I do not own any of the characters in this story. They belong to Sega/Sonic Team. This is just the first chapter. I hope you like it!

The moon and stars that shone down upon Angel Island never looked so bright. An emerald and its protector sat basking in their glow. Knuckles the echidna shifted from one butt cheek to the other. After sitting there nonstop for almost 12 hours, his buttocks were sore and had fallen asleep after only 10 minutes.

Knuckles groaned, "God…I wish there was something to do."

He sat in silence again until a roar of an engine filled the still air. He stood up with his massive fists ready. He couldn't help but appreciate some action finally happening. The engine sputtered, hacked and wheezed, then died.

Knuckles heard a familiar voice, "Damn it Tails. You've had this old plane for years. You should dump it."

"I don't think so, unless your gonna bust your butt to repair this one, make a new one, or chip in to buy a new one, this one's staying."

Sonic the Hedgehog came into view, "Hey Knuckles. Bored, yet?"
"No….not at all." Knuckles replied sarcastically. He lowered his fists.

"Huh…well we decided to get the gang together tonight. Wanna come?"

"Uh…yeah. That sounds okay," Knuckles looked around. "Where's Tails?"

Sonic rolled his eyes, "Waiting by that heap of scrap metal. Speaking of which, need a ride?"

Knuckles agreed reluctantly, does a last minute security check, then hops into the back of the Tornado 2 with Sonic. Tails in the cockpit.

Knuckles watches his island until it disappears from sight. He closed his eyelids halfway and let his feet dangle out the side of the plane.

Sonic slumps down next to Knuckles. "You know, I think Rouge is supposed to come."

"mmhm."

"Oh stop pretending you don't care Knux. You guys like to act like you hate each other but there's definitely a vibe going on between you two."

"Sonic, I swear, say one more thing about batgirl and I will knock the living daylights out of you."

"Hey…I'm just saying..." Sonic put his arms behind his head and stared up into the sky.

Meanwhile…back at Amy's place where they were having their get together, Rouge had came over early so she and Amy could get ready.

They both stood side by side in Amy's bathroom in front of the large wall mirror. Rouge helped Amy pick out the right shade of lipstick.

"I dunno Rouge, which one would appeal more to Sonic? Nighttime Plum or Very Cherry?"

Rouge wrinkled her nose, "Ugh no, extreme colors like those are a no-no. Try a subtle pink."

Amy took the tube and carefully applied it. "So are you excited to see everyone?"

"Yeah, should be fun."

"When Sonic first called me, I thought it was finally, the call. Of course that wasn't the case but having everyone together will be fun."

Rouge cinched her bra up a little. Once she was satisfied, she turned to help Amy with her make up again.

"Amy, you shouldn't be waiting around for Sonic. Go have fun while your still young and while you still have a great ass."

"Thanks," Amy laughed, "What about you? Got anyone yet?"

"Nope," Rouge dusted blush onto Amy's cheeks. "But you know, one guy always seems to stick out in my mind every once in awhile."

"Who?"

"Yeah right I'm telling you."

"Oh c'mon!" Amy pleaded.

Rouge stared her right in the eye. "Promise not to tell?"

Amy nodded.

"It's Knuckles."

Amy snorted, "Whoa…shocker."

Rouge stopped, "Why do you say it like that?"

"Oh please Rouge, I known you had a thing for him ever since we were up on ARK."

"Shit. It's that obvious?"

"Apparently not to Knuckles because he hasn't made a move, but then again…it is Knuckles."

"True…"

They heard the front door open and Sonic's voice call out, "Hey! We're here! We brought the imprisoned echidna from Angel Island with us."

"Great! Be there in a sec!" Amy called back.

She faced Rouge, "How do I look?"

"Desperate."

Amy gave Rouge an exasperated look.

"I'm only joking Ame, you look good. Let's go."