Sonic, Tails, and Amy had gotten to Station Square and Tails, with the bird, split up from them deciding to go look around the city for spare parts for his machines. Sonic and Amy decided to meet back in front of Casinopolis later that night to discuss where to go next.
Casinopolis was lit with neon colors. Its rich yet darker look gave it a late night club feel and in the center of all this stood a giant gold Sonic and Tails. It was the first thing Sonic noticed when he walked in with Amy.
"Since when does Tails have a statue right next to mine?"
"Since he helped you destroy the Death Egg." Amy answered.
"Tails helped me? I remember flying up towards it with my plane, The Tornado but something happened and he couldn't make it into the Death Egg with me."
They both still stared at the statue before continuing on. "Where exactly is the Chaos Emerald in this place?" Amy asked look around confused.
"See that gold room? If we go through those giant red doors it reveals a massive room with a Chaos Emerald on the top shelf. In order to reach it we have to place the coins we get on a button and it stacks them up. Once we have enough we can grab the emerald and leave." Sonic explaining anxious to go play his favorite giant pinball machine.
Amy looked at him, "Or why don't we just take the emerald? It's not like we're stealing it, we're using it to save the world."
"Amy! I am surprised at you. Cheating is not one of the things you're known for." Sonic said semi-sarcastically.
"We don't have time for games, Time Traveler. We need this emerald now!"
Sonic laughed at Amy and then stopped when he noticed something very off about the casino. "Aren't there usually more people in this place at this hour?"
Amy realized it too, "You're right. Where is everyone?"
The two hedgehogs walked in opposite directions around the statue in the center and examined the area. Everything seemed fine except for the lack of people. They met up once they made it 180 degrees around the circle. "We should really just take the emerald, I have a bad feeling about this." Amy said beginning to get cautious.
Suddenly there was a noise of the door being opened. Sonic and Amy couldn't see it from there side of the statue but went back to back. Sonic got into a running position while Amy took our her hammer. This was the first time Sonic had seen her take it out. It was the same red and yellow as his dimension's Amy but looked heavier. The footsteps approached Sonic's side causing Amy to turn around and Sonic to get ready to attack. A figure came out from behind the statue.
"Sonic, Amy? What are you two doing in here?" Asked a police officer.
Sonic and Amy took a sigh of relief before Sonic spoke, "We're here to get the Chaos Emerald."
"Didn't you hear? Somebody, or something, stole it an hour or two ago. We had to evacuate the casino, people claim to have seen nothing suspicious but after seeing that blue alien thing yesterday we have to stay on our toes."
"Darn, sounds like Eggman doesn't want me to have any fun." Sonic began, "Amy, we need to get to the sewer."
She looked at him disgustedly, "Why there? It'll be all cramped and dirty."
"Not their sewers, they have a giant underground tunnel. In my dimension Eggman hid all his robots under there and I'm sure it's no different here."
The police man stared oddly at Sonic, "Your dimension?" He asked.
Amy quickly covered, "Sonic's just comparing lateral universes to dislateral universes as a way of explaining what he thinks it going on."
The policeman nodded pretending to understand, "Well, if there's anything I can do to help I'll be waiting outside. I know you two can handle yourselves but be careful. We don't want to lose you again, Sonic." He walked away and out the casino leaving Sonic and Amy alone once again.
"He's right, what if he does capture you like he captured Sonic?" Amy asked. "I hate saying it but we need you if we wanna find our Sonic."
Sonic nodded, "Like I said, I know how Eggman works. His plan is never to kill me or at least not this point in time, just control me. I've been captured by him before and escaped every time. We just need to make sure we get to him before he gives Chaos the emerald."
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Amy began walking towards the showers.
"Where are you going?" Sonic asked watching her.
"I figured the showers lead to the sewers right?"
"Yes, but that's not the way we want to go. The beginning of the sewers start in a hole at the bottom of the giant pinball table." Sonic explained.
Amy walked towards him and they walked towards the neon blue sign. "How are we supposed to get into the hole if its on the table?" She asked.
"Ever heard of hedgehog pinball?" With that Sonic stepped into the elevator and it brought him up into a booth, a few seconds later Amy was there next to him. "Ready to play?" Amy looked at him in disbelief. No later did Sonic jump off the booth onto the table and roll straight down into the gutter area. Amy watched him roll down until he went below the booth and was lost from sight. She then shook her head and jumped down.
Sonic landed in the narrow hallway first. Amy soon came from above and clumsily landed behind him. "You good?" Sonic asked. Amy nodded and cleaned off her outfit.
"I thought you said this sewer wouldn't be narrow." Amy asked looking around at the metal which surrounded them.
"Its not, well this part is I guess. We just have to go up this ramp, use the fans to blow us upward and eventually we should get to an area that will lead us to the showers. Sometime between the ramp and the showers we should see Eggman's badniks. Actually, I thought I remembered them coming straight towards me as soon as I landed." Sonic looked around and started walking up the ramp. Amy stayed close to Sonic and pulled her hammer out. They were silent for a good minute with the only sounds that of dripping condensation and the fans that were close by. "Let's speed up. I have a feeling Eggman's decided to do something trickier this time."
Sonic went to go dash off but Amy grabbed his arm, "When you were telling me how you were from another dimension in the Mystic Ruins, Tails mentioned how he couldn't let you be seen by Eggman. Maybe I should go on alone, I don't want our possibly most powerful surprise advantage to be seen. If we want to destroy Chaos quickly we'll want you to be a surprise."
The blue hedgehog contemplated the idea. He wasn't the type of guy to pull back on a mission, and definitely not something like this. "I'm coming with you," he started, "If we see anything I'll hide right away. I'm sure you and your hammer can deal just fine."
"We have before with Metal Sonic and we'll do it again." Amy said patting the hammer.
Sonic ignored the fact that he was the one who defeated Metal Sonic without Amy's help. "Alright. Let's move!" Sonic grabbed Amy's free hand and ran forward through the sewer. When they got to the fans Sonic and Amy simply flew up until they reached the hallway they wanted to go into. Eventually they made it to a large room with trash on either side of them piled up as high as the ceiling. Down the hallway they could see a ladder with a light coming from above it. When they started walking Amy looked down and noticed they were walking in shallow, blue-green water.
"This is gross, Time Traveler." Amy said disgustedly. Sonic laughed at her and continued moving forward. Suddenly a splash was heard from behind them and they quickly turned around. Nothing was there except for ripples slowly making their way towards them. "Somebody's here. Time Traveler, it's time for you to hide."
Sonic nodded and looked around for something to hide behind but there was nothing. "There's nothing to hide behind, looks like I'm staying."
"Oh no you don't!" Amy grabbed Sonic and then pushed him into a pile of trash up against the walls. He vanished into the trash for a few moment before popping his head out.
"You've got to be kidding me!" He spat, "I'm gonna smell like garbage when I get outta here!"
Amy shoved his head into the trash and then turned around to see if anything was there. Sonic on the otherhand, made himself a small hole in the trash to see just enough of the hallway so he could see what was going on.
"I know someone's here. Show yourself!" Amy yelled, her voice echoed in the cavern. Ripples began forming far from her but the started getting closer. With each new ripple the water started splashing against the trash and creating small waves. Amy looked around but still didn't see anybody. Finally she noticed the ripple and began backing away from it.
Once the ripple was in front of her the water started to rise upward and create a triangular shape. Soon emerald colored eyes appeared in the rising water, then a body with two claw-like hands, then the legs. Amy stood still, frightened by the creature. One of its arms became smaller and started to sink into its body, Amy watched in awe before it extended outward at a rapid speed and hit her in the stomach and backwards in the trash. She got up and held her hammer in front of her ready to fight. This must be Chaos Amy thought to herself. She ran towards it but it melted into the water and was gone from sight. Suddenly Amy went flying forwards by a powerful punch to the back. She lifted her face out of the water and wiped it off with her gloved hands. Chaos shot its arm out at Amy again but she smacked it with her hammer causing it to fall apart into the water. Chaos, now angered, starting rapidly shooting his arms at Amy but she was quick. With each shot Amy slammed her Hammer against the arm or dodged it.
Her accuracy is amazing. Sonic thought from inside the pile of trash, she's holding her ground but just destroying it's arms won't defeat it. She has to hit its brain. Outside the trash Amy continued to dodge and smash the arms but she was getting tired and her stamina was quickly lessening. Eventually Chaos was able to get a hit on Amy and it knocked her over causing her to drop her hammer. Chaos' arms stopped extending and it began walking slowly towards the battle-worn hedgehog. She tried to crawl over to her hammer but Chaos shot his arm out and pushed it far across the room into a pile of trash.
Sonic decided he had to do something or Amy would have the same fate the alternate of himself did. He pulled out his superpowered green Chaos Emerald and felt the energy rush through him as he accessed it. The Chaos Emerald began to shine and suddenly Sonic was gone in a flash. In less then a second he appeared above Chaos and kicked him in the head. Chaos looked around for what had hit him but before he could look back at Amy he was hit again, this time by Sonic's fist. Amy was just as confused seeing only quickly flashes of green light then Sonic appear for a split second. Sonic appeared one last time above Chaos and slammed his foot down on his head, causing the liquid monster to retreat into the water and swim away into the trash.
Amy was alone for a few seconds when another green light appeared in front of her revealing Sonic holding the green Chaos Emerald. He fell to his knees and breathed deeply. Amy kneeled infront of him, "What in the world just happened?" she asked.
Sonic looked up at her with a cocky smile, "Chaos Control just happened. I used it to get rid of Chaos before he got to you."
"What's with the heavy breathing? Did he get you?"
"No. Chaos Control uses energy directly from the user. I just need a minute to get it back." Sonic said starting to his feet.
"Well thank you. Now where's the Chaos Emerald that's supposed to be here? Did Chaos take it?"
Sonic shook his head, "If Chaos took it he would've grown in size and become Chaos 1. I'll try using the blue emerald we got from Windy Valley to locate it." Sonic put away his superpowered green emerald and took out the blue Chaos Emerald. He then closed and eyes and stood silent for a moment. A few seconds later his eyes opened and he looked at Amy who was waiting patiently, "The Chaos Emerald is constantly moving. Someone or a some fast machine is holding it and moving fast."
"Then we should follow it, right?" Amy asked starting to become concerned.
"No, Chaos isn't powerful with just one emerald. As long as we have the majority we're safe. We should get outta here and go to Ice Cap Mountain through the Mystic Ruins." Sonic said.
Amy nodded in agreement and they walked to the end of the sewer. At the end was a wide ladder that they both climbed to the top and came out through a floor vent in the shower area. Sonic and Amy smelled each others stench and quickly stepped into different showers and turned them on. After a minute or so the came out of the showers wet. Amy rubbed her hair with a towel while Sonic just shook himself off sending water everywhere. Amy shook her head at Sonic and he just laughed. They continued out of Casinopolis but Sonic stopped before he went out the front doors.
"What's wrong now?" Amy asked.
"When I exited Casinopolis with Tails ten years ago in my dimension Eggman was there waiting for us with instant knockout gas. He might be there now." Sonic stated.
"You had gotten the Chaos Emerald though so that's why he stopped you. He already has it so why would he wait?"
Sonic responded quickly, "He also wanted the other Chaos Emerald we had. We have to wait here until he leaves, there's no other exit."
Sonic leaned on the wall while Amy thought of a new plan, "What if I went out there? Robotnik would see me and get me with the knockout gas, then he'd search me for the emeralds but find nothing."
"That's a great idea! And then once he left I could carry you back to the workshop until tomorrow when you wake up!" Sonic smiled at Amy and she smiled back.
"Wish me luck." She said. Sonic nodded and watched he exit the building. He crossed his fingers for good luck and started to pace as he waited to hear Eggman retreat.
The front doors of the brightly lit, Casinopolis opened revealing Amy in her pink sports attire. It was now dark outside with only the lights of street lights illuminating the road. Amy walked straight from the doors into the open street and looked around. She heard the doors shut behind her, the sound made her jump. Suddenly she heard a engine sound from above her and saw Eggman floating down towards her in his small machine.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't lovely Amy Rose out for a stroll. Or should I say, trying to find MY emeralds!" Eggman laughed at his own words.
"I don't have any emeralds Robotnik!" Amy shouted doing her best to sound scared.
"Sure you don't! Take this!" He pressed a button on his machine and a purple gas flooded a small area of the street and flowed over Amy. She coughed behind falling over and into a deep sleep. "Now let's see what emeralds you have." Eggman's machine hovered over the sleeping Amy he pressed another button. An error sound played indicating she had no Chaos Energy on her. "Looks like I've been tricked. Well if it's one thing I know it's that you're friends are never far behind. You're coming with me Miss Rose, I'm sure you're friends will come after you soon enough with the Chaos Emeralds I'm looking for." A crane dropped from the bottom of Eggman's machine and grabbed Amy around the wait. He took off and she was hauled into the air by the crane.
Sonic watched this happen from inside. He quickly pulled out his superpowered Chaos Emerald once again and disappeared in a bright green flash. Suddenly he was handing onto the crane below Eggman's machine in the air. Below him he saw an unconscious Amy. Sonic looked up and could only see the silver bottom of the machine, but it seemed like Eggman hadn't noticed him. He looked at his hand with the Chaos Emerald and then the one holding onto the metal chain and then down at Amy. He took a deep breath and let go of the chain. He started to fall but quickly grabbed Amy's hand with his free hand. A split second after he disappeared in another green flash of light and landed safety on the ground. Between the two Chaos Controls from in the sewer and now Sonic's energy was low and he felt himself drop to the ground with the last thing him seeing was Eggman's machine flying away still thinking he had Amy captured.
Author's Note: Goodness. Sorry that took so long to get out, I kinda forgot what I had written in the last chapter and started freaking out when I made a huge mistake. (Aka forgetting I had put Tails with them. Hence the quick departure of Tails I put in the beginning. I promise this is the only time something like that will happen though! But yeah that's all. Thanks for reading!