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Chapter 5

Where we last left off...

"Now, Knuckles! Grab her!"

Quick as a flash Knuckles jumped out of his hiding spot and conked her over the head with a flowerpot. "Wait, what did you say?" he asked.

Amy sighed. "I said grab her, not wreck her. We need info from her..." she moaned.

"Oh... sorry... uh.. Let's get to Tails before she wakes up..." he said blushing a bit from embarrassment.

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"It's alright I don't think she's been damaged." said Tails after examining her head.

"Are, ya sure that'll hold her?" asked Amy a little fearfully. "What if she's one of those super-powerful robots?"

"Well if she is, she probably won't be able to get out of the metal restraints. Hopefully we'll get the information we need before we have to resort to anything drastic." said Tails.

A bit later moans were heard coming from Rebecca or Robecca nicknamed by Tails himself.

"She's waking up!" said Amy. "Be on your guard everyone." she warned.

"Wh- where am I?" asked Rebecca as her gaze focused on the pink blob which was Amy. "YOU! You, evil little..." she began.

"Ah, ah, ah! No need for a foul mouth Miss Rebecca." said Rouge.

Rebecca squirmed and struggled in the restraints but luckily they held fast. "What do you want?" she asked.

"Who do you work for?" asked Amy. "Robotnik, right?

"Huh? No, I work for Shadow! HE works for Robotnik..." said Rebecca glaring at everyone.

"Shadow?!" asked Amy in surprise, that name hadn't been spoken for months after Sonic and him had defeated the Final Hazard.

"Shadow as in, Shadow the Hedgehog?" asked Knuckles.

"Hmph! Why should I tell YOU?" said Rebecca snootily.

Rouge smirked. "Because if you don't, Tails here, will have to reprogram you..." she said as Tails waved shyly with his wrench.

"Ok, ok... sh-" she was cut off because Sonic burst through the door.

"Tails! You were supposed to guard him!" hissed Amy.

"I left him at the chilli-dog stand...!" Tails whispered back.

"What the heck is going on here?!" asked Sonic clearly angry at the spectacle.

Rebecca knew this was her chance. "Oh Sonic! They were going to harm me!" she said in artificial fear.

Sonic then walked over and freed her glaring at everyone else angrily. "I don't even wanna know what was going on here... I'm sure nothing ANY of you can say will convince me otherwise!" he yelled and dashed out of there.

"Sonic!!" yelled Amy. "Wait!!" she said and ran out after hm but he was already gone.

Rouge swore. "Damn! That was our only chance too!" she said and kicked the air with her heart-printed boots.

Amy felt like crying again as she plunked down on a step outside of Tails's workshop.

"I've never seen him... so angry..." she commented.

"I have..." said Tails sitting down beside her.

Amy sniffed back a tear. "When?" she asked.

"When you were being held by Dr. Robotnik, in the ARK space station." said Tails. "He was so mad... I saw on the cameras as he was getting to you."

"Yeah but this time all he cared about was HER, I felt like the bad guy..." said Amy her tears now falling freely.

Tails patted her on the back. "He may have a bit of a short temper but he's never mean. I know that's not what he thought." he said.

"I don't know what to do... I'm out of ideas, Tails." said Amy.

Rouge handed her a Kleenex. "Don't worry, we'll help." she said.

"Yeah, I think I need to have a few words with Sonic." said Knuckles putting his fists together.

Amy felt suddenly lighter she stood up and embraced her friends. "Thanks everyone... let's get to work...! Again!"

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"I'm so sorry Rebecca." said Sonic letting her off at his place. "I have no idea what got into them..."

"Don't worry, I'm fine." She said putting her arms around his neck. "But, if it wasn't for you coming to my rescue I would have never got to do this..."

Sonic thought he knew what was coming next and moved in for a kiss but he felt a sharp pain in his leg. "Owch! Wha?"

"You poor gullible hedgehog, your friends almost saw me through." said Rebecca standing back with a needle in her hands.

Sonic tried to run but his legs felt like lead. "What did you do to me?" he asked. "Why...?"

"Now, I have stolen your speed because my Master ordered it.... You have 48 hours before my poison is permanent... better hurry, you'll need to go to the North cave on Angel Island." she said laughing evilly before teleporting away.

"Aw man, I gotta hurry and warn everyone!" yelled Sonic and broke into a run but he could only muster a fast jog. "Damn! My speed IS gone! Good thing I'm always prepared... almost always... Tornado II here I come!"

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Amy and the others were hard at work devising a new plan when they heard a plane engine outside coming closer and closer.

"What the... Sonic!" exclaimed Amy running over to where he landed the plan. "Here to apologize?" she asked turning her back on him.

"Amy... all of you... I'm sorry. You were right... she's pure evil..." he said admitting his wrongs.

"Sonic... what happened? Why didn't you just run here?" asked Rouge.

Sonic jumped out of the plane but his legs were still unsteady so he collapsed on Knuckles. "She... took my speed, I can't run anymore. I only have 48 hours before it's permanent." He sighed sitting down on the stairs.

"We've gotten through tougher scrapes than this." said Knuckles. "Now, where do we have to go?"

"The north cave on Angel Island." said Sonic.

"Home sweet home." said Knuckles. "Well what are we waiting for?" he asked.

"Yeah, we better leave right away, but let me talk to Sonic for a bit." said Amy.

They nodded. "We'll prep the ship." said Tails.

"There's something I gotta tell you, Amy." said Sonic after they were alone.

"I have to tell you something too, Sonic." said Amy. "Before you came to rescue... you-know-who. We found out who she worked for."

Quite intrigued Sonic asked. "Who?"

"Shadow, that's what she said." murmured Amy.

"No way..." breathed Sonic. "He went down after we saved the ARK. He didn't have enough rings to stay in his super form..." he said.

"Nobody really knows what happened." said Amy. "It might be a different Shadow, but I know one things for sure."

"And, what's that?"

"You're gonna run again. Faster than the speed of sound..."

A/N Phew... Ooh! I like this chapter! ^^ Please review!