Ch.34: Visitors

Sometime later, Espio took Amy to the hospital. Afterwards, he left and the nurses put Amy in a small bedroom so she could rest. She was still unconscious. All alone in the small dark room, she slept in a large white hospital's bed. However, the window near her bed suddenly opened.

Crawling in slowly was no other than Grim. No one even saw him coming up to her window in the first place! Since the detective was sound asleep, she didn't even hear a thing. The criminal quietly got in and stood up. Then he looked up ahead and saw his enemy in her own bed. He walked up to her patiently and calmly. By the time he reached up to Amy's bed, he stopped and pulled out a chef's knife. Opening her eyes, Amy looked up at him with fear and worry. The pink hedgehog tried to let out a scream, but her voice was silent. She couldn't talk, yell, or anything! She was doomed. A large stroke of lightning flashed through the window as Grim held up his knife.

"Amy, wake up", a familiar voice echoed in her mind. "Amy, wake up."

"Whoa!" Amy sat up from the horrible nightmare and panted.

"You alright?" the familiar voice asked nicely.

"Eh?" Amy turned to her left. "Shadow?"

"Hey", the black hedgehog waved.

"What are you doing here?" Amy asked shyly.

"Visiting you, silly", Shadow winked. "I mean, I heard that you collapsed, and I decided to take my time to see you."

"Who told?" Amy asked again.

"I saw it on the news", Shadow explained.

"The what?!" Amy's eyes shot open.

"It was on this morning", Shadow backed up a little in fear.

"Crap", Amy sighed hardly. "I might become a laughing stock."

"Relax", Shadow gave her a playful punch on the arm. "Just ignore them."

Amy sighed again. She had no idea that she would be all of the news like that! And to think what the fans might say about her. As for the Chaotix, they probably made fun of her if they appeared on the news. But not all of that mattered to Amy. She began to wonder why she collapsed. Then she remembered something. The blood from the two dead teenagers somehow made her scared. Not only that, but the rain must've made her dizzy too. It was a good thing that she was just dreaming a while ago. Because the look of the criminal looked life threatening!

"You're on your break right now?" Amy turned to Shadow again.

"Yeah, I still got some time", Shadow replied as he looked at his watch. "How're you feeling?"

"Ok, I guess", Amy shrugged her shoulders. "This case is starting to get out of hand again. Two more girls were killed last night."

"Yuck", Shadow said in disgust.

"I dunno why, but I think I'm scared. Like, he might come after me", Amy hugged herself a little.

"Hey, now", Shadow rubbed her cheek softly and she blushed. "Chin up."

Meanwhile, Sonic was walking down the hallway to locate Amy's room. He didn't want the nurse to show him because he figured he could find the room himself. A short time later, he found the door that led Amy's room. Before he could've opened the door, he stopped. He looked through the window and noticed that someone was already in there. Across the room, he saw Shadow and Amy talking to each other. Something started tingling inside him again, just like before at the football game. Jealousy, anger, and heartbroken. He didn't want to face Shadow in front of Amy because he had a feeling that she might get mad at him. He sat down a small bouquet of pink flowers and walked away.

"You're not busy tonight, are you?" Shadow asked Amy.

"No, why?" Amy asked back nervously.

"Well, I was kind of wondering if you wanna go on a date tonight", Shadow rubbed the back of his head with a blushy smile.

"Tonight, where?" Amy asked with a blush.

"Well…It's a surprise."

"Really?"

"C'mon, you'll love it. I'm just taking you out to dinner tonight."

"Cool, where?"

"I'm not telling. It's a surprise."

"Well…" Amy pondered for a moment. "I dunno, I might have work to do-Wait, what are you doing?" she asked Shadow, who was standing with two defibrillators in his hands.

"Well, I'm gonna shock you until you say yes", Shadow winked with tease.

"Um, don't come near me with those things-," Amy moved to the side slowly.

"CLEAR!" Shadow shouted as he came closer to Amy.

"Ok, ok, I'll go! I'll go!" Amy blocked her chest.

"I'm just kidding", Shadow laughed. "They're not even plugged on."

Amy sighed in relief. That was close. Would Shadow really do that? Even though it was a joke, it seemed like a threat to Amy. But good thing that it was just a joke though.

Espio was walking in the hospital to visit Amy. He didn't bring any gifts because he didn't have any money with him. After he told the front desk that he was a visitor, he searched to find Amy's room. Before long, a certain blue hedgehog passed by and kept on going. Espio looked back and watched Sonic dashing out of the door. He blinked twice.

"What was that all about?" he asked in thought.

A few minutes later, Amy and Shadow walked out of the room as they held their hands. Suddenly, Amy stepped on something on the floor. She looked down and picked up a small bouquet of beautiful pink flowers. At first she blushed, but then she shook her head. Shadow looked at them too, but was also wondering where they came from. Espio stopped as he came across Amy. He looked at the flowers as he raised an eyebrow.

"Who gave you those?" Espio asked curiously.

"I dunno", Amy looked at the flowers again. "Anyway, what brings you here?" she looked back at Espio.

"Well, I thought that we could talk in business", Espio crossed his arms. "If that's not a problem to you…" he overlooked at Amy's and Shadow's hands together.

""No, not at all", Shadow shrugged his shoulders.

"Ooh, that Espio!" Amy thought with rage. "He keeps spoiling our romantic moments!"

Espio rolled his eyes up to the ceiling so he wouldn't look at Amy's eyes of anger. As for Shadow, he ignored those looks. Actually, it did scare him a little also. He sighed before Amy could've gone out of control. That luckily caught her attention.

"See ya", Shadow smiled at her.

"Yeah", Amy nodded.

Just in a blink of an eye, Shadow gave Amy a long passionate kiss on her lips! Her eyes popped open as her face blushed red. Espio looked away since he didn't watch another romantic moment. Not only that, he felt like she was just wasting her time getting a boyfriend. But was something else on his mind besides that? Finally, Shadow released his lips and left his beloved behind. Amy didn't want him to go. In fact, she really wished that Espio wouldn't interrupt them so much. After a couple of minutes of silence, Espio looked back at her.

"You ready?" he asked.

"Yeah", Amy nodded.

Both of them left the hospital. Minutes later, Espio drove Amy home in her own car. At first, she got mad about it. But then, she thanked him for not getting in a wreck. During the drive, Amy was quiet again. As for Espio, he could tell what was going on in her mind, besides Shadow. It was Grim. Her fear was getting worse. Since Amy was bored, she turned the bouquet around and found a tag on it. It read:

To: Amy

From: Sonic

His name made Amy shocked. Why would he buy her flowers all of the sudden? Even though that they're friends, but something kept bugging Amy in thought. Does Sonic…have a crush on her?

(Amy's P.O.V.)

I was surrounded by two guys. Shadow and Sonic. Even though I didn't love Sonic anymore, it made me feel that he was starting to like me all of the sudden. But he didn't even know that me and Shadow were going out. Plus, I was about to go on a date with Shadow that night. Still…I felt something old. Memories. Those good ole days when Sonic, I, and the others always sticked together to save the world from Dr. Eggman. Not only that, but those moments when I used to be crazy in love with Sonic. However, he didn't love me back. So why was he trying to turn the story around? At that moment, I felt between two men inside…

To Be Continued…