Rouge giggled the whole way home, flying like lightning to get home. She entered Club Rouge and headed upstairs, then remembered she didn't sign out of work. She texted Jackie:

heyy honey can u sign me out? thanx ^^ ~~kiss kiss Rougie 3

She sent it and turned to her closet and changed into another nightgown, but this one was shorter and slightly lower cut than her favorite and it was a halloween purple with black lace in the front and made of silk. She smiled and turned to her phone when it went off. She read:

hye where in the world did u and shadow go? were you guys...? OMG DID U?
Jac_kie

Rouge giggled and replied:

we didnt do anything...yet xD lol jkjk sum things just happened u dont need to kno k? it wuz nothin so yea ~~kiss kiss Rougie 3

Rouge set her phone down on her nightstand and layed down, tired from her long day and she fell alseep right away.

She dreamt of being with Shadow, in his house. She was in the kitchen, making some coffee when she began in the dream. She was rather warm, but comfortable and she carried two mugs of coffee into the living room. She handed one to Shadow and sat in his lap. He kissed her cheek and sipped his coffee. They stayed like that until the both of them had finished. They sat them aside and she hugged him, just laying there.

Suddenly a chill hit her and she shivered. Shadow hugged her tighter but then suddenly picked her up and she felt like he was spinning her super fast, around and around. She giggled because she found this action rather fun. She held him tighter and his face was smiling but he loosened her grip with his hands.

All of these actions felt too real to Rouge, as if they were actually happening outside of the dream. She blew it off as her imagination. Shadow kissed her softly but that didn't feel real, it felt imaginary liek most things in her dreams did. She felt weird for a while, like she was rather weightless as she cuddled in Shadow's arms. It was weird but then in the dream Shadow started laughing, a cold, dark laugh. The voice was familiar but it wasn't Shadow's. Suddenly Shadow put her down on the ground, which was rather hard and very cold, but then she couldn't move and she heard Shadow walk away. The dream ended and Rouge spent abouyt another hour or so sleeping, then she finally opened her eyes.

She sat up and rubbed her eyes. How weird, she thought, but then realized she wasn't in her bed. She looked around confused. The place was familiar. She had spent some time on here with Shadow and Eggman. It was the ARK. She mused over this in her head. Did Shadow bring me here? I don't think he'd leave me on the cold ground... she thought, her brow furrowing. She stood and looked around, her bare feet cold on the metal floor. She looked around.

This part of the ARK looked like it was once a hallway, but was closed by steel metal doors closing the portals to other parts of the ship. There was a door. Rouge went to it, but had no idea how to open it. She turned and against the back wall, there was a huge window. She remembered this window. She often found Shadow here, staring down at the Earth. She walked over and looked down. It was so beautiful. The Earth in orbit, clouds blowing across and making the Earth and round ball with swirls of white, green and lots of blue. She gawked at its beauty for a minute then noticed a telescope sitting near the edge of the window. She went over to it. It looked as though it hadn't moved from its position in a long time. She had the strangest urge to not move it either and just looks. She put her eye to the hole.

There was The Cliff on the Water. Shadow stood on its edge, smiling and holding the bear. He looked up and Rouge felt as though he was next to her, staring in her eyes. She smiled.

Suddenly something wrapped around her and covered her mouth. She let out a muffled scream and turned slightly to look at the culprit. She gaped at her mouthless attacker, unable to move.

"Hello Rouge." He said in his evil voice, which sounded just like Shadow's laugh from the dream. Suddeny Rouge found herself in total, and utter darkness.