Chapter 17 - I was the Victim!

Rouge opened her eyes. A moan escaped her throat. Wh-where I am? She tried to get up out of the bed she was on, only to be eased back by a hand. She looked up and screamed. Rouge, relax! the mask said. Rouge had grabbed a brick and was swinging wildly. Keep away from me! Rouge, relax! Its me! Ekyt! Rouge stopped. Ekyt lifted his mask up for the first time in two days. He eased Rouge back into her bed. Youre okay. You had a nasty fall. I caught you before you hit the ground. You sprained your wing and hurt your leg, by the look of it. I checked your eyes, you have a small concussion. Where am I? She asked again. She was genuinely moved that her ex-boyfriend would do this. But that mask. Youre at my place. You live in the old warehouse. Yeah. Oh yeah, Blush (Her chao, I made it up) came looking for you. Shes on the fourth floor with my chao.





Whats with the mask. He looked away, the mask sitting awkwardly on top of his head. Scars. Rouge looked shocked. What scars. Not the kind you can see. The kind caused by stress. Pain. Rejection. He spat the last word. Rouge decided to stop this part of the questiong.





How long have I been out of it? Two days. You woke up once before, muttered Eggman, then conked out again. Rouge had one my question burning in her mind.





Why did you help me? After what I did? she asked him, looking into his eyes. His deep hazel eyes met her eyes. It was the right thing to do. I couldnt risk bringing you to a hospital. Now with gangs, the Metarex, and Eggman around. So I kept an eye on you. Rouge was amazed. I was rotten to you. No. I was rotten to myself. He moved to the window again, slowly running a gloved hand down it. Only then did she notice the gash in his leg.





I gave up trust, Rouge. Im done. I help people, not interact with them. They can see me for what I am, or they can see me for what I appear to be. Whats that? she asked, eyes wide. To them, Im a freak. No. Yup. So here I am. Now, do you want to tell me what happened? he asked calmly. Rouge noticed his voice was raspier. He must not talk much anymore.





Only if you answer my question: What happened to your leg. He walked with a cane. Against the Metarex, my leg got torn open pretty bad by one of their robots. Then I got shot out of the Sonic power cannon, and, I didnt know it at the time, but I had hurt my leg. So now I use this& he held up a cane. At least until my leg heals. When will that be? she asked. I dont know. It doesnt matter. Rouge got up out of the bed, limping slightly. What do you mean, it doesnt matter! Of course it matters. Youre living, breathing, youre only seventeen. You dont care if your leg heals?! No. he said, coldy. And why is that? Whos going to care? Lets face it. Sonic has Amy. Shadow has Violet (Violet_Rose). Sasha (Texas_Luver) has&anyone she wants, but Sonic. Tails has Cream. Im alone. You dont have to be. If its meant to be, its meant to be. Ive given up. Relationships, friendship, contact of any kind. It doesnt mean anything to me. Not anymore. His fist met the wall, cutting his exposed knuckles. He watched the blood with disdain. Rouge actually felt bad for him. But she had her sights on someone else. Will you take me to Knuckles? she asked him, batting her eyes for good measure. If thats what you want. You dont mind? I help people. I do what I can for them. So lets go. He whistled, and Blush and Tyke came running. He scooped them both up and but one in each of the big pockets of his coat.





He dropped her off to Knuckles. She kissed him. Ekyt turned and walked away. Angry, defeated. He cared for her. No, he had cared for her. Caring, at least for romance, was gone.





On the way back, one of Eggmans robots got in his face, asking about Rouge. He destroyed the piece of scrap metal easy. But a piece of metal his hurt leg. He plucked it out and walked back home. If you could call it that. Only then did he realize his chao had been hurt. He ignored his leg and rushed to the Master Emerald, ignoring the lip prints on Knuckles face.





Tikal! he said urgently. She came, worried. What is it? she asked. Its my chao. Can you help him? The little chao was curled up into a ball, a pained expression on his face, tears running down his cheeks. Ekyt handed him over. Tikal immediately looked worried and placed him on the Emerald. She concentrated. Some blue and yellow chao appeared, then disappeared. Ekyt, his only chance is to come back with me. Ekyt turned to his last friend. Take care, Tyke. He hugged the little guy carefully. Then he handed the chao to Tikal, with Rouge and Knuckles looking on. Tikal disappeared again.





Ekyt, his eyes lit with fury, pushed past Rouge and Knuckles, who were questioning him. He charged across the bridge, down the mountain to Station Square. He pushed his through the crowd. He spotted an Eggman ship. The only way to reach it was the highest building in the city.





It was owned by a real jerk, who gave him trouble immediately. Ekyt punched him out, then demolished the security guards that tried to grab him. He fought his way to the roof and jumped, just grabbing the ship. He pulled himself up. It was time to hunt down a certain fat creep.

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