One day, as Sonic was helping Knuckles do a daily partol of the Floating Island, they noticed something strange. "Man, everything is way past silent!" said Sonic. "Yeah, I know what you mean, even the Chaotix is a little jumpy today, and you know that it's never happened before!" replied Knuckles. "Well, I better juice to the border, I'm supposed to meet Tails there!" "See Ya!"
"Well, well. I see that you two have patched things up!" said Archimedes. "Not exactly, I just need occasional help patrolling the Island. Sonic knows Robotnik's traps better than I do, anyway, we don't need to fight anymore! Someday we might do serious damage to the Island and Mobius some day!" said Knuckles. "Oh, and by the way, someone new has arrived on the Island; an echidna!" "No wonder everyone was so jumpy, they probably thought that it was one of my vengeful relatives." "Hey what's that?" asked Archimedes. "I don't know, but let's follow it!" replied Knuckles.
The duo followed the strange figure all the way into Mushroom Hill Zone, but all they saw was Charmy Bee. "Charmy, go and tell Sonic, Tails, and the rest of the Chaotix to rendez-vous at the old temple in Sandopolis Zone...and hurry!" said a worried Knuckles. "Righteeo!" said Charmy in reply. "Knuckles, I need to go check something else out, but I'll be with you as soon as possible!" said Archimedes. "All right! See you then!"
In half an hour, Knuckles arrived at Sandopolis Zone, sonic had just arrived as well. "Man, your fast!" remarked Knuckles. Just then, a trap door opened underneath the two. While Knuckles was falling, he saw someone before he fell unconcious.
"Ooh, what happened to me?" asked Knuckles as he was waking up. "Ssh!" said a voice, "You hurt yourself when you fell." "Who are you?" asked Knuckles. "My name is Sparx." stated Sparx. "Another Echidna?" said the confused Echidna, "I thought I was the only one left!" "No, your not!" said Sparx. "Hey, who's that?" asked Sonic as he woke up, dazed and confused. "Hi, I'm Sparx." "Oh, hi...hey, I thought that no other echidna's were living here!" said Sonic. "I've been living on the Main Land for most of my life, and I just found my way here, but how do we get out of this place?" asked Sparx. The trio inspected the dimly lit pit. The only way out was up.
By then, Tails and the Chaotix had arrived at the temple. "Ok, where are Sonic and Knuckles?" asked Tails. "I thought that we were supposed to meet them here." "That's what he...hey, what's that?" asked Charmy "A piece of Knuckles' glove!" "They must be down there!" said Espio the Chameleon. And just then out came three very dust figures. "Man, you guys need a bath!" exclaimed Vector. "Give us a break!" said Sonic. "Who's that?" asked Mighty. "This is Sparx." said Knuckles. "Cool name!" said Tails. "Thanks. Um, who are all of you?" asked Sparx. This is Tails the Fox, Mighty the Armadillo, Espio the Chameleon, Charmy Bee, and Vector the Crocodile." said Sonic. "You already know Knuckles and me."
Later on, after everybody had left, Sparx and Knuckles were walking along on the edge of the Floating Island. Knuckles was explaning the history of the Island. He also explained all of the trouble they had, he warned Sparx about Robotnik. "What kind of psycho is he? I'd really like to kick his butt all over Mobius...now that would be fun." said Sparx. All of a sudden, they saw an explosion on the Main Land. "What's that?" asked Sparx. "I don't know, but let's glide down and check it out." said Knuckles. "But what about the Island?" "Archimedes will take care of it." The two glided down. They were horrified at what they saw; Robotnik was in a mech-suit and was torching the forest. "That's Robotnik, eh?" asked Sparx. "Yep." answered Knuckles. "Let's go and kick some butt!" said Sparx.
At that time, Sonic and Tails were chowing down on chili dogs. KABOOM "What in the world is that?" asked Tails. "Robotnik!" stated Sonic bluntly. The duo juiced to the shoreline, there, they met up with Sparx and Knuckles. "So, how do we stop Flabbio this time?" asked Knuckles. "Hmm...well, we could try shattering his windshield.." said Sonic. "Let's do it!" they all said. First, Sonic did a figure eight, but it had no effect. Knuckles used his fists, but nothing happened. Sparx decided that she would go around to the other side of the mech-suit. Uh-oh thought Sparx. She ran around to warn the others about what she had seen. But, before she had said a word, Robotnik had used the zappers to knock her unconcious. "Sparx!" cried Knuckles. "Ha ha ha ha ha!" laughed Robotnik, "That same punishment will be yours too, Sonic and Knuckles. "We need the Chaotix!" said Knuckles. "Tails, go get the Chaotix, then go to Knothole!" "On my way!" replied Tails. By then, Sonic had placed Sparx on a nearby rock, well out of harms way.
Mighty, Vector, Espio, and Charmy were relaxing under mushrooms in Mushroom Hill Zone. Vector looked in the sky, and remarked, "Isn't that Tails?" "Guys, Knuckles and Sonic need your help!" said Tails frantically," Robotnik is torching the forest over there!" He pointed to the smoke rising into the sky. "Let's go!" said Espio, "Charmy, stay here and mind the island." "Sure!" replied Charmy. The Chaotix went to the fight scene while Tails went to Knothole to get the Freedom Fighters.
Back at the fighting scene, Sonic and Knuckles were still trying to defeat Robotnik. They were having a lot of trouble; Tails was still gone, and Sparx was still unconcious. Sonic had tried his buzz-saw manouver on the mech-suit, but it had no effect. Knuckles was wrestling with the zappers, nearly getting zapped! "Need a hand?" asked Espio. "We need all the hands we can get!" said Sonic. "Ok, listen up, distract him while I try to get in," said Espio, "since I'm a chameleon, I'll just blend in with the scenery.!" And, he did blend in. Espio went around to the other side of the mech-suit, he noticed an escape hatch and started to pry it off when he noticed the zappers. Since they could not "see" him, he was able to get into the suit without any trouble.
In Knothole, Tails had just arrived. "What's the matter?" asked Rotor. "Sonic...Knuckles...need...help!" said Tails who was out of breath. "Don't worry, we can watch the fight over the monitor. They can manage without us." said Sally. "But Sparx got hurt!" blurted out Tails. Sally was shocked, she jumped on her air-bike and headed to where Sparx lay. She told Tails and Rotor to stay put.
"Whoo-boy!" thought Espio, "Lard-boy is even more stupid than I thought!" "Bah, those idiots think that they can stop me! I will prove them all wrong!" exclaimed Robotnik. Espio snuck up behind Robotnik and searched the mainroom. Then he spotted it; the eject button. He raised his fist and slammed it on the button. "Huh?" asked Robotnik, "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" "Now, where's the auto-destruct button?" asked Espio, "Ah, there it is." He made sure that the escape hatch was open, then he pressed the auto-destruct button. "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" The Chaotix and Sonic saw Robotnik fly through the air with a look of horror in his face. Then they saw the mech-suit tremble violently, Espio ran out unseen, just before it exploded into a million little pieces. "Espio!" cried Vector. "What?" asked the still-hidden chameleon. "You almost gave us a heart attack!" said Knuckles. By then Sally had arrived. Sonic and Knuckles carried Sparx to the air-bike. She was placed gently onto the carrying bed, and was transported to Knothole.
"An hour later, thing still didn't look good. Sparx was still unconcious. Sally hooked her up to Nicole. Still, nothing happened! Then all of a sudden, Sparx's eyes flew open. "Sparx!" cried Knuckles, "you're all right!" "Yep I sure am, Knuckles, may I live on the Floating Island?" asked Sparx. "Sure!" "Thanks!" "On behalf of Knothole and the Freedom Fighters, we welcome you to come and visit Knothole whenever you like!"
After that, they had a party. Knuckles took sparx to a hut on the Island. They all had a good night's Sleep!
© 1998 Sparx