Declaimer: Zzzzzzzzzzzzz...Wished I owned 'em....zzzzz....but I don't....*snore*
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Author Notes: Zzzzzzzzz....ugh, huh? Oh! Shouldn't be asleep on the job! Anyhow, here's chapter nine for everyone who's been waiting for it! Yay!
And sorry about the last chapter, I just had to do that...Good things come to those who wait, ne? Anyhow, enjoy this chapter!
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Chapter 9
Knuckles ran along side Tarosamo with that blasted demon not far behind. He quickly glanced around for a clearing where no civilization would be. After running for a good little while, they were finally far away from civilization for anyone to get harm. Knuckles was ready to tear his suit up, but he knew Rouge wouldn't like that. YOU try running in a tuxedo! I don't see how Tuxedo Mask can do it...Uh, carry on!
They stopped and turned around to face the advancing fire demon, ready for attack. "How are we going to kill it if we can't even take any damage off?" Knuckles asked his companion.
Hornrista blew hot rolling flames at the two. They scattered, as the flames brunt the grass around there.
Tarosamo thought for a moment, having no idea really. The demon slashed its tail at the two, nearly smacking them into the trees.
"Hey, guys! Forgetting something?" The two, including the demon, turned around to see Rouge smirking at them, still in her shimmering dress.
Knuckles eyes widen, "Rouge! I told you to stay put!"
Rouge shook her head, "Not really, anyway, I never listen to echidnas." She winked at him.
The red echidna growled, "What are you doing here?"
"Just in case you've forgotten, Knuckles, I have the element of water." Her grin grew wider.
Hornrista nervously looked at her, sweating a bit. That's not a good thing for him.
Tarosamo smack his head, "That's right! Rouge, could you use the water stone on him?"
Rouge nodded, pulling the blue stone out from a, uh, sub-dimensional pocket. "Of course!" She looked at the stone, "Now, what would be a good name for a water attack...?" She thought. "Um...Forgotten Storm...nah...Useless Whirlwind? Nope..."
Knuckles nervously glanced from Rouge to the fire demon. "Uh, anytime today, Rouge..."
Rouge snapped her fingers, "Ha! I got the perfect one!" She turned to the fire demon, "Prepare to lose, demon! Knucklehead Doomsday!" Everyone sweat dropped. Rouge smiled sheepishly, "Hey, can't blame me, can you?" Going back to destroying the demon, Rouge held the stone out it at. A few seconds pass and nothing happen. "Uh, is this thing broken?" She asked, shaking. After a few more seconds, a blast of water finally shot from the stone, nearly knocking Rouge off balance. The blast it Hornrista head on.
It roared as the water put out its flames. Rouge grinned as the stone slowly turned off. "Now I'm sure y'all can take it out easily!"
They nodded; attacking the demon, now that it's cooled off, taking damage off was a snitch. I'm not gonna describe how they did it, just know that a lot of kicking, punching, slashing, and water was involve. ^_^ (Use your imagination! The sky's your limit!)
After the battle, the fire demon fell to the ground, causing a small earthquake. The three stood over it, grinning victorious. They looked at the demon as it disappeared from sight and left in it spot was a piece of the Master Emerald. Knuckles walked over and picked it up.
"Well, that wasn't so hard, now was it?" Rouge said, glancing at Knuckles suit as he put the shard away. "Oh no! Knuckles! You're suit is totally ruin!" Rouge exclaimed. The once white lovely tuxedo was now black with a few holes in it.
Knuckles looked down at himself, "Uh, sorry?"
The bat sigh, "Now what am I going to do? That suit cost me six hundred dollars!"
"Uh, we could always just get it clean and repair..." He was interrupted as cheering was heard in the distance, turning, the three saw a large group of people, cheering for...them?
A man dressed in a business like suit walked up to the three animals. "Bonjour! I am Mayor Russell. I, along with my fellow citizens, like to thank you for saving us from that monstrous beast!" He turned to his citizens, "In honor of our guest, we shall hold a grand ball!" He turned back to them, "Will you be staying for a while?"
The three exchange a look, and Rouge shrugged, "Sure, but not for too long, we have something to take care of."
Mayor Russell smiled, "Ah! Thank you, once again, for saving my city. The ball will be held tomorrow, and you three are the quest of honor!" After he said that, he walked over to a large black limo that just pulled up; he got in, waving to them.
Rouge grinned, "Great! Another ball, hopefully, this one wouldn't have a demon crashing it."
Tarosamo glanced at his watch, "We should get going, it's almost 10 o'clock." Rouge and Knuckles nodded in agreement. They all left the clearing to head to their hotel.
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Meanwhile
Slice cautiously entered the temple. Night had finally covered the land and beautiful stars filled the sky. Slice was a little more than exhausted. "Black Light, when can we break? It's late and I'm tired!" She complained.
'Stop complaining. You can't give up. The jewel is—' He stopped as he saw that Slice had fallen asleep on the ground. '—around here...great....' Sighing, he landed next to Slice sleeping form. 'Lord Sameo isn't going to like this, especially if we do not get that jewel soon...'
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As soon as Knuckles and Rouge entered the hotel room, Knuckles plopped himself on the couch, more than a little exhausted (Didn't I say that about Slice...? :-\). Today have been one crazy day, traveling through a forbidden forest, meeting a toad, acquiring a strange sword, going through a underground dungeon/tunnel, fighting a giant rat, ending up in Paris, France, going to a masquerade, fighting a giant fire demon, and meeting the mayor. Knuckles sighed. 'What a day...at least I got a piece of the Master Emerald back...' He took out the piece and looked at it.
Rouge was equally exhausted and glad to be able to rest for the night. She yawned, "I'm going to jump in the shower." Than she realized something, she doesn't have any extra clothes. And the clothes she usually wore were too dirty to put on. Rouge checked the closet, hoping that there was a spear in there. To her relief, there was something. She pulled it out of the closet and closed the door, looking it over. It was a blue sleeveless dress, something to sleep in. And as incredible it may seem; it was her size. O.o She shrugged it off, and headed to the bathroom, quickly looking at Knuckles, "And don't you dear try to peek." She smirked, quickly going into the bathroom before Knuckles could reply back.
"You wish bat-girl!" Knuckles called back, with a smirk of his own. He placed the emerald shard on the table and grabbed the television remote that rested on the glass coffee table. He flipped through the channels, hearing Rouge turn on the water. Instead of watching television, though, his mind was on other things. Of course, these "other things" was the bat in the other room. Who else would he be thinking of? Certainly not Tarosamo. That's just not right...Oh, ahem...
He thought back to that Masquerade. His lips were so close in connecting to hers. Ugh! This was getting frustrating. He was already at fault for falling in love with her in the first place. Something than occurred to him. He and Rouge were in a hotel room, alone. There's one bed, and he for sure as heck doesn't want to sleep on the couch...maybe he could...ACK! Stop thinking that Knuckles! This fic is rated PG! Keep it there! (Phew, that was close! ^_^ If that thought was completed, I would probably had to raise the rating of this fic by three ratings. :-\ Well...this fic was PG, now it's PG-13...)
Knuckles sweat dropped and went back to his previous thoughts. Maybe he could share the bed with her. It is a king size bed... and they both will have more than enough room... (Oh...that was what you were thinking...okay, carry on!) And plus, sleeping on the couch gives him backaches.
After starring at the TV screen for Lord knows how long out of boredom, the bathroom door finally opened. Knuckles glanced at the clock, it was already 12 o'clock! "Took you long enough..." Knuckles trailed off as he looked at the bat.
Rouge was already heading to bed in the nightgown. She plopped up on the pillow and looked at the echidna with a smile, "You know, you don't really have to sleep on the couch. The bed is big enough for the both of us." Rouge slightly moved over to give the echidna more room.
He looked at her and nervously turned the television off, making his way to the bed. The lighting was dim as only the two lamps were on. Knuckles jumped on the bed, thankful that it wasn't a water bed...bad experience.
Rouge smiled, turning the lamp off on her side, Knuckles doing the same. "Good night, Rouge."
"Night Knux. Better not try anything." She smirked, turning over on her side, her back facing the read echidna.
Knuckles rolled his eyes and turn over as well, his back to Rouge's. In a few minutes, they both were sound asleep.
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Rouge opened her eyes to find that she wasn't in the bed anymore. 'What? Where am I?' She thought, looking around her surroundings. She could barely see anything, a thick fog surrounded her. "Knuckles?" She asked, hoping that the red echidna would step out from the thickness of the fog. No such luck.
A slight chuckling was heard from behind. Rouge spun around, but saw nothing. "Who's there?"
The chuckling continued for a good minute. It sounded as if it was coming from all directions and nowhere at the same time. Rouge was beginning to get a little more than ticked off.
"Show yourself you creep! Sneaking up on a lady, shame on you!" Rouge crossed her arms and glared at nothing.
The chuckling ceased as a voice started to speak, "All will be reveal, soon enough, dear Rouge."
Rouge gasped. That voice! It was unmistakably Sameo's. But why was he terrorizing her dreams?
"To answer that question, Rouge, I am here to give you a message." He said, reading her thoughts. "In here, dear, I am in control. I can read your thoughts. It may be your dream, but it's my world!" The voice boomed, laughing.
Rouge was slightly frighten, what did he wanted?
"The message that I am sending is quite simple; I now have possess of the Jewel of Darkness, and in order to stop me, you need the jewel oppose to the Jewel of Darkness.
"You mean...the Jewel of Light?" She asked.
She could tell he was smirking, she could hear it in his voice as he speaks. "Yes. But first, I think I'll have some fun with you." Suddenly the ground she was on started to shake violently as she was tossed backwards, landing on her hands and knees.
"What's going on here?!" The ground around her started to crack and crumble beneath her. The whole floor gave way except for a small piece, which she was sitting on. She glanced over to her side and down below to see nothing but a lava pit. She blinked for a moment and once she reopened her eyes, she was no longer on that piece of ground, but on a beam. The same beam she was on during that fight with Knuckles. "What...?"
Sameo laughed, "Seems familiar, darling?"
There. There he was. The red echidna she found herself falling for. But something was different about this Knuckles. He was a darker red, more of a maroon color. But what stood out the most were his eyes. They were so dark, so lifeless. She quickly closed her eyes. There was no way that he was her Knuckles. This was only a dream! Just a dream...than why did it felt so real? Sameo was only playing a trick on her! She knew it, but....
The Knuckles before her grinned evilly, cracking his neck from side to side, taking a few steps closer to the fallen bat. Rouge quickly scrambled away, finding herself backed up against a beam.
The dream Knuckles was ready to strike as Rouge tightly shut her eyes. She had no control over her dreams. Sameo was in control now. For all she knew, she could die right than and there.
That was when she heard it. Her name being called. It was faint, but defiantly there.
Rouge...Rouge...Rough!
Everything around her faded into nothingness as she started coming to.
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"Rouge! Rouge! Wake up!" Knuckles gently shook the tossing bat.
Rouge eyes snapped opened as she shot up in bed. "Knuckles?" She blinked a few times, looking at the echidna.
Knuckles eyes were filled with worriment and concern, "Rouge, are you okay?"
Rouge slightly nodded, "Ye—yes...It was just a nightmare..."
"Really? What about? You can tell me anything, Rouge." He smiled reassuring.
Rouged nodded again with a slight smile, she knows she could tell him anything, "Sameo was there. He...he told me that he has the Jewel of Darkness and the only way for us to stop him is with the Jewel of Light."
"What? Rouge, it was only a dream. This weird adventure is probably just taking its tow on you." Knuckles said in comfort.
The white bat shook her head, "No...it seemed so real..."
Knuckles gently pushed Rouge back into the pillow. "Don't worry about it. Go back to sleep."
Rouge allowed him to push her back. "Okay...thanks Knuckles."
He shrugged it off, "For what?"
Rouge hugged him, nuzzling his chest, "For being there." And with that, she fell back into a dreamless slumber.
Knuckles stared at her in confusion with a slight blush. He nervously wrapped his arms around the woman and fell asleep as well.
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"Aw! That's so cute!" Someone shouted. Voices surrounded the two sleeping in the bed.
"Shhh! You'll wake 'em!" Said another, this time, male.
"Aw...I wished I had my camera!" the first voiced said again.
Rouge slowly opened her eyes, wondering where those voices were coming from.
"They're wakin' up!" Said a third voice, a kid.
Rouge rose from the bed, rubbing her eyes. She looked around the room to see three faces looking at her. She let out a shout, "Ah! What are you three doing in here?"
Knuckles jumped up when he heard Rouge shout. "What? Sonic! What are you doing here?"
Standing in the room were Sonic, Amy, and Tails. Amy giggled at the two blushing faces. "You two are so cute together!"
Sonic grinned, "Yeah. And as for how we got in here, that weird looking echidna let us in."
"Oh...but why are you here?" Rouge asked.
Tails frowned, "Well, you've been gone for a few days, Knuckles, and we were kinda worry. Than I remembered that you said something about coming to Paris, so I did some research and track you to this Hotel, in Paris." Tails explained.
Amy clasped her hands together, looking at Sonic, "Yeah, the city of looooove! Isn't this romantic, Sonic?"
Sonic gulped, "Uh, yeah..." He soon turned to the echidna and bat, "So...did you...?"
"NO!" They shouted before he could finish, embarrassed.
Sonic rose his hands up in defense, "Okay, okay, I was only askin'..."
Tarosamo than entered the room to save the two from further embarrassment. Knuckles glared at him, "You mind telling me why you let them in our room?"
The other echidna only smirked, "Well, they said that they were looking for you, so I told them where you were and got a spare key. If I known that you two would've further your relationship, I wouldn't have let them in."
"Stop thinkin' that!" Rouge yelled, really embarrassed now. She jumped out of bed, still dressed in that nightgown.
Sonic whistle, "I knew Rouge had a body, but damn!" Both Amy and Knuckles glared at the hedgehog. Amy pulled out her Piko-Piko Hammer and smacked him in the head. "Ouch! What was that for? I was only complimenting!"
Rouge tried covering herself up, "Pervert!"
"I'm not a perv...I mean; you are the one jumping around half naked!" Sonic snickered, "And you slept with Knuckles in that? Wow, Knux-man. If y'all didn't 'do it', than you must REALLY have some strong will-power! Or you could be gay..."
Knuckles growled, "Get out!" He pointed to the door.
Sonic grinned, "Don't haveta tell me twice, I'll leave you two alone!" Sonic walked out the door, waving to them. Amy smiled apologetically and followed her true blue hero, who deserves a date with the Piko-Piko Hammer...Tails blushed at what just occurred and ran after the two.
Tarosamo just stood there, raised eyebrow, and arms crossed.
Knuckles glared at him, "That means you too..."
"Oh, really? I believe we have some matters to discuss."
"Well, could we discuss them later?" Asked Rouge, still covering up.
Tarosamo shrugged, "Rouge, I took the responsibility in getting your clothes clean." He handed her a small bag.
Rouge grabbed the bag. "You took my clothes?"
Tarosamo stared at her for a moment. Than turned bright red, "No! Uh, I just thought you needed something clean..."
Rouge grinned, "Suuuure..." She was about to jump up when she realized that Tarosamo still haven't left. "Uh, privacy?"
Tarosamo left the room. Rouge sighed in relief, than turned to Knuckles who was deep in thought. "You can leave too, you know." She hinted.
Knuckles stared at her, "Why? I already saw you in that gown...I practically saw you in nothing!" Well, that earned a slap. "Okay, I deserved that..." Rouge rolled her eyes, pointing to the door. Knuckles sighed, "Fine, fine..."
Rouge smiled, "Don't worry Knuxie. If I had the choice, I let you stay and watch me stripe." She winked at him.
Knuckles blushed and quickly left the room in record timing, grabbing the shard on his way out.
Rouge laughed, "I knew that'll get him." She took the clothes out of the bag and went to changed.
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That was weird....Anyway, I decided to have the other characters come along in this wacky adventure. I hope y'all like.
Author Notes: Zzzzzzzzz....ugh, huh? Oh! Shouldn't be asleep on the job! Anyhow, here's chapter nine for everyone who's been waiting for it! Yay!
And sorry about the last chapter, I just had to do that...Good things come to those who wait, ne? Anyhow, enjoy this chapter!
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Chapter 9
Knuckles ran along side Tarosamo with that blasted demon not far behind. He quickly glanced around for a clearing where no civilization would be. After running for a good little while, they were finally far away from civilization for anyone to get harm. Knuckles was ready to tear his suit up, but he knew Rouge wouldn't like that. YOU try running in a tuxedo! I don't see how Tuxedo Mask can do it...Uh, carry on!
They stopped and turned around to face the advancing fire demon, ready for attack. "How are we going to kill it if we can't even take any damage off?" Knuckles asked his companion.
Hornrista blew hot rolling flames at the two. They scattered, as the flames brunt the grass around there.
Tarosamo thought for a moment, having no idea really. The demon slashed its tail at the two, nearly smacking them into the trees.
"Hey, guys! Forgetting something?" The two, including the demon, turned around to see Rouge smirking at them, still in her shimmering dress.
Knuckles eyes widen, "Rouge! I told you to stay put!"
Rouge shook her head, "Not really, anyway, I never listen to echidnas." She winked at him.
The red echidna growled, "What are you doing here?"
"Just in case you've forgotten, Knuckles, I have the element of water." Her grin grew wider.
Hornrista nervously looked at her, sweating a bit. That's not a good thing for him.
Tarosamo smack his head, "That's right! Rouge, could you use the water stone on him?"
Rouge nodded, pulling the blue stone out from a, uh, sub-dimensional pocket. "Of course!" She looked at the stone, "Now, what would be a good name for a water attack...?" She thought. "Um...Forgotten Storm...nah...Useless Whirlwind? Nope..."
Knuckles nervously glanced from Rouge to the fire demon. "Uh, anytime today, Rouge..."
Rouge snapped her fingers, "Ha! I got the perfect one!" She turned to the fire demon, "Prepare to lose, demon! Knucklehead Doomsday!" Everyone sweat dropped. Rouge smiled sheepishly, "Hey, can't blame me, can you?" Going back to destroying the demon, Rouge held the stone out it at. A few seconds pass and nothing happen. "Uh, is this thing broken?" She asked, shaking. After a few more seconds, a blast of water finally shot from the stone, nearly knocking Rouge off balance. The blast it Hornrista head on.
It roared as the water put out its flames. Rouge grinned as the stone slowly turned off. "Now I'm sure y'all can take it out easily!"
They nodded; attacking the demon, now that it's cooled off, taking damage off was a snitch. I'm not gonna describe how they did it, just know that a lot of kicking, punching, slashing, and water was involve. ^_^ (Use your imagination! The sky's your limit!)
After the battle, the fire demon fell to the ground, causing a small earthquake. The three stood over it, grinning victorious. They looked at the demon as it disappeared from sight and left in it spot was a piece of the Master Emerald. Knuckles walked over and picked it up.
"Well, that wasn't so hard, now was it?" Rouge said, glancing at Knuckles suit as he put the shard away. "Oh no! Knuckles! You're suit is totally ruin!" Rouge exclaimed. The once white lovely tuxedo was now black with a few holes in it.
Knuckles looked down at himself, "Uh, sorry?"
The bat sigh, "Now what am I going to do? That suit cost me six hundred dollars!"
"Uh, we could always just get it clean and repair..." He was interrupted as cheering was heard in the distance, turning, the three saw a large group of people, cheering for...them?
A man dressed in a business like suit walked up to the three animals. "Bonjour! I am Mayor Russell. I, along with my fellow citizens, like to thank you for saving us from that monstrous beast!" He turned to his citizens, "In honor of our guest, we shall hold a grand ball!" He turned back to them, "Will you be staying for a while?"
The three exchange a look, and Rouge shrugged, "Sure, but not for too long, we have something to take care of."
Mayor Russell smiled, "Ah! Thank you, once again, for saving my city. The ball will be held tomorrow, and you three are the quest of honor!" After he said that, he walked over to a large black limo that just pulled up; he got in, waving to them.
Rouge grinned, "Great! Another ball, hopefully, this one wouldn't have a demon crashing it."
Tarosamo glanced at his watch, "We should get going, it's almost 10 o'clock." Rouge and Knuckles nodded in agreement. They all left the clearing to head to their hotel.
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Meanwhile
Slice cautiously entered the temple. Night had finally covered the land and beautiful stars filled the sky. Slice was a little more than exhausted. "Black Light, when can we break? It's late and I'm tired!" She complained.
'Stop complaining. You can't give up. The jewel is—' He stopped as he saw that Slice had fallen asleep on the ground. '—around here...great....' Sighing, he landed next to Slice sleeping form. 'Lord Sameo isn't going to like this, especially if we do not get that jewel soon...'
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As soon as Knuckles and Rouge entered the hotel room, Knuckles plopped himself on the couch, more than a little exhausted (Didn't I say that about Slice...? :-\). Today have been one crazy day, traveling through a forbidden forest, meeting a toad, acquiring a strange sword, going through a underground dungeon/tunnel, fighting a giant rat, ending up in Paris, France, going to a masquerade, fighting a giant fire demon, and meeting the mayor. Knuckles sighed. 'What a day...at least I got a piece of the Master Emerald back...' He took out the piece and looked at it.
Rouge was equally exhausted and glad to be able to rest for the night. She yawned, "I'm going to jump in the shower." Than she realized something, she doesn't have any extra clothes. And the clothes she usually wore were too dirty to put on. Rouge checked the closet, hoping that there was a spear in there. To her relief, there was something. She pulled it out of the closet and closed the door, looking it over. It was a blue sleeveless dress, something to sleep in. And as incredible it may seem; it was her size. O.o She shrugged it off, and headed to the bathroom, quickly looking at Knuckles, "And don't you dear try to peek." She smirked, quickly going into the bathroom before Knuckles could reply back.
"You wish bat-girl!" Knuckles called back, with a smirk of his own. He placed the emerald shard on the table and grabbed the television remote that rested on the glass coffee table. He flipped through the channels, hearing Rouge turn on the water. Instead of watching television, though, his mind was on other things. Of course, these "other things" was the bat in the other room. Who else would he be thinking of? Certainly not Tarosamo. That's just not right...Oh, ahem...
He thought back to that Masquerade. His lips were so close in connecting to hers. Ugh! This was getting frustrating. He was already at fault for falling in love with her in the first place. Something than occurred to him. He and Rouge were in a hotel room, alone. There's one bed, and he for sure as heck doesn't want to sleep on the couch...maybe he could...ACK! Stop thinking that Knuckles! This fic is rated PG! Keep it there! (Phew, that was close! ^_^ If that thought was completed, I would probably had to raise the rating of this fic by three ratings. :-\ Well...this fic was PG, now it's PG-13...)
Knuckles sweat dropped and went back to his previous thoughts. Maybe he could share the bed with her. It is a king size bed... and they both will have more than enough room... (Oh...that was what you were thinking...okay, carry on!) And plus, sleeping on the couch gives him backaches.
After starring at the TV screen for Lord knows how long out of boredom, the bathroom door finally opened. Knuckles glanced at the clock, it was already 12 o'clock! "Took you long enough..." Knuckles trailed off as he looked at the bat.
Rouge was already heading to bed in the nightgown. She plopped up on the pillow and looked at the echidna with a smile, "You know, you don't really have to sleep on the couch. The bed is big enough for the both of us." Rouge slightly moved over to give the echidna more room.
He looked at her and nervously turned the television off, making his way to the bed. The lighting was dim as only the two lamps were on. Knuckles jumped on the bed, thankful that it wasn't a water bed...bad experience.
Rouge smiled, turning the lamp off on her side, Knuckles doing the same. "Good night, Rouge."
"Night Knux. Better not try anything." She smirked, turning over on her side, her back facing the read echidna.
Knuckles rolled his eyes and turn over as well, his back to Rouge's. In a few minutes, they both were sound asleep.
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Rouge opened her eyes to find that she wasn't in the bed anymore. 'What? Where am I?' She thought, looking around her surroundings. She could barely see anything, a thick fog surrounded her. "Knuckles?" She asked, hoping that the red echidna would step out from the thickness of the fog. No such luck.
A slight chuckling was heard from behind. Rouge spun around, but saw nothing. "Who's there?"
The chuckling continued for a good minute. It sounded as if it was coming from all directions and nowhere at the same time. Rouge was beginning to get a little more than ticked off.
"Show yourself you creep! Sneaking up on a lady, shame on you!" Rouge crossed her arms and glared at nothing.
The chuckling ceased as a voice started to speak, "All will be reveal, soon enough, dear Rouge."
Rouge gasped. That voice! It was unmistakably Sameo's. But why was he terrorizing her dreams?
"To answer that question, Rouge, I am here to give you a message." He said, reading her thoughts. "In here, dear, I am in control. I can read your thoughts. It may be your dream, but it's my world!" The voice boomed, laughing.
Rouge was slightly frighten, what did he wanted?
"The message that I am sending is quite simple; I now have possess of the Jewel of Darkness, and in order to stop me, you need the jewel oppose to the Jewel of Darkness.
"You mean...the Jewel of Light?" She asked.
She could tell he was smirking, she could hear it in his voice as he speaks. "Yes. But first, I think I'll have some fun with you." Suddenly the ground she was on started to shake violently as she was tossed backwards, landing on her hands and knees.
"What's going on here?!" The ground around her started to crack and crumble beneath her. The whole floor gave way except for a small piece, which she was sitting on. She glanced over to her side and down below to see nothing but a lava pit. She blinked for a moment and once she reopened her eyes, she was no longer on that piece of ground, but on a beam. The same beam she was on during that fight with Knuckles. "What...?"
Sameo laughed, "Seems familiar, darling?"
There. There he was. The red echidna she found herself falling for. But something was different about this Knuckles. He was a darker red, more of a maroon color. But what stood out the most were his eyes. They were so dark, so lifeless. She quickly closed her eyes. There was no way that he was her Knuckles. This was only a dream! Just a dream...than why did it felt so real? Sameo was only playing a trick on her! She knew it, but....
The Knuckles before her grinned evilly, cracking his neck from side to side, taking a few steps closer to the fallen bat. Rouge quickly scrambled away, finding herself backed up against a beam.
The dream Knuckles was ready to strike as Rouge tightly shut her eyes. She had no control over her dreams. Sameo was in control now. For all she knew, she could die right than and there.
That was when she heard it. Her name being called. It was faint, but defiantly there.
Rouge...Rouge...Rough!
Everything around her faded into nothingness as she started coming to.
~*~*~*~
"Rouge! Rouge! Wake up!" Knuckles gently shook the tossing bat.
Rouge eyes snapped opened as she shot up in bed. "Knuckles?" She blinked a few times, looking at the echidna.
Knuckles eyes were filled with worriment and concern, "Rouge, are you okay?"
Rouge slightly nodded, "Ye—yes...It was just a nightmare..."
"Really? What about? You can tell me anything, Rouge." He smiled reassuring.
Rouged nodded again with a slight smile, she knows she could tell him anything, "Sameo was there. He...he told me that he has the Jewel of Darkness and the only way for us to stop him is with the Jewel of Light."
"What? Rouge, it was only a dream. This weird adventure is probably just taking its tow on you." Knuckles said in comfort.
The white bat shook her head, "No...it seemed so real..."
Knuckles gently pushed Rouge back into the pillow. "Don't worry about it. Go back to sleep."
Rouge allowed him to push her back. "Okay...thanks Knuckles."
He shrugged it off, "For what?"
Rouge hugged him, nuzzling his chest, "For being there." And with that, she fell back into a dreamless slumber.
Knuckles stared at her in confusion with a slight blush. He nervously wrapped his arms around the woman and fell asleep as well.
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"Aw! That's so cute!" Someone shouted. Voices surrounded the two sleeping in the bed.
"Shhh! You'll wake 'em!" Said another, this time, male.
"Aw...I wished I had my camera!" the first voiced said again.
Rouge slowly opened her eyes, wondering where those voices were coming from.
"They're wakin' up!" Said a third voice, a kid.
Rouge rose from the bed, rubbing her eyes. She looked around the room to see three faces looking at her. She let out a shout, "Ah! What are you three doing in here?"
Knuckles jumped up when he heard Rouge shout. "What? Sonic! What are you doing here?"
Standing in the room were Sonic, Amy, and Tails. Amy giggled at the two blushing faces. "You two are so cute together!"
Sonic grinned, "Yeah. And as for how we got in here, that weird looking echidna let us in."
"Oh...but why are you here?" Rouge asked.
Tails frowned, "Well, you've been gone for a few days, Knuckles, and we were kinda worry. Than I remembered that you said something about coming to Paris, so I did some research and track you to this Hotel, in Paris." Tails explained.
Amy clasped her hands together, looking at Sonic, "Yeah, the city of looooove! Isn't this romantic, Sonic?"
Sonic gulped, "Uh, yeah..." He soon turned to the echidna and bat, "So...did you...?"
"NO!" They shouted before he could finish, embarrassed.
Sonic rose his hands up in defense, "Okay, okay, I was only askin'..."
Tarosamo than entered the room to save the two from further embarrassment. Knuckles glared at him, "You mind telling me why you let them in our room?"
The other echidna only smirked, "Well, they said that they were looking for you, so I told them where you were and got a spare key. If I known that you two would've further your relationship, I wouldn't have let them in."
"Stop thinkin' that!" Rouge yelled, really embarrassed now. She jumped out of bed, still dressed in that nightgown.
Sonic whistle, "I knew Rouge had a body, but damn!" Both Amy and Knuckles glared at the hedgehog. Amy pulled out her Piko-Piko Hammer and smacked him in the head. "Ouch! What was that for? I was only complimenting!"
Rouge tried covering herself up, "Pervert!"
"I'm not a perv...I mean; you are the one jumping around half naked!" Sonic snickered, "And you slept with Knuckles in that? Wow, Knux-man. If y'all didn't 'do it', than you must REALLY have some strong will-power! Or you could be gay..."
Knuckles growled, "Get out!" He pointed to the door.
Sonic grinned, "Don't haveta tell me twice, I'll leave you two alone!" Sonic walked out the door, waving to them. Amy smiled apologetically and followed her true blue hero, who deserves a date with the Piko-Piko Hammer...Tails blushed at what just occurred and ran after the two.
Tarosamo just stood there, raised eyebrow, and arms crossed.
Knuckles glared at him, "That means you too..."
"Oh, really? I believe we have some matters to discuss."
"Well, could we discuss them later?" Asked Rouge, still covering up.
Tarosamo shrugged, "Rouge, I took the responsibility in getting your clothes clean." He handed her a small bag.
Rouge grabbed the bag. "You took my clothes?"
Tarosamo stared at her for a moment. Than turned bright red, "No! Uh, I just thought you needed something clean..."
Rouge grinned, "Suuuure..." She was about to jump up when she realized that Tarosamo still haven't left. "Uh, privacy?"
Tarosamo left the room. Rouge sighed in relief, than turned to Knuckles who was deep in thought. "You can leave too, you know." She hinted.
Knuckles stared at her, "Why? I already saw you in that gown...I practically saw you in nothing!" Well, that earned a slap. "Okay, I deserved that..." Rouge rolled her eyes, pointing to the door. Knuckles sighed, "Fine, fine..."
Rouge smiled, "Don't worry Knuxie. If I had the choice, I let you stay and watch me stripe." She winked at him.
Knuckles blushed and quickly left the room in record timing, grabbing the shard on his way out.
Rouge laughed, "I knew that'll get him." She took the clothes out of the bag and went to changed.
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That was weird....Anyway, I decided to have the other characters come along in this wacky adventure. I hope y'all like.