Chapter 7: The Attacker Revealed
Eggman with a cheesy grin on his face was flying over Sky Canyon. The creepy pumpkin head rock formations with glowing yellow eyes always sent a chill through his spine, especially at night, but he was just overjoyed that he had picked up a signal from the Master Emerald.
"That pesky hedgehog smashed my machine, but at least his Chaos Emerald will revert back to a Sol Emerald soon enough, darn hedgehog didn't even hear me out, I need the Master Emerald to make the change permanent!"
Eggman spotted a small cave by an abandoned rail. Eggman cautiously entered the cave holding a flashlight, not knowing what he would find. He first grabbed some of the cans of unopened food. Canned food is the major currency in this new Flame-ridden world, Rings had very little value anymore. There was a pile of blankets in one corner of the cave, covered with little blue hairs and a few quills here and there. Eggman was leery that two hedgehogs could be nearby, waiting the spin-dash him and wallop him with a huge hammer. But there seemed to be no signs of them to Eggman's relief. Then he caught a faint green light coming from the back of the cave. Eggman grinned widely and cautiously walked closer. The Master Emerald shown in all of it's brilliance, lighting up the small room it was in. It had not changed shape, the Master Emerald had two polarities so it could either neutralize or amplify the Chaos Emeralds and it was still Master of the Sol Emeralds too. With a huge smile, Eggman claimed this beautiful Emerald for himself.
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Rouge with strong kicks tried to break free from the grip of what she could determine was a very strong anthro man. The way he started stroking her upper back, she was afraid this intruder was about to take advantage of her. But suddenly a very familiar voice said "Heh, now the tables have turned." The hand removed itself from her mouth. Rouge relaxed, a little.
"Shadow, you scared the heck out of me!" said Rouge in a very soft whisper so Sonic and Amy in other rooms would not be disturbed.
"Hmph, how do you think I felt the first time you did this to me? You are just lucky I am not as jumpy as you are and recognized it was you right away."
Rouge didn't know what to say. I did that at least five times to him, why didn't he bring up he knew earlier? Probably because he liked it and didn't want to admit it. But she didn't care that much, in that moment. She was starving for a man to touch her. He started to rub the bones in her wings. Her aching wings needed this. Of course, that is why he is doing this, he just wants to make me feel better because I am his friend, nothing more. Or is there something more on this black hedgehog's mind? Would he? Can he? She just had to know. Rouge touched her lips to his. She was a little amazed that his lips kissed back, a little.