Disclaimer- I do not own any of these characters in any way imaginable, okay? If you'vegot a problem with that .. Hmm ..Deal with it. Lol jks, but no, I seriously don't. I'd love to, though.
The Black Emerald
Chapter One - The Base
"Are you telling me that you will not leave that table until you finish that whole plate of chilidogs?!" Amy exclaimed, staring at the blue hedgehog in disbelief.
"Yep," The blue hedgehog, or as others call him, Sonic, replied. He took another one and finished it all in 3 huge bites. Amy kept on looking at him, bewildered.
"Gosh, Sonic!" She continued, "Do you know how many chilidogs are on that plate?!"
"Nope," Sonic replied between chews, "Too much to count."
"ARGH!" Amy yelled to no one in particular, "YOU ARE UNBELIEVABLE!"
A small, girl rabbit walked into the room. "Are you okay, Amy?" She asked innocently, "I heard you shouting, and I could not take my nap."
Amy bit her lip and looked at the rabbit. "Sorry, Cream," she apologized, "Its just that Sonic here is being an immature idiot."
"I am NOT!" Sonic protested, snatching another chilidog. Amy rolled her eyes.
"I'll try to keep the noise down next time," She said to the rabbit, "You can go back to sleep now."
"Thank you, Amy," Cream smiled, flying back to her room upstairs.
Amy turned back to Sonic, giving him a death glare. "Sonic?!" She said dangerously, "If you do not leave that table at ONCE, I will seriously get this Piko-Piko hammer and SHOVE IT UP YOUR BLUE-" The doorbell rang before she could even finish her sentence. She sighed.
"I'll get it," she muttered, walking to the door. It was Knuckles, their friend.
"Knuckles?" Amy said to the guardian, "What are you doing here?"
"I need to talk to Sonic," Knuckles replied, stepping in. Amy looked down the floor in horror as he continued to make his way inside.
"THE SHOES, KNUCKLES!" She shrieked, "LOOK WHAT YOU DID TO MY FLOOR!"
Knuckles looked down the floor and saw that he made mud footprints. A sweat drop formed above his head. "Woops," He laughed nervously, "I'm terribly sorry-" He was cut off when Amy shoved a mop and bucket at him.
"Well, you can still talk to Sonic while cleaning," She said, "Now GET A MOVE ON." Knuckles groaned and started to clean, muttering words under his breath.
Sonic walked into the hallway, two chilidogs on each hand. "Did you come all the way from Angel Island, just to clean Amy's floor ?" He smirked, "How nice of you."
Knuckles growled, but kept on cleaning. Sonic loved to tease Knuckles while he's unavailable to attack. But when he's open, Sonic normally keeps his mouth shut.
"I need to talk to you," Knuckles said.
"Go for it, mop boy," Sonic grinned.
Knuckles dropped his mop and walked over to him. "Say what?" He growled. "Eep! I didn't say nothing!" Sonic replied, shaking.
"Good," Knuckles said, going back to his job. "Something crashed next to my Master Emerald this morning," he told them.
"What is it?" Amy asked. "It was big, and gray," Knuckles replied, "It looked like a part of a ship. A rocket, maybe."
"I, being the curious person I am, looked inside it to check what it is. And I saw this glassed case. Although nothing was inside it, there were heaps of documents containing what was inside it."
"And..?" Sonic said impatiently.
"And," Knuckles continued, setting the mop aside, "Inside it used to be an emerald."
"A chaos emerald ?" Amy gasped, "But, that's impossible! Tails has all the 7 emeralds! There cant be anymore anywhere!"
"I'm not finished," Knuckles said, "No, it wasn't a chaos emerald. I find it rather interesting, though."
"Just tell us what it is!" Sonic snapped, who can't take the suspense.
"Ok! Ok!" Knuckles replied, "It was something called a black emerald. Only 3 are within this universe, and one must be in this galaxy. I don't know much more about it, but it sounds powerful to me."
"What do you mean you don't know much about it?" Amy said to him, "You don't even know what it does or what power is inside it?"
"No."
"Hmm.." Sonic thought, "Who in this town would know a lot about emeralds, they could possibly know about this one?"
No one answered him. They all knew who.
Rouge was busy admiring her jewelry when her doorbell rang.
"Who could that be?" She wondered, flying to the door. She was surprised to see Sonic, Amy and Knuckles standing there. "Eh..What are you all doing here?" She asked.
"Cant we visit a friend sometime?" Sonic grinned. Rouge eyed him curiously.
"Right.." She said, "Er..Come in, wont you?"
The trio all sat on her purple, fluffy couch, and the stunning bat sat on the opposite, eyeing them all curiously.
"Speak, Sonic!" Amy whispered, nudging him.
"Ok! Um.." He stuttered. Rouge squinted her eyes on him. "Spit it out, blue boy," She said, "I don't have all day."
"Alright, fine," Sonic said, "We need to ask you something." Rouge sighed.
"If its about my thieving," She said, looking at her nails, "then don't waste your breath. You all know everything there is to know about that."
"No no, its not," Sonic continued, "Its about a certain jewel." Rouge's ears twitched and she leaned closer. "I'm listening," She said.
"Can you tell us more about the black emerald?" Knuckles asked, "That is, if you know anything about it."
"Don't insult me," Rouge replied, smiling, "of course I do. The black emerald is very rare, not much is in our galaxy, let alone the universe. I heard that it contains a power so strong, it overpowers the very 7 chaos emeralds itself."
"Whoa!" Amy gasped, "That is powerful!"
Rouge nodded. "If you think that's powerful, imagine the 3 of them all together!"
"Is there any danger to it?" Sonic asked.
"Yes," Rouge replied, "Its powerful enough to control someone, and if it falls to the wrong hands, we can all bid ourselves goodbye."
"Then we must find it, before someone evil does!" Sonic exclaimed, standing up. "Knuckles, take us to where you found the piece of ship, or rocket, or whatever it is. Maybe Tails can analyze what its made of and figure out where it came from."
"Wait," Rouge said, standing up too, "You mean, there is one in this galaxy?" The three of them nodded. Rouge gasped.
"I have to come with you," She said, grabbing Sonic's arm, "Its fair enough to let me come, I did let you know what you're after."
"I don't see any harm in that," Sonic replied, turning to Knuckles and Amy, "Right, guys?"
"As long as she doesn't do anything sneaky.." Knuckles said, eyeing the bat. Rouge gave him a sly smile.
The four then went to Angel Island, took a piece of the metal, and headed back to Station Square, where they met up at Tails' house to find out more about the metal.
"Hmm," Tails thought, looking at his computer. "It says here that the metal is made of very strong materials, strong enough to be in space."
"Space?" Sonic replied. Tails typed in something on the computer. "I'll have to see if I can find a match for this result in any of my previous searches," he said.
5 minutes passed, and the computer made a beeping sound. "There's a match!" Tails said excitedly, jumping up from his bean bag and flying up to his computer. He read the results and gasped.
"What?" Amy asked, "What? What is it?"
"This metal.." Tails started, "..is the very same metal from Eggman's ships!"
"You mean.." Rouge gasped, "Eggman might actually have the black emerald?" Tails nodded.
"It is possible," he said, rechecking the results, just incase he made a mistake.
"So, a base in space, huh?"
The group turned around to see a black hedgehog standing at Tails' garage door.
"Shadow!" Rouge said.
"How long have you been standing there?" Knuckles asked curiously. Shadow smirked, walking up to them.
"Long enough to hear the whole conversation," he said, "and just for the record, I'm coming with you."
"Wait a minute.." Sonic said, "How are we sure that you are on OUR side? Not the enemy's side?"
Shadow rolled his eyes. "You are such a fool," He said, "How many times have I saved that blue ass of yours?"
"And vice versa!" Sonic protested.
"Right, whatever," The ebony hedgehog said, "Just let me come with you. You'll never know when an extra hedgehog comes in handy."
"Fine then," Sonic said, "Lets go!"
"Everyone, hop in the X-Tornado!" Tails called out, already in the pilot's seat.
"The X-Tornado can go to space now?" Amy asked, taking the seat behind him. "Yep," Tails grinned, pushing buttons and adjusting stuff, "I just upgraded the machine and fixed it up a bit, until it's strong enough to break through the Earth's strong atmosphere."
Soon, everyone was on the ship. Rouge looked over to Shadow. "Shadow..?"
"What?"
She was taken aback by his sudden harshness, but she took a deep breath and continued, "This mission sounds very dangerous.. And I just want to let you know that.. Well.. Be careful out there, okay? I don't want anything to happen to you."
The engines roared loudly, as the X-Tornado took off into space. Shadow was just in time to hear Rouge's words before the engine started. It wasn't long until the X-Tornado settled down, as they left the Earth's atmosphere and floated into space.
Shadow looked over to her, and to her surprise, he smiled. "I will.." He said, "I wont let anything happen to you, either."
Rouge smiled back, safe knowing that her ally is there when she needs him. She continued smiling, unaware of Knuckles' jealous glare behind them.
Well, there you go, the first chapter! Hope I didn't do bad, for a first timer. And, ooh la la, the Shadouge-ness starts to blossom! Bahahahaha. But, Shadow smiling? Seems awkward, dontcha think? Shoulda made him smile in later chapters.. But meh, cant be bothered changing it now. Anyways.. R&R !! xx