"Rescue of a Batty Balloon Girl"
a Sonic the Hedgehog fanfic by Inflationcouplingist

"Let's see if..." Eggman said as sparks flew from his lab as he was creating a device that'll finally put Sonic and his friends outta his way once and for all. "YES!" Dr. Eggman yelled as he finally completed his device.

The device in question looked like a yellow blaster with a pink emerald latched onto it.

"But before I can actually use it on people, let's test it out." Eggman pointed the blaster to a group of blueberries and fired the it, producing a pink blast that hit the blueberries, but didn't seem to affect them.

Then suddenly, the blueberries expanded and grew, growing to almost basketball size.

Eggman approached the blueberries and picked one up, he then poked it with a pin and it exploded, spewing juice all over him. "Well, the effects work, but for how long?" he replied as he looked at the blown up blueberries. "I'll have to wait a while before actually using it."

A week later, Eggman returned to the blown up blueberries and picked one up. He poked it with the pin and it went right through it, but it didn't explode. "Hmm..." he murmured as he examined the blueberries and the blaster's effect. "It seems as though after getting blown up, they become easy to pop like a balloon." he told himself. "But...after calculating the results and coming up with a day, they become part of the system and remain blown up." He then went to the pile of blown up blueberries. "Oh well...at least I'll use it on Sonic and his friends."

Suddenly, an explosion occurred that blew a large hole in the room Eggman was in. "Think again Eggy." a voice called out as a female bat figure with long, swaying, and white hair and with a fluffy hair tip on her head came out.

"Well well, Rouge the Bat." Eggman replied as he saw the group. "What brings you here?"

"You know why, were not gonna let you use that device!" Rouge yelled.

"Well, so you do know, did you tell anyone else?" Eggman asked.

"As a matter of fact, I did. I told G.U.N. about you creating the device you had when I was spying on you and they sended me down to stop you." Rouge explained.

"Why not Shadow?" Eggman asked, smiling.

"He..." Rouge's ears dropped down. "He couldn't come."

"Aww...too busy not caring about you." Eggman said in a mocked tone.

"Shut up!" Rouge yelled. "So what's with the device anyway?"

"Well, if you must know, it's powered by this here pink emerald with an incredible power supply." Eggman explained.

"You mean...a chaos emerald?" Rouge asked.

"Fraid not, this isn't a chaos emerald, this is an ancient expand emerald." Eggman replied.

"An expand emerald?" Rouge questioned.

"Yes Miss Rouge, an emerald that can expand a large amount of victims." Eggman said. "Like...THIS!" He then fired the blaster at her.

"AHH!" Rouge yelled as she was hit by the laser as it held her still and did its work on her. As she was held by the laser, unable to move, Rouge's belly began blowing from under her suit at an alarming rate. 'Oh no...I'm inflating...' she thought as she felt her back, sides, arms, and legs inflating fast and catching up with her belly. She whimpered and tried to get free, but the laser was so strong, she couldn't move as she continued to inflate, her usual, one or two piece out fir, gloves, and boots expanding like second skin without ripping apart outfit. She then felt her arms and legs getting pulled in and her groin touching the cold metal floor as she got rounder and bigger. Soon, her head, hands, and feet were pulled ina bit, but she then felt the laser was gone.

"HAHAHAHA! It looks like it works on something that isn't fruit." Eggman laughed mechanically as he shut the blaster off.

Rouge whimpered terrifyingly as she gently rocked on her groin and examined herself. She saw that her chest had become flat, her unaffected parts, including wings, were pulled in a bit except for her wings and tail, and her outfit was stretched comfortably over her body minus a bit of her revealed chest. She had become nothing that a 8 foot bat balloon. "CHANGE ME BACK NOW!" she demanded from the mad doctor.

"I don't think so Miss Rouge." Eggman told her, smiling deviously. "There's no going back, you're stuck as a balloon, forever."

Rouge whimpered as she tried flying away, but she was too big and her wings were too small now that she couldn't move on her own.

"Oh bots..." Eggman called out.

Soon, about six Eggbots came out and circled around Rouge.

"Would you be so kind as to play with a bat ball for a while?" Eggman asked.

"Yes O mighty Eggman." One of the bots replied. That same Eggbot clutched onto Rouge's backside.

"Let me go!" Rouge demanded, whimpering. She then felt the Eggbot pushed her and she rolled head first towards the one across from her. The good news was that she will be okay rolling head first, the bad news was that she couldn't escape them. Rouge yelled and cried as the Eggbots rolled her around like a ball.

The Eggbots continued playfully rolling Rouge as they ignore her screams of fright and cries of sadness.

"HELLLLPPPPP!!" Rouge screamed in peril as she continued getting rolled.

Eggman continued laughing like a maniac, but suddenly, an alarm occurred in the room and possibly the whole base.

The Eggbots stopped rolling Rouge as they heard the alarm.

Rouge muffled as she was placed upside down as she flapped her hands, wings, and feet and wiggled her tail in an attempt to roll back up.

"What's going on?!" Eggman responded.

"An intruder has entered, destroying the base and all Eggbots, and coming in your direction." the computer said as it showed a picture of a hedgehog running and smashing through Eggbot after Eggbot at super sonic speed.

"Well, so Sonic's come...wait..." Eggman then realized something. "That's not Sonic! That's..." He was suddenly hit in both the face and gut very hard by a black and reddish blur.

That same blur then smashed through the six Eggbots and grabbed Rouge.

"LET ME GO!" Rouge muffled through as the figure grabbed her.

The figure then suddenly teleported outta the Eggbase as it exploded, with Dr.Eggman still inside, ending his reign of tyranny.


The figure teleported himself and Rouge inside the once uninhabitable ARK Base. He then rolled Rouge back on her groin and settled her.

Rouge looked around the place she was taken into and saw how clean and almost brand new the ARK had become. She then looked at the figure, and he seemed familiar to her, minus the black and red GUN outfit and helmet he had on. "W-Who are you?" Rouge asked, whimpering.

The figure rolled Rouge onto her belly and took off his mouth piece. "Someone you love." he said. He then kissed her on her lips deeply, yet passionately.

Rouge was shocked by the kiss and tried to break it, but she soon melted in the kiss and blushed as she felt a familiar feeling to the figure. *He's kissing me...the way...* she thought as she closed her eyes and melted in the kiss.

The figure then broke the kiss and twirled a finger around Rouge's hair lovingly and smiled. "You okay?" he said.

"Sh-Sh-Shady?" Rouge questioned.

The figure removed his helmet to reveal a hedgehog face with red eyes and black quills with red stripes pointed upward with the upper center one pointed downward. This hedgehog was none other than Shadow the Hedgehog, the ultimate life form. "Yeah, it's me." he told her.

"I...I thought you were off on another mission?" Rouge questioned.

"I was...but I came back once I sensed that you were in trouble." Shadow said. "I broke into Eggman's base and saw him turning you into a bat balloon on his monitors."

"Ohh..." Rouge responded, her ears benting downward. "I guess my treasure hunting and GUN days are over. All because Eggman..." She then felt Shadow rubbing her skin area gently and saw him smiling.

"To be honest, you do look cute all round, puffy, and helpless like this." Shadow said.

Rouge blushed from hearing that. *Shady thinks I'm cute as a balloon?* she thought in surprise.

"Though, you look cute and lovely no matter what." Shadow added.

Rouge blushed deep red from Shadow's complement and rubbing. "R-Really?"

Shadow nodded yes and continued rubbing Rouge as gently as he could.

Rouge blushed as red as she could get, but she also formed a smile around her face. "Awww...that's so sweet of you Shady." she replied.

Shadow then rolled Rouge onto her back and moved her till her giant bum was present at his face. "And you have such a lovely big butt." he said. The black hedgehog then grabbed her butt and nuzzled, snuggled, and kissed it.

Rouge giggled a bit an wiggled her hands and feet as she felt her giant rump getting hugged, snuggled, and kissed all over. "Hehehehe, that tickles!"

"Hehe, sorry, but I can't help it." Shadow replied as he snuggled her butt. "You're so big and soft."

"Hehe, don't forget round, helpless, and full of air." Rouge giggled, but then frownded. "And also poppable."

"What do you mean?" Shadow asked as he moved Rouge to his face and rolled her onto her giant belly.

"Eggman said that the victim will become fragile once inflated, but only for one day." Rouge replied, whimpering a bit as tears formed around her eyes. "I don't want to pop! I just don't!" she cried.

Shadow placed his hands onto Rouge's face, wiping her tears. "Don't worry Rouge...I won't pop you." he told her. "I'll be gentle."

Rouge continued tearing, but she also formed a smile. "Thank you...*sniff*...Shady." she responded.

"I'll also take care of you and pamper and protect you like a queen." Shadow added as he gently, but lovingly, nuzzled Rouge's small head.

Rouge smiled and nuzzled Shadow's head back, still tearing a bit. "Oh thank you so much Shady." she said softly.

Shadow smiled and stared into Rouge's watery, icy crystal blue eyes. "I hope you'll be happy living with me upon the ARK?" he asked.

Rouge smiled and teared a bit as she stared into Shadow's fiery ruby red eyes. "I will be, as long as I have you beside me." she replied. "But..."

"But what?" Shadow asked.

"But...you can never age. You'll be young forever and I'll be too old for you." Rouge responded, frowning.

"Not anymore." Shadow said.

"Huh?' Rouge questioned.

"I went to Knuckles and asked if I could use the Master Emerald for something." Shadow explained. "What I did was use that emerald to rid myself of my immortality."

"But...why?" Rouge asked.

"If you're gonna grow old one day, I wanna grow old with you by your side." Shadow said.

Rouge smiled as she teared again. "Oh Shady." she replied.

Shadow smiled and went to her side. "Here, let me roll you to bed." he said.

Rouge smiled as she felt Shadow roll her outta of the main room and towards a nice, big bedroom twice her size. She was then rolled gently onto a very large bed and placed on her belly.

Shadow hopped next to Rouge and removed her boots, then he went to remove her gloves, leaving her in her stretched outfit and socks. He then covered Rouge in giant pillows and blankets to keep her warm. The pillows and blankets were a bit heavy, but they didn't pop Rouge and kept her body very warm.

Rouge smiled at Shadow's pampering. She then felt herself getting lifted by him, but only to have her lowered with him under her and having herself getting moved so her head was close enough to his head.

"I hope this will keep you comfortable enough?" Shadow asked.

Rouge smiled and snuggled Shadow with her body. "And very warm." she said, slightly giggling. "Thank you...for everything."

Shadow smiled and nuzzled her head with his.

Rouge smiled and blushed  and nuzzled Shadow's head with hers as well. She then puckered up and kissed him as she nuzzled him.

Shadow deepened the kiss and purred as he gently rubs Rouge's front hair.

Rouge felt Shadow breaking the kiss and wrapping his hands around her head as gently as he could get, making her blush even more. "Goodnight Shadow." she said. "I love you, my ultimate life form."

"Goodnight Rouge." Shadow said. "I love you too, my lovely balloon bat." He then closed his eyes and nodded off, smiling and cradling Rouge's head.

Rouge snuggled into Shadow's white chest fur like a pillow, and nodded off as well, smiling and felling loved and protected.

Now a giant bat balloon, Rouge began her new, balloony life alongside Shadow inside the ARK, and she couldn't be any happier.

END