Hey guys, I'm here with a chapter!
You know, I don't know why, but I am kinda enjoying writing Emerald's character. I mean, Green is my favorite color, and it happens to be the color of my birthstone (EMERALD!).
Anyway, just so you know, it's best if you watch the latest episode of RWBY before you read this chapter, as there are some MAJOR spoilers for people who haven't seen it yet. The specific episode is "A Minor Hiccup."
As always, I don't own RWBY or Sonic, I just own the plot, and Natalia "Tali" Williams.
Shoutout to reader IceBite for catching a mistake I made in the last chapter. I mistakenly said that Gerald Robotnik was Eggman's grandson, as opposed to the other way around. ^^; Thanks again, Ice!
Streets of Vale, 12:30 p.m.
"So, how should I get Silver and Blaze together?" wondered Rouge. She was hanging upside down in an alleyway where no one would disturb her. Emboldened by the success of her first matchmaking, she was trying to come up with a way to get the couple from the future to actually become a couple.
She was distracted by a shifty-looking girl walking with an even shiftier guy. Oblivious to the white bat now observing them, Mercury and Emerald were trying to find a likely place for that the Mobians would gather at. "I still say we should just assassinate them at Beacon."
Emerald sighed. "Look, Mercury, these aren't runaways from the White Fang we're tracking, these are beings from another world, each with their own abilities. Even Torchwick had problems with them. Getting close to them is going to be tricky. Plus, Beacon seems to be the place they have made a home at, we can't even get close to that place without arousing suspicion."
'Now this is very interesting,' thought Rouge. She quickly pulled out a camera from her breastplate and took photos of the duo. Suddenly, the green-haired girl bumped into a woman. While apologizing profusely, Rouge noticed that she pickpocketed her with practiced ease.
'Hm. She's good,' she thought. She put on a feral grin. 'But I'm better.'
Rouge detached herself from the plank in the alleyway and flew over to a corner just ahead of the duo. She put herself in a position to turn the tables on Emerald.
Said thief was looking through her newly gotten gains when she suddenly ran into Rouge. "Oh, my, I'm sorry. Can I help you?" Rouge kept her smirk hidden.
Emerald took the proffered hand, only seeing the owner of it fully when she stood up. "What the-"
"Well, you don't see that every day. A talking bat. You must be Rouge, no?" asked Mercury.
"I'm Rouge the bat, but you can call me Rouge, handsome," replied the bat with flirty wink.
'Rouge? This is perfect, I can kill her now!' thought Emerald as she reached for her sickles.
"Ah, ah, ah, I wouldn't do that, sweetie," admonished Rouge. "After all, we are in the middle of town in broad daylight. Don't you have somewhere better to be?"
"Sweetie?!" Emerald was very angry now. "Do you know who I am?!"
"Let's see," Rouge said while taking a wallet out and opening it. "Your name is Emerald Sustrai, and from your previous conversation, you are under employment- no wait, partners with the criminal Roman Torchwick, and your profession is a skilled thief, based on the way you stole that woman's money." She threw the girl's wallet back to her.
"How did you get my wallet?!" asked Emerald in amazement.
"Listen, I was a professional jewel thief back in my world, and I still like to keep my skills fresh," said Rouge smugly. "Stealing from thieves is my favorite hobby. You're out of your league, honey."
Mercury had seen Emerald mad before- he liked to annoy her from time to time- but he had never made her angrier than this white bat did. It was actually quite impressive.
"Sorry, ladies, but as much as I would like to see you fight, I don't think this is the right place or time," he said, almost reluctantly.
Rouge looked over their shoulders and shrugged. "You would have lost anyway. Take a look behind you."
The two did so, and found themselves staring into the barrels of two machine guns attached to a red and black robot. "Whoa. Didn't see that one coming," said Mercury.
"I suggest you kiddies run along now. We don't want anyone to get hurt now, do we?" Rouge said.
"Speak for yourself, Comrade Rouge," droned Omega.
Emerald and Mercury decided that discretion was the better part of valor, and cowardice was the better part of discretion, so they skedaddled out of there.
"Well, that was fun, even if we now know about two more people against us. Fortunately, I was able to place a tracker on the girl."
"It is one thing to be good at emptying ones pockets. It is something else entirely to put something back in them with the person knowing," said Omega.
"Why, Omega, was that a compliment?" asked Rouge, a little surprised.
The robot nodded. "However, I suggest you keep the boasting about being a thief to yourself. After all, isn't it better to be the greatest thief in the world instead of the most famous?"
"Hm. Good point. But I really can't help myself most of the time." Rouge took out the wallet of the woman that Emerald first stole from. "Now where is that woman that was robbed earlier?"
"Hey, Rouge!"
The white bat turned around and saw the woman. She had a blue shirt, black pants, and a squirrel tail. "My goodness! Is that you, Tali?"
The Faunus grinned. "Nice to see you again, too." She noticed that Rouge had her wallet. "Thanks for getting my wallet back. I'm normally better at protecting myself against pickpockets," she said while blushing and scratching the back of her head.
"Well, don't worry, honey," Rouge reassured. "I watched her do it. She isn't too shabby, but I'm better."
"Yeah, I'll bet you are," said Tali.
"So what's up?" asked Rouge as she handed the Faunus her wallet.
"Well, we were in the neighborhood, and we thought we would say hi and catch up on things."
"So the Normandy has been docked?"
"Yep. We're currently on that job Miss Schnee gave to us." Tali chuckled a little. "It wasn't until we were halfway to Vacuo when the background check was complete and we found out it was Weiss who sent it. But it does pay well, and maybe Torchwick won't plague us much longer."
Omega suddenly shifted, his optics staring at a dark alley. "I believe we should have this conversation back at Beacon. I am detecting an eavesdropper, and it isn't human."
"It may be one of Eggman's surveillance drones. Come on, let's go," said Rouge. "We should tell Ruby and the others that you're back, anyway."
As the three left to acquire transportation back to Beacon, the source of Omega's unease walked out of the alleyway slowly. As Omega suspected, the culprit was not human, but it wasn't an Eggman drone, either.
The thing that walked out looked like an ordinary girl, actually. She had a gray skirt and top with black and green leggings. On top of her orange hair was a pink bow. She also had some freckles below bright green eyes.
'So those people know Ruby?' thought Penny. 'Could they be my friends, too?'
She looked at her hands, which revealed mechanical parts in the palms. 'I doubt that they could be, though. Who would want to be friends with a machine?'
A shadow fell across Penny's arms. She looked up and saw E-123 Omega. Strangely, he didn't look like he was going to attack the robot girl.
"So you are the individual who was listening to us. Greetings. My name is E-123 Omega." There was a slight pause as Omega activated his scanners. "You are a mechanical creation made by humans?"
"Yes, that's right. My name is Penny. It's a pleasure to meet you!" Penny said with her typical enthusiasm. "You are the robot that came to this world recently? Can I ask you something?"
"You are already asking me something. But you may ask another question," said Omega, sounding somewhat amused.
"How are you friends with everyone from your world?"
"They accept me for who I really am. I may have been created by their mortal enemy, but because I rejected Eggman's views, they can see that I am not all bad."
There was a reflective look in Omega's photoreceptors. "Sentient mechanical beings like us have the potential to be friends with the organic creatures. They can see through my exterior and know the inner Omega."
"You mean they know about your robotic insides?"
"Affirmative, but that is not the point. They can get to know the intelligence that resides in this form. Philosophical conversations with comrades Shadow and Rouge have led me to the conclusion that I have a soul."
Penny's eyes looked down in sadness. "I wish I could make friends as easily as you can, Omega."
The former Eggman robot held out a clawed hand to Penny. "I would be honored if you would like to be my friend."
Penny took the proffered appendage and smiled. "And I would be honored as well. So, can we go see Ruby and the others?"
"Affirmative. You have met the organic Ruby Rose before?"
"Yep! We actually prevented a Torchwick robbery together."
The two mechanical entities walked off to the airship, talking about their various adventures. To many bystanders, it seemed like an unlikely friendship that was developing between them, but neither of the robots seemed to care.
After all, who doesn't like having friends?
Ah, Rouge and Emerald. To me, that seems like the perfect rivalry. I still think that Rouge is the better thief though. She's had more years of experience stealing jewels and doing government work. Plus, she's a freaking BAT.
Please tell me how I did regarding Penny. In future chapters, I will hopefully write her like she is shown in the series. Personally, I thought I made a little too emotional.Hopefully gonna have some action with her in it soon, but I really don't know yet.
To any readers who might oppose the Penny/Omega friendship: let's face it, they're both awesome robots that are trying to find their place in a crazy world. And, yes, I did say that Penny is a robot.
Ok, enough out of me. I'm gonna go watch Achievement Hunter's GTA 5 "Path to Insanity" Let's Play for the tenth time. That's probably my favorite, certainly up there with Prop Hunt, GTA 4 Cops and Crooks part 1, and Witness Protection.
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