((Hey, no sweat, that was a GOOD post. Mine, however, will suck. xD But I'm in the same boat. Only just started role playing as rouge again.))


She almost grinned as one of her wildly-aimed slaps hit him on the nose, and clearly did more than just simply annoy him. But, there was hardly time for that, before the Echidna's eyes seemed to flicker with rage; or was it just a great sense of determination? Rouge couldn't tell, and she wouldn't spend all the rest of the free-fall trying to decode whatever it was lingering in her rival's eyes.

Knowing she was going down fast, and finding she was having quite some difficulty adjusting to the direction he was dragging her down in, she offered him a pair of pleading, doe eyes. No words were spoken, because she knew, despite how time seemed to drag on endlessly during this fall, she only had seconds to do anything.

..But it was all in vain. Knuckles either ignored what he had seen, or he hadn't glimpsed it at all. Moments after she had tried to play the part of a damsel in distress, the crimson Echidna had drug her along in a dizzying spiral toward the ground, and seconds later..Flung her as hard as he could.

Panic began to wash over her as she ultimately realized how close the ground was at this point. Whimpering to herself, she desperately tried to get control of her momentum and twist herself into the air, where she could open her wings and catch the breeze before landing.

It almost worked.

At the last possible moment, she managed to turn herself a little and open her wings, only managing to slow herself down a little. It was too late to completely save herself, and she still ended up slamming into the ground harshly. Still, the position was better than it would have been, and things could have been worse.

Yet, she certainly wasn't in good shape after this. She lay there on the ground, every muscle in her body twinging with immense pain. She wasn't sure if she had broken or sprained anything, but she was careful not to move around to find out. Now she was waiting..Waiting for a sign her body was okay, and for the pain to subsuide. If Knuckles dared come over at that moment, she'd make sure to lash out at him.

Right now, however, it seemed the Echidna had won. At least for now. Even if she discovered she was too badly injured to continue the fight, even if this victory went to Knuckles, it wasn't the end.

She'd never give up for good, after all.

((Blah, horrible post. I dunno if this is the right route to take it. I didn't want to say she was perfectly fine and godmode or anything, but I'm not sure if injuring her badly helps out the flow of things. xD))