All's fair in love and war
Hey, I'm back already. I didn't expect to be back so soon. Thankfully, a good thing about this fic is I'm not making this up as I go. My other fic is, but that doesn't mean it isn't good, which I recommend you read. I hope this chapter will have as much effect as I hope it will. Find out what I mean for yourself.
We're back where we left off, as Sonic brought in his grieving friend, Rouge. Why she was in a state of grief, Sonic is about to find out.
Rouge sniffled a bit more, then an awkward silence filled the room, apart from the rain battering on the roof. Sonic was the first to speak:
" Um, are you ok now?" He asked. She simply nodded
" Would you like to talk about it?" He asked again.
" Uh-huh. *sniff* Where do I start."
She paused for a moment.
" Well, it all started after the ark incident . . .
*flashback*
(A/N For this period, or if I have any other need for a flashback, Rouge becomes the narrator and when in script form, it's the people from the flashback talking. VO means voice-over.
After that battle you had with that monster, when we came on board of the shuttle back to earth, um . . . remember when I sat down next to Knuckles. Well the truth is that I started having feelings for him.
Sonic VO: Really?
Rouge VO: Yeah.
Rouge: Mind if I sit here?
Knuckles: Sure, why not.
He didn't seem to mind much. On the way back to earth, he kept giving me quick glances. I didn't show it, but I saw in his eyes an intent in his attempts to keep an eye on me. I was mislead in believing he was returning my unspoken love. When we arrived, we each parted our own ways.
Rouge: See you later!
Knuckles: Bye!
Rouge VO: So I went back to my job, my home and my usual life.
Sonic VO: Except . . .
Well, as you now know, I'm a government spy. And this particular line of work demands absolute concentration, which I did not have, because part of it was dedicated to Knuckles. Of course, the president didn't mind much. But slight details started turning into mess-ups. And mess-ups eventually became outright screw-ups. The president had to let me go.
Sonic VO: You got fired!?
Rouge VO: Yeah, pretty much.
I told myself things couldn't get worse. With a lot of free time on my hands, I decided to go see Knuckles. When I arrived at his house on angel island, I knocked on the door.
Knuckles: Oh hey Rouge. How's it going?
Rouge: Ok, I guess.
Knuckles: Well come on in.
Rouge: Oh no thanks, I just dropped by to say hi.
Knuckles: Well, I'd like you to meet someone.
He went back inside and came back with a girl echidna.
Knuckles: (to the other echidna) Julie-Su, I'd like you to meet Rouge, a friend of mine.
Julie-Su: (shaking my hand) Nice to meet you, Rouge. I'm Knuckles' girlfriend.
Rouge VO: As soon as I had heard that, I felt as though a dagger pierced my heart.
Rouge: N-nice to meet you too. I gotta go now.
Knuckles: Ok! See you later, then!
*end flashback* Rouge VO: So I went back to station square, heartbroken. I was walking down the street when a rainstorm broke out, and then. . .Well, you know what happened next.
" Whoa . . . I . . .I'm sorry for what's happening" said Sonic, who was very much sorry for her.
"No, Sonic. Don't be sorry. You've already done enough for me, and I'm very thankful for that." said a grateful Rouge.
" No really, I'm . . .
" Enough. You really don't need to apologize. I want to repay you for all your trouble.
" Oh, you don't need to . . ."
" I insist. And nothing you say will persuade me from repaying my debt to you."
" Well, what exactly do you have in mind?"
" Well, I was thinking I could invite you to dinner one night."
"Uh . . . o-ok, I guess. But, um . . .I think you're gonna have to stay over for tonight." Sonic sheepishly said.
" Oh? And how is that so?" she asked.
" What, you think I'm gonna let you go outside with weather like this?! At this hour of the night?!"
Rouge had just then remembered that it was raining cats and dogs outside.
" Well it's really sweet of you to offer, Sonic."
"Yeah, Sonic. Real smooth. Remember that you are NOT equipped to have someone sleep over." Sonic thought to himself.
"Uh. . .I-I think we should get you out of those wet clothes for now." Sonic hurriedly said.
The rain wasn't the only thing she had forgotten. Her clothes were still dripping wet.
" Stay here. I'll go get you some dry ones." he said as he ran upstairs.
Unfortunately, since the only clothing he virtually ever wears are his shoes and gloves, he has nearly no wardrobe whatsoever.
"What to do, what to do!?" he panicked.
He was searching his wardrobe almost as fast as he could run.
" Come on, come on. Ah! *sigh* This'll do. . .I hope.
He came back down the stairs with clothes in tow.
" Here you go, Rouge. The bathroom is the second door on the right when you get upstairs." he nervously said.
" Ok, thanks." said Rouge.
She went upstairs into the bathroom, but before she started taking off her wet clothes, she made sure that nobody was looking trough the keyhole. But she didn't seem to be worried about her privacy. No, it was something else. When she came back in the bathroom, she reached to in between her breasts, and pulled out a transmitter. She was wearing a wire!!
" Rouge to HQ, Rouge to HQ. Do you read me? Over." she spoke into the transmitter.
" That's a 10-4 Rouge. Over." responded a voice in her earpiece.
" Everything's going to plan and Sonic doesn't suspect a thing. Should I begin installing surveillance? Over."
" Negative. Just stick to the plan for now. Over."
" Roger that. Over and out."
She put back the transmitter in its previous position, then proceeded to change into the dry clothes Sonic gave her. When she came back down the stairs, Sonic stared at her. Snapping out of it, he said:
" I hope it's not too tight. It's all I had." he said, laughing nervously
Because, in fact, its the clothes that Sonic used to wear when he was a kid. It was a tight yellow t-shirt and kaki shorts.
" Oh no, its fine. Once again, thank you."
" Aw shucks. I would've done it anytime."
Rouge suddenly put on a sad face. She had remembered what was happening to her.
" Oh I'm sorry. I-I didn't mean . . ." Sonic tried to say
" No. Its not your fault. I've gotten trough rough times in the past. This is no different from those times." Rouge explained
" I wish I could believe you" Sonic thought.
Then, Sonic yawned.
" I think we should be getting to bed now."
" Yeah. I'm pretty tired too."
Sonic signaled Rouge to follow him. They both went upstairs and into
the bedroom. Inside was a king-sized bed, a regular-sized bed and a fireplace at the far end of the room along with some gym equipment.
" That's the guest bed." he said pointing to the regular-sized. " Tails sleeps there whenever I have him for a sleep-over. So that's where you're gonna sleep."
" Well that's fine by me." agreed Rouge.
As Sonic got into bed, he clapped his hands and the lights closed.
" Good night, Rouge."
" Good night, Sonic."
And so Sonic was about to go through a night he would never forget. How is Sonic going to cope with this situation? And why was Rouge wearing a wire? Find out all this and more, in the next chapter.
Well, I hope you liked it. More likely, I hope it surprised you. Drop me a line and tell me what you think. So long, adios, arrivederci and see you next time. This is Gameguru, signing off.
Hey, I'm back already. I didn't expect to be back so soon. Thankfully, a good thing about this fic is I'm not making this up as I go. My other fic is, but that doesn't mean it isn't good, which I recommend you read. I hope this chapter will have as much effect as I hope it will. Find out what I mean for yourself.
We're back where we left off, as Sonic brought in his grieving friend, Rouge. Why she was in a state of grief, Sonic is about to find out.
Rouge sniffled a bit more, then an awkward silence filled the room, apart from the rain battering on the roof. Sonic was the first to speak:
" Um, are you ok now?" He asked. She simply nodded
" Would you like to talk about it?" He asked again.
" Uh-huh. *sniff* Where do I start."
She paused for a moment.
" Well, it all started after the ark incident . . .
*flashback*
(A/N For this period, or if I have any other need for a flashback, Rouge becomes the narrator and when in script form, it's the people from the flashback talking. VO means voice-over.
After that battle you had with that monster, when we came on board of the shuttle back to earth, um . . . remember when I sat down next to Knuckles. Well the truth is that I started having feelings for him.
Sonic VO: Really?
Rouge VO: Yeah.
Rouge: Mind if I sit here?
Knuckles: Sure, why not.
He didn't seem to mind much. On the way back to earth, he kept giving me quick glances. I didn't show it, but I saw in his eyes an intent in his attempts to keep an eye on me. I was mislead in believing he was returning my unspoken love. When we arrived, we each parted our own ways.
Rouge: See you later!
Knuckles: Bye!
Rouge VO: So I went back to my job, my home and my usual life.
Sonic VO: Except . . .
Well, as you now know, I'm a government spy. And this particular line of work demands absolute concentration, which I did not have, because part of it was dedicated to Knuckles. Of course, the president didn't mind much. But slight details started turning into mess-ups. And mess-ups eventually became outright screw-ups. The president had to let me go.
Sonic VO: You got fired!?
Rouge VO: Yeah, pretty much.
I told myself things couldn't get worse. With a lot of free time on my hands, I decided to go see Knuckles. When I arrived at his house on angel island, I knocked on the door.
Knuckles: Oh hey Rouge. How's it going?
Rouge: Ok, I guess.
Knuckles: Well come on in.
Rouge: Oh no thanks, I just dropped by to say hi.
Knuckles: Well, I'd like you to meet someone.
He went back inside and came back with a girl echidna.
Knuckles: (to the other echidna) Julie-Su, I'd like you to meet Rouge, a friend of mine.
Julie-Su: (shaking my hand) Nice to meet you, Rouge. I'm Knuckles' girlfriend.
Rouge VO: As soon as I had heard that, I felt as though a dagger pierced my heart.
Rouge: N-nice to meet you too. I gotta go now.
Knuckles: Ok! See you later, then!
*end flashback* Rouge VO: So I went back to station square, heartbroken. I was walking down the street when a rainstorm broke out, and then. . .Well, you know what happened next.
" Whoa . . . I . . .I'm sorry for what's happening" said Sonic, who was very much sorry for her.
"No, Sonic. Don't be sorry. You've already done enough for me, and I'm very thankful for that." said a grateful Rouge.
" No really, I'm . . .
" Enough. You really don't need to apologize. I want to repay you for all your trouble.
" Oh, you don't need to . . ."
" I insist. And nothing you say will persuade me from repaying my debt to you."
" Well, what exactly do you have in mind?"
" Well, I was thinking I could invite you to dinner one night."
"Uh . . . o-ok, I guess. But, um . . .I think you're gonna have to stay over for tonight." Sonic sheepishly said.
" Oh? And how is that so?" she asked.
" What, you think I'm gonna let you go outside with weather like this?! At this hour of the night?!"
Rouge had just then remembered that it was raining cats and dogs outside.
" Well it's really sweet of you to offer, Sonic."
"Yeah, Sonic. Real smooth. Remember that you are NOT equipped to have someone sleep over." Sonic thought to himself.
"Uh. . .I-I think we should get you out of those wet clothes for now." Sonic hurriedly said.
The rain wasn't the only thing she had forgotten. Her clothes were still dripping wet.
" Stay here. I'll go get you some dry ones." he said as he ran upstairs.
Unfortunately, since the only clothing he virtually ever wears are his shoes and gloves, he has nearly no wardrobe whatsoever.
"What to do, what to do!?" he panicked.
He was searching his wardrobe almost as fast as he could run.
" Come on, come on. Ah! *sigh* This'll do. . .I hope.
He came back down the stairs with clothes in tow.
" Here you go, Rouge. The bathroom is the second door on the right when you get upstairs." he nervously said.
" Ok, thanks." said Rouge.
She went upstairs into the bathroom, but before she started taking off her wet clothes, she made sure that nobody was looking trough the keyhole. But she didn't seem to be worried about her privacy. No, it was something else. When she came back in the bathroom, she reached to in between her breasts, and pulled out a transmitter. She was wearing a wire!!
" Rouge to HQ, Rouge to HQ. Do you read me? Over." she spoke into the transmitter.
" That's a 10-4 Rouge. Over." responded a voice in her earpiece.
" Everything's going to plan and Sonic doesn't suspect a thing. Should I begin installing surveillance? Over."
" Negative. Just stick to the plan for now. Over."
" Roger that. Over and out."
She put back the transmitter in its previous position, then proceeded to change into the dry clothes Sonic gave her. When she came back down the stairs, Sonic stared at her. Snapping out of it, he said:
" I hope it's not too tight. It's all I had." he said, laughing nervously
Because, in fact, its the clothes that Sonic used to wear when he was a kid. It was a tight yellow t-shirt and kaki shorts.
" Oh no, its fine. Once again, thank you."
" Aw shucks. I would've done it anytime."
Rouge suddenly put on a sad face. She had remembered what was happening to her.
" Oh I'm sorry. I-I didn't mean . . ." Sonic tried to say
" No. Its not your fault. I've gotten trough rough times in the past. This is no different from those times." Rouge explained
" I wish I could believe you" Sonic thought.
Then, Sonic yawned.
" I think we should be getting to bed now."
" Yeah. I'm pretty tired too."
Sonic signaled Rouge to follow him. They both went upstairs and into
the bedroom. Inside was a king-sized bed, a regular-sized bed and a fireplace at the far end of the room along with some gym equipment.
" That's the guest bed." he said pointing to the regular-sized. " Tails sleeps there whenever I have him for a sleep-over. So that's where you're gonna sleep."
" Well that's fine by me." agreed Rouge.
As Sonic got into bed, he clapped his hands and the lights closed.
" Good night, Rouge."
" Good night, Sonic."
And so Sonic was about to go through a night he would never forget. How is Sonic going to cope with this situation? And why was Rouge wearing a wire? Find out all this and more, in the next chapter.
Well, I hope you liked it. More likely, I hope it surprised you. Drop me a line and tell me what you think. So long, adios, arrivederci and see you next time. This is Gameguru, signing off.