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~EPISODE OF AMNESIA ISLAND 07~

         ★Some people are born special. Whether that specialness is of benefit or detriment to them is ultimately something they can only learn as they face life and the challenges presented to them.

         For the Titan King Crab being possessed with four arms gave it advantage after advantage against its fellow giant crabs. It used its specialness to climb atop the colony of crabs that followed it. It was strong and powerful, but a colony built only on strength risked all every time that strength was tested.

Coral of countless colors
Caverns formed out of sand
Grottos full of life and wonder
Waterfalls and life born light
Underground beach
Framed by coral, giant crabs, and half ring waterfall
Two opponents
Liquid Darkness threatening to consume all

         “You’re Rosy, right?” Tempest asked as he released the Titan King Crab’s claw and let his right arm snap back to its regular size, just avoiding being snipped by the crustacean’s other claws.

         “Yeah…,” Rosy replied fascinated by Tempest’s arm.

         “…Good,” Tempest replied after a pause, he’s ears flicking in response to Rosy’s voice.

         Reaching for his chest and awkwardly clutching at it despite the massive crystal in his way, Tempest tried to calm down, feeling his heart flutter. “Did I wear myself out just getting here?”

         “Hey!” Rosy’s voice pulled Tempest from his thoughts, and as he snapped up to look at her, caught sight of the automobile sized claw coming right at him.

         The sound of scattered Rings filled the air and Rosy started as though to hurry to his side only for Mote to fly up in her face. “Don’t! He may be clumsy, but he is better equipped to fight this foe than you. It’d be best if you find somewhere to hide and stay out of his way.”

         “Um, Mote…,” Rosy began, looking around with a sheepish smile forming. “We’re on an underground beach and the only way out is blocked by a bunch of crabs that I don’t think like me.”

         As though they recognized that Rosy had become the prize for the Titan King Crab to claim, the reforming wall of automobile sized crabs clicked and waved their claws threateningly at Rosy. “Hmph! Acting like that when they’re the thieves here!”

         “This is hardly the time, Rosy,” Mote chided the pink hedgehog girl.

         “Tee-hee~♥, I guess not,” Rosy agreed with a giggle and turned her attention back to the Titan King Crab and was surprised at the amount of space that Tempest had created for her and Mote. That, and his speed.

         “Wow~…!”

         Quickly stepping side to side to avoid the rain of blows that came down around him from the Titan Kind Crab’s claws, Tempest suddenly sprinted out to the side and stretched his arm out so he could snag one of the crustacean’s legs. Letting his arm return to normal size, he launched himself at the leg and curled into a tight ball. The impact was massive and made the crab inadvertently step out with all of the legs on the same side of its body. Tempest acting as quick as he could reached for the ground with his right arm and pulled himself to it as soon as he grabbed the sand. As he landed, he curled into a tight ball again and began rolling in place at tremendous speed before suddenly launching off and knocking out the crab’s other legs.

         “Wait, wasn’t that like Sonic’s Spin Dash?” Rosy asked as she shielded her eyes from the cloud of sand that blew over her as the Titan King Crab crashed to the ground. “Does he know Sonic!”

         “He might have,” Mote answered as she ducked into Rosy’s spines to avoid being blown away. “But like the other residents of Amnesia Island…”

         “Then, he has amnesia too,” Rosy stated as she watched Tempest appear in the air above his foe and swell his right arm to a tremendous size.

         The punch Tempest threw called up another cloud of sand as it collided with Titan King Crab between its eye stalks, and he followed it up by curling into a tight ball and throwing himself down at the same point. The pause between recalling his arm and curling into a ball however was enough for the crab to get its legs under it again and started spinning, putting its spiked shell to good use and sending Tempest and his regathered Rings flying again.

         “Gah!” Tempest cried out and moved to gather what he could of the golden loops he dropped before they faded. “Why do you have to be so much trouble!”

         Darting headfirst for the Titan King Crab as it stood up to laugh at him, Tempest ran under it and grabbed one of the crab’s back legs. Though the crab was far stronger than the hedgehog, his speed and the grip afforded by the crystals that made up the fingertips of his right arm was enough to pull the crab backwards and off its feet. As he was behind it again though, Tempest, could not approach without facing the spiked shell and the threat posed by the crab just spinning again. “There has to be something…”

         Looking at his right arm, and the impenetrable liquid Darkness that it was comprised from, Tempest weighed his options as the crab indeed started spinning again. As it did, a swirling updraft of wind was created, and Tempest could feel himself being lifted from the ground.

         “Maybe…”

         Doing his best to run ahead of the Titan King Crab until it stopped spinning, Tempest accelerated to his full speed again as it seemed lost and dizzy. The sonic boom that echoed through the caves was quickly drowned out by the sound of the massive crustacean with automobile sized claws crashing to the ground as it was pulled from its feet again. The lost and enraged look in its eyes implied it knew its tactic wasn’t working, but the tiny and troublesome hedgehog was evading even being seen making spinning a necessity.

         And so, it spun again.

         “Perfect!” Tempest claimed triumphantly as he ran into the cloud of sand and leapt with the direction of the wind.

         The updraft and his speed were more than enough for Tempest to be launched into the air well above the Titan King Crab. As it came to an unsteady stop, overwhelmed by its own dizziness, Tempest saw his target and curled once again into a tight spinning ball as he threw himself at it with everything he had.

         “Kyaa~!” Rosy cried out, now half covered in sand from the battle as yet another wall of sand rushed over her and took her from her feet.

         A complaint was quick to Rosy’s lips but was lost as she snapped her eyes open and saw the Titan King Crab’s legs flailing in the air as it was stood on end from the impact. Tempest was not done with it yet however and stretched out his right arm and grabbed the very top tip of the crab’s spike covered shell. As there was no way he could pull it over with his strength alone, Tempest instead let his retracting arm throw him into the air past his foe. With a spin he stretched his arm again and grabbed the same point an instant before throwing himself back at the ground by curling into a tight spinning ball. And it was enough.

         One last cloud of sand was thrown up from the underground beach as the Titan King Crab fell onto it’s back and was propped up helplessly by the conical shape of its shell. Victory was Tempest’s and the wall that once blocked passage from the beach scurried over to check on the felled ruler of the crab colony.

         “Sorry about all that,” Tempest apologized as he approached Rosy and Mote, scratching at the back of his head with his right hand.

         “That was amazing!” Rosy exclaimed and surprised Tempest as she jumped back to her feet and balled her hands up with delight in front to her face. A face that stole his breath away and made his heart skip a beat as he looked into the blue eyes it held.

         Rosy’s next few words may have well never been spoken as Tempest heard not even one.

EPISODE OF AMNESIA ISLAND 07 - END