*riiing* *riiiing* *riii-Bam!* On the night stand stood an alarm clock, silenced by the crash of a giant hammer. Amy Rose shook on the bed, not wanting to get up from it. You might think she was being lazy, but she had a fair reason to be tired.

While the rest of the world was oblivious about it, Sonic and the rest of the gang just returned after probably their craziest adventure yet: they went inside a dimensional prison called the Twilight Cage and barely escaped with all the emeralds, including the Master Emerald. Sadly, that was only the beginning of it. Because time travels in a different manner inside that dimension, several years had gone by on their home dimension. When they returned, the world had being conquered by the nefarious doctor Eggman.

So, they lost the emeralds after having to abandon the ship they came in. Then they accidentally got separated, but in the way they found the remaining members of a resistance and, with time, encountered Silver the hedgehog and, with his help, time-traveled back to their time. As far as anyone knows, they weren't gone a single minute. But, poor Amy´s body was begging for more rest after weeks without any.

"Screw job." She said in a sleepy state, trying to catch her sleep again. However, some *Thud* sound woke her up. Amy jumped on her bed, falling from it. She observed the door that led outside of her room. She initially thought that maybe, it was just her imagination, but after that she heard something. It was silent, barely audible but she was confident there was something out there. So she grabbed her hammer and tiptoed her way to the door.

After this point she didn't hear anything else, so she just opened the door and jumped into action, swinging her hammer wildly, trying to hit anything and everything, all while she shouted nonsense. It was short lived as she noticed some shadow moving around, followed by a pink blade appearing just centimeters from her neck, followed by the words "Don't move", finishing with the feeling that her hammer had suddenly gotten heavier.

Amy´s blood froze as she noticed the blade, but a second later, she realized she knew who it belongs to. A look at the hammer betrayed a certain female Echidna that came with them from the Twilight Cage, balancing herself on Amy´s hammer with a single hand while holding the knife with the other. She let go a held air, relaxing herself as Shade jumped from the hammer and landed on the floor.

Shade looked like she had been up for a while; already wearing her armor and her head bandage, no sleepy looks on her face, probably in very sharp contrast with her since she was wearing a large sky-blue shirt that reached her tights and probably a horrendous hair and face. The two things that stood out from Shade was that she was sweating, bullets of salty water running across her face and that she was wearing vibrant pink ankle and wrist weights, both in her arms and legs and they were full of weights, 8 bars each. Amy´s limit was at five with noticeable struggle but Shade looked like she barely felt them.

"Amy, are you fine? I-I didn't mean to scare you; I thought something had attacked you or something bad. That's why I didn't call you or anything." Shade explained.

"Nah, I was fiiiiiiine." Amy answered; the laziness was still noticeable on her tone.

"Then, what was that crash sound?" Shade asked.

"I threw my hammer at my alarm clock."

"… What's an alarm clock?" Shade felt a little weird for asking that, imagining it was an object simply not use in her home place.

"It is a little clock that rings at a certain time, meaning to wake me up."

"… But if it was meant to wake you up, why did you destroy it?" Shade genuinely asked, not understanding her thought process.

Amy, admittedly, felt a bit silly for acting like that, after the way Shade put it. "Never mind." She answered, trying to hide her shame. "Anyway, what are you doing up so early? I thought you would want to rest for a little longer." Amy changed the subject.

"I couldn't. Woke up and felt like I had to use the time somehow. I then noticed your weighted gear. Do you mind?" Shade asked.

"Not really." Amy said. "Thought I am impressed, you are using as much weight as that thing can hold."

"Really?" Shade asked, eyeing the weights. "I had to put all this weights to feel some struggle. Back in the Twilight cage, we trained with heavier weights." Shade said, taking a look at the weighted stuff.

Amy was surprised, and a little intimidated by the fact that her people trained with much heavier handicaps than what Amy handled. The hedgehog started pulling her arms up, stretching them. "Well, now that I am up, I think a little workout wouldn't hurt." Amy said as more and more of their joints popped up. "I imagine my apartment was too small for you. How about we go for a run?" Amy said.

"Sounds nice." Shade stated.

Amy then asked to give her a minute, returning to her room and changing to a pink sleeveless pink shirt and a black tight workout short, as well of some running shoes. She also came with a black vest, with some small bags on it. "Here. This vest has more bags to pack weights, so it should be more suitable for you. I also have more weights over here." Amy said.

"That´s great. Thank you." Shade replied, taking it and putting it on immediately. However, the looks that Amy was giving her bothered her a bit. "Is there a problem?"

"Do you want to change into something more comfortable? I have extra clothing that I think would fit you." Amy suggested.

Shade took a look at herself. She was still wearing her nocturne armor. Since Amy met her, she had never changed it, with exception of her helmet. "I guess wearing my armor would look suspicious." She admitted. A second later, the armor retracted itself, all the black cloth covering her body going to her metal silver wrists. Even her gloves were gone. And Amy couldn't help but see her body in awe.

The echidna was incredibly fit: you could visibly see muscles over her arms and legs, as well of noticeable abs and a strong ripped back with certain movements. But she was just that, ripped, they were small and womanly attractive. Amy was a little curvier and bustier than Shade, but the hedgehog imagined that people would find her sexy. What wasn't as sexy (or maybe sexier depending on who you ask) were the nasty cut scars all over her body, probably born from training or exercises, only adding to how terrifying the Nocturne´s lifestyle really was. Also, Shade was nude, not wearing anything else below her armor.

"Amy… about those clothes…" Amy´s train of thought was interrupted by this. She could visibly notice Shade´s shame, now that she was nude, trying her best to hide her more private areas.

"Right. Right. Give me a minute." Amy said, running to her room again. She returned with a set of workout clothes, a pair of white shorts and a black tank top. Shade took them without much fuss. "Wait, you aren't wearing any underwear." She said, bringing some to her.

"… Why do I need that?" Shade asked again.

"You put it on your boobs and pelvis. It is for protection and for modesty. A bit of extra clothing prevents from getting looks from other people." Amy answered, while handing them to her.

"So this will make me stealthier?" Shade asked, not seeing the logic on that.

"...Not in the way you think." Amy admitted. Shade then put the underwear… over the workout clothes. "Nononono. It goes in." Amy said, pulling both the upper parts of her shirt and pants, showing her own underwear.

Shade looked a bit shocked, followed by ashamed by making such a mistake. Amy just giggled a bit. *She really is from another dimension.* Amy thought.


Sometime later.

So, the girls started running around the block, several laps. However…

"On your left." Shade said, passing Amy again, a little short of breath.

"Oh, c'mon!" Amy whined, much shorter of breath than her.

Shade was wearing much heavier equipment, but she had passed Amy for the fourth time right now. Shade got lost from Amy´s vision at the last corner. Amy kept going, finally reaching the corner just like her. To Amy surprise, Shade had stopped, using the wall as support, while visibly struggling for air. Amy ran to her side, even if her legs were killing her.

"Shade, what's the matter?"

"I just… need to catch my breath." Shade said, with much more breathing difficulty than before.

"… Let's head home. I will make you a breakfast like anything you have ever tasted!" Amy stated, trying to lift her spirits again, as well of trying to hide her concern for her.

"…Ok." Shade answered, weakly. Amy took the lead, while the echidna followed her silently. However, her vision suddenly blurred, her balance feeling odd. Before she knew it everything went dark.

*Thud.* Amy heard behind her, a shiver going down her spine. She turned around, noticing the echidna on the floor. "Shade!"


Authors note: Soooo, this over here is meant to be a much shorter story than Many Years Later. Just a little idea bunny messing with my head, one of many that are bothering me lately. I don´t know when I will upload next. I think that´s all for now.