Settlers vs. Azteca Tribe/Colors of the Wind

*(Back at the settlers' base near the river's seaside shore, the settlers are still digging around the clear-cut section of the forest, searching for any gold while Dick is walking around leisurely, enjoying his chicken leg meal laying on a silver plate. Hidden up above them in the forest behind some bushes, Seifer, Terra, and the Azteca Tribe warrior volunteers observed them suspiciously, wondering what they're up to)*

Dick: (Calling out to the settlers) That’s it. Keep at it, men. Keep digging. It’s got to be here somewhere.

Terra: (Whispering to Seifer and volunteers) There’s thirty more of them, down by the ridge of our woods.

Seifer: (Whispering in agreement) That makes more than a hundred.

*(Back below, Dick looked down at Tombo, who is digging away in exhaustion)*

Dick: (Nonchalantly) Anything yet?

Tombo: (Shook his head "No") Nothing but rocks and dirt, Sir.

*(Standing nearby on his shovel, resting for a bit in exhaustion, Grounder asked away)*

Grounder: (Flatly annoyed) Um, how long are we gonna keep digging like this, Sir?

*(Scratch and Coconuts climbed out of their own holes, piping in agreement and annoyance)*

Scratch: Yeah, we’re slaving away, busting our backs all day!

Coconuts: Probably might last for days and nights...!

*(Dick cuts them off while eating a small chunk of his chicken leg)*

Dick: (Sarcastically with his mouth full) For king and country, I know, I know, and I share your fatigue.

*(Then he swallowed his chewed piece and called out to Muttley, who is making hedge models of mythical creatures with his hedgeclippers)*

Dick: Muttley? MUTTLEY?!

Muttley: (Finishing his work) Coming, Dick!

*(He came up to him after placing his hedgeclippers aside)*

Muttley: What do you need?

Dick: (Handing his plate with his chicken leg on there) Dispose of this, please.

Muttley: (To Dick) Sure thing.

*(Then he sees Meowth nearby, sitting in a bored way, and approached him with the chicken leg)*

Muttley: (In a baby talk) Want some chicken, kitty, hmm? Want some chicken, kitty?

Meowth: (Sighs in annoyance while rolling his eyes) I'm not a kitten, you know.

Muttley: You're still our kitty, Meowth.

*(Meowth sighed in agitation, annoyed by the fact that Muttley didn't listen to what he just said while Muttley happily threw the chicken leg away)*

Muttley: Bon appetite!

*(Then he walked away with the plate while Meowth looked at where the chicken leg is thrown. Becoming hungry, Meowth then approached it, unaware that Seifer, Terra, and their Azteca Tribe warrior volunteers are hidden in some bushes nearby, taking a closer look)*

Meowth: (Feeling his stomach growling) That chicken leg is delicious.

*(He walks up to it, and after picking it up, he suddenly heard the bush rustling. He looked up, and then saw, to his horror....)*

Meowth: SAVAGES!!

*(He runs away with the chicken leg in tow. Hearing Meowth, Dick and the settlers got determined)*

Dick: (To himself) Savages?! *(To the settlers)* It’s an ambush, arm yourselves!

*(Panicking upon hearing this, Muttley hid himself behind his hedge models for shelter)*

Muttley: RUN!!

*(Seeing they were spotted, Seifer, Terra, and their Azteca Tribe warrior volunteers took shelter in the forest behind some trees above the settlers' base, preparing to fight in case the strangers attack. Back below, Dick is ordering the settlers around as the settlers grabbed their guns and prepared to fight the native strangers)*

Dick: (Barking out orders) Arm yourselves! Make sure every man has a musket! Shoot!

*(Running by, Tombo is heading to battle with his gun when he accidentally tripped on a nearby fallen tree bark and upon falling down, he accidentally shot a nearby barrel full of water next to Dick, almost shooting him. Shocked at what Tombo, who recovered, just did, he got angry)*

Dick: (Pointing at the natives) *Them*, you idiot!

*(Soon, both the Azteca Tribe members and settlers began shooting at each other with their bows and arrows and guns respectively, avoiding on getting shot by the other side. During the fighting, Meowth, in a panic and still carrying the chicken leg, ran around frantically, looking for a place to take shelter while avoiding getting hit by either the arrows and/or bullets, until he found a spare helmet laying on the ground)*

Meowth: Oh, thank God! Sanctuary!

*(Then he hid himself and his chicken leg underneath the helmet just in time before an arrow struck the helmet's armor, scratching it. With Dick, he fired his gun as well until he ran out of bullets. He then got angrily agitated while reloading more bullets into his gun)*

Dick: Where’s that blasted Knuckles when I need him?!

*(Suddenly, Dick noticed Terra preparing another arrow on his bow against him, when Dick quickly aimed his gun at Terra and fired. The bullet then offscreen struck Terra's leg, injuring him and making him drop his bow and arrow. Terra then collapsed on the ground, clutching his covered bulletwounded leg in pain. Noticing this with the Azteca Tribe warrior volunteers in concern, Seifer ran to his aid)*

Seifer: Terra!

*(Then suddenly, Scratch approached the injured Terra and was about to hit him with the handle of his gun when Seifer jumped in between and began pushing Scratch and his gun away with both the strength of his hands and bow, resulting in a pushing match between Seifer and Scratch. Then finally, Seifer kicked Scratch back down below, gun and all, to the other settlers, who are still firing away. After picking Terra up and holding him over his shoulders like a hunted deer, Seifer turned to his and Terra's Azteca Tribe warrior volunteers)*

Seifer: Back to the village, now!

*(Then with that, Seifer and the Azteca Tribe warrior volunteers retreated back to the Azteca Tribe Village, with the injured Terra in tow. Upon seeing them retreat, the settlers, with Scratch already recovered from his fall, stopped shooting and cheered a bit, believing they've won, until Dick quieted them down in anger)*

Dick: Pipe down, you fools! They might come back and attack us.

*(Then he proceeded to give out more orders)*

Dick: Everyone back to camp. Get the rest of the cannons ashore and finish building the fort!

Scratch, Grounder, and Coconuts: (Saluting) Yes, Sir!

*(Then the settlers proceeded to get their upcoming fort ready. Nearby, Muttley and Meowth came out of their hiding spots, shaking a bit, and even Muttley's hedge models are partially destroyed from the battle. Dick, meanwhile, walked up to Tombo, who is sitting at the fallen tree bark that tripped him with his gun in his hands and feeling guilty, in anger)*

Dick: And you! Learn to use that thing properly. A man’s not a man unless he knows how to shoot.

*(Then he walked away as Tombo, still feeling guilty, sighed as he got up with his gun in tow. Back at the Azteca Tribe Village, Therru and some Azteca Tribe members peeked from the curtained doorway at Pachacamac’s teepee, watching Rafiki performing an observation spell over Terra's covered bullet wound on his leg by chanting as Terra laid on a wooden medical table, with Pachacamac, Seifer, and the rest of the Azteca Tribe members watching silently in calm concern. Apparently, Seifer, Terra, and the Azteca Tribe warrior volunteers have already told Pachacamac what happened)*

Pachacamac: (Grimly looking at Terra's covered bullet wound) These beasts invade our shores, and now this.

*(Rafiki finished his spell and then spoke)*

Rafiki: This wound is strange to me.

Terra: But you *can* heal it, right?

Rafiki: (Nods) Luckily for you, of course.

*(Then, after he carefully and gently offscreen pulled out the bullet from Terra's covered bullet wound with a pair of wooden tweezers, which made Terra wince in pain a bit, Rafiki took out a healing powder gel and gently secreted Terra's partially covered bullet wound with it, making Terra wince in pain a bit again. Then Rafiki chanted his healing spell softly, making a soft white light glow over Terra's covered bullet wound, and then as soon as he finished, the glow ended and he cleaned the gel off with a cloth, revealing that the bullet wound on Terra's leg is gone, all healed)*

Terra: (Nods in gratitude to Rafiki) Thank you.

*(Rafiki gives a calm "You're welcome" nod back at him. Then Pachacamac got calmly determined to confront the strangers that wounded Terra earlier)*

Pachacamac: (To Terra) We will fight this enemy, but we cannot do it alone. *(Turns to Seifer)* Seifer, send messengers to every village in our nation. We will call on our brothers to help us fight.

Seifer: (Nods) Yes, Chief.

*(Then they, Rafiki, and Terra exited the teepee and Pachacamac made his announcement to all the Azteca Tribe members)*

Pachacamac: I have been informed that those outsiders are extremely dangerous! No one is to go near them.

*(Back in the forest near the tree and lakeside, Tikal, Knuckles, Zazu, Pikachu's group, and the Dazzlings are hanging around, unaware of what just happened. Tikal is right now observing Knuckles' helmet in curiosity, looking at her face in her reflection on its shining armor)*

Knuckles: That's called a helmet.

Tikal: (Interested) A helmet.

Knuckles: That is used for headwear, as well as to protect your head from certain types of injuries.

Tikal: I see.

Ace: That is very peculiar.

Adagio: (Picking up a pinecone) Not as peculiar as this.

Trixie: (To Ace and Grubber, pointing at the pinecone Adagio held) What do you call this?

*(Grubber blew some raspberries, answering her question. Trixie turned to Ace in curiosity)*

Trixie: What did Grubber say?

Ace: He said "That's called a pinecone."

*(The Dazzlings looked at the pinecone in interest)*

Dazzlings: (Interest) Wow....

Trixie: So that's what they're called.

Adagio: And what is a pinecone, per say?

Ace: A pinecone is a tree seed that falls from a pine tree. When it crumbles to dust eventually, it'll then be soaked into the dirt by water eventually, and then, in time, a new pine tree grows from the spot where the crumbled pinecone merged with the dirt.

Snake: It could even take yearssss for it to grow even.

Billy: If it comes into a lot of contacts with both sunlight and water.

Arturo: *Si*, that is a long time.

Zazu: A long, long time.

Pikachu: (Nods in agreement) Pika.

*(Knuckles then looked at the river beyond the lake)*

Knuckles: What river is this, does it have a name?

Tikal: (Putting Knuckles' helmet on her head) Quiyoughcohannock.

Knuckles: (Interested) You have most unusual names here. Chicahominy. Pinecone. Quiyough.... Quiyoughcohannock. Even your name, Tikal.

*(He gently peeks his helmet's hilt up to see Tikal's eyes. Tikal then took off Knuckles' helmet from her head and gives it back to him)*

Tikal: (Shrugs in agreement) You have the most unusual names, too. Helmet, musket gun, and your name, Knuckles.

*(Pikachu then crawled onto Knuckles' lap, looking through his bag for more biscuits)*

Knuckles: (Noticing Pikachu and picking him up) Hey! Does this bottomless pit have a name, too?

Tikal: (Nods) Yes. His name is Pikachu.

Pikachu: (Happily nods in agreement) Pikachu.

Billy: And he is very cute, when he's happy and friendly.

Pikachu: (Feeling flattered) Cha!

Knuckles: (To Billy, impressed by Pikachu's cuteness) I'll say.

*(He then let Tikal accept Pikachu into her arms and then held his hand out)*

Knuckles: How do you do, Pikachu?

*(Pikachu took Knuckles' hand with both his paws and looked at it in curiosity, making Knuckles and the Dazzlings chuckle a bit)*

Knuckles: I was just expecting a handshake.

Dazzlings: (While Pikachu finished looking at Knuckles' hand and released it in confusion) That's right.

Knuckles: (Holds his hand out again) Allow me to show you.

*(After a brief staring contest, Tikal, Zazu, and Pikachu's group got confused even more)*

Tikal: Nothing's happening so far.

Knuckles: Well, I need your hand first.

*(After Tikal let Pikachu climb out of her arms, she then stuck her hand out and then she let Knuckles take it gently and they did a gentle handshake, with Knuckles teaching her)*

Knuckles: It's normally how we say "Hello."

Dazzlings: And sometimes, "Goodbye."

*(Interested, Tikal then calmly shook hands with Knuckles. Even an interested Pikachu's group and Zazu shook hands with the Dazzlings)*

Zazu: Very interesting on this concept.

*(After the handshakes are done, Tikal then did her turn to teach Knuckles)*

Tikal: Well, this is how we say "Hello."

*(Then she did a slow hand wave)*

Tikal: *Wingapo*.

Knuckles: (Interested, doing the slow hand wave) *Wingapo*.

*(Even the Dazzlings did the same thing with Pikachu's group and Zazu)*

Starlight: Very nice.

Dazzlings except Starlight: Yeah.

Tikal: And this is how we say "Goodbye."

*(She then did a slow salute-like hand wave)*

Tikal: *Ana*.

*(Knuckles then laid his hand's palm on Tikal's with a soft smile)*

Knuckles: Actually, I like "Hello" better.

*(Tikal gave a soft smile in return. Then Zazu approached Knuckles)*

Zazu: And my apologies for not mentioning Tikal as Pikachu's group's other friend besides me.

Knuckles: It's alright.

Aria: What is your name, per chance?

Zazu: (Bowing to Knuckles in respect) Zazu, and I am Tikal's loyal bodyguard.

Ace: (Shrugs) For a pompous hornbill.

*(Pikachu's group, Tikal, and even Knuckles and the Dazzlings chuckled a bit, making Zazu glare flatly)*

Zazu: (Nonchalantly) Very funny.

Knuckles: And you already told me your names, Gangreen Gang.

Gangreen Gang: Yep.

Ace: And we, in turn, already know the Dazzlings' names.

*(The Dazzlings blushed a bit, feeling flattered. Billy then noticed something shiny in Knuckles' bag and pulls it out, revealing to be a compass)*

Billy: What a weird shiny thingie you gots here.

*(Noticing, Knuckles was about to explain about the compass)*

Knuckles: (About to explain what it is) Well, that is cal....

*(Then Billy began banging the compass on the tree's nearby root in confusion, shocking and then angering Knuckles)*

Knuckles: HEY!!

*(Concerned on making Knuckles angry, Billy stopped and then retreated up on the tree branches in guilt with the compass)*

Billy: I'm sorry, don't be mad! I didn't know.

*(Pikachu, with Sonata joining him, climbed up after him while Tikal called out to Billy while Knuckles realized Billy really did mean no harm upon hearing his apology)*

Tikal: Billy, you shouldn't hit strange objects you don't know about!

Knuckles: (Interjecting politely) No, no, it's alright! I apologize for snapping. I guess you can consider that object a gift from me.

Billy: (Puzzled, looking at the compass) Gift?

*(Then Pikachu and Sonata pats him gently)*

Pikachu: (Reassuringly with a nod) Pika.

Sonata: (Reassuringly in agreement) It's quite understandable that you didn't know a first.

*(Billy then got happy and calls out to Knuckles)*

Billy: Thank you!

Sonata: But seriously, that thing is not to hit with.

Billy: (Looking at the compass with a goofy smile) Duh, okay. Note to self, not to be smashed.

Tikal: But what is that thing that Billy took?

Knuckles and Dazzlings: A compass.

Tikal, Zazu, and Gangreen Gang: (Curiously) A compass?

Pikachu: (Curiously while climbing back down with Billy and Sonata) Pika?

Knuckles: It tells you how to find your way when you get lost. But it’s alright, I’ll get another one in London.

Dazzlings: (Nods in agreement) Yeah.

Tikal, Zazu, and Gangreen Gang: (Curiously with Pikachu) London?

Billy: What's a London?

Tikal: Is that your village?

Knuckles: Yes, it's a very big village.

Adagio: Although technically, it's called a *city*.

Tikal, Zazu, and Gangreen Gang: (Confused with Pikachu) "City?"

Adagio: Yep.

Trixie: Different name opposite of "Village," in case you're curious about it.

Tikal: What's it like?

Knuckles: Well, it’s got streets, sometimes filled with horse-pulling vehicles called carriages, bridges over rivers, and even buildings as tall as these trees.

*(Tikal, Zazu, and Pikachu's group got interested)*

Tikal: We’d like to see those things one day.

Zazu and Gangreen Gang: So do we.

Pikachu: (Happily agreeing) Pika.

Dazzlings: And you will.

Knuckles: Pretty soon.

Tikal: How?

Knuckles: We’re going to build them here. We’ll show your people how to use this land properly. How to make the most of it.

*(Hearing Knuckles say that, Tikal, Pikachu's group, and Zazu got confused while the Dazzlings got surprised)*

Zazu: Wait, "Use this land properly?"

Tikal: And what did you also mean by "Make the most of it?"

Knuckles: Yes, and we’ll build roads, decent houses, and....

*(Noticing Tikal, Zazu, and Pikachu's group becoming calmly offended by Knuckles unknowingly upsetting them, the Dazzlings tried to get Knuckles' attention)*

Dazzlings: (While Knuckles said his above line) Uh, Knuckles...?

Zazu and Gangreen Gang: (Aghast, cutting Knuckles off) Excuse us?

Tikal: Our houses are fine.

Knuckles: (Shrugs) You think that, only because you don’t know any better.

*(Shocked that Knuckles had unexpectedly insulted them with the Dazzlings, Tikal, Zazu, and Pikachu's group glared calmly and got up)*

Zazu: (Glaring) Well!

Ace: (Glaring at Knuckles) If you think we're stupid, *(To Tikal, Pikachu's group, and Zazu)* then let's get out of here.

Gangreen Gang except Ace: (Glaring in agreement) Yeah!

*(Then Tikal, Zazu, and Pikachu's group started to storm away to Tikal's canoe. The Dazzlings flatly glared at Knuckles)*

Adagio: (Sarcastically) Good going, Knuckles.

Dazzlings except Adagio: (Sarcastically agreeing) Yeah, good one.

*(Realizing that he hurt Tikal, Zazu, and Pikachu's group's feelings upon hearing the Dazzlings' tone, Knuckles then ran into the lake shore in front of Tikal's canoe, making her stop rowing, trying to apologize)*

Knuckles: Wait, stop! Sorry if I upsetted you, but there’s so much we can teach you. In fact, we’ve improved the lives of savages all over the world.

Tikal, Zazu, and Gangreen Gang: (Angrily aghast, feeling insulted) "Savages?!"

Pikachu: (Angrily aghast, at the same time as Tikal, Zazu, and the Gangreen Gang's lines) Pika, chu?!

Dazzlings: (Scoldingly) Knuckles!

*(Wincing in concern upon this, Knuckles tried to be apologetic again)*

Knuckles: (Apologetically and nervously) Well, not that you're a savage, Tikal.

Zazu: (Sarcastically and angrily) Oh, you think Tikal's people are savages?!

Tikal: (Sarcastically angrily in agreement) And *I'm* the only one who's not?!

Knuckles: (Apologetically, trying to explain) No, listen, that’s not what I meant. Let me explain...!

*(Then Tikal and Pikachu's group noticed a nearby tree branch near them and climbed up onto it out of the canoe, or the water in Billy's case, while Zazu flew up there with them. Knuckles them climbed up after them, trying to explain in an apologetic way, while the Dazzlings watched from the ground, glaring flatly)*

Knuckles: Look, "Savage" is just a word. Kind of like a term for....

*(He struggled to explain more)*

Knuckles: People who are, well.... Uncivilized.

Tikal, Zazu, Gangreen Gang, and Dazzlings: (Flatly glaring) Like me (her) and my (her) people?

Knuckles: (Struggling to explain) Well, when I say "Uncivilized," what I meant was....

*(Suddenly, a tree branch broke beneath Knuckles' foot and he toppled down onto the ground near the Dazzlings, much to their, Tikal, Zazu, and Pikachu's group's concern)*

Knuckles: (Recovering upon landing on the ground, groaning a bit) I'm okay.

*(Tikal and Pikachu's group returned to the ground and went up to Knuckles while Zazu and the Dazzlings joined them)*

Ace: So, basically, you're trying to tell us is...?

Adagio: Well, Knuckles just doesn't know natives like Tikal and her people any better.

Knuckles: (To Adagio) Hey! *(To Tikal)* Look, what I meant was....

*(Calmly realizing with everyone else what Knuckles is trying to explain without hurting their feelings, Tikal finished for him, which he let her)*

Tikal: What you mean is, "Not like you."

*(Knuckles nods. Then Tikal started to explain her point of view in song)*

Tikal: **You think I'm an ignorant savage**

**And you’ve seen so many places**

**I guess it must be so**

**But still, I cannot see**

**If the savage one is me**

**How can there be so much**

**That you don’t know?**

*(Knuckles was about to speak, but Tikal ushered him to stop)*

Tikal: **You don’t know**

*(Then she, along with Zazu, the Dazzlings, and Pikachu's group proceeded to teach Knuckles about her homeland and how to appreciate and respect it, among them, Billy, with Tikal, Zazu, and Pikachu's group, introducing some of his bear brethren to Knuckles and the Dazzlings, running through the forest around the lake, swimming in the lake with some otters, teaching some young eagle fledglings how to fly up to some high trees, and even letting the colored leaf-filled wind blow around them during some of this. And during all of it, Knuckles slowly warmed up to the teachings and understood)*

Tikal: **You think you own**

**Whatever land you land on**

**The earth is just a dead thing**

**You can claim**

**But I know every**

**Rock and tree and creature**

**Has a life**

**Has a spirit**

**Has a name**

**You think the only people**

**Who are people**

**Are the people**

**Who look and think like you**

**But if you walk the footsteps**

**Of a stranger**

**You’ll learn things**

**You never knew**

**You never knew**

**Have you ever heard**

**The wolf cry to the blue corn moon?**

**Or ask the grinning**

**Bobcat why he grins?**

**Can you sing**

**With all the voices of the mountain?**

**Can you paint**

**With all the colors of the wind?**

**Can you paint**

**With all the colors of the wind?**

**Come run the hidden pine trails**

**Of the forest**

**Come taste the sunsweet berries**

**Of the earth**

**Come roll in all the riches**

**All around you**

**And for once**

**Never wondered what they’re worth**

**The rainstorm and the river**

**Are our brothers**

**The herons and the otters**

**Are my friends**

**And we are all connected**

**To each other**

**In a circle**

**In a hoop**

**That never ends**

**How high does**

**A sycamore grow?**

**If you cut it down**

**Then you’ll never know**

**Then you’ll never hear**

**The wolf cry to the blue corn moon**

**For whether we are**

**Different from race or heritage**

**We need to sing with**

**All the voices of the mountain**

**We need to paint with**

**All the colors of the wind**

**You can own**

**The earth and still**

**All you own**

**Is earth until**

**You can paint with**

**All the colors of the wind**

*(After the song, colored leaf-filled winds, and teachings were finished, Knuckles understood even more, and then, with a soft smile, he nods)*

Knuckles: Thank you, for teaching me and the Dazzlings. And I'm sorry.

*(Tikal, Zazu, Pikachu's group, and the Dazzlings smiled softly, giving an "Apology accepted" nod, glad to see and hear Knuckles understanding Tikal's true point of view. Suddenly, they heard distant drumming coming from the Azteca Tribe village, and Tikal, Zazu, and Pikachu's group realized what that means)*

Knuckles: (Confused) What is it?

Tikal: The drums. They mean trouble.

Zazu: (To Tikal and Pikachu's group) I'm afraid we should be heading back to the village right now.

Tikal and Gangreen Gang: (Nods in agreement) Yes. (Yeah.)

Pikachu: (Nods in agreement) Pika.

*(Knuckles and the Dazzlings nod in an understanding way)*

Knuckles: Glad to have met you.

Dazzlings: And us.

Knuckles: And is it possible that we might meet again?

Tikal: Perhaps.

Zazu: Depending on whether or not we should see other again without letting anyone from our tribes knowing about this.

Ace: You understand that, right?

Gangreen Gang: Yeah, do you?

Pikachu: (Hopefully) Pika?

*(Knuckles and the Dazzlings thought it over after hearing them say these, and gave in with a nod and soft smile)*

Knuckles and Dazzlings: (Nods) Of course.

*(Then after Tikal, Zazu, and Pikachu's group smiled softly back at Knuckles and the Dazzlings, the eight formers then ran back to Tikal's canoe. But before they, except Billy who climbed into the lake water, boarded, Tikal, Zazu, and Pikachu's group then gave their slow salute-like hand wave to Knuckles and the Dazzlings)*

Tikal, Zazu, and Gangreen Gang: *Ana*.

Pikachu: (Bidding "Goodbye") Pika.

*(Knuckles and the Dazzlings returned the slow salute-like hand wave to them)*

Knuckles and Dazzlings: *Ana*.

*(Then with that, Tikal, Zazu, and Pikachu's group left in Tikal's canoe towards the Azteca Tribe Village's direction, or swimming in Billy's case, while Knuckles and the Dazzlings, after watching them leave with soft smiles, headed back to the settlers' base's direction, them and even Tikal, Zazu, and Pikachu's group hoping that they will, one day, secretly meet again)*

***Coming up: A few days later, Knuckles and Tikal, along with Zazu, Pikachu's group, and the Dazzlings, secretly meet up again at Starfire's glen, this time convincing Therru that Knuckles and the Dazzlings are friendly strangers before leaving her to cover for Tikal like any loyal friend would. Knuckles and the Dazzlings also meet Starfire for the first time, and their friendship blooms even more, regardless of the settlers' concern of being attacked by the Azteca Tribe again and the Azteca Tribe preparing for their warrior brethren from their other nations to arrive and help prepare for their upcoming battle against the settlers.***