Oops! I had two chapter 5s, so this is actually chapter 9!
Chapter 9
We landed in Spagonia and the sun was just setting there.
"My friend should be able to help us," Tails told us as we all got off the ship. "He can tell us how to deal with these dark creatures." When I walked out I saw something strange; the glances going on between Sonic and Shadow. Sonic was grimacing and giving death glares at Shadow while Shadow had a smirk on his face as if to mock Sonic…
"Who is this friend, Tails?" Sonic asked, breaking off his stare. "Do I know him?"
"Oh," Tails chuckled, "You saved him from Eggman one time before; his name is Professor Pickle, remember?"
"Oh yeah," Sonic groaned, "the cucumber guy. Why don't you just talk to him Tails? I'm sure you can make the conversation more brief than it has to be; that would be convenient."
"Okay, Sonic." Tails laughed.
"Why, what's wrong with this guy?" Knuckles asked.
"Oh he's so annoying," Sonic griped, "He might as well be related to a snail or something, and he always gets off subject and talks about cucumber sandwiches. You'd think a guy with more brains would have something better to talk about." I giggled. I was glad Sonic was appearing to be just fine; maybe it was all just in my head that he had been acting like a jerk before.
"Oh, he sounds like he's gonna be lots of fun to meet." Rouge commented.
"What are you talking about, bat girl? You're not coming with us!"
"Uh, yes we are. We're sticking with you guys all the way. We're not gonna leave it to you guys to save the world, after all, right Shadow?" He just shrugged. Once again Rouge pulled him into a conversation he didn't want to be apart of. We walked into what looked like an apartment building but on the inside it was like a giant library with books all over the walls, a globe, and an old man with bushy white eyebrows sitting in a wide, cushioned red chair.
"Oh, Tails!" The old man stood up and walked over to us with his arms out. "I'm so glad you came to see me; I knew you would."
"Hi, professor." Tails exchanged hugs with the man.
"Oh! And Sonic's here too! With so many friends!" He did have a pleasant way about him. "You must be hungry from your trip. Would anyone like a cucumber sandwich?"
"Oh, not right now Professor Pickle," Tails retorted, "We were gonna ask you about the dark Gaia creatures coming from the earth."
"Oh, yes! Why don't you all sit down?" Sonic grunted and put his hand on his head.
"Sonic, are you okay?" I asked quickly. He looked out the window; the sun was nearly down.
"Fine," he sighed, "just a headache, don't worry about it." He waved his hand at me as if to say, shoo.
"Oh my, you don't look so well my little blue friend," the professor professed, "perhaps you should have something to drink, and a sandwich maybe?"
"No old man," Sonic growled, "I don't want a stupid cucumber sandwich! No one does! Why the hell can't you get that through your thick, wrinkly skull!?" I gasped in horror at his harsh words.
"Sonic the Hedgehog!" I yelled. He growled before storming out of the room. "Sonic, wait!" I followed him out.
"I am so sorry Professor Pickle," I heard Tails say before I was in the other room. I saw Sonic walking speedily towards a different door out of the house.
"Sonic!" I yelled again. I caught up to him after a quick sprint and grabbed his arm; he growled at me.
"Let go of me!" He roared. "I'm sick of you always following me! I need to be alone."
"Sonic, what's wrong with you? Why did yell at Professor Pickle? He didn't do anything wrong to you!"
"I just- I need some air." He tried tugging away from me but I tightened my grip.
"No, Sonic! You're gonna tell me the truth, now!"
"Oh what? You mean like when you told me what really happened to you with that creature on the ship?"
"I…!" I froze for a moment. "How did you know I didn't..?"
"Does it matter? Why did you lie to me, Amy?" I choked.
"I-I didn't want you to get worried about me, or angry that something happened to me, that's all." He laughed. It was a cold laugh, not one that would make me smile at all. "I-it's just you seemed preoccupied about that cut on you and I didn't want you to have to worry so much about anything else and..!"
"Oh, okay that's smart," He sounded sarcastic, "Well since you don't feel like telling me anything, I don't have to tell you nothing either. Now, LET GO."
"No! What's wrong with you? Please Sonic," I felt anxious, and I was upset, but I didn't want him to see me cry, "please tell me! I want to help you in any way I can."
"YOU CAN'T HELP ME!" He yelled. "Now for the hundredth freaken time let go of my arm!" There was a brute strength that arose in him and he used it to push me off him. I screamed when I fell back and hit the coffee table behind me. When my bum hit the floor hard my cheek grazed the sharp end of the table. Sonic gasped, I think because he realized he had over reacted. "Don't come near me." he shook his head, pushed the door open, and was gone.
"Oh gosh, Amy!" Tails and Cream came running toward me, every one else was at the entrance way to the room, staring.
"Are you okay? You're bleeding!" Tails asked. I wiped some of the blood off my face. I looked down at it in my hand. All I could think about was that Sonic actually did that to me? He actually did that to me…
"Goodness gracious?" Pickle sounded outraged. "What on earth has gotten into your friend Sonic? Look what he did to this poor girl!"
"Wait, no! He didn't do it on purpose!" I yelled. Why on earth was I protecting him? "But…"
"Why don't you go in the kitchen and get yourself cleaned up, dear? There's paper towels and a first aid kit on the bottom drawer next to the sink on your left."
"Uh, thank you Professor Pickle." I said lightly. Tails helped me rise but I walked to the kitchen myself. I hadn't realized how hard he's thrown me until I felt a stinging pain serge through my legs. "Ow!" I fell to my knees.
"Amy, we'll help you!" Tails declared. I saw him and Knuckles coming at me from the corner of my eye, but someone got there faster; he had already lifted me up and I was using him as support. "S-Shadow?"
"I'll take her to the kitchen," he said flatly, "just get the information we need to destroy those monsters for good."
"O-okay." Tails stammered. As we walked out, I couldn't help but hear knuckles say, "That's unusually nice of him."
"Yes indeed, how very curious." Rouge whispered back. There was an awkward silence as he helped me limp into the kitchen. The lights were on bright and the flooring was checkered black and white.
"I think I can walk by myself now," I told him, "my legs were just stunned for a moment, that's all." He let me go and I balanced myself on my own two feet. Yes, the pain was gone a little; my butt hurt more than my legs. I stalked over to the bottom cabinet, bent down, and opened it. I pulled out the white case with the red cross on it. When I stood up, Shadow was uncomfortably close to my right standing next to me.
"Shadow, you can leave if you want. I'm sure you wanna hear about how to take out those-"
"Sonic's changing." He cut me off.
"Uh, what?"
"Sonic's changing." He repeated. "He's changing into something vile, and destructive, and I'm sure it has to do with that dark Gaia thing. So, if you wanna live, I suggest you stay away from him."
"What's wrong with him? What's he changing into?"
"I can't tell you."
"Well I've had it with people not telling me anything, dammit!" I cursed. "I want to help him!"
"Amy, there's nothing you can do for him." He said flatly.
"Well at least tell me what I need to know! I wanna know what's wrong even if you think I can't help him! This is terrible what's happening to him, I know he doesn't want this!"
"You know he doesn't want what? To hurt you? To hurt his friends? How do you know what he wants, Amy? Maybe he's enjoying this new dark power of his. What would you say to that?"
"I'd say that's not true! Whatever this is, i-it has something to do with that machine Eggman used on him! And you! You helped him do it, so I don't know why I'm talking to you!" I grabbed the first aid kit and was about to leave but he pulled at my wrist. "Let go."
"Listen, if you try to go find him, you'll only get yourself killed, Amy!"
"Oh, why? I can't understand how Sonic would try to kill me because I don't know what's wrong with Sonic, because you won't tell me! So let go, I'll figure it out myself!" He didn't. "You stupid jerk, let go! Did you hear me? I can handle it my self!"
"Oh, yes, of course," he mused, "you seemed to have had things handled before he left just now; I'm sure that worked out the way you planned."
"Let go!" I was furious now. "What's it to you, huh? Why do you care if I go and get myself killed?"
"It may not seem like it to you, but I do actually value some life on this planet." I stopped struggling for a moment to process that.
"Tell me something though, Amy," he enlightened, "did he ask for your help before he left? Or did it seem more like he didn't want you involved?" I froze. "You see? You'd be making things a lot worse for him if you tried to go after him right now. Let him deal with this on his own, if he wants..." I was actually relieved; much of what Shadow was saying made sense and I felt positive about him. "…But don't go get yourself killed just because you're in love with the poor bastard." I take back what I said.
"Okay, yeah so what? I am in love with him," he cringed, "but love makes people do crazy things spontaneously and I'd do anything for Sonic." His grip loosened slowly. He was staring at me frowning; but not like that 'I don't care stare', like he always had. He looked like a lost puppy or something; sad.
"Amy, are you sure?" He asked.
"Am I sure about what? That I love him?" I thought I was gonna burst out in his face and say 'OF COURSE I DO!' but the words caught in my throat because I thought: why was he asking me this? "Yes." I said quietly. I stared at him for a reply but he just glared at me. When he let go of my wrist I almost fell forward. I turned my head to look at him still. He wasn't staring at me anymore and he was sauntering towards the library room. "Uh..?" Was that it? That was all he was gonna say? I watched him until he disappeared into the other room. When it went quiet, I just thought; all these thoughts rushing through my head. I…I felt bad. I felt horrible, actually, that I had told him that I loved Sonic. Butterflies sat in my stomach again as I sat at the dining table and fixed my wounds…alone.
BC737: Hey you know what ticked me off? That none of the other characters were in Sonic Unleashed! It was only Sonic, Tails, and Amy! Sheesh, not even Knuckles! That's it! I loved the Sonic gameplay, for the day stages, anyway, I hated playing the werewolf because it was just so slow. OMG but they had the best music, right?! Spagonia, Apotos, Chu-nan, all those levels' themes for the day stages were awesome! :D….okay, well anyway thanx for reading, and REVIEWS are appreciated (no really, they are. I want to know people are actually reading this and what they think!)!
