Chili with Aroma of a Hedgehog
Chapter 14: The Malicious Plan
I got a review that was extremely great and I wanted to respond to it. I'll translate for the rest of you because it addressed something VERY important.
Para Amefloza13,
Me da mucho gusto que haz dicho eso. Recuerda esa información por que va hacer MUY importante con lo que va a ocurrir ;)
So basically she mentioned that when a couple gets married and they haven't had sexual relations for the course of three months, their contract gets terminated. That is very true and Amefloza13 has just uncovered one of the very many easter eggs I have laid throughout the course of the story. So... will Sonic and Sally stay together? Hmmm... keep reading ;) and thank you for catching that Amefloza13!
When Amy arrived home she automatically collapsed on her bed.
She was exhausted!
"Amy, I made you... what's with the face?" Angela asked as Amy looked up at her.
"I had the most EXHAUSTING day ever mom!"
"What happened?" Angela said as she sat down next to Amy.
"I've never been so humiliated in my entire life! They hate me mom, The Hedgehog Family hate Rosy the Rascal!"
"Oh no, what happened at that meeting today? Were you discovered!?"
"No... they loved Amy Rose, well except Rouge and Cocoa but that's understandable."
"But... they hate Rosy the Rascal..."
"Exactly... they know about my story, Sonic must've told them. They all think I'm some European whore..."
"Sonic told them that!?"
"No... at least that's not what his brother Manic made it seem like... it's weird... it seems like Manic is the only one who likes both Rosy and Amy..."
"Manic has always been a hedgehog with a golden heart so that doesn't surprise me. At least that's what Maurice would tell me," Angela responded as she got up and prepared Amy's food.
"He defended my honor Mom, he defended the love Sonic and I had for each other. You should've seen him... he wasn't even afraid to acknowledge that his family was completely corrupted. He's rebellious but in a good way."
Angela smiled, "Just like Sonic..."
"What do you mean?"
"Remember when Sonic didn't rat us out when we went to go watch Tyson's Regime at The Hedgehog Home, the kind soul even brought us a television to watch our show."
Amy smiled at the memory, how could she forget?
She couldn't deny it but... she craved to see Sonic again.
At least from a distance.
"And you know what's also weird mom, something Manic said really got me thinking..."
Angela turned to Amy, giving her full attention.
"Two things actually... first of all, Sonic refuses to have sexual relations with Sally according to Manic."
Angela gasped, "Really?"
"And apparently... Sonic truly was in love with me..."
Angela took a deep breathe and approached Amy.
"How does that make you feel?"
"I don't know... part of me wants to go back to him and the other part of me is screaming to me that I shouldn't, besides, the fact that he has a wife is really becoming a barrier between us."
"I have a feeling you two are going to cross paths again Rosy."
Amy looked up at her mom worriedly, "No mom don't even say that, not even as a joke..."
But not even Amy could lie to herself... the chances of her and Sonic seeing each other were very high.
Green Hill Zone
"You are such an idiot," Sally scolded as she held a piece of meat on Sonic's eye.
"Well it worked didn't it?" Sonic chuckled but winced as his laughing caused the corner of his lip to swell.
"This isn't funny Sonic! They could have gotten you killed!" Sally retorted. "ROSEMARY! Bring a bag of ice!"
Rosemary ran in and gave Sally the icepack and put it onto Sonic's lip, causing him to wince.
"That's cold!" he yelled as he tried to push her hand away.
"Well this is what you deserve for being so careless so man up!" she yelled back as she put the icepack on his lip again.
Knuckles and Tails walked into the room with a fresh piece of meat.
"Give it to me," Sally ordered as Tails approached her and handed it to her.
As the tips of their fingers brushed, Tails jumped and Sally rolled her eyes at him.
This behavior was well noticed by Sonic who glanced at Tails with a confused expression, but thought nothing of it.
"How's he doing?" Knuckles asked.
"He's luckily fine but these bruises are way too noticeable, here hold it Sonic, I'm going to get more ice," Sally said as she handed the meat to Sonic and headed into the kitchen.
Sonic looked at her leave with a mocking expression and turned back towards Tails and Knuckles.
"Grandma is going to kill me," Sonic said as he covered his face with his hands.
"What caused you to go so haywire? Was it the comments they were making about Rosy?" Knuckles asked.
"Yes! I just can't stand it anymore guys, I need to see her! I need to explain myself I..." Sonic then let himself fall to the floor.
"Maybe she'll come back for the next chili picking season..." Tails said as Sonic looked up at him. "Just a thought..." Tails said as he broke eye contact with Sonic and looked down.
Sonic ignored Tails' attitude toward him and smiled, "You're right! Chaos why didn't I think of that!? You're a genius Tails!" Sonic said as he hugged Tails.
"Genius? Finally, something canon about me..." Tails muttered as Sonic let go of him.
"So that's it! All I have to do is wait until the chili picking season for Rosy to come back!" Sonic exclaimed as Sally walked back in.
"Sorry I took so long, Rouge called and..." Sally said as she stopped and looked at Sonic. "Why aren't you holding the meat over your eye!?" she exclaimed as she jammed the piece into his eye again, receiving a wince from Sonic and a chuckle from Knuckles.
Station Square (Three Months Later)
"AMY!"
Amy stood up quickly from her desk and walked into Shadow's office.
"Yes sir?"
Shadow motioned roughly for her to close the door and approach him.
Amy did so and walked up to Shadow.
"Sit down."
Amy sat down and worriedly looked at him.
"I have an important meeting with an employee on the topic of Paprika Enterprise, you're in charge while I'm gone."
"Me!?" exclaimed Amy as Shadow prepared his briefcase.
"Yes, and if you do well you may be rewarded, if not then we'll just have to see how much of a mess you caused. But you've been proving yourself over the past few months so I think you can handle it. There's really only two things you need to take care of."
"What's the first thing?" Amy asked as she heard a knock on the door.
"Come in," Shadow said as the door opened, revealing an all too familiar green hedgehog.
Shadow stood up and approached the hedgehog, "This is Scourge, he's the new head of the Department of Purchasing."
Amy widened her eyes as Scourge evilly looked at her.
"Your job is to show him around and get his office stationed, I'll delegate the second responsibility to Silver, head of Human Resources and Development."
Shadow was getting ready to leave as Amy called out to him.
"Mr. The Hedgehog!"
Shadow turned and looked at her.
"May I speak to you... please..."
Shadow groaned, "This better be important Rose!" he turned to Scourge, who got the message and left the office, leaving Shadow and Amy alone.
"What do you want?" Shadow said as he crossed his arms.
"I... don't feel comfortable collaborating with Scourge..."
"Why not?" asked Shadow, seeming annoyed with her interruption.
"I simply don't feel comfortable with him... you see... I ran into him at a hotel I used to work in and... well...let's just say it didn't go well..."
Shadow raised an eyebrow at Amy, and noticed how she was shaking in her spot.
He then took a deep breathe and sighed, "Fine. I'll tell Silver to take care of Scourge, which means you'll have to take care of the second responsibility with NO EXCEPTIONS!"
"Yes sir! What do you need me to do?"
"My Grandma organized a 2 year anniversary ceremony at the local church for my Grandfather's death. She wants everyone to be there and by everyone she means everyone. We will also have another family meeting the day after. Problem is that the day of the ceremony is also the day the new Chili Picking Season starts. I need you to call my idiotic cousin Sonic the Hedgehog and convince him to attend!"
Amy widened her eyes, oh no...
"Do I make myself clear?" Shadow asked as Amy nodded.
"Yes, I'll work on that immediately sir..."
"Good." Shadow said as he grabbed his briefcase and headed toward the door. "Oh, and a warning about Sonic, he is VERY hard to persuade. Good luck with him, you'll need it."
And with that, Shadow left the room, leaving a panicked Amy in the office.
Green Hill Zone
"So Rouge is convinced that this supposed secretary is trying to snatch her husband away?" Sonic asked as Sally nodded, chewing her spaghetti.
Although Sonic wasn't romantically interested in Sally, he still had the decency to eat with her, sleep on the same bed with her, and have conversations with her. Sally was still his friend and he didn't want her to feel lonely.
"Yeah, ever since the incident with his past secretary, she's been absolutely traumatized with it happening again. Apparently the secretary is really pretty."
Sonic laughed, "We should buy her a leash for her birthday so that she can tie it around Shadow's neck."
Sally shook her head as Sonic busted out laughing with the thought of Shadow on a leash.
"That's messed up Sonic."
"How is that messed up?"
"It's like you're making fun of their matrimony, what if that secretary is trying to seduce Shadow, you never know."
"Sally. I think you've been talking to Rouge a little too much. You more than anyone should know that Rouge has total paranoia."
"She's justified though."
"Just because ONE secretary seduced Shadow doesn't mean this one will. I'm sure Rouge is just exaggerating."
"I guess... hey so your grandfather's ceremony is coming up... Are we going?"
"Can't. Chili Pickers arrive that day," Sonic responded quickly.
"I'm sure Amadeus can take care of it, besides, your grandmother insists that we attend."
"Work is work Sally, I'd much rather commemorate my grandfather's death here, in his Grounds."
"Yeah right! That's just an excuse to see if Rosy the Rascal will come back! Rouge was right when she told me to watch my back with her!"
"I knew it! I knew she was poisoning your mind! Look Sally, we're not going, that's final."
"Ugh, you're hopeless," Sally said as she got up and left the room.
Sonic sighed and shook his head.
"She's just putting herself in Rouge's shoes Sonic, this whole Rosy the Rascal thing has been traumatizing her," Rosemary said as she grabbed Sally's plate and washed it.
"I haven't even seen Rosy! Sally and I just weren't meant to be," he said as he picked his food.
Suddenly the phone rang and Rosemary approached it, "Hello, The Hedgehog Household how may I help you?"
Amy cleared her throat on the other line and with a deep voice said, "May I speak with Sonic the Hedgehog?"
"Who is this?" asked Rosemary as Sonic glanced towards Rosemary.
"Um... Amy... I am Shadow's secretary from the Corporation."
"Okay, one moment please," Rosemary said as she put her hand on the phone. "Sonic, Shadow's secretary wants to speak to you."
Sonic waved his finger, signaling that he didn't want to talk to her.
"I'm sorry... he's not available right now," Rosemary said in an uneasy tone.
Amy on the other hand was smart and she could recognize Rosemary's lying tone from anywhere.
Sonic wants to play that way doesn't he!?
"I know he's there. Just pass him the phone," Amy said, with her strained, deep voice.
Rosemary widened her eyes and looked at Sonic, "She knows you're here."
Sonic rolled his eyes and groaned as he grabbed the phone from Rosemary and put it into his ear.
"I know why you want to speak to me. I know that Shadow set you up so that you can TRY to convince me to go to that ceremony, I'm busy that day. So if you excuse m..."
His voice... Amy thought but snapped out of it and grew angry at Sonic's attitude toward the situation.
"SIR AREN'T YOU ASHAMED!?" Amy yelled, remembering to continue using her deep tone.
Sonic grew silent, that voice sounds familiar... but... deeper...
"This is your GRANDFATHER! It indignifies me that you would put work on top of such an important event!"
"Who do you think you are!?" Sonic shot back. "What I do with my life is my business! So if you excuse me..."
"YOU REALLY ARE AN IMBECILE, A COWARD AND AN ADVANTAGEOUS JERK! AFTER ALL YOUR GRANDFATHER DID FOR YOU! I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL I EVER SAW IN..." Amy shut her mouth quickly.
Crap... crap... crap...
Sonic was also silent, Rosy had told him the same thing... maybe he was being selfish.
Amy heard Sonic sigh, had he discovered her?
"Tell my family I'll be there at around 9 pm on the day of the ceremony. I would go earlier but there are no flights convenient with my time, although I may not be there for the ceremony I will definitely be there for the family meeting. Good day," Sonic said as he hung up.
Amy glanced at the phone and clunged onto it with her life.
No... he couldn't have discovered her... right? Or else he would have said something...
Wait.
SONIC WAS COMING TO THE CITY!
Suddenly Amy felt a hand touch her shoulder, causing her to jerk and turn around to look at Silver, who apologetically looked at her.
"Oops, sorry, did I scare ya?"
Amy put a hand to her heart, "Yeah a little bit," she responded as she giggled.
Amy turned to look at a purple cat, who was standing by the doorway.
"Oh! That's right! You haven't met Blaze. Blaze, this is Amy, Shadow's new secretary. Amy this is Blaze, my assistant."
Blaze? Wait wasn't she...
"Blaze and I just wanted to check on you, it sounded like you were screaming."
"Oh! I was just talking to Shadow's cousin and trying to convince him to attend Maurice's ceremony in March. He's really stubborn," Amy sheepishly said.
"That's Sonic for you. He and Manic are the most rebellious ones in the family. In a good way though, they just don't like the formalities and requirements Elena sets for them. I'm sure you must have noticed how conservative she is."
Amy nodded, agreeing with Silver.
"Did you convince him? No huh? Well, maybe next time."
"Actually... although he won't be attending the ceremony due to the lack of flight conveniency... he will be attending the family meeting."
Silver widened his eyes, "YOU ACTUALLY CONVINCED HIM!? No one has EVER managed to convince him to do something he doesn't originally have time to do! Not even his wife!"
Amy laughed nervously but quizzically wondered if Sonic and Sally's marriage was even healthy... because from what she has been hearing, it sounds like a nightmare.
"Well, glad you got through to him. I'm going to go check if Scourge has settled in the office."
Amy nodded as Silver walked up to Blaze, who said she wanted to stay for a bit.
Silver nodded and left Amy and Blaze alone.
Blaze approached Amy and asked, "Okay I'm going to cut to the chase, what has been going on between you two?"
Amy widened her eyes, "With S-Sonic? N-nothing... I-I barely even know him I..."
"What? Who said anything about Sonic," Blaze said as she giggled. "I meant Shadow."
Amy breathed a sigh of relief, "Oh. Nothing, why?"
"Are you sure? That doesn't sound like Shadow. He hasn't tried to touch you or anything?"
"Honestly... he hasn't... I was scared at first. I brought pepper spray to work during my first few weeks just in case he wanted to get smart with me, but he never did anything."
"Wow you really are as noble as they say," Blaze said as she smiled and sat down.
"Huh?"
"You haven't heard the word on the street? Everyone has been saying that you are someone noble who works hard to get what you want and has no intentions of going to second base or maybe even first base with Shadow."
"People have been saying that?" Amy asked, flattered with the statement.
"I can now confirm that it's true. Pepper spray? I don't know why I didn't think of that..."
"Blaze, don't mind me asking but why did you let him?"
"I was afraid I'd lose my job! I've always been very anti-social and I only recently started coming out of my comfort zone. I was new to this, I didn't know how to react... I'm not from around here..." Blaze nervously smiled. "I came here to warn you about him AND his wife, who I'm sure you've noticed is very... eccentric..."
Amy laughed, "No doubt about that. Well Blaze, if you ever need a friend to have lunch with just let me know! Cream and I would love your company!"
"I accept your offer and I will let you know."
"Do you work with Silver now?"
Blaze blushed as she stated, "Yes. He told Shadow that he wasn't going to leave me without a job, Shadow approved but just as long as Rouge didn't find out."
Amy narrowed her eyes in a teasing way.
"What?"
"Silver is handsome hedgehog don't you think?" Amy teased as Blaze's face flared up like a tomato.
"I shall not think of him in that manner," Blaze said as she crossed her arms.
"MMMHMMMM you like him don't you?"
"What? I..."
"YOU DO!"
"Amy!"
"C'mon Blaze there's nothing wrong with that, besides, it looks like he really cares about you. I saw the way he looked at you."
"Oh dear... Amy!" Blaze said as she covered her cheeks with her paws. "I think I must return to work, Silver must be wondering why I'm taking so long."
"Alright alright, meet Cream and I during lunch?" Amy asked.
Blaze nodded, "I'll be there," with that she left.
Amy shook her head, Silver and Blaze were so cute!
Her smile then faded... Sonic...
(A/N: I promised I wouldn't do these author notes during the story. BUT PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THIS PORTION. It has got to be THE MOST IMPORTANT SCENE out of the entire story. READ CAREFULLY!)
Shadow entered the coffee shop and looked around.
"Over here Shadow."
Shadow nodded and approached the table.
"Sorry to keep you waiting Doctor, my secretary needed to talk to me."
"It's fine. I just arrived as well."
"Okay, down to business." Shadow said as Dr. Eggman nodded.
"What was our problem again if I may ask?"
"I have to open Paprika Enterprise, it's an idea that would bring PROFIT to the Corporation. Juicy profit. Problem is I need to finance it. That's where your idea comes in. You said you wanted to do something about our Spicy Pepper Chili Brand?"
"Yes. Spicy Pepper Chili is the new chili your family has launched as you may have noticed, it hasn't gotten as much publicity, which makes our plan perfect."
"What exactly did you say what we were doing was called?"
Eggman smiled evilly, "Irregular Exports of Chili. It's when we get an irregular amount of Chili and sell it out to clients around the world without the Regulatory Chili Commission's permission."
"Yes Eggman I know what that is! We'd make bank with that. The RCC takes a long time to approve of what Chili should get exported and which shouldn't, if we do business behind their back... we'd make loads of money... enough money to finance my Paprika Enterprise and become rich beyond repair!"
"Where would we do this sort of thing though? I'm sure you're aware that what we are doing is VERY illegal and we could go to jail for this. Your father would never allow you doing such a thing at the Corporation or anywhere else for that matter."
"We'd have to do most of the dirty work at Paprika Enterprise, that's the whole point of the outlet anyway, for foreign exportations. I already took out a loan for it so we can start working there."
"Perfect. But where are we going to get the approval to utilize your product without you signing it. I'm sure you are aware that only the director and manager of The Hedgehog Chili Industries are allowed to approve whether a product should go out for exporting or not."
"I can't put myself or my father in that position. If I get caught I'll get thrown in jail and my father will know what I'm up to if he were to sign the documents of approval..."
"Not only that, but the Department of Human Resources also has to sign it to approve that the Chili has been inspected and everything is all clear."
"Damn... I can't put Silver in that position either! Ugh, we'll have to talk about this at a later time. I'll figure something out. For now, I'm putting you as head of The Department of Foreign Exportations, I'll have an office made for you."
"As you wish Shadow."
"Remember Eggman, what we're doing is dangerous and requires lots of intelligence."
"Don't worry Shadow, I'll be sure to be subtle. When do you want to start?"
"For now, we must wait until we've installed Paprika Enterprise. After, we'll figure out what to do..."
Eggman and Shadow shook hands, and went their separate ways.
"Well well well, who would've thought I'd ever run into you."
Amy turned and realized Scourge was standing over her desk.
Amy narrowed her eyes, "I don't know if you heard Shadow, but I'm in charge today, I can get you into serious trouble."
"I just dropped in to say hi to my favorite hotel receptionist!" Scourge said as he put his hands up.
"Hello." Amy said coldly as she turned and continued filing papers.
"So that's it? Don't you wanna play? I have a office all for ourselves," Scourge said as he wrapped his hands around Amy.
Amy nudged him hard in his stomach, causing him to grope it.
"I'm WORKING!" Amy yelled as she pushed him and set the files on Shadow's desk.
"C'mon, you play with Shadow. Why can't I get any sugar?"
Amy then summoned her hammer and aimed it at Scourge, who flinched at the sight.
"Get the hell out of my sight before you face this thing's wrath again as well as a complaint which I will gladly write for Shadow!"
Scourge growled and left the office, causing Amy to sigh in relief and set her hammer down.
As she finished calming herself down, she opened her eyes, only to find Shadow standing by the doorway with his eyes widened.
"Mr. The Hedgehog!" Amy exclaimed as she vanished her hammer.
"What... IS THAT!?" Shadow said as he pointed to where the hammer was.
"My weapon of defense?" Amy nervously said as Shadow blankly stared at her and then started laughing.
Amy confusedly looked at him.
"I'm laughing at the look of Scourge's face. Sounds like things are running smoothly under your command... for the most part. You're something Amy."
"You saw what happened?"
"Only the end. Look just let me know if he is bothering you instead of doing his work okay, don't use the hammer again during office hours," Shadow said as his tone became serious.
Amy nodded.
"Amy, I don't want you to be my secretary anymore," Shadow said as he walked toward the files Amy left on his desk.
"What? But why... I promise the hammer thing won't happen again!"
"No Amy you misunderstand me, I'm promoting you to become the manager of the Corporation. You've proven yourself worthy. Besides, my wife keeps insisting for Wave to become my secretary, and I will comply with that."
"You're..."
"PROMOTING HER!?"
Shadow and Amy turned to the doorway where Rouge was standing.
"I knew it! I knew you two had something going on! How many times did you sleep with him for him to promote you huh you little whore!" Rouge said as Amy widened her eyes and Shadow rolled his eyes.
"ANSWER ME PINKY!"
Yikes...
OMG GUYS! Sorry for taking so long, I've been busy because I'm leaving town yet again tomorrow.
I will be back in nine days, but don't worry as this is the last time I'm leaving town. I'll see if I have time to upload during my free time... if I have any...
BUT THE NEXT CHAPTER IS GOING TO BE JUICY! IT IS THE CHAPTER YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR :D I WON'T TELL YOU WHAT WILL HAPPEN BUT IT'S GONNA BE GOOD!
STAY TUNED AND REVIEW!
Next Time on Chili with Aroma of a Hedgehog...
"What did you say Cream?" Amy said as she held onto the phone.
"MR. SONIC IS HEADED FOR YOUR OFFICE RIGHT NOW! And he's not happy because you cancelled his flight to Green Hill!"
Amy widened her eyes as she dropped the phone to the ground, she HAD to hide!