(((another chapter! You know what that means? Another pointless personal question! Everybody ready?

­All except Charmy: no. T­T

Charmy: Question! Question! Question!

Ok, here goes! Now, this one's a toughie, but answer anyway. Are you or are you not a virgin? (Charmy, Cream, Tails and Big, don't answer.)

Charmy: what's a v-

Mighty: It's a person that has never jumped from skyscrapers because they're being chased by ravenous badgers. TT;;;

Charmy: oh. I'm a virgin then.

M: yes you are. Unfortunately, I'm not. DON'T ASK ME WHO!

Sonic: Nope :D

Knuckles: Nu uh :D

Vector: no comment. ;;;;

Rouge: -winking at Knux- I'm sure not. -grins-

K: -sweatdrops- shut UP! I was drunk!

Rg: but you hadn't had a drop-

K: --growling through clenched teeth-- I-WAS-DRUNK.

Espio: OO;;; do I really have to answer this?

A: yes.

E: rrrg, eerrrm...no...I think.

A: I'm not going to ask.

Sally: -winking at Sonic- negative.

Sn: -wide grin-

Julie: you're right. This IS a pointless question.

Const. Remmington: -hanging by his feet from a tree dangling over a pit of alligators, gagged and mad sweatdropping- MMFF!

K: he said no. -grins- need some help there, buddy? -holding scissors-

R: MMMMMMMMMMMMMMFF!

Shadow: I refuse to answer such a pointless question.

A:-pulls out a bullwhip, grinning ominously-

Sh: AH...ok, when you put it that way... yes.

All except Shadow: Really?

Karpa: I'll soon remedy that. -evil smirk-

Sh: -wide grin-

Amy: yes, no thanks to SOMEONE I know.

Sn: why are you looking at ME? I wouldn't fuck you with a stolen dick. -gets pounded with a mallet and sees all sorts of pretty pink hearts-

Amy: don't swear in front of children T.T

Ch: what does fu-

M: it doesn't mean anything. It's an evil word you should never ever say. ;

Ch: grins fuckfuckfuckfuckfu- -gets pounded by Mighty-

Tails: oh lordy.

Cream: wow, jumping off of buildings must be really fun...

K: it sure is :D

A: well, that's all for now. Let's start this baby off with some lemony freshness, shall we?

K and Sn: HELLYES!

Sh: -gulping audibly, looking nervously at the evil look in Karpa's eyes- can I stretch out first?

#$# I own almost nothing, including Sonic & Co., but I DO own Karpa, Tarsa and Velociti. So remember your manners and ask kindly and offer cheese in order to borrow them. #$#

­Chapter 6- Getting to Know You

Karpa hit the bed with force as Shadow soon followed, sliding between her legs and biting her neck roughly. (AN- I LOVE it when a chapter starts out like this! NYAN!) He practically ripped the tight black nylon of her shirt from her body; taking her mouth with his once more before whipping the utility belt from her tight spandex pants. (AN- she's a spy and all spies have utility belts it's a rule somewhere) She moaned audibly as he slipped an ungloved hand beneath the slick fabric. Her back arched with pleasure as he slid his index and middle fingers inside her; bit her lip and giggled as he began to slowly slide them in and out. He leaned in close to her ear and whispered gruffly, "How's this for getting to know me?"

She laughed. "I think it'll do just fine."

With this, he smirked evilly, sliding the tight pants from her golden body, and pulling her legs around his waist. She gasped as he thrust suddenly inside her...

(AN- and beautiful bright fireworks lit the sky for about two hours! This will teach you to review, you cruel non-reviewing mean people!)

The bright orange at the end of her cigarette flared as she dragged deeply from it, breathing out heavily and creating a large puff of oily grey smoke into the black night outside the motel room. Her hair was somewhat tasseled from the exertions mentioned previous (AN- or rather NOT mentioned) and her cheeks were still somewhat reddened from the lengthy heated passion of ten minutes ago. She chuckled to herself tiredly, leaning heavily on the rail, still a little unsteady on her feet as of yet. As she took another drag from her cigarette, she heard the door open and close softly behind her, felt his soft, exposed hands slip around her waist and his wetted lips caress the skin on her neck. She sighed happily, turning to face him, draping her arms around his neck and smiling up into those incredible red eyes. (AN- I don't have a crush. I swear.)

"That was fascinating." She said, her soft smile breaking into a grin.

"You think so?" he asked, grinning as well and touching his forehead softly to hers.

"Absolutely."

"We ought to do it again, then..." He concluded, pulling her body to his by her hips.

She closed her eyes as he leaned in to kiss her.

"...Right after you tell me who has the emerald."

She let out an aggravated noise of disapproval, breaking away from his grasp and looking down at the barren parking lot, sucking angrily at her cigarette.

"We had an agreement."

"Yes, but then you decided to be rude. The agreement's off." She straightened her tight shirt, flicking her cigarette in his direction, and limping back into the room, slamming and locking the door behind her. (AN- wow, she must have been pounded pretty hard, nyan. She limps.)

Shadow sighed, knocking on the door. "I'm sorry. Really, I mean it. It... it just slipped."

"You're using me. In more ways than one, I might add." She shouted from inside.

"But you need me to find the emerald, remember?"

"I need you a lot less than you need me. And now that I see how you work, I've just realized that you will take the gem for yourself and leave me to the authorities. Tell me, 'lover', how far off am I?"

He couldn't reply. That's what he had planned to do before, but now...

"Right. So I'll just go and find the emerald myself. Go on back to your hole before I get my gun." She warned.

"I'm not leaving."

He jolted in surprise as he heard the click of her aforementioned gun.

"One..."

"You wouldn't dare!" he yelled at the door.

A round was fired through the door, narrowly missing his right foot. He yelped, hopping away from the small smoking crater beneath him.

"Two..."

"Damnit, I'm not leaving and that's final!"

The door swung open and he found himself staring down the twin barrels of her large pistol.

"Three."

He looked right in her pale pink eyes and didn't stir.

"Give me a second chance."

"So you can screw me over when the situation gets thick? I trow not."

"So I can get to know you better, Miss Karpa Fairchild of the highbred echidnas. You think I'm an enigma? You just drop into my empty life unexpectedly and for some reason, I'm able to tolerate you. That means something."

She continued to frown at him for a moment longer before lowering her gun. "You have your second chance, hedgehog. But only because I can't kill you while looking into your eyes. The very MINUTE you turn your back on me-"

He pulled her into a tight hug before she could finish her sentence. She sighed, hugging back, gun still in hand.

"Tails, don't stay up too late, ok? I'll be on my cell, but only call if you're bleeding, bones are protruding and the house is on fire." Sonic shouted as he was leaving the condo.

"Got it." he shouted back. "Have fun you guys!" he added as the door closed.

"Oh, he needn't worry his little head about that!" Rouge giggled. Knuckles sighed heavily and Velociti took Sonic's arm as they strolled to Rouge's SUV.

"Oh, cheer up, Knux! She'll come around. Don't dwell on it. It's Friday night! Let loose!" Rouge said encouragingly, giving him a hearty pat on the back.

Rouge, as you may have guessed, had given up trying to steal the Master Emerald and joined the crowd. (besides, she secretly had her eye set on more exclusive gems…) She was the life of the party- when Sonic allowed her to take his title, that is. She was STILL after Knuckles, even if she wouldn't admit it to herself or anyone else. But it was there. And extremely obvious. Having her around was nice though, especially since she had that new silver Hummer.

Knuckles hated clubs with a passion. They were full of all his least favorite things: laser lights, ear-shatteringly loud techno music, and hordes of sweaty, erratically dancing strangers. It was no surprise he went straight for the bar.

Of course, Sonic and his date headed straight to the dance floor. "Show off." Knuckles huffed, hailing the barkeep and ordering a bloody mary for a change.

He suddenly felt a small finger gently tap his shoulder. In turning around, he almost fell out of his chair.

"Tarsa!"

Yes, none other than our blue stock girl, no longer in her baggy, faded overalls, but now in a stunning white dress that cut off at a slant just above her knees. Her hair and tendrils hung loosely over her shoulders and down her back, the longest of the latter were a foot above the floor. She was wearing pearly fluorescent eye shadow that caused the pastel green of her eyes to almost jump from her face.

"We have to stop meeting like this! I didn't know you liked Lost Angles!" (AN- the name of the club. I couldn't think of a better one)

"I don't. My friends dragged me along."

"Oh. Then, I guess you don't want to dance..."

"Uh, no! Of course I'd like to dance... but..."

She frowned a little in disappointment. "But not with me. Right?"

"No! no, that's not it, I... it's just that I can't dance to save my life."

She blinked at him for a moment, looked to the mass of moving people on the dance floor, then back to him.

"Neither can they." She said, pointing a thumb over her shoulder.

"Well, then I guess I fit in "

She giggled, taking Knuckles' hand and dragging him from the barstool and onto the dance floor.

And the night drew on. One of the disadvantages of techno at clubs is that one song melts into the next, so there are virtually no breaks between…. Not that Sonic or Val minded. They had managed to gain the respective circle of space around them from the crowd, who watched on and cheered occasionally as the two continued their artful contest….. because a contest it was.

"Getting tired yet?" Velociti taunted after executing an impressive spin.

"Hell no! I'm good to go all night, baby!" he winked as he slid an arm around her waist, dipping her suddenly. She gasped in surprise, then giggled, wrapping her arms around his neck for balance. He smirked as he leaned in…

A few members of the throng around them catcalled and someone had started a "KISS!" chant. Val chuckled as she righted herself, blushing.

"Let's get another drink." she suggested, taking his hand.

"Yeah. Let's." Sonic sighed. He then guided her through the audibly disappointed crowd.

Tails rubbed his eyes groggily as he trudged down the stairs, wandering aimlessly for the kitchen.

Just then, Velociti, wearing one of Sonic's little-used hockey jerseys, closed his bedroom door quietly and tiptoed down the stairs so as not to wake the child. (Of course, unaware he was in the kitchen.)

The two almost collided at the kitchen doorway, causing Velociti to squeak and make a dash for the stairs. Tails just blinked in confusion and sleepiness, biting the Eggo waffle in his hand with disinterest.

He knocked on Sonic's door, where Velociti had taken refuge, announcing through it: "The next time you guys have a sleepover, don't watch scary movies."

The two hedgehogs frowned at each other in confusion at the statement.

"Why?"

"Because Velociti's screaming kept me up all night." And with this, he shuffled back to his room and closed the door.

Sonic snickered.

(((alright, this makes two chapters in one day. I expect one review for each chapter per reader. Or else.)))