CHAPTER SEVEN
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Amy, trapped in the corner, said, "You know, I have my own tool for revenge!" She pulled out a Piko Piko hammer and started whacking Metal Sonic with it. She was able to leap away, but Metal Sonic was following her every move, "How do I get this guy?" she wondered.
Mecha Sonic was getting mad. "Come back here you little brat!" he called after Amy.
"Oh yea, like if you ask nicely I'll just come running back to you!" Amy shot back sarcastically, still running. Mecha was engulfed in rage. He sped up and jumped high up into the air, landing right in front of Amy.
"Enough of this cat and mouse game! Surrender now!" he said as he pointed his blasters at her head. Amy swallowed hard. How was she going to get out of this one? She was so focused on the blaster pointed at her head she didn't feel her hammer fall from her hands. Mecha smirked. "Not so tough are ya?" he laughed as Amy started to quiver in fear. Mecha began to close in on poor Amy, keeping the blaster pointed at her.
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"This is taking forever!" Cream complained. She blew her floppy ears out of her face. The tired rabbit held a sleeping Tails in one arm and with her other; she held Sonic's hand as he walked beside her. Knuckles drowsily hung around Cream's neck as she carried him on her back.
"Stop your complaining," Fang hissed back at her. He continued to lead the way to the fortress. Sonic started to whimper.
"I wanna go hoooome!" the little hedgehog whined.
"Me too!" Knuckles joined in. Tails stirred a bit but didn't wake up. One of his large sensitive ears twitched a bit at the sounds around him. Cream sighed and carefully slung Knuckles off her back and gently onto the ground. She sat down on the ground and leaned against a tree. Sonic crawled into her lap and settled down, using one of Tails tails as a pillow. Knuckles leaned against Cream. Fang watched, realizing it was time for a break.
***
Amy felt for her hammer, but she couldn't feel it. She looked down and saw it on the ground.
She thought, "The hammer...." When she crouched down to grab it, Metal Sonic snatched it and slammed it onto her head.
Metal Sonic said, "How about a new game? Whack-a-mole!" He kept hitting Amy in the head with the hammer, who was now unconscious.
***
Cream closed her eyes for a moment. When this was all over, she was going to have a tall glass of icy carrot juice. She opened her eyes again and glanced over at Fang. Fang had laid down on his back and had tipped down his hat, presumably to take a nap.
Fang rolled over so he faced Cream and the babies. He pushed his hat back into place. He stared at the tiny sleeping hedgehog. He snickered.
Cream glanced at him, "What?"
Fang frowned, "I was just thinking... It's odd that Dr. Eggman's greatest nemesis is... that little weakling," he pointed to Sonic.
"Not so weak when he's grown up," Cream said, stroking the baby's soft quills - hoping he didn't hear Fang's remark.
"Hmph," Fang snuffed, "I don't see why you are so protective of them."
Cream sat silently for a moment. Sometimes she wondered that herself; but she always had come up with the same answer. She glanced down at Tails, Knuckles and Sonic, and answered, "Because they would do the same for me."
Fang stared at Cream for a second. Everyone he had known had always stabbed him in the back. She was ridiculous to trust someone, especially when it was much easier for her to just give up those bratty demons to an orphanage. He couldn't stand thinking about this any longer and stood up, "We've rested long enough," and began walking away.
Cream sighed, and gathered the babies in her arms, trying to catch up to him, "How much further is the fortress from here?"
"Just a few more yards, through this forest."
***
Mecha threw the hammer aside. He had succeeded in knocking poor Amy out cold. He scoffed at the fallen hedgehog that lay before him. "Enough of this nonsense..." he muttered as he scooped Amy up and tossed her carelessly over his shoulder. With that, he took off, shooting into the air.
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Amy, trapped in the corner, said, "You know, I have my own tool for revenge!" She pulled out a Piko Piko hammer and started whacking Metal Sonic with it. She was able to leap away, but Metal Sonic was following her every move, "How do I get this guy?" she wondered.
Mecha Sonic was getting mad. "Come back here you little brat!" he called after Amy.
"Oh yea, like if you ask nicely I'll just come running back to you!" Amy shot back sarcastically, still running. Mecha was engulfed in rage. He sped up and jumped high up into the air, landing right in front of Amy.
"Enough of this cat and mouse game! Surrender now!" he said as he pointed his blasters at her head. Amy swallowed hard. How was she going to get out of this one? She was so focused on the blaster pointed at her head she didn't feel her hammer fall from her hands. Mecha smirked. "Not so tough are ya?" he laughed as Amy started to quiver in fear. Mecha began to close in on poor Amy, keeping the blaster pointed at her.
***
"This is taking forever!" Cream complained. She blew her floppy ears out of her face. The tired rabbit held a sleeping Tails in one arm and with her other; she held Sonic's hand as he walked beside her. Knuckles drowsily hung around Cream's neck as she carried him on her back.
"Stop your complaining," Fang hissed back at her. He continued to lead the way to the fortress. Sonic started to whimper.
"I wanna go hoooome!" the little hedgehog whined.
"Me too!" Knuckles joined in. Tails stirred a bit but didn't wake up. One of his large sensitive ears twitched a bit at the sounds around him. Cream sighed and carefully slung Knuckles off her back and gently onto the ground. She sat down on the ground and leaned against a tree. Sonic crawled into her lap and settled down, using one of Tails tails as a pillow. Knuckles leaned against Cream. Fang watched, realizing it was time for a break.
***
Amy felt for her hammer, but she couldn't feel it. She looked down and saw it on the ground.
She thought, "The hammer...." When she crouched down to grab it, Metal Sonic snatched it and slammed it onto her head.
Metal Sonic said, "How about a new game? Whack-a-mole!" He kept hitting Amy in the head with the hammer, who was now unconscious.
***
Cream closed her eyes for a moment. When this was all over, she was going to have a tall glass of icy carrot juice. She opened her eyes again and glanced over at Fang. Fang had laid down on his back and had tipped down his hat, presumably to take a nap.
Fang rolled over so he faced Cream and the babies. He pushed his hat back into place. He stared at the tiny sleeping hedgehog. He snickered.
Cream glanced at him, "What?"
Fang frowned, "I was just thinking... It's odd that Dr. Eggman's greatest nemesis is... that little weakling," he pointed to Sonic.
"Not so weak when he's grown up," Cream said, stroking the baby's soft quills - hoping he didn't hear Fang's remark.
"Hmph," Fang snuffed, "I don't see why you are so protective of them."
Cream sat silently for a moment. Sometimes she wondered that herself; but she always had come up with the same answer. She glanced down at Tails, Knuckles and Sonic, and answered, "Because they would do the same for me."
Fang stared at Cream for a second. Everyone he had known had always stabbed him in the back. She was ridiculous to trust someone, especially when it was much easier for her to just give up those bratty demons to an orphanage. He couldn't stand thinking about this any longer and stood up, "We've rested long enough," and began walking away.
Cream sighed, and gathered the babies in her arms, trying to catch up to him, "How much further is the fortress from here?"
"Just a few more yards, through this forest."
***
Mecha threw the hammer aside. He had succeeded in knocking poor Amy out cold. He scoffed at the fallen hedgehog that lay before him. "Enough of this nonsense..." he muttered as he scooped Amy up and tossed her carelessly over his shoulder. With that, he took off, shooting into the air.