Thanks to everyone who reviewed. Here's chapter 5.


Rouge continued her walk away. She wasn't sure if she should just go back there and tell Knuckles or not.

"If I do it while shes there, then she will just deny the whole thing, and he will believe her over me. But if I wait, I'm giving them more time to go trough with their little plan. I wonder what they need it for anyways?" Rouge said to herself. Thousands of questions raced through her mind. Then she decided she would get some advice from the wisest person she knew.

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"Shadow, I have a question to ask you," Rouge started.

"I'm listening," Shadow said to her.

"Well, I found out that the Babylon Rouges are tricking Knuckles. Wave is pretending to love him, just so they can steal the emerald!" She explained to him.

"So what, are you mad that she is stealing your emerald, or your love?" Shadow asked, smirking.

"How did you...?" Rouge started to ask, but to puzzled to get it out. She hadn't told Shadow that she loved Knuckles.

"Trust me Rouge, everyone knows. You make it so obvious. The only person who doesn't realize is Knuckles himself. And that's probably because hes to bust drooling over you," Shadow told to her.

"Do...Do I really make it that obvious?" She asked, starting to blush.

"Yes," He said, shaking his head up and down.

"Alright, well my question was, what should I do! If I tell Knuckles with Wave there, then she will deny everything, and he won't believe me. But if I don't tell him soon, they might go through with their plan, and it will be to late.," Rouge explained to him.

"mhm..." He hummed while thinking to himself. "You leave Wave to me, I'll get her away from Knuckles for a long enough time for you to tell him."

"Really?" She asked, surprised.

"You seem so shocked," he said.

"Well, I just never thought that you would help anyone when it comes to something like love," Rouge said honestly.

"Well, I guess you don't know me to well then," he chuckled a light laugh. "Lets get going."

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Rouge and Shadow were soon on Angel Island. They watched from the bushes as Wave and Knuckles sat at the alter, talking and laughing.

"Look at them, it makes me sick," Rouge whispered to him. He let out a small chuckle. "So you know the plan?"

"Of course, did you forget who came up with it?" He asked.

"Hehe, sorry," she chuckled.

"Lets just get this over with," He said, standing up from the bushes. He then ran up to the alter where Knuckles and Wave were.

"Hey Shadow, what are you doing here?" Knuckles asked.

"Wave, I just saw Jet and Storm, they are looking for you!" Shadow told her.

"Uh, what?" She asked, almost forgetting about her plan.

"We better get you out of here before they find you!" Shadow told her, pulling her up from the steps of the alter.

"Hes right Wave, lets hide you," Knuckles said, also getting up.

"No Knuckles, I'll take Wave and hide her, you stay here and fight them off," Shadow told him.

"Good idea, I'll see you soon Wave," Knuckles said to her as he kissed her. Rouge almost gaged in the bushes.

"But-" Wave started.

"Hurry!" Shadow yelled as he pulled her away, and darted off in the distance. Knuckles got in a fighting stance.

"I'll make you two freaks pay," he said to himself. Rouge then jumped out of the bushes, and slowly approached him.

"Knuckles..." She started.

"Not now Rouge, I have to mess up these bird brains real good," He said.

"Knuckles," She sighed. "they aren't looking for her,"

"What do you mean?" He asked curiously.

"Because, me and Shadow set it up. It was a plan to get her away from you long enough for me to tell you something," She said, looking down at the ground.

"What is so important that you couldn't tell me when Wave is around?" He asked her.

"Knuckles, I don't know how to tell you this so I'm just going to come out and say it," She started.

"I'm listening," Knuckles said, tapping his foot.

"Wave is, setting you up. I over heard the Babylon Rouges talking. This whole thing is a plan, Wave is not running from them, she is on a mission to pretend to like you, that way they can steal the emerald. I'm not sure what they want it for, but they want it. I'm so sorry," She told him. "Are you okay?" She asked him when he saw that he was staring at the ground, in disbelief.

"I can't believe this..." He said softly.

"I know that you really thought she loved you, and I'm sorry it had to be this way," Rouge told him

"I can't believe that you would lie about that, just to break Wave and I up!" He yelled at her.

"But I'm not lying! I wouldn't lie about something like that!" She hollered back. Just then, Wave and Shadow came running back.

"Don't worry Shadow, if they find me, Knuckles will protect me," Wave said, grabbing Knuckle's arm. "Oh, hello again Rouge, what were you guys talking about?" Wave said, glaring at Rouge.

"Actually, I was just leaving...Do whatever you want Knuckles, but don't say I didn't warn you," Rouge said, as she started walking off.


Well, there's chapter 5. I think this was the best one so far. But I'll let you guys be the judge. REVIEW!