Disclaimer: The disclaimer can be found on Chapter 1. ^_^
Special Note: I once again am forced to apologize for this chapter being a little late. My computer was unfortunately attacked with "The Worm", and of course when everything on my computer was wiped off, my two new chapters went with it. After that I had a 20 hour power failure some of you may be able to relate to. Ack! It was ridiculous! x_x ^_~
Anyway, here I am, retyping the final two chapters. Hopefully they'll be itwo times/i as good as they originally were. ^_~
In Addition: Sorry if there are any spelling and/or gramatical errors. When everything was wiped off - Microsoft Word (aided with spell and grammar check) went with it. For the time being, I can only use WordPad and Notepad; which unfortunately don't have checkers.
bChapter 9: Defeating Eggman/b
"So...how are we going to defeat Eggman?" Shadow questioned.
Rouge smirked knowingly. "Oh, I can think of a few ways..." she rubbed her hands together.
***
Eggman typed quickly at his computer. Footsteps were soon heard.
"Hmm?" Eggman perked up, hearing the footsteps. "Shadow? Is that you?" he guessed.
"Ugh," Rouge put a hand on her chest and rolled her eyes teasingly, "ihardly/i."
Recognizing the voice, Eggman, a little shocked, turned to face her. "iRouge?/i" he blinked, "how is the Knuckles plan working out?"
"Perfectly," Rouge lowered her eyelids and grinned, flashing her fangs.
"Then what brings you here?" he asked curiously before resuming his typing on the computer.
"Well...I just wanted to know," Rouge looked away before looking back at him, "do you want me to bring Knuckles ihere/i, or do you want to come and get him?" she smirked, knowing her question would irritate him.
Eggman frowned as he turned to look at her again. "I want you to bring him here!" he said, getting a little impatient.
"Okay, well in that case," Rouge's smirk disappeared as she stepped aside, "here he is."
Knuckles stepped out from somewhere behind Rouge. "Eggman," he greeted coldly.
"Knuckles? You're ialive/i?" Eggman gaped, briefly looking at Rouge for an explaination, but she simply crossed her arms over her chest. Eggman tried to keep calm about the whole situation. "I-I mean, you're ialive/i!" he pretended to be thrilled.
"Save it, Eggman," Knuckles said coldly.
Shadow suddenly appeared in front of Rouge and Knuckles, his eyes narrowed. Everyone assumed he had used Chaos Control to transport there easily.
"Shadow?" Eggman was surprised to see him. "I see you didn't exactly do your job," he muttered irritably. "And don't expect any sort of reward for ithis/i, bat girl," Eggman hissed at Rouge. "Thanks for nothing!" he yelled at them both.
Rouge flashed her fangs as she grinned. "Here's what you deserve, Eggman..."
Knuckles, Rouge and Shadow all approached Eggman with evil smirks and narrowed eyes.
Knuckles kicked Eggman in the back of his leg, causing Eggman to unexpectedly fall on the ground in surprise. Rouge took this opportunity to jump on top of Eggman and do a ground pound on his back. Shadow ran toward Eggman, picked him up and threw him against one of his machines. He then did a homing attack on Eggman's head.
Eggman struggled to get up, but slouched down in defeat.
"Heh heh," Rouge laughed, "I'm better than you are!" she exclaimed happily as she spun around.
Shadow stood as he crossed his arms over his chest. "I am the ultimate!" he said proudly.
Knuckles punched right, then left, and then spun around. "You're not as strong as you thought you were," he grinned.
Suddenly, Eggman's machine's started to spark.
"What?" Eggman panicked, rising to his feet. "W-what's going on?"
"Heh," Rouge smirked, looking at Shadow and Knuckles briefly, "that's our cue to leave." She turned to leave before tossing a small explosive bomb toward Eggman. She gave him the Captain's Salute with a wink.
Shadow used Chaos Control to transport to safety elsewhere. Rouge and Knuckles dashed out of Eggman's Base.
Eggman growled. "This is not the end!" he yelled before a huge explosion exploded.
Knuckles put his arm out in front of Rouge protectively, as they were forced to both look away.
Eggman's Base quickly deteriorated before their eyes, as some machines fell over in defeat, with various dents in them.
Eggman stumbled out, once the smoke and explosion itself had cleared.
"You're ialive/i?" Rouge and Knuckles gaped in surprise at Eggman. They noticed other voices had chimed in with them, so they both turned around to find Sonic, Tails and Amy.
"We hadn't seen you guys in a while, so we guessed that you had..." Tails trailed off before grinning, "but you're alive!"
"Alive, and better than ever," Rouge joked with a wink.
"Where have you guys been?" Sonic asked them.
Rouge and Knuckles glanced at each other. "Oh, here, there - everywhere," Knuckles smirked. The sun was setting behind them, setting a rather picturesque scene.
Amy noticed something. "iAwww/i!" Amy suddenly cooed out of nowhere.
Everyone turned to her questioningly.
"Heh heh," she giggled nervously, "ahem!" she cleared her throat innocently.
Knuckles eyed her suspicsiously. He wasn't planning on letting it go, "What were you referring to?"
"Nothing," Amy sang with a smile.
"What," Knuckles said firmly as more of a statement than a question.
"Nothing; never mind!" Amy protested.
"Tell me!" Knuckles coaxed firmly.
Sonic stood in front of Amy as he grinned nervously. "Never mind what she noticed! Let's just all go home - okay?"
Knuckles squinted slightly at Amy suspicsiously, before giving in to Sonic.
Meanwhile, Eggman angrily pushed a part of one of his broken machines apart. "Years of hard work...hours of research...idestroyed/i!" he threw his hands up in the air dramatically. "Grrr...I hate that echidna, and that bat...and that hedgehog, too! Not to mention Sonic..." Eggman tugged on his mustache, cooking up a plan. "This is not the last you'll see of me! Mark my words!" he declared. "iHa ha ha ha ha/i!" he laughed like a maniac.
Cut to: everyone else.
"So, how was it?" Sonic asked Knuckles as he swung his arm around him.
"How was what?" Knuckles asked obliviously. "Defeating Eggman?"
"No, as irewarding/i as that is..." Sonic smirked before continuing, "...I meant how was it with Rouge?"
"Uh...good, I guess," Knuckles said simply. "I saw another side of her. A whole new side..."
"A side that you iliked/i?" Sonic hinted with a wink.
Knuckles looked at Sonic strangely.
"iLove/i, even?" Sonic nudged Knuckles gently in the ribs.
Knuckles' nuzzle turned an interesting shade of pink. "I don't know if I'd go ithat/i far, but anything's better than the jewel stealing, greedy, egotistical, annoying, sneaky, kniving side of her," he explained with a small smile.
Sonic placed his hands up behind his head as he kept walking with an amused look on his face.
Knuckles stopped walking when he noticed Sonic's expression. "What," he said firmly.
"Oh, nothing," Sonic teased playfully with a smile.
Knuckles rolled his eyes. "First Amy - now you! Just tell me!"
"Well," Sonic smirked, "I just noticed that...it's obvious you like her."
"What?!-" Knuckles began to protest, blushing.
Sonic closed his eyes and held up his hand. "No matter how much you try to deny it, I know that you like her."
"But Sonic, I-"
"Ah, ah, ah!" Sonic kept his eyes closed as he waved his index finger. "Just admit it! Emerald protecting, stubborn, gullable, strong, sceptical, good ol' Knuckles - actually ilikes/i someone!"
Knuckles threw his hand over Sonic's mouth and Sonic opened his eyes halfway, knowingly. "What if someone hears you?!" he whispered loudly.
Sonic smirked and kept his eyes half open, and Knuckles rolled his eyes at him.
Meanwhile...
Amy and Rouge were walking together, in front of Knuckles and Sonic.
"So, what did you notice back there?" Rouge asked Amy curiously.
Amy smirked. "Well..." she said reluctantly.
"You can tell me, I won't tell anyone," Rouge coaxed with a sly grin.
"Well, I just noticed that you and Knuckles make a cute couple," Amy blushed with a smile. "The sun was setting behind you, and you were standing awfully close to each other-"
"iKnuckles/i?" Rouge closed one of her eyes half way and frowned. She waved her hand lazilly. "I would only like him was if it was the end of the world!" she threw her hands up dramatically.
Amy nodded. "iSuuure/i," she said in disbelief.
Meanwhile, with Knuckles and Sonic...
'/iI don't like Rouge, do I? I mean she's nice, fun to be with, attractive/i,' Knuckles blushed. 'iWell...i'
Meanwhile, Rouge was trying not to think about Knuckles. 'iI don't like that stubborn, relentless echidna! ...Do I?/i' Rouge wondered to herself as she passed some red flowers. 'iWow...that's a beautiful shade of red. It's the same shade as Knuckles' fur...I mean...okay. Don't think of Knuckles. Don't think of Knuckles!/i' Rouge then noticed the sky had turned a dark purple/black colour. 'iHmm, that's an unusual colour. It's almost the same colour of Knuckles' eyes...I mean.../i' she sighed aloud, 'iokay, stop it. You can stop thinking about him!/i' Rouge kept looking at the sky. 'iOh, it's a half-moon today. If the moon was flipped a little differently it would be like the moon on Knuckles' chest-i' Rouge gripped her head angrily and yelled out loud. "ARGH!"
Everyone looked at her questioningly, and she grinned nervously. "Just...ignore that, heh heh." 'iIt's the end of the world as I know it./i'
Everyone just kept walking.
'iI wonder what that was all about?/i' Knuckles wondered with a cocked eyebrow.
Amy turned to Rouge. "Uh...are you okay, Rouge?"
Rouge blushed a little and smiled nervously. "Yeah, I'm fine."
"You were thinking about him, weren't you?" Amy asked slyly.
"Uh!" Rouge was surprised she knew. She cleared her throat and regained her character, "no...of course not," she closed her eyes and kept walking.
Knuckles then noticed they were nearing the Station Square train station. "I guess I'll see you guys later," he grinned before looking at Rouge.
She had a weird expression on her face, almost like she was planning something.
Knuckles didn't necissarily like her expression. "Uh...bye," he said quickly to her before turning and leaving. Rouge just smirked.
"Bye Knux!" Sonic called, and Amy and Tails just waved.
Knuckles waved without looking back at them as he climbed a few stairs and then boarded the train. He boarded the train and took a seat. After a few minutes he arrived at the Mystic Ruins.
Knuckles went down a few sets of rickety wooden stairs before turning right and climbing some large rocks. He entered a tunnel and then let the wind take him upward. Knuckles turned right and after a while of walking in the tunnel, he was finally outside.
Crickets buzzed loudly and the heavy darkness reminded Knuckles it was nightime as he crossed a large bridge and then walked toward a small area. Knuckles placed the Master Emerald in the middle of a stone area. It started to glow very brightly.
***
The next chapter will most likely be the last chapter. Please review! ^_^ I need ideas for the next chapter!! The confession scene has been all worked out, but I need ideas! For example, how are the others going to find out, etc.
Thanks,
~ Satokasu Suki
Special Note: I once again am forced to apologize for this chapter being a little late. My computer was unfortunately attacked with "The Worm", and of course when everything on my computer was wiped off, my two new chapters went with it. After that I had a 20 hour power failure some of you may be able to relate to. Ack! It was ridiculous! x_x ^_~
Anyway, here I am, retyping the final two chapters. Hopefully they'll be itwo times/i as good as they originally were. ^_~
In Addition: Sorry if there are any spelling and/or gramatical errors. When everything was wiped off - Microsoft Word (aided with spell and grammar check) went with it. For the time being, I can only use WordPad and Notepad; which unfortunately don't have checkers.
bChapter 9: Defeating Eggman/b
"So...how are we going to defeat Eggman?" Shadow questioned.
Rouge smirked knowingly. "Oh, I can think of a few ways..." she rubbed her hands together.
***
Eggman typed quickly at his computer. Footsteps were soon heard.
"Hmm?" Eggman perked up, hearing the footsteps. "Shadow? Is that you?" he guessed.
"Ugh," Rouge put a hand on her chest and rolled her eyes teasingly, "ihardly/i."
Recognizing the voice, Eggman, a little shocked, turned to face her. "iRouge?/i" he blinked, "how is the Knuckles plan working out?"
"Perfectly," Rouge lowered her eyelids and grinned, flashing her fangs.
"Then what brings you here?" he asked curiously before resuming his typing on the computer.
"Well...I just wanted to know," Rouge looked away before looking back at him, "do you want me to bring Knuckles ihere/i, or do you want to come and get him?" she smirked, knowing her question would irritate him.
Eggman frowned as he turned to look at her again. "I want you to bring him here!" he said, getting a little impatient.
"Okay, well in that case," Rouge's smirk disappeared as she stepped aside, "here he is."
Knuckles stepped out from somewhere behind Rouge. "Eggman," he greeted coldly.
"Knuckles? You're ialive/i?" Eggman gaped, briefly looking at Rouge for an explaination, but she simply crossed her arms over her chest. Eggman tried to keep calm about the whole situation. "I-I mean, you're ialive/i!" he pretended to be thrilled.
"Save it, Eggman," Knuckles said coldly.
Shadow suddenly appeared in front of Rouge and Knuckles, his eyes narrowed. Everyone assumed he had used Chaos Control to transport there easily.
"Shadow?" Eggman was surprised to see him. "I see you didn't exactly do your job," he muttered irritably. "And don't expect any sort of reward for ithis/i, bat girl," Eggman hissed at Rouge. "Thanks for nothing!" he yelled at them both.
Rouge flashed her fangs as she grinned. "Here's what you deserve, Eggman..."
Knuckles, Rouge and Shadow all approached Eggman with evil smirks and narrowed eyes.
Knuckles kicked Eggman in the back of his leg, causing Eggman to unexpectedly fall on the ground in surprise. Rouge took this opportunity to jump on top of Eggman and do a ground pound on his back. Shadow ran toward Eggman, picked him up and threw him against one of his machines. He then did a homing attack on Eggman's head.
Eggman struggled to get up, but slouched down in defeat.
"Heh heh," Rouge laughed, "I'm better than you are!" she exclaimed happily as she spun around.
Shadow stood as he crossed his arms over his chest. "I am the ultimate!" he said proudly.
Knuckles punched right, then left, and then spun around. "You're not as strong as you thought you were," he grinned.
Suddenly, Eggman's machine's started to spark.
"What?" Eggman panicked, rising to his feet. "W-what's going on?"
"Heh," Rouge smirked, looking at Shadow and Knuckles briefly, "that's our cue to leave." She turned to leave before tossing a small explosive bomb toward Eggman. She gave him the Captain's Salute with a wink.
Shadow used Chaos Control to transport to safety elsewhere. Rouge and Knuckles dashed out of Eggman's Base.
Eggman growled. "This is not the end!" he yelled before a huge explosion exploded.
Knuckles put his arm out in front of Rouge protectively, as they were forced to both look away.
Eggman's Base quickly deteriorated before their eyes, as some machines fell over in defeat, with various dents in them.
Eggman stumbled out, once the smoke and explosion itself had cleared.
"You're ialive/i?" Rouge and Knuckles gaped in surprise at Eggman. They noticed other voices had chimed in with them, so they both turned around to find Sonic, Tails and Amy.
"We hadn't seen you guys in a while, so we guessed that you had..." Tails trailed off before grinning, "but you're alive!"
"Alive, and better than ever," Rouge joked with a wink.
"Where have you guys been?" Sonic asked them.
Rouge and Knuckles glanced at each other. "Oh, here, there - everywhere," Knuckles smirked. The sun was setting behind them, setting a rather picturesque scene.
Amy noticed something. "iAwww/i!" Amy suddenly cooed out of nowhere.
Everyone turned to her questioningly.
"Heh heh," she giggled nervously, "ahem!" she cleared her throat innocently.
Knuckles eyed her suspicsiously. He wasn't planning on letting it go, "What were you referring to?"
"Nothing," Amy sang with a smile.
"What," Knuckles said firmly as more of a statement than a question.
"Nothing; never mind!" Amy protested.
"Tell me!" Knuckles coaxed firmly.
Sonic stood in front of Amy as he grinned nervously. "Never mind what she noticed! Let's just all go home - okay?"
Knuckles squinted slightly at Amy suspicsiously, before giving in to Sonic.
Meanwhile, Eggman angrily pushed a part of one of his broken machines apart. "Years of hard work...hours of research...idestroyed/i!" he threw his hands up in the air dramatically. "Grrr...I hate that echidna, and that bat...and that hedgehog, too! Not to mention Sonic..." Eggman tugged on his mustache, cooking up a plan. "This is not the last you'll see of me! Mark my words!" he declared. "iHa ha ha ha ha/i!" he laughed like a maniac.
Cut to: everyone else.
"So, how was it?" Sonic asked Knuckles as he swung his arm around him.
"How was what?" Knuckles asked obliviously. "Defeating Eggman?"
"No, as irewarding/i as that is..." Sonic smirked before continuing, "...I meant how was it with Rouge?"
"Uh...good, I guess," Knuckles said simply. "I saw another side of her. A whole new side..."
"A side that you iliked/i?" Sonic hinted with a wink.
Knuckles looked at Sonic strangely.
"iLove/i, even?" Sonic nudged Knuckles gently in the ribs.
Knuckles' nuzzle turned an interesting shade of pink. "I don't know if I'd go ithat/i far, but anything's better than the jewel stealing, greedy, egotistical, annoying, sneaky, kniving side of her," he explained with a small smile.
Sonic placed his hands up behind his head as he kept walking with an amused look on his face.
Knuckles stopped walking when he noticed Sonic's expression. "What," he said firmly.
"Oh, nothing," Sonic teased playfully with a smile.
Knuckles rolled his eyes. "First Amy - now you! Just tell me!"
"Well," Sonic smirked, "I just noticed that...it's obvious you like her."
"What?!-" Knuckles began to protest, blushing.
Sonic closed his eyes and held up his hand. "No matter how much you try to deny it, I know that you like her."
"But Sonic, I-"
"Ah, ah, ah!" Sonic kept his eyes closed as he waved his index finger. "Just admit it! Emerald protecting, stubborn, gullable, strong, sceptical, good ol' Knuckles - actually ilikes/i someone!"
Knuckles threw his hand over Sonic's mouth and Sonic opened his eyes halfway, knowingly. "What if someone hears you?!" he whispered loudly.
Sonic smirked and kept his eyes half open, and Knuckles rolled his eyes at him.
Meanwhile...
Amy and Rouge were walking together, in front of Knuckles and Sonic.
"So, what did you notice back there?" Rouge asked Amy curiously.
Amy smirked. "Well..." she said reluctantly.
"You can tell me, I won't tell anyone," Rouge coaxed with a sly grin.
"Well, I just noticed that you and Knuckles make a cute couple," Amy blushed with a smile. "The sun was setting behind you, and you were standing awfully close to each other-"
"iKnuckles/i?" Rouge closed one of her eyes half way and frowned. She waved her hand lazilly. "I would only like him was if it was the end of the world!" she threw her hands up dramatically.
Amy nodded. "iSuuure/i," she said in disbelief.
Meanwhile, with Knuckles and Sonic...
'/iI don't like Rouge, do I? I mean she's nice, fun to be with, attractive/i,' Knuckles blushed. 'iWell...i'
Meanwhile, Rouge was trying not to think about Knuckles. 'iI don't like that stubborn, relentless echidna! ...Do I?/i' Rouge wondered to herself as she passed some red flowers. 'iWow...that's a beautiful shade of red. It's the same shade as Knuckles' fur...I mean...okay. Don't think of Knuckles. Don't think of Knuckles!/i' Rouge then noticed the sky had turned a dark purple/black colour. 'iHmm, that's an unusual colour. It's almost the same colour of Knuckles' eyes...I mean.../i' she sighed aloud, 'iokay, stop it. You can stop thinking about him!/i' Rouge kept looking at the sky. 'iOh, it's a half-moon today. If the moon was flipped a little differently it would be like the moon on Knuckles' chest-i' Rouge gripped her head angrily and yelled out loud. "ARGH!"
Everyone looked at her questioningly, and she grinned nervously. "Just...ignore that, heh heh." 'iIt's the end of the world as I know it./i'
Everyone just kept walking.
'iI wonder what that was all about?/i' Knuckles wondered with a cocked eyebrow.
Amy turned to Rouge. "Uh...are you okay, Rouge?"
Rouge blushed a little and smiled nervously. "Yeah, I'm fine."
"You were thinking about him, weren't you?" Amy asked slyly.
"Uh!" Rouge was surprised she knew. She cleared her throat and regained her character, "no...of course not," she closed her eyes and kept walking.
Knuckles then noticed they were nearing the Station Square train station. "I guess I'll see you guys later," he grinned before looking at Rouge.
She had a weird expression on her face, almost like she was planning something.
Knuckles didn't necissarily like her expression. "Uh...bye," he said quickly to her before turning and leaving. Rouge just smirked.
"Bye Knux!" Sonic called, and Amy and Tails just waved.
Knuckles waved without looking back at them as he climbed a few stairs and then boarded the train. He boarded the train and took a seat. After a few minutes he arrived at the Mystic Ruins.
Knuckles went down a few sets of rickety wooden stairs before turning right and climbing some large rocks. He entered a tunnel and then let the wind take him upward. Knuckles turned right and after a while of walking in the tunnel, he was finally outside.
Crickets buzzed loudly and the heavy darkness reminded Knuckles it was nightime as he crossed a large bridge and then walked toward a small area. Knuckles placed the Master Emerald in the middle of a stone area. It started to glow very brightly.
***
The next chapter will most likely be the last chapter. Please review! ^_^ I need ideas for the next chapter!! The confession scene has been all worked out, but I need ideas! For example, how are the others going to find out, etc.
Thanks,
~ Satokasu Suki