Chapter 4
James' POV
I finally finished my domino set after a few days of work. I had made about 20,000 dominos, each one a shade of white, grey and brownish-red. It was a fun hobby. I had managed to start another set, but before I could get the 20th one made, Rouge had returned to my small shack. She was wearing a different outfit this time. It was a full purple leather suit, which had a white belt with a heart on it. The top part of the outfit had a small cut out on it that revealed a section of her chest. She had brought me a small black device which she showed me how to attach it to my glove. It was a device I could use to communicate with her where ever she was. It also let her contact me at any time. She smiled at me, with a shine in her eye.
"Say, have you ever thought of joining GUN?" she asked me sweetly. I thought for a moment. GUN was who had taken the doctor away from me. It then it came to me. If I joined GUN maybe, just maybe, I could find the doctor and see him once again. I nodded to myself and looked at her.
"No, but I think I'll join, you're a member of it aren't you?" I asked biting my lip. She nodded grinning.
"I'm one of the best agents in GUN" she said teasingly. She put out her hand "Come with me and I'll take you to their nearest HQ and get you signed up." I took her hand she led me out of the small shack. I wrapped my arms around her as I held on to her tightly, my stomach against hers, our faces close together. Rouge grinned seductively as she flapped her wings and flew us up high into the air.
We flew over the city over the city for a long while before she finally landed us at the base of a small building. Rouge let me go and I released her from my grasp. She walked me into the base and stopped in front of the girl at the front desk. Rouge tapped the desk in front of her.
"Excuse me, I have one for enlistment" she said to her, pointing back at me. The girl nodded and began asking a bunch of questions which Rouge answered all for me; I just stood and watched. After the questions, Rouge handed me a small wallet-like thing with a badge in it. I took it and slid it into my glove. I looked at her and she grinned at me, sliding her hand into mine
"Come on. I'll take you to get fitted into you're new uniform" she said sweetly. I followed her up a flight of stairs and for once in a long time, I actually felt like I had a friend aside from the doctor.
Jenn's POV
I looked up at the ceiling, having my head on Shadows chest, "So is there any chance your going to let my out of my room at least?" I looked at him questionably, smiling sweetly. He looked down at me and sighed.
"Fine. As long as you promise not to leave the house, ok? Or I'll have to use force" he grinned, nudging me. I giggled and got up, quickly dressing and heading down the stairs, to find a blue creature standing there. I took a few steps back, but was too late. The last thing I saw was a giant hand coming toward me and everything went black.
I woke up inside a dark metallic room with no door. Well, no door that I could actually see anyways. I slowly got up and squinted, trying to make out where I was. It was no place I had seen before. I was kind of afraid actually. I felt around, but my arms had been restricted by chains. I felt my legs and they too were chained to the floor.
Grumbling, I tried to pull them off, but there was no use. Sighing, I sat back down on the cold floor and called out.
"Is there anyone there?" I called, waiting for a response. No one answered. I thought there was no better option but to sleep and hope someone came to find me. A few minutes later I was awakened by a cloaked figure. I looked up at the cloaked figure who was holding a lantern in one hand.
"You should have stayed in your bedroom where you were protected. It was stupid of you to leave the security." Glaring up at him, I slowly sat up.
"And who are you to tell me what to do, huh?" I attempted to cross my arms, failing miserably. I heard the cloaked figure sigh and I saw a light emit from his hands, causing the chains around my arms and ankles to break.
"You know grandma, you always were the stubborn one.." he trailed off, helping me off the cold ground. My eyes widened, as I stared at him in disbelief.
"Grandma? What in the world are you talking about?" I watched him, a placid look on my face. I saw him set down the lantern and take his hood off, revealing a silver-like hedgehog with long quills.
"I'm your grandson and I come from 200 years in the future. My name is Silver the hedgehog, son to Chaz the hedgehog; your son in the future. The reason why they want you dead is because if you die then I'll never be born, thus the world would be plunged in darkness. I'm the reason why they haven't destroyed the world. I'm the keeper of light." He glanced away. I stood there, soaking all this information that was given to me.
"But, how can this be? How can you be my grandson from 200 years in the future? I mean, how in the world did you get here?" I stared at him, not comprehending what he was trying to tell me. Silver shook his head and put his hood back on.
"I've told you too much, now I must leave. Use the lantern to find the door. You go down that corridor and go left; there will be the exit, but move quickly, those creatures aren't as dumb as they look." With that he disappeared. I picked up the indicated lantern and found the door quite easily, opening it quickly and quietly.
"This is just getting weirder and weirder" I muttered to myself, quickly making my way down the hall and found the exit, getting out as quickly as possible.
Shadow's POV
I quickly made my way down the stairs and was just in time to see Jenn disappear with one of the blue creatures.
"Damn it Jenn, I knew you should have stayed in the bedroom with me" I muttered. Growling, I ran out the door, searching for a clue that might help me find Jenn. Sonic walked over from his spot by the tree, a cheesy grin spread across his face.
"Hey Shadow. What's the matter? Lost your girlfriend?"
"Sonic, I suggest you leave me alone if you want to have kids when you're older. Now help me find Jenn damnit. One of the blue creatures took her away and I don't know where she is…" He looked at me and sighed.
"Oh alright then. Since you asked so nicely I suppose I'll help you. C'mon Knuckles and Tails! We're going on another adventure!"
James' POV
I liked it. The outfit I was given was amazing. An army green muscle shirt, along with a pair of baggy black pants held on to me by a black belt with several pouches running along it. I picked up the shades and looked through them. It dimmed the light and made it hard to see, so I tossed them aside. I came out of the dressing room. Rouge, who was waiting for me just outside the door, looked me over when I came out and whistled.
"Not bad" she said, walking around me looking me over, tapping my rear when she got behind me causing me to jump a bit. I looked back and she grinned blowing a kiss at me. I smirked at her.
"Like what you see?" I asked playfully. She giggled wrapping her arms around me nodding.
"You know, I'm a higher rank then you, meaning you have to do what ever I say" she teased, biting her lip and grinning. I felt my flush with embarrassment at the comment.
"You aren't going to take advantage of little old me now, are you?" I said smirking at her with a grin on my face. She giggled again.
"Not right now. We have a mission at the moment" she teased me kissing my cheek. She took my hand and led me downstairs again, bringing me into another room that had the words 'Briefing Room' on the door. We entered and a silver haired man, about 6'11 stood there with his back to us on the other side of the room. He turned to look at us when we shut the door behind us.
"Ah, Rouge, I see you have a new recruit for us?" he asked, his voice deep, one eye green the other blue. Rouge nodded and looked at me.
"My name is James the hedgehog, sir" I said boldly. He nodded to me.
"Very good, now listen up you two. Your mission, is to assist agent Shadow in the search for Jenn the hedgehog who has recently been kidnapped by the aliens. Our source tells us Shadow had been out numbered when they invaded the house and took them by surprise before he had a chance to react and his back up. Sonic, Tails and Knuckles had been slacking off and didn't assist in defending her; we now need you two to assist us in saving her" he explained.
I had no idea who this Jenn was, or why she was important, but I had no concern as to why GUN cared, I was just looking for something to do. Also, if I wanted to see Eggman, I would need to keep on their good side. Rouge and I nodded our heads then saluted. We headed out the door and left the building Rouge suddenly grabbed me from behind and flew me into the air. We flew to a near by area, where we saw a black hedgehog with red streaks, who Rouge told me was Shadow, the Ultimate Life Form.
Jenn's POV
Where in the world am I? How the heck did I get here and how do I get back home? I have no clue where I am, all I know is I'm on this weird blue floating island. I wish Shadow was here. I shouldn't have left without him having the chance to follow. That was very stupid of me.
I walked around, examining my surroundings. There were plants that were oddly colored and the ground was a pale blue. Sighing I looked down from the island and saw earth straight under us. I thought for a moment. How in the world am I supposed to get down there? I thought to myself, pacing as I tried to come up with a plan to escape and get me back to Shadow. I looked left and saw another floating island similar to this one, but it was normal colored. I thought for a moment and decided to try to jump for it, despite the voice in the back of my head telling me not to do it.
Shadow's POV
I looked up and noticed Rouge carrying a blue hedgehog with a green muscle shirt and baggy pants. Keh, show off. I walked over to them and crossed my arms over my chest.
"I know why you're here…but why is that thing here?" I glared, tapping my foot impatiently. Rouge put him down and let herself land gracefully.
"This is my newest recruit, James the hedgehog and he's not a thing, he's a hedgehog like you" she said frowning unimpressed. James lowered his eyes and looked at me.
"Shadow I presume?" I raised a brow at him.
"Yea, that's me. What's it to you? Why are you here anyways? It was supposed to be only Rouge, not you." I glared at him. James sighed and looked over at Rouge.
"Is this really the great Shadow you've told me about?" he asked, as if he was better then me. Rouge shook her head.
"He's probably just upset because he failed his mission" she said grinning "I bet his report wasn't even accurate, how many aliens was it that surprised you Shadow?" I snarled, turning my gaze away and fixing it on Rouge.
"How the hell should I know. The brat left before I had the chance to get to her. It's not my fault she decided to go ahead without me." Rouge grinned.
"Oh? Your report said they attacked you in your room and took you guys by surprise." She looked at James "May want to make a note of that, eh James?" The little runt was already recording something under his breathe in his recorder he had under his glove, all soldiers had one. I huffed and turned away from them.
"Well that's not what happened; besides, I don't need to explain myself to you. I was the one that was there and not you so get over yourself Rouge…" Rouge frowned at me.
"Whatever, let's just get going; we need to find any clues we can to where she might be" she said, turning her back to me. James seemed to be looking off into space and I noticed him squint at something in the distance.
Jenn's POV
Looking to make sure I had enough room to jump for it, I backed up as far as I could, making a leap for the other island, nearly missing it and falling face first onto it.
"Great…now my nose is probably broken, just my day isn't it?" I looked around, noticing a big shinning green emerald sitting on a pedestal. I slowly made my way over to the altar and climbed the stairs, standing right in front of the green emerald, "Hmm, I wonder what this does…" I poked it, nothing seemed to happen. I shrugged and sat down, putting my head in my hands, "There's no place like home."
James' POV
I looked up and saw two islands floating in the sky in the distance. "Hey Rouge, wasn't there only one Island before?" I asked her, not turning to look. I turned and saw Shadow take out a small telescope and look through it backwards.
"I can barely see them…" he said squinting his eyes.
"Um… Shadow, wrong way" Rouge said looking annoyed. Shadow looked at it and flipped it around.
"Oh…. I knew that" he looked through it again and I saw his face light up "J…. JENN'S ON THAT ISLAND! She's by the Master Emerald!" Shadow boomed. He looked around "Who has a Chaos Emerald?" he asked frantically. Before I could respond, he bolted off in search of an emerald. Rouge giggled then turned to me.
"So, shall we get going then?" she smiled. I sighed and nodded. She looped her arm with mine and I activated Chaos Control once again.
We arrived on the Island and saw Jenn sitting beside the Master Emerald, curled up in a ball. Rouge walked over and tapped her on the head "Jenn the hedgehog? GUN agent Rouge; my friend and I are here to bring you home" she said softly. Jenn looked up at us, a bright smile on her face.
"Oh thank you so much! I don't know how I can ever repay you. Wait. Where's Shadow?" she frowned, looking around franticly. Rouge giggled.
"He's off looking for an emerald so he can come save you; his rush to save you caused him to ignore the fact my friend James here can warp with out emeralds." I waved shyly, having not been noticed until now. Jenn looked at me then at Rouge, then back at me.
"Wait. I know you from somewhere…" she squinted at me, "You're the guy that helped me the other day! So your name is James, eh? Well mine's Jenn if you haven't guessed already" she giggled. I remembered her from the other day, but it hadn't occurred to me that she was the one GUN was looking for. I couldn't imagine why GUN needed her, but it wasn't my job to question GUN, so I politely nodded. Rouge walked over beside me and looped my arm again.
"Come on Jenn, let's get going" she said reaching out for Jenn's hand. Jenn took Rouge's hand I warped us back to the small building. Shadow was sitting at her step when we got back and almost instantly he tackled Jenn and was kissing her all over. Rouge giggled at that.
"Well, well, well, getting emotionally involved with a mission are we?" she asked, as if she didn't already know the answer. I stretched and looked up, waiting for them to finish what ever they planned on saying and imagined on how I could find the doctor.
Shadow's POV
I looked up at Rouge and flipped her off. I saw her frown and take her new pet back to the GUN base, but I didn't care; I was with Jenn again and nothing could ruin that. After Rouge and James had left, I picked Jenn up in my arms and brought her back to her room. I shut and locked all windows and doors and jumped into the bed with Jenn.
After an hour or two I rolled over, breathing heavily with Jenn's head on my chest, playing with the crest on my chest. I closed my eyes and sighed, soon drifting off into a deep sleep. I dreamt of me and Jenn being together forever. I dreamt Rouge had discovered her little pet James was gay for Sonic and in her grief killed them both and then herself and Jenn was given her job. Jenn and I worked side by side, until the end of time; I never wanted this dream to end.
As I awoke, Jenn was unfortunantely asleep, her head still on my chest. I ran my hand through her quills and sighed softly. Words couldn't describe how much I cared for her. I closed my eyes and tried to return to my heavenly dream. I lay there, curled up with Jenn happily; that's when it occurred to me. I wasn't supposed to get emotionally involved with my clients. I would probably loose my job for this. Rouge had such a huge mouth and she'd probably rat me out, but for Jenn it was worth it.
James' POV
I returned to the GUN base with Rouge to report our success. The Commander was pleased to hear of Jenn's safe return. Surprisingly Rouge didn't tell him about Shadow, which confused me. I later asked her why and she said he'd loose his job if she had told them and Shadow was still her friend and fellow agent; ratting him out would be cruel. I agreed.
"Come with me, I have a surprise for you" she told me. She brought me to a door that said 'visitors'. She opened it and it opened up to another door, but it was cushioned and white. The window on it was barred and two guards stood beside it. Rouge signaled to the guards to let me in. They opened the door and I walked into the room. It was all white cushions, except for a small white table with two chairs in the middle of the room. On the chair opposite to me, there sat a bald man with a massive orange mustache, strapped in a straight jacket. I sat down across from him and he looked up at me. It was the doctor. I looked at him in pure terror.
"Hello James, it's been awhile" he said calmly snickering. I shook my head.
"Doctor, what have they done to you?" I asked him frantically.
"What? Oh, this? Oh, GUN just decided I was considered 'crazy and dangerous'" he said bluntly "They only agreed to bring me to talk to you because Rouge had sent for me. Anyone else would have been turned down" he explained. I shook my head again. How could they be doing this to him? I thought to myself for a minute.
"Doctor, I know how to get you out of here, but you have to trust me" I told him. He nodded and I got up and knocked on the door, signaling for Rouge "could you go get the Commander for me?" I asked her. She nodded and took off. I went to the doctor and explained my plan. He nodded and looked up as the Commander walked in.
"What is it soldier?" he asked quickly.
"The doctor has something to ask of you sir" I told him. He looked at Eggman and the doctor cleared his throat.
"Commander of GUN, I would like to make a deal with you. If you let me out of this place, I will join the GUN forces as a researcher, to help build great weaponry for GUN forces and help improve modern life" he promised to the Commander. He was stunned. Eggman had seemed to have changed after seeing me and the Commander was shocked. He looked at me, then back at Eggman and nodded.
"Alright, but any screw-ups and you're back in here, understand?"
"Yes sir!" Eggman said joyfully. I was given the honor of freeing the doctor from his jacket and the first thing he did was hug me in thanks. I returned the hug and Rouge entered the room smiling. Now, everything was they way I wanted it, all I had left to do was follow GUN and keep Rouge and safe.