Chapter 6
Neo Sonic's POV
It had been several years since the Dr.Eggman had been captured by GUN forces. I took advantage of this fact. I had reprogrammed all of his machines to obey me. Now most everything had changed about his old HQ. For one it was now my HQ. All shades of red were replaced with a cryptic blue and all shades of orange and yellow became white. The robots had been redesigned to match my perfect form. They now stood as thin, more human like, with blue bodies and jets built into their backs. The back of their heads were formed to match my primitive form's making them appear as metallic blue hedgehogs.
From my post on top of the main tower, I watched over my new army as it was being built. All the robots were being fitted with white diamond swords that cut through almost anything. I heard a hovering and turned to see one of the new droids floating over to me.
"Master Metal, here is the progress report you asked for" its metallic voice sounding some what fuzzy. I took the small piece of paper and looked it over. Progress was going smoothly, that was good. I looked up at him and nodded.
"Very good slave, now return to your post" I told him as I turned back to the army below. I heard him nod. As he turned I looked back at him "Oh, and get your voice box repaired some time later."
James' POV
As we landed on the GUN base roof, I could hear a screaming from down below. I looked at Rouge and the doctor and they both shrugged. I walked to the ledge and looked over the side and felt a sweat drop roll down the back of my head as I lowered my eyes unimpressed. Jenn had gotten her hands on a massive hammer and was now chasing Shadow down the street looking completely insane. I sighed and turned back to Rouge and the doctor.
"What is it?" Rouge asked. I shook my head.
"Trust me, you don't want to know" I said. As we headed in, I heard a scream in the distance: "I'M GOING TO FREAKIN' KILL YOU SHADOW!!!" I sighed again as Rouge took us back to the briefing room. We delivered the Chaos Emeralds and explained the situation. The Commander said he'd let us know if they found out anything else and that we had the rest of the day to ourselves until something came up.
Eggman had returned to his room and told me he was going to take a nap as he wasn't used to waking up at five in the morning. Rouge invited me into her room, so I decided to join her for awhile. She brought me in and told me to wait on the couch while she got into her casual clothes. I sat down on the couch and yawned. I hadn't gotten a lot of sleep so I was tired. I shut my eyes and lied back against the back of the couch. I heard Rouge walk over to the TV in front of me and I open an eye. She was wearing a blue t-shirt and black shorts. She popped something into the DVD player. She sat down beside me and lied her head on my shoulder and put her hand on my stomach "I have a special movie for us" she quietly. I opened my other eye to look at the screen. I missed the title and had a hard time keeping my eyes open. After a few minutes I was able to keep my eyes open realizing it was one of my favorite movies; 'Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End'. It was great, until about half way through the video. It suddenly stopped. Rouge got up and went to her DVD player. She tried opening it, but the eject button didn't seem to do anything. She tried to reset it, but the power button was stuck. After a time of struggling the screen turned fuzzy. Rouge walked back over to the coach and started looking for the remote when I heard a voice from the screen.
"Hello" We both looked at the screen. It was a metallic sounding voice. Rouge sat back down and listened "All GUN soldiers should pay special attention to this notice" suddenly the shape of a metallic hedgehog with white streaks appeared on the screen "I am Neo Sonic, formally known as Hyper Metal Sonic, I was created by Dr.Eggman. As he was captured by your soldiers I have taken control of all his robots and reformatted them to obey me. Now I want Dr.Eggman Robotnik to hand deliver me any and all Chaos Emeralds you may have. If I do not receive all seven Chaos Emeralds within 72 hours, I will destroy not only this small base, but any and all electronics within 500 miles of here and all other GUN bases. I hope my message is clear, as I do not intend on repeating myself, if you wish to contact me, simply dial 4 on any phone, or go to channel 4 on any of your communicators and I will respond, however if I am asked for any favors, such as changing the time limit, I will require payment in Chaos Emeralds. That is all." The screen returned to the movie.
Rouge and I looked at each other and quickly jumped up and quickly knocked on Eggman's door. He had heard the news. We all headed to the briefing room to see the Commander's reaction. It wasn't pretty.
Jenn's POV
We finally stopped in front of the base and tried to catch out breaths. Shadow was laying face first on the ground and I had my foot on his back, hammer raised over my head. He winced, trying to look up at me,
"Look. I'm sorry ok? It was a joke. You don't have to take it personally. I was just following orders. We do this to all new recruits." He tried to explain, holding his hand over his head.
I glared at him, but before I could answer, I heard a booming voice over the intercom near us, "Will all GUN personnel please report to the seminar room immediately." Raising a brow, I lowered my hammer and took my foot off of Shadow and helped him to his feet,
"You know, you're lucky I love you so much or I wouldn't have been so easy on you…" I glared at him, putting the hammer back where I got it from…wherever that was. We then headed for the 'seminar room' to see what was up.
As we entered the room, I caught a glimpse of James, Rouge and the bald guy again. What is up with his moustache? Its all big and orange like. It's kinda scary really. Oh well. I walked over and stood beside James, whispering in his ear,
"Umm, what is happening exactly?" I questioned. He turned to look at me.
"That's what you're here to find out, so shut up and listen" he said plainly, turning to look back at the front.
I glared, turned back towards the door, but I was stopped by two armed guards, having their guns pointed at me. I gulped and walked to my spot, deciding I should probably stick around for my while instead of getting my head blown off. Stupid guard and their guardness.
I turned my attention back to James and whispered in his ear again, "You're a jerk…why are you so mean to me? What did I ever do to you?" I glared, jabbing him in the side. He didn't say anything; he just shot a cold glance at me then looked back to the front. I huffed and crossed my free arm over my chest,
"You know, you're a real prick you know that?" I mumbled, flinching when my arm came in contact with my broken one, "Son of a-" I cursed, still being ignored.
James' POV
I don't know why Jenn thought she needed to bother me, but I easily ignored her, so I could keep my attention to the front. I felt a bit bad for ignoring her though, so I looked over and noticed her arm was still hurt from a few days ago. I turned back facing forward and muttered quietly "Your arm still hurting?" She moved a bit closer, whispering,
"Why would you care anyways?" I decided she was upset because of my ignoring her, but before I could say anything else Shadow stepped over.
"Hey Jenn, is he bothering you?" he asked her glaring at me. I could tell he hated me for some reason. I don't know what it was, but I he seemed to want me dead. Honestly though I couldn't say I didn't feel the same way towards him. Something inside me told me to just take him out, but my common sense told me to keep myself from getting in trouble with the Commander and acting so foolishly in front of Rouge and the doctor.
"No it's ok Shadow I can deal with this myself" I heard her reply, noticing Shadow give me a cold look before leaving. I looked ahead and listened to the Commander explain what had been announced by Neo Sonic. The Commander dismissed us after making sure everyone had heard the news. When I went outside I bumped into Shadow and he turned glaring at me.
"Hey, watch where you're going, freaking prick" he grumbled turning to look at me. I walked past him and heard him call after me "Hey, don't walk away from me, I'm talking to you little boy blue!" I stopped and looked at him. He glared at me and I returned the stare.
"What, may I ask, is your problem?" I asked coldly. He glared at me and I saw him try to swing a blow at me. I used Chaos Control to move around easily and booted him out the doorway. I let down Chaos Control and walked outside. Shadow got up and growled rushing at me. I once again used Chaos Control and with time frozen, hit him in several critical areas. When I let down Chaos Control, he dropped in pain and then went unconscious. I walked back inside and found Rouge.
"Where were you?" she asked.
"Taking care of a little business" I replied smirking. I looped my arm around hers "Shall we get back to our movie until GUN decides what to do?" She seemed shocked, but then smiled at me sweetly and walked with back to her room and we finished watching the movie and spent some more time talking and playing around.
Jenn's POV
I walked out of the room after listening to that old man drone on and on about some 'Neo Sonic' or whatever. I don't know. Frankly I don't really care. I just want something to do. I decided to head to my room, but turned around and went to find Shadow.
After much searching I found him outside, laying unconscious on the ground. I gasped and went over to him, lifting him up with my free arm and carrying him to my bedroom and laying him down on my bed. A few minutes later I noticed Shadow came to and looked around slowly,
"Where's that no good-a" he groaned, holding his shoulders, "I'm going to get him for this, ah god." He moaned, rolling onto his side in what seemed to be in pain. I moved to him and placed a hand on his shoulder,
"Shadow, what happened? Who did this to you?" I questioned, looking him over. He appeared to be in pain, but I couldn't tell because there were no visible wounds. He struggled to look up at me,
"J-J-J…" he replied before passing out again. I bit my lip and looked his body over, only finding a small bruise on the bottom of his spine. Sighing, I covered him with the blanket and sat down beside him, rubbing his side. I thought for a moment. Who in the world would do this to my poor Shadow…J...hmm…who's name starts with a J-JAMES! I growled, getting up off the bed and heading towards the front desk, slamming my hands on the desk, getting the sec's attention,
"Where is James' room?" I exclaimed, my blood beginning to boil. She looked at me, a startled look on her face, pointing out where his room was. Snarling I headed for his room, pounding on the door. There was no answer, just perfect.
James' POV
I heard pounding coming from outside my door. I got from wrestling around with Rouge. She sat up and looked around me "Who's that?" she asked fixing her shirt.
"I haven't a clue" I said getting up off my knees and walked over to the door and opened it a crack. I peeked out and saw Jenn beating on my door recklessly. I guessed she had found Shadow and figured out it was me. I shut the door and lied against it thinking for a moment. Maybe, just maybe, if I ignore her she'll just go away, it's not like she'll realize I'm in Rouge's room, how would she? Oh well, I wasn't about to go out there with a girl having a PMS attack on my door. I decided to go and talk to her later; right now I was having fun, so she would have to wait.
Jenn's POV
I sighed, sliding down the door and closing my eyes, tears starting to form in my eyes. I just realized I was beating on the door with my broken arm. I also realized I almost broke the door with it too. Maybe if I wait here he'll come out and talk to me, yea that sounds like a plan. I sighed and leaned my head against the door, a single tear falling from my eyes oh the pain…
Shadow's POV
I woke up, feeling like my body had been broke in half and stuck back together with thumb tacks. I don't know what that kid's problem was. He almost freakin' killed me the brat. Sighing I turned to see if Jenn was still there, but obviously she wasn't, great. I slowly tried to get up, but failed miserably. Man what did that brat do to me…
James' POV
After an hour or two I had decided to take a break from fooling around with Rouge. She insisted I stay a bit longer, but I needed to talk Jenn out of trying to kill me. It would be rather hard to do missions with her if she hated my guts, not that I would have a mission with her. I was under Rouge's guidance, so any mission I was in had to be lead by her. I opened the door and went kneeled down in front of the now tired out Jenn. I nudged her gently "Jenn?" She looked up at me.
"What?" she said oblivious of who I was. I decided to have a bit of fun with this.
"This is your conscience speaking, we haven't spoken in awhile" I started, holding a straight face.
"What? I have a lot of consciences, which one is you?" she asked. I stopped for a moment.
"I'm the one you don't normally listen to, I'm here to tell you not to kill James" I continued.
"I don't listen to any of my three personalities, so I suggest you leave me alone- wait..." She opened her eyes and glared at me "James…" I took a step back.
"Now listen, I can explain why I had to own Shadow" I started "He tried to hit me so I pushed him away. He tried to rush me so I took him out to keep him from starting a brawl and loosing his job" I said briefly. She seemed dreary.
"You know, if I wasn't in so much pain, I'd hit you" she groaned. I sighed and picked her up; holding her like a groom holds his bride. I brought her to the infirmary and gave her to the nurse. I told them I found her outside my door and returned to Rouge's room.
"Where were you?" she asked as I walked in. She had started heating something in her microwave.
"I just took care of the one beating at my door" I told her. She asked who it was and I explained what had happened.
"Well know, that's a first, no one's ever beaten Shadow before" she grinned, seeming amazed. The microwave dinged and she pulled out the bag of popcorn. She pointed to the TV and I saw she had readied another movie for us. I went over and sat down. She sat beside me, placing the bowl of popcorn by our feet, laying her head on my shoulder again and resting her hand on my stomach. Again I missed the title of the movie, but it didn't bother me. I watched it and was surprised to see what Rouge had tricked me into watching.
Jenn's POV
I slowly opened my eyes and looked around. Where the heck am I? I thought for a moment. I shrugged and sat up, holding my head. I noted that there were over people in this room so I must be in the infirmary or something. I don't know. All remember is I was sitting in a hallway and James was there. James…I'm gonna freakin' kill him when I see him. I turned to the guy next to me that looked oddly like James. I snarled and pulled out my gun,
"I'm gonna KILL YOU!!" I growled, aiming my gun at him and firing a shot, hitting him straight in the chest. Afterwards all I remember is a bunch of people rushing in and everything went black again.
I opened my eyes and looked around. I was now in a white room, but everything is soft and BOUNCY! I bounced around and soon realized my arms were stuck to my sides. Oh, no. This can't be. What am I doing in an INSANE ASSILYM?!?! I panicked, looking around, "Ok this isn't funny anymore. James stop this joke I get it you didn't hurt Shadow purposely. I'll forgive you if you get me out of here…JAMES?!?!"
James' POV
I was rather stunned from the movie Rouge had made me watch. I felt violated, but yet rather refreshed at the same time. I headed down to the infirmary and asked for Jenn. "You mean the girl who shot that poor guy right after waking up?" I knew this wouldn't be good news.
I was making my way back to the room I had first found Dr.Eggman. I can't believe she had got herself put in an asylum; all I did was bring her to get her arm checked. I sighed as I asked the guards to let me. I entered the room and was amazed to see Jenn rocking back and forth in a corner saying something about purple monkeys. For a second I thought maybe she did need to be in here, but quickly erased that thought from my mind. I walked over to her and kneeled down "Jenn?" I touched her shoulder.
She looked up at me a bit twitchy "J-James?" she asked quietly "I forgive you, just tell them they can let me out now." I sighed and went to the guards and explained to them what happened, but they didn't believe me, so I fed them a more convincing story.
"It's that time of the month for her guys" That made them nod and go take off the jacket, letting her go.
"Try to keep better control over that temper of yours next time miss" one of them said as I walked her back to Shadow's room.
"Temper?" she asked looking at me "I have a disease!"
"I know, but I had to change the story to make them believe me" I told her as I opened the door to Shadow's room "Take care" I pushed her into his room and made sure to shut the door tightly. I knew it seemed rude, but if Shadow saw me with her he'd probably try to kill me again. I returned to my room, a bit unsure of whether or not to go back and see Rouge again, the video still had me a tad stunned. It was an 'amusing' video, but for some reason it made me extremely hungry. I decided to wait an hour before returning to her room. That gave me enough time to repair the damage done to my door and forget about the movie for a bit.
Jenn's POV
Why did he push me like that? Oh yea, Shadow's in here that's why. I must go thank him for helping me out of that place. I got up off the floor, just in time to catch a glimpse of Shadow laying on the bed, curled up in fetal position. I slowly walked over and touched his forehead,
"Shadow? You awake?" I spoke softly, trying not to wake him if he was indeed asleep. He stirred a little and slowly turned over,
"Yea I'm awake…where were you?" he asked, looking me over. I looked at him and smiled a little,
"It's a long story, but all I can say is my worst nightmare came true…" I trailed off, noticing a hurt expression spread across his face,
"What happened to you?" he sat up almost briskly, holding his side in pain. "You look like you got ran over by a truck or something…who did this to you?" I looked down, and then looked him in the eye.
"It was kind of my fault…what happened was I was pounding on the door and I hurt my arm even more and I shot a guy in the infirmary 'cause I thought ht was James and ended up in a room with padding…" I shivered, remembering what had happened. Shadow simply stared at me, then shook his head,
"You know, I worry about you sometimes…come here…" he motioned for me to sit next to him. I reluctantly sat down and wrapped my arms around him,
"You're not mad at me are you?" I asked with a worried look on my face. He looked at me and chuckled,
"No. I'm not mad at you; I'm just a little upset that you shot one of my soldiers. That was a stupid thing to do, but it wasn't your fault so I forgive you. Once I'm not in so much pain we'll go see the Commander for your first mission." He laid his head down on the pillow and held me close.
A few hours later, or so it seemed, I woke up and looked around, not finding Shadow lying beside me. I jumped and looked around, but there was no sign of him. Sighing, I got up and left the room, running down the hallway to James' room, finding no one there either. I panicked and ran to the desk and talked to the receptionist frantically,
"Do you know where everyone went?" I asked my face as white as a ghost. She simply looked at me, then turned back to her computer,
"Shadow and James are with the Commander. Word got out that they had a tiff and he's giving them a talk." She plainly said, going back to doing whatever she was doing. I sighed and left, heading towards my room, bumping into a red echidna, "Hey! Watch where you're going" he said, giving me a look of disgust. I returned the look, pushing by him and heading to my room again. I felt him catch my arm and was turned around briskly,
"Do I know you from somewhere?" he said, looking at me with those purple eyes if his. He was quite handsome actually. He has long fur-like hair with big purple eyes and fists with spikes on them. I blushed and spoke softly,
"I'm Jenn if your wondering what my name is, although I don't know what yours is so I couldn't tell you whether or not I know." I responded,. He looked at me and grinned,
"I'm Knuckles the Echidna. I'm the protector of the Master Emerald and the dweller of Angel Island. Aren't you the girl that GUN is trying to protect?" he asked, tilting his head to the side. I nodded and blushed more,
"Yea that's me. Weren't you the guy that ran passed me when those blue aliens were chasing Sonic?" I asked a quizitive look on my face. Knuckles nodded and turned to leave,
Yep. That was me alright. Well I guess I'll be seeing you then, huh?" he grinned, winking at me and walking down the hallway. I blushed and went into my room, shutting the door tightly behind me.
???'s POV
Insolent fools. How could they think they could fool me by sneaking her away wearing a rabbit costume? What do they think I am, stupid? I growled deeply and slammed my fist on the desk. They're going to pay for this. I thought to myself, getting up and walking out the door of my office. I reached my destination and kicked open the door, startling the pathetic excuse for my minions,
"Listen to me, and listen to me good. You better get that girl before I really lose my cool and blow your sorry kiesters back to where you came from. I want you to infiltrate the GUN base in the east and take the girl without being noticed. Am I clear?" I spat, noticing a few nodding their heads, "Good, now GO!" I turned and left, leaving them to do my bidding.
I got back to my office and sat back down, holding my head in my hands. I'm surrounded by idiots. I thought, looking over at my pet wolf curled up in the corner. At least she didn't let me down. She looked over at me, clearly reading my thoughts. She got up and walked over to me, laying her head on my lap. I kind of smirked and pet her head,
"A least you wouldn't let me down would you Sheba? But you must wait my pet; your time will soon come…" I laid my hand back on my desk, tapping my fingers impatiently. She looked at me and spoke to me through telepathy,
"I hope it's soon. My thirst for hedgehog blood is growing stronger with each passing day" she said, closing her eyes. I smirked and caressed one of her ears,
"Soon my pet, soon your time will come and you won't let me down" I said, leaning back in my chair, chuckling to myself.
James' POV
I swear if I ever find out who rated me out, I'll break their neck. Someone had reported me and Shadow brawling in front of the HQ. Now Shadow and I were being nagged by the Commander that we were setting a bad example for other soldiers. I was given a warning, as I was a new guy, but good old Shadow was paying dearly, which I liked seeing as he started it. He was being suspended off the Jenn case for a week, meaning he couldn't go within 300 feet of her for seven whole days. I saw him glare at me after he had failed to convince the Commander to lift the suspension. As we left the room I heard him grumbling under his breathe, but I knew he wouldn't risk another brawl with me right in front of the Commander's office. I felt like I had accomplished a lot that day, having not only kicked Shadow's butt, but also getting him suspended from his little girlfriend, this meant I could get a chance to know her better without him getting in the way, of course, I expected Shadow to try and get near Jenn. I wasn't going to stop him, after all, Jenn liked him and she didn't need to get punished for his stupidity. As I returned to my room, I saw Rouge leaning against my door. "So, how'd it go?" she asked looking over at me. I shrugged
"I was given a warning and Shadow got suspended from his mission" I said plainly. Rouge raised a brow looking at me, getting off my door.
"You mean Shadow can't continue his mission? Isn't he guarding Jenn?" she asked looking a bit concerned.
"They said there were going to leave some echidna in charge of her until Shadow's done his suspension." I explained to her. Rouge nodded and sighed.
"So, shall we return to what we were doing earlier?" she asker, a smirk crossing her face. We had been playing some card games earlier, but she got upset when I had been winning and she started wresting with me. We didn't hurt each other, though she did rip the leg of my pants slightly, nothing I couldn't stitch up later. I nodded and she walked me into her room. She fixed the cards, which had been scattered from out rolling around. She dealt us a new had and before long we were back to wrestling around. Finally I got tired and she had managed to pin me. She giggled and kissed my forehead before rolling off and lying beside me on the floor. I yawned and soon felt myself drifting into a quiet sleep, but not before feeling Rouge kiss my cheek once more.
Knuckles' POV
I was sitting quietly, minding my own business when I heard a huge pounding on my door. I wonder who could that be? I thought to myself, getting up and answering my door, finding the commander towering over me, "Uh…hi boss. What's up?" I asked, with a confused look on my face. He cleared his throat, obviously irritated by the way I was talking to him,
"Knuckles the Echidna, you have been assigned the duty of watching over Jenn the hedgehog" he said to me. I stepped back startled.
"Wait, you mean the purple cutie? I thought Shadow was in charge of her, not that I'm complaining or anything" I replied even more confused. I'd only seen Jenn once and she was pretty little thing, but Shadow had been given the honor of keeping her out of harm's way.
"Shadow has been suspended for harassing a younger officer" he explained. Shadow harassing another officer? The only one I knew who took advantage of her power was Rouge, but Shadow never seemed to take advantage of his rank. I straightened out and decided not to complain, getting to be near Jenn would be nice, I may get to win her before Shadow has too much of a chance.
"Alright, I'll do it, thank you sir" I said nodding to him. He nodded back.
"Very good soldier, you'll start tomorrow, understood?" he asked. I nodded and he turned and headed down the hallway. I shut the door and when I was sure he was too far away to hear me I jumped, throwing my arms into the air.
"YAHOO!!" I cheered. I started jabbing the air in a fighting stance once I landed "Now I have an excuse to get close to Jenn, this'll give me an edge at making her mine" I punch upward then paused "Shadow's gonna wish he'd never given me this chance" I chuckled and soon found myself with my hands on my hips laughing loudly. I heard a bang on the wall, someone yelling at me to quiet down. I stopped laughing and calmed myself. I straightened up and decided I should go get re-acquainted with her, make sure she knew she'd be in safer hands. I'm sure she'll just melt once she sees me. I sat down on the coach, laying my arms over the back. "I am the COOLEST!!" I heard myself laughing again until the person from before banged on the door again.
Jenn's POV
I slid down the door, staring up at the ceiling. I wonder where Shadow is, it's been an awful long time. I finally felt the banging on my door, getting up to answer it. What I saw wasn't very pleasant. Shadow was banging his head on the door, well, until I opened it, causing him to fall face first into my lap. I blushed and helped him up, holding his shoulders,
"What's wrong Shadow?" I asked, looking concerned. He looked all droopy as if he'd just lost the greatest thing in his life. Aka, ME I thought to myself,
"Life isn't worth living anymore. Put me in a coma for a week or something. Put me in a time machine so I could skip this week. This make this week pass faster." He replied, groaning, looking as if he was going to cry. I raised a brow and wrapped my arms around him,
"What's wrong Shadykins?" I cooed, holding him close to me. Shadow stepped back, and looked up at me,
"I'm suspended from my mission for a week. I can't go within 300 feet of you for a whole seven days. Do you know how many hours that is?!" I saw the tears streaming down his face, as he turned away, "It's all James' fault. If he hadn't moved I would have knocked him out and no one would have said anything."
I stared at him in shock, not believing what I was hearing, "That means I won't be seeing for an entire week. Whose going to guard me?" I asked, tears forming in my eyes. He looked back at me, a look of disgust on his face,
"He gave Knuckles the job. I can't believe I'm going to miss you for god knows how many seconds…" he fell to his knees, holding me tightly. As if on cue, I heard a knock on the door and a head popped in, revealing the red echidna from before. I blushed, realizing he was the one that was going to be protecting me for a week. Lovely.
Shadow headed back to his room as Knuckles popped in and started to introduce himself and started to almost brag that he was going to be my new guard for a week. As he did so, I swore I could hear Shadow screaming and cursing down the hall.
James' POV
'604,800,000 milliseconds of no Jenn'. That's what I had written on the note I stuck on Shadow's door. Rouge laughed when I told her of the note and she told as funny as it was, not to do it again. I agreed with her. I didn't want to push it. Shadow was a higher rank and was supposed to respect that, not that I was going to. Rouge had convinced me to watch another movie that had left me hungry again. She seemed to like watching these movies with me. It didn't bother me; I just wish I knew what they were about. I had a slight vision problem that I hadn't mentioned to her. I couldn't see TV screens that well if they were poorly lit, and most of these movies were in the dark, so I couldn't really make them out. I decided it was for the best, just incase the movies were to my distaste. I always fell asleep during them, as they didn't have any real vocal, just background music. I was always awakened by Rouge getting up from her regular spot, her head on my shoulder and hand on my stomach. I almost could have sworn her hand seemed to be getting lower down my stomach each time, but I never asked. After the movie, I was awakened the usual way, except this time I found that Rouge had sat back down beside me and hadn't put another movie in. I didn't ask her why, she was in charge of me at any rate, so what she said go. I saw her pull out a blanket and cover us with it. She looked up at me and kissed my cheek again. She seemed to like doing that, but I didn't mind. She started rubbing my chest and soon fell asleep lying on me. I let her sleep and soon felt my head lay on top of hers as I too drifted off to sleep.
Neo Sonic's POV
It began to feel as though GUN was ignoring me. I had sent my message several hours ago and had not yet been contacted. I tapped my foot impatiently and thought I should cause a bit of noise to get their attention. I walked to the edge of my tower and raised my arms, getting the attention of my newly made slaves "My followers, GUN has ignored my request for the Chaos Emeralds and return of Dr.Eggman. I think we should send in a small warning comity, to let them know the Neo Empire is one to be taken seriously. Who's with me?" a few of the more developed robots stepped forward.
"My troop and I shall invade the GUN base where Sonic has been spotted. We will take great pride in crushing that blue pain" he called up to me. He looked a lot more like me then the other robots, but his plating was black and he was equipped with a red diamond blade, as appose to the regular white blades. Mine was silvery-blue.
"No" I told him, lowering my arms "Bring the hedgehog here, I will be the one who gets to crush him and get my long awaited revenge…" I clenched a fist. That hedgehog had humiliated me on more than one occasion and caused me more pain then I'm willing to remember. The robot nodded up and me and turned away. I saw his team follow behind him, two other black shaded robots, armed each with only one white diamond blade. I turned away from the ledge and looked up to the window above me, the many shades from the design on it reflecting off my face. I lowered my head as I remembered why I had put it there. If I was able, I'm sure I would have felt a tear run down my face.
Jenn's POV
I sat down on my bed, staring at Knuckles that was watching me intently. He was a little creepy, but I guess I have to deal with him for a week. He was consistently complimenting my appearance (for those who are too stupid to understand big words that means he was hitting on me.)(A/N: Don't mind my character; it's her time of the month you know…) Sighing, I got up and left the room, leaving Knuckles to rant about how 'cool' he was and how I was 'beautiful.' He was actually getting on my nerves; since he wasn't even suppose to be guarding me yet. I decided to go see James for a while, but noticed yet again he wasn't in his room. Where the is he all the time? I mean, the kid has to sleep once in a while. I guess I'll just stay here 'til he shows up.
An hour passed. Then another. Then another. I soon realized he wasn't coming back anytime soon, so I decided to find out if anyone knew where he was staying tonight. Maybe he was with that bat girl. What was her name again? Oh, yea. Her name was Rouge the Bat I believe. I got up and headed to the receptionist and asked where her room was. She simply pointed down the hall where I had come from. I sighed and went back, knocking on the door in front of where James' room was. The bald guy from before answered the door,
"Do you realize what time it is young lady? You know we have to get up at 5 in the morning." He yawned, scratching his bald head. I blushed a little, looking back and forth,
"Say, do you know where…" I looked down at the name I wrote down on my hand, "Where Rouge's room is?" I asked politely, returning my gaze to his. He pointed past me, motioning towards the door across from his,
"Other side of the hallway, but I don't think she's awake right now. I saw her go in with James earlier. I don't know if they're still awake." He replied, "Now if you'll excuse me," he said shutting his door. I turned around and knocked on the door, hoping they were still awake.
James' POV
I was awakened by the sound of a knock at Rouge's door. I saw her open her eyes a bit "Just leave it, what ever it is can wait 'til tomorrow" she insisted. I looked at the door and then decided I didn't have much choice. Rouge was still on top of me, so I couldn't get up and it would look rather odd if I answered her door for her and she didn't have any intentions on getting up. I sighed and looked back at the door. She looked up at me "Do you really want to answer it?" she asked. I nodded and she sat up "Be quick, 'k?" I nodded and got up. I walked to the door a crack and peeked through the door to see Jenn.
"Yes?" I asked quietly.
"You want to go for a walk?" she asked me. I thought for a second. I turned back to Rouge and saw her yawn, then looked back to Jenn.
"Actually I'm in for tonight, maybe another time?" I suggested to her. I didn't want to have another night of next to no sleep and I don't think Rouge would be happy if I left this late.
"Oh, okay" she said depressingly looking down. I couldn't help feeling a bit sorry for her and sighed.
"Wait here a sec'" I said as I turned and leaned over Rouge "I need to go take care of something, I'll be back as soon as I can, okay?" Rouge nodded and laid her head on the couch. She looked so innocent curled up like that. It almost hurt to leave. I headed out the door and shut it quietly behind me "Let's keep it short okay?"
Jenn's POV
I started to walk with James, shooting glances at him once in a while, "So…how was your day?" I asked, smiling sweetly.
"It was good" he said. I could tell he was focused on something else. I looked away from him and sighed,
"That's good. Well I guess you want to go huh?" I asked, a hurt expression on my face. He looked at me, looking a bit unsure
"It's not that I want to leave…" he started, and then looked down. I frowned and put a hand on his shoulder,
"Well if you were in the middle of something I'd understand if you would rather be doing that then walking with me…" I trailed off, looking up at the sky. He blinked a moment then lowered his eye lids.
"What do you mean by 'doing that'?" he asked, as I had said something terrible. I stopped and laughed nervously,
"I mean if you were…uhh…you know…hanging out with Rouge or something. I mean I was kind of rude barging in on you guys like that…" I trailed off, a blush spreading across my face. I was clearly digging a deeper hole. He glared at me slightly,
"We weren't doing it okay? We were sleeping…" he replied, starting to sound annoyed. I sighed covering my face with my hands, a deep blush on my face,
"That's not what I meant…" I mumbled, trying to conceal the fact I was VERY embarrassed. I heard him start tapping his foot
"What DID you mean then, hmmm?" he asked, sounding more and more annoyed with me. I blushed even more,
"I didn't mean anything by it…I was just saying…" I sighed and turned away from him.
"Mhm, well if you don't mind I'd like to return to what ever it was I was doing, whether or not that's any of your business" he said sounding ready to explode at me. He turned and started to walk back to Rouge's room. I stared as he walked off, tears filling my eyes. I shook my head and walked over to a tree and sat down next to it.
James' POV
I couldn't believe what had just happened. To start Jenn had come to ROUGE'S room looking for ME, to ask me to go for a walk at 10 at night, when she knows I have to get up at 5 in the morning. Then I left poor Rouge to have her accuse me of doing god knows what she thought I was doing.
I stormed back to Rouge's room and shut the door. She looked up at me when I entered and I sat back where I had been sitting before. She laid back down on top of me, covering us with the blanket again. I calmed down and let it all sink in as Rouge fell asleep. I thought about what had happened and tossed it about in my mind. I decided she may not have meant anything. It was late, she may have been tired. I looked over the situation again and found that just for dozing off, that I may have been slightly too hard on her.
Jenn's POV
I sat down against the tree, staring up at the stars. It was so beautiful outside, I didn't want to leave. That was very rude of James assuming I thought he was having sex or something, god. That's totally not what I was thinking. What a jerk. I sighed, as the tears finally rolled down my cheeks. Why is it every time I try to make a friend I always get rejected. I don't know why people don't like me, it's probably because of this stupid disease I have. I mean, it's not my fault I have it. I was born with it for god sakes. I laid down on the ground and sobbed silently until the early hours of the morning, aka 5 am in the morning when I was suppose to get up.
I slowly opened my eyes with his face millimeters from mine, staring at me with the biggest cheesiest look on his face, "'Morning!" he exclaimed, making me jump almost two feet in the air. He chuckled and crossed his arms,
"You know you left yesterday when I was talking to you, that was very rude of you…I feel hurt."
I glared up at him, pushing him over, "Don't talk to me about RUDE. I just had a conversation with the rudest guy on base last night…" I steamed. Knuckles kind of backed away, his hands out in front of him,
:"Don't hurt me. I was just joking around. You don't have to shoot me like you did that last guy…" he began, gaining a cold glare from me. He gulped and stepped back a few feet,
"I'm gonna go now…" he said shaking. I raised a brow at him,
"You're supposed to be guarding me you know that right?" I explained, tapping my fingers on the ground. He short of shot a glance side ways,
"Well, what the commander doesn't know won't hurt him right?" he grinned nervously, taking off immediately. I sighed and laid my head back down on the warm ground, "Well I'm going to stay here until Shadow's suspension is done then…" I decided, closing my eyes once again.
"That won't be acceptable I'm afraid" said a metallic voice from above me.
Black Neo Sonic's POV
I looked down at the small purple hedgehog that was lying out in the open, as if she was my target practice. She opened her eyes and looked up at me.
"Who are you…?" she asked me in fear. I could have laughed, if only I had a mouth, so instead I simulated one with my voice box.
"Your worst nightmare" I explained to her, knocking in the back of the head. She dropped motionless. I looked around and found no one had noticed. I snapped my fingers and pointed towards the door "Go find Sonic, and other hedgehogs are fair game" I looked down at the one I had disabled "This will be my first trophy".
It only took a few moments for GUN to realize I had attacked; my men were already cutting through soldiers like butter. I had captured not only Sonic, but also a few of his pals, namely Tails, Knuckles and Shadow. Along with a purple female, I was quite proud of the game I had caught. We had piled the hedgehogs found in a small carrying device. It was going well until I noticed I was missing a soldier. I had only brought five of my ten, so with now only four, I knew there was someone or something in there that was stronger then a regular soldier. That's when I saw it. Another blue hedgehog with red streaks, he had some how got his hands on my soldier's sword and was now slicing his way threw my remaining troops. I couldn't keep up with his movements, so I quickly jumped back onto my carrier and started retreating to the base, but I knew I needed to hurry when I heard a familiar voice cry out
"THEY'VE GOT SHADOW!!!" That voice haunted me. I turned and saw her stepping back in shock. I glared at her. Rouge the bat. The one who had betrayed Dr.Eggman when I was still under his control. She was the reason I hadn't been activated sooner. If she hadn't promised the emeralds, I would have been awakened to find them, but instead I was forgotten. I speeded up the ship, but soon realized how the hedgehog was keeping up. Chaos Control, he obviously had a Chaos Emerald and was over using it to take out my troops. I drew my swords and used the one I had found on my way here. I was now able to follow the hedgehog's movements. I easily kept up with him; his movements no where near as fast as I had guessed. I pushed him aside and glared when I realized he could have had an emerald and I had lost him. I decided not to let Neo know about this mishap on my part and continued to the base. Black Neo Sonic, second in command, does not make mistakes.