Saga 1 : Island’s Pride

Prologue

Three travelers find themselves lost on the Floating Island due to an accident caused in the future, sending them back to the present time of Mobius.


The three consist of Red XVI, Newt Raygun and Nara-Li


With nowhere to go, and nothing to do, the three were enlisted by Constable Remington to help keep the Island secure from Dark Legion attacks. Helping the Guardian Knuckles in his battle against the enemy.


The Dark Legion begin an all out assault to take complete control of the Island using a menacing new piece of technology. Machines so powerful, that the whole Island can be taken with ease in a matter of days…


This is of course, not a very good thing!



Chapter 1 : 'Friendly Nemesis'



Red held on to the wound, the bleeding had stopped. He turned to face the others.

"Well, that went well." He gasped for breath, the others broke from their run into a steady walk beside him. "Let's do it again sometime!"

Newt and Nara-Li simply gave him a dark look.

"Hey!" Red gasped, "If it wasn't for me, we'd be dead by now!"

"Hey," Nara replied, "If it wasn't for you, we wouldn't have gotten into that mess in the first place!"

Red didn't reply, instead he groaned as he removed his hand from his wound and examined it. "Nasty little cut," He spoke.

"Yeah, well." Nara shouted, "You deserve it!"

"Now really Nara," Newt interrupted. "There's no need to be..."

"THERE'S EVERY REASON TO BE PISSED OFF AT HIM!!!" She exploded. "HE ALMOST GOT US KILLED!!!... AGAIN!!!"

Red felt like collapsing on the spot, if there was one thing he dreaded more than Dark Legion, it was the wrath of Nara-Li. Once she'd started, there was no stopping her unless a large fluffy Knuckles doll appeared before her, and there wasn't much chance of that happening. She continued to blare on, Red tried to ignore her, but it wasn't easy.

"...AND THINK OF WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THEY'D CAPTURED US? IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THEN HUH? WELL?"

"Nara..." Newt tried to stop her.

"AND ANOTHER THING! HOW D'YA THINK KNUCKLES IS GONNA REACT TO ALL THIS?"

There was a silence. Red sighed and stared straight at Nara's angry face. Dreading continued the conversation any longer, but feeling as though replying was the only way to keep her happy.

"We're not going to tell Knuckles anything." He spoke calmly. "I've told you this before, we're not even going to see, hear, or even speak about him.

"Not tell him what?" A new figure had appeared. Stepping out of the shadows and eyeing up the group. It was Constable Remington of the EST.

Nara gasped, and then pointed at Red. "It was all his fault!"

"You what!?!?" Red started, shocked at the sudden accusation. "What did I do?"

"You decided to go and patrol!"

"Which was what I was told to do." Red nodded at Remington.

"Yes." Remington nodded back. "I told him to check out the easte-"

"Yeah, but he didn't follow the patrol path!" Nara continued to point.

"That's because I heard something..." Red started.

"-We thought it was Dark Legion..." Newt continued.

"-So we went to investigate..."

"-Sure enough, it was!"

"-And we were attacked!"

"-And chased!"

"-I got shot..."

"-He got shot, " Newt stared at him, and continued. "So we ran to here, and they stopped chasing."

Remington scratched his head, trying to make any sense of what had just been fired at him. They were all speaking very fast, expect from Nara, who strangely had quieted down completely.

"So they're on the move again?" He asked Red.

"Yeah, sounds like they're moving east, any idea what's there?"

"Yeah, but nothing they'd be after..." He pondered silently for a moment.

"You lot head home, I'll go check it out! Someone should go inform Knuckles."

"We'll do that on our way." Red mumbled, "Any idea where he is?"

"Oh, he'll be hanging around somewhere..." Remington disappeared into the bushes.

***




"Well, thank you Nara." Red stared at her as the walked. "Shifting all blame away from yourself again?"

"It-Was-Your-Fault-We-Got-Attacked!" She snapped back. "Do I have to spell this out for you? If you hadn't decided to go all 'Rambo' on the Patrol, you wouldn't have been shot!"

"Hey! If you hadn't screamed out, they wouldn't have spotted us!"

"Will you too SHUT UP!" Newt stopped. "Can you STOP arguing for at least a minute?"

The two Echidnas exchanged dark looks.

"I will if he does!" Nara glared at Red.

"Nara, can't you be mature for once? It would be so nice!" Red replied.

"Mature? I'm seventeen! I AM Mature!"

"Compared to what?"

"Compared to YOU!"

"ME? Wha-" He sighed, "I refuse to have this argument Nara..."

"People..." Newt tried to stop them. He stepped between them and held up his hands.

"There's been enough excitement already today, and you two are just getting ridiculous."

"Sorry Newt..." Nara whispered, and slowly, after a long pause, mumbled "Sorry Red..."

"See?" Newt laughed at Red, "All you need is me! I'm great at stopping these arguments!"

Nara laughed, and Red shook his head.

"I guess that was kinda silly." Red stared at the ground.

"Well, now can we have a peace treaty between you two?" Newt laughed again.

"I would love to have recorded this conversation..."

"Um, Why?" Red asked.

"Well, you!" Newt smiled. "That's the first time I've heard you apologize for a Loong time!"

Red glared at Newt.

"Newt, you make me sound like the most unpleasant guy ever!"

"You ARE the most unpleasant guy ever!" Nara laughed. "Seriously!"

"I am not unpleasant... I'm just..."

"When was the last time you smiled?" Nara stared right at him, trying not to laugh.

There was an uncomfortable silence, Red stared back at her.

"So I don't smile, I have my reasons..."

"Yeah." Newt chuckled, "You're the most unpleasant guy ever!"

"I'm not going to win this argument am I?" Red sighed.

Red simply shook his head as the other two giggled away. He tapped his foot impatiently and sighed. They were wasting time, and that was something Red took rather seriously.

"When you've quite finished..." Red started, "We were going home? Knuckles? Remember?"

The two stopped, and got up.

"Ok, you win," Newt sighed. "But you're still the most unpleasant guy ever..."

Red was about to speak, before a low rumble, followed by the sudden appearance of Knuckles, silenced him. Knuckles burst out from behind the trees with a shocked expression on his face, and shouted

"RUN LIKE HEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!"