Life After: Sonic Crew

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Angel Island 6 months since Shadow's return

"You're doing WHAT! To me!" She screamed at him.

"I'm sorry but I'm doing this for your own safety...I'm sorry Rouge." Rouge's eyes grew teary.

"Why are you doing this to me? I thought you loved me Knuckles."

"I do and that's why I have break up with you...I don't want do this but I have to otherwise your gonna die."

"Knuckles! I don't care if die today, tomorrow, in one hour, I rather die now knowing you loved me than living out a life alone!" She ran into a forest and fell to her knees and cried her eyes out.

Back at the shrine Knuckles was mad with himself for what he had to do, he turn to the jewel that cost him everything "You stupid jewel." He punched it with all his might causing two large holes from his knuckle barbs.

A flash of light came out of one hole and the other one had a blue liquid flowing out. Tikal and Chaos took their forms, Tikal looked Knuckles "Knuckles what's wrong? And what's with all the punching?" Knuckles sat down and buried his face in his hands "I...had...t-to... leave...R-Rouge."

Tikal placed her hand on his soaked chin lifting it making Knuckles think that she was about to comfort him but he got was slap from her and "How could you! Knuckles how could you do that to her?"

"I had to otherwise they wer—" Tikal slapped him twice as hard again. "FUCK THEM! Who gives a shit about them! She was your one chance at happiness, I've seen you with her, you act different around her you act like your true self not putting up your tuff guardian act. You would tell me endless times she was best thing that ever happen to you! Well? what ever happened to that?"

He sat there saying nothing "Oh I see Knuckles you don't love her do you?"

"Of course I do!"

"Oh? Then why are you letting her get away. You know she'll probably find someone one else."

"That's what I want her to do, to be happy...with some... one...else." His voice began to break.

"That's what I thought. You wouldn't be able to live with yourself knowing you could have had the woman of your dreams, but you can't because you have to obey a stupid gem…"

Knuckles realized Tikal was right, he loved Rouge and he too knew that he couldn't live knowing Rouge was with someone else. Still lost in his thoughts he kept thinking of the blue echidna that started this.

Flash back to night before

Knuckles was walking back to his house. He kept thinking about what to do tomorrow, it was the one day he would have he and Rouge would have to themselves with no work, no guarding, just a day to themselves.

He was then startled by a glowing sky blue echidna that walked out of the trees. Knuckles recognized the echidna.

"You! What are you? And why are you even here." The echidna looked at him and said

"You've had you time! Deal with this problem now I swear that by the next two sunsets I will kill her!" Knuckles took a fighting stance like in his dreams but there was no Rouge which was a good thing.

"What problem?" The sky blue echidna looked at the red echidna holding his fist up, he sighed.

"Knuckles you know what problem I speak of, but if you have forgotten the problem is Rouge The Bat."

Knuckles charged toward the blue echidna, but passed right through him. The blue echidna shook his head as if saying tisk-tisk.

"Knuckles I am a spirit, you cannot harm me in anyway possible in your normal form." He walked over to him grabbed his arm and slammed him into rock wall, and Knuckles looked at him and saw the smirk on the echidna's ghostly face he said "But I on the other hand.".

He brought his gloveless knuckle barbs to Knuckles's face and gave him a good look at his large sharp knuckle bones, "Can kill you, but since you are the last guardian I will not." He let go of him, letting him fall down.

The echidna crossed his arms "Knuckles I am the third guardian to ever exist and I am here to tell you if do not to as the conclave demands, the threat or Rouge will be removed by any means necessary, even if that means death."

"I thought guardians were peace loving creatures." Knuckles said sarcastically.

"Yes we are but not when it comes to threats."

Knuckles stood up and gave him a death glare "She means no harm, she is not a threat, why can you not get that through your hollow head!"

"Is that any way to talk to those who have blessed you in every way possible?"

"You call this a blessing? This is a burden I can't be with the woman I love because of the Master Emerald and you call this a blessing! I call this a load of BULL SHIT!" The eyes of the blue echidna went from a glowing white to a glowing blood red.

"Let me put it to you in these terms, either you get rid of her by two sunsets or I will come back and kill her painfully." And with that he disappeared.

Knuckles walked back with his head low.

"I can believe it he's actually going to do it." He walked to his bed and laid down "Why do all of my dreams have to come true?" A tear fell from his eye to his pillow.

End of Flash back

Knuckles snapped out of his trance when Tikal said "By the time she gets to the city she probably have another guy with her and it wont be you."

'She's right! I can't let this happen, I going to find a way to stop this from happening.' Knuckles got up and bolted in the direction Rouge ran.

Edge Of Angel Island

"There is no reason to live why should I even be here? He doesn't love me." She was on the edge of the island ready to jump. And she did, she had a choice to fly to the land below or fall and die on impact.

But as she jumped; Knuckles came out the forest and saw her "No!" but it was to late she jumped, he ran and jumped after her.

He took a diving form in order to catch up with her; she was lost in her thoughts to notice what was happening. She close her eyes and began to fade in her thoughts; he stretched out his hands and grabbed her waist and pulled her closer, he noticed that they were approaching the ground too fast for his dreadlocks to slow them enough, he put his back to the ground and braced for impact while holding Rouge close.

Knuckles hit the ground grunting, he hit his head and everything faded for him; his body was a shock absorber for Rouge. She land a few feet away from him with a few cuts on her body, the landing got her out of her deep thoughts.

She looked around for a reason of why she lived then eyes landed on Knuckles's lifeless body "Oh no! Please no Knuckles!"

She ran to his body she looked around she saw her cell phone. Do to the fall it was damaged, it worked but barley she called Sonic "Sonic speaking"

"Sonic come to Mystic Ruins I need you to help me get Knuckles to a hospital now!" He hung up without saying anything. He arrived in no time "I'll take him now, you catch up later." He sped off carrying Knuckles; she ran trying to catch up hold a wound on her arm.

Hospital

Knuckles was in a bed with a cast on his left arm, still unconscious Rouge arrived, Sonic was in his room She walked in "How is he?"

"Doctors say he come back but it may be a day or two though." Rouge looked at Knuckles in the bed "This all my fault." A tear grew in her eye, Sonic wiped it "I'm sure it's not your fault Rouge." She sighed and walked over to him and took his hand.

"I love you." Sonic walked out leaving the two alone.

Next Day

He opened his eyes and saw Sonic, Amy, Tails, and Shadow, Mina but no Rouge…

"Hey your up." Sonic said

"Uh...ROUGE! Where's Rouge?" Knuckles said sitting up then something gently pushed him back it was Rouge's hand, she laying next to him in the bed "Shush. Relax you need to rest. I'm fine." She said he looked at her.

"Rouge I'm so sorry for what I did. I don't know what I was thinking." Everyone left as the two began to kiss.

Outside

"Shadow I have something to tell you." Mina said with a worried voice while walking over to Shadow, the two had been dating for the past six months.

Sonic and Amy were talking about food "So what do want me to ge—"

He looked at Shadow who yelled "Your what! But how can you be!" Mina kept trying to calm down the hedgehog. Sonic walked over to the two "Hey what's with the yelling Shadow?"

All he did was give Mina a cold glare and walked off saying "I never want to see you ever again Mina, ever." Mina fell down and began cried.

"Will some one tell me what's going on?" Sonic asked "Sonic I-I'm pregnant." Sonic had the "O" expression on his face "But...t-that's not all."

"You mean there's more?" He asked in disbelief

"One...i-it not his, t-two its yours..." She said crying.

DUN DA DUN!

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