By Life Comes Sacrifice
Episode 7
Amy's End
Sonic sped through the forest being chased by Robo-Sonic. Dodging laser blast and trees, Sonic continued to evade him. Finally, Sonic ran up a tree and Robo-Sonic ran into it. Its eyes faded and it went off line. Sonic decided to give Robotnik a hard time. Sonic pulled off every limb of the robot and hid them in nearby bushes. He then ran to headquarters.
Sonic sat down on his bed and looked out at the forest through his window. There was a knock at his door. "Yeah?"
"Hey Sonic, can I come in?" asked Knuckles' voice.
Sonic laughed, "Yeah."
Knuckles came in a sat next to him. "Hey, Sonic, you know I was thinking, do you know what today is?"
Sonic pretended no to, even though he knew very well. How could he? "No."
Knuckles looked down at the pillow. "This was the day that Amy died in the forest by Robo-Sonic…"
Sonic felt his stomach lurch. Why did I have to lie to everyone and tell my friends that Robo-Sonic2000 killed Amy? "Oh, that's right…"
Knuckles noticed that Sonic was being really short, but he had always been like that ever since Amy died. But only on this subject. "Hey, I knew you liked her a lot…"
"I didn't, she was just a good friend of mine."
"Dude, I know when someone is lying to me…" Knuckles glared at Sonic. "You just lied…"
Sonic froze. Did Knuckles really have the power to tell if someone was lying?
Sonic lost it after Knuckles stared at him for a few moments. "Okay Okay, I lied to you all!"
Tails suddenly ran in, "Sonic, is everything Okay?"
Sonic felt tears in his eyes. "Tails, Knuckles… sit down, I have to tell you what really happened to Amy…" They obeyed. Sonic took a deep breath, and then started.
"Okay, well," Sonic was sweating a lot and he felt like the room was an oven, but neither Knuckles nor Tails were sweating. "Okay, so this is how it started I guess. I was running from Robo-Sonic and he seemed to be trying to lead me someplace. I didn't really notice though. He cornered me and I wouldn't move. He told me that Dr. Robotnik had Amy captured and he was going to kill her soon…"
Knuckles interrupted, "Wait, you believed him?!"
Sonic quickly explained, "Well, if you recall, Amy went missing two days and two year ago…" Knuckles made a sound that signaled the he understood now. Sonic continued, "Well, I knew that we looked everywhere for her, but we couldn't find her. I knew then that Robo-Sonic was telling the truth. So I went with him without any struggling…"
Knuckles and Tails were listening very attentively. Sonic stopped sweating but was still a little uneasy. "Well, I saw Amy and a huge laser gun. I thought the gun was meant for her and so I started running. I ran faster and faster. I was almost there, but I suddenly noticed that the gun was pointer at me. I didn't care. I had to get to Amy because I-I" he faltered, "I loved her…"
Knuckles laughed, "Aha! I told you, you were lying…"
Sonic dropped his head and closed his eyes. He continued, "I was almost to her but she suddenly ran out in front of the laser beam as it shot at me. It went though her stomach and her left leg was cut badly. I got there a split second later. I caught her and continued to run. I had to get away from Eggman. Amy was still alive, but I could tell she was running low on time. I stopped inside a hollow tree and tried to treat her, but I couldn't."
Sonic wiped a tear that was falling down his cheek. He continued, "I bandaged her leg and her stomach but deep in my heart, I knew that she didn't have much hope. I barely finished when Robo-Sonic found us. I started running with Amy in my arms. She slowed me down a bit, but I was more then enough faster then Robo-Sonic. I tried everything to loose him. I couldn't lead him back to headquarters so I had to try to loose him. Unfortunately, Amy was almost spent. I finally lost Robo-Sonic and ran to headquarters. I was halfway home when Robo-Sonic found us again. He appeared out of nowhere. Everything happened so fast after that. He appeared and grabbed my arm. I dropped Amy so I was only holding on by her hand. She was unconscious and I wasn't making it any better. Robo-Sonic flew into the air, still holding my arm. I lost my grip on Amy and I dropped her. Robo-Sonic wanted me to stop yelling her name, hoping she would make it to headquarters. He flew down and found her. I was held back as Robo-Sonic shot at her. Amy dodged all the attacks however. I finally broke Robo-Sonic's grip and ran toward Amy. She fell to the ground from loss of energy. She died right then…in my arms…"
Knuckles and Tails stared with their mouths open at Sonic, who was now sitting with his face in his hands.
Knuckles tried to speak, "Sonic…"
Sonic interrupted him, "If I could do anything over in my life it would have been there for Amy. To stop her from being shot. It's all my fault!"
Knuckles put his hand on Sonic's shoulder. "Hey, Sonic, You can't cry, Amy would be mad to you." Sonic looked at him. Knuckles continued with a smiled on his face. "No matter what Sonic, you can't blame yourself for Amy's death. She jumped out in front of the laser to save you."
Sonic felt Tails put his hand on Sonic's other shoulder. He turned and looked at him. "Any one of us would have done it for each other. She loved you Sonic, she couldn't watch you die, just like we couldn't…"
