The late afternoon led to Soni waking up looking like a truck hit her, she stumbled out to the main room wrapped in her blankets asking what time is was, her boyfriend wrapped his arms around her from behind in a surprise hug. This was the next part of his trap. He acts all sweet and kind and wanting to protect her for a few day or sometimes a few hours which causes Soni's sympathy card to go into play and always forgive him, she always hates herself for falling for it but he was her first love and high school sweethearts, just the thought of leaving his past self hurts her so much she can't bring herself to do it. He held out a lewd looking black cut apart dress that when worn would barely cover her nipples and almost completely exposed her ass and crotch, Soni admitted it was cute for the bedroom but not the stage. Her boyfriend "persuaded" her into wearing it promising it would be a show stopper and that pictures would sell top for tonight. Soni did her makeup with deep red lipstick and a black smoky look with heavy eyeliner and mascara, she slipped in new clean piercings and put on her 6inch platformer heels. They left for the venue and hyped herself up for the show even though she was in a lot of pain from last night.
Soni's boyfriend grabbed her and kissed her passionately before he walked out on stage. Was this it? Was this finally a change? Soni shook off the cold chill she had then walked out on stage, the tremendous uproar of applause and whistling was heartwarming although a bit embarrassing. Soni did her normal bit of introducing everyone and starting off the show with her staged edgy demeanor. Another 2 hour show with a small break right in the middle which was surprised with visitors, it ended with a song led by Soni and then a solo of genre song at the end of course by her but, it seemed more heartfelt and extremely sad, which the crowd loved but left a certain audience member concerned.
The Chaotix had a blast so far and ended up flashing their badges to get into VIP during the break, Knuckles went along but hung outside the room fearing there was going to be more tension if he went in plus heart still hurt over her being so close with him and then being taken away by the lead of her group. The Chaotix burst in the room with a cheer and instantly began asking a bunch of questions completely nerding out and bothering them, except Soni who was friendly with everyone regardless of how they acted. Espio shyly introduced himself to Soni by grabbing her hand and placing a kiss on the back of it, Soni giggled and introduced herself as well, she grabbed one of the mini posters of her and signed it, she handed it to her adoring fan with a huge smile on her face. Espio graciously took the poster with tears in his eyes and then gloated to the others about his catch today, Knuckles looked in to see everyone geeking out and stepped in to pull them out. Pushing in the door he saw Soni sitting there. She was absolutely stunning and her outfit was making him feel all sorts of out of control, her dress was so tight on her it looked like she was gonna rip right through it, he quickly looked away carrying out Espio and Mighty. Knuckles decided that he was gonna have to wait till tonight to ask her if she was okay from the other day.
The Chaotix went back to their seats to finish the concert and later join the lines for the merch table swearing they would all get up to the booth in time. Soni sat down to get ready for the many fans to bombard her booth but at least shed have her band mates with her tonight or so she thought, looking down at the desk there was a note. " Didn't wanna deal with fans tonight. Take care of them like you do okay? Goodnight. P.S. we'll be out all night and the bus is locked. Call us to let you in." Soni cracked a weak and tired smile but she had to do this and apparently alone, she got all her markers, baggies, and special gift boxes ready and watched as the line built. Soni checked around for security and only one person to manage the line, she stood up with a sigh and stood next to a giant background contrasting her look, pink with sparkles shined with professional lighting. Standingin line the Chaotix were still pretty far back but way closer than they would have been the previous concert, Knuckles stayed out of line and watched from afar, he saw that she was all alone again and having to take pictures and signing almost everything. Soni was even doing kiss cards for some that were begging her for it.
A big group went up right before the Chaotix and all surrounded Soni for a picture, she smiled kindly at them and waited for them to position themselves to fit in the photo. The ones behind her grabbed her ass and squeezed while the others gripped her hips and turned to grab her chest, this wasn't the first time this has happened let alone first time tonight, the giant line had many creeps built into it all night from people trying to kiss, grope and offer her drugged drinks. This group was the biggest in body count and body size, but, she almost had no way out as security left for the night minus the one guy watching the line. Soni uncomfortably wriggled away from the photo session and tried to change topics by asking what they would want signed or purchase, but, they grabbed her by the wrist and pushed her towards the other group members saying that they wanted a personal session with her. They pulled at her thin dress and slipped their hands through the gaps to grope at her chest, she fought back to escape their grip but wasn't winning considering it was 4 to 1. The group covered her mouth from calling for help and slowly escorted her away from her booth, turning around and telling the crowd shed be right back.
The Chaotix snapped out of their chatting and launched into action with Knuckles running up fast from the outskirts of the line, they all pulled the scum off of her and started beating the shit out of them to a bloody pulp, Knuckles landed the final KO on the biggest member of the group and flipped around to check on Soni, who was pushed to the side to avoid getting injured, she was covering herself up and shying away from the people who were scared of what happened. Knuckles picked up the tiny blue hedgehog and asked where her bandmates were, he hinted to the Chaotix to do some crowd control and reassure them. Soni hugged Knuckles and thanked him and his friends for saving her, she mentioned that they didn't want to deal with the fans so they left and the security went home early, they offered to stand by for protection and which Soni shyly agreed. They stood behind her booth and fixed the knocked over mess while also calling the cops to get the assaulters. Soni finished getting the line down and just about sold out of everything, she packed up the little bit left and had the one security take it to her bus. Soni called her boyfriend and everyone in the group but all the phones were off, she sighed and walked the venue money to the close by office.
Soni stood there and watched the lights slowly flick off as she said her goodbyes to the Chaotix, they said goodnight and began to walk away but soon stopped after realizing that she was gonna be left alone. They couldn't do that to her, so Knuckles turned around and offered for her to stay with them for the night, she agreed and followed them to their van. Vector carried her bags and cheered that they got to hang out with a celebrity for the evening, they asked her all sorts of questions hoping to get her mind off of what happened in the night. They found out heavy rock wasn't Soni's forte and neither was the whole goth look, she shyly admitted to wanting to be a model and a pop singer that she wouldn't mind settling down with kids and just be a caring loving mom, she was very down to earth and kind, sweet and motherly too. This gripped at Knuckles heart as he had instantly fallen in love with this tiny blue hedgehog but, from that male hedgehog pulling her away to her being from a whole different world than him, it stung him just to thing about it. She looked extremely sad yesterday he thought, he recalled his questions to her regarding her makeup and covering her body the way she did, was there something more he was missing?