Sorry it took so long to update, I'm currently going through writer's block on all of my stories. Anyway, let me know what you think of this, and enjoy! Oh, and if you haven't noticed from my other stories, I'm not all that good with writing adventurous stories…so…sorry about that. Lol let's see if this can be an exception.

Chapter 3

Sickness Never Stops Him

To Sonic, and to everyone else for that matter, it seemed highly impossible for Eggman to be dying in at the most, two years. After all, it had almost become a schedule for Sonic to fight Eggman. Not that Sonic enjoyed this 'habit'; it wasn't the most…kind thing to do, if that makes any sense. Eggman had become such a frequent visitor to the town (mostly just to destroy it) Sonic couldn't even imagine a life without him around to fight. What was he supposed to do? Sit around a twiddle his thumbs? To Sonic, it looked like his life had gone downhill slightly.

"At least you'll have more time for friends," Sonic said out loud to himself, as he took his afternoon run.

What was the fun in that though? Tails would just build another airplane, Knuckles would guard the emerald, Amy would…well, still be Amy. Since Sonic had been a kid, adventure had been around every corner. Couldn't he at least have a future to look forward to?

To tell the truth, Sonic's life…hadn't been much except fighting Eggman. Yes, he had his memories, but no, he hadn't lived a normal enough life…He'd never even dated before, unless you call that fluke of a 'date' with Amy dating, and old school crushes, like one particular girl named Sally. (But let's not go into her.)

With a sigh, Sonic was about to turn around and head to Tails' house, when he heard a sudden explosion. Halting, Sonic strained his ears, until he heard the familiar sound of the siren. Smiling to himself smugly, (actually it should be described as evilly, but Sonic isn't evil) he instantly knew what was going on, and ran straight for the city. Yet, he wondered…and quickly understood how Eggman obviously didn't believe the doctors' warnings about his upcoming death.

With a swift flash, Sonic was in the city, and was greeted with screams of terror, and skyscrapers in ruins. Eggman, was of course the cause, and was laughing evilly up above in his portable small ship, close behind him his large ship, which looked new.

"Oh, a challenge," Sonic smirked, which caught the doctor's eyes.

"Ha, it should be, hedgehog," the doctor answered over the screams, and his glasses sparkled. "After all, you can't be too destructive with Amy being held hostage. Now, can you?"

"Amy?" the blue hedgehog asked, puzzled.

Suddenly, a shrill shriek stood out from the rest, and Sonic instantly recognized it as Amy's, from past experiences. Scanning around, he quickly found her, being held by a robotic claw besides Eggman's portable aircraft. The claw was indeed, a robotic claw, all grey. It was…one of Eggman's more, practical robots.

All cockiness was pushed aside, and Sonic glared up at the red mustache and nose, for Eggman's head was up in the air completely as he laughed.

"Let her go!" Sonic bellowed, as energy of anger started to course through his body at great speed.

"Oh, no, Sonic, I couldn't do that," Eggman teased. "If I did, then I wouldn't get what I need. And what you need."

"Sonic!" Amy cried desperately, as she thrashed around under the claw's grip.

Without thinking, Sonic rolled himself into a ball, and lunged himself at the claw. But…he never hit it. Somehow, the claw along with Amy was on Eggman's other side. Landing back on the ground, Sonic anxiously looked around and suddenly saw the X-Tornado, being piloted by none other then Tails, with Cream and Cheese in the back seat.

"Catch, Sonic!" Tails called, as he pressed a large red button in the X-Tornado.

A golden streak of light came rushing towards Sonic, of which Sonic instantly recognized it as his ring. Making a grab for it, he again rolled into a ball, feeling power rush through him as he charged at the claw. Yet again, however, he did not even brush by the claw. This time, it was besides the X-Tornado, where it stretched out a second claw, and broke through the glass windows. Tails and Cream screamed, and Tails tried leading the aircraft in another direction.

"Grab my hands, Amy!" Cream called as she extended her arms to the flaying pink hedgehog.

That was a mistake. As Amy reached out, the second claw let go of the X-Tornado, making it fling backwards, even against Tails' strong grip. With a loud scream, Amy was jerked back.

"Amy! Tails, Cream!" Sonic yelled, wondering if he should go save Tails and Cream, or Amy.

But, he didn't have to think any longer, for just as Tails began to gain control with the plane again, Amy, with the claw disappeared. So did Eggman.

"Wha? Where'd they go?" Sonic questioned himself.

The crowd of frightened others began whispering to themselves, while others stared sadly at the ruined buildings.

"We just replaced these buildings," one lizard lady said sadly to her husband, who squeezed her lovingly.

Seeing Tails land the plane slowly nearby, Sonic ran towards his friend.

"You alright, buddy?" Sonic asked, as he watched his friend jump out of the plane, whom was shivering and shaking. No Cream followed. "Hey, where's Cream?" Sonic asked, moving closer to Tails.

"She's…gone," Tails murmured, staring down at his feet. "She…Amy got her hands…they're gone. Why was I so dumb in letting her come?"

"Tails… it isn't your fault," Sonic answered, but Tails just shook his head. "Cream wanted to come, right? I mean…"

Cheese, who had stayed behind with Tails as well, murmured a few "chao chaos" as he also looked down, his wings hardly keeping him floating up.

Tails suddenly looked up at Sonic, his eyes holding tears of failure in, but determination.

"We gotta go find 'em. Luckily, thanks to my new improvements on the X-Tornado, we know where his base is. The only problem is that the Tornado isn't in good shape…" Tails sighed as he looked at his plane, full of dents, and scratches. Glass was everywhere, and Tails found it amazing he hadn't gotten too many scratches himself from the glass.

"Yeah…" Sonic echoed, and then looked at Tails, confused. "Wait, new improvements?" This was news to Sonic.

"Yeah, if something of Eggman's touches the Tornado, we'll be able to find out where that item is now. Since the claw…destroyed the Tornado, and is probably with Eggman… And, this works for anything, not just Eggman's stuff. If I touched it, you could type in my name into the screen, and it would show you where I am."

Sonic blinked. How'd he end up with such a smart friend?

"Wow, Tails," Sonic exclaimed, smiling slightly. "But, the Tornado is in bad shape…like you said. How long do ya think till we can go save 'em? Or maybe we can use another plane you have?"

" No we can't, none of those planes are as fast, and some can't even get up to high enough altitudes. And it won't take long, it isn't in…extremely bad shape, like it was when I crashed it."

"Oh." Sonic said, looking disappointed. You would think Tails would have another plane similar enough... "Ya need help? We need to rescue Amy-the girls as soon as possible."

Tails smiled slightly at Sonic's last comment. He was so blind.

"Na, you should probably stay and clean up the city, or something," Tails answered. "I'll be fine."

"But wouldn't it be faster-"

"The girls will be fine if they have to wait an extra ten minutes, don't you think?" Tails replied.

"Knowing Eggman…" Sonic sighed.

With that, Tails and Cheese hopped back into the Tornado, and took off, leaving Sonic to see if he could help the people clean the area up. Sonic wasn't much help, however, being too worried about Amy…

So, what did you think? Like it, love it, or hate it? What did you think about my twist with Cream? Didn't add that last time, did I? I'll try to update soon, in the mean time, please review, and tell me your thoughts!