Chapter 2: Rival
Rouge's POV
I stood up, and Shadow stood up next to me. We held hands and headed downstairs.
"Who could that be? Its like, four in the morning." I said, looking at Shadow and heading for the door.
"Four-thirty, actually." Shadow looked down at me, a hint of a smile on his lips. We were at the door now.
"Who's there?" I asked.
"Rouge? I know its early but, I-I…" I recognized the voice of the annoying echidna, Knuckles. I sighed, rolled my eyes and grabbed the door handle. I looked at Shadow, but he was gone.
"I'll be back in fifteen minutes." I heard him say.
"Nice. Alright, what do you want?" I opened the door. Knuckles eyes popped open wide at the sight of me. I remembered I was still in my dress. I narrowed my eyes. "Well?" He blushed.
"I-I just wanted to apologize for being so mean in the past and…" He handed me some pink flowers. My eyes popped open wide and I took them uncertainly. "Well, I was wondering…if you…wanted to hang out sometime? Like dinner, or a walk in the park." He looked me in the eyes, and I couldn't help but to look away and think of Shadow.
"Knuckles, I… I'm sorry but I just don't… feel that way about you…" I lowered my eyes to the floor. "I still think of you as my friend though." I looked pitifully at him, and smiled at him.
"You…Why? Is there someone else? Who?" His eyes narrowed and he grabbed my hand, hard. His claws dug into my skin.
"Ow! Knuckles stop it! That hurts!" I tried to pull away, but his grip tighten. I gasped in pain, and blood started to leak from where Knuckles held me. His other arm grabbed my other arm, also hard.
"If I cant have you emotionally, I'll take you physically." He smiled evily, and started to come inside.
"Shadow! Shadow help me! Where did you go?" I yelped. Knuckles shut the door with his feet. He smiled and threw me on the couch.
"Shadow? He's dead, if you can remember." He paused. "He's the other man, isn't he? You loved him. Well, he's not coming back, sweets." Knuckles jumped on top of me, and grabbed at my dress. I was sobbing hard, and tears ran freely down my face. I couldn't do anything. He was going to rape me! Knuckles finally pulled my dress off, and threw it on the ground, he grabbed at my bra, and broke it off. My breast were revealed now.
"Wow, Rouge this is quite a sight. Biggest breast ever." Knuckles admired them for a moment, then grabbed them, hard, and scratching them. He covered my mouth so I wouldn't scream., and licked all over me. His tongue moved from my breast down to my panties. He started to pull at my panties. I bit him. "Ouch! Dammit!" He grabbed his hand, and I tried to run, but he slapped me, in my face, hard.
"Ouch! W-why are y-you d-doing t-this Knuckles?" I asked, sobs cracking my voice. He smiled and kissed my lips. I tried to resist, tried hard to resist, but he held my arms at my sides. His tongue opened my mouth forcefully and licked at my mouth. At that moment, I heard the knock at the door. Shadow was back.
"Rouge? I'm back…I'm coming in." Shadow said.
"Damn!" Knuckles jumped off me and ran through the back door. The front door opened, and Shadow walked in. He gasped, and blushed. I knew what he saw; Me, with nothing on but panties, my breast scratched and bleeding, my face bruised, my arms bleeding. He rushed to my side, and it looked like he was trying to avoid my nudity. I was to weak to move. He grabbed my head and sat down on the floor next to me, staring in my eyes.
"Rouge…Oh Rouge…What in the hell happened to you? Are you alright? Who did this to you?" I could see the worry in his eyes, the love and the care.
I murmured one word: "Knuckles"
END OF CHAPTER 2! Uh-Oh…What's next? You'll see. Stay tuned for more!