Chapter 6- Night 1

Sonic and Liz stared at the bed, "No matter how much I hate you, I do not want to spite you this badly! Nothing will get me to lie down in a bed with Sonic! NOTHING!" Liz shouted. Then she ran from the room cussing.

Sonic stared at the bed again, "Oh God… no… why me?" Then he had an idea.

"Liz! Wait!" he shouted running after her.

Then a piercing scream was heard down the hall. Sonic ran down the hall and found Hannah had fainted in the middle of the hall and Shadow was leaning against the wall fanning himself with his hand, he looked like he was about to faint.

"What happened?" Sonic asked, thinking he probably knew the answer.

Shadow stared at him in horror, "There's… There's only one bed in there!" he said.

Sonic picked up Hannah and propped her limp body against the wall, her head drooped against her chest, "Shadow, it's not as bad as you think!" Sonic said.

"What do you mean?" Shadow asked.

"You could just order a cot from the front desk." Sonic said.

Shadow seemed to relax, "Oh thank god! I didn't even think of that…" Shadow said.

Just then they heard someone scream, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WON'T GIVE ME A COT!"

Sonic and Shadow ran towards the voice, leaving Hannah unconscious in the hallway.

They came to the front desk and saw Liz holding the clerk by the front of his shirt cussing at him, but between the swearing they could hear things like, "YOU BASTARD! IF YOU DON'T GIVE ME A COT I'LL RIP OFF YOUR FUCKING-"

Sonic and Shadow ripped Liz off the clerk and jumped over the counter and tackled him, "YOU'D BETTER GIVE US COTS NOW YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Shadow shouted.

"W-w-we c-can't… s-sir! We don't h-have any more cots!" the clerk stammered.

"YOU DON'T ACTUALLY EXPECT ME TO SLEEP IN THE SAME BED AS THAT MAD WOMAN DO YOU!" Sonic shouted pointing at Liz who was glaring at him over the counter, "DO YOU KNOW WHAT SHE'LL DO TO ME? SHE'LL KILL ME IN MY SLEEP!"

Rouge appeared over the desk, "THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO WANT COTS!" she shouted.

"C'mon baby! What's wrong with one bed?" Knuckles said.

"SHUTUP YOU!" Rouge shouted.

"I'm sorry, but there's nothing I can do. Maybe tomorrow we'll have some cots available." the clerk said, trying to pull away from Shadow's grip.

Shadow released him and jumped back over the desk, "Damn!" he shouted.

"Tomorrow!" Sonic asked, "But… that's still after tonight! And you sleep at night! AND THERE'S ONLY ONE BED!"

"No… really?" Shadow said.

"I'm not any happier about this than you are, Sonic." Liz said, "But we'll just have to cope… Might I suggest you sleep in the bathtub?"

They all headed back towards their rooms.

Room 096…

Shadow picked up Hannah from out in the hall and dumped her on the bed and turned on the tv.

Later on she woke up and looked over at Shadow then around the room, "What… we… we only have one bed?" she asked.

"Don't remind me." Shadow said looking back at her, "We just have to cope for the night, they'll have some cots tomorrow but for now they're all out."

"Dammit!" Hannah said, "What time is it anyway?"

Shadow looked at the clock over on the wall, "It's 11 'o clock."

"Well, I'm going to sleep, and if you're smart you'll turn down the tv." Hannah said.

Shadow turned off the tv and looked back at Hannah who had pulled the blankets over herself and closed her eyes, he decided he'd rather freeze on the ground than sleep in the same bed as her, so he fell on the ground and fell asleep, with some difficulty.

Room 278…

Liz and Sonic sat on each side of the bed staring at the wall in complete silence.

"Man, I don't believe this! This was supposed to be great! I was supposed to be able to torture you 24 / 7!" Liz finally said.

"Honestly I would have preferred that to this." Sonic said.

Liz and Sonic got into a discussion about how much they hate hotel service which eventually moved on to formal chat which moved on to normal talk which moved on to gossip about their friends.

"Hannah really said that about Shadow!" Sonic asked in amazement.

"Yeah! Isn't that funny?" Liz laughed, "And Rouge, she actually does like Knuckles but she just wishes he wasn't so perverted. Maybe if he cleaned up his act they might get somewhere."

"You don't have to tell me how perverted Knux is, he has a Rouge doll in his room… I won't get into detail with what he does with it but… I think you get it." Sonic said.

"That's sick!" Liz said laughing, then her smile faded, "You know Sonic, this will change nothing between us; once we leave this hotel everything goes back to normal." she said in a serious tone, which was very rare for her to use.

Sonic looked depressed at this, but then he smiled, "Alright, I guess that's for the best…" he said.

"Especially since people might get the wrong idea, you know, there being only one bed, and we hate each other on the way in, then like each other on the way out…" Liz added.

Sonic paused then he realized what she was talking about, "Oh god! I don't want that!"

"I don't want it either. So when we leave we forget everything that happened." Liz said.

"Agreed!" Sonic said, then he stood up, "Alright, I guess I'll sleep in the tub…"

"You do that." Liz said smiling.

Sonic ran into the bathroom and slammed the door.

Liz smiled evilly, "What'd you know? It worked!" she muttered, then she lay back on the bed, "Now I have the bed all to myself!" she cackled evilly.

Sonic didn't hear because he was too frightened; people thinking something had happened with him and Liz! Just the thought of it made him shudder.

Room 142…

Rouge had locked herself in the bathroom.

"C'mon Rouge!" Knuckles said pounding on the door, "It's just one night, and who knows, maybe you'll change you're mind about us!"

"Forget it pervert!" Rouge shouted.

"Fine, I give up… I'm going to sleep." Knuckles said, then he went over to the bed and fell down on it and fell asleep.

Rouge peeked her head out of the bathroom and spotted Knuckles asleep.

She tip-toed out of the bathroom and lied down in the bed, as far away from Knuckles as possible.

Then she felt an arm around her, "Oh, so you changed your mind?"

The next morning…

Sonic knocked on their door. Rouge answered the door, "Hey Sonic." she said happily.

"How did things go last night?" Sonic asked.

"Actually it was okay. Knuckles didn't bother me at all!" Rouge smiled.

Sonic stared at her, "What did you do to him?" he asked.

Rouge's smile faded, "He's in the tub."

Sonic went into the bathroom and saw Knuckles lying there unconscious, bloody and tied up.

Sonic stared at him for a moment, "Let's leave him there until after breakfast." he said smiling at Rouge.