"It'll be great, Sonic." The pink hedgehog danced around the blue one a little, while he sat in his hammock.

"How so?" His finger ran underneath his nose, showing his boredom with the current situation.

"Don't you see? Archeology... Well, it's a big part of who I am. And this is quite the find, they've never seen anything like this before. But I can't go alone. And I don't know anyone better to trust than you. You'll keep me safe."

"But what if egg-breath decides to attack while I'm gone?"

"Tails can handle it... He's incredibly smart. Give him the chance to prove himself, he doesn't get enough of them to begin with."

"But I'm the speed, and you're the... Rationality."

"And strength!"

"Yeah, you're also the strength along with Knucklehead. You expect me to leave only a portion of my team here to defend?"

"Tails has enough rationality to cover for me, and Knuckles has the strength. And well, you've seen the things Tails has invented. I mean, they may not be AS fast as you, but they are certainly fast."

"But-"

"Sonic, you needn't worry about them. They'll be fine."

"Alright, okay. I'll go with you."

Suddenly he was swooped into a big bear hug, one that most strangled him, "Oh, thank you, thank you! You have no idea how much this means to me."

His own arms wrapped around her, a smile coming to his face and a tinge of a blush dusting his cheeks. "I have a slight idea. Especially since I can't breathe."

"Oh! Sorry..." She pulled herself away from him, giving him a bashful grin. "Thanks again."

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"Oh, look at this place." He pulled his backpack up closer to his shoulder. Well, it wasn't really his backpack, more so one Amy handed to him a week before they left telling him she had filled it with things he'll need on the expedition.

He remembered the it pretty well...

"Here." A blue, black, and silver bag was pressed into his arms.

"What's this?"

"It's a backpack."

"I can see that, but why do I need it? All I wear is sports tape and this handsome neckerchief."

"Yeah... Handsome."

"Handsome..." The word was mumbled under his breath, but still caused the girl to look back at him.

"You think this place is handsome?"

"What? Ah, no." He suddenly stood up straighter, averting his eyes from hers. "Let's just find this site... Shall we?"

_._._._._._._

Of course they walked for hours. Amy walked slightly ahead of him, and he could tell she was growing extremely weary of his constant complaining, but he couldn't help it. Would it be wrong of him to say he thought she was hilarious when she was mad? Well, only when said anger wasn't geared towards him.

If that mallet had your name written on it, you were screwed- to put it lightly. A slight chuckle escaped him, though he was lucky she completely ignored it. Rather, she stopped in front of him, confusion spread across her face.

"What's'a matter, Ames?"

"Look at this. The map makes no sense! The road doesn't exist!"

His eyes scanned the map, and then the area around them. "Did you read the map wrong?"

Clearly, that was the wrong thing to say, as the pink hedgehog turned to him with offense slapped across her whole demeanor. "Sonic, I read maps all the time. You're the one who couldn't even get yourself through the forest. Sticks and I had to save your sorry butt." She jabbed a finger into his chest, which was actually quite a painful experience. Though he had definitely experienced worse.

"Hey, I could have easily done it. Me and Knux-"

"Knux and I-"

"Whatever! Point is, we wanted to see if you and Sticks could do it. It'd be too easy if you just followed two masters like me and Knucklehead."

She sighed in exasperation at his misuse of the exact same thing she had just corrected him on. "Just accept your defeat. I did not read the map wrong."

"Well, then where are we?"

"Obviously, we're right here." She pointed her finger to a spot on the map, "The problem is, the road we are supposed to take from here... Doesn't. Seem. To. EXIST."

"Why don't we just ask that guy over there?"

"Finally, you have a good idea."

He crossed his arms, walking with his friend to the red hedgehog across the street. He did seem to be the exploring type. And who knew, maybe he was working on the excavation site himself. Either way, he didn't really think it'd hurt to ask for directions. The sooner they were done here, the sooner he could rest in his hammock again. And that was exactly what he intended to do.

A/N: Ahhhhhhhh... I dunno, random idea that popped into my head, and I decided, "Heck, let's do it." It's been there for like three days now, and since I've been into archeological fandoms lately, (Professor Layton, for example) I thought it would be a cool little thingy. Even if it's not really canon canon, I think it's a cute little cheesy concept.