Wow thanks everyone who reviewed my story! I really didn't think it was that good, it's even in a C2! Well, here's the next chapter! I don't really have names for the chapters, just the prolouge.
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Knuckles had never felt this way before. He had always seen Amy chasing Sonic, but never understood how she felt. I think this is love... Knuckles thought to himself. He shook himself out of it. "What do you want with me?" Knuckles asked, shifting. "You're Knuckles the Echidna, right?" Rouge asked. "Y-yes...how did you know?" He studdered. Her aqua eyes gleamed in the moonlight. Rouge stood silent for a moment. Knuckles couldn't help himself from staring into her eyes. He couldn't pull away nomatter what he did... "Hello?" Rouge waved her hand in front of his face. Knuckles quickly snapped back. "Oh...right. So what do you want? Because I have to get back to my home, it's getting late..." Knuckles knew if he stayed any longer he would do something stupid in front of her. Rouge caught on to his nervousness, realizing he would give into her charm. She pinched her self, making her tear in her eyes. She remembered back in seventh grade when she won the best actress award in drama club. "I-I...my house got burned down, and I tried to go to someone for help...I have nowhere to go!" Rouge pretended to fall to her knees, at his feet. Knuckles, of course fell for it. "And he said you were kind and giving...and you could help me..." Knuckles was now next to her, trying to calm her. Rouge grinned menacinly hidden in her hands. "Could you...maybe..let me stay with you for a bit until they fix my house? Please?" Rouge faked well, and Knuckles believed her. They sat together on the cold ground, as Rouge reveiled her emerald. "That's a...chaos emerald?" Knuckles said. "Yes...I found it on the street...I've been sleeping on it for two days...I heard a noise and started looking for it...and it was in a corner hidden in he bushes..." Rouge was now trying not to laugh as Knuckles patted her back. "I-I'll lt you stay with me...I have a spare room." He said, and they walked back together, Rouge wiping her blue masgara. Knuckles was filled with happiness and sadness. Poor Rouge...I love her and want her to stay with me, but I want her to be happy... Knuckles thought. They talked about their interests on the wa back, and Knuckles found that she had a lot of similarities. They were both treasure hunters, didn't know any of their relatives, and were loners. He found that she was intruiged by gems, so he thought about giving her one the next day. "You know, I've always dreamedof seeing the Master Emerald...I've heard legends about it but I don't know if any are true..." Rouge lied. "Would you ike to see something when we get back?" Knuckles asked, excited. "Oh, yes! Please, I would like to see a surprise." Rouge pretended to be enthusiastic. Falling right into my trap...Rouge thought, smirking as Knuckles looked at the moon. "Beautiful night..." Knuckles said. "Yea...the stars are like diamonds and the moon is a big pearl on a piece of blue velvet in a jewlery store..." Rouge said. She leaned on Knuckles without noticing. Knuckles blushed, pretending not to notice. They passed the grocery store, which was closing. "Almost there just another street." Knuckles said, passing Amy's apartment. They finally got there, and Knuckles turned on the light. It was a basic room, a coat closet, a rug, two lamps, a tv and two couches. "It's pretty small, but it's all I can afford. Woud you like the grand tour?" Knuckles said humbly. Rouge nodded and followed him. They went through the first hallway, into a kitchen. "Here's the kitchen. You can get a snack any time you want. The snacks are in this cupboard, and the drinks and cold food are in the fridge. The eating utensils and dishes are in that cupboard." Knuckles said, pointing to each thing as they went. Rouge pretended to look interested. The floor was tiled with white tiles and green designs on them. The counter was the same lime green as the floor designs. Knuckles showed her every room except one. "Here's the surprise want to show you." Knuckles said. He covered Rouge's eyes, and opened the door. In the room was the Master Emerald. "Are you...?" Rouge trailed off, sounding dramatic. She widened her eyes. "The guardian of the Emerald? Yea...I'm the last one left so I guess someone's gotta do it...it gets lonely sometimes though..." Knuckles said. Ruge pretended to admire him. Knuckles' stomach did a flip and his heart pounded as she went closer to him. "Can I ask where the bathroom is? I forget where it is..." Rouge went off. Darn...Well she probably doesn't like me anyway. We have only met two hours ago... Knuckles thought. "Sure. It's down the hall first room to the left." He instructed. Rouge thanked him and went off. Knuckles sat next to the Master Emerald and thought about her. He coudn't place his knuckle in what it was that he liked about her so much...Of course she was beautiful and nice and they shared many interests...but there was more.
Rouge went into the bathroom and pulled out a walkie talkie. "Topaz? I've located the echidna and am in his home. The Master Emerald is under lo security. I think I'll be able to snatch it soon. Over." Rouge said through it. "Good job, Rouge. Remeber, you have a week to return it, or you're pay gets cut in half.I'm searching for more Chaos Emeralds, and have had no luck. Over." Topaz's voice said. "Yea this is a real knucklehead we're dealing with. He fell for my plan, thinking I was homeless...what a sucker I almost feel bad for him! Well, I have to go he thinks I'm in the bathroom. Over." Rouge finished and turned it off. She hid it and turned on the water, making her gloves wet. "I'm back. Thank you so much for the hospitality, Knuckles!" Rouge faked. "No problem. It's getting late, we shoud go to bed." Knuckles said. Rouge agreed, and left the room for the spare one that she was staying in. "Goodnight." Rouge said, and hugged Knuckles in a friendly way. Knuckles blushed a rose red, and fell on the floor after she left the room. She's so dreamy... Knuckles thought, and drifted to sleep right there on the floor. His dreams were filled with memories from that day. He had a replay of the dark alley, and when he first laid his eyes on hers. Everything was going well for him, except the fact he lost his job and was expacting a mad Chinese guy at his door the next day, asking for fifty dollars.
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