Pikachu squealed as he ran between the trees. He'd moved this fast before, but usually in short bursts. It had taken him a while to get used to actually moving like lightning, as well as tossing it around. He jumped onto the trunk of a tree, rebounding from it to another, gingerly holding the Gem in his hands. He looked back at the red blur streaking after him, wishing he could shock him, but too afraid to set the gem off again. "Cyndaquil, give me some help here!"
Cyndaquil slowed down as he fired anouther stream of flame at Knuckles. "Gimme a break here!" Cyndaquil huffed as he tried to catch his breath. It wasn't easy to keep his speed up and breathe fire at the same time. "Why don't ya fry 'im yerself!"
"After what happened last time-YOW!" Pikachu asked, dodging a punch from Knuckles, who managed to catch up. The red "Pokemon" faked him out with a second punch, then connected with an uppercut that sent Pikachu to the ground, the gem flying out of his hands.
Unfortunately, the chase had sent them to the edge of a small cliff, and as such, the gem fell, glittering, back to the forest below.
"The Emerald!" Knuckles cried, leaping off and gliding towards the falling crystal.
Cyndaquil raced below, looking up at the Echidna flying above him. "So you wanna fly, huh? That gives me an idea!" Cyndaquil concentrated on his internal flame, building it up. A second later, he released it, the fire bursting from his back with enough force to propel him into the air.
Knuckles had just managed to get his hands on the Chaos Emerald when the black Echidna-like stanger slammed belly-first into him. He managed to keep his hold on the Emerald as the two of them tumbled into the trees.
"Ow man..." Cyndaquil moaned, "I need to practice that one..."
Knuckles pushed the dazed ex-Pokemon off of him and ran off. "Rouge, I got the Emerald!"
Rouge ducked another pair of vines as they lashed over her back, snapping a small tree in half. "Great, now come get me!" She cried as he threw her arms in front of herself, protecting herself from a storm of razor-sharp leaves that left many small cuts in both her and her clothes. "And this was my favorite outfit, too!" She leapt into the air, using her wings to gain altitude. She could see Knuckles coming back her way, and brought her attention back to the fight just in time to dive under another razor leaf attack.
"They're getting away with the Gem!" Bayleef cried as she saw the red intruder flying overhead. "What if that's the only way to turn us back?"
Bulbasaur dropped to his hands, arching his back a little. "Not if I can help it!"
Unfortunately for Bulbasaur(agian, fortunately for Knuckles), His new body was still different from the one he was born with, and as such his aim was a bit off. The Solarbeam he fired only grazed Knuckles on the side, but it did force him to drop the Chaos Emerald. For his effort, Bulbasaur was knocked tumbling from the backblast of the beam.
The last thing Knuckles saw before he blacked out was the Emerald falling back to the ground, as Rouge was flying frantically to catch up with him.
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