Sorry, I got an idea from… my brother… about what Rouge should look like…

I was excited to write the next chappie… yayness!

"Oh, fine… either way, you guys'll have to see me…" Rouge said.

She opened the closet door and Knuckles's mouth was open widely. Shadow ran out of the bathroom.

"I CAN'T BE DARK AGAIN!" Shadow yelled.

"Dark is kinda cute…" Jayln said.

"HOW COME YOU AREN'T A HUMAN?" Shadow asked angrily.

Jayln showed him a Chaos Emerald. She held it out for everyone to see.

Knuckles was still staring at Rouge. She was a bit tall. She had short brown hair… as short as her ears. She had tan skin… (brown matches the tan skin…)

"Damn…………" Knuckles drooled out.

Rouge slapped him. Kai looked sadly at her arm. The wires were split and burned. She suddenly got off of the chair and went into the bathroom.

She sat down on the floor. She was crying softly… she tried not to let anyone hear… I hate Flare… I hate him…friends? Yeah right… I was his baby-sitter… he's still trying to find a good mother? I don't get him…I, who has lost both my parents…and almost died… am happier than he… who has a father and a real home…Why can't he see all the good things that he has? I need to repair my arm now… or it may malfunction…but wait… wouldn't they get suspicious? I don't care… I'd rather have them know than having a worthless arm…

Kai walked around the small bathroom. She lay her arm down on the sink.

Eggman's base…

Flare was coughing. Eggman stepped out of the smoke. He was confused at what just happened.

Back at Amy's…

Inside the bathroom, Kai quietly worked on repairing her arm. Outside, Shadow and everyone were grouped up to talk about their plan.

"Okay… so… wait… where's Kai?" Shadow asked them.

Some people shrugged. The rest answered with a no.

Kai held a screwdriver with her left hand. She started putting screws in the right slots. She accidentally dropped the screwdriver and it injured her left arm. She looked at the long and deep cut. It was bleeding. She didn't worry about it and kept repairing her arm. The pain on her left arm was intense… she got shot on her left shoulder… and now, she injured herself… What else could go wrong?

Suddenly someone tried to enter the bathroom. It was locked for she wanted no one find her repairing her arm.

"Kai? You okay?" Shadow's voice called out.

She immediately stopped crying when she heard him worry for her.

"Umm… yeah… don't worry about me…" she said.

A few minutes later…

Kai came out of the bathroom with a smile on her face. She joined everyone as they talked about their plan. She smiled and folded her arms on the table, forgetting the burn on her right wrist. Although she could not feel it, it was there…

"Kai… what happened to your wrist?" Rouge asked, with concern.

Kai looked at her wrist. She lost her smile. She hid her hand under the table.

"Umm… nothing…" she lied.

"Isn't that from Flare's hold on your arm?" Jayln asked.

Kai nodded. "But… it's fine now… please… don't worry about me… we have bigger things to worry about…" she whispered.

"But… we have to see if that caused some serious damage…" Rouge said, taking Kai's hand.

Kai pulled her hand away from Rouge. "I said I'm fine!" she half-yelled.

Rouge looked down and took her hands away from her. Shadow looked at Kai with suspicion. What's wrong with her? She's usually fine… happy and… cutesy all the time… that burn? How did she not notice? She looks as if she's been crying… what happened to this girl?

Rouge looked at the blackened skin on Kai's arm. She had a worried look on… but was reassured by Kai's smiling face. Rouge shook away her concern… they all focused on their strategy again.

"Okay… look… knowing Eggman, he already found a new base…" Amy said.

Knuckles stared at Rouge… She's a friggin' babe!

"Without our emeralds, guns and weapons… we're powerless!" Vinny said.

He put his head down… his blonde hair touched the table… Kai looked at them all… she sighed. Powerless? I think not… actually… we have weapons… I'm good at kicking… Shadow is too… Jayln and Vinny… maybe… punching? Knuckles… definitely punching… Rouge… kicking… She sighed yet again. But… if another 'accident' like this happens…I may be 'paralyzed' on the right side… forever!

"You guys… I have a plan…" Kai said.

Eggman's base…

"You idiot! Try again! What did you do?" Flare yelled.

"I'm sorry!" Eggman yelped.

"Try it again!" Flare bellowed.

Eggman walked to the controls. Flare put the emerald back in place.

This is bad… let me out! Why are you controlling me? You are my Inferno side… as in… I'm supposed to be in control! Let me go! Flame struggled to yell out.

Amy's place…

The sky filled with light yet again. This time, it was too late for Jayln to grab the fake emerald. She closed her eyes.

She opened her eyes. She had pale skin. Her dirty blonde hair was in the way of her eyes. She pulled them away to find that she was wearing black tank top, skirt and boots. She looked similar to Kai.

Kai looked at her and smiled. She crossed her legs… which she found rather hard while wearing her favorite black jeans. She put her head down on the table. She crossed her hands.

Eggman's lab…

The place was filled with smoke yet again. Flare was still a fox… however… as Eggman came out of the smoke…

"Ohsweetlordabove… you're a fat-"

"SHIT! I'm a cat!" Eggman yelled.

He ran over to a mirror. He was a huge reddish-orange cat, his shades still on his eyes. His lab coat was still on him.

Amy's house…

"Knuckles… you'll have to confront Eggman…" Shadow said.

Amy suddenly heard a huge blast of wind. It tried to tell her something.

"Umm… Shadow… I think that's a bad idea…" Amy said.

"You're right… if we get lost… get separated… then…" Shadow started.

Knuckles stood up when he heard the wind whistle his name.

Eggman's lab…

"I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS! I LOOK LIKE GARFIELD OR SOMETHING!" Eggman said.

"Nah… you would really flatten Garfield right about now…" Flare said.

"I have to reverse this!" Eggman yelled.

"No…" Flare said. "You will do nothing of that kind…" Flare said.

"Oh, what will stop you? I have millions of robots that are fire-proof…"

Flare's eyes narrowed. He started blowing wind out… which confused Eggman. Suddenly, Eggman heard the wind… hypnotizing him… calling out to him…

"How do you do this?" Eggman called through.

"Sometimes… the wind follows my feelings… and sometimes… I make it follow…"

"WHAT?" Eggman asked, confused.

Flare sighed, mocking his stupidity. "You know… not seeing the scientist part of this crazy scientist…" he muttered to himself. "I control the wind surrounding me… sometimes on purpose… most of the times… it just starts whistling my feelings… when I'm sad… the wind whistles softly… at times of anger… harsh, strong winds… but it can only be heard by people who want to listen… is willing to listen… or I make them listen…"

Amy's house…

"Let's kick his ass yet again!" Knuckles said.

"Wait… what if it's a trap? To steal information?" Kai asked… she heard the wind whistling. It sounded confused and scared.

"Steal what?" Shadow asked.

"Maybe… your Resurrection Program…" Kai said. She knew of the Resurrection Program because it was what she had been searching for… she wanted to know who had it… she researched about it… and found it in the Ultimate…

"How do you know about that?" Shadow asked, with narrow eyes.

Kai looked away. "Or maybe the R.I.O…." she muttered.

(A/N- read last chappie of Shadow2Dark to find these things… this is a sequel… remember?)

Shadow stood up, confused and fazed. "How do you know about that?" he asked.

"Because…" she stopped to look at her burned hand. "I just do…"

Shadow was untrusting of Kai right now… but he knew that she would be of much help.

Must… sleep… write… more… tomorrow… good night!