Frostbite Alps: A Second Chance

All he felt was cold when he regained consciousness in the chopper. The frozen territory of East G.U.N. was definitely a heavily protected base as opposed to the open spaced outposts of the Western District. Sonic felt the energy of the electric currents along the handcuffs and felt a sharp ping of pain go across his chest. A large medical pack had been applied to his abdomen while he was unconscious. The pack lowered the pain down to about half of a degree burn, but it still hurt nonetheless.

When he looked up, he could see a very familiar figure standing in the chopper looking down onto the snowy abyss.

"A—Amy!?" Sonic said baffled as he tried to move. The pain in his chest made sure that it wouldn't work that way.

"You better try to stay still…Tails burned you pretty badly." Amy said coming over to him and readjusting the pad. Amy was wearing light grey clothes with a co-pilot's hat on.

"I—I don't get it. This Derrick guy wants my life destroyed…But why after so long?"

"Huh?"

Sonic explained to Amy, "Mayor Ian Derrick is really Snively Robotnik."

"Oh…" said Amy in slight clarification, "Ian Derrick? Mephelis always calls him Dark Ion."

Sonic's eyes widened, "So you know about Derr—I mean Dark Ion's plans like the plot to take back the island base from West G.U.N. and Project Geddon?"

Amy shook her head. Sonic tried to get up to kiss her, but Amy stopped him, "No, no."

Upset that it may have been too soon, Sonic looked of in the other direction. But as Amy is all the time, she only looks out for his well being. She went next to him on the bench he was sitting on and kissed him for a good 15 seconds.

"Okay, enough of that you two!" A familiar voice proclaimed, "Well be touching down into the detention area of the base in a few minuets." A young bat with a pilot's hat on and a slim black uniform peered over the side.

Sonic rolled his eyes, "Yes Pilot Rouge…hey. I thought you were a Deputy along with Shadow."

Rouge answered back at him from the pilot's chair, "Well since I've actually been around doing my job, while SOME people go off looking to settle a score with an old enemy; I've been promoted to Detention Pilot. But I'm a West G.U.N. pilot."

"But isn't this the Eastern Territories base of operations?" Sonic asked.

"We're breaking a few rules so we can help you clear your name." Amy added, "We know that Project Geddon is unstable. Mephelis told us during a confrontation at the RR cemetery. But Shadow was so blinded by your battle with him that he left me and Rouge to do it ourselves. Then Mephelis sent Shadow on some weird treasure hunt to HIS base."

"He's not answering his comm., his phone or his pager. And Shadow may be an unsocial fellow; but he rarely misses any calls from me."

"Yeah…sounds to me like you won't find who you're meant to be with alongside Shadow either…" Sonic mentioned.

Amy sighed, "He's nice and slim like you, but…he's just so damn serious all the time."

"And taken, if I might add." Rouge inquired.

"You don't know that…Anyway, I'd really like to be with you…I've had a major crush on you ever since I became a Freedom Fighter…And all I wish is that you'd just feel the same…Your seventeen years old, Sonic? How long are you gonna stay a kid?"

Sonic was about to say something, but Rouge quickly cut him off as the chopper touched down behind a large outpost building, "We're here, jailbird."

"Stop kidding around, Rouge," Amy said. She turned her attention back to Sonic as he began standing, "Look. It'll be a four-hour drive back to the Central Town. There we can prove your innocence."

Amy removed the thermal pack and folded it up as she continued talking, "Some of the Geddon solution should've come off with your burned fur and sweat. If we can get into a lab and approve this stuff to be Project Geddon, Dark Ion could g to prison for a long time…"

Sonic sighed as he was pushed along by Rouge to the entrance where two G.U.N. soldiers stood, "I sure hope you're right about this. One of my biggest pet peeves is sitting around doing nothing, y'know."

Amy shed a few tears as Rouge handed him off to the security guards.

Sonic had just gotten a second chance to clear his name. But wondered if it was TOO easy to get Amy and Rouge's support. Why didn't Dark Ion activate the split-sense to the point where he'd fall and kill himself against the jagged rocks of the mountain? Why didn't he just kill him the first time he had the chance? Why did Amy believe in him, even after the betrayal at the Knothole Forest springs? And why did Sonic miss her presence already…?