The Claw by Steffie

Author's notes:How Kragok got his cybernetic attachments will be 
revealed here.

Knuckles etc (c) SEGA
Kragok etc (c) Archie
Lupe-An and everybody else you don't know are (c) 
Steffie/Lupe-An(me)Please don't steal my characters or my storyline.

Enjoy ^_^
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Time:Three years since Lee-An hatched
Place:Kragok's HQ

"Daddy,wait for me!" Lee-An begged while she tried to catch up to her 
father who was walking swiftly to his office.The toddler ran through the 
crowds and almost knocked people off their feet.Finally,she caught up 
with her father.She grabbed hold of his hand,scared that she won't keep 
up with him again.Kragok smiled when he noticed how she tried to walk 
like the other Dark Legionnaires.

"Good morning,Lord Kragok...",Ixis and Rykor saluted when Kragok 
finally reached his office,"who is this child?"
"Oh,this is Lee-An." Kragok replied cockily.
"She's my niece?Wow,she's...big!" Ixis awed.
"Yep,time sure flies..." Kragok stated.Ixis and Rykor saluted again 
when Lien-Da walked up to them.
"Hi,Aunt Lien!" Lee-An waved.Kragok's smile faded when he saw 
Lien-Da.He wondered every single day when Lien-Da would order Syntar to kill 
him.He eyed Lien-Da like a hawk when she walked past.He noticed how 
Lien-Da narrowed her eyes and smiled evilly at her brother.Kragok frowned 
back.

'Fool,he'll wish he didn't get of bed this morning...' Lien-Da smirked.

*Much later*

Syntar stood on the HQ's roof,waiting for Lien-Da's signal to throw one 
of the "Silent Killers".He noticed that all the Dark Legionnaires 
except for Kragok,Lien-Da and Lee-An were outside.He heard his cellphone 
ring:the signal.Holding his matchbox,he picked up one of the bombs that's 
in the matchbox with a tweezer.He waited for the door to open.The door 
swinged open.Syntar accidently threw the matchbox at the person.There's 
about 5000 bombs in that matchbox,each one as powerful as a Nuclear 
Bomb without the Shock Waves.
"Aw,cr@p!" Syntar exclaimed.His eyes became wider when he noticed it 
was Lee-An he aimed at.The bombs went off.The Dark Legionnaires turned 
around and noticed a grey blur running towards the blast.They all noticed 
how one bomb blew up to the next.

Kragok didn't know where he got this speed from but he doesn't have 
time to ask about it.He wrapped his arms around the burnt Lee-An.He felt 
his flesh burn.He was about to turn his heel to run out of there but he 
tramped on five bombs.All he could feel was the burning sensation in 
his left arm and eye.Then everything went black...

*Much later,one of the DL Hospital wards*

"Kragok-honey?" Lupe-An whispered.Kragok's finally coming to.He could 
hear the Hear Monitor beep in his ear.He noticed he was wrapped in 
bandages.He shot up to a sitting position.
"Lee?" he squeaked.Lupe-An started to weep.Kragok shook his head and 
shouted,"No,no,no!"
"She's okay,Kray,but her insides were burnt by the intense heat...I had 
to put the Aging device in her to age her a bit.She's in the 
Life=Supporter tube.The only thing that can save her is a dose of Chaos Energy.
"It's my fault,Angel,I allowed her to run off like that." Kragok 
sobbed.
"There's another thing that you had lossed,Kray." Lupe-An stuttered.
"Oh,what could be worse?" Kragok chuckled sarcastically.Lupe-An 
unbandagged Kragok's left eye and arm.Kragok gasped in horror.His left arm is 
metallic and has a bulb with three reflexible hooks for a hand.
"What happened to my arm?" Kragok demanded,getting hysterical.   
"You lost your eye and arm by that enormous bomb blast.They literally 
melted by the heat..." Lupe-An explained.She got up from her seat to get 
a mirror.She handed it to Kragok to show him how his new cyborg eye 
looked.Kragok touched his new eye with his organic hand and smashed the 
mirror with all his fury.Lupe-An comforted the crying Kragok...

*Later*

Finally,Kragok's allowed to go home.Lupe-An handed him his robe.It's 
full of holes and stripped but he wore it nonetheless.He effortly put his 
boots on;The Claw,as he dubbed it,isn't so good for gripping but it's 
better than having a stump.Lupe-An helped Kragok back home.As soon as 
they entered their home,Kragok noticed his daughter in a tank in his 
bedroom.

"Even though we found a cure for the Twilght Virus eight years ago,we 
still can't save you without the Chaos Emeralds..." Kragok sighed while 
he stared at his daughter through the dark tinted glass.Various tubes 
are in her nostrils and mouth to help her breath.She's now double her 
height since they "aged" her.

"Lee,for you,I'll get the Floating Island's Chaos Emeralds..." Kragok 
growled,making a fist.

To be continued...

Next story:Dark Legion saga