Episode 11: The Bat Thief

One night in Mobius, there is a large museum that stores ancient artifacts, clothes, and jewels. The museum is called, 'Museum of Ancient Mobian History.'The museum is quiet and there isn't anyone in sight. However, someone is there. Hanging upside down on a tree, there is a white color bat with teal eyes and pink lipstick. She is wearing a gray body suit, a pink heart, white boots with pink hearts at the end and cuffs on the top with matching boots She seems to be staring at the museum.

In the museum security room, two gray Mobian bulldogs wearing security suits are having donuts and coffee as they are watching the cameras for any intruders. They then turn away and continue to play their card game. On one of the screens, it shows a beautiful pink diamond in a display case. The bat flies over with her wings and lands in front of it.

The bat smirks, and says, "Hello gorgeous."

Just then, the bat girl jumps up and performs a kind spin case on the glass display and shatters it. That's when the alarm goes off, that catch the attention of the two security guards. The two quickly look at the security camera to see the bat.

The first guard shockley says, "What?! How did someone break in the museum?!"

"Come on, we got a criminal to catch!" The second guard says.

The two guards hurry out of the room, and quickly reach the room where the broken display case is. But the time they arrive at the scene, the gem is gone, and a card is left in its place.

"What in the?!" Guard one asks looking confused.

The second guard picks up the card to see that it's black with pink lipstick on it

He also notices writing on it, "It says, 'Thanks you.'"

"What that supposed to mean?" The first guard asks.

Outside of the museum and flying into the night, the bat holds the pink diamond in her hands and is pleased with her prize.

The next day in Lower Mobius, Sonic, Eve, Sally, Antoine, Tails, and Amy are visiting Griff and the other citizens. All of them are eating at the chili dog stands. As usual Sonic is always eating more chili dogs than anyone could.

"It's great to see you again Griff. It's too long," Eve says.

"Yeah. Since the Doomsday project," Griff says.

Sally asks, "So what you've been doing in Lower Mobius?"

"Lower Mobius has been great. Of course, now that robotnik is away from the city, everyone are able to go out more frequently. We all still live in Lower Mobius, it's our home after all," Griff says.

"That's true. It's the same with the above. Many decided to stay in Knothole or continue to help bring New Mobotropolis," Eve says.

"Yeah. I'm glad you all decided to come to visit," Griff says.

"Oui, it is a pleasure to visit friends in the underground city," Antoine says.

"And I'm glad I get to come see it too," Amy says.

"Yeah. I like to know more the crystal you use for a power source," Tails says.

"Sure," Griff says.

Just then, Eve asks, "Hey, do you guys heard on the news about a rash of jewel robberies going around lately."

Everyone look at Eve to hear this statement.

"Well, I remember reading it on the paper. Apperely, all of them were able to report that it's a one Mobian job. What's more, the only thing that's been stolen were, jewels, gems, and anything that contain those elegant minerals," Griff says.

"I remember reading it too. Apparently, someone has been able to break into strong safe or any places that are difficult to get into and stole the gem. After that, they left the card at the scene that reads, 'Thank you.'" Sally says.

"What? This is thief trying to show off?" Sonic asks.

"Maybe. It's like a calling card or something. Some thieves or criminals tend to do that. I'm specifically talking about Dr. Eggman. He always seem to make himself known," Eve says.

"You can say that again, but I doubt Eggman is behind this. Eggman and his dumbots wouldn't pull something without explosions, destructions, and without messing something up," Sonic says.

"That is quite the mystery. Where will the thief be striking next?" Antoine asks.

"Who knows," Amy replies.

"It's hard to tell where the thief going to strike next without some kind of clue," Tails says.

As the group of friends have their lunch, the owner of the stand turns on the television to reveal a black mobian cat on the television. The cat has blue eyes, and is wearing a black suit.

The news feline says, "This is Harley Kitty with a special news report about the strange robberies that's been occurring in museums in the south and east of Mobius. Policies are doing their best to find the thief, but a calling card is always left at the scene when priceless gems are stolen."

Just then, a picture of a yellow diamond appears on the scene

"In other news, a bright yellow gemstone has been found at a construction site in Mobius Corners and is being brought over after releasing a unusual powerful energy," The news cat says.

The Freedom Fighters look at the television with shock to see what is going on. They look at each other with concern. Hearing what the news cat says, they have one possibility.

"What of you think? Could that gem be a Chaos Emerald?" Eve asks.

"It's possible. That possibility cannot be ignored," Sally answers.

"Oui. If this is the stone we are looking for, we need to get to Mobius Corner," Antoine says.

"You're right. If Eggman sees this on the news, he'll try to take it," Sonic says.

Griff asks, "Um, what are you all talking about?"

Everyone turns to Griff who is clueless about this.

"That's right, you didn't know. Long story short, we're looking for special gems known as Chaos Emeralds. So far, we only found two of them. We found a blue Chaos Emerald and a White Chaos Emerald. If this yellow gem is a Chaos Emerald, then the other two will glow they're close to it," Eve says.

"So if they do glow, then that's a Chaos Emerald," Griff says.

"What's more, since they said the gem gave of a strange energy then it has to be a powerful gem," Sally says.

"Right. I saw we head to Mobius Corner right now, and see if that's the real Chaos Emerald," Eve says.

"Can I come too?" Griff asks.

"Sure. the more the merrier," Sonic says.

With the decision decided, Sonic and the others hurry to Mobius Corners. Once they arrive, they decide to talk to the Mayor of Mobius Corner, Bert Who. The mayor is a green cubby bird with a yellow beck, and blue eyes. He is wearing a brown coat and a brown hat.

"It's very nice for you all to drop by. I understand your concern about the gem we have discovered in the construction site," Bert says.

"Yes. If Eggman saw the news, then he'll send his goon squad to steal it," Sonic says.

Then Eve says, "And with the gem thief going on, the thief might try to steal it as well."

"I like to thank you Freedom Fighters to come all this way to help us out. I'm not going to let Eggman and his good for nothings hurt this town," Bert says.

"Well now you got us to help you out," Sonic says.

Sally asks, "Mind if we see the gem."

"Of course, princess. I have it locked in the safe," Bert says.

He walks over to a wall, and presses a button to reveal a secret compartment that has a metal safe with a lock. Ber turns it for the number combination, and opens the door. He then brings out the yellow gem and passes it to Sally. Eve then brings out the blue and white gem, and place them close to the yellow one. Soon, all three begin to glow bright causing everyone to gasp in shock. Then Eve puts the two gems in her bag.

"Now that we proved this gem is really the Chaos Emerald. It's a good thing we found it before Eggman or the thief could," Sally says.

Sonic turns to Bert, "Bert, it's probably best if you let us keep the emerald, we wouldn't have Eggman get ruffle your feathers, or the thief for that matter."

"Of course you can have it. I wouldn't let just anyone take that gem, but it seems you are most trusted and have enough experience to know the risk of having it. I'll be glad to know that it's in good hands," Bert says.

"We're glad to have your cooperation. We'll take it to a safe place where no one can find it," Sally says.

As the group of friends talk to Bert about securing the emerald and taking it to a safe spot where Eggman or the thief can't find it. Unknown the the group of friends. Someone is spying on them hanging upside down from the tree outside, and has heard everything about the gem and can get two more with one swift theft.

After returning to Knothole, Sally and Eve are in the secret room and place the Chaos Emeralds in the putting the emeralds in the safe, Sally closes it and hides it in a secret compartment in the wall.

"I hope the Chaos Emeralds will be safe here," Eve says.

"I sure hope so. It won't be good if Eggman or the thief finds out," Sally says.

Eve nods her head.

Later in the evening, Eve is in her bedroom with Jazz the Chao on her bed. She is reading a book while Jazz it sitting next to her. Just then, Sonic and Sally walk into the room.

"Yo sis, whatcha up to?" Sonic asks.

"Nothing much, just doing some reading," Eve says.

"Okay. What are you reading?" Sally asks.

"It may sound strange, but it's a book about magic," Eve says.

"Why are you reading about that? I mean, you already have your own powers?" Sonic asks.

"I know. I'm just curious about some of the magic we have in this world. Honestly, I am rather curious about something," Eve says.

"What's that?" Sonic asks.

"Well, I don't know. Remember the time that we meet Naugus in the Void. I don't know, I sense something off about him," Eve says.

"Other than the fact that he tried to use us to escape and trick us," Sonic says.

Sally says, "Now Sonic, you know that Naugus is just upset with Robotnik for betraying him. What's more, he just need us to get out and well, exact his revenge on him."

"So why brought it up?" Sonic asks.

"I'm not sure. I mean, we don't really know about Naugus other that he has been with your father for over ten years. He just made me feel a bit uncomfortable. He acted strange around us," Eve says.

"I do admit, I never even met Naugus before. Let along on what his history is. I'm sure he's not as harmful as he was when we met," Sally says.

"I sure hope so. The last thing we need is another person that is set on world domination or other kinds of problems," Eve says.

Sonic yawns, "Well, I'm going to hit the hay tonight, but first, I'm going for a quick run See you tomorrow."

Then Sonic out of the room.

Later in the night, everyone around Knothole are sleeping in their huts. In her bedroom, Eve is also asleep in her bedroom. Eve sighs and begins to have another one of her dreams.

In this dream, Eve is still a little hedgehog and is holding a hand of someone else. This someone is like the Overlanders Sally has told her about, but she is holding a sweet smile on her face. She is wearing a light blue dress with a dark blue blouse jacket, white heel shoes, and the hair band that matches Eve's. This time her face is clear to see her face. Her face is a light pale color with short blonde hair, and blue eyes. She is holding a sweet smile on her face. Little Eve smiles back as they walks towards one of the windows.

Up ahead the older black and red hedgehog is there too, but is facing the window. Eve lets go of the girl's hand and hurry over to the black hedgehog. After running to the black and red hedgehog, she hugs him by the waist.

Little Eve giggles and says, "Hi big brother."

Then he picks Eve up that allowers her to wrap her arms around his neck. Eve lets out a giggle as she does so.

The other girl walks over to the window, and says, "Are you staring you going to stare out that window all day, Shadow."

Suddenly, Eve wakes up from her sleep and feel a bit drowsy. She then gets out of bed and walks to the window. Eve looks out to see the moon and stars in the night sky and lets out a sad sigh.

Eve says herself, "I guess I have a dream about them again. I still been having dreams about my brother, but I still can't remember his face. Yet, I'm able to remember the girl that looks like the Overlanders Sally told me about."

"I wish I can remember, I have so many questions. Who was I before I made it on the planet? Where did I come from? And, who is this girl, Maria?" Eve asks herself.

Then begins to wonder, "Shadow? Shadow? Is that my brother's name?"

Eve looks down in sadness, "I guess I'll have to wait until I have more dreams about my past."

"Huh?" Eve asks herself.

Eve continues to look down from her bedroom window to see a mysterious figure walking around the village.

"Who is that?" Eve asks herself.

Curious, Eve decides to follow the mysterious person and see what they're doing. Eve quietly walks outside and keeps herself hidden to see the mysterious figure walking around. She takes a peek to see the mysterious Mobian is walking towards the tree. Then pulls on a rope that leads to the secret entrance.

Eve gasps and asks in thought, "How? How did they know where the secret entrance was?"

Then the mysterious person walks inside. Eve decides to secretly follow the Mobian to see what they're up to. Eve quietly walks down stairs as she follows the intruder. Once downstairs, Eve looks to see the mysterious figure is heading to the secret compartment.

"What in the world is that Mobian doing?" Eve asks.

The mysterious person founds the secret compartment and finds the safe. This really shocked Eve because the mysterious person has found the safe where the Chaos Emeralds. This could mean big trouble if she find the combination. The mysterious figure leans her head and turns the knob for the combination.

Eve worriedly says in thought, "This is bad. If they find out the combination, they can take the Chaos Emeralds. Could it be one of Eggman's robots? Possibly the jewel thief that's been all over the knees.

Suddenly, Eve hears a familiar voice, "Are we there yet?"

"No! We're not! We need to find those Chaos Emeralds for Eggman," Another voice says.

"Quiet you two. We don't want those Freedom Fighters to know that we're here, "Nuh uh," Another voice says.

Eve looks up, and groans, "On no, not them."

Eve turns to where the mysterious figure is and opens the door to the safe. Eve gasps in shock to see the Mobian has open the safe and see the Chaos Emeralds.

Then hears a voice, "My, this is surely a rare find. Chaos Emeralds are usually hard to come by."

"The voice of a woman. What am I saying, I gotta stop her before she take the Emeralds," Eve says to herself, and ready to confront her.

Suddenly, Eve begins to hear loud clanging sounds and it's heading right towards Eve. The girl hurries out of the way as she sees what looks like a giant ball falls to the ground and let out a loud clang, startling her and the thief. Eve sees the switch and quickly turns it on.

Eve is shocked to see who they are, "Scratch? Grounder? Coconuts? I should have knows that you three will be sneaking around.

The Eve looks up to see the newcomer in the room that is actually a bat. The bat has white fur, a tan body, black wings, and teal color eyes. She is wearing a sleeveless bodysuit with a pink plate like shirt, white boots with pink hearts and cuffs on the top of boots, with matching gloves that is the same design. The bat is holding the Chaos Emeralds in her.

"Who? Who are you?" Eve asks.

"My my, isn't a young girl like you supposed to get her beauty sleep?" The bat says.

"I'm asking the questions? Who are you and why are you trying to steal the Chaos Emeralds?" Eve demalds.

"Aren't you a feisty little girl. You know how rare these emeralds are. I do have a weak spot for jewels," The bat says.

"Jewels?" Eve asks.

Then realizes, "So then, you are the thief that's been stealing all the priceless jewels and gems around the area?"

"That's right. If you don't mind, I'll be leaving with the Chaos Emeralds," Rouge says.

"I happen to mind. We need them more than you do," Eve says.

Just then, a rope loops around the two to each other, and tie them both up making the bat drop the emeralds. Scratch and Grounds pin the two girls down, and tie them up while Coconuts grabs the emeralds.

"Wow! Dr. Eggman will be proud that we caught Eve, the thief, and got the Emeralds! Baw Ha ha ha ha!" Scratch says.

"Yeah. He'll be twice as proud," Grounder says and laughs.

Eve and Rouge begins to struggle as they are bound to the rope.

In Dr. Eggman's Secret Base, Eve and the bat Rouge are being held in a large capsule in the lab. Scratch, Grounder, and Coconuts are looking at the captured two while Dr. Eggman holds the Emeralds with pride.

"For once, you didn't mess this up. Not only you brought me the Chaos emeralds, but you got the annoying hedgehog and the jewel thief," Eggman says.

"So what are you going to to with the emeralds?" Scratch asks.

"Yeah. What are do? What are you also going to do with Eve and the bat?" Grounder asks.

"Yeah. What are you going to do?" Coconuts adds.

"I have special plans for these two," Eggman says.

Eve bang on the capsule trying to break out. She even tries to perform her spin attack,but nothing works.

"Eggman must have done some improvement on this capsule," Eve says.

"Seems so. Since we're going to be here for awhile, I saw introduction is in order. I'm Rouge the Bat, you may know me as a jewel thief, but i'm also a class treasure hunter," The bat says.

"It's nice to meet you. I've Eve Hedgehog," Eve says.

"I know. Freedom Fighter, Sword Wielder, and one of the greatest heroes of Mobius. I heard a lot about you, your brother, Sonic, and all you Freedom Fighters," Rouge says.

"Well, now that we're done with introduction, why were you after the Chaos Emeralds?" Eve asks.

"I have a weak spot for jewelry. Plus, Chaos emeralds are very rare and hard to come by, as I said before," Rouge says.

"I know they are special and rare, but me and the Freedom Fighters need to use the Chaos Emeralds for an important mission. What's more, we're trying to keep them away from Eggman," Eve says.

"Except that I have the Chaos Emeralds now, and there's nothing you and your bat friend can do about it," Eggman remarks.

Rouge smirks, "We'll see about that."

Rouge jumps up and shouts, "Screw kick!"

Then spins like a drill and breaks the capsule.

"What in the?" Eggman exclaim.

Rouge lands in front of Eggman, "I'll be taking these emeralds if you don't mind."

Rouge kicks Eggman's head and send the emeralds flying in the air. Eve walks out of the capsule and catches he three emeralds in her hands.

Eve shouts, "Come on, let's get out of here!"

"Not so fast!" Eggman shouts, and presses a button on the control pad.

A metal door opens up to reveal a giant purple and yellow robot with grappling hooks missiles for hands.

"Get then Grappler!" Eggman commands.

The robots begin to march up to the two girls, lift it's robot arm, and launches grappling hooks at them. The two girls quickly dodges the attack and land on the ground.

"Looks like we'll need to take down this hunk of junk before we can leave peacefully," Rouge says.

"Agree," Eve says.

Rouge flies up into the air while Eve runs with her super speed. The Grappler continues to launch missiles at the girls with both arms, one aiming at Rouge while the other attacks Eve. Rouge then drills down with a Screw kick that takes out one of the arms. Then Eve uses her Chaos Energy to create a bow and launches her Chaos Arrow taking out the other one. Then together, both of the girls performs a powerful kick right through the middle of the robot and it explodes soon after. The two girls land on the ground.

"Alright, playtime is over!" Eggman angrily shouts. Then brings out a missile launcher of his own.

Scratch and Grounder hold bombs while coconuts has a laser.

Eggman shouts, "Fire!"

Then everyone begin to throw their attack at the two girls. The two are shocked to see the attacks coming at them. The two look at each other, and nod their heads in reply. When that, the two girls begin to charge toward the four villains. Rouge screw kick Coconuts' laser out of his hand. Then does the same to his face. Eve then uses her speed to dodge the bombs. Then throw and kick multiple bombs at Scratch and Grounder. Exploding the two and scrap metal.

Once those robots are out, Eggman stands alone. Eggman begins to fire missiles with his missile launcher. Rouge and Eve dodge the attack with their abilities. Rouge then kicks the missile launcher out of Eggman's hand. Then Eve throws one of the bombs at Eggman. The bomb explodes with the collision and sends Eggman to the wall. The next moment, both the bat and the hedgehog are gone.

Eggman angrily bellows, "I hate that hedgehog!"

After leaving Eggman's lair, Eve returns to Kntothole the next day, and tell everyone about the jewel thief and what has happen to herself and Rouge the bat. Everyone are sitting at the table having breakfast

"After defeating Eggman, we both manage to make it back to the Great Forest and allowed me to keep the Chaos Emeralds. I asked if she could join the Freedom Fighters with us, despite her being a jewel thief and treasure hunter, but she said she works alone. She then flies off, and said that she might see me again someday," Eve says.

"Sounds like you had quite a night," Bunnie says.

"Yeah. wish you could have clued us into it," Sonic says.

"Eve was captured by Eggman's robots and couldn't tell us about it," Sally says.

Amy asks, "Do you think you'll see Rouge again someday?"

"Maybe. She said that she is going to find some treasure out there someday. So if we ever ran into any location with jewels, or other kinds of treasure, I know that Rogue won't be behind," Eve says.

Up in the sky of Mobius, Rouge continues to fly in the sky looking for new treasure or jewels to find and take. The bat then begins to fly to a city that is at a far distance to find any jewels to find.