Chapter nine! I so happy that I get so many reviews! I WUV U ALL SOOO MUCH! I'm not sure how many chapters I have left to write, but I don't think I have any more than five or six. I think…..I write as I go along so I don't really know. Beaten is finished and has been re-posted. If you like Recess, you'll like Beaten. Ok, on with the chapter! Read and review, 5 reviews equal Chapter 10!

Chapter Nine: Captured!

He growled in frustration.

" Tikal, it worked before why won't it work now?"

" It's because Rouge asked it not to remember?"

They both looked at Chaos.

" He's right, she said that if the Master Emerald showed you where she is there is no guaranteeing you'll have a guardian anymore."

Knuckles stared at Tikal and Chaos, " can you two help me find her? I mean, you live in the Master Emerald you must know what it knows right?"

" We don't, Young Guardian I'm sorry."

Knuckles sank to his knees, ' this can't be happening!' Chaos and Tikal disappeared into the Master Emerald. Knuckles just sat there, and smashed the watch under his fist. Tails was lying there with Cream in his arms. They had been working on his house for a while. Cream was asleep against his chest and he was watching TV.

A small screen came down from the ceiling.

" Cream, wake up; we've got an emergency!"

Cream opened her eyes and yawned, " really? What's wrong?"

Tails sweat-dropped, " I kinda need me other arm so I can tell you that."

Cream sat up and Tails went over to his computer.

He pressed some buttons rather quickly, " oh no."

Cream heard the despair in his voice and walked over to him, " what's wrong?"

" It's Rouge, her watch was destroyed. I think we should go investigate it."

Cream nodded and went to the phone, " I'm going to call Sonic and Amy, tell them to come over as fast as they can."

Tails nodded, " I'm locating the last known location of where the watch was."

Cream dialed Amy's number quickly and waited for her face to appear on the screen.

"Hello? Oh, hi Cream I was wondering where you were."

" Amy listen, something may have happened to Rouge, we need to go investigate it."

" Why would her last known location be there!" Tails yelled.

" What did you find Tails?"

Tails looked at the videophone, " her last known location is on Angel Island. How did Eggman find her there? I mean, it's the perfect place for her to hide! Rouge and Knuckles are rivals, why would he look there!"

" Maybe a robot caught her flying around or something Tails. Listen Amy, just get here as fast as you can, by chance would you know where Sonic is?"

" As a matter of fact he's here with me. He dropped by for something to eat."

Tails smiled slyly, " yeah right."

" What was that Tails?"

" Nothing Amy."

" I swear you get more like Sonic everyday, and I'm not so sure that's a good thing."

Sonic voice could be heard, " hey!"

Cream and Amy laughed, as Sonic appeared on screen, "we'll be over in a few minutes see ya until then. Bye."

" Bye," Tails and Cream said at the same time, then the connection went dead.

" We'd better hurry and go Amy. C'mon, the train for the Mystic Ruins will be going soon."

Amy nodded and grabbed her piko-piko hammer as they ran out the door.

" Didn't Tails say that the last known location was on Angel Island?"

Sonic nodded, " yeah, so that might mean Knuckles is hurt!"

Sonic stopped and picked Amy up in his arms and began to run as fast as he could.
They reached the train station in record time thanks to Sonic. Both worried for their friends. Sonic knew Eggman would stop at nothing to get what he wanted, nothing. They boarded the train and sat down.

Amy leaned her head on his shoulder for comfort. Sonic blushed lightly as he wrapped an arm around her and pulled her closer.

" Don't worry Amy. We'll get her back."

Amy also blushed lightly, " I know. I'm just worried about Knuckles. He loves her so much and he's so hot headed. That's not a good combination."

" Yeah, but I don't think he would ever do something out of anger that could get her hurt."

" She's so badly hurt Sonic. Who knows what Eggman will do to her!"

He rubbed up and down her back, trying to comfort her as she started to cry.

" Just relax Amy, at least we know he won't kill her. She is the only one who knows the exact location of the Chaos Emerald is."

Amy nodded as the tears slid down her cheeks.

Sonic smiled lightly as he reached over and wiped her tears away with his thumb, " I give you my word we'll get her back, and you know I would never break my word to you Amy."

The train stopped as the two hedgehogs got off.

" I'll carry you to the workshop. It'll be faster that way." Sonic scooped her up into his arms.

Within seconds they were at the workshop, or at least what was left of it.

" Tails wasn't joking when he said he blew it up," Amy whispered.

Sonic nodded as they walked up to the door and knocked. Rouge was getting tiered. She had been flying for at least an hour. ' I've gotta keep going! I can't let them catch me!' her mind screamed. Yet again, she barely just dodged the taser pellets they were shooting at her.

She saw land underneath her and went in for a landing. ' I'll run for a while, that way my wings can rest.' As soon as her feet touched the ground, she took off running as fast as she could. The robots landed too, and took off after her. They still shot the pellets at her, but they missed.

Rouge continued to run, but a rock caught her shoe and she tripped, with the robots right behind her. Sonic, Amy, Tails and Cream were in the X-Tornado, flying to Angel Island.

" There it is! Take her down slowly Tails."

Tails nodded at Sonic as they landed on the Island. They all got out quickly.

Cream pointed to the shrine, " I see Knuckles!"

The small group ran to the shrine and saw Knuckles on his knees, just staring at the Master Emerald. Sonic looked at his eyes; it was as if he was pleading with it. Begging it to tell him something.

" Knuxs, you okay there pal?" Sonic asked him.

" Where's Rouge? Her watch was destroyed and I was notified."

" She's gone. I don't know where she is, she knocked me out and took off with Eggman's robots following her."

He was still staring at the Master Emerald.

Sonic placed a hand on his shoulder, " it's alright, we'll find her."

" How could she have knocked you out with such serious injuries?" Cream asked.

" I asked the Master Emerald to heal her and it did."

" So why don't you just ask it to find her?"

Knuckles looked at Amy, then back to the Emerald, " don't you think I've tried that? It won't tell me!"

They all looked at each other.

Knuckles stared at the Master Emerald again, " please! I'm begging you! Tell me where Rouge is! I made her a promise! I have to keep it! Please, just tell me where she is!"

The group stared at Knuckles as he begged the Master Emerald to show him where Rouge was. They knew he needed time alone, so they walked away.

" Please, I've been alone all my life and now I finally have found someone that loves me and that I love back. Now she's been captured by a mad man that's going to torture her until she tells him what he wants to know, which she swore she wouldn't do. I promised her that I wouldn't let her be captured again, and I've already broke that promise. Please, just tell me where she is, so I can bring her back. I don't want to be alone anymore. Please."

He closed his eyes as a few tears streamed down his face, " please, let me save her. I'd rather die then live in a world without her. I love her too much to let her die."

A few seconds past with no response from the Master Emerald, Knuckles let out a sigh as he began to walk away. Knuckles stopped mid way down the stairs, and ran over to the middle pillar. Rouge woke up in a cell. ' No! Not again!' her mind screamed as she stood up quickly. She kicked at the bars with her shoes, but they didn't budge.

Eggman started to laugh as he watched her struggle. Her ears twitched as she heard him laughing.

" Eggman! Come out of the shadows you coward!"

He did, he stepped in front of her cell, smiling like the mad man he was.

" Rouge, glad you could join me. Have you decided to tell me where the last Chaos Emerald is?"

" Never! You can't hurt me more than you did last time! You made me think my friends were dead, that was the worst you could do!"

" You see, I have a new device that I've already tested on one of your friends. You see, you will tell me where the last Chaos Emerald is, whether you want to, or not!"