THE ANNOUNCMENT
Disclaimer- I don't own any of them except Siberia, Talim, Seringhetti and Aquariun.
TWO WEEKS LATER

It was Siberia and Shadow's wedding day . All the old freinds had gathered and Rouge and Knuckles had decided to break the news to everyone here, just Shadow and Siberia had at their own wedding. Rouge was a month into her pregnancy and Siberia was getting up to the three months mark. Although they had tried to get the wedding done while she could still fit in a dress, her stoumuch did poke out a little and made her looks slightly silly in a wedding dress. Rouges pregnacy was not yet noticable and she was relived that she could tell them before they noticed. She really wasn't sure about how a pregnancy progressed since she had never been through one before and had never really talked to her mother about that sourght of thing. So far there were was no visable growth and the vomiting , to her reilef , had stopped. Amy and Sonic looked extremly comfertable in the seats next each other in the church isle and when Knuckles and Rouge saw this they raised and eyebrow. Sonic just shrugged but didn't break the embrace, making Knuckles grin slyly. Shadow stood at the end of the isle, his black tux hardly visable against his matching fur. Suddenly Siberia aprouched. Shadows eyes widened as he saw his soon to be wife. For the second time in his life Shadow looked nervous, he even seemed to be shaking a little. Siberia reached the isle and when they were finished with the 'I dos', Siberia threw up the boque, this time it landed with Amy, who was no 21. She squeled and hugged Sonic, who smiled stupidly and tried to pry her off, like he always used too.

Afterwards they headed for a nice restaurant , where everyone was to have a nice meal and generally celebrated. When it came to the time of speeches, Shadow stood up and said while looking around all his freinds that had gathered

" I thank you all for coming, we shall never forget this day and you all helped it to be special, I guess the boques don't ever lie huh sonic?"he said, turning to Sonic, a gentle laugh was emmited form everyone. He turned back to Siberia, glancing at her stoumuch. " As you all know , we have a baby on the way and I also thank everyone for their continues support they have been giving us... Oh and by the way" Shadow added as an afterthought " Congratualtions Amy". Everyone clapped as Shadow sat down again, Amy blushed and Sonic smiled at her before standing up himself.

" Hey shad, never thought you would tie the knot before me! Well congrats on the wedding and the baby, hopefully it won't look too much like you, I don't think I could stand another shadow in my world!" Everyone laughed again, Shadow raised and eyebrow and said
" I guess i'll just have to call him Shadow the 2nd, sonic, in honer of you Sonic"

" Yeah yeah, very funny wise guy" said Sonic, pretending to be annoyed. Everyone laughed again as Sonic sat down. Next Rouge and Knuckles stood up, everyone turned their attention towards the two. Knuckles spoke first.

" First of all shadow, im glad that you've finnely found happiness, no-one disservs to got through what you did" at the mention of the ark Shadows face grew a little darker, but soon lit up again. Then Rouge took over

" Likewise Shadow, but remebering back to our own wedding, wasn't that when you dissided to break the immportant news to everyone on that very day?"she said, Shadow smiled but looked confused. Rouges own smile widen and she said in a cheeky voice " I suppose its about time we returned the favor, right Knuckles?". She said , turning to the father to be, who smiled, saying

" Yeah" Rouge turned back to the rest of the room and said

" I know it sounds weird but" she paused, glancing at everone and making sure they were tence " I'm pregnant!" She announced. Everyone in the room took a while to react. Rouge emmidiatly regretted saying what she had just said and blushed, embarrissed. Then someone reacted. Sonic. His reaction wasn't one of shock, or beweilderment. Nope , he decided the best way to react to Knuckles and Rouges incredibly immportant announcment, was to burst out laughing.

" Your ... You and ... Him? And...WHAT!" He giggeled " That's a good one! Old knuxster a daddy! Bahahahaa!" He said, pounding the table with his fist. Rouge frowned and looked upset and Knuckles growled. " Man! Imagine what the kid would look like!" He suddenly stopped laughing and his expression took on one of deep thought. " Hhmmmmm, what would the kid look like?"he mumbled to himself. Next, Shadow decided to speak up

" Are you really joking?" Said Shadow, he frowned " That's not like you" he said to Rouge and Knuckles across the table. Knuckles sighed and dropped to his seat, while Rouges expression turned to one of spite

" Why would I kid about this? Ask Siberia, she knows" said Rouge, crossing her arms and looking over to Siberia, who also seemed to be in a world of her own. The rest of the room sat in silence, watching the scene unfold infront of them, trying to think of what was actually happening. The hedgehog looked up and when she realised everyone was waiting for her too say something, she mumbled shyly

" Well it did seem to me like she was, but the test came up negative, so I don't know". Rouge sighed and said

" The test was wrong and it's Knuckles child, that's a definate" she said, taking Knuckles hand and making him stand up. Her voice rung in the silence that followed. Everyone seemed unsure how to react, giving looked to one and other and Rouge and Knuckles, who also waited for someone to say something. Then , all of a sudden, Vector rose from his seat and bellowed out

" NEW KID! DRINKS ALL AROUND!". That seemed to finalise things and everyone got up and rushed over to confront Rouge up close. Shadow reached them first.

" Congratulations" he said warmly, hugging Rouge carefully. When he drew back, his face took on a confused look. " How is this possible?" He said. Rouge smiled and shrugged

" I don't care, all that matters is it a miricle". Next Sonic came up and said

" Wow Rouge! I can't belive it! This is great!" He shock her hand and turned to his old freind

" Congrats Knuckster! Looks like miricles can happen after all! Wow , your gonna be a father, that's just too weird. Bet it was a shock to you though , I mean, you two are completly different animals so you must have never expected kids!". Knuckles grinned self-consciesly and said

" Yeah it was, I thought Rouge was ill ya know, and I was prepared for something unuasual, but never this!". He stoped and turned to Rouge, smiling gratefully " But now it's sunk in it's all good". Rouge smiled. This would change both their lives, for the better.

" Well , good luck coping with it, it seems so weird , we're all growing up now, having our own child, time seems to be passing way to fast" he said, a hint of sadness in his voice. Knuckles noticed this and said

" Don't worry Sonic, nothing will ever tie you down, your just too wild to be tamed". Sonic laughed and said

" Well good luck!". After that he went over to Amy, taking her into his arms and engaging her in a deep conversation. The chaotix crew rushed over.

" Hey Knuckles!" Said Vector loudly " Never thought you would be having a kid! Kinda weird that you got one before me huh? I mean im like 4 years older than you!"

" Knuckles! Knuckles! Can I play with him when he is born?"said Charmy exitly, who , although he was almost 12, hadn't really grown up yet. Espio rolled his eyes.

"Remember Charmy, it may be a girl for all you know" he said in his usual calm way. Charmy shrugged and said

" Oh well, as long as I can play with it!". Espio laughed and said
" Well I hope your child has a healthy life, I must say this certainly was a surpprise! I never thought you would settle with anyone! Let alone a jewel theif!". Knuckles smiled as Tails got his chance to talk to them

" I can't believe it Knuckles! This is great! Congrats you two!" They both smiled and thanked him. " Hey , how about I look into how this happed! Theres got to be some explanation right?". Knuckles and Rouge nodded

" Yeah thats right! Thanks Tails"said Rouge kindly

" No problem!". After hours of converstaion was exchanged, everyone eventually made their ways home. Tails gave Knuckles and Rouge a lift to angel island to save Rouge flying them both their like she usually did and they were now back in the house.
Sonic watched them leave, his arm around Amy's shoulder.

" Do you think Rouge is telling the truth?"he said, watching the plane become a faint dot and eventually dissapear.

" About what?" Said Amy , leaning into Sonic's chest. He kept his eyes on the horizen, his mind full of thoughts and his face stern.

" About the child being Knuckles, it's not possible, or at least it shouldn't be" he said, worried about his old freinds feelings. He's not ready for this kind of emotional pressure, thought Sonic. Poor Knuckles, that emerald really did take away most off his life. He felt Amy shrug and she said

" I don't think Rouge would lie, ok , I admit, it sounds a bit strange...". Sonic turned to face her, an eyebrow raised

" A bit?"

" Ok, it sounds VERY strange, but Rouge loves Knuckles, she wouldn't lie...would she?". Sonic sighed and gaised up to the sky again.

" I hope not, coz if she is, this could tear old Knuckes apart".

ON ANGEL ISLAND

" Knuckles? What are you up to?" Said Rouge, as Knuckles led her somewhere with his hands over her eyes. They turned a courner and Rouge was led to where she thought was the kitchen.

" Knuckles why have you led me to the kitchen?" Asked Rouge. She heard Knuckles laugh and say

" You know this house too well rouge" he lent in and wispered in her large bat ear " But I bet you never expected this...". Rouge didn't have a clue what was going on as Knuckles took his hands away from her eyes and Rouge was slightly tacken aback by the new object that had appeared in the room . Standing there, in the empty courner of their primative kitchen , was a huge freeze and freezer. She rushed up to it and saw that it was mostly filled with chocletes, milkshakes and other weird foods that Rouge had been requesting latly.

" Well what do you think?"said Knuckles from behind her " I mean, your always complaining about how you get fed up with eating fruit and leaves and anything I can catch on the island, sooo... I decided to give you some treat foods!". She turned to him and said

" Your going to make me fat!". He laughed and said

" Well, your going to be fat anyway, so you might as well enjoy it!"

" Hmmh" said Rouge, she didn't really appricaiate his joke about her being fat. She walked to the frigde, grabbed a bar of chocolete and went into the living room, sitting down on a sofa. Knuckles walked in and mentally scolded him self. He knew that Rouge would probably be sensitive about the whole losing her figure thing, espiacially with the mood swings that she was bound to have.

He timidly walked in and seated himself on the far end of the sofa, away from Rouge, his shoulders slumped. She noticed this and handed him a square of chocolate. " Take it Knuckles, I don't need it all, not yet anyway" she said kindly. He picked up the little square and popped it in his mouth. After chewing a few times, his eyes widedend. He swallowed and said in awe

" Wow, no wonder people get fat! I could eat that all day!"

"Ha! Looks like im not the only one who will be putting on weight in the future" said Rouge, handing him another bit of chocolate.

" Don't worry Rouge, ill still love you no matter how fat you get" he said kindly. Rouge smiled and said

" Me too Knuckles, me too". They both smiled and Knuckles moved closer to Rouge, taking her into a hug. They went on eating chocolate and other sugury things for most of the afternoon, since it was the first time Knuckles had tried anything like that. Rouge stopped after her second bar, but Knuckles just keeped wanting to try more, in the end, Rouge forced Knuckles to stop eating them, telling him they wern't good for you.

They went to bed and slept peacfully, or at least Rouge did. That was until she was awoke by a hard poke in the shoulder. She turned and grogily said " Look Knuckles, you can't keep waking me up like this, I need my sleep". She then noticed something was different about Knuckles. His eyes were wide and kept darting around the room and he seemed really figetey.

" I can't sleep Rouge" he said very quickly. Rouge looked confused and said while narrowing one of her eyes

" So? That doesn't give you the excuse to..." She began, but got interupted by Knuckles.

" I can't sleep Rouge" he repeated, equally as fast.

" Why not?" She asked angrilly. She saw him shudder and he said

" I dunno" shaking his head way to fast. "I dunno, I just feel, really... Urrrrrrrrr alive! yeh! Energetic!". Rouge realised what was going on and shoke her head

" Oh no.." She said, as Knuckles jumped out of the bed and ran out of the room. Rouge reluctantly got up and rubbed her eyes, following her husband into the living room and turnin on the light.
She couldn't help but smirk as she saw him enjoying the wonders of suger highs. Jumping on top of the couch he sung in a childish way

" Bouncy! Bouncy! Bouncy! Weeeeeee!"he said as he jumped of the couch. He ran upn to light which that Rouge had just turned on and began hammering it with his fist. " Off! on! off! on! off! On! off! On! Hahahaha! On! Off! on!". Rouge rolled her eyes and chuckled a little at her husbands childish behavour. She had seen him act that way in her life. She watched him in amussment for a while but soon changed her mind when Knuckles lifted her up around the middle and started taking her over to the couch. " Come on Rouge!" He said rougly putting her down like a child would a kitten " Jump on the sofa!" He said , getting on it himself and jumping again. " Bounce! Bounce! Bounce! Bounce!" He yelled noisily, until he accidently jumped on Rouges stoumuch.
" ARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH! GET OFF!" The bat yelled as Knuckles fell of the sofa from the shock of hearing her yell. " WHATS WRONG WITH YOU? YOU DON'T JUMP ON A PREGNANT LADIES STOMUCH!" Knuckles grinned sheepelishly and said in a long and anoining voice while cocking his head to the side

"Wwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhhyyyyyyyyy?", Rouge rolled her eyes and went back to bed, dissiding she would get Knuckles to clean up whatever mess he made in the morning. As she left the room she heard Knuckles loudly singing ' Here he comes, tougher than the rest of them. The best of them, tougher then leather'. She chuckled and went back to sleep.

She awoke a little later than she usually would and remebered what had happened last night. She chuckled and went out to go find Knuckles. She didn't have to look far becuase when she went into the living room, she saw him collasped in a weird position on the couch.

Smiling , she dicided to let him sleep,as he hadn't really made any mess at all.
Later , when Knuckles woke up, Rouge was making breakfast with new food from the frigde. Knuckles wondered in , dragging his feat. She looked over her shoulder and said sarcastically

" Have a nice time yesterday?". He wondered over to the table, lazily pulled out a chair and dropped his head on the table, groaning. " I'll take that as a no" she said, laughing a little. He grogglily lifted his head up off the table and said in a tired voice

" Ohhhhhhh... I ...feel...terrible". Rouge looked at him, his eyes half shut.

" Are you ok Knuckles?"she asked in concern . He shock his head slowly and dropped it back on the table, letting out a huge sigh. Rouge shrugged and decided to let it pass, setting down her breakfast. She was about to start devouring it, but was interupted when Knuckles rushed out of the room and into the bathroom.

Confused , she followed. Inside she saw him throwing up into the toilet bowl. She gently walked over and rubbed his back. Unlike her when she had moring sickness, he only threw up once, but was exausted when he finished. Pulling his head out of the tiolet, Knuckles slouched on the floor, looking really ill. Rouge hugged him in support and said " Hey knucklehead, you got the wrong role, its me who is supposed to throw up, not you" she joked. Knuckles looked up and said weakly

" Maybe I should go to the docters" . At this Rouges eyes narrowed in concern, she then saw the corner of his mouth lift up in a smile and he continued " I mean , shoud'nt ignore the signs, otherwise we might end up with another kid on the way". Rouge laughed and said in a jocky way

" Your not pregnant silly!" She said, poking him in the chest. Knuckles grin widened and he said stupidly

" Hey I might be" he jumped up and stuck his stoumuch out " I mean look, I have been getting a bit podgy latly". Rouge shock her head and said

" Well im not massaging your back". Knuckles pouted

" Oh come on , is that how you treat the person who is gonna bear your child?"

" Yes" said Rouge , poking him in the stoumuch. She then smirked evilly and pushed Knuckles onto the floor, moving her legs either side of him

" Oh come on Rouge, there be plenty of time for that once the baby has been born" said Knuckles cheekely. Rouges smirk grew wider and she said

" That's not what im doing knuckle head"

" Oh yeah, then what are you doing?". Rouge grinned evilly and said
" Getting pay back" and with that she flew up in the air, reached the celing and pushed herself down with her hands, landing full force on knuckles stoumuch.
"AHHHHRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!"yelled knuckles loudly, spit flying out of his mouth. Rouge steped off with a smug look on her face and said
" Now imagine that pain a hundred times worse and you'll know what I felt when you did the same to me" she said, her eyes closed and her arms folded, the smile still on her face. " Thats why you don't jump on a pregnant persons stoumuch!". Knuckles growled and masageed his middle, he looked up and said weakly
" But im pregnant too" . He smiled and Rouge laughed and jokly said
" Oh shut up". Knuckles got up and ran after Rouge, who fled. He chased her into into the living room and pinned her to the floor. Rouge looked a bit put out and Knuckles said in concern
" Whats up?". Rouge looked down sadly and said
" Oh im just alittle uncomfertable thats all" with that she flip him over and pressed onto him. " Thats better" she said , smiling. Knuckles smiled gently to and said sofly
" Bat girl". Rouge smiled in a more caring way and said
" Knucklehead".

AUTHORS NOTES

Decided to change some of this slightly, what do you think anyone who has read it before?