CHAPTER 3
Break a leg
A man yanked off the bag. He was tall, dark and, for a lack of better words, spooky. The man stared down at him. "So, hedgehog. Thought you could escape? Well, you are as stupid as you look, so I wouldn't put it past you. But I didn't think you'd make it that far. I'm surprised." Sonic the hedgehog sat in a metal chair with his hands and feet tied up and a gag in his mouth. The man chuckled and turned around. "Now, I would sit still if I were you, hedgehog. This might hurt."
The party was in full swing. There was a table full of cake and drinks, laughter filled the air, and many lights twinkled about. Amy's friends had all shown up, including Shadow, Rouge, Silver, Blaze, Cream, Cheese, Vanilla, Vector, Espio, Charmy, Tails and Knuckles. Both Amy and Sonic were being complimented on the decorations, and others were telling them about their daily lives and what they've been getting up to. It was a very cheery atmosphere, and nothing would mess it up. "So, Shads, how did Amy convince you to come?" Sonic asked Shadow as they bumped into each other. "She didn't. Rouge wanted me to come. She said it would be fun, and she didn't want to go alone. I would've much rather of stayed at GUN. At least there I have stuff to do." Sonic looked at him sadly. "Alas, I forgot you like to live an alone and depressing life." Shadow grunted and walked back to Rouge. "Are you going to at least going to try to have fun?" she asked him. Shadow just grunted again. Rouge sighed and walked over to Amy. "So, Amy, how are things with you and Sonic?" Why did Rouge have to make the most uncomfortable conversations?
"Present time! Everyone gather around the tree!" Sonic shouted. Everyone started to walk over to the tree excitedly. They all sat around it, and Sonic began handing presents out. People were laughing, gasping with surprise, and shouting that it was just what they wanted. Then came the hard part: giving Tails his present. "Hey Knuckles, come give me a hand, will you?" asked Sonic. "Yeah, hold on." Knuckles moved his stuff off him and got up. He walked over to Sonic. "What do you need?" "Can you help me carry this over to Tails?" Sonic pointed to the huge pressure tank he got for him. "Jesus, Sonic! What did you get him?" Sonic looked a little annoyed. "You'll find out soon. Will you help me or not?" Sonic went over to it. "Yeah, yeah." Knuckles and Sonic grabbed the bottom of the tank and lifted. They carried it over to Tails, and to his surprise, dropped it right in front of him. "What the? What is this for?" He looked around at it, with a look of great curiosity on his face. "It's your gift. You will open it and like it or else. It cost a lot of rings, mind you." Tails ripped the wrapping paper off of it and yelped. "Sonic! How did you know?" Sonic smiled. "I saw you staring at it a couple of weeks ago when I went to the hardware store with you. I thought you would like it, and I guess I was right." Tails jumped up and hugged sonic. "This is exactly what I need for something I've been working on." Sonic looked pleased with himself, and Knuckles went back to his own stuff. Overall, the party went well.
"Alright everyone! Thanks for coming!" Amy everyone as they left for home. Sonic walked up behind her, formulating a plan. He had not given her his gift, and he wanted to do it when they were alone. Just then he had an idea. He ran the back of the house, grabbed some mistletoe that was growing, and sped off the park across the street. He hung it up on a tree and ran through Amy's back door. After everyone had left, Sonic went up to her. "Hey, Ames. I was wandering if you wanted to take a walk in the park?" Amy looked confused. "This late at night?" "Yeah, why not?" Amy agreed, and they walked out the door. But they failed to notice that one of the steps had frozen over, and Amy slipped. She fell 15 steps before crumpling to the floor. Sonic's heart stopped. "Amy!" Sonic jumped the steps and landed next to her. "Oh god... please be okay…" Sonic picked her up and rushed to the nearest hospital.
"Well, the good news is that you're alive." Said Dr. Stives. "The bad news, however…" Amy looked at him worriedly. "What is it?" "Well, your leg was fractured during the fall, which means you won't be able to walk for a couple of weeks." Sonic sighed. "How much for rehabilitation?" "For her condition, at least $50,000." It was Amy's turn to sigh. "That's a lot…" Later that night, Sonic pushed Amy out of the hospital in a wheel chair. "What a Christmas…" Sonic looked down at her. "I'll pay for it." Amy looked exasperated. "What? Sonic, no! I couldn't ask you to do that!" "But it's my fault." "Look, just take me home please…"