Amy sat at her computer desk wearing a white tank top and black shorts doing research typing and clicking away. She sighed deeply from what's happened so far. Everything was going according to plan though the conversation with Riko still rang through her head. She knew Riko was getting impatient but what could she do. Everything had to go right and couldn't let her friends get involved. For now she had to keep them entertained and distracted while Riko did her job. She had to do this before anyone started asking questions. Especially him. She sighed more thinking about what Riko did. She's been trying to put an end to it but she keeps giving in. She liked the attention but now it was becoming boring and smothering. "But she did save me.."

Flashback

Amy got off her flight from Brazil. She lived in Riko for a year until someone recognized her face from the Sonic Team. She didn't want anyone tracking her to bring her back home. Not just yet. She started growing her hair out and going by different names every time she went to a new place. But when someone actually knew her it was time to leave and never come back. She missed her friends dearly but she clearly felt unwanted. She felt no one really cared until something serious happened. She touched her lower stomach. The stitches were fully healed but she was still upset from that night. She never wanted to see that man ever again unless he was dead.

Leaving the airport she breathed in the new air of her new life. She was in Japan now. Hiroshima, Japan. She was now going by Mimi the Hedgehog and first thing was finding her new home and then a job. Amy wore a long sleeve white sweater with a fur hood and long loose blue jeans with white tennis shoes. She wore a fake pair of glasses and kept her head down. She carried her small luggage to the train station. She got strange looks because she was a foreigner but she avoided eye contact or speaking to anyone unless necessary.

As she reach the station she saw a group of kids standing around talking in their school uniforms. There was three boys and two girls. The boys were clearly flirting with them; wanting the girls to hang out for burgers they said. The girls didn't seem interested but nodded. Playing hard to get. Amy wish she could go back to being like them. Naive to how cruel the world really was. Just being happy with friends and family and being with the one you cared about. But Amy's eyes were open now. She knew not everyone you came across wasn't as sweet as she thought considering how many time she helped save the world, the galaxy. But no one was grateful of it. She didn't understand how someone could live with their life doing what they did to her and sleep like baby when she Amy Rose was a hero. She knew now. No one cared. So why should she too? This was her new life for only caring for only her and she was fine with that.

She noticed they looked at her and she quickly looked away. Not wanting any attention she hurriedly went to find her train. The look on her face showed she has lost all the fight in her. It's only been a year since the unfortunate event but it still haunted her dreams. She hardly slept anymore. She missed her friends dearly but she didn't want their pity nor them babysitting over her when they had their own lives to live. She let out a sigh she didn't know she was holding and found her train and walked abroad. Finding a seat in the far corner Amy hugged her bag and looked out the window as the train left the station.

Before long the train was crowded with people going home from work and school. Amy was careful not to touch anyone. As she looked out the window she saw someone looking at her through the reflection. It was a grey bulldog and he wore a high school uniform but looked to be older than her. Amy all alarms were going off in Amy's head and made a note to be careful. When her stop came up she didn't waste time getting off. She put her hood over her head and speed walked to town. She never looked back and before she knew it she went from speed walking to running down the street. She made it to her apartment complex, out of breath and looked around to see she wasn't followed. There was anyone there so she went to inside to talk to the manager. 45 minutes later of paperwork Amy had a new home, thankfully the manager was a little old lady who seemed nice but strict about her rules. No loud music, rent must be on time if it's late in an extra 50 dollars charge, no pets unless their small and quiet, and if any damages are cause by her she will be responsible to pay for repairs. Lucky Amy didn't want/need a pet, she was very quiet and didn't have much to cause damage.

She was at the top floor, number 34, and it nice size for one person. One bathroom one bedroom medium living and small kitchen with washer and dryer. Amy dropped her bag off and left again into town to find a job. That was usually the hard part. So far Amy has worked in groceries stores, clothing stores, cafes and as a janitor. Amy didn't judge where she worked; a job was a job and as long it pays well. Amy went from convenient stores to grocery stores to even street construction. No lucky. She went to a manga cafe shop. It smelled amazing reminding Amy of Starbucks. She saw people sitting around eating and drinking at the side tables, and people going to very large shelves full of books and taking them to small rooms to read in private. It was nice and quiet and calm. Amy walked up to order a small hot chocolate. A small brown bear smiled at her giving Amy a warm feeling. She saw a small stack of appreciations on the desk as she ordered. "Um excuse me.. but are you hiring or is it too late?" Amy pointed the paper.

The brown bear eyes lit up to Amy's question and almost jumped over the counter to Amy. "Do you really want to work here?! We're really desperate and I didn't think anyone would want to work at manga shop. But yes we are and you are hired!" Amy blinked confused. "Y-you mean I'm hired? Just like that?"

"Of course! I'm the manager and I say you don't have to worry even filling out an paper. If you can, can you start now? It's only two of us today so I could use an extra pair of hands. What do you say?"

Amy was flabbergasted but nodded fast than ever. "I-I would love to! Yes I can start today! I-I'm Am-Mimi! I'm Mimi."

"Oh where are my manners, I got so excited I forgot, I'm Cocoa nice to have you Mimi!" She smiled at Amy. "Ok let me get you a uniform and I'll show you around. By the way you get paid 10 dollars an hour and if you do a good job in 8 months you'll get a raise to 12 dollars an hour."

That made Amy's eyes sparkle. That was normal minimum wage here? Oh Amy was definitely gonna stay here. After learning the basics from Cocoa, Amy found she got the easiest job ever. All she had to do was stand at the desk and take orders, remind customers in the private booths how much time they had left unless they want to extend it, and return the books back to the shelves. She gets a 30 minute break after 5 hours but the way Amy saw it just being there was a break and she wasn't complaining. Unfortunately she only got to work for 5 hours since the shop closed at 9 but that didn't spoil her good mood. Amy had the best day and now walked home.

Amy was exactly happy enough to skip. On her way home she stopped by an convenient store and got something to cook. Since her money was tight she settled for ramen and chicken. Cheap but good. As she left she there were a group of guys outside the store looking shady. They didn't go unnoticed by Amy and she kept her head down and pace steady. After 20 minutes of walking she could here the group of men not far behind her. They was following her. Amy's heart rate started to go up and so did her walking speed. She turned a corner to the next street and turned another quickly. She could hear them walking faster and soon started to run after her. Amy started to sprint. She came to a park and decided to run through it hoping it'll slow them down. Amy ducked and dodged throwing the jungle gym and slides and made it to the other side and ran back on the street. She was nowhere near close to her apartment but she saw lights up ahead. "Help! Someone please! Help me!"

Amy ran to the house with the light on and banged on the door. A large squirrel opened his door and looked down at Amy angrily. "Do you have any idea what time it is? How dare you bang on my door at this hour!" He yelled at her. "I'm sorry sir but please I need your help! I'm being chased by some thugs!"

The large squirrel step out his door and saw no one around but Amy. "I'm so sick and tired of you kids playing pranks at my house! I have a very important man and have an very important job and need all the sleep I can before having to get up at 5am to do it all over again! Do you see the bags under my eyes?! Just wait until you get to be my age and see what it feels like! Get off my pouch before I call the cops!" The squirrel boomed.

"But sir please I swear they were right there!" She begged him.

"I said get! NOW!" He slammed the door in Amy's face leaving her alone. She down the street and saw nothing in the darkness. She quickly turned around and ran, but as soon as she turned the corner there stood a large dark figure in the middle of the street. She turn around to go back but two more dark figures appeared trapping her.

"Please...I don't want any trouble. Please just let me go. You can have my money; but I don't have much…" Amy said slowly to them. The biggest figure came closer to the light. It was the bulldog from the train. "We don't want trouble either girly. We just wanna talk isn't that right boys?"

The other figures stepped into the light one was dark mud brown rabbit and the other a red monkey. They smiled at their leader and Amy. Visions of him came swarming back to Amy. The leader came closer to her. "You're the chick from the train today. You left so fast I couldn't get your number. You're not from around here aren't you sweetheart?" He smiled big at her, looking at her body slowly. 'No...not again...please…'

"You know you're really pretty. Ya look like a dancer, huh boys?"

"Yeah boss, I could see her dancing; on a pole heh."

"Yeah my pole."

The two shared a chuckle as they stared at Amy.

"Now now boys that's not polite. She's a lady and as such we should invite her to hang out with us. So how about it sweetheart, we treat you to dinner and you treat us to dessert?"

Amy back away clinging to her jacket around her. "No..no please just..take my money…" her back was to a light pole now and they got closer with the bulldog in front. "We don't want your money. We want something sweeter and you look just as sweet. You boys can have her after I'm done.~"

They smirked as they watched and Amy scrunched down to her knees holding her head. 'No no no chaos no...someone..anyone please..help me...Shadow….' Just as he touched Amy's hood, she screamed and in a flash the bulldog was kicked to side by and small black figure. The figure stood in front of Amy, blocking the thugs view of her. Amy looked up at her savior, but thanks to the gleaming light she only saw tall figure with black fur. "Shadow..?" Amy whispered. But the figure didn't answer.

"You know...it's not very nice to bully girls. Especially when the girl kindly refuses and wishes to be left alone. And I just can't stand a bully." The voice belong to female and the way she said the last sentence was dark and deep.

The bulldog sat up with a bloody nose and growled at her. "This has nothing to do with you. So walk away before you join the hedgehog."

"Well, I'm sorry to say I can't do that. Besides..you've already seen my face… So I'm gonna make a deal with you. You can, A: back off and leave the nice girl alone; live to see the sun tomorrow. Or B: I can send you to a nightmare world where there is no awakening. Your choice, life or Hell."

They all looked at her as she made her threats. They were stunned; but not from the threat itself, but from how she smiled when she said it. The smile was sweet and big in a creepy way. She smiled like psychopath. But the leader wasn't about to let a random girl that wanted to play hero scare him. He turned to his men and yelled to them, "Don't just stand there like dumbasses, get her!"

They nodded and did as they were told and rushed at her. She only continued to smile. "Plan B it is. I would say it was a very pitiful choice, but-" she clothesline them both to the ground with quick strength and grabbed them by the throats. "I really enjoy plan B.~" she hands lit up with electricity and she electrocuted their bodies, burning their throats til they didn't have a pulse anymore. Not only did Amy looked terrified at the girl but so did the bulldog leader.

"You...you bitch! I'll make you pay!" He ran towards her only to be kicked back against the wall. He slumped down in the dirt; the girl walked over and froze the leaders left foot to the ground in a block of ice with her hand. "If anyone is gonna pay it's you. You see you men think your so tough. Cause you're bigger than us women. Your masculinity makes your ego too big. But take that away, and what do have left?" She stomped on the block of ice, shattering his foot to pieces. He screamed in irony.

"My leg! M-my leggg! P-please! I'm sorry! Have mercy!"

The girl tilted her head to the side. "Have mercy? Please? Didn't that girl say the same thing to you? But you didn't listen; so should I?" She stomped him in his dick and he rolled over screaming. She turned to Amy. "Hey girl, don't you wanna get your revenge before I waste him? It's only fair right."

Amy slowly walked over to bloody scene. The bulldog looked up at her, and Amy only saw his smug face. "You raped me...you soiled me...you're the reason I left my friends behind!" She kicked and punched the bulldog after each sentence. "I left my life behind…(kick) cause I was weak!...(kick) IT'S YOUR FAULT!" Amy summoned her hammer and crushed it on his head. The bulldog's body went limp. Amy fell back in tears out of breath. The girl checked the bulldog's pulse, it was faint.

"Is...is he…"

"No but you was close. I can finish him up if you want?"

Amy just looked at the body, she started to shake. The girl before her kneeled in front of her. "Turn away. You don't have to watch." Amy put her head down as more tears fell. The girl walked back over to body and sent an electric shock to the brain; killing the bulldog.

"You can look now." Amy looked up the girl now getting a better look at her. She was a black cat with long black hair in a ponytail. One blue eye and one red eye. "Are you okay?"

Amy nodded and wiped her tears. "T-thank you…"

"No problem. I was walking by and saw the situation; I couldn't walk away." She held out her hand to help Amy up. "Need help going home?" Amy thought about it. She felt dizzy from all the chaos and took her hand standing. "Yes please...I'm not feeling well now."

"Well who would after going through that? But I guess I didn't make it any better with the blood shed. Better theirs than yours right?" She giggled. Amy only stood puzzled at her. "I'm Riko by the way, sorry for not introducing myself sooner."

"O-oh it's ok I'm...Mimi. Nice to meet you."

Riko stared at Amy with a blank stare before slowly smiling. "Nice to meet you too...Mimi."

End of Flashback

The sound of the doorbell woke Amy from her thoughts. She went to answer and there stood Silver and Shadow. "Hey guys what a surprise!" What a surprise it was. She smiled brightly at them and invited them in. "Thanks Amy we only came to discuss business with you about your case." Silver said taking a seat on the couch. Shadow slowly followed as he watched Amy. She sat across from them saying an small 'oh'.

"The court date is set for next week, Friday at noon. Here's your criminal." Silver handed Amy a picture of the man that hurt Amy all those years ago. "This is the man correct?" He asked with a deep serious voice. The picture was of a dark yellow fox with purple eyes. He was smirked in the police photo and it pissed Amy off.

"Amy.., I need you to confirm me that this is the right guy so we can take further action." Silver said only to have Shadow elbow him in the side.

"Yes...that's the guy." Amy gave back the picture. Silver nodded and sighed. "He's name is Jessie Colins. He's 34 and has had many run ins with the police. For drugs, stealing but he's always manages to get free. Our system is really fucked up. The court can send a person to life in prison for drunk driving but person can can get only 60 fucking days in jail for killing an innocent old lady."

Silver took another breath and looked at Amy. "I made a promise the day you was put in the hospital. That I would find and put the sick bastard away in the deepest hole for his crimes for what he did to you. I missed my chance last time; but not this time. You deserve justice and you will get it."

"Thanks Silver….I'm feeling kinda dizzy guys...from all of this.."

That was the boys cue to leave and they stood up and nodded understanding. "It's ok Amy we got what we needed. Besides I'm gonna go see Blaze and check on her." Amy walk them to the door and Silver left first. Shadow stayed behind. "Rose..you think later on today...would you like to go have a coffee with me? We haven't exactly got to hang out since your return and….I've missed you too…" he blushed saying the last bit. If anything Amy knows Shadow better than anyone, and she knows Shadow isn't good expressing his feelings besides anger and being sacrificed. But he opens up to Amy; in a blunt way mostly but he talks more with her.

"Sure Shadow I'd love to. Does 2:30 sound ok?" She smiled.

"That's fine. I'll meet you at Starbucks, bye Rose." He walked off catching up with Silver and Amy closed the door.

She took out her phone and tapped a number on speed dial. Someone picked up but Amy didn't give them time to speak. "Change of plans. The court date is set for next Friday. After the trial, you know what to do."

"Gotcha."

Amy ended the call and went to take a nap before her date with Shadow.

"Just abit longer and this will all be over."

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