In the morning, Rouge woke up to find Knuckles still asleep, as usual she got up and started to make breakfast, hoping to cheer up her husband after the what had happened last night. Knuckles had wondered why Rouge had suddenly starting thinking about children. The only time she mentioned them before was as a joke, so why the sudden change in attitude towards it. Knuckles had realised that Rouge might have thought she as pregnant. If he was this sad about it then imagine how she felt.

When Knuckles woke up in the morning, his eyes red and bloodshot, the first thing he smelt was pancakes. Confused , he got up to see Rouge cooking them in the kitchen. Since they never usually had anything like pancakes Knuckles wondered over and asked

"Another sudden craving?". Rouge turned round and saw Knuckles standing there, looking tired, she nodded before going back to the cooking. Knuckles shrugged and went into the living room. Then , for what felt like the thousanth time Knuckles heard Rouge run out of the kitchen and slam the tiolet door shut. He sighed and heaved himself of the couch, feeling despressed that his wife was still ill. After Rouge came out Knuckles ran up to her in concern. After he made her lay on the couch he said in concern

" Rouge? Why arn't you getting any better?". Rouge sighed and thought of her secret meeting with Siberia. The test never lies, she said. If that was true, what could be wrong with her? Knuckles face grew serious and he said

"Rouge, I want you to go to the docters, the vomiting hasn't stoped for a week and I'm worried". Rouge looked down, avoiding eye contact with Knuckles. He sighed and took her hand in his own. " Promise me rouge". Rouge looked up and nodded and began making her way to the docters.

Now in the office, Rouge waited anciosly for the docters return. She had some tests done and was know waiting for her to return. Rouge jumped when the door opened and the docter came in, with a puzzeled look on her face. Rouge tenced up, when docters were confused, it was never a good sign. She sat down and faced Rouge.

" Well Rouge, we can't figure out whats wrong with you, all the signs point to pregnancy, but we both know thats impossible"said the docter. Rouge sighed and burried her face in her hands. The docter heard her say in a muffled voice.

" Well if its not that then whats wrong with me?". The docter looked at her simpatheticly. She thought for a moment, then stood up, saying

" You say used a test and it came up negative?"Rouge nodded slowly and the docters brow line got deeper as she thought. She tapped her hands on the desk a few times.

" Rouge" said the docter suddenly, causing the poor bat to jump " There is something that we could do, but im not supposed to do it and im not sure it will work, but if it does it could awnser your question once and for all". Rouge shrugged and got up, following the docter out of the room. She was led into another and the docter instructed her to lay down on the bed. Rouge did as she was told and the docter got out a machine that looked vagualy familar. It was a scanner, for pregnant women to get ultra sound. Rouge felt nervous and stupid at the same time as the docter moved the scaner over her flat stoumuch. She once again thought about how Knuckles would react, like she had done when waiting for the test at Siberia's home. There was no was this one would be wrong, she thought. There's nothing there , she told herself, you have a bug or something. Knuckles is a completly different species to you, she said, there is no way you could ever conseive from him. Even though she seemed sure of the outcome she found breathing difficult as the docter looked at the computer screen, her eyes flickering across it. The docter moved the scanner around a little more, then suddenly darted it back as something on the screen caught her eye.

Rouge jumped and tried to look at the screen, but the docter shood her back into position.
" Stay still Rouge" she hissed " I think we may be about to make medical history". 'Medical history? Did that mean?' Thought Rouge, her heart rate increasing. She couldn't see the screen and couldn't move, so she had to wait anciously for the docter to tell her what was going on. She watched as the docter moved closer to the screen, screwing up her eyes then unwillingly allowing them to widen again. Rouge senced her surpprise and tenced up even more, waiting for the moment of truth.

The docter slowly looked up , her eyes full of astionishment. Shaking her head, overwelmed, the docter faced Rouge. She took a deep breath and said

" I can't belive it". Rouges heartbeat raced and she said in a jerky voice

" What , am i?" She said, stopping becuase it sounded so strange to say it. The docter smiled, blown away herself and said

" Yes". She moved away from the screen, letting Rouge see the saved image. Rouge moved over to the screen and said in a shaky voice

"Are you sure?". The docter nodded and moved aside, letting Rouge see the screen. There was a still image of a tiny dot, which Rouge could barly make out, but it was enough to tell her that what the docter said was true, she was pregnant... with Knuckles. And this time , it wasn't a mistack.

" Oh god..." She wispered, her mind full of shock and dread.
" Your husband, he's an echidna, isn't he?" Asked the docter in amazment. Rouge nodded, her voice seemed to have retreated at the shocking news. Her and Knuckles? How was this possible? Espicially since Knuckles kind layed eggs. She placed a hand on her stoumuch, as if trying to grasp the situation. Inside there is our child, she thought , our child. Those words echoed in her mind, becuase they were words she never thought she would say.

Rouge stared at the ground as she began the long journy home. She began running through her head how she would tell Knuckles. She wasn't sure what to do. She felt dead even though she was carrying new life inside her. But worry was making her insides rot. A crossbreed, the father an egg laying mammel? It shoud'nt be possible but somehow it was and she would have to tell him. She would have to tell him now.

Suddenly Rouge noticed she was back on angel island, the sunset make the sky look red. She wondered if the child would be red? Just like him. Sighing , she went to find him. As she walked she dragged her feat, her nerves only letting her see the negative side of the situation.

Suddenly , she heard something behind her. She turned round and came face to face with Knuckles. He had a big grin on his face.

" Hey Rouge, how'd the docters go? What do you have some kind of virus or something?"he said cheerfully, he then noticed how miserably she looked and his voice immidiatly turned towards concern. " What is it Rouge?"he said gently. Rouge sighed, she wanted to tell him but her mouth wouldn't work. She opened it but no sound came out. Knuckles shrugged " Whats the matter? Lost you voice?" He said, attempting to cheer her up. He then realised that that wasn't going to happen and that something was really wrong. He gently led her into the house and set her down on the sofa, taking a seat beside her. Rouge saw that she had to tell him know and her voice came back once again.

... I know that this shoudn't be possible... and i'll understand if you don't want anything to do with this" said Rouge slowly, carefully chosing her words.

"What, what is it Rouge?" Said Knuckles curiously, he didn't have a clue what was going on. His first thought was that Rouge had some kind of live threatening desise, or at least she acted like she did, but why would she think he would'nt want anything to do with it? He'd stay with her until the end. Surly she knew that by now?

Rouge looked up and tried to get the two important words out, she forced her mouth back into talking and said

" I , I dont know how but..." She said, dropping her ears.

"What?" Said knuckles, beginning to worry. Rouge sighed and eventually managed to say

" I'm pregnant"

Knuckles mind froze up. How was this possible? He shruggled with his mouth like Rouge was just a second ago and managed to stammer

" What? " he said confused , not sure what to belive. He shock his head and said uncertainly " Is this a joke? That's not funny Rouge" he said, looking and sounding annoyed. But he then realised that Rouge didn't look amused, infact, terrified was more the word. " Your not joking , are you?"he said shocked. He stared at her for a second and chuckled slightly, as if it were a joke. " Really?". The bat looked up, making their eyes meet and nodded, her eyes cast downwards soon after.

Knuckles didn't know how to react. His eyes went wide and for a few moments he simply stared at Rouge. She looked over in concern , saying

" Knuckles? Are you all right? If you don't want this, then i'll understand..." . At these words Knuckles came out of his trance, he took Rouge's hand and said with a huge grin coming to his face

" Rouge this is a miricle! Why did you think I wouldn't want this! A child! A child that both of use helped create!" He shock his head in disbelief and Rouge leant closer. Was she mistacken, or was that a tear she had seen?

The Echidna continued " I love you Rouge, thank you for giving me something I never thought I could have". Rouge , finnely seeing the positive side of the situation. She hugged him and said

" I can't belive its happening". Knuckles smiled and said

" I know, I have always known that someday I wanted a child, now I get to have one"said Knuckles greatfully.