Disclaimer: All Sonic characters (Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Cream, Rouge) copyright Sega/Sonic Team.
A/N: This is a first for me so enjoy! (I hope!)
"I never expected it to turn out like this, you have to believe me." A Pink hedgehog was struggling to say looking at her friends face about to fall apart. "I just…you do understand why it has to be this way don't you? I just wish there was some way, but…., no I just can't…but look, no doubt we'll see each other again and anyway we can easily stay in touch can't we? You have my phone number and e-mail address, it'll be fine! Don't worry about me. Are you…promise me you'll be o.k, o.k?"
The hedgehog gently placed a hand on her friends shoulders who was now looking lost and afraid as the reality of the past days events were coming to a close. Her friend, a cream rabbit looked at her standing there, realising this could be the last time they ever see each other again, no, she thought to herself, It won't be, to help her friend, the rabbit, Cream, swallowed hard and put on a brave face.
"I'll be fine, Tails is still around and Knuckles makes an appearance every now and then. I…I…" Cream suddenly fell silent trying to hold back tears, but it was impossible, the pressure was too much, the damn burst. "Oh Amy, I'm gonna miss you, you've always been there for me, no one else can replace you, please don't go, you, we, everyone can help work something out, I'm sure." The rabbit pleaded.
"I'm sorry Cream, I can't stay, it's just too dangerous for me now."
The two stood there looking at each other vacantly trying to take in these last few moments, both concentrating hard through teary eye's to remember every feature, mark and mannerism. They were both thrown out of the trance like state by the sound of a roaring engine followed by a couple of blasts of an impatient horn.
Amy sighed lightly. "Well, I'd better be going, my taxi's here, better not leave him waiting. So, Good-bye Cream, our paths will cross again someday; I'm sure of it."
With that said Amy turned to head towards her taxi, the taxi that would remove one more of Cream's friends from her so far short life. In the last few moments she stood there thinking about everyone that she had grown to like and how each was slowly being removed from her life.
After accidentally killing a young family in a fight against Eggman Sonic fled the country and the bounty that was put on his name. Ironically Knuckles then left to become a bounty hunter himself, he said it was his castle in spain, whatever that meant. Rouge was now living on some other part of Mobius with her so called husband. Cosmo had been killed and no one will ever forget that. Tails was still around, she liked him, but he had never been the same since he had to do the deed, he never really interacted with anyone anymore. All that was left was Amy, and she was about to walk out of Creams life. The air then became heavy; her body seemed to weigh a lot more than she remembered. In her mind she began to run to Amy, her body sluggishly and reluctantly picking up the pace. She threw herself around her best friend.
"I'll never forget you Amy, no matter how long I live. You've been the best friend I've ever had. Good-bye and I do understand." By the time she had said this she was looking at Amy sitting in the taxi about to close the door.
"Good-bye Cream, I'll never forget you either. Look after yourself."
With that said the taxi driver brought the engine up to a fast idle then accelerated away. Within a few seconds the Taxi had removed yet another person from Cream's life. She stood staring into the distance, trying to pick out the taxi through the mist before turning around and walking back into her now empty life.