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Chapter 3

It was early the next morning when rays of sunshine shot in through Rouge's window. She sat up and yawned. She leaned against the backboard. "Why couldn't I sleep last night...?" She wondered quietly. Rouge was tired but her keen senesce were sharp as ever. Her eyes flashed to the window. She had saw a shadow move quickly across the yard. "That's no animal." She lifted from the bed carefully. She snuck to the window and stood beside it against the wall. She could just make out the front lawn through a crack in the blinds. Her eyes widened at the sight. Swarms of agents were surrounding the house. "No..." She thought quickly. "He knew I would not come back..." She quickly and very stealthily made her way to Lilly's room. "Lilly." Rouge roused the girl. "Look you have to come with me, and be very very quite." She said with her finger over her mouth. "There are bad people outside trying to get in." Lilly looked as if she were about to cry but she simply slipped out of the bed and took Rouge's hand. Rouge moved around each corner as if an agent might be lurking around every one. She finally made it to the stairwell. She and Lilly were just starting to make their way up it when Rouge's ears picked up the sound of the front door barely creaking open, and then the sound of footsteps followed. "Shh." Rouge held Lilly to her, but it was too late.

"There she is!" A voice yelled from the bottom of the stairs.

Rouge didn't waste another second she flapped her wings and lifted herself and Lilly up so she could reach a cord. She gave it a hard yank and a staircase came down leading to the attic. She flapped her wings once more and lifted higher setting Lilly on the edge. "Move towards the window-" Rouge was cut off as the man from before had his arm around her leg pulling her back down.

"Get off!" Rouge growled struggling to free herself.

"Let her go!" Lilly yelled as she suddenly grabbed holt of Rouge's arm and began pulling.

"Lilly run and hid they're not after you. Runaway." Rouge urged.

"No! I won't leave you behind!" Lilly argued as she pulled harder.

Rouge suddenly felt a surge of energy. She turned her waist just enough so that she was able to aim a direct blow the man's head with her free leg. He fell to the floor unconscious. "Come on Lilly!" Rouge scooped her up without a second thought and hurled herself through a window. She took off in flight. "Hold on!" She yelled as she flew higher.

Rouge hoped she was out of danger for the moment, but her hope was in vain. Rouge was picking up the sound of a helicopter. At first it was just one but then she realized there was a second one close behind. "Lilly, this is going to get a little bumpy." Rouge turned to her left and saw the first helicopter swerving closer and closer as it made its way between buildings. Rouge tried to fly faster but the helicopter kept pace and was quickly gaining. She could feel the wind form the spinning blades as she flew high and higher trying to reach the top of the skyscrapers. Suddenly Rouge reached the edge of the building and landed only to begin running. She jumped from roof top to roof top but she still had no advantage. She was trying to come up with a plan when suddenly she heard a noise that made her senses all go wild. Gunfire. Rouge felt a bullet graze past her ear. She looked over her shoulder to see a man hanging out of the copter a gun in his hand. She felt that things were hopeless. "I'm scared!" Rouge looked down to see Lilly tearing up. "I don't want to die!"

Rouge's expression suddenly turned to determination. "You won't. I promise." Rouge's ears twitched and she looked over her shoulder once more. She saw two missiles drop from the belly of the copter they were prepared to fire. She heard the click of releasing mechanism. "No..." Rouge looked back to Lilly. "Remember my promise okay." Rouge broke into a faster run as she made for the other side of the rooftop and in one swift move she hurled Lilly over the side. Lilly screamed as she hurtled through the air towards the ground. Rouge had to get rid of the extra weight just in time to use her wings to make a swift upward stride out of range. She did a spin cycle and was plummeting downward now toward Lilly. She kept her eyes fully opened and she wrapped her wings around her to make her go faster. Lilly screamed desperately with her arms reached out, she was seconds away from death. Rouge narrowed her eyes and in the next seconds she reached out her arms and incased Lilly and reopened her wings. They were gliding about a foot and half off the ground. "I'm sorry Lilly." Rouge said quickly as she speed up. "I didn't mean to scare you, but-"

"It's okay." Lilly said panting. "You kept your promise." She tried to smile.

Rouge heard the copter in hot pursuit. "We're not through this yet."

"Look another one!" Lilly burst out as she pointed a head of them to another copter.

"More wonderful news." Rouge growled as she continued to fly forward. Rouge swiveled her ears around as if they were satellites. "I gottcha now." Rouge flew over to next street. The second copter followed. "Come on, where are your missiles." Rouge prompted looking back at her pursuer. As if he had heard her request the missiles dropped from the copter ready to fire. "Okay come on don't lose me now." Rouge did a barrel roll back on the other street and just as the copter followed it fired. "Come on come on." She said as she heard the missile coming closer and closer. Just then the first helicopter swung out from behind a building to hover in front of her. "I was beginning to think you wouldn't make it." Rouge grinned. The pilot looked bewildered by the grin, but suddenly Rouge's wings wrapped around her and she dropped. He looked down at her and then up again only to see the missile just before it impacted and the copter burst into flames. Rouge could feel the heat of the blast nipping at her heals as she darted from street to street at a low glide.

The second copter circled it's fallen comrade. "Sir, we lost her and Eagle 1 is down, over."

"Don't worry, she can't escape us for long. She'll be back." Daniels voice answered.