Aaand Back to the two hedgehogs! Yay, the 10th chapter at last!

I swear, this is going to be ShadAmy if there is any romance. You'll realise this once you finish reading the chapter...

"Chapter X: Enter the hammer. Oh, and a crazy Amy"

The two were standing like that for a long time. Sonic was waiting for Amy to respond. Amy was waiting for Sonic to stop...

And... Now!

So she could blow his brains out.

"What! The! Hell! Was! That! FOR?" She was screaming bloody murder, each word punctuated with a blow from her hammer. "What the hell makes you think you can start messing around like that?" She was now chasing Sonic with her hammer, still yelling indignantly.

"For god's sakes, there is a WAR going on! The most dangerous creature of the underworld is in Aljandria, and can be released any second! There are exactly five people that have a chance against it, and one of them has been kidnapped by the most viscous gang in Aljandria! The other is in a freakin' COMA! All of our lives are hanging by a thread and any one of us can be killed at any moment! There are innocent lives at stake, but no, instead of helping me do something about it, you're going around kissing me! I have personal space, you know! It doesn't matter if I used to know you, 'cuz I don't now! What in bloody hell do you think gives you the right to do that?"

And so on. Sonic was, to say the least, completely confused.

Why didn't it work? Wasn't getting kissed by me one of her lifelong dreams or something? Something like that should have snapped her back to her old self. Ow!

"Argh! I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Sonic yelped, now running from Amy as fast as he could. Amy had increased in speed during her disappearance, and she managed to get a few more whacks in before Sonic lost her. That didn't stop her from still chasing the blue hedgehog. It felt like hours later when Amy finally slowed down, panting slightly.

Sonic saw this and skidded to a stop, turning to face Amy. "Look, I wasn't messing around, or anything. I thought if I did that, your memories would come back." He was talking rapidly, in case Amy decided to stop listening at start chasing him again. "Guess it didn't work. I'm really sorry, Amy."

"...that seems believable."

If this Sonic really did know me back on Mobius, maybe he was trying to revive my memories. Perhaps he really does care; his heart is definitely in the right place. Maybe it wasn't his fault.

Still, that doesn't give him the excuse to suddenly kiss me.

"Well then... I appreciate the effort." Amy smiled walked towards him, and at first Sonic thought that it was for her to hug her. Seconds later, he realised it was to punch him in the gut. "But don't you EVER try that again, got it? I'm not the one to be worrying about right now. Now come on! We're going to go catch gang members." And so she dragged him off to town square.

Wait, what?

"What are we doing here? Look like a sheriff's office." Sonic was looking left and right around the jail. The lady with the nail file was sitting at the desk, trying to ignore the two. She was still miffed about how Amy had scared her out of her wits with the knocked-out body of a criminal.

Amy pointed to the yellowing pages tacked onto the wall on his right. "On this walls are wanted posters of all known members of the Creepers, among other criminals. Since you lost our little bet, you're going to help me catch them."

"Why? I mean, they're just a gang, they can't be that bad."

Amy's fists started to clench. "They're not just a gang. When I first Fell, I was taken in by a rabbit named Cocoa and her mother Cherry. They took me under their wings, took care of me. But somehow, the Creepers found out about them. They kidnapped Cherry, and Cocoa was badly scratched. It got infected, and sent her into a coma. Their base is the only way of saving their lives, like they saved mine. Don't you realise that no one here uses technology in these parts?"

"Now that I think about it, the people here are pretty old fashioned."

"They're not old-fashioned. Aljandria is kept in the dark ages by the Creepers. If anyone dares to create medicine, or make a machine, they are killed, and the Creepers take their discoveries for themselves. I need to find where they're hiding, and get back Cherry and the medicine need to save Cocoa's life."

Sonic looked back at the faded pictures. "So eventually one of these guys will tell you where the base is?"

Amy nodded in return. "All the ones I've caught so far don't even know if it exists for sure. If we manage to catch one of the higher-ups, I'm sure I can persuade one of them into telling me where it is. Take a good look at these things, because once we go hunting, you'll need to be able to recognize any of these mongrels on sight."

A voice came from behind them. "Well, you sure progress fast, Amy. Three months to become a bounty hunter, an' right on the same day you've already gone an' picked up an apprentice. So who's this young'un?" Lila had entered.

"He lost a bet with me, he's not my apprentice or anything!" Amy blustered.

"Sure, he ain't. Now why don't you introduce me to him?"

Amy complied. "Sonic this if my former mentor, Lila. Lila, this is Sonic. He Fell earlier today."

"That's four already, ain't it. Looks like the war is gonna rear up real soon. Remember, when we find that base of them Creepers, I'm coming with you."

Amy agreed. "Of course. You still have to find your sister, Missi." She turned to Sonic. "Let's get going."

Sonic had his hands clasped behind his head, and he yawned. "Sounds good to me. So where do you usually find these jokers?"

Amy turned her head to gaze out the open door. "The market. With so many people crowded around, it's the perfect spot for a criminal to hide, so that's where we're going."

"Try not to get lost." Amy murmured to Sonic. "The reason so many wanted people hide out here is because it's so easy to lose someone in all the people wandering around. She jabbed a finger into Sonic's chest. "And that means you can get lost too. I don't you getting yourself killed, or something equally stupid. Now, how fast are you?"

"The fastest." Sonic grinned. "Hey, isn't that hawk over there from the wanted posters?" He turned a finger towards a black hawk, walking slowly by the various stalls. Every so often he switched direction, prowling this way, then that.

Amy looked in the direction Sonic was pointing. "Yes. He's the leader of the Vultures. Since he was the leader before his gang merged with the Creepers, he might have some information we could use. His name is Duke, but he goes by the name Scarseye."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go get him." Despite Amy's protests of "No! Wait!" Sonic sped off towards the former gang leader. "Hey, Scarseye!" The hawk turned to look at Sonic as he continued running, preparing to ram him head on.

The idiot! Does he realise Scarseyes strength?

No, he did not, and the blue hedgehog was sent bouncing back from the hawk's massive chest. Unluckily for him, Scarseye had just had most of his power stripped away from him upon merging gangs, and he was not in a joyous mood. And on a good day, the least he did to an offender was beat him to a pulp. "Why you little-" He raised his wing- only to have it stopped in mid swing by a certain pink bounty hunter.

"Your fight is with me." She growled.

The bystanders had backed away from the commotion now, giving a wide berth to the threesome. "Aren't you the bitch that keeps catching my drones?"

"The one and only." Amy leered, now twirling her hammer behind her back.

Whoa! It's like she gone through a total personality change! She's cocky... a lot like me, actually.

Sonic was now forgotten, as hedgehog stared at hawk and hawk stared at hedgehog. Suddenly, with a roar, Scarseye aimed to hit a blow to Amy's head. "I'll teach you to mess with me!"

Amy dodged the hit easily, and precedded to introduce her hammer to his face. Scarseye saw it coming, however, and blocked the hit with one arm. He grabbed the hammer, wrenching it out of Amy's grasp, and threw it far out of reach. "Finally! Now let's see how well the bitch can fight without her puny hammer. Hey, why are you still smiling?"

The leer had only left in the instant Amy's hammer disappeared. Now it was back. "Stupid birdie." Her voice's tone was rough now, almost evil. "That hammer was only one-"

She unsheathed her sword here.

"Of"

She was swinging it almost wildly, cutting off many of Scarseye's feathers.

"My"

Swing!

"Many"

Swing!

"Weapons!"

Swing! The ground was littered with chopped up pieces of black feathers now. "Mess with me, and I get angry. Mess with my hammer, and that's when I start to go a little crazy!" Amy didn't get to enjoy being crazy for long, as Sonic, in all the commotion, had sneaked away, retrieved Amy's hammer, and smacked it on Scarseye's head. He fell to the ground, inconscious. Upon seeing the unmoving body in front of her, the crazy glint left Amy's eyes.

I wish I could say this was the craziest I've ever seen her.

"Well?" Sonic leaned on the hammer. "Not bad for my first try, huh?"

"Give me my hammer." Amy held her hand out, voice slightly muted. When it was back in her hand, she proceeded to attack Sonic with her hammer again. "You idiot! Do you realise how many innocent people could have gotten hurt when you rushed in like that? If he wasn't such a nincompoop himself, he could have taken someone hostage! But no, you still barged in, and I had to go in and save you."

Oh boy...

This chapter is basically just filler, but also establishes the relationship between Amy ans Sonic. Amy sees Sonic as an irritating guy with too little patience. Sonic sees Amy as a little more hammer-happy than usual. And a little crazy.

I'm so sorry the quality is so low, but I got this massive nosebleed (twice!) , and my forehead is still cold from the ice my mom pressed against my head. Brrrr.

So, the usual: R&R, I'm taking oneshot requests, and oh-

TDSonic135 has requested a ShadAmy oneshot. I'll be writing it over the weekend, and it should be up to read on Monday. If any of you are interested, feel free to read it as well!

Buh bye, now.