Night Babylon... the most dubious part of town. There are several normal stores, true, but most of the small district is well-known for it's night clubs, it's dubious dealers and it's street gangs.
As she was mostly safe from all the unpleasant residents of her neighborhood, Rouge the Bat actually liked the atmosphere. Her own little club, 'Club Rouge' was her pride, and in the evenings, it was normally filled with customers.
She financed the club itself, the beverages and her few employees by secretly working for the government, as an international spy. She also was a thief specialized in jewels, but only few people know that.
One of those people was her apprentice, Minako Aino, who adored her. Since her mother died, she was taking care of the blonde bat-girl. Her father threw her out of his house, because Minako (stupidly) told him of her plans of becoming a thief.
Rouge was proud of the girl, as she was making great progress. Only her clumsiness was making it a little hard sometimes...
Right now, Rouge was sitting in her private room and relaxing. It was a nice, pleasant evening.
When Minako returned to 'Club Rouge', she instantly went to her instructor and friend. "Hi there, Rouge," she said cheerfully. "Lots of customers tonight, I see?"
"Did you get the Master Emerald?" Rouge asked instantly.
Minako winced. She was afraid Rouge would have asked her that. "No, I didn't... they caught me." Suddenly, she looked grimly at the older bat. "But you didn't tell me that it was that important for Rei and her tribe. Did you know that without the emerald, their whole floating island would fall down into the ocean?"
Rouge huffed. "Please, Minako! Do you actually believe in that mystical mumbo-jumbo? I bet your echidna friend just told you that so you wouldn't try to steal it anymore."
Minako looked away offended. "Well, I won't steal anything that's important to my friends. Send me to steal any other jewel, not that big green one."
Rouge sighed. Kids and their morals... she'd never understand them. "Fine, fine! Let's talk about that later. Now, go to bed early, we have a job to do tomorrow."
Minako nodded. "Well, okay. Night, Rouge."
After the blonde bat left the room, the older, white-furred bat leaned back into her chair with a sigh. She had dreamed of getting that beautiful emerald. It was so big, and so shiny... she loved looking at it since she saw it for the first time, after landing on the floating island by pure accident. Well, if Minako wouldn't bring it to her... she would try it by herself some time.
Her cell phone beeped. She turned it on and responded: "Hello, Rouge here? ..... Well, hi there! Nice hearing from you again! ..... Oooh, don't tell me GUN screwed up again... ..... So they lost them? Yeah, I had expected something like that. ..... So you want me to get them back? ..... Okay, I'll do it! The usual fee?" After her conversation partner responded, she smiled. "Well, then consider it done. I'll keep an eye open for them. And remember: I just LOVE sapphires. But say, just who could be skillful enough to break into that facility?"
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Several GUN soldiers hurried through the streets. "She must be somewhere around here," the captain told his men. "Find her!"
After the troops had left, a dark figure peered out of a narrow alley. She looked down at the three colorful gems in her hands.
"I won't let those GUN idiots keep the Chaos Emeralds... they only do what they think is right. Letting them keep them would be almost as dangerous as just giving them to that Eggman guy."
The dark green hedgehog girl made a fist. "I will find my brother... and until that time has come, I won't let GUN get away with what they did to us!"
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(Posted Sat, 12 Aug 2006 11:55)
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