Chapter 3

Chapter 3

"Three…two…one…LIFT OFF!" The X-Tornado blasted off into space with all of us on it. I was so happy when I watched as Sonic stared out the big glass window to stare into space. I waltzed towards him quietly. Then when I was really close to him I hugged him from behind.

"Oh, Amy," He griped. But I didn't care; I knew he really didn't mind.

"It's actually nice up here. With you especially Sonic."

"Ha, poor Sonic." Knuckles chuckled. He sat beside Tails on the other side of the room by the control station. Cream was sitting on the side of Tails, while Rouge and Shadow stood nearby.

"I think it's great that Sonic has somebody like Amy to care about him so much." Tails commented.

"Yeah, what's wrong with caring about someone, Knuckie?" Rouge cut in.

"Nothing; I wasn't even talking to you anyway!" He barked. I was glad to hear they were talking about us, even if they didn't know we could hear them. It made me feel like our friends were talking about how we were going out or something.

"We'll be at the ARK tomorrow," Tails explained, "We should all get some rest until then."

"Good idea Tails buddy," Sonic said pushing me away lightly, "I'm gonna run around this place for a while and then catch some Zs."

"Aw, don't go!" I cried and jumped out to hug him again. I couldn't be alone; not yet. His warm body was comforting me too much.

"Amy," He said quietly lifting my face up to look at him, "You know I love to run. Don't make me stay."

"Yeah, yeah I know I just wanted see if this time you liked me more and therefore you would stay with me." He chuckled, then in a flash he was gone. I sighed in deep depression and turned to Tails and the others.

"I think I'm gonna go to bed now." I announced. That's when I noticed two people missing…

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Shadow was discrete. He ran so fast ahead of Rouge she barely could keep up with him.

"The doctor wants the Chaos Emeralds," He told her, "We have to work fast and get them before Sonic finds out what we're up to." Of course Rouge had other plans; she wanted to get the emeralds, for herself, so helping Eggman would be the perfect way to do so.

"Slow down." She whispered loudly. Suddenly he stopped and Rouge did the same primitively.

"It's in one of these two rooms." He said. Rouge nodded her head.

"We'll split up." She flew into the room farther down the hall and Shadow entered the other. The room was dark and he kept it that way in case he had to hide quickly. He scrimmaged through the drawers, the bed sheets, and even the little red suitcase next to the bed. Then the lights turned on and before Shadow knew it he had been caught.

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"Where's Shadow and Rouge?" I asked Tails. He shrugged his shoulders.

"Who knows and who cares." Knuckles grumbled with his arms crossed and his nose up in the air. NO one did seem to care.

"You know, guys, we should try being nice to them." Suddenly all eyes were on me.

"Well, Amy…" Tails stammered trying to be nice.

"Why should we be?" Knuckles interrupted, "They haven't actually done anything for us. Besides its not like they're our friends or something." I frowned at his cruelty.

"So you mean to tell me you wouldn't be sad even a little if something happened to Rouge, Knuckles?" I questioned. He turned to me.

"Well, I might be surprised, yes. But c'mon Amy; that's almost like asking if you would care if something bad happened to Shadow!" He laughed. For some reason my mind froze on those words.

"Amy are you okay?" Cream asked, "You should go to bed." I barely glared at her when I said, "Thanks, Cream. I think I will go to bed." I dragged myself out of the room and into the hallway. I was quiet thinking about how rude the words were that Knuckles said. Of COURSE I would care if something bad happened to Shadow. Wait, that didn't mean I cared about him that much though, right? Right. Nobody would be that heartless and not even care at all… I reached my room and turned the light switch on. I screamed when I saw the intruder there.

"S…Shadow? What the heck are you doing with my suitcase?!"