Fanfiction is property of Josh Kovatch, 2008.

This REALLY shouldn't have taken as long as it did. I was hoping I'd never take so long on my fanfictions again, but... Well, here's the LONG overdue new chapter. Enjoy!

Sonic and Amy

Best of Friends

Chapter 4: What Life Could Be Like

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Finally departing from the water drenched nightmare of Tidal Tempest was something that made Sonic breathe a well-deserved sigh of relief. Now, the dryer landscape made his heart beat less alarmingly, and he was happy to be safe for the moment.

He then started to look around at the new locale, and realized, with awe, how many sparkling crystals were coming out of the ground, turning the otherwise uncharacteristic area into a glowing inspiration.

Sonic stopped and went towards one of the crystals, which he had chosen because it was pink.

The same pink as Amy... The blue hedgehog thought.

He stared into the crystal as his mind swam with many thoughts. Then, though nothing was actually happening, Sonic began to see images drift by in the crystal.

He gazed deeply into the crystal to see himself and Amy, having become friends, best of friends...

What would our life be like if we become friends? Sonic thoughtfully observed as he watched the crystal begin to show him the answer.

Amy and himself were out in the world, laughing and smiling, having fun doing different things, so many that Sonic couldn't keep up with them all as they flicked by in a second each.

Then, the crystal showed him something else, something that made him think about what he and Amy really could be. He saw the two of them, standing together, holding hands, staring into the sunset.

He saw, with growing realization about why they were doing this, that they were both smiling, their glistening eyes meeting, and then, as quickly as the images had begun to appear, they faded out.

Sonic stood back from the crystal and thought, Could it be that... I... love Amy...?

Back in the present time, Sonic and Amy still laid together, and the blue hedgehog said to his pink beloved, "When we watched that sunset today, I thought about that exact moment... I was waiting for a long time to share that with you. I'm so glad we got to."

Amy looked into Sonic's emerald green eyes, shining with fulfillment and happiness, and smiled, saying, "I am too. Nothing could have been more romantic, Sonic. But it wasn't the sunset that made it, it was you."

The two hedgehogs smiled warmly, and kissed again, touching their lips together and holding them for a moment, before pulling back and holding each other ever tighter.

"Now, where was I?" Sonic inquired of his beautiful lover.

"You had just realized you loved me..."

The two of them giggled a little, and snuggled back together to continue.

***

Sonic then suddenly felt this large weight lift off of him, leaving him with nothing but understanding.

"I didn't think love at first sight was possible, but now... I don't know what to think... And I also don't know what to think about how I should tell her..."

Sonic, however, shook his head and looked forward, knowing that he wouldn't even get a chance to tell her unless he kept going.

With that, Sonic sped forward, moving through the clusters of crystals around him, and realizing that this part of the Little Planet was also mechanized, judging by the moving conveyor belts.

Sonic hit them running, going up and down a series of hills as he raced over them. Though they were moving the same way he was running, they didn't seem to help his speed.

"Nothing would," The Amy in the present time giggled.

She received a caress from the present Sonic as the one running got off the belts and kept moving.

***

Meanwhile, on another part of the Little Planet, the zero for two Eggman entered his lab once again, expecting to meet an irritating and sarcastic Metal Sonic and a whining, emotionally moving Amy. Instead, he met neither.

He looked around the lab, seeing Amy's cage busted open, and Metal Sonic gone without having informed him

Eggman went to his control panel to look at the camera angles around the Little Planet. He could still see Sonic, who was making progress through Quartz Quadrant, but for some reason, the cameras in Stardust Speedway were out.

In a few moments, Eggman's teeth were gritted, and the growling coming from his throat made him sound more like a rabid dog than a scientist.

"That lousy... arrogant... foolish ROBOT!!! I WILL TEAR HIM APART!!!"

Eggman was shaking mad at how Metal Sonic had basically ruined his last resort plans to hold Amy hostage should Sonic get here to Metallic Madness. Now, he would have to do everything else he could, since Metal Sonic now had Amy.

Great, just when I thought nothing else could go wrong, that malfunctioning robot has to defect on me. Well, I'll give him a few defects... I'll dismantle that robot until he can't even make toast!

The sorry excuses for threats went unheard as the irate Eggman decided to watch Sonic go through one more zone before he changed plans.

***

As for Metal Sonic...

The robot stood on the edge of a structure overlooking the twinkling speedway below him, pondering his plan.

Sonic, when you get here, you're going down. I'm going to make sure you never come back. And if that foolish Eggman even tries to stop me, I'll put him in so much pain, he'll wish he had never rebuilt me.

As Metal Sonic went over how he could maliciously maim Eggman or Sonic, Amy sat behind him, her hands tied behind her back. She looked at him with anger, but knew that there was nothing she could do while her hands were tied. However, as Sonic had learned in the present, Amy's hands were highly smooth and silky, and she found she would have no problem wriggling them out of the ropes.

Metal Sonic took that moment to look at her and gave a sinister chuckle, saying, "Well, that pitiful Eggman may not like the current situation, but just be glad you don't have to stop being bait."

"It doesn't matter what you do. Sonic and I are still going to leave here together, and you're gonna go back to grumble about losing to wherever you came from!"

Metal Sonic, despite his harshness from earlier, seemed calmer and just said, "I love it when people are let down."

Amy's glared at the robot resembling the one she felt so much care and affection for, and she slowly worked her hands around in the ropes binding her.

Her slender hands were truly unique, as she was free within a few moments. She decided to wait with her hands still behind her back until Metal Sonic would say something else to her, and turn his head again.

Only a couple of minutes later, Metal Sonic turned to her and said, "You're going to enjoy watching your friend futilely fight me, and lose... And if you don't, I'll do enough enjoying for both of us."

"You creep! You'll never beat Sonic! He's pure and stronger than anything like you!"

The menacing robot only cackled and said, "You are more imaginative than anyone I've ever seen. Even that fool Eggman isn't as imaginative, and he invented me."

Amy, as the robot turned back around, thought, Well, maybe. And now, I'm imagining your head being dented by my hammer!

As Amy brought her hands in front of her, leaving behind the rope, she summoned her hammer and stood silently. She was fortunate that Metal Sonic was so utterly careless, for she only had to go less than 10 feet to reach Metal Sonic and bash him.

She edged forward a little, being as silent as possible, until she had only about seven feet to go before she was right behind him.

Now, you tin can, I'm going to make you into one!

And with a burst of adrenaline, Amy rushed forward, taking only two steps and pulling back her hammer as far as she could.

With the second step, she planted her foot and pivoted, thrusting her hammer forward like a baseball bat. In the second it took Amy to do this, Metal Sonic had begun to react, but had only turned around and tried to lift his arm and choke her or otherwise before Amy proved she had been more careful and faster. Before Metal Sonic's arm had even raised six inches, the colorful hammer of Amy's crashed into his face and carried through until she had taken a full swing of her hammer.

The contact was so thorough, Metal Sonic never even made a sound as he was thrown from the side of the structure, falling down over 100 feet to smash into the ground.

"ALRIGHT!!"

Amy jumped up and cheered from the perfect attack she had given him, and she thought that she'd finally be able to get off this planet with Sonic.

However, when she went to the edge of the structure to look down at where Metal Sonic had fallen, a blinding fast shape threw her backwards off her feet.

"WHOA!! OW!" Amy cried out as she hit the ground hard. She looked back up to see Metal Sonic standing on the edge of the structure, clapping his hands with deadly sarcasm.

Even though she was down and Metal Sonic didn't seem affected, Amy was no less brave, and she stood back up, ready to go at it with this evil.

The robot then began to speak, "Well done. I must say, you are a rare find, indeed. Never would I expect such bravery from a girl like you."

"Well, I'm not about to let you order me around when I could be with Sonic."

"Hm hm hm. You are brave, but not very smart. Did you really believe that I could feel pain?!"

Amy looked at him in shock and dread, realizing now that she had made a big mistake. If he couldn't feel pain, then her entire attack did nothing.

The robot then continued, "In fact, I'm so well built, I don't even detect a dent. Oh well, good try. At least you got one."

Then Amy, gritting her teeth and tightening her hold on the hammer, yelled, "Well, I'm getting another!"

Amy began to run forward, bringing her hammer over her head and pulling it down at Metal Sonic.

This time, unfortunately, Amy saw her hammer make direct contact with Metal Sonic's head and bounce off.

Amy stared, now fearful, at the robot, as he said, "What? Was I supposed to react somehow?"

Amy then pulled her courage back up and rushed at him again. This time, Metal Sonic simply flicked her hammer as she swung it and it flew out of her hands. Then, with a quick push, Metal Sonic sent her to her knees, and he then moved forward and pointed one finger at her face.

Amy looked with biting fear and sorrow at the cold robot, and, as tears threatened to flow from her eyes, she begged, "Please... don't kill me..."

Metal Sonic, who apparently was also devoid of sympathy, only chuckled again at Amy, but then said, "Oh, I won't kill you..."

Then, from Metal Sonic's finger, that same sleeping gas shot out and Amy got a deep breath of it before she realized what was happening.

Amy, already on her knees, fell quickly to her side as she fell asleep in literally four seconds.

"Yet..."

***

Sonic kept running through this new zone, jumping across a chasm from the conveyor belt. He landed and ran forward fast, but then suddenly came upon a bridge, which made him stumble.

"Whoa! AH! NO!"

Sonic then tripped but had reached the other side of the rickety bridge and fell onto the ground, when all of a sudden, he heard crumbling above him. He looked up quickly to see a large stone block falling towards him.

"Uh oh!"

Sonic scrambled to get out of the way, digging his hands into the ground and pulling himself forward, dodging the falling block by a second. However, he was still on the ground, and then he heard the same sound again. He didn't even look as he attempted to get up and jump, since right in front of him, there was a chasm about 60 feet deep.

He scrambled to his feet at the edge of the cliff, but the falling block hit the ground and shook him underfoot.

"Whoa whoa whoa!!"

Sonic's feet just weren't helping him right now, as he went off the edge of the cliff and fell down the 60 feet. He hit the ground hard, trying to brace himself with his hands. However, when he hit the ground, he felt his left wrist jerk back sharply, and a wicked pain cascaded into his arm.

"OWWWWW!!!"

The rest of his body was alright, but as he sat up from the fall, he looked at his hand. It wasn't broken, but when he tried to move it, he received a shock of intense pain.

No, how could I fight Eggman or Metal Sonic with a sprained wrist?

He looked forward, seeing suddenly a light coming from a huge opening in the wall of the structure he was in.

The light inspired him, and he stood up, holding his hand gingerly, and knew, no matter what, he had to go on.

The blue hedgehog, as he began to run, noted that, if he ran as hard as he could, the movements would send flaming tendrils through his hand. So, he ran cautiously, trying not to injure his hand anymore, and found his speed decreased drastically. However, he neared the light, and saw that it led outside to a plains type of landscape within the Little Planet.

Sonic looked around the area, looking for something, anything, that could help his hand. Then, as if appearing at that moment, he spotted a pond, which, despite his fear of water, he darted for as fast as he could.

Reaching the pond's edge, he kneeled down by it and, wincing and crying out softly, took off his glove. Then, he leaned over and tried to put his hand in the water, but was visited by misfortune again, when he hit the surface of the crystal pond.

"AHHHHHHH!! OOHHHOOWWW!"

The blue hedgehog, not expecting any of this to happen to him, just fell exasperated and saddened onto the crystal, the nearly-unbearable pain bringing him to tears.

Why? I just want to save Amy and be with her... Why is that so hard?

Sonic's tears slid silently down his face, falling off of his face and hitting the crystal. Then, Sonic felt something beneath him that he wasn't expecting either: Warmth.

Sonic opened his eyes and looked at the crystal, seeing that it was glowing radiantly, warmth emanating from it soothingly.

Sonic had fallen with his whole body onto the crystal, and then, the light from the crystal shone brilliantly, wrapping him in incredible warmth. Soon, he felt his tears dry, and his entire body was calmed and relaxed.

He closed his eyes again, smiling now, and let the crystal do... whatever.

But after a few more moments, he realized what the crystal had really done, as evidenced by his ability to make a fist with his left hand.

Sonic looked marvelled down at the glowing blue crystal beneath him, but was even more stunned and warmed when the glowing light faded, and he then gazed at a pink crystal.

Standing up then, Sonic stared at the crystal in awe, and knew, for sure now, that he was in love with Amy.

He looked up into the sky, where the bright sun lit up the day for him, and he smiled at the vibrant blue sky.

With determination and courage, and of course happiness, plastered all over Sonic's face, the blue hedgehog knew that it had only been hard because he didn't know what he was saving Amy for. Now, it all made sense, and as Sonic picked up his glove and put it back on his left hand, he knew exactly what he wanted to do.

***

In the present, it's obvious that he had already done so.

"I never realized how much pain you went through to save me..." Amy whispered to Sonic, the sound of tears faintly tinging her voice.

Sonic looked concerned at Amy, his own eyes stinging when he saw hers already flowing, teardrops streaking the cheeks of her face.

He softly sat them both up, and he looked directly into Amy's eyes and whispered, "I wasn't the only one. You never told me how many times you were put to sleep like that. It makes me..."

Now Amy was the one concerned when she saw Sonic upset. His own tears now flowed freely, and Amy felt a stab in her heart to see the usually bright Sonic crying because of her pain.

Silently, Amy took Sonic's left hand and squeezed it tightly, Sonic squeezing her hand back. Amy gracefully slid off the gloves on her hands, and, with the softness and tender care of a lover, she took off Sonic's left glove and caressed it, holding it in both of her hands and bringing it to her face to kiss Sonic's hand.

The blue hedgehog, seeing this kind of deep, unconditional affection, couldn't take anymore, and moved the hand Amy was kissing away and replaced it, upon Amy's surprise, with his own lips.

Amy's "Hm?!" made his eyes smile as he closed and opened her lips with hers, taking the lead and kissing her strongly. Just after Sonic surprised Amy with this kiss, Sonic felt Amy's soft lips begin to move, joining Sonic's in a dance of love. They never shut their eyes, but stared, half-lidded, into the other's green eyes, losing themselves. They almost didn't realize that they had brought their tongues together again and their hands, now without gloves, were freely gliding all over each other's arms and sides. Finally, they shut their eyes, brought their hands up to each others' faces, and pulled their lover deep into one last twirl of their tongues, before finally opening their eyes and mouths again and moving back, their hands dropping down to join, squeezing and massaging.

They had left on the other's mouth a wide, irreversible smile, comforting and soothing, especially since they both were still close enough that they were nuzzling noses.

Amy's freshly kissed lips then moved, almost timidly, as she said, "No more pain... Now, just love and kissing..."

"I'm with you one-hundred percent."

Then, the two hedgehogs closed the distance again, fastening their lips together. Moving as one, the two kissed for several moments before once again stopping and laying back down, their hearts full and their head swimming, leaving them with a dizzying amount of love as their soft hands helped to release all tension the two had, leaving them with relaxed bodies and smiles.

"Shall I continue the story?" Sonic asked, as he intertwined his legs with Amy's, lacing her fingers in between his, pulling her as close as he could to make her his.

"Yes..." Amy breathed, letting Sonic draw her close to him, herself wanting nothing more than to feel all this warmth that Sonic was giving her.

***

Speeding forward once again on a conveyor belt, the blue hedgehog was full of energy, ready to tackle everything that he would run into.

It's a good thing Sonic was watching where he was going, because he almost ran into the face of a wall.

As he approached the foot of it, he craned his head to scan up the face, looking to see what he could do.

The wall stretched for a long way to either side of him, so Sonic knew that he would have to climb up the wall. He got close to it and noticed small, barely large enough dents in the earthen wall that he could hold on to.

With determination beyond any doubt, Sonic raised his arms over his head and pulled himself onto the wall, lifting his body up and starting the climb up, which looked to be about 80 feet.

He went as rapidly but as cautiously as he could, making sure he had a ledge to hold onto with both hands as he worked his way up.

He was about 50 feet up, and Sonic felt sweat drip down his head, but he didn't falter, and reached up for the next crevice with his right hand.

However, when he put pressure on that ledge, the earth crumbled away and Sonic's hand slipped, making him lose his footing and hang on with only his left hand.

"AHH! Uh oh!"

Sonic glanced down the wall and saw how far the fall would be, and knew he couldn't let himself fall. Then, he looked up at his left hand still gripping the wall, and he remembered that, a few minutes ago, he would have already fallen if his hand hadn't been healed.

He thought about why that hand had been fixed, and when Amy appeared in his mind, Sonic pulled with his left arm as hard as he could and got another handhold for his right hand. He reestablished himself, smiling with the help Amy had given him, unbeknownst to her, and continued upwards.

Finally, after another couple of minutes, the blue hedgehog's hands dug into the top of the cliff, and Sonic yanked himself up onto the top of the wall.

Sonic stood up and ran his arm across his head to wipe his brow, giving a sigh of relief, and looked back down the chasm. He then turned and smiled, leaning forward to break into a run once again.

It wasn't too long after he had climbed up the wall that Sonic was now descending all the way back down the same distance, as he blazed down a ramp towards a tunnel.

However, what he didn't notice was that, right at the bottom of the ramp, another springboard was waiting, and, naturally, Sonic hit the springboard and was shot into the air.

"What?! Whoa!!"

Sonic was lofted high into the air, going far above the tunnel and landing, instead, on the top of the hill that the tunnel was going through.

Well, whatever way this place wants me to go.

Sonic then continued running, now on the top of this hill, and saw another expanse of the sparkling crystals ahead. However, they suddenly whisked from his sight as he fell down a hole into a tube.

Man, make up your mind!

Sonic rolled into a ball and raced through the tube, reaching the opening on the other side inside the original tunnel. Sonic shook his head from the dizzying speed, and then darted forward, finally reaching the crystals.

Sonic stopped and looked around, wondering how much farther it would be to find Amy.

***

Eggman, as would be expected, was drumming his fingers impatiently and grinding his teeth angrily.

"Well, once again, that blue nuisance is pushing my patience to the brink. I'll have to go and put an end to this once and for all."

Eggman pushed more buttons on his control panel and brought up specifications for another one of his weapons. This time, the scientist knew that Sonic's speed would become useless, and the blue hedgehog would have nowhere to run... literally.

Preparing this weapon for deployment, the scientist left the lab, thinking that he would win this time, like he did every time.

***

Sonic felt he was nearing something important, as the scenery was beginning to become more mechanized. The crystals were not nearly as prevalent, and he felt that this part of the Little Planet was a little more firmly in Eggman's grasp.

Then, he reached a tunnel that he quickly took to the other side. However, his suspicions were confirmed when he found himself in a room without an exit. Then, at that moment, he heard grinding behind him, and he spun around to see a spiked wall seal him inside the room.

Great, here we go.

Then, as if he mind were read, he heard a snide, arrogant voice behind him say, "Well, Sonic, I'm surprised beyond all pretenses that you've made it this far."

Sonic turned back around to face Eggman, who was encased in a cylinder hanging from the ceiling, the scientist behind a pane of plastic.

"But now, it's time for you to go."

At that moment, Eggman pushed a button in the control panel within his pod, and two things happened, one of which Eggman was not expecting.

Sonic then suddenly felt the floor beneath him begin to move backwards towards the spiky wall, while Eggman felt his pod suddenly shudder dangerously.

"Eh?! What's wrong with this thing?" Eggman yelled.

But his problems only got worse when Sonic, who had begun running to outpace the conveyor belt floor, flew into his pod and tried to kick his way through to Eggman.

"AH! You fool! How dare you attack me!"

Eggman, however, found himself in a predicament when his hastily deployed machine dropped from the ceiling and hit the moving floor. The pistons that had been holding his pod up had failed, and now were keeping Eggman from sliding right into the spike wall by being staunch supports.

"Oh for crying out loud!"

Sonic, however, didn't have anytime to say anything about Eggman's situation, the hedgehog in his own rut.

The floor was continuing to move, speeding up to pull the hedgehog back into the spike wall. Even for the fastest thing alive, Sonic knew that this speed could wear him down eventually.

Uh oh, now what? I can't just keep running forever.

But once again, as if his mind were an open book, Sonic then heard a terrible sizzling ahead of him, and he looked to see Eggman's pod being disintegrated from the bottom up from the intense friction.

"AH! AH! What?!" Eggman shouted with fright.

Sonic then realized that it was all a game of endurance. With that, Sonic smiled and just kept running, continuing to top the speed of the conveyor belt.

"Looks like your machine can't take the heat, Eggman!" Sonic then told the scientist with confidence.

The fat Eggman looked up and said, "If you think that this will make it easier for you, you're wrong. I'll have you beaten before this machine goes."

Then, from above the pod, in the ceiling, a hatch opened. Sonic looked up with worry, waiting for a turret to show up. Instead, a huge spiked ball fell and was pulled towards Sonic at frightening speeds.

"WHOA!"

Sonic pushed off from the floor and cleared the spiked ball easily. However, the challenge came when the conveyor he landed on again pulled him back dangerously close to the spike wall, which now had the ball extending the spikes closer towards Sonic.

"AHH!" Sonic cried out as he quickly pumped his legs as fast as he could to get back up to full speed. He was nearing the wall, but he regained enough speed to pull slowly away from the wall.

Eggman growled at the hedgehog, and said, "Well then, I guess I should up the ante."

Eggman pushed another button, though suddenly startled as more of his machine burned off, leaving him with about 7 inches of metal between the conveyor belt and his feet.

Then, this time, a large metal block fell from the ceiling, much taller than the first obstacle.

Sonic, whose running was starting to wear him down and bring sweat rolling down his face, made the jump to clear the box, but tripped right at the top.

"WAH! NO!!"

Sonic fell face first into the conveyor belt and starting moving backwards towards the wall again. The box was far behind him, but he saw it suddenly get crushed by all the moving parts.

"I'm NOT ending up like that!"

Sonic sprang to his feet once again and pushed as hard as he could to get away from the approaching death behind him.

"Oh no you don't!" Eggman roared, punching another button and, to the hedgehog's horror and pain, sped up the conveyor belt. However, by doing so, Eggman then jumped in total terror as his pod was ground up at an alarmingly faster rate. Now, he had not even 5 inches of metal left to stand on.

As for Sonic, the blue hedgehog was running himself ragged, literally. Sonic looked on though, determined to win.

Just a little longer, gotta keep going. Gotta save Amy.

With one last dive into his dwindling energy, he sped up just enough to keep advancing towards Eggman.

"I. Won't. Give. UP!" Sonic yelled with all due force, making clear that Eggman would never win.

"Then take this!" Eggman then shot back, jamming another button as his pod burned down to just 3 inches from the belt.

From the ceiling one last time, another box fell, but this time, the top had a crown of spikes to threaten Sonic's life one last time.

Sonic looked up at that insurmountable obstacle, which approached him in seconds.

His face reflected the intense fear and exhaustion he was feeling deep within himself, and he had a split second thought that he wouldn't make it.

But suddenly, as if in response to that thought, he felt as if he was suddenly frozen in time, given the time to rest.

And then, he looked up again, and he saw an image of Amy, floating above the box that was speeding towards him.

"You can do it, Sonic!"

Sonic gazed into the thin air where his mind convinced him Amy was, and he smiled, knowing that she was right.

With all the strength left in his body, Sonic leaped from the floor one last time. As he neared the top of the box, the image of Amy seemed to pull him over the box.

Sonic took Amy's hand as she helped him cross this obstacle that separated him from her.

"Stay strong, Sonic. I know you'll be here with me, and we'll get out of here together!"

Sonic nodded, though only in his mind, and came back down on the conveyor belt, continuing to speed up with renewed vigor and life.

Eggman looked at Sonic, whose bright smile angered him to no end. However, the sudden quaking beneath his feet made the scientist realize that there was no time anymore to worry about that.

Eggman looked down and nearly jumped out of his skin to see that he had less than an inch of metal left before he went down.

"GrrrrRRRRR!!! You got lucky this time, Sonic!" Eggman bellowed, then crushed another button under his pudgy fingers and opened his pod door behind him.

Sonic was relieved to feel the conveyor belt slow underneath him, but he kept his speed up to try and catch Eggman. Unfortunately, the scientist, after opening the wall behind him, had already jumped in his flying pod and was gone.

"Darn it!"

Sonic eventually got out of the death trapped room and finally stopped running, standing on immobile ground once again.

Sonic's legs quaked furiously, and he fell to the ground, his muscles and bones, his body in its entirety, drained through and through.

Sweat dripped from his face onto the ground below, Sonic's eyes shut as he panted from his exhaustion. However, he once again was surprised by the feeling that began under him: Warmth.

He felt his heart fill with happiness to see this new crystal, that glowed fiercely and beautifully pink, begin restoring him once again.

Then, like before, he saw Amy's image appear before him.

"You did it Sonic. I knew you would."

Though no one was there with him, Amy touched Sonic's face gently, caressing his worn face as he was filled with new energy, as the current Amy was really doing to the current Sonic.

Soon, Sonic felt his body renewed, and, as Amy helped him stand back up, he turned to her and said, "I promise Amy. I will be there for you very soon."

"Thank you Sonic."

They both exchanged a smile, deeply affectionate and caring, before Amy disappeared from Sonic and left the blue hedgehog smiling to himself.

Yes, Amy, I will get there to you.

Though Sonic hadn't realized yet that Amy was no longer with Eggman. She was in Stardust Speedway, tied to a pole so she couldn't squirm loose, a certain bitter robot thought.