Story takes place 2 months after SA1.

"Come on...come on...where the hell is she, Dammit?!"

The blue hedgehog was waiting at the top of a hill, tapping his foot.

"I told her to meet at this EXACT place, I told her what time to meet me at, and she's STILL late!"

"My, My. Isn't somebody grumpy today?" a female bat with white skin mocked as she landed on the ground in front of the blue hedgehog.

"It's about time!" Sonic replied, annoyed.

"Maybe it's a bit of PMT..." The bat teased.

"Rouge, I'm not in the mood for this right now..."

"Aww, don't be such a party pooper!"

Sonic glared at Rouge, who he had met only a month ago, when she had tried to steal the Master Emerald. After learning about her addiction to jewels and that she was a secret government agent (She had been looking at a diamond ring and gone into one of her little 'trances' when she had revealed the latter)

(Flashback)

"All right, I'm here. Now what do you want? I have manicure appointment in fifteen minutes, you know, so make it quick!"

Sonic grinned.

"Well, you know that you're a secret government agent, or should I say, Not-So-Secret government agent, right?"

"Yeah..."

"And that means that you have a lot to do with the, Guardian Units of Nations, commonly known as GUN, right?"

"Yeah..."

"Well, would you know anything about the Ultimate Lifeform, AKA: Project Shadow, would you?"

"The Ultimate Lifeform?" The Ivory bat asked, and Sonic nodded.

"I know that GUN has a lot information on The Ultimate Lifeform, and I need that information." He replied.

"And why would you want this...information?" Rouge asked.

"Oh, not much..." Sonic replied, grinning.

Rouge paused for a moment, thinking, before asking;

"Well, what's in it for me, then? I don't work for free."

Sonic grinned, reaching into his quills and pulling out a large diamond. Rouge's eyes widened. She suddenly became oblivious to the world around her, not letting her eyes stray from the large jewel. Sonic swore he could see her drooling.

Sonic grinned.

"So, would this be considered payment?" He asked, chuckling.

"Uh-huh." Rouge said absent-mindedly, still keeping her eyes on the diamond.

Sonic again and replaced the diamond in his quills.

"So, is it a deal?" he asked, extending his hand.

Rouge answered without hesitating. "Deal" she said, taking his hand.

The two shook hands on it.

"But remember, No Data, No Diamond, right?"

"Right."

Rouge winked in his direction, causing him to blush, before taking off into the sky.

Sonic watched her fly off. Then realised he was blushing.

"WHAT THE HELL?!"

(End of Flashback)

"So, have you got it?" Sonic asked, pulling out the diamond.

"Yep." Rouge answered, pulling out a Data Disk.

The two then proceeded to exchange their items. Sonic took the disk and a grin spread across his face, while Rouge was inspecting the diamond, using every method she could think of to check that it was real. Sonic put the disk in his quills for safekeeping.

"Thanks, Rouge." Sonic said.

"No problem, Handsome."

Rouge gave the fastest thing alive one of her seductive smirks, before flying off into the night sky.

Sonic stood there, frozen, for a few moments.

'Did she just call me...God Dammit, Sonic! What is up with you?! This is no time for fantasies!' he thought to himself, before running off into the night.

Above him, Rouge was having some thoughts.

'Wonder what Big Blue wanted with those files? Maybe I'll take a peep...'

Rouge turned around, and being a bat, she was easily able to make out Sonic streaking off into the distance through the darkness.

She smirked again, before taking after him.

(15 Minutes later)

Rouge was looking through a top-floor window of Sonic's home. She could see the Blue Blur on his computer, looking through the disk's files.

Rouge was able to silently make her way into the house by getting through a downstairs window.

'This is just TOO easy for a master jewel thief, you know.' She thought.

Clinging to the ceiling, she made her way upstairs and into Sonic's room, unnoticed.

She watched him for a while, then he eventually said two words;

"Prison Island."

A million thoughts came rushing through Rouge's head.

'Prison Island? Is that where this 'Ultimate Lifeform' thing is? And what could Sonic want with it, anyway?' She thought.

Then a picture came up on the screen. To the right of the picture was a younger Sonic, about 14. (Sonic's 19 in this story) To the left of the frame was a girl, about 16 years old, with long, golden hair and was wearing a blue and white dress. And in between them was a seven-year-old hedgehog boy, with black fur and red highlights. He also had a white tuft of fur on his chest and had magnificent crimson eyes.

"I've finally found you." Sonic said, zooming in on the hedgehog boy. "My Son."

As soon as he said these two words, Rouge's eyes widened and fell to the floor with a CRASH! Sonic turned towards her, with an ANGRY look on his face.