Eggman's Plan

Disclaimer: I don't own Sonic the hedgehog and some characters in the story. The rest belong to SEGA.

Author's note: I want to apologize for the long wait. I have been really busy with schoolwork.

Chapter 7

Sonic and his friends trudged through the desert for what seemed like an eternity to them. Unfortunately the sand blowing in the air was making it difficult to see ahead.

"Hey guys!" Tails exclaimed. "looks like we're making good progress!"

"Finally!" Knuckles replied. "I thought it was going to take forever until we leave this place."

"At the pace we're going, we might not get to Ghost Ruins at all." Shadow commented. "I almost can't see a single thing ahead of us."

"We can't stop right now." Rouge said. "Amy's life is in danger."

"Iʻm sure the wind will clear out soon." Sonic replied hopefully. "If Eggman hurts Amy, he is going to regret it."

At Eggman's base...

Eggman watched Sonic and his friends through the monitor. He formed a devilish smile on his face as he watched them struggle through the wind.

"Oh Sonic you'll never be able to save Amy now." Eggman thought. "Neither will you be able to defeat me." "I'll just wait until they bring all seven chaos emeralds before i put my plan into action. That's way better than sending my robots after them."

Eggman got up from the chair that he was sitting on and left his office to go check up on Amy. He walked to her cell and noticed that she was lying on the floor. She looked pale and weak.

"Hello Amy." Eggman greeted.

Amy slowly sat up and just glared at him.

"Not answering?" Eggman smirked.

"Why should I reply to a cruel person like you?" Amy snapped.

"Face it Amy you won't get out of here." An evil smile crept upon his face.

"I'll get out of here Eggman you just watch!" Amy shouted. "I know Sonic will come and rescue me!"

"Yeah right." Eggman taunted. "He probably hates you because you are always pestering him to take you out on a date. You shouldn't even waste your time hoping that he will come and save you."

"Shut up Eggman!" Amy yelled with tears brimming in her eyes. "You don't know anything!"

Suddenly an alarm started ringing. A robot burst through the door in a frenzied state.

"Dr Eggman, preparations are almost complete!" The robot said. "You can expect Project X to be ready soon."

"Excellent!" Eggman rubbed his hands in glee.

Slowly the sand blowing in the air was starting to go down.

"Ok guys I think we can get going now." Sonic replied.

"Where is the next place we're going to Tails?" Rouge asked.

"We're going to some water place next." Tails answered.

"What!" Sonic shouted. "A place with water?!"

Suddenly Shadow burst out laughing. "I forgot Faker doesn't know how to swim!" Seems like you're going to have a hard time on water!"

Sonic glared at him "Shut up!" What about you?"

"At least I know how to swim unlike you." Shadow replied. "You're probably going to drown."

Sonic ignored him and turned to Tails.

"Do we have to swim Tails?" Sonic asked his friend.

"I don't know yet Sonic my device doesn't say so." Tails replied.

Sonic was hoping that he didn't have to swim.

He began to think about everything that had happened between him and Amy. How Amy would come and chase him, asking him to go on dates with her and how he would constantly reject her and run away from her.

For the first time in his life, Sonic was feeling guilty of what he had done. "Amy, I'm so sorry, I never meant to say that to you."

His mind flashed back to when Amy had asked him out on another date. He yelled at Amy and embarrassed her in front of so many people.

Sonic knew that what he did was wrong and he was going to make things right. He and Amy used to spend so much time together when they were kids. But as they began to get older, Amy was starting to annoy him.

But now he realized that Amy was really important to him. Was she more to him than just a friend?

Sonic hated to admit this to himself and to his friends, but the more he thought about it, he knew it was true.

He liked Amy more than a friend. He was starting to fall in love with her.

Sonic's mind was now filled with determination that he had never felt before in his life. "I promise you Amy i will make things right and take you out on a real date."

He just couldn't wait until he saw Amy again.

Sonic suddenly snapped out of his thoughts when he heard Knuckles calling out to him.

"Hey Sonic do you want us to leave you behind?!" Shouted the red echidna.

"I'm coming Knuckles!" Sonic shouted back.

Sonic had the feeling that he was most likely going to swim. He no longer cared about his fear of water because he knew that if he was going to save Amy he was going to overcome his fears of whatever he was going to encounter on this journey.

If he had to swim, he was going to swim.

Sonic caught up with his friends who were already ahead of him.

"Wow Sonic you're really slow." Tails commented.

"I can't help it Tails the whole incident between me and Amy just has me determined and it made me realize a lot of things." Sonic told his friend. "I feel guilty after I yelled at Amy so I decided that I am going to make things right and so after we save her, I am going to apologize to her and you and Knuckles were right. Both of you can continue to tease me about it as much as you want but Amy is really important to me in my life and I am starting to see her as more than a friend. In fact, I am going to take her out on a date when this is over. I guess I didn't realize my feelings for her until she ran away and got captured by Eggman."

When Sonic was done talking he noticed that Tails had his mouth wide open. He was absolutely shocked. For once in his life he had finally admitted that he liked Amy.

"Sonic, it's about time that you confessed your feelings for Amy." Tails smiled. "She liked you for a long time now probably since the day she met you."

Knuckles smirked. He had overheard what Sonic had just told Tails.

"Impressive Sonic it seems that you have finally come clean." Knuckles said.

"That's not all I have to say Knuckles." Sonic started to speak again. "Before I used to think that Amy was just a crazy fangirl who was obsessed with me but if she is really honest about liking me then I think that this will work out between us but that would be until I hear it from Amy herself."

"I am really impressed Sonic." Tails told the blue hedeghog.

"But I am really confident about this Tails." Sonic said.

"I am really happy for you Sonic." Knuckles said "I just hope that this works out between the two of you."

"Thanks Knuckles." Sonic gave a smile to his friend.

"Are we almost there Tails?" Sonic asked his friend.

"Sonic we're only halfway there." Tails answered. "But it shouldn't take us too long to arrive."

Sonic looked at Knuckles mischeviously and nudged his arm.

"Hey Knuckles maybe you and Rouge can hook up too!" Sonic laughed.

"I don't know what the hell you're talking about Sonic!" Knuckles yelled. "Rouge and I are nothing more than just friends."

Sonic snorted. "Yeah right."

Knuckles turned to glare at Sonic "Shut up!"

Tails decided to join in on the fun. "Knuckles and Rouge, sitting on a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes love second comes marriage then-

"For the last time you two i don't like Rouge that way!" Knuckles shouted.

Tails whispered to Sonic "That's what he thinks."

Sonic whispered back "Yeah."

"What the heck have the three of you been blabbering about?" Silver asked.

"It's none of your business!" Knuckles snapped.

"Take it easy Knuckles I was just curious." Silver said.

"Are we there yet Tails?" Rouge asked "I am tired of walking."

"Hey Rouge out of all of us you are the luckiest one here." Silver said.

"What do you mean by that?! Rouge asked.

"Rouge you are a bat and you have wings." Silver answered. "Why don't you try flying us all to the location of the chaos emeralds?"

After Silver said that Rouge looked pissed. She smacked Silver on the head.

"Ow!" Silver put his hand over his head where Rouge had just hit him.

"WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU EVEN SUGGEST THAT YOU STUPID IDIOT!" She screamed. "DOES IT LOOK LIKE I WOULD BE ABLE TO CARRY ALL OF YOU?!"

"Hey I just thought that it would make our journey faster!" Silver replied.

Rouge ignored him and turned to Tails "How long until we get there Tails?"

"We're almost there Rouge." He answered.

To be continued...

I am finally done with Chapter 7. I will get started on chapter 8 as soon as i have free time.