IC:
Floating Island huh? Well, that's a bit out of my way ut I'm sure there's a way out of this...
The Hyena watched the people interacting with one another, it was...interesting..they seemed to care a lot for one another, even strangers.
It doesn't matter, I can't stay with them, I have to find out what's happening, and then what I should do.
She turned away from the group and wondered if the plane came with parachutes.

"Floating Island, huh." the broad-sword toting Echidna noted under his breath. "Why does...that sound familiar..?" he began to wonder before he spoke aloud again.

"Whats this Floating Island anyway?"

"You mean you've never heard of it, Mister?" Kanal questioned. "It's a giant island that floats on air. It looks real pretty when you see it from a distance. It's also where Guardian Knuckles lives."

"Again with that Knuckles guy," Kaeda groaned. "You make him sound like some sort of Avatar or something."

"Guardian Knuckles...?" the Dark Red Echidna blinked.

The name sounded so familiar, like something he should of known... but... he didn't. He took a light breath. "I can't say I have ever heard of this Guardian or his Island." Factor said in response.

"You don't say. I've never been there before in my life, yet even I've heard of it, no thanks to her," Kaeda spoke up as she motioned to Kanal. "All I can tell you is that you'd probably know it when you see it."

OOC: Warning: Might be a wee bit long campared to my others! Again I'm just driving background plot foreward!

"He is my personal servant and the ultimate weapon "UNCLE" Robotnik!" Snvely laughed into the video screen which displayed Eggman's shocked face, "He will not attack unless I give the order! So you are safe as long as you do as I say! Now don't get me wrong I intend to destroy you and your entire pathetic empire, but I do require you services for the time being!"
"What do you mean?" the doctor asked as he looked nervously in Diamond's direction.
"I know what you are planing. I have for a while now. I also knew that you couldn't carry out your goal until you have Sonic's body in your possession! Now that Sonic is dead you have claimed his body and Station Square in the process!"
"Do you honestly expect me to up and bow down to you? I have an entire fleet at my finger tips! What makes you think I won't just blow Knothole off of the whole Damn map!?!"
"Because Diamond won't allow it! Don't underestimate his size. He is based off the same project that you intend to use with Sonic! However since he artifically created he doesn't quite match up to one created using a corpse!"
"Then why not find your own damn corpse! Sonic is mine!"
"Sonic was the best creature in existence on Mobius, and you know that as well as I do! I'm basically stealing Sonic from you, politely, but stealing nonetheless!"
"That's crazy! You can't shape me! I'm not some damn clay figure you can do as you please to! I'm the samrtest ****** Mobius has ever seen!"
"Maybe, but you are still at my mercy. Diamond may be a test run, but he is still very powerful!"
"Why do you need me then? Why not just kill me and take my project from me?" Eggman had said this now to stall for time.
"Because you are the only one who can achieve perfection! Diamond almost went rogue when I activated him! I need you to make me the ultimate killing machine!"
Eggman now had the perfect opportunity to make his escape and he took it! In a matter of seconds a batillion of Shadow bots charged through the door tackleing the power laden Hedgehog.
"I'm sorry Snively, but remember who you're dealing with! You can't outsmart the master!" Eggman laughed as the ceiling exploed and a small shuttle ship lowered into the office.
Dr. robtnik hobbled inside and it lfted into the air to regroup with his flagship! Almost as soon as it cleared the ceiling the pile of Shadow bots was thrust aside and Diamond walked foreward.
"Should I pursue?" Diamond asked.
"No. Let him play his little game if he must! In the end we are still supreme!" The king switched off the view screen and retired into his sleeping chamber.
TBC

(Edit/OOC:800 posts woot!)

"So Knuckles is still alive?" The rabbit stated from his corner, still not opening his eyes. "Good, What about Tails?"

"Darn, I knew I should have taken more note whenever I was here." Wraith muttered dryly as he wondered down the corridor, lavishly decorated in the royal colors. "I don't know the back end of this castle nearly as well as I should."

"Nobody does." Ianthe replied evenly, darting swiftly from one doorway to the next as she kept an eye open for danger. "The public aren't normally allowed into the Royal Quaters Wraith. You wouldn't remember this place if you had payed attention."

"True..." His sentance was suddenly cut off as Ianthe, stepping to the next corner in the corridor and glancing round it, suddenly gestured back at him urgently with a paw. Quick as a flash, he crouched down and lept into the air, digging his knuckledusters into the wall as he swiftly climbed to the very roof of the massive hall-like corridor, securing himself in a corner beside a large pillar as he held his breath. Below, he saw Ianthe fall into a breathtaking backflip down the hall as she quickly retreated from the junction in the corridor, rolling into a handstand as she span herself sideways into a large doorway, the dark shadows eating up her slender form.

Seconds later, yet another patrol of SWATbots came trooping round the corner in neat rows, marching with perfect synchronicity as their heavy, regular footfalls rolled down the length of the corridor like distant thunder. Wraith waited until the group had passed and turned another corner, their steps fading into inaudibillity, before detatching his knuckledusters from the wall and dropping back to the floor, landing in a low crouch to absorb the impact. "Those patrols are a lot more regular too." he muttered sourly. "Wonder if they know we're here."

"They're bound to have descovered the bodies of those bots we destroyed by now." Ianthe's soft voice drifted out of the shadows in the doorway in responce. "They probably know someone's here at the very least." A slight pause, during which Wraith was glancing up and down the corridor for any more signs of danger, then Ianthe spoke again: "On the plus side, I think I've found the Royal Chamber."

"Eh?" Wraith span round again, before stepping forward towards the doorway where Ianthe had been hiding, fixing the Squirrel with a curious gaze as she came into view. She was stood by a large set of double doors, ornately carved and edged with gold, much larger than the majority of doors they had passed so far on their journey through the castle. She had opened the door just a crack, and was carefully staring through the gap into the room beond, her eyes squinting to make out details.

"I can't see anything from this angle." she breathed quietly as Wraith joined her. "If the King and Queen are in there, I can't tell without opening it more."

"Well considering the circumstances, I think they'd understand if we passed up knocking this time around." the Echidna murmured thoughtfully. "Let's check it out."

Ianthe nodded, and gently pushed on the door with a finger, causing it to swing further open silently. As more of the oom slowly revealed itself, she tightened her grip on her staff, and Wraith clenched his fists tighter, ready for any danger that may appear...

As Ianthe pushed the door open slowly it suddenly jerked out of his hands. Ianthe crashed to the ground as several SWAT-bots flooded into the corridor.
"You-are-in-violation-of-section-17!" the lead bot whirred, "Any-attempt-escape-will-result-in-imediate-termination!"
The bots raised their blasters toward Wraith who was ready for a fight! Several more bots entered the hallway and pulled Ianthe up on his feet.
"You-will-be-taken-to-King-Snively-imediately!"
TBC

OOC:Sorry for the shortness, but I'm only on here for a limited amount of time!

"Oh, for the love of...!" Wraith spat as the machines suddenly surrounded them on all sides. "Where did these guys come from???"

Ianthe pulled her arm out of the robot's grasp with a harrassed jerk, before turning her emerald gaze on Wraith. "Well?"

Wraith grunted, craning his neck to see into the room past the robots. It was empty, with no sign of King or Queen in sight...darn, a trap, they should have considered that one! "Not much more to gain here." he muttered with a shrug as he looked back towards the Squirrel. "Guess we may as well see what Snivley has to say for himself."

Ianthe's expression didn't move a muscle, but she nodded almost imperceptably at the comment, before slowly relinquishing her staff to one of the waiting guards. As the bots began to poke them with their rifles, however, urging them to set off down the corridor, she suddenly staggered and fell against the wall as though dizzy, bringing her hands up to her face and letting out a low moan.

The SWATbots, puzzled, reached out to grab her and push her back into line, but Wraith knew what was going on. "Stop!" he yelled suddenly, pulling the bot backwards with a powerful hand on it's shoulder. "Don't touch her! If you try anything it could be bad for all of us!" The robots looked at each other in confusion...ordinerily they would have beaten Wraith for making a move like that, but his commanding tone made them pause, especially considering they had detected another note in his voice as well, an emotion, one that they would never have expected from such a bold and brave Freedom Fighter...a hint of fear!

Incredibly enough, they had heard right. Few things could genuinely scare Wraith after his experiences in his life, few experiences were enough to make him afraid after what he had been through, but this, he knew, could potentially be one of them! Either way, it complicated matters immensely...of all the times it could have happened, why now??? As he stood staring pointedly at Ianthe's back, the Squirrel slowly seeming to regain her balance and sences as she leaned heavily on the wall, he kept repeating like a mantra under his breath a short, simple phrase. "Please not Solstice please not Solstice please not Solstice please not Solstice please not Solstice..."

Slowly, Ianthe's fingers, clamped securely over her face like a bandage, parted from each other shakily, a gleam of her glittering green eyes shining through...

...her eyes were far wider, far larger than normal.

Suddenly she let out a loud scream as her gaze found the nearest SWATbot, and she collapsed to the floor, beginning to scramble backwards down the hall like all the evils in hell were after her! Her back bumped into the leg of another of the robots, however, and as she realised she was completely surrounded, she began to scream again, curling up into a ball in the middle of the corridor and burrying her head in her knees, wrapping her arms around her neck in an attempt to become as small as possible. "Leave me alone!" she cried at the top of her voice. "Leave me alone! Don't hurt me!"

More confused than ever, the SWATbots looked at each other, before the leader of the column shook his head. "More trouble than she's worth." Stepping forward, he raised his gun, aiming squarely at the girl's head, and his finger tightened on the trigger...

"NO!" In a flash, Wraith had jumped between the robot and his target, batting the gun out of the way with an elbow."I can deal with this!" he shouted over the racket of screams behind him. "We'll come quietly as you say, just...give me a chance to help her!" Without waiting for an answer, he span round, extending a hand towards Ianthe with a worried expression on his features. "Fiona!"

he girl seemed to stiffen as she heard the word, her screaming coming to an abrupt halt, and she slowly raised her head, looking up at the Echidna with huge watery eyes. "W...Wraith?"

"It's okay, I'm here." Wraith murmured quietly, trying to sound reassuring. "I'll look after you...but we need to get moving."

She stared at him for a moment, before glancing round again at the robots surrounding them. Slowly, hesitantly, she raised a paw, taking hold of Wraith's gloved hand in her own, and as their palms connected she lept up from the floor, burying her face in his shoulder like a frightened child. "Wh-what's going on Wraith? Where are we?"

"I'll explain later." Wraith replied, putting an arm around her shoulders and gently stroking her hair. "Right now, we just have to keep calm, and stick together, okay? Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you." Slowly he turned and set off down the corridor in the direction the robots were indicating, the Squirrel still glued to his side with her face on his shoulder, a single, huge, tearful green eye staring at the passageway ahead as they began to walkabsolute terror clearly visible in her expression. Wraith, on the other hand, looked thoughtful. This situation had suddenly gotten a whole lot more difficult...

(OOC: Confused? You shouldn't be...don't forget Ianthe's bio... )

IC:

Their was another lound screach coming from Shadows microphs then the same voice could now be heard speaking again.
"To all who are on board we will be reaching Floating Island in 1 hour and 15 minutes, please do not make your selves at home while you have been on board, for me and the crew of this vechial will be going on our own little mission to find out whats going on, so please exits as soon as we land"

The fox's ears twitched at the sound of the announcement. May as well take the opportunity and check one of my oldest leads. Someone on this island's gotta know her face.

Kaeda looked over to Kanal, whose curiosity had led her to resume poking the meditating rabbit sitting in the corner.
She would've told her to stop, but she figured if the kid got yelled at then she would learn her lesson.

***

"All right. Here they come."

Witnessing Eggman's fleet heading right in her direction, Tiuren proceeded to leap of the building and right onto the main ship as it passed by her, landing almost gracefully on one of its main cannons.

She quickly found a hiding spot amongst some nearby scrap metal, she took out a small communicator and put it to her ear.

"I'm on board the main vessel. Shall I commence the search?"

IC:
Tassiel had listened to the announcmenet patiently and wrinkled her nose in distaste. Over an hour? No, she simply could not waste such valuable time on a plane trip, though it had served its purpose, it was high time for her to disembark.
Stretching herself in preparation, she stood up and began to thuroughly check the area in which the group was stationed. She hated having to use her normal form of escape transport for high places; though effective, your arms felt like they were being dislocated.
These pepople have to have a parachute somewhere.
She considered asking them, then wondered if they'd really like to donate such a device to a stranger who just couldn't be bothered to wait for the floating island landing...yes, they might find that a bit rude, or at least childishly impatient.
Sighing she wandered off to see if there were any exits she could use properly without disturbing the craft and its passengers.

OOC: Sorry for not posting in a while

"I wonder how Knuckles is doing anyways." Flaming said aloud trying to keep his fear fo what they may find down.
"If Eggman hasn't touched down on this floating rock yet. Maybe we can persuadde Knuckles to aid us now that Sonic is dead."
The image crept into the echidna's head again of the lifeless hedgehog lying in the city streets soaked in blood. Sonic was trying to warn Station Square of some threat, and that threat had rained hell upon the hapless citizens. Now that it is over it is time to start from the top. Flaming's mission was going to wait the future of Mobius is more important!

IC:

Every happen very quickly, the sound of rockets been fired and a distance sound of something metal exspolding. The ship started swaying side by side and more sounds of rockets being fired.

"What the heck is going on up there" Nightshade started runnig for the stairs only to be knocked over by a force of something hitting the ship.

"I think we'll under attack" muttered someone
"Well of coures we'll are what eles could it be" said another
Then the sound of Shadow turning on the speakers could be heard but this time it was Stars voice that could be heard.
"I don't want to alarm any one but we aciddently have found egg mans fleet and now are being attacked from all sides and some ships look like their prepared to board so all on ship be prepared for boarding if that happens you will find the weapons......"
Stars voice was then cut off by a lound KA-Boom that rocked the ship even more, then their were sounds of something trearing through metal and the ship seem to been drag to one side....
"Crud we'll being boarded..."

"we'll be overtaken!" Flaming roared over the turmoil, "Is there any way we can get off of this ship before we are caught?"
However that was too little to late as several bots began to board.
* * * * *

At almost this exact moment something else was going down. Deep in the heart of Former Sation Square.
"Hello Project Diamond," A man dressed in a GUN uniform said to the hedgehog who had just walked past.
Diamond just shifted his head toward the man not knowing nor caring who he was.
"I knew it would only be a matter of time before you showed up!" the soldier pulled out a cigar and placed it between his lips.
Diamond just stared at the man puzzeled.
"Of course you don't reconigze me. You were only in your first stages of completion when we parted." the soldier then lit up the cigar with a cheap lighter.
Diaomd began to react to this man until Snively's voice cut in, "Diaomnd something has come up! Return back to my castle immediately!"
"It's okay we WILL most certainly meet again!" an evil grin spread across the soldier's face as Diamond turned and headed off in the opposite direction!
When Diamond was out of sight the strange soldier then pulled out a radio, "I've made contact! Awaiting your next orders!"
TBC

OOC: sorry if the bottom part of my post was a little messey. Trust me it sounded better in concept!

"Over there."

Wraith scowled venomously at the SWATbot as he and Fiona were ussred into the throne room of the castle, gun barrels pointing squarely at their backs. Some of the Acorn guards were stood around the edge of the large room, and they collectively caught their breaths as they saw the duo enter, one of them inadvertantly stepping forward, but he was met by the gaping maw of a rifle himself, causing him to quickly step backwards again. "Are you trying to assist these traitors?"

"N-no sir! I was j-just...seeing if there was anything I could do to help to k-keep them contained!"

The bot stared at him for a moment, as though considering the responce, but fortunately for the guard one of the SWATbot Generals stepped into the room at that point, diverting attention away from him. "What's going on here?"

The patrol stood to attention smartly. "We descovered these trespassers in the royal quaters sir. We've brought them here for King Snivley to see."

"Indeed." The General turned to regard Wraith and his companion for a moment, before continuing. "Most interesting. I'll tell him right away. Keep them here." He moved off back the way he had come out of the room, and the other bots retreated slightly, leaving the Echidna and Squirrel in the middle of the room alone.

"W-Wraith...w-whats going on? Why are we here?" Fiona stammered quietly, her arms still around his shoulders as she burried her head in his chest. "I-I'm scared...they scare me!"

Wraith sighed as he gently ran a gloved hand through her long straight hair, trying to reassure her and keep her calm. When Fiona lost control, she was completely incoherant, as the experience in the corridor earlier proved. Still, she was easier to handle than Solstice. "We're just here for a short while." he muttered in responce. "We just need to speak to Snivley, then we'll be leaving."

"But...they're so mean! They were...acting like th-they wouldn't let us g-go!"

"They will." I'll make sure of that. Wraith finished in his head as his eyes narrowed, staring at the bots spread out around the room. Quite how he was going to do that, and with Fiona to look after as well, he wasn't quite sure at the moment, but he'd find a way, somehow.

But first, there was Snivley to consider...and in fact, as he listened carefully, he thought he could hear the diminutive man's annoying nasal voice in the distance as he approached the throne room...

IC:
Smoke was coming from the steps and running foot steps could be heard coming down them.
First one to come out of the smoke was Star closely follow behind bye Shadow the Griff who was coughing badly.
Star then stoped and looked at the crowd, then with a loud voice she shouted orders to them.
"Everyone listern up, we'll going to the have to slit up you, because our escape pods can only take five at a time and we only have two, so you lot go with shadow and griff, while you guys other thier go with me and Nightshade, okay people lets move, for I really don't want to get caught bye eggman thank you very much!"
Nightshade followed Star to the left side of the cargo bay where she then open up a secert panle that had been hidden under a picture of a beach.
Star then pushed a few buttons on the panle, and a sound of gears turning and the side of the wall open up to reveal a pod shipe that was almost the same size as Landrover but a bit bigger in lenght and height. Shadow had gone to the right with Griff and had already gotten the pod out he went inside to check the fule.
He checked the fule meter and didn't like what he saw"Darn it! we don't have enough to reach the Island we'll going to have to land some where below"
He then got out of the pod, and then shouted across the cargo bay so Star could hear and everyone else.
"Star their isn't enough fule in this one, I'm going to have to land some where below, you go to the Island if you can"
He then got back in the ship and started getting the ship ready for lanch.

OOC: Both pods look like the escape pods from Halo 1. Both pods have two driver seats at the front and three seats behind them all with seat belts, and look alot like those you find in a car.

OOC: Soz for not posting in a while

IC:
Tassiel only narrowly avoided a nasty head injury when they reached the fleet, and then she'd hurried back to the others, if they were under attack, then maybe...yes! They had escape pods.

She shook her head, What's the point of hiding the escape pods? If you really needed them and couldn't find them then you'd be in reeeal trouble. Ah well, their ship, their rules I guess...
Tassiel listened carefully and smiled to herself when she heard that one of the pods would have to land on the ground. A fuel shortage of course, someone HAD to forget to top up the tank, unless there's a leak of some sort, then in that case this is very bad, but if there isn't...
"I'll take the one going down," She called, moving fluidly to enter the escape pod,
"I have business down below anyway."

IC:
Shadow heard someone come threw the escape pod door, he turn his head slightly to see who it was.
He saw a hyena wearing all black clothes behind him, he nodded to her then getting up again to adnouce that their where only two seats left now. He walk to the not stepping out but yelled again so people may hear.
"Only two seats left! only two seats left" he repeated this twice then return back to his seat to work some more the control's while Griff stood bye outside the door wait for the next to people to come before hoping in himself.
But while this went on the sounds of cutting metal grew lounder.
Griff through to himself.
How long will it take to break threw would we escape in time?
These anwsers he didn't know, but hoped that they would be out in time before the robots break threw and try to kill them.

"Kanal! Get behind me!"

In a swift movement of her right hand, Kaeda reached into the small holster strapped on her leg and drew what looked like a broken dagger. As she gripped the hilt, an energy-charged blade appeared. Kanal stared in amazement.

"I-I thought you--" the youth stammered.

"You can never be caught unprepared in times like this," the older fox interrupted. "Now come on!"

Running ahead of the echidna, she sliced her way past the SWATbots, pausing for a moment or two get her charge out of harm's way, even running short lightsaber through a SWAT's metallic shell to keep her from getting hurt.

"Kaeda!" Kanal called out.

"I'm fine. Keep running!" Kaeda shoved the SWATbot aside and knocked another off its feet with a sweeping kick.

OOC: Life both phisicaly and lodgisticaly has prevented me from replying, my apologies to everyone. If you still require the 'out' that the rail road could provide plase say, but I won't be able to reply as regually as I would like. Sorry again.

OOC: Sorry if I hadn't posted in a while. I was on vacation if you have to know, but I'm back now!

IC:
Flaming had his hands tied up as he seen another hole open up in the wall next to him.
"Damn!" he yelled, "They are making there own way through!"
He pulled out a sword and began to battle off the bots one by one, but he knew he couldn't hold off the entire army. He let out a long sigh, and looked nack toward the others.
"I'm sorry," the echidna said, "please get to safety while I hold them off!" And with that rushed recklessly into the crowd off bots, sword raised high in the air with pride.

"Well, well, well," a delighted Snively uttered as he entered the room, "It looks as if someones's curiosity just got them killed."
He turned to his guards, "Leave us! I'll exact justice upon them myslef." he then turned back toward the prisoners, "after all I'm in need of another test subject!"
TBC

(OOC: Egg, I'm assuming the 'guards' in your post ment the Knothole guards not the SWATbots? Since Wraith would probably try something if they were all sent out together. I'll post under that assumption, and edit accordingly if needed.)

"I'd never have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes..." Wraith muttered dryly as the small figure strode into the room before them with a wide grin on his features. The Knothole guards around the room nodded at the command, exchanging worried looks as they quietly left the room, and a couple of them shot glances in the direction of the prisoners too, their eyes wide as they silently apoligised for their current position. Wraith just met the gazes impassivley. He knew they would be in fear of their lives, and while he probably would have chosen to die than to serve Snivley, he couldn't really blame them for their decsision.

His eyes narrowed, however, at the word of a 'test subject', casting a harrowing glare at the small man ahead. "Just what are you planning?" he asked cagely. "How did you take over here imp? What are you trying to accomplish?"

OOC: Yea I meant the Knothole guards, Wraith! Sorry about that!

IC:
"Yes a test subject!" Snively said as pulled out a syringe, "I must make sure I have everything working accordingly before I revive the hedgehog!"
He walks toward the prisonors as the flinch at the sight of the needle.
"Don't worry the injection will be quite painless! You'll pass into a sub-concious state before the nanites completly take over!"
Snively walks over to Wraith.
"And you will be the first!"
TBC

OOC I have been reading this RP and wondered if I could Join?, it looks quite fun =)

"I'll be the only...!" Slowly Wraith pushed Fiona back, manuvering her behind him as he placed himself between her and the small man. "Look bud, you know as well as I do that if you try anything right now it's gonna get real ugly for all of us real quick, including you."

A couple of the nearby SWATbots shifted, ready to step forward if the Echidna was about to attack, but Wraith held up his hands to show he was speaking only. "So to save all that chaos, I got a proposition for you...I'll submit to this 'test' of yours, whatever it is, willingly..." He jerked a thumb over his shoulder at the frightened Squirrel crouched behind him. "...if you let her go."

Instantly Fiona's grip tightened on his shoulders, her eyes growing wide as she caught her breath. "Wraith...!" A raised hand from the Echidna stopped her in her tracks, though, as Wraith turned his head, fixing her with a penetrating, pleading stare.

"Trust me on this, Fiona." he whispered softly. "Please, just go with it..."

OOC:Sure Alex go ahead! The more the merrier!

IC:
"Let her go?" Snively had to hold himself back from bursting out in laughter, "I don't really think you're in in any position to actually bargain with me! However, if it will make my job a little easier then sure what the hell!"
Snively motioned to the SWATs to let them know that Fiona may leave.
"Trust me," Snively said to Wraith, "You'll real good about yourself once this is all over!"
A sly grin spread across his face.
TBC

Instantly Wraith turned to the Squirrel, who was staring at him like all the evils in hell were snapping at her heels. "Fiona, you have to go now. Get out of here. You know the way out of Knothole. Go into the forest and hide, okay?"

She shook her head violently. "N-n-no Wraith, I c-can't do it! I'm s-scared! And I can't l-leave you here either! P-please don't make me!"

"I'll be fine so long as you're safe...just GO!"

"No!" Fiona's eyes began to stream with tears as she wrapped her arms around his waist. "Please Wraith I'm scared! Don't leave me!"

Wraith gritted his teeth. Fiona was only ten years old, and knew nothing of Ianthe's bravery and strength. He dearly wished the older girl would return, if only for a few moments, to make the situation easier, but there was no guarentee at all just how long it would be before her personallity shifted again.

He tensed as he considered. As far as he could see there was only one way out of this, and he didn't like it in the slightest. WHo knew what it would do to the young girl, and his relationship with her. But he had no choice...

"I'm sorry, but this is for your own protection." Taking hold of Fiona's shoulders, he pushed her backwards with enough force to knock her over, sending her sprawling on the lavishly carpeted floor. As she recovered herself, looking up at him with a mixture of horror and shock, he forced his face into a cold, visious glare. "Get out of here...right now!" His voice was freezing, hissed through gritted teeth as though he were about to explode. "Get lost or I'll break every bone in your body!"

Fiona's face was a mask of sheer petrified terror and incalculable anguish at the harsh words, and as she began to scramble backwards away from the Echidna it was all Wraith could do to stop himself from breaking down in tears. He knew how Fiona's emotions would be reacting to this, the terror she must be going through...and worst of all, he knew that it was likely she would never be able to even look at him ever again. In saving her life, he had made her so afraid of him she would think of him as a monster.

She scrambled to her feet, weeping profusely as she raced out of the room in fear, and as she went, Wraith seemed to collapse in on himself, his sinnister stance and expression dissapearing as his shoulders slumped and his head dropped to his chest, his eyes closed tight. It had to be done, but it didn't make him feel any better about it...

Snively warched the group with interest. Behind that stone cold stare that he gave the group he was actually laughing. In many ways he seemed to be more coldhearted than his uncle.
"Well if we are finished I suggest we move along!" Snively interupted the silence that followed the incident, "Afterall I wouldn't want to waste your time!"
Snively snapped his fingers as several bots entered the room.
"Now we must go to a place that is a little more secure." The SWATs began to apprehend Wraith.
"Make sure he's tied good and tight! I don't need him escapeing and causing anymore trouble!" Snively looks around the room, "That goes for the others as well!"
The bots slowly begin to march who is left out of the chamber toward Snively's lab.
Snively once again glances around the room before following after the others.
"Just where the hell can he be?"Snively said to himself.
TBC

Wraith just gritted his teeth as the rope began to wind round him...this was bad, but he had to provide at least some distraction while Fiona got away. Maybe he'd get a chance to escape after that, although he was sceptical. The thing that worried him most, though, was what exactly Snivley had planned for him. This 'experiment' didn't sound good, and having been so close to Robotnik, Snivley would probably have all of the Egg's data on him too, including the details about the implant on his forehead and it's effects on him.

His teeth gritted harder and he clenched his fists. No, no this was not good at all...

IC:

"Oh, crud they broke threw!" growl Nightshade
she then ran out of the pod grading her gun on the way and then started shooting at the nearest swatbots she could see coming out of the whole that they had made.
"Great, just great!"
She was soon joined by Griff who had his gun with him and they start shooting at the bots together.
"So how long do you think it will take till they over run us?"
said Griff
"Maybe 5-10 minutes who knows, we just got to hope we just don't run out of amo for these things"
Nighshade then stop shooting and gave her gun to Griff.
"I've got an idea, just wait here!"
She then run towards one of the swatbots that was in front of a group of them, she then jumps in the air and brings up her left arm and slam it into the swatbot making it fall over and causing a domino effect.
"Ha, how do like that!" said Nightshade as she landed back on the ground...

The ship was being taken over, adn the orange echidna was no where to be found. In fact he had managed to force his way on board one of the attacking craft. There he had to stare down the face of the enemy, and with one well placed leap the echidna was inside the cockpit. The piolt stood to defend himself against the attacker, but with a quick thrust of Flaming's sword the piolt fell lifeless against the control pannel. Flaming looked back to see SWATs running as fast as their matallic bodies could carry them to the cockpit.
"Maybe this will help you escape," Flaming said to himself almost as if he was talking to the others inside the small craft being overrun!
Flaming had to act fast because he only had one chance to get this right. Shoots were fired at the echidna as he raised his sword high into the air. Chaos magic engulfed the blade as Flaming drove it into the control pannel. In an instant the attacking ship eripted into a massive fireball ripping it to shreds freeing the opposed ship! In an instant Flaming had sacrificed his life to save the others! An insatnt was how long it took for reinforcements to replace the lost shuttle!

Snively threw open the doors to his lab only to be blindsided by an unseen attacker! Due to his size Snively flew halfway accross the room before he even touched ground. The king began to rise to his feet ready to strike the echidna until he saw...
"DIAMOND!" he king exclaimed with surprise, "Yuh...you attacked me? You have some-"
Diamond raised his hand and shot a blast of energy toward the dumfounded king. Snively had to scramble to dodge the attack.
"Hurry you have to leave!" Diamond said to the echidna.
The hedgehog released Wraith and shot down the SWATs that were guarding him.
"Diamond!" Snively yelled as he placed the crown on top of his head, "What is the reasoning for this betrayl?"
Diamond said nothing as he slowly approached Snively ready to put the king down once and for all!
TBC

OOC: Aha! Just as soon as Snively finally gets what he wants someone has to take it all away!

OOC Ok here are my profiles of my two characters from Slaves of the Teknians (yep i changed the name of my Echidna character I like this name more), once I see a chance to introduse my characters in the story I will do it but you can tell me too by message if you want. also I hope my profiles is ok I wanted to reference a little my RP because of their past =)

name:Dakar
specie:Echidna
age:15
sex:male
fur color:dark green
eye color:purple
story:
Once a slave of the Teknians, Dakar came back with T.H to his home in Green Hill and helped on its rebuilding. After hearing about Sonics death and Snively plan of global conquest, he and T.H go in search of Wraith to help the fighting cause

name:T.H
specie:Teknian
age:unlimited
sex:N/A
eye color:unatural purple
Story: After freeing Mobius from slavery, T.H decided to live in Mobius with Dakar. Some Mobians might still be traumatised what they went trough when they where slaves of the Teknians, seeing T.H make them horrified and even attack him, so for protection T.H installed himself a disguise wich makes him look like a insect with a cloak covering most of his body, thanks to the help of that disguise he can walk around without problem

Despite his hands being tied, Wraith's fists lept up before his face in automatic reaction as he saw a blur of color racing towards him through the open door. He gritted his teeth, bracing himself for impact, but span round in shock as the object, whatever it was, flashed past him and instead slammed into the diminutive little figure following him, knocking him across the room like a ball in a pinball machine! He could do little more than stare as the newcomer decapitated several of the SWATbots around them and even took a shot at Snivley himself, before swiftly breaking the ropes around his wrists to free him.

"Hurry you have to leave!"

"Like hey I do!" the Echidna responded as he lept to the side, dodging a hail of bullets from the gun of a remaining guard. As he landed, he raised his fist into the air, slamming it down onto the stone floor beneath him, and the resulting tremmor knocked the remaining two SWATbots off their feet, falling against the wall with a metallic CLANG, their metal skulls splitting on the hard stone of the castle wall and spewing sparks across the corridor. Wraith immeadeately turned to Diamond again, still tense ready for action, uncertain as to wether he could truly trust this strange abomination. Snivley was yelling something at the newcomer, but he ignored the little man's voice as he spoke himself: "Just what are you???"

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"What's that noise?"

The SWATbot patrol leader paused, listening quietly to the still air of the main gatehouse, holding up a metal hand to the other two following him to tell them to stop. His head slowly swivled round as he triangulated the direction the noise he had heard had come from...a strange, low groan, followed by a dull thud, like a body falling. Definitely not a normal noise for the castle.

"This way." The guard set off, long, powerful strides carrying it across the hallway very quickly as it's heavy metal feet clattered against the floor. The sound had come from one of the adjoining corridors leading into the gatehouse, and as he and his patrol turned the corner, they came face to face with the thin, delicate form of a Red Squirrel lay on the floor of the corridor, holding her head with a hand as though she were disoriented. Her eyes opened as they approached, two gleaming pools of emerald green, and she visibly tensed, but for the moment lay still, unmoving, before their gaze.

"And just how did you get in here, shrimp?" the patrol leader muttered, standing over her imposingly as he placed his hands on his hips. "This is no place for visitors!"

"I saw this one before Sarge." chimed in one of the other bots behind him. "She was being taken to see King Snivley with an Echidna guy...looked scared senceless. I don't think she'll be much of a problem."

"Is that so." The leader turned his glowing red gaze back to the Squirrel thoughtfully. "Well, we'll leave the question of how you escaped the King for a nother time. For now, you're coming with us."

"Thank you."

The bot paused, slightly bemused by the sudden responce. "Huh?"

"Thank you." the Squirrel repeated with a sigh, slowly shaking her head from side to side. "That tells me what's just happened between my leaving and returning." Slowly she rose to her feet, looking round. "Doesn't tell me where my staff is though." she muttered, more to herself than the guards watching her.

The lead bot raised his gun. "You won't need anything like that anyway. Now come with us."

Ianthe's eyes seemed to flash with a glint of amusement as her gaze turned back to the robots before her, her expression rising into a smile. "Yes, you're right, I won't need it." Without warning, she suddenly lept off to the side, going into a swift cartwheel in the small confines of the corridor, her feet spinning over her head before impacting on the wall nearby, her hair and cape dancing like the flames of a fire as she moved. Kicking off the wall as though momentarily defying gravity thanks to her momentum, she jumped towards the squad leader like a bullet,arms outstretched before her as she came...

It was over in seconds. All three SWATbots collapsed to the floor, wires and circuitry hanging from their neck joints and holes in their bodies as the light in their optical strips faded. Ianthe landed like a cat in the middle of the destruction, crouched down with her bushy tail raised high behind her like a prowling tiger, her eyes swiftly scanning all escape routes for any sign of further attack. None spotted, she rose to her feet once again and flitted like a shadow down the corridor, back the way she had come.

She didn't know what had happened during her personallity switch, but she had deduced from what the guard had said that she had become Fiona for a time. And she knew Wraith very well...he always tried to protect everyone, especially the innocent and defenceless like Fiona. For them to be seperated in such a dire situation, something really bad must have happened, and whatever it was, Wraith would probably need all the help he could get...

OOC: Welcome Alex nice to have you onboard! Everything seems in check so jump in whenever you are ready!

IC: Snively began to curse uncontrollably as he scrambled to try and find something to defend his life with.
I am the results of Snivelys experimentation! Diamond said to Wraith, He was going to do the same to you!
Diamond slowly started to walk over towards Snively.
He begins by placing the host in an unconscious state, Diamond reaches out at Snively, From there our good king would put the host down as if it were a dying pet.
Diamonds hand clenches around Snivelys throat, and he slowly lifts the helpless king into the air.
Using nanobot technology combined with the Source of All, Snively would then reanimate the body as a mindless puppet. This Zombie being enhanced by Chaos Magicks would serve as an unstoppable ally in his war with Robotnik! Am I right?
Snively struggles to get something out, but only manages to spit up blood.
I was just the test! You and Sonic were the soldiers Snively sought to acquire! I was just the test! Snively had no clue what was going to happen when he activated me so I played along! When I saw that he was going to do the same with you, echidna, I had to intervene!
A rush of blue began to fill the kings face as Diamond slowly squeezed the life out Snivley!
TBC

"Me and Sonic...?" Wraith responded, narrowing his eyes as he considered the new information. "Reanimating...hold on, so that means you're...dead?" At this point he looked up at the Hedgehog once again, an expression of confusion on his face, but as he noticed Snivley's predicament he quickly stiffened and stepped forward.

"Hold it bro, the guy needs a trial. I know you may feel like wringing his scrawny little neck for all it's worth...I sure do...but even the most evil deserve the right to a fair trial in the Royal Court. I can't let you kill him just yet." He reached out a hand to place on Diamond's shoulder, partly to appear friendly and reassuring, to show they were on the same side, and partly to be ready to intervine should the Hedgehog take no notice of his words. "Besides, he's no use to us dead, he can't tell us the details of his plan or how to stop it. We need information he can provide."

(OOC: Sorry for the delay)

OOC: Ok here I come, Im so glad to be able to RP again with you

Dakar and T.H had managed to infiltrate the base without knowing what happened recently, Dakar and T.H where in a mission to destroy wathever Snively had build and recovers Sonic,s body to give it a proper burial, they managed to infiltrate into Snivelys base and where now walking trough the corridors carefully, suddenly they heard Ianthe destroying the Swatbots that where going to capture her

Dakar *looking carefully around after the fighting ended* Whoa what happened?

T.H *in his Insect like diguise with a cloak, detects Ianthe* I detect a female living being nearby, maybe she is infiltrating Snivelys base like us

Dakar *thinks a little* Lets go find her

T.H ok follow me

The wandered trough the corridors until they found Ianthe

Dakar *recognises her but is careful about who she is right now* Ianthe is that you?

The Throne Room. That was probably her best bet. The last think she remembered was her and Wraith being taken to see Snivley, a fact confirmed by what one of the bots had said earlier, and it was logical that if the little man had set himself up as King, he'd choose the Throne Room as his personal quaters.

Ianthe slid noiselessly down the corridor, watching every doorway, every passage, for signs of movement. She couldn't afford to be recaptured again, not now. She had to find out what had happened to Wraith, and how Fiona had gotten to be seperated from him. Fortunately it seemed that now word had spread about the two of them being captured, the patrols that had been out looking for them had been relaxed, and there were far fwer SWATbots wondering round that there had been before.

She was close to the Throne Room now...only round the next corner. Slowly she eased up to the junction in the corridor, pressing herself against the wall as she carefully peered out at the doorway beond. Nothing. No Snivley, no guards, no Wraith...the door stood open with no sign of life at all.

She was about to step out and head over to the doorway, peer into the room itself, when she suddenly stiffened, her muscles tensing like strings of a guitar. A noise, very quiet, very faint, but definitely close, somewhere in the corridor behind her. It wasn't the regular tramping footfalls of a patrol, but someone was definitely approaching, and making a big effort to be quiet too!

In the blink of an eye, she was moving, spinning round as she pushed herself away from the wall to dodge any possible attack. She came to a stop in the middle of the corridor, ducking down ready to leap out of the way should the need arise as her emerald eyes focused on whoever it was coming towards her.

"Ianthe is that you?"

The words caught her off guard, and she paused, momentarilly uncertain how to respond, as she scrutinised the figures before her carefully. Her name, and indeed her very existance, were a closely guarded secret to all but the closest of her friends...she prefared it that way. So just who could it be that knew, not only her appearence, but her name too, when she knew absolutely nothing about him???

"Who wants to know?" she replied evasivley, narrowing her eyes as she slowly straightened up, keeping her muscles tensed for action, however as she did so a brief flash of memory flickered like a dream through her mind, a small snapshot from a time quite a while ago that she had almost forgotten. "Hold on a minute, I do know you don't I. You're Wraith's friend, the one from the Prison Camp..."

Dakar *lets out a breath of relief after seeing she was really Ianthe and not one of her two personalities Fiona and Solstice, especially Solstice, then he answers her* Yeah its me Dakar, Its been a while since I last meet you *smiles*

T.H *still in his Insect like form with a cloak* Its nice to meet you again Ianthe

Diamond looked back at Wraith.
"I'm afraid I can't just let him walk out alive, besides who's going to trial him anyways, you?" Diamond loosened the grip around snively's neck alowing the long sought after rush of air enter Snively's throat, "There is no one left to trial him! Knothole's gone, Station Square's gone..." He narrowed his gaze at the echidna, "...Angel Island is gone!"
Diamond grinned as he saw the color leave Wraith's face.
"I do believe you have me mistaken for a friendly. You see with my enhancements I plan on getting rid of Snively, Eggman, and anyone else who plans on stopping me. I AM the one who destroyed Angel Island!"
TBC

OOC:Sorry for my lateness I havesnt' much access to a computer lately!

Ianthe just nodded her head towards Dakar, her expression deadpan and emotionless, but as TH spoke to her her gaze flicked across to him and her eyes narrowed slightly, not recognising him in his disguise. "And you are?"

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"You bemoan the destruction of the world around you, then in the very next breath pledge to continue that destruction?" hissed Wraith in responce, his expression darkening as he stared at the Hdgehog pointedly. "Just what sort of a creature are you? What's your motivation?" He dearly wanted to ask Diamond more about the Angel Island, or perhaps contact Knux on his phone, to see if what had been aledged was true, however now wasn't the time...as burning as his emotions were, he would have to control them for the moment. At least the Hedgehog had eased off from killing Snivley for now.

"Well if you know who I am, then you know what I stand for too." he continued, his gloved fists clenching tighter by his sides as he prepared for action. "Maybe everything is destroyed, as you say, and chaos is all that's left, but the only way to restore order out of the chaos is to stop the killing and reestablish law and morallity. I've done it before, and I'll do it again." He narrowed his eyes at Diamond in a cold glare. "Snivley is coming with me. Now...hand him over."

T.H *the hood of his head and the incect like face started vanishing revealing his face* You might remember me, Its me T.H, I helped you and your friends escape from the slave workshop and help you free your planet Mobius from the Teknians *his head got diguised again with the incect face and hood*

Dakar We will gladly tell you more once we have finished our mission and are out of danger

"Oh...you." Ianthe responded to TH a little coldly. She had never really trusted the Teknian ever since first meeting him, and still had trouble doing so now. Still, however uncomfortable she was with the situation, she did have to admit that he was an ally in a difficult situation as they were in now, and she would need all the allies she could get.

"What exactly is this 'mission' you mentioned anyway?" she continued, turning back to the Echidna. "Are you here for the same reason we..." A slight pause, then she clarified, to ensure the other two knew the details of the situation. "...me and Wraith are here for, to find out what's going on?"

Dakar *gets surprised to know Wraith had come here with Ianthe but explains first why they are here* Well T.H and I heard about Sonics death and then we discovered Snively had gained posesion of his body, we dont know what he will do with it, but whatever he is planing we will stop him and retrieve Sonics body to give him a proper burial

T.H *looks around* So where is Wraith?

"I only prevented Snively's tranformation of you in order for me to remain the dominant power! That is why I couldn't stand to see him do that to another living being, Wraith!" Diamond hissed at being called hypocritical, "And why does someone such as yourself care so much about this (points to Snively) slime anyways? I know I should be thanking him for my power, but as long as he lives he is in my way!"
Diamond launces Snively across the room sending him headfirst into the far brick wall. Snively tries to rise to his feet, vision blurred by the blood gushing into his eyes.
Diamond lunges once more at the King, "Wanna save him? Then you're gonna have to stop me!"
TBC

"Sonic's body is here?" Ianthe echoed in surprise. So not only had Snivley detatched himself from Robotnik and captured Knothole, it seemed he was responsible for the Hedgehog's murder as well. The little man had sure been buisy!

"I'm not sure where Wraith is." she continued, shaking her head. "We were seperated, and I'm looking for him now. I think he was captured...to save me..." She didn't bother to go into any more detail...it was unnessecery. "We're here looking for the Royal Family, but if Sonic really is here we should probably try to find him too."

She paused, looking from Dakar to TH and back again for a second. She really didn't like working with others, partly because of her capacity to at any point become a liabillity or a danger to them. It was this fear that had tought her her loner attitude, and now that outlook was extremely difficult to break free from, even for friends. Still, provided she could stay herself for a time, they really would accomplish more together than trying to go it alone.

"Looks like we're on the same side." she murmured at last, if somewhat reservedly. "I was about to check out the Throne Room for any sign of Wraith. I think that's where they took him. Are you two okay to help?"

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Wraith lept forward at exactly the same time Diamond moved, having expected the attack right from the beginning of the little speech. The Hedgehog was apparently far faster than him, but fortunately he managed to reach the other figure before he got out of range, lunging in with a powerful blow to Diamond's jaw that sent him rolling across the room. Immeadeately he followed up, leaping forward with both fists to bring down on the Hedgehog's head, but Diamond rolled out of the way, Wraith's blows slamming the floor and causing a large crack in the stonework.

Raising his fists ready to block, Wraith began to move sideways, placing himself between Snivley and the abomination of his creation as Diamond rose to his feet again. "You're wrong, I don't care about him." he muttered, staring the Hedgehog straight in the eye. "But I do care about justice, and I will see it done no matter the cost. Otherwise what else is there to live for? Sure you could have power...all the power in the world...but what's the point of it all if life is full of injustice and misery?"

OOC: Woops haven't posted here for while sorry

IC:
As the other shuttle went down, Nightshade made a quick head cont of those on board, THEIR WAS ONE MISSING! as she quickly looked around again she knew deep inside that he had been on that ship and had sacrificed his life to save the others. She turn to face Griff who had also been looking around checking to see if their were still any more bots to beat up.
"Griff, we've got to grab the remaining passengers on our ship and get out of here!"
He nodded, and both went charging towards the remaining members, telling them which ship to go to and go to it now before they split up to the different pods and settel down into their seats.
Shadow and Star now with all passengers safe in their pod ships sent the signals to the ship to open up the hatch.
The hatches open up infront of the pods, Star and Shadow gave the count down before launching of in time as the ship exploded.
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Shadows Pod ship
His ship went quickly downwards towards the forest below.
"Okay folks this is going to be a rough landing so I hope you all have you seat belts on!"

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Stars Pod Ship
Her ship went straight ahead, Star putting super thrust's on went speeding ahead of the Eggman fleet, eventurally the ship went to a slower speed as Star pushed some nods.
She started checking the scanners and the loctain, looking slightly panic as she did, Nightshade wondered what was wrong.
"I can't believe this!" shouted Star all of a sudden
"Whats wrong!" asked Nightshade
"It should be right here!"
"What!?"
"The floating Island!"
TBC.....
OOC: Hope that was okay, I will change it if need be.

Both Dakar and T.H nods to Ianthe

Dakar We will gladly help you and Wraith

T.H Yep, besides Wraith will surely need our help fast

OOC: Sorry for not posting in a while my Grandma became real ill lately so I hadn't really had much free time for anything! Anyways I should be able to keep regualr updates now, afterall I don't want this to turn out like the original!

IC:
Diamond quickly runs headfirst into Wraith knocking him aside. Diamond then leaps into the air and begins to throw debris at the two! Snively began to back up against the wall trying to dodge the onslaught.
"I will kill the both of you!" Diamond shouted as he sent a massive boulder of what used to be the side wall flying at Snively! Snively leaped to the side, but a little to late. The boulder crushed the king's scrawny leg with a loud crunch! Snively let out a howl of pain that could've been heard in Station Square. Wraith rushed over to Snvely, but Diamond lept between them! With a well placed kick to the chest Wraith went flying into a small examination table. Diamond grined and turned to face Snively! He bent down and picked up a small piece of debris that had formed into the shape of a small dagger, and bagan to walk to the cowering Snively.
TBC