Outside a giant museum building, quiet, tranquillity, and darkness, a perfect place for a bat to "hang" out, a silent female lady, sexiest in the trade, best at the job, and the feistiest around, was upside down in a tree, waiting for the perfect opportunity and timing to strike, she dived from the tree, and using her large bat wings glided on the wind towards the famous National Museum.
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The Chaotix were waiting outside the museum, they had been hired to steal a rare purple gem that was inside.
"Don't worry, boys, this will be a synch!" Vector whispered, Espio nodded, but Ray simply trembled.
"What's wrong, buddy?" Mighty asked.
"I don't like the idea of theft!" He replied, Mighty grimaced.
"I know. But we don't have anything to live on!"
Ray nodded slowly "Okay, boys move out!" Vector said, they all nodded. Espio went on his own, Vector with Charmy and Mighty with Ray, all in separate directions.
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Rouge tied a rope to the roof, she lowered herself slowly, being the professional she was, she took note of all her surroundings, she slowly lowered herself, she then abruptly stopped, she got out a visor, it had a green glass and attached nicely to the side of her head, she looked through the scope closely and observantly, checking for any and all dangers that surround her, she then lowered the rope some more until she was directly above the jewel in its casing, she put her hands on the casing hungrily, she then heard a slicing sound, she looked up and something cut through her rope, she was falling, she caught he wind with her and hovered in the air and turned to face the culprit.
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"Hey! What is the big idea? This is my treasure!" Rouge snarled as she faced Espio, the culprit.
"I'm sorry, but we must take this!" Espio got out another Shuriken star and threw it at the casing, it was sliced in half and fell to the floor, Charmy darted forward and grabbed the gem, Rouge done the same and tackled him, he fell to the floor but managed to get away from her with the gem intact. "
Grr!" Charmy said as he picked himself up. Espio stepped forward, as Rouge began to growl.
"Guys, get out of here, I'll take care of her!" They all nodded and run out as the two fighters stood there ground read to pounce.
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Rouge flew forward and tried a kick, Espio blocked this with his wrist, he jumped up and tried to punch her, she jumped back then flew forward, he jumped above her and dodged the attack.
"You are good, Ms. Bat! Most people would have be on the floor by now in your position."
She smiled "You ain't so bad yourself!"
Espio threw 3 Shuriken stars, she rotated herself in the air and dodged all 3 gracefully, Espio was taken back by this, she flew forward and kicked him, he fell to the flooe, she tried another kick, he dodged this one, bounced off the wall while in spin-ball form, slamming into her harshly. She was injured and fell to the floor, before picking herself up. They were both heavily hyperventilating.
"Okay, it's a draw this time!"
Rouge flew out of the top of the museum, the same way she entered, he jumped out of the top as well, as some security guards entered the room.
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Rouge flew inside the tree tiredly and relaxed, she was angry, she used her foot and smashed a tree trunk to pieces she growled.
"How dare they? I will get them!" She snickered.
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Sonic and the others were relaxing back at Chris' house, he had invited his best friend, Danny round and introduced him to all his furry friends.
"Hey! Sonic!" Danny said, the blue hedgehog turned around to face him.
"Yea?" He replied with a smile.
"Did, you hear that a Chaos Emerald was rumoured to be found at an old dilapidated old worker factory?" Sonic grinned.
"Really?" He nodded.
"Well, let's go!" They all nodded and headed for the X-Tornado, then a head popped out of the tree that was outside.
"Bingo! Ain't it amazing, what you can find out by hanging around?" Rouge climbed out of the tree and flew off.
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Sonic was running on an open road, he looked at a sign, it read..
"Factory ten miles." And it pointed left, Sonic waited for the X-Tornado to catch up and then he run left with the silver jet in hot pursuit, just then a feminine bat popped out of the bushes.
Ha! They fell for it that easily?" Rouge flew in the opposite direction as she laughed long and loud.
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Sonic had been running for ages, he came back to the place he started at and looked confused he went to look at the sign and it fell off.
"Huh?" It then clicked "Some one messed with the sign!" He growled as he run ten miles right.
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Rouge headed inside the factory as the sun started to set, she looked around as she carefully trod on the old walkway, she looked over both sides and saw something small, shiny and sparkly, she looked around slowly and silently jumped and glided down to the object, she knelt down and gently picked it up.
"Hey! This ain't a Chaos Emerald!" Just then some lights flashed on.
"Freeze S! Hey, you ain't Sonic!" The human female, Topaz, said to her.
"Bingo! You sure are smart one!"
Topaz made an angry face as she went to cuff her "Stay still! Don't move!"
Rouge giggled "Of course! I would never fight someone old who couldn't fight back!" All the soldiers then began to laugh at the joke.
"COMMANDER!" Topaz barked, the commander cringed slightly and began coughing, all the soldiers done the same and the laughing slowly stopped.
"So, we try to capture a hedgehog and we get a jewel thief?" The commander said as he casually strolled over.
Rouge growled. "What?"
The commander just smiled "You heard! We saw you on the CCTV footage with your partners in crime!" Rouge growled "PARTNERS! They stole from me!"
He just shrugged "Whatever, you are coming with us!" She sighed and slowly nodded.
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The Chaotix were in their office.
"So, you couldn't beat her?" Vector asked, with a slight grin present on his features.
Espio nodded "She is quite formidable in combat!"
Vector smiled "So, you got beaten by a girl?" Mighty laughed at this.
"Shut up!" Espio sharply ordered. Ray and Charmy just grinned "Never mind!" Espio then turned away from them "I'm sure, Ms. Bat, that we will meet again!"
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Rouge walked into a room, it was very large, finely furnished, pine wood, leather chairs, absolutely beautiful.
"Ms. Rouge, please, take a seat." The secretary, Christina Cooper, said as she walked out again. Rouge did so and waited, she then looked over and saw Topaz.
"Excuse me, can I have a coffee?" She asked.
Topaz glared "Are you joking, this is the White House, not a country club!" The commander then walked in.
"Topaz, just get her a coffee!"
Rouge's ears perked up "Aye-aye sir!" Topaz said as she growled angrily.
"Topaz, eh? That is the name of a jewel, is it not?" Rouge said with a pique of interest. Topaz shrugged and started to pour the coffee, just then the President walked in, Topaz looked around and spilt some of the coffee on her hand, dropping the cup on the floor and moaning quietly.
"Case of the jitters, Topaz?" The President asked.
"So sorry, sir!" She apologised.
"So, Rouge the Bat, eh?" Snodded as Topaz handed her the coffee, Rouge gave her a thumbs up and Topaz stood next to the commander as the President continued his talk with Rouge.
"Well, Rouge, we are prepared to offer you immunity to your crimes!"
Rouge raised an eyebrow "What's the catch?" The President grinned a bit.
"Well, you work for us!" She closed her eyes to slits as she took a sip of her decaf coffee.
"As what?" He sighed a bit.
"As an agent!" She practically jumped out of her chair.
"WOW! A real life agent?" He nodded "Well, that is an offer that I can't refuse!" He went to shake her hand, but she pulled back suddenly "Do I get any sort of payment?"
He nodded "Of course, Rouge, we can get an expert to handpick you only the finest in jewellery!"
Her eyes almost popped out of their sockets as she finished her coffee "Well, Mr. Pres, you got yourself a deal!" She said as she shook his hand.
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Late at night, Sonic and the others walked into the same dilapidated factory as Rouge did hours ago.
"Wow, we went all this way for nothing?" Amy said grumpily, Sonic simply nodded.
"Seems that way!" They all sighed as they walked outside.
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Rouge and her new comrades were flying over the ocean in a military plane, towards Dr. Eggman's new base in the south sea, Topaz began to strap something to Rouge's wrist.
"What is that?" Rouge asked as she pointed at the ugly contraption attached to her arm.
"That, Rouge, is a bomb!" Rouge looked shocked, as the commander came up stood next to her.
"You see we don't exactly trust you. If you are a good girl we won't need to use it!"
She sighed in disgust "But, it is so ugly!" She remarked, as she looked at it closer.
"It is supposed to be functional, not fashionable!" Topaz said complacently.
Rouge got an evil grin at the smug Topaz "Well, it looks like something an old lady would wear. Hey, Topaz, why don't you try it on?"
Topaz growled at her "Say what? What do you mean by that?"
Rouge smiled "Figure it out, grandma!"
The commander coughed "Ladies!" The plane then went in for a landing.
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All the soldiers got out of the plane and stood to attention in front of the commander.
"Okay, mission briefing, we are here to destroy the power generator here in Eggman's base, any questions?" No-one answered "Good, now let's go!" They all run forward, Topaz got out a rope and handed it to the commander "Now, look for an entrance.."
Rouge became a bit irritated and snatched it from him "DO I HAVE TO DO EVERYHING MYSELF?" She flew up and the commander got out a small palm device with a big red button in the centre.
"Oh yeah?" He went to push the button, but Topaz stopped him.
"Don't," Rouge landed on a small surface outside the entrance and clipped the rope onto the door handle, she looked at Topaz who was watching intently and gave a thumbs up, Topaz winked and gave one back. "Ok, guys, move out!" She said as she run ahead, they all followed her, the commander sighed then done the same.
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Inside the base.
"Nice work back there, Rouge!" The commander congratulated.
"Thanks." She said, as if the comment didn't phase her at all, she didn't seem to realise that she was getting this from one of the most experienced agents around, he pulled out a little computer device.
"See, this is a diagram of this base!" He said pointing to the picture on-screen "This is where we are!" He said pointing to a flashing red dot.
"Does it tell us our destination by any chance?" Rouge asked out of impatience and rudeness.
"Well, no, we will have to discover that for ourselves!" He said, Rouge jumped in front.
"Let's go then!" He grabbed her arm and pulled her back. "Hey! What is the big idea?" She said as she tried to pull out of his grip.
"Hey! Where do you think you are going?" He asked.
"What is your problem? I am on your side now!" She said as he slowly let go of her.
"Okay then, just checking!" He said, calmly. She flew forward and the others followed her, then at a sudden point directly in the middle of the base it split into 2 directions. Rouge had an an uncanny feeling about the second direction.
"Hey! Commander, do you mind if I have a look around?" She asked casually.
"Are you kidding? We don't even know if we can trust you yet!"
Topaz stepped forward "I will keep an eye on her, sir!"
He nodded "Good luck!" Topaz saluted.
"Aye-aye!" Rouge said, obviously mocking Topaz's signature acknowledgement. They walked into another corridor, they saw a big metal blast-door in their way "Maybe, you had better be on guard, I mean, it is dangerous for an old gal like you!" She said teasingly, Topaz just decided to blank her, Rouge jumped into the air and used her strong kicks to tear the metal door into pieces.
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Rouge run inside and practically pressed her face against the glass.
"My, oh my, it is the cyan coloured Chaos Emerald!" she said gleefully, Topaz looked at her uneasily.
"Be on guard, Rouge, I have the terrible feeling that we are being watched!" Just then a metal hand came out of nowhere and grabbed Topaz, then another went for Rouge, she reacted in time and jumped into the air. "Please, help me, Rouge!" Topaz begged, Rouge growled as she flew towards the robot.
"Hang in, girl!" The robot had a megaphone-like output on top of it's head, all of a sudden it started to make a high frequency high pitched sound, Rouge stopped flying and simply fell to the floor clutching her ears "AH! That noise!" She moaned, she got up and traipsed towards the robot weakly, the robot then adjusted a dial on the megaphone-output device and the noise became twice as strong, Rouge fell to the floor "I'm sorry, Topaz!" She said weakly, Topaz however wasn't affected by this noise as humans ears ain't as sensitive as those belonging to a bat.
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Rouge stared weakly at the bomb, her vision blurring as she began to lose consciousness, she used her fangs and snapped the metal that bound the bomb to her wrist, she threw it weakly, it slid into the megaphone and became wedged, the device turned off, the robot began to fiddle with it to try and re-enable it.
"Now, Topaz, now!" Rouge said snapping back to reality. Immediately, Topaz reached into her pocket and retrieved the detonation device, she pressed the button, the bomb exploded and the megaphone was destroyed, Rouge got an evil grin, she flew into the air and flew forward. She spun into a cyclone and tore through the robot, the robot crashed into the pillar containing the Chaos Emerald "Oh no! My Chaos Emerald!" Just then, the robot was beginning to lose it's power it fired its arms at Rouge, the tore through the wall and the power generator the other side of the wall.
"Success!" Topaz cheered as she began to stand up, to find that she couldn't, the place began to explode, Rouge grabbed Topaz and flew out of the room as the base began to explode, they escaped in the nick of time.
"Thank you so much, Rouge! How could I ever repay you?" Topaz said gratefully.
"You could lose some weight!" Rouge said in a playful tone, they both laughed as they headed towards the helicopter.
TBC