Chapter 3
Back with Rox and Salley, the kitsune forced her to sit down on a chair and cuffed
her to it. He finally removed the fabric gag and Salley was able to speak again.
"You let me out of here, you flea bag!" she screamed.
Rox pointed his dagger to her neck. "No one calls me a flea bag, EVER!"
"Rox, that's enough," said a male voice. The cat and kitsune turned to see a brown
wolf come into the room. "Leave her be."
Salley was shocked. "You work for Venom too?!" she asked Rox.
"Indeed," said Rox. "I'm actually his colleague. We made a little deal; I capture you
and he set me free from the Forbidden Dimension." He laughed.
Salley gasped. "Oh, no."
"Oh, yes!"
"Rox," said Venom. "You're free to do whatever you want now. I wish to speak to
Salley alone."
"Yes, sir." Rox walked away from the room and Salley was left alone with Venom.
The cat-girl was so scared that tears filled her blue eyes. "W-what are you going to
do with me?"
Venom put his finger on her lips and wiped her tear away. "Shh…don't cry, Salley.
Everything's going to be alright."
"How do you even know? I'm beginning to think that you'll hurt me with your
evil instruments of torture. I don't want to die now!"
Venom raised an eyebrow. "Salley, what are you thinking? I would never want to
hurt you."
Salley was surprised and confused. "You wouldn't?"
"No." Venom caressed Salley's forehead. "Salley, I care too much about you to put
harm onto you. All I want is for you to be with me and to rule by my side. I mean it dearly."
Venom bent over and kissed Salley on the forehead.
Back with Espio and Halley, they just made it to Tails' lab and told him the whole
story of what happened.
"So, let me get this straight," said Tails. "You were having your romantic date with
Salley, but it was interrupted by a kitsune named Rox? Then, he attacked you and Halley showed up
and fought him, but she and you were knocked out and Rox kidnapped Salley?"
Espio nodded. "Yes. And I have a hunch of where he took her."
"So, we need some type of warping device that can transport us there," added
Halley.
Espio looked at Halley. "Um, Halley, I'm afraid there's no 'we' in this. I'm going
to rescue Salley alone."
Halley gasped. "But Espio, she's my sister."
"I know," said Espio.
"And Rox's so strong and evil; he'll be so hard to beat."
"I know."
"And if you go in alone, you won't make it back alive!"
Espio was getting annoyed. "I know!" He then took a deep breath. "But I love
your sister and I'd do anything for her. I also would feel bad if I saw you get hurt."
Halley sighed. "Okay, but be careful."
Espio nodded.
"I got the best teleportation device for you, Espio," said Tails, handing Espio the
gadget. "Don't lose it."
"I won't, Tails." Espio pushed a button that activated a warp zone. Then, he
stepped into it and disappeared.
