Wait, WHAT? Is. . .Is that her name?

The Green Chick was completely flabbergasted. How did he learn her name? "What? How do you know my name! ?" She approached Espio, ready to attack. Was he watching her unawares just as Rouge had? She was sick of being secretly spied on. Even Blaze and Rouge were a little shocked. Blaze was just about to jump in between them, but hesitated. She knew Espio would not get into anything he was not supposed to without a good and clear reason.

They wanted to hear what Espio had to say. "What," Espio began to question, "did you not know that your name has been revealed at E3?"

Well. Look at that. Heh. Her name HAS been revealed. Guess I should have known this. And SHE should have known this. Oh well, glad she can finally be called by her real name.

Zeena stepped back. This was sure news to her. Her name was revealed and she had no idea of it? Why didn't the developers tell her? "Oh." She thought for a moment. "I did not. So everyone else knows it as well?"

"Well I don't exactly know who in particular, but it's known by people outside of your game. You two knew, didn't you?" Espio asked Blaze and Rouge.

"Huh," Blaze replied. "I had no idea. I haven't been on top of all that."

"Nor have I." Rouge reluctantly echoed.

"Hmph." Espio observed. "Unsatisfactory in reconnaissance and intelligence gathering?"

"Shut it, chameleon."

As Espio and Rouge were continuing to go back and fourth at each other, Zeena was still bewildered that her name was released to the public and she didn't know. The developers failed to at least let her know. Why? Probably just being irresponsible now, Zeena thought. Though it didn't matter anymore. She knew it, they knew it, whatever.

Eventually, a nearby door swung open. It was part of the development building. Someone was about to come out! It could be someone from the dev team. If so, Zeena would be in big trouble. All four of them could! How would they explain themselves? A place like this at a time like this mingling with someone who is supposed to stay inside? The opening door scared all four of the creatures.

"Seeya!" Rouge blurted out just before flying straight up and disappearing.

Zeena began to book it away from the opening door as fast as she could, until Espio stopped her. "Zeena! Blaze!" Espio got their attention. "Up there! Onto the rooftops!" Espio quickly wall jumped vertically on each side of the alley all the way to the top, reaching the roof of the building next to the studio building.

Blaze seized the opportunity and followed closely behind Espio to the top. She made her way up by jumping onto window sills and whatever other small ledges there were.

Now it was Zeena's turn to get to the destination above here. Using the parkour knowledge she knew, she charged at the wall, planted one foot on it, and launched herself up the wall. She crawled against the gravitational force as hard and fast as she could, and reached the top shortly. She barely got one hand over the ledge before gravity started getting the upper hand, denying her from getting a secure grip, and began falling. Espio saw that she started to fall and reacted quickly by grabbing her hand. Zeena did the rest of the work by flinging herself all the way up onto the rooftop and landing safely and without being seen by whoever was about to exit the building below.

"Thanks!" Zeena sighed as she crouched down to conceal herself better. Espio and Blazed lowered themselves as well.

"You're welcome!" Espio proudly replied.

The three of them heard a groan coming from nearby. A familiar voice, Zeena even recognized it. Looking over to the left a short distance away, they saw Rouge up on the roof as well. "Aaaaand we meet again. Greetings." Rouge sarcastically greeted.

"Augh, you again?" Zeena complained. "You're going to give our position away!"

Her comment made even Espio laugh.

"I can see them." Blaze reported. "They're coming out. Lower the volume guys."

Zeena and Espio walked carefully over to the edge of the roof and joined Blaze. There was a short wall that ran around the sides of the roof level to prevent anyone from accidentally falling off the building they were atop. From here they could observe safely and clearly.

Out from the door came two familiar faces. The popular fox and echidna, Tails and Knuckles. "I don't know, not in awhile." Knuckles told Tails, clearly answering a question he had asked him a moment ago.

"That's strange." Tails replied. "I haven't seen her either."

Zeena felt her heart jump. "They've gotta be looking for me!" She started to back away from the edge of the roof. "I need to get going, guys."

She was about to go and hop back down to the ground and quickly sneak her way back into the development building, when Espio grabbed her arm and stopped her. "Wait! Don't go." He instructed. "Don't betray yourself, they may not be referring to you."

"Huh?"

"Listen."

"Where could she have gone?" Tails asked.

"I dunno." Knuckles answered. "We checked Sonic, and she wasn't there. Where else might Amy be?"

Zeena felt much more at ease after hearing those last words. They're not searching for me, she thought. They must still not know I'm gone.

She was impressed. "Huh. . ." She thought aloud.

Espio smiled. "Patience, my friend." He reminded. "Know the situation. Wait until the time is right. It is the way of the ninja." He glanced over at Rouge. "Learn from her mistakes." He told Zeena quietly.

"I heard that!" Rouge told him.

Tails and Knuckles continued to talk while walking down the alley. "I don't know where." Tails said. "Guess we just need to check everywhere. Though she wouldn't be in an alley."

"Then why are we even out here?" Knuckles pointed out. "Only idiotic deadbeats wander into alleys for no reason!"

Everyone looked at each other awkwardly.

"We're in the alley, Knucklehead!" Tails informed.

Everyone couldn't help but laugh a little at the fact that Knuckles just accidentally insulted both Tails and himself. "Heh heh. . ." But then they realized that what he said could also apply to all four of them. "D'aww. . ."

Knuckles pondered for a few seconds. "Oh yeah. . ."

The fox and the echidna did not seem to be discussing anything really dire. Zeena, Blaze, and Espio decided to end their scouting.

"Uhm," Zeena started speaking to Espio, "you can let go of my arm now."

Espio realized as soon as she said that, and quickly released his grasp and pulled his arm back. "Ahem, right."

Blaze, watching the two of them, laughed. "Heh, oh brother."

In a very short amount of time, Tails and Knuckles had already reached the end this particular alley stretch and turned left around the corner. The same way Zeena came out from. "They might see that I left the door cracked open."

Espio observed. "That they will."

"Ho boy. . ."

"I think maybe you should get going, Zeena." Blaze suggested. "If they're looking for one person, then someone else missing will be more obvious."

Zeena listened to Blaze. Blaze is someone that knows what she's doing. And besides, Zeena's little trip outside was more than 'entertaining' enough. "I was just thinking that." Zeena responded. No doubt suspicions would be higher once that piece of evidence is discovered. As Tails and Knuckles went back the way Zeena came, Zeena formulated that she should avoid detection and rush back in the nearby door that the fox and the echidna came out of, instead of returning the way she came.

"Well, that's good to know." Blaze said. "Make sure you be careful sneaking your way back in!"

"Right." Zeena got up and began to approach the edge of the roof. "Welp, this little escapade was sure thrilling and enjoyable. Maybe we can do this again sometime." Zeena was not very enthusiastic about the thought, but she would far rather do this again than stand around watching Sonic show off his flashy new moves all day.

"Take care, Zeena." Espio said. "We will meet again."

Zeena laughed a little. "That we shall. Seeya Espio, seeya Blaze. And bye Rouge."

They all looked over to where Rouge was, but there was no one there. "She flew off." Blaze told them.

"Finally!" Zeena celebrated. She leaped over the barrier on the edge and let herself fall to the ground, and landing smoothly and well on the discreet side. Passing by the alcove, she realized she still had the Sonic Lost World poster, so she put it back where it was.

Zeena came to the door in just a couple steps. She placed her hand on the handle, pulled it open, and squeezed her way inside. For one last time, she looked back up on the rooftops and saw Blaze and Espio still watching. They waved and Zeena waved back, and the door closed completely.

Back on the roof, Espio and Blaze were discussing amongst themselves. "Think she'll change once her game is released?" Espio asked Blaze.

"She may." Blaze answered. "She is a villain after all, and we still barely know anything about her."

"Hmm." Espio thought.

They realized now that they now had no reason to remain here. Blaze began to stand up. "Well I guess we should- Huh?" As she moved her feet, a part of the floor came loose. Being the cat she is, her curiosity led her to remove the whole covering to see what was underneath. It was a secret room, filled with girly clothing, hammer polish, candy, and pictures of Sonic. "What the. . .?" Blaze and Espio looked down into it.

"Hey!" A pink hedgehog, Amy, popped her head out. "You found my secret lair!"

Zeena was in another hallway. It was different from the one she went down earlier. It was carpeted, and dimmer. This was on the other side of the whole building. In the processing side rather than the recording side. It was also substantially quieter. It was just the location though. She knew everyone was still working. Or she thought so.

Then it occurred to her. How long had she been out? Did anyone notice? Probably not, seeing as Tails and Knuckles were looking for Amy and not her. Even so, she thought it would be best to hurry up and get back to where she was so no one would be suspicious of her being so close to an exit door.

Zeena quietly speed walked to the other end of the hall and looked around both corners that were up there. There was no one around. As she made a right and continued to head back, she began to hear the noises of everyone working. Good.

She was finally back at the gymnasium area. No one seemed to notice she was absent, and to make things better, no one saw that she had just came back in. It would be like she never left!

"Ah, Zeena, there you are." A developer called as he came up to her. "Listen, we forgot to mention, your name is now public. Congratulations."

"I heard." Zeena told him.

"You did? Well that's nice." He didn't even bother to question how. "Alright Zeena, you ready to fight? It's time for you to show us your moves."

"You bet I'm ready." Zeena followed the developer as he started heading for another room. "Say, do you have a practice dummy of Rouge the Bat?"

"Erm, yeah. Just got a brand new one. Would you like to use that one?"

Zeena felt her facial muscles automatically tighten as a rather large smile appeared on her face. "Yes. Yes I would."

THE END

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