Disclaimer: I dont own anything except the plot. Alan/Orion, Sarah, Harrison and Project Odin belong to TheIrOnFORGE. All other characters belong to Sega.

Chapter 9

Orion had just moved a little south from where he met up with Harrison when he felt a muted pain in his chest it gave him an extremely bad feeling. It made him worried, because he knew it wasn't from Sarah. He lifted on the winds and hurried to the place he felt it happen.

When he got there, no one was around but what worried him most was that there was a puddle of blood which started a trail going to the west. He didn't know who it belonged to, but he was certain that it was someone whom he knew. The amount of it made him scared that whoever was hurt was in danger of dying.

"Maybe that pain is connected to what happened," he mumbled to himself trying to keep his rational side in check. There was a small speck of fear growing in his chest that this was going to lead to something terrible.

He followed the trail for a bit when he came across what appeared to be a farm house. He looked around and noticed there wasn't another building for miles. Then he heard voices which made him curious, so he walked over to a window making sure to stay out of view.

"Man that was too easy!" He heard a male voice laugh. "I mean her famous 'will' was so strong." He seemed to be mocking someone as he gave a shout of laughter. "I hope after she kills him that it brings her back so she can live with what she's done...not that it'll be very long."

"Scourge," a female voice said slightly exasperated. "Do you possibly think this plan could backfire at all...I mean..."

"Fi, there's no way, this could backfire." The one called Scourge laughed.

"But you never took into consideration that she could break free," Fi said sternly. "Or that Sonic could show up randomly at our doorstep at any time." She gave a heavy sigh. "You never consider the consequences of what you do. What if this time jail time is the least of your worries?" Her voice sounded a little thick at the end, making it sound like she were about to cry.

"Would you relax?" He said his voice turning a bit huskier. "I've thought this through. There is no way she can break free from my control...if she does she'll go crazy until she dies, if it doesn't kill her sooner."

Orion had gathered they were talking about Sonic and Amy now. So he was the one who took Amy, and also Anais which drove Amy to her darkest place.

His blue eyes seemed to glow brighter with his anger, as he turned and moved out of sight from the house. "They have to know." He closed his eyes and sent out an illusion knowing it would catch Sonic's attention.

xXThe Things We Leave BehindXx

Today Angel island was quiet and peaceful, nothing was disturbed. The flickies were singing.

Suddenly there was a dark shimmer and a figure appeared. She looked around hoping to find a trace of what she was looking for.

She noticed the still ruined memorial and smirked as she walked over to it. "Hmm, seems I'm not the only one." She looked down and noticed the fractured stone cross and scoffed.

"Hello there," a smooth sounding male voice said, it startled her because she thought she was alone. "Over here." She spun left and saw a dark green ball of flame hovering in front of her.

"Who're you?" She asked.

"You could say we're 'family'." His smooth voice seemed to memorize her. "You know he's done terrible things, after all he just let you and your unborn child die."

"It's true," she nodded agreeing with the voice. "Why are you talking to me?"

"Because I require your help," he said.

"I don't even know you," she scoffed. "Why would you require my help?"

"Because only a spirit guardian can release me." He said temptingly.

"And what happens if I do release you?"

"I can help you get what you desire, your revenge." He said airily. "After all he's replaced you with the little hedgehog girl, and they want you gone."

"He does spend more time with her then me," she scowled darkly. "How do I release you?"

"Yes," he said satisfied. "You must call my name. You must also give some of your energy to me."

"But I don't know your name," she said confused.

"I am not allowed to speak it," he sighed heavily. "You must think back to your training with Him, he has mentioned me before."

Sarah closed her eyes, and thought back to the first few weeks of training.

'He is an ancient evil man, he used to have a family of his own quite like yours. He was driven to insanity by the power of greed and ambition. His name was Samuel...'

She concentrated hard, her hands held out to the flame. "Samuel..." A light blueish aura seeped from her hands towards him.

When she opened her eyes she saw a figure. His face was hidden under cloths all she could see of his face was his piercing red eyes. He wore dark robes that showed one skeletal arm. "Thank you," he said before disappearing with a short dark chuckle.

She sighed after he disappeared. 'Go to the abandoned facility you will find them there soon.'

"Well that was helpful," she said sarcastically.

xXThe Things We Leave BehindXx

Amy woke back into the darkness, her head hurt and her stomach did too. She looked around and knew she was still stuck, she placed her hand on her stomach hoping to ease some of the pain she was feeling when she felt a wetness. She gasped at the warm sensation, she knew without seeing that it was blood.

"What's going on?" She whispered to herself confused, hoping her body wasn't sustaining damage while she was trapped here, weak and powerless.

"You have never been weak little Rose," the now familiar voice said softly. There was a flash of light and the whole area lightened up enough where she could see, and he stood before her again.

"I-I know you," she said shocked when she saw the faceless man who sent her back all that time ago.

"Yes," he nodded. "I'm quite certain everyone knows me...they refer to me as Him, or to the humans I am God."

"Why am I stuck here?" She asked.

"Because when Scourge stabbed you it was with an ancient relic belonging to Dark Gaia and it released the darkness ready within you from losing your daughter."

"If I'd only been stronger I could've gotten away." She said harshly. "But all I ever seem to be is weak...a burden to the others."

"If that were true," the faceless man said. "Why would they be desperately searching for you?" He waved his hand and a mirror appeared. "Your Sonic has been driven near to insanity...although he's in much the same predicament as you, only he's in a little more control.

"The relic used on you is a twin, and must be used by a natural creation. And you have never been a burden, the strength you wish for has been there since birth. You are much stronger than even Sonic realizes."

"He thinks I'm strong?" Amy asked skeptical.

"Since he first met you," he said nodding. "It's what drew him in, why he fell in love with you."

Amy blushed when he said that, then felt so horrible for being such a useless lump after Anais went missing.

"Your daughter has been kidnapped again," the faceless man said causing her head to snap in his direction. "The captor intends on using her energy."

"Why does it seem like everything bad that can happen, happens to me or someone I love." Amy said angry.

"Because it was meant to happen," the faceless man replied cryptically. "You and your friends and family are meant to keep the world free from evil taking over."

"But why me?" She asked desperately. "Why the weakest one? The one who always ends up kidnapped or lately evil?!" She was beginning to sound hysterical.

"As I said before you are now weak Amy," he chided. "You'll see soon enough how strong you truly are."

xXThe Things We Leave BehindXx

They group were heading back to the Tornado, with Sonic lagging I in the back hoping there might be a chance that he could sneak off so he wouldn't hurt anyone else. That's when he heard it, the sound the made his heart leap into his throat. It was a simple giggle, but one he knew by heart.

He spun around and looked in every direction until he saw it, a flash of pink in the trees. "Amy?" He asked in disbelief.

He took off after her, hoping to catch her and finally have her back.

Rouge heard Sonic's exclamation, and turned just in time to see him dart off. She stopped moving causing the others to notice.

"What's wrong, feeling all right?" Knuckles asked worried.

"I feel fine," Rouge replied. "But Sonic just took off, after saying Amy's name."

"We should follow him," Shadow said. "Make sure he doesn't hurt anyone or himself."

They all nodded and took off after him. They caught up because he wasn't going at his normal speeds.

"Sonic what are you chasing?" Tails yelled after his brother.

"Can't you see her?" He yelled, his voice held a small hint of happiness.

"We don't see anyone." Knuckles said sadly. "Sonic are you sure you're not just imagining..."

"I'm not imagining anything!" Sonic yelled speeding up slightly. "Please wait!" He begged.

Then Rouge heard a soft sound that made her heart skip a beat. It was Amy's laugh, but it couldn't be.

"I-I heard it," she whispered tears filling her eyes. Then for the first time in what felt like years she flew, so she could catch up to Sonic. "I believe you."

Sonic flashed her a grateful look. The three behind then looked at each other like their two friends were losing it.

Tails then turned to Shadow, seeing that the others were far enough away that he could ask the question that was plaguing his mind since he heard Sonic say it earlier when he went crazy.

"Hey Shadow, I've been wondering," Tails started slowly unsure how the dark hedgehog would react.

"What is it?" Shadow asked not looking at Tails but showing he was listening.

"Is it true?" Tails asked. "I mean what Sonic said...back there."

"What he said?" Shadow asked confused, then the moment in question popped into his mind. 'I get it now...you love her!' He thought about it for a bit. "I'm not sure I can answer that."

"What does that mean?" Tails asked confused.

"I means I need to think before I give you an answer, if I do give one." Shadow answered speeding up to avoid further questioning.

'Please wait!' Sonic thought desperately, feeling like he needed to catch her or it wouldn't be real.

When they finally broke through the dense trees about twenty minutes later, it was not Amy waiting for them but Orion.

"Where'd she go?" Sonic asked his voice dropping back to angry.

"I sent an illusion, because I knew you would definitely follow." Orion said apologetically. "I'm sorry."

"It was a trick?" Rouge asked dropping back to the ground her eyes watering.

"I have news for you though, that involves Amy." Orion said watching the spark of hope in all the eyes staring at him. "I know who took her and Anais, and I know what's happened to them until just recently."

"Tell us," Sonic demanded.

Orion sighed hoping that Sonic didn't go crazy again. "I don't know if you know of him, but he knows you and wants to destroy you...but I don't think it's a good-"

"What's his name?" Sonic interrupted tired with Orion's games.

"She said it was Scourge, as well as Harrison believed it was too."

Sonic looked absolutely livid. "That bastard had the nerve to take what's most important to me?" He growled and if you looked close enough, one eye seemed to crack a little more. He turned to Orion then. "You know where he is don't you."

"Sonic, you should calm-" Tails trailed off at the livid look he received from Sonic.

"Tell me where to find him." Sonic said deadly serious.

Orion looked to the others, and they all looked alarmed. "I-"

Sonic moved as close as he dared, knowing something was off with this form. "You've already put them in enough danger," he said his face so dark you'd think he turned evil. "Now tell me."

"There's a farm house about half a mile to the west of here," he sighed as Sonic took off in the direction he indicated.

"Let's go," Rouge said to the others. "Before he does something he regrets."

They nodded and followed.

xXThe Things We Left BehindXx

Anais felt so terrified, she was chained to a wall and could barely move. She looked around the dimly lit room, her eyes and head hurt.

"Well little one, you sure are strong," her captor said snarkily. "Why don't you just give in, your head will hurt less."

"I'll never give you what you want," she said fighting the drug he'd injected in her earlier.

"And you know what I want?" He asked amused.

"Yes," she said shaking her head despite the pain worsening as she did so. "What everyone is after...my energy."

"Very good," he said sarcastically. "It seems you've gotten a gift from being born to her. Your energy will serve a great purpose."

"What purpose?" She asked confused.

"Revenge." He stated simply.

"When my mother finds me, you'll be sorry you ever messed with us." Anais said angrily.

"Is that so?" He gave a roar of laughter. "You amuse me," his good natured look wiped off his face almost instantly. "But an abomination such as you will not be allowed to live, so give in."

"I'm not an abomination." She said but she was beginning to lose the battle, as her eyelids began to close slowly. "She will...find me..."

"More time is needed," he muttered to himself. He thought about it for a bit until he remembered. "Ah yes, the mech hidden in the artillery room." That was when she finally lost the battle, and her eyes closed.

xXThe Things We Leave BehindXx

The others followed behind Sonic at a reasonable distance, not wanting to set him off with how angry he seemed.

"I knew he was back," Shadow said quietly, his voice laced with guilt. "But I didn't think he was actually capable of this."

"If he had the chance he would kill Sonic himself." Rouge said darkly. She felt extremely dizzy and was trying to hide it from the others.

"Why didn't you say anything before?" Knuckles asked scowling at the black hedgehog.

"Because with everything that happened, it slipped my mind." Shadow said glaring back.

"Convenient," Knuckles challenged.

"Guys we have to-" her dizziness became overwhelming then, and she swayed dangerously. Knuckles rushed over and caught her the second she started to topple over.

"Rouge are you ok?" All three males stopped, and they lost sight of Sonic.

"I'm just feeling dizzy," she replied holding her forehead as the wave passed. "I'll be fine...it was probably earlier when Sonic almost-I must still be feeling a little off from then."

"Well it's the fourth time I've seen you like this in the last couple days." Knuckles said adamantly. "I'm carrying you the rest of the way."

Rouge blushed brilliantly as she shook her head. "No, really I'll be fine to walk."

"Rouge no excuses," Knuckles said defiantly as he scooped her up with a surprised squeal.

"Knuckles put me dow-" she trailed off as another wave of dizziness washed over her.

Tails and Shadow watched the exchange. Tails smiled slightly at them.

"It's strange." Shadow muttered catching Tails' attention.

"What is?" He asked confused.

"She doesn't usually get sick from stuff like this." Shadow said surely. "That's what makes her such a great agent."

Tails thought it odd that Rouge was having these dizzy spells, and getting sick all the time. Then a thought occurred to him, but he wasn't sure.

"We have to catch up with Sonic!" Shadow said realizing the blue hedgehog had disappeared. The three men started moving as fast as they could, Shadow skated far ahead of the rest.

When they arrived at the farm house Orion mentioned they saw Sonic, who seemed to be warring with himself in whether to go in. Just before they reached him he broke down the door.

Inside with Sonic he glared at the couple standing shocked near the living room.

"How did..." The green hedgehog began nervously. He noticed something was off with the hero. His shock turned into smugness. "So you finally found me? Did you do her in?"

"Do who in?" Sonic asked confused, angry.

"The one I sent to destroy you." Scourge mocked. Fiona began to draw back in fear, she noticed Sonic's eyes because they were all she could see.

"What did you do with Amy and my daughter?" Sonic growled menacingly.

Scourge gave a laugh. "The little girl was easy." That shot through Sonic like a bolt of lightening. "As for Amy..." He didn't even want to hear what vile things Scourge had done to his Amy he lunged at the green hedgehog.

"Sonic wait!"

AN: I hope everyone likes the chapter. I hope you enjoy this cliffy :)