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Sonic, Amy, Tails, and Cream were on deck, thinking about what they had seen that morning. Cream frowned. "When did Rouge get a Chao?" Tails shrugged.

Sonic turned to Amy. "So, we're on good terms again?" Amy frowned. "Yeah, yeah, back to the typical."

Sonic frowned, too. "What does that mean, Amy?" Amy shrugged.

"I chase you, you don't really like me. I get heartbroken and come back. You trick me. I try to smash you with my hammer. Then I forgive you-again. Whatever."

Sonic tried to stop her, but Amy got up and began to walk on the narrow piece of ship back into the inside. That is, until she bumped into a young worker with a nametag reading "Roger".

"Move it, buddy. I'm not really in the mood." Roger shoved her right back.

"Get this-neither am I, you pastel rat."

Sonic jumped up growling. "You can't talk to Amy like that!" Amy glared at Sonic, and let the guy go by. Roger glared at Sonic too, as he walked over to Cream and Cheese.

He looked at Cheese critically, then bent down. "Your chao's blu- erm, cute. Can I pet her?" Cream smiled.

"Of course!"

He rubbed Cheese's head, and then slowly began to move down his neck. Reaching the chao's shoulders, he lifted him out of Cream's lap. Sonic immediately spin-dash the guy, sending Cheese flying down the side of the ship.

"CHEESE!"

"CHAO!"

Tails jumped over the railing. He dove straight down, and with less wind friction, he soon reached Cheese. Catching the Chao, Tails immediately began to fly back up. He handed the Chao to Cream, who gave the kitsune a small kiss on the cheek. Tails blushed and looked at his feet.

Sonic bent down and poked the worker, to make sure he was really knocked out. "Ok, he's out."

The Capitan appeared suddenly, walking down the walkway. Cream jumped up.

"Oh, hello Mr. Captain! This worker tried to take my Chao!" Cream exclaimed. The captain looked at the worker, and muttered something angrily. Cream cocked her head.

"What did you say, Mr. Captain?"

The Captain shook his head, looking up at Cream.

"Oh, this could be a problem..." Cream looked afraid. "Are all the workers Chao thieves?" The Captain smiled evilly.

"Not exactly." He pulled out two guns, pointing one at Amy and one at Cream. "Don't move hedgehog, you or your rabbit friend. Or the girlies get it." Sonic's eyes widened.

"Whoa," said Sonic, "you could really hurt someone with that thing...I know who you are!" Cheese flew up and grabbed the Captain's face, which peeled off. Cream screamed. It was Eggman! And boy, did he look angry.

"There was a Chao egg in the boiler room. I know one of you stole it; SO WHERE IS IT?!" Cream looked confused. Sonic and Amy were about to say something, but Tails cut them off.

"The one that hatched? You mean, the one in Cream's hands?" Eggman cut his eyes to Cheese. Everyone else looked at Tails like he was crazy.

Tails knew that whatever Eggman wanted with this Chao for was no good. Whatever that Chao could do, he would keep Eggman from taking it. He gave Cream a pleading look, and Cream nodded slightly. He had a good reason. So when Eggman shouted,

"GIVE ME THE CHAO, GIRL!" Cream handed Cheese over.

Sonic yelled. What were they doing? He lunged at Eggman, but not before the evil scientist teleported away. The hedgehog smashed his fist on the ground.

"Why did you guys hand over Cheese like that?!" He murmured in despair. Tails explained,

"Whatever reason Eggman wanted a Chao that badly can't be good." Sonic nodded. "And I put a tracker on Cheese before I left. Eggman's in the Captain's room. You two go. Me and Cream will alert Knuckles and Rouge."

***

Although Amy protested to working with the blue one, she eventually agreed. The pair made a mad dash for the Captain's room where Eggman awaited them.

"Let him go!" Shouted Amy. Eggman growled, and suited up into his armor.

"If you want that mystic Chao, you'll have to go through me...and my Egg Chao!" Amy started giggling.

"Seriously?" Eggman growled once again, and ran forward to begin the fight.

***

Tails and Cream ran down the hallway to Rouge and Knuckles' room as fast as they could. They knocked on the door loudly. Knuckles' voice answered,

"Who is it?!"

"Knuckles, it's me and Cream! It's an emergency. Sonic, Amy, and Cheese need your help!"

The door opened, and Rouge was seen on the floor throwing the Chao into the air lightly, as it squealed in delight. Knuckles looked at them suspiciously. "What is it?" Cream immediately recalled the story.

"We were on deck and a worker named Roger tried to take Cheese, but Mr. Sonic spindashed him, and he got knocked out, then the Captain came, and he pointed guns at me and Amy, and he wanted Rouge's Chao for some reason, but Tails tricked him into taking Cheese instead, so he took him and teleported away, then Mr. Sonic and Ms. Amy followed him, they might need help!" The little rabbit exclaimed in one breath. Knuckles called in the room to Rouge.

"Eggman's got Cheese! We have to go help blue boy and Amy!" Rouge gave him a bewildered look, but asked Cream to watch her Chao as she, Knuckles, and Tails left to go help.

***

By the time they all reached the Captain's room, Amy was lying on the floor. Sonic was repeatedly spin-dashing Eggman's robotic Chao. Rouge asked Amy if she was ok.

"Yeah. Just -pant- catching -pant- my breath -pant-." Rouge glared at Eggman at this point.

"Hey, you big moron! Take another look at that Chao you're holding!"

"What do you-" Eggman glanced at Cheese. "Hey! That's not the mystic Chao!" He pressed a button that made Cheese be chucked out the window.

"I got 'im!" Tails called, flying out the window after Cheese.

Rouge, Knuckles, and Sonic now all glared at Eggman.

"OH, IT'S ON!"

***

As Eggman laid defeated on the floor of the building, the friends cheered. Sonic began to help Amy up, but she snatched her hand away. "I'm still mad that you tricked me about that kiss in the pool." Tails and Knuckles gave Amy a weird look.

"What kiss?"

Amy growled. "The one you guys planned to humiliate me by getting my hopes up-again."

"We didn't do anything like that recently. What are you talking about?"

Amy's ears jolted straight up. "Y-y-you mean...it wasn't a joke?"

"Nope." Sonic answered. Amy whipped her head around to him. "I'm so sorry Sonic! I never thought you would do something like that out of the blue like that does this mean you like me I mean-" Sonic stepped closer suddenly.

"Not one to do something out of the blue? You obviously don't know me very well Amy..."

With that, he kissed her. At first, Amy's eyes widened in shock, but she soon closed them and enjoyed her first real kiss with her hero. With her arms around his neck and his around her waist, Amy didn't plan on pulling away again.

"Excuse me," said a voice that broke the kiss, it was Roger. Amy readied her hammer,

"What do ya want NOW?"

"To apologize," he said, "My behavior was unacceptable, but I had no choice. Ya see, the real captain of this ship was my dad. He went missing sometime ago, and this brute," he made gestures to Eggman, "took over. At first, I refused to do such mean things. But then he threatened me at gunpoint. I had no choice." Roger then became friends with the seven of them, even Cheese. It looked like it was going to be a pleasant cruise from here on out. WAKE UP CALL!!!