Lost World: The Echidna Empire

[Alien-Child]

"Never thought of coming back here again." Knuckles dryly said, this ruin just reminded him of why his people was sent to extinction. That mural of Perfect Chaos was the perfect example.
Though the reason he choose to enter here was to find his ancestor. Echidna history all over this place, he would bet she's somewhere here.

[AnT]

Following him like a little brother was his younger self, just curiously looking around the ruins around him. "This was from my people?"

[Alien-Child]

"Yes..." He didn't want to tell the boy this, but he remembered how he always yearn to learn what has happen. He's not sure how this'll affect time, but why make him wait? "That mural over there is of the guardian our ancestors enraged who took their revenge upon us. Who made that, I wouldn't know." Could have been a witness, a surviving echidna... or even that other clan he has learned about.

[AnT]

Lowering his head in shame, "....that's what that echidna woman told me."

[Alien-Child]

"She was our ancestor..." Knuckles sighed, placing a hand on his younger self's shoulder, "Not all of our people seek hunger for power. The Princess at that time... she tried to make her people understand better. Remembering her, I like to believe our clan wasn't so violent."

[AnT]

"Really...?" he sighed, feeling a slight bit of hope in his heart. "....but...it's a shame our kind ends...with us. There's...not a chance for redemption."

[Alien-Child]

He looked away and gritted his teeth, recalling one other ancestor who lack any redemption. He's not going to tell his younger self him, or what that freak made him do. Though when he had all that power, there was one thing he had to admit... he had the power to free the-"


"HELLO? ANYONE THERE?"


That voice! It her, only... well, sounds more timid and sweeter.
Knuckles glance to a large archway over the water floor,


To see the yellow echidna, not in that black uniform but wearing some tribal clothes. "Oh thank heavens I found someone." Jan sighed with relief, waddling through the pond, "I was afraid I'd be lost and alone here forever!"

[AnT]

"It's you!!" he gasped in shock. Although...her outfit was very different.

[Alien-Child]

"Uh? Do I know you boys?" Jan asked, up to the two, "Hey, you two are echidnas too!"


"Uh...yeah?" Knuckles was confused. Not because this girl didn't remember them, after all the two Aleenas, Sonic and right now, two of him. What he finds confusing is the change of personality this girl has from the one he normally knows.

[AnT]

"Uh...b-but....we did meet?" he said, unsure of that as well.

[Alien-Child]

"Must be her past self..." Knuckles whispered, trying to remain calm.


"Hey, you boys members of Zachary's clan?"


Till now, "THE HELL I AM!!!"

[AnT]

"Uh?!" He wasn't easy to startle and intimidate...but it seems one of the things to scare him...was himself. "Shut up, Sonic! I know you're laughing!!"

[Alien-Child]

She was startled by that, taking a step back and quivered.


Knuckles realized this, and soften his face a bit. "S-sorry..."


"D-don't worry... you're not the first who acted like this. Zachary really made you mad before?"


Looking away, he growled under his breath, "You don't know the half of it..."

[AnT]

"Uhhh...." Rather nervous around the tension, "Excuse me...uh....who are you?"

[Alien-Child]

"Oh, my name is Jan the Echidna. You two?"


"Um... we're both called Knuckles the Echidna."


"Uh, both?" Well, not too surprising. People around the world can share the name with another.


"Yes, its... its a bit complicated to explain. What are you doing here?"


"I was looking for any of my friends. When I saw these ruins with echidna relics, I was hoping of mine might have built it."


Knuckles grumbled, knowing who she was going to.

[AnT]

Looking back at the mural, he remembered that he was told that water beast destroyed his people. Like his older-self said, it couldn't be possible for a echidna to make this mural.

[Ninetalesuk]

"How interesting..." A slight, amused growl came from the shadows. "...to see echidnas about... especially two, red hot-headed idiots..."

[Alien-Child]

"Who's there?!" Knuckles snarled at the voice's source, but thanks to the echo of this large temple, it was hard to trace.


"Um... hello." Jan nervously waved. She's not comfortable with people always hiding while talking.

[AnT]

He snarled as well, rather furious about that insult.

[Ninetalesuk]

And something came down...



...a grinning scientist, dressed in a mix of his original clothes and a general-like outfit.

[Alien-Child]

"Eggman Nega?" Knuckles snarled, but which one.


"Granite!" Jan hissed, putting up her fist. She wasn't sure what was with the new makeover, but the man looked quite similar. "You've gained weight?"

[AnT]

"Robotnik?!" he gasped, flinching back. "What's with the stupid dress? As if you looked silly enough?!"

[Ninetalesuk]

He smirked. "Allow me to introduce myself... I am Doctor Vil Robotnik. But, you can call me Dr Eggman Nega or Dr Nega..."

He glanced at the modern Knuckles. "Do you really think you can seal me away? I know that acursed Silver has something to do with it... but, as you can see... it wasn't enough!!"

[Alien-Child]

"Oh, you're the future one." Knuckles shook his head, "Like you really broke out? You're only out of that limbo because of Alicia and Zachary's screwing up with time!"


"What?" Well, that explains why Aleena is mad at Alicia again. Though she shouldn't be surprise Zachary's experiment got out of hand once more too... whatever it was.

[AnT]

"No. Clearly its was because his genius mastermind got him out alllllll by himself." a sarcastic female voice scoffed. Stepping out, along with a couple of other similar to her...



"No duh it was because of that warp-thing."