So you guys liked that chapter huh :D Yay! Wow.. I'm working on this chapter early… Yay! Anyway….. Yup… xP that Rouge bit was from my mother. Because she HATES the dentist, and she did that once. Well I was on the floor laughing
So anyway!
On with the story good-ness!
(OH! And 7 is my lucky number! So –Smirks- I'm going to be nice! xP )
Disclaimer: Anything you recognize is not mine. I only own Diamond and Lilly.
Italics are Thoughts
A Rose's Revenge – Chapter 7
Knuckles stared at Rouge, he looked dumbstruck. It had been as she said. It was short. Only one word. But that word managed to scare horrify but (To his surprise) highly please him.
"Me?"
"You," Rouge looked at Knuckles who had frozen the chaos emerald in his hand only inches above her stomach. He was staring at her with those brilliant violet eyes…
"Why me?" Knuckles had found his mouth and throat were dry. But his heart was pumping faster then he was thinking. Millions of questions had stormed into his thoughts unwelcome. But he found those were being doused by giddy-ness and excitement. Rouge's laugh brought him back to staring at her.
"It's never been the emerald I've wanted Echidna. It's the link the emerald has with you." Rouge had now a small smirk upon her lips, her eyes staring right back into his. But beneath this visible look of calmness her heart was hammering and her throat was becoming dry. What if he rejected this?
That did it. Knuckles completely lost the power of speech and his eyes had widened. His heart had stopped – Well for him it did – and he was looking at her. But slowly, he found himself thinking about her, and all the times they had fought. A smile cracked onto his face and he gave a small laugh.
"Batgirl…"
Both of them looked into each others eyes. Hearts racing emotion speeding though them, here they were, two rivals, and they were slowly leaning closer to each other. They inched closer. Rouge's eyes fluttered closed, inching together. Their lips only center meters apart… the distance closing…
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Amy trotted down the stairs her hand sliding down the polished banister. She jumped the last step sprinting into the medical, the door opening as she approached. She sprinted in puffing slightly.
"What is it!" She was doubled over her hands resting on her knee's panting. Well you try running though a mansion/lair the size of a mountain without getting puffed out! (A/N: I have no idea why I wrote that….)
"Amy. She's sick." Shadow's usually calm voice was broken, scared and oozing with worry. Amy shot her head up looking at Shadow's dark fur. Turning her head suddenly to the bed.
The sweet, small Cream the Rabbit was lying down. Her face was red and her cheeks tear stained, she was whimpering softly in a dream. Her eyes where closed. A soft banging was heard before the doors flew open.
"Chaooooo!" Cheese fluttered down next to Cream rubbing against her affectionately.
Amy's eyes widened, brimming with tears. "What's happened to her!"
Shadow did not reply. He was frowning softly staring and Amy. Something about seeing her eyes so glossy with tear ready to fall made his heart shatter. Then flashes began to appear in his head.
Looking though the capsule he was trapped he banged his fists on it he shouted out to a beautiful blonde girl clutching the lever smiling, her eyes brimming with tears. Shadow felt the familiar sensation of his heart shattering like glass. He cried out. "No! Maria!" The blonde girl smiled, looking at the hedgehog.
"Sayonora. Shadow the Hedgehog." Shadow's stomach plunged as she pulled the lever. The capsule plummeted down. But that wasn't the only reason his heart fell. Just before the capsule moved, he heard the bang of a gun and the horrifying sound of a weight hitting hard floor.
"Shadow?" The voice brought him back. He stared in Amy's eyes, still glossy with tears. He frowned looking down. But another voice sounded over Cream's soft whimpering. Cold, heartless and feminine.
"Bad memories haunt you Shadow. Deal with it." Diamond Rose looking into Shadow's crimson eyes as he lifted his head, he burned with furry. His voice was suddenly oozing venom and anger. How dare she.
"How dare you." He hissed, standing up straight staring into her eyes… something strange happened. Within her eyes he saw what seemed to be his life flashing in them, but he ignored that. The fury was too great to concentrate on her eyes.
"But Shadow. I'm a telepath it's what I do." Everyone around them seemed to have vanished. Shadow's fury was rising, his voice, his body, his emotions all shaking.
"How dare you." He repeated once more, his voice much louder this time. Amy eeped stepping back, Lilly – Whom he had just noticed – scurried around to tend to Cream. "How have NO right to see my memories! A mind is something personal! Precious! You have no right to barge into them unwelcome with a talent that has been given to you." Shadow boomed the hedgehog staring at her with hate, loathing.
"Yes. I was given. You see. It wasn't given to me for it to be ignored you know." She smirked, her foul expression raising Shadow's anger over the edge. He moves forward gripping her neck and slamming her into the cold wall. Cream's whimpered louder and Amy uttered a soft scream. Lilly gasped.
Diamond was smirking, then without warning Shadow let go of her clutching his hand as if it had been set on fire. He was groaning. Amy whimpered then recovering she realized Diamond was staring down at the kneeling Shadow. Amy clenched her fist.
"Stop it!"
Her cry echoed though the room. She had moved forward and grabbed Diamond's shoulder pulling her gaze away from Shadow and she now looked at Amy. Amy gasped. Diamond's eyes were a bright gleaming gold. But only for a second before they returned back to a dull brown, then turning grey, Shadow had collapsed.
"You hurt him! What did you do!" Amy's eyes deciding the tears needed to be spilled let them seep out the corners traveling down her cheeks…
"My, my Amy. Concerned are we? Lilly take care of Cream. Amy can take Shadow." Diamond had snapped at the white fox as she rushed to his side. "Cream has a fever often heard of around these parts. She's been playing out side of the base. She must have picked a poisonous flower. She'll be fine. Shadow needs some rest. His mind is rather… exhausted…" With that she swept out the room leaving silence penetrating the space. Only Cream's soft heart breaking whimpers carrying around.
Lilly's shaking voice broke it once again;
"Well, um, Amy. Take him to the – uh. His room, and uh... Let him rest. He'll wake up soon. Give him some water… he'll be fine. I have Cream sorted."
Amy nodded hoisting Shadow up. Luckily the rooms weren't far. She looked back at the Rabbit biting her lip softly; she was torn in two ways. But right now Shadow needed someone. Amy had a faint idea what Diamond had saw...
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It was late and the sky had been painted a dark navy color. Sonic T. Hedgehog ran though the roughest neighborhood he had seen in a long time. Taking a turn he ran down a road, abandoned cars in need of repair laid along the road, tires stacked in front of a garage door. He turned seeing a black mark scorched on the road and another car looking as if it's top had been blown off. On his left there was a park. Sonic stopped. He was clutching something in his hand tightly.
The playground looked as it had been abandoned for a long time then someone had tried to re-make it make-shift style. He shrugged climbing the fence jumping onto the makeshift tower, fabric was inside. It looked terrible. Walking out he ran onto a hill that a slide had been forced into. Laying down he looked up at the stars. There wasn't many tonight but he was too lost in thought to care.
He loosened his grip on the object he was clutching, he brought it too his eyes reading.
Sonic,
You've broken my heart one to many times now and I'm sick. Sick of it and of you. I'm sick of being the little innocent girl always tailing behind.
Well not any more.
As of today Sonic I'm not that little girl. No, I'm someone you will come to hate and fear. One day Sonic you'll be the one tailing ME the one crying for ME. Not the other way around. I took that pink chaos emerald, and you're not getting it back. You've made a mistake you'll regret like no other. Because one day I promise you'll ill be standing over you laughing in your face. Don't bother looking for me. You won't find me. But I'll come to you, to claim the other 5 chaos emeralds. So have fun Sonic, while it lasts. Because guess what Sonic? I hate you too.
Yours truly,
Amy Rose.
A wet salty tear found its way down Sonic's cheek. I don't hate you Amy. He thought. I love you. But that's obviously a one way feeling… What I would do to turn back time. Sonic sat there for ages. Thinking of what would have come if he had taken Amy on a date…. Treated her right, loved her back…
Well she was right. He was crying for her.
But that was the only thing she was going to be right about. Sitting up Sonic clutched the note on the photo in his palm. He rested his head onto his knee pondering. Then he realized what he would do. Stop her getting the emeralds. Whatever it took, they only had two left. Sonic jumped to his feet sprinting out of the makeshift park and up the dodgy street. He knew where he was going. Knuckles had the first emerald they had.
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Sonic sprinted though the thick forest of Angel Island heading towards the shrine, struggling though some vines the shrine and the emerald came into view. Sonic's ears twitched picking up the sound off snores. Running around sure enough Knuckles the Echidna was snoring softly sitting down leaning against the emerald with a smug smirk on his face.
"Hey… Hey Knuckles! Wake up!" The blue hedgehog shook her echidna lightly who stirred sitting up right nodding.
"What's up Sonic?" Knuckles scratched his head yawning and stretching that smug smirk still plastered on his face.
"The Chaos emerald, Where is it?" Sonic crossed his arms watching Knuckles wondering what dream would have that smirk stuck in place. Knuckles raised an arm pointing at his small hut leaning back on the emerald.
"Second draw down."
Sonic zipped off into the hut. Knuckles barely had time to close his eyes when Sonic came back looking like he'd seen his mother being killed again and again multiple times.
"It's not there."
Sonic would have expected Knuckle to go crazy. Shout, or even flinch. But he didn't he just sat there smirking.
"Oh?"
Sonic threw his hands up in the air. "SIX! Six! They, have SIX of the SEVEN chaos emeralds! Great. Oh brilliant! Wonderful! What are we going to do! Knuckles, why didn't you stop them!"
"I... was asleep." Knuckles said simply stretching. Not showing a care in the world that maybe the world would soon go bang. Sonic growled in frustration.
"Whatever Knuckles! I'm going to see Tails about where the other one is!" With that he sped off again. Knuckles yawned, stretched and rested back onto the green emerald that was giving off a soft glow. Still smirking.
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Amy pulled the thin sheet over Shadow, a glass of water waiting on his side. Diamond's voice ran though her thoughts. 'Stay with him, he might have a fever and some pretty bad nightmares.' Amy cringed. She hated Diamond's voice. Feeling Shadow's head he didn't have a fever. Amy's mind wondered to Cream. Seeing the poor rabbit like that brought tears to her eyes all over again, Standing up she made her way over to a mirror wiping her eyes.
"Amy?"
Amy turned and smiled at Shadow, he climbed out off the bed barefooted walking up to her. He could see the tears hanging onto her lashes. He frowned. "What's wrong?"
Amy sniffled. "It's just. Cream, she's so small and innocent. And she's here. And All I'm doing is stealing a few gems for a spiteful cause. And she's here to see it. And I've loved Sonic all my life and now I feel so empty." A tear dropped from her eyelashes gently rolling down her cheeks. "Oh, look at me babbling on."
Shadow looked at Amy then put a hand to her cheek catching the tear. "Your not, hey Rose? No crying."
Shadow grabbed Amy's arm gently pulling her into a heart warming hug. Amy's heart skipped a few beats before she hugged back. His fur was soft and silky, he smelt nice. She didn't have time to realize that last time… Hugging back she buried her head into his shoulder. He hugged her putting his handon her head and his head on top of hers.
"Roses are too pretty to cry Amy."
AWWWWWH! How sweet eh? I can truly say I loved writing that chapter and it's the only piece of work I have ever been proud of. Ever. I loved that chapter and it was my personal fave. Guess what? Its 5am and I've been up since 12pm writing this for ya'z! So Review! Because they keep this passion flowing for writing this story.
Shout out to Batie! She's on MSNM right now with me we're doing all-nighters! xD It's soooo fun I'm having great fun! With my apple, staying up.. the night… Batie… Best chapter yet! YAY! Review because I'm babbling! x x
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