Amy Rose at the Hunger Games
Chapter 4: "Being Allies"
As the sun was rising to start another day, Amy woke up feeling terrible. Her headache became worse then what it was last night. She knew she was dehydrating very badly. Her mouth felt completely dry, and was also feeling dizzy. She ate the remaining plants that she had, but it did not help her feel any better. Amy wanted to eat the last apple she had, but she knew it would be a waste. As she notice the sun was getting higher, she decided to pack up and start finding water. As she started climbing down from her tree, she got dizzy from her headache that she lost her footing on a branch and fell to the ground. She slowly got up.
"Ow!" She said as she was on her feet. She went to her traps and saw one of them caught only a squirrel. She put it in her backpack so hopefully, she can make a fire and cook it for later. She started off finding water when the sun was fully up. She walked for two hours and as she did, the arena was becoming hotter.
"Did they put any water in this arena?!" She thought angrily to herself. "Even a small puddle of water would do if they did."
After another hour later of walking, she was becoming weaker.
"This is terrible! I'm gonna die if I don't find water soon!" And that's when she became dizzy enough that she lost her balance and fell to the ground. She was too weak, that she couldn't get up.
"If Jet really wants to kill me, he can do it now while I'm down." She thought. Right now, the remaining tributes along with her, are still being televised on TV at the Capitol and at the seven Districts. She then remembered that right now, Cream and Mighty are watching her, and they can't do nothing. Her thoughts went to Cream. Was she crying that Amy might die, or was she being brave and encouraging Amy to get up and win? But right now, Amy was too weak that she couldn't get up. She found some strength in her that she moved herself to lay on her back. The sun was mostly covered by the trees around her, but she could feel the sun's warm rays beaming down on her.
"I thought I was gonna die by a tribute, or even dysentery, but I'm actually gonna die of dehydration. What a simple way to die!" She thought. She was beginning to lose hope on herself. She will never find water and will die here, and she will never see Cream or Mighty ever again.
"I guess now Sonic can win instead of me." She thought as she closed her eyes. Everything was peaceful and quiet around her, and she felt relaxed as her eyes were still closed when suddenly, she heard someone was walking. Whoever it was, it was coming to her. She panicked, but remained still. The footsteps became closer, and louder.
"If it's Jet I'm done for!" She thought as she opened her eyes to see someone familiar looking right down at her. She was surprised and relived to see who it was. It was Marine!
"Amy!" Marine cried out. She went to her knees next to Amy. How Marine founded her, Amy didn't know, but she was glad that she had someone now to help her and even trust.
"What's wrong Amy?" Marine asked. She somehow found the strength to talk to Marine.
"I...can't...find...water." She said. And that's when Marine stepped into to action. She helped Amy to a tree and had her resting on it. Marine then opened her backpack and gave Amy a water canteen.
"Here, drink this!" Amy was so thrilled to see water that she used whatever strength she had left and took the canteen from her. She then started taking small sips because she knew she would get sick if she drank too much water too fast in her condition. They both didn't said a word as Amy continued drinking the water, and Marine keeping an eye out for any tributes. After a while, Amy was starting to feel her headache and dizziness was going away. She drank a little more water at a time until a half hour later, she felt better.
"Thank you Marine!" She finally said after she finished half of the water canteen.
"You're welcome Amy." Marine replied. "Do you have a canteen of your own?" She asked.
"Just a water bottle, but its empty." Amy replied.
"Well then stay here, and let me go fill it for you then." Amy was surprised.
"So there is water in this arena after all." She thought. "Where's water?" She asked Marine.
"There's plenty around here. But there's one that's about a half a mile from here that I know of. I'll be back, just stay here." And before Amy could say anything, Marine went into her backpack, got the water bottle, and left to get her water.
Marine came back eighteen minutes later with Amy's water bottle that is now filled.
"Here you go Amy." She said as she handed the bottle to her.
"Thank you Marine!" Amy replied. "I'm sorry I drank almost all your water." Marine just shrugged and smiled.
"Don't worry, you needed it way more than I did. And don't worry, I'll get more water since there's plenty of it I'm sure of." During this, Amy was on her feet, feeling herself again. It was early in the afternoon, and she started feeling hungry and remembered her squirrel that she caught before.
"Wanna help me cooked a squirrel I caught?" Amy asked Marine. She beamed with excitement and nodded.
"Of course!"
So they found a safe spot and gathered leaves, sticks, and rocks, and made a small fire and cooked the squirrel. When it was done, they ate it along with some fresh plants that Amy founded and some berries that Marine had. It made Amy feel glad that she was with someone that's her sister's age, and it also great that she had someone to help, trust, and even talk to. She was beginning to feel lonely in this arena. After their meal, Amy remembered the last apple that she had in her backpack. She dugged into it and handed it over to Marine.
"Here, have my last apple." Marine looked surprised.
"Are you sure?" Marine asked.
"Yes, I want you to have it. I already had an apple last night." Marine smiled.
"Okay, thank you." Marine put it into her backpack. "Can we be allies?" Marine asked when she put her apple away. Amy looked at her.
"I have to! I really want to help her since she helped me. And I also want her to trust me." She thought.
"Of course I will! " Amy quickly responded.
"Alright cool!" Marine said happily. They were silent for a while. Amy was looking around admiring the beauty of the forest, and also hearing and looking out for the tributes. So far, they were not around, so Amy relaxed knowing they're safe and she didn't had to worry about them, even the Preps. She then started thinking about Sonic, hoping that he's fine.
"He's probably ok, I would've known or heard something by now." She concluded.
She turned to check on Marine when she seen her throwing a boomerang. Marine was focus on it that she didn't know Amy was watching. It was a beautiful boomerang Amy noticed. It was brown with pink tips, and it had a red heart in the middle on each side. Amy watched as Marine threw it a few feet, and expertly, catching it when it was at her reach.
"I like your boomerang, it's pretty!" Amy said. Marine catch the boomerang.
"Thanks. My mom got me this for my eight birthday. It's a play boomerang, and I always play with it whenever I'm not working at the factories."
"You're working to make clothes for the Capitol?" Amy was surprised to hear this. Marine is only twelve, she should be getting an education instead of working at a factory for long hours!
"Yup." Marine replied as she sighed. "A person starts to work in textile factories at the age of four in my District. You get to learn how to make, design, and clean clothes. There's a lot of factories there so you can find a factory very easily to work in. However, its hard work, and all the smoke we make is very bad for our health.
"How is it bad?" Amy asked.
"Well, the more we worked in factories, the more we pollute the air and it affects us. Some people are born with breathing issues like asthma. My little sister was born with it and had a bad asthma attack when she was three months and she died from it. Others like me are lucky to not have problems like that. And the children there does get an education, but we have to work a lot so that money can be brought in the homes. My dad is a teacher, and I work with my mom in a factory building. She's a designer, while I work as a tailor."
Right now, all that Marine is saying Amy knows the Gamemakers are blocking it out so that the Capitol or the Districts won't hear or know anything negative. The Capitol's people is clueless to what some of the people in the seven districts have to deal with. As Marine continued to talk about District 7, it disgusted Amy.
After a while, they were silent and Marine continued playing her boomerang while Amy was thinking of the Preps again.
"What do you think of the tributes Marine?" Amy asked. Marine looked at Amy as she catch her boomerang.
"Including us, we all stand an equal chance of winning." She said.
"True, but I don't know how we're gonna deal with the Preps, Marine." Amy said. "I know they're powerful since their in a group, and is more likely their going to help each other out as well as hunting the rest of us down."
"Don't forget Tails is a Prep too." Marine said. "He's from District 3."
"I know. But I'm not considering him as a threat like the others are." Amy replied. "It would be great if we do something that will knock them down a few so that they won't be powerful like they are now." She said. There was a short pause.
"Actually, I might have something that can maybe kill them." Marine said in a crafty way. Amy looked at her very surprised.
"You do? What is it then?!" Amy said. She hopes that whatever Marine has can be helpful enough to make them weak. Killing them, maybe, but she would like to see them weak and not be able to defend themselves.
Marine put down her boomerang next to her and opened her backpack. She took a grey, medium cone shaped sized object out of it. She showed it to Amy.
"Wanna know what it is?" Marine questioned. "I got this yesterday when the games started."
As Marine showed it to Amy, it only took one second for Amy to know what it is. Her eyes were wide open as she gasp in slight fear.
"It's a buzz bomber hive!" Amy said in a hysterical way.
Buzz bombers are half wasps, half robots that were created by the Capitol as a war instrument for the first revolt many years ago. After the war was over, the Capitol kept them for the Hunger Games, but some that did survive and escaped now lives in some districts. They shoot lashers that can be very lethal, and whenever Amy and Mighty are out hunting back at home and see a hive of them, they leave the area and never come back. Sometimes, the Gamemakers have them at random places in an arena, while on rare occasions, like now, they would have them in a backpack or put them somewhere else that a tribute can find and use on others. Buzz bombers live in colonies up to two to a hundred members and come in many different sizes and colors. But no matter what, their always deadly, and it's best to avoid them.
Amy continued looking at the buzz bomber hive, realizing it's sealed, so it can only be opened if it's been hit or thrown hard.
"It would be great to use it, but I don't know how we're going to use this hive on the Preps." Marine said. Amy looked at Marine and nodded. Suddenly, she came up with a good idea. It is risky she knew, but she's willing to attack the Preps with this hive by throwing it at them. Who knows how many buzz bombers are in this hive. It would be great if there's enough that will kill all of them.
"Got an idea of what we are going to do with it?" Marine asked. Amy looked at her with a beaming smile.
"Hold it carefully, I do have an idea!" She said. She was gathering all of her supplies.
"Why?" Asked Marine.
"We are going to find the Preps and use the buzz bomber hive on them." She replied.
"How are we going to use it on them? We don't know where they are." Marine questioned.
"Don't worry." Amy replied as she put her backpack on. Marine quickly knew they were leaving and she placed the hive down gently as she was gathering her stuff as well.
"They'll find us!" Amy said triumphantly. And with that, they started to find the Preps with the hive.
It was late in the afternoon and Amy and Marine still did not found the Preps. While they were searching for them, they went to look for more water for Marine and went back to Amy's traps and found that three squirrels and a crow were caught, and they quickly cleaned and cooked them. Amy also taught Marine what plants and berries were safe to find and eat when they found some. She also warned her what plants and berries were not safe to eat, such as pokeweed, which can be toxic. They were walking in the forest now. Even though Amy wanted to try to throw the hive on the Preps, she felt another part of her was saying that it was risky.
"One of us could get hurt or killed. Or worst, it could be both of us!" Amy thought, but kept it silent from Marine.
"And Sonic is with the Preps as well." Amy remembered. "We're putting his life at risk as well."
"Hey Amy?" Marine asked. Marine's speaking was enough that it made Amy stop in her thoughts.
"What is it Marine?" Amy asked.
"Come to think of it, how did Cream became your sister?"
"That's a good question." Amy thought to herself. She knows that the Capitol's people would love to hear how Cream was adopted into a family of hedgehogs. They love to learn a lot about the tributes and how they were brought up.
"Well, I was nine years old when she was adopted, and she was four." Amy started. "My mom couldn't have any more children so her and my dad decided on adopting. I didn't know nothing about it until one day they said to me that they're adopting a child from District 6's orphanage home. I was excited to hear that because I always wanted a little brother or sister. When we got there, my parents were to choose one out of three hedgehog kids that a worker thought they will like to adopt. I remember Cream was nearby sitting on a chair while holding a little dog plush. She was so small and full of energy. She saw us were watching her and she came to us and wanted to play with me. She was so sweet and fun that my parents immediately adopted her, not caring that she was a rabbit."
"Well that's nice of them doing that!" Marine said happily.
"Yea. I love Cream with all my heart! We were a happy family. Until five months later, our dad died in a mining accident. And then our mom died of pneumonia two years later." She said, and she had a feeling what she said got the Capitol's people very sadden to hear it, and maybe the Distric's people was sad to hear it as well.
"Sorry to hear that." Marine replied. Amy smiled knowing Marine really cared.
"Thanks, but it happened a while back, so I learned to move on from it." She said. Amy realized it was getting late.
"I think we should try to find a safe tree to sleep in for the night." Amy said, breaking the silence.
"I was thinking that too. I think it could be 5:54 right now."
As they were heading for a safe spot, Amy suddenly felt the area around her and Marine was tensed, and it did not felt safe. She stopped walking, standing perfectly still, listening and looking around her. She knew from hunting that if you feel wherever you are is not normal or safe, a deadly predator is around. She was right all the time, and always brought home coyotes, bobcats, and even a mountain lion once. She knew this skill will help her when out hunting, otherwise, she'll be dead by now. Marine notice Amy was standing still and she stopped walking.
"Amy what's wrong?" She questioned.
"Sshh, quiet for a second." Amy quickly said. She noticed Marine was looking scared now. Amy continued listening and looking. It was becoming even more tense now.
"I think the Preps found us Marine." She quietly said. Marine looked alarmed. There's no turning back now they knew, it was either use the hive or die!
"What are we gonna do?! I don't wanna die!" She quietly said.
"Just slowly, hand over the hive to me." Amy commanded. Marine listened and gently, gave the hive to her.
"Now listening," Amy quietly talked. "When I count on three, you and me, start running. Ok?" Marine quickly nodded.
At the corner of her right eye, just distance from them, Amy seen the Preps and even Sonic, were quickly coming, with weapons in their hands, ready to murder them.
"One," Amy started counting. Marine saw them, she stood in fear, but was ready to run.
"Two," She counted again at the same time she heard Jet said: "It's her with Marine! Let's get them!", and then she seen Silver threw a spear that was aiming right towards them.
"Three!" Amy cried out and they started to run just in time before the spear was going to hit Marine. Amy and Marine was now being chased by the Preps, she could hear them chanting battle cries and talking to each other.
"I don't care who kills Marine as long as I kill Amy!" She heard Jet cried out. Amy looked behind her once to see all but Wave was with them. She feared that Wave was hiding somewhere just to catch her by surprised with a knife to injure her so that Jet can easily kill her. More spears were thrown at them, but each one missed. Amy quickly thought what Cream and Mighty are liked right now. Their probably filled with fear and worriedness about her. The chase still continued, and Amy knew it can't last long. They got to do something. If they don't do anything quick, then they won't see tomorrow. As they kept running, Amy noticed a tree that was perfect to climb on, and she quickly came up with an idea.
"Marine, when I say go, you run to climb in that tree over there and don't look back!" Amy said.
"But what about you?" Marine quickly questioned.
"Don't worry about me, trust in me that I'll be safe!" It took Marine two seconds to nod and understand that she has to listen to Amy so they can both live.
"Ready?" Amy then said, she could hear the Preps and Sonic getting closer.
"Go!" She cried, and Marine ran to the tree and did not looked back as she was told. Amy immediately knew what to do next and she quickly turned around and she threw the hive at the Preps.
She continued running as the Preps stopped to watch the hive in the air, not knowing what it was. Before it even hit the ground, Sonic knew what Amy was doing and ran away. The Preps didn't knew his absence and what was going to happen next when the hive hit the ground and split opened. Twelve buzz bombers emerged and as soon as they saw the Preps, they saw them as a threat and started shooting their lethal lasers at them. Not knowing what the buzz bombers were but knowing they were in danger, the Preps screamed in fear and tried to fight away the buzz bombers. The more they fought them, the angrier the buzz bombers were becoming. While this was happening, Amy met Marine up the tree and were watching at a safe distance. Amy's eyes were glued to everything that was going on.
"We can't fight them! Run away, run away!" Jet cried out. Both he and Silver tried to run away in different directions, but some of the buzz bombers were chasing them.
"Help me! Don't let me die here!" Blaze cried out. Silver and Jet was shot a couple of times, but she got the worse from the buzz boomers and was on her hands and knees. The lethal poison was now taking effect on her. The rest of the buzz bombers were still shooting her.
"Get away, get away!" She cried. She tried to chase them away by waving her hands and arms, but it made it worse. Suddenly, Amy gasped as when Blaze passed out from the poison, Blaze had a weapon that Amy was longing to get for a long time.
"She has my bow and arrows!" She cried out. Marine looked at her.
"Don't tell me you're going to try getting them?!" Marine said very nervously. Amy looked at her.
"I got to Marine. This is my one and only chance to get them and if I don't, I'll won't have them. Marine, I promise, I'll be careful and I'll be safe." Marine just stared at Amy thinking, then she nodded.
A cannon was heard from a distance and Amy turned to see the lifeless body of Blaze was still being swarmed by the buzz bombers. After a while, they knew she was dead and they were slowly flying away.
"Now's my chance." Amy quickly thought, knowing that Jet, Silver, Sonic, or maybe Wave would come, or a hoover car will come and collect her body, along with anything that she has. She climb down from the tree and slowly came over to Blaze's body. She made sure that the buzz bombers were gone and she bended down to get the bow and arrows. Even though she was calm, she was horrified to see Blaze was covered with severely swollen bruises because of the lasers that was shot at her. She carefully, yet proudly placed the quiver full of arrows on her, and took the bow that was lying next to Blaze. She quickly noticed that she had a bomb bracelet on her. Amy just shook her head in disbelief thinking that whatever power she had, would've saved her if she was allowed to use it. She was starting to stand up when she heard someone came. She quickly looked up and her heart dropped with fear when she saw Jet was standing a few feet from her. She noticed that Jet had some small bruises on him, but it wasn't enough to kill him. He was shock to see Amy and to her, he looked dazed and confused. He first looked at Amy, then Blaze, he looked at her for a long time. Amy just stood still, but was getting ready to get an arrow and kill Jet. Then he looked at Amy again, now getting back to his senses, he had his sword raised.
"I finally found you, you pathetic pink pincushion!" Jet cried out.
Amy was fully standing and was ready to shot an arrow at Jet when something blue came and knocked Jet to a tree. It was Sonic! Amy was caught off guard, and was very surprised that he was here and saved her. He quickly looked at Amy before Jet was on his feet again.
"Run Amy, save yourself!" Jet toppled him and they were fighting, with Jet using his sword and Sonic spin dashing him. Amy grab an arrow and had it aimed at Jet.
"No don't!" Sonic said before doing another spin dash attack on Jet. "Save yourself and Marine! Go somewhere safe! I can handle Jet on my own, just go!"
"I can't let you fight him on your own! He'll kill you!" Amy quickly said, the arrow was still aimed for Jet, and whenever he came close to Amy, Sonic stopped him.
"It's better for me to die then you Amy! Just leave now or you'll never see Cream again!" Sonic said just as he dodge a sword attack from Jet.
Amy slowly lowered the bow down and was holding the arrow in one hand, she can't believe this is happening.
"Marine let's go!" Amy cried out to Marine. She was already down from the tree and was staying out of the chaos. Amy and Marine immediately ran away while Amy looked back and saw Sonic was fighting Jet with everything he had. She feared this would be the last time that she'll ever see him.
Author's Notes:
I thank you for reading my forth chapter of "Amy Rose at the Hunger Games". If you hadn't read my other chapters yet, then please do. Also, if you like this chapter, then please give me a review or like it. My future chapters will be in between 3,000 to 5,000 words, so expect more chapters like this at this length. I'll be publishing chapter five, "Gone to soon" on December 9, 2017. Remember, since this crossover is also about The Hunger Games, there will be death and battle scenes in the chapters, so please read with caution!
Please remember: I do not own any of the Sonic characters, and even the Hunger Games itself. I'm a fan of both franchises that I thought it would be fun to put both of them in one crossover story for fun and for you to enjoy reading, and not to make money out of, so I take no credit for anything here. All credits of the Sonic characters and ownership of them goes to SEGA, and credits goes to Susanne Collins, who wrote, and owns the Hunger Games trilogy.