a/n: Side project, here. Just another idea I've gotten for something [relatively] short, I guess. Hope you all enjoy.
The man didn't know when to quit.
Now it was going to cost someone else dearly.
The Chaos Emerald in the possession of the notorious Doctor Eggman had gone berserk, overloading itself with power as his machine malfunctioned. Unfortunately, Sonic the Hedgehog, his long time nemesis, also held a Chaos Emerald, and the two reacted violently, creating a dangerous tear in time and space.
Present were Miles 'Tails' Prower, who was near the exit of the Doctor's base, Knuckles the Echidna, who was just ahead, Shadow the Hedgehog, who was inching closer to his blue counterpart, and Amy Rose, who was hanging desperately onto the arm of her blue hero.
Sonic was bracing himself on the ground, trying to pull the pink hedgehog from certain doom as she hung over the freshly created abyss. The burning sensation in his hand had caused him to drop the Chaos Emerald, and it was a good thing, as it scorched and destroyed the ground below when its energies arced with the other Emerald.
A pulsating vacuum of space-time threatened to pull all those present into it.
"This is no good…" Shadow would have used Chaos Control to end the situation, but the energy flying around could seriously distort his accuracy with the technique, if not simply kill him outright.
Sonic felt himself sliding downwards with Amy's weight. Her hurried breaths indicated that she knew it was a long-shot at getting out of this.
"C'mon Ames! You've got this! I know you can do it!"
Sonic's muscles tensed as Amy shifted her hands upwards along his arm, and he swiftly steadied it with his other as she moved.
"That's it…that's it, there. C'mon…c'mon, Rose."
He grabbed onto her free hand and started to reel himself in with her along.
"Almost. You can feel it, right? We're almost home…"
He was losing ground, and his arms were starting to slacken, but he didn't dare give up. His energy was going into saving her.
"Sonic…"
"Be calm, Amy. We're almost here. We'll make it home, nothing to it."
"I'm slipping. I can't move anymore."
"You're not done yet. You can make it, just a bit more, okay? I promise, just a bit more."
He could feel her starting to slip.
"It ain't over, Ames. C'mon, just…just a bit more."
"I can't…that's all I can give…"
"Okay, don't worry about it…I'll finish the job, just hold on. Just a while, okay?"
Her grip was slackening.
"I…am so sorry…please, don't look…"
"No, I'm right here. I'm right here, Amy."
Her hands were loosening by the second, and gravity was making her feel heavier and heavier. She looked up at Sonic, seeing the sweat and strain on his face, feeling the tension in his arms. The small bits of rock that fell as he slid towards his doom.
For her.
"I'm happy…you're going so far for me, you know…"
"We can talk about this later, okay? In a little bit!" he said frantically.
"You mean…like a date…"
"Yeah! A date, a real one like you've been asking for! Ames, I'll keep my word, I'll do whatever even before that! I mean it; just pull this off for me!"
"Sonic…"
Her bright smile froze his heart in place.
"I'll have to take a rain check this time."
It was then that she unwillingly started to release herself.
"The Chaos Emeralds…can grant dreams and wishes…so…"
Her full weight came down on his arms, and he struggled desperately.
"I want to make a wish…that…"
She slipped. And slipped.
"That…"
And her hands came undone.
"A part of me…will always be with…you…"
Their fingers touched for a brief moment, as she floated in space.
She then disappeared into the violently shining light below.
Shadow closed his eyes.
Tails flattened his ears against his head.
Knuckles hung his head in shame.
Eggman simply slumped to the floor with exhaustion.
The hero's hands were limp and useless. He found that he could not shed a tear.
The dark hedgehog picked him up, and gathered the remaining members together before using Chaos Control.
A knock sounded in the early hours of the morning in the Mystic Ruins. Tails shuffled out of his bed on the top floor of his home and went downstairs to open the door.
Knuckles held a small bundle in his hands. It seemed to be…squirming.
A small hedgehog that had violet fur to match the blankets it was wrapped in. An oddly rosy sheen could be seen in some of its quills in it as the sun began to rise.
"Where'd you find it?"
"It was on the island somehow! You think one of those stork guys dropped it near the Master Emerald by mistake?"
The fox sighed and resisted the urge to face-fault. "Uh, Knuckles…about the storks…"
He was interrupted by the child as it touched his nose, and he couldn't help but smile.
"We can talk about that later, I guess," he said while taking the child in his arms. "I think it's-"
"A girl."
A dreary-eyed Sonic walked up behind Tails, looking intently at the child, its green eyes sparking as it looked up at him. She reached up towards his face eagerly.
"Where was she found?"
"In front of the Master Emerald," Knuckles replied.
"…I…I see…"
He took the child from Tails, tears forming in his eyes.
"Her wish…it came true…it came true….it came…true…"
For the first time since that day…Sonic cried.
