Underground Returns

Chapter 2: Meeting Amy Rose

With Sonic, Sonia and Manic, they were traveling and following their route to Rosaria but it wasn't so easy since the road they had to take was very rocky and full of potholes.

"Hey Manic." Sonic complained as Manic hit another pothole, jerking the chili dog out Sonic's hand. "I'm trying to eat a chili dog here!"

"Sorry, Your Kingship." Manic snapped back, trying to steady the van. "But it's not easy driving over a rocky path full of potholes."

"I don't get why the Oracle told us to go there." Sonia said as she saw nothing but rocks and potholes and it didn't help that the heat inside caused her hair to mat down. "This path is bumpy and this heat is killing me."

"Can't argue there." Sonic agreed with her as he was breaking sweat as well.

"So, what's so special about this…"Amelia" girl?" Manic asked.

"The Oracle said she's another ally of ours to help in the war." Sonic reminded them.

"But do you guys see a pink female hedgehog around here, besides Sonia?" Manic asked them.

Suddenly, an explosion was heard. The three hedgehogs turned to direction of the sound and they saw about five Swatbots were firing at something. Sonic took out a pair of binoculars, zoomed in and saw a pink hedgehog trying to run away from them.

'You were saying, Manic?" Sonic said, looking at him.

"OK, so, maybe I jinxed it." Manic remarked, looking at him.

"Open the door." Sonic told Manic and Sonia. "I'll get the girl, you guys take down the Swatbots."

"Gotcha bro." Manic told his brother before he jumped out the door and started running towards the pink hedgehog.

Sonic immediately ran to the aid of the hedgehog girl and scooped her up bridal style before the Swatbots could grab her.

"Hey, are you OK?" Sonic asked the pink hedgehog girl in his arms. He looked at her and noticed that she has jade green eyes and long pink hair.

"I'm fine." She answered as she hung on for dear life. "I just need to bail from those Swatbots."

"Hold on!" Sonic told her as he held the pink hedgehog close while Swatbots gave chase and fired at them but while the Swatbots were firing at the two hedgehogs, Sonia was at the top of the van firing back at them with her keyboards' laser and destroyed them.

"Gotcha!" Sonia said with a satisfied smile on her face but it quickly faded when she saw three more Swatbots after her brother and the girl hedgehog. "Manic! Put you foot down on the gas!"

"Right at you!" Manic told her as he punched the gas hard with his foot and tried to catch up with them.

With Sonic, he was having a hard time trying to avoid the Swatbots, it's seems like Robotnik upgraded them over the years, it was almost like they're catching up to Sonic…almost, but not quite…

"I almost give Robuttnik a congrats on his army's upgrade." Sonic sneered as he picked up the pace. "But not even his new upgraded Swatbots can catch me!"

"You're pretty fast!" the pink hedgehog told him as he kept up the speed and the wind blew her pink quills out in the breeze.

"That's what I live for." Sonic told her. "But I gotta shake this tin cans!"

Then Sonic noticed the van coming up behind him, Sonic knew what his siblings were up to so, he slowed down a bit to see Sonia in the open doorway, gesturing for him to get it.

"Sonic get in!" Sonia called out him despite the wind cutting some of her voice out, but Sonic got the message but he put the girl he was carrying in and he didn't join in.

"Keep this girl safe, I got Swatbots to take care of." Sonic called back as he went towards the Swatbots as he equipped his guitar from touching his medallion.

"OK Swatbots, now it's party time." Sonic commented as he played a few beats and blasted a couple of Swatbots with his guitar's laser, Sonic cleverly avoided the blast the robots fired back and he finished them off because he had an advantage of speed and agility. Sonic was still being chased after awhile but with a little bit of umph in his running, he managed to finish off the last of the Swatbots.

"There…" Sonic said to himself as he looked at the blasted debris that was once a Swatbot armada. "…that's the last of them…"

Then he saw the van stopped next to him and saw Sonia opened the door and he climbed in.

"Nice job Sonic." Sonia told her brother with a smile.

"No problem sis." Sonic chuckled and then looked at the new hedgehog sitting in the corner. "Hey, are you OK?"

"I'm fine." The pink hedgehog said as she got up. "Thanks for saving me."

"No problem." Sonic told her. "I'm Sonic and this is my sis, Sonia and the green hedgehog driving is my bro, Manic."

"Hey." Both Sonia and Manic greeted her cheerfully.

"Nice to meet you." The girl greeted back. "My name's Amelia Rose, but my friends call me Amy."

"Wait; did you say 'Amy Rose'?" Sonic asked her, repeating her name.

"Yeah, that's my name." Amy told him with a nod.

"This is great!" Sonic said to her. "We were sent by the Oracle of Delphius to find you."

"I know." Amy said, simply. "He came to me in a dream, telling me I have to go in the outskirts of town to find the sons and daughter of Queen Aleena, but unfortunately, I got spotted by Swatbots and barely got away before Sonic saved me."

"It was my pleasure." Sonic said cheekily and scratching his head quills. "So anyway Amy. We need directions on how to get to Rosaria. Can you help us?"

"Of course." Amy told them. "But there's one problem."

"What's wrong?" Sonia asked concerned.

"We're going in the wrong direction." Amy told them with a bit of a laugh. "We gotta make a left."

Sonia, Sonic and even Manic laughed as Manic made a left turn to the kingdom, but little do they know that they were being followed…specifically, Sleet and Dingo.

"Robotnic, we spotted the hedgehogs." Sleet reported to Robotnik via radio. "And we saw Sonic holding a pink hedgehog while he took down your army."

"Sleet, Dingo. Follow them." Robotnick instructed them. "And keep your eyes on the girl Sonic picked up especially. I think she may come in handy."

"Oh, yes sir." Sleet told him as the radio went off and the two continued to follow the four group of hedgehogs.

What does Robotnik have in store for our four heroes? What could it be to help the Underground find their lost mother? Find out in Chapter 3...