Again, this took way too long to update, and I'll try to work with my schedule and writer's block…lol. Before I continue, however, I feel it appropriate to acknowledge my reviewer. =)

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And, just so you know, if you review, you'll be on this list…well, it's actually rather short right now… anyway, I feel better, so, let Chapter 4 begin!

Chapter 4

The Deep Hole

"Is it done?"

"No, not yet."

A pause.

"Is it done?"

"No, Sonic!" Tails answered a little exasperated. "And the more you ask, the longer-"

"Yeah, yeah, I know," the blue hedgehog answered, looking around anxiously. "But, Amy and Cream- they could be hurt by now- it's been five hours-"

"I know!" Tails said. "But Eggman doesn't kill people for the fun of it. He won't kill 'em. He'll wait for us."

"But he could be torturing them," Sonic suggested.

"Yeah, he could be, but we won't find out until I'm done. So, stop talking!"

"You're acting like you don't care."

"I do, Sonic!" Tails replied.

Sonic shrugged, and decided to go on a run while he waited for Tails to finish fixing the Tornado. In a flash, he was gone with the wind, but his thoughts stayed with Amy-erm- the girls.

As Sonic ran, he again, wondered why his thoughts about Amy had changed. Like he had 'concluded' last time, it was probably the fact she didn't chase him around as she did. But, even then, he had felt different around her. He had always been more protective over her then the others, even though she could take care of herself better then Tails could have five years earlier. He had always wanted to please her, and almost every time he ran from her he'd feel confused until the wind would catch up with his fur (which never took very long). Yet, even as the wind pushed frantically past him, his thoughts focused on the bubbly pink hedgehog.

He couldn't live this way forever, wondering about his friend in this way. Eventually, Amy wouldn't be able to 'hide' her love as well as she was now, Sonic imagined. Her heart was already in pieces, thanks to him, and he wondered if it was possible to ever apologize completely…unless, he went with her without second thought.

"No," Sonic told himself forcefully. "I don't know what I think and Eggman…"

He closed his eyes for a second, before opening them again so he wouldn't crash into some tree that decided to stand in his way. Even though Amy was strong, Eggman could still hurt her…Yet another reason to not jump into anything series with her.

Suddenly, instead of a tree deciding to jump up in front of him, grey ruins, similar to those of on Angel Island stood in Sonic's way, and he skidded to a halt. He hadn't noticed these around before, which said something, considering how often he ran around.

Maybe they had just been built. But, that couldn't be possible, they looked even older then the ruins on Angel Island.

A small breeze played with the bright green leaves of the nearby trees, bringing with it a smell that was all too familiar to Sonic. Amy (and Cream but he didn't know it) mixed in with the smell of robots and a base full of security alarms.

So this is where Eggman's base had been for the last six months.

Instantly, Sonic thought about how Amy- and Cream- would be here. After all, their smell was in the wind.

'That tells me I ran from Amy too much and I know she was close to catching me by her smell, or…' Sonic thought, shifting his feet uncomfortably.

Slowly, the blue hedgehog moved forward, wondering where Eggman's entrance was…or, now that he thought of it, if he was just smelling wild blue berries that smelled like Amy's spines. Lifting his left foot, he kept moving forward, until, suddenly, the ground beneath him fell, and Sonic let out a slight shriek as he began to fall down the dark hole. Reaching out his hands, Sonic desperately tried to find some underground root to grab onto, or some miss-placed rock. His eyes full of panic could see absolutely nothing but darkness, and…what was that, down below him?

Not caring enough about that speck of something below him, he again turned his attention to grabbing onto the wall, for, who wanted to fall and die? Ok, well, Sonic wouldn't die, but we all know what I mean.

The wind in his ears was picking up, he was falling faster. Looking back up at the small amount of light, Sonic suddenly laughed. This-this life/death situation- was actually fun! (Do we recall episode 3 from Sonic X here?) His laughing picked up, he felt like he was five years old again, with his family, as he was running as fast as he could, showing them just how fast he could go…

When he felt his hands find a rock, and he saw that he was only inches from reaching the bottom.

Smooth.

Chuckling one last time, Sonic reminded himself of his mission. Maybe he should go get Tails. He would be able to help him. Just as he was about to find a way back up the hole again, the light from the top suddenly began to decrease, and Sonic realized that a metal device of some sort was covering the hole back up again. There was no way out.

Sonic almost began to panic, until he realized something. Obviously if there was such a deep hole as this, and a metal device closing the gap in the hole, Eggman had something to do with it, which meant he wasn't far off; which meant Amy-and Cream- shouldn't be too far off either.

All at once, Sonic realized he could still see. There was light down here! Scanning the room (for it had not just been an ending tunnel of doom) Sonic saw light bulbs hanging from the ceiling, only some of them lit. It was now for sure, that someone, and most likely Eggman, was behind this deep 'hole' business.

As silent as a mouse, Sonic began to walk forward within the tunnel, hoping to find something or someone. The tunnel was quiet, except for a constant sound of some eerie whistle, a ring in Sonic's ears.

Suddenly, a different sound meant Sonic's ears. A sound he knew well. The words were pretty familiar too, to be exact.

"I just wonder if you know…he actually cares about me."

Yup, it was Amy.

Yeah…I think this chapter is long enough and now seemed like a good time to stop lol. Anyway, let me know what you think! This chapter is so much different then the original, it's like I'm making a total new story…please review, and if you do, I'll probably update sooner!