Sonic
"Cam we stop now, Knuckles? We're already at Angel Island and I'm getting tired." Amy complained, dragging her feet across the grass. Knuckles turned around and glared at her. "I'm not stopping until I find Rouge." He said and turned around. I rolled my eyes and picked up Amy bridal style as we followed him to wherever he was taking us. Sometimes, Knuckles is so driven to the point where he's gone crazy.
Amy smiled and held on to me, and I looked away, so she wouldn't see my smiles as well. Just then I saw…a bat figure? Rouge! "Knuckles!" I whispered so she wouldn't run off. "Check in the woods!"
Knuckles
That stupid hedgehog, why is he making me go into the woods? I fumbled through the darkness, trying to look for Rouge. I suddenly bumped into something…or someone? "Knuckles?" It had to be Rouge. "Rouge!" I called out as we moved closer to the Master Emerald. Now I could see her more clearly. She looked like she had been crying…but that's probably my fault. "Rouge…listen." I spoke very gently. "I didn't mean anything I said back there, I was just angry." Rouge's ears perked up. "Really?" She stared at me in disbelief. I have to convince her that I'm telling the truth…"Yeah," I looked down, more nervous than I've ever been in my entire life. "I actually love-" Then, Rouge cut off my sentence. "Watch out Knuckles!" She yelled as she pushed me out of the way. A small bomb had been dropped where I was standing. "Did you miss me, Sonic the Hedgehog?" A dastardly voice called out from the sky. "Eggman!" Sonic yelled in anger. I shook my head. I was so close to telling her…Eggman is really going to pay this time!
Amy
"The Master Emerald will be mine this time!" Eggman called out from his Egg Mobile. "You'll never take it as long as I'm alive!" Knuckles stared at Eggman with pure hatred. Eggman sneered and turned his guns toward Knuckles. "Well, I guess I'll have to kill you then, won't I?" Rouge glared fiercely at him and stood in front of Knuckles. "Don't touch him!" Both Knuckles and Eggman were surprised by Rouge's sudden outburst, and they just stared at her.
Eggman took the opportunity to go for the emerald, dropping bombs as he went. "Hurry before he takes the Master Emerald!" Sonic heroically scooped me up and ran towards the Egg Mobile while Knuckles and Rouge headed for the emerald.
Rouge
"Watch out, Rouge!" Knuckles warned me from the ground as I flew high above him, trying to see through the smoke. I should be paying attention to the skies ahead of me, but my mind is on something else. Back there, in the forest…was Knuckles trying to tell me that he loved me? What would I have said back…?
"ROUGE!" Knuckles shouted in terror. I turned around, only to get knocked down by a large tree. My side hurt like crazy, and my wings were broken so badly that I couldn't lift myself back up. I looked up to see Knuckles rushing to me, more scared than I had ever seen him. Then, I wearily closed my eyes and my world went blank.