Disclaimer: I don't own Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails " Prower, Knuckles The echidna, Amy Rose, Shadow the Hedgehog and Rouge the Bat or other character's made by Sonic Team. I do own RX and Maya hedgehog.
Summery: Continuing from "A good Deed gone wrong". Things have quieted down and everyone's begun to relax again, when Eggman returns with a new plan, kidnapping Amy to lure Sonic into a fight with his new weapon. But is that really all there is to his plan?
Part II
Leaning back against the last step of the stairs, Knuckles let out one happy sigh as he cast a lazy look up into the fine blue sky above him, while one hand move to rest contently on his stomach as he felt just how full it was, and just how great that meal had tasted.
Oh yes, having Tikal out of the Master Emerald really made him happy, in more then way. Looking over to see the peach colored echidna in question humming while tending to a small garden she had made, Knuckles chuckled a bit. He had never expected for there to be a day when he would actually get to spend time around another echidna, least of all one as nice and pretty as Tikal.
Yes, life was good at the moment, Knuckles mused as he settled back down to guard the large green gemstone, briefly going over the other things he needed to do as well that day. Yawning a bit as he picked at the ground with one of his claw like knuckles, the echidna closed his eyes to get a small five-minute rest before heading over to see if Tikal needed any help with her gardening.
Then he grumbled a bit as a shadow fell over him, the damn thing doing a good job of making him a bit annoyed as the air cooled down a bit. "Stupid clouds." Snapping open his eyes, he gave a snarl as he saw what it really was that was blocking out the warm rays of the sun "Oh no you don't, not this time."
Standing up form her garden as well, Tikal blinked as she tried to take in the large size of the object passing by, and failed as the length of it made her dizzy. "Knuckles, what is it, is it dangerous?" Her head tilting a bit to see Knuckles standing straight up as his arms tensed up tightly. "Knuckles?"
Turning his head slightly, Knuckles simply stared at Tikal as he saw her move around to face him completely. "It's him alright, Eggman"
"Hey? You okay?"
Still not getting a reaction from his cellmate despite having shaken her a bit and asked her a few times if she was okay at all, Tails sighed and settled back to rest against the metal wall behind him with a deep sigh, both of his tails curling up in front of him in a strange childish attempt to block out the still form of Amy lying on the only one in the room.
But more importantly the high-class robots standing guard outside their cell, their huge bodies skillfully placed to be able to see any attempts he might make in order to escape imprisonment. Not that he could do that anymore; he couldn't just up and leave Amy behind.
A hero didn't do that; a hero saved everyone no matter what the odds of success were. Or at least that was they said on TV all the time.
Turning his head a bit to the side, he gazed out of the only thing that offered a change from all the usual metal walls, floor and ceiling. "Where are we anyway?" His question coming as he could clearly seen a deep blue ocean and puffy whites clouds and a bit of a tropical beach, but no familiar landmarks in any direction at all.
Even as he tried to come up with a guess, he froze as the faint sound of shuffling behind him made him turn around, eyes opening up as he saw Amy's eyes flutter a bit before opening up. "Hey, are you okay Amy?"
Sitting up in shock at the question, Amy cast a quick look over at Tails as one hand reached up to cover her body in shock, then she blinked a bit before looking around. "We're, trapped?" Getting a slightly panic filled expression as she mumbled out the words, she turned her head to stare at Tails. "Where are we Tails!"
Looking over at the cell door, Tails gave a light shrug as he saw the robots still staring at them. "One of Eggman's prison cells." Trying to keep his voice steady, Tails walked up to stand next to the cot, briefly noting that Amy seemed to be calming down as she turned to give him space to sit on. "What did Eggman do to you anyway? You were out cold when the robots finally brought you down here."
Opening her mouth to answer, Amy froze a bit as she lowered her eyes a bit. "I don't remember, I, I think I passed out from whatever it was." Pulling her legs close to her, she sniffled a bit as she looked up at Tails. "What do you think he going to do to us?"
Turning his head away to avoid making her even scared with his own nervous and slightly scared expression, Tails settled for staring at the ceiling in order to calm down. "I don't know Amy, I don't know."
"Rise prisoners!"
Looking up at the sharp command, Tails felt a bit of anger rise up at the sight of Metal-Knuckles calmly standing just outside their cell, two pairs of handcuffs hanging loosely from his right hand, or rather dagger like claws, while the robots green glowing eyes simply focused silently on the eyes of the two tailed fox.
Tossing the two pairs of handcuffs in through the bars of the cell, Metal-Knuckles didn't break eye contact with Tails at any point, not even as the loud clang from the hand cuffs metal hitting the metal of the floor broke the silence. "Put them on fox boy, both of you."
The last comment added in as Metal-Knuckles finally broke eye contact to stare at Amy, the pink hedgehog fully focus on the plain metal cuffs. "Well, hurry up, Eggman wants to see you both, and fast."
Grumbling slowly as he picked up the first set of hand cuffs, Tails cast a quick look over them, trying to see if there was some kind of a weak spot he could use, but not finding any as the metal seemed to be far stronger then the one normal handcuffs would be made off.
Slipping open the first ring, he stopped as he noted Metal-knuckles suddenly lift one hand, his green glowing eyes giving him the feeling of the robot smirking at him in a far to arrogant way. "What?"
Slowly turning to look at Amy, the robot echidna slowly grinned a bit before pointing its other twin dagger like hand at the pink hedgehog who shrunk back a bit as she got their full attention. "Put those on your pink friend over there first fox, then yourself."
Eyes flashing with anger, Tails slowly moved to Amy, trying to avoid seeing the scared look in her eyes as he placed the cuffs around her wrists and locked them. "Good job fox, and now yourself." Mouth becoming as thin as a line at that mocking comment from the robot, Tails turned to pick up the last pair, slipping them around his wrists and locking them in place with a grimace.
Looking from one to the other, Metal-Knuckles nodded as he turned and signaled one of the robots at the other end of the room, his green eyes moving back to gaze at first Tails, then Amy behind him, a feeling much like an annoyance rising up as he saw her glaring at him. "Just go out the door prisoners, and follow my commands."
Walking out, Tails went through the door with Amy just a few feet behind him, Metal-Knuckles bringing up the rear end of the small group as they marched down several metal corridors. Finally stopping at a rather large promenade window overlooking the ocean below, and something else that had Tails stare in shock. "Angel Island!"
Turning to look out the window as well, Amy gave a small smile at the sight of it, her eyes moving from one end of it to the other as she leaned a bit closer to the glass in order to see the part of the Island hidden by the window stills.
Behind them, Metal-Knuckles gave a small snort before turning to activate a small elevator behind them, the faint humming sound from it drawing in the attention of Tails, whose eyes grew wide as a plan began to form in the back of his mind.
As the doors opened into the elevator, Metal-Knuckles gave a small smirk as he began to face the two furries again, his green eyes snapping open as he was met by both of Tails feet as they planted themselves right in his face, the sudden push form the young fox sending him into the elevator with a loud clang.
Landing on his feet, Tails grinned as the elevator doors closed on Metal-Knuckles, then he snapped his head around to stare at Amy who had barely moved, other then to watch him push the robot echidna away. "Let's go Amy, that door is not going to be able to hold him for long."
Getting a slightly startled expression for a second as the two tailed fox sudden sentence, Amy quickly nodded as it was replaced by a firm look of determination. "You're right, but which way should we go?"
Grabbing her arm, Tails began to run down the corridor, clearly hearing Amy right behind him as they rounded the first corner they found. "Trust me, I got a great plan for our escape, but we got to find our way out into the open first."
Inside the elevator, Metal-Knuckles slowly stood up and gave the robotic version of a grin as he activated a com link to Eggman, his eyes focused on the door in front of him as his system scanned for anyone listing in on him. "Doctor, the fox took the bait, he's going to try and escape."
In his command room, Eggman smirked as he watched the camera feed of Tails and Amy running down another corridor. "Just as I had planned it." Turning back to stare at the image of Metal-Knuckles, Eggman grinned a bit as he placed a hand on the security controls. "Go to phase 2 at once, I want only minimal residence to meet them, Tails and Amy must escape if my plan is to be a success."
"I understand doctor." Came the cold reply from Metal-Knuckles as he got off the link with Eggman, turning back to the elevator panel, he simply reached up and pushed the button for the roof area. "But I still want to teach that two tailed fox a lesson for kicking me."
Leaning back in his chair, Eggman smiled as he continue to watch the escape attempt on his screen, reaching out to open up the doors leading to the roof section of the ship and pull of a few high level robots that was too much for Tails and Amy to handle at the moment. "Keep running Tails, and bring my weapon to your friends so she can destroy them both at the same time."
Laughing a bit at the thought of it, Eggman stopped as he cast a brief look back into the room as he picked up a faint movement from within one of the two glass tubes still standing in his command room and lab. "Ah, you have awoken at last, good, then you can watch the show with me." Turning back, he ignored the sudden green eyes staring at shock at the screen above him. "It will be the best one I have seen so far."
Rushing out through the last door leading to the roof section, Tails stopped running as he was momentarily blinded by the sharp sun light outside of it. "Hey Amy, you okay back there." Rubbing one gloved paw over his eyes, he stared as he could already see Amy moving over to look down at the Ocean far below them. "Okay, we should find out where Angel Island is now, and I'll fly us both over to it"
Turning to move over and have a look down the other side, Tails gulped as a large force of Eggpawns rushed towards them from different parts of the roof section. "Or we could just jump now and hope it's the right side of the ship."
Turning around, he gulped loudly as he was roughly grabbed and Amy, the pink hedgehog staring at each robot as her hammer formed in her free hand. "Amy, what are you, wait, don't do it!"
Rushing forward, Amy gave a loud battle scream as her hammer smashed the first Eggpawn away, then another one that hit the ones behind it. "Tails, get ready to fly us out of here." Her words aimed at Tails struggling to avoid the hands or weapons of the robots Amy didn't knock over.
"Wait, what?" Tails yelled back as he twisted a bit to get a better running position, and ease the pain of Amy's grip. His eyes growing a bit wider as he saw the edge of the battle ships roof section reaching them. "Amy, slow down."
Not hearing what the two tailed fox was yelling, Amy simply grinned as she held onto Tails a bit tighter, her hammer fading away as she got ready to jump off the ship. "Here we go!"
Screaming loudly from both pain and panic, Tails felt himself getting pulled out into a freefall by the pink hedgehog, his last vision of the ships roof section showing that a few Eggpawns right behind them were not able to stop in time and therefore joined them in a freefall. "Amy, you're crazier then Sonic!"
Reached forward, he grabbed the other wrist of the pink hedgehog as she smirked up at him in triumph, the sight giving him a slight tick, as he hadn't expected Amy to mimic Sonic's desire to constantly try something dangerous so easily. "Just hold onto me will you."
Nodding in response, Amy felt them slow down as Tails used his tails to slow them down, then heading towards Angel Island in the distance. "I hope you cane make it Tails, I really don't feel like trying another freefall anytime soon."
Giving her a faint smirk, Tails grinned a bit on the inside as he could at least recognize this side of Amy. "Yeah well, give me a better warning the next time." Looking firmly as the floating island as it grew bigger, Tails sighed a bit as he felt Amy shift a bit around. "Calm down, we're almost there you know."
Looking up at Tails above her, Amy's face shifted into a slight frown as she thought back at the day so far. "Tails, what do you think Eggman wanted with us."
Thinking about it as well, Tails couldn't find any answer that made any sense at all. "Got me, all he did was throw me into that cell, but you didn't show up until several hours later." Looking closer at her as he made a slight adjustment to his flight path, Tails saw Amy eyes shift a bit in a sudden move of panic. "What did he do to you Amy, you've been acting rather strange ever since you came back."
"Strange?" Came an almost non-audible reply from Amy as she moved her head back to look down at the jungle rushing up towards them from below. "How so?"
Finally reaching the ground, Tails gave a breath of relief as his tails could finally relax. Then he turned back to face Amy as the pink hedgehog finished adjusting her quills and dress from the flight. "Well, you were rather quiet the whole time, and that sudden act up there on the roof section, it wasn't like you at all."
Biting her lip as her eyes closed, Amy turned to the side to hide her face a bit from the two tailed fox. "I, can't remember much of it, I just know that I want to be as far away from that place as I can get." Her words getting a bit heated in the end as her eyes half open to show a bit of fear and pain in them. "That's all there is to it."
Holding up his hands in an attempt to defend him, Tails still backed up a bit in case she decided to vent off some of that anger. "Hey, hey, I was just curious about it, that's all." Turning around to look at the jungle as Amy cooled down, Tails shook his head a bit. "Okay, first thing we should do is to try and find Knuckles and Tikal."
A polite cough from behind them, had the two young furries spun around to see the familiar pair of Echidna's standing nearby them, the angry purple eyes of Knuckles trained on Eggman's retreating ship in the distance, while the more polite blue eyes of Tikal were trained on them. "Are you two okay?"
Watching the live video feed of Tails and Amy escaping, Eggman sat silently in his throne like chair and slowly began to smirk as he quickly reached out a single hand to activate the powerful jet engines of his newest flying battle ship, the Egg Destroyer.
Finally completed after several months of hard work by his worker bots and badniks, it was the first of a series of battle ships he intended to build. His once proud Egg Fleet would be restored to its glory, and under the control of a true genius like him, they could deliver him complete control of the entire planet.
But there were a few things in his way at the moment, the hated hedgehog ranking in as number one, his friends as number three, with G.U.N. firmly locked in the spot as number two. But all of that would soon come to an end; he had finally found the best way to get his revenge on all of them, well minus G.U.N. but they would get theirs soon enough.
And the hedgehog would the first to taste bitter defeat, and the best part was that neither Sonic nor any of his friends would see it coming, that he was sure off. "After all, who doesn't trust a friend? One who proclaims to be in love with you every chance she gets."
The last added as he turned his chair around to watch a single glass tube behind him, eyes glinting with amusement behind his glasses as he met a pair of angry green eyes looking back at him. "Isn't that right, Amy Rose?"
Hate burning in her eyes, Amy pounded one hand against the glass wall of her prison and began to yell out several words she shouldn't really have known, but somehow did. After a few seconds she settled down to just glaring at him while trying to think of something to in order to escape.
In his chair, Eggman rubbed a single hand over his chin as he watched Amy relax a bit inside of her tube, her eyes not leaving him as she settled down to the metal floor of it. "Well, if it is any consolation to you young Amy, I am sorry to have robbed you of your outfit, but I trust your current one is acceptable as a replacement."
Eyes narrowing as she had managed to pick up at least that part of the doctors comment, Amy cast a single look down at the new outfit she was wearing. A tight black and white body suit with a single vest colored deep red to cover the top part of it.
Clearly it must have been something that Rouge had either left behind when she left her employment under Eggman, or something the doctor had ordered up for her. The only strange thing about it was why the thing suited her so well; Eggman couldn't have had it re-tailored just for her, could he?
In his chair, Eggman simply nodded and accepted Amy's silence as a conformation that she was relatively comfortable with her current situation and clothes at the moment. "Very well, try and get some sleep, it will be a while before we arrive at Eggman Island."
One ear perking up at that last part about their destination, Amy eyes narrowed into a thought full look as she rubbed her hands over her bare arms, wishing that she could at least have been allowed to keep her gloves and gold wrist rings.
Then her mind turned from her wrist rings to a far more terrible thought. Just how was Sonic going to react when her clone tried to kill him, could he even see it coming? The damn thing was acting so much like her it was down right scary.
TBC.
AN: Shorter chapter this time, but the next one will hopefully be longer. And be warned, RX returns in the next chapter, so if you don't like OC's, well, too bad for you, but I'll try and keep RX non god like, but if he feels to much like Gary Sue, let me know and I'll tune done his character.
Only three reviews so far, not very good for a starting fanfic, I was kind of hoping for as big a review response as I got for "A Good Deed Gone Wrong." first chapter.
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