Chapter 25: Figure in The Shadows

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Y/N pov:

I decided to go to Angel Island after I left Restoration HQ. It has such a beautiful landscape, and from what I remember of Knuckles, he seemed to be the stoic and wise type.

As I walk across the grass, I feel the cool breeze against my skin. It feels amazing. My ribs still hurt from Whispers kick, but it's better. I walk up to the Altar that he stays at. I see him, arms crossed. He looks at me, raising an eyebrow. "What do you want?" I walk up the steps of the Altar, and sit on the top one. "I needed a break... and Angel Island is so beautiful." He looks straight at me. "A break from what?"

"Just... having some issues in my relationship..." He looks back onto the horizon. "Well, I can't say that I understand... I've never had anyone, but sometimes that's a good thing." I think about it for a moment, then he speaks again. "What did they do?" My ribs ache as I remember. "Hurt me... physically and emotionally..." He looks back at me. "Why did they do it?" "She wanted me to be better at fighting, which in and of itself is a great idea, but she gave me no time to recover from being a zombot, and she literally started abusing me!"

He sits next to me. "Seems like her intentions came from a loving place, but that isn't really an excuse."

He puts a hand on my shoulder. "If you want my advice, take some time away from her, collect yourself, go back when you're ready, and talk to her about it." "Yea... thanks..."

I look around as I think about something. "So you're just out here... by yourself, all the time?" He smiles and stands up. "Yep, it is my duty to guard the Master Emerald." I'm intrigued at this development. "Ok, but why, what happened for this to be your duty?"

He then proceeds to tell an elaborate story of how his ancestors, a tribe of Echidna, tried to steal the Master Emeralds power, but they unleashed an ancient evil that wiped them all out. The last surviving member of the tribe, Tikal, gave her life to seal the evil away once more.

That's why Knuckles is so devoted to protecting it? It's an honorable task to be certain. "Well, that's an interesting tale, at least now I know... where do you sleep?" "Usually just on the Altar, sometimes up in the trees." I stand up and look at him. "Sounds interesting, hey, completely unrelated question, but would you mind if I stayed here for a day or two?" He walks back to the emerald, then turns to me. "Fine, just don't destroy anything."

I thank him, and walk away, trying to find somewhere that looks comfy. I head Into a forest of... palm trees? In a grassy forest landscape? Alright then. I head into the forest, the breeze following me. I find a shorter tree and climb up it. I lay down on a branch and relax.

Green pops out of the wispon and looks at me, a bit sad. "You miss Whisper?" He nods quickly. "I miss her too. I'm gonna take a few days... then go back and talk to her." He looks a bit better, and rests under my arm. I smile and close my eyes.

*crack*

What was that noise? I open my eyes and quickly look around, looking for any silhouettes on the treeline. I don't see anything... Maybe it's just sleep deprivation. I turn back and look at Green, who's sleeping snugly in my arms. It can't have been anything too ba-

*SLAM*

Something hits me, and I fall out of my tree. As I hit the ground I shake my head and look up. I see an octopus staring down at me smugly. He seems familiar.

He suddenly jumps down and attempts to kick me, but I dodge out of the way. I look to see Green and my wispon a bit to my left. I'm closer to it than he is, good. I snap my fingers, and Green looks at me. He pushes the wispon toward me and gets into it. The octopus rushes at me. I pick up my wispon, point it at him, and pull the trigger. It blows him back into a tree. I get a good look at him.

I do know him! He was part of Whispers mercenary team! What was his name? It's on the tip of my tounge. "Mimic?" He looks up at me, rubbing the back of his head. "You know my name? Do I know you personally?" I look dead at him. "Whisper told me about you!" He smiles and stands up.

"I should've figured she told you her little sob story to win pity points. She always was a bit of a crybaby, even before they all died." "Before you killed them, you mean?" He takes on an exaggerated look of offense. "I didn't lay a single tentacle on them, honest!" I keep my eyes on him. "Wait, is that Claire's wisp in there?" He asks, almost amused. "HAH! The irony of it, you both left her? That's an interesting play."

"Whats your angle here? Why come after me?" He walks toward me slowly. "Simple, you're an easy ticket to Whisper." "Alright, fair, that's a smart move, but dumb execution."

"Dumb execution, what do you mean?" "You showed yourself too early. And then you gave away your master plan, and besides, I'd never just hand Whisper over to you!" He laughs quietly. "You'd never hand her over to me, yet!"

He runs at me, drawing a knife. I try to blow him away, but he ducks under it. I roll out of the way just in time to dodge his slash. He comes at me again. This time I'm not fast enough, and he plants the knife in my leg, I scream in pain, and fall backwards. I hear him coming towards me from behind, so I grip my wispon, and turn around quickly, using my body's momentum to hit him in the head with my wispon. It breaks, and Green goes flying off into the woods. Mimic falls back a couple feet, and I run, limping towards the treeline.

It's clear I won't be able to take him alone, I'll need Knuckles' help. "KNUCKLES! KNUCKLES!" I run towards the edge of the woods, I turn back to see he's gone. I try run faster, but i fall down, rhen get up and keep going. Eventually I see Knuckles running towards me from behind some trees. "Whats going on!?" I stop in front of him, catching my breath. "There's a guy, in the woods, trying to kill me!" He looks behind me, into the woods. "What did he look like?" "Umm, he was a purple octopus, his eyes were black as night, and he was wearing all black clothes..."

Knuckles puts a hand on my shoulder. "It'll be alright, where did he go?" I turn to point to where I was. "There, I hit him upside the head with my wispon and ran, I called to you-" I feel him punch my head, and I fall down. I see Knuckles laughing quietly, then he slowly turns into Mimic, he was a fake? "Evidently Whisper didn't tell you that I can change forms, either that, or you were too stupid to remember." He walks towards me and kicks my head, and it all goes black.

A/N: DUN DUN DUUUUUUUN! Cliffhanger time!

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