Sonic Evil 3
Chapter 4 – Kitchen Surprises
The restaurant, a familiar place to Amy as she had visited the place several times with friends and family however now it looked disheveled with glass scattered in pieces across the floor and tables, plates with cutlery and condiments were placed on the tables or strewn about the floor. Checking the booths for any sign of the white hedgehog, she couldn't see any trace of him, she decided to check in the back but that proved false as he wasn't here either, it seemed like he'd completely disappeared. Sighing at the fact that she'd managed to lose him, she made her way out the back door and into the shopping district, taking care of the few zombies that inhabited the area she found herself in front of the double doors that lead to the Raccoon City Council building. She noticed that the doors were bared by the metal grated doors that were controlled by a panel that held a significant number of coloured gems, at first glance it looked like they were all set in place but upon closer inspection she discovered that the blue and green gems were missing. Digging into her pocket she pulled out the blue gem that she'd retrieved earlier in the Police Station and set it in place on the panel, it lit for a few seconds but nothing happened.
"Looks like I'm gonna need to find the Green gem before I can proceed, it's got to be around her somewhere" guessed Amy
Turning back towards the shopping district she headed back to the restaurant, after searching but finding nothing she saw the only other place left was the underground storage but why it would be down there was a complete mystery. Finding a fire hook she opened the storage door but before she go down the ladder a thud from behind her caused her to stop, her heart raced as she thought that one of the infected was behind her.
"Who's there… come out!" commanded Amy
"Whoa! Calm down lady I ain't no zombie… My name's Silver, Corporal of Umbrella's Biohazard Countermeasure force, what's your name?" answered Silver
Silver was a white hedgehog, his quills were styled into five individual spikes at the front of his face with two downward facing spikes at the back of his head, a set of golden yellow eyes outlined by thick black markings, a tan muzzle and a patch of white fur around his neck. His uniform consisted of a Khaki Green Shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the top of his arms, a black tactical vest that depicted the U.B.C.S logo on the back, light green trousers, black kneepads, combat boots and fingerless gloves.
"Amy, did you just say you belonged to Umbrella's army?" inquired Amy
"Yeah, we came all the way out here to rescue you civilians but the mission went bad the minute we landed" replied Silver
Amy stared at him as he said the word Umbrella, a name she was all to accustomed with already since the mansion incident, what she couldn't believe it that he said he was there to rescue any civilians from this nightmare.
"Don't look at me like that what did I say?" questioned Silver
As she was about to reply they both heard the back door open, at first they thought it was another living being but then they heard someone say S.T.A.R.S before growling loudly.
"No way! How did he find me?" gasped Amy
With quick thinking Amy ushered Silver out of the kitchen and hid them just behind the wall underneath the service counter right before Nemesis stood in front of the open hatch. With his back turned to them, Amy grabbed hold of an oil lamp that was still lit from the counter and threw it right at the gas cylinders lined against wall, which for some reason had begun to seep out. The result was a big explosion as the kitchen exploded that crumpled the wall that they hiding behind however not enough for it to completely collapse but enough to knock out Nemesis.
"Are you crazy? You could have barbecued both of us!" indicated Silver
With nemesis down for the count, Amy and Silver took the opportunity to escape out the back door, the empty back alley of the shopping district gave the two the chance to catch their breaths and figure out their next move.
"That was crazy back there, what went through your mind to make you pull that kind of stunt?" asked Silver
"I've been through a lot in the past month and that thing back there was just the icing on the cake, its followed me since I ran into it at the police station where it… where it killed one of my friends" answered Amy
"I'm sorry about that" said Silver
"Thank you… I have to ask you something" requested Amy
"I know you want to ask me out right? All the foxy ladies love my accent it drives them crazy" exaggerated Silver
"What? Keep dreaming… tell me why did Umbrella send your team in?" asked Amy
"We're here to rescue the civilians" replied Silver
"Don't lie to me Umbrella is the reason this whole mess began" Said Amy angrily
"Look we're just mercenaries, hired hands do you really think the master would tell his dogs why they have to retrieve the stick he just threw?" questioned Silver
There was an awkward silence created between them as they stood in the back alley, Amy couldn't c grasp what Silver had just told her, from the start she believed Umbrella were the soul creators of the nightmares that she and the S.T.A.R.S teams had encountered at the mansion and what had enslaved the city. Here stood someone she thought she could trust someone that she could escape the city with but could she trust someone who was hired by Umbrella?
"If you want answers you should talk to someone else, I am not with Umbrella… believe it or not we're only here to rescue the civilians, if you can trust me then help us… think about it" requested Silver
Amy was left alone as Silver ran off to complete his own agenda, upon first meeting him he seemed a genuine and honest hedgehog, someone she could trust but was she going to let her hatred of Umbrella get in between them? Only time would tell but for now she had one thing on her mind and that was to find the missing Green Gem for the Clock control panel to City Hall.