Rebellious Girl
Chapter 10
Amy's P.O.V
"So… what do we do now?" I ask Silver and Blaze who are waiting in front of Tails' home/workshop for Shadow to come back with Knuckles and Espio.
"Don't know, maybe we should see if Tails is home before the three get back." Silver suggests. Blaze nods and goes towards the door. She lifts her hand in fist and knocks on the door three times. Nothing happens. No movement or sounds.
"No, no, no Blaze, like this." Silver pulls blaze to the side and raises his fist and knocks on the door hard, every bang sounding like lightning. "TAILS! GET UP AND OPEN THE DOOR!" silver yells after his knocks. I lift my ears and hear stomping. I don't think silver heard though… Silver lifts his fist again and knocks hard again. "TAILS-
The door in front of Silver opens up wide, revealing a teenager Kitsune. Eyes full of rage. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT! IT'S NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND I ONLY GOT TO SLEEP FOUR HOURS AGO AND YOUR WAKING ME UP NOW! YOU STUPID! WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT YOU HAVE TO AKE ME UP!" I flinch back at the Kitsune's yells. Silver steps out of the way from Tails, and points to me. Tails looks at Silver, then follows his finger, looking at me. "…oh" Tails says calmly.
"You need to relax more often Tails." Silver says to him.
"Shut-up." Tails says behind him as he walks towards me. "Hey Amy, you ok, or hurt?" He looks so tired, the poor fox. He stayed up all night looking for me.
"I'm fine, Tails, thanks for asking." Tails turns to Silver.
"Who found her?"
"Shadow did."
"Really…" He turns to look at me, a sly grin came on his face. I scowl at him.
"We didn't do anything that involves getting 'real close'" I lift my hands and quote the words 'real close'.
"I see…" Tails' grin leaves his face. "Where is he now?"
"He went to get Knuckles and Espio… Apparently Tikal is in trouble." Blaze replies. Tails lifts his hand up to his chin and rubs it.
"Really… what about Sonic?" Silver's face stiffens at the mention of his name. He lifts his hand to the back of his head and rubs it.
"Well…-"
"Silver roughly attacked Sonic after figuring that he kissed Blaze last night." I say with a smirk. I cross my arms together and tilt my body. Tails turns to Silver surprised while Silver starts sweating in embarrassment.
"Man…you really need to stop acting like Blaze's father." That made Silver angry. He stopped rubbing the back of his head and starts moving towards Tails. Tails starts moving back, lifting his hands over his chest in a stopping motion. "Hey man, I'm sorry. But really, you can't argue that you do…" Silver cracks his knuckles and a turquoise smoke starts coming from his hands. Tails starts sweating, while I glance at Blaze, who is sighing. Silver just barely got a slap on Tails before we hear zapping sound from outside. We all turn our heads towards the door. In a second, it gets swung open. Standing there was Shadow, holding Espio by the arm; Espio looked so dizzy…
"Knuckles managed to drag Espio all the way to the center park of Central Square." Shadow says, lifting up Espio. Knuckles bursts in the workshop, pushing Shadow to the side. He rushes to Tails, pushing Silver out of the way as well. Knuckles grabs Tails by the shoulders and shakes him.
"TAILS! PLEASE TELL ME THE TORNADO IS WORKING! WE NEED TO GET TO ANGEL ISLAND FAST!" Knuckles is practically yelling into Tails' ears. I cover my own ears so I won't become deaf by Knuckles' ferocious screams.
"OK KNUCKLES! I UNDERSTAND! JUST LET ME GO PLEASE!" Tails yells back at Knuckles after he stops shaking him. Tails starts shaking in his stance, while Knuckles moves away from Tails so he can walk. Tails stumbles at first then gains his balance after leaning on a nearby counter. He lifts his finger "Ok… I understand the fact that Tikal is in trouble, right?" Tails turns to Knuckles, who nods his head.
"If we don't hurry, something terrible will happen!"
"Ok…I can get us to Angel Island quickly. Who else is going?" Tails turns to all of us. I immediately lift my hand. Of course I would help, if it involves Tikal, then of course I would help. Besides, I need to know if my observation is true…
"You sure you're fit to go Amy? I mean, you're still a fugitive…" Tails asks me. I open my mouth ready to say a defence, but I was cut-off by Shadow.
"I'll make sure they won't get close to her." He says from a shadow. His arms were crossed and he leaned on the counter behind him.
"Ok…" Tails says. "I guess that means you're coming too?" Shadow nods. 'God…why does he have to act like I'm a kid…?'
"I'll come too." Blaze says and moves from her spot by the window. "I might as well, just to see if anything really bad has happened." 'There might be, Blaze…'
"Ok. Let's go."
A huge wall-like door slides open before me and my friends; Shadow on my right, Blaze on my left. Tails comes from behind the control panel and walks towards the beautiful, shiny, plane. My eyes glisten to the sparkling object.
"Ok, I can only carry three people inside. One of you will have to go on the wing." Blaze and I look at each other, and then we look at Shadow and Knuckles. They both look at us.
"One of you boys will have to decide who's going on the wing. Me, nor Blaze, can hang on to a wing while flying in the sky." I say with my hand on my hip. Knuckles groans and Shadow smirks 'Always smirking…I wonder what he's thinking…'
"I'll go on the wing." Shadow says without argument.
"Ok!" Knuckles says eccentrically and rushes to go inside the plane. Tails chuckles. Blaze and I follow Knuckles. Knuckles hops into the plane's cockpit and lies back in his seat. Blaze jumps in after him. She stretches out her arm to help me up the ship. I can barely reach her, maybe with a little jump… suddenly, I feel something grab my waist and lift me up. I turn my head and Shadow is lifting me up to help me inside the plane. I can feel my muzzle get warmer. I quickly avert my gaze at him and try to reach for Blaze's hand again. This time I can reach her, and Blaze and I join hands. She lifts me up, but not without Shadow's little throw to get me up. I turn my head towards Shadow, slightly hiding my blush
"Thanks…" he nods.
"COME ON GUYS! HURRY UP SO WE CAN GET THERE BEFORE THE MASTER EMERALD AND TIKAL GETS HURT!" Knuckles yells from his seat. Tails shakes his head and flies to the controls. Shadow jumps onto the wing of the plane while me and Blaze sit in our seats. Tails grabs a walkie-talkie from his pocket.
"Tails to Silver, come in Silver."
"Silver responding." I can hear a faint raspy voice coming from the box.
"We are about to take off. How is Espio?" We decided since Espio is unconscious from Knuckles' brute grip dragging him almost across Central Square, Silver has to look after him while we're gone; in case he wakes up confused why he was in Tails' workshop.
"Still unconscious."
"Alright, lift up the ramp please."
"Roger." A second more, the pathway in front of us starts lifting up from the ground. The ground underneath us starts shaking. I take a glance at Shadow to see how he's doing. He seems calm, holding onto a strap on the wing Tails supplied in case someone like Sonic to hold on. I must have been staring at him for a while, 'cause he starts looking at me. I quickly turn my head to the front, blushing a bit at his gaze. I glance at him, noticing him still looking at me. I start to blush more, feeling his gaze on me like a hawk to a mouse. I shift in my seat until I can't take it anymore. I make my eyes look at him. He notices and he…smiles at me. Ok… there are only a few things I know of Shadow, and smiling is not on that list. I can't help but…smile back. 'Oh my god…why did I smile back!'
"All ready to take off! Everyone hold on!" Tails says as he moves the plane's gears forward. I hold onto my seat as we start moving forward. I get ready to feel the sky's breeze against my face until…
"TAILS!" We all turn around and see…him. Standing there at the beginning of the pathway was a bruised Sonic. "WHERE ARE YOU GOING!"
"ANGEL ISLAND!" Tails replies
"WHY!"
"TIKAL IS IN TROUBLE SONIC! WE NEED TO GET THERE FAST!" Knuckles answers. Sonic acts fast and runs to the plane before it takes off. He jumps on the other wing and holds on.
"Woah!" Sonic grasps the strap on the wing tightly before he gets blown off.
"You ok Sonic!" Tails calls from his spot.
"All good here Tails. So, Tikal is in trouble?"
"Yeah, that means the Master Emerald is in trouble too!" Knuckles says. I sit in my seat quietly, hoping that he doesn't notice me.
"Ok! Let's go help her!" So much determination and bravery… why though…? Tails nods and goes faster. Sonic holds on and glances back at me. 'Shit' I turn my head away and look at Shadow instead. He's looking forward, looking out like he's waiting for something big to come up.
"Hey Amy!" I jump in my seat and see Sonic standing perfectly on the wing looking at me, smiling. "Finally found you, huh?"
"Yeah…"
"You ok?"
"Yeah, I'm fine Sonic…Shadow protected me." I can see Shadow's ear flinches at the sound of his name.
"Did he now…" Sonic crosses his arms and looks at Shadow. Shadow notices Sonic looking at him and looks back. They start glaring at each other
"No fighting guys, we're high in the sky on a moving plane." Blaze says, noticing the two hedgehog men shooting visual lightning bolts at each other. Sonic stops glaring at Shadow and looks forward again. Shadow looks back at me and smirks.
"Angel Island in sight." Tails says after a few more minutes of flying.
"Finally…I was starting to get sick in this plane." Blaze says with a groan. I chuckle.
"Tails! Fly the plane close to the ground. Don't land it." Sonic instructs Tails.
"Why?"
"Cause, if it's very dangerous, we'll need something to attack from the sky, ok?"
"Ok, everyone get ready to jump out." Tails tells to all of us. I unbuckle my seat-belt and stand in my seat. Blaze does the same thing, Knuckles too. "Three, Two…"
"One!" Sonic yells and jumps off the wing. The rest of us follow, all landing differently. Blaze lands her-self with a flame landing panel. Knuckles lands crushing the ground underneath him, and starts running as soon as he lands. I take out my Piko Piko Hammer and twirl it in the air, making it act like a propeller to land me safely to the ground.
"Man…He must be really determined to help Tikal." Sonic says looking in the direction Knuckles ran off to.
"Should we follow?" Blaze asks. Sonic looks at Shadow.
"Hey Shads." Shadow looks at Sonic. That's a weird nickname for Shadow, but it's catchy. "How about a race?" Shadow chuckles and moves beside Sonic. Sonic grins and goes in a running stance.
"WAIT!" I yell before the two run off. "Let's make it a challenge." I say, both looking at me in confusion, even Blaze was looking at me.
"A challenge, eh?" Sonic says, sounding interested.
"Yes."
"Let's hear it." I smirk and cross my arms.
"You have to carry me, or Blaze." Sonic and Shadow stare at me. Ok, I'll admit it I wanted to ride on their back while they had their race. But I just thought that they have the same race all the time; why not a little challenge for the hedgehogs? Blaze puts her hand on my shoulder.
"Are you sure about that Amy? It's pretty dangerous…"
"I'm positive. Choose your hedgehog Blaze." Blaze just looks at me while Shadow and Sonic look at each other and nod their heads. I'm guessing they like this challenge. We stand there for a minute, without speaking. Well, I broke that silence "Times up Blaze, I'm going to pick then." Blaze rolls her eyes.
"Who you picking then?"
"Hmm…" I move my glance back and forth from Sonic to Shadow. Sonic stood there, with his hand in a fist against his hip and Shadow…was standing there with his arms crossed looking at me intently… "Shadow…" I say suddenly. 'Whoa! Did I just choose Shadow!' My thoughts were slower than Sonic's speed, cause he immediately nodded and grabbed Blaze in speed and carried her in ready. Blaze was shocked like me…
"Come on, hurry before we miss the fun." Sonic complained. I scowl at him, when I get picked up by Shadow and we move into position. "Ok…three, two, one, GO!" Sonic says so quickly and speeds off. Unfortunately, Shadow acted just as quick as Sonic did and we speeded off close to Sonic. I held onto Shadow's shoulders tightly, to keep myself from falling off. He chuckles at my struggling. I scowl.
"What's so funny?"
"Oh nothing. I just think it looks funny how you're not used to my speed when I'm just as fast as Sonic; and you're used to him."
"…yeah, well, you never ran this fast while holding onto me…" I look away from his gaze while he jumps over a fallen tree.
"Hey, this was your idea." He matter-of-factly
"I know…" I look up and I see Sonic, it looks like him and Blaze are talking. I wonder about what… maybe their kiss, or about life…or about me. I try to lean my ears closer to them to try to hear them, unfortunately I forgot that I'm moving and being carried, I lean myself out of Shadow's grip almost to keep trying to listen to their conversation. In an instant, my body is pulled back and face is squished against Shadow's chest fluff. I blush.
"Amy! What the hell were you thinking? Hold on more tightly or else I could drop you." His voice sounded so concern… 'Since when did Shadow be so concerned about me?'
"Ok…sorry." I look away from his gaze. Shadow sighs.
"HOLY SHIT!" Shadow and I look up by the yelp and Sonic stops and skids to a halt in front of the Master Emerald shrine. Shadow does the same as Sonic and we skid a little further than Sonic. Shadow lets me down slowly while my eyes focus on the fire engulfed shrine. The trees, the shrine, everywhere but behind us, was in flames. I was in so much shock, I couldn't move. I couldn't see Knuckles anywhere, nor Tikal.
"BLAZE!" Sonic yells at Blaze, who had her hand over her mouth at the sight. She looks at Sonic with a jump. "Aren't you going to do something about this fire!" Blaze snaps out of shock and nods. She runs to the fire and raises her hands. After a few seconds, a stream of fire start coming from the flames into her palms. I couldn't stand and watch anymore, so, I run towards the flames. I feel Shadow's hand brush against my arm, but I was too fast for him to catch me.
"TIKAL!" I yell into the flames. "TIKAL! ARE YOU THERE?" I was so scared, I just hope she was ok…
"Over here…" My ears flinch and turn my head towards a burnt tree… well, it's a stump now. There, sitting in a horrible way, was Tikal, beaten and bruised. My hands cover my mouth and I run to her. Sonic and Shadow join me. I crouch in front of her, tears filling up the bottom of my eyes. Tikal looks so horrible; black eyes, bruises and scares all around her arms and legs, and cuts all around her entire body.
"Oh Tikal…" My hand reaches for her face and tilts it to the side to see the other half of her face; it's just as worse. I look into her dead blue eyes "…who did this to you…?"