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"...And that is why you are going to--huh? Hey, Agent Rouge! Rouge!"
"...Wha?"
"Were you even paying attention to me?"
Rouge the Bat had left home at 2:00 a.m. just to meet the president in his office for another assignment. It seems she had fallen asleep right in his office.
"Um, sorry. I guess I sort of dozed off there. Um. What was it that you were saying?", Rouge asked while struggling to keep her eyes open. The president sighed and continued.
"As you already know I have called you here at an early time for a very important mission. I need you to go to a far off place to get a gem for m-- A GEM!?", Rouge cut him off.
That's what you called me over here for at 2:00 in the morning?! A measly little gem?!?" The president still sat with his head propped up on his hand on his desk and his legs crossed in his big chair, but did look just a little surprised at her sudden outburst. He almost expected her to react like that.
"Calm down, Agent Rouge." You'll scare the whole building.", The President wispered. " I don't care! You interrupted valueable sleeping time! I-- Sit down, agent, and let me finish", The president ordered. Rouge hesitated at first, but did what she was told. The president continued on. "Now, as I was trying to say before, I need you to go to a special place called The Palace of Shadows to fetch a gem for me. This gem is not an ordinary gem. If left in the wrong hands it could bring destruction to this planet." The president paused and walked towards his giant window in the back of the room.
"So what's the problem? As long as it stays there nothing should happen, right?" , the now calm Rouge asked.
"On the contrary, my dear batgirl. We have been checking up on this gem regularly, and it seems as though someone is after it. We can't take any chances, and that is where you come in." He paused to look at her and then turned back to the window. "At exactly 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning you will catch one of our private planes to a faraway island. On that island is The Palace of Shadows. You'll need to find the path on the island that leads to the palace. The palace may be difficult to find, seeing how it's hidden behind trees and other things."
Rouge was about to protest, but the president continued on. "However, there does seem to be others on that island who could quite possibly have knowledge of the palace. I would reccommend you find them before searching for the palace. Understood?"
Perfectly, Mr. president, but what about my reward?", Rouge reminded.
"Ah,yes! How could I forget about the reward?", the president said while sitting back down in his chair. "Hmmmm. Will seven pounds do the trick this time?"
'Wow. Seven pounds!', Rouge thought. "Mr. president, you've got yourself a deal!"
Rouge got up from her chair and started to walk towards the door when the president stopped her.
"And Rouge, one more thing."
Rouge turned to look at him.
"Watch yourself out there. Don't get hurt", He said as he leaned back in his chair comfortably.
"Hm. Surely you know me better than that, Mr. president", A smirking Rouge replied. "I'll have this mission done in no time. Now, since I have untill tomorrow to start the mission I'll be heading back to my place to get ready and catch back up on my sleep. Bye, hun!" And with that Rouge reached for the door, turned the knob, and walked out. The president, not willing to take any chances, looked at the speaker on his desk.
"Just in case, I'm going to send backup". The president declared as he pressed the button below the speaker.
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Club Rouge 3:55 A.M.
Rouge had just gotten back from the president's office and was now heading up to her room to go to bed untill she spotted Shadow lying on the couch. He had his hand on his chest, sleeping soundly, and Rouge immediately envied him. They had been living together for a while now and had grown very close to each other.
Taking one last look at Shadow's sleeping form, Rouge headed up the stairs and into her bedroom.
"I'm finally back", Rouge said, immediately heading for her hunting equipment to gather everything up before she went back to sleep. Rouge's room was a site to behold. Her walls were a vivid and lively color of purple and all of the furniture in the room were twice the size of what they needed to be. Not to mention she had an almost king-sized bed, but not quite, and rather revealing pictures of herself on the wall.
As soon as Rouge gathered all of her equipement for the next morning, she discarded her clothes, slipped into one of her silkiest night gowns, set her alarm clock, and hopped into her bed. Almost as soon as she fell onto her bed, sleep overcame her.
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Yay! Finally finished with the first chapter! Sorry it was so short! I'll try to make future chapters much longer than this. Well, R&R!