A Theif? Or A Lover?

I Do Not Take Flames. Remeber this.

I Respect All SEGA characters and Their makers.

I take sugusstions to Any stories.

Chapter: 18

"W-Why?" she asked. The male Echidna did not respond with words, but actions. He stormed off, never to be seen again by either Echidna; the mother, and the son.

Knuckles groans and slowly rubs his eyes. He opens them, only to find that the other Echidna was not there. He didn't get it. Was it all just a dream to him? A sick, yet comforting dream? "Hello?" he asked aloud. No response.

He sighed; it was all just a sick dream to him, and nothing else. Knuckles looked at the Infinity Core for a moment, and then thought of sadness and Rouge. How could he have been so foolish, as to yell at her? His one love, he yelled at!

Rouge; he had made her depressed as of last night, and felt terrible about it. "Good morning Knuckles." a voice sounded from behind him. He turned around, only to see the face of the Echidna from last night. "How do you know my name?" he asked. "I know you; guardian of the Master Emerald. For I am one as well, but, one from the past." she told him. "Really?" Knuckles asked. "Yes." she replied.

"Oh. Wow." Knuckles said as he looked back down and thought about Rouge. Tikal quickly noticed this and was concerned about the newest guardian of the emerald. "What is wrong Knuckles?" she asked. He looked up at her for a moment, wanting to see Rouge but not. He inhaled deeply and looked back down and sighed. "Nothing." he told her. Tikal frowned at this and walked over to him.

"Tell me." she commanded in a stern voice. A tear ran along Knuckles' eye and fell down his cheek. "I-It's nothing Tikal." he told her. The tear begun to hang on his cheek. Tikal saw this and transformed her frown into a thin smile. She ran her hand along his tear, wiping it in the process and giving Knuckles the feel of her. "Knuckles. Please tell me, I hate it when people are sad." she said.

Knuckles looked up at Tikal and with his eyes moist and a weak smile, and he responded, "Well, my fiancée, Rouge; I mean that I woke up, from a nightmare. She tried to comfort me, but I sort of yelled at her, and... I didn't know!" Knuckles exclaimed. He basically then threw himself at Tikal, crying on her dress. "Shhh... It's ok Knuckles." Tikal comforted him. "I snapped at her Tikal!" Knuckles yelled. "It's ok Knuckles." She told him.

"How is it ok, when she ended up being mad at me! Let alone wanting me to leave!" Knuckles cried. "She'll forgive you." she told him. "I don't know Tikal." Knuckles said. As he cried onto her dress; she was rubbing his back and whispering sweet words to him; mainly saying that him and Rouge would get back together.

While, with Rouge, she was regretting it badly. When she had woke up, she wanted to wake up in Knuckles' arms and whisper, 'I love you' sweetly into each others ears. All she was doing at this moment, was sniffling and looking at a picture of her and Knuckles that was on the table. Of course it was when Knuckles was yelling at her; before they fell in love and before he proposed to her.

She smiled lightly when she remembered whenever he was mad at her. He always looked cute at those moments, at least to her. All those memories; from their first meet, back when they were both children; to the present day when she yelled back at him to leave.

Yet, she regretted it, from the second it escaped from her mouth, to the current moment. She wanted forget; forget about all of the horrible memories that she attempted to make him feel bad, all for her own selfish purposes. She had, though, redeemed herself, and now had fallen in love with the man she attempted to steal from many times.

Memories. All the key to remembrance. It can harm you, do you good or even hurt others, depending on who it was or where it was. Remembrance is a gift for everyone to enjoy and to fear. But now wasn't the time for remembering. Now was the time to find him; and she had a good start.

Angel Island.