Disclaimer (for the whole story): I do not own any of the Sonic the Hedgehog characters.
(A/N): New story! Enjoy!
"Area secure. You're good to go." A golden-colored fox said into the microphone of his headset. The fox didn't look a day passed 21 and was currently sitting inside a van with dozens of computer screens. The fox had two tails that were currently swishing back-and-forth behind him and glasses that sat in front of his sky-blue eyes.
"Keep eyes open, Tails." Another voice spoke into Tails' earphones. Tails looked up at a screen that showed a helicopter.
"Ready for this?" A silver hedgehog asked. The silver hedgehog had five quills on his forehead with two hanging down his back. His eyes were a bright gold and he looked to be about 25 and currently dressed in all black.
"Always." A black hedgehog said next to him. The black hedgehog had red streaks through his quills to match his piercing crimson eyes. He looked about the same age as the other hedgehog. "Blaze, bring us in closer." The black hedgehog said to the lavender cat with gold eyes steering the helicopter. She nodded and dropped the helicopter a little lower. "Let's go, Silver." The black hedgehog said before jumping out of the helicopter. Silver followed him out and they free fell before Silver's hands began to glow. The blue glow started to cover the black hedgehog and they both slowed down in speed. The landed on the roof gracefully before standing up fully.
"Security on your right, Shadow." Tails said into the black hedgehog's earpiece. Shadow whipped out a small dart and flung it at the security guard. Security fell on his knees before completely collapsing on the ground. Shadow and Silver walked into the building through the roof entrance as they slowly descended the steps. "I disabled all the cameras. Security guards on north-wing of the fourth floor and the ice chamber." Tails informed to Shadow and Silver before they walked through the halls. Silver's hand began to glow again before the glow surrounded two unsuspecting security guard's mouths. Both guards passed out before the hedgehogs walked by them. Shadow was suddenly on the other side of the hallway pressing the pressure points of the guards who saw them. Silver soon caught up with him and they stood in front of an icy door.
"Shift the lock to the right and enter the combo 2644." Tails spoke again. Shadow did as he said and the door opened releasing the cool air. "Lasers disengaged." Tails said before Shadow and Silver walked in. Sitting in a glass class was an icy-blue gem that sparkled at every angle. Silver raised the glass with his powers and Shadow put the gem in a small, chilled pouch. Silver lowered the glass before they both walked out of the freezer. Shadow grabbed Silver before speeding out to the van that Tails was sitting in. Shadow got into the driver's seat as Silver got into the passenger's. Shadow tossed Tails the pouch with the gem before Tails put it in a metal cooler. Shadow started the van before speeding off in the dead of night. The next morning a red echidna stared angrily at the open freezer. The echidna narrowed his lavender eyes before growling and turning away from the scene.
"Them again, Knuckles?" A blue hedgehog asked walking up to the echidna. The hedgehog had slicked back quills and jade eyes.
"Damn it, Sonic! It's always them!" Knuckles growled as Sonic put his hands up innocently.
"I wasn't a part of this. Don't take it out on me." Sonic said as Knuckles scowled. "We'll get them soon." Sonic said as Knuckles sighed.
"I know it's them, but I can't fucking pin anything on them!" Knuckles exclaimed as a cream colored rabbit walked in. She had brown eyes and was much shorter than both guys. "What do you have for me, Cream?" Knuckles asked looking at the rabbit.
"Amy Rose is back in town." Cream simply said as Knuckles' eyes widened. Knuckles looked at Sonic who nodded.
"Call her and tell her to meet me in my office at two this afternoon." Knuckles said before walking away. Cream followed and dialed Amy's number as Sonic trailed behind them. Shadow, Silver, Blaze, and Tails walked through the hallways of a large mansion before entering a large study. Sitting at the desk on the side of the room was a white bat with baby-blue eyes. She had a satisfied smile on her muzzle and stood up from her chair.
"I see your mission was successful." The bat said walking slowly towards them. Tails opened the cooler and Blaze slowly pulled out the icy gem. The bat's smile widened as she lifted the gem into her hands. "Ah, the ever-so rare Frosted Aquamarine Gemstone." The bat said as she walked with the gem in her hands. "Always to remain in a chilled area or it would otherwise lose its luster." The bat said before pressing a button on her desk. The back wall split in half before parting to reveal a giant safe. The bat walked up and pressed her fingerprint onto the scanner before letting it scan her eye. She typed in her secret code before the door of the safe slid open. She walked through the giant safe as the four followed her. They passed by many gems, diamonds, and pearls before the bat turned and pushed a button. A drawer shot out to reveal a small icy cavern. The bat carefully placed the gem in the drawer before it closed.
"Rouge, the matter of payment." Shadow said as Rouge laughed lightly.
"Don't start acting like I don't pay you and your friends generously, Shadow." Rouge said before walking towards her study. The four followed her out of the safe and Rouge opened a drawer. Rouge laid several stacks of cash on her desk and turned to smile at the small team. Each member took three stacks of cash and Rouge sat in her chair.
"Is there another mission?" Blaze asked as they stood in front of her desk. Rouge sighed with a sense of carelessness in her tone and the team exchanged looks.
"What is it, Rouge?" Tails asked as everybody internally sighed. Here comes the dramatic monologue before a mission briefing.
"You all know I have hundreds of the most precious stones, diamonds, etc, etc." Rouge said as they all nodded. "Of course you know! You stole them after all!" Rouge exclaimed shooting out of her chair. "However, the rarest of rare, well, I should say the seven rarest of rare have eluded me." Rouge said as she began to walk with her hands behind her back.
"Are you speaking of the Chaos Emeralds?" Silver asked as Rouge smirked.
"Smart boy, Silver." Rouge said. "You all are aware of the Chaos Emeralds." Rouge said flipping her laptop around to show the seven, different colored emeralds. "I believe Shadow is the most acquainted." Rouge said looking over to the dark hedgehog. Shadow nodded as Silver frowned a bit. While Shadow had chaos powers, Silver could still transform alongside him.
"Don't pout, Silver. I know you're 'special' too." Rouge said winking at Silver who looked down uncomfortably.
"The mission, Rouge." Blaze said a little impatient. Rouge smirked and pressed a button on her laptop. A world map appeared and seven dots appeared on the screen.
"The emeralds are located in seven different locations. I know this mission will take you longer than the others. I'll give you a year." Rouge said as they all looked at her confused. "I will also pay you 750,000 dollars each." Rouge said as their eyebrows shot up. "I'll send you all the details. I do have it in on the first one though. I'm hosting an evening party in Paris near the location of the first one. You are all invited and of course use all your skills to retrieve the emerald or scope the area." Rouge said handing an invitation to Tails. "I hope to see you all there and please, don't stick to skulking around the corners." Rouge said turning to walk back to her desk. The four nodded before leaving Rouge's study. Knuckles sat in his office in the afternoon with Sonic leaning against the wall adjacent to his desk. The door opened and the sound of clicking heels soon followed. A pink hedgehog with an hourglass physique strolled in through the door. Her quills were long and her eyes were a bright emerald color.
"Nice to see you, Amy." Knuckles said looking at the pink hedgehog.
"Likewise, Knuckles, Sonic." Amy said nodding at both men. Amy sat in the chair in front of Knuckles desk and crossed her legs. "I hear this new thieving group has your panties in a bunch." Amy said with a smirk. Knuckles frowned before dropping a file onto his desk. He flipped the file to show a picture of Rouge taken from a hidden angle of her walking on the street.
"Rouge the Bat. A business woman whom I also believe is the ringleader of this whole operation. She must be paying these guys off," Knuckles said before flipping the file to show pictures of Shadow, Blaze, Silver, and Tails all taken in the angle of how Rouge's picture was taken.
"How many thefts?" Amy asked.
"36 and counting." Sonic said as Amy raised her eyebrows and let out a low whistle.
"You haven't been able to pin anything on them yet?" Amy asked as Knuckles sighed.
"No, why would I be calling you if I had?" Knuckles asked as Amy smirked.
"Because you love me." Amy said simply as Knuckles and Sonic rolled their eyes. "What do you believe is their next target?" Amy asked.
"The Chaos Emeralds." Sonic said as Amy laughed.
"Wow, these guys are seriously going to go after the Chaos Emeralds?" Amy asked placing a hand under her chin.
"Don't underestimate them, Amy. They're the smartest criminals we have yet to deal with." Knuckles said as Amy sighed.
"All right, what are you asking me to do?" Amy asked as Knuckles and Sonic exchanged looks. Shadow, Silver, Blaze, and Tails walked into their penthouse and quickly got to work on their next objective.
"Rouge has really fallen off the wagon with this one." Tails said as he read through information the Chaos Emeralds.
"This is all a matter of time and efficiency. We must carefully think out all these break-ins." Shadow said as he striped the board of the Frosted Aquamarine information.
"You guys do realize this party is tomorrow night?" Blaze asked as she looked at the information. Everybody stopped what they were doing and looked at Blaze. "Better fuel up the plane, Tails. Grab your tuxes, gentlemen." Blaze said as she dropped the invitation on the metal table full of maps. The guys all looked at the invitation as Blaze walked towards her room. The guys sighed as Tails grabbed his keys and walked out of the penthouse. Early the next morning they all boarded the plane Tails made and flew towards Paris. Once they landed they went into the suite Rouge had booked for them.
"I hate wearing these." Silver said as he tied his tie. Shadow was fixing his cuffs as Tails fixed his glasses. "I feel so claustrophobic." Silver said slipping on his vest and jacket.
"It will be over soon, Silver." Tails said putting his hands in his pockets. Silver sighed heavily as he buttoned his suit jacket. "Blaze, we're ready." Tails called out as the sound of clicking heels could be heard. Silver's mouth dropped as Shadow and Tails smirked at his expression. Blaze was wearing a tight, floor-length red dress. It was on shoulder and backless besides a red sash and two jeweled straps. There was a small slit across her collar bone to the center of her chest, revealing a classy amount of cleavage. Blaze had her hair down and curled loosely. Her makeup was done lightly and Silver was now starting to drool.
"All right, let's head out." Blaze said as Silver came back to his senses and cleared his throat. Tails snickered as Blaze just smirked at walked towards the door with a sway in her hips.
"Careful, that tux is a rental." Shadow whispered closing Silver's jaw that Silver hadn't realized opened again. The four entered the large ball room where many people were gathered. Guests were speaking, drinking, and dancing to the small band's music. The four all hit the bar and got their own drinks.
"No sign of Rouge." Tails commented sipping his beer.
"She doesn't really matter right now. We need to scope that place." Shadow said holding his scotch.
"Right, you stay here so I can feed you the information. Blaze, Silver…wait, where did they go?" Tails asked as Shadow pointed to the dance floor where the two were slowly dancing. Tails rolled his eyes as he just left to go scope the place. Shadow stood by the bar and nursed his drink and kept his hand in his pocket.
"You look like you're having fun." Shadow turned to see a pink hedgehog next to him sipping a martini. She was wearing a strapless gown with black crystals all over the dress before fading out towards the end to reveal an emerald colored skirt. There was a slit along her dress revealing her long legs and sky high heels. Her quills were lightly curled and pulled up into a bun with her bangs framing her face.
"Not my type of party." Shadow said.
"I agree. My name is Amy Rose by the way." Amy said looking up at Shadow.
"Shadow." Shadow said offering a hand for her to shake.
"What brings you here, Shadow?" Amy asked looking up at Shadow. Shadow stared down at her and found him completely captured. Shadow has never seen a girl quite as beautiful as her.
"Business." Shadow said. "You?"
"Same. If I knew it would have been this boring, I wouldn't have bothered coming." Amy said rolling her eyes as Shadow smirked.
"You're not easily entertained, are you?" Shadow asked as Amy smirked.
"Depends on who's doing the entertaining." Amy said looking up at Shadow through her lashes. Shadow smirked and shook his head before taking a sip of his drink. "Do you know the hostess?" Amy asked.
"No." Shadow lied.
"How were you invited then?" Amy asked raising her eyebrow.
"I came with a friend. He's out on the balcony." Shadow said lying smoothly. "Do you know the hostess?"
"Knew her a while ago. We're not very close now, but I guess she decided to invite me." Amy said as Shadow nodded. That sounded like something Rouge would do. Shadow scanned his eyes through the ballroom before they landed on Tails. Tails nodded before flicking his eyes over to Amy. Tails raised his eyebrow, but Shadow shook his head slightly as Tails shrugged his shoulders. Shadow watched Tails walk over to the other bar and internally rolled his eyes. Tails was definitely going to get plastered tonight.
"Is that your friend?" Amy asked. Shadow looked over at her to see her looking at Tails. I guess their little exchanged didn't go unnoticed.
"Yeah," Shadow said as Amy nodded.
"Well, I'm guessing you're going to want to go back to him." Amy said placing her martini glass on the bar. "Too bad, this party was actually getting interesting." She said staring up at Shadow.
"Well, why don't we keep it interesting?" Shadow asked as Amy raised her eyebrow. Shadow downed his scotch before taking Amy's hand into his. Shadow led her to the dance floor and spun her out. Amy looked at him confused and shocked before a salsa number began to play. Shadow grabbed her hand and pulled her into his body. Shadow placed a hand on her back as he held her other. Amy smirked and looked up at him. She lifted her leg up and wrapped it around his thigh. Shadow leaned back before leaning forward and leading Amy across the dance floor. Shadow spun Amy out before bringing her back and dipping her to the ground. Shadow placed his hands on her lower back as she bent back at the hips and swiveled from the left to the right before Shadow lifted her back up. Amy wrapped her arms around Shadow's neck as she let her legs go limp. Shadow dragged her across the floor before stopping and dipping her with her legs up in the air. Tails watched them as they continued to dance and briefly wondered when Shadow learned how to dance. However, Tails became slightly concerned with his friend's sudden love interest. Something about her didn't rub him the right well. The song ended with Shadow and Amy's foreheads pressed together and both panting.
"Well, thank you for livening up an otherwise boring party." Amy said stepping back from him.
"It was my pleasure." Shadow said as he smiled down at Amy. Amy pulled a business card out and gave it to Shadow.
"Feel free to call me." Amy whispered before walking away with the most seductive sway. Shadow stood completely hypnotized before Tails walked over and slapped the back of his head.
"What the hell was that for?!" Shadow asked glaring at the fox.
"We have a mission, remember? Do you really think you can afford to get distracted by pretty pink hedgehogs?" Tails asked as Shadow frowned. Tails walked away and Shadow stared at Amy's name and number. Tails was right. He couldn't afford any distraction. Shadow ripped the card and let it drop to the ground before following Tails not knowing that Amy watched him. Amy scowled at the sight of him ripping her card before turning to walk out on the balcony. Amy pulled out her cell phone and dialed Sonic's number.
"How'd it go?" Sonic asked.
"He's a tough one. I definitely have a lot more work to do." Amy said turning back to look at Shadow through the glass doors. "But don't worry, the job will be done." Amy said with a smirk.
(A/N): Tell me what you think! Next chapter will be up sometime soon! Pictures of dresses on my Facebook page!