Chapter 4: Bethany's POV
Fear
I just couldn't wait to tell Amy about my engagement. I knew that her reaction would be different from everyone else, something that I admired about Amy. She was different from everyone else too. I didn't know why she was, I could just tell. Most people would start complaining that I spoke too much about myself, then they would start bragging about themselves. I wasn't the sort to brag. I simply talked about what I did in life: helping Amy save peoples' lives. That was not bragging. With Amy, though, I could even brag and she wouldn't complain. So, I talk to her about my life. Mostly about my love life. She didn't mind at all. She told me so. She always listened to me without complaining, unlike most people. She sometimes spaced out though. Whatever she thought about, I knew that she wanted to keep it to herself. I respected that. Yeah, so I considered Amy my best friend. Or maybe like a sister. If anything had happened to her, I would be in deep depression. Not even Red would be able to cheer me up. I dreaded at the thought as I sat in the bus to go to the hospital. Amy would be operating on six people today, and I would be assisting her. This was easy to Amy though. Not only were the operations minor, but Amy also had unique healing abilities that were taught to only to students who had potential. Amy had that potential. I was proud to be her assistant. It was amazing to watch her during a procedure. She remained completely calm and took the situation easily. Never had I seen her panic, unlike myself. There was this one time that I was sure the patient wasn't going to make it. I was crying non-stop, not knowing what to do. Amy yelled at me to tell me to remain calm, then asked me the situation. Watching her do the first part of the operation without overreacting was what made me calm. Because of her training and schooling, Amy became excessively good with accuracy and numbers. That was probably part of the reason that she was so calm.
I reached the hospital half an hour early. You could tell that I took my job seriously. I assisted a doctor who did a check-up for half of my extra time, then waited for Amy to come around. She came only seconds late, making Doctor Spinelli mad. I bit my lip to stop my laughter from escaping my mouth as I watched Amy's reactions to Doctor Spinelli's comments. Amy then came to me with a gloomy face. Laughing, I fixed her hair and we walked to her office.
After assisting Amy with the operations, we went to the park because of shift was over. I used this opportunity to tell her my latest news.
I was engaged!
At first she was surprised, but then she congratulated me. I had taken this opportunity to ask Amy about her love life.
I took these opportunities often. It was obvious that Amy had some sort of relationship. Amy was admired by about every male client who came in. Heck, Amy was probably why so many male clients came. She declined every offer she was given to go out on a date. Most of the time, I thought she was insane for rejecting them. A lot of our clients were rather good looking. But she rejections meant one thing.
There was already someone there. Considering I was an expert when it came to relationships, as I was in one now, I could see past anyone and know if they were in love or not. And Amy was clearly in some sort of complicating relationship that troubled her.
Amy said that she had no such life. Well, she said that every time I mentioned it. I was about to say that I knew she was lying, but something suddenly flew past us in an incredible speed.
I never thought I would come face to face with the most feared person on the planet. The evil scientist with an IQ of 300, Dr. Robotnik, was facing us with evil gleam spread into a smile. Fear built up inside of me. I remembered the incident four years ago when Dr. Robotnik had come to Retro City and killed hundreds of innocent people. There had not been enough doctors to save all of the victims. I now felt like one of them.
Amy lifted her hand and suddenly a very large hammer popped out of nowhere. I never knew that Amy used any sort of weapon.
Amy went into some sort of fighting stance and told me to leave. At first I refused to leave her, but she didn't let me argue. I was afraid. Why was Amy thinking of fighting? She would get herself killed! And I didn't know what I would do if that happened. But Amy refused to allow me to stand by her, completely aware that I had absolutely no knowledge when it came to fighting. Maybe she did?
I told her I would get help, but I was very doubtful myself. I couldn't do anything, and neither could the police, who were wimps. They were only good at giving people parking tickets. No one stood a chance to Dr. Robotnik.
I ran towards the shops, tears flowing down my cheeks. I was terrified. I didn't know what to do and I was afraid that something was going to happen to Amy. But I was a coward. I couldn't do anything, so I ran. I ran as fast as I could, knowing that I was going to regret it.
But something gave me hope. I looked at Christine's Jewellery Shop and saw a group of people standing in front of it. It wasn't because of Cream that I was hopeful. I saw Sonic. How lucky was that? The only one on the entire planet who could stand a chance to Dr. Robotnik, and he was standing on the other side of the street. It seemed like I was being blessed for something. I knew that he could save Amy.
I ran across the street, tears still streaming from my eyes. I called out his name, hoping to get his attention. I was dumb enough not to look both ways before crossing the street. So much for blessings.
A bus was heading directly for me. I let out a scream just before the bus was going to hit me. My eyes locked shut as I waited for the blow.
I waited a long time for the blow. I heard someone ask me if I was alright. I opened my eyes and I saw Sonic the Hedgehog. I never expected to see him in my whole life. He was very attractive. Had it not been for my current relationship as a fiancée and the fact that Amy was in serious danger, I would have tried to impress him and ask him out. But he had just saved me, and he could save Amy too.
"Please," I begged, surprising him for a bit. "My friend, she's getting attacked by Dr. Robotnik! You've gotta save her!"
"Eggman?" he exclaimed. "He's here?"
"Yeah. In the park. Please, save my friend!"
"No prob!" He was gone in the next mille-second.
Cream called me to come and see her. This time, I looked both ways before crossing.
"What happened, Bethany," Cream asked when I crossed. Four other people were with her. I guessed that they were part of the Sonic Team. But what was Cream doing with them? Was she part of their team or something? If so, did that mean that Amy was too?
"Amy," I said. I noticed the rest of the gang suddenly jerk their heads up. "That scary scientist is attacking her!"
"Sonic will save her," Cream whispered. I didn't know why she said it so quietly, but I didn't care. I waited impatiently for Amy to come back with Sonic. I heard an explosion, making me jump. More tears rolled down my face. The next second, a pink and blue light zipped past me. It took me a second to realize that Amy was now standing in front of me. It seemed to take her a second too. I ran up to her and hugged her as tears of happiness dropped to the ground. I was so scared that I would have never seen her again.
"Amy! I'm so glad you're alright!" She looked at me, then looked at the other people. I stopped hugging Amy and looked from her to the gang. They were staring at each other for some reason. I was seriously missing something.
