The Trouble with Amy…

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Love and Hate

Amy Rose was in her bedroom at the Station Square Hotel, lazily daydreaming. The object of her dreams, the uncatchable, untouchable, unmatched, Sonic the Hedgehog. For the longest, he has been the object of her affections. When she met him for the first time, she was amazed and taken by the speed, charisma and personality of this navy blue blur. Never has she met such a wonderful hedgehog.

She sighed. "He's so dreamy…"

It was just a few days ago that Sonic saved her from Eggman's (Dr. Robotnik's) airship, the Egg Carrier. Sonic came to rescue her after all she's done. She always bugs him about having a girlfriend, emphasizing that she would be a good choice. Eggman jailed her and her bird friend up, but one of his robots, codenamed E-102g, let her free. When she was about to leave the ship, Eggman confronted her and took a hidden Chaos Emerald from her friend. Sonic then came and rescued her from him. But he had to fight the robot that saved her. Sonic won, but he stopped Sonic before destroying him.

"Sonic… my hero…"

But, then he sent her with Tails, off of the Egg Carrier. Sure, it was true that It was going to crash, but she wanted to go with him. So, that's were she was… she was in her hotel room in Station Square while Sonic was out on adventures again. Tails said he saw Sonic chasing Eggman into the Mystic Ruins, but wasn't sure. She wanted to help her bird friend find his family and get rid of the robot chasing them, all by herself. She wanted to do that to impress Sonic. Hopefully then, he would like her, but until he got back, all she could do was sit, daydream ad plan.

"A plan… that's it!" She jumped off the bed. I'll make him want me!"

It was simple… all she had to do was seduce him. If he wouldn't listen to her, then he'll just have to see what he was missing. That's what she thought anyway. Maybe her bird friend could help her too.

"I'll invite everyone to a party, and then me and Sonic can have some private time together. What do you think, birdie?"

Her bird friend looked at her funny, then chirped something.

"You think it won't work? Don't say that… I'm sure that he will like me. I know!" she said, jumping off the bed and scooping up the bird. "Let's go find them! Then we could invite them personally!"

The two friends headed out the door.

* * *

Just then, Sonic met up with his best friend after throwing Eggman a beating he wouldn't forget. Tails go to him first, chasing him around the Speed Highway, finally fighting him in front of the Casino (Casinopolis). It didn't take too long for Tails to catch him and defeat him before he ran off. That's when Sonic found him heading for his secret base in the Mystic Ruins. After being transported to the strange shrine where he met Tikal, Eggman was flying overhead and Sonic chased him to his base. Eggman, having reached there first, put his troops on red alert for the blue intruder.

~*Flashback*~

Sonic easily blasted through the laser fences, destroyed the guard bots and blasted through the rotating floors. He quickly descended down the turbine shaft by darting from panel to panel, pouncing helibots that got in the way. He swiftly made it to the lower level to be faced with an emergency alert and to be surrounded by ground troops. Not even dithered by the numbers against him, Sonic made for a quick light speed attack and drastically reduced their numbers… make that eliminated. He dodged the spiked flooring and made it through the first of the fan rooms until he met another batch of ground troops. Not wanting to wait any longer, he dashed at light speed to the speed panel on the far side of the room. More fan rooms and bots and a final batch of ground troops frustrated Sonic enough to release the Gold in him (Golden Sonic) and vapourized the enemies. He returned to normal and blazed out of the room to the final drop shaft. He jumped and collected some rings, avoiding the spiked balls and sped through the remaining bots and obstacles, and finally met up with a waiting Eggman.

"Well, if it isn't my pal, Sonic," Eggman said flatly. "I'm surprised that you mad it this far." He then retreated into his mech suit and proceeded to fly up the shaft with it, tearing up the walls in the process.

"Hold it right there, Eggman!" Sonic grabbed onto a conveniently placed rocked booster and chased Eggman to the top level.

~*End Flashback*~

Amy, who found the two friends conversing, snuck up on them from behind and was listening to Sonics adventure, standing there in a dream-like state, relishing his words, not even noticing when the two were calling to her. She was woken be two hands on her shoulders shaking her lightly.

"Amy? Amy! Are you okay?"

"Sure, Sonic, I'm fine." Then Amy, realizing whom she was talking to, nearly fainted as she threw her arms around his neck, drawing him close. "Sonic! You came to rescue me! My hero…!" She planted a big kiss on him, smooching his lips, causing him to blush and pull away kind of quick.

"Amy…!"

Amy pulled away and giggled as she hugged her hips and blushed. "Sorry, Sonic…" Tails looked at the two funny, but then shook it off. "So what clunker did Eggman have against you this time? And, how did ya beat it?"

"Well, it was some kind of snake looking thing with a laser cannon that he kept trying to fry me with. And, I was fighting on some kind of sky panel flooring thingies. Anyway, I just went to the heart of the problem; basically, I aimed form him until he and his snake suit couldn't take anymore."

"Wow… that's amazing, Sonic!"

"Nah… it was nothing," he replied, brushing her off.

"Well," Tails started, "when I faced Eggman, he was in this walking suit thing and tried to stomp on me, but I pretty much did the same thing as you, Sonic. When I toppled him, I aimed directly for Eggman too."

"That's cool, Tails," Amy interrupted. "I hope you're okay, though."

"I'm fine…" Tails grumbled, rather indignantly.

"Anyways… I came over here to invite you guys to my party. I'm going to have it in the hotel's reception room."

"Coolness! What's the party for?" Sonic asked.

"Oh, um… I don't know… for running Eggman our of Station Square… or something…"

"Sounds good to me! What do you think, Tails?"

Tails suddenly didn't feel up to partying anymore. But, he would go along anyway. "It sounds nice… I guess we could invite Knuckles and the crew too…"

Knuckles…? Amy thought. She didn't like the sound of that… For some reason, Knuckles didn't like her too much. There were a few reasons that could be possible. The number one would be how she used the power of a Chaos Emerald, in Knothole Village, without permission. Originally, she wished the Emerald to make her older so she could go on adventures with Sonic, but he still wouldn't let her go. However, ever since he saved her from harm the first time, she wondered if she really wished to be older just so she could be with him. Another possible reason could be the way she acts around him.

Amy wondered, Maybe my obsession with Sonic is making them sick…if so, the why is it only Knuckles acting so weird? Or have I been so naïve as to not notice anyone else's behavior? Does that mean that everyone else hates me too? Suddenly, Amy didn't feel like partying much either… "Knuckles…? Yeah… I guess we could invite him…"

Sonic looked at her funny. "Sure! Let's go!" He turned towards the hotel and started to run.

While on their way to the hotel, Tails caught up with Amy and stopped her. "Amy? Did you get in another fight with Knux again?"

She lowered her had and sadly nodded. Tails was the only person other than Knuckles himself that knew of the conflict between them. She never even thought of telling Sonic herself in fear of it ruining any chances she might have had with him.

"Yeah… I wanted to ask him what was wrong with me, but instead, he yelled at me… Oh, Tails… I don't know what he wants or what I should do…"

"Hmm…" Tails mused. "Maybe I could get Sonic to talk to him…"

Amy's eyes brightened. "Would you? Oh, Tails… you're the greatest!" She gave him a big hug and ran in the direction of the hotel.

Tails smiled after her. Looks like some progress might be made after all…

* * *

Amy was back at the hotel with Sonic, Tails and Knuckles. She was up in her hotel room while the others three were in the reception hall, listening to music and getting the place ready. She was going through her clothes for some thing sure to catch his attention. So far, her bird friend didn't like any of them. She had to wonder if he wanted to help her at all. What she didn't think about was the fact that he might be helping her suffer from heartache. So, she decided to stay with her bed mini-dress. She did, however, choose a set of lingerie for when she invited him up to her room for later. She then headed back down to the hall.

When she got there, the guests hadn't arrived yet. Sonic was with Knuckles in the corner talking while Tails was tuning up the deejay equipment.

"Hey, guys!" she greeted cheerfully.

She was met with the same type of greeting, mixed in with grumbles from Knuckles, which she frowned at. They continued to wait for the crowd until Amy pulled Tails off to the side.

"Has Sonic talked to Knuckles about me yet?" she asked impatiently.

"No… not yet. But, it looks as if they might be right now." Their conversation was cut short by a knock on the door. "They're here!" Tails ran to the door to let the guests in. "Hey, guys!"

The crowd greeted him as he let them in. Amy approached cautiously and stood a little behind Tails while he introduced them.

"Amy? Meet Rotor. He's the mechanic for the Freedom Fighters."

"Hello." Rotor was a large walrus that wore his baseball cap backwards. He also brought his tools on a work belt he was wearing. She greeted him.

"This is Bunny Rabbot."

"Howdy." Bunny was… well, a bunny. She was half metal though.

"Bunny wa almost roboticized a whiles back," Tails informed her. "We were able to save her on time."

"That's why ah'm all shiny and such." Amy smiled and greeted her.

"This is Hershey." Tails motioned his hand towards a feline figure. She was black and white in colour and wearing some kind of green work dress. "Hershey works as security at Castle Acorn."

"How do you do?" Amy greeted her.

"And last, but not least, this is Sally. Sally lives in Castle Acorn. She is the Princess. Amy gasped.

"It's a pleasure to meet you."

"No…" Amy stuttered, curtseying, "the pleasure is all mine." Although Sally was not dressed like a princess, donning a blue jean jacket, Amy found it necessary to pay her respects.

"That is not necessary, Amy," Sally told her. "We are all friends here."

Amy stood up. "You have quite the team, princess."

"Please… call me Sally. And right now, Antoine should be on his way. He is also part of the Freedom Fighters. Sadly, we have one who cannot join us. Lupe was captured and roboticized a while back by Dr. Robotnik. She is still in his possession."

"I'm so sorry…" Amy started.

"Don't be," Knuckles interrupted. "She fought nobly 'til the end."

She turned to Knuckles while the rest got uneasy. "But, couldn't she escape?"

"Don't you think she would have tried?" he answered coldly. "Eggman's programming stopped her from getting too far from him!"

"Couldn't you rescue her or something?" Amy retorted, sounding a bit frantic.

"We have tried on numerous accounts to free her," Sally stepped in, "but Dr. Robotnik's defense systems were too much for us. We couldn't get her free."

"How could we," Knuckles continued, "when you always have Sonic rescuing you?"

"What are you talking about?" Amy asked, starting to get angry with him.

Don't play innocent with me, Amy. You've been after Sonic for the longest now!"

"Knuckles? What's wrong with you?" Bunny asked. "Take it easy on the girl! We know you don't like all that much, but she's the host of this party!"

"Why should I, Bunny?" Knuckles retaliated, turning to her. "Ever since Amy's been around, there has been nothing but trouble! And her going after Sonic constantly is just going to get her in more trouble that we have to rescue her from!"

"It's not true!" Amy screamed at him.

"Is it? Who got captured at Twinkle Park just because she wanted to go some place with Sonic? Yeah, I thought it was you too. And who used the powers of the Chaos Emeralds just so she could grow old enough to try and go out with Sonic? Uh huh… that was you too. Well, here's a news flash for you Amy… Sonic's taken! He's going out with Princess Sally and there's nothing you can do about it! So, take you're trouble making elsewhere!"

"It's… not…" Amy couldn't finish, tears forming in her eyes.

Sally went up to Knuckles and crossed her arms. "Knuckles! That was totally uncalled for!"

"Yeah!" Hershey joined in, getting in Knuckles face. "Where do you get off telling Amy things like that?"

"I told her because it was the truth," he replied plainly.

Amy, who was speechless and frozen, started to cry. She unfroze herself and ran out of the reception hall and the hotel. In a way Knuckles was right. If it wasn't for her running into Twinkle Park without Sonic, he wouldn't have to come looking for her and rescuer, and maybe he could have used the time to rescue Lupe instead, Maybe it was better off if she just left. They could do a whole lot better without her. She continued to run through the streets as her bird friend tried franticly to catch up with her.

"Amy!" Tails called from the window.

"Let her go," Knuckles bit bitterly. "We're better off without her."

Tails jumped away from the window and advanced on Knuckles. "What's your problem!?"

Bunny stood in front of Tails and held him back. "Hold it, Tails… don't cause a scene. Go and see if you can find her."

Tails growled at him and flew out the window. "Some friend you are, Knuckles…"

Hershey walked up and smacked Knuckles upside the head, him being taken totally off guard. "What's wrong with you, mister! Why did you blow her off like that? She's going to get into trouble out there and you know it!"

"Which is exactly my point."

"Screw you and your points, Knuckles! Robotnik is still out there! She could be in danger!"

"Zero is probably still out there looking for her too!" Sonic ranted, clearly irritated.

"Count me out. I've had enough of her."

"Knuckles!" Sonic balled his fists as a faint golden aura started to form around him.

"Don't worry, Sonic," Sally interrupted." Knuckles and me are going to have a little talk. Go and find Amy and bring her back."

Sonic nodded and blazed through and out of the hotel.

* * *

Amy collapsed along the outskirts of Station Square. She hadn't run as fast as before, so as to let her feathered friend catch up with her. "Why does he have to be so mean birdie? Now nobody likes me… Knuckles hates me and so does Sonic…" She continued to cry before hearing someone call for her.

"Amy!"

"It's Tails…" she sniffled, "but I don't wanna talk now… not anymore…"

Wiping her eyes, she got back up and continued to run out of the city… until she ran into something hard and metallic, making her tumble backwards to the floor.

"Ouch!" she exclaimed, rubbing her head and looking up. She saw a face that she thought she would never have to face again. She gasps. "Oh no! Not you! Tails! Sonic! Help me!"

Chibi-Akuji: Hey! How's this story sounding? This is the first Sonic the Hedgehog story I ever wrote. Seeing as how I'm getting Sonic Adventure 2 today, I wanted to throw in a story from first game before I played it (or at least started one). R & R and tell me what you think. Be seeing ya!