Hey Guys! This is a fanfiction that a friend asked me to adopt for her, so here we are, with her permission, "Jaded Soul Remastered" based off some of Tibzonoa's pictures on DA. That said the pictures used in this story are his.
The picture that inspired this story the most was called "Hrwar"
The songs that inspired it the most was "The Moss" by Cosmo Sheldrake and "TIN - Ticking."
This is my first fanfiction so the grammar and spelling might be off at times. If the characters are a bit OOC I'm sorry it's hard to do all the research required to make it coherent.
On with the story!
Chapter One: Unexpected Findings
"Where is that Chaos Emerald?!" Rouge silently stole through the facility, quietly cursing to herself while doing so. There had to be a room where her beautiful gemstone target was hidden around here somewhere…
As she tiptoed around the corner, Rouge realized that it would be both quicker and quieter if she flew. Being a bat had perks like that. Taking to the air in a graceful swoop, she used her midnight colored wings to glide down the hallways making absolutely no sound at all except for occasional wing beat.
'Ahh, this is the life'',She thought. 'Grabbing shiny stuff, going back to town, then a cup of nice hot tea…' the bat daydreamed of what type of tea she would make when she got back.
Rouge was, if you may, a self proclaimed treasure hunter (cough) gem thief. She hopped around, mostly grabbing shiny things for her personal collection, but at times became an excellent bounty hunter for hire. Because of this she led more or less comfortable life by herself when not on the road.
Soon after taking flight, Rouge found the place she was looking for; Room 186. The Chaos energy levels were so high in this room that it was reasonable to assume that at least one emerald was inside.
'Time to be free my little jewel!,' the white bat thought as she karate kicked the door open.
Once inside, Rouge looked around the large space she found herself in. Surprisingly, the only thing that she saw was a pedestal with the white emerald on it and a large glass capsule in the center of the room. The tube was filled with liquid, and inside a blurry black shape floated.
'What's this?' Rouge thought as she grabbed the emerald and approached the glass cylinder. The luminous jade color of the liquid inside made her greedily think of more Emeralds, but she knew that if there were any more of the powerful gemstones there they would be on pedestals like the white one.
As she carefully made her way towards the tube, Rouge noticed that there was a keypad next to the it. When she reached it, the bat wondered if whatever was inside was of any value.
'It's locked in a top-secret lab for crying out loud, it must be worth something!'
'True, very very true', Rouge mused as she gazed at the keypad. 'What's the code? Maybe it's...
..Chaos.' The idea came to Rouge as if it were the simplest thing in the world. 'The password is Chaos.'
'Worth a shot.'
Rouge inputted the word effortlessly and watched as the swirling liquid drained away from the object it encapsulated. As soon as it finished, Rouge recognized the thing in the tube. The glass retracted, and out tumbled a…
'Is that a…. hedgehog?'
It was indeed a hedgehog, black with red stripes along his quills, arms and legs, and golden rings hanging around his wrists and ankles. He slumped to the floor, obviously still unconscious.
Rouge didn't know how to react, so in her confusion she backed out the door, only to discover that a team of badnik guards were waiting for her outside.
"Give us the emerald." The largest badnik said in its typical monotone voice.
"No," Rouge said as she got into a battle stance. "It's my new baby, and I'm not putting it up for adoption!"
The robot pulled back it's gigantic hammer, aiming it as Rouge, uttering the words "then prepare to die."
All the other robots readied themselves as well, powering up various firearms. They all then pointed their weaponry at Rouge, who gulped, knowing this was not going to be easy fight at all.
But then…..
Just as they opened fire, strong hands grabbed the bat's waist and picked her up, bridal style. Rouge looked up in awe to discover that it was the black hedgehog from before, now wide awake and determined, running down the corridor at an incredible speed while holding Rouge in his arms, which amazed her.
'The only person I've heard of that can run that fast is..'
Suddenly Rouge was tossed upwards, where she began to flap her wings to stay airborne. She was about to comment on how rude it was to toss someone you just met into the air, but when she looked down Rouge realized that the hedgehog had done it to get her out of the way of the oncoming wave of robots that were now surging towards him.
'He just woke up, he won't be able to fight, if he even knows how', She thought, 'and I don't know if he was even ever awake before this. Maybe I can…. WOAH!'
Rouge was jerked out of her thoughts as she watched the ebony hedgehog use the emerald she had dropped to Chaos Control through the crowd of badniks. He then lifted his eyes to Rouge and said:
"Get out of the way!"
The white bat was about to ask what he meant by that, but then she heard the words that explained his actions.
"CHAOS BLAST!"
Well, that's it for the first chapter. I hope you liked it. Like I said, creative downfall.
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Next up: "Eyes of Fire"