Connection

Rouge has always been an individualistic, a free spirit that only cares about herself.
One day something caught her attention: a giant green emerald that she tried to steal without success.
A red echidna was indeed ready to not only refuse her coaxing, but even fight her.
Her, a lady.
He won the fight and saved her from falling into lava, even if she was probably the last person he wanted to be alive in that moment, since she was putting on risk his duty - protecting that gem, that should always stay on Angel Island.
But Knuckles has the purest heart and that was noticed from the not-so-cold-as-it-seemed Rouge.
A glimpse, so fast yet so eternal and all was said.
The unstated connection was set.