Chapter Six

Cutting in

Meanwhile on Angel Island, Knuckles was sitting on the steps on the alter of the Master Emerald, as he sat there he was thinking about what Chris had said to him before he was murdered.

Flashback

Knuckles stood facing the shrine, the Master Emerald had been shattered to pieces as it had helped them fight the Metarex, but he knew in time it would heal and restore to its true form.

"The Master Emerald will return to its proper state when its power is restored" he said confidently to Chris who stood behind him. "Will you do your chant?" asked Chris, Knuckles smiled then raised his arms up above his head and began to chant "please hear me o Master Emerald!" he cried "and be restored now! Like that?" he asked lowering his arms and grinning at Chris who laughed "Yeah" Chris giggled "your chant is very funny" then he realised what he just said "Oh...erm sorry, I didn't" "ah none taken" Knuckles interrupted.

"I think I'll let nature take it's course" said Knuckles as he went to sit on the steps of the shrine, "the Master Emerald helped save the galaxy so it will take time to heal" he then sat down and sat back "in the meantime, I thought that I'd kick back and take it easy, we deserve a rest too Chris"

"I guess so" agreed Chris walking over to sit next to him. "Since it looks like I'll be staying here" he said "I was wondering about whether to build myself a house" "huh?" said Knuckles "what do you mean how you just go ahead and build it!" Chris chuckled "you make it sound so easy" he said "but it's not that simple, there's a lot of things to think about like where would I build it?"

"What do you mean where?" cried Knuckles "there's tons of land around you, just pick a spot!" "But what if that spot belongs to someone else?" "In our world its first come first served" replied Knuckles laughing, when suddenly he stopped laughing. "Hey!" he cried "you're not planning on building one here are ya?"

Chris stammered "well…I…er…I thought that around these old ruins was good a place as any, it's kinda pretty ya know" Knuckles smiled proudly "sure it's pretty, you go right ahead and build, it's just lucky your good friend Knuckles didn't a spot picked out for his place"

Chris laughed "yeah, lucky" Knuckles then glared at him "that was a hint kid" he growled, Chris looked at him "you know Knuckles, I'm really happy for you guys, being home and all" Knuckles rested back and closed his eyes "yeah" he said "it sure is nice"

End Flashback

Knuckles sighed sadly, "maybe if I had convinced him to start building then I wouldn't be so alone here" he said, as he looked at the large green jewel that glittered in the sun, "talking of which" he thought "I am starting to miss the way Rouge would tease me and try to get near the Master Emerald"

He remembered the times he and Rouge had together and some of the times that they bickered, and when she had tried to get the Master Emerald. "I'm actually starting to miss that now" he sighed, "even if she did get on my cock trying to steal it and even touch it, she was always kinda cute"

Knuckles then stood up and stretched his legs and arms, he felt a bit stiff from sitting on the stone steps, he then straightened his brown hat which he wore to protect his head from the sun. He then took his cell phone out of his light blue jeans pocket and searched for Rouge's number.

He found it then clicked it, then waited for Rouge to answer:

Meanwhile, Rouge was sitting in her living room thinking about Shadow, she was holding a photograph of him in her head, the last photo she had of him before he gave his life to the Metarex. As she was lost in her thoughts she jumped when her phone rang, she walked over and picked it up "Hello?" she called.

"Rouge" Knuckles's voice came from the other side "it's me Knuckles" "oh" said Rouge a little surprised "hey Knuckles" "how you feeling?" asked Knuckles, "well…I…I'm ok" said Rouge when in truth she really wasn't, with her finding out she was pregnant and also missing Shadow like hell was really making her feel crushed.

"Oh Ok" said Knuckles "I was just ringing to ask if…well…you want to go out….tonight?" Rouge's eye's widened, did Knuckles just ask her out? She was a bit worried, yet she felt lonely and she felt like she needed company. "Oh ok" she said after a minute "sure, I'm not busy…" "Great" said Knuckles "so shall I meet you in Mobotropolis? Where do you want to go?"

Rouge thought for a moment, "Can we go to that Moonlight Fountains place in Central Mobotropolis?" she asked "it's my favourite restaurant?" Knuckles tried to remember the place, he wasn't always in Mobotropolis as he spent a lot of his time guarding the Master Emerald, but he sort of remembered, "yes…" he said "of course, we'll go there…wherever you like"

"Cool" said Rouge managing a weak smile "so say…7.30pm? Your place and we'll walk there?" "Sure" said Rouge, "I'd love that" Knuckles grinned "ok cool" he said "see you later" he then hung up. Rouge placed her phone down, then sat back in her chair "that sure was nice of Knuckles" she stroked her stomach, "at least I won't be alone tonight"

Poor Rouge...all alone.

And Knuckles missed her teasing? Thats interesting! Btw, the flashback scene I took from the last Sonic X episode, I hope I got all the text correct! XD

Let me know what you think!