The Fallen

Chapter 1 “Fog and Dusk”

"One thing remains a certainty: at the height of their glory even they could not have foreseen their fate, or the speed of which it was delivered…"
-Prof, Gerald Robotnik
-The Forth Great Civilization

They walked as night covered them, Ix in the front as his soldiers and Gizoids followed closely behind.
Shade was very skeptical about what was about to happen, I mean, this was to be the first attack since the war started.

“Lord Ix? Are you sure this is a wise decision? Yes we are at war, I understand this, but they’ll be massacred by the Gizoids. There is no strategy; it’s simply an unfair fight.” Shade spoke her mind.

The old white haired echidna scoffed at her statement. “You are a lieutenant, not an advisor.”

Shade, against her better judgment, kept her opinions to herself.
The Nocturnus were far more advanced over the other tribe, capable of powerful weaponry and things this age had not even dreamed about.
Their robots or ‘Giziods’ were perfect fighting machines.
They had gold color to them and were structured as an agile fighter, only made of metal.
Their helmets were curved up with a jewel in the center.
They walked in unison, obeying the Echidna leader to no end.

Ix himself, was older, he was tall and firm in stature, wearing purple garb and expensive looking robes.
His beard was long and his eyes were blue, he held a staff in his right hand.

Shade was much younger, the best of all the Nocturnus’ warriors, and the most strategic and intellectual.
She was orange-ish peach in color and her bangs were long, hanging down over her headband.
Shade was always very opinionated; this was a good thing, except her opinions were never regarded as high as she thought they were.
Shade and the soldiers all wore grayish plated armor, the Nocturnus uniforms were very state of the art, and technology was embedded for convenience.

But, there was nothing good about what was about to happen, the Echidna tribes had been at war for a long time.
It started when Ix was appointed as Overlord, and it had not stopped since.
The other tribe was primitive, though each warrior was stronger and more brutal then the Nocturnus soldiers, maybe with the exception of Shade.
The Nocturnus soldiers were a lot more reliant on their technology.
It was only now that Ix had gathered enough robots to meet them in combat; that there looked to be an end to the war coming.
The sheer number of them was astounding.
The night was cold, and the air was full of a grayish fog that made it hard to see.

“The night has given us cover, Pachacamac’s tribe will soon be destroyed, and I will finally have victory.” Ix thought to himself.

The army was quick footed and so were the soldiers.
Shade had an uneasy feeling in her heart, something about this didn’t seem right.
The island’s terrain was very easy, and the area around them was beautiful.
The trees were alive and the grass was smooth.
It was dark out; their way was lit with lanterns as they approached the temple.
The temple was glorious, perfectly sculpted with seven mysterious stones at the top of them, except for one which was larger in size and placed in the center.
There was a great stairway up to it.

The other tribe was camped out there for the day, many of them wearing necklaces and tribal wear.
They were all asleep, until the sound of the robot’s sensors, awoke a young girl of the other tribe.

“…what was that.” the girl said.

She looked deeply into the bushes, where Ix and his company were currently hiding.

“She spotted us, do away with her.” Ix commanded in a loud whisper.

Shade was outraged. “We were to attack their army, not their citizens, that was the plan.”

“Plans have changed Shade; we won’t have the element of surprise.” Ix growled.

The girl looked terrified; she saw the cold eyes of the Nocturnus robot creations.

“AMBUSH! AMBUSH!” Tikal shouted, she looked scared to death. “Father! Father!”

Everyone turned their heads, the eyes of each Gizoid glowed, ready for combat.
Ix stepped out in front, seeing this as a good opportunity to better his tribe’s image.
All the Echidnas of the other tribe were alerted and on their guard, holding countless spears and shields.

“Pachacamac! Your tribe is to surrender under the Nocturnus tribe! Or the war will have a lot of casualties!” Ix commanded.
“Strange he’s being merciful now,” Shade thought to herself. “But he must know what he’s doing.”
End chapter

Chapter 2 “Backing Down”

Ix saw no sign of the other Tribe’s leader, the other army just stood there, like they were statues.
Tikal had run off, so everyone assumed they were waiting for her to contact her father.

The Echidna Lord stood there with impatience. “Why is your leader making me wait? What am I to him? A child?!”

Shade stood in a battle stance, and following her example, the soldiers did the same.
Finally, Pachacamac approached him.
Pachacamac was a red furred echidna, wearing jewels, charms, and feathers, he too held a staff.

“I will give in to your demands.” Pachacamac said.

Both tribes gasped, Pachacamac and Ix had been battling back and forth since they could remember.

“I’m glad you’ve finally decided to be reasonable.” Ix said with a smile.
“However,” Pachacamac interrupted him. “You and your army, are to take the chaos emeralds, they have been nothing but a nuisance to our tribe.”

Pachacamac’s Tribe was terrified, the Chaos Emeralds were not a thing to haggle and trade or give away.
It was said, the sacred stones were entrusted to Pachacamac’s tribe since the very beginning of their history.
Pachacamac never specifically addressed weather or not he wanted his tribe to have the duty or not, so everyone there was now taken back by his statement.
Ix looked very pleased.

“Maybe the Chaos Emeralds were too difficult for your tribe to handle, I’m sure the Nocturnus will have an easy enough time of it,” Ix stepped forward. “We will gladly take the Sacred Stones off your hands.”

Shade was bewildered, she came expecting a massacre, but what she saw was the other tribe completely backing down to his demands.

“Was it out of fear?” she couldn’t help but wonder. “I can’t understand it; the Emeralds must have done something to make Pachacamac’s Tribe afraid of the stones.”

Ix’s soldiers were all cheering, as Pachacamac’s warriors all kneeled, obeying their leader.
Little Tikal, ran up and held on to her father’s leg.
Ix and his army walked up the stone stairs of the temple, coming for the Chaos Emeralds.
The Gizoids ran up quickly, and Shade and the soldiers followed directly after Lord Ix.
The temple had a large stone roof with pillars at each end; there were seven around the temple with jewels at the top of them.
And in the center, where they now stood, a brilliant, perfectly crafted glowing emerald was set in the middle.
This they called The Master Emerald, and the controller of the emeralds.
The emeralds were capable of great power, and with all seven, one could harness this power.
Everyone there was entrained by the bright glow of the gem, Pachacamac’s tribe staid away a close distance.

just then, Shade noticed something amiss, the chaos emeralds all seemed to be connecting with one another, a bright laser-pointed-type light, started channeling through them, like a glowing chain reaction was about to happen.
The Master Emerald was now bright so you could hardly see.

“WHAT IS THIS?!” Ix exclaimed.

They felt the ground breaking apart, except for where they stood.
There was a cracking noise as they saw the very earth being cut around the temple.
The emeralds started floating, moving around the temple quickly; it was amazing, but terrifying.
The temple split apart from Angel Island completely, levitating into the sky.
A lot of the Giziods fell as the pressure of the Island climbing into the sky got worse and worse.
Shade held on for dear life, clutching on to the pillar.
The emeralds descended down to the island, but there was a green glow around the temple.
The temple was preserved, and a huge amount of area around it, and everyone on the temple who had enough time to hold on were safe.
The ground underneath, was mostly preserved.
It was now obvious though; the chaos emeralds had caused it.
And everything went black…as they were taken into the depths of space.
“AAARRRRGGGGUUUUSSSSS…”
End chapter