Sonic Ever After
by:
Gino C.
Disclaimer: All thoughts are mine, but everything else is supposedly God's…
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S O N I C
Sonic the Hedgehog
T A I L S
Miles "Tails" Prower
K N U C K L E S
Knuckles the Echidna
A M Y
Amy Rose
R O U G E
Rouge the Bat
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And many more...
In:
SONIC the HEDGEHOG
E V E R A F T E R
Stage One: Emerald Coast
Act #2: Amy Rose Hedgehog
I was young and lonely when I met Sonic. You have to understand, living alone isn't easy at all, but I managed fine. There wasn't anything else I COULD do. You can't give-up, just cause things get tough, ya know! From the first second I lay my eyes on Sonic the Hedgehog he was MY HERO! I couldn't believe a guy this good existed! He was cool, smooth, fast, and ALWAYS saving ME, ME, who no one ever thought of, ME, who was left alone on that little planet. No one cared about me, except Sonic! At least, no one I noticed then.
I just have to say, I was a *little* bit foolish to think Sonic would like me. Well, he seemed to like me, but he didn't LIKE me. That was okay though, like I said: You CAN'T give-up just cause things get tough. So I kept on trying. I'll tell you about when I met Sonic.
I was young and alone on little planet. There wasn't much I could do for myself to get off, either. Every year, the little planet comes close enough to Earth that it actually flies just over a pond. It's supposed to be 'really amazing' or whatever. Anyhow, one year when I could see the lake – I used that lake to count years, cause I figured it appeared about once a year (In fact, we always use the day that little planet crosses the lake as MY birthday, whee!) so, you see one year when I saw the lake, the sky suddenly darkened! A huge shell of… something was covering the planet! It was about then that I saw a flash of blue racing toward me. Before I had time to scream, this blue streak grabbed me and carried me away.
"AIEEEEEE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH MEEEEEE?" I screamed, kicking and punching at my captor as he set me down on the ground.
"RELAX! Sheesh. You just don't get thanks like this anywhere!" He stepped back from me, brushing him self off. I looked him up and down once… I was astonished. Twice… I was amazed! Thrice… I WAS IN LOVE! There HE stood! A dazzling blue hedgehog clad in red running shoes. He smirked cunningly at me, and stood tall. "Name's Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog. No need to thank me for saving you, but I wouldn't stop you if you did."
"What did you save me from?" I stood up, still mesmerized with the stunning beauty of this… this… boy! This Hedgehog boy! SONIC! WOW! I never knew another hedgehog in my life, but I knew enough to know Sonic was the best. "Soniiiic." I threw in a sing-songy chime to my hero's name.
"What from? I saved you from that!" Sonic spun me to look at the sky behind me. I looked up and gasped.
"What?" I said.
"I'm not sure, but you were on it, and I got you off." Sonic gestured toward the floating ball of shine in the air above the lake. It gleamed brightly. I gawked some more.
"WOW!" I leaped for Sonic, strangling him in my giddy outburst. I can't help myself sometimes! "YOU SAAAAAAAAAVED MEEEEEEE!"
"Hey, hey, hey! Watch it!" Sonic pushed me off. I fell – unhurt, and uncaring. I looked up at Sonic brightly. "I don't even know your name kid!"
"AMY ROSE HEDGEHOG!" I chimed, leaping to my feat. "I just want to thank you for saving me! I'm soooo happy! I could just hug you to death!"
"Yeah, well, before you do that, let's go look for Tails." Sonic said, walking away from me. I followed, my boots clacking against the stone path we were moving along.
"Who?" I said, my eyes still starry in blind appreciation.
"TAILS! Jeeze, do I have to explain everything? Now get going! GO HOME!" Sonic bellowed. I felt that one. I almost cried.
"But…." Sonic turned to face me. He placed his fists on his hips, and tapped his red shoe.
"WHAT IS IT?" He whined impatiently at me, and I stuttered out the words.
"Uhm… I don't know where I am." I said, staring, doe-eyed upon the Blue Blur before me.
"Oh, jeeze. Don't look like that! Hey, look, follow me until we get you back to where you live, okay? Just try and keep up." Sonic said, turning around and starting to walk again. I rose, and clomped after him, stumbling on my third step, and falling. I hit the ground, and squealed. "Heeeeeeey!" Sonic turned, stepping over to me. "Agh, you're all stumbly! I'm gonna have to carry ya…." Sonic lifted me up, and hoisted me in front of him. Before I had the chance to melt in his arms, he began to run. I shrieked.
"AHHHHH!" I yelled, "What's happening?"
"I'm running, and carrying you." Sonic said, keeping his eyes on the road ahead as he ran.
"Running?" I asked, looking down at the blurred image of Sonic's unstopping feet. "How can you….?"
"I just do!" Sonic said. "Now quiet! We just gotta worry about finding Tails!"
"Oh…" I gasped, still amazed as Sonic sped me away. That was a long time ago. As it turned out, Robotnik captured Tails, and a robot made to look like Sonic captured me too. No worries, though – Sonic SAVED me AGAIN! Those were good times. They weren't the last good times we would have though. Oh no, we would see much more fun and adventure together. Much more. However, with adventure came danger, and that danger was an evil man named Ivo Robotnik, but we called him Eggman cause he was fat and round like an egg, and his legs were like toothpicks. At the top of his eggy body was an eggy little head dawning goggles and a bushy orange mustache. He was UG-LY!
One day, however, the danger stopped. Robotnik stopped. He just keeled over dead. Sonic found him that way when his robots began to go haywire. Sonic took out the last of the robots, and left Robotnik alone inside his lonely base. I imagine (as very disgusting as it is) that Dr. Eggman is still sitting there, or what's left of him, clutching his evil controls to his evil creations.
It was about two years after Robotnik died that we all (Knuckles, Tails, Sonic and I) decided that there was no need to keep a look out for Station Square, or anywhere else any longer. It felt as if danger had subsided. But with the danger subsiding, so subsided the adventure. At first, I thought the good times were gone too. I was 17, Tails was 19, Sonic was turning 25 soon, and Knuckles was older, we aren't sure how much. I guess you could say we were growing up, and fast. The adventure had gone, but not the good times though… I found something just as fun, just as exciting, and just as promising. I found Tails.
Through the most of our lives so far, I had been aimlessly in love, head over heels, obsessed, infatuated, enraptured, overtaken, blinded, and fixated on Sonic the Hedgehog. About a year after Eggman died though, something odd happened: I was watching a movie, over at Sonic's with the guys… and I found myself looking into Tails eyes… and I saw in them something Sonic couldn't provide. (Hey, I'm a poet, and I didn't know it!) I saw caring, compassion, most of all – understanding. Now, I may not be the most mature, most serious hedgehog around, but I am mature enough to know that what I saw in Tails that night was love. L-O-V-E, love. Not kiddy romance, mindless obsession. I looked up at Tails and saw someone who I could make breakfast for, kiss on the cheek, shop for houses with… shop for baby clothes with. It wasn't just a desire to be loved… it was a desire to love. It was so new. I'll tell you about that night.
I skipped along my way into the kitchen of Sonic and Tails apartment, and swung the door of the fridge open. I hummed softly to myself, producing a soda, and a Twinkie. (I love Twinkies, I don't know why… I also don't know why Sonic keeps them in the fridge.) I unwrapped the Twinkie, and stuffed it into my mouth, chomping loudly. I popped the top on my soda, and took a swig, the sweet cherry flavor washing the angel food cake down my throat.
"Chao in Space 2!" I heard Knuckles smugly utter from the living room. I squealed, happy that it hadn't been something like Knight's 2, or some other action film, but instead the one film I could think of I actually wanted to see. Sonic would of course have nothing to do with anything called 'Chao in Space' – I'm afraid he was a little too cool for that.
"You're kidding! It had better be "Knights 2" in that case, or I'll kill you." Sonic said, and I could see the grimace crossing his face in my mind as he balled his drastically less threatening fist at Knux. I smiled to myself and went on my way to the living room.
"Nooooooooo… I wanna see this one!" I said, bouncing into the room, and leaning over the back of the couch to inspect the movie in Knuckles hands. Knux looked up and smiled at me from his seat on the couch.
"No worries, Ames. It's Chao in Space 2, no matter what Mr. "I only watch Pg-13 and up" says." Knux chuckled, and Sonic slapped a palm to his head and flopped down in his favorite chair, the same one he ALWAYS sat in, and never let ME share with him. That always made me mad. I didn't even like Knux or Tails like that, and I'd always lean on them, or sit in their laps when I was tired. We were just friends, ya know?
"Let's get this over with." Sonic sighed horridly, watching Knuckles slide the tape into the VCR. He settled into his chair, and I smiled at how pouty he looked, staring daggers into his big screen TV. Knuckles flopped down on the couch once more. I hoped over the couch and landed squarely next to Tails. I saw him smile, and I smiled back. A little tingle ran up my spine, but I shook it off, and turned to the screen.
The movie began to roll, showing us the green FBI screen. Previews for some favorites of mine rolled on past, and before long a big red "Chao in Space" logo slowly faded in… just before being squashed by an obnoxiously large number 2. It had been just nearly thirty minutes when Sonic began to snore. I watched the screen like a hawk (all be an extremely giddy hawk), Tails sat next to me, and he seemed to like it too. I loved movies like that! They were soooo cute. I have my very own chao you know, and I'm a BIG chao fan. I never got to have stuff like that as a little girl, so I think I was very into it cause of that… still am! Hee, hee. I think that's why Tails liked it too.
"Well, obviously Commander Chaoskie is really a Blargon disguised as the commander!" Knuckles chuckled; looking at the screen like it had just spat out the corniest joke in the world – which it PROBABLY had. "This is worse than the last one. Sonic was right."
"SHHHHHHH!" Tails and I both hushed Knuckles, missing Officer Chaoton tell the lovely Chao-Lynn that he loved her so much.
"Whatever… I think I'll go to the guest room and crash, I'm all burnt out." We both waved silently as Knuckles lifted from the couch and walked off to his room. Even though I was so enthralled in the movie, I started to get a little tingle in my head about being alone with Tails. He scooted over on the couch, and took up Knuckles space, stretching out like a big, orange pillow. I smiled at the thought, and then (in a complete act of spontaneity… hehe, sounds like I made THAT word up, huh?) scooted up to Tails and lay my head on him. I thought about why I would do this, and quickly decided I must have been cold. Yes, cold, that was it!
"I'm cold, Tails." I stuttered a bit, worried Tails would take this the wrong way. What was I thinking though? I had lied on him before.
"Uhmm…" Tails said, and then without warning, he wrapped an arm around me, and pulled me over to lie down against his body. He felt so warm; I couldn't help but snuggle up. Tingle, tingle, there goes that weird feeling again. "There."
"Thanks." I cozyed up to him, smiling as his arm wrapped around my waist. He was very strong, stronger than he looked.
"Mmm-hmm…" He said. We watched the movie.
It was a little bit less than an hour when the credits began their slow climb up the screen. I looked up at Tails from where my head lay on his white tuft of chest fur, and smiled. Tingle.
"That was kinda fun!"
"Yea, I enjoyed it." He said. Tingle.
"I like that kinda stuff… I know it's silly." I said, and I think I blushed, but it's hard to tell with my pinkish fur.
"Naw, I like it too." He chuckled… I giggled, and I hate it when I giggle, cause I look like a baby. Tails looked down on me, and he leaned in and kissed my forehead. I was kind of surprised, but then I smiled wider at him, and snuggled closer. He took his gloved hand and tilted my head up to face his by the bottom of my chin. It tickled lightly, and I am sure I blushed right then. I gave him a weak smile, unsure what was going on. He smiled back, very widely, and then he kissed me on the mouth, and I kissed back. We kissed like that for a while, and I whimpered as he got up to grab a spare blanket. We kissed more when he got back, and my head spun lightly, I was in heaven. I remember glancing over at Sonic, and thinking "Catch you later, Hedgehog." We slept there on the couch together.
"*Yawn* Tails…… ?" I yawned widely, and rolled over to wrap my arm around him… he wasn't there, and I woke immediately, taking a glance around the room. "Tails?"
"Amy!" He said from somewhere the floor next to the couch. His legs were sticking up into view from past the right arm.
"Tails, what are you… Sonic!? Knuckles!? Is THAT a camera!?" I yelled, pointing in shock at the little black box that lay on the floor just in my line of view. I was SO mad! How many pictures had they taken?
"So, how long have you two been holding out on us? Huh?" Sonic chuckled, waving a picture of me nuzzling Tails in my sleep around.
"Huh?" I said, looking around pitifully for an excuse. "Holding out on you? We just… it… last night and…"
"Yeah, it was… it was just last night." Tails stuttered, lost as I was.
"Well, so what does that mean?" Sonic said, placing his fists to his hips, which was SO like him.
"What?" Tails cocked his eyebrow (which is not only SO cute, but happens to be SO like him) and let the question slide out.
"It means, what's up? What did you guys do, and what ARE you now?" Knuckles said slyly, putting his hands in his coat pockets (did he sleep in that thing?)
"Yeah, couldn't have put it better myself, Knucklehead." Sonic said, standing next to Knuckles. They both glared down at us, their eyes searching for another thing to rag on us for. I blushed, and shied away.
"We…..?" Tails looked to me, and I just spoke.
"Were kissing last night, after the movie?" I looked back to Tails, questioning him really.
"Yeah… and… now we……." He gave me a glance, unsure again.
"We are… ?" I didn't know this one and I questioned right back at him.
"Going out?" He asked. I could tell he asked, and it made me feel SO warm. (I say SO too much… ease off the word, Amy!).
"Yes." I responded, stepping over to him. I felt that tingle leap up my spine. "To the movies tonight on a date?"
"Yup." Tails said, and I melted into his arms. I giggled, and he smiled widely. For once, I didn't feel stupid giggling. We weren't even looking at Sonic and Knux anymore.
"So, you guys ARE a couple?" Sonic asked.
"Yes." I said, burying my head deeper into Tails' chest.
It had been about a year since then when something equally major happened. It was a year after all that that the adventure returned. This time though, the adventure was less hopeful… the adventure was grim. It all began that one morning in the summer when Tails left for work at the auto shop, and I had the day off. I remember it QUITE well.
"*Yawn* I'm going to work soon, honey." Tails said, vacating his side of the bed. I rolled over, basking in the warmth he left behind. I heard the shower stream on before passing back out into the pillow.
It must have been about five minutes later that Tails patted my side again. Sleepily, I raised my head and smiled at that fox boy I love so much. He ruffled my fur. Giggle. Tingle. You don't know how good that tingle feels, especially when it's still just as strong a year down the road as when it first started. "Bye, Hun." Tails smiled at me.
"Bye, bye, cutie." I said, falling back onto my pillow. Tails kissed my cheek. Giggle. Tingle. Those two come hand in hand so often. I smiled as I heard him gather his things, and run out the door, the zipper on his jump suit whizzing up just as the lock clicked open, and the light, but forceful slam of him closing it. I stayed awake just until I heard the lock click closed again.
When next I looked up, it was about 11:00… must have been about 20 minutes since Tails left. He likes to stop on the way to work at that burger shop near the bank for breakfast. I looked up, and stretched widely, looking around the room through droopy lids. I smiled, and leapt up, bouncing to my feet. "YAY!" I said for no reason, and began to bounce around on the bed. I don't get so embarrassed, giggling in private. I stopped long enough to pop the radio on. "Whee!" I bounced off the bed, landing softly on my feet on the carpet, and dancing my way to the bathroom.
"Sweet, sweet, you're so sweet!" I called into my bar of soap, as the radio blared to me. I threw my quills about like a rock-star as they hung down around me, drenched from the warm shower water. "Aiiiiiin't no where to hi-ide!"
I poured some shampoo into my hand and draped it over my pink quills that Tails insisted were so soft.
Ah, Tails… I loved to think about him. Strong, smart… so sweet. He was always thinking of me, buying me things, doing things for me. It was the fact that he cared so much that I really loved. He would go out of his way to please me, even though he knew he never had to. He once said to me: 'I was never a romantic of any kind, Amy in fact I've always loved machines most. But around you, I feel like it's my duty to tell you how much I love you. I couldn't be any other way.' He was true to say that. He was never the romantic one – Knuckles struck romantic closer than Tails did growing up. However, with me he couldn't seem to stop. It made me feel very special.
My favorite line of the song came up – "I'll always be there for you! Sweet, sweet, you're so sweet. Through the best and worst of times, you can be… my SWEETEST HONEY FOR ETER-NI-TY-EY!"
I washed the soapsuds from my 'hair', and smiled into the mirror. I winked at myself, and blew a kiss. I AM SOOOO CUTE WHEN I WANNA BE! I stepped out of the shower, grabbed a towel, and wrapped it around me. As I pulled another towel to wrap my hair in, something cut into the song I was listening too on the radio – "Attention, attention. This is Rick Daily with braking news!" I gave myself a little look in the mirror, shaking my head and thinking, "What now?"
"A string of odd break-ins throughout the downtown Station Square area down through Emerald Coast have left police officials baffled. Details as to the nature of the robberies are indiscreet, but officials have mentioned that the culprits seem to use the front door. The peculiar thing about these break-ins is the unchanging fact that each building was entered with no struggle, or any kind of force. It has been as if the culprit was able to open the door and walk right in each building." The radio continued. I began to grow interested. "Police Chief Rouge Garnier had this to say about the break-ins:" My head perked up. Good, ol' Rouge the Bat, now better known as Chief Garnier. We didn't see a lot of Rouge, but she would stop by now and again. Last time we had talked with her had been nearly four months.
Once, we had all stayed together at a ranch up in the hills farther inland, east of Station Square. Since that little vacation Rouge hadn't been close with the rest of us.
"There is little we can say about the recent break-ins, not because we have anything to hide, but because there is little to be found. The largest piece of evidence we have had so far is a torn sheet of paper with the word 'key' scribbled on it in dark and scratchy pencil. As we have said, the criminal likes to use the front door, does not leave any signs of break in, and leaves the crime scene without a trace. In the most recent case, we estimate that it was at least ten hours after the door of the building in question, a local retail hardware store, was discovered, unlocked and open, that the store clerk on site discovered several auto components, and some power tools missing. The thief takes generally generic things, possibly valuable, never usually seemingly important. From what we have seen, it looks like we are dealing with a quite cunning, yet petty thief."
Rouge let out a mouthful, eh? I was scared at that point, and went to check that the door was locked. It was. I returned to the bedroom.
"…You have it, Chief Garnier's statement. Also, the police issued a statement urging local residents in the Down Town, Emerald Bay area to keep their doors and windows locked at all times, and their valuables in a safe place. We now bring you back to our scheduled programming."
The radio finished its grim announcement. "That is cree-py! Too much for me." I said to myself, hopping into bed, and wrestling with the cover till I was comfortable. My wet quills drooped, and left a little dark splotch of water on my pillow. I reached over and grabbed a book off my end table – Lex Chaoskie in: The Planet of the Chaos! – One of my favorites. I opened it up and began to read. After a page or so, I glanced at the clock. "11:30… Tails should just be starting in on his work. I hope he hurry's."
CLICK! I jumped. I heard feet rushing through the apartment, and I squealed as the bedroom door creaked open and Tails stepped through.
"AMES!" Tails shouted, running up to me.
"Tails, don't you have work?" I asked. Tails lifted me up out of bed – he is so strong! He always insists its cause I am "so trim" though. "Tails, what are you doing?"
"Amy, we have to go." Tails said calmly, lifting me up. I was a bit confused, and I felt silly lying there in his arms in that frilly nightgown of mine. He kissed me, and set me down to my feet. I couldn't help but smile. "Get dressed."
"Where are we going?" I asked, walking over to my dresser, and pulling out some pants, a blue shirt, and a bra. I slipped out of my nightgown, letting tails see my naked back. I was used to this by now, but I still remember how embarrassed I got when we first started delving into such things as seeing each other naked. I was a bit confused as to what Tails meant by "we have to go".
"Anywhere you want." He said from somewhere behind me. I felt his hands reach up my back and fasten my bra's clasp. I let a small giggle escape me, narrowing my eyes in bliss as I felt Tails fingers brush my back. I loved how he could tickle me without trying.
"Anywhere?" I said a bit excited at the sound of it. At a second, ideas of fun places to go popped into my mind. I tried to list them all. "So, how's about we go see what Sonic's up to, and then we could all go to Twinkle Park, or a movie, or… or…"
"Whatever you want Amy, we just need to leave fast." I slipped my shirt on. Tails walked over to the other side of the room to grab his car keys. I heard him scoff a bit, and turn back to face me.
"Is this some sort of special occasion?" I wondered aloud, giving him a sly smile as I slid my pants on. Tails grimaced a little, and then gasped for something to say.
"Because I love you." I love it when he says that, even if I know that isn't the REAL reason, I still know he does love me. I giggled, buttoning my pants, and then I bounced over to Tails, smiling lovingly up at him. He gave me that warm, "it's okay" smile of his.
"So, let's go?"
"Yeah." He said, pulling me quickly toward the door. He glanced over the door haphazardly, and then opened it, keeping me close as we walked into the hall. Tails locked the door, and rushed the two of us to the elevator. DING! As Tails pressed the down button, I began to wonder what exactly was going on.
"What is the hurry, Tails?" I gave his arm a push. He smiled back, wryly. He thought on it again, and again came out with something cute:
"I just… don't wanna spend any less time enjoying your company than I possibly can." He lied, and I loved how he could make a little white lie sound so sweet. I wondered what he had in store. The door slid open. "Ohkay!" That was a little too up beat a cheer for the opening of an elevator door.
"Yeah, it's an elevator. Are you alright Hun?" I asked, raising an eyebrow at him. By now, I doubted his mental health a bit.
"Uh, yeh! Let's go." Tails ushered me in to the elevator, and pressed "car park". I smiled to myself, thinking about how cute he was acting. Okay, all for me huh? I can live with that! I leapt on him, and pushed Tails against the elevator wall.
"Tails, you are sooo good to me. What do I do to get a guy like you? Taking the whole day off, just for me." I smiled to him. He hugged me, and kissed me deeply. Man, did I love him. DING! Tails tensed as the door opened. He glanced over my shoulder, as if looking for something, and then carried me away out of the elevator. He took me all the way to the car, in his arms. Again – it was so CUTE!
Tails let out another over-enthusiastic sigh of relief, and I giggled. I hope it wasn't THAT hard for him to carry me! (hee hee) We got in the car.
"Ready Amy?" Tails asked, starting the car. I nodded sweetly, giving him an innocent smile as we pulled out and drove up to the ground level. Tails sighed again, and I dismissed it to work-related stress. We pulled out of the parking garage. I loved our little car. It looked very sleek, very modern, and it was convertible. Tails had built it him self, so no one else had one. Wonderful things, Tails can do with metal, parts, and paint. "Ohkay, let's go to Sonic's house."
"Yes, let's! We haven't seen him in a few weeks, I wonder how he is." I said, all set to setout. Tails seemed shaken. He spoke very clearly, as if trying to make himself understand what he was saying, besides just me.
"Amy, something happened today when I got to work." He said, approaching the subject seemingly very subtly. He acted like he was going to scare me. WOW… that sounds stupid, knowing what it was he had to say.
"What, you get fired today?" I gave him my sly little look I give when I flirt (although I only really flirt with him). He shot me a severe look, and I shied away. What was he so pissy about?
"I'm sorry Amy, it's just this is very serious. You see: when I got to work, the door was unlocked. I looked around inside… and there were these two… things… with guns." I popped my head up, immediately alert. Tails was right, that WAS serious. I cringed, and then I let the worry set in.
"They didn't hurt you, did they?" I gasped, looking Tails over for any kind of wounds.
"No, but I heard them talking. You see, I found them looking through my desk, but they didn't notice me. I listened in on them, and they are looking for something that they think I have." We turned the corner and drove down toward Sonic's apartment complex. I gulped hard, and hoped that they wouldn't ruin our beautiful apartment, or hurt anyone.
"What are they looking for?" I asked. Tails sighed hard… stupid question I guess.
"I don't know. But they said they would try the apartment. I heard them say that they were going to hurt you, and so I got you out. I'm sorry I lied, but I didn't want to upset you before I was sure that you were safe." He looked down at me sweetly, his eyes pouring with "I'm sorry Ames." I felt like crying.
"Oh Tails!" I cried. "I could have died. Thank you so much."
"No problem, Amy. Now we need to talk with Sonic." Sonic's apartment complex was a shabby brick building, very ugly. Inside, it was worse though. The carpet was brown, and the bathrooms always smelled. We climbed the stairs in front, and Tails pressed Sonic's little intercom buzzy thing.
"Yes, this is Sonic the Hedgehog speaking." Sonic, always cocky, rang through the machine. I smiled; (I couldn't help it) Tails pushed the glowing "talk" button.
"Sonic, it's us, Amy and I that is. Let us up." Tails said.
"TAILS! Good to hear you! Come on in!" Always glad to see Tails, never glad to see me… I see how it is, Sonic Hedgehog. We stepped up to the elevator, and Tails pushed the "up" button. DING! The doors slid apart, and Tails jumped a bit. This time, I understood why. Of course, the elevator was empty. We stepped in and rode up to the 6th floor. That was Sonic's floor. We got off, and walked three doors down from the right. I have that sooooo memorized! (hahha). Tails moved to knock on the door, when it swung open. The Hog himself stood there on the other end of the doorway. I clung to Tails, still lost in the thought of those horrible things he had described.
"Hey, little buddy!" Sonic still called Tails that. He didn't seem to mind so much. Tails loved Sonic like a long lost brother. Well… I still loved Sonic as a dear friend. I would always have some admiration for Sonic. We walked in, and sat down. Tails got straight to the point. I listened to him tell the story, and I watched Sonic react with the same question I had:
"Well, what were they looking for?" It DID sound stupid. I mean, Tails obviously didn't know. Tails shook his head.
"I don't know, Sonic. All I know is they said something about hurting Amy. Then, we rushed here as fast as we could." Oooh, Tails… it really WAS all for me, then? Man, I felt like attacking him right there, and just enjoying his company. Forget Sonic.
"Ohkay… so… what to do?" Sonic asked… that was a good question.
"I have no idea!" Tails sounded a little indignant. "I was hoping you did."
"You guys should hang here. I'll go see if I can't contact Knuckles. We'll need more help than this." I was still shaken, but something clicked in me about being here with Tails. We have some real fun memories on this couch here! I fell for Tails on this couch. I lost my virginity to Tails on this couch. There wasn't such an important event I haven't done on this couch with Tails. I even decided to move in with him while sitting here.
"Knuckles, right. Good idea." Tails said, putting protecting me before playing with me, which was probably smarter.
"What about the cops?" Sonic asked him, and he shook his head. I think maybe he didn't want to talk with Rouge. They had an… uhm… cough… history he didn't like to mention much. That's why Rouge and us had all been so distant.
"I'll call the cops." Tails said. "I'll have them come down here, and check out the auto shop. Our place too."
"Yes… well, I'm gonna hurry and get Knux." Sonic dashed to the door, opening it swiftly. "You guys sit tight."
"Hurry!" I yelled, even though the plea was false. I really just wanted to lay down with Tails and forget about all this. I had lost my sense of adventure, and like it that way.
"Good luck, Sonic." Tails said. Sonic was gone without a glance. The door slammed, and Tails and I were all alone. We had been in Sonic's place alone before. Tails looked over at me, and his soft lips began to form words. "You okay, Amy?"
"Tails!" I leapt on him, wrapping my arms around him. I couldn't help it, and I cried. Something just welled up inside me, and it made me want to just cry into him. "Tails, I'm really scared!"
"Amy, I'm here." He took his arm and pulled me close. He made me feel like it was all right to cry. I was scared before, but now with him, it felt okay. Another thing I love about Tails, his ability to make me feel okay, no matter what.
He ran a hand through my quills before reaching to pick up the phone on the end table near the couch. He called the cops – something I know he hadn't looked forward to. I continued sobbing lightly, still a little bit flustered from the events prior. "Ames, you know I wouldn't let anything hurt you."
"I know, but." I looked up at him, seeing his strong, sure gaze. Tingle. "Tails… thanks. I feel lucky to have you."
"Yeah." Tails looked distant for a moment, like he was thinking. "Amy, wait here for one second."
"No… where are you going?" HE COULDN'T LEAVE! I wouldn't feel so safe if he left the room. I looked up at him, pleading.
"Come on, I want to give you something." He said; taking my hand and leading me to the old bedroom he used to sleep in when he lived here with Sonic. The room was empty aside from an old dresser, a bed, and an old desk. Tails walked over to the dresser, and crouched to the bottom drawer. He reached inside it and rummaged around for a bit, grunting little "no" and "that's not it"'s. He stood, took my hand, and placed a key in it. "Here. I found this when I was very young. I had intended to give it too you as part of your birthday present, but if either of us is in danger… I don't wanna chance that I may not be able too get it to you then."
"Tails, don't say that." I looked over the golden key, dazzled by it's beauty. I had a lot of jewelry, but no gold like this. It HAD to be worth loads, not that that mattered then, and it was sooo pretty. "This is beautiful though, Tails. Thank you!" I smiled, feeling a little better. I strung the necklace around my neck, and I spun around gracefully for Tails to watch. "La, la, laa! Wow, it looks good huh?"
"Yes, you look great." He stood up close to me, and I knew he meant what he said.
"Whee!" I shouted, jumping on him and tackling Tails to the bed. He grunted and hit the mattress. He smiled as I began kissing at his neck and face. "TAILS!!" I squealed excitedly, tickling him with my little hands. He writhed and giggled, trying to push me off, but doing a poor job of it (I guess he didn't wan to hurt me. He's so silly.). "What's the matter, ticklish, Tailsy-poo?"
"HA, ha… ahh… *pant* ahh… don't call… ahh, ha, ha, me… ah, ha… that!" I laughed, and tickled at him more.
"Ohkay, Miles!" I loved calling him stuff like that. Calling him Miles got him really going. He yelped and pulled away.
"Don't call me THAT either!" I continued after him, tickling madly. It was about that time we heard the gunshot.
"What the…?" Tails leapt up and raced to the window, throwing it open, and perking his head out. I heard him gasp, and then he said: "Holy shit!"
"What is it?" I raced over to the window, and poked my head out next to his. On the ground, several police cars sat, lights flashing. Dull sirens pierced high into the air, whirring in our exposed ears. Police stood, guns raised down the street at a long figure in black.
"This is the SQPD! Drop your weapon, and surrender yourself, or we will open fire! I REPEAT, THROW DOWN YOUR WEAPON, NOW!!" I heard the police officer, yelling into his megaphone on the street below. The black figure shifted slightly.
"Amy! It's Sonic, and Knux… and that thing! It's one of those black things from the shop!" Tails shouted, pointing downward. Sure enough, Sonic and Knuckles were speeding toward the street. The black figure raised its arm, revealing some large weapon. With one hand, he raised the gun rigidly, and pointed it toward Sonic, who ran through the crowd of police, into the street. BANG! A shot streaked past like lightening, and Sonic was still on his feet. A police car burst into flames in the background. I screamed.
"SOOOOOONIC!" I yelled. Tails growled, and stared harder out the window as Sonic rushed toward the black figure.
Sonic leapt into the air, coming toward the black thing at tremendous speed. Movements on the street seemed blurry, they were going so fast! All I could see was Sonic landing, and the black thing standing a ways away from where it was, and then they both zipped right back to full speed. The black one stopped, and fired a few more shots from its weapon. Sonic jumped and dodged, still charging at the black creature. It backpedaled, and fired three more shots in vain. Sonic was upon it, but it belted him away with it's gun, sending Sonic and the weapon flying to the ground.
"NO! We have to help him, Tails." I said, horrified. I didn't know what to do.
"I know!" Tails said, turning around. Frantically, He rushed over to the desk of his old room, throwing a drawer open, and shuffling through. In a moment, he produced a small white capsule. "Bounce shield! Perfect."
"What are you going to do?" I asked, rushing back to the window.
"I don't know. LOOK!" Tails said, pointing out the window to the ground below. Sonic smashed into the black creature, sending it flying away to meet Knuckles, who landed a punch square on its hard head. Black shards of some sort flew everywhere from the monsters head, and it hit the ground… but it got up! Now, you could see a long floppy ear covered in black fur, poking from the crack in the… whatever it was. It stood tall, and reached behind itself, producing a sword.
"TAILS!" I said. "We have to get down there."
"Uh-huh!" Tails said, perching up on the window ledge.
"What are you doing??" I screamed, seeing Tails lean his whole body out the window.
"Helping Sonic!" He said, and he leapt from the window. I shrieked in horror, but in mid air, something happened: a blue bubble formed around tails. He hit the ground, and bounced lightly, the bubble popping on the second bounce, and wasted not a second in rushing to Sonic, who was now inches from the black monsters sword.
I cheered! Tails had done it!
The black thing had other plans. It pulled another sort of weapon from the confides of it's spiked back; this time another gun of some sort, and turned to the blockade of law enforcement. It looked back to Sonic and Tails, and from the new angle, I could see Knuckles punch had smashed free half of a mouth and eye as well as that long floppy ear.
I heard Sonic shout.
And then three shots…
And boom.
AMY GOT THROUGH ACT #2!
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by:
Gino C.
Disclaimer: All thoughts are mine, but everything else is supposedly God's…
Press Start
S O N I C
Sonic the Hedgehog
T A I L S
Miles "Tails" Prower
K N U C K L E S
Knuckles the Echidna
A M Y
Amy Rose
R O U G E
Rouge the Bat
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And many more...
In:
SONIC the HEDGEHOG
E V E R A F T E R
Stage One: Emerald Coast
Act #2: Amy Rose Hedgehog
I was young and lonely when I met Sonic. You have to understand, living alone isn't easy at all, but I managed fine. There wasn't anything else I COULD do. You can't give-up, just cause things get tough, ya know! From the first second I lay my eyes on Sonic the Hedgehog he was MY HERO! I couldn't believe a guy this good existed! He was cool, smooth, fast, and ALWAYS saving ME, ME, who no one ever thought of, ME, who was left alone on that little planet. No one cared about me, except Sonic! At least, no one I noticed then.
I just have to say, I was a *little* bit foolish to think Sonic would like me. Well, he seemed to like me, but he didn't LIKE me. That was okay though, like I said: You CAN'T give-up just cause things get tough. So I kept on trying. I'll tell you about when I met Sonic.
I was young and alone on little planet. There wasn't much I could do for myself to get off, either. Every year, the little planet comes close enough to Earth that it actually flies just over a pond. It's supposed to be 'really amazing' or whatever. Anyhow, one year when I could see the lake – I used that lake to count years, cause I figured it appeared about once a year (In fact, we always use the day that little planet crosses the lake as MY birthday, whee!) so, you see one year when I saw the lake, the sky suddenly darkened! A huge shell of… something was covering the planet! It was about then that I saw a flash of blue racing toward me. Before I had time to scream, this blue streak grabbed me and carried me away.
"AIEEEEEE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH MEEEEEE?" I screamed, kicking and punching at my captor as he set me down on the ground.
"RELAX! Sheesh. You just don't get thanks like this anywhere!" He stepped back from me, brushing him self off. I looked him up and down once… I was astonished. Twice… I was amazed! Thrice… I WAS IN LOVE! There HE stood! A dazzling blue hedgehog clad in red running shoes. He smirked cunningly at me, and stood tall. "Name's Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog. No need to thank me for saving you, but I wouldn't stop you if you did."
"What did you save me from?" I stood up, still mesmerized with the stunning beauty of this… this… boy! This Hedgehog boy! SONIC! WOW! I never knew another hedgehog in my life, but I knew enough to know Sonic was the best. "Soniiiic." I threw in a sing-songy chime to my hero's name.
"What from? I saved you from that!" Sonic spun me to look at the sky behind me. I looked up and gasped.
"What?" I said.
"I'm not sure, but you were on it, and I got you off." Sonic gestured toward the floating ball of shine in the air above the lake. It gleamed brightly. I gawked some more.
"WOW!" I leaped for Sonic, strangling him in my giddy outburst. I can't help myself sometimes! "YOU SAAAAAAAAAVED MEEEEEEE!"
"Hey, hey, hey! Watch it!" Sonic pushed me off. I fell – unhurt, and uncaring. I looked up at Sonic brightly. "I don't even know your name kid!"
"AMY ROSE HEDGEHOG!" I chimed, leaping to my feat. "I just want to thank you for saving me! I'm soooo happy! I could just hug you to death!"
"Yeah, well, before you do that, let's go look for Tails." Sonic said, walking away from me. I followed, my boots clacking against the stone path we were moving along.
"Who?" I said, my eyes still starry in blind appreciation.
"TAILS! Jeeze, do I have to explain everything? Now get going! GO HOME!" Sonic bellowed. I felt that one. I almost cried.
"But…." Sonic turned to face me. He placed his fists on his hips, and tapped his red shoe.
"WHAT IS IT?" He whined impatiently at me, and I stuttered out the words.
"Uhm… I don't know where I am." I said, staring, doe-eyed upon the Blue Blur before me.
"Oh, jeeze. Don't look like that! Hey, look, follow me until we get you back to where you live, okay? Just try and keep up." Sonic said, turning around and starting to walk again. I rose, and clomped after him, stumbling on my third step, and falling. I hit the ground, and squealed. "Heeeeeeey!" Sonic turned, stepping over to me. "Agh, you're all stumbly! I'm gonna have to carry ya…." Sonic lifted me up, and hoisted me in front of him. Before I had the chance to melt in his arms, he began to run. I shrieked.
"AHHHHH!" I yelled, "What's happening?"
"I'm running, and carrying you." Sonic said, keeping his eyes on the road ahead as he ran.
"Running?" I asked, looking down at the blurred image of Sonic's unstopping feet. "How can you….?"
"I just do!" Sonic said. "Now quiet! We just gotta worry about finding Tails!"
"Oh…" I gasped, still amazed as Sonic sped me away. That was a long time ago. As it turned out, Robotnik captured Tails, and a robot made to look like Sonic captured me too. No worries, though – Sonic SAVED me AGAIN! Those were good times. They weren't the last good times we would have though. Oh no, we would see much more fun and adventure together. Much more. However, with adventure came danger, and that danger was an evil man named Ivo Robotnik, but we called him Eggman cause he was fat and round like an egg, and his legs were like toothpicks. At the top of his eggy body was an eggy little head dawning goggles and a bushy orange mustache. He was UG-LY!
One day, however, the danger stopped. Robotnik stopped. He just keeled over dead. Sonic found him that way when his robots began to go haywire. Sonic took out the last of the robots, and left Robotnik alone inside his lonely base. I imagine (as very disgusting as it is) that Dr. Eggman is still sitting there, or what's left of him, clutching his evil controls to his evil creations.
It was about two years after Robotnik died that we all (Knuckles, Tails, Sonic and I) decided that there was no need to keep a look out for Station Square, or anywhere else any longer. It felt as if danger had subsided. But with the danger subsiding, so subsided the adventure. At first, I thought the good times were gone too. I was 17, Tails was 19, Sonic was turning 25 soon, and Knuckles was older, we aren't sure how much. I guess you could say we were growing up, and fast. The adventure had gone, but not the good times though… I found something just as fun, just as exciting, and just as promising. I found Tails.
Through the most of our lives so far, I had been aimlessly in love, head over heels, obsessed, infatuated, enraptured, overtaken, blinded, and fixated on Sonic the Hedgehog. About a year after Eggman died though, something odd happened: I was watching a movie, over at Sonic's with the guys… and I found myself looking into Tails eyes… and I saw in them something Sonic couldn't provide. (Hey, I'm a poet, and I didn't know it!) I saw caring, compassion, most of all – understanding. Now, I may not be the most mature, most serious hedgehog around, but I am mature enough to know that what I saw in Tails that night was love. L-O-V-E, love. Not kiddy romance, mindless obsession. I looked up at Tails and saw someone who I could make breakfast for, kiss on the cheek, shop for houses with… shop for baby clothes with. It wasn't just a desire to be loved… it was a desire to love. It was so new. I'll tell you about that night.
I skipped along my way into the kitchen of Sonic and Tails apartment, and swung the door of the fridge open. I hummed softly to myself, producing a soda, and a Twinkie. (I love Twinkies, I don't know why… I also don't know why Sonic keeps them in the fridge.) I unwrapped the Twinkie, and stuffed it into my mouth, chomping loudly. I popped the top on my soda, and took a swig, the sweet cherry flavor washing the angel food cake down my throat.
"Chao in Space 2!" I heard Knuckles smugly utter from the living room. I squealed, happy that it hadn't been something like Knight's 2, or some other action film, but instead the one film I could think of I actually wanted to see. Sonic would of course have nothing to do with anything called 'Chao in Space' – I'm afraid he was a little too cool for that.
"You're kidding! It had better be "Knights 2" in that case, or I'll kill you." Sonic said, and I could see the grimace crossing his face in my mind as he balled his drastically less threatening fist at Knux. I smiled to myself and went on my way to the living room.
"Nooooooooo… I wanna see this one!" I said, bouncing into the room, and leaning over the back of the couch to inspect the movie in Knuckles hands. Knux looked up and smiled at me from his seat on the couch.
"No worries, Ames. It's Chao in Space 2, no matter what Mr. "I only watch Pg-13 and up" says." Knux chuckled, and Sonic slapped a palm to his head and flopped down in his favorite chair, the same one he ALWAYS sat in, and never let ME share with him. That always made me mad. I didn't even like Knux or Tails like that, and I'd always lean on them, or sit in their laps when I was tired. We were just friends, ya know?
"Let's get this over with." Sonic sighed horridly, watching Knuckles slide the tape into the VCR. He settled into his chair, and I smiled at how pouty he looked, staring daggers into his big screen TV. Knuckles flopped down on the couch once more. I hoped over the couch and landed squarely next to Tails. I saw him smile, and I smiled back. A little tingle ran up my spine, but I shook it off, and turned to the screen.
The movie began to roll, showing us the green FBI screen. Previews for some favorites of mine rolled on past, and before long a big red "Chao in Space" logo slowly faded in… just before being squashed by an obnoxiously large number 2. It had been just nearly thirty minutes when Sonic began to snore. I watched the screen like a hawk (all be an extremely giddy hawk), Tails sat next to me, and he seemed to like it too. I loved movies like that! They were soooo cute. I have my very own chao you know, and I'm a BIG chao fan. I never got to have stuff like that as a little girl, so I think I was very into it cause of that… still am! Hee, hee. I think that's why Tails liked it too.
"Well, obviously Commander Chaoskie is really a Blargon disguised as the commander!" Knuckles chuckled; looking at the screen like it had just spat out the corniest joke in the world – which it PROBABLY had. "This is worse than the last one. Sonic was right."
"SHHHHHHH!" Tails and I both hushed Knuckles, missing Officer Chaoton tell the lovely Chao-Lynn that he loved her so much.
"Whatever… I think I'll go to the guest room and crash, I'm all burnt out." We both waved silently as Knuckles lifted from the couch and walked off to his room. Even though I was so enthralled in the movie, I started to get a little tingle in my head about being alone with Tails. He scooted over on the couch, and took up Knuckles space, stretching out like a big, orange pillow. I smiled at the thought, and then (in a complete act of spontaneity… hehe, sounds like I made THAT word up, huh?) scooted up to Tails and lay my head on him. I thought about why I would do this, and quickly decided I must have been cold. Yes, cold, that was it!
"I'm cold, Tails." I stuttered a bit, worried Tails would take this the wrong way. What was I thinking though? I had lied on him before.
"Uhmm…" Tails said, and then without warning, he wrapped an arm around me, and pulled me over to lie down against his body. He felt so warm; I couldn't help but snuggle up. Tingle, tingle, there goes that weird feeling again. "There."
"Thanks." I cozyed up to him, smiling as his arm wrapped around my waist. He was very strong, stronger than he looked.
"Mmm-hmm…" He said. We watched the movie.
It was a little bit less than an hour when the credits began their slow climb up the screen. I looked up at Tails from where my head lay on his white tuft of chest fur, and smiled. Tingle.
"That was kinda fun!"
"Yea, I enjoyed it." He said. Tingle.
"I like that kinda stuff… I know it's silly." I said, and I think I blushed, but it's hard to tell with my pinkish fur.
"Naw, I like it too." He chuckled… I giggled, and I hate it when I giggle, cause I look like a baby. Tails looked down on me, and he leaned in and kissed my forehead. I was kind of surprised, but then I smiled wider at him, and snuggled closer. He took his gloved hand and tilted my head up to face his by the bottom of my chin. It tickled lightly, and I am sure I blushed right then. I gave him a weak smile, unsure what was going on. He smiled back, very widely, and then he kissed me on the mouth, and I kissed back. We kissed like that for a while, and I whimpered as he got up to grab a spare blanket. We kissed more when he got back, and my head spun lightly, I was in heaven. I remember glancing over at Sonic, and thinking "Catch you later, Hedgehog." We slept there on the couch together.
"*Yawn* Tails…… ?" I yawned widely, and rolled over to wrap my arm around him… he wasn't there, and I woke immediately, taking a glance around the room. "Tails?"
"Amy!" He said from somewhere the floor next to the couch. His legs were sticking up into view from past the right arm.
"Tails, what are you… Sonic!? Knuckles!? Is THAT a camera!?" I yelled, pointing in shock at the little black box that lay on the floor just in my line of view. I was SO mad! How many pictures had they taken?
"So, how long have you two been holding out on us? Huh?" Sonic chuckled, waving a picture of me nuzzling Tails in my sleep around.
"Huh?" I said, looking around pitifully for an excuse. "Holding out on you? We just… it… last night and…"
"Yeah, it was… it was just last night." Tails stuttered, lost as I was.
"Well, so what does that mean?" Sonic said, placing his fists to his hips, which was SO like him.
"What?" Tails cocked his eyebrow (which is not only SO cute, but happens to be SO like him) and let the question slide out.
"It means, what's up? What did you guys do, and what ARE you now?" Knuckles said slyly, putting his hands in his coat pockets (did he sleep in that thing?)
"Yeah, couldn't have put it better myself, Knucklehead." Sonic said, standing next to Knuckles. They both glared down at us, their eyes searching for another thing to rag on us for. I blushed, and shied away.
"We…..?" Tails looked to me, and I just spoke.
"Were kissing last night, after the movie?" I looked back to Tails, questioning him really.
"Yeah… and… now we……." He gave me a glance, unsure again.
"We are… ?" I didn't know this one and I questioned right back at him.
"Going out?" He asked. I could tell he asked, and it made me feel SO warm. (I say SO too much… ease off the word, Amy!).
"Yes." I responded, stepping over to him. I felt that tingle leap up my spine. "To the movies tonight on a date?"
"Yup." Tails said, and I melted into his arms. I giggled, and he smiled widely. For once, I didn't feel stupid giggling. We weren't even looking at Sonic and Knux anymore.
"So, you guys ARE a couple?" Sonic asked.
"Yes." I said, burying my head deeper into Tails' chest.
It had been about a year since then when something equally major happened. It was a year after all that that the adventure returned. This time though, the adventure was less hopeful… the adventure was grim. It all began that one morning in the summer when Tails left for work at the auto shop, and I had the day off. I remember it QUITE well.
"*Yawn* I'm going to work soon, honey." Tails said, vacating his side of the bed. I rolled over, basking in the warmth he left behind. I heard the shower stream on before passing back out into the pillow.
It must have been about five minutes later that Tails patted my side again. Sleepily, I raised my head and smiled at that fox boy I love so much. He ruffled my fur. Giggle. Tingle. You don't know how good that tingle feels, especially when it's still just as strong a year down the road as when it first started. "Bye, Hun." Tails smiled at me.
"Bye, bye, cutie." I said, falling back onto my pillow. Tails kissed my cheek. Giggle. Tingle. Those two come hand in hand so often. I smiled as I heard him gather his things, and run out the door, the zipper on his jump suit whizzing up just as the lock clicked open, and the light, but forceful slam of him closing it. I stayed awake just until I heard the lock click closed again.
When next I looked up, it was about 11:00… must have been about 20 minutes since Tails left. He likes to stop on the way to work at that burger shop near the bank for breakfast. I looked up, and stretched widely, looking around the room through droopy lids. I smiled, and leapt up, bouncing to my feet. "YAY!" I said for no reason, and began to bounce around on the bed. I don't get so embarrassed, giggling in private. I stopped long enough to pop the radio on. "Whee!" I bounced off the bed, landing softly on my feet on the carpet, and dancing my way to the bathroom.
"Sweet, sweet, you're so sweet!" I called into my bar of soap, as the radio blared to me. I threw my quills about like a rock-star as they hung down around me, drenched from the warm shower water. "Aiiiiiin't no where to hi-ide!"
I poured some shampoo into my hand and draped it over my pink quills that Tails insisted were so soft.
Ah, Tails… I loved to think about him. Strong, smart… so sweet. He was always thinking of me, buying me things, doing things for me. It was the fact that he cared so much that I really loved. He would go out of his way to please me, even though he knew he never had to. He once said to me: 'I was never a romantic of any kind, Amy in fact I've always loved machines most. But around you, I feel like it's my duty to tell you how much I love you. I couldn't be any other way.' He was true to say that. He was never the romantic one – Knuckles struck romantic closer than Tails did growing up. However, with me he couldn't seem to stop. It made me feel very special.
My favorite line of the song came up – "I'll always be there for you! Sweet, sweet, you're so sweet. Through the best and worst of times, you can be… my SWEETEST HONEY FOR ETER-NI-TY-EY!"
I washed the soapsuds from my 'hair', and smiled into the mirror. I winked at myself, and blew a kiss. I AM SOOOO CUTE WHEN I WANNA BE! I stepped out of the shower, grabbed a towel, and wrapped it around me. As I pulled another towel to wrap my hair in, something cut into the song I was listening too on the radio – "Attention, attention. This is Rick Daily with braking news!" I gave myself a little look in the mirror, shaking my head and thinking, "What now?"
"A string of odd break-ins throughout the downtown Station Square area down through Emerald Coast have left police officials baffled. Details as to the nature of the robberies are indiscreet, but officials have mentioned that the culprits seem to use the front door. The peculiar thing about these break-ins is the unchanging fact that each building was entered with no struggle, or any kind of force. It has been as if the culprit was able to open the door and walk right in each building." The radio continued. I began to grow interested. "Police Chief Rouge Garnier had this to say about the break-ins:" My head perked up. Good, ol' Rouge the Bat, now better known as Chief Garnier. We didn't see a lot of Rouge, but she would stop by now and again. Last time we had talked with her had been nearly four months.
Once, we had all stayed together at a ranch up in the hills farther inland, east of Station Square. Since that little vacation Rouge hadn't been close with the rest of us.
"There is little we can say about the recent break-ins, not because we have anything to hide, but because there is little to be found. The largest piece of evidence we have had so far is a torn sheet of paper with the word 'key' scribbled on it in dark and scratchy pencil. As we have said, the criminal likes to use the front door, does not leave any signs of break in, and leaves the crime scene without a trace. In the most recent case, we estimate that it was at least ten hours after the door of the building in question, a local retail hardware store, was discovered, unlocked and open, that the store clerk on site discovered several auto components, and some power tools missing. The thief takes generally generic things, possibly valuable, never usually seemingly important. From what we have seen, it looks like we are dealing with a quite cunning, yet petty thief."
Rouge let out a mouthful, eh? I was scared at that point, and went to check that the door was locked. It was. I returned to the bedroom.
"…You have it, Chief Garnier's statement. Also, the police issued a statement urging local residents in the Down Town, Emerald Bay area to keep their doors and windows locked at all times, and their valuables in a safe place. We now bring you back to our scheduled programming."
The radio finished its grim announcement. "That is cree-py! Too much for me." I said to myself, hopping into bed, and wrestling with the cover till I was comfortable. My wet quills drooped, and left a little dark splotch of water on my pillow. I reached over and grabbed a book off my end table – Lex Chaoskie in: The Planet of the Chaos! – One of my favorites. I opened it up and began to read. After a page or so, I glanced at the clock. "11:30… Tails should just be starting in on his work. I hope he hurry's."
CLICK! I jumped. I heard feet rushing through the apartment, and I squealed as the bedroom door creaked open and Tails stepped through.
"AMES!" Tails shouted, running up to me.
"Tails, don't you have work?" I asked. Tails lifted me up out of bed – he is so strong! He always insists its cause I am "so trim" though. "Tails, what are you doing?"
"Amy, we have to go." Tails said calmly, lifting me up. I was a bit confused, and I felt silly lying there in his arms in that frilly nightgown of mine. He kissed me, and set me down to my feet. I couldn't help but smile. "Get dressed."
"Where are we going?" I asked, walking over to my dresser, and pulling out some pants, a blue shirt, and a bra. I slipped out of my nightgown, letting tails see my naked back. I was used to this by now, but I still remember how embarrassed I got when we first started delving into such things as seeing each other naked. I was a bit confused as to what Tails meant by "we have to go".
"Anywhere you want." He said from somewhere behind me. I felt his hands reach up my back and fasten my bra's clasp. I let a small giggle escape me, narrowing my eyes in bliss as I felt Tails fingers brush my back. I loved how he could tickle me without trying.
"Anywhere?" I said a bit excited at the sound of it. At a second, ideas of fun places to go popped into my mind. I tried to list them all. "So, how's about we go see what Sonic's up to, and then we could all go to Twinkle Park, or a movie, or… or…"
"Whatever you want Amy, we just need to leave fast." I slipped my shirt on. Tails walked over to the other side of the room to grab his car keys. I heard him scoff a bit, and turn back to face me.
"Is this some sort of special occasion?" I wondered aloud, giving him a sly smile as I slid my pants on. Tails grimaced a little, and then gasped for something to say.
"Because I love you." I love it when he says that, even if I know that isn't the REAL reason, I still know he does love me. I giggled, buttoning my pants, and then I bounced over to Tails, smiling lovingly up at him. He gave me that warm, "it's okay" smile of his.
"So, let's go?"
"Yeah." He said, pulling me quickly toward the door. He glanced over the door haphazardly, and then opened it, keeping me close as we walked into the hall. Tails locked the door, and rushed the two of us to the elevator. DING! As Tails pressed the down button, I began to wonder what exactly was going on.
"What is the hurry, Tails?" I gave his arm a push. He smiled back, wryly. He thought on it again, and again came out with something cute:
"I just… don't wanna spend any less time enjoying your company than I possibly can." He lied, and I loved how he could make a little white lie sound so sweet. I wondered what he had in store. The door slid open. "Ohkay!" That was a little too up beat a cheer for the opening of an elevator door.
"Yeah, it's an elevator. Are you alright Hun?" I asked, raising an eyebrow at him. By now, I doubted his mental health a bit.
"Uh, yeh! Let's go." Tails ushered me in to the elevator, and pressed "car park". I smiled to myself, thinking about how cute he was acting. Okay, all for me huh? I can live with that! I leapt on him, and pushed Tails against the elevator wall.
"Tails, you are sooo good to me. What do I do to get a guy like you? Taking the whole day off, just for me." I smiled to him. He hugged me, and kissed me deeply. Man, did I love him. DING! Tails tensed as the door opened. He glanced over my shoulder, as if looking for something, and then carried me away out of the elevator. He took me all the way to the car, in his arms. Again – it was so CUTE!
Tails let out another over-enthusiastic sigh of relief, and I giggled. I hope it wasn't THAT hard for him to carry me! (hee hee) We got in the car.
"Ready Amy?" Tails asked, starting the car. I nodded sweetly, giving him an innocent smile as we pulled out and drove up to the ground level. Tails sighed again, and I dismissed it to work-related stress. We pulled out of the parking garage. I loved our little car. It looked very sleek, very modern, and it was convertible. Tails had built it him self, so no one else had one. Wonderful things, Tails can do with metal, parts, and paint. "Ohkay, let's go to Sonic's house."
"Yes, let's! We haven't seen him in a few weeks, I wonder how he is." I said, all set to setout. Tails seemed shaken. He spoke very clearly, as if trying to make himself understand what he was saying, besides just me.
"Amy, something happened today when I got to work." He said, approaching the subject seemingly very subtly. He acted like he was going to scare me. WOW… that sounds stupid, knowing what it was he had to say.
"What, you get fired today?" I gave him my sly little look I give when I flirt (although I only really flirt with him). He shot me a severe look, and I shied away. What was he so pissy about?
"I'm sorry Amy, it's just this is very serious. You see: when I got to work, the door was unlocked. I looked around inside… and there were these two… things… with guns." I popped my head up, immediately alert. Tails was right, that WAS serious. I cringed, and then I let the worry set in.
"They didn't hurt you, did they?" I gasped, looking Tails over for any kind of wounds.
"No, but I heard them talking. You see, I found them looking through my desk, but they didn't notice me. I listened in on them, and they are looking for something that they think I have." We turned the corner and drove down toward Sonic's apartment complex. I gulped hard, and hoped that they wouldn't ruin our beautiful apartment, or hurt anyone.
"What are they looking for?" I asked. Tails sighed hard… stupid question I guess.
"I don't know. But they said they would try the apartment. I heard them say that they were going to hurt you, and so I got you out. I'm sorry I lied, but I didn't want to upset you before I was sure that you were safe." He looked down at me sweetly, his eyes pouring with "I'm sorry Ames." I felt like crying.
"Oh Tails!" I cried. "I could have died. Thank you so much."
"No problem, Amy. Now we need to talk with Sonic." Sonic's apartment complex was a shabby brick building, very ugly. Inside, it was worse though. The carpet was brown, and the bathrooms always smelled. We climbed the stairs in front, and Tails pressed Sonic's little intercom buzzy thing.
"Yes, this is Sonic the Hedgehog speaking." Sonic, always cocky, rang through the machine. I smiled; (I couldn't help it) Tails pushed the glowing "talk" button.
"Sonic, it's us, Amy and I that is. Let us up." Tails said.
"TAILS! Good to hear you! Come on in!" Always glad to see Tails, never glad to see me… I see how it is, Sonic Hedgehog. We stepped up to the elevator, and Tails pushed the "up" button. DING! The doors slid apart, and Tails jumped a bit. This time, I understood why. Of course, the elevator was empty. We stepped in and rode up to the 6th floor. That was Sonic's floor. We got off, and walked three doors down from the right. I have that sooooo memorized! (hahha). Tails moved to knock on the door, when it swung open. The Hog himself stood there on the other end of the doorway. I clung to Tails, still lost in the thought of those horrible things he had described.
"Hey, little buddy!" Sonic still called Tails that. He didn't seem to mind so much. Tails loved Sonic like a long lost brother. Well… I still loved Sonic as a dear friend. I would always have some admiration for Sonic. We walked in, and sat down. Tails got straight to the point. I listened to him tell the story, and I watched Sonic react with the same question I had:
"Well, what were they looking for?" It DID sound stupid. I mean, Tails obviously didn't know. Tails shook his head.
"I don't know, Sonic. All I know is they said something about hurting Amy. Then, we rushed here as fast as we could." Oooh, Tails… it really WAS all for me, then? Man, I felt like attacking him right there, and just enjoying his company. Forget Sonic.
"Ohkay… so… what to do?" Sonic asked… that was a good question.
"I have no idea!" Tails sounded a little indignant. "I was hoping you did."
"You guys should hang here. I'll go see if I can't contact Knuckles. We'll need more help than this." I was still shaken, but something clicked in me about being here with Tails. We have some real fun memories on this couch here! I fell for Tails on this couch. I lost my virginity to Tails on this couch. There wasn't such an important event I haven't done on this couch with Tails. I even decided to move in with him while sitting here.
"Knuckles, right. Good idea." Tails said, putting protecting me before playing with me, which was probably smarter.
"What about the cops?" Sonic asked him, and he shook his head. I think maybe he didn't want to talk with Rouge. They had an… uhm… cough… history he didn't like to mention much. That's why Rouge and us had all been so distant.
"I'll call the cops." Tails said. "I'll have them come down here, and check out the auto shop. Our place too."
"Yes… well, I'm gonna hurry and get Knux." Sonic dashed to the door, opening it swiftly. "You guys sit tight."
"Hurry!" I yelled, even though the plea was false. I really just wanted to lay down with Tails and forget about all this. I had lost my sense of adventure, and like it that way.
"Good luck, Sonic." Tails said. Sonic was gone without a glance. The door slammed, and Tails and I were all alone. We had been in Sonic's place alone before. Tails looked over at me, and his soft lips began to form words. "You okay, Amy?"
"Tails!" I leapt on him, wrapping my arms around him. I couldn't help it, and I cried. Something just welled up inside me, and it made me want to just cry into him. "Tails, I'm really scared!"
"Amy, I'm here." He took his arm and pulled me close. He made me feel like it was all right to cry. I was scared before, but now with him, it felt okay. Another thing I love about Tails, his ability to make me feel okay, no matter what.
He ran a hand through my quills before reaching to pick up the phone on the end table near the couch. He called the cops – something I know he hadn't looked forward to. I continued sobbing lightly, still a little bit flustered from the events prior. "Ames, you know I wouldn't let anything hurt you."
"I know, but." I looked up at him, seeing his strong, sure gaze. Tingle. "Tails… thanks. I feel lucky to have you."
"Yeah." Tails looked distant for a moment, like he was thinking. "Amy, wait here for one second."
"No… where are you going?" HE COULDN'T LEAVE! I wouldn't feel so safe if he left the room. I looked up at him, pleading.
"Come on, I want to give you something." He said; taking my hand and leading me to the old bedroom he used to sleep in when he lived here with Sonic. The room was empty aside from an old dresser, a bed, and an old desk. Tails walked over to the dresser, and crouched to the bottom drawer. He reached inside it and rummaged around for a bit, grunting little "no" and "that's not it"'s. He stood, took my hand, and placed a key in it. "Here. I found this when I was very young. I had intended to give it too you as part of your birthday present, but if either of us is in danger… I don't wanna chance that I may not be able too get it to you then."
"Tails, don't say that." I looked over the golden key, dazzled by it's beauty. I had a lot of jewelry, but no gold like this. It HAD to be worth loads, not that that mattered then, and it was sooo pretty. "This is beautiful though, Tails. Thank you!" I smiled, feeling a little better. I strung the necklace around my neck, and I spun around gracefully for Tails to watch. "La, la, laa! Wow, it looks good huh?"
"Yes, you look great." He stood up close to me, and I knew he meant what he said.
"Whee!" I shouted, jumping on him and tackling Tails to the bed. He grunted and hit the mattress. He smiled as I began kissing at his neck and face. "TAILS!!" I squealed excitedly, tickling him with my little hands. He writhed and giggled, trying to push me off, but doing a poor job of it (I guess he didn't wan to hurt me. He's so silly.). "What's the matter, ticklish, Tailsy-poo?"
"HA, ha… ahh… *pant* ahh… don't call… ahh, ha, ha, me… ah, ha… that!" I laughed, and tickled at him more.
"Ohkay, Miles!" I loved calling him stuff like that. Calling him Miles got him really going. He yelped and pulled away.
"Don't call me THAT either!" I continued after him, tickling madly. It was about that time we heard the gunshot.
"What the…?" Tails leapt up and raced to the window, throwing it open, and perking his head out. I heard him gasp, and then he said: "Holy shit!"
"What is it?" I raced over to the window, and poked my head out next to his. On the ground, several police cars sat, lights flashing. Dull sirens pierced high into the air, whirring in our exposed ears. Police stood, guns raised down the street at a long figure in black.
"This is the SQPD! Drop your weapon, and surrender yourself, or we will open fire! I REPEAT, THROW DOWN YOUR WEAPON, NOW!!" I heard the police officer, yelling into his megaphone on the street below. The black figure shifted slightly.
"Amy! It's Sonic, and Knux… and that thing! It's one of those black things from the shop!" Tails shouted, pointing downward. Sure enough, Sonic and Knuckles were speeding toward the street. The black figure raised its arm, revealing some large weapon. With one hand, he raised the gun rigidly, and pointed it toward Sonic, who ran through the crowd of police, into the street. BANG! A shot streaked past like lightening, and Sonic was still on his feet. A police car burst into flames in the background. I screamed.
"SOOOOOONIC!" I yelled. Tails growled, and stared harder out the window as Sonic rushed toward the black figure.
Sonic leapt into the air, coming toward the black thing at tremendous speed. Movements on the street seemed blurry, they were going so fast! All I could see was Sonic landing, and the black thing standing a ways away from where it was, and then they both zipped right back to full speed. The black one stopped, and fired a few more shots from its weapon. Sonic jumped and dodged, still charging at the black creature. It backpedaled, and fired three more shots in vain. Sonic was upon it, but it belted him away with it's gun, sending Sonic and the weapon flying to the ground.
"NO! We have to help him, Tails." I said, horrified. I didn't know what to do.
"I know!" Tails said, turning around. Frantically, He rushed over to the desk of his old room, throwing a drawer open, and shuffling through. In a moment, he produced a small white capsule. "Bounce shield! Perfect."
"What are you going to do?" I asked, rushing back to the window.
"I don't know. LOOK!" Tails said, pointing out the window to the ground below. Sonic smashed into the black creature, sending it flying away to meet Knuckles, who landed a punch square on its hard head. Black shards of some sort flew everywhere from the monsters head, and it hit the ground… but it got up! Now, you could see a long floppy ear covered in black fur, poking from the crack in the… whatever it was. It stood tall, and reached behind itself, producing a sword.
"TAILS!" I said. "We have to get down there."
"Uh-huh!" Tails said, perching up on the window ledge.
"What are you doing??" I screamed, seeing Tails lean his whole body out the window.
"Helping Sonic!" He said, and he leapt from the window. I shrieked in horror, but in mid air, something happened: a blue bubble formed around tails. He hit the ground, and bounced lightly, the bubble popping on the second bounce, and wasted not a second in rushing to Sonic, who was now inches from the black monsters sword.
I cheered! Tails had done it!
The black thing had other plans. It pulled another sort of weapon from the confides of it's spiked back; this time another gun of some sort, and turned to the blockade of law enforcement. It looked back to Sonic and Tails, and from the new angle, I could see Knuckles punch had smashed free half of a mouth and eye as well as that long floppy ear.
I heard Sonic shout.
And then three shots…
And boom.
AMY GOT THROUGH ACT #2!
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