As Sonic and Amy were discussing the plan on cheering Rouge up, Knuckles was sometimes looking at Rouge. He didn't know she could be so... fragile. She always pissed him of, flirted with him, but he didn't think that he would ever see Rouge like that...Rouge The Bat, a beautiful, confident treasure-huntress, was walking slowly, her head low, tears almost streaming from her eyes. He then groaned, remembering who made Rouge act like that. Knuckles didn't like Shadow. Sometimes even more than Sonic. The echidna wasn't sure why, he thought that there was something about Shadow that annoyed Knuckles. But now, when Shadow is gone and never going back, he felt more relaxed. However, Rouge's condition made him angered. "Just what in the world was that hedgehog..." Thought Knuckles, looking at Rouge once more. Her bat-ears twitched, as she felt Knuckles' gaze on her. She looked at him, confused. "What is it Knucklehead? If it's one of your unsuccessful jokes, then forget it. I am not in the mood." She replied, her voice sounding serious, not to mention that it could brake at any minute of their talk. She surely was strong. "I can clearly see that." He thought. Rouge then sighed, annoyed. Then, Amy ran up to Rouge. "Hey, Rouge?" she asked carefully, smiling friendly. "Rouge looked up at her, smiling a bit. "Yes, hon?" "I thought, maybe we can all stay at your club to keep you a nice company? If it's not much trouble..." Amy asked, shyly, regretting her suggesting. "Oh, sure. I'd like that." Rouge hated being alone. Maybe Amy's idea was not that bad. "Thank you, Rouge!" Amy said, looking at the ivory bat. "Sure thing." She replied, sighing. "Sure thing..."
"Hey, nice Club you have, Rouge!" Sonic whistled, clapping his hands. "Thanks Big Blue~" Rouge replied, opening the front door. And Sonic was right. Her club had 3 stores, that had a lot of rooms. "Where is Tails?" Knuckles said, sitting himself on the couch. "He said he needed to work on Tornado X a little." Sonic replied, shrugging. Rouge looked at one of the room's door. Her ears were down now. It was Shadow's room. He sometimes stayed at her club. He was sure a moody one, his character was very complicated. But despite that, they could find a theme for a talk, and barely argued. Not that she didn't like him staying over- "Um, Rouge?" The pink hedgehog asked her. "Hm?" Rouge blinked, looking at Amy. "Is there anything in this room?" Amy pointed at Shadow's room. "Oh...It's just..Everything reminds me of him..." Rouge turned away, somehow angry at herself for sounding so weak. "I see...How about we go out and have a chat? Sonic is sleeping on couch and Knuckles fell asleep on the armchair. Cream is upstairs, drawing." "Wow, so much things happened?! How long was I sitting there?" She wondered in her mind. Rouge looked at Amy with trust. Who would've thought, those 2 would become almost sisters? "Okay Amy, let's go." Rouge replied. "Let me just leave a note, in case if they wake up, okay?" Rouge said, writing the note. Amy nodded. Rouge left spare key next to note. Grabbing another key, they left Club Rouge.
It was night time. Stars were shining as bright, as they did in the space. There was also no wind. The nature seemed to be sleeping. Amy Rose found a free bench and motioned Rouge to follow her. Rouge nodded, following her. As they sat, they looked at stars. "Still can't believe it..." Rouge shook her head. "Feels like it's a virtual reality and not real at all." Amy saddened, looking at Rouge. "I just wish to see him once more...Heh, I know I might sound silly and-" "No." Rouge was interrupted by Amy. "Not at all, Rouge. It's what your heart is feeling right now. You don't have to be ashamed of your feelings. Sometimes, when you talk about it, you get a lot better." Amy replied, kindly. Rouge couldn't help, but smile at cheerful hedgehog. Amy, noticing Rouge smiling, smiled herself. "See? What did I tell you?" Amy smiled. The bat nodded, her smile disappearing slowly. "Hey look, a shooting star!" Amy pointed. She was right, there was a shooting star, falling. "But it is much bigger that the regular ones." Rouge added. They both know what it means. They had to make a wish, that hopefully would come true. "I want Shadow to be alive...Please..." Rouge thought, closing her eyes. That was mu=ore important, than jewels right now. She opened her eyes, hearing an explosion. She was blinded by the white light. "What's this?!" Rouge asked, gasping. "I don't know! I thought I heard someone's voice." Amy replied, trembling. "Come on, let's investigate." Rouge stood up, waiting for answer. "Let's go." Amy nodded, pulling her Picko-Picko hammer. They ran off to the explosion. As soon as they arrived here, Rouge felt dizzy, almost fainting. "S-Shadow?!" She asked, barely standing in her feet.