"I guess I should get used to that," Sonic mumbled, keeping his eyes closed. "Next time, Kaoru, you should give me a little bit of a warning. I don't think I can take many more hits with that hammer."
"What are you talking about?"
Sonic sat up quickly, accidentally head butting Amy. "I...Nothing. I just...Hi, Amy."
"Who's Kaoru?" she asked, narrowing her eyes.
"It's no one," he sat up and rubbed his head. "I told you that I was having a strange dream. Kaoru is the name of one of the girls that are in the dream."
"And you love her?"
"What?" Sonic snapped his head up. "She's most likely a figment of my imagination!" He rubbed his head, sure didn't feel like his imagination. "Why would I love a..." He stopped himself. For a second he wondered if he should just say yes. Then Amy could hit him and he could go back to the lab to try to figure some of the things out. He mentally shook himself. No, he didn't need to get hit, he just needed to go back to sleep. "It doesn't matter," he gritted his teeth. "I need to go back and figure this all out."
"Sonic, you aren't going anywhere!" Amy argued. Sonic wasn't sure if he meant literally, like he hasn't moved from his spot and therefore hasn't been anywhere or if she meant that there was no way she was letting him go anywhere.
"I have to figure out what is going on, Amy!" Sonic argued back.
"I can figure it out!"
Sonic closed his mouth and locked his jaw. Could she? "How do you plan on doing that?"
"Easy," she rolled her eyes. "It's probably something Eggman did to you. Did anything happen to you the last time you fought him? Remember when you couldn't stop running because of the device that got stuck in your ear? Maybe it's something like that. We just have to think back. If that fails, we invade Eggman's base and we find the layout of his plans. There has to be a way to reverse it in his plans."
Sonic blinked. That was actually a pretty good idea. "What if it isn't Eggman?"
Amy laughed loudly. "What makes you think it isn't Eggman?"
"I think if it was Eggman, he would've done something to out himself by now. He would've messed something up or..." Sonic trailed off. What if it really was Eggman? He couldn't just decide that it wasn't because Eggman didn't lay out his whole plan for them to dissect and foil. Maybe he was getting better at actually being a genius.
"See? It's just Eggman. We can figure out what he's up to. Want to find him?"
Sonic barely heard her. He was too busy trying to think of any other explanation.
"Sonic, you really can't be trying to think up any other... Come on," she pulled him up by the arm. "We're going to Eggman's base and I'm going to prove to you that it's all him." They only moved a couple steps before Amy stopped. "Sonic... Do you mind?"
Sonic rolled his eyes. "Sure."
"YAY!" Amy jumped into his arms so he could carry her bridal style.
Sonic smirked to himself before throwing her over his shoulder and starting to run.
"Sonic!" Amy screamed at him when he finally put her down. "That is not how you treat a lady!"
Sonic shrugged, "It is how you treat the annoying-little-sister type."
Amy crossed her arms and turned away from Sonic. "Hush, you!" She stayed turned away, stubbornly waiting for him to apologize, but soon realized it had gotten too quiet. When she turned back around she noticed that she was alone. "SONIC!"
Sonic had already entered the base and was on his way to finding Eggman. The first place he tried was the kitchen, because Eggman really likes his sandwiches. The only person in there was Bokkun and the last thing Sonic needed was a bomb to blow up in his face and make him pass out again. He ran up the stairs to look for Eggman's office when he ran right into him.
"Sonic, if you're going to try to blow up the base today, I really don't have that kind of time. I also haven't done anything to deserve it, so it really wouldn't be that heroic on your part." Eggman wasn't even looking at Sonic. He seemed too absorbed in the papers he had in his hand.
"So you aren't behind my sleeping problem?"
Eggman finally looked up from his papers and sighed. "Sonic, I may be a genius but there is no way that I could cause you insomnia. Maybe if you slept in an actual bed..."
"What? No. I mean... I knew it wasn't you..." Sonic leaned against the wall to think for a moment.
"Well, if you aren't going to blow up the base," Eggman lifted Sonic up and moved him so he could continue walking down the stairs. "I'd like it if you could kindly leave. Like I said, I am a very busy man and..."
"Actually, I think you can help me."
"Oh? And how is that?"
"I told you already. I'm having a sleeping problem. I need you to figure out what is going on. Maybe if you could run some tests..."
"Sonic! Do you really think you could trust him?" Amy asked, finally turning up.
"Well if you have such a problem with it, you can supervise. Right now Eggman is the only person that can help on this side. The professor might not be able to find out what's happening on the other side."
"The professor?" Eggman was already absorbed in his papers again.
"Yes, I need your help. Let me explain..."
A/N
I finally know what I'm going to do with this story! Whoo!
