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Chapter 100 - Reposted- Issue 100

A Fan-fic about the guardian in training. Don't worry, there are two guardians, Knuckles isn't done yet.
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Chapter 100 - Reposted- Issue 100

Chapter 100 - Reposted- Issue 100
WELL, THIS IS IT! ISSUE 100! THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO READS THIS, PAST, PRESENT, OR FUTURE! NO, THIS IS NOT, REPEAT, NOT THE LAST ISSUE! HERE’S TO 100 MORE ISSUES! THANKS AGAIN TO ALL MY SUPPORTERS! WISH I HAD YOUR TALENT!
NEXT GUARDIAN

Linda sat with, or more accurately, on Ekyt, to make sure he was awake. He managed to avoid a concussion, but the doctor’s orders were to keep him awake for the rest of the day. He struggled to get up, but he wasn’t about to throw her off. He had just worked to protect her. Now she was returning the favor. But a cry for help was something neither of them could ignore. She got up and, much to her chagrin, so did he. “I know that voice! That’s Paula-Su!” Linda exclaimed. She should know the voice, it belonged to her daughter. “Yeah, but what about the other voice? Never mind, first we’ll put an end to this problem.” “You’re in no condition to fight!” she said, trying to reason with him. “Since when has that ever stopped me?” he said with a wink. “I guess your stubbornness always kept me infatuated with you. Let’s go!”
They charged outside, finding three members of the Dark Legion baring down on their daughter and some hedgehog they didn’t know. Ekyt threw a knife at their feet, a warning as well as a distraction. They turned to him, one of their primary targets, as Linda prepared to pounce. She came flying off the roof, taking out two of the bad guys while Ekyt leveled a third, then cursed as his ribs protested. The three ran for it, hightailing it into the woods.
“Paula, you okay?” Ekyt asked. “Yeah, dad, I’m fine! Look this is…” But Linda had a hug for her daughter first (Paula is from the future, well, one possible one where Ekyt and Linda are married and are leading a final charge against a more evil and more powerful Robotnik. See Next Guardian: Future Shock for more: N.G.). “Now, who is this?” Linda asked. Paula, just like her mother, chose a bad time not to be subtle. “That’s your son!” she said brightly. Ekyt’s eyes widened. “Um, no offense, to anyone here, but I’m a human and she’s an echidna…and you’re a hedgehog.” Ekyt shook his head. “How does that add up?” Paula hugged her “father” “He’s adopted silly!” Ekyt breathed a sigh of relief.

Linda took the time to finally look the hedgehog over. He appeared to be about 10 years old. He was emerald green, but had red quills on his head. They brought the two into the house, where both finally let their nerves get the better of them. Linda wanted to talk to her mother, so that left Ekyt alone with… “So, what’ your name?” Ekyt asked, trying to be friendly in spite of the shock and the psychical pain he was feeling. The hedgehog mumbled something, so Ekyt asked him to repeat it. “I’m Kurt. Sorry to barge in like this.” “It’s okay. My job is to help. So what’s your story?” Ekyt asked.

Flashback:
Paul and Clover, with Kurt in tow, ran for cover as the bombs fell again. They heard the two in charge, some human and echidna, shouting instructions to take cover. No problem. They watched as he put his wife and daughter to safety, before pulling out his weapon. A staff, of all things. In this technologically advanced world, he chose a simple stick. Some cracks later, and Clover saw why. His graying hair and face, decorated with five o’clock shadow as well as scars, was grim with determination. Twice he escaped death and dealt a punishing blow to his foes. His job was to hold off the attackers while the last of the non-roboticized species prepared to fight back. He was one of the main targets of the enemy. He was only thirty-two, but he looked older, but moved like he was younger.

Paul was a hedgehog, blood red in color. He looked a lot like his hero, Sonic, except for the color and the fact that he wore black shoes with white stripes. He glanced at his wife, clover. She was a lighter red, and her once beautiful clothes were torn from war. She, unlike others, had not shied away from fighting. Even though she was rich, she jumped into the frey. Her high heels had long been replaced by boots, which was standard nowadays.

They ducked behind a crevice in a wall. Their son, Kurt, was a red hedgehog, a deeper shade than his mother, but slightly lighter than his father. He trained every chance he got, and even worked with that human who was leading the resistance movement (Ekyt to us). He had learned a lot, and was eager to fight. He jumped away from them to foil a robot who was attacking his friend, Paula. Paul put aside his feelings of an echidna and a human mating long enough to see a bomb coming toward them. He tried to save his wife, knowing his life was forfeit. But it was to late. They were both dead before they knew what happened. Kurt himself was hurt very badly.

Ekyt saw this and called to Linda. “Honey, get them out of here! Take them to the chamber! I handle this and meet you there!” She shouted in the affirmative, getting Paula and some soldier type to help her.

Ekyt finished the fight and got back to the chaos chamber. Knuckles and the brotherhood, all of them older, stood around. “I’m sorry Ekyt. These two are gone.” Knuckles said, indicating Paul and Clover. “This one is alive, but barely. I don’t think we can save him.” Ekyt looked into his daughter and his wife’s eyes, both saddled with sadness and anger. Death was nothing new to them. But somehow, the younger the target, the worse the impact on the remaining members. “Stand aside.” Ekyt said. “You’re not going to pull that again, are you? Are you?! Last time you did that you couldn’t fight for a whole day!” Linda protested. “I can’t let this one die.”

Ekyt and Knuckles concentrated. “Knuckles, you control the emerald. Give me ten minutes to enter his subconscious. That’s all we can afford.” “Right. Good luck kid.” “One more thing. Have the Knothole group on standby in case this goes wrong…” Ekyt let himself slip into the young hedgehog’s subconscious.

“Kurt. Kurt!” he said. The young hedgehog’s subconscious image looked up at him. Ekyt knelt down to help him up. “Are we dead?” Kurt asked. “No. This is a level below consciousness. I’m here to make sure you don’t give in and let yourself die.” Kurt was confused, but had a more important question for him. “What about my parents?” he asked urgently, ignoring the burning he felt. Ekyt lowered his head. “They’re gone Kurt.” “I should be dead too.” He said. “That’s not what they would want. They would want you to continue on in their memory.” Kurt let himself cry. “Ekyt, I have no one. I’m ten! I shouldn’t be an orphan!” Ekyt couldn’t help but admire the tenacity the youngster displayed. “Kurt, you can always come to me. I can’t let you die. And you can’t let your parents die in vain. I have to go now. Think about what I said.” Ekyt’s mind reentered his body.

“How’d it go?” his wife asked solemnly. “I’m not sure. Locke?” “Vital signs are stable, but…They’re falling!” Ekyt swore. “Move aside, all of you! Cover your eyes! Knux, you with me?” “Yeah, let’s do it!” The power of the chaos emerald went through them into the fading young hedgehog, reviving him…

End Flashback.

“…So you and Knuckles saved my life, and then you and Linda took me in. Paula and I came back to see you guys, but then we got ambushed.” Ekyt nodded slowly. “You’re green because of the emerald, aren’t you?” Ekyt asked. “Yes.” “That’s never happened before.” Kurt sighed. “Basically, I am the emerald.” “Say what?” Kurt nodded again. “I was so hurt, you and Knuckles had put almost half of the emerald’s power into me.” Linda returned, having heard the story from Paula.

“We have to go. We’re only supposed to leave for a half hour.” Linda hugged her “mother and father.” Kurt shook hands with each. “Good luck.” A brilliant flash and they were gone. Ekyt looked at Linda. “Um, tell me what the heck just happened.” He said. “First, you sit back down.” “But” “Sit!” He sat. “Good boy!” she said jokingly. “What, no treat?” he said with a grin. She tossed him something. He caught it like a dog, then spit it out- “This is celery! I wanted a cookie!” Ekyt was in high spirits. It was to this strange scene that Tails walked in, wide awake after a nap. He looked at them both, shook his, head turned around, and walked away muttering. “Hey, come back here!” Ekyt called to him. “You just missed meeting my son and daughter!” Tails had confusion written all over him, so Linda explained everything to Tails. Tails looked on, wide-eyed.

Sonic raced along at breakneck speed, like usual. The unmistakable feeling of worry was in the air. He was racing to inform friends on the floating island that they needed help on Mobius. Sonic hated to ask, but he had no choice. “Hey Knuckles!” “What’s up blue?” Knuckles called back. “Trouble, red. Lots of it. Dark Legion and Robuttnik joining forces.” Knuckles looked mad at the thought. “Good, I can finally get rid of some of this pent-up anger! I can’t believe my own mother would do that!” (Knuckles is referring to last issue’s surprise beat-down on Ekyt- N.G.) “Yeah, that was pretty low. Junk like that is what we don’t need. I don’t care if he’s dating a hedgehog, he’s one of us!” Sonic exclaimed. “Well, he’s hurt pretty bad, but we’d better go get him and get ready for this. We’re gonna need all the help we can get!”

They knocked on the door. Sonic cringed at the sight of Ekyt. “What’s up?” he asked. “Trouble. ‘Buttnik and the Dark Legion together.” Ekyt grabbed his coat. Linda grabbed him. “You can’t do that! You’ll get killed!” He looked her in the eyes. “One sec, guys.” he said.

He turned back to her. She was kind of mad at him, but understood at the same time. “It’s my job to protect. I’m not doing it to spite you.” He said, stroking her hair. “I’ll live, I always do. But I’ve got to do my job, there’s much more at stake than just one life.” She let her head drop, but he had his hand under her chin, his eyes searching hers. “You know what’s right. We’ve come too far to lie to each other Linda-Su. If Robotnik wins on Mobius, he’ll come here next, and we’ll be tops on his list. I can’t let that happen.” She nodded, understanding. Before him stood the Linda-Su of old. She had detested herself for going soft. Now she had a reason to harden up. “You’re right. I’m going with you, and we’re going to crush them! I’ve had enough of them trying to kill us, separate us, or hurt us! I’m tired of it! If they can’t accept us for who we are, then they have no business here!” She said. She had fire in her eyes. Their intensity matched. Ekyt had one more thing to do. He pulled her gently toward him. Blushing as always, their mouths met, embracing in a way that could only mean love. The kiss ended, and he handed her the leather jacket he had given her all those months ago. “Let’s give it to ‘em!” “Yeah! Oops!” Tails fell down from the ceiling. He waved sheepishly “Hi. Um, am I interrupting something?” “Not at all, let’s go get ‘em!” Ekyt said.

“Fall back! Fall back!” the order came from the secret service commander, John the Raccoon. He aimed to take away momentum from the enemy. Each side had taken it’s losses, but for now it was best to regroup. They had the home turf advantage. The soldiers, professional and volunteer, poured into Knothole Village, the last stronghold. King Maximillian Acorn (Now acting ruler, Elias is a prince again) asked everyone to sit. “Calm down now! Yes, we are at war again, with the Over-Landers and a new echidna menace. The second Great War has indeed begun. I ask that all remain calm and…what’s this?” Princess Sally had whispered something to him. “I don’t care! Stop him at all costs!”

The crowd mummered, wondering what was going on. The huge doors leading to the assembly hall were kicked open. Ekyt strode in, Linda-Su on one side, Knuckles and Sonic on the other. The King drew his sword. “You! You, boy! I ordered my guards to stop you! How did you get past them?” Ekyt ignored the question and bowed down to the royal family. “I am here simply to pledge my services, sire. My loyalty lies with the Kingdom of Acorn in this war.” Ekyt said, head down. The hall murmured. “Silence!” the king snarled. Ekyt knew something was up. “Yes, your majesty. I do pledge my services to the kingdom of Acorn and it’s rightful ruler.- WHICH YOU ARE NOT!” The king’s guards were stunned as Ekyt charged the king, taking the sword. He plunged it into King Acorn, while a stunned silence echoed throughout the room. “This is not King Acorn!” Ekyt shouted. Sally and Elias were stunned as a robot duplicate of their father sat up, throwing the human into the crowd.

“Fools! All of you! So easy to trick! Well, now I- oof!” Ekyt had thrown a chair that cracked the robot in the mouth. “Oh, you’re going down! What, you throw shot-put your senior year? You threw all 120 lbs. of me five rows back! I though you robots were supposed to be super strong?” ZOOM and BLAM! were the next to things heard. Sonic rammed the robot and Linda shot it, then they both kicked and punched at it until it was “dead”. “Knothole Village! Find the King and Put these guys away!” Ekyt shouted! A chant of “Way past cool” started by Sonic filled the room before the warriors, newly energized, charge the playing field, bent on the destruction of their enemies.

Robotnik saw this from his satellite, and cursed. “Oh, how they’ll pay. They’ll all pay! Snively! Release the Chaos Bots!” “Yes sir!” Snively said. Kragok, standing next to Robotnik, laughed and gave orders to his troops. “Shoot to stun. I want the guardians and their friends alive!”

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