The End is Where We Begin
Prologue
I'm not sure how long it has been this way. All I know is we have to keep running. The demons are there, waiting. Among them my childhood crush. Hard to believe the world's hero fell to such an evil. He's beaten the God of Destruction, Mephiles, Solaris, and so many more. So how could he fall so easily? How could someone so strong be so...weak? He was defeated. We waited for him, and we still are, but we have to keep running.
Everything is fading. Disappearing in the darkness of night. Stars dying and the moon shattering. The sky changing from baby blue to the white darkness erasing our universe. We're all that's left, the three of us. The Survivors, as we call ourselves. The last remainder of the Mobian population. Everyone vanished, from the King to even Eggman himself. We're all that's left.
Honestly, it's kind of funny, to imagine that a six year old rabbit, an eight year old kitsune, and a twelve year old hedgehog survived such a massacre where even the Ultimate Life Form had fallen. We're a mere fraction of the resistence we used to be. We used to be such a strong team with...Sonic on our side.
Sonic...
That name haunts me to this day. He may as well be a fallen angel with the courage and determination of a demon. He put himself in danger without a second thought. He fell to a darkness I thought would never consume him. He died. He died just weeks ago. I could shed no tears. I could not feel sorrow. Is this what I've become? I was once head over heels for him, and now, I don't give a crap. Something changed.
How could he? How could he leave us behind when he took someone weaker than us with him. He left us so we could bite his dust.
Traitor.
Enemy.
Rival.
Liar.
Façade.
The whole package. He truly was a fallen angel. I could picture the bloody and bruised wings, the shattered halo. I could imagine him falling to the depths of darkness and flames. I had fallen in love with a fallen.
He betrayed his friends. His home. His...family. We had been such a close knit bunch of people at random, and yet, we became as close as close could ever be. Yet, he threw it all away like a broken toy. How could he be so cruel?
How can he be so...convincing? Persuasive? He betrayed his little brother, he betrayed me. Sonic...you bastard.
The vague memory of leaving us behind still empowers the anger and fury coursing through my veins.
"Are you sure you can handle this ALL by yourself?" I asked him worriedly. I grabbed his arm and held it to my chest. Sonic merely stared at me with those kind jade eyes. "Not ALL by myself, Ames. You know that. I'm taking the others with me." He replied. I pulled away. "So you think it's fair to leave us behind? Do you think we're THAT weak?" I saw Sonic turn away from me, and a single drop of sweat slid down his forehead. "W-Well...I..." He thought we were weak. He thought that Tails, Cream, and I were WEAK. We held up this long didn't we?! I pushed away from the azure hedgehog. "How could you! Yo think we're weak?!" Sonic put his hands up in defense. "Look, it's not like that! I just want you safe!" I didn't bother anymore. I turned away and ran for my hut. The words still flowed through my head with increasing volume. They grew louder and louder.
I couldn't take anymore. Everything I had of him...I didn't bother say his name. The picture frames, the white rose he gave me, the little crafts and gifts...I threw them out. Into the trash can, down the toilet, out the window, ANYWHERE. My Ex-Hero of my Dreams exist no more. He had crushed me. My future. He thought I was weak. That I was helpless little girl that stalked him everyday.
A knock echoed on my door. I ran down the stairs, and yelled, "Coming!" I stumbled towards the door, and regained my balance after snatching the doorknob. I wiped my forehead, twisted the knob, and instantly felt someone jump on me. Judging by the amber fur and twin tails, I knew it was Tails. Tears stained my clothes as Tails wrapped his arms tighter around me. "A-Amy! S-S-Sonic he..." The kitsune broke off as I stroked his fur. "Tails...I know he's leaving. And I know he's leaving us behind. He thinks that we're weak, he even admitted it to me." Tails gasped. "H-He...thinks that we-we're...weak?" My turquoise eyes locked onto his baby blue ones. Regretfully, I nodded.
"Mr. Sonic think we're weak?" A high voice asked from the doorway. I looked up to see a sobbing cream rabbit holding a tiny chao in her arms. "Yes, Cream. I'm sorry." The little rabbit ran into my arms, and the three of us hugged and cried for what must've been hours.
"Bastard...we will never forget what you did."
I stepped down the arced steel hallways of this ruined G.U.N. Carrier, dwindling on and on about how Sonic had betrayed us. He was lying to us. He had actually left us behind, thinking we were weak.
Searching through the arsenals of weaponry, I found my Piko Piko Hammer. But I made a few "upgrades". The hammer now had steel spikes sticking off either side, and a strip of leather wrapped around the handle for a grip. Taking the weapon in my hands, I slung it over my shoulder and left for the control room.
Tails, as usual, was using the digital archive to figure Sonic's location and how we could stop the universe from seizing to exist. Cream was on the other side, writing out maps and crafting blueprints for a new base. I walked over to Tails. "Any luck?" I asked. Tails rubbed his head. "I checked the skies and the rest of the world for any suspicious activity. The only place left we can look is underground." He explained. "Why is that?"
"It makes sense, really. Hiding away from the rest of the world, you know."
I placed a finger under my chin in thought.
"Hmmm...Makes sense."
"Should we go and give it a shot?"
"I guess. We have nowhere left to look and hiding will only kill us."
"Should I go prepare the weaponry?"
"Yeah. Get Cream's slingshot and find yourself a SIG Pro. You'll need a weapon in case your combat skills fail."
Tails exited. Cream tapped my shoulder. "Should I make a map of all the underground tunnels, Amy?" She asked. I sighed. "I guess. When you're done meet me in the C-Sector." Cream nodded and left to get some more ink for the maps. I yanked a hairtie off my wrist and pulled some of my quills into a ponytail. They had gotten a lot longer since the hair salon vanished. But never mind that.
Using a leather belt, I formed a sort of strap that attached to my hammer. I fastened the strap over my shoulder and around my waist and ran towards the C-Sector I told Cream to meet me at. I couldn't wait to move out. We may find Sonic and the others, and I'll have my revenge.
Sonic thinks he ended us.
Little does he know, that, for us, the end is where we begin.