Knuckles finally got on top of the building. He glided from building to building. His locks were blown by a small breeze.

"There he is!" Rouge whispered loud enough for Shadow to hear.

Knuckles looked down to find that he was being chased by Rouge. He tried to run faster.

That bat again… she just wants my Master Emerald…

"I did not wake up at 3:00 in the morning just to get a measly emerald!.. Chaos Control!" Rouge said.

A huge flash of light, and Rouge was gone. She appeared right in front of Knuckles.

I have to watch this! Knuckles might beat Rouge up or something… or it might be Rouge… trying to catch him while in the air again… Now that I think of it… they meet up with each other so much… but they seriously hate each other… or do they? I think that behind all that 'hatred' they like each other… or maybe even love each other. Shadow thought to himself.

"So, Master Treasure Hunter… long time no see…" Rouge said.

Shadow got on top of the roof.

What the hell's wrong with me? My head hurts sooo much! It can't be this serious, can it? It's probably Rouge's ugly face that's making my head hurt! Knuckles thought.

Knuckles put both of his hands to his head.

Damn it! I'd do anything to make this stop. What is she doing to me? Is this some kind of curse she did? How do I really even know if it's her? What if I'm just getting a regular headache?

Rouge was watching Knuckles. "What's wrong, Master Treasure Hunter?" Rouge asked… not sympathetically… but just the opposite.

Oh shit… a small headache… probably from talking to Knuckles… grr… I hate him…What's going on? My headache's getting worse! I should just get out of here… It's probably Knuckles who's doing this… he has Chaos powers that I would never understand.

Rouge dropped to her knees. Shadow walked up to both of them. "What's going on, Shadow? Are you doing this?" Rouge asked angrily.

Shadow shook his head with a smile. "I would love to… but… how can I? It'd be so obvious. Think back, both of you… what do you guys remember?" Shadow asked.

"I don't… know…" Rouge said.

"I just woke up around at 3:00… to go for a walk…" Knuckles said.

"Okay… but that's not really helpful…" Shadow said.

"I met up with G.U.N. robots… at the museum…" Rouge said.

"Auugh! This hurts sooo much! My head hurts!" Knuckles yelled. He jumped down and started running again.

"Wow… my head… feels a little better…" Rouge said quietly.

What the hell happened back there? That was strange. Maybe it was that annoying bat… I hate her! My headache's gone… I have to get to Tails and Sonic. They'll probably know what's up. Knuckles told himself.

Knuckles ran to Sonic's place. Tails was often found there… but since it's 3:00 in the morning… whatever…let's just stop thinking about all the bad stuff, Knuckles…

A few minutes later… Okay… you're right in front of Sonic's house… nothing could go wrong!

He heard a few metallic thumps. No! I can't be this unlucky! What did I do that gave me such bad luck?

The metallic steps got louder. Oh shit… I'm sorry if I wake you, Sonic… but… I have to stay alive long enough to see you and Amy get married! You'd probably kill me if you heard that.

Knuckles punched down most of the robots. Oh no… I just know that I might faint or something. Knuckles heard a cannon shoot. It took the robots down in a shot. That was probably the last thing he saw before he fainted.

"Knux? Knux? Are you okay?" he heard. Knuckles blinked twice.

"B- but… I thought… I fainted… Sonic… Tails?" he asked when he saw the happy twin tailed fox.

"We thought that you wouldn't wake up… There's something wrong with these x-rays I took of your head… It shows that you got a slight concussion and… you-" Tails said but got cut.

"Yeah, yeah… All your scientific-y and medical-y words confuse me." Knuckles said.

"But this might be important…" Tails said.

"Whatever… as long as Knux is fine… you are okay… right?" Sonic asked.

"Er… yeah! Of course!" Knuckles lied.

"So… what happened? You were awake at 3:00?" Sonic asked.

"Yeah… I… just… went for a stroll…" Knuckles said.

"You weren't hanging with a white frost bat… were you? I found that kind of DNA on you… possibly a bat that we know." Tails said.

Sonic gasped. "You mean… Rouge?" Sonic said surprised.