A/N: I know this story is probably going to be a little hard to flow at first, because it jumps from present to past, but bare with me. I'm trying to make it as easy as possible. Leave me a review and enjoy the story!
Chapter 2
Seven Years ago
August 9th
Tuesday
11:10 PM
"Amy don't worry." Cream put her hand on her shoulder and smiled. "You know how Sonic is. Here one minute and gone the next."
"But we had a date today." Amy announced in a disgruntled tone.
"Amy don't you always say that?" Tails chimed in from behind. "Whenever Sonic runs off?"
"No!" Amy said tossing her hammer at Tails.
"Ah sorry sorry!" Tails said dodging the hammer just in time. "Shesh."
Amy was about to toss another Hammer when suddenly a loud sound shook through the air and the ground. "W-What is that?" Cream whimpered.
"It feels like an earthquake." Amy put a hand against the wall to stable herself.
Tails shook his head. "No way this is just some random quake." He was wobbling as he tried to keep still.
"A-Amy." Cream's eyes were filled with tears.
"What is it Cream?" Amy moved to put a hand around her shoulders. She saw the little rabbit was looking out the window. When she looked she felt fear take over her heart and she too could not stop the tears of fear from welding up in her eyes.
Outside the window and as far as the eye could see was a sea of robots. Everyone of them armed to the teeth with weapons. They traipsed in an unholy precision stomping over the ground like a force from hell. Everything in their wake was crushed. These were unlike any other robots the Sonic team had ever encountered. They were fierce and made of cold steal. Their eyes were a bright deathly amber glow that chilled one to the bone.
"Amy we gotta get out of here!" Tails was pulling them toward the door that lead to the hanger. "There's too many of them to fight off! Come this way!" Tails lead them in the hanger. "Faster you guys!" They were about to reach the bottom of the stairwell when suddenly the walls shook more vigorously than before and then crumbled. The robots were inside. They attacked anything in their path. Two of them zeroed in on the three frightened victims. They charged blindly forward. "Hold on you guys!" Tails grabbed each of them by the hand flew upward his two tails spinning faster than they ever had. Tails dropped them both in the seats of the X tornado. He landed in the cockpit. He began preparing for takeoff, while the merciless machines below banged on the plane. For every moment they weren't in the air it was a moment that might prevent them from ever reaching it. The engines fired on. "Oh no!" Tails looked up and realized that he had not hit the switch that would open up the ceiling to allow for them to escape. "The shaft isn't open!"
"Don't worry Tails I'm on it!" Amy had finally found herself after coming to terms with reality at last.
"Amy no!" Tails turned and yelled her name, but it was no good.
Amy had already jumped out of her seat ran down the tail end of the plane. She pulled out her hammer and in one mighty swing threw it at the switch that was on the other side of the hanger. The ceiling began to open. "Now Tails!" Amy yelled as she turned to run back to the second cockpit.
Tails pushed the engine into full throttle and the X tornado shot upward in a jarring motion. Amy lost her balance as she was only a step away from the cockpit. "AHHH!" She screamed. She thought she had fallen off the plane, but Amy looked up and realized that she was dangling from it. Holding on to Amy's arm with both her hands was Cream.
"I gotcha Amy!" Cream said as she heaved her friend upward.
"Thanks Cream." Amy began pulling herself over the edge and back into the rear cockpit. Unbeknownst to them, one of the robots had latched onto the bottom of the plane and was slowly making its way up toward the second cockpit. Amy was almost back inside when suddenly she felt a grip on her ankle. "Ah!" She turned to see the robot clamping a cold iron claw around her leg. "Let go you creep!" Amy stomped on its face with her free foot. "Let go, let go, let go!" She yelled trying to get away.
On the fifth kick it loosened its grip enough for Amy to slip away. She jumped onto the back of the plane as the robot did the same. "Get off this plane!" Amy pulled out her hammer. She ran at it, but it dodged her swing. "UH!" She swung in frustration. "Stand still!" Her face changed to that of fear, when she realized the robot was headed toward the cockpit again. "No!" She tried to move as quickly as she could back toward the robot, but her hammer was throwing her slightly off balance.
"AHHH!" Amy heard the scream as she looked forward and saw the robot holding Cream out over the edge of the plane. "Help!"
"Cream!" Amy moved as fast as she could. "Cream!" She saw the robots cold grip begin to loosen and as Amy made the last few steps toward it, the robot let Cream go, but the rabbit wrapped her ears around it's arm and swung upward kicking it in face. The kick caused the robot to lose its balance and it fell overboard. Cream grabbed the edge of the ship, but the robot grasped her other arm.
"Cream!" Amy jumped into the cockpit just as Cream lost her grip. She leaned over grasping her hand tightly. "Hold on Cream!" She could feel her grip slipping. "Don't let go!" Amy urged as she began to slip over the edge herself.
Cream's eyes were streaming with tears, but she was smiling up at Amy. "It's okay Amy." She began loosening her grip.
"No Cream!" Amy held on as tightly as she could with both hands, but they were slippery with sweat and her eyes were wet with tears making it harder to see.
"You did your best and that's all that matters." She closed her eyes as she released her grip entirely.
"Cream don't do this!" Amy could feel Creams hand slowly slipping out of her grip until she was only holding her fingers...and then nothing. "Cream!" Amy cried as she saw her friend plummeting through the sky until she passed through the clouds and was gone. "Cream!" Amy climbed up on the edge of the cockpit about to jump.
"Amy!" Tails was looking over his shoulder at her. He was crying, but he sounded as if he hadn't shed tears at all. "Cream wouldn't want you too!" He yelled as Amy looked down. "She let go to save you! Don't waste her sacrifice!" A few moments passed and suddenly a huge explosion was heard. Amy knew it came from the robots impact to the ground. She whipped her tear stained face. She jumped back into the cockpit knowing there was nothing she could do now.
