" Happy birthday, babe! I got 'cha somethin', " Scourge said going into their hotel bedroom when Fiona woke up, holding a box in green wrapping paper, and handed it to her saying, " It was a bitch to wrap, but it was worth it! " She promptly smiled saying, " You wrapped it yourself, for me?! Wow, you really care! " while removing the bow, thinking it was sweet that he bothered going through so much effort instead of just threatening someone else to do it for him. As she tore apart the wrapping paper, Scourge said proud of himself with his arms crossed, " Only the best for you, sweet thing! " believing that she was worth all that effort. He was always one with a flair for the dramatic, and wouldn't have thought it was cool to just have a gift with no wrapping paper in it for the extra decoration. " That would've just been lame, " he had thought.
When she tore the wrapping paper enough to see what the gift was, she gasped with a smile and said happily, " A medical textbook! You DO listen! " and hugged him, overjoyed as Scourge looked very proud of himself for remembering she said she'd like one. She said, " I'd love to learn all about this stuff, " holding the book in front of her eyes looking fascinated, and then said with a chuckle, " Although I won't have much time to put aside for it when I have you! " Scourge held her in his arms again saying, " Ah, I'm sure you could put aside an hour a day between our making out and stuff, " before kissing her, much to her delight.
Then she started to finish up taking off the wrapping paper, and said, " Since we don't have a permanent place to stay, I'll keep it at Flame's house. Of course, I don't know why I was so surprised you thought of this, hun. You've always been such a great boyfriend. That's why you're still with me after all this time. Even with Finitevus testing the whole thing. " Scourge agreed, " Yeah, screw him! I'd rather be with someone I like and wanna be with. Well, obviously, " chuckling at the end.
The two of them both proceeded to remember and reminisce about that fateful day, when Scourge and Fiona had come back to Doctor Finitevus after escaping prison. At first, Scourge was quick to try to assist him in his plan as long as he could do something for him, having the goal of being infused with lightning powers to work for. But things came to a head when Fiona learned that Finitevus was planning on using some missiles he had stolen from Eggman, and worst of all, on someone other than Eggman. The minute after Finitevus said he was going to fire them at New Mobotropolis, Fiona snapped, and ruined all of the missiles in a rage, taking full advantage of the technology in his base to do so. She was slightly frustrated with herself for having that reaction, but couldn't help herself if there was a chance of her doing something about it. She tried to convince herself it was just misdirected anger and she was taking her stress out on them for fun.
When Finitevus discovered Fiona destroying the last missile with Scourge having just followed him there, he screamed, " Not again! Scourge, get that traitor! " There was a brief silence lasting seconds, as Scourge looked horrified dwelling on the idea of life without her. It dawned on him just how lonely he'd be if he chose that madman over her when he just got her back after months of separation in the prison. Even when he looked back on his life before he met her, he found himself thinking about how he wished she could've seen whenever he did something cool back then because it'd impress her, and comparing her to his previous girlfriends like Alicia and Rouge who were never as nice to him and fun to be around. He saw both of them as nags, especially Alicia. While he easily ditched Rouge when she destroyed some missiles of Finitevus since he was only with her for her looks and could get any other girlfriend for the affection, Fiona was something special.
" Well?! What are you waiting for?! " Finitevus shouted in frustration, as Fiona approached him holding a ray gun, trying to hide her absolute fear of Scourge leaving her with a forced stressed out glare. Scourge considered in the remaining two seconds what would happen if he chose Finitevus over her, and it was clear that the thought of losing her like that terrified him, and would give him a nasty break-up with a valued partner and a void in his life that would always depress him from being unable to fill. He even remembered telling Sonic part of the reason why she was so special to him; that while for all he knew his previous girlfriends were born evil, Fiona " chooses to be, and that's hot! "
To Scourge, she was a nice person, but still wasn't opposed to having a little fun. She was the golden deal, good AND open-minded. So being with her let him have his cake and eat it too, as now he got to actually have one of the many nice girls that wouldn't go with him because he was a criminal. Any other girl who would go with him would be about as irritating to him as his exes. She chose to be with him and join in on the fun when he didn't expect that of her, and he was proud of her and impressed by her not being " boring and predictable " like the other Freedom Fighters, especially Sally, and instead complimenting him as a " free spirit. " She was the only one who understood him, who completely appreciated him for who he was. Not even Miles was entirely happy with him.
Finitevus was only offering one thing in return for losing her, a new power that in that situation, he realized he should be ashamed if he thought he would need it. His newfound confidence from his green transformation reminded him that he was already powerful enough. But choosing Finitevus is what would've been expected of him, as a villain with his bad boy reputation, and as an evil twin. A typical Evil Sonic. He could practically hear Sonic's voice potentially goading him, mocking him, " Come on, do it! Do what you're known for! I don't expect anything else out of you. You'll never win otherwise, because you're nothing. So do it, Evil Sonic, live up to your name! "
He briefly looked scared before staring blankly as Fiona shot Finitevus with an electrocuting ray gun, making him fall to the metal floor of the dark room exhausted before forcing himself to his feet. " You're siding with her?! " he exclaimed, as Scourge found himself with a great big smile on his face in amusement at Fiona doing that.
Fiona punched Finitevus in the chest, and after some hesitation and panic from the fear of missing out on what he was offering him, Scourge rebelled against that fear by shouting passionately, " Yeah! " punching Finitevus just below the chin, and saying to Fiona, " You go, babe! " supporting her as Finitevus collapsed to the floor in front of him.
There was still some stress rushing through him as a part of him nagged and criticized him in an absolute frantic panic, " What are you doing?! You know what you're givin' up?! You're losin' it! " But he refused to let himself be swayed by any nagging, including his own.
He exclaimed passionately putting his left foot on his chest, " I do what I want! What I feel like! That's my motto! And if you get in the way of that, then screw you! I never liked ya anyways! With your crazy ultimate plan. Always thought you were nuts! What was I thinking wasting my time with you? I never needed ya anyways! "
Fiona kicked Finitevus after that, her remaining stress transforming into gradual relief as she let it sink in that Scourge was truly loyal to her over him. Confused and frustrated, Finitevus questioned, " You're choosing your girlfriend over me? Your greatest benefactor? " wondering why he couldn't just get another one. Scourge, finally letting himself be proud of what he was doing, held Fiona in a sideways hug where she put her arms around his neck looking lovestruck, and said with a satisfied smile looking Fiona in the eyes affectionately, " Was there ever any doubt? " before looking at Finitevus and snarking with a smirk, " I'm not dating YOU! " Fiona chuckled at that, which endeared herself to him even more as she was the first girl to ever regularly laugh from his jokes. " She's amazing, " he thought.
Finitevus, unable to get up from the floor after Scourge dealt some more blows to him, complained, " You didn't react this way when Rouge did the same thing! Why couldn't you simply find another woman for your teenaged hormones?! " Fiona looked surprised at hearing Rouge mentioned and Scourge simply explained, " I never really liked her anyways. Her personality was annoying, I just liked her for her looks. " Then he put his arm around Fiona again saying sweetly with a smile, " That's when I learned I preferred redheads! " and kissed her holding her hand and face.
Scourge finished him off with a sonic kick as Fiona sighed happily at what happened earlier, thinking, " Wow! He can be so sweet! Not even Sonic ever stood up for me that, epically! " briefly remembered unhappily when Sonic became judgmental of her for her past " affecting the now, " and her face fell as she looked depressed, causing Scourge to wonder what was wrong and look at her with a cocked eyebrow.
She had her head hung low and her eyes downcast. " I can't believe you really did that for ME. I thought for sure that I was throwing away everything, " she said melancholically, her voice cracking at the very end. He pitied her and smiled nervously with his hand briefly caressing the back of her head,
" Well, ya weren't. If I had made the wrong decision I would've thrown it all away, too, and for some guy I can barely stand! Lucky for us, I remembered my common sense, " tapping his head at the end with a smile. " I do what makes me the happiest, and that ain't gonna change any time soon! " She smiled a little, reassured, and he proceeded to use a Warp Ring saying, " We don't need any extra power for me to take over my planet again. If I acted like I NEEDED it, Sonic would never let me live it down! I don't need to be better than my absolute best. And I'll prove it. "
With that, they warped away. Later on, Scourge stole a spare zone-link teleporter from an alternate Rotor, with the reasoning that he can actually see what's at the other end of the portal with it as opposed to the Warp Rings, and decided to keep the Warp Ring generator in his pocket as a back-up on Fiona's suggestion. Eventually the two technologies got combined together.