Chapter 5 - The next guardian: Two worlds collide

The Next Guardian issue #5



After a restless night, the group set out. Tails hovered above, while Sonic and Shadow forged a path. Ekyt and Knuckles took the rear. They encountered some traps the closer they came to Robotnik's base. Knuckles' foot got caught in a snare trap. Ekyt deftly climbed the tree and threw his stick at the rope, which splintered. Knuckles hit the dirt hard on his side. Ekyt got caught in a net, but sonic reduced that to pieces of twine with his patented spin dash. Shadow would have fallen into a pit of spikes had it not been for Tails catching him and Knuckles gliding into him. At last, they reached the base.

A group of swatbots attacked. “Tails, pull down that pipe. Stop up their sensors. Then bug-out.” Sonic shouted intstructions to his dual-tailed buddy. Ekyt yelled “Go on.” Everyone went on.

On my own, thought Ekyt. He took out two swatbots. Then one, as it was going down, hit him with a hard elbow, which, in turn, sent him into the wall. He twisted his ankle as he bounded off the wall. The swatbots dove on…

Meanwhile, the rest of the group raced to Robotnik's room. “Okay `Butnik, it's all over for you. Let them go.” Robotnik turned around and cackled. “Fools. Look below you.” The group gasped. A chaos emerald. Strapped to it was a detonator. “That's right, rodents. A bomb. It reads two minutes. So you have a choice, don't you. Go after me…” he pointed… or save your friends. It's up to you.” He laughed again as he sped off in his hovercraft.

The choice was easy. Until they realized they had 30 seconds left. Suddenly, just before Robotnik left, a blur sped by. He tossed 50 rings and a chaos emerald to Sonic and Knuckles. After hesitation, he tossed an emerald to Shadow. It was Ekyt. Or, more accurately, him in a mega form. All three jumped on Robotnik, but he got away. The bomb had ten seconds left. “Shadow, it's up to you,” Ekyt said gravely. Shadow nodded and grabbed his emerald. “Chaos Control!” he bellowed, and formed a protective blue shield around them.



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