"And in other news... a new casino has opened in Station Square today. So far the turn out has been very successful but the staff are urging for many others to come and take a look."

A young blue hedgehog jumps up from his chair, excitedly and runs out of the door to his house.

"A new casino? Sweet! Now THIS I gotta see!"

The young hedgehog continues his run and stops by the entrance to the casino. He walks inside and whistles as he looks around. He soon sits at a table but then notices someone familiar in the distance...

He spots his friend Kira serving some men and wags his tail, happily. Kira spots him from a distance and blushes knowing that he recognises her and soon sneaks off to the bar to get some more drinks. Sonic walks over to her as he smirks and leans against a wall next to her.

"Hey Kira, I didn't know you worked here... loving the outfit~"

Kira pretends to be distracted by her work, embarrassed by the outfit she's wearing and being spotted by Sonic. She stays silent and attempts to take the drinks to the gamblers but Sonic stops in front of her and smiles. 

"S-Sonic... w-what are you doing here? I... wasn't expecting you to be in a place like this!"

Sonic puts an arm around her and chuckles. 

"I just came here to check out the place, it looks amazing... and so do you."
 
Kira blushes brighter and uses the drinks tray to hide her face. 

"W-why do you think that? I-I look like... l-like... some sort of... well some sort of... prostitute!" 

"No you don't... that outfit makes you look great! I never knew that red and black were your colours~" 

Sonic winks at her. 

Kira blushes as she looks down at her outfit. She wore a short red dress which slightly showed off her cleavage. A black piece of lace has been tied up around her chest in order to keep the dress pieces together and a black pair of rollerskates are on her feet. 

With this outfit, she also wore black laced pantyhose and a pair of pink panties underneath it. But luckily for her, Sonic couldn't see them.

"Hey waitress! Could do with another drink here!" 

Kira nods and slowly moves away from Sonic, attempting to skate off but he reaches out and gently grabs her hand, slowly pulling her close to him, causing Kira to stumble a little in her rollerskates. 

"Wait... please don't go." 

Kira looks at him then to the angry gambler and then back to Sonic and lowers her ears.

"I... I'm sorry Sonic. But it's really busy here tonigh--ahh!!" 

Kira yells as she slips on a wet patch on the stone floor below her feet. Sonic acts quickly and grabs her hands, pulling her up before she hits the ground.

Sonic hears the gamblers howling and wolf-whistling and sees that her pantyhose and underwear are ripped so that part of her butt is showing through the tear. Sonic blushes brightly and gently lets her go, covering his crotch as he feels 'something' about to appear from the sight. 

Kira looks at Sonic and covers herself, after noticing Sonic attempting to hide his crotch and turns to the men, noticing them smirking and laughing at her.  

Sonic growls and is about to walk over to the men when suddenly one of the men walks over to her and puts a finger under her chin, lifting her head.

"Hey Kira, that was a great trick, care to do it again?"

Kira looks up in shock as she notices that her boss is the one who's talking to her.

"N-no s-sir... it was an accident, I swear!"

"An accident, eh? Well... that foolish move of yours just cost you your job!"

The boss walks off laughing to himself as the rest of the gamblers all smirk and follow behind him, laughing amongst each other.

Sonic glares at the boss and growls louder before running over and stopping in front of him and the others.

"Hey you! Yeah, you there... what kind of sick trick are you playing here? My friend made a small mistake and now you're just gonna fire her?!"

The boss smirked and put a hand on Sonic's shoulder.

"Now now, my friend... let us be rational about this. Your friend here has not been performing well these past few weeks and that seduction attempt was the last straw."

Sonic growls once more and grits his teeth as the boss walks off with the others.

"Bastard..."

Kira looks up with tear-filled eyes and whimpers. 

Sonic, who had managed to get his rage in control walks over to Kira and kneels down next to her. He wraps an arm around her and pulls her closer to him.   

Kira looks up and moves over to gently hug him. Sonic lowers his ears and gently nuzzles his head into hers, holding her close.

"It's ok... they're gone now. And they'll never mess with you again as long as I'm around."

Kira sniffs and soon starts to calm down after feeling Sonic's warmth against her.

"Are you alright now? Did any of them hurt you?"

"Y-yes I'm fine... b-but the floor... my... my butt... it hurts really badly."
 
Kira gently rubs her butt as she whimpers.

Sonic lowers his ears and gently helps her up before leaning her against a wall.

"Stay here, I think I know what will help..."

Kira nods and stays against the wall whilst Sonic walks to the bar. He gets some ice from the bar's ice storage and wraps it inside a rag. He then walks back and hands her the ice.

"Here. Give this a try..."

Kira smiles and takes it off him. 

"Thanks Sonic..." 

She blushes as she looks at Sonic and he soon turns around, understanding that she wants some privacy. Kira slowly pushes the ice against her butt and winces a little before keeping it held against her and sitting down on a soft chair. 

Sonic turns around and sits down next to her.

"I know you're getting money from this job but... it seems that the workers don't treat you nicely. I don't think this job is good for you to carry on with..."

Kira sighs and attempts to bend down to untie the laces of her rollerskates but soon yells out in pain as her butt starts to sting from the movement. 

"Kira, a-are you alright?!"

Kira shakes her head and lowers her ears. 

"N-no... it hurts... r-really bad..."

"Do you need the hospital?"

"No... i-its just stinging a bit. I think it just needs some cream, that's all..."

Sonic sits down on the chair next to her and puts a hand on her shoulder before speaking.