~Don't Turn Away~
~Chapter 2: A Feeling I Never Knew~
~By: Rainie~
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Knux was almost up to Angel Island when he heard the sound of wings flapping. He only hoped that it wouldn't be Rouge; he'd had enough of her for one day. Much to his disappointment, however, the sound of that beautiful voice reached her ears.
"Knuckles! Knux! Wait up!"
He ignored her cry, and continued on his flight, despite his desperate temptation to go back to her at once.
"Why doesn't he listen? Oh well, I'll catch up to him." She thought to herself. Rouge put on a burst of speed, and reached Knuckles in less than two minutes, even though he was already several hundred feet ahead.
"What do you want, bat - girl?" he asked, landing on his Island. She landed neatly next to him. Even as he said this insult, deep inside, he knew he didn't mean it.
"I just want to find out what's up with you," she said earnestly.
"What's up with me? Nothing's up with me!" he said quickly, blushing a little.
'Could she have found out that I've been thinking of her?' he thought to himself.
"Nothing, huh? Then why are you blushing?" she asked.
"Well, I. . . um," he stuttered shyly.
"Come on, spill." She said, smirking a little.
"Well, okay. Here goes," Knuckles said, taking a deep breath while at the same time just reaching the shrine of the Master Emerald.
"Take your time, I've got the whole day." She joked, an amused look on her face.
"Okay, Rouge, I - what the!"
Just as he was about to spill out his feelings, Eggman appeared. He was fully equipped with his Egg Hornet, and was pushing a series of buttons that caused a huge crane to pick up the Master Emerald, along with something else. . .
"ROUGE!" Knuckles yelped, trying to help her free. She struggled, but the electricity in the machine shocked her out. The bat screamed in pain, and Eggman just laughed a haughty laugh, speeding away with her and the Emerald.
"NO!" Knuckles cried, pounding the ground with his fist. Finally, it hit him, he didn't hate her, he didn't like her, he loved her.
Angel Island once again began to collapse into the sea, with Knux on it. He scrambled to get to the edge of the Island, and flew off to Station Square. A boiling sensation erupted inside him, Anger. Eggman was going to pay for this, and dearly.
"Ouch! Amy! Lemme go!"
"No way, Sonic, last time I let you go, you dashed off! This time, we're going to Twinkle Park, and we're going in -"
"No, please don't say it -"
"The Tunnel of Love! Wow, it'll be so romantic!" Amy squealed. Sonic mimicked her words, having heard them millions of times before. He saw his buddy Tails snicker behind them.
"Be grateful you don't have to go through this," the blue hedgehog mouthed.
Amy let go of his arm to give the ticket collector their tickets. Sonic considered running off, but something inside stopped him, something, he hadn't felt there before.
"Sonic? Sonic, come on, let's go!" the pink hedgehog tugged at his arm, causing him to almost fall over.
"Okay, okay! I'm coming, keep your shoes on."
Amy tugged them over to the Tunnel of Love, where the admission guy let them in free because they "Looked like such a cute couple," which caused Tails to almost fall over from laughing, and Sonic to grumble.
"I'll be waiting for you guys at the end of the ride!" Tails called, smirking. He then flew over the ride, and landed at the end of it, where he sat and waited for a full minute before Knuckles came up to him.
"Knuckles? What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be guarding the Master Emerald?"
"There's no need for that, because the Emerald's gone, and. . . so's Rouge." He said, mentally beating himself up because he couldn't smash the Emerald and because he couldn't save Rouge, but mainly the second one.
A gasp from the two - tailed fox. "Oh no! Eggman's doing, I suppose?"
"Yeah, why are you here anyway?"
"I'm waiting for Sonic and Amy to come out of there, we need to tell Sonic about this, and fast."
"You're right." The echidna replied, smirking at the idea of his two hedgehog friends on a ride like this one.
~Meanwhile~
"Sonic?"
"Yeah?"
"What do you think of me?"
Sonic pondered his answer. What DID he think of her? She was a nice girl, but very annoying at some points. She did help a lot when any of them were feeling down, and she was kinda attractive.
"Well, ummm -"
Why was he so shy? It wasn't like him to be like this, especially around Amy Rose. Usually he would be his cool blue, laid - back self, but today. . .
Omochao flew in, unbeknownst to the two occupants of the swan shaped boat, and when he spoke, they jerked away from him.
"Did you know that you like Amy?"
Sonic blushed furiously.
"Not now," he whispered dangerously, while Amy looked at him, surprised.
"Sonic? Is this true?"
"I. . ." was the only thing that could come out of his mouth. How should he know? After all, even he didn't know he liked her until Omochao appeared with the news. Well, Omochao was almost always right, so better to trust him than his thoughts.
"Yes, Amy, it's true. I love you."
"Oh, Sonic!" she exclaimed, amid sniggers of their two friends waiting for them. Sonic glared, then a surprised look came across the hedgehog's face.
"Knux? What's the deal? You never leave the Emerald."
"That's because the Emerald's not there anymore." Knuckles replied, his anger clearly heard in his tone of voice.
"Why so angry then? It's not like this hasn't happened before."
"You're right, it hasn't, because this time, I couldn't smash it, and this time, the Emerald wasn't the only thing being stolen."
"What else? The shrine?" snickered Sonic.
Knuckles' face now clearly clarified that he was maddened by grief as well. "No, you idiot! Rouge is gone!"
Thanks to all who R+Red, it's nice to get replies! ( Don't worry Ryokitty, you're right, none of that stuff is gonna turn up in this fanfic (YAY!) and thanks for all the definitions guys! READ ON!
Post dedicated to those who replied, or read without replying.
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Knux was almost up to Angel Island when he heard the sound of wings flapping. He only hoped that it wouldn't be Rouge; he'd had enough of her for one day. Much to his disappointment, however, the sound of that beautiful voice reached her ears.
"Knuckles! Knux! Wait up!"
He ignored her cry, and continued on his flight, despite his desperate temptation to go back to her at once.
"Why doesn't he listen? Oh well, I'll catch up to him." She thought to herself. Rouge put on a burst of speed, and reached Knuckles in less than two minutes, even though he was already several hundred feet ahead.
"What do you want, bat - girl?" he asked, landing on his Island. She landed neatly next to him. Even as he said this insult, deep inside, he knew he didn't mean it.
"I just want to find out what's up with you," she said earnestly.
"What's up with me? Nothing's up with me!" he said quickly, blushing a little.
'Could she have found out that I've been thinking of her?' he thought to himself.
"Nothing, huh? Then why are you blushing?" she asked.
"Well, I. . . um," he stuttered shyly.
"Come on, spill." She said, smirking a little.
"Well, okay. Here goes," Knuckles said, taking a deep breath while at the same time just reaching the shrine of the Master Emerald.
"Take your time, I've got the whole day." She joked, an amused look on her face.
"Okay, Rouge, I - what the!"
Just as he was about to spill out his feelings, Eggman appeared. He was fully equipped with his Egg Hornet, and was pushing a series of buttons that caused a huge crane to pick up the Master Emerald, along with something else. . .
"ROUGE!" Knuckles yelped, trying to help her free. She struggled, but the electricity in the machine shocked her out. The bat screamed in pain, and Eggman just laughed a haughty laugh, speeding away with her and the Emerald.
"NO!" Knuckles cried, pounding the ground with his fist. Finally, it hit him, he didn't hate her, he didn't like her, he loved her.
Angel Island once again began to collapse into the sea, with Knux on it. He scrambled to get to the edge of the Island, and flew off to Station Square. A boiling sensation erupted inside him, Anger. Eggman was going to pay for this, and dearly.
"Ouch! Amy! Lemme go!"
"No way, Sonic, last time I let you go, you dashed off! This time, we're going to Twinkle Park, and we're going in -"
"No, please don't say it -"
"The Tunnel of Love! Wow, it'll be so romantic!" Amy squealed. Sonic mimicked her words, having heard them millions of times before. He saw his buddy Tails snicker behind them.
"Be grateful you don't have to go through this," the blue hedgehog mouthed.
Amy let go of his arm to give the ticket collector their tickets. Sonic considered running off, but something inside stopped him, something, he hadn't felt there before.
"Sonic? Sonic, come on, let's go!" the pink hedgehog tugged at his arm, causing him to almost fall over.
"Okay, okay! I'm coming, keep your shoes on."
Amy tugged them over to the Tunnel of Love, where the admission guy let them in free because they "Looked like such a cute couple," which caused Tails to almost fall over from laughing, and Sonic to grumble.
"I'll be waiting for you guys at the end of the ride!" Tails called, smirking. He then flew over the ride, and landed at the end of it, where he sat and waited for a full minute before Knuckles came up to him.
"Knuckles? What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be guarding the Master Emerald?"
"There's no need for that, because the Emerald's gone, and. . . so's Rouge." He said, mentally beating himself up because he couldn't smash the Emerald and because he couldn't save Rouge, but mainly the second one.
A gasp from the two - tailed fox. "Oh no! Eggman's doing, I suppose?"
"Yeah, why are you here anyway?"
"I'm waiting for Sonic and Amy to come out of there, we need to tell Sonic about this, and fast."
"You're right." The echidna replied, smirking at the idea of his two hedgehog friends on a ride like this one.
~Meanwhile~
"Sonic?"
"Yeah?"
"What do you think of me?"
Sonic pondered his answer. What DID he think of her? She was a nice girl, but very annoying at some points. She did help a lot when any of them were feeling down, and she was kinda attractive.
"Well, ummm -"
Why was he so shy? It wasn't like him to be like this, especially around Amy Rose. Usually he would be his cool blue, laid - back self, but today. . .
Omochao flew in, unbeknownst to the two occupants of the swan shaped boat, and when he spoke, they jerked away from him.
"Did you know that you like Amy?"
Sonic blushed furiously.
"Not now," he whispered dangerously, while Amy looked at him, surprised.
"Sonic? Is this true?"
"I. . ." was the only thing that could come out of his mouth. How should he know? After all, even he didn't know he liked her until Omochao appeared with the news. Well, Omochao was almost always right, so better to trust him than his thoughts.
"Yes, Amy, it's true. I love you."
"Oh, Sonic!" she exclaimed, amid sniggers of their two friends waiting for them. Sonic glared, then a surprised look came across the hedgehog's face.
"Knux? What's the deal? You never leave the Emerald."
"That's because the Emerald's not there anymore." Knuckles replied, his anger clearly heard in his tone of voice.
"Why so angry then? It's not like this hasn't happened before."
"You're right, it hasn't, because this time, I couldn't smash it, and this time, the Emerald wasn't the only thing being stolen."
"What else? The shrine?" snickered Sonic.
Knuckles' face now clearly clarified that he was maddened by grief as well. "No, you idiot! Rouge is gone!"
