Is this what Love feels like?

A/N: I forgot to say something in the last chapter so I'll say it now. ~ means that the person is thinking. Okay? Okay! Now on with the Fan Fic!
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Chapter Three: The Surprise of all Surprises...

Rouge was moving around in her house, doing some Army drills. She still liked Emeralds, but was also still a spy of the Government. She loved her job, epically when she got paid in jewels.

Suddenly, her phone rang. Rouge ran to her phone and picked it up.

"Hello?" Rouge asked as she put her phone near her ear, but there was no answer. "Hello???" Yet there was nothing said on the other line... "Hey! I said hello!!! If you don't want to talk, then don't call me, you---" Rouge suddenly stopped yelling at the phone when the caller finally talked.

"Rouge..." Said the caller. "Rouge... Remember me? I need you once again... But this time, forever as my partner... I'll be waiting for you at Station Square, in the Hotel at 7:00... Don't be late... I know just the payment too..." Then, the caller hanged up.

Rouge dropped the phone. She knew that voice! She knew it very clear! It was none other than...

"So... He needs me again, hm? Well, he better have what I want! And lots of it!" Squealed Rouge with excitement. Then, she ran out of her house and started to glide to Station Square.

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Sonic, Amy and Knuckles were running on their way to Tails' Workshop. Sonic, who was very late for Tails and his race, was starting to run faster; Amy, who was still trying to catch up with her hero, Sonic, began to run faster as well; Knuckles, on the other hand, was in the air, gliding, with the two girls in his arms, and was very angry... He hated to ask for help and hated to leave his Island... But, he had to, even though he didn't like it.

Finally, Sonic stopped in front of Tails' Workshop.

"Hey! Buddy! I'm--- Hey... Wait a minute... The door's open..." Said Sonic, who was a little confused. While he was thinking about the opened door, Amy and Knuckles joined him.

"Sonic! Come on! The door's open!" Screamed Amy as she looked at her hero.

"Amy... Something isn't right... Tails NEVER leaves his door open... Epically the front door..." Sonic said while he thought about it.

"Oh..." Said Amy as she started to think about it as well.

"Well, I have no time! I'm going in! I think you two should do the same too!" Ordered Knuckles as he ran in, with Sonic and Amy right behind him.

Sonic looked around, but saw no sign of Tails anywhere...

"TAILS! BUDDY!!! I'M HERE FOR THE RACE!!!" Yelled Sonic as he ran through Tails' Workshop. Seconds later, Sonic came back to Knuckles and Amy, but he looked worried sick.

"Sonic, what's up? Where's Tails?" Asked Amy, but Sonic just shook his head slowly.

"I.... Don't know..." Said Sonic silently. "He's not here..."

"He's not WHAT!?!" Yelled Knuckles. Now he was very mad... And it was showing...

"He's not here... And his door is wide open... Something isn't right you guys..." Sonic said with worry in his voice. ~Where could he be?~

"I have NO time to play your stupid game Sonic! WHERE IS TAILS!? TELL ME! NOW!" Ordered Knuckles.

"I told you, I don't know!" Barked Sonic. "If I did, I would be looking for him right now!" Sonic was mad, but worried at the same time. Tails could be in trouble...

"Guys, guys... Calm down! Look... I'm sure he went to go get some wood or something and left his door open. It's a common mistake, you know..." Said Amy as she tried to calm Sonic and Knuckles down. She didn't like it when Knuckles yelled at Sonic, or when a friend turns missing.

"Yeah.. You're right... Lets wait ten minutes. If he's not here in ten minutes, we'll go look for him..." Replied Sonic with a sigh. He hoped Tails was okay, wherever he was...

"Hmph! Fine, but I'm going to put these girls in a thing you guys call a bed!" Said Knuckles angrily as he walked in a nearby room. He didn't like to wait...

"I don't get him sometimes..." Said Amy, as she folded her arms, when Knuckles was out of view.

"Yeah... I don't either..." Said Sonic, but it didn't sound like he was paying attention... He was still thinking about his best buddy, Tails, and wondered if he was okay...

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Tails sat in the corner of his cell in the Egg carrier, crying with knees pulled to his chest... He didn't understand. Why did Dr. Robotnik kidnap him? What would he do to him? And most of all, will he ever see Sonic and his friends ever again?

Suddenly, Tails heard footsteps and he looked up. Dr. Robotnik must be coming this way to torture him again.

"So... Still crying, hm?" Dr. Robotnik said evilly as he walked towards Tails' cell.

"N-No..." Tails said silently.

"What? I didn't hear you? Come again?" Said Dr. Robotnik with a sneer as he reached Tails' cell.

"No!" Screamed Tails as he stood up. He wasn't afraid! He couldn't be afraid! He had to prove to himself that he wasn't, but it was so hard without Sonic by his side...

"Mwahahaha!!! You amuse me, Miles! Hahahaha!" Laughed Dr. Robotnik. He was enjoying this. Tails, on the other hand, felt angry, but scared.

"Eggman! You won't get away with this! Sonic will find out I'm missing and come looking for me! And when he does, he'll beat you once again!" Screamed Tails. Dr. Robotnik stopped laughing and stared at Tails.

"You fool! He won't beat me this time! Mwahahaha! I'm unbeatable now! And as for him finding you... HA! It'll take him a million years until he finds me again!" Dr. Robotnik said with victory in his voice. It sounded like he was really going to win...

"You'll see! He'll find me and save me! You just watch!" Yelled Tails.

"MWAHAHAHAHA!!! I'd like to see him try!!! MWAHAHAHA!!!" Laughed Dr. Robotnik as he looked at his watch. "Well... I better be going... I have an important date with someone and I can't be late... You be a good little fox boy and stay put! Hahahaha!" Then, without another word, Dr. Robotnik started to walk away from Tails' cell.

Tails ran up to his cell door and yelled at Dr. Robotnik.

"You'll see! Sonic will save me! YOU'LL SEE!!!" Screamed Tails.

"Mwahahaha! Whatever you say, MILES! Mwahahaha!!!" Laughed Dr. Robotnik as he left the prison hall. You could hear his awful laugh all the way down the hall...

Tails backed away from his cell door and sat on his bed, starting to cry again.
Dr. Robotnik was right about one thing... Sonic would never find him... He was thirty thousand feet in the air and there was no way he could get here, even if he knew where he was... Tails felt hopeless. He would never see Sonic ever again...

"Snap out of it Tails... He'll save you... Like he always does... He will..." Tails said silently as he cried himself to sleep. "He will..."

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Knuckles was getting angrier by the second. He could find a stupid room with a bed in it!

"ARG! Out of all these rooms, THERE'S NO BED!!!!" Screamed Knuckles. If it weren't for the girls in his arms, he would be punching the walls right now. Knuckles took a deep breath. ~I better find a room! AND FAST!!!~

Knuckles then opened another door, and, to his relief, there was a bed in the room.

"FINALLY!" Said Knuckles as he walked in. "I guess this is Tails' room... Look at all the pictures of us all together... Yuk. I hate pictures."

Knuckles walked up to the bed and laid the girls on it. They seem so peaceful, epically the snow leopard, but they were beaten up pretty bad, epically the black cat. Knuckles stared at them and started to think. ~Why would they want to help Dr. Robotnik? Why did they want to destroy the Master Emerald? And, most of all, why didn't Dr. Robotnik save them when they fell out of the Egg Carrier?~

Knuckles thought long and hard, but decided to give up. He'd just have to ask them when they wake up.

"And if they don't talk, I'll make them!" Said Knuckles with anger in his voice. He'd find out everything! He must to save the Master Emerald!

Suddenly, Knuckles heard a moan. Knuckles quickly looked around the room and saw that the black cat made the sound!

~Could she be waking up!?~ Thought Knuckles as he looked at her. The black cat seemed to have moved a little bit... Knuckles stared at her. Would she wake up, or would she just stay asleep?

Suddenly, the black cat opened her eyes. Her eyes were a beautiful color of yellow and it made her look mysterious, and that, Knuckles didn't like.

The black cat sat up quickly and looked around the room, but her face looked like as if she was in battle, not tired or confused. Then the black cat saw Knuckles and she gave him a evil stare as she quickly stood up.

Knuckles, who watched her the whole time, didn't like that stare. She looked so evil instead sweet and innocent like when she was sleeping. But, then again, she DID destroy the Master Emerald.

Then, to Knuckles' surprise, the black cat didn't ask question on why she was here... She just went into a fighting position! Knuckles, who overcame his shock, went in his fighting position as well.

"If it's a fight you want, then a fight you'll get! But, I'm warning you... I never lose!!!" Said Knuckles with a sly grin. The black cat, on the other hand, evilly stared at her opponent.

Right before Knuckles could make his attack, Sonic came in the room.

"Hey Knuckles, Amy and I are going to go look for Tails. You wanna--- OH MY GAWD! She woke up!" Yelled Sonic in shock. ~She's BEAUTIFUL!!!~

"Sonic, you moron!" Barked Knuckles. " I'm a little busy here! Yes, she DID wake up, but now she wants---"

"YOU!!!!" Yelled the black cat as she evilly stared at Sonic. "HOW DARE YOU SHOW YOUR FACE TO ME AGAIN!!!"

"Huh?" Said Sonic and Knuckles together. What was she talking about?

"You meant her before?" Knuckles asked Sonic.

"Nope. Never seen her in my life..." Replied Sonic. ~But I wished I did!~

"Don't give me that crap, you monster!" Yelled the black cat. Her face was full of anger, but her legs were shaking. Was she scared of Sonic?

"Whoa... Look lady, I have NO idea what you're talking about! I never met you!" Said Sonic. He was completely confuse.

"You can't lie to me!" Yelled the black cat. "YOU MONSTER!!!"

Sonic, who had enough of this stupid game, exploded. "LOOK! I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE----" Before he could finish, Amy came in the room.

"Sonic!" Shrieked Amy. "Keep your voice down! You might wake up the girls!"

"One is ALREADY awake!" Barked Sonic.

"Really?" Asked Amy as she looked at the black cat, but, the black didn't look so friendly. "Ah... Hi!"

"Don't 'Hi' me, you freak! All of you are together on this, huh!? HUH!?!" Yelled the black cat.

"Hey!!! I'm not a FREAK!!!!!" Screamed Amy.

"Would you two just leave!? I was going to beat the leaving day-lights out of her!" Yelled Knuckles. He was getting annoyed about this whole argument.

"Really? Then let me help you..." Said Sonic as he started to pound his fist in his hand.

"No way! I'm taking this fight! I work alone!" Yelled Knuckles.

"Then I'll pound her first!" Barked Sonic as he ran over to the black cat. Suddenly, before he could attack, he saw the other girl woke up. Sonic stopped and looked at her. She looked so innocent, tired and CUTE! ~Aw man... Another cute chick!~

The snow leopard looked around the room with her aqua-blue eyes that made her look so innocent, but she looked very confused. Then, she saw the black cat and smiled. Knuckles, who saw her smile, stared at her. She looked so cute when she smiled!

"Hi Wanda. Umm... Where are we?" The snow leopard asked her friend.

"I don't know, Aori, but I don't like it here! Look!" Yelled Wanda as she pointed to Sonic.

"Huh? Who is--- Oh my GOODNESS!" Shrieked Aori as she put her hands over her mouth. She looked horrified now.

"What!? What's your problem!? Look, I don't know who you guys are, so stop yelling at me!!" Ordered Sonic.

"Don't give me that crap! We know who you are, and what you want from us, and epically with ME!" Yelled Wanda.

"Oh? Then, if you will, tell us why?" Sonic asked angrily.

"Ha! You'll never win, you monster!!!" Yelled Wanda as she evilly glared at Sonic. "As the Guardian of the Chaos Emeralds, I won't let you take them, SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG!!!"