It was late in the night when Amy woke up to find that Sonic was no longer beside her. She put on a Sonic's shirt which was still on the floor after they made love and proceeded to look for him. She searched in his bathroom and in his kitchen she looked around his living room and still couldn't find him which led her to start calling out for him.
"Sonic where are you?" Amy asked into the darkness but no answer
Sonic baby are you here?" Amy called out yet again.
"Yeah what's up?" Sonic asked startling Amy making her fall
"Ooh sorry, Amy are you okay?" Sonic asked
"Yeah I'm fine how come you didn't answer me when I called you the first time?" Amy replied and asked
"Well to be honest I was using my computer and I kind of dozed off and I guess I only heard you calling me the second time." Sonic explained
"Oh well what were you doing on your computer?" Amy asked looking at his screen.
"Is that a eulogy?" Amy asked
"Yeah, Shadow called about a few hours ago telling me that Eggman's funeral was going to be in a week's time and I decided to write a eulogy in his honor so I got a head start on it." Sonic explained
"Well from what I've read so far it sounds like you've got everything going." Amy replied
"Yeah but I might not finish it cause there's so much to do in a week's time, I mean I have to find a big enough church to hold the service in, a decent place to bury him so he just won't be thrown somewhere, a pastor to perform the sermon, someone to sing a farewell song, I even have to prepare a program for the entire thing, and not to mention inviting people both foe and friend of him to say their goodbye's and there's locating his mother if she even cares to tell her and invite her so my plate is actually full what will I do?" Sonic explained and asked
"Sonic we all agreed we'd help you with everything not just the amusement park, split the chores between us and we'll see that we get everything done before his funeral okay my love." Amy suggested and asked all at the same time hugging Sonic
"Alright Amy who knows maybe this'll work." Sonic replied
"Now what say we head back to bed so we can get a fresh start on things in the morning?" Amy asked
"Sure thing Ames, hey is that my shirt" Sonic replied and asked
"Yes it is I didn't exactly have clothes on getting out of bed Sonic baby what you wanted to see me naked again?" Amy replied and asked
"Okay you have a point Ames let's go back to sleep." Sonic replied shutting down his computer and walking back to his room with Amy crawling back into bed and snuggling close together as they were before and finishing their peaceful night.
3:00 AM
The night was progressing as any normal night should Sonic and Amy were fast asleep in each other's arms until a strange white mist filled the room slowly turning into an egg shaped form. The form reached the side of the bed that Sonic was on and slowly woke him up as the form took on the image of Eggman.
Sonic woke up and rubbed his eyes trying to clear his vision when his vision cleared he notice Eggman standing before him and immediately panicked.
"What the hell?" Sonic asked
"Calm down Sonic you don't want to wake Amy." Eggman replied
"What the hell is going on what are you doing roaming the earth fucking with the living?" Sonic asked
"Actually no but you see he allowed me to come back and talk to you guys one last time." Eggman replied
"He what do you mean by he?" Sonic asked
"God of course" Eggman answered
"Oh sorry for being scatterbrained like that you know half way sleep and all but what are you doing here?" Sonic replied and asked
"Well I came to thank you for all that you're doing for me to make my final wish come true and that I'm sorry for all the trouble I caused you and your friends." Eggman stated
"It's alright now Eggman I now know what your motives were and I'm more than honored you would trust me to handle such a task for you and everyone agreed to help and I'm also planning a wonderful funeral for you." Sonic replied
"That's great well I gotta go my time is limited and I gotta go and see all the others." Eggman replied as Amy woke up
"Sonic who are you talking too?" Amy asked
"Eggman, but he's about to leave say goodbye." Sonic replied
"Eggman? Sonic baby you're hallucinating Eggman is not here he's gone." Amy replied as she turned around seeing the ghostly image of Eggman and her eyes going wide
"Sonic am I hallucinating or is there a ghost like Eggman with angel wings floating in your room?" Amy asked
"You're not because if I see him too then well you know the rest." Sonic answered
"Oh okay then well I guess I will say goodbye since I couldn't say goodbye in person, goodbye Eggman I hope you have a good after life." Amy replied
"Goodbye Amy hope you and Sonic have a great future." Eggman replied as he left. Sonic and Amy then snuggled back beneath their blanket and back into each other's arms to once again continue their night of sleep.
10:00 AM
We find Sonic and Amy up and about calling all his friends to his house so that can do as they discussed last night. After they finished with the phone calls Amy was in the kitchen making small snacks for him and her friends.
"Mmm it all looks good baby." Sonic replied wrapping his arms around her waist
"Go on now you little naughty hedgehog I gotta get finished before the other's arrive." Amy replied as a knock came at his door and Sonic went to go and answer it.
Sonic opened the door and it was Shadow and Rouge, with Knuckles and Shade.
"Hey you guys come on in." Sonic invited as they headed inside
"Hey Sonic where's Amy?" Shade asked
"Here I am Shade, what you thought I wasn't here?" Amy replied and asked
"No I knew you were here somewhere, well look at you got your little pink apron on everything." Shade replied
"My gosh Amy you're not even married to Sonic yet and you're acting like a little housewife already." Rouge replied
"Can't be helped when you're about to be married to such a wonderful man, even though we had a few bumps but we managed to iron them out right Sonic." Amy replied and asked
"Right my beautiful bride to be." Sonic replied hugging Amy and planting a kiss on her lips just as another knock came at his door and it Tails and Cream
"Hey you guys come on in and have a seat so we can get started." Sonic replied allowing them entry as everybody sat down just as Amy brought the snacks into the living room and Sonic began the meeting.
"Alright everybody the reason you are all here is because as of last night about say 12:00 o clock I was contacted by Shadow here cause he was contacted by the commander telling him that Eggman's funeral was to be held in a week's time and being it was my idea to have a funeral for him I didn't realize how over my head I would be in planning his funeral reason why you guys are here I need your help with this, this is just too much for me to handle alone." Sonic replied hanging his head in shame
"Sonic all you had to do was ask." Tails replied
"Yeah if we agreed to help you with the amusement park we'll help you with his funeral." Shadow replied
"Thanks guys I knew I could count on you." Sonic replied as he opened a book he had in his lap.
"Alright I've chosen to perform a eulogy at the funeral I need to time to write it so I'm going to be busy with that so Amy will keep track of everyone's progress once she assigns you your task." Sonic replied
" Okay here we go, Shade since you are well known for finding great locations we need for you to find a big church with a lot of room to perform the service in and see if the head pastor is willing to speak at the service understood, Knuckles you go with her cause this is a big task to handle, Shadow and Rouge since you work G.U.N. we need you to use your skills as agents to locate Robotniks mother and tell her of this develop and coax her into attending her son's funeral as well as get any other family members that may be around to attend, Tails and Cream this is a big task for you two, Tails this will require the use of the X-Tornado for now but the day off the funeral you'll need the Yellow Whirlwind. Since you have traveled with Sonic a lot more than I have you should know where he has been and who he has worked with against Eggman's many plots of world domination so I give you this entire week to find and locate all of you and Sonic's allies and invite them to the funeral okay." Amy replied
"What about us Amy?" Bunnie asked
"We're going on a mission to Knothole." Amy replied
"Amy we were exiled if we go back we are likely to be thrown in jail." Wally replied
"Reason why this will be a mission, we will infiltrate the royal palace of the Acorn's and convince them to speak with us." Amy replied
"What if they summon the guards?" Antoine asked
"We'll fight them all until they have no choice but to speak with us." Amy replied
"Very well then we are all in agreement." Bunnie assured as they all nodded
"Alright everybody here has been given an assignment, keep in contact with me via cell phone and let me know of your progress." Amy replied as everyone nodded and headed out.
"Sonic you take all the time you need to complete your eulogy sweetie I'll return as soon as I can my love." Amy replied kissing Sonic on the cheek.
"Thanks so much for this Amy." Sonic replied as Amy was leaving with Bunnie and the others as she turned and winked at him.
Knuckles and Shade
"Where do we start Shade?" Knuckles asked
" Well we start with trying to figure out exactly how many people will be attending the funeral cause as I know as much already that pretty much every ally that Sonic has worked with will be there not mention the inhabitants of Knothole then there's Eggman's family members." Shade replied
"So it's best we try all the biggest churches here in Station Square right?" Knuckles asked
"Yep seems that's the way it's gonna have to be done, let's get started don't wanna let Amy or Sonic down." Shade replied as she hailed a Taxi and her and Knuckles hopped inside headed for the first big church in Station Square.
Shadow and Rouge
Shadow and Rouge as soon as they left Sonic and Amy headed straight for G.U.N. HQ to get their assignment underway. Upon their arrival they headed straight for the room with the super computer upon them entering the scanned their badges and were allowed entry into the room where they saw the commander.
"Aw Shadow, Rouge what brings you too here shouldn't you be planning Eggman's funeral?" The commander greeted and asked
"Yeah and we're doing just that we're here to use the super computer to try and locate his mother and if she is still alive coax here into attending her son's funeral along with any family he may have or had." Shadow replied
"Very well then, good luck to you both." The commander replied as he left the room and Shadow and Rouge both took a seat in front of the huge screen.
"Okay Shadow what can you tell me that could be helpful in finding this woman?" Rouge asked
"Well based on what we were told before he passed she was frequent smoker and refused to quit when pregnant with him but I doubt that would be of any help with our search." Shadow replied
"Hey didn't you say he was a St. Jude Children's Hospital research subject?" Rouge asked
"Yeah, but what does that have to do with anything?" Shadow asked
"Duh, they have the parents info on record at the center if only by a stroke of luck they would still have Robotniks, here's hoping." Rouge replied as she typed in the information she was searching for and hit the enter button as it began to search for her inquiry.
"Bingo I knew alright let's see hmm her name was Miriam Robotnik and his father's name was Ivan Robotnik." Rouge replied
"Wow the resemblance to them both is uncanny." Shadow replied looking at the picture that was on file.
"Anything on their current location Rouge?" Shadow asked
"Nada not a thing man what a dead end." Rouge replied
"Wait not yet it isn't let's do a worldwide search for Miriam and Ivan Robotnik and see what that turns up." Shadow replied as he typed in the names and hit search as it scanned the entire world and found only one pair of people to match those names.
"Based on what it says here they reside in Cincinnati, Ohio." Rouge replied
"Well it looks like that is where we are headed." Shadow replied
"Whoa Shadow how do you suppose we get there?" Rouge asked
"Uh duh chaos control." Shadow replied
"Oh okay then let's get going." Rouge replied
"Hang on baby, Chaos Control!" Shadow replied holding his green emerald up high and transporting them both to Cincinnati.
Tails and Cream
"You all packed Cream?" Tails asked
"Yep, but I don't see why I have to pack a suitcase." Cream replied
"Well were going to be out for a while because we are going to traveling around the world basically to locate me and Sonic's allies and who knows we may have to stop and rest at a local hotel." Tails explained
"Oh well that explains a lot does the X-Tornado have enough fuel?" Cream asked
"Yeah and you know we have the Chaos Emeralds for backup power so let's get going the first place were headed to is Spagonia to talk to Professor Pickle and see if he will come to the funeral." Tails replied as he climbed into the X-Tornado and soon they were headed to Spagonia.
Amy, Bunnie, Wally, and Antoine
After they left Sonic's house they headed to Amy's place to pick up a few things for their trip.
"Hey Amy what are we here for?" Bunnie asked
"Well if we're going to sneak into a palace we need disguises as well as gadgets." Amy replied
"Gadgets, what kind of gadgets?" Antoine asked
"Just the basics knockout gas bombs, and objects that can help us with our stealthy entrance and approach." Amy replied pushing a button on her wall.
"Whoa, Amy where did you get all this stuff?" Wally asked
"Hey, when you have a friend who's a G.U.N. agent you manage to cash in on a few things so here's your outfits." Amy replied handing them all black outfits and stashing a few items away into a duffel bag they then headed down to her car and soon were headed to Knothole once again.
Shadow and Rouge
"Alright Rouge we're here." Shadow replied as rouge was trying to catch herself.
"Man that was a long trip I still haven't gotten use to that Chaos Control of yours, give me a minute and I'll be ready." Rouge replied as she gave her stomach time to catch up with her.
After a while she was able to continue as she finally realized where they were.
"You must have transported us directly to their address?" Rouge asked
"Yeah I did but now then never let's get this over with." Shadow replied as they walked up the walkway towards the door where Shadow proceeded to knock using the knocker as a young looking girl opened the door.
"Yes can I help you?" The girl asked
"Um, Miriam Robotnik?" Shadow questioned
"No, I'm Mary Robotnik, Miriam is my mother what would you need with her?" Mary asked
"Well you see we have some business with her and your father and you as well." Rouge replied
"Oh okay then please come in." Mary replied allowing them entry as they headed into the living room. Mary ran in back and got her mother and father she told them to report to the living room while she went and fetched Shadow and Rouge some refreshments she returned shortly with some tea and cookies just as her mother and father came into the living room and sat down on the couch across from Shadow and Rouge.
"Hello there I'm Miriam and this is my husband Ivan my daughter has told us you had some business with us, well we are here let's get down to it." Miriam replied
"Greeting's ma'am my name is Shadow the Hedgehog and this is my significant other Rouge the Bat, we are here about your son Ivo Robotnik."
"Ivo, what about Ivo?" Miriam asked
"I'm glad you haven't forgotten about him." Rouge replied
"How could I forget about my special boy I still regret being so stubborn with my habit which caused him to catch a disease that should have been given to me now what about him, last we heard of him he grew too old to be a research subject at St. Jude anymore and left I thought he would have come home to me but he didn't I don't know what happened to him after that I just hope that with the evil man Eggman out there he was doing well for himself." Miriam replied
"Shadow they don't know that their son was Eggman, should we tell them?" Rouge whispered to Shadow as he nodded
"Well ma'am I hate to be the bearer of bad news but Ivo was Eggman." Shadow replied
"You lie, how dare you say my son wanted to bring people harm and conquer the world." Miriam replied
"Please ma'am you have to believe us it was his intention to remain evil all his life he just wanted to be remembered, but he went about it the wrong way." Rouge replied
"Shut up how dare you come into my mother's house and speak ill of my older brother with a terminal illness." Mary replied
"Please look at this picture of Eggman and compare it to your husband you will see he is an exact match to his father we will even run DNA tests for you to prove that Eggman was your son." Shadow replied
"Say we were to believe what you say about Ivo what are you trying to tell us about him?" Ivan asked
"Well your son is dead his cancer caught up with him and claimed his life." Rouge replied
"Wait you saying this Eggman character had cancer like my son?" Ivan replied
"Yes, he did." Shadow replied
"There is only one way I'll believe you my son had two types of cancer because I wouldn't stop smoking when I was pregnant with him what two did he contract?" Miriam asked
"Lung and colon cancer in which both spread through his body and claimed his life." Shadow replied as Miriam eyes went from filled with anger to filled with sadness as she started to cry.
"My god my son is actually dead and I can't believe all this time he was evil and I didn't know it, when he was at the hospital he always told me he wanted to someday build an amusement park not take over the world how did it come to him being evil?" Miriam replied and asked
"He told us about his original plans also and we will see that it come true in his honor he told us that being evil all his life was not his intention he just wanted to be remembered for doing something great so bad he let evil completely consume his mind, but you'll be happy to know that as a dying wish he asked me and my friends to build his amusement park and we will see to it." Shadow replied
"Is that the only reason you came here?" Mary asked as they shook their head
"We came here to see if you would make it to Station Square for his funeral we are planning for him." Rouge replied
"Of course we will be there to say goodbye to my son when is it?" Miriam replied and asked
"Sunday of this week at a church to be named later once it has been located we are still in the midst of planning the funeral but I will send you all the information you will need." Shadow replied as they exchanged information.
"Thank you I'm glad to know his dream will be realized and thank you for sharing this information with us, to think my son was a genius all this time well we don't approve of his methods but were glad he came to his senses even though it was too late anyway thank you Shadow and Rouge we'll see you the day of the funeral." Ivan replied as he shook both of their hands as his wife and daughter cried in his arms.
"Goodbye sir and ma'am and once again we hate to have told you such bad news. Rouge replied as Shadow took out his emerald and they were soon gone in a flash of light.
They arrived back in Station Square and back in Shadow's apartment and instantly called Amy to report of their succession as well as called to check on Sonic.
"Hello?" Sonic replied
"Hey, Sonic we talked to his mother and father and they agreed to come." Shadow replied
"Good to know." Sonic replied
"How goes the eulogy writing?" Shadow asked
"It's coming along just fine just taking a break cause I got a bad cramp in my neck from looking at the computer screen all day but it's coming along." Sonic replied
"Alright man you get yourself some rest, and have you heard from Amy?" Shadow replied and asked
"Nope, but I know she and the others are very busy." Sonic replied
"Alright man talk to you later." Shadow finished
"Yeah alright." Sonic finished as he hung up on the opposite end.
To Be Continued
(Well glad to know that Rouge and Shadow got their part done but what of Tails and Cream and will Shade and Knuckles find a decent location to have the funeral and will Amy and the other's mission succeed read and review and you might just find out sooner than you think. Chao for now)