Chapter 50 - The Next Guardian Issue 50

Credits:

Sonic, Shadow, Knuckles, Sally, Rouge, etc,- SEGA, Archie Comics

Ekyt, Linda-Su- (Next Guardian)

Roxy the bat (Violet_Rose)
Violet Rose (Violet_Rose)
Eden the Cat (Violet_Rose)
Star the hedgehog (Violet_Rose)

Jaide- (Jaideanne)

Lightning- (Sonic Wind)

Kiki- (Tikalgirl52)
Mina- (Tikalgirl52)
Kivi-(Tikalgirl52)
Neeko-(Tikalgirl52)

Ragnarok- SegaMan7

Kirita- Lady_Ayame316

Helen- CurlyFry95



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Ekyt walked back into Knothole. “Strange, it's never empty like this.” He looked around. No sign of anyone. Rotor's lab was empty too. He slipped the Mobian mud sample under the door and kept walking. The more empty rooms he saw, the more concerned he grew. This isn't right. Something is messed up here…

He ran full speed toward the island and scaled the side using a vine. He hit a ledge and the vine ended. Without panicking, he crouched low and used his new shoes to spring up. He grabbed onto the ledge and pulled himself up.

He hit the slide that went into the chaos chamber and landed in a large furry ball- what the heck!

Ragnarok (SegaMan7) grinned down at the shocked human. “Hello, my name is Ragnarok. You must be Ekyt.” She laughed at the sight of the human's eyes getting wider. “Wha…” was all Ekyt could manage. He rubbed his eyes. “Nice to meet you…um…who are the rest of these people?” Ekyt's eyes scanned the room. Kiki, Mina, and Neeko (TikalGirl52) walked up next. Neeko shook his hand before introducing the others with him. He had his head down. So did Ekyt, for that matter. He always had a hard time meeting women. Kiki and Mina said high and giggled. “Boy, humans are weird…” Mina whispered to Kiki. Kiki giggled and answered “Only the males.” Then a whoosh came down from the top of the chamber.

Ekyt, shaking off the cobwebs made a diving catch as a girl fell into his arms. “Hi,” said Kivi. “Um…Hi.” Said Ekyt. Kiki laughed. “Here, I'll take her. She's my daughter. Well, in the future.” Kiki turned to Kivi “Just what were you doing up there?” Kivi shrugged- “just `splorin. What a weird place.” She went off to climb some more.

Ekyt finally saw a familiar face. “Shadow, what's going on here?” The hedgehog managed a smile. “Party. This is Hope, Star (Violet_Rose), and Kirita (Lady_Ayame316). I guess you could call them my family.” “Nice to meet all of you. Um, I, am just a little confused as to how all these people got here.” Shadow smiled. “Chaos Control, how else?”

A bright yellow hedgehog raced up. “Shadow, hurry up. Sonic-piñata.” Shadow rolled his eyes. “This is Lightning (SonicWind)” Lightning looked the guy up and down and said “Hmmm. Goofy lookin' thing. What are you, anyway?” “I'm a human. I'm guessing you're a hedgehog.” Shadow snickered while Lightning frowned. Then he broke into a Sonic-like smile. “Nothing gets past you, braniac.” He zipped off to hit the Sonic piñata.

Another hedgehog walked by. “Shadow, this him?” she asked. Shadow nodded. “I'm Helen (CurlyFry95). Charmed.” Ekyt shook her hand. “Nice to meet you.”

Ekyt walked around. Eden (Violet_Rose) was drinking some weird tea and she waved him over. “Hi Eden, how's it going?” “Oh, great. You have gotta try this. Brand new brew.” She handed him a cup. He took a careful sip, and then downed the whole thing. “That's good…what is it… Wait! Don't tell me. Let's just leave it a mystery.” Eden laughed.

Another female walked over, this one Ekyt knew from somewhere, but couldn't tell where. So he was totally shocked when she called his name. She looked at his expression, then explained. “I'm Violet Rose (Violet_Rose). The way Shadow tells it, you helped save my life. I never got to thank you.” “Really, no trouble.” Ekyt said. “Glad to help.” She shook his hand again and then walked back to her group.

Roxy (Violet_Rose) and Sasha (Texas_Luver) sauntered up. “Hey babe.” Said Sasha, giving him a bump with her hip. Roxy walked over and kissed him on the cheek. “Thanks for the save. Too bad you're taken. You and me could've lived happily ever after. The offer is still open to help me.” Roxy said, filing her nails, leaning against a table. Sasha kissed him on the other cheek. “Yeah, I'd almost forgive you for the fact you stuck me with your counterpart. He is way to overprotective. I'll bet you would've let me have some fun…”

Ekyt turned red as the two giggled. Finally, another unfamiliar face came over and rescued him from the embarrassment. “My name is Jade. (Jaidenna) You must be Ekyt. Glad to finally meet you. This guardian thing must be tough. Linda-Su told me some stuff about you. And hey, you have my sympathy. I know what it's like to be alone…” She looked sad for a moment. “Eggman, or, as you call him, Robotnik, separated me from my family and I have never found them. Thanks for sticking it to Robotnik.” She went off to see some other people.

Ekyt waded his way through the room. Finally he got to where all the people he knew were. Rotor apologized. “I don't really have any use for Mobian mud. I just wanted to help.” “That's alright Rotor.” Sally and the Royal family congratulated him on the damage he had done to Robotnik's forces. And on down the line.

“Way past cool, kid. When I first met you, I didn't know what to think. But, man, you put those doubts down.” Ekyt managed a tired grin. “Without your help clearing my name, I wouldn't be here. Thank you.”

Linda-Su fired her pistol in the air. “Okay, everyone, settle down. First off, Knuckles and the Echidna high council have an announcement. Knuckles…” Knuckles cleared his throat and began- “As you know, this human has lived among us for two months now. After numerous awards, and plenty of setbacks, we have something special for him. But first, roll the clips.”

The clips were hilarious, even Ekyt had to admit. It showed all his screw-ups. The time he and Espio were sparring and he flipped himself over after a kick. Sasha, Rouge, and Roxy kissing him. (At this point Linda-Su playfully bounced a cup off his head.) There were about a hundred clips of him blushing. The whole room laughed. Ekyt turned red and someone snapped a picture of that.

Then there was the times Amy Rose had hit him with her hammer. That actually got applause.

Then the clips grew serious. Him fighting with a broken collarbone. Him taking an arrow in his side. (At this point, only Geoffrey Saint John laughed. He got rained on with trash.) The last shot was of him getting arrested.” Linda-Su stood up and explained. “This was for the murder of the queen. His counterpart from the Cosmic Interstate caused this. As you can see, the camera adds ten pounds. Especially to the sexy constable slapping the cuffs on him. The crowd roared with laughter at that crack.

“Now, Knuckles, what is the announcement?” Knuckles stood up and began. “The council has decided that Ekyt is no longer a guardian in training. He is now a sub-guardian. And now, my father, Locke, who also heads up the echidna high council, will give him our greatest honor.”

Ekyt knelt down as Locke slipped a white stripe on his shirt. “Traditionally, this is attached by a female, but since you are unmarried… Linda-Su, the council asks that you attach this band of citizenship on this human.” Linda-Su hurried up and stuck it on. “For bravery, protection of the emerald, and epitomizing what it means to be a guardian, we, the echidna high council, on this twenty-first day of March, the year of two thousand and six, we award you your official citizenship.” The crowd erupted with applause as Ekyt bowed to the council. The party resumed.

“Linda, can you meet me on Mount Fate. I need to talk to you.” The human slipped quietly out as the party roared around him.

The moon was bright, especially this high up. The glow from the ash from Mount Fate made the human look almost regal. He stood just the same way after he had rescued Linda-Su.

“Thank you.” He said to her. He turned to face her. Clearly forcing himself, he locked his hazel eyes on her green eyes. He couldn't help but notice how the moon complimented her eyes. He reached into his pocket. “For everything. I…want you to have this. I had it made, just for you. I hope you like it.” He held out a small golden ring on a silver chain.

The echidna's eyes lit up. “Oh my God. It's beautiful.” After a couple failed attempts, Ekyt managed to say, “You complement each other then.” Linda-Su smiled a half smile and grabbed the human in a tight hug. Her eyes brimmed with unshed tears as she held him tight. “I never thought I would grow to love a human. After the war, and Robotnik…mmm!” Ekyt, for the first time, got the courage up to give her a kiss.

After the seconds passed, the two gazed at each other. Linda could sense his embarrassment and thanked him again. “welcom…” he mumbled.

A shout went up from the chamber. “What… Not now…” Ekyt turned to Linda. “Grab my belt and hold on.” She did and he crouched and jumped. They both floated through the air, courtesy of her dreadlocks and his coat. They hit the dirt running.

Guests were scared. Sonic, Shadow, Tails, and a few others were fighting with some robots. Ekyt saw himself and Robotnik in the background. “Go get that projectile weapon.” He told Linda. “I'll handle them for now, but we're gonna need the fire power.

Ekyt first thought of all the people that came to congratulate him.

“Hey, you two ugly creeps! You wanna go? You guys can leave all these fine people in peace, or we can do this the hard way, which involves a lot of pain. You've got three seconds before I rush you.

His evil self walked forward as the robots released most of the guests. “It's only you and your friends we want. I mean, your close friends.” His evil self smiled. The good Ekyt punched and split his Knuckles on his “twin's” teeth, knocking them loose before tacking him through a table. Robotnik had a claw on the end of his hovercraft, which he used to grab the human. “Run for it!” Ekyt yelled. They all stopped. “Go! I'll handle them!” There was no lack of bravery in the room. “I'm sorry, but leave! This is an emergency! Get weapons!” They all ran to comply.



TO BE CONTINUED.



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