Amy's Passion

Chapter Three

Same as last chapter.

Sonic was grinning, as he stood next to Jayln and Shadow, who were still out like a light. Gahlik, Kai, Amy, and Jayln were glaring at Sonic. Sonic pulled out the gun from earlier.

"I tried and failed before. I won't fail again. Goodbye, Vinny." Sonic said, a smile on his face. Voices were heard from down the hall, and Sonic's threw a quick glance down the hall, and saw shadow's approaching. "Looks like someone caught a break, huh? I'll get you later." Sonic said, disappearing in a bright green light. The police stopped in front of Shadow's cell, just as Jayln regained consciousness. She looked up to see the police men standing right over her.

"Where am I?" Jayln asked. She looked around, and saw the other five locked up in cells. She gasped.

"What are you going to do to us?" Jayln asked. Before anyone else could say anything, she was gagged and tied up. The policemen started tying up the others.

"The six of you will be publicly executed. That way, everyone can see you reap the punishment for killing Sonic the Hedgehog." The man said, trying a square knot on Vinny's ropes. He moved on to Kai, who kicked him in the jaw a little too hard. He flew upwards, and his head crashed through the ceiling, so his head was on the top floor, and his body wasn't. He was hanging by his head. Kai looked at the dangling body.

"Oops." Kai said. Vinny stared at her with bewilderment on his face. Jay was giving Kai a quizzical look.

"Oops? Oops!? You could have just killed him, and all you say is 'Oops'? Nice." Vinny said. Kai closed her eyes and shook her head. Kai opened her eyes to find she was chained to Vinny.

"What the heck? Why are we chained together? Why aren't I with Shadow?" Kai asked. The policeman sighed.

"Look kid, you need to be chained for the execution. And as for why you're with Captain Annoying over here, I have no idea." He said, before opening the cell. He pushed the two of them into the elevator, then out to the top of the building. He then wrapped them around in a small bungee cord, and had them dangle from the side of the building.

"It figures. We're going to die. Wait, why isn't there any red tape? Public rebellions?" Amy asked as she was dangled from the building, tied up with Gahlik.

"Simple. Everyone hates us." Kai said, looking at the angry mob formed beneath them. Kai gasped when she saw a girl wearing clothes that had her face on it, and was holding a doll made of her.

"You killed Sonic! I'm not your fan anymore!" the girl yelled, throwing the doll at Gahlik. He caught it between his teeth. Jayln and Shadow then dangled right next to Kai and Vinny.

"I hope you're ready to die." Shadow said, looking off into the distance. Kai looked at him, amazed.

"You didn't give up in the labyrinth! You didn't give up when the police attacked! Why-...oh no." Kai said as she looked up. The policeman was holding a large knife. He cut the cord, and the two of them fell down towards the ground. Vinny counted the stories as they fell.

"18...17...16...15...14...13...12...we're going slower!" Vinny exclaimed. Kai jerked her head.

"How?" Kai asked. Vinny shrugged as they slowed to a stop. The two of them were simply floating in mid air when a black and white blur shot past them.

"Shadow! Jayln!" Kai exclaimed. Without warning, Vinny and Kai shot forward again. They fell at an amazing speed. They stopped abruptly at the first story, again for no apparent reason. Shadow and Jayln hit Kai and Vinny, making them fall the final story into the pavement. When they hit the ground, their chains cracked and broke apart, allowing them free movement.

"Gahlik and Amy are still up there...now they aren't!" Vinny exclaimed. He watched as Gahlik pulled out a voodoo doll of some animal, nobody could see it. Without warning, the duo stopped in mid-air, frozen. Then, they slowly drifted down towards the ground. The two of them landed on the ground, and managed to break the chains that imprisoned them.

"Gahlik, if you had told us of your plan ahead of time, don't you think it would've been more...helpful?" Shadow inquired. Gahlik shrugged, and froze. Behind them, cops were gathering around. Vinny looked back to see them all there, guns pointed at him.

"Gotta go. C'mon!" Vinny exclaimed. He grabbed Amy's and Kai's wrists, and started running. Shadow grabbed Jayln and Gahlik by the wrist, and started running. As they ran, bullets flew through the air around them, all of them missing by inches. Shadow and Vinny fled into the terrified crowd, and sprinted down the street. Within moments, they were out of the city, and running through wildlife. The six of them stopped running once they reached a forest, covered in shade.

"Finally...we haven't had any time to relax since we were arrested." Vinny said, falling backwards onto the grass. Kai sighed deeply. Shadow leaned back against a tree, his eyes closed.

"We're in an awkward predicament that I see no escape from, we're wanted for a murder that never happened, we have a 'lovely couple' here, and everybody hates us. How do we get out of this?" Jayln asked.

"We wait for things to resolve themselves." Shadow responded dryly. Kai sighed, before sitting down onto the ground. They heard sirens in the distance, but they died down. Sonic reappeared right in front of Vinny out of no where.

"Sonic! Wha-" Vinny exclaimed. Everyone's eyes darted towards the blue hedgehog, who quickly put the gun to Vinny's head, and fired multiple times. He grabbed Vinny by the arm, and disappeared in a flash of green light, right before Kai kicked the spot where he was. Amy fell to the ground, crying. Shadow looked on the ground, and saw a few blood drops on the ground. Gahlik pounded a tree with his fist.

"No! He's...gone." Shadow said. Kai looked down at the ground, and saw something that wasn't there. She examined it closely before realizing what that meant.

"Hey, guys, something's not right. There's a giant dirt patch here...isn't that where Sonic appeared?" Kai asked. Jayln shrugged. A giant metal hammer slammed into the ground in front of Amy.

"You have been found. Either surrender, or we will have to use force." The man in the giant hammer-wielding robot said. Everyone exchanged glances, before jumping next to Shadow. With two words, there was an emerald flash, and they disappeared.

"This is where my emerald says Vinny's emerald is...so where is he?" Shadow asked. They were in a barren world, on a lone, small island, hovering miles above the ground. There was nothing on the island besides them, and they could see for miles. There was a greenish glow in the air, reflecting off of everybody. The sky was no longer blue, but a blood red. No clouds dared to float across the sky. Gahlik took a few steps towards the edge, and looked off of it. Gahlik gasped in both amazement and shock. The island was hanging above nothing. The only thing beneath the island was a red and purple haze. It was the only land mass in the entire area.

"Where are we?" Kai asked, looking around. Shadow shrugged. To the others, this was a creepy and disturbing place. He, Shadow, found the island to his liking. Amy was looking around the island for a place where Vinny could be laying, possibly dead. Shadow held up his emerald, wishing that it could show him where Vinny was. The jewel cracked in his hand, and burst. Shards of the precious emerald seemed to float in the air, before they fell onto the ground. Shadow looked in shock, as only a few pieces of the emerald remained in his hand. They blew away in the wind, never to return.

"My emerald, our one chance of returning home...is gone." Shadow said. Everyone gasped, surprised by this piece of information. Amy fell to her knees again, and started sobbing. Without warning, a strong gale of wind passed through. Everyone was pushed towards the edge, but not as much as Jayln. She fell of the edge, and screamed.

A minute later, Jayln fell from the sky, and past the island again. Shadow watched as she fell, and saw that she fell into a hole in the ground, which brought her to the sky, meaning...

"If we jump off, we reappear in the sky and keep falling...is there some kind of...Chaos-made portal?" Shadow asked. Kai reached out and grabbed Jayln's wrist as she fell past the island, bordering on her twelfth time. Kai went to pull Jay up, but Jayln wound up plucking Kai from the very edge of the island, and into the hole. Gahlik got bored, and went to use their voodoo dolls, when he realized that they were stuck, back with Knuckles.

"Great. Vinny's gone, we're stuck on an island, more likely then not in a parallel universe or something, and those two won't shut up!" Gahlik roared. A blue streak darted through the Island, and pulled the two of them to safety. Sure enough, it was Sonic. Once Jayln and Kai got back onto the island, they put Sonic in a headlock.

"Die! You should die for shooting Vinny!" Kai exclaimed. Sonic gave her a quizzical look.

"What do you mean? I never shot anyone! In fact, I wouldn't be caught dead using a gun!" Sonic exclaimed.

"I have no time for lies, Sonic. We all saw you shoot Vinny." Shadow replied dryly. Sonic looked back and forth, jade eyes washing over all of them in turn.

"Sorry guy, but I've been here this whole time. But, I think I know what your problem is. You've mistaken the likes of your Sonic for me!"

"Sonic, that doesn't make sense at all! What are you trying to tell us?" Amy asked. Sonic looked over at her.

"This is the island that connects all the different dimensions, parallel universes, whatever you want to call it, together. So, I bet the Sonic you're looking for came from your dimension, used Chaos Control to break the space between here and your dimension, and come here."

All this went through one of Amy's ears and out the other.

"Besides, I could tell the guy you're looking for isn't me because in this place all of you guys were out patrolling the other dimensions, and none of you returned home, and since you're not them, I can't be the one you're looking for. Make sense? By the way, I thought I saw a green hedgehog a few minutes ago. Is he with you?" Sonic asked. Kai's jaw dropped to the ground. Jayln stared, wide eyed. Amy looked like she was about to have a heart attack. Gahlik froze on the spot, surprised.

"Yes, that would be Vinny. Did we...die?" Shadow asked. Sonic hesitated before answering.

"Yes, but I'm afraid I can't tell you how, otherwise...it would disrupt he time space continuum." Sonic said. Shadow cursed under his breath.

"It's always because of the time space continuum..." Shadow muttered. He heard a gun shot, and ducked. Everything went in slow motion as three bullets zoomed towards Gahlik. He leaned backwards at the waist, and turned his body to the left, dodging a bullet, which was leaving a small sonic boom behind it. Gahlik moved his torso to the right, leaning completely vertically, dodging a second bullet. Finally, Gahlik bent so his head was almost touching the ground, his chest facing the sky. The third bullet flew over his chest, just missing the hair. After a few seconds, time went back to normal.

"Gahlik, why didn't you ever tell us you could imitate The Matrix like that!" Kai exclaimed. Gahlik shrugged, meaning he didn't either.

"That's because he didn't know. This land is similar to that of The Matrix." Sonic explained as he himself dodged bullets, in slow-motion as well. Sonic straightened up to see Shadow's eyes focused in on something.

"Duck, Shadow!" Kai exclaimed, kicking at Shadow's head. He ducked, and Kai wound up deflecting a red laser with her leg. A man in a dark suit was floating in the air above them.

"Don't you see your attacker?!?" Jayln exclaimed. Shadow looked up to see a man in a dark suit, obviously from another dimension, with a laser rifle in his hand.

"These parallel universes are really starting to annoy me." Shadow muttered under his breath. Sonic gave him an odd look. Amy was really confused. And all the while, nobody noticed the figure creeping up behind them, steadily making its way towards them.

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