CHAPTER 30

Later in Razi's basement, he and the rest of The Raiders were plotting for their next big move.

While Maxcell, Zena, and Damon were discussing what place would be best to rob, Nack was sitting in a desk chair at a desk which was practically covered in monitors.

The weasel held the huge crystal clear diamond in the palm of his hand. He stared at it in admiration. He practically dropped the diamond to the floor when he heard Razi suddenly yell out.

"Eureka!"

With startled expressions, everyone turned to the orange beaver who was sitting at a desk looking in a thick book.

Nack gave the beaver an irritated look, "Give me a fucking heart attack will you!"

The beaver made a sympathetic look towards him. "Sorry, but you gotta take a look at this!"

Nack lazily got up from his chair and walked over to Razi.

"I finally got a little more info on that diamond." Razi glanced through a page of the book. "It says that anyone who posses the diamond will get God like strength."

Nack rolled his eyes in annoyance, "Yeah we knew that already."

"But we haven't tried it yet."

Zena made an uneasy look, "I don't know…when that disgusting spike demon got a hold of it, he went into mega freak mode."

"Yeah", Maxcell added. "If we end up using it, who knows what'll happen."

"We could turn into psychotic monsters", Damon added.

Nack held the diamond up and stared at it, "I guess we'll never know until we try."

Meanwhile, Tonya, Nails, and Tikal were sitting with Rouge in the living room of her and Shadow's house. They all sat around and were drinking hot chocolate. Rouge and Tonya were sitting on the sofa together while Nails and Tikal sat on another sofa together.

Rouge warmly smiled at Nails and Tikal who were holding hands with each other. "I'm so happy for you guys. I can't believe you finally hooked up with each other."

Nails watched as Tikal gently rested her head on her shoulder. "What can I say? She really lit up my world."

Tikal looked up at her happily, "I didn't believe in a hundred years I would find someone as special as her."

"Oh, sweetie", she gave her a small kiss on the lips.

Tonya couldn't help but to feel so out of place in the room. Between Rouge and Shadow and Nails and Tikal, she couldn't help but to feel lonely. She had to admit to herself that she did miss Espio. "You guys are so lucky to have something so special. I'm glad you're so happy with each other", she spoke in a weak tone.

Nails smiled and then turned to Rouge, "Okay enough about us. How about you, sis? How does it feel to be Mrs. Hedgehog?"

Rouge took a sip from her mug and shrugged her shoulders. "Not so different really. We were always together most of the time anyway. With us always over at each other's houses and arguing half of the time, it already felt like we were a married couple."

Tonya nodded in agreement, "That's true. You guys were always with each other. In and outside of work."

Tikal glanced around the room and then turned to Rouge. "So where's the hubby anyway?"

"Oh, he and Espio are out trying to find more info on The Raiders", Rouge explained.

"That's good. I hope they find some good leads. Those Raiders are a pain in my ass", Tonya spoke.

Nails made a nod, "Agreed." She then turned to Rouge, "Anyway Rouge, have you and Shadow been having any luck on that baby?"

Rouge's ears flopped down and her eyes wandered to the floor in sadness. "Not really. It feels like we're getting nowhere."

"I'm just shocked you're not already knocked up", Tonya spoke. "When you guys first started seeing each other, you couldn't keep your hands off each other."

Rouge took her eyes away from the floor and turned to Tonya. "Well back then I was on the pill. Shadow wore a condom like once, but that was for other reasons." She bit her lip as she remembered the real reason why he had wore a condom that one time while the two had sex. "Near the end before Knuckles found out I was cheating, Shadow and I were on edge with each other. He didn't trust me because he thought I was fucking around with other men besides him and Knuckles. That was the only time when he made me feel so disgusting."

"…Were you messing around with anyone else?" Tikal asked.

Rouge shook her head, "No! It was only him and Knuckles. Shadow was just pissed off that I had started distancing myself from him when I started to feel super bad about cheating on Knuckles with him."

Tikal couldn't believe that any couple would go through so many hardships together and end up becoming a married couple. "Sounds like you two had a bumpy relationship."

"Yeah", Rouge agree. "I'm just glad it's all in the past."

"I just can't believe Shadow is down for kids." Tonya shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. I just can't imagine him being…fatherly."

"Well there's a first time for everything."

Nails saw Rouge stand from the sofa and place her mug of hot chocolate on the counter in the kitchen. She smirked towards her when she saw her coming back into the living room. "I bet you two have been humping like rabbits trying to get that baby."

Rouge gave Nails an annoyed look, "Shadow and I haven't been having sex that much." When she sat back down on the sofa, the bottom part of it caved in from where she was sitting causing her to fall through the sofa.

Tonya's eyes widened at the white bat and quickly stood up from the sofa. "Now I'm too freaked out to sit anywhere in this house."

Rouge just sat in the broken spot of the sofa in annoyance. "…Okay maybe we've been overdoing it just a little."

Nails and Tikal decided to stand from the sofa they were sitting on as well.

Nails turned to Rouge who still didn't move from the spot she sat in. "Sweetie, why don't you guys just go see a doctor or something? There's gotta be some kind of shortcut with this baby making thing."

With a slight struggle, Rouge had stood from the sofa. "He did mention something about it earlier this morning. So hopefully that'll shed a little light on what we can do to increase our chances."

"That's good to hear, Rouge." Tonya spoke, "But one more thing…"

"What?"

"I'm gonna need you to tell me all the places you and Shadow fucked in the Chaotix because I know you've been fucking at work too."

Rouge nervously looked away from Tonya, "…We clean up after each other."

With their mouths hung open they all gave Rouge a disturbed look.

In The Next Chapter…

Shadow: Are you doing okay with the break up thing?

Espio: She only wants to stay friends with me…

Shadow: She misses you…

Espio:…What?