Meta Junglira Zone - The Search for an Acorn

[AnT]

They had to trek through thick hedges, in this jungle. SWATbots were patrolling the area, and they can't attack them, or they alert their presence here.

@cknuckles@ Growling, Knuckles felt like such a tool wearing this getup. He was so annoyed, he kept slicing hedges away from his path with his claws.

[Ninetalesuk]

@csonic@

And he followed, arms behind his... helmet. "Man, I dunno why Sal is so happy in being in these outfits..."

[AnT]

@cknuckles@ "I dunno who's more of a kid...you or her." he grumbled, swiping another weed.

[Ninetalesuk]

@csonic@

"Heh, well... you also act like a big too, Knuckles..." He said with a wry smirk.

[AnT]

@cknuckles@ "Oh right, like you were-"

"Keep it down!" he hissed. "SWATbots are out there; I told you."

@cknuckles@ "And you told us to go for the heads, ASAP, if the spot us. Easy."

[Ninetalesuk]

@csonic@

"Don't worry, Uncle Chuck... the moment they do, Knuckles and I will deal with it..." He said with a smile.

[AnT]

@cknuckles@ "So are we th-"

Chuck held out a hand in front of his face. "Shh!!" Carefully brushing hedges aside, he revealed a aged and highly damaged plane. Judging the dirt and rocks in front of its nose, it took quite a ride through the dirt when it crashed.

@swatbots@ And there were two black robots marching around the plane.

[Ninetalesuk]

@csonic@

"So, those are these SWATBots, huh...?" He narrowed his eyes.

[AnT]

"Dr. Eggman's early creations, who he sold to Spiel."

@cknuckles@ "So he jiffed on outdated junk, huh?" Punching his palm, "Whatever. Let's smash em!"

[Ninetalesuk]

@csonic@

Grabbing the helmet and removing it...



....he smirked as he let his quills be free. "Oh yeah!"

[AnT]

@swatbot@ Near the tail, the SWATbot stood, holding its head to communicate. "Sector-R-03: No hostile-"

SMASH!!!

@cknuckles@ And that would be Knuckles punching the bot's head into pieces.

@swatbot@ "Warning!!" On the other side of the plane, the other SWATbot detected its comrade destroyed. It turned to make its way...

[Ninetalesuk]

BZZZZZZZZZZT!!!!



And that would be Sonic using his Spin Attack to slice the bot's head off...

[AnT]

ROBOTICTALITY!!!

And down it went.

[Ninetalesuk]

Landing, he smirked as he picked up his helmet. "Heh..."

@csonic@

"All clear, Uncle Chuck!" He said, putting the helmet back on.

[AnT]

"We're gonna have to figure out how to adjust your helmet so you don't have to take it off later, sonny-boy." He then entered the crashed plane.

@cknuckles@ "...some mess." he scoffed.

[Ninetalesuk]

@csonic@

"All right..." He said, looking at the plane.

[AnT]

@cknuckles@ "What are we looking for? You said it that this plane crashed over a year ago."

Searching into the pilot chamber, "Any clues showing the passengers disappearance."

@cknuckles@ "So no deaths in here?"

"None except this pilot." he said, pointing at skeleton Mobian lying on the seat.

@cknuckles@ Knuckles just gritted at the sight. "Blegh..."

[Ninetalesuk]

@csonic@

"I second that..." He said, flinching at the sight of the corpse. "Remind me to give this guy a burial once this is all over..."

[AnT]

"Never got the chance to, myself."

@cknuckles@ Walking back into the coach, "There's nothing here to tell us what happened."

"There maybe a way to find something...with a little something I cooked up some time ago." And he took out some type of scanner terminal which looks like something out of the Ghostbusters. "This detects residue Chaos Energy that could date back more than a year."

@cknuckles@ Hearing that, Knuckles turned around. "You think Chaos Energy has something to do with it?"

"Yes, because I remembered that the freak storm was riddled with such energy."

[Ninetalesuk]

@csonic@

"So, the cause of this crash was a storm...?" He asked, looking around at the plane. "And one with Chaos Energy..."

He glanced at Knuckles. "Remind me... Eggman was still around last year... did any of his plots involve a storm of Chaos Energy...?"

[AnT]

@cknuckles@ "I dunno, and didn't the old mention a storm causing a plane crash?" scoffing he shook his head. "Jeez, you have seriously poor listening skills. So Chuck, why didn't you use this sooner? I mean, yeah, I know you were busy, but..."

"I did, but I couldn't comprehend where the energy came from...at least where in the Special Zone it came from."

@cknuckles@ "The Special Zone!?"

[Ninetalesuk]

@csonic@

"Just thought it was an aftermath of one of Eggman's plots last year... he did so many of those with the Chaos Emeralds..." He said, with a shrug. "So, the Special Zone..."

[AnT]

@cknuckles@ "So you knew where the kid was?" he gritted.

"Not exactly. This is the Special Zone; that place is a nightmare to figure out, even to top researchers. But based on recent research, I was able to upgrade this scanner so I can pinpoint the exact location on where the storm came from."

[Ninetalesuk]

@csonic@

"So, the Special Zone is full of Chaos Energy, huh...?" This is news to him, but it does make sense... up until Eggman started to use Perfect Chaos for his plans, the Chaos Emeralds would suddenly go there after Sonic, Tails and/or Knuckles collect them, use them and suddenly vanish after the adventure is over. Now, they rarely go there for some reason... no one knows... which is the point of the mysteries on the Chaos Emeralds and Special Zone... not that he even though much about it anyway...

But, still... "...if that came from the Special Zone, how did it get there? The only way to enter a Special Zone is through a Warp Ring or a Star Post..."

[AnT]

"Hmm..." He already activated his scanner, which was making such rapid beeping noises. "...oh my..."

@cknuckles@ "What?"

"The strongest link...it seems to have come from Christmas Island."