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Chapter 2: Bleak is our past
The sun was rising and the warm rays hit Rouge's white fur she fluttered open her eyes. She felt Knuckles soft breathing on her neck. She found that she was more in his lap than before; she must have moved around and ended up there during the night somehow. Rouge also found that Knuckles arms were wrapped around her waste as he slept soundly. 'I don't remember him holding me like this.' She smiled as she looked up at the guardian she studied his handsome features. The bat was amazed at the new array of attractiveness she found in his face. She removed her gloves from her hands and placed them somewhere on her person then she gently ran her index finger down the side of Knuckles face she outlined the silhouette of his eyes and lips and then once more let the tips of her fingers caress the side of his face. Rouge sighed with contempt how she wished this could go on forever. She looked down at the rest of Knuckles body she put her palm on the crescent moon and slid it down his chest he was warm to the touch, Rouge's hand stopped at the waist line of his demons she put the tip of her finger on the silver button of his jeans so tempted to see what would be unveiled she shook her head and removed her finger. What was she thinking if Knuckles was to wake up and find her doing this he'd probably have a cow. She smiled and she pushed a strand of stray hair out of her face as she thought to herself what her reaction would be if Knuckles was to have a positive response to her actions.
Rouge didn't fancy angering the guardian right now so she removed herself form his grip and walked over to the Master Emerald. She looked at it her eyes no longer sparkled at its shimmering beauty the joy and excitement of this jewel was completely gone. She placed her hand on the huge gem even the tingling feeling she use to get from its touch was gone, that feeling only came around when she was able to touch Knuckles. True Knuckles had been a diamond in the rough but how was it that one red echidna could take away her entire enjoyment of jewels. She rolled her shoulders as she continued to watch the stone shine in the morning rays.
Knuckles was awakened by the feeling of a pulsation from the Master Emerald. When ever a living soul touched the Master Emerald it sent out pulsations, Knuckles had been around the Mater Emerald so much that he learned to recognize and pick up this throbbing feeling only he noticed something, the pluses were usual rough and violent feeling. When the Master Emerald was touched by someone like Doctor Eggman or a thief the pulses would feel aggressive but these pulses were soft and gently the kind he felt when he touched the emerald. He saw Rouge standing there her hand was on the stone. Knuckles looked at Rouge his head tilled slightly to the side. He was confused though whenever someone who wanted to steal the Master Emerald or take for any kind of destruction or personal gain the pulses were fierce and stern…and yet Rouge's touch was caused no major disturbance did that mean the she really no longer had a desire to steal the Master Emerald. "I thought I told you not to touch the emerald."
Rouge smiled as she turned to the echidna her hand still on the gem. "No you said I had to leave it alone and leaving it alone can mean so many things and to me it means not stealing it and as you can see I have no intent to do that so therefore I'm not in any violations of our agreement." She backed around the emerald so she was on the other side. Knuckles grinned a little as he saw Rouge peak out from the other side of the emerald she leaned on it slightly. "Agreement terms aren't really your thing are they?" Rouge snickered as she vanished once more behind the Master Emerald.
Knuckles shook his head as he himself stood up and approached the Mater Emerald just as Rouge he put his hand on the emerald and walked around it he didn't see Rouge though. He was confused at first but then he smirked and looked up he saw Rouge on top of the emerald looking down at him with a soft smile. "If you're trying to catch me you'll have to do better than that." She stood up and in one smooth glide she landed at the first step of the staircase of the alter she quickly began to run down them.
Knuckles put on a competitive smirk and ran after her, she had reached the final step and was about to take off into the open green meadow that lay before her, when Knuckles out of no where landed in front of her blocking the way. Rouge returned his smirk and did a quick twist and made it around him. Knuckles made a fast turn of his own and was right on her heels. They were a right out in the middle of the meadow when Knuckles reached out and grabbed Rouge by her wrist causing her to come to a halt. She turned back and faced the red echidna who was smirking at her. "So what was that about having to do better than that to catch you?"
What happened next Knuckles didn't expect Rouge jerked her arm causing Knuckles to come forward and the two somehow tripped each other up and they ended up on the ground. Knuckles was laying on top of Rouge who was smiling up at the blushing male. "Wow you really know how to knock a girl off her feet." Rouge turned head to the side slightly as she blushed herself and gazed at Knuckles through the corner of her eye. Rouge then closed one eye in pain she just realized that Knuckles was on her hurt wing. Knuckles leaned over a little and saw Rouge looking up at him thought one eye. He quickly moved off of her realizing that he was hurting her wing. He sat next to her and looked down at the ground. "Sorry I-" Rouge put a finger over his mouth.
"It's okay."
The two sat together in the middle of the meadow the sun warming their fur. Rouge felt so relaxed she looked at Knuckles who was just staring straight ahead as if concentrating on something. She decided to break the silence "Knuckles."
He turned to her slightly just enough so he could see her. "Yea."
"Where did you grow up?" Rouge didn't know where in the world that came from she was just asking him questions out of the blue she figured that because she had such a crush on him she just wanted to know more about him and his past.
"I…" Knuckles looked at the ground as if debating about what to say or if to say anything at all.
Rouge noticed his hesitation. "It's okay you don't have to tell me if you don't want too."
Knuckles turned to face her fully. "It's not that it's just kind of painful to think about is all." He sighed. "I was born into a huge city that once existed in the Mountains of this island. It was ruled by the different leaders of the echidna tribes." He closed is eyes and squinted as if he had forgotten what he was saying, he reopened his eyes looking at Rouge. "Sorry it's just really hard to remember now, it all happened when I was eight." "My mother…was beautiful her fur was touched with the color of the sun and her eyes were violet like mine she had long white dreadlocks and she loved me very much…my father was a strong red echidna who loved me and my mother with all his heart." Rouge could see the grief in Knuckles eyes as he spoke. "The tribe had been at peace for seven years after I was born but on the eighth year the clan split and were at war for the whole eighth year. My father had done all he could to protect us during that time of war. When he could no longer keep invaders form our boarders he took my mother and me to the mountain where we could escape the valley and all you see around you is the place he wanted to send us. The night of our escape was the night a violent raid came to our home; my father was one of the ones our enemies wanted killed. We ran from our home and I saw it set on fire by a dark red echidna who was leading the invasion. We ran thought the night the smell of fire and the sounds of screaming women and children filled the blackness of the sky. We were only a little ways from the passage that would lead out of the valley when a black echidna attacked my father. They both drew their own sword and stood ready to fight. My mother cried and begged for him not to fight but he only shook his head and told my mother that he must fight and then he ordered her to take me and herself and get out of the valley and escape. That was the first and last time I saw my mother's tears. She took me by the hand and began to pull me in the direction of the pass while I screamed for my father no to stay." Knuckles eyes were slightly closed as he continued his story. "Then when the opening came into view something I won't ever forget happened…out of no where the dark red echidna who had led the invasion stepped into our path, in that very instant he took a dagger and slit my mothers throat and then he stabbed her leaving the dagger in her wound and let her fall to the ground. I was afraid I hugged my mother's body causing myself to become drenched with her blood but I didn't care somehow I knew this would be the very last time I got see her. The killer approached my mothers corpse and me he had brought out a long metallic sword and I assume he was going to kill me next. I looked up at him with murderous intent and that's when I saw a sword go right thought his chest I turned around quickly and saw my father he was soaked in his own blood and he had a huge cut over his heart, he pushed the now dead murderer to the ground and then he quickly picked me up and ran for the passageway. I was kicking and scream for him not to take from my mother but he wouldn't listen and soon I found out why there was a huge mass of warriors approaching when we reached the other side of the passage my father placed me back on my feet and then he pulled out a small green emerald from the pouch on his waste. He showed it to me and said "son this is the Master Emerald it holds great power and with it I am going to save you this is why those people want me dead they want this." He placed the emerald on the ground and it grew to its normal size then he advanced toward it he called forth its power and the enemies that were coming were somehow stopped they could not move all the power of the emerald had begun to cause an earthquake, the gem returned to it's small size and my father snatched it up and came to me. "Take this son and I want you to grow up and be strong and promise me that no matter what you will always protect the emerald and never use its powers for evil of any kind." That was what he told me.
"But dad?" I was questioning him and what he was telling me to do.
"Swear you'll do this for me Knuckles, Swear it!" He had taken me by the shoulders and shook me.
"I swear."
He put the emerald in my hands and then backed up into the passage that was soon to be destroyed and then he said his last words to me. "Don't ever try to come back to this place the emerald has cursed it and all here will die I am the sacrifice for this peace so I must die to, but remember I love you son and your mother loves you too don't forget that." And then huge boulders fell from the cliffs and filled in the passageway."
Rouge's eyes were full of sadness for Knuckles she never knew his past was so sad. Knuckles expression changed too that of anger. "I shouldn't have listen I should have saved my father I should have saved my mother when I had the chance!" Knuckles hit the ground with his fist causing cracks to appear. He was staring at his fist when he saw Rouge's hand touch it lightly.
She then placed her hand completely on top of his fist. "No…it's okay Knuckles you listened to your father because you loved him and there was nothing you could have done to save your mother it wasn't your fault." Knuckles fist softened had he let his hand spread out on the ground. Rouge gently picked it up and clasped it between her own hands. "You didn't do anything wrong…you did all that you could and kept your word to your father." Rouge released his hand and looked slightly in another direction. "At least you knew your parents and that they loved you." Rouge pulled her knees to her chest and rested her head on top of them.
"What you mean by that?" Knuckles wondered what could have pushed her to say that?
"Well I guess I owe you an explanation, I what I know about my parents are things I dug up on my own. My dad left my mom before I was even born he was a love um and leave um kinda guy, and after digging up some dirt I found that my mom was basically a slut…guess you can see where I got my looks huh?" Rouge's eyes were a little teary as she spoke.
Knuckles scooted a little closer to her. "I don't think you're a slut Rouge."
Rouge turned away from him. "Yes you do…everyone does."
Knuckles put his hand on her shoulder. "Well everyone else is wrong you may be a pervert but not slut."
Rouge sighed and turned to face him once again. "When I was born my mom got rid of me as fast as she could, the first orphanage she came to she went in dumped me their, left and never looked back. I grew up in that orphanage that's where I started developing my 'thieving talents'. "As you know I've got a certain weakness for jewels so that's what I took most of the time. When I left the orphanage I decided to use my special talents, I stole whatever I wanted and to my hearts content, but I wasn't the only one who thought I was good at what I do, the government soon captured me and gave me a choice either I stole for them or they'd trial me and have me put in jail for all my crimes. Of course I took the job and have been on the governments leash ever sense…the rest is history." She had smoothed out a bit and was just staring head into space.
Knuckles was staring at her wondering what was so bewitching about her what could have made him spill his whole life's story to her? Did he trust her, no that couldn't be it he wasn't sure he just kept telling himself that she was after the emerald but something was pulling at the back of his mind telling him that it wasn't the Master Emerald she was after.