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So now let's see where Sonic and the others went and if they found Amy yet.

Ten days

Sonic kept on walking, his arm over his eyes, till the light around him dimed. He looked around; a sinking feeling crept its way in to him when he saw his surroundings. Dark, lonely, and dead were the first things that entered his mind about this place. The sky was polluted and a strange color of purple; all the trees were dying or dead. There was no grass growing in the ground or any other plant life, just dirt. What was worse was the silence, no birds or small creatures could be heard in the woods.

"Man what a dump." Commented Knuckles "I not sure Amy could survive in a place like this." Rouge slapped his head when he said this. "Ouch! What was that for?"

"For not thinking before you speak. Now come on, we can't waste any more time." Rouge said.

"Where do we even start to look? This place is a mess and don't forget that those things are out there somewhere." Knuckles rubbed his head as he said this. Rouge looked over at Sonic, but he didn't say anything. Then a small sound started to come from their watches.

"Testing. *screech* Testing. *screech* Sonic? Guys? *screech* Can you hear me?"

"Tails!" They all cried.

"We can hear you hon, what's going on?" Rouge asked, speaking in to the watched.

"I don't want to say it in front of Eggman or Shadow, but I also put another communicator in it so that we could stay in touch. If you need to contact me it will send a page to Cream first so that the others won't find out. I just added it before you left, it's lucky that it actually works*SCREECH*." They covered their ears as Tails' voice was cut off by interference.

"Yeah, lucky." Knuckles mumbled

"Well there will be some interference, but at least it's something. You must use this only if you really need to. Because of the time different talking to me will take about a day in your side." Sonic jumped when Tails said this and signal to Rouge to cut the conversation short.

"Hey Tail, thanks for letting us know that, but we got to get going, Sonic is getting stress over here." Rouge said calmly.

"Oh right, by the way you should check out your packs before you go anywhere. I packed a few more hidden goodies in there for all of you. Sonic will know how to use them and if not there is a manual. I got to go guys talk to you later." Said Tails as the commuitcar gave one last screech.

"Manual?" Knuckles questioned.

"It's a book that tells you how to use stuff." Sonic answered

"I know what a manual is! I just was wondering if he really expects us to read it." Knuckles snapped back.

"Probably just Rouge. I wouldn't be surprised if he put it in her pack." Sonic said.

"Tails never ceases to amaze me; he is always a few steps head of us." Rouge commented. She took another good look around her, she felt like she had been here before. Then she remembered. She knew exactly where they were.

"Sonic, this is where Amy disappeared with the bracelet!" Sonic looked around when Rouge said this and replied "Your right! That's weird; we can ask Tails about that later. Let's get going."

"Shouldn't we look in our packs first like Tails said?" Knuckles asked. He had already placed his pack on the ground and opened it. Rouge followed his lead and did the same. Sonic did the same, though he was annoyed that they were so slow.

"Hey, the new hoverboard!" Cried Knuckles holding up a thin five by five square. "I thought he would never finish it."

"How do you use it?" Rouge asked looking hers over.

"Why don't you read the manual?" teased Knuckles. Rouge glared at him, but before she could say anything Sonic stepped in, knowing that if he was not careful the two would get in a fight. That fight could last for a while, and Sonic really didn't feel like waiting or getting in the middle of it.

"You push your finger in the middle then throw it." Sonic grabbed the square from Knuckles and did exactly that. The square at first hovered above the ground, then it rapidly started to unfold itself into a long rounded board. It was a lot sleeker than the old hoverborad, it had a hit of red on the side and was yellow on the top.

Knuckles gave a low whistle, "Wow."

"Aww, Tails gave me one too, plus some nice spy gear." Rouge said while admiring her new tools.

"Well, well, looks like my buddy trusted me with testing out his new toy."Sonic showed Knuckles and Rouge a small flat disc. They watched as Sonic dug a small hole in the ground and buried the disc. He then pulled out a rectangular screen no bigger than a cell phone. He looked at it for a second and smiled, showing the others the screen; a map of their local terrain.

"Our very own personal digital map. Tails made it for me to use whenever I found a place I really wanted to visit again. That disc I just put in the ground senses everything in a thirty mile radius and sends it to this computer. I can even pin-point where I placed the disc." Sonic explained to them, feeling oddly intelligent.

"So now that we took a look at our new toys can we go now?" He asked impatiently.

"Yes, but only if you promise one thing." Rouge said firmly

"What?" Sonic whined.

"That you don't run off on us. Don't give me that look like you don't have a clue what I'm talking about. We are in a strange place that has those monsters walking around; we can't afford to be reckless."

"Fine, I promise" said Sonic.

"Good." Replied Rouge.

"Alright then I think we should head that way at least that was the path that lead to the temple in our world. Maybe Amy went that way" Knuckles suggested. Rouge flew up into the air as Knuckles jumped onto his broad. "Sound good to you Sonic?"

"Yep, let's getting going." Sonic said solemnly.

XXX

Ok Tails, just keep it steady, all you got to do it burn two wires together. No sweat, you do this stuff all the time. Done. Tails wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked over at Eggman who was busy tightening some bolts. Tails almost lost it with Eggman when he found out that, though the machine to open dimensions was built and did at one time work, the machine was now in need of multiple repairs. Ironically the machine was originally broken by Sonic. They would have to put it together again and make the alterations as they went along. They had two hours and thirty-five minutes to do this, not a whole lot of room for mistakes. Eggman stopped to look at his work, his face looked puzzled as he glanced at the plans he had next to him. Tails walked over to see what was wrong. The moment he saw what Eggman did he felt like he was going to scream.

"Mmm. That's strange I did everything right, but why does it look odd." Questioned the mad scientist.

Tails took the plans Eggman had and saw what he was building. It was the head of one of his robots and he built it on the side of his machine. Okay, get a grip, it no big deal, just hand him the right plans and walk away. Tails balled up the wrong plans throwing them over his shoulder, handed Eggman the right ones and walked away slowly.

"Ohh" Eggman said "I see, good thing the power button is on the right side of this hunk of junk. This would be a mess to fix." Tails stopped, curling his fist tighter and said slowly "You are working on the right side."

"Oooh, oops."

Tails let out a loud scream that had Cream running in to the room on the upper level, Shadow just shook his head.

"Is everything alright Shadow?" Cream asked nervously

"Yeah, Tails is just dealing with the Doc. That guy really seems to be losing it. If the Dark Dimension doesn't destroy us he will, and it won't be on purpose." Shadow replied.

"Oh I see" Cream felt a little sorry for Eggman, even if he did some very nasty things to her and her friends in the past. "By the way Shadow, thank you for helping us out. I know Amy would be grateful too."

Shadow stiffened when Cream said this, then very smoothly and sincerely replied "You're welcome."

Shadow then looked at his watch and saw that twenty minutes had already passed since Sonic and the others had left. I hope you guys found her already. Amy's counting on you.

XXX

"AHHHHHHHH!"

That's what was heard throughout the dead forest, as a blue bur ran in almost every direction.

"How is this possible? We've been going this way forever and we still haven't made it out of this forest. According to the map we've barely moved! Sonic cried slowly going stir crazy.

"Is it just me or does everything looks the same?" Rouge inquired as she landed next to Knuckles who was standing with the hoverboard under his arm.

"It almost feels like a dream, you know, the kind where you're running at something but the closer you get the further it gets away." When Rouge said this Knuckles put down his board and started back to where they came. It only took five minutes to get there; he called out to the others. Sonic and Rouge came fast, also noticing how little time it took.

"It's some sort of hologram, the forest, sky even underground. It's a like were trapped in a big bubble." Knuckles exclaimed kicking a nearby rock.

"Oh boy and what's worse is that we just wasted ten days." Rouge said looking at her watch.

"TEN DAYS! But how, we haven't even seen the sun go down or up!" Sonic said feeling frustrated. How could they not notice the time? And if they were trapped then why wasn't Amy here with them? Since running was the best way for him to think and since he really wouldn't be breaking his promise to Rouge he started to run all over the place. Rouge just watched Sonic as he zoomed all around, shielding her eyes whenever he kicked up dirt and sand. Then something caught her eye on the other side of the clearing, she walked over to see what it was. She bent down to pick it up, when she realized what it was.

"Sonic, Knuckles come over here." The two ran to Rouge's side, she turned and held up a plain golden bracelet. Sonic took it and stared at it, Amy was here, but where had she gone?

"I found it in the ground in front of this tree" Said Rouge. Knuckles walked in front of the tree and put out a hand to touch it. His hand went right through the bark and Knuckles pulled back fast. "Amy went through here, she must have left that here as a clue for us." Knuckles explained pointing to the bracelet. Sonic's grip around the bracelet tightened. Of course she would leave them a clue. She knows that Sonic would come after her, it may have taken a while, but he was here now.

"Come on, we already wasted ten days." Sonic said as he walked right in to and through the tree. Rouge and Knuckles looked at each other and then followed not exchanging a word, they both really hoped that Amy would still be alive, but the chances seemed really slim now.

When will they ever find Amy? Soon I hope, don't forget to tell me what you think.

Working on next chapter and be prepare for some action and new friends.