Our Pasts entwine,and is different from out future19

Miles's jaw dropped a few further inches.Cream removed her glasses which magnified her chocolate brown eyes. Rouge smiled as she moved her hand to Tails's lower jaw and pushed it up.

"H...hi"his cheeks turned a dark crimson,the color of Shadow's eyes.

"Hello"Cream smiled,a little girl's smile.Rouge shook her head and pushed Cream towards Miles.

"Alright...get down to business...I mean ugh...heh that came out wrong...ummm...do scientific things...right...bye"Rouge found her own cheeks grow warm.She walked out quickly,and rushed down the halls.She laughed to herself as she reflected her words...yeah...advice for someone who was younger than her was going to come out wrong.She leaned against the wall and sighed,her smile never fading.She closed her eyes and relaxed.Haveing a little glimpse into her small future.

"Mommy...why were you and daddy laying like that?" a young bat girl asked,a white quill sprouting from the back of her head.She had red stripes like her father,while her brother who was a hedgehog had white.

"Well...ummmm...see...what mommy and daddy do...ummm...I'll tell you when your older"

Rouge laughed again and opened her eyes,only to jump to the ceiling.Mina was standing right in front of her,or had been till Rouge jumped.

"HI BATGIRL!" Mina smiled as Rouge climbed down.

"And just what do you want?"Rouge snarled,showing her fangs.

"Relax...I came to make girl talk"Mina giggled.

"Girl talk is for mortals,I'm part of the dead.Therefor,I don't do girl talk".

"If your dead why not free the living one from your cold grasp".

"Are you implying something Mongoose?"Rouge's eye started to twitch.Mina put up her hands and smiled friendly.

"I mean...maybe you should let Mr.Shadow go.I mean,he deserves someone with a heartbeat.Someone that won't suck the life out of him".

'But he likes it when I bite him' Rouge thought,but her emotional mask didn't change.

"If he wanted out,he would have said something.Besides,its not like I have a heart to break"Rouge clenched and unclenched her fists.

"You have no heart?How could you feel if you have no heart?How could you die with no heart?"

"Was that suppose to make any sense?"Rouge tilted her head as her dark look lightened.Mina shrugged and turned to leave,only to quickly turn right back around and drive a stake through Rouge's heart.She laughed cheerfully as Rouge's eyes went blank and her extended hand suddenly dropped.

"Don't worry,I'll comfort Shadow about his loss of his dead lover" with a bright smile,she started to walk out. Rouge's eyes turned black as she reached for the stake and threw it out.

'She tried to kill you Rouge...kill her' a cool voice spoke inside her mind.She didn't ask who the voice was,but instead walked out,letting her wound heal.Ignoring the blood that dripped from her hand which was placed over it,she started to hunt out Mina.

Rouge stretched out her hand unto the wall.Blood dripped from her finger tips.

"Mina...come out to play"her voice echoed eerily along the empty walls.Sonic came down the hallway looking at a piece of parchment.He glanced up and saw Rouge in front of him,a crazed look in her eyes,before looking back down,before snapping his head back up.He looked to find she was gone,as if she had been an illusion...

"I must be losing it"Sonic shook his head,before folding up his reading material.He looked all around to see if she was hiding somewhere,until his eyes drifted to the wall.Lifting up his hand he dipped his finger into the droplets on the floor.He put it up to his mouth and lightly tasted it,before spitting it back out.Skaing his head,all qills standing on ends. He decided to follow the small trail to find his young scorcorous stalking around the corner,her fangs out,and dark eyes filled with envy.

"Rouge".Sonic spoke her name lightly,and her head whipped around quickly.Her eyes were still black,did this mean she was temporaily blind?

"Who is that?" Her hands reached out and felt Sonic's face,then his quills. She hugged him quickly,surprising him.She...she didn't think he was Shadow,did she? Rouge nuzzled Sonic's neck and purred lightly. Yeah,she did.But before Sonic could speak,with his luck,Shadow came around the corner,and saw the two of them 'together'.His eyes narrowed as Sonic tried to speak.And of course,more good luck,Mina came around that very same corner seconds later.

"Imagine that Mr.Shadow...I had a feeling Ms.Rouge wasn't true to you.And your very best friend the one she's seeing no less"Mina smirked out of the corner of her mouth.

"No...Shadow...this isn't what it looks like...I swear"Sonic tried to say,but Shadow was already marching towards him.He grabbed Rouge's arm hard and yanked her away from Sonic.Rouge tried to move her arms to feel who-ever grabbed her's face,but Shadow wouldn't let go.This was the reason she was dragging her hand against the wall,to navigate where she was.You'd think she'd be able to distinct the voices apart,but it sounded as though someone had slowed whoever was talking's vocal cords,making every word blotchy.Mina laughed...she heard Mina's laugh,loud and clear.Turning her head quickly,she tried to lunge at Mina,but was still restrained by Shadow. Her clawed feet dug into the castle's grounds.She hissed and growled and tried to break free,but to no avail.

"See what happens? I try to warn you Mr.Shadow and she comes and attacks me...keep that vile creature away from me" Mina took a few steps back as Rouge continued to reach out to her.Shadow manuvered his hand quickly so it closed around Rouge's throat tightly,so that she had to fight him.His other hand reached out and grabbed Sonic's throat as well and shook him violently.

"You asked for my help,and I gave it to you.You asked for my friendship,and you earned it.You gave me back my life...but you've now destroyed it.So tell me this,for your own life,do you deserve it?"

"Your...not even...letting...me.get...my...say...in this!" Sonic wheezed.

"Why should I?" Shadow asked coldly.

"Its...the...very...least...YOU OWE ME!" Shadow released him,and watched Sonic take one step back. Sonic took a few breaths,before he then began speaking.

"Look.I was walking through the halls and saw this trail of blood on the walls.I followed it and found Rouge. I simply said her name as in to see what she was doing,and she turned to face me.Her eyes were pure black,and she used her hands to trace my facial features,and felt my quills. I figured she thought I was you,and before I could tell her otherwise,you came around the corner and assumed everything"Sonic's voice was barely a whisper,his vocal cords were throbbing with pain.

"And why did she not tell the difference in your voice to mine?"

"Your asking the wrong hedgehog".

Rouge's senses were starting to come back,his eyesight was in black and white,also very foggy. She finally managed to extend her hand far enough to hit a large spike that extended defensively.She expression held surprise...Shadow? It was Shadow that now held her fast,and was hurting her? Looking through blurred vision she saw his outline and also the outline of the blue one.

'Oh no...what've I done?' she lips trembled as she figured out what must have happened.She then looked to the side and saw a happy Mina.Happy...this girl was happy...happy for her misery. Ajusting her power,Rouge grabbed Shadow's arm and snapped his wrist.

'Sorry babe...' she thought as Shadow growled and turned fast with his other hand to grab her again.To late,Rouge shot after Mina like a torpedo,raising clawed hands.Sonic leaped and grabbed them before she could strike. Mina all the while,screamed as if she 'was' being murdered.

"Rouge!Stop it! I know you don't like Mina,but give it a rest!"

"NO!" Rouge's voice was more like a batlike screetch than anything else.

"She owes me her life.She tried to stake me..."she looked up to see Shadow standing in front of Mina,as if to protect her,"...she tries to kill me,and you defend her...".Yanking her hands out of Sonic's grip she stood up. Her eyes were just starting to turn back blue,so her vision wasn't fooling her,the boys really were trying to protect Mina.

"You know,maybe my friends are right...the living,are nothing but a waste of time.Maybe I should curse your blood line from where you stand,everyone in this entire kingdom.Even those I 'used' to care about...here" she threw a small red pill at Shadow.

"Put this in your drink,it should make life easier for you".

A/N: I know I know,you all probably want my head on a silver platter.I will try to update more often,this is the only promise I can make.Reviews please.