Okay, I'm not going to be working on two stories for a little bit, so I can
work on this. I promise to make it different from Shabooshiboo's story. I,
too, had this idea. I'm not copying. Promise. And, another thing. The name
"Tobitha Fair" is the name of the woman who was the vocal talent in all of
Rouges level songs in SA2/SA2:B. I just HAD to use her name! (not her
voice, just the singing)
-Chosen One
A confused Sonic the Hedgehog sat at his kitchen table thinking. He hadn't heard from Eggman for a long time, which probably meant he was working on something big and dangerous. Eggman usually kept trying and trying after a defeat to over come the hedgehog. It had been a year now, an exact year since ARK. Sonic started to wonder what he was doing. Maybe this time around he could stop it before anything happened.
Later, Sonic took a walk in town. Lately he had been on Angel Island. Everyone was staying there to get away from annoying fans. Amy, although, had only come to be with her Sonniku. Sonic sighed. The never ending embarrassment of Amy Rose. Sonic looked in the market window. Tails was inside buying candy and soda. He was probably going to stay up late tonight. He always bought sugar and caffeine when he needed the energy. Tails walked out.
"Hi, Sonic!" The fox said happily.
"Hey, Tails. What's happening?"
"Nothing much." Tails walked beside his idle. Sonic had an idea and stopped walking.
"Tails, round everyone up, and,"
"Even Amy?"
"Even Amy. I have an idea." And with that, Sonic ran off at the speed of sound.
"But, Sonic," Tails said to himself. He started eating his candy, knowing that everyone would want some. If he didn't have enough, then no one would beg.
At the Shrine of the Master Emerald.
Knuckles lay on the ground beside the Master Emerald. He was bored stiff, and felt as if he had been lying there for ages. He hated the fact that the emerald never was taken when he was there, but when he had to do something important, it was gone. Because of this, he always felt he was being watched. Knuckles closed his eyes.
"Hi, partner." A voice from above him said. He opened one eye. Rouge the Bat was kneeling on top of the Master Emerald looking down on him.
"Partner?" He repeated, sitting up. Rouge got off the Master Emerald.
"Yeah. I just thought of it. You wanna be partners?"
"No. I've told you a million times in the past year, I don't want anything to do with you, Rouge." He got up, shaking the tiredness away. He hadn't slept last night.
"Well," She said, putting her hands on her hips. "You gave me a chance before, why won't you give me one now?" She asked, concerned.
"Rouge, even though we had a relationship after ARK, doesn't mean anything. I just don't think it's a good idea."
"But why?"
"BECAUSE! I just don't, alright? Now leave me alone." He said impatiently. That's when Tails came running up the stairs of the shrine, fortunately saving Knuckles from getting talked into something he didn't want to do. Although, Tails did trip a few times.
"Knuckles! Rouge!" Tails huffed when he reached them.
"Yeah?" They said at the same time. Rouge gave Knuckles a side smile, and Knuckles rolled his eyes.
"Sonic has an idea and wants to see everyone at his house."
"What kind of idea?" Knuckles asked.
"I don't know, he didn't even tell me!" Tails said, catching his breath and making his way down the stairs. Knuckles followed and so did Rouge.
"I wonder what he wants now." Rouge whispered to Knuckles.
"What do you mean, 'now'?" Knuckles said without whispering. Rouge started acting as if they were partners solving a mystery. "I mean, every time I want to be with you, he needs you for something. Now it's both of us. As if he knows," "I know. Isn't his timing great?" Knuckles interrupted with a smirk. He elbowed her with a laugh. "Hey!" She said seriously. Knuckles' smile soon turned into a frown. "I was just having fun." He said under his breath. That's what he didn't like about Rouge. When he was goofing around, she was in the most serious mood. Everything was either sarcastic or serious. Even though sometimes that was his own summary, he liked to have a laugh once in a while. He exhaled and rolled his eyes. Tails turned to Knuckles after walking half the way. "Hey, Knux, could you make my job easier and," Knuckles cut the fox off. "No, I won't get Amy." "Oh--." Tails looked like he had to walk across North America and back. "Rouge, could you?" "Alright. But this is the only time I'm helping you, fox boy." She said. Tails looked all the more happier after Rouge started walking the other way.
At Amy Rose's Apartment.
Amy was sitting on her bed plucking the petals off a daisy. Her room was painted the most irritating pink, and had pictures of Sonic all over the room. Even the frames were either red, pink, or white.
"He loves me. He loves me not. He loves me. He loves me not. He loves me. He loves me not. Boy, this daisy has a lot of petals. He loves me," Suddenly she was interrupted by Shadow standing in the door way of her room. "Amy, you do that every day. I can not tell you how annoying it is." Amy stopped and turned her attention toward him.
"Hey, Mr. Ultimate-Life-Form, I'll do this as much as I like. And I would be more grateful to the person who took you off the streets and let you have the bed room that was gonna be Sonic and mine's baby's. And plus, how else am I too know?" Amy always used that against him whenever he picked on her in any way. Shadow rolled his eyes.
"Well, anyway, do know what?"
"What?" Amy put the flower down on her bed.
"I was just on www.fanfiction.net and there are some stories that are pair US together. How revolting. I mean, my fans are pairing me up with the girl-pink-wonder!" He threw his arms up in disgust.
"I think it's cute." Amy said with that look in her eyes. Shadow stood still in his tracks with his mouth and eyes wide open, realizing what she was saying. "No, silly, I'm already in love with Sonic!" She giggled and walked past him in the door way to get something to eat. Shadow sighed with relief and decided to never bring up the subject again to Amy. That was a full-fledge scare for Shadow. "You know, I think I'll make lunch for the both of us today." Amy said happily.
"On the other hand, I remember making plans with some of my friends for lunch, bye!" Shadow said, starting to walk away from the kitchen.
"Oh, silly, you don't HAVE any friends." Amy giggled.
"Yes, I DO!" Just then there was a knock at the door. "I'll get it." Shadow said drearily. And standing there was Rouge the bat. "Um--Rouge, hi. Why are you here?" He stuttered.
"Oh, I'm just getting you and Amy for Sonic because he wants to see us."
"Again?! Um, why don't we just stay here? You could stay for lunch." Rouge looked at Shadow in disgust.
"Shads, you're really bad at hitting on someone, you know that? Has any girl ever told you?" She shook her head. Rouge was the only one that knew about Shadow's secret crush on her. "Shadow," She started. "It's hopeless for you. Don't even try to, to," She stopped.
"What?" He asked. He really looked like he was asking the question, and not playing 'dumb'.
"Well, you know." She answered. Shadow looked a little let-down and sighed. Amy came in and they left.
At Sonic's house.
Knuckles and Tails had gotten there before Amy, Shadow, and Rouge. When they got there, they couldn't find Sonic. The house seemed empty.
"Helloo." Knuckles called into the empty living room. "COOL!" Knuckles saw Sonic's favorite chair not being used. It was the best one in the house, and Knuckles had been waiting for such a chance to sit in it and have a front-view of the huge TV Sonic had. Knuckles jumped into it and spread him-self all over it. He looked at Tails who was giggling. Knuckles raised an eyebrow. "I haven't said anything, why are you--GAH!"
Sonic jumped from behind the chair in front of Knuckles. "BOO!" He yelled in his face.
"Man, Sonic, you surprised me. And get a breath mint, dude." Knuckles said, getting out of the chair. Sonic got a check list from who knows where and read a-loud: 'Surprise Knuckles'; "Check." He said, making a check-mark next to the goal. Just then, the rest of them walked into the living room. "Hey, guys!" Sonic exclaimed.
"Okay, okay, so what are we here for?" Rouge asked sitting on the sofa. Shadow sat as far as possible away from her, because in doing so, know one would suspect anything.
"Okay, everyone," Sonic started. Everyone sat down, knowing this would be long. "Has anyone wondered about Eggman yet? I mean, he could be up at ARK, making some kind of machine to destroy the world again. He's just going to cause more trouble." Sonic was pacing the room, when everyone heard snoring. Rouge slapped Knuckles (who was sitting next to him) on the face and he sat up straight. Knuckles started laughing.
"Hey, I was joking!" He said. No one laughed.
"Right." Sonic continued. "I suggest we go up to ARK once again, and destroy what ever Eggman is working on, so we could," Sonic paused. "I don't know. Just, we can show Eggman not to mess with us. Again."
"I'm in for it!" Tails said, standing up.
"Let's kick some Eggman-butt!" Knuckles exclaimed, standing and making a fist. Rouge followed and said,
"A waist of time, I think, but what the hell."
"I guess." Shadow mumbled, still sitting. Everyone looked at him. Shadow stood up and repeated him self with more enthusiasm. "I guess!" Then everyone went to planning.
A week later, when everyone was ready to go and,
Amy: WAIT! We can't leave NOW!
Sonic: WHY NOT?!
Amy: I have to watch my flowers bloom! If I get someone else to water them, I won't see it!
Shadow: To hell with your stupid flowers! Let's get the show on the road!
So, because of Amy's flowers, they had to leave the week after.
Knuckles was packing extra food and other things he thought they might need when he sensed someone behind him. He didn't bother turning around, knowing somehow that the person was gentle and not going to harm him.
"Knuckles," A quiet voice from behind him said. He turned around.
"Princess? What brings you here?" He said respectfully.
"I was wondering--if-- possibly I could come along."
"Uh," Knuckles wasn't comfortable with bringing Princess Tikal along with him. If anything happened to her, he would be blamed. His expression was odd, and he kind of looked stunned. "I don't think that's a great idea, you see," Tikal cut him off.
"I know. I know you don't want to take me, but," She paused to let out a sigh. "I need to escape from palace life once in a while." Her voice came to a whisper. "Please, guardian. Please. Take me with you." Tikal seemed desperate, so Knuckles had no choice but to say yes. After Tikal had left, Knuckles shook his head in disbelief. What was she really running from? Tikal didn't seem like the kind to hold a grudge, so it didn't look like she was trying to take revenge on Dr. Eggman.
"Damn." Knuckles said to him-self, realizing that he had just said yes to bring the Princess along. Since when was he so vulnerable? Knuckles finished his duties on the ship and left to tell the others.
The next day, in space, left Earth two hours ago.
"Finally!" Sonic said, throwing him-self on the couch in the ship. He had ordered and paid for a new space ship that was like a living quarters, just in the form of a space ship. "We get relaxation on the way there, and plus, auto-pilot!" He exclaimed. Knuckles walked around the control the room admiring the different buttons and levers. He noticed the gravity was 'on'. Knuckles heard squealing from the other room.
"This dress is SO cute! Sonniku, I want this!" Amy's screeches were heard all over the ship. Sonic sighed and got up from his comfortable position. Knuckles followed him into the other room.
Amy, Rouge, and Tikal were looking at a magazine. "Sonic! This dress is so nice! Get it for Amy!" Tikal exclaimed, obviously forgetting her royal manners. Sonic grabbed the magazine and looked at the picture. Knuckles looked over his shoulder. The picture was of an Echidna model, an extra tall one, Knuckles noted, wearing a flowing blue dress with loose short sleeves. Sonic glanced up at Amy then at the picture again.
"It wouldn't look good on you, Amy." Sonic said, dropping the magazine into Knuckles hands.
"Oh, darn. I knew that anyway. Everything looks good on that model anyway. She can wear ANYTHING." Amy said, distressed. Rouge and Tikal nodded their heads in agreement.
"Who is she?" Knuckles said, studying the picture. The echidna was pale lavender and had dark purple eye shadow on. The sassy pose she was in made Knuckles feel sick. But, something seemed strange about her. Knuckles was average height for a male echidna [3'7], and she was about 2 or 3 feet taller than him.
"Tobitha Fair." Tikal answered. "Very famous fashion model." [note: the real Tobitha Fair really isn't a fashion model. It's the character that is.]
"Yeah, everything looks good on her. Everything." Amy said, a little upset that she couldn't be just as pretty. Knuckles threw the magazine a side.
"You know Knuckles, if you like the pose she's in, I can do better." Rouge said in a taunting tone. Knuckles came close to her as if he was going to kiss her.
"No thanks." He said, and shoved her into the sofa, and started walking to his room. Rouge glared at him. She hated it when he tricked her.
"I take it, you and Knuckles used to be very close." Tikal commented to Rouge, who was presently pouting.
"Close? Well, kinda. We dated for a little bit." She answered. "So, do you love anyone?"
"I LOVE SONIC!" Amy exclaimed.
"I wasn't talking to you!" Rouge retorted. "Tikal."
"Uh, um, no, not exactly." Rouge grinned. Tikal continued. "I've never really been--interested in anyone." She said nervously.
"Who?" Rouge demanded calmly. She knew Tikal was hiding something.
"I'm really tired. I'd better go." You could tell Tikal was nervous when she walked away.
"You got her uncomfortable, Rouge. Why did you do that?" [only Amy would ask a question like that.] Amy questioned. Rouge ignored her as she, too, walked back to her room.
When they landed, in the morning [well, not exactly morning] inside ARK.
"Hey. This is the room where we entered before, remember, Sonic?" Amy said, excited.
"Yeah, yeah, but we have to be quiet. You don't know what to expect." Sonic answered. Knuckles shook his head, and kept walking forward, more into the space station. Everyone didn't know what to do, so they just followed him. Tikal was closest to Knuckles, knowing he could protect her if anything happened. He seemed not the mind her clinging to his arm. The whole time Rouge was glaring at Tikal. Amy seemed to just be gazing around happily as if in a garden full of flowers and good memories. Sonic looked suspicious. Tails was tagging along, looking for broken down machine parts to re-build. Shadow, well, Shadow was looking at the ground, probably feeling guilty for all the horrible things he had done here.
"Hey, look, Shadow!" Amy shrieked. "It's the room where I convinced you to help out!" Sonic was trying to make her shut-up when they all saw something. It kind of looked like the transporter they used to get to Chao Land, except bigger. Way bigger. It also had a machine next to it that had buttons that probably controlled what everyone thought was a transporter.
"Where do you think it goes?" Amy said, skipping over to it, also breaking the silence.
"Don't touch anything!" Shadow yelled at her, running over with everyone behind him. As she turned around to face him, she flipped a switch, but no one noticed. Tikal let go of Knuckles, backing up from, what to her, seemed like an evil machine. Knuckles touched the sides of it, wondering what it was.
"Looks like a," Tails was cut off by a blinding light coming from the middle of the 'transporter'. First, Amy, being the lightest, got sucked in.
"SONIC!" Everyone could here her loud and clear, and they all covered they're ears. Sonic ran in, going to save her like he had done before in other adventures. After that was Shadow, then Knuckles, then Rouge. They had all gone in to save each other, but neither of them seemed to be going anywhere. Tikal looked at the light from far away. She was the only one that hadn't gotten in. You couldn't see anything from out side, but inside--
Knuckles looked out. Everything was bright, and he could here the screams of his friends, plus the buzzing of the machine. His eyes hurt from the constant light, and he could see his Echidna Princess out side of the machine, looking as helpless as ever. He tried to yell out to her, to say everything was going to be alright, but he felt a sharp pain crawl up his spine and all through out his body. He turned to his friends. They seemed just as in pain as he. Everything was bright, and Knuckles couldn't see clear.
"My legs feel warm and tingly!" Amy screamed.
"Maybe 'cause you peed in your pants!" Sonic shouted back. You could tell she was embarrassed because she didn't answer. Or maybe, she COULDN'T answer.
(Teehee, cliffhanger! Once I get 3 reviews, I'll get the other chapter in! Whahahaha! Tell me what ya think! -Chosen One)
A confused Sonic the Hedgehog sat at his kitchen table thinking. He hadn't heard from Eggman for a long time, which probably meant he was working on something big and dangerous. Eggman usually kept trying and trying after a defeat to over come the hedgehog. It had been a year now, an exact year since ARK. Sonic started to wonder what he was doing. Maybe this time around he could stop it before anything happened.
Later, Sonic took a walk in town. Lately he had been on Angel Island. Everyone was staying there to get away from annoying fans. Amy, although, had only come to be with her Sonniku. Sonic sighed. The never ending embarrassment of Amy Rose. Sonic looked in the market window. Tails was inside buying candy and soda. He was probably going to stay up late tonight. He always bought sugar and caffeine when he needed the energy. Tails walked out.
"Hi, Sonic!" The fox said happily.
"Hey, Tails. What's happening?"
"Nothing much." Tails walked beside his idle. Sonic had an idea and stopped walking.
"Tails, round everyone up, and,"
"Even Amy?"
"Even Amy. I have an idea." And with that, Sonic ran off at the speed of sound.
"But, Sonic," Tails said to himself. He started eating his candy, knowing that everyone would want some. If he didn't have enough, then no one would beg.
At the Shrine of the Master Emerald.
Knuckles lay on the ground beside the Master Emerald. He was bored stiff, and felt as if he had been lying there for ages. He hated the fact that the emerald never was taken when he was there, but when he had to do something important, it was gone. Because of this, he always felt he was being watched. Knuckles closed his eyes.
"Hi, partner." A voice from above him said. He opened one eye. Rouge the Bat was kneeling on top of the Master Emerald looking down on him.
"Partner?" He repeated, sitting up. Rouge got off the Master Emerald.
"Yeah. I just thought of it. You wanna be partners?"
"No. I've told you a million times in the past year, I don't want anything to do with you, Rouge." He got up, shaking the tiredness away. He hadn't slept last night.
"Well," She said, putting her hands on her hips. "You gave me a chance before, why won't you give me one now?" She asked, concerned.
"Rouge, even though we had a relationship after ARK, doesn't mean anything. I just don't think it's a good idea."
"But why?"
"BECAUSE! I just don't, alright? Now leave me alone." He said impatiently. That's when Tails came running up the stairs of the shrine, fortunately saving Knuckles from getting talked into something he didn't want to do. Although, Tails did trip a few times.
"Knuckles! Rouge!" Tails huffed when he reached them.
"Yeah?" They said at the same time. Rouge gave Knuckles a side smile, and Knuckles rolled his eyes.
"Sonic has an idea and wants to see everyone at his house."
"What kind of idea?" Knuckles asked.
"I don't know, he didn't even tell me!" Tails said, catching his breath and making his way down the stairs. Knuckles followed and so did Rouge.
"I wonder what he wants now." Rouge whispered to Knuckles.
"What do you mean, 'now'?" Knuckles said without whispering. Rouge started acting as if they were partners solving a mystery. "I mean, every time I want to be with you, he needs you for something. Now it's both of us. As if he knows," "I know. Isn't his timing great?" Knuckles interrupted with a smirk. He elbowed her with a laugh. "Hey!" She said seriously. Knuckles' smile soon turned into a frown. "I was just having fun." He said under his breath. That's what he didn't like about Rouge. When he was goofing around, she was in the most serious mood. Everything was either sarcastic or serious. Even though sometimes that was his own summary, he liked to have a laugh once in a while. He exhaled and rolled his eyes. Tails turned to Knuckles after walking half the way. "Hey, Knux, could you make my job easier and," Knuckles cut the fox off. "No, I won't get Amy." "Oh--." Tails looked like he had to walk across North America and back. "Rouge, could you?" "Alright. But this is the only time I'm helping you, fox boy." She said. Tails looked all the more happier after Rouge started walking the other way.
At Amy Rose's Apartment.
Amy was sitting on her bed plucking the petals off a daisy. Her room was painted the most irritating pink, and had pictures of Sonic all over the room. Even the frames were either red, pink, or white.
"He loves me. He loves me not. He loves me. He loves me not. He loves me. He loves me not. Boy, this daisy has a lot of petals. He loves me," Suddenly she was interrupted by Shadow standing in the door way of her room. "Amy, you do that every day. I can not tell you how annoying it is." Amy stopped and turned her attention toward him.
"Hey, Mr. Ultimate-Life-Form, I'll do this as much as I like. And I would be more grateful to the person who took you off the streets and let you have the bed room that was gonna be Sonic and mine's baby's. And plus, how else am I too know?" Amy always used that against him whenever he picked on her in any way. Shadow rolled his eyes.
"Well, anyway, do know what?"
"What?" Amy put the flower down on her bed.
"I was just on www.fanfiction.net and there are some stories that are pair US together. How revolting. I mean, my fans are pairing me up with the girl-pink-wonder!" He threw his arms up in disgust.
"I think it's cute." Amy said with that look in her eyes. Shadow stood still in his tracks with his mouth and eyes wide open, realizing what she was saying. "No, silly, I'm already in love with Sonic!" She giggled and walked past him in the door way to get something to eat. Shadow sighed with relief and decided to never bring up the subject again to Amy. That was a full-fledge scare for Shadow. "You know, I think I'll make lunch for the both of us today." Amy said happily.
"On the other hand, I remember making plans with some of my friends for lunch, bye!" Shadow said, starting to walk away from the kitchen.
"Oh, silly, you don't HAVE any friends." Amy giggled.
"Yes, I DO!" Just then there was a knock at the door. "I'll get it." Shadow said drearily. And standing there was Rouge the bat. "Um--Rouge, hi. Why are you here?" He stuttered.
"Oh, I'm just getting you and Amy for Sonic because he wants to see us."
"Again?! Um, why don't we just stay here? You could stay for lunch." Rouge looked at Shadow in disgust.
"Shads, you're really bad at hitting on someone, you know that? Has any girl ever told you?" She shook her head. Rouge was the only one that knew about Shadow's secret crush on her. "Shadow," She started. "It's hopeless for you. Don't even try to, to," She stopped.
"What?" He asked. He really looked like he was asking the question, and not playing 'dumb'.
"Well, you know." She answered. Shadow looked a little let-down and sighed. Amy came in and they left.
At Sonic's house.
Knuckles and Tails had gotten there before Amy, Shadow, and Rouge. When they got there, they couldn't find Sonic. The house seemed empty.
"Helloo." Knuckles called into the empty living room. "COOL!" Knuckles saw Sonic's favorite chair not being used. It was the best one in the house, and Knuckles had been waiting for such a chance to sit in it and have a front-view of the huge TV Sonic had. Knuckles jumped into it and spread him-self all over it. He looked at Tails who was giggling. Knuckles raised an eyebrow. "I haven't said anything, why are you--GAH!"
Sonic jumped from behind the chair in front of Knuckles. "BOO!" He yelled in his face.
"Man, Sonic, you surprised me. And get a breath mint, dude." Knuckles said, getting out of the chair. Sonic got a check list from who knows where and read a-loud: 'Surprise Knuckles'; "Check." He said, making a check-mark next to the goal. Just then, the rest of them walked into the living room. "Hey, guys!" Sonic exclaimed.
"Okay, okay, so what are we here for?" Rouge asked sitting on the sofa. Shadow sat as far as possible away from her, because in doing so, know one would suspect anything.
"Okay, everyone," Sonic started. Everyone sat down, knowing this would be long. "Has anyone wondered about Eggman yet? I mean, he could be up at ARK, making some kind of machine to destroy the world again. He's just going to cause more trouble." Sonic was pacing the room, when everyone heard snoring. Rouge slapped Knuckles (who was sitting next to him) on the face and he sat up straight. Knuckles started laughing.
"Hey, I was joking!" He said. No one laughed.
"Right." Sonic continued. "I suggest we go up to ARK once again, and destroy what ever Eggman is working on, so we could," Sonic paused. "I don't know. Just, we can show Eggman not to mess with us. Again."
"I'm in for it!" Tails said, standing up.
"Let's kick some Eggman-butt!" Knuckles exclaimed, standing and making a fist. Rouge followed and said,
"A waist of time, I think, but what the hell."
"I guess." Shadow mumbled, still sitting. Everyone looked at him. Shadow stood up and repeated him self with more enthusiasm. "I guess!" Then everyone went to planning.
A week later, when everyone was ready to go and,
Amy: WAIT! We can't leave NOW!
Sonic: WHY NOT?!
Amy: I have to watch my flowers bloom! If I get someone else to water them, I won't see it!
Shadow: To hell with your stupid flowers! Let's get the show on the road!
So, because of Amy's flowers, they had to leave the week after.
Knuckles was packing extra food and other things he thought they might need when he sensed someone behind him. He didn't bother turning around, knowing somehow that the person was gentle and not going to harm him.
"Knuckles," A quiet voice from behind him said. He turned around.
"Princess? What brings you here?" He said respectfully.
"I was wondering--if-- possibly I could come along."
"Uh," Knuckles wasn't comfortable with bringing Princess Tikal along with him. If anything happened to her, he would be blamed. His expression was odd, and he kind of looked stunned. "I don't think that's a great idea, you see," Tikal cut him off.
"I know. I know you don't want to take me, but," She paused to let out a sigh. "I need to escape from palace life once in a while." Her voice came to a whisper. "Please, guardian. Please. Take me with you." Tikal seemed desperate, so Knuckles had no choice but to say yes. After Tikal had left, Knuckles shook his head in disbelief. What was she really running from? Tikal didn't seem like the kind to hold a grudge, so it didn't look like she was trying to take revenge on Dr. Eggman.
"Damn." Knuckles said to him-self, realizing that he had just said yes to bring the Princess along. Since when was he so vulnerable? Knuckles finished his duties on the ship and left to tell the others.
The next day, in space, left Earth two hours ago.
"Finally!" Sonic said, throwing him-self on the couch in the ship. He had ordered and paid for a new space ship that was like a living quarters, just in the form of a space ship. "We get relaxation on the way there, and plus, auto-pilot!" He exclaimed. Knuckles walked around the control the room admiring the different buttons and levers. He noticed the gravity was 'on'. Knuckles heard squealing from the other room.
"This dress is SO cute! Sonniku, I want this!" Amy's screeches were heard all over the ship. Sonic sighed and got up from his comfortable position. Knuckles followed him into the other room.
Amy, Rouge, and Tikal were looking at a magazine. "Sonic! This dress is so nice! Get it for Amy!" Tikal exclaimed, obviously forgetting her royal manners. Sonic grabbed the magazine and looked at the picture. Knuckles looked over his shoulder. The picture was of an Echidna model, an extra tall one, Knuckles noted, wearing a flowing blue dress with loose short sleeves. Sonic glanced up at Amy then at the picture again.
"It wouldn't look good on you, Amy." Sonic said, dropping the magazine into Knuckles hands.
"Oh, darn. I knew that anyway. Everything looks good on that model anyway. She can wear ANYTHING." Amy said, distressed. Rouge and Tikal nodded their heads in agreement.
"Who is she?" Knuckles said, studying the picture. The echidna was pale lavender and had dark purple eye shadow on. The sassy pose she was in made Knuckles feel sick. But, something seemed strange about her. Knuckles was average height for a male echidna [3'7], and she was about 2 or 3 feet taller than him.
"Tobitha Fair." Tikal answered. "Very famous fashion model." [note: the real Tobitha Fair really isn't a fashion model. It's the character that is.]
"Yeah, everything looks good on her. Everything." Amy said, a little upset that she couldn't be just as pretty. Knuckles threw the magazine a side.
"You know Knuckles, if you like the pose she's in, I can do better." Rouge said in a taunting tone. Knuckles came close to her as if he was going to kiss her.
"No thanks." He said, and shoved her into the sofa, and started walking to his room. Rouge glared at him. She hated it when he tricked her.
"I take it, you and Knuckles used to be very close." Tikal commented to Rouge, who was presently pouting.
"Close? Well, kinda. We dated for a little bit." She answered. "So, do you love anyone?"
"I LOVE SONIC!" Amy exclaimed.
"I wasn't talking to you!" Rouge retorted. "Tikal."
"Uh, um, no, not exactly." Rouge grinned. Tikal continued. "I've never really been--interested in anyone." She said nervously.
"Who?" Rouge demanded calmly. She knew Tikal was hiding something.
"I'm really tired. I'd better go." You could tell Tikal was nervous when she walked away.
"You got her uncomfortable, Rouge. Why did you do that?" [only Amy would ask a question like that.] Amy questioned. Rouge ignored her as she, too, walked back to her room.
When they landed, in the morning [well, not exactly morning] inside ARK.
"Hey. This is the room where we entered before, remember, Sonic?" Amy said, excited.
"Yeah, yeah, but we have to be quiet. You don't know what to expect." Sonic answered. Knuckles shook his head, and kept walking forward, more into the space station. Everyone didn't know what to do, so they just followed him. Tikal was closest to Knuckles, knowing he could protect her if anything happened. He seemed not the mind her clinging to his arm. The whole time Rouge was glaring at Tikal. Amy seemed to just be gazing around happily as if in a garden full of flowers and good memories. Sonic looked suspicious. Tails was tagging along, looking for broken down machine parts to re-build. Shadow, well, Shadow was looking at the ground, probably feeling guilty for all the horrible things he had done here.
"Hey, look, Shadow!" Amy shrieked. "It's the room where I convinced you to help out!" Sonic was trying to make her shut-up when they all saw something. It kind of looked like the transporter they used to get to Chao Land, except bigger. Way bigger. It also had a machine next to it that had buttons that probably controlled what everyone thought was a transporter.
"Where do you think it goes?" Amy said, skipping over to it, also breaking the silence.
"Don't touch anything!" Shadow yelled at her, running over with everyone behind him. As she turned around to face him, she flipped a switch, but no one noticed. Tikal let go of Knuckles, backing up from, what to her, seemed like an evil machine. Knuckles touched the sides of it, wondering what it was.
"Looks like a," Tails was cut off by a blinding light coming from the middle of the 'transporter'. First, Amy, being the lightest, got sucked in.
"SONIC!" Everyone could here her loud and clear, and they all covered they're ears. Sonic ran in, going to save her like he had done before in other adventures. After that was Shadow, then Knuckles, then Rouge. They had all gone in to save each other, but neither of them seemed to be going anywhere. Tikal looked at the light from far away. She was the only one that hadn't gotten in. You couldn't see anything from out side, but inside--
Knuckles looked out. Everything was bright, and he could here the screams of his friends, plus the buzzing of the machine. His eyes hurt from the constant light, and he could see his Echidna Princess out side of the machine, looking as helpless as ever. He tried to yell out to her, to say everything was going to be alright, but he felt a sharp pain crawl up his spine and all through out his body. He turned to his friends. They seemed just as in pain as he. Everything was bright, and Knuckles couldn't see clear.
"My legs feel warm and tingly!" Amy screamed.
"Maybe 'cause you peed in your pants!" Sonic shouted back. You could tell she was embarrassed because she didn't answer. Or maybe, she COULDN'T answer.
(Teehee, cliffhanger! Once I get 3 reviews, I'll get the other chapter in! Whahahaha! Tell me what ya think! -Chosen One)