AN: Sorry for not updating yesterday. The site was being stupid and wouldn't let me. But here's another chapter anyway, enjoy!
Project Shadow: That's good to know! Hope you enjoy the rest! nn
Warrior of Virtue: Does anything ever run smoothly:P
Dokami-San: Well I feel tons better today. And yes he is more friendly, I can't stand seeing him so angst and ignorant when being hunted.
FeatherEars: Hooray! Glad you think so. nn
Chapter 6:
At first she saw a dark warrior smiling to her then before she knew it she was back in her apartment. It took a while for the environment to settle in but eventually things began to make a lot more sense. Soon enough she managed to find her way to the chair in the corner by the window and settled down into its soft comfort. Sighing in relief this exciting day was coming to an end, she looked over to the phone on the little table on the side of the chair and worked her fingers across the button till she found and pressed down on the message receiver.
"You have 3 messages." The answer machine spoke out in an emotionless robotic tone and fell silent followed by a beep. Close behind the beep came a familiar voice.
"Amy! Are you there? It's Tails! Cream just told me over the phone what happened to you! Please call back and tell me you're okay when you get this!" The young teen's voice seemed awfully panicked. Guess he was really worried about her. The message ended with a beep and was quickly followed by another message.
"Amy, it's Cream! Please ring back after you get this message! After seeing you taken away by Shadow, I've been so worried! Please please please return this call!" The young rabbit's voice had that tone that showed she was terribly concerned. Amy felt awful for leaving her behind though she really had no choice in the matter when Shadow grabbed her. The third beep snapped her back to reality as a voice came over the speaker that really surprised her.
"Hey Amy, I heard what happened to you thanks to Tails and I'm real surprised that faker nearly got you killed. I mean, he doesn't really seem the type of guy to do that. Anyway, I hope you're alright. 'Fraid I can't take any calls from where I am so just let Tails know you're alright and I'll get the info from him as soon as." Unlike the last two messages, the tone of this older male teenager seemed calm like he was expecting her to come out alright. Amy recognised the voice of this caller and blushed instantly to the surprise that he actually did care about her. She swooned as she slid down the chair and smiled as she stared up to the ceiling. Maybe one day she'll actually get to hold him in her arms without worry that he'll run away. Even better, maybe one day he'll hold her with no worries at all. He was everything to her, that care-free hero of Earth, Sonic…
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Within the large forest of Mushroom Hill on Angel Island, Shadow was busy getting used to the new scenery and the freedom of running through a tremendous environment that nature had intended for. The best parts of it all were the bouncy mushrooms. As the dark black hedgehog spun his way down the hill and high into the air from a large ramp, he jumped from tree to tree then landed hard on a mushroom which merely repelled him far into the air. Before he knew it, he was past the leaves of the trees and got an amazing view of the whole forest. As he looked on ahead, he could see Sandopolis, Ice Cap and even Sky Sanctuary. After throwing in a couple of spins as he fell through the trees, the red streaked hedgehog bounced off several mushrooms, skidded and smirked. This new freedom was doing him some good.
With the Master Emerald, Knuckles was resting his feet while sitting on the top step of the shrine, looking out to the open sky and the wonders of the scenery the Island had shown before him. It was truly a sight he could never tire of. Moments through his time of guarding the Emerald, the giant green gem suddenly glowed with amazing brightness and a radiating sound which only Knuckles could pick up. This made the red echidna jump to his feet and walk over to the Emerald, placing a hand on the smooth outer layer of it and rubbing gently.
"What is it?" He asked the Emerald, hoping for an answer in return. The glowing gem replied with more glow and another sound was picked up, only this time it sounded like it was crying in sorrow. It was speaking of a terrible tragedy that will befall them both. Knuckles looked deep into the gem to try and see what it was speaking of. Keeping his eyes focused on the inner glow within the gem, he saw what appeared to be flames engulfing light. Soon after the light faded away and left a dark orb in its place. Moments after the flames had subsided, a rush of water flowed around the orb, rising and completely engulfing it. The image finally disappeared within the Emerald and had left Knuckles confused yet worried. It brought to him an omen and it seemed to be full of dread and danger. The echidna stepped away from the Master Emerald and walked to the steps of the shrine where he held onto one of the supporting cylinders and stared out to the sky. It seemed peaceful enough but the cry of the Emerald remained scarred in his mind.
Shadow warped back to the shrine thanks to Chaos Control and stared up at Knuckles. He noticed how the echidna looked deeply troubled and stepped up to the top and wondered why he looked so precautious.
"What's wrong?" He asked while trying not to show he was concerned too much. Knuckles kept his focus outside the island to the clouds. His eyes seemed drawn to a darkness that wasn't there.
"The Master Emerald spoke to me, telling me of a tragedy that is soon to occur… I'm a little vague on the details but from what I could tell Angel Island will be under attack…" He looked over to Shadow who seemed a little lost in thought. The description he gave placed several images into his mind that he thought would not occur on this paradise of an island.
"… It must be because of my arrival." The dark hedgehog had concluded. He knew deep inside his mind that because he decided to stay on the Island that he has brought an eventual doomsday towards their home. Somehow GUN must've tracked him to Angel Island; somehow the plan to hide his Chaos Energy had failed. They must be tracking him another way.
"GUN must still be able to detect me. I best depart before your home becomes involved in disaster." He sighed, gripping his hands and turning to walk down the steps of the shrine.
"Now just hold for a second." Knuckles reached his hand out to the dark hedgehog to motion him to stop. Shadow turned around and simply glanced at the echidna. He waited for whatever argument the red guardian had planned to convince him otherwise.
"We don't know for certain this warning may be because of you. For all we know, it may be talking of some other disaster that may occur." Though it was pretty unlikely he wasn't responsible for this omen, Shadow felt it was a possible fact that it was merely a coincidence. Even while the hedgehog thought about how things just didn't appear to add up to support Knuckles' claim, he allowed himself to stay. Nodding towards the faithful guardian, Shadow sat on the top step and looked out to the sky just has Knuckles did every once in a while.
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Amy was feeling butterflies in her stomach. She had already left messages for Cream and Tails to let them know she was alright but she was more concerned with waiting for Sonic's reply to her confirmation. The young female fell back onto her sofa and stared up at the ceiling. After noticing how Sonic was concerned for her safety after Shadow had kidnapped her, she's been very excited that the possibility of her and Sonic being an item was beginning to grow. A happy sigh escaped through her breath and a warm pink blush, as pink as her own fur, covered her very cheeks.
Her hand found its way to a remote on the floor in front of the sofa and picked it up. After feeling her finger's way around the buttons, she pressed what felt like the play button and listened to a churn of small pieces of machinery in the CD player over to the other side of the room on a shelf nailed into the wall. A few discs spun around within the index of CDs until one in particular was carried downward and into the player. Within a few seconds, one of Amy's favourite songs began to play. Listening to the words of Savin' Me by Nickelback, the teenager hummed the theme in both her voice and her mind. Eventually she got to her feet, danced around slowly while picking up the remote and began to sing the words into it like it was a microphone. Through the song, she sung joyfully and closed her eyes while imagining she was singing in front of dozens of people among an audience.
When the solo guitar moment arrived, Amy's voice had settled down to the point the third chorus arrived. She sung the words gently and as the third echoed moment of "I'm fallin" she fell quiet then suddenly lost all thought of who might have been able to hear her and sung out to her heart's content. But as her mind was deeply intertwined with the song, she felt her voice had changed into someone else's. She sounded more radiant, kinder and more beautiful than she had ever been. When she finally realized the change in her voice, her mind had lost the connection with the song and her tone had returned to normal. The wishful thinking hedgehog felt very confused at first. She wasn't sure if she was just imagining it after realizing how settled into the song she was or that her voice had really become someone else's.
The unexpected is to occur. An omen has spoken and it has deeply troubled our favourite red echidna. What will happen? Wait and see.
Savin' Me is © to Nickelback.
All zones on Angel Island are © to Sonic Team of Sega.
