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// 12:  Helping More Koco And Another Vision 
// Story: Spike's Frontier 
// by dragonfan101 
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Spike had proceeded to fly around for the bit, he remembered to keep the deal he and Sage made a secret, he just hopes they can find a way to stop whatever's coming. He saw Sonic and Knuckles near another ancient structure and he flew down and landed softly.


"Hey Spike, did everything go okay?" Sonic asked a little worried, Spike nodded with a smile and pulled out the emerald and Knuckles smiled at that.
"Managed to get a chaos emerald on you own? Impressive, great work little guy." Knuckles said with a smile.
"Thanks, nothing to it." Spike said putting it away, he and the others looked at the large artifact.
"Whoa.." Spike said in awe.

"Look at the size of this, what you call it? Satellite dish? Its for communications right?" Knuckles asked.
"Yeah, Spike and I have both seen crazy high tech ancient tech across both islands" Sonic explained.
"It looks like this was a way to call others in case they needed help" Spike suggested looking at it.

"How can something this old be this advanced? it's sturdy too, I tried punching it but it didn't move at all.
"Given your strength even half ghost or whatever i'm surprised to hear that, but can't move everything i suppose" Spike said and Knuckles nodded in agreement.
"Knux don't punch the ruins, once me and Spike find tails maybe he can use a way to figure out what happened here" Sonic told him.
"Or what will be happening.." Spike thought to himself sadly

"Hey i already discovered its sturdier than anything we've encountered, i don't think it's material is from this world." Knuckles told him.
"He's right Sonic, this stuff looks to pre date anything in Equestria's own history, it looks like it could have been before it was even founded. " Spike said agreeing.
"See, even he gets it, i'm telling you sometimes a punch can give you a little more information then one might think." Knuckles told him.
"I have a couple friends who would agree, myself included" Spike told him.

"Right let's just get moving." Sonic said ready to  move along, and they all made they're way around some more.


We cut to them watching Knuckles as he looks at Koco with some metal hats..
" Yo Knux what's up" Sonic asks
"Is everything alright?" Spike asks concerned.

These Koco are supposed to meet up with another unit, but the enemy has them pinned down here." Knuckles explained.
Spike then saw that there were multiple Koco surrounded by enemies and were scarred. Sonic was a little uninterested
"Aren't you supposed to be helping us find the emeralds?" Sonic asked.
"Sonic remember when we helped Amy with the Koco? This could be a similar thing" Spike suggested.
"Spike's right, we can do both, hurry up if you want in on the fight." Knuckles says bashing his fists together. Sonic 

Spike and Sonic then got a bit far back, there were multiple Koco beneath some tower enemies, they had to be careful when grabbing them, knuckles was waiting for them while a few more towers in front of him, there were 16 that needed tp be rescued.
Spike stood ready to go with Sonic as well, they had to grab the Koco and bring them to Knuckles.

They then split up the work, Sonic taught Spike the Homing Attack move and he was able to home in on them at fast speeds, he was able to get a few and bring them while they were on top of him somehow, each Koco they picked up made them a lot faster as well as the towers, they each took 2 to 3 trips in order to get them all but they were successful and sighed in relief.

"Glad that's done." Spike said with a smile.
"You said it buddy." Sonic said, they both did a victory dance and enjoyed they're moment, it was fun none the less.
"You know, if you ever consider it, you could come on more adventures with me and my friends, it'd be a great way for you to grow and have amazing times" Sonic offered.
"After what i've been through as of late I'd be glad to it sounds like fun." Spike said with a smile, he and Sonic fist bumped with smiles and started to look for Knuckles.
"Thanks for teaching me the Homing Attack move, it will definitely come in handy" Spike said with a smile.
"No problem buddy, just use it when necessary" Sonic told him.
"No problem" Spike said as they continued.

A green Chaos emerald appeared in front of them and they smiled  at that, Spike then grabbed it and they both did a victory dance with more Koco besides them.

All the Koco are lined up and are looking at Knuckles.
"Nice Work soldiers! Now Lets link up with the main force!" Knuckles ordered
"Yeah you make a great supervisor Knux, maybe you could try fighting next time" Sonic said a little irritated, Spike then kicked Sonic in the knee and he felt that. " Ow!" Sonic said annoyed.

"That was really rude man, we got another emerald from helping them out, so you should be glad he found these guys." Spike said a little annoyed.
"Thank you, glad someone is trying not to rush things around here" Knuckles told him and Sonic sighed.
"Right, lets just get moving." Sonic said walking away, Spike and Knuckles looked at eachother and sighed before following him and the Koco

Spike and the others then saw a view of more ruins and Knuckles spoke up.
"Besides the Koco, these islands seem pretty much deserted aren't they?" Knuckles asked as they looked around.
"Yeah.. its a little sad honestly." Spike said with the others nodding.

"Yeah, we've seen a lot of the Ancients buildings on both islands, but no one's home" Sonic said as they remembered more of the places they saw.
"Given the state of decay. and how much nature has reclaimed them, id say they've been gone for a long time. Longer then any civilization we know of" Knuckles told them.
"Id like to think that they simply moved on and settled somewhere else, not that they're.. gone" Knuckles said sadly and the others looked down sadly as well.

"Some of the active technology seems built for storing the Chaos Emeralds, compare that to what was on Angel Island, i feel like i was drawn here for a reason" Knuckles told them, Spike still looked on at the ruins.
"I wonder what things looked like when they were still around, what the islands would look like with all the technology being new and active" Spike told them and they nodded.
"That certainly would have been a sight i would have loved to seen, i hope we can find out what happened" Knuckles said agreeing.

The three of them continued to move along and they found more and more structures and Spike just felt bad, he wished he could have helped them in a way that led them to surviving what this monster is that Sage told him about.
"I won't let the same thing happen again, I'll avenge these people." Spike thought determined as they continued on.


Spike and the others were following the lineup of Koco's near another ancient structure, this time it was a massive wall.
The Sky then started to turn red again and a digital field appeared around them, a bright light flashed for a moment before they found themselves in another vision.

Knuckles looked at himself seeing he was whole again, Spike looked a little worried.
"We had another vision like this on the other island" Spike explained, they then saw the Koco soldiers, now looking like more of the creatures called Ancients walking to a leader of sorts. There were massive stone columns nearby and the leader waved its hand.

The ground began to shake and walls began to rise from the ground surprising them, the walls then surrounded the structure and it looked like a line of defense, The Ancients seemed to be cheering as they saw it ,Spike looked at it in awe.
"So this is what they're power is capable off.." Spike said amazed.
"We've experienced this before! We're somehow experiencing a battle from the past!" Sonic explained to them. Knuckles looked at the massive wall.

"Those defensives are impressive! Maybe i should get some notes for my island?" Knuckles asked.
"You should always be prepared for something like this Knuckles, i say you should" Spike said with a smile and Knuckles nodded with a smile as well.


The ground began to shake, Spike looked at the sky and his eyes widened in fear, massive beams of energy were being shot down at them, The Ancients then looked into the sky and saw something, another laser then cut through the wall completely, and massive explosions were seen and the entire area fades to white.

They all open they're eyes and find themselves back on the island again. they see the aftermath of the battle and see the massive hole in the wall. Knuckles then rushed down to another Koco and saw it lifeless.
"Guess they're defenses didn't hold after all.." Knuckles said sadly.
"They were trying to fight against something, but they were to weak..." Spike said sadly as well. Sonic saw the lifeless Koco's and looked at them sadly.

"We won't let the same thing happen again" Sonic thought with determination, they all then continued to explore the place some more.


We cut to Knuckles talking with the Koco again, but the Koco look a scarred, Spike looks worried for them.

" I don't care if your afraid! Those are your people out there!" Knuckles told them.
'Everything alright Knux?" Spike asked.
"Yeah, what's with the pep talk?" Sonic asked confused.
" With the defenses down, the soldiers are supposed to fall back to a bunker" Knuckles explained to them
"Then We'll round up the stragglers and you supervise commander!" Sonic told him.
"He's right, we'll help round them up and bring them to you." Spike explained, Knuckles has a look of surprise.
"That sounds.. that sounds good." Knuckles told them agreeing with their suggestion.

Spike and Sonic then got ready and they had to herd more Koco to Knuckles, it was like what they did with amy back on the last island, this one was more difficult though, because each bomb that was dropped created a large gust of wind that blinded them for a moment, but they eventually were able to round them all up and bring them to Knuckles.

"That was more annoying then i thought it would be." Spike said still washing out the sand in his eyes.
"Well at least we got them all here." Sonic told him. they both then proceeded to catch up with him.

They saw Knuckles near an ancient structure again and he looked at it in awe, he remembered stuff from back on Angel island and noticed similarities.

"Hey Knux you alright?" Spike asked.
"Is this the place?" Sonic asked wondering if it was the bunker they needed to go to.

"Sonic, Spike, this looks like the ruins from back home. What if the people of these islands survived and resettled on Angel Island?" knuckles questioned.  Spike remembered the cave from back at home and got an idea.
"What if it wasn't just Angel Island, what if they found a way to reach my home Equestria as well, and they spread out into groups away from the land?" Spike questioned as he begun to theorize more events that could have likely happened.
"Then that would make this really important." Sonic said agreeing, they then heard multiple Koco screaming and rolling away.

"That is NOT a good sound" Sonic said concerned.
"What's wrong with them?" Spike asked worried.

Getting they're answer multiple towers emerged from behind them and surrounded them. Knuckles was about to attack but he then realized something.
"They're going to assault the bunker!" Knuckles told them, he then remembered the ruins and looked sad." I can't.. i can't lose this!" Knuckles said worried. Spike and Sonic stepped up.

"You stay here and defend the bunker, Sonic and I got this" Spike told him.
"We've got this buddy, we got your back." Sonic said charging at them and Spike nodded and headed to them as well.
"Thank you Sonic, Thank you too Spike" Knuckles said gratefully.

Spike and Sonic split their work taking out multiple ones each, Spike used his flaming disks and threw them at the top of one and it was destroyed after that hit, Spike then summoned a flaming spear and backflipped high into the air and went right above another, he then dove down with high speeds screaming with fury, he then impaled it right through its whole body and it exploded after it. Spike saw one more about to home in on it, Spike then rushed over to it and started to leave a trail of green fire, he then created a flaming tornado around it and the damage was enough to destroy it with ease. 

Spike landed on the ground and took some deep breaths, Sonic then walked up to him.
"You alright Spike?" Sonic asked worried, Spike then looked up at him and gave him a thumbs up.
"Glad to know, great job out there, you really held your own." Sonic said with a smile.
"Thanks" Spike said with a smile.

The bright blue Chaos Emerald appeared before them and Sonic grabbed it, they both then did another dance of victory and smiled at the camera as they held out the emerald. They then calmed down and saw the Koco looking around with happy faces.

The three of them then walked up to them, the Koco then all lined up to them with serious faces, they all gave them a salute and they returned it.
"I'm glad to have helped you all" Spike said with a smile.
"Thank you.. sir.." Multiple voiced are heard as a light appeared from them and floated up into the sky with the symbol being seen as well. They all fell flat on the ground lifeless, and they looked down at them sadly.
"At ease soldiers, you all fought well. rest in peace." Spike said with a tear as he was sad that this all happened to them.

Spike and Knuckles are sitting on the top of the structure looking down sadly, they needed time to think after what they had seen. Sonic had come over to them hoping to cheer them up but he was struggling to say something. Knuckles then spoke up.

"Ages ago, my people were wiped out by a cataclysm. I know the Koco faced something familiar" Knuckles explained.
"Yeah, but what's worse, the thing that wiped them out is coming back, so i don't know how we can stop this.." Spike said sadly.
"He's right, and it reminds me that i'm the last Echidna, that i'm alone.." Knuckles said sadly.

"I know the feeling... i was the only one of my kind to be raised by ponies, the other dragons in the lands look at me like a weakling because of that, i may have befriended one named Ember, but it won't change that i'm different from everyone else. Im the only one who's different, i always felt alone knowing that..." Spike said sadly recalling what he'd been through. Knuckles looked at him a little surprised.

"You never knew your own parents? Not even where you came from?" Knuckles asked, Spike nodded sadly.
'It was never properly explained why my egg was found alone without anyone with me. At least you know of your own race and history.. I... i barely know anything about my own kind.." Spike explained sadly.

Knuckles felt sympathetic for him, he never thought he would have found someone who felt the same way he did, sure his kind is all still alive technically, but the fact he's so different makes him the only one out of the bunch.. like him being the only on of his kind.

"I'm really sorry Spike... really," Knuckles said sadly, but he then decided he shouldn't be alone
"but know this, you'll have me by your side." Knuckles said to him, Spike smiled at that knowing he'll have someone like him.
"We'll stick together on this right? We may be the odd ones out, but that doesn't mean we should be without ones help" Spike asked, Knuckles nodded.
"Of course, i may even help train you up so you can show them that your not weak, with me by your side you'll make the others eat they're words!" Knuckles said with determination. Spike and Sonic chuckled at that.
"I'd be glad to have that kind of help, thank you Knuckles" Spike said with a smile. Sonic smiled knowing they they'll get along.

"Don't forget, you two will have us as well guys." Sonic said with a smile. Knuckles chuckled at that.
'I always envy your lifestyle. Freedom to go wherever you want when you want" Knuckles told him.
"Yeah, the freedom to go anywhere, I wish we could do a little more like that." Spike said wishing he could go out to get stronger to protect his friends, Sonic nodded with a smile.
"So do it you guys! Get out there and live a little" Sonic told them with a smile.

"Maybe we could, but first i need to be back to normal" Knuckles said with a wink. he then stood up.
"So hurry up and get me back to normal you two!" Knuckles said with a smile.  Sonic then smirked.
"Anything to get you away from me." Sonic said with a smug face, they both started at eachother and Spike looked at them with a smile.
They all then laughed at that and fist bumped eachother glad to sort it out.
"It's great to have new friends" Spike said with a smile as they continued with a laugh. Sage was listening to the whole thing.

"He helped those he is at odds with, he is quick to make peace" Sage said looking at Sonic and Knuckles and Spike.

"Perhaps... No i have run the simulations, if Spike can't deliver on the work we are supposed to do. They are doomed" Sage said hoping that it won't be the case with Spike's help