Declaimer: la la la la...oh, uh, hi! I don't own anyone but Tarosamo, Sameo,
the demons, Slice, the bats, and the idea for this fic. ^_^
Authors' Note: I will not update to Chapter 7 until Niagera updates his story; Dredmond Manor II: Billionaire's Revenge! So, everyone, get 'im! Okay, I'm joking. ^_^ I hope you all like Chapter six! I'm on a roll here! Next chapter will be up in probably four days! Depends if I get chapter ten done before than...oops...y'all weren't suppose to ear—er—read that....O.o()
PS: Oh, crap, I just came to a realization! Rouge eyes aren't blue, they are green! Oh, screw it. Her eyes will be blue in this story! ^_^
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Chapter 6
Slice grumbled as she looked at the old ruins. That blasted jewel is supposed to be bury somewhere in there. "That stupid freakin' dragon. Who does he think he is? I do NOT work for free! Even if he does get rid of my sister for me, and who's to say if that jewel even exist? My radar's been dead since I got here!" Needless to say, Slice was quite frustrated with her new "boss". As the 'famous' Rouge once said, "Too much work, for too little pay".
"Speaking' of which, I wonder what she is doing right now? Ah, who cares! And will someone PLEASE tell me why I am talking to myself?" Slice sighed as she figured that she was going insane.
A voice than spoke to her, 'I am the voice in your head. I am the one that tells you to kill. Listen to me, and the world shall be yours...'
Slice eyes snapped open, "What? Who said that?"
The voice spoke again, 'I told you, I am the voice in your head...'
"Voice in my head...?" She looked around but saw no one
'Yes, aren't you a smart one.' The voice said sarcastically.
"It's official, I finally lost it..." Slice slumbered to the ground with a sigh.
'You haven't lost it. Not yet. I am, in fact, behind you."
Slice turned around, but there was nothing there but a tree and a butterfly on a leaf. "Where? I don't see anyone..."
'Down here...' It said.
"Huh?" Slice glanced down to the butterfly. "The...butterfly...?"
The butterfly looked up at her, its eyes large and wide. It's wings where black, which was odd for a butterfly. 'Yes.'
Slice jumped back, "But...how can you speak? You didn't even move your mouth!"
The butterfly stared at her. 'It's called telepathy.'
The female bat mouth made an 'o' shape. "So that explains it. May I ask why you are talking to me?"
The butterfly fluttered its wings and flew on top of Slice's head. 'Of course, I am, lack of a better word, your "conscious". I am here to help you with Sameo's evil plots.'
Slice raised an eyebrow, "But aren't conscious supposed to tell us what's right and wrong? And lead us to the road of righteousness?"
'Shut up, I have to make a living somehow!'
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"Hey, I think it's this way." Rouge called out to the two male echidnas. They've been searching for Joya De La Oscuridad for half the day now.
"What makes you so sure, bat-girl?" Knuckles asked as he look in the direction Rouge pointed to, which lead to a dead forest. Fog surrounded it and the grass was an unnatural brown colored.
Rouge grinned, "Because, I'm the greatest Treasure Hunter ever, and plus, I know these things!"
Tarosamo nodded in agreement. "I agree with Rouge."
Knuckles huff and murmur, "You would..."
Tarosamo continued, "I can feel a slight pulse from the emerald in the direction, through The Forbidden Forest."
"Whatever. Lets just get this thing over with." Knuckles moved on ahead of the two as Rouge and Tarosamo exchange a look and shrug.
Many noises surrounded them as they entered The Forbidden Forest. "Ew, this place is so dead..." Rouge murmured as she stepped over a large stick.
Knuckles shrug, "You were the one that wanted to come in here."
"Oh hush you." Rouge than stepped on a snake. It hissed at her, snapping at her leg. "Ah!" She shouted, jumping in Knuckles arms once more.
Knuckles grin, "We gotta stop meeting up like this."
Rouge blushed and quickly jumped out of the red echidna's arms.
Tarosamo picked the snake up by its neck and threw it away from the group. The snake went swirling into the darkness of the forest. "Do not fear, Rouge, the snake is gone."
"I, uh, wasn't afraid. You gotta remember, I'm Rouge the Bat!" She struck a cute pose, running her right hand through her hair and her left hand down her hip.
Knuckles rolled his eyes, "As if we didn't know. Yo, Tarosama-whatever, how long is it until we reach the end of this forest?"
"It may take us three days to get to the other end on foot." Tarosamo said, taking a map out from his pocket. "This forest is also a maze of confusion. This map will guide us out, if you know how to read it."
"Three days?" Knuckles took the map from Tarosamo. "Lets see..." He looked at it for a few minutes, turning it every which way, with a confused expression on his face. He looked up from the map to Rouge and Tarosamo. "....This map makes absolutely no sense." He handed it back to Tarosamo.
"That must be because you did not acquire the skill in reading this type of map." The black and pale blue echidna said, looking at the map as if it was clear as day.
"Whatever." Knuckles cross his arms and lean up against a tree.
"Hey! Who goes there?!" A little voice said causing the three to turn around to see a small...toad. It was green, of course, with a deep scar over its left eye and it wore drags for clothes. It also had a scarf around his head.
"Who are you?" Rouge asked, glancing down at the toad.
The toad snorted, "The question is not who I am. But WHO are YOU? And what are you doing in my home?"
"We're sorry if we disturb you, but we are on our way to the Great Ruins of Galia." Tarosamo offered to the toad.
"What business do you have there?" He demanded to know. He sure was rude little thing...
"Our business is our own." Tarosamo said once again. (I'm sorry, but I just HAD to get a quote in from Lord of the Rings! ^_^ Luv you, Legolas! Okay...shutting up...don't own 'em.)
"Is it than?" The toad gave them a once over and nodded his approval. "You two seem worthy enough." He said, indicating to Rouge and Tarosamo, "But I am not sure about the red one."
"What!? What is it about me that seems unworthy, toad-face?!" Knuckles shouted, shaking his fist at the toad.
"Hmm...everything, actually. Anyhow, my name is Giles." Giles turned away and gestured for them to follow him. They obeyed and Giles lead them to a tree. Knocking on the tree four times, allowing an invisible door to open. He walked into the tree, the three doing the same. Once inside, they stood in a large room with only a wooden table in the middle and a few artifacts. "Would you care for something to drink?" He asked them. They all declined. He shrug, "Suit yourselves."
"Giles..." Rouge started, "Do you know the fastest way through this forest?"
Giles looked up at the bat for a moment, than nodded, "Of course I do. I've been livin' here for my whole life."
"Great! So, what's the fastest way outta here?" Rouge asked. Knuckles was looking around the room at all the swords that Giles had posted up. He spotted a very unusual sword; the handle was a sculptured feature of a temptress, crafted in fine pewter. The hand-set in the middle of the guard was a beautiful green stone that enhances the visual impact of the guard. The blade was a highly polished steel blade.
"The underground passage, of course, which is through that secret passage door." Giles pointed to a door on the floor which Rouge was standing on. Rouge quickly jumped off it.
"Oh, great. Just what we needed, another underground passage." Rouge rolled her eyes.
Knuckles curiously picked up the sword he was looking at, "Hey, Giles. Where'd you get this sword from?"
The toad glanced at the sword and smiled, "Ah, that's a rare one, it is. That is the Mistress of Temptation Sword. I got it from the corpse of a warrior."
Rouge also looked at the sword, it is nice. "The corpse of a warrior?"
"Oh, yes. Fine warrior he was...I think. Anyway, that sword there holds the power of Genyatorista (Gen-Ya-Tor-Is-Ta)." He picked up the sword and held it in his hands, admiring the beauty of it.
"Genyator—whadda? If you ask me, this adventure just got weirder." Knuckles crossed his arms over his chest as he glanced at the sword.
Rouge rolled her eyes, "So, what does the power of Genyatorista do?"
The toad shrug, "Beats me. Here, you can have it." He tosses the sword at Rouge, who hurriedly caught it without cutting herself.
"What am I suppose to do with a sword? I have no use for it..." She turned it over in her hands than turned to Knuckles, "Hey, Knuckles, I'm sure you could use something like this. Here!" She tossed it to Knuckles who let it fall to the ground.
Knuckles glance at it again, "I don't need a sword."
"Just take it!" Rouge demanded. Knuckles sighed and picked the sword up.
"How am I to carry it if I don't have a sheath?"
Giles grin, "Ah! You need not to worry. I have one just for you, red one!" Giles went to another room and came back out a few minutes later with something in a bag. "This here is the finest they have out there! Of course, I'm not letting it go for free..."
Sighing once more, Knuckles asked, "How much?"
Giles grinned, "Just a hundred gold coins."
"What?! A hundred gold coins? Just for THAT??" Knuckles yelled, "You can keep it than! And plus! I don't have gold coins!"
"Knuckles, calm down, sheesh." Rouge said to the outrage red echidna.
Tarosamo handed the toad a small green sack. "One hundred gold coins."
The toad grin, handing over the bag. Opening the bag, Tarosamo pulled out a red sheath. Engraved in it was a tiger fighting a dragon. The echidna handed it over to Knuckles who took it.
Knuckles sweat drop. "We have another problem."
"What is it this time, echidna?" Rouge was getting frustrated.
"If y'all have forgotten, I don't wear pants. Therefore, I do not have a belt, which means, I can't tied my sheath to me." Knuckles explained, practically spelling it out for them.
Everyone sweat-dropped. "Okay, I do have another one that you can put on your back..." Giles once again left the room to retrieve the item. Once he returned, he handed the other one to Knuckles, of course taking back the previous sheath. "Here, no extra charge."
"Yippee." Knuckles said sarcastically as he placed the sheath on his back, putting the sword in.
Rouge grin, "Great! NOW we are ready! Let's go! I want to get out of here as soon as possible..."
"Hey! What's wrong with my place?"
"Oh, nothing, just the fact that it smells."
"Well, what do you expect from a male?" Giles growled as they left through the secret door.
"Good point, anyway, bye!" Rouge was the first to jump down followed by Knuckles who only snorted at Giles and than Tarosamo following behind.
Giles chuckled, "Those kids...Hmm...I should call up the boss...he would like to know about my little encounter..."
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I hope you liked it! Review please! Thanks a million! Oh, and if you'll like to see a picture of the sword, click here: FranklinMint.com. Okay, so I don't own the sword...YET, anyway...I will, someday... Tata for now!
Authors' Note: I will not update to Chapter 7 until Niagera updates his story; Dredmond Manor II: Billionaire's Revenge! So, everyone, get 'im! Okay, I'm joking. ^_^ I hope you all like Chapter six! I'm on a roll here! Next chapter will be up in probably four days! Depends if I get chapter ten done before than...oops...y'all weren't suppose to ear—er—read that....O.o()
PS: Oh, crap, I just came to a realization! Rouge eyes aren't blue, they are green! Oh, screw it. Her eyes will be blue in this story! ^_^
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Chapter 6
Slice grumbled as she looked at the old ruins. That blasted jewel is supposed to be bury somewhere in there. "That stupid freakin' dragon. Who does he think he is? I do NOT work for free! Even if he does get rid of my sister for me, and who's to say if that jewel even exist? My radar's been dead since I got here!" Needless to say, Slice was quite frustrated with her new "boss". As the 'famous' Rouge once said, "Too much work, for too little pay".
"Speaking' of which, I wonder what she is doing right now? Ah, who cares! And will someone PLEASE tell me why I am talking to myself?" Slice sighed as she figured that she was going insane.
A voice than spoke to her, 'I am the voice in your head. I am the one that tells you to kill. Listen to me, and the world shall be yours...'
Slice eyes snapped open, "What? Who said that?"
The voice spoke again, 'I told you, I am the voice in your head...'
"Voice in my head...?" She looked around but saw no one
'Yes, aren't you a smart one.' The voice said sarcastically.
"It's official, I finally lost it..." Slice slumbered to the ground with a sigh.
'You haven't lost it. Not yet. I am, in fact, behind you."
Slice turned around, but there was nothing there but a tree and a butterfly on a leaf. "Where? I don't see anyone..."
'Down here...' It said.
"Huh?" Slice glanced down to the butterfly. "The...butterfly...?"
The butterfly looked up at her, its eyes large and wide. It's wings where black, which was odd for a butterfly. 'Yes.'
Slice jumped back, "But...how can you speak? You didn't even move your mouth!"
The butterfly stared at her. 'It's called telepathy.'
The female bat mouth made an 'o' shape. "So that explains it. May I ask why you are talking to me?"
The butterfly fluttered its wings and flew on top of Slice's head. 'Of course, I am, lack of a better word, your "conscious". I am here to help you with Sameo's evil plots.'
Slice raised an eyebrow, "But aren't conscious supposed to tell us what's right and wrong? And lead us to the road of righteousness?"
'Shut up, I have to make a living somehow!'
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"Hey, I think it's this way." Rouge called out to the two male echidnas. They've been searching for Joya De La Oscuridad for half the day now.
"What makes you so sure, bat-girl?" Knuckles asked as he look in the direction Rouge pointed to, which lead to a dead forest. Fog surrounded it and the grass was an unnatural brown colored.
Rouge grinned, "Because, I'm the greatest Treasure Hunter ever, and plus, I know these things!"
Tarosamo nodded in agreement. "I agree with Rouge."
Knuckles huff and murmur, "You would..."
Tarosamo continued, "I can feel a slight pulse from the emerald in the direction, through The Forbidden Forest."
"Whatever. Lets just get this thing over with." Knuckles moved on ahead of the two as Rouge and Tarosamo exchange a look and shrug.
Many noises surrounded them as they entered The Forbidden Forest. "Ew, this place is so dead..." Rouge murmured as she stepped over a large stick.
Knuckles shrug, "You were the one that wanted to come in here."
"Oh hush you." Rouge than stepped on a snake. It hissed at her, snapping at her leg. "Ah!" She shouted, jumping in Knuckles arms once more.
Knuckles grin, "We gotta stop meeting up like this."
Rouge blushed and quickly jumped out of the red echidna's arms.
Tarosamo picked the snake up by its neck and threw it away from the group. The snake went swirling into the darkness of the forest. "Do not fear, Rouge, the snake is gone."
"I, uh, wasn't afraid. You gotta remember, I'm Rouge the Bat!" She struck a cute pose, running her right hand through her hair and her left hand down her hip.
Knuckles rolled his eyes, "As if we didn't know. Yo, Tarosama-whatever, how long is it until we reach the end of this forest?"
"It may take us three days to get to the other end on foot." Tarosamo said, taking a map out from his pocket. "This forest is also a maze of confusion. This map will guide us out, if you know how to read it."
"Three days?" Knuckles took the map from Tarosamo. "Lets see..." He looked at it for a few minutes, turning it every which way, with a confused expression on his face. He looked up from the map to Rouge and Tarosamo. "....This map makes absolutely no sense." He handed it back to Tarosamo.
"That must be because you did not acquire the skill in reading this type of map." The black and pale blue echidna said, looking at the map as if it was clear as day.
"Whatever." Knuckles cross his arms and lean up against a tree.
"Hey! Who goes there?!" A little voice said causing the three to turn around to see a small...toad. It was green, of course, with a deep scar over its left eye and it wore drags for clothes. It also had a scarf around his head.
"Who are you?" Rouge asked, glancing down at the toad.
The toad snorted, "The question is not who I am. But WHO are YOU? And what are you doing in my home?"
"We're sorry if we disturb you, but we are on our way to the Great Ruins of Galia." Tarosamo offered to the toad.
"What business do you have there?" He demanded to know. He sure was rude little thing...
"Our business is our own." Tarosamo said once again. (I'm sorry, but I just HAD to get a quote in from Lord of the Rings! ^_^ Luv you, Legolas! Okay...shutting up...don't own 'em.)
"Is it than?" The toad gave them a once over and nodded his approval. "You two seem worthy enough." He said, indicating to Rouge and Tarosamo, "But I am not sure about the red one."
"What!? What is it about me that seems unworthy, toad-face?!" Knuckles shouted, shaking his fist at the toad.
"Hmm...everything, actually. Anyhow, my name is Giles." Giles turned away and gestured for them to follow him. They obeyed and Giles lead them to a tree. Knocking on the tree four times, allowing an invisible door to open. He walked into the tree, the three doing the same. Once inside, they stood in a large room with only a wooden table in the middle and a few artifacts. "Would you care for something to drink?" He asked them. They all declined. He shrug, "Suit yourselves."
"Giles..." Rouge started, "Do you know the fastest way through this forest?"
Giles looked up at the bat for a moment, than nodded, "Of course I do. I've been livin' here for my whole life."
"Great! So, what's the fastest way outta here?" Rouge asked. Knuckles was looking around the room at all the swords that Giles had posted up. He spotted a very unusual sword; the handle was a sculptured feature of a temptress, crafted in fine pewter. The hand-set in the middle of the guard was a beautiful green stone that enhances the visual impact of the guard. The blade was a highly polished steel blade.
"The underground passage, of course, which is through that secret passage door." Giles pointed to a door on the floor which Rouge was standing on. Rouge quickly jumped off it.
"Oh, great. Just what we needed, another underground passage." Rouge rolled her eyes.
Knuckles curiously picked up the sword he was looking at, "Hey, Giles. Where'd you get this sword from?"
The toad glanced at the sword and smiled, "Ah, that's a rare one, it is. That is the Mistress of Temptation Sword. I got it from the corpse of a warrior."
Rouge also looked at the sword, it is nice. "The corpse of a warrior?"
"Oh, yes. Fine warrior he was...I think. Anyway, that sword there holds the power of Genyatorista (Gen-Ya-Tor-Is-Ta)." He picked up the sword and held it in his hands, admiring the beauty of it.
"Genyator—whadda? If you ask me, this adventure just got weirder." Knuckles crossed his arms over his chest as he glanced at the sword.
Rouge rolled her eyes, "So, what does the power of Genyatorista do?"
The toad shrug, "Beats me. Here, you can have it." He tosses the sword at Rouge, who hurriedly caught it without cutting herself.
"What am I suppose to do with a sword? I have no use for it..." She turned it over in her hands than turned to Knuckles, "Hey, Knuckles, I'm sure you could use something like this. Here!" She tossed it to Knuckles who let it fall to the ground.
Knuckles glance at it again, "I don't need a sword."
"Just take it!" Rouge demanded. Knuckles sighed and picked the sword up.
"How am I to carry it if I don't have a sheath?"
Giles grin, "Ah! You need not to worry. I have one just for you, red one!" Giles went to another room and came back out a few minutes later with something in a bag. "This here is the finest they have out there! Of course, I'm not letting it go for free..."
Sighing once more, Knuckles asked, "How much?"
Giles grinned, "Just a hundred gold coins."
"What?! A hundred gold coins? Just for THAT??" Knuckles yelled, "You can keep it than! And plus! I don't have gold coins!"
"Knuckles, calm down, sheesh." Rouge said to the outrage red echidna.
Tarosamo handed the toad a small green sack. "One hundred gold coins."
The toad grin, handing over the bag. Opening the bag, Tarosamo pulled out a red sheath. Engraved in it was a tiger fighting a dragon. The echidna handed it over to Knuckles who took it.
Knuckles sweat drop. "We have another problem."
"What is it this time, echidna?" Rouge was getting frustrated.
"If y'all have forgotten, I don't wear pants. Therefore, I do not have a belt, which means, I can't tied my sheath to me." Knuckles explained, practically spelling it out for them.
Everyone sweat-dropped. "Okay, I do have another one that you can put on your back..." Giles once again left the room to retrieve the item. Once he returned, he handed the other one to Knuckles, of course taking back the previous sheath. "Here, no extra charge."
"Yippee." Knuckles said sarcastically as he placed the sheath on his back, putting the sword in.
Rouge grin, "Great! NOW we are ready! Let's go! I want to get out of here as soon as possible..."
"Hey! What's wrong with my place?"
"Oh, nothing, just the fact that it smells."
"Well, what do you expect from a male?" Giles growled as they left through the secret door.
"Good point, anyway, bye!" Rouge was the first to jump down followed by Knuckles who only snorted at Giles and than Tarosamo following behind.
Giles chuckled, "Those kids...Hmm...I should call up the boss...he would like to know about my little encounter..."
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I hope you liked it! Review please! Thanks a million! Oh, and if you'll like to see a picture of the sword, click here: FranklinMint.com. Okay, so I don't own the sword...YET, anyway...I will, someday... Tata for now!