist then flew at the dragon.

"So, who are you?" knuckles asked with out stopping his attack.

"Devin," Spinning around Devin smacked Knuckles across the face with his wing causing him the fall and slide thorough the mud. "Dragon." Knuckles jumped up wiped the mud from his face and continued his attack.

Shadow watched as fights continued. "But where is that hedgehog?" he asked aloud.

"Right behind you!" a voice called out as the hedgehog Sonic described in his story lunged at him. Shadow merely side stepped and missed the attack. To easy. He thought as the black and white hedgehog landed in front of him.

Death-Scythe stood up and faced shadow two sets of ruby red eyes met each other. "Shadow, self proclaimed ultimate life form."

"Yes, and who might you be?" Shadow asked. A chilling wind swept across the land as rain pounded mercilessly upon it.

"Death-Scythe, forth project of the ultimate life form experiments." Neither said anything for a moment. A smirk played on ones face then the others. Then they took of through the under brush.

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Shadows of dark creatures

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Sonic raced head long through the dense forest of Angel island until he reached a large clearing and on the opposite side, standing under the leaves and branches of the threes was the pink cat Sonic had met at the GUN base.

Sonic skidded to stop but the mud almost made him fall over. He had passed over two thirds of the clearing before he could stand up and face Kat.

A small smile played on Kat's lips. "Well, Sonic, I didn't think I'd see you so soon."

"Alright enough Games! Who are you and what do you want?!" the enraged Sonic demanded.

"Katelin Galileo, Kat if you please. As for what I want you will know, in due time."

"I said enough games!"

SONIC WIND

Sonic let lose the enormous force of wind at Kat, however she teleported behind. Sonic froze in place.

"You'll have to do better than that." she said as a ball of energy gathered in her hand and plunged it into him back, sending him flying. He landed with a sickening 'thump' on his back and staggered to his feet.

CHAOS CONTROL

Kat's eyes widen as time around her stood still. Sonic smiled as he held a yellow chaos emerald in his hand.

SONIC WIND

Sonic's attack hit dead on, canceling out the chaos control and throwing Kat backwards. Using a back flip to lad on her feet she turned to face Sonic.

"I see now that this will be more difficult than I imagined."

"Yep, and it's about get a lot harder."

"Let me be the judge of that."

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*a sliver dragon stands in front of you*

???: *bows* pardon me, Tigris and Bacura have left to see some fiends and mistress Naya is afraid you'll dispose of her for not updating sooner. My name is Darlantan and the mistress has instructed me to read this message to you:

Dear readers,

I am terribly sorry for not updating sooner, but the summer between June 15 and now has been to say the least hectic. Plus the fact that I only got one review for the last chapter brought me to thing no one was reading my story(thank you Bariyouthe White Tiger Youkai, by the way I love your pen name). Again, Gomen nasai (Japanese, vary sorry) and Arigato gozaimasu (same, much thanks) for your understanding.

~Dragon MasterNaya

Dar: well that's it we hope you enjoyed the resent installment and continue to read on. This is Dar. signing off. *bows as lights dim off*