Chapter Two
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"Thought you could hide from us huh?" said Janelle, who walked up to Rouge. Zack also approached the bat.
"Janelle, Zack. What's up? Fancy meeting you two here. You both look great. Janelle, did you lose some weight? And Zack my man, I see those biceps. Someone's been working out! Huh, huh?" said Rouge sheepishly.
"Why thank you for noticing!" said Zack. "I actually have been hitting the gym more…"
"Focus Zack!" said Janelle, smacking him on the back of the head. "Don't try and play nice Rouge! You know why we're here! Give us back our jewels! Now!"
"Jewels? Whatever are you talking about?" asked Rouge innocently, although she was lying.
"The jewels you stole from us!" said Janelle, raising her voice.
"Yeah, the famous Tres Gemas!" said Zack.
"Oh...those jewels." said Rouge, smirking. "Technically, I didn't steal them from you. I borrowed them."
Flashback...5 months ago…
Rouge the Bat was obsessed with jewels. She wanted to get her hands on all the jewels in the world. She had heard about these particular jewels called Los Tres Gemas. Los Tres Gemas were three special gems. One of them was made of gold, the second was sapphire and the third gem was made of silver. These jewels were worth millions. Legend has it that these gems belonged to a King. The gems were the King's most prized possessions. He loved his gems so much that he hid them in a cave so that no one could get them. After months of research, Rouge finally found the lengendary cave.
When she arrived at the cave, she saw two treasure hunters were already there. They agreed to work together to find Los Tres Gemas and share the jewels among themselves. After hours of looking, they found the gems and got out of the cave.
"Wow! I can't believe it! We found Los Tres Gemas!" said Zack, holding the gold gem.
"Yeah, good work everyone!" said Janelle, holding the sapphire gem.
"Well, this was fun." said Rouge, holding the silver gem.
"It sure was." said Zack. "Are you sure you don't want a ride on our helicopter Rouge?"
"I'm sure thanks. I'll just fly." said the bat, smiling.
"Okay, well it was nice meeting ya! Maybe we can treasure hunt again!" said Janelle.
"Yeah, maybe." said Rouge smirking.
Zack reached into his jacket pocket to get out the helicopter key. He kept looking, but he couldn't find it.
"Um...oh crap." he said.
"What's wrong babe?" asked Janelle.
"Um, I can't find the helicopter key." said Zack.
"What!" she exclaimed. "What do you mean you can't find the key?"
"I know it was in my pocket. I know it was!" said Zack. "How could I have lost it?"
"Are you sure you put it there?" asked Janelle, helping him search his pockets.
"Yeah! I'm sure babe." said Zack.
"Oh guys…" said Rouge in a sing song voice.
Janelle and Zack looked up.
"Do you mean this key?" asked the bat, smirking.
"Oh thank goodness!" said Janelle. "Thanks Rouge!"
Janelle went up to Rouge to get the key. However, the bat held the key and refused to give it to her.
"Rouge, what the hell? Give me the damn key!" said Janelle, raising her voice.
"Nope, not until you guys give me the remaining gems." said Rouge, smirking.
"We're not giving you anything!" said Janelle angrily.
"Yeah, we had a deal that we would share." said Zack.
"Uh excuse you. Those three jewels were supposed to be all for me. Then when I came here, you two also happened to be here. I would have told you guys to scram, but I needed your help in getting those jewels. You two aren't getting in the way of my jewels!"
"Bitch, you better give me that key before I rip out your fur!" said Janelle.
Rouge flew up. She dangled the key.
"Ah, ah, ah." said the bat, smirking. "If you don't hand me those jewels, I'm going to toss these keys off this cliff. Without these keys, you guys can't get out of here. So, hand me the jewels and get the keys. If you don't, get comfy…because you guys will be stuck here."
"We have cellphones. We can call someone to pick us up!" said Janelle, who brought out her phone. However, she noticed that there was no service.
"Shit! I have no service!" said Janelle, angrily.
"Me neither." said Zack, trying hard to make a phone call or send a text. However it was no use.
"You can't get cellphone service all the way here guys." said the bat, smirking. "Guess you really need this key huh?"
"Ugh! Fine!" said Janelle angrily.
Rouge flew down and snatched the jewels from them. She put the jewels in her bag.
"It was a pleasure doing business with you two." said Rouge smirking. She flew up again.
"Hey! We gave you the jewels, now give us the key!" demanded Janelle.
Rouge flew up to a tall tree and placed the key in an empty nest.
"Hey! What gives?" asked Zack, angrily.
"Sorry guys, but I need a head start to get away from you two. I know that you're gonna chase me and try and get those jewels back. I need to buy me some time. Good luck getting your key. Toddles!"
Rouge smirked and flew away.
"AAAAAHHHH! DAMN YOU ROUGE! You're not gonna get away with this!" yelled Janelle angrily.
End of flashback.
"Look, I'm sorry, but like I said…you guys got in my way. I was supposed to have all three jewels! And guess what, I did." said Rouge, smirking.
"You're gonna give us those jewels, thief! And also, it took hours to climb up that tree and get that key. My muscles were so sore!" said Janelle.
"Well that must have been a good workout." said Rouge, smirking.
"It was a good workout babe." said Zack to Janelle.
"Ugh! Shut up Zack! Get her! We're getting our jewels back!" said Janelle.
"Right!" said Zack.
"Come on Knuckles, let's get out of here!" said Rouge. She grabbed the echidna's hand and they flew away.
"Oh no! You're not getting away this time!" said Janelle. "Come on babe, let's get her!"
"You got it babe!" said Zack.
Zack and Janelle had jet packs on their backs. They pushed a button to power on the jetpacks. Next thing you know, the fox and the tiger were flying in the air at top speed, chasing after Rouge and Knuckles.
"Rouge, who exactly are these friends of yours?" asked Knuckles.
"They're not my friends!" said Rouge.
"What happened? Why are they pissed off at you?"
"Remember those three jewels I said were on Angel Island?"
"Yeah?"
"Well, those jewels didn't just end up on Angel Island. The jewels are called Los Tres Gemas; valuable jewels from South America. I went to go look for the cave where the jewels were kept. When I got there, I saw those two. I used them to help me find the jewels. I told them I would share the jewels with them. Then I threatened them to give me the jewels or I would toss away their helicopter keys. And that helicopter was the only way they could leave."
"Rouge!" scolded Knuckles.
"I wasn't actually going to toss away the keys. I was just bluffing. If they refused to give me the gems, I would have just beaten them up and taken the jewels from them." said Rouge.
"That's really messed up." said Knuckles. "Why would you lie to them?"
"What? I was supposed to have all of those jewels and they were in my way!" said Rouge. "Anyway, I buried the jewels on Angel Island but I forgot their exact location until we found them all."
"You should share those jewels Rouge. You had a deal. No wonder they're pissed." said Knuckles.
"No! Those jewels belong to me!" said Rouge.
"They're gaining on us." said Knuckles.
Zack and Janelle were indeed a few inches from them.
Rouge and Knuckles quickly evaded a skyscraper. Janelle and Zack almost bumped into the building, but they quickly dodged it. The four of them continued their high speed chase in the air, avoiding buildings and bridges. Janelle then lunged herself at Rouge, sending the both of them plunging down.
"ROUGE!" yelled Knuckles, worried.
"JANELLE!" yelled Zack, who was also worried about his bae.
Rouge and Janelle crashed on the rooftop of a skyscraper. They groaned and shook their heads; a bit dizzy from the impact. Janelle ran up to Rouge and threw a punch at her. Rouge blocked the punch and kicked Janelle's stomach, knocking the wind out of her.
Rouge was about to punch her, but Janelle used her tail to slap Rouge away. Rouge was flung away and hit the ground hard. Janelle ran up about to punch her, but Rouge kicked swept her and she tripped and fell. Rouge picked her up by her hair and slapped her. Janelle slapped her back and also grabbed her hair. They continued to grabbed and pull each other's hair. Just then, Knuckles and Zack landed on the rooftop. They ran up to them and separated them.
"Ladies! Ladies! Calm down!" said Zack, dragging Janelle off Rouge and holding her.
Knuckles also pulled Rouge away and held her.
"She started it!" said Rouge and Janelle, pointing at each other.
"Rouge come on. You made a deal to share those jewels and you screwed them over. I don't blame them for being pissed at you. I'd be pissed too." said Knuckles. "What you did wasn't fair. Deep down I know you know that. Do the right thing Rouge. Honor the deal. Give them the jewels."
Rouge hated to admit it, but Knuckles was right. She did screw them over and it was wrong what she did. She couldn't believe this, but she actually felt a bit guilty. Rouge was a selfish individual and normally she wouldn't care that she tricked Zack and Janelle. But Knuckles seemed disappointed in her for what she did and that made her feel bad. She cared for Knuckles and she didn't want to disappoint him. Damn it! Her feelings for this stupid echidna softened her conscience. Damn it!
"Ugh fine." said Rouge, annoyed. "You can have your stupid gems back."
Rouge reached into her purse and brought out the two gems. She handed them to Zack and Janelle.
"Finally!" said Janelle, putting the gem in her backpack. "Don't ever try and double cross us again Rouge!"
"I will if I want to. It's just too easy to trick you two dummies." said Rouge, smirking.
"Why you…!" said Janelle who lunged at her, but Zack held her back. Rouge smirked. The bat didn't flinch one bit. She was ready to kick Janelle's butt.
"She's not worth it babe." said Zack. "We got our gems back. Let's go home."
"Okay babe." said Janelle. "You're right, she's not worth it."
Janelle and Zack held hands and turned on their jetpacks. They took off, holding hands while flying in the air.
Rouge watched them as they flew away. She crossed her arms and frowned.
"I thought they'd never leave." she said. "They're so annoying! They deserve each other."
Rouge turned to Knuckles and glared at him.
"What?" he asked.
"Thanks for having my back there knucklehead." she said sarcastically.
"Rouge come on. You know what you did to them was wrong. You stole from them."
"I don't care!" she said, raising her voice. "I wanted all those gems for myself! I deserve to have those gems!"
"No you don't!" said the echidna, also raising his voice. "You made a deal to share those gems and you screwed them over! Why are you so selfish?"
"I'm not selfish! I'm a hustler! That's how I get ahead in life. That's how I survive, how I've always survived. By hustling for treasures! If you don't hustle, you don't survive. I can't believe you took their side instead of defending me!"
"I didn't defend you because you were wrong! You stole from them. You're justifying stealing as hustling?"
"Oh what do you know Knucklehead? Your shoes probably have a higher IQ than you." said Rouge angrily.
"And you're a nothing but a selfish, lying thief!" he yelled.
"Well guess what? This selfish, lying thief doesn't want to be around you! I'm outta here!" she said, storming off.
Knuckles didn't want her to leave. Before their argument, he was having a great time with her. Even that high speed chase in the air with Zack and Janelle was fun. He wanted to tell her not to go. However, stubborn Knuckles would never say that out loud. He was way too proud for that.
"Fine! Go!" he yelled. "This date was torture anyway! I didn't want to go on this stupid, forced date! So now I can leave and go home! Thank goodness!"
Rouge kept walking as tears formed in her eyes. What Knuckles said really stung.
"He thought this date was torture? I really thought he was having a good time. I thought we were having fun. I thought he...he cared about me…" the bat thought to herself.
Rouge continued to walk away as tears fell down her face. She refused to let him see her cry.
Knuckles watched her as she walked away.
"Damn." he said to himself, feeling bad about the mean things he said to her.
That was a fun, action packed chapter! Too bad it ended up with Rouge and Knuckles fighting. What's gonna happen yo? Is their date ruined? Will they ever speak to each other again? Will I ever be a millionaire? I mean, um…shit, got distracted there, Lol! Anyway keep reading to find out y'all!
