Author's note: Wow, this story is liked already. I guess it wouldn't hurt to continue.
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Chapter 2: Morning
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Somewhere in the alleys of Central City, a shady figure guarded the entrance to a club. Just behind him, several posters were stuck on the walls. One poster in particular read "CLUB ROUGE". This was the name of the club down the stairs.
Not far away, just around the corner, there was a flash of light and a rather odd-looking character appeared out of nowhere and landed on the ground. She lay on the ground unconscious for a moment before waking up.
Her head was like Amy's, but with Rouge's ears. From her neck down to her waist, she was Rouge, complete with wings and breasts. Below the waist, she was Amy, except for her legs and feet, which were Rouge's. All in all, she was a slightly curious sight.
She got to her feet. "Oh, my head," she moaned in a voice that was halfway between Amy's voice and Rouge's. "What happened?"
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Dawn had just arrived in Emerald Town. Tails woke up early. "Oh… another beautiful day. Man, it rained hard last night. I'll go get Sonic, then do my daily lab maintenance."
Sonic was waiting at the beach when Tails arrived. "Hi, Tails," the former greeted the latter. "You interested in going exploring at Holy Summit this morning?"
"I just woke up, Sonic," Tails responded. "Maybe a little later. I've got a little work to do at my lab. You can come with me, though."
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The aforementioned "fusion" of Amy and Rouge- I'll call her "Rosebat" herein so I won't have to keep referring to her so vaguely- approached the entrance to Club Rouge, where the guard was waiting patiently.
"Hello, Max," Rosebat greeted the guard in question.
"Howdy, uh, whatever your name is," Max replied. "Hey, how'd you know what my name was?"
Rosebat did not respond.
"Never mind," Max interrupted himself. "What's the password?"
Instead of giving an oral response like they do in film noir movies, Rosebat made a flirtatious pose and winked affectionately. Max nearly fainted. "Yep, that's the password. Go on in."
As Rosebat began down the stairs, her Amy side began to show through. "Whoa, this is a little creepy," she said to herself. "And that guy guarding the door seemed pretty shady. I wonder if it's safe to come down here. Nah, it has to be safe. I come here all the time."
Entering a door, Rosebat sat down at Rouge's usual table. Due to a morning shift change, Max walked by at that moment, noticed Rosebat, and approached her.
"Excuse me, dame," Max began, "but that's Rouge's spot. Only Rouge sits there."
"I am Rouge," Rosebat protested. "No, wait, I'm Amy. Or am I …? No, wait, I'm…"
This bit of confusion left Max rather mixed up. "Now wait a minute! Either you're Amy or you're Rouge, which one is it?"
Rosebat finally got out an answer. "I'm- I'm both. I don't know how it happened, but somehow the both of us got combined into one."
Max nodded. "Judging by your appearance, that just might be believable. Do you remember what happened?"
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Tails opened the door into his lab, with Sonic in tow. "Say, Tails," Sonic commented, "did you leave the lights on all night?"
"I doubt it," Tails replied, even though the lights were obviously on. "Maybe someone was here last night. Let's look around."
As Sonic and Tails inspected the lab, Tails was the first to notice that the tele-transporter had been left on. "Hey, Sonic!" Tails called out. "Come over here!"
Not only was the tele-transporter on, it turned out, but the destination was set to the alleys outside Club Rouge. A quick fingerprint analysis of the touch screen revealed that Rouge had indeed been the last one to use it.
"So Rouge was here," Sonic confirmed. "Tails, do you think we should go to that location and see if we can find some kind of clue about what happened here?"
"Absolutely," Tails agreed. "You go first."
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I think my chapters are getting better. This one's divided into four sections. Comments?