A/N: How stupid am I? I forgot to put a chapter up before the last one I put up. I'm an idiot. Make sure you go back and read that. You don't have to the story still makes sense but it just shows what happened when Sonic leaves. Sorry
"Is she ever coming back?"
"Sure she is, sweetie." Vanilla patted Cream sweetly on the head and pulled her into a hug.
Knuckles sighed and pounded his fist together. Not being able to do anything about the situation was really getting to him. "I'm gonna go for a walk," Knuckles mumbled.
"Okay, but don't do anything reckless," Vanilla warned.
"Hmph, yeah." Knuckles walked out of the workshop hastily, letting the door slam behind himself. As soon as the cool night breeze hit Knuckles face, he sighed and loosened up.
"What's with you?"
Knuckles looked up and seen Rouge flying over head; a mischievous look on her face. "Why should I tell you?"
Rouge dropped in front of Knuckles and crossed her arms over her chest. "No need to get snippy. Sheesh."
Knuckles rolled his eyes and crossed his arms. Rouge made herself comfortable and sat down cross-legged on the front step of Tails' workshop. She patted the spot next to herself and winked. If she was going to get anything out of Knuckles she would have to be nice, and hopefully get his attention while she was at it.
Knuckles didn't seem to notice the wink and plopped down next to Rouge, arms still folded and a scowl on his face.
"Come on Knux. What's the matter?" Rouge laid her head innocently on the echinda's shoulder and batted her eyelashes.
Knuckles sighed and gave in, " I'm worried about Amy. She hasn't come back yet. She might be in trouble. I wish Tails would call on the communicater already."
"Stop worrying." Rouge stretched her legs out in front of Knuckles, in hopes that he would notice, but failed miserably when Knuckles looked away at the same moment.
"Tails will call soon. Sonic's just as worried about Amy as you guys, if not more. Amy is a strong girl, believe it or not. She's okay."
Knuckles shrugged. "If you say so."
***
Bang!
Amy stepped out of the smoke and debris from the fallen door, hammer in hand. Her dress was coated with a thin layer of dirt and damp from perspiration. Her chest was moving up and down rapidly, but she still stood triumphantly; hammer slung over her shoulder. She placed her foot on top of a pile of newly wrecked robots and smirked.
A new set of robots emerged from the corner of the tiny gray room, red eyes blinking to life, stepping towards Amy. Amy felt her ear twitch slighty and spun around out of instinct.
"Sensor lock on."
"Not on my watch."
***
"Sonic gone, hmm?" A smile played across Eggman's face, "This is perfect for my plans."
Eggman flexed his fingers and started to punch his fingers down quickly along the keyboard that sat in front of him.
Bang…Bang.
Eggman spun around in his black leather chair towards the door. A smile etched itself on Eggman's face again as he readied himself for the person on the other side of the door. This was going to be very interesting.
"Intruder alert! Intruder alert!"
Seconds later the metal door burst down revealing a pink hedgehog.
"I've been expecting you, Amy."
Amy stared daggers at Eggman and crossed her arms over her chest.
"He just knew I was coming, huh?Could've did without the welcoming committee though."
"I want your help," Amy said breathlessly.
"I knew you would. What can I help you with, my dear?"
Eggman smiled slyly and stood up from his chair to bow in front of Amy. In his eyes, Amy was very much vunerable, which means it's the perfect time to get inside her head. Without Sonic parading around, Amy was less confident about taking care of herself.
Amy took a step away from Eggman. "I…I just wanna get away for a while. The others are on my trail. I don't wanna go back there. I can't handle it."
Eggman's smile was fully spread across his face by the time Amy finished. Which is better? The fact that she came to him for help? Or the fact that she wants to stay with him? It was all to perfect. "So you wanna stay…with me?"
"You know what this is stupid. Forget it." Amy turned to walk away. She mentally slapped herself. Of all people why had she come to Eggman for help? The truth is that she was desperate. Very desperate.
"No, wait! It's not stupid. I really wanna help you, Amy. Honest. Trust me."
Eggman outstretched his hand towards Amy. Amy turned to Eggman; eyebrow raised. Eggman is never true to his word. What makes matter so different this time? Amy tried to think, but no other choice was clear to her.
"What am I doing?"
Amy sighed and placed her hand into Eggman's, "Deal."
***
"Hey Knuckles. What's up? You were trying to reach me?"
"YEAH I'VE BEEN TRYING TO REACH YOU! JUST WHAT THE-" Rouge snatched the communicator away from Knuckles and listened to Tails.
"Sheesh! Calm down, Knuckles. What's going on?"
"Thanks to Sonic's lovely little confession to Amy, she's gone missing," Rouge explained.
Tails moved the communicator away from his ear, due to the noise on the other end. The movement of the two wrestilng could be heard over the fuzzy connection until the connection was lost all together.
"Well so much for keeping in touch. Hey, Sonic!" Tails made his way down the cement stairs of an abandoned stadium they found in an deserted area while looking for a place to train.
The stadium was pretty old. The cement was cracked, the grass hadn't been cut and turned into a jungle, and the weight lifting equipment on the field was covered in cob webs. But thanks to Sonic and Tails handy work, well mostly Sonic's speedy cleaning, the place looked like it was brand new.
Sonic was stretching himself out before putting his hands on a pair of weights. He really was working hard. After him and Tails fixed up the stadium for their training ground, Sonic immediately started working out. Tails knew Sonic was taking his training seriously and didn't wanna add the weight of Amy missing on his shoulders. After reconsidering his decision, Tails turned away from the field and started to go get the sleeping bags.
"Where ya going, buddy?"
Tails froze in place. He gulped and turned to face Sonic, "Um…"
Sonic stepped in front of Tails and started to jog in place. "You talk to the others?"
Tails felt himself stutter, "W-well…about that. Maybe you should slow down a bit Sonic. Your going to over do it."
"Get to the point, Tails!"
"Well, er, Amy is kinda missing. I tried to ask Knuckles what happened but I lost the connection to him and Rouge."
Sonic's face dropped instantly and he stopped jogging in place. Worry and guilt started to set in over Sonic like a thunderstorm. What if Eggman got a hold of her and he wasn't there to save her? Knuckles, alone, might not be able to save her.
"I hope she's alright," Sonic said worriedly.
Tails sighed and patted Sonic on the shoulder reassuringly. "She's alright, Sonic. She's Amy. She'll be fine. What we really need to focus on is where we're going to be staying as long as we're here."
"Your right, Tails."
"I'll go get the sleeping bags. Looks like we'll be sleeping under the stars tonight, "Tails said before leaving.
As soon as Tails was out of sight, Sonic dropped to his knees and pounded the ground angrily with his fist.
"Amy…"