Ch.11: Tell Me the Truth

Sonic's room was drenched with the sheer light of the morning sun as he woke up and rubbed his drowsy, tired eyes. He shook himself awake as he yawned once more and got up from his bed. He made his way towards a mirror and looked into it, sighing. He looked more than tired. He looked exhausted!

He made his way to the living room where he saw Amy still sleeping peacefully, asleep on her stomach and outstretched. He walked over to her and shook his head at what he saw. She had tearstains over her cheeks and her face was not relaxed. Instead it was saddened and strained. What a nightmare it had to be…

As he came by her side to wake her up, his eyes met the same thing he saw the other day.

He looked over at Amy's arm…

The bruise.

Sonic sighed with unease as he stared at it again…And again… and again.

It was very dark and big; something he could not ignore….

Until finally…

He took her arm carefully….

Rolled up her sleeve…

And there, everywhere, were bruises.

Sonic gasped as he ran his hand down her shattered arm, for he never saw so many bruises, even cuts, in his life!

Then he did another thing to make sure his eyes weren't totally deceiving him. He carefully but slowly took the bottom of Amy's shirt and raised it about an inch high so he had a clear view of the back.

More bruises.

Sonic looked over at the scratches and what looked like cigarette burns on her delicate skin. Dried blood was over some of the wider cuts and there were scabs and burns everywhere! Was Amy.. beaten?

What the hell had happened?

Of course, he knew it couldn't have just been ordinary bruises from an ordinary fall. No. Of course not! They were much worse. Too worse to even describe… They were torture to his eyes. They were disbelief… Such a heartrending thing to even look at.

What was Amy hiding from him? First it was her eyes that made Sonic suspicious, then the nightmare and now this…

The nightmare. She cried out his name. Also, she whispered the name Auron

Auron?

"Sonic! Save me!…"

From what?

A soft moan escaped from the pink hedgehog's lips as she began to stir on the couch; yawning. Her lids opened to reveal her cold, diverse eyes. They began to focus on Sonic.

As her arms, they were DEFINATLEY not the same.

She starred at Sonic and didn't smile, for she still looked half asleep. She yawned once again as she stood up and rubbed her bare arm. Before she could notice her sleeve was up, she touched her arm and felt a sharp, stinging pain.

Sonic just stared at her until Amy was finally, fully awake. Her face was too confused but worried at the same time. She pulled down her sleeve quickly as if she didn't see; didn't feel nothing. There was an uncomfortable silence in the air.

"Amy? Where did you get those bruises?"

Amy's mouth didn't move but already her emotions were coming to her… She shrugged acting like she didn't know.

"Amy? Where did you get those bruises?"

Amy shook her head from side to side slowly, her eyes becoming a bright pink as she spoke with an uneasy tone.

"I don't know…"

Another strong silence.

Sonic took her arm, pulled up her sleeve slowly and examined the bruises once again. Amy flinched as he touched one of her bruises; a great pain coming to her arm. She gritted her teeth a little as Sonic ran his hand down her cuts, her tears begging to come out.

"Amy, you're lying. Tell me, where did you get them?" The blue hedgehog asked. Amy shook her head swiftly, tears already coming out of her bright, jade eyes. She couldn't hold it in any longer. She was weak.

"I don't know!"

"Why don't you know?!" Sonic asked, his voice getting more stern than usual. Amy shook her head more and more as if she were saying 'no' for all eternity.

"I can't tell you!" She cried, burying her face in her hands.

"Why not!?"

"Because, you wouldn't care!" Amy finally yelled. It was like what she said to Shadow back in New York…

"Amy? What the heck would make you think that I wouldn't care?!"

"Because! You never came!" Amy screamed and broke down to a sudden burst of tears. Sonic was confused for a moment until he finally understood…

He whispered her name slowly but wasn't heard.

"You never came! I called for you! He was hurting me and I called for you! I screamed but you never came! You never were there to tell me it was going to be okay! That you were my hero! That you were here for me! He hurt me! He beat me; he did horrible things to me! And you… never came! I TRUSTED YOU!"

The pink hedgehog bawled as Sonic picked her up from the couch and lowered her to the floor where he was… He then wrapped his arms around Amy who cried into his furry chest. Her yells continued, … "I-I can't go back! I shouldn't have gone! I wanted to be with you! I shouldn't have gone! I cried e-every night for you! I needed you!"

Sonic felt a single tear roll down his eye as Amy kept on crying. His heart was swelled with sadness and guilt. Guilt for not being there… For not stopping her from leaving… For causing her so much pain in the last three years as she did to him…

He was never there for her…

"S-Sonic! I-I loved you!"

…And he never came…

"Amy… I'm so sorry" He whispered as held her in a tight embrace. Amy continued to cry as she heard him whisper again…

"I loved you too…"

Another tear fell from Sonic's eyes as he spoke with grief but truth…

"And I still do…"

Amy's tearful eyes looked up at Sonic, whose head was bowed down with yet another single tear rolling down his face.

"More than anything in the world…"

More tears came to Amy's eyes... He really did care for her. And at last she felt like something she hadn't felt in the last three years. The last three years of pain, hurt and misery... She finally felt safe.

"Now please tell me so I can help you..."

Amy listened. She knew what the question was.

"Where did you get those bruises?"

A long silenced hanged over the air once again filled with sounds of sniffles and breathing. Amy knew she had to make a choice.

And as if she couldn't control her mouth, as if she forgot all the consquences of telling, his name escaped from her lips once again.

"Auron."

Author's Note: I am drowning in school work! Those buildings that are called schools just won't leave me alone! Yes, there has been a small delay in writing this chapter but I told myself that I was going to have it done this weekend. CLIFFHANGER! XD I hope you guys like the chapter. It's about time Sonic finds out! Also, I will update as soon as I possibly can! Till then... TOOTLES!