This is just a nice little 3 chap story with Rouge x Knuckles, my fav ship of the Sonic franchise. Rouge has always been my fav character, and I have no shame in saying she's sexy as hell. Sooo consider this my way of living vicariously through Knuckles lol. ENJOY!

It was a time of peace now on Sonic's planet; a time for past affiliations and transgressions to be overlooked and maybe even forgiven in the long run. It was this understanding that allowed friend, foe, and everyone in between to move on with their lives and allow conflict to slowly flicker out across the globe. Of course, Eggman still tried to start some shit every once in a while, but even he had gotten bored with it all over time. Nowadays he just spent his time building stuff and testing it, but rarely ever USING it. He still liked to test out a killer machine on Sonic and friends every once in a while, but to be honest, it was less about trying to kill his hedgehog nemesis and more about simply putting his scientific skills to the test and trying to achieve the personal milestone of besting Sonic at least once. Suffice to say, the planet was a much more pleasant place these days.

Peace and serenity never really sat well with Rouge the Bat. With her job description and extensive history of immoral actions, Rouge was pretty much an emissary of mischief and chaos by trade. Back then, she would steal the wallet out of her best friend's back pocket if it helped further her own interests. She wasn't so much a thief as simply a selfish opportunist. But alas, in the midst of all this peace... there was no place for her. She was an outcast, a pariah that only served to stain the perfect utopia that was currently established. She still stole rare and priceless objects here and there, and the authorities still couldn't get her... but perhaps they weren't trying very hard. Maybe the whole world had moved on and simply gotten tired of her antics. With this thought in mind, Rouge was seriously contemplating just getting a new hobby and quitting her lawbreaking ways. Maybe then she could join the rest of society and not have to live every day looking behind her in fear of retaliators.

One nice step on the road to reform would be to perhaps find someone she was interested in: a friend, or perhaps someone to share a relationship. When it came to the subject of companionship, there was always one man who stood out in her mind above others...the red echidna whom she had shared many journeys with in the past. The truth is, despite all the bruises they traded and blood they spilled, Rouge really did like Knuckles. She liked him much more than she liked anybody else. In fact, Knuckles was probably the only person in the universe she really gave a shit about. She may not have shown it very well in the past by constantly trying to steal the emerald he devoted his life to guarding, but there was no time like the present to change her ways and maybe patch things up with the aggressive echidna. It may not be as simple as it plays out in her head... but hell, Rouge has hella charisma. She could charm a man out of his pants and all of his cash in the snap of a finger.

"Better get ready. I'm coming for you, Knuckies." Rouge said with a smirk as she looked at herself in the mirror. She looked as good as ever, and she was more than curious as to whether Knuckles looked as good as he did when they last saw each other or if he had let himself go. Knuckles was a hell of an athlete and a fighter, so the latter was very unlikely. One could only hope...

Donning her usual sexy black jumpsuit, heart shaped breastplate, and white boots and gloves, Rouge took off for the one place she figured Knuckles would be: Angel Island, where he lived his whole life in service to the Master Emerald. She had a lot of mixed emotions flying over there, and she felt it weighing down her wings a little. She had only until she got there to think of the words to say.

TO BE CONTINUED