"ugh… where in the world am I.." rouge lifted her head, struggling to open her drowsy eyes. As she lifted her self-up, she noticed she wasn't alone. She was resting on a table, as colorless as silver but as cold as ice. Rouge shivered as she looked over at the women sitting across the room.
"Finally decided to regain consciousness?" the women said. The very same women whom had given rouge her mission a few days back.
"Wha- " Rouge jumped up on the table, then fell back to her knees. "What did you do to me?" she said with her hand on the back of her neck.
"Not anything detrimental to your physical condition. The doctors expect you to be a little lethargic after the operation.-"
Rouge grew pale "Operation?"
The women got up to the door, her back facing Rouge. "You will locate the chaos emeralds, and bring them to us. That is your mission. If you do not fulfill your mission then there will be dire consequences." The women left the room.
Rouge jumped off the table, dizzy as if her head was rattled.
"I gotta find my way outta here fast.."

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Shadow walked along a dirt path beside a river.
His stomach growls.
"Damn where's that pancake house when you need it." Shadow sped up searching for a way out of the forest, and into the city.
The helicopter passed above shadow.
"Target is below, mam" the pilot said.
"Excellent." Rekha replied.
"Your next orders mam?"
"Lets find out where he's going"

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"Fine I'll do your stupid mission. Just get your hands off of me" Rouge exclaimed infuriated, the two security guards loosened their grip off her arms, and Rouge walked forward with her hands on her hips.
They were all in a room with no windows. All the walls were steel, the floor lacked tile or carpeting. A single light lit up the entire room, located on top of the ceiling. The only furniture in the room was a desk, and two chairs.
The women walked around the desk. "A cruise ship has been set to travel to island Mardea. The ship will include passengers such as Sonic the hedgehog and his friends. There are possibilities that the passengers may possibly have a chaos emerald in their inventory. Once on the island, a ceremony will take place, rewarding sonic and others for their heroic deeds. This is an opening for you. As they will be too involved in the ceremony to pay attention to their possessions." The women explained.
"Oh I see, so you want me to sneak on into their luggage while they're being rewarded." Rouge responded.
"Yes. That is correct." The women confirmed, leaning against the desk. The women's brown eyes narrowed down to rouge "I believe this will be an easy task for a thief as yourself"
Rouge shrugged "Please, I prefer to be called a treasure hunter" Rouge's eye lids lowered "But have it your way sweet cheeks"
The women's firm face grew to a frown. The women handed an 8" by 11" envelope from the desk to Rouge.
"What's this?" rouge asked.
The women began to leave, as the security guards followed. "Once you leave here, …open the envelope."
The woman leaves the room. The two security guards wait at the door, for Rouge to exit.
Rouge looked at the envelope, then back at the security guards, and walked out of the room.