AN: So, it's been a while since I've written any fanfics…and I've definitely NEVER written a Sonic fic before, so this should be slightly interesting. It's an idea I had while reading a bunch of different fics about Sonic and Amy and I just LOVE them as a couple so I figured, what the heck! Anyways. I'm hoping people will read and review. But most of all, I hope you all enjoy!!
Disclaimer: I don't own Sonic the hedge hog or its characters…they do, in fact, belong to Sega and such.
You Can't Always Run
Amy sat against a tree in the park enjoying a beautiful summer day. She was gently holding a flower to her nose enjoying the sweet smell. If only Sonic would give me flowers. That would make me so happy! She sighed. Sonic the hedgehog was such a stubborn guy. He was rude and arrogant and frustrating to no end. But there was something about him and his quirky smile that just caused her heart to melt every time she thought about him or saw him. Being around him was an addiction that she needed to get fulfilled every second of every day. Which is exactly why she was in the park this afternoon. She smiled when she noticed the streak of blue coming in her direction. Quickly she stood and ran out into the middle of the path.
"Sonic!" She cried happily, holding up her hands. The blue hedgehog came to a sudden halt to avoid running into her at full speed.
"Whoa! Geez Amy! You know you gotta stop doing that! One of these days I might actually hit you!"
"Oh, Sonic!" She sighed dreamily, "I would love it if you ran into me!" She ran over and embraced him in a tight hug.
"Amy!" Sonic struggled to pry her off of him. "Let go of me! I'm kinda busy right now."
She stepped back and huffed. "What could possibly be more important than seeing me?"
"Anything is more important than you!" The instant that those words escaped his lips he regretted it. He noticed her flinch as she backed away from him. He had obviously hurt her feelings even though he didn't mean to. But rather than apologize to her he only managed to make things worse. "Oh lighten up Amy. You take things too personally."
Amy's eyes began to fill with tears. "I…I…I hate you Sonic the Hedgehog!" She cried balling up her fists at her side and allowing some tears to trickle out from under her closed eyelids. "One day you're not going to have me around and you're going to regret treating me like dirt!" With that she ran past Sonic, her tears falling freely now, leaving him in a state of shock.
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"…and then she just ran past me. Why are girls so emotional?" Sonic stared blankly at his half-eaten chili dog. For some reason this whole business with Amy had completely killed his appetite.
"Did you go after her and apologize?" The two-tailed fox was Sonic's closest friend and one of the only people he could truly confide in.
"Why should I? I mean, if she took it personally that's her own deal." The stubborn side of him was coming out.
"Sonic, you hurt her feelings! You know how much she cares about you. And deny it all you want, I can tell that part of you really enjoys having her around. The truth is, with the way you treat her I'm surprised she still even WANTS to hang around you. You should count yourself lucky on that respect." Sonic cringed at Tail's harsh words but Tails continued on anyways. "She brings up a good point, though. With all of the action we see it may be possible that you won't have her around some day." At that point Tails became silent. One single tear slid down his cheek.
"This situation isn't like you and Cosmo, Tails." Sonic knew Tails was no longer thinking about his problems but rather the situation that sealed the fate of the Metarex and a girl Tails truly loved.
"All I'm saying, Sonic, is that someday you might not get that chance to tell her how you feel!"
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Let's not get ahead of ourselves here, buddy!"
Tails sighed. "Sonic, why are you so afraid to let people in?"
Sonic looked surprised and then his attitude quickly changed. "Let's get one thing straight. I'm not afraid of anything! Well, except for water."
"Then why do you run all the time Sonic? Especially from Amy?"
"'Cause, I think she's annoying!" Sonic knew that wasn't true. He didn't really think that Amy way annoying but he didn't want people catching on to the fact that he really did think she was the most amazing girl he'd ever known. The truth was, he never really could come up with a reason for why he always felt the need to run from her. "She's such a pain to deal with sometimes!"
"You know what I think? I think you can't handle anything that life throws at you. I think you can't handle any sort of emotion. You have no idea what it feels like to be in love or be sad or be completely crushed…" Tails looked down at the ground momentarily and then his head snapped back up with a look of anger. "Well, that's just fine Sonic. You just keep on running and keep yourself locked up in your own little world. But don't put down people who are choosing to live their lives to the fullest. Amy has been through so much and given you everything, the least you could do is show her a little bit of respect!"
Tails suddenly stopped and his eyes went wide. "Sonic, I-"
Sonic stood up before Tails could go on any further. "Don't worry about it, buddy. But I'm gonna go." Sonic left the room very quietly and Tails watched his friend's retreating back with a feeling of sadness and pity. "There you go again, Sonic. Running away from reality." He shook his head.
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Dr. Robotnik laughed hysterically at his next ingenious plan. "Finally, I'll have that rotten hedgehog where I want him!"
"But doctor, how will you know whether this will actually work?"
"We'll just have to test it out, now won't we?" His smiled grew as he held the syringe full of his latest idea. "In fact, why don't we go find our little blue friend right now and test it out?"
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Sonic kept running trying to forget what had happened between him and Amy earlier. But every time he tried to convince himself that there was no need to apologize he pictured her tear streaked face running off. He had to admit that that sight had caused his heart to ache like he'd never felt before. Why did Amy have this kind of affect on him? He stopped dead in his tracks as he realized just how awful he really had been to her.
Image after image of him ditching her, running away from her, pushing her away…they all flooded into his memory. Sonic took a deep breath. Tails was right. Amy deserved so much better than him. But the thought of another guy taking away her attention made him feel angry and jealous.
"I won't let that happen!" He shouted as if someone could hear him. "I've got to fix this." His direction quickly changed towards Amy's house.
When Sonic arrived he found the place completely empty. If it were earlier he would have just waited on her doorstep until she returned but it was dark and getting very late. A sense of worry suddenly overcame him and he dashed off to try and find his beautiful pink rose.
His instincts led him to her favorite spot next to the beach. Although he could not see anyone there he stopped to momentarily take in the beauty of the scenery around him. The sky was clear and the moon shone down and made that waves look like silver as they gently came up onto the shore. He closed his eyes so that he could listen to the sounds when something other than the waves drifted quietly into his ears. It sounded like someone was…crying?
He turned and noticed that someone was curled up against a rock a short distance from where he was standing. He knew instantly that it was Amy and his worry from earlier disappeared. She was safe…but she was also still hurt.
Sonic approached her slowly and as he stepped closer he heard her soft sobs stop and noticed her body tense up. Without even lifting her head from her arms she whispered to him, "Just go away Sonic."
"Amy, I came hear to say I was sorry for what I said earlier. I was being such a jerk! I didn't mean to hurt you this badly."
"Apology accepted. Now go away." She sniffed.
Sonic turned to go like she had asked when he realized that he needed to do better than this. He turned back around and somewhat sternly replied "No." He took a few steps closer to her. "I'm not leaving you like this. Please, I'll do anything to make you feel better! Just tell me how I can fix it!"
"I'm not like one of Tails' inventions, Sonic. It isn't that easy to mend a broken heart."
"At least let me try…" She finally looked up at him her face was stained with tears and her eyes continued to let more fall. Sonic stood there in shock. He had never seen Amy like this before. He didn't know what to say or do.
"If you really want to help me you'd let me be." His shoulders dropped in defeat.
"All right, Amy. If that's really what you want then…" But before he could finish the ground started to rumble. "What's going on?" He asked in confusion. "Amy, look out!!" He ran by the girl's side and quickly pulled her away from the rock she had been leaning against. They watched in awe as one of Dr. Robotnik's robots came crashing up from the ground below them.
Sonic instinctively pushed Amy behind him and stood ready for the moment he knew was coming. The sound of evil cackling could be heard and without any other notice Dr. Robotnik came down in his hovercraft. "Well, hello Sonic. Nice night to be on the beach, isn't it?" Eggman smirked.
"Well, it was nice until you showed up."
Eggman's smile grew wider. "I don't know Sonic, part of me thinks you're lying. What's wrong Amy? Having a rough night?" Eggman started to laugh again.
Amy was about to smash him to pieces with her hammer when Sonic stepped in. "Leave her alone Egg-head!"
Amy's jaw dropped slightly. Was Sonic really standing up for her? She shook her to rid herself of her thoughts. There would be time to dwell on that later. She couldn't allow herself to be distracted with Eggman around.
Dr. Robotnik only seemed to be that much more amused. "Well, well! It seems that the all mighty and independent Sonic has gotten a little crush. I must say, though, you could have done better."
Sonic suddenly got angry and launched himself at Eggman but before he could reach Eggman's craft he was bombarded by several missiles the robot had launched in his direction. Sonic came back down to the ground, ready to make an attack at the robot. "Don't worry, Sonic, we won't be staying for long. I just wanted to try out my latest experiment!"
Sonic turned away from the robot and faced Eggman. "Oh, yeah? And what would that be?" As if on queue, the robot opened up and revealed a smaller gun that came out and was aimed at a distracted Sonic. And before Sonic new what was happening the robot fired at him. He turned around at the sound of the gun being fired and Amy's desperate cries for him to watch out but by then it was too late to run. Sonic suddenly found himself being forced backwards and he tumbled in the sand a few times before he came to a painful stop. With a little effort he sat up and examined himself, relieved that he was still in one piece. However, the reason why he was still unharmed was lying face first in the sand, with something sticking out of her back.
"AMY!" Sonic cried as he raced over to her. He kneeled down next to her unconscious body and pulled the syringe that had launched itself into her back out. He then turned her over and gently tried to shake her awake. "Amy! Amy! Wake up!" Sonic's attempts became more frantic when she wouldn't stir.
His eyes flashed and he looked up at a very frustrated doctor. "What did you do to her??" Sonic demanded.
The doctor suddenly changed his frustration to a small smile. "Well, it missed its intended target, but I suppose this will do for now." He chuckled a little. "It was a first-time experiment, after all. I'll just have to watch how she reacts and improve on it. But next time you won't be so lucky!"
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? WHAT DID YOU DO?" Sonic yelled. He gently set Amy down and stood up ready to force the information out of Eggman.
Dr. Robotnik smirked. "I think leaving you to experience it for yourself will be much more entertaining. Farewell, Sonic!" And with that Eggman and his robot took off towards the horizon.
"EGGMAN!!" Sonic called after him but it was no use. He turned his attention back to Amy, who had a look of pain written across her face. "Oh God, Amy! Why did you do this? After all I've put you through, why did you save me again?" He hugged her close to himself. All of a sudden he felt her stir in his arms.
"Sonic?" A weak whisper escaped her lips.
"Yeah Amy, I'm here."
"Sonic, are you…are you ok? Was I able to stop…"
"I'm ok, Amy, thanks to you." He felt little pricks of tears coming to his eyes.
"Thank goodness." She whispered. A weak smile of relief appeared on her face.
"Are you ok?"
She looked up at his eyes that were full of concern and smiled. "I feel weak and dizzy. My back hurts really bad, too."
"That's where the robot shot you with this." He reached over and grabbed the discarded syringe. "I don't know what this is but we better figure it out soon. Are you going to be ok if I pick you up and carry you?" She nodded in response. "All right, then, I'm gonna take you over to Tails' place. We'll see if he can figure out what's in this thing." He said as he stood up holding her in his arms and the syringe in one of his hands.
"Sonic, I'm so sleepy." Amy said as she fought to keep her eyes open.
"Why don't you get some rest, then, Amy. I'll get you to over to Tails' place safely." She didn't even need to respond. She just placed her head against Sonic's chest and allowed her mind to take over.
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"What do you make of it, Tails?"
"I'm not sure! I've never seen anything like this! But I'll keep working on it, Sonic."
Sonic sighed. "Do you think it'll take long?"
"Listen, Sonic, I know this is Amy's life we're talking about, but I'm not a doctor. You're going to have to try to be as patient as possible, ok?"
Sonic didn't argue. He just turned and started walking out of the room. "I'm gonna go check on Amy." He was walking over to the stairs when he heard Amy screaming at the top of her lungs. Both Sonic and Tails ran in a state of panic to Tails' bedroom. What they found was Amy tossing and turning violently as if she was struggling against some horrible thing in her nightmare. Sonic ran over to her and grabbed her hand.
"Amy!" He called out. "Amy!!" Her cries stopped but her face still held an expression of pain and fear. Slowly her eyes started to open and her vision finally focused on Sonic.
"Sonic." She smiled.
"That was some intense dream you were having, Ames. Are you ok?" The concern in Sonic's voice was evident.
"Yeah. It was weird, though. I was fighting this person, but it wasn't even a person really. It was more like a shadow of a person. At first I was winning but suddenly, after I thought I had delivered the final blow, the person was no longer a shadow. It was like someone had turned on the lights and the person I was fighting was myself." At this point she threw herself into Sonic's arms and started trembling. "And my other self was so different, Sonic. It was horrifying! I-she- was so much stronger!! She would pick me up and throw me. She slammed me into the ground. She kicked me and hit me. And after I was all broken and bruised her eyes flashed red." Amy was shaking uncontrollably now. "And she just smiled this evil smile at me as she lifted my hammer above her head and screamed at the top of her lungs 'this is the end of Amy Rose'!"
Amy started to sob into Sonic's chest. "Hey Amy," Sonic pulled her away to look at her with a reassuring smile "it's ok! I won't let anything happen to you! It was just a bad dream anyways. You're here with people who will take care of you now." She just nodded and dove right back into his arms. Sonic brushed his fingers through her quills to try and help calm her down but while doing so he gave a very serious and fearful look at Tails.
When Amy finally had calmed down enough Sonic pulled away. "I need to go have a talk with Tails for a little bit, ok Ames?"
She looked at him, a little unsure. "Will you come back?"
He winked at her and gave her a thumbs up. "Sure thing!" And with that Sonic and Tails left the room and went back downstairs.
"What a weird dream!" Tails commented after they were away from where Amy could hear.
"I don't know if that was just a dream, Tails. Something just doesn't seem right. And I'm thinking it has something to do with that serum."
Tails became very serious. "You think so, Sonic?"
"Well the sooner you find out about that stuff the sooner we can tell if they're linked." Tails nodded in agreement and went back to work trying to study what exactly Eggman had produced.
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Dr. Robotnik laughed hysterically as he thought about how his revised plans would be played out. "Let's extend our little pink friend a visit, shall we?"
Eggman's two henchmen robots both cried out "Yes sir!" and got straight to work on carrying out Eggman's orders.
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Amy sat on the edge of Tails' bed trying to figure out what was wrong with her. She felt so strange. She tensed as a wave of pain swept over her whole body. What's happening to me? "Sonic," she tried calling him but her voice was barely audible. Amy suddenly reached her hands up and clasped her head as she felt her mind screaming at her. It was as if someone or something wanted to take control over her body and mind. "Please!" She tried calling. "Leave me alone!" But the pain was so strong and the idea of letting go seemed so irresistible that eventually Amy's mind slipped into unconsciousness. Inside her mind Amy felt like she was falling into a never ending sea of black nothingness and all she could do was scream as she fell.
For a moment Amy's body sat lifeless, but after a few more seconds her head lifted up and as her eyes flashed red and an evil smile crossed her face. She stood and opened the window near the bed and hopped out. Once she landed she took off running in the direction of Eggman's hideout. "I'm coming, master."
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"Amy! How good of you to come." Eggman began to chuckle.
"What is your will, master?" She kneeled down before him and this caused Eggman to smile.
"I want to test your loyalty to me. I want you to get rid of that pesky blue hedgehog, Sonic."
For a brief moment Amy's eye became normal and she whispered "Sonic…" but her mind was quickly taken back over by the force of Eggman's serum. "As you wish." She stood and walked back out the way she came.
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About an hour after he had left Amy, Sonic came knocking on the door. "Hey Ames, are you awake?" After he got no response he gently opened the door hopping he wouldn't disturb her if she was, in fact, asleep. When he saw the room empty and the window left open he panicked. "TAILS!"
Tails came running up a few seconds later. "Sonic what's wrong?"
"Amy is gone!"