Plot-Holes: Don't We Love Them All?

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Chapter 8: Rouge…and Some Other Confessions

A dark-skinned girl in a blue shirt and black shorts tip-toed onto the stage. Sonic Speed pulled out a rotten pepper from out of nowhere and threw it at the girl. This then prompted everyone else to start throwing garbage at the girl. She was then pummeled by a barrage of rotten tomatoes and other unsavory items.

"Alright! Alright! I'm back!" Galexia said as she tried to swat away some of the rotten veggies.

"How could you just leave us in suspense like that?" AL3X THE HEDGEHOG said angrily as CrazyNutSquirrel picked up a piece of moldy pizza and threw it at the chao. Sonicathehedgehog picked up CrazyNutSquirrel and threw her at the chao.

AndieTiggerPyro just glared at Galexia, who shivered uncomfortably in response.

"Yeah! What the heck!" Nicole Goldenbreeze said as she picked up her computer and threw it at the chao.

"WHOA! Nothing that could actually hurt me guys! Nothing that could actually hurt me!" Galexia shouted as she glared at Nicole. Nicole shrugged in response.

"Yeah! I've been waiting her for FOUR YEARS!" XoxoSonamy440oxOX said with a crazed look in her eyes, "FOUR YEARS!"

"Aw shaddup XoxoSonamy440oxOX the story hasn't even been around for four years…" Writer's Freedom said scratching his scraggly beard, "Although its been long enough for me to grow this beard…" he said thoughtfully.

"Ew man that's nasty! Didn't you ever go home?" Odd Sakura said as she gave Writer's Freedoma disapproving look.

"Have some self-respect man! Geez!" Storm337 shouted as she scooted away from the smelly reader.

"Well whatever! I'm glad that you've all been waiting so faithfully for me! Well…maybe not Writer's FreedomI mean dude you could have gone home and taken a shower or something…but I digress! I know how excited everyone is for this new chapter! Right?" Touch the red gem boo'd, which cue'd the entire crowd to begin to boo at Galexia once more.

"Anyway, read my A/N at the bottom for the full reasons! I don't want to put off this chapter anymore! So without further ado, I give you…Plot-Holes! Don't we love them all? Chapter 8! Rouge! …and some other confessions!" Galexia cackled manically before waving her chao wand and disappearing into the portal that formed.

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It was around twilight. The sun was going down and the stars were just coming out. The entire city was beginning to glow with lights as Rouge the bat was walking down the street. She was strutting to the club she owned, Club Rouge, winking and blowing kisses at every boy that she crossed on the street. Suddenly she was hit in the back of the head with a baseball bat.

"What the…"

The last thing she heard was the maniacal laughter of a girl,

When Rouge came to her senses all she saw was darkness. The bat gasped and blinked and her eyes adjusted. Now she could see clearly. As Rouge looked around, she was able to comprehend that she was tied to a couch. Knuckles was tied to a couch and had many black bruises on his head, and looked like he was about to kill somebody. Shadow, was tied next to the couch with Rouge and looked like he was about to murder someone and then kill them again.

"K-Knuckles?" Rouge stammered, "What's going on here?" Knuckles struggled against his bindings and turned to face the white bat,

"I don't know. Once minute, I'm napping next to the Master Emerald and the next…I'm kidnapped!" Knuckles said as he attempted to raise his hands in exasperation, however, he had re-realized that he was tied to a couch and began to mutter death threats once more. Rouge turned to Shadow, only for him to give her the dead man's glare in response,

"Okay…then…" Rouge then took a look at her surroundings. So far, it looked as if she was on some kind of stage…she then looked at the couch, which she then noticed was not worn and old, but slightly new and well upholstered. The spy also noticed that the walls were not a scary black or grey, but almost looked a light shade of pink, or lavender. It was hard to tell in the dim light. Therefore the bat was able to extrapolate that they were in some sort of…studio or living room. Knuckles, now through with his death threats, began to shout out to the kidnapper,

"Come out here coward! Face us like a man!" The red echidna shouted as he began to rock his chair back and forth in anger,

"Oi! I am not a man, you meat-head!" Everyone went silent, nobody had expected a response. Shadow's eyes widened and he stopped muttering out death threats. After a few seconds of silence, Knuckles became even more enraged,

"YOU'D BETTER COME OUT HERE AND SHOW YOURSELF! OR I'LL-I'LL-"

"Knuckie, if you keep doing that-" The chair then tipped and fell on the ground, Rouge sighed, "Never mind,"

The red woman snake monster on the other hand was freaking out, "Help! I've fallen and I can't get up!"

A shrill laugh was heard, that made everyone go silent, once more. Rouge's ear's twitched, that was the same insane laugh that she heard before she black out,

"Knuckles you're a hoot and a holler…as always," the girl giggled as her voice carried around the room. Suddenly the hedgehog growled and spoke for the first time since Rouge had arrived.

"Show yourself, Galexia!" He spat, "I don't know how you got me tied up like this, but once I get free I'm gonna kick your a-"

"WHOA WHOA! Watch it, buddy! Keep it K+ rated!" The girl's voice scolded, Rouge turned to Shadow in shock, he knew the kidnapper? Knuckles (who had finally managed to set himself upright) on the other hand, shrieked like a little girl,

"G-Galexia!" Rouge narrowed her eyes. Already, she didn't like this 'Galexia' character. A). She was able to kidnap her and B). Both Shadow and Knuckles seem to know her.

Suddenly, the lights went on. Knuckles and Rouge cried out in shock while Shadow just grunted. They now could see that they were on a stage (like Rouge had predicted) and there was a human audience in front of them. On the other side of the room, were Sonic, Amy and Tails. They were sitting on a platform that said The Panel.

All of a sudden, the girl poofed onto the middle of stage. She had changed into a red sparkly dress and her hair was down in curls. Her blue chao wings were showing and she had blue halo around her wrists.

"Welcome, everybody!" The girl said as she gestured to the crowd, "My name is Galexia and because this episode is after such a long hiatus, we're going to have a talk-show today!" The audience cheered, while AndieTiggerPyro began to foam at the mouth and faint, "The studio that I am in is courtesy of Omochao who gave it to me as a gift! Let's have a hand for Omochao!" The audience cheered once more. Galexia then sat down on a chair next to the panel,

"Here, at our panel, we have Sonic the Hedgehog," Sonic gave a cocky thumbs up, "Amy Rose," Amy giggled and waved, "and Tails the fox!" Tails smiled at everyone, "And our three guests are Rouge the Bat, Knuckles the Woman Snake monster and Shadow the Hedgehog!" All three guests looked very angry.

"I AM NOT A WOMAN SNAKE MONSTER! I AM AN ECHIDNA! WE ARE A PROUD RACE! NOT SOME SORT OF MONSTER!" Knuckles shouted, Galexia waved her hand,

"Yeah yeah, whatever you tell yourself in order to sleep at night,"

"WHEN I GET OUT OF THESE ROPES, I'M GOING TO-" Sonic clapped his hand over the irate echidna's mouth,

"Gotta keep it K+ Rated Knucklehead," Sonic said teasingly,

Galexia could hear Knuckles' muffled voice raise an octive out of anger and sweat dropped. Suddenly, Sonic yelped, and raced back to his chair,

"He bit me!" Galexia looked at Knuckles, who looked away in embarassment,

"Right...and today, we will be talking about, the highly controversial topic of Knuxouge Verses Shadouge!"

The entire audience went crazy. Knuckles and Shadow looked like they were about to bust a vein.

"I love you Knuckie! Odd Sakura screamed. Knuckles blushed while Rouge got even madder.

"Alright! Now this is how the show will go," Galexia said as she began to pace across the stage, "I will ask Knuckles, Rouge and Shadow questions and the Panel will confirm if the guests are lying or telling the truth!" She then struck a pose, "So let's get started!" The audience cheered, "Shadow we will start with you!" Half of the audience went crazy at the mention of his name, Storm337 held up a banner "How do you like Rouge?"

"As a friend."

"LIER!" Sonic shouted as he stood up from his seat on the panel. Shadow slowly turned to look at Sonic and glared, "I-I mean, heh heh he's telling the truth…" Sonic stammered as he sat back down in his seat.

"Aw come on Shadow! Don't you like Rouge?" Galexia whined as she tried to egg on the ebony hedgehog. Shadow looked at her and she instantly blanched, "Eh…alright…moving on…to KNUCKLES!" The other half of the audience went crazy, "How do you like Rouge?"

"I don't. She's too annoying to like." Knuckles humped. Rouge glared at Knuckles,

"Oh really? Coming from the guy that doesn't even know how to lighten up!" The audience "ooo'd".

"How should I? With you and Eggman always coming to steal the Master Emerald!"

"Great! Now you're ranking me with Eggman!"

"Yeah! You and Him are so alike, it's like you're twins!"

"TWINS? ARE YOU CALLING ME FAT THEN?" The audience, went silent. Sonic and Tails went wide-eyed while Amy's mouth dropped open. Knuckles had just crossed over into enemy territory,

Suddenly Galexia gave a mischievous grin, "Heh, lover's spat." Both enraged animals turned towards the chao girl,

"WE ARE NOT LOVERS!" They cried out in unison. They then gasped once they realized that they were talking in unison and humped and faced away from each other…well as far away as they could face, since they were tied up and couldn't move very well.

"Alright, so we have Shadow, who is stubborn in his believe that Rouge is only his friend, and then we had that Knuxouge spat! Panel what do you think?" Galexia asked,

"Aww…that was so…so…KAWAII!" Amy shrieked as she swooned. Galexia raised an eye-brow, "Which was Kawaii?" * Kawaii means cute in Japanese*

"Both! Aww! They're so cute together!"

"Okay…Tails!"

"Knuckles is obviously in denial." The two tailed fox said as he folded his arms, "And Shadow is still too attached to Maria, so I really don't think that he likes Rouge, but, on the other hand, he could really really like Rouge and only say that he thinks of her as a friend because he's just really mad right now."

"And Tails speaks with his words of wisdom!" Galexia said as the audience cheered in agreement,

"Next Question…for Shadow! Describe Rouge in three words!"

"Rouge is my partner, my friend and I trust her," The entire audience aww'd. Amy almost had a fan girl spasm. Sonic wiped his eye,

"That was beautiful…" Tails shrugged,

"He just restated why she was only a friend to him…" Galexia swatted Tails on the head playfully,

"Tails! Don't be a hater! Knuckles! How would you describe Rouge in three words!"

"Annoying, Sneaky and Evil,"

"You forgot, beautiful, gorgeous and awesome Hun," The bat grinned, Knuckles went red,

"Speak for yourself!" Galexia turned to the panel.

"Well…Rouge is flirting with Knuckles, so…I think she may like him," Amy said cautiously,

"Yeah, but did you see Knux's reaction? He turned redder than an apple!" Sonic said as he fell on the ground from laughing, "LOLOLOLOL!"

"Sonic, you don't say LOL…" Tails said as he sweat dropped,

"Actually, he should say ROFL…" Amy countered. Galexia kicked Sonic in the side, which made him stop laughing immediately.

"Come on, Sonic! Get it together for the next question," The blue hedgehog blushed,

"Yeah, yeah yeah…" Galexia smiled widely,

"Next question! "

"Oh boy…" Knuckles grumbled,

"This baby is for…Rouge!"The audience gasped, Galexia had a Cheshire cat grin, "This is the final question! The big one! The kahuna lagoona! The mother of all questions!"

"GET ON WITH IT!" the audience shouted, Rouge gulped,

"If you had to get Shadow and Knuckles a gift, what would you get them? And Why?" Everyone did an anime fall,

"What kind of question was that, Galexia?" Sonic asked in exasperation,

"I thought you would ask, who do you like more, Shadow or Knuckles!" Amy pouted. Galexia looked at Tails with a pleading look,

"Come on Tails, back me up." Tails shrugged,

"I got nothing." Galexia sighed,

"Fine. I'll explain after Rouge tells us her answer,"

"Well I'd get Shadow an Omochao, so that he could have a moving practice target," Sonic said, "But that's just me," Rouge on the other hand was silent,

"I'd make Knuckles a Master Emerald Security System, so that he could come down and hang out with us more often!" Tails chirped,

"I'd make them either a pastry or cake!" Amy said, "Something with fruits for Knuckles and maybe something chocolaty for Shadow…" Rouge on the other hand was stuck in thought,

What would I give to Knuckles or Shadow? What would Shadow appreciate that isn't an obvious gift? What would Knuckles like? Finally Rouge had her answer,

"I would give Shadow…a travel guide. Because I know how much he wanted to see the world with Maria, so I think it would be good for him to be able to travel the world," Everyone awed and Shadow began to look at the bat in a new light, "And as for Knuckie," Rouge winked at the echidna's redder face, "I'd come up to the Island once a week, just to give him something to do," Knuckles was exasperated,

"Oh! Come on! What kind of gift is that!"

"Don't lie. You know you love our bi-weekly sparring sessions," Rouge teased,

"WE DON'T HAVE BI-WEEKLY SPARRING SESSIONS!"

"Plus I know you get really bored up there so, it kills two birds with one stone. You don't have to leave your island, and I get practice!" Galexia turned to the audience,

"Actions speak louder than words you know…with this question, you can see how much Rouge cares for Knuckles and Shadow! You can see how much thought she put into each gift, which in turns shows, how much she cares for the other person," Galexia said knowingly.

A loud, 'Oh…' resonated through the studio,

The chao girl turned to the panel,

"Alright guys! What do you think? Knuxouge, or Shadouge?"

"That travel guide thing because of Maria, was very sweet. I think that it shows how much Rouge cares about that softer side of Shadow, so I say SHADOUGE BABY! Plus, cannonly there are hints of Shadouge here and there, Sonic Heroes anyone?" Sonic said before striking a pose,

"I think that with Rouge going up to Angel Island, she can spend more time with Knuckles so that they can get to know each other better, plus, who doesn't remember the whole space collision thing in Sonic Adventure 2?" Tails said knowingly, "Knuxouge for me,"

"Amy, you're the tie-breaker here! Which one, Knuxouge or Shadouge?"

"Hmm…I'd think I'd go with…Knux…no wait, Shad…Oh! They're both so adorable, I just can't choose! Kawaii…" Amy said with hearts in her eyes, before fainting, Galexia looked at Amy in shock, before turning back to her audience,

"Well there you have it folks! A straight tie! One in a million chance of that happening! Anyway, that's all for Plot-Holes don't we love them all, for today! Tune in next time for SONIC COLORS!" The audience cheered loudly once more! Galexia smiled at everyone before taking out her chao wand and flicking it three times before disappearing in a flash of light. Everyone then left the studio, chatting about how wonderful the show was. After the entire room cleared out, Rouge, Knuckles and Shadow were still left stuck to the couch,

Suddenly Shadow spoke up, "So…who's going to untie us then?"


A/N: OMG guys! I am so lazy! And I'm so sorry for not updating! Partly was because of someone's review (I've deleted it so that he won't get flamed)but also because I had gotten stuck on what to write for this chapter (originally it was going to be about how Rouge was able to fly with her small wings and that she actually had a jet-pack. Yeah, really bad…so I made it into a Knuxouge vs. Shadouge chapter! After all, they've both been hinted at in the games!) I hope that we have no hard feelings!

Sooo…I can't make any promises about when the next chapter will come out, but I can say that I'm already working on it!

Chao for now, faithful readers!

~Galexia

P.S. If I've offended you Sonic Speed then I'm totally sorry! I don't think that you're actually unhygienic!

P.P.S. Happy 4th of July American people!

P.P.P.S. I like writing P.S. xD

P.P.P.P.S. There are a lot of P.S.'s

Sonic Speed