A/N: Enjoy!
Fresh Outfit & Genius Minds
"Is she always like this?"
"Hmmm…" Vanilla side-eyed her pink friend. She was sullenly gazing out the window, the pout present on her face making the rabbit roll her eyes. "Yeah, she can't handle losing. That's her way of whining."
Amy's right ear twitched.
The group had landed back on the planet without a hitch and then not wasting a moment more, headed to Tails's home, located in Station Square. When entering the home, Sonic had ungracefully dumped the unconscious pink hedgehog on the fox's orange leather sofa, took a speedy shower, and dressed in his red and white jacket and gloves before taking off, waving to everyone without saying a word. Seconds later, he returned with a bagged veggie sub in hand, tossed it at Rouge, who caught it and placed it on the table, where Cream was seated, eagerly waiting and salivating for the food. The blue blur was gone before the little rabbit even took a bite, telling the group to send the pink blur after him when she's up and running. As Tails went to his shop to do whatever he usually does and Knuckles, back to his shrine, Vanilla remained with Rouge, Cream, and the bratty hedgehog along with her comatose friend.
Sometime later while tinkering with the Universe traveling watch, which had gone dead for unknown reasons, Vanilla, and the others heard rustling, followed by a pained groan. When the two rabbits and bat eyed Amy, they saw her cross her arms, frown, and face the window sourly. Now, she has been like that for nearly half an hour and while Vanilla didn't seem bothered by it (nor did Amy's doppelganger), Rouge and Cream were curious.
Curiously getting the best of her, the little rabbit hopped off her seat and walked to the spaced-out hedgehog. Tugging on Amy's green skirt, the pink hedgehog's ear flapped like tiny wings, indicating that she was aware of Cream even though she had not removed her gaze from the window.
The older rabbit tried to warn the little one, but it was too late.
"Miss Amy, you know it's okay to lose sometimes."
Vanilla winced knowingly as Cream yelped and ran back to Rouge, jumping into her arms when Amy growled.
"Hey! That's not very nice! She was just trying to help!" Rouge sneered, protectively hugging Cream.
Amy Rose sniggered as her fingers rapidly tapped away at her phone screen. "Maybe bitch does run in all Amys."
Her counterpart bit back a retort.
Vanilla sighed. "Just leave her alone. Her whiney phase will go away eventually-"
"How's that PMS watch going, V?"
Rouge choked on her drink, Amy Rose's jaw dropped while Cream blinked, tilting her head confusingly.
Vanilla stopped fiddling with the watch, placing her tool on the table. "Oh, it's still dead. I can't figure out what happened. I ran every test-" She paused when she saw everyone staring at her like she had grown two heads. "What? Why are you all looking at me like that?"
"PMS watch?" Amy Rose and Rouge echoed.
"What's a PMS watch?" Cream questioned innocently.
Vanilla's eyes brightened gleefully. "Oh! This! Remember I showed this to you guys on the ship!" the rabbit said, gesturing to the dismantled watch.
"Oh, but why did you name it that?"
"Yes, why did you name it that, V?" the pink blur pressed on, shamelessly taking advantage of her friend's oblivious nature with a ghost of a grin.
"Because it stands for Personal Multiverse Time Stone watch. I thought that the PMTSW abbreviation was too long and PMTS was not short enough, so I removed the T and bam, PMS watch! It's a great name, isn't it!?" She said, proudly.
Rouge, who had less of a mischievous persona than her doppelganger, was about to point out how inappropriate the abbreviation was but Amy Rose kicked her in the shin, making her hiss in pain, putting a stop to her goal. The bat scowled at her, however when she saw her nudge her chin at the pink blur, Rouge turned and all was forgiven when she noticed the small grin splitting her lips.
Rouge smiled with amusement. "Yeah, it's a great name."
Vanilla beamed.
Her grin falling off, Amy stood and stretched out like a feline cat. Moving to her friend, she grimaced; the watch was utterly butchered, and to make it worse, Vanilla didn't seem to know where to start.
"V…why don't you ask that fox, Tails, to help you-"
"Nope."
"Why are you so reluctant to work with him?"
"Because…because he's weird…"
Amy raised her brows, watching her friend fidgeting with one of her long ears. "Weird?"
"Yes."
"How so?"
"H-he keeps on hitting on me…"
"Really?" She eyed the others. "Really?"
Rouge shook her head. "I don't think he has said a word to her since the ship right here. He went straight into his workshop as soon as we arrived here."
"Really…"The pink blur sounded doubtful, scrutinizing her best friend.
Amy Rose laughed, loud. "He did that eye thing, didn't he? Where he stares at you but doesn't know that the person he's staring at knows he's staring at them."
Vanilla snapped her fingers. "That's it!"
"Miss V."Cream's voice squeaked, getting Vanilla's attention. On the ship ride home, she had told Rouge and the older rabbit that she'd rather address her as V like her best friend did since it was painful to say her actually name; it was her mother's name after all and it didn't help that she looks exactly like her, just younger, different personality and outfit. The older rabbit had smiled, telling her that that was fine.
"Yeah."
"Mister Tails is harmless. He's just a hopeless romantic. It's clear that he has…uhhmmm has the 'hots' for you. Perhaps you should give him a chance? He's a very sweet guy and-"
Rouge cupped the little rabbit's mouth shut, fishing her into her arms. "Sorry about that sweetheart, Cream can be a bit perceptive at times…" The bat smiled with embarrassment.
Both Amy's burst out in laughter.
"Told you to stop letting her watch those cheesy romance flicks, Rouge!"
"This kid is an adorable riot!"
"Stop teasing guys!" Vanilla whined, covering her face with her long ears.
When the giggling faded, the pink blur jade eyes narrowed. "Look V, get your butt down there and ask the fox for help. We didn't come here for a vacation." The rabbit had informed everyone of their dilemma on the ship, so they were all up to date. "So get to it and for the love of God, take a shower first! You smell like sh-h-horrible!" She tried to be mindful of Cream.
"I can't smell that bad!" She said, however when she noticed that everyone had been at least six feet away from her since they arrived here, she smiled nervously. "Oops…"
Standing up, Rouge said: "Upstairs to your right is the bathroom. I'll go get you some clothes from Tails's room." And left.
Vanilla's face screwed up. "Wait, I don't want to wear his clothes!" she cried out as she stood and followed the bat, her shoulders sagging gloomily.
Some moments later, Rouge returned, yawning tiredly. "Man, I'm beat! Come on Cream, let's go home." The bat smiled, a smile that the pink blur was familiar with. "Why don't you take your twin here shopping for a new outfit?"
Amy frowned. "What's wrong with the one that I have-"
The pink blur jumped when her double grabbed both her hands, her eyes widening in surprise when she saw identical ones glittering with excitement.
"They look like absolute trash! But don't worry! I can fix that!" The now perky pink hedgehog chirped, gold stars animatedly spinning within her orbs.
"What?! He-er-heck no! Let go!" She snarled, trying to peel her hands from her annoying counterpart's vice-like grip.
Rouge giggled as she watched the pink blur look at her pleadingly as her twin dragged her out of the house. "I promise you won't regret it! She knows style!"
"Miss Rouge…"
"Sup pimpkin?"
"Why did mama have to die…"
Rouge's heart twisted in pain as her jewel eyes faced the direction the little rabbit was looking; she was staring at the stairs way, her caramel-brown eyes shining with unshed tears. "I-it's like heaven is m-making fun of me…"
Crouching down, Rouge's own orbs watered as she pulled Cream into a hug full of love. "I don't know honey."
And she didn't. She really didn't. She didn't even know what to say anymore to comfort the rabbit.
"You being here makes it hurt less." She said, almost as if Cream had read the bat's thoughts.
Rouge gave a watery smile. "You really are too smart for your own good kid!"
"I know."
They hugged each other tighter.
Amy shook her head in disbelief as she stared at the red one-piece outfit that hung before her. "I'm not wearing that or the other one." She said, pointing at the grey one.
Amy Rose dramatically stomped a foot. "But you'd look good in them! Especially the schoolgirl one! We could be twins!" She gushed.
The pink blur stuck her tongue out in revulsion. "I don't want to be twins with you. I don't even want to be here!" She growled out.
Her double's eyelids narrowed into slits; then she sighed, throwing her hands up in defeat. "Finnee, put these on!"
Reaching out behind the grey school-girl outfit, she pulled out another outfit…one that actually piqued her interest. Placing them on the pink blur's open arms, she headed to the back and returned with a box of shoes.
"I wanted to make you super cute and hot like me, but you are just too stubborn to reason with; probably your tom-boy persona." She plopped down onto a chair.
Eying the clothes again, she shrugged and walked to the changing room. A few minutes later, Amy returned, her scowl completely gone. Her doppelganger gave a cocky grin.
"Well?"
Looking at the mirror, she studied her outfit again.
For her upper body, she wore a green zip-up jacket, with a thin pop-up collar; it enveloped her dark purple fitted shirt, which matched her fingerless gloves nicely. Her green jacket slightly overlapped her mid-thigh blue-jean skirt. With dark purple leggings that nearly kissed her skirt and a pair of dark green and white shoes (which had black heels on the bottom), her outfit was…was-
"This is sick…" She whispered, nesting a thin plastic red headband through her pink quills, adjusting it back so that it would hold her hair in place.
"What was that?" Her counterpart walked up to her, wearing a shit-eating-grin.
Amy failed to hold back a blush when she realized that she had said that out loud. "It's nice…"
Amy Rose sighed in disappointment. "I honestly don't like it, but I knew that you would."
Taking off one of the shoes, the pink blur examined it further. "These look familiar…"
Her double smiled. "Sure they are! Those are the famous Soap Shoes, the ones that Sonic wears."
Amy had half a mind to chuck the shoes across the store or perhaps burn them later, but the more and more she looked at them, the more she wanted them. They look soooo coooll!
"Still feeling sour about Sonic huh?" Amy Rose watched her twin glare at the shoes, tracing her fingers against the smooth leather; she shook her head. "Let that shit go. He did it cuz you were freakin out, so, like, chill."
Nodding absentmindedly, her lips turned upright when she realized that the brat version of her was being the voice of reason. Returning her focus to the shoe in hand, she admired it further.
Amy Rose opened her hand and said: "Give it here."
Passing her the shoe, the hedgehog watched in surprise when her double, with a bit of pressure on the sides, managed to detached the lower black heels of the shoes. "They are customizable-"
"Oh thank God!" the pink blur sighed with relief. "That's one thing I didn't like about them! I don't think I can run with those things attached."
"Yes, yes you can. These shoes are specifically made for running. They will endure high levels of heat. These babies are top of the line! Sonic isn't the only speedster in the world, but he is the faster…well now because of you, we know he is the fastest in this world. Anyway, like I was about to say, you could use them without the bottom heels, but I wouldn't recommend it. Those heels prevent you from slipping and give you an overall better grip against the ground; both sharper and smoother turns even on ice! Also, you can ask Tails to personally customize them for you to replace those heels. He's been doing that shit for Sonic for years."
"Sweet…" Amy murmured, slipping the shoe back on when her counterpart clipped the heel back into the shoe and handed it to her. "If you think I like you because of this…I don't."
"Whatever." She shrugged. "By the way, you don't have to pay a dime."
"But-"
"Nah, you're good. You wouldn't be able to afford it anyway."
"I have money, you brat! I ain't poor! And I know the currency is the same as in my Universe! I've seen the bills here!" She knew her counterpart was telling the truth, but she didn't have to be an ass about it.
Amy Rose rolled her jade orbs. "It's my gift, seriously. I'm not as bad as you think…at least I think so. Two more things; one, if you somehow make it back here in the future, you can ask for this outfit or even something else. Just say you're my sister or cousin, doesn't matter. They have no reason to not believe you since you look like me. Second, that gross sourpuss face is annoying; if you want another go at Sonic, go directly straight from here and cross the ocean. There should be an open field, now get the hell out of my face." With that, she turned to leave.
"Why? What's the catch?"
"Nothing. You just resemble me and I hate it. It's very offensive and unacceptable to have someone who looks like me wear trash clothes. So while I still don't like the outfit, it's at least more presentable than the thing you had on before."
"I think I'm gonna burn these."
Amy Rose laughed on her way out. "Do whatever you want."
She really didn't want to accept anything from that brat...but…
Amy swore.
"Shit, why these clothes have to be so cool…"
"Damn, how'd she do it?" Tails mumbled, his hand placed under his chin as his blue eyes remained glued to a pair of shoes, Sonic's Soap shoes to be exact. "I'd love to somehow implement the technology she created in the watch into Sonic's shoes."
He's been working with the theory on proving that Multiverse travel is possible for years and the closest confirmation that some form of it exists well, Chaos Control, a technique that allows users to warp time and space. It's mostly used to freeze time or teleport to far distances. One of their allies was a master user and from times to times gave Sonic tips to further refine the technique.
Then this rabbit sudden appears; a superhot and genius version of Cream's mother, Vanilla. She had figured it out, the secret to dimensional travel! She had proven that freaking multiverse travel is indeed possible! And he desperately wanted to know how but…
I know it, I just know I scared her off! Cause of my weakness! Beautiful girls! Tails groaned, facepalming. If she had just been a guy, we'd be in here now, throwing ideas back and forth!
Standing up with a stretch, he strode to a mini-fridge, grabbing a cold bottle of water. Twisting the cap off, he took a swig of the water, draining half of it. "I mean it's not like she's gonna knock on the door-"
KNOCK KNOCK
The fox froze. "Y-yeah…" He said, cautiously.
Opening the door, his heart nearly stopped.
Standing in front of him, with an unhappy expression, was Vanilla. Quickly giving her a once-over, he noticed that she was wearing a white short sleeved shirt that was clearly too big for her frame and a pair of blue shorts which had little fox faces designs. He only owned these types of clothes just in case it became too cold but…I guess this is another reason why…
"Please don't."
"Don't what?"
"Say something stupid, like 'you look good in my clothes' or something along those lines." The rabbit said, watching her step as she wanted inside the fox's workplace.
"I wasn't go-"
"And don't play stupid with me fox-boy." Vanilla opened a baggy that she had acquired from the kitchen upstairs, carefully dumping its contents on the table.
Joining the rabbit, he examined the content scattered on it as he sat on his chair.
"It's the PMS watch, I-"
Vanilla almost screamed in frustration, clutching her fists tightly when she saw the fox's blue orbs widen and his jaw drop. "What. Is. The. Matter?" She asked, her lips pressing into a thin line.
Tails waved his hands comically at the heated glare he was receiving from the rabbit. "N-nothing!"
"Really?" Vanilla crossed her arms. "Because it's not just you. It's fucking everyone! Every time I mention that abbreviation, which stands for Personal Multiverse Time Stone watch, I get that look you are giving me! I don't understand why! I called it that on the ship and you all didn't say shit about it! Was no one listening to me?!"
She's even hot while angry. Shaking his head of such lewd thoughts, he decided to change the subject. After all, he didn't want to be the one to tell her what that abbreviation is usually associated with. Weird, since she's a…girl…
"Calm down," he said, gesturing for her to take a seat. "Guess you need help rebuilding the watch, huh?"
Letting the subject go as she always did, she replied. "Yeah…I took it apart because it just stopped working after Amy used it to get us here. I can't figure out why."
"Hmmm let's see…" Moving the scattered pieces around, he noticed some kind of blue sludge substance, which was contained in a tiny transparent cylinder bottle. He opened the bottle, wanting to take a sample of the substance.
Taking a peek at what the fox was observing, she winced. "That's-"
They both jerked their heads when a spark of green energy lit up the fox's shop. Looking to his far-right, he saw the seven Chaos Emeralds shining vibrantly.
It then got brighter.
"T-Tails, what's happening?"
And brighter.
"I don't know, but if we don't-"
Vanilla yelp, grabbing onto the fox's arm when the Emeralds sparked and crackled loudly, the room now completely coated in neon green light.
"Tails stop it somehow!"
"I don't know how!" His eyes dropping to the cylinder bottle, which was reacting in the same manner as the Emeralds; he hurriedly pushed the lid back on the bottle and all went silent, the room darkening again.
"Vanilla…is this artificial Chaos energy?" he asked gently
Cheek pressed against his furry white chest, she tilted her head up, swallowing thickly when she saw the frown on his face; the frown that Amy gave her when she did something she shouldn't have.
"No…"
Tails sighed with relief, glad that crisis had been avoid-
"It's an artificial shrunken version of a Time Stone, with real Time Stone energy."
"Is it supposed to be melted?"
Vanilla bit her lip as she pushed herself from the fox, sitting upright. "It was solid when I installed it in the bottle…"
Tails nodded, scratching behind his ear. "Okay, perhaps it has to do with that. I never heard of these Time Stones, but maybe they don't respond well with Chaos Emeralds."
When he saw Vanilla fidgeting with one ear like Cream did when she was caught stealing a cookie straight from the jar, he urged her to spit it out with a wave of his hand.
"An artificial Time Stone wasn't the only thing in the bottle. I had also put in a tiny tiny shard of a Chaos Emerald…well I melted it first and then poured it in."
Tails shook his head in disbelief. "So there is Chaos energy in there and-this…this…was an actual Emerald shard? How did you even melt it? I know with enough weight, and we're talking about iron-like weight, it can be shattered, but only if the Emerald isn't active. So if the Emerald is shining, it will not break. So, does the same rule apply when melting it, I wonder?"
"With an oxyacetylene torch. It needs to be as hot as possible and as you said, not active."
Tails blinked. "You…you are crazy! When the Emerald is broken, you can put it back together like a puzzle, but if you melt it, man I don't think it can be fixed and even if it is, I doubt its appearance will be the same again."
The rabbit's face fell. "Doesn't really matter. Only a shard of a Chaos Emerald in my Universe has power. That melted piece in the bottle, I chipped it from the shard to juice up the artificial Time Stone."
"And you did this and finished creating the watch before the metal virus stuff happened?"
"Yes, long before the metal virus was even a thing. It took me years to figure out if the Multiverse was real. One year ago all my research and calculations matched and yes, I will give you all the information you need to replicate it IF you are able to help us get back home with a solution to our problem."
The fox smiled, his twin tails visibly wagging in excitement, causing the rabbit to force down a giggle that wanted to burst out of her mouth; she didn't want to give him any ideas, like leading him to believe that she thought it was cute seeing his tails spin like that…can he fly with them-wait, don't care!
"We will definitely help!"
Vanilla gave the fox a genuine smile, making his stomach flutter.
"But yeah, during that year, I began experimenting with Time Stone and Chaos Emerald power, mostly Time Stones because studying with a single Chaos Emerald shard can only take you so far. Months later, after multiple failures, I finally crafted a perfect artificial Time Stone. But-"
"It was just a vessel, so no power." Tails intervened.
"Exactly. I tried to make Time Stone energy, but couldn't."
"Yeah, same goes for Emeralds too, so you didn't miss anything there."
"Soooo I went and transferred some energy from the actual source and bam, a fake Time Stone! After that, I-"
She's perfect…a little reckless, but perfect! Tails! Don't do the eye thing! Don't do the eye thing!
Now he didn't know if he failed or not, but he did know that she was blushing, cheeks flushed red to the max and brown eyes sparkling with delight. It could be all this science they were discussing. That, and Amy Rose loves to point out how his face looks like when in 'science mode' through memes and well, that's the face Vanilla's making now.
Then her smile dropped.
He hated it.
"Then, our Sonic, who has no super speed and can't fight at all, gets kidnapped and Robotnik released the virus. That's the day I had completed the watch and you know, without testing, it was a hit or miss. Me, Amy, and Rouge were there and… " the fox's ears flatten when the rabbit sniffled and whimpered, trying to contain her tears. "I told Amy to run. She had the watch on! Regardless, she took me along with her, leaving Rouge behind because I was the one closest to her. But why would it had matter at that point…Amy obviously could not hold both of us and…th-the virus had already consumed Rouge so-" she choked out a cry, breaking into tears.
Watching her cover her face with her ears to hide her cascading tears, Tails reached out to her, but then recoiled back to his seat. He didn't know if she liked to be comfort in such a manner, especially by a stranger.
He didn't know how much time passed. Two minutes? Five minutes? Or maybe even as far as ten, but eventually her tears did end. Pulling a couple of tissues from the box on the corner of the table, he handed them to her, the rabbit sheepishly thanking him while taking them.
"I'm sorry for breaking down like that…I've been holding that in since coming here."
"It's no problem," Tails said with a grin, making Vanilla's smile return.
This he loved.
"Now let's get to work-wait, out of curiosity, how did the Chaos Emeralds in your Universe lose their power?"
"Oh that is an interesting but very tragic story," Vanilla grimaced. "About four years ago, Robotnik-"
Tails chuckled.
"What?"
"It's just that, no one calls him Robotnik anymore. Even he doesn't. We call him Eggman."
He watched as Vanilla's brown-caramel orbs grew. When her lips trembled, she hastily snatched one ear and shoved it against her lips, falling into a giggling fit; the damn butterflies took off again.
Oh man, man, man! I'm so in trouble! She is…everything I've ever wanted in a girl! Smart, beautiful, sweet, and can most def pull off sexy. He sighed. But with my track record, I'm likely to screw it up, leaving Sonic the job to pick up the broken pieces of my heart. Not just that; this adorable girl isn't from this Universe, so it will never work out. Once she leaves, I'll probably never see her again.
"That actually makes sense. I can't wait until I tell Amy! She'll tease him to the point that we will have him calling himself that! Back to the story, about four years ago, Eggman had this great idea to make a theme park, wanting to call it Robotnik Land."
"Named it Eggman Land here."
"Now I don't know how evil the Eggman here is, but in our Universe, he's horrible. You see, his goal was to build a theme park the size of a city and he wanted to do it in a populated area! Long story short, he got pissed because of our interference and the nuke, which he had stolen from G.U.N, was up and ready-"
Tails gasped. "He's gonna freaking nuke the city!?"
"Yup and to make it worse, he loaded the nuclear bomb with the seven Chaos Emeralds! We rushed to stop him from launching it, but of course, he sent an army of robots to slow us down. Needless to say, he fired it and Amy was in panic, knowing that she was the only one that could reach the city in time, but what's the point? She doesn't have super strength! She's just as vulnerable as the rest of us, but nevertheless, Amy wasn't going to quit. She told me and Rouge that this might be the last time we see her and right there and then I knew she was going to use the Chaos Guard, you know the technique she used against your Sonic. Unfortunately, Eggman had taken advantage of her brief hesitation and had one of his robots knock her out."
"We failed that day and Amy was devastated when she awakened to the biggest story in the world, the nuclear bomb that took out Station Square…along with ten other cities…"
"Holy shit!" Tails jaw dropped. "I don't think our Eggman is that dark...at least as far as we know."
Vanilla laughed bitterly, her face darken with pure hate. "You know what's funny? He didn't end up building the theme park due to the radiation from the nuke. It was all freaking stupid since who in their right mind would go to a theme park which he created!? Anyway, when we located the Emeralds that were scattered around the cities, we noticed that they were colorless, transparent, and cracked. Rouge was able to close the cracks and she tried to use the Master Emerald to speed the healing process, but nothing. She then told us that the Emeralds were overused and that perhaps the radiation was slowing down the healing process, but their power will return with time; also didn't happen…well the blue Emerald did. The problem? A single side of it had survived and we decided to chip that shard off in case that piece would succumb to infection. The rest we stored in a box, hoping that one day we can find a way to restore its power."
Tails shook his head.
"… so you melted and combined a shard of a radioactive Chaos Emerald with an artificial Time Stone. You then slip and pour that into a prototype watch, which possibly has the capability to perform Multiverse traveling, do you see where I'm going with this?"
Vanilla's eyes lit with anger. "Hey, if I hadn't done that, me and Amy would not be here right now, alive!"
Tails nodded. "That being said, your goal for Universe travel was successful. However, it is unfortunate that your first trip was used to escape death."
"I wish I had met you in different circumstances, Vanilla. You are something special-"
The fox's eyes widen, as he realized what he had just said.
The rabbit's mouth rounded, utterly speechless.
He stared at her.
She stared back.
Then he broke contact with her, deciding that fiddling with the pieces of the watch was best after the screw up he had done.
Too bad if he had gazed at her for a little bit longer he would have seen the rabbit grab an ear, press it against her chest before petting it gently, her cheeks glowing pink as a foreign warm feeling burst within her stomach.
A/N: The Amy twins squabbles continue XD. Who is actually worse lol They both have very noticeable flaws but bratty Amy DOES get some brownie points for giving her twin the fresh outfit, no? Yeah, she did it in a condescending manner...and it was more to make herself feel better ^_^;
BTW, U26!Amy's new outfit is displayed on the cover art for this fanfic. As I said in the first chapter, I didn't draw it. I just messed with it and put other artwork together.
Tails/Vanilla was also fun to write as it did have a tiny bit of fluff.
Overall, it was a good chapter in my opinion. The next one will include U26!Amy's encounter with U7!Sonic.
Thanks for reading!
(Posted: 9/24/2020)
~Gater~
