Chapter 11
It was now 7:01 and the gang found themselves standing in front of another large building. The doorman allowed them into the suite. Once they were in, they were greeted by the Mayor himself. A lot of people gathered around them, excited to have finally met some heroes (and heroines).
Sonic and the gang were swept with cameras and such. Knuckles growled, everyone always love Sonic! It was Sonic this and Sonic that! What about Knuckles? No one ever notice the red echidna!
Rouge noticed how angry Knuckles was. She made her way through the tough crowd. "Knuckles? What's wrong with you?"
He growled as he walked away, Rouge following behind. They found themselves standing on an opened balcony, over-looking the ocean. The sun was now setting in the horizon. Knuckles rested a hand on the railing; head bowed low, glazing at the ocean.
"Knuckles, you mind telling me what got you so angry?"
The echidna sighed, "No, not really."
Rouge frowned, turning her head to look at the crowd that surrounded the gang. "I could probably guess, but I much rather hear it from you." Knuckles said nothing, Rouge sighed, "You're jealous of Sonic, aren't you?"
The red echidna turned an eye on her. He was about to denial it, but found that he couldn't lie to her, taking a deep breath and releasing it, he finally said, "I guess...Sonic always get the fame. They never realize that Sonic has help. Never recognize the small people that have as equally big parts as he. He gets everything. We were the ones that stopped that fire demon from destroying the city. Sometimes I wish that someone would recognize me." He finished, not looking at her. He was embarrassed in confessing that much to her. He then felt something on his hand, and looked up to see that it was Rouge's hand that was place on his.
She smiled at her, "Someone does recognize you, Knuckles. And you do have something that he doesn't."
Knuckles looked at her in confusion, "What's that?"
"Me." And with that, she pulled him into a deep passionate kiss. At first, Knuckles was shocked, didn't know what to do, then he responded, deepening the kiss. The kiss was sweet, indescribable, something that neither of them ever felt in their entire lives.
Someone let out a wolf whistle from behind them. Breaking off, they saw Sonic, Amy, Tails, and Tarosamo watching them. Sonic grinned. "Wow, Knuckles. Never thought I'd see the day when you actually kiss a girl! Come on, guys, lets leave these two alone!" Sonic and the rest left to enjoy the party.
Knuckles blushed as Rouge only grinned. She turned back to him, and whispered in his ear, "I love you, Knuckles."
Knuckles blushed deepen, he's been waiting so long to hear those words emerge from her lips (actually, 11 chapters long!). He smiled, and kissed her on the lips again, "I love you too." After sharing another quick kiss, the two headed towards the party, happier than they ever could imagine.
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Sameo grinned at what just occurred. "This makes everything more interesting! Knuckles may have that one shard, but I have more, and soon, I'll have the Jewel of Darkness! You can't beat me, Knuckles...even with the help of your little friends."
Giles entered the room, seeing his lord talking to himself. "Milord, who are you talking to?"
Sameo glared at him, "You dare to question me?! Get out, before I turn you into a doormat!"
Giles hurriedly left the room; he doesn't want to be a doormat anytime soon in this lifetime.
Sameo turned back to his viewing portal. "Hahaha...this will be a most memorable party."
~*~*~*~*~*~
Slice and Black Light have been traveling in the dark for over twenty minutes. Slice was glad that she was a bat, or else she'll be running into everything. She was thinking. 'This is getting ridiculous. I shouldn't be doing this! This is all that Rouge's fault. Ugh!' She was so angry that she wasn't watching where she was going and tripped over a stone. "Ah!" She fell and landed on a small switch that was on the ground, turning on some light.
'Slice! Are you okay?'
Slice stood up, dusting herself off, "Yeah, I guess so. I must've landed on a switch to activate the lights or something." She looked in front of her to see a golden steel door with the face of a lion on it. "What's this?" She asked, reaching a hand to the door. Before she could touch it, the lion face started to move, forming a real lion. Its eyes glow a bright red.
"Who disturbs my rest?" It roared, glaring at Slice.
Slice quickly withdraws her hand. "It talks!" She said startled. Black Light hid behind the bat.
The door lion was drawing inpatient, "Who disturbs my rest?" It asked again.
"Uh...I'm Slice the Bat..." Slice stuttered.
"What purpose do you have here?"
"To...to retrieve the jewel of...darkness..."
It stayed silent for a moment, than said, "To obtain access to the room, you must answer three riddles."
Slice groan, "Three riddles?"
"If you answer them all correctly, you can enter. But answer them wrong, the attack would be fatal."
Slice gulped, she hoped that they are easy. Sighing, she said, "Fine. What are they?"
"The first is: I sleep by day, I fly by night. I have no feathers to aid my flight. What am I?"
Slice thought for a moment, "Um...oh! I know this one, you are a bat! That's easy!"
The lion roared, "Correct."
Slice grinned, "Maybe this won't be so hard after all."
Black Light landed on her shoulder, 'I doubt it. The last one is always the most difficult."
She sighed, "Just ruin it for me, why don't you."
The door lion continued with the next riddle. "The next is: I start with an 'E' and end with an 'O'. I'm a sound that repeats. I bounce back and grow. When you say "hello", I say, "hel-lo-lo-lo". What can I possibly be? Do you know?"
Slice grinned again, "Oh! That's an easy one too! You're an echo!"
"Correct. The last is: What does man love more than life, fear more than death or mortal strife, what the poor have, the rich require, and what contented men desire, what the miser spends and the spendthrift saves, and the men carry to their graves?"
Slice thought for a moment, "Oh man...what is it?"
Black Light whispered something in her ear. She glanced at him through the cornered of her eyes, "You sure?" The butterfly only stared at her. She sighed, turning back to the door. "Is it...nothing?"
It was silence for a moment before a clicking noise echo throughout the area. The door silently opened, "You may enter..." It said for the last time as it eyes dimmed out and it turned back to normal.
Slice entered the dark room, "Well, that was easier than I thought."
Black Light agreed, still resting on her shoulder. 'Yeah, the jewel should be in this room.'
"Where's the light switch?" Slice asked, glancing around the room. It was pitch black inside and she could hardly see, even though she is a bat. A noise suddenly reached her ears. It sounded like...breathing? Real deep breathing..."Light...you hear that?"
'Oh no...That must be...' Before he could finish, the lights turned on, blinding Slice.
Once Slice eyes adjusted to the new flow of light, she glanced around her surroundings. She was in a large hollow room. At the other end of the room rested a pedestal and on the pedestal Slice could make out a shiny black object. "That must be the Jewel of Darkness!" She was about to run to it when a giant beast jumped in from of her. "AHH!" She fell back, landing hard on her tail.
The beast resembles that of a dog with three heads and looked as if it was made out of stone. It was at least 10 feet tall and towered high above Slice, protecting the jewel.
"What on Earth is that?!" Slice demanded, backing away from it.
'That's Mastred!' Black Light shouted over the roar of the guard dog.
"Mastred?" She echoed, looking at the beast.
The butterfly flew beside Slice, 'Yes, he is the guardian of the jewel!'
Slice groaned, "Just great! How am I to get that jewel now? AH!" She jumped out of the way as the beast giant paw nearly came down on her.
Black Light tried to think of a way when an idea hit him, 'Slice, I'll distract him while you grab the jewel!'
"Are you nuts, Light? That's a suicide mission!"
Black Light already flew up to the beasts' face. 'Just grab it!'
Mastred turned his attention from Slice and started snapping at the butterfly that flew around his head, in this case, heads.
Slice reluctantly ran to the pedestal which held the Joya de la Oscuridad. It was an attractive jewel, one of the most attractive ones she ever seen in her life. It was completely black and shine with an indescribable beauty. She slowly grabbed it with both hands. Pulling it off the pedestal it once rested upon, she stepped back. Finally, she got the jewel...now she can go home.
Before she could leave, though, the pedestal begins to sink down as a rumble shook the room. Large rocks fall from the ceiling, smashing to the ground. Slice held the jewel close to her chest as she made a mad dash to the exit of the room. She gasped as Mastred fall down, nearing crashing on top of her, being hit by a large rock. She also noted that the door was slowly closing. 'Oh no!' She ran as fast she could to the closing door, making it just in time as it sealed shut, almost closing on her tail.
Slice lead up against a wall, sighing in relief. "Phew...that was so close..." She said, than remembering her butterfly friend, "Black Light?" She asked, pushing herself off of the wall. "What if...what if he's still in there?!" She gasped, turning towards the sealed door. She felt sad, Black Light was...gone...Even though he may have been a butterfly, he was still a friend, and she hardly had any of those. She wanted to cry but didn't. She needed to be strong and give that blasted Sameo his stupid jewel.
She slowly made her way out, heart broken. "Poor Light...this is my entire fault...if I wasn't so stupid...if I didn't have such a large grudge against Rouge...if I haven't teamed up with Sameo...you'll still be alive..." She sighed sadly, stopping in her tracks as a silent tear ran down her cheek. Slice was shocked and angrily brushed it away. What was her problem? She never cried! Especially for a butterfly she barely knew! I mean, for crying out loud, he was a butterfly! It's not right to have feelings for a creature such as that...was it? Slice shook her head...it couldn't be true. Not for a butterfly...a butterfly that no longer exits...She slumped against a wall, allowing the tears to flow, closing her eyes tightly. It's only been five minutes and she found herself missing that butterfly even more. "Black Light...I'm so sorry..."
'Sorry for what?' A small voiced said not too far from her.
Slice eyes snapped opened, "Black Light!?" She yelled, unsure if she was hearing things or not. She turned to her far left to see none other than the butterfly she was crying over moments before. "You're alive?!"
Black Light unsteadily flew over to her. One of his wings were twisted badly and hurt with an incredible amount of pain. 'Of course. Why were you crying?'
Slice quickly dried her eyes, blushing, "Uh...no reason...I'm glad you're alive!" She grabbed the insect, giving it a tiny hug.
Black Light was confused, she was happy that he was alive? Slice place the butterfly on her shoulder. "Are you okay?" She asked him.
The black butterfly slightly nodded, flinching as it wings moved. 'I'll survive, but my right wing is twisted.'
Slice smiled, "I'll fix it once we get out of this place. C'mon, let's go." And with that, Slice, along with her butterfly friend went to give Sameo the jewel of darkness.
~*~*~*~
Short, eh, sorry for that! And sorry it took so long!
It was now 7:01 and the gang found themselves standing in front of another large building. The doorman allowed them into the suite. Once they were in, they were greeted by the Mayor himself. A lot of people gathered around them, excited to have finally met some heroes (and heroines).
Sonic and the gang were swept with cameras and such. Knuckles growled, everyone always love Sonic! It was Sonic this and Sonic that! What about Knuckles? No one ever notice the red echidna!
Rouge noticed how angry Knuckles was. She made her way through the tough crowd. "Knuckles? What's wrong with you?"
He growled as he walked away, Rouge following behind. They found themselves standing on an opened balcony, over-looking the ocean. The sun was now setting in the horizon. Knuckles rested a hand on the railing; head bowed low, glazing at the ocean.
"Knuckles, you mind telling me what got you so angry?"
The echidna sighed, "No, not really."
Rouge frowned, turning her head to look at the crowd that surrounded the gang. "I could probably guess, but I much rather hear it from you." Knuckles said nothing, Rouge sighed, "You're jealous of Sonic, aren't you?"
The red echidna turned an eye on her. He was about to denial it, but found that he couldn't lie to her, taking a deep breath and releasing it, he finally said, "I guess...Sonic always get the fame. They never realize that Sonic has help. Never recognize the small people that have as equally big parts as he. He gets everything. We were the ones that stopped that fire demon from destroying the city. Sometimes I wish that someone would recognize me." He finished, not looking at her. He was embarrassed in confessing that much to her. He then felt something on his hand, and looked up to see that it was Rouge's hand that was place on his.
She smiled at her, "Someone does recognize you, Knuckles. And you do have something that he doesn't."
Knuckles looked at her in confusion, "What's that?"
"Me." And with that, she pulled him into a deep passionate kiss. At first, Knuckles was shocked, didn't know what to do, then he responded, deepening the kiss. The kiss was sweet, indescribable, something that neither of them ever felt in their entire lives.
Someone let out a wolf whistle from behind them. Breaking off, they saw Sonic, Amy, Tails, and Tarosamo watching them. Sonic grinned. "Wow, Knuckles. Never thought I'd see the day when you actually kiss a girl! Come on, guys, lets leave these two alone!" Sonic and the rest left to enjoy the party.
Knuckles blushed as Rouge only grinned. She turned back to him, and whispered in his ear, "I love you, Knuckles."
Knuckles blushed deepen, he's been waiting so long to hear those words emerge from her lips (actually, 11 chapters long!). He smiled, and kissed her on the lips again, "I love you too." After sharing another quick kiss, the two headed towards the party, happier than they ever could imagine.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Sameo grinned at what just occurred. "This makes everything more interesting! Knuckles may have that one shard, but I have more, and soon, I'll have the Jewel of Darkness! You can't beat me, Knuckles...even with the help of your little friends."
Giles entered the room, seeing his lord talking to himself. "Milord, who are you talking to?"
Sameo glared at him, "You dare to question me?! Get out, before I turn you into a doormat!"
Giles hurriedly left the room; he doesn't want to be a doormat anytime soon in this lifetime.
Sameo turned back to his viewing portal. "Hahaha...this will be a most memorable party."
~*~*~*~*~*~
Slice and Black Light have been traveling in the dark for over twenty minutes. Slice was glad that she was a bat, or else she'll be running into everything. She was thinking. 'This is getting ridiculous. I shouldn't be doing this! This is all that Rouge's fault. Ugh!' She was so angry that she wasn't watching where she was going and tripped over a stone. "Ah!" She fell and landed on a small switch that was on the ground, turning on some light.
'Slice! Are you okay?'
Slice stood up, dusting herself off, "Yeah, I guess so. I must've landed on a switch to activate the lights or something." She looked in front of her to see a golden steel door with the face of a lion on it. "What's this?" She asked, reaching a hand to the door. Before she could touch it, the lion face started to move, forming a real lion. Its eyes glow a bright red.
"Who disturbs my rest?" It roared, glaring at Slice.
Slice quickly withdraws her hand. "It talks!" She said startled. Black Light hid behind the bat.
The door lion was drawing inpatient, "Who disturbs my rest?" It asked again.
"Uh...I'm Slice the Bat..." Slice stuttered.
"What purpose do you have here?"
"To...to retrieve the jewel of...darkness..."
It stayed silent for a moment, than said, "To obtain access to the room, you must answer three riddles."
Slice groan, "Three riddles?"
"If you answer them all correctly, you can enter. But answer them wrong, the attack would be fatal."
Slice gulped, she hoped that they are easy. Sighing, she said, "Fine. What are they?"
"The first is: I sleep by day, I fly by night. I have no feathers to aid my flight. What am I?"
Slice thought for a moment, "Um...oh! I know this one, you are a bat! That's easy!"
The lion roared, "Correct."
Slice grinned, "Maybe this won't be so hard after all."
Black Light landed on her shoulder, 'I doubt it. The last one is always the most difficult."
She sighed, "Just ruin it for me, why don't you."
The door lion continued with the next riddle. "The next is: I start with an 'E' and end with an 'O'. I'm a sound that repeats. I bounce back and grow. When you say "hello", I say, "hel-lo-lo-lo". What can I possibly be? Do you know?"
Slice grinned again, "Oh! That's an easy one too! You're an echo!"
"Correct. The last is: What does man love more than life, fear more than death or mortal strife, what the poor have, the rich require, and what contented men desire, what the miser spends and the spendthrift saves, and the men carry to their graves?"
Slice thought for a moment, "Oh man...what is it?"
Black Light whispered something in her ear. She glanced at him through the cornered of her eyes, "You sure?" The butterfly only stared at her. She sighed, turning back to the door. "Is it...nothing?"
It was silence for a moment before a clicking noise echo throughout the area. The door silently opened, "You may enter..." It said for the last time as it eyes dimmed out and it turned back to normal.
Slice entered the dark room, "Well, that was easier than I thought."
Black Light agreed, still resting on her shoulder. 'Yeah, the jewel should be in this room.'
"Where's the light switch?" Slice asked, glancing around the room. It was pitch black inside and she could hardly see, even though she is a bat. A noise suddenly reached her ears. It sounded like...breathing? Real deep breathing..."Light...you hear that?"
'Oh no...That must be...' Before he could finish, the lights turned on, blinding Slice.
Once Slice eyes adjusted to the new flow of light, she glanced around her surroundings. She was in a large hollow room. At the other end of the room rested a pedestal and on the pedestal Slice could make out a shiny black object. "That must be the Jewel of Darkness!" She was about to run to it when a giant beast jumped in from of her. "AHH!" She fell back, landing hard on her tail.
The beast resembles that of a dog with three heads and looked as if it was made out of stone. It was at least 10 feet tall and towered high above Slice, protecting the jewel.
"What on Earth is that?!" Slice demanded, backing away from it.
'That's Mastred!' Black Light shouted over the roar of the guard dog.
"Mastred?" She echoed, looking at the beast.
The butterfly flew beside Slice, 'Yes, he is the guardian of the jewel!'
Slice groaned, "Just great! How am I to get that jewel now? AH!" She jumped out of the way as the beast giant paw nearly came down on her.
Black Light tried to think of a way when an idea hit him, 'Slice, I'll distract him while you grab the jewel!'
"Are you nuts, Light? That's a suicide mission!"
Black Light already flew up to the beasts' face. 'Just grab it!'
Mastred turned his attention from Slice and started snapping at the butterfly that flew around his head, in this case, heads.
Slice reluctantly ran to the pedestal which held the Joya de la Oscuridad. It was an attractive jewel, one of the most attractive ones she ever seen in her life. It was completely black and shine with an indescribable beauty. She slowly grabbed it with both hands. Pulling it off the pedestal it once rested upon, she stepped back. Finally, she got the jewel...now she can go home.
Before she could leave, though, the pedestal begins to sink down as a rumble shook the room. Large rocks fall from the ceiling, smashing to the ground. Slice held the jewel close to her chest as she made a mad dash to the exit of the room. She gasped as Mastred fall down, nearing crashing on top of her, being hit by a large rock. She also noted that the door was slowly closing. 'Oh no!' She ran as fast she could to the closing door, making it just in time as it sealed shut, almost closing on her tail.
Slice lead up against a wall, sighing in relief. "Phew...that was so close..." She said, than remembering her butterfly friend, "Black Light?" She asked, pushing herself off of the wall. "What if...what if he's still in there?!" She gasped, turning towards the sealed door. She felt sad, Black Light was...gone...Even though he may have been a butterfly, he was still a friend, and she hardly had any of those. She wanted to cry but didn't. She needed to be strong and give that blasted Sameo his stupid jewel.
She slowly made her way out, heart broken. "Poor Light...this is my entire fault...if I wasn't so stupid...if I didn't have such a large grudge against Rouge...if I haven't teamed up with Sameo...you'll still be alive..." She sighed sadly, stopping in her tracks as a silent tear ran down her cheek. Slice was shocked and angrily brushed it away. What was her problem? She never cried! Especially for a butterfly she barely knew! I mean, for crying out loud, he was a butterfly! It's not right to have feelings for a creature such as that...was it? Slice shook her head...it couldn't be true. Not for a butterfly...a butterfly that no longer exits...She slumped against a wall, allowing the tears to flow, closing her eyes tightly. It's only been five minutes and she found herself missing that butterfly even more. "Black Light...I'm so sorry..."
'Sorry for what?' A small voiced said not too far from her.
Slice eyes snapped opened, "Black Light!?" She yelled, unsure if she was hearing things or not. She turned to her far left to see none other than the butterfly she was crying over moments before. "You're alive?!"
Black Light unsteadily flew over to her. One of his wings were twisted badly and hurt with an incredible amount of pain. 'Of course. Why were you crying?'
Slice quickly dried her eyes, blushing, "Uh...no reason...I'm glad you're alive!" She grabbed the insect, giving it a tiny hug.
Black Light was confused, she was happy that he was alive? Slice place the butterfly on her shoulder. "Are you okay?" She asked him.
The black butterfly slightly nodded, flinching as it wings moved. 'I'll survive, but my right wing is twisted.'
Slice smiled, "I'll fix it once we get out of this place. C'mon, let's go." And with that, Slice, along with her butterfly friend went to give Sameo the jewel of darkness.
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Short, eh, sorry for that! And sorry it took so long!