Secluded
7
Disclaimer: I own none of the mentioned characters, yadda yadda yadda…
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Rouge gracefully eased her smooth naked body into the steamy, opaque water of the oasis, letting it rinse and caress her skin. She sighed in a relaxed manor and tilted her head backwards so that it rested on the bank of the oasis. The oasis was in an enclosed area of the jungle. Trees with thick grapevines drooped from the canopy and formed almost a perfect circle around the shallow pool. The only way to see inside was from atop the trees, and even there it was difficult to make anything out.
She closed her eyes, thinking about what had happened on the island thus far. The plane crash, the need for food, Shadow slowly slipping into the evil nature of the subconscious mind, and Knuckles…
Her relationship with Knuckles was the only thing keeping her happy. That night they spent together, kissing in the moonlight, away from all human or animal contact made her go funny. It all felt so unreal. She still didn't know what it was about Knuckles that made her hormones rage the way they do around him and not around Shadow.
"Shadow…" she thought, remembering how he had been acting recently. Why was he acting almost…savage? Was it the need for survival? Was it a natural response a civilized being gets when the feel that they need salvation? She wasn't sure that any of the factors were exactly true or not, but was desperate to get the old, dark, and serious Shadow back; the one who cared about his friends and not the hunt for food. Not that food was a bad thing, but his unquenchable craving for it was just creepy.
Outside the oasis were Rouge was bathing, Tails began to speak.
"I'm calling an assembly."
Everyone stared at him, as they did not expect for him to deal with the crisis in the form of an assembly. Knuckles narrowed his eyes and snapped out of the grips of his comrades and trudged into the forest, infuriated.
"Knuckles stop!" yelled Sonic, getting ready to chase his friend down and drag him back if he had to.
"Forget it. This meeting doesn't concern him as much as it does-" he paused and his eyes fell on a black and red mass, staring back at him.
"-Shadow." He said.
Shadow narrowed his eyes and glared at Tails, malice seeping out of him.
…..
Knuckles stormed through the forest, following no indicated path with without a destination in mind. We wanted to get away from it all. Even on an island, the world seemed without conflict.
'That's why I'm so adamant about living on Angel Island. Secluded from everyone without having to worry about what the humans are doing to themselves. The only one who knows how to get to my island is Rouge…'
His eyes widened. He had forgotten about her and was filled with happiness remembering her beautiful face and the fact that she was his girlfriend now. He then changed his direction and headed towards the oasis, intent on seeing her.
He'd been on the island for a good 3 days now, and knew the area pretty well. The constant trudging on the forest ground had weaved paths for one to follow to get to where one wanted to go. He had never really seen the inside of the oasis, but knew were it was (for there was a particular tree that formed part of the lining of the pool with he would do his thinking on, much like Rouge's rock). He had also grown used to the mosquitoes in an odd fashion. He'd been bitten so many times that he was practically immune to their pain-numbing serum so he could feel their prick and stop them from sucking his blood.
Upon reaching the enclosure he paused at the vine-curtain, realizing that Rouge might be bathing, he paused and considered whether to go in or not. His heart skipped a beat when his perverted side pictured his naked girlfriend crouched over the pool, revealing all of her feminine features.
He cringed, forcing the thought to the back of his mind and approached the curtain, slowly pushing the vines aside.
His eyes instantly fell on Rouge, her head the only part of her body visible, eyes closed. As soon as he took a step, her head jerked towards him and her eyes shot open. Had it been anyone else, even Shadow, she would have objected and have asked for her privacy. But this was Knuckles and she felt more comfortable around him than anyone else.
'Um, I, uh, hope you don't mind…" he stuttered, covering his eyes and looking away.
Rouge grinned a seductive smile and arched over to look at him, rising out of the water so much as to just barley conceal her breasts.
"It's alright Knuckles; you can come in if you want to. You look like you need a bath anyway" she hummed.
Knuckles twitched and reddened as he felt himself go hard and began to inch his way over to the oasis.
(There is no lemon; I'm just reminding you guys…)
He began to remove his shoes and socks, which was much more of a burden than it should have been. The sweat and grime that had lined the inside of his footwear made them sticky and a pain to remove. After struggling with his sock, he tossed them onto the dry ground and inched his way into the water.
Steam erupted from the pool and a cleansing sensation filled his aching joints. He breathed out a heavy sight and began to remove his gloves. Rouge inched closer to him, eager to see what his hands looked like.
With an obnoxious SNAP his gloves flew off his hands and Rouge was the first to see what they looked like.
They were normal, well his digits were anyway; his knuckles were another story. The skin was peeled back and two large bone fragments petered out from his hand. The way the skin peeled made it look like the spikes weren't supposed to be there.
She stared at them in awe and Knuckles looked up at her intrigued face.
"What?"
"Your hands…"
"I was born with them. Some kind of mutation" re replied, looking in another direction still very uncomfortable knowing that Rouge was naked.
Rouge wanted to see Knuckles flustered and knew that this was the opportune time to do so. She slowly inched her way over towards him. Knuckles, having an impressive amount of sagacity, noticed her when she was a few inches from his body. She learned up against him and smirked a seductive smile, running her finger along his guardian mark.
Knuckles was beet red. He felt like his member was going to explode.
Rouge giggled.
"I've never seen you so flustered Knuxie" she chuckled.
"D-don't call me that" he replied, turning his face away from her.
She slowly moved her hand to the side of his cheek and whispered in his ear.
"Don't be like that baby."
She quickly brought his face to meld with her own, kissing him passionately, running her fingers all over his muscular figure.
"Ahh-ahh…"
Now she lost all her moderation and pressed her naked body up against his and deepened the kiss, pushing him underwater, never wanting it to stop.
…..
"You're out of control Shadow."
The ebon hedgehog started into Tails eyes emitting a horrible loathing. Even Charmy could sense the gravity in the air.
"I'm out of control?"
"Yes, you are" replied tails, a tone of acrimony in his still developing voice.
Shadow stood while Tails remained sitting, creating an intimidating appearance before the boy.
"If I'm so out of control, how come we have an unfilial child ordering us around? Oh wait I'm sorry, how could he act as such if he has no parents to make him the son of?!" he spat, ridiculing Tails orphan situation.
Sonics face molded itself into one of shear anger as tears welded up within Tails eyes.
"Take that back-you fucking take that back!" screamed Sonic, rage awoken by Shadows horrible words.
"See?! Who's really out of control?! Look at Sonic, flipping out because I made fun of-"
"You are! You savage-"
"And what about Rouge and Knuckles? She's off bathing, trying to look pretty while she should be hunting! Knuckles strikes me and then runs off. Are you really in control, little boy?"
Tails was unresponsive, in a state of shock.
"Hunting! Hunting! That's all you care about!"
"Sonic, Shadow, please!" pleaded Amy, horrified to see the two hedgehogs arguing. She had experienced a brief amount of feelings towards Shadow after she connected with him at the ark, but those feelings were nothing more than smoldering ashes now that she saw Shadows true nature.
"Quiet little girl! All your good for is loosing helicopters."
Sonic snapped. It was one thing to insult his friends, another to insult Amy. He charged at Shadow, blinded by fury. He was halted just before he was able to strike Shadow by vector and Espio who grappled him to the ground.
"Get off of me! I'll kill him!" sputtered Sonic, his face smeared with dirt and grime.
"See, he's the savage one, trying to kill me for making a point."
"Yeah Sonic, what's your problem?" questioned Vector.
"MY problem? He just-don't you see?!"
"I don't need to deal with this side of the island. I don't need to deal with Sonic the hedgehog OR Knuckles the echidna. I'm going to the other side of the island to hunt and survive on my own. Anyone who wants to join MY tribe is free to do so!" he declared, turning his back to the group as he began to walk into the jungle.
"What about Rouge, you best friend? Are you gonna leave her here with us savages?!" ridiculed Sonic.
Shadow paused. Sonic was sure that he had finally pushed the right emotional button.
Shadow turned around, grinning.
"Wha-"
"Might as well."
With that final closing statement, Shadow the hedgehog departed from the group, laughing at their impudence.
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AN: sorry, that was a bit short. Ok, so shadow departs, will more join him? In case you haven't noticed, he's taken on the personification of jack. And what of Knuckles and Rouge? Review and I'll tell you with another chapter.
