Chapter 14 - The Next Guardian Issue 14: The history of Acorns

The Next Guardian Issue 14

The History of Acorns part 2

Plus a Shadow solo





The caverns were dark, now that the glow from the chaos emeralds were gone. Knuckles held the torch, while Ekyt searched. They walked on silently. Knuckles looked over, seeing the young man with a serious look on his face. That was one reason he was going to make a great guardian someday.

With his long black coat swishing and his hazel eyes glowing like a cats, Ekyt held out his arm. Knuckles stopped as Ekyt pointed upward. A crack of light was shining through. Ekyt held the torch as Knuckles clambered up the wall and looked through. Dragons. Vesuivious. He hopped down.

“A buncha dragons up there. We should get moving. The last thing we need is a confrontation with a bunch of fire-breathing, scaly- off!” Knuckles never finished the though as he hit the dirt, as did Ekyt. Thousands of arrows were flying through the air. One hit Ekyt in the arm. He plucked it out without a word and combat crawled forward. The torch snuffed out for a moment, and when it did, Ekyt hit a wall. Head-first. “Ow. That freakin' rock.” Knuckles tried not to laugh.

He took the torch and struck it against a wooden beam, creating enough of a spark to ignite the torch. He moved forward, until Ekyt seized one of his dreadlocks. “What the…?!” Knuckles said as Ekyt pointed again, down this time.

Knuckles had almost stepped off a cliff. “There's no way across for a human. Knux, you glide across, I've got an idea. Knuckles did, trusting his protégé'.

Knuckles waited at the other end. A large poof of wind nearly knocked him over. “Thanks, Dulcy.” Said Ekyt. “Anyone ever tell you ya know how to make an entrance, kid?” “No. Well, maybe Linda, but no one else. Thanks for the compliment.”

They walked along until they saw the exit. Unfortunatley, the thing guarding the exit also saw them…



End



Shadow sat in the hut he shared with Hope. She was out, playing with Amy Rose and Tails. Shadow had clocked Tails by mistake when he yelled “TAG” and hit Hope. He apologized, but laughed all the way home.

He grinned. That subsided quickly, as he thought of that strange human in that weird coat. He thought that all humans were scum. But this one was different. He made an effort to help Shadow. A friend that was a human. Except for Maria and Hope, no human had ever treated him well.

Shadow stood up and walked to the former Floating Island. He would seek out the temporary guardians, the Chaotix, to see if they could tell him anything about this human.

“Nutin'.” Said Vector. “He looks soooooo cool.” Said Charmy. But Espio knew something. “I trained with him. We exchanged knowledge of martial arts. I believe he talks with Linda-Su. She seems to know him pretty well.” Shadow zoomed off.

Linda-Su sat by herself in her study. The hours were longer, the nights nearly unbearable because of fear. Two champions were off on a perilous quest with no contact. She missed Ekyt. She thought about him quite often these days. She wondered if he thought about her?

Shadow entered without knocking. Linda-Su, startled by his presence, took a moment to calm down. “Hi Shadow.” She said. “Linda-Su, I need to ask you something. What do you know about that strange human's past? “ Linda thought. Who did he mean. Then it hit her. “All I know is that he knows martial arts. And that he was bullied a lot.” Shadow nodded. “Thanks.” He turned and left.

Linda-Su watched him go. “Huh!” she said. I wonder what he wanted that for? She thought. Oh well. A storm was going on outside. She curled up with a book, but fell asleep quickly.

Shadow mulled over what he knew. There was nothing that accounted for the human's friendliness. Then it hit him.



End of Part 1



What does Shadow know?

The history of Acorns part 3 is up next.

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