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Instincts and a Ruined Reunion
The sun was setting on this side of Mobius as the planets hero gazed out at the sky. The vast array of colours blending into each other perfectly. The oranges, violets, reds, yellows and...pink. The exact pink of Amy Rose, but on her it looked so much more beautiful Sonic thought. She was definitely growing on the azure hedgehog, a lot more than he first expected her to. A lot more than anyone expected her to.
'SONIC!'
"Huh!"
Sonic jumped up from the bench he was reclining on and looked around the workshop in alarm.
No one? That was strange. He could have sworn he had heard someone cry out his name. A certain pink someone.
He walked around the room and into the kitchen to find Tails eating a tuna sandwich.
"Tails, did you hear Am-... someone call out my name?" Sonic asked questioningly, trying to hide his suspicion of who it might have been.
"No, Why?" Tails replied, curious as to what was his older brother was on about.
"Oh, nothing! It's just...I'm probably just being paranoid. Never mind." Sonic waved off his suspicion giving the kitsune a reassuring thumbs up.
Sonic left the room and resumed lying down on the bench. He closed his eyes and smiled as a pink figure came into mind.
'I could have sworn I heard Amy shout my name. Why is she always on my mind anyway? I mean, she's just a friend... a really good one...one that I possibly may have feelings for...someone who could be more than just my friend... Knock it off Sonic! You have to keep pushing her away. It's the only way..."
'Sonic...'
This time Sonic was sure he heard her voice as clear as day. Sonic jumped up even faster than before, breaking his own records in the process.
RING RING!
'That might be her, I have to find out if it's is or not' Sonic raced out of the workshop and into the hallway, following the sound of the ringing.
"I'll get it!" Tails shouted heading for the hallway, slightly surprised that Sonic was there too. Not at the fact that he was beaten to the phone, just that Sonic answering the phone was an extremely rare sight.
Sonic looked at the caller ID and Tails was sure he saw his smile drop slightly. Tails harboured his own suspicion on who Sonic thought might be on the phone, but kept quiet at the time. Sonic picked it up and put it on loudspeaker so Tails could hear what was being said at the same time.
"Hey Knux! Wait, don't tell me. The emerald's gone and so has your girlfriend?" Sonic questioned with a sly grin on his face.
"Well I dunno bout the master emerald, but your girlfriends certainly not okay!" Knuckles shouted, worry evident in his tone.
Sonic's forest green eyes widened as his grip on the phone loosened.
"Me and Cream heard her scream and we're heading over to her place right now...Sonic...are you still there? Sonic!"
"Knuckles! I'm right here!" Sonic shouted, running past him with Tails not far behind.
Sonic had grabbed a hold of Tails and ran straight for Amy's house leaving behind a sonic boom. The phone was left on the floor where Sonic had dropped it out of shock.
'I can't believe it. I really did hear her calling me...but...how?' Sonic questioned himself.
Knuckles, Cream and Tails reached Amy's house to find Sonic cautiously walking down her pathway. Cream and Cheese were flying and trying to see in through the upstairs windows.
"Mister Sonic! I can't see her!" Cream said with a worried look towards Sonic.
Knuckles felt a breeze behind him and turned to see Tails flying up into the air to join Cream in her search. He turned around and nearly hit Sonic out of surprise.
"SONIC! Don't sneak up on me!"
"She's not here..." Sonic muttered darkly. "I'm gonna go check the surrounding area, take Cream and Cheese home. It's too dangerous for them to be around here!"
Sonic ran off to search the nearby fields before Knuckles had any time to object.
"She didn't put up much of a fight, there's no signs of a struggle" Knuckles whispered to himself before heading over to Tails and Cream.
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'This is my fault. I heard her shout my name, but I still didn't check on her. I bet Eggman has something to do with this, but why is he attacking so soon after getting beaten this morning. He probably thought I was still unconscious, and that ambushing now would be his best bet at fulfilling his lifelong dream. He's gonna regret taking my Amy without my permission...not that he was gonna get it anyway.'
After running round the perimeter five times and deciding that she was indeed with Eggman, Sonic headed back towards Amy's house. Just as Sonic expected, there was Tails, anxiously awaiting his arrival.
"Sonic...are you alright?" Tails asked sympathetically when he had finally come to a stop.
Sonic looked into his best friends blue eyes and decided to tell the truth. It would be better to be upfront with him, so that he knew exactly what was at stake. And anyway, what kinda hero would he be if he lied to his friends?
"Tails...if I'm honest with you...then no...I'm not alright." Sonic turned so he was now facing away from the golden kitsune. He took in a deep breath and continued.
"I heard her...she called out my name...and I didn't go! If anything happens to her I'll never forgive myself!" With the last sentence Sonic turned to face the kitsune and was slightly surprised at finding a wet substance leaking from his jade eyes.
Sonic quickly wiped it away, hoping that his best friend had not seen it...or would at least pretend he hadn't.
"I'm gonna tell Knuckles to meet us at my place. I'll get the X Tornado ready to find Eggman's latest base. Oh, and Sonic. You don't have to tell me anything...I've seen the way you look at her. Don't worry, we're gonna get her back." Tails said with sparks of hope glinting in his blue orbs.
Sonic gazed out at the little light there was left on the horizon, silently praying that Tails was right. After a few moments of just soaking in what had happened, he grabbed a hold of Tails and ran to his workshop.
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Amy rose stirred from her forced sleep, shifting uncomfortably. A robotic hedgehog stood outside her prison, guarding and preventing her escape.
"Dr, I think she's waking up...do you want me to give her more sedative...just in case?" Metal questioned the mad man before him.
"No, I don't think that's necessary. I want her to see the demise of the blue nuisance with her own eyes; it's much more entertaining for me that way" Eggman said whilst pressing countless buttons on his high tech equipment, a smirk appearing on his face.
"Now go hide...you are supposed to be a surprise for my young blue friend, remember" Eggman instructed with a sly smile creeping on to his face.
'Ughh, why am I so dizzy?' Amy attempted to open her heavy eyelids but was still too weak to do so. She eventually forced them open and squealed in shock, shuffling as far back as possible. Surrounded by metal bars, the pink hedgehog saw a retreating figure of a hedgehog, glinting in the light.
'That's right; I saw a pair of red eyes and then was caught by something...that must have been Metal. Except he was destroyed earlier...Eggman can't rebuild him that fast can he? Then there was the pain in my arm...'
Amy looked down at her arm and saw a small pinprick sized cut. 'He injected me?' She gathered enough strength to sit up and examine where she was. Looking around the room she saw Eggman tapping frantically at what seemed like a keyboard with hundreds of keys and flashing lights.
She herself was trapped in a metal cage, similar to the one she was in earlier that very same day. But this one had thicker bars and no propeller. "Guess this just isn't my day!" Amy said thinking out loud.
Eggman swivelled round at the sound of her voice and a smile lit up his face.
"Oh goody, you're up." he sneered, leaving his computer screen and keyboard to grin at her evilly.
"Never mind that! You should be more worried about how Sonic's gonna kick your butt when he finds out where I am! Why can't you just give up already..." Amy screamed through the bars.
"Says the girl who chases around Sonic, when the rest of the world knows he's not gonna stop for anyone, especially not some annoying brat like you! How about this, I'll give up when you do. Don't you Sonic gets tired of having to save you all the time? If I was him, then I'd be glad you got kidnapped. It'd mean you'd be outta my way." Eggman retorted with a sly smile.
Amy was shocked at Eggman's words and felt tears pricking her eyes. She shut them quickly, hiding her watery jade eyes from her capturer. She remained silent for a few seconds before she was overwhelmed by her tears and landed on a heap on the floor.
'That's it pinky, cry it all out. If you're hurting...then the blue fuzz ball will get angry, making his demise come faster! How long did he think he could hide it from the rest of the world? Pffh! Letting love into your life only weakens you and makes you more vulnerable! And the blue hedgie is gonna prove just that!'Eggman mused whilst watching Amy breakdown before him. He then turned to resume typing on his computer.
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"I found a large current of energy being emitted from Emerald Forest. Eggman must have set up his base there. I'm locking onto the source of the power right now!" Tails cried over the constant whirring of the X Tornado.
"Get a fix on his location and land us near it!" Sonic shouted back, anger clearly visible by his expression.
'I'll show him what happens when you mess with Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends. He may have had be down for the count earlier...but this, I'm not gonna go easy on anything he throws at me!'
"I got a fix, looks like were gonna have to land right on it." Tails shouted
"Knuckles you smash the ceiling and then we split up and search for Amy. First to find her calls the others and we all meet back here, alright." Sonic instructed, a lot calmer than he felt inside.
Knuckles and Tails nodded as Tails attempted to land on top of Eggman's most recent base.
After five minutes, Tail's had successfully landed the plane. The trio clambered out as Knuckles set to work on pounding the metal beneath them. Tails fiddled with his wrist communicator whilst Sonic just stood tapping his foot impatiently as he so often did.
"I'm waiting!" Sonic remarked when Knuckles let lose another blast of power at the metal below.
"I know you're worried about her, we all are. But annoying me isn't gonna make me work any faster." Knuckles said gruffly, annoyed at Sonic's inability to wait.
After a few more blows the metal gave way and the trio jumped down the freshly made hole. Landing swiftly, the first thing they noticed was the large group of robots surrounding them.
"Aw crud...and there was me thinking we wouldn't be getting sidetracked." Knuckles moaned before quickly getting to work and smashing a robot into two others causing all three to break into hundreds of peices.
"Sonic, me and Knuckles got this. You go find Amy, you're faster than us." Tails said whilst spinning another robot into the air causing it to break up.
Sonic nodded in acknowledgement and darted off, dodging any robots that came in his way. Determination driving him onwards, as well as all the thoughts of what Eggman could be putting Amy through.
'Eggman's probably got her in the centre of the base; he does like being the centre of attention. I'll check their first'
Sonic stopped outside the largest door in the entire base. 'Well, here goes nothing!' With that Sonic curled up into a ball and spin dashed right through the door. Cautiously entering, Sonic tried to get used to the bright lights.
'Man...The hallways aren't this bright. I must be in the right place then.'
He spotted Amy in a cage and made to run towards but was yet again interrupted by a blue glint.
"Nice to see you again...Sonic!" The newcomer spat.
"Metal? I thought you were destroyed earlier...you know...right after your sneak attack!" Sonic said.
"That my friend was a prototype. I'm the real deal...and your girlfriend is gonna pay big time when I'm through with you!" Metal said with an edge of coldness in his metallic voice.
"You better not have harmed her in any way!" Sonic shouted dodging as Metal came hurtling towards him.
"Hah! She's fine...for now. Although she did cry a lot. Poor girl, looks like she'll have a lot more to cry about when I'm finished with you!" Metal sneered.
"Is that a threat...or are you just trying to wind me up! Cause whatever it is, is just gonna make me beat you faster!"
"SONIC!" Amy screeched as she noticed the fight going on outside her cage. Amy had been in too much of a daze to notice before, but was now shouting words of encouragement to her hero.
'Ughh, he's gonna be harder to beat than I first thought, where's he getting all this energy from. He may be strong, but he's probably not very clever.' Sonic thought whilst jumping in the air to avoid being crushed by Metals powerful punches.
"Even if by some miracle you do beat me..." Metal dodged any spin attack.
'That's it, keep talking. That way you're not paying full attention to me!'
"Who's to say your pink friend will be okay..." Metal moved away but was caught off guard as Sonic swerved towards him at the last second, worked up by the threats.
The impact caused Metal to fall to the ground, arms and legs flailing aimlessly.
Metal was bombarded with punches and kicks as Sonic gave him no time to recover.
"Next time. You may wanna think twice about threatening me whilst fighting" Sonic shouted, delivering the final spin dash. Metal jerked uncontrollably before his eyes faded and he powered down. Metal then busted open, nuts and screws flying in all directions.
Sonic dodged the debris before walking over to Amy's cage, leaving behind nothing but a pile of scrap metal.
He spin dashed the door, creating a hole big enough for Amy to get through. As soon as she had hopped out, Sonic quite unexpectedly pulled her into a warm hug. Amy's eyes widened in shock, but she returned the hug with love.
"You alright Ames, he didn't hurt you did he." Sonic asked, looking deep into her jade eyes.
Amy pulled away from the hug and shook her head. She smiled at the azure hedgehog before planting a soft kiss on his cheek.
"Thanks Sonic. I know I can always count on you." Amy giggled at his expression before she spotted Tails and Knuckles.
Sonic opened his mouth as if to say something but no words came out, he was in total shock. Instead he ended up smiling and rubbing the back of his head bashfully.
"Amy, your okay!" Tails shouted whilst running over to Amy and hugging her tightly before releasing her. Knuckles just nodded at her, arms folded as usual/
"So much for calling us when you found her, eh lover boy." Knuckles chuckled at Sonic before noticing the pile of junk on the floor.
"Guess we missed all the fun, huh!" Knuckles remarked before walking over to the pile and searching through all the scrap metal.
"Knuckles?" All three Mobians eyed Knuckles curiously as he continued his search.
"GOT IT!" Knuckles shouted as he held up a red emerald.
"Metal was being powered by an emerald; but how did you know? He still had a lot more power than he should have done." Sonic stated, confused.
"Metal? I thought we destroyed him. And I'm a guardian. I can sense the emeralds you idiot!" Knuckles replied, noting how oblivious the blue hedgehog could really be.
"Okay okay...take a chill pill dude. Apparently what you fought was a prototype. I mean, that is the only explanation of why you managed to beat him without me earlier on." Sonic smirked.
Knuckles grunted in anger before ignoring the blue hedgehog for the time being.
"Sonic, you were angry when you were fighting Metal, right." Tails stated matter-of-factly.
"Yeah...who wouldn't be?"
"Sonic...Then you're the one who gave him the extra power." Tails continued.
"Yeah...I have no idea what you're on about. I didn't give him any power? That would just be dumb." Sonic stated.
"I getcha Tails. The emeralds are powered by raw emotion. The red emerald is powered by anger." Knuckles said, making his way back to the group.
"What about the rest of them?" Amy asked
"Each one is powered by a different emotion. Red is anger, Yellow is happiness, Pink is love, Green is jealousy, White is sorrow, Orange is embarrassment and Blue is fear." Tails said matter-of-factly.
Amy nodded to show she understood, and glanced at Sonic whose emerald eyes had glazed over. She shook his shoulder to bring him back down to reality when the doors slammed shut.
The lights immediately dimmed as the group huddled together. A large screen folded out of the wall and Eggman's repulsive face was visible to the gang. Sonic stood in front of Amy, keeping one arm in front of her protectively, blocking her from Eggman's view.
"You aren't going anywhere!" Eggman shouted. "You destroyed by robot, took my emerald. Don't think I'm gonna let you get out of here easily." He muttered before shutting the screen.
Sonic heard a small whizzing noise and turned to face the gang to discuss their options.
A loud scream filled his ears as Amy screamed out in pain as she fell to the floor clutching her arm. Sticking out of it was a small needle with a purple fluid injecting itself into her. Sonic clutched her hand and pulled the syringe out, willing her to be okay.
Tails took the needle from his brother as fast as he could but Amy was already turning pale and her grip loosened on Sonic's hand.
"I THINK IT'S POISON" Tails shouted, panic clearly recognisable in his tone.
"EGGMAN!" Sonic shouted as he stood up and smashed the giant screen into oblivion, his blood boiling.
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