Okay here is Chapter 8, I wasn't very awake when i wrote this so there maybe the ocasional 'i' or missed out capital letter ect. i do apologize but hope there isn't to many.

Review and enjoy XD


Libby's arm was ver sore. She was in her room on the computer waiting for an email from her boss. She heard the 'ding' and looked to see 1 new message. She opened the email and read it through nervously.

To: Liberty Stone

From: Unknown sender.

Liberty Stone,

Your next task is as follows...

Rouge and Knuckles have had a VERY large fight and Rouge hates to be belittled. She will want revenge, and Knuckles knows this. So, you shall steal the Master Emerald from Knuckles and hide it in Rouges shed. Then you will make very difficult to find clues but enough to make knuckles go to the shed. My idea is you rip abit of Rouges glove and hook it on the shed door and make very descrete foot prints going to and from the shed. Knuckles will think it was her and never speak to her again. Then, we knock Rouge out and wire he brain so she is under her control, if she get her right mind back she dies instantly by electricution of the brain. Knuckles is heartbroken and angry and we have another member. Then we move on to Blaze and Silver.

I think I owe you an explanation to this, so send me an email as soon as you read this so I can send you it, you must delete straight after.

I expect your email soon Liberty.

Yours truely,

Deception Queen.

Libby replied back imediatly and awaited an explanation. Obviously her ladyship had already written it out as she replied almost instantly.

To: Liberty Stone

From: Unknown Sender

Liberty Stone,

Your not the brightest are you? Took you about half an hour to read.

Now, the explaination...

I can't tell you all of it of course but this will enlighten you which really isn't that hard.

Dr. Eggman has offered us what we need if we give him the chaos emeralds. Sadly, anyone who holds on to the chaos emeralds for longer than 24 hours sends of this energy which send a signal to the police station with a message of our where-abouts. I know, very strange. This is why it's crucial we get the emeralds to Dr. Eggman as soon as possible so were not caught. Now, here's the story, the emeralds were all given to trusted members of the city, Shadow, Amy, Cream, Tails, Sonic, Silver and Wave. Knuckles if you include the Master Emerald but that is pratically ours anyway. Now we have the emeralds from Shadow, Amy, Cream, Tails and the Babylon Rouges. They were foolish to trust Babylon Rouges, they will do anything for something of Babylon origin, luckly, my...home shall we say had many treasures of theres and they happly traded not realising I had put toxic gas dispenses in them all, they are now all dead and buried far away. Silver and Sonic remain and we have our plans, but lets not go into that yet, carry on with your task and then your tongue will be tied.

Deception Queen.

Libby was very confused but knew she had to do her task, she set off to do what her ladyship had told her...

Knuckles had slept at the bottom of the altar of the Master Emerald, he woke up startled an ran up the marble stone steps. When he got to the last step he fell to his knee's out of breath. He looked up to were the Emerald would usually stand but it was gone. Knuckles punched the ground in front of him denting the very old stone. He saw a leather strip and he instantly knew.

"Rouge!"

He gritted his teeth and ran to Rouge's house. He knocked on the door and Rouge answered looking rather angry to.

"What the HELL do you want!"

"Where's the Master Emerald?!"

"What...?"

"I know you took it, let me in."

He barged past her and saw muddy footprints and a small line leading towards the back door. He opened the door and saw the prints leading to the shed, he ran over before Rouge could stop him and opened the shed door. There it was, the Emerald tucked clumsily behind some sheets. Rouge must have still been slightly drunk when she done this. It was careless and there was bits of it sticking out, easily spotted.

"I KNEW IT! ONCE A JEWEL THEIF, ALWAYS A JEWEL THEIF!"

Knuckles had lost his temper, again.

"I do not know how that got there."

"Don't lie you...you...BITCH!"

Rouge just raised her eyebrows.

"That words to large for your vocabulary isn't it Knucklehead?"

Rouge had pushed it to far this time, Knuckles swung his fist at her and knocked her clean out. He grabbed the Emerald and started walking towards her house ready to go in. He looked back at her through the corner of his eye and gave just one chuckle.

"Pathetic."

Off he went no longer upset about Rouge, he didn't care about her anymore.

Amber had come to visit Rouge. She knocked on the door several times but there was no answer, the door was unlocked so Amber went in think she was in the shower or something. She saw the back door was open and swiftly went outside to see if Rouge was out there. She gasped when she saw Rouge on the floor.

"Oh dear, this must have been Knuckles, he's done a good job. She's bleeding and everything."

Amber was shocked to see Rouge knocked out.

"Okay then, off we go Rouge, you need an operation."

She lifted Rouge onto her back and walked out of the front door down the road.

Knuckles returned to the altar and placed the Master Emerald in it's place. He took a step bag and admired his recovery of the emerald. He turned around and asumed his normal postion for guarding the emarald, eyes shut and arms crossed. He had nothing to worry about anymore and he could get on with his life.

"Are you sure this is what you saw miss?"

"Yes I'm sure. He was very violent sir, I don't think he's safe to the public."

"Okay miss, we will act imediatly."

"Thankyou officer."

"What was her name again young lady?"

"Liberty Stone sir"

"So, your witness statment is... You saw Liberty Stone reading a very suspicious looking email and then she deleted it?"

"Yes sir."

"Okay, very well, we shall read her email from the last month."

"Thankyou. Good day sir."

Amber left the police station with an evil smile on her face.

"That's that."

Libby was about to go to bed when there was a knock at the door, she hesitated but opened the door. She saw it was the police and slammed the door shut. Libby ran upstairs to clear any evidence quickly. She swung the door open.

"Mistress? Why are you in my room? The police are hear! We're busted big time!"

Libby was really panicing.

"No, you are. That tattoo will not let you speak of anything you know to do with this. Sadly, the tattoo fades after 12 months. Luckily enough, there going to give you death sentence so no worries."

"Wha-what? I thought I was one of you"

"No, i used you. You done all the dirty work for me. I didn't even get my hands dirty for most of it."

"I'll just tell them you done it."

"Erm...you can't. Tattoo..."

Libby started to cry.

"No-one will show you any sympothy. You murdered Cream. Speaking of which, she survived, your pretty usless. Anyway, I hear footsteps. Au revoir Liberty Stone," She said as she turned to jump out of the window.

"As your dying, i'll let you in on a little secret, I'm not the one in charge. There is a higher athority. You met her before, but you thought she was me. If you knew her identity everything would be a disaster, but you can know mine. I'm Tikal, Tikal the Echidna," and she was gone.

The police ran into libby's room. Libby pulled out her gun and tried to shoot them but they were to quick. One bullet, and she was gone.

Tikal had completed all orders through libby and then exterminated her. A job well done. No one knew anything, Rouges ''operation' was almost done and there way only two chaos emeralds left. The plan was going very well. She started walking off towards the large iron gates of the grave yard from carving an inscription on the grave.

'One bullet to the head and liberty stone was dead.'

She went to the forest and made sure the coast was clear. She touched her tattoo and was teleported to the ship in the sky.

"Is the operation done?"

"Yes Tikal, Rouge is one of us. She could prove to be very handy."

"One of your best idea's"

"All my idea's are great."

"May i ask a question?"

"Of course, your not a libby, you are my equal in everyway."

"What made you think of all this when you were created for a simple cause?"

"My mind was to strong so the proffesor put me under a strict control so i must follow orders. If i had freedom my mind would wonder and no-one would be able to stop me. I was set free and then it all unfolded. Shadow is only to blame."

"He freed you?"

"I was created for him, i felt so used. I want revenge i don't want anyone free."

"You have high ambitions, I like it."

"Hmm...are next target is Silver's chaos emerald. We get that then all we have to get is Sonic's. Thats where Amy comes in."

She looked at the girl in the cage above.

"Sleeping?"

"Yes thank god. She gives me a headache. Well, off we go, lets set the plan in motion."