Tails and Wiggen gave the time frame of nearly a week before the new portal would be complete. Some were angry and believed that this would take too long; one should not intermix the Mobiuns of one dimension with another. However this was as fast as the two could work, and they were doing their best.

Knowing that Scourge and his kind has enslaved Wiggen, Shadow and the others were keeping a watchful eye on the rest of their kind, in case they got the idea for revenge or enslavement again.

The alternate Mobiuns with Scourge kept quiet, within the darkness of the shadows of the ship. The green hedgehog was not pleased with the Mobiuns presence here, but they had no choice. With Moku and Cobalt controlling the humans to be murderous and insane, they had to have someone to be their shield in case of an attack. Scourge continued to try to think of a way to keep them at the NIGHT, for such a thing, but a way to keep them here without directly interfering and angering them… His mind was distracted by Maria… Thoughts of her continued to come to his mind. He wanted her… Fiona was getting old to him. But with her gentle nature, upbringing, and constant guarding by Shadow… To get to her would be nearly impossible.

Maria was getting older, old enough so that she didn’t really want to be watched constantly by her guardian. Instead she began to wander the station herself, away from the safety of others…

This was what Scourge had been waiting for.

“Hello there, Sweet thing!” The grinning hedgehog said as he stepped from the darkness.

The golden hedgehog turned toward the voice, and took a step back.

“Aww… No need to be afraid. Just because your dad and them make me out to be bad, doesn’t mean I am. They’re just jealous. I’m not that bad!” He said, still walking toward her, smirking.

Maria still wasn’t sure if she should trust him. Her father had never led her wrong before, if he thought this creature was dangerous he probably was. But then again her father was always being so protective of her… Too much sometimes she thought. Perhaps it would be nice to have a friend outside of ones he always had to approve of. He was smiling after all, though it was a rather strange, sharp one.

The scarred hedgehog put an arm around her, he still was in his spacesuit, like all the rest of the creatures that were staying on the NIGHT.

“I’m just looking for someone of your kind. Someone out of the Mobiuns that I can trust. Think you can help me out?” He asked.

Maria looked into his blue eyes as he smiled at her, his glasses lifted partially off of his eyes.  He tilted his head at her questioningly.

“Well… I guess so. What do you need, Sir… Scourge was it?” She asked him.

Scourge felt a stirring in him. He wanted her more than he had thought. For even more reasons than he had even dreamed of. But now was not the time. No, not yet. He had to lure her in more, get her to trust him more… Then he could take her for himself.

“Well. Could you tell me what your Daddy and them are up to? They don’t know this world… It’s just as dangerous as the human world, or Mobius! I wouldn’t want them to get hurt, you know… Don’t tell them though, they think I’m ‘dangerous’ and are jealous remember?” He said.

Maria looked at him innocently, she was slowly learning to judge people, but wasn’t quite so good at it yet. When she looked at this hedgehog, with his toothy grin, scarred chest, and black, flamed spacesuit, she felt a mixed vibe. Then suddenly, a flash within her mind. Her father and this hedgehog fighting, pain, fear… Blood on her hands. Her father standing in front of her, blocking this creature from her… Then another dark power… Humans, and Scourge now instead standing in front of her, between the humans and herself…

She shook her head, and the images cleared. He was still looking at her, but now he had a slight frown. How long had she not said anything?

“Are you okay?” He asked.

Maria nodded. “Yes.”  The strange vision, it had to have been of the future. Her father did not trust this creature, and hated him… Perhaps there was a reason for that… But in the latter of the vision… He was saving her from the humans, who she had learned to fear… Who brought ruin…

“Father and the others are making a portal to leave. It’ll take about a week though I think. Tails and Wiggen are making it.” She said. From the visions of the future, this hedgehog, Scourge, had to have some good in him it seemed. She wasn’t sure how, but perhaps her father was just being over protective like she was told.

“Oh so Tails has Wiggen as a little helper now does he? Well, well… I see the little ermine is making himself right at home with them…” Scourge said, appearing to become lost in thought, the grin now back upon his face.

He stopped. Looking at Maria, he saw she was now looking at him with concern as well.

“Is something wrong? What’s wrong with Wiggen?”  The golden hedgehog asked, her ears twitching.

“Oh nothing. He just sometimes is a… well… He gets into places he doesn’t belong, and is quite nosy. He actually slows things down… But don’t worry about that, I’m sure they’ll get it done in time still.” Scourge patted her head and began to walk off, backwards. “Now remember, you never saw me.” Winking, he disappeared back into the darkness.

Maria quickly went back to the rest of the Mobiuns, debating whether to say anything. It turned out Shadow had been looking for her frantically, because no one had known where she was. Hugging her, seemed quite relieved to have her back safely. It was then that she decided not to say a word. She had to break his obsessive compulsion of protection someday, why not start now? Besides, the with the vision, she could tell it had already began…

With the portal nearly complete, and a week passed, Tails and Wiggen had become quite close in their friendship. They had learned a lot from each other, and the ermine had told the fox about his past. The ermine had actually been part of the Organization 0, but after a battle, he was left an orphan. And while the Organization cared for him, he was still saddened and lonely. He didn’t think it could get worse, but it did. As the ermine was playing by himself outside of the base, out of watch of the others, like he was told not to, he was snatched up by the alternate dimension Mobiuns, and had been with them since, serving as their repair personal for the NIGHT station since. He had tried so many times to escape, but it was in vain. He almost made it out many a times, only to be dragged back.

Now he was ready for a new start… Now that he had someone to make sure he wasn’t kidnapped back, and held hostage. He wasn’t about to let anyone take that from him…