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CrystalPhoenixblader here, bringing another chapter to the fanfic! I’ve done Shadow’s point of view in the last chapter, and while I will continue it for a bit it’s also time for another character to take center spotlight, one in a more comedic sense of the word. How will Knuckles this time fare on his end?
And now, disclaimer time; I do not own any of the Sonic characters or the Arcana Heart characters; the Sonic characters belong to SEGA and Sonic Team, and the Arcana Heart characters belong to EXAMU and Arc System Works.

Also, a few more references belong to their original owners.

So, standby, angels and Hedgehog Hero! ACTION!

As well as Ultimate Lifeform and Master Emerald Guardian!

*Opening Theme: ‘Yume wa Arukana?’ (Arcana Heart)*

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG: CHAOTIC ARCANA
CHAPTER 11
CONVERGING PATHS; ARCANA & KNUCKLES

*Tokyo Streets*

*Insert Theme: "The Base" (Sonic Adventure 2)*

It has been a short time since the dispute between Shadow and Lieselotte, with the matter resolved for now as the two walked with Zenia Valov at a common sidewalk as the sun rose. The ebony hedgehog, in particular, had a nagging thought in his mind when the doll-like Maiden called Zenia her ‘sister’. Unable to sway his thoughts any longer, Shadow decided to ask the one-million-dollar question. “Zenia, is it?"

“Yes?” The woman then eyed Shadow with change in her expression. “What is it?”

“That has been bothering me for a bit since we left the graveyard, but… what did Liselotte mean when she called you ‘sister’? Are you two… actually related?” And Shadow wastes no time throwing caution to the wind and asking upright.

Zenia and Liselotte look at each other for a moment before the elder of the two decided her course. “Normally, I would tell you to mind your own business… but… since my sister is starting to respect you, I suppose I can do this much…” She found a bench on the sidewalk with a lone light post and sat down, with Lieselotte doing the same. Shadow on the other hand decided to keep standing as he crossed his arms and stood by the post.

“I had lost my own memories after being separated from Lieselotte years ago… She called me… ‘Elfriede Achenbach’… but other than that, I don’t remember anything else."

“I… lost my memories too, once.” Shadow closed his eyes and spoke, getting the sisters’ attention, with Lieselotte responding. “How?”

“It was right after Sonic and I stopped the prototype on Space Colony ARK before would pulled the station to Earth and destroyed it… I was unable to return to the ARK as my Super Form was completely spent. As it seemed death was ready to claim me, I looked up and thought of Maria and the promise I made to her, wondering if I did fulfill it…” He remembered the very words in his mind as unconsciousness claimed him on the Earth’s atmosphere.

“Maria… this is what you wanted, right? This is my promise I made to you…”

“After that, it was all one big blank when I regained consciousness.” Shadow half-opened his eyes as he was trying to recall what happened.”

“But… how were you able to reclaim your memories?” Lieselotte asked again, with Zenia quietly listening as well. Shadow then recalled the last battle he had with Black Doom, leader of the hostile alien race, the Black Arms… or rather his more powerful form, Devil Doom. “As I was facing Black Doom in my Super Form, born from the Chaos Emeralds, during the fight, Dr. Eggman was on his communicator, his tone oddly quiet as he spoke a rare confession.” He still remembered the words in his mind.

*End Theme, Insert Theme: “I Am… ~ The Story is Over” (Shadow The Hedgehog)*

“Shadow… can you hear me? This might be the last chance to speak to you, so… What I said… about having created you… it was all a lie… Everyone thought you died… during that horrible incident… But I rescued you… with one of my robots… You’d lost your memory, that’s all. You really ARE the Ultimate Lifeform my grandfather created!”

*End Theme*

“Dr. Eggman… creating you? …That’s a joke, right?” Zenia, keeping her cool gesture, arched her eyebrow in surprise, to which Shadow responded in kind. “I had found while on his Egg Fleet that he intended to clone me for his own army. Omega already saw to the clones’ demise before they could be used.”

“Omega?” Zenia and Lieselotte asked in unison, to which Shadow responded again without hesitation, something Zenia favored, as she herself is a no-nonsense who prefers to cut to the chase and may cut conversations short. “E-123 Omega, the last and greatest of Eggman’s E-Series of robots. He wants revenge on Eggman for having disowned him before he could be of service, simple as that.”

“That’s all I need to know.” Zenia nodded, seeing as she heard enough and was grateful Shadow ended the topic before she could. She then stood up and spoke again. “We should meet up with Professor Mei Ling Hua and Petra before we make any more moves. Lieselotte, chances are that Heart is there as well.”

“Heart Aino? Yes… I’d like to see her again.” Lieselotte gave a small smile as it seemed she wanted to see the girl again after such time has passed, even it didn’t seem like much.

“Well, you can count me out.” Shadow had decided now would be his time to leave, but as he turned around, Zenia called out to him. “Wait. There is one thing you should know. The one called Sonic is with her as well.”

Shadow clearly heard her and began to ponder his choices. After a few moments, the Ultimate Lifeform made his decision. “It looks like I’ll be meeting up with that Faker sooner than I thought, especially since THIS came into my hands.” He then eyed Arondight, glimmering in the morning sun, before seeing Zenia board her motorcycle, with Lieselotte riding as her passenger. Shadow then boarded his motorcycle and followed along.

*Aino Bakery ~ Heart’s Bedroom*

*Insert Theme: “Possibly Peaceful Days ~ Arrange Version” (Arcana Heart)*

After the time spent in Mei Ling’s lab, most of the Arcana Maidens went to their homes, with Heart heading back to her family’s bakery. The sun rose in the bedroom of the girl as she woke up holding a doll resembling a man with spiky white hair, heterochromatic eyes with the left being green and the right being a vampiric red, wearing a vibrant red sleeved jacket with two long thin tails hanging from the back, black hakama leggings and steel-toed red boots and bearing a frown on his face. (Those who played ANY of the Blazblue games will DEFINITELY know who the doll looks like!)

“Yawn… Ah, I slept well!” Heart smiled as she, in her pink pajamas, smiled as walked to the window of her bedroom. She looked at the bright light of the sun and smiled.

“Hey! Good morning, Heart!”

“…Eh?” Heart’s eyes practically turned into white circles as she did not expect a voice from yesterday echo in the air. As she looked around, she saw a familiar blue hedgehog relaxing on a large branch of a nearby tree eating a pastry from her bakery. “Oh, and I left some yen on the register!”

“Oh, Son-Son! Good morning!” Heart wave hello with her ever cheerful smile, before realizing she is still in her pajamas. “Oh! Wait a moment, I’ll be down! Just need to change!”

“Okay! No worries, I’ll just turn my head!” Sonic, being a kind gentleman, spoke as he indeed turned his spiky head to avoid seeing what he should not see. After a few moments, Heart was out of the door with her Misono Academy uniform, which she uses as her casual outfit. Sonic saw it as a sign that it is safe to look as he hopped off the branch and landed on the ground.

*End Theme, Insert Theme: “Arcana Heart ~ Arranged Version” (Arcana Heart)*

“Yo, so what’s on your mind Heart?” Sonic had his gloved hands on his hips. What was different today was that the hedgehog has a specialized bag for Caliburn due to strict weapon laws, much to the sentient blade’s distaste. Like… right now for example!

“Mmmph…. Sir Sonic… must I be carried like this? I can barely breathe in here!” The sacred blade groaned in discomfort. Sonic scratched his right ear as he reluctantly responded to his blade. “I wish I could… but I have to keep you in that bag. Those weapon laws here in Japan can be a real pain, but it can’t be helped. My own appearance has already got some people looking at me more than I needed!”

“I… suppose you do have a point… in times of peace, it would be unwise to wave a weapon around.” Caliburn sighed in defeat.

“Anyways, I was planning meet Sa-Sa, Mao-Mao, and Kamui over at school today, and was wondering if you’d like to come!” Heart spoke with sparkles in her eyes, mentioning Saki, Maori, and Kamui, to the blue hedgehog, who then gave the idea some thought. After a few brief seconds, the Blue Blur made his decision. “Aw, what the heck. It’s been peaceful since Eggman’s been sent flying by that punch of yours.”

“Yay! Arigatou, Son-Son!” Heart smiled as she began to walk to her school, with Sonic willingly tagging along for the heck of things.

But as he walked a few steps, a nagging feeling began to bug Sonic like an itch wanting to be scratch. He began to think for a moment. “Whoa, why do I feel uneasy? Maybe… something is happening at the Master Emerald Shrine? …Eh, I think ol’ Knucklehead can handle this! Probably just my imagination!”
Little did the blue hero know HOW right his premonition was, only that, for a sudden change of pace, it may be centered on the red echidna more than the Master Emerald…

*End Theme*

*Angel Island ~ Master Emerald Shrine*

*Insert Theme: “Mystic Ruins” (Sonic Adventure)*

Knuckles has his arms over his dreadlocked head as he looked at the clouds while watching over the Master Emerald. He had to admit, things had gotten very peaceful on his end for once ever since Sonic and Tails left for Japan a few days ago. Not only that, but it seems that no intruders had come to lay claim on the fabled gem, not even Rouge the Bat… which would set the echidna’s blood boiling as he made his sworn duty as the last guardian of the Master Emerald VERY clear to any such trespassers, which became more apparent ever since Sonic and Eggman first came into the picture.

But lately, things have been very peaceful, with no intruder in sight…

Almost… TOO peaceful, in fact.

“Sigh… I wonder where Sonic and Tails are?” Knuckles, while he has long maintained the demeanor of a lone wolf when it comes to the Master Emerald, had gradually come to appreciate the company of the blue-and-yellow duo. As of late, with Eggman absent, there has been no activity as of late near the shrine. And while the red echidna truly appreciated the peaceful change of pace that used to fill the air of the shrine, the adventurous side of Knuckles the Echidna was aching for a bit of action, full of his well-known fist-fighting and treasure hunting on the side!

*End Theme*

But fate is known to be fickle as Knuckles was about to have a very strange experience; one that, for once, does not involve the Master Emerald in any known way.

*Insert Theme: “Event ~ Strain” (Sonic Adventure)*

“Heeheeheehee….”

All of a sudden, eerie laughter echoed throughout the immediate area, jolting the echidna’s spine as jumped up to his feet as he looked around ready to pound someone. “W…who's that?? Who's there?!”

“Heeheeheehee….”

The creepy giggling continues, put the echidna even more on edge even he gritted his teeth. Clearly running out of patience, the angry echidna shouted loud, enough that his voice echoes throughout the entire vicinity. “I SAID WHO'S THERE?!?!?!?”

As if coming from the shadows, a red-haired teen appeared right behind him, licking her own lips in a sadistic manner. In her hands were documents belonging to G.U.N. for some reason. “You're so kawaii, just like the dossier files said…”

*MEANWHILE…*

*G.U.N. Headquarters ~ Document Room*

Commander Abraham Tower usually is a stoic man of action, but even he could not hold back the look of utter surprise when he found the room containing documents relating to different people of mention, locations of interest, and documents of past operations to be in complete disarray. Papers were placed all over the place and marks on the wall were visible, as if hit by chains. And on top of that, one of his officers laid with a big lump on his head and bruises all over his body.

“Soldier, speak! What happened here?!” The G.U.N. commander order as he checked on the man’s condition. The man was rubbing his forehead as he looked at the Commander. “Ugghhh… Commander Tower, sir… some woman broke in here… armed with chains… red hair… red eyes… very appealing body…. Came into this room, knocked me out, and left… owww…”

“Head to the medical bay. I’ll see to this.” Commander Tower gave his order before he began to take a look at the mess in the room. Fortunately, it seemed the injured G.U.N. soldier was the only one with injuries, but the damages in the room consist of busted-open file cabinets, with files littered on the floor… most likely in one drawer, listed under ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’s Allies’

To the man’s surprise, one file was missing… one containing information on Knuckles the Echidna.

“This is a rather bizarre chain of events… and to think that newspaper detailing this ‘Ragnarök’ is a sign…” Commander Tower placed his hand on his chin contemplating on this new development. His best hope to deal with this was Team Dark… Shadow, Rouge, and Omega.
However, there was one slight problem…

“I’ve already sent Shadow to deal with Lieselotte, and he just needs to monitor her now, so the next best bet would be…” The man then decided the next member of Team Dark who would be more than perfect for what may be happening next, seeing SHE and Knuckles know each other…
And just to be safe, he also entertained the idea for Team Dark’s third member to be involved, just in case…

*End Theme*

*Angel Island ~ Master Emerald Shrine*

Knuckles felt a sharp chill down on his spine just by looking at the woman right in front of him, but braced himself in defense of the Master Emerald, just as he always had. “W-Who are you and how do you know me?!”

The woman decided to humor Knuckles my just introducing herself… in her own way. “My name is Scharlachrot and I know a lot about you… Mole-Kun.”

“S-Seriously?! M-Mole?!?!?” Knuckles dropped his jaw before noticing that Scharlachrot was walking closer to him. Normally, the red echidna would be itching for a fight, but there was an alarming feeling in his mind that the girl was more dangerous than she lets on… and that his fists would just make his situation worse.

*Insert Theme: “Crimson Valkyrja” (Arcana Heart 3)* (a.k.a. Scharlachrot’s theme)

“S…Stay away from me!!!” Sure enough, Knuckles began to back off from Scharlachrot, waving his gloved hands in defense and not wanting to deal with a woman like her… and beginning to feel that this girl, in his mind, might be worse than, say, ‘batty’ women like Rouge. But Scharlachrot was one sort of woman he had yet to encounter at all, with a sadistic lick of her lips and her eyes targeted straight at the Guardian of the Master Emerald and not the actual gem. “Don't worry Mole-Kun I'll be gentle… veery gentle…”

As she slowly crept closer, Knuckles began to back off slowly, away from the Master Emerald, in a faint hope that the otherworldly glimmer of the fabled gem, guarded by his past remaining ancestors since Chaos’ rage wiped out his clan, hoping Scharlachrot would be distracted by it, and he could possibly conk her on the head and knock her out while being distracted.

But the attempt… was mere foolhardy as the girl’s focus was only on Knuckles. Not the Master Emerald at all… just… Knuckles…
And that very fact, which became clear, made the normally tough-as-nails Knuckles… wish he did not wake up this morning as the color on his red noggin began to fade to white…

“KYAAAAA!!!!!” Sure enough, Knuckles ran off in such a dash that is reminiscent to a cannon being fired, to which Scharlachrot took in stride as she began to chase him down, intent on making the echidna… ‘her’s’…

And for good measure, she even started lashing out a VERY long steel chain, intent on binding and capturing Knuckles, hitting and wrecking boulders and the very ground, sending shrapnel all over the area! And even when Knuckles went into his trademark glide by catching air into his dreadlocks, the girl did not let up in her mayhem causing him to evade every which way, except anywhere close to the Master Emerald.
And if all that wasn’t enough, Scharlachrot summons spiky vines intent to try to constrict Knuckles as well. All in all, the red echidna was in over his head trying to get away from the crazed Maiden!

‘Grrr… compared to that irritating bat Rouge she is a crazy chain wielding broad!!!’ Knuckles thought with much irritation in his mind as he hid behind a boulder… or rather, equipped his Shovel Claws, specialized hooked metal gloves with spiked claws made for digging and combat, and dug under the boulder. But boy, did he pick a bad time to resurface as he clearly heard Scharlachrot’s voice edge closer behind the boulder. “You can run Mole-Kun, but you can't hide forever! I'll make you my pet Echidna…”

“Rats! She REALLY is after me… what else could go wrong today?!” Knuckles frowned, but when he looked to the Master Emerald, he caught a sight of a certain someone he DID not want to see near the gem!

*End Theme, Insert theme: “Fly in the Freedom ~ Instrumental” (Sonic Adventure 2)* (a.k.a. Rouge’s theme!)

“Well looky here! The Master Emerald, unguarded! That echidna must be losing his touch!” Rouge the Bat smirked as she landed from her light flight in the air, after the gem again, but as she landed, the female bat noticed something a little off about the area, seeing shrapnel all over. “Hmm? What happened here? Surely that Knuckles must be playing with someone, because the damage here is fresh.”

“Grrr… YOU THIEVING BAT!!!!” Knuckles, getting paranoid and thinking that Rouge is going to swipe the Master Emerald again, darted right out of his hiding space, intent to stop her. Of course, he forgot one little detail he was dealing with just now…

“THERE YOU ARE, MOLE-KUN!!!” Scharlachrot lashed another chain, ready to bind Knuckles, only for the red echidna, eyes bulging, to notice it coming at a brief second and dodge it by the side, making the chain smack dirt right on Rouge’s face!

Sure enough, Knuckles was regretting popping out. “Aw come on!!!”

*End Theme with Sound Effect: ‘Record Scratch’*

“…What?” Rouge was dumbstruck at what she was just seeing… a sudden game of ‘Catch the Echidna’ with Scharlachrot using her chain instead of a convention net or anything that can encapsulate the echidna, who keeps dodging left and right until he backflipped toward Rouge. The bat shrugged as she took her chase to tease the echidna, even referencing Sonic in one way! “Wow… ‘Mole-kun’? That sounds like a good nickname for you! And I thought Big Blue was good with nicknames!”

“Grrr… don’t make jokes like that, you batty thief!!!” Knuckles, having a tsundere-like blush, shouted out loud, waving his arms like a nut!

*Insert Theme: “Cutscene ~ Nervous” (Sonic Rush Adventure)*

That is not to say… Scharlachrot noticed Rouge and halted her movement, not looking happy. And sure enough for Knuckles, the temperature around Angel Island, at least where is standing, started to get colder down his spine.

“Mole-kun… just who is that gaudy looking Bat and WHY is she talking to you?!” Scharlachrot, starting to show a dark aura around her frame, had her hands on her hips as she got mad and deliberately asked her question, which quickly got the bat on edge as she too put her hands on her hips and spoke back as she felt what Scharlachrot was wearing is leaving far little to the imagination compared to her own revealing outfit. “Me?? Gaudy-looking, I can say the same to you ya know!”

And sure enough, sparks of lightning could be seen jolting from their own eyes!

*End theme, Insert Theme: “Hide ‘n’ Seek” (The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons)*

Knuckles, wanting nothing more then to get out of the mess he got himself in, tiptoed out… or at least tried to…

Sadly, Scharlachrot dashed and grabbed Knuckles before he could muster any form of escape, hugged him enough that his eyes bulged again, and nuzzles him much to his dismay, all while glaring at Rouge straight in the eyes. “Listen here Bat. I don't care if you know longer than I have but let me make one thing clear......HE'S MINE ALL MINE!!!!!”

“...Okay...?” Rouge, being a realist in nature, was unable to comprehend what just happened and this woman was not only being TOO fascinated on Knuckles, but has no interest at all in the Master Emerald, but nonetheless, the bat, from her time working as a government spy, could sense hostility from Scharlachrot and may be forced to fight with her own brand of techniques, even if a few were underhanded.

*End Theme*

But before the situation could get to that critical state…

“ROUGE LOCATION CONFIRMED. SUSPECT LOCATION ALSO CONFIRMED.”

“You found her?”

*Insert Theme: “Team Ultimate Theme ~ Omega” (Team Sonic Racing)* (An instrumental remix of ‘This Machine’ from Sonic Heroes, this is the closest to being Omega’s theme)*

Two beings, one a robot, an the other a girl with platinum blonde hair, were arriving on the site of the Master Emerald shrine by way of a helicopter from GUN, homing in on Rouge’s location. The robot in particular is designed on Eggman’s ‘E-Series’ robots. However, the clear difference is that this robot has a stockier upper body and arms with red eyes instead of the usual green hue. The robot also differs by being shorter than the older models with larger shoulders with a visible Greek symbol for ‘Omega’ on the front and back of the left pauldron. This particular robot is known as ‘E-123 Omega’, or Omega for short; the last and most powerful of Eggman’s E-Series robots who wants revenge on its creator for having been left behind before being activated and is a close friend and member of Team Dark.

The platinum blonde haired girl, however, has her hair long down to her ankles, red eyes, and is seen wearing the Rosenburg Academy Junior High uniform, black shoes, and black gauntlets with gold fingers. This girl is simply known as Weiss, a Valkyria built by the Drexler Institute originally to serve them before being rescued by Petra and is currently serving under her wing.

The robot in particular lands on the ground and eyes on Scharlachrot as it began to go into combat position. “INTRUDER SPOTTED! DETAINING AS NECESSARY!”
But before Omega could ready its main rotary machineguns concealed in its arms, Rouge darts in front of her comrade and spoke. “Whoa, easy there, Omega! We’ve already got the girl under control. You can thank Knuckles for that!”

*End Theme*

Omega then eyed Knuckles sweating profusely as he is still hugged on by Scharlachrot. After assessing the situation, the robot sheathed its weapons and spoke again. “FURTHER ACTION NO LONGER REQUIRED. VOLUNTEER WILL TAKE OVER FROM HERE.”

After hearing Omega choose to stand down for now, Rouge sighed a breath of relief, knowing full that restraint was never in Omega’s vocabulary and that its random firing of its weapons could possibly damage the Master Emerald.

Weiss then walked to Scharlachrot and spoke. “Sister, Petra has called for us. We must report to Mei Ling’s laboratory to rendezvous with her posthaste.”

“Aw… alright, Sophie…” Scharlachrot pouted, but then had an idea in her mind. “As long as I can take the echidna along!”

“..Sophie?” Rouge arched her eyebrow in confusion before looking at Omega, who just looked at its comrade without a word.

“Petra told me to bring you along to Professor Mei Ling’s lab. She also said that, just in case, the Guardian of the Master Emerald should accompany us as well, should he be willing.” Weiss, in her monotone soldier-like tone, spoke to her sister, which made Scharlachrot pout before finally relenting. ‘Alright… but as long as Mole-kun is with me!!!”

“HEY!!! Who said I could come along like that?!” Knuckles gritted his fangs, looking rather offended, but before he could resist any further, a voice familiar to Knuckles that he had not heard in quite a while spoke. “Do not worry, current Guardian. I will watch over the Emerald in your absence.”
“That voice… Tikal?” Knuckles was no longer on edge as he heard Tikal’s voice echoing from within the Master Emerald. As he turned to the gem, a silhouette of the Guardian from the distant past and ancestor to the red echidna appeared… Tikal the Echidna.

“I and Chaos will watch over the Master Emerald during your leave. Your strength will be needed for what is to come… a trial which will no doubt affect the country of Japan, as it did with the recent incident that nearly had the chance to completely destroy the country.” Tikal spoke again before fading out of sight as the Emerald glowed its ethereal green hue.

“Bah! You’re lucky I’m just temporarily relieved of my duty!” Knuckles groaned, but before he could go off on his own, as he had before in the past, Weiss haled his movement. “Wait, echidna. Before you go, there is another thing I must ask of you.”

“And what is that?” Knuckles was once again eying with suspicion, this time on Weiss, as his paranoia on anyone being after the Master Emerald was getting the better of him… again. However, his theory ended up being proved wrong as the platinum blonde Valkyria asked him a simple yet straightforward question.

“Can you introduce me to Sonic the Hedgehog?”

*DOING!!!*

“…What?” Knuckles dropped his jaw, unable to react. Rouge snickered as she took her chance to tease the grumpy echidna again. “My, have you and Big Blue become popular with girls lately, you little Phantom Thief!”

“Grr… do I LOOK like a joker to you?!” Knuckles growled, not realizing what or even WHO he was even referring to. Meanwhile, a young man in Café LeBlanc sneezed. He looked around, wondering if someone is talking about him before deciding to meet up with his friends for the day.

*Insert Theme: “Unknown from M.E. ~ Sonic the Hedgehog: Passion and Pride Instrumental 1” (Sonic Adventure)*

“MEI LING HUA’S LABORATORY REGISTERED TO DATABASE. I CAN LEAD EVERYONE TO THE LOCATION. ANY EGGMAN ROBOTS ENCOUNTERED ON THE WAY WILL BE ELIMINATED!” Omega spoke as it clenched its metallic fist and readies its new Jet Booster upgrade, given to him by G.U.N. scientists who somehow managed to secure a few blueprints from the sunken Egg Carrier. Without hesitation, the robot took lead as it hovered into the air. Weiss and Scharlachrot, through their mana, went airborne as well. As Rouge readied her own wings for flight, she turned to Knuckles. “Well, ready to come along?”

“Ughhh… Sonic has a lot to explain to me about what’s going on… a LOT. And it’s already given me a headache!” Knuckles groaned and pressed his palm on his forehead but deciding to use his gliding ability to catch up.

Little did the red echidna know, another echidna, this one looking much like him, but wearing a redwood and silver metal helmet and torso armor, watched him from on top of the Master Emerald before gliding on to catch up…

*End Theme*

And that’s the end of this chapter! Man, progress is slow for me lately… anyways, everyone is meeting up at Mei Ling’s lab and everything is starting to come to place. But what of the Chaos Emeralds? And of Eggman, who is still alive? What will happen?
Until then, CrystalPhoenixBlader, signing out!

Description
CrystalPhoenixblader here, bringing another chapter to the fanfic! I’ve done Shadow’s point of view in the last chapter, and while I will continue it for a bit it’s also time for another character to take center spotlight, one in a more comedic sense of the word. How will Knuckles this time fare on his end?
And now, disclaimer time; I do not own any of the Sonic characters or the Arcana Heart characters; the Sonic characters belong to SEGA and Sonic Team, and the Arcana Heart characters belong to EXAMU and Arc System Works.

Also, a few more references belong to their original owners.

So, standby, angels and Hedgehog Hero! ACTION!

As well as Ultimate Lifeform and Master Emerald Guardian!

*Opening Theme: ‘Yume wa Arukana?’ (Arcana Heart)*

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG: CHAOTIC ARCANA
CHAPTER 11
CONVERGING PATHS; ARCANA & KNUCKLES

*Tokyo Streets*

*Insert Theme: "The Base" (Sonic Adventure 2)*

It has been a short time since the dispute between Shadow and Lieselotte, with the matter resolved for now as the two walked with Zenia Valov at a common sidewalk as the sun rose. The ebony hedgehog, in particular, had a nagging thought in his mind when the doll-like Maiden called Zenia her ‘sister’. Unable to sway his thoughts any longer, Shadow decided to ask the one-million-dollar question. “Zenia, is it?"

“Yes?” The woman then eyed Shadow with change in her expression. “What is it?”

“That has been bothering me for a bit since we left the graveyard, but… what did Liselotte mean when she called you ‘sister’? Are you two… actually related?” And Shadow wastes no time throwing caution to the wind and asking upright.

Zenia and Liselotte look at each other for a moment before the elder of the two decided her course. “Normally, I would tell you to mind your own business… but… since my sister is starting to respect you, I suppose I can do this much…” She found a bench on the sidewalk with a lone light post and sat down, with Lieselotte doing the same. Shadow on the other hand decided to keep standing as he crossed his arms and stood by the post.

“I had lost my own memories after being separated from Lieselotte years ago… She called me… ‘Elfriede Achenbach’… but other than that, I don’t remember anything else."

“I… lost my memories too, once.” Shadow closed his eyes and spoke, getting the sisters’ attention, with Lieselotte responding. “How?”

“It was right after Sonic and I stopped the prototype on Space Colony ARK before would pulled the station to Earth and destroyed it… I was unable to return to the ARK as my Super Form was completely spent. As it seemed death was ready to claim me, I looked up and thought of Maria and the promise I made to her, wondering if I did fulfill it…” He remembered the very words in his mind as unconsciousness claimed him on the Earth’s atmosphere.

“Maria… this is what you wanted, right? This is my promise I made to you…”

“After that, it was all one big blank when I regained consciousness.” Shadow half-opened his eyes as he was trying to recall what happened.”

“But… how were you able to reclaim your memories?” Lieselotte asked again, with Zenia quietly listening as well. Shadow then recalled the last battle he had with Black Doom, leader of the hostile alien race, the Black Arms… or rather his more powerful form, Devil Doom. “As I was facing Black Doom in my Super Form, born from the Chaos Emeralds, during the fight, Dr. Eggman was on his communicator, his tone oddly quiet as he spoke a rare confession.” He still remembered the words in his mind.

*End Theme, Insert Theme: “I Am… ~ The Story is Over” (Shadow The Hedgehog)*

“Shadow… can you hear me? This might be the last chance to speak to you, so… What I said… about having created you… it was all a lie… Everyone thought you died… during that horrible incident… But I rescued you… with one of my robots… You’d lost your memory, that’s all. You really ARE the Ultimate Lifeform my grandfather created!”

*End Theme*

“Dr. Eggman… creating you? …That’s a joke, right?” Zenia, keeping her cool gesture, arched her eyebrow in surprise, to which Shadow responded in kind. “I had found while on his Egg Fleet that he intended to clone me for his own army. Omega already saw to the clones’ demise before they could be used.”

“Omega?” Zenia and Lieselotte asked in unison, to which Shadow responded again without hesitation, something Zenia favored, as she herself is a no-nonsense who prefers to cut to the chase and may cut conversations short. “E-123 Omega, the last and greatest of Eggman’s E-Series of robots. He wants revenge on Eggman for having disowned him before he could be of service, simple as that.”

“That’s all I need to know.” Zenia nodded, seeing as she heard enough and was grateful Shadow ended the topic before she could. She then stood up and spoke again. “We should meet up with Professor Mei Ling Hua and Petra before we make any more moves. Lieselotte, chances are that Heart is there as well.”

“Heart Aino? Yes… I’d like to see her again.” Lieselotte gave a small smile as it seemed she wanted to see the girl again after such time has passed, even it didn’t seem like much.

“Well, you can count me out.” Shadow had decided now would be his time to leave, but as he turned around, Zenia called out to him. “Wait. There is one thing you should know. The one called Sonic is with her as well.”

Shadow clearly heard her and began to ponder his choices. After a few moments, the Ultimate Lifeform made his decision. “It looks like I’ll be meeting up with that Faker sooner than I thought, especially since THIS came into my hands.” He then eyed Arondight, glimmering in the morning sun, before seeing Zenia board her motorcycle, with Lieselotte riding as her passenger. Shadow then boarded his motorcycle and followed along.

*Aino Bakery ~ Heart’s Bedroom*

*Insert Theme: “Possibly Peaceful Days ~ Arrange Version” (Arcana Heart)*

After the time spent in Mei Ling’s lab, most of the Arcana Maidens went to their homes, with Heart heading back to her family’s bakery. The sun rose in the bedroom of the girl as she woke up holding a doll resembling a man with spiky white hair, heterochromatic eyes with the left being green and the right being a vampiric red, wearing a vibrant red sleeved jacket with two long thin tails hanging from the back, black hakama leggings and steel-toed red boots and bearing a frown on his face. (Those who played ANY of the Blazblue games will DEFINITELY know who the doll looks like!)

“Yawn… Ah, I slept well!” Heart smiled as she, in her pink pajamas, smiled as walked to the window of her bedroom. She looked at the bright light of the sun and smiled.

“Hey! Good morning, Heart!”

“…Eh?” Heart’s eyes practically turned into white circles as she did not expect a voice from yesterday echo in the air. As she looked around, she saw a familiar blue hedgehog relaxing on a large branch of a nearby tree eating a pastry from her bakery. “Oh, and I left some yen on the register!”

“Oh, Son-Son! Good morning!” Heart wave hello with her ever cheerful smile, before realizing she is still in her pajamas. “Oh! Wait a moment, I’ll be down! Just need to change!”

“Okay! No worries, I’ll just turn my head!” Sonic, being a kind gentleman, spoke as he indeed turned his spiky head to avoid seeing what he should not see. After a few moments, Heart was out of the door with her Misono Academy uniform, which she uses as her casual outfit. Sonic saw it as a sign that it is safe to look as he hopped off the branch and landed on the ground.

*End Theme, Insert Theme: “Arcana Heart ~ Arranged Version” (Arcana Heart)*

“Yo, so what’s on your mind Heart?” Sonic had his gloved hands on his hips. What was different today was that the hedgehog has a specialized bag for Caliburn due to strict weapon laws, much to the sentient blade’s distaste. Like… right now for example!

“Mmmph…. Sir Sonic… must I be carried like this? I can barely breathe in here!” The sacred blade groaned in discomfort. Sonic scratched his right ear as he reluctantly responded to his blade. “I wish I could… but I have to keep you in that bag. Those weapon laws here in Japan can be a real pain, but it can’t be helped. My own appearance has already got some people looking at me more than I needed!”

“I… suppose you do have a point… in times of peace, it would be unwise to wave a weapon around.” Caliburn sighed in defeat.

“Anyways, I was planning meet Sa-Sa, Mao-Mao, and Kamui over at school today, and was wondering if you’d like to come!” Heart spoke with sparkles in her eyes, mentioning Saki, Maori, and Kamui, to the blue hedgehog, who then gave the idea some thought. After a few brief seconds, the Blue Blur made his decision. “Aw, what the heck. It’s been peaceful since Eggman’s been sent flying by that punch of yours.”

“Yay! Arigatou, Son-Son!” Heart smiled as she began to walk to her school, with Sonic willingly tagging along for the heck of things.

But as he walked a few steps, a nagging feeling began to bug Sonic like an itch wanting to be scratch. He began to think for a moment. “Whoa, why do I feel uneasy? Maybe… something is happening at the Master Emerald Shrine? …Eh, I think ol’ Knucklehead can handle this! Probably just my imagination!”
Little did the blue hero know HOW right his premonition was, only that, for a sudden change of pace, it may be centered on the red echidna more than the Master Emerald…

*End Theme*

*Angel Island ~ Master Emerald Shrine*

*Insert Theme: “Mystic Ruins” (Sonic Adventure)*

Knuckles has his arms over his dreadlocked head as he looked at the clouds while watching over the Master Emerald. He had to admit, things had gotten very peaceful on his end for once ever since Sonic and Tails left for Japan a few days ago. Not only that, but it seems that no intruders had come to lay claim on the fabled gem, not even Rouge the Bat… which would set the echidna’s blood boiling as he made his sworn duty as the last guardian of the Master Emerald VERY clear to any such trespassers, which became more apparent ever since Sonic and Eggman first came into the picture.

But lately, things have been very peaceful, with no intruder in sight…

Almost… TOO peaceful, in fact.

“Sigh… I wonder where Sonic and Tails are?” Knuckles, while he has long maintained the demeanor of a lone wolf when it comes to the Master Emerald, had gradually come to appreciate the company of the blue-and-yellow duo. As of late, with Eggman absent, there has been no activity as of late near the shrine. And while the red echidna truly appreciated the peaceful change of pace that used to fill the air of the shrine, the adventurous side of Knuckles the Echidna was aching for a bit of action, full of his well-known fist-fighting and treasure hunting on the side!

*End Theme*

But fate is known to be fickle as Knuckles was about to have a very strange experience; one that, for once, does not involve the Master Emerald in any known way.

*Insert Theme: “Event ~ Strain” (Sonic Adventure)*

“Heeheeheehee….”

All of a sudden, eerie laughter echoed throughout the immediate area, jolting the echidna’s spine as jumped up to his feet as he looked around ready to pound someone. “W…who's that?? Who's there?!”

“Heeheeheehee….”

The creepy giggling continues, put the echidna even more on edge even he gritted his teeth. Clearly running out of patience, the angry echidna shouted loud, enough that his voice echoes throughout the entire vicinity. “I SAID WHO'S THERE?!?!?!?”

As if coming from the shadows, a red-haired teen appeared right behind him, licking her own lips in a sadistic manner. In her hands were documents belonging to G.U.N. for some reason. “You're so kawaii, just like the dossier files said…”

*MEANWHILE…*

*G.U.N. Headquarters ~ Document Room*

Commander Abraham Tower usually is a stoic man of action, but even he could not hold back the look of utter surprise when he found the room containing documents relating to different people of mention, locations of interest, and documents of past operations to be in complete disarray. Papers were placed all over the place and marks on the wall were visible, as if hit by chains. And on top of that, one of his officers laid with a big lump on his head and bruises all over his body.

“Soldier, speak! What happened here?!” The G.U.N. commander order as he checked on the man’s condition. The man was rubbing his forehead as he looked at the Commander. “Ugghhh… Commander Tower, sir… some woman broke in here… armed with chains… red hair… red eyes… very appealing body…. Came into this room, knocked me out, and left… owww…”

“Head to the medical bay. I’ll see to this.” Commander Tower gave his order before he began to take a look at the mess in the room. Fortunately, it seemed the injured G.U.N. soldier was the only one with injuries, but the damages in the room consist of busted-open file cabinets, with files littered on the floor… most likely in one drawer, listed under ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’s Allies’

To the man’s surprise, one file was missing… one containing information on Knuckles the Echidna.

“This is a rather bizarre chain of events… and to think that newspaper detailing this ‘Ragnarök’ is a sign…” Commander Tower placed his hand on his chin contemplating on this new development. His best hope to deal with this was Team Dark… Shadow, Rouge, and Omega.
However, there was one slight problem…

“I’ve already sent Shadow to deal with Lieselotte, and he just needs to monitor her now, so the next best bet would be…” The man then decided the next member of Team Dark who would be more than perfect for what may be happening next, seeing SHE and Knuckles know each other…
And just to be safe, he also entertained the idea for Team Dark’s third member to be involved, just in case…

*End Theme*

*Angel Island ~ Master Emerald Shrine*

Knuckles felt a sharp chill down on his spine just by looking at the woman right in front of him, but braced himself in defense of the Master Emerald, just as he always had. “W-Who are you and how do you know me?!”

The woman decided to humor Knuckles my just introducing herself… in her own way. “My name is Scharlachrot and I know a lot about you… Mole-Kun.”

“S-Seriously?! M-Mole?!?!?” Knuckles dropped his jaw before noticing that Scharlachrot was walking closer to him. Normally, the red echidna would be itching for a fight, but there was an alarming feeling in his mind that the girl was more dangerous than she lets on… and that his fists would just make his situation worse.

*Insert Theme: “Crimson Valkyrja” (Arcana Heart 3)* (a.k.a. Scharlachrot’s theme)

“S…Stay away from me!!!” Sure enough, Knuckles began to back off from Scharlachrot, waving his gloved hands in defense and not wanting to deal with a woman like her… and beginning to feel that this girl, in his mind, might be worse than, say, ‘batty’ women like Rouge. But Scharlachrot was one sort of woman he had yet to encounter at all, with a sadistic lick of her lips and her eyes targeted straight at the Guardian of the Master Emerald and not the actual gem. “Don't worry Mole-Kun I'll be gentle… veery gentle…”

As she slowly crept closer, Knuckles began to back off slowly, away from the Master Emerald, in a faint hope that the otherworldly glimmer of the fabled gem, guarded by his past remaining ancestors since Chaos’ rage wiped out his clan, hoping Scharlachrot would be distracted by it, and he could possibly conk her on the head and knock her out while being distracted.

But the attempt… was mere foolhardy as the girl’s focus was only on Knuckles. Not the Master Emerald at all… just… Knuckles…
And that very fact, which became clear, made the normally tough-as-nails Knuckles… wish he did not wake up this morning as the color on his red noggin began to fade to white…

“KYAAAAA!!!!!” Sure enough, Knuckles ran off in such a dash that is reminiscent to a cannon being fired, to which Scharlachrot took in stride as she began to chase him down, intent on making the echidna… ‘her’s’…

And for good measure, she even started lashing out a VERY long steel chain, intent on binding and capturing Knuckles, hitting and wrecking boulders and the very ground, sending shrapnel all over the area! And even when Knuckles went into his trademark glide by catching air into his dreadlocks, the girl did not let up in her mayhem causing him to evade every which way, except anywhere close to the Master Emerald.
And if all that wasn’t enough, Scharlachrot summons spiky vines intent to try to constrict Knuckles as well. All in all, the red echidna was in over his head trying to get away from the crazed Maiden!

‘Grrr… compared to that irritating bat Rouge she is a crazy chain wielding broad!!!’ Knuckles thought with much irritation in his mind as he hid behind a boulder… or rather, equipped his Shovel Claws, specialized hooked metal gloves with spiked claws made for digging and combat, and dug under the boulder. But boy, did he pick a bad time to resurface as he clearly heard Scharlachrot’s voice edge closer behind the boulder. “You can run Mole-Kun, but you can't hide forever! I'll make you my pet Echidna…”

“Rats! She REALLY is after me… what else could go wrong today?!” Knuckles frowned, but when he looked to the Master Emerald, he caught a sight of a certain someone he DID not want to see near the gem!

*End Theme, Insert theme: “Fly in the Freedom ~ Instrumental” (Sonic Adventure 2)* (a.k.a. Rouge’s theme!)

“Well looky here! The Master Emerald, unguarded! That echidna must be losing his touch!” Rouge the Bat smirked as she landed from her light flight in the air, after the gem again, but as she landed, the female bat noticed something a little off about the area, seeing shrapnel all over. “Hmm? What happened here? Surely that Knuckles must be playing with someone, because the damage here is fresh.”

“Grrr… YOU THIEVING BAT!!!!” Knuckles, getting paranoid and thinking that Rouge is going to swipe the Master Emerald again, darted right out of his hiding space, intent to stop her. Of course, he forgot one little detail he was dealing with just now…

“THERE YOU ARE, MOLE-KUN!!!” Scharlachrot lashed another chain, ready to bind Knuckles, only for the red echidna, eyes bulging, to notice it coming at a brief second and dodge it by the side, making the chain smack dirt right on Rouge’s face!

Sure enough, Knuckles was regretting popping out. “Aw come on!!!”

*End Theme with Sound Effect: ‘Record Scratch’*

“…What?” Rouge was dumbstruck at what she was just seeing… a sudden game of ‘Catch the Echidna’ with Scharlachrot using her chain instead of a convention net or anything that can encapsulate the echidna, who keeps dodging left and right until he backflipped toward Rouge. The bat shrugged as she took her chase to tease the echidna, even referencing Sonic in one way! “Wow… ‘Mole-kun’? That sounds like a good nickname for you! And I thought Big Blue was good with nicknames!”

“Grrr… don’t make jokes like that, you batty thief!!!” Knuckles, having a tsundere-like blush, shouted out loud, waving his arms like a nut!

*Insert Theme: “Cutscene ~ Nervous” (Sonic Rush Adventure)*

That is not to say… Scharlachrot noticed Rouge and halted her movement, not looking happy. And sure enough for Knuckles, the temperature around Angel Island, at least where is standing, started to get colder down his spine.

“Mole-kun… just who is that gaudy looking Bat and WHY is she talking to you?!” Scharlachrot, starting to show a dark aura around her frame, had her hands on her hips as she got mad and deliberately asked her question, which quickly got the bat on edge as she too put her hands on her hips and spoke back as she felt what Scharlachrot was wearing is leaving far little to the imagination compared to her own revealing outfit. “Me?? Gaudy-looking, I can say the same to you ya know!”

And sure enough, sparks of lightning could be seen jolting from their own eyes!

*End theme, Insert Theme: “Hide ‘n’ Seek” (The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons)*

Knuckles, wanting nothing more then to get out of the mess he got himself in, tiptoed out… or at least tried to…

Sadly, Scharlachrot dashed and grabbed Knuckles before he could muster any form of escape, hugged him enough that his eyes bulged again, and nuzzles him much to his dismay, all while glaring at Rouge straight in the eyes. “Listen here Bat. I don't care if you know longer than I have but let me make one thing clear......HE'S MINE ALL MINE!!!!!”

“...Okay...?” Rouge, being a realist in nature, was unable to comprehend what just happened and this woman was not only being TOO fascinated on Knuckles, but has no interest at all in the Master Emerald, but nonetheless, the bat, from her time working as a government spy, could sense hostility from Scharlachrot and may be forced to fight with her own brand of techniques, even if a few were underhanded.

*End Theme*

But before the situation could get to that critical state…

“ROUGE LOCATION CONFIRMED. SUSPECT LOCATION ALSO CONFIRMED.”

“You found her?”

*Insert Theme: “Team Ultimate Theme ~ Omega” (Team Sonic Racing)* (An instrumental remix of ‘This Machine’ from Sonic Heroes, this is the closest to being Omega’s theme)*

Two beings, one a robot, an the other a girl with platinum blonde hair, were arriving on the site of the Master Emerald shrine by way of a helicopter from GUN, homing in on Rouge’s location. The robot in particular is designed on Eggman’s ‘E-Series’ robots. However, the clear difference is that this robot has a stockier upper body and arms with red eyes instead of the usual green hue. The robot also differs by being shorter than the older models with larger shoulders with a visible Greek symbol for ‘Omega’ on the front and back of the left pauldron. This particular robot is known as ‘E-123 Omega’, or Omega for short; the last and most powerful of Eggman’s E-Series robots who wants revenge on its creator for having been left behind before being activated and is a close friend and member of Team Dark.

The platinum blonde haired girl, however, has her hair long down to her ankles, red eyes, and is seen wearing the Rosenburg Academy Junior High uniform, black shoes, and black gauntlets with gold fingers. This girl is simply known as Weiss, a Valkyria built by the Drexler Institute originally to serve them before being rescued by Petra and is currently serving under her wing.

The robot in particular lands on the ground and eyes on Scharlachrot as it began to go into combat position. “INTRUDER SPOTTED! DETAINING AS NECESSARY!”
But before Omega could ready its main rotary machineguns concealed in its arms, Rouge darts in front of her comrade and spoke. “Whoa, easy there, Omega! We’ve already got the girl under control. You can thank Knuckles for that!”

*End Theme*

Omega then eyed Knuckles sweating profusely as he is still hugged on by Scharlachrot. After assessing the situation, the robot sheathed its weapons and spoke again. “FURTHER ACTION NO LONGER REQUIRED. VOLUNTEER WILL TAKE OVER FROM HERE.”

After hearing Omega choose to stand down for now, Rouge sighed a breath of relief, knowing full that restraint was never in Omega’s vocabulary and that its random firing of its weapons could possibly damage the Master Emerald.

Weiss then walked to Scharlachrot and spoke. “Sister, Petra has called for us. We must report to Mei Ling’s laboratory to rendezvous with her posthaste.”

“Aw… alright, Sophie…” Scharlachrot pouted, but then had an idea in her mind. “As long as I can take the echidna along!”

“..Sophie?” Rouge arched her eyebrow in confusion before looking at Omega, who just looked at its comrade without a word.

“Petra told me to bring you along to Professor Mei Ling’s lab. She also said that, just in case, the Guardian of the Master Emerald should accompany us as well, should he be willing.” Weiss, in her monotone soldier-like tone, spoke to her sister, which made Scharlachrot pout before finally relenting. ‘Alright… but as long as Mole-kun is with me!!!”

“HEY!!! Who said I could come along like that?!” Knuckles gritted his fangs, looking rather offended, but before he could resist any further, a voice familiar to Knuckles that he had not heard in quite a while spoke. “Do not worry, current Guardian. I will watch over the Emerald in your absence.”
“That voice… Tikal?” Knuckles was no longer on edge as he heard Tikal’s voice echoing from within the Master Emerald. As he turned to the gem, a silhouette of the Guardian from the distant past and ancestor to the red echidna appeared… Tikal the Echidna.

“I and Chaos will watch over the Master Emerald during your leave. Your strength will be needed for what is to come… a trial which will no doubt affect the country of Japan, as it did with the recent incident that nearly had the chance to completely destroy the country.” Tikal spoke again before fading out of sight as the Emerald glowed its ethereal green hue.

“Bah! You’re lucky I’m just temporarily relieved of my duty!” Knuckles groaned, but before he could go off on his own, as he had before in the past, Weiss haled his movement. “Wait, echidna. Before you go, there is another thing I must ask of you.”

“And what is that?” Knuckles was once again eying with suspicion, this time on Weiss, as his paranoia on anyone being after the Master Emerald was getting the better of him… again. However, his theory ended up being proved wrong as the platinum blonde Valkyria asked him a simple yet straightforward question.

“Can you introduce me to Sonic the Hedgehog?”

*DOING!!!*

“…What?” Knuckles dropped his jaw, unable to react. Rouge snickered as she took her chance to tease the grumpy echidna again. “My, have you and Big Blue become popular with girls lately, you little Phantom Thief!”

“Grr… do I LOOK like a joker to you?!” Knuckles growled, not realizing what or even WHO he was even referring to. Meanwhile, a young man in Café LeBlanc sneezed. He looked around, wondering if someone is talking about him before deciding to meet up with his friends for the day.

*Insert Theme: “Unknown from M.E. ~ Sonic the Hedgehog: Passion and Pride Instrumental 1” (Sonic Adventure)*

“MEI LING HUA’S LABORATORY REGISTERED TO DATABASE. I CAN LEAD EVERYONE TO THE LOCATION. ANY EGGMAN ROBOTS ENCOUNTERED ON THE WAY WILL BE ELIMINATED!” Omega spoke as it clenched its metallic fist and readies its new Jet Booster upgrade, given to him by G.U.N. scientists who somehow managed to secure a few blueprints from the sunken Egg Carrier. Without hesitation, the robot took lead as it hovered into the air. Weiss and Scharlachrot, through their mana, went airborne as well. As Rouge readied her own wings for flight, she turned to Knuckles. “Well, ready to come along?”

“Ughhh… Sonic has a lot to explain to me about what’s going on… a LOT. And it’s already given me a headache!” Knuckles groaned and pressed his palm on his forehead but deciding to use his gliding ability to catch up.

Little did the red echidna know, another echidna, this one looking much like him, but wearing a redwood and silver metal helmet and torso armor, watched him from on top of the Master Emerald before gliding on to catch up…

*End Theme*

And that’s the end of this chapter! Man, progress is slow for me lately… anyways, everyone is meeting up at Mei Ling’s lab and everything is starting to come to place. But what of the Chaos Emeralds? And of Eggman, who is still alive? What will happen?
Until then, CrystalPhoenixBlader, signing out!