Thank you for reading, I hope you like it. I am going to try to fit this idea into two chapters, we'll see how it goes. Sonic X universe (but it has Dr. Robotnik from the conic's, he's more evil ;)

Inspired by Because of You by Kelly Clarkson.

WARNING! This might be disturbing to some viewers. I realize that what is written here grates against everything we have been taught, but I beg of you to give it a chance. If you think about it enough it does make sense, I swear.

Chapter 4: Because of You Part 1

"Haha! Oh, Sonic. You should have known I wouldn't let you get her back just like that. And because that was such a pathetic try I don't know if I should let her live."

Dr. Robotnik circled Sonic, smiling. Our blue hero laid there, curled in upon himself. It hadn't been fair, it never was. Sonic had been distracted by the sight of Amy trapped below the floor in a glass chamber. She was badly beaten but still standing, trying to break the glass with her Piko Piko hammer.

"Are you listening?" Robotnik yelled at Sonic, who was staring At Amy. "Guards! Let's show Sonic not to ignore me when I'm talking, shall we?"

The robotic guards began to advance upon Sonic, who was ready for them. "No, that's not what I had in mind."

Not ready for that, Sonic looked sharply up, suspicious of what Robotnik did have in mind. He didn't have to wait long. Moments later the guards appeared below him in the glass chamber Amy was being held in. She backed up to the wall, her hammer held in front of her, but she was too weak to do any damage with it. Bruises and scratches covered her arms and it was no fight to get her only weapon away from her.

Even through the thick glass Sonic heard the screams. He could see every blow that came to her as if outside his own body. A fraction of his brain, beyond shock, reflected that he had never experienced life as if not attached to the world. Well, once. * The majority of his brain, however, was focused on the fact that Amy was being brutally tortured right before his eyes and he was powerless to stop it. The serum injected into him after a brief unconscious minute had rendered his legs completely useless.

"No," he said, fists curling. "She can't leave me..."

Robotnik was too engrossed in the sick show in front of him to notice Sonic darken dramatically. As if there were not toxins coursing through his veins, he got up.

A smile crept across his face as he slowly turned around to face his enemy with as much sanity as sharks have bones.

"You can't beat me Sonic. Your girl is as good as dead." The "doctor" said without turning around, he hadn't noticed Sonic's transformation, hadn't seen him cross the border of insanity.

No one ever heard from Ivo Robotnik again.

Several seconds after a dark purple blur streaked away the entire base and surrounding hill exploded.

"S-Sonic," Amy slurred, "You saved me."

She flinched when he looked down at her in his arms. His pupils were gone; those deep green eyes she had come to adore were awash in white. A small shiver traveled up her spine, causing her to groan. Everything was bruised, and she was pretty sure there a few broken things too.

They were back at her house before she had the chance to say anything more. She had never seen him like this before, his care-free nature replaced with this sinister presence. He set her down on her bed and stood there. She would have found it creepy, and a little scary, but she was too tired and beaten to remain conscious, sleep soon claimed her.

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Amy stared up at him from the ground, he was about to deliver another blow. Things had been like this since her rescue two months earlier. She closed her eyes and tried not to think, but she couldn't help it, she never could.

When she woke up that morning he was still there, but he had fallen asleep in the chair next to the bed. He had returned to his regular azure self.

She healed in time, though she was left with a scar running the length of her right check. After that the sight of Amy seemed to anger Sonic, his temper faired even at the simple things. This time it had been spilt coffee. She hadn't been paying attention and had dropped the mug. She watched it fall knowing she was going to pay for it. She always did.

After the "incident" Sonic had moved in and began to dominate every aspect of Amy's life. He told her when she could go out and when she had to be back, who she could talk to and who she had to stay away form. Her friends had tried to reach out to her, asking where she got her scar, wondering why she didn't talk to them anymore. It was easier to just say nothing. If they knew they wouldn't understand. She was happy… She was happy. Every time she thought it it felt like a lie, but she loved him enough to take what he did to her.

"Get up," he growled.

She groaned, remembering where she was.

He shook her shoulders until she looked at him, "I said get up."

She did.

"Go to town, people will start to worry if you don't. Talk to no one, just buy the things on the list that sitting by the door." He refused to look at her when he said this.

She nodded, not trusting her voice not to break, a sign of weakness she knew he hated in her, but before she reached the door he stopped her with a hand on her arm.

He looked at her scar-he couldn't see her eyes anymore-and spoke softly, "I love you."

She nodded, this was why she stayed.

Once she had reached the supermarket she quickly went to the isles to get the things she needed. The faster she got out of here the better, she didn't want questions.

Just as she had the door in sight she heard a shrill voice behind her.

"AMY!" It called; she knew exactly who it came from.

She turned around, a fake smile plastered on her face, "Cream!"

"I can't believe I ran into you here! You haven't been around much. How's Sonic?"

"He's good, he's great."

"Good!" Cream exclaimed, oblivious as always of the tension in the conversation. "I knew we shouldn't have worried! Rouge said you were unhappy. I didn't believe her, but it seems she was right about the scar! How'd you get that?"

"I…uh…fell," she said lamely, not knowing what to say but not wanting to tell the truth.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!"

"It's okay, I'm fine now. Sonic's been helping me. I was hurt pretty badly for a while." The lie slipped off her tongue like turpentine.

"Alright, well it was sure nice seeing you Amy!"

"Same." Before any more words could be exchanged Amy turned on her heels and headed back to her house. She knew she was going to get it. She was late and he always knew when she had spoken to someone.

*Midnight Mustang wrote a beautiful example of this in Composite Ch. 1.

For those of you who are left, I thank you for giving it a chance. See, if you stick it through it's not too bad, right? Let me know. Don't be afraid to tell me what you want to see next, in this sequence or the next.

This was part one. I knew I couldn't fit it all into one chapter so I split it up! Thanks for reading and feel free to leave a comment. ~J