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Chapter 9: The Kiss
Angel Island: 9:00a.m. ( Actually, this begins in a dark alley in Station Square.)
A shadowy figure stands in a dark alley. Two dark forms approach the waiting figure. One of the two forms asked in a low voice, "We have given you two weeks to consider our offer. Do you agree to our terms? We are willing to pay any amount of money to get what we want. Money is not an object." The figure stepped forward. "Keep your money! I'll do the job. There's a treasure I have been trying to get for years now, and I think I know a way I can get it at the same time I do this job." The second form then spoke up. "Agreed! The target is now expected to be on Angel Island. Here is a picture." The figure then spread out a pair of bat wings. "Perfect." The figure flew up into the light revealing herself to be none other than Rouge the Bat. She then flew off toward the island.
Back on the island, Orange was running around Tails' place panicking. "Oh, God, no! Oh, God, no! Oh, God, no!" she repeated out loud to herself as Tails just watched her running back and forth. "Hey, Orange. What's wrong?" She stopped and smiled weakly at him. "It's nothing, Tails. I just lost something." She ran into the bathroom and closed the door. Tails followed and asked through the door, "Well maybe I can help you find it?" She ran back out the door and headed outside. "Thanks, Tails. But I don't think you would be able to find it." She quickly ran down the path leading to the M.E. before Tails could ask what she was looking for.
She slowed down when she could no longer see his house. She whispered to herself as she continued down the path. "Besides, Tails. It's not an object. I lost it two weeks ago. I lost my virginity to Knuckles. Well, kind of. I've been on this island for a little bit over a month, and I'm pregnant." She stopped for a moment. "What am I going to tell Knuckles!" She found herself caught in a trap. She continued along her way even slower. Partly because she was beginning to feel sick, and she also did not want to tell Knuckles. She tried to think rapidly of what she should tell Knuckles. She was almost half way there when she stopped to rest again. About a day or two before she had already begun to feel sick. The sick feeling hit her again, worse than before. She held her stomach in an attempt to make herself feel better. It was no use though. In a matter of seconds, she found herself running to a bush and throwing up. She was on the ground for about a minute unable to stop throwing up. When she had finally stopped, she fell back to a sitting position on the ground. She held her head as she began to sob to herself. "I can't do this! Not alone! I can't live like this for another 9 months!" (A/N: I started typing this chapter out a long time ago and this is as far as I got. So for the rest, since I've had more practice with other fics I'm writing right now, I promise to do better spacing. ;;;)
She continued to cry for another 15 minutes before she got up and continued on her way to where Knuckles was at. She wiped the tears out of her eyes, trying to be strong. "Okay, I can't stop myself from having this baby. It's already too late. I have to tell Knuckles. It wouldn't be fair to the baby if I didn't. I don't want my child to be fatherless. But, then again, it isn't fair to Knuckles either. He's still young and carefree and he already has to watch the M.E. But I'm still young, younger than Knuckles and I can't do this alone. (Knuckles is 19 in this story.) I'm just going to tell him, and if he rejects me and the baby, I'll go back to living with my brother. That's the best I can do" she said wiping the last of her tears out of her eyes. " I hope he doesn't hate me. If only I hadn't encouraged him to sleep with me that night. This is all my fault."
Just arriving on the island was Rouge. She flew off as fast as she could to the shrine of the M.E. Being that she could fly, she managed to reach the M.E. before Orange. When she could see Knuckles in plain sight, she began her first objective. Get Knuckles' attention.
She spiraled down to the ground and made a landing that looked painful but in reality caused no harm to Rouge. Knuckles ran to her just as she had planned he would do. He approached and stopped when he recognized who she was. He helped her up. "Batgirl! What are you doing here! And what happened!" Rouge looked up at him.
"Knu…Knuckles? Is that you?" she said in the weakest voice she could make. She then pretended to pass out.
"Rouge!" he yelled as he dragged her back to the shrine. She opened one eye and looked up at him as he tried to help her sit up.
"Knuckles….I got a branch caught in my wings and I crashed here." He examined her carefully.
"Huh…That's funny. I don't see a branch in your wings. It must be gone now. Come to think of it, you don't seem to be hurt. I can't see any marks on you. So…what are you doing here?" Rouge quickly flung herself into Knuckles' arms and faked crying.
"Oh, Knuckles! I was just coming to see you because I've been so lonely since the Ark incident a few years ago! I never told you how I truly felt about you! The truth is I loved you and still do!" Before Knuckles could respond , she threw her lips against his. Knuckles was caught completely off guard and before he could push Rouge away from him, Orange arrived. He heard a gasp and quickly broke off the kiss and turned around to face Orange, Rouge still having her grip on his arms. Orange stood there a moment, shocked. New tears were forming in her eyes.
Orange dropped her head, her eyes still staring at Knuckles who was too shocked to say anything at first. She whispered his name under her breath. "Knuckles…" She then broke out in a fit of rage. "YOU JERK! I can't believe you! I thought you loved me! I hate you and I'll never speak to you again!" She quickly ran back down the path she had come from with warm tears of anger rolling off her face and down to the ground. Knuckles quickly pulled away from Rouge and yelled out to her.
"ORANGE! Wait! It's not what you think!" He chased after her. Rouge stood back, watching after him until he was gone. She smiled to herself.
"HA! That was way too easy!" She secured the M.E. to a rope and began to fly with it to where Orange had ran off to. "Now that I have what I want, I'll swoop down and steal that crystal that girl has and then leave quickly. With all those tears in her eyes, she won't be able to see a thing."
Unknown to Rouge, somebody else had been watching the whole thing from a nearby tree. Shadow stood atop the highest tree branches, hidden among the leaves. He took up the Chaos emerald he was carrying around his neck and said, "Chaos Control!" He disappeared. Orange managed to slip away from Knuckles and headed up the path Knuckles had showed her two weeks before.
Rouge was approaching fast from behind. Just then a bright light formed in front of her, blocking her off from Orange's path. Rouge stopped as Shadow appeared in front of her. She dropped the M.E. and jumped back, away from him. "Shadow! You're just full of surprises, aren't you?" Shadow smirked.
"Heh…Well it's been a long time, Rouge. I see that you still enjoy causing trouble and stealing jewels." She smiled.
"Well, I do my best." Shadow got into a fighting stance.
"We never did get to finish our fight over the Chaos Emeralds back on the Ark. Why don't we finish it?" She also got into a fighting position.
"Bring it." Shadow shot forward as Rouge flew up into the sky. Shadow grabbed his Chaos Emerald and yelled out.
"Chaos Control!" He disappeared in a second and reappeared above Rouge, giving her a kick that sent her back down to the ground. He quickly repeated the process and landed on a low tree branch. He jumped down to the ground and walked to her as she slowly picked herself off the ground. "Your flying won't help you. Not as long as I have one of the Chaos Emeralds." She cursed.
"Damn! How am I supposed to hit him? I can't fly because he'll just use Chaos Control, and I can't run because he's so damn fast. I'll have to distract him and then attack." She said to herself. She looked around for anything she could use to throw him off guard. Her eyes caught sight of the M.E., and an idea sprung into her mind. She flew back up quickly, grabbing the rope connected to the M.E. in the process. She began to spin quickly.
Shadow looked up at her in confusion. "What is that bat doing?" She let go of the rope and sent the M.E. flying toward Shadow. He quickly moved to catch it but got hit hard in the stomach as he went to grab it. The last thing he wanted was it to get shattered. He was knocked off his feet and hit a tree.
Knowing he would catch it, Rouge took the opportunity to attack. She kicked him in the face, causing him to fly up and hit his head on a low tree branch. As he fell back down toward the ground head first, she managed to get another kick to his stomach. He was flung into another tree. She moved in to grab Shadow by his brown cape. (A/N: Yes, Shadow has a cape. I forgot to mention. Sorry. .) She flew up and began to spin again.
Shadow struggled to get away as he was being choked. She let go of the cape, sending Shadow into another tree, hitting every branch on the way down to the ground. He struggled back to his feet, leaning against the tree. Rouge flung herself back down toward him with a kick. However, Shadow managed to duck out of the way and grab her leg. He threw her into a tree, knocking her unconscious. He walked over to her slumped over body and flung her over his right shoulder.
He took the M.E. back to the shrine but still found the surrounding area empty. Knuckles was obviously still off looking for Orange. He was surprised not to find Tikal anywhere nearby. She had healed nicely and returned to her own time. All he found was a group of chao floating around the shrine, looking up at the empty spot sadly. Everything was quiet and peaceful. He wouldn't have mined staying around and sleeping but he knew he still had to do something with Rouge and find Orange to explain everything to her. The chao all turned to him and sang out in joy when they saw he had the M.E. with him.
They crowded around him, giving him small hugs and sounds of joy. Shadow smiled and at them and reassured them that the M.E. would be safe once again. "Hey, you guys! Sorry I can't stay and play with you, but I got to do something with this bat girl." He took his chaos emerald and said, "Chaos Control." He was warped from that spot to a place in Station Square. He found himself in a small dark apartment room.
He searched for a light but only found a closed window. He opened the curtain to let in some light. He also opened the window to air out the room. He was able to find a nearby couch and laid her on it. He then warped back to where he and Rouge had fought.
He began walking up the path where Orange had ran.
It didn't take long for him to find Orange. She hadn't made it very far. He ran to her side when he found her passed out on the ground. "Orange! Hey, Orange!" he said as he leaned her up against himself. He shook her gently in an attempt to wake her up.
He searched her body but found no marks on her. He felt her pale face and found it to be hot. He stood up with her in his arms. "I better get her back to Tail's place. It feels like she's running a high fever. She must have passed out on the way up here."
When he reached Tail's house, he found Sonic on the couch watching t.v. Sonic quickly got up and helped Shadow find a place to lay Orange down. They placed her in an upstairs bed and wrapped her in a warm blanket.
AN: Sorry I have to end it there for now. I need to recollect my thoughts and remember what comes next in this story. I'm sure I'll remember it quickly but that's all I have written down right now. And remember. If you want me to continue, send in reviews. If I don't get at least one, I probably won't continue and you wouldn't want that now, would you?