Disclaimer: I don't own Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower, Knuckles or Amy Rose. They are the property of Sega and I make no money from this what so ever.
Summery: Something has happened to Amy, something that will change her life forever. And now, Doctor Robotnic's new robot, the Eggminator, is out to get her.
[Sign]
(Thoughts)
/Communicators/
*SOUNDS*
Dreams
++++++++++Flashbacks+++++++++++++
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A Tragic Accident
Part V
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Night had fallen over Robotropolis and cloaked the already smog covered sky in an even more sinister look of darkness, on the ground, several Robians and Shadowbots were walking to and from the various factories and recharge points in the city, all of them trapped under the iron fisted rule of RoboRobotnic. But even the greatest mind can fail in the face of random chaos, and tonight, one of the greatest mistakes of the mechanical tyrant was coming home to finish it mission.
Hovering over the city, the eggminator scanned everything in sight for any traces of the target of his power, the one thing driving him forward, the complete and utter destruction of the hedgehog girl know as Amy Rose, once completed, the next one on the list would have to be finished off as well.
Moving from one part of the city sky to the other, red light flashed briefly as it sensors had trouble working in the presence of so many fully robotized life forms kept messing up the scanner and forced him to try and sort them all out before it could lock onto any partly robotized life form in the sector below. Turning to find her bio signature came up empty handed as well, the many metal buildings and high level background energy signatures jamming out any signals beyond a 100-meter range.
Moving slowly through the air towards one of the many towering factories, the super robot began to work on a list of solutions to the current problem, it also had to count in the current list of other targets it had encountered, namely the high speed blue hedgehog defending the target, a list of other robots battles with the creature showed a 100% battle success against most robots on a first base encounter.
Still, the last battle while it had damage several systems and forced a long term repair of the weapons systems, it was clear that the hedgehog didn't stand a chance in a long term battle with him. And so far, the battle outcome had only had a 15% damage outcome to him, something that would be fixed shortly by internal repair systems.
Settling down on the top of a hover unit production factory, the Eggminator walked across the metal roof and stared down into the inner parts of the vast complex, spotting several guarding Shadowbots and the seemingly countless number of Robians slaving away to produce more and more deadly weaponry to fuel the war on the Mobians. Moving it eyes upward, it spotted the needed item for completing the first solution to the scanning problem.
Smashing it way down through the sky light, the Super robot wasted no time in annihilating the dozen or so Shadowbots moving to stop it from completing it's mission, the few laser blast managing to come near him, doing no damage as the computer figured out how to dodge. Smoke still pouring out of the laser cannons; the metallic legs stepped over the remains of the last Shadowbot to fall. The glowing eyes staring straight into the socket needed for him to connect to Robotropolis computer network.
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At the command center and main fortress of Robo Robotnics empire, a large force of Shadow bots moved towards the main floor of the building in response to the level five red alert issued to each of them just minutes ago. Each of them was ready to fight to protect their creator and master from all harm, even to the point of destruction and shut down.
Blasting through the poorly blocked main doors, their sensors swept the room in a frantic search for the presence of the thing that had caused the alert to be issued. Finding no trace of Sonic the hedgehog, the only thing worthy of a level five alert, the robots turned in confusion to the only moving object in the room, their sensors locking onto the rapidly moving throne of Robo Robotnic, and the hogtied robotic overlander strapped into it.
Screaming on the inside, Robo Robotnic felt every single part of his systems protesting against the current amount of input it was receiving, not only was he moving around on the same spot, he was doing it at several hundred km's an hour, the visual input enough to nearly burn out his eye cameras, but the fact that his body couldn't focus long enough to find a center of gravity added more problems to it all. In short, he was getting dizzy from spinning around in his throne. "Damn you Sonic!!" The roar sounded out through the room, and in he wasn't mistaken, some of the Shadowbots were laughing at him.
Several floors below RoboRobotnics current whereabouts, The blue hedgehog known as Sonic sneezed loudly, his quill standing up from the force of it. Wiping his nose and wondering who could be talking about him, Sonic stared around the room he was in with a bored expression, while on the inside he was taking in as many different things as he could. Everything looked so out of place, the wall before them were made of stone with several arcane runes on it, while the other ones looked more like something that did belong in Robotnics city "Okay Amy, are you ready?"
Behind him, the half robotic hedgehog stared around the room with big eyes, the fact that something as empty as it was, she had a hard time trying to figure out how this crazy plan was going to work. Still, she had faint in Sonic, even f this plan looked like it was going to backfire at any moment. "Sonic, are you sure about this?"
Looking at the pin and gray hedgehog, Sonic pushed the feeling of sympathy aside for the moment, settling instead for looking like he preferred to be. Without a care in the world, as the leader and front figure for the freedom fighter, he could afford to show emotions in front of anyone, he had to be strong, and in this case, more then ever. "Yes." And no matter what, he would see that it did.
Smiling a bit at the determination and rock hard belief in Sonic's voice that the plan would work, calmed down the panic rushing through her, but still Amy couldn't help but wonder if using as desperate a plan as this wouldn't backfire. "But, how do you know that the thing still works?"
Looking down at the pink hedgehog, Sonic turned around to smile at her in his standard cool way, his green eyes showing nothing but courage and the belief he had in it. "Relax, I'll be right over here." Pointing to a corner next to the door, Sonic smiled as he gave Amy's shoulder a quick squeeze of comfort. "And Sally will be ready to do her part as well, so don't give up Kiddo."
Amy nodded and moved to the center of the room, her robotic eyes able to point out the exact location without any problems at all, the floor covered in the same stone material as the wall before her, the only break were the metallic ones on the side, and they really didn't help much in calming her down. Turning to stare at her hero, Amy lifted up her hand and gave him a thumps up. "I'm ready Sonic."
Returning the thumps up, Sonic smiled as he pulled out the small communicator he had been so kind as to liberate Robotnic for, holding it up to his ear, he grinned as he saw Amy smile back at him, even if it was a bit nervous for her. "Sally, we're ready, care to send the junk head an invitation."
/Roger Sonic, Rotor has hacked into his system right now, seems Eggman was right, his armor can withstand anything, only Super Sonic would be able to break through it./ A long silence followed as Sally seemed to be thinking about something. /Sonic, are you sure this will work?/
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Pulling out the connection wires form the computer socket and back into his right arm; the Eggminator eyes flashed blood red as the information gathered ran through his system. A security camera had spotted the Pink hedgehog in building 001, floor 46. Turning around to stare up through the broke skylight, the computer began to plot out the fastest way to get there, taking care to count in the extra though walls around the room she was in. "Subject Amy Rose, termination complete in 10 minutes." Engine roaring to life at the last word the super robot tore out through the busted up skylight, turning to home in on the command central of the city.
In the room, Sonic the hedgehog tensed as he heard Sally inform him of the departure of the super robot, eyes moving through the room, he stopped as he stared a tthe small line moving across the stone wall, the runes almost glowing if he stared long enough at them. Then he felt the world slow down as the sound of a rocket engine roared through the room, second before the outline of the super robot filled the doorway.
Staring in pure terror at the robot standing calmly in the doorway, Amy began to back up, only to stop as something pulled tight on her wrist, looking down, she blinked when she noticed the small iron chain around her organic arm, then she looked back up and glared at the robot before her. "So, are you just going to stand there, or will you come in?"
Moving forward, the cold red eyes moved over her, and then they moved away to look at the rest of the room, scanning for any type of danger that could become a problem. "Secondary Target, Sonic the Hedgehog Located." Turning its head to face the blue hedgehog, the red eyes glowed as on arm moved around to point it's laser at the hedgehog. "Secondary Target will not interfere with mission."
Smirking as he lifted up the small communicator he had stole before, Sonic gave a quick thumps up to Amy and spoke the two words that set this last desperate plan into motion. "Now Sally!" not waiting for a confirmation form the brains of the freedom fighters, Sonic had already broken into a Super Sonic spin and were halfway towards the Super robot.
/Opening the void gate now sonic./
The eggminator moved in a fluid movement as it ad already figured out the speed and path of the blue hedgehog, it rocket engine sending a good deal out of Sonic's range and putting the robot a good deal closer to the pink hedgehog at the same time. Lifting his arms and powering up the laser, the lock on mode aimed it right between her eyes, and then shifted to the wall behind her as the sensors picked up something else. "Warning unknown energy detected, power level rising."
With a loud rusty and grinding sound the stone wall slid apart in a single rapid movement, small bits of stones falling for only a spilt second before getting caught in the power of Robotnic old Void gate, the pull of the orange red vortex pulling him closer and closer to the center, and what the Eggminators sensors showed, a displacement in space and time. "Active rocket engine, target Amy rose, terminated in 10 seconds."
Screaming at the sight of a glowing laser cannon aimed at her head, Amy barely had time to start her screaming before the wind tore her legs of the ground and had her dangling in the sudden power wind getting torn through the room, several bits and pieces from the hallway outside the room flying in and getting pulled past the glowing gate. "SONIC!!"
Passing the room as fast as he could, Sonic groaned as his body smacked into the rather hard metallic surface of the super robot, getting only a small dent in the metal of that monster for all his effort, but still succeeding in sending it flying out of control and right into the edge of the gate, the engine of the back of the robot glowing with the attempt to break free of the gate force, but only managing to stop the fall into the gate.
Holding onto the chair with both hands, Sonic stared back at the metal monster and felt like screaming at the damn thing for refusing to lose this battle, then his eyes grew wide as he spotted the robot lifting up both it arms to point at them. "Amy, whatever happens don't look." Holding onto the chain with one hand, Sonic used his free one to pull the hedgehog's girls into his chest, hoping that she wouldn't see what happened next.
A loud buzz filled the air and a bright light washed over the consoles and machines, then it died down and a the after sound of a loud clang began to fade away, Looking up, Sonic stared towards the gate to see both the Eggminator and a simple combot flying into the gate, the combot sporting one large laser hole in the side of it's head. Then a flash showed that both the Eggminator and the combot had been transported into the void.
"Sonic!"
Turning his head, he blinked when he saw the scared look in Amy's eyes, then he followed their line of sight to see a large black hole in the wall over them, spark and drops of oil getting pulled out and into the void gate. "Dammit!"
/Sonic./
Looking down at the communicator, Sonic blinked as he could barely hear Sally's voice from it. "Sal, what's going on?"
/The gate turning unstable, get out of there now!/
Looking back at the gate, Sonic blinked as he saw the normal orange purple color of it shifting through all the colors of the rainbow at the same time. Then something else nearly gave him a heart attack, looking up, he spotted the source of the painful metallic groan and cursed loudly. A small part of the chain was starting to break apart, clearly, it couldn't hold both him and Amy, Looking at the gate, Sonic briefly wondered if he could get enough speed to stay clear of it until it ripped itself apart. "Listen Amy."
Looking from the gate to Sonic, Amy stared own at the simple handcuff tying her to the chain, and then up to the heroic eyes of Sonic. This was all her fault, if she hadn't gone into Robotropolis without remission, then the chain would be able to holf them, if she hadn't gone there, she wouldn't have been robotized, she would still be fully Mobian, and not this half robot, and Sonic would be safe, the Eggminator wouldn't be hunting her, and everyone would be happy. Reaching up with her metallic arm, Amy forced the cuff to open, letting her hold onto the chain with her organic hand only. "Sonic, I'm sorry." Opening her hand, she felt the power of the gate pull her backwards, away form the shocked expression on her hero's face. "Tell the other Sonic, tell them I'm sorry I won't be coming back."
"AMY NOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo!!!
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Standing on the cliff above the great forest, Sonic the Hedgehog allowed himself to weep, to show the pain of loss for once, the knowledge that someone wouldn't let him be the hero and make the great sacrifice for once. "Amy." He could barely remember how he got way after it, the run back through the forest, the urgent yells from Rotor, Sally, Bunny and Tails, each of them demanding to know what had happened.
He knew that he had to go back, that he would have to tell them that she was lost, that Amy wouldn't be coming back with him, wouldn't be there as the celebrated the defeat of the Eggminator, wouldn't be there to bug him for a dance, or a Kiss anymore, the laughter from his friends as she tried to spring another one of her small traps on him, her small and crazy ways to make him notice her. "Amy!!" Feeling the pain in is chest growing, Sonic turned hateful green eyes towards the city in the distance, for the real one who had caused all of this, the one that was truly to blame. "Robotnic."
Blasting off, a dust cloud showed where the hedgehog had been just second before, the path of the dust cloud showing him running to the southern parts of the Continent, and towards the place Amy had been born. It was only fair that the only living member of her family was told of the news, along wit the rest of them. Looking down at the communicator in his hand, Sonic lifted it up to his ear and mouth, finally ready to speak about the last few moments in the void chamber. "Sally, tell the group to gather at the old Meeting place Amy's friends as well, everyone she knew or knows, I'm bringing in her cousin Rob as well."
/Sonic, is Amy...?/
Staring at the device in his hands, Sonic looked uyp at the sky as he nearly crushed the small thing in his hand. "No, but she might as well be, she fell into the gate Sally, just like Arie did so long ago, but the gate Sally, it was completely whacked out, it didn't look like a normal void gate."
/Sonic, the last attack, I saw it on the surveillance camera, before it was destroyed, it must had damage the gate somehow./ A silence filled the small minute that passed as both Hedgehog and Squirrel remember the always happy and go lucky pink hedgehog girl. /Sonic, she might still be alive, and just like Arie, we might be able to bring her back./
Sonic looked down at the small device in his hand. "That's what I'm counting on." Then he tossed it down onto the ground and blasted off into the horizon.
Staring out over the gathered cluster of Mobians in the small building, Sally Acorn, King Max, and the rest of the royal family stared hard and long at the simple speech one of them had to give to the gather Mobians. Reaching out a hand to pick up the finely wrote speech, Sally blinked as she felt a hand gently grip her wrist and pull it and her hand away from the speech.
Turning her head, she stared into a pair of serious green eyes full of sadness, and a firm resolve to be the one to do it, the one to inform the group of the loss of a treasured member of the kingdom of knothole, not for her fighting or leader skills, but for her gift to always make someone smile, the wind blown form of a green hedgehog standing behind the blue one.
"Sonic, when?"
The high speed hedgehog never replied to the question, instead he picked up the papers and walked up to take his place at the head of the group, his eyes showing clearly what everyone had feared to hear, but never truly believed could be the real reason for an emergency recall of the complete knothole freedom fight group, as well as a few non Knothole Mobians. "My friends...... It's with a heavy heart that I have to tell you this, today, after helping to defeat Robuttnic's latest robotic menace, Amy Rose sacrifice herself to save me, while she is not dead, she is lost within the Void Portal."
Stopping, Sonic looked as he saw the words sink in, the crushed look on the groups faces as they had to face with the though of a complete loss of a friend, so far they had only lost friends to the Robotizers evil and the cold hearted overlander hiding in the city. Everyone around the table or standing at the walls knew the price that fighting this tyrant was, but to hear about the loss of someone so young, was still enough to make even the most cold blood shred a tear in grief, and vow an even greater support to the overthrow of Robo Robotnic and Iron Fisted Rule.
Leaning on the wall, a green hedgehog pushed off the wooden planks and calmly walked forward his old fashion clothes and serious eyes never leaving the blue hedgehog staring right back at him. "Is it true Sir Sonic, did Little Amy really give her life to Thou?" Seeing the truth in the green eyes, Rob the Hedgehog lowered his head and grieved on the inside, later, he would shred the tears for his cousin, but not now, now he had to make sure of one thing. "Can thouest, save her?"
At the words, Sonic turned to stare at the royal family, his eyes falling on the one person he trusted the most out of the family, the one he would give his life for, and the one he knew would do the same. "Sally?" The word held a lot of things, but mostly his faith in her ability to bring back his biggest fan, and even if he wouldn't show it to anyone, friend.
Looking up at the words, Sally moved forward to take her place at the speakers place, her eyes moving over the crowd and commanding them to remain quiet, and then she looked at Rob and sighed. "We don' know, so much of Robotnic's technology remain a mystery to us, from Sonic report and the data scanner form Robotnic's computer, we can confirm that the gate was badly damage by the last attack by the Eggminator." Waiting for the words to settle in with the group, Sally pulled out Nicole and called up a small hologram of the last few seconds of the Void gate before it collapsed. "As you can see, the gate was unstable and changing color rapidly, scan and date show that there's only a 25% change that it will lead to the void, with a 25% chance that it led nowhere and simply erased Amy when she fell in." Staring at Rob, Sally feared having to tell the hedgehog the last words, the one that would most likely hurt the most. "The last 50% is the random Space/time points that the gate could have locked onto. Amy may be in a Different Zone, or in another Universe altogether, but rest assured Rob the Hedgehog, that we will do all we can to somehow bring her back."
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Looking up from where she had landed, Amy Rose almost cried in relief when she spotted the blue sky and the fluffy white clouds moving across it in a lazy pattern, around her, she could hear the endless cries of the ocean birds and the gentle sound of waves lapping onto a shore, and for at least half of her, the feel of sand and a few grass straws was heaven, even if it meant the complete loss of everything she knew, smiling at the knowledge that Sonic was at least safe, Amy Rose sat up to see just where she had ended up at.
TBC in the: Lost child Arc.
AN: A year, it took me a whole year to update this thing. Blame it all on me and my failure to keep an interest in this fic going. But now I'm aback and I have ended the first part of the Saga. Look for the Wayward Child Arc and Embracing Hope in the coming year. But now I need your help, the readers, My collection of Comics is missing a few bits of things, and what I need to know is, How did Sonic and Knuckles become normal after being Robotized in Mecha Madness? Tell me, it will be vital for the end of the Saga.
Summery: Something has happened to Amy, something that will change her life forever. And now, Doctor Robotnic's new robot, the Eggminator, is out to get her.
[Sign]
(Thoughts)
/Communicators/
*SOUNDS*
Dreams
++++++++++Flashbacks+++++++++++++
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A Tragic Accident
Part V
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Night had fallen over Robotropolis and cloaked the already smog covered sky in an even more sinister look of darkness, on the ground, several Robians and Shadowbots were walking to and from the various factories and recharge points in the city, all of them trapped under the iron fisted rule of RoboRobotnic. But even the greatest mind can fail in the face of random chaos, and tonight, one of the greatest mistakes of the mechanical tyrant was coming home to finish it mission.
Hovering over the city, the eggminator scanned everything in sight for any traces of the target of his power, the one thing driving him forward, the complete and utter destruction of the hedgehog girl know as Amy Rose, once completed, the next one on the list would have to be finished off as well.
Moving from one part of the city sky to the other, red light flashed briefly as it sensors had trouble working in the presence of so many fully robotized life forms kept messing up the scanner and forced him to try and sort them all out before it could lock onto any partly robotized life form in the sector below. Turning to find her bio signature came up empty handed as well, the many metal buildings and high level background energy signatures jamming out any signals beyond a 100-meter range.
Moving slowly through the air towards one of the many towering factories, the super robot began to work on a list of solutions to the current problem, it also had to count in the current list of other targets it had encountered, namely the high speed blue hedgehog defending the target, a list of other robots battles with the creature showed a 100% battle success against most robots on a first base encounter.
Still, the last battle while it had damage several systems and forced a long term repair of the weapons systems, it was clear that the hedgehog didn't stand a chance in a long term battle with him. And so far, the battle outcome had only had a 15% damage outcome to him, something that would be fixed shortly by internal repair systems.
Settling down on the top of a hover unit production factory, the Eggminator walked across the metal roof and stared down into the inner parts of the vast complex, spotting several guarding Shadowbots and the seemingly countless number of Robians slaving away to produce more and more deadly weaponry to fuel the war on the Mobians. Moving it eyes upward, it spotted the needed item for completing the first solution to the scanning problem.
Smashing it way down through the sky light, the Super robot wasted no time in annihilating the dozen or so Shadowbots moving to stop it from completing it's mission, the few laser blast managing to come near him, doing no damage as the computer figured out how to dodge. Smoke still pouring out of the laser cannons; the metallic legs stepped over the remains of the last Shadowbot to fall. The glowing eyes staring straight into the socket needed for him to connect to Robotropolis computer network.
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At the command center and main fortress of Robo Robotnics empire, a large force of Shadow bots moved towards the main floor of the building in response to the level five red alert issued to each of them just minutes ago. Each of them was ready to fight to protect their creator and master from all harm, even to the point of destruction and shut down.
Blasting through the poorly blocked main doors, their sensors swept the room in a frantic search for the presence of the thing that had caused the alert to be issued. Finding no trace of Sonic the hedgehog, the only thing worthy of a level five alert, the robots turned in confusion to the only moving object in the room, their sensors locking onto the rapidly moving throne of Robo Robotnic, and the hogtied robotic overlander strapped into it.
Screaming on the inside, Robo Robotnic felt every single part of his systems protesting against the current amount of input it was receiving, not only was he moving around on the same spot, he was doing it at several hundred km's an hour, the visual input enough to nearly burn out his eye cameras, but the fact that his body couldn't focus long enough to find a center of gravity added more problems to it all. In short, he was getting dizzy from spinning around in his throne. "Damn you Sonic!!" The roar sounded out through the room, and in he wasn't mistaken, some of the Shadowbots were laughing at him.
Several floors below RoboRobotnics current whereabouts, The blue hedgehog known as Sonic sneezed loudly, his quill standing up from the force of it. Wiping his nose and wondering who could be talking about him, Sonic stared around the room he was in with a bored expression, while on the inside he was taking in as many different things as he could. Everything looked so out of place, the wall before them were made of stone with several arcane runes on it, while the other ones looked more like something that did belong in Robotnics city "Okay Amy, are you ready?"
Behind him, the half robotic hedgehog stared around the room with big eyes, the fact that something as empty as it was, she had a hard time trying to figure out how this crazy plan was going to work. Still, she had faint in Sonic, even f this plan looked like it was going to backfire at any moment. "Sonic, are you sure about this?"
Looking at the pin and gray hedgehog, Sonic pushed the feeling of sympathy aside for the moment, settling instead for looking like he preferred to be. Without a care in the world, as the leader and front figure for the freedom fighter, he could afford to show emotions in front of anyone, he had to be strong, and in this case, more then ever. "Yes." And no matter what, he would see that it did.
Smiling a bit at the determination and rock hard belief in Sonic's voice that the plan would work, calmed down the panic rushing through her, but still Amy couldn't help but wonder if using as desperate a plan as this wouldn't backfire. "But, how do you know that the thing still works?"
Looking down at the pink hedgehog, Sonic turned around to smile at her in his standard cool way, his green eyes showing nothing but courage and the belief he had in it. "Relax, I'll be right over here." Pointing to a corner next to the door, Sonic smiled as he gave Amy's shoulder a quick squeeze of comfort. "And Sally will be ready to do her part as well, so don't give up Kiddo."
Amy nodded and moved to the center of the room, her robotic eyes able to point out the exact location without any problems at all, the floor covered in the same stone material as the wall before her, the only break were the metallic ones on the side, and they really didn't help much in calming her down. Turning to stare at her hero, Amy lifted up her hand and gave him a thumps up. "I'm ready Sonic."
Returning the thumps up, Sonic smiled as he pulled out the small communicator he had been so kind as to liberate Robotnic for, holding it up to his ear, he grinned as he saw Amy smile back at him, even if it was a bit nervous for her. "Sally, we're ready, care to send the junk head an invitation."
/Roger Sonic, Rotor has hacked into his system right now, seems Eggman was right, his armor can withstand anything, only Super Sonic would be able to break through it./ A long silence followed as Sally seemed to be thinking about something. /Sonic, are you sure this will work?/
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Pulling out the connection wires form the computer socket and back into his right arm; the Eggminator eyes flashed blood red as the information gathered ran through his system. A security camera had spotted the Pink hedgehog in building 001, floor 46. Turning around to stare up through the broke skylight, the computer began to plot out the fastest way to get there, taking care to count in the extra though walls around the room she was in. "Subject Amy Rose, termination complete in 10 minutes." Engine roaring to life at the last word the super robot tore out through the busted up skylight, turning to home in on the command central of the city.
In the room, Sonic the hedgehog tensed as he heard Sally inform him of the departure of the super robot, eyes moving through the room, he stopped as he stared a tthe small line moving across the stone wall, the runes almost glowing if he stared long enough at them. Then he felt the world slow down as the sound of a rocket engine roared through the room, second before the outline of the super robot filled the doorway.
Staring in pure terror at the robot standing calmly in the doorway, Amy began to back up, only to stop as something pulled tight on her wrist, looking down, she blinked when she noticed the small iron chain around her organic arm, then she looked back up and glared at the robot before her. "So, are you just going to stand there, or will you come in?"
Moving forward, the cold red eyes moved over her, and then they moved away to look at the rest of the room, scanning for any type of danger that could become a problem. "Secondary Target, Sonic the Hedgehog Located." Turning its head to face the blue hedgehog, the red eyes glowed as on arm moved around to point it's laser at the hedgehog. "Secondary Target will not interfere with mission."
Smirking as he lifted up the small communicator he had stole before, Sonic gave a quick thumps up to Amy and spoke the two words that set this last desperate plan into motion. "Now Sally!" not waiting for a confirmation form the brains of the freedom fighters, Sonic had already broken into a Super Sonic spin and were halfway towards the Super robot.
/Opening the void gate now sonic./
The eggminator moved in a fluid movement as it ad already figured out the speed and path of the blue hedgehog, it rocket engine sending a good deal out of Sonic's range and putting the robot a good deal closer to the pink hedgehog at the same time. Lifting his arms and powering up the laser, the lock on mode aimed it right between her eyes, and then shifted to the wall behind her as the sensors picked up something else. "Warning unknown energy detected, power level rising."
With a loud rusty and grinding sound the stone wall slid apart in a single rapid movement, small bits of stones falling for only a spilt second before getting caught in the power of Robotnic old Void gate, the pull of the orange red vortex pulling him closer and closer to the center, and what the Eggminators sensors showed, a displacement in space and time. "Active rocket engine, target Amy rose, terminated in 10 seconds."
Screaming at the sight of a glowing laser cannon aimed at her head, Amy barely had time to start her screaming before the wind tore her legs of the ground and had her dangling in the sudden power wind getting torn through the room, several bits and pieces from the hallway outside the room flying in and getting pulled past the glowing gate. "SONIC!!"
Passing the room as fast as he could, Sonic groaned as his body smacked into the rather hard metallic surface of the super robot, getting only a small dent in the metal of that monster for all his effort, but still succeeding in sending it flying out of control and right into the edge of the gate, the engine of the back of the robot glowing with the attempt to break free of the gate force, but only managing to stop the fall into the gate.
Holding onto the chair with both hands, Sonic stared back at the metal monster and felt like screaming at the damn thing for refusing to lose this battle, then his eyes grew wide as he spotted the robot lifting up both it arms to point at them. "Amy, whatever happens don't look." Holding onto the chain with one hand, Sonic used his free one to pull the hedgehog's girls into his chest, hoping that she wouldn't see what happened next.
A loud buzz filled the air and a bright light washed over the consoles and machines, then it died down and a the after sound of a loud clang began to fade away, Looking up, Sonic stared towards the gate to see both the Eggminator and a simple combot flying into the gate, the combot sporting one large laser hole in the side of it's head. Then a flash showed that both the Eggminator and the combot had been transported into the void.
"Sonic!"
Turning his head, he blinked when he saw the scared look in Amy's eyes, then he followed their line of sight to see a large black hole in the wall over them, spark and drops of oil getting pulled out and into the void gate. "Dammit!"
/Sonic./
Looking down at the communicator, Sonic blinked as he could barely hear Sally's voice from it. "Sal, what's going on?"
/The gate turning unstable, get out of there now!/
Looking back at the gate, Sonic blinked as he saw the normal orange purple color of it shifting through all the colors of the rainbow at the same time. Then something else nearly gave him a heart attack, looking up, he spotted the source of the painful metallic groan and cursed loudly. A small part of the chain was starting to break apart, clearly, it couldn't hold both him and Amy, Looking at the gate, Sonic briefly wondered if he could get enough speed to stay clear of it until it ripped itself apart. "Listen Amy."
Looking from the gate to Sonic, Amy stared own at the simple handcuff tying her to the chain, and then up to the heroic eyes of Sonic. This was all her fault, if she hadn't gone into Robotropolis without remission, then the chain would be able to holf them, if she hadn't gone there, she wouldn't have been robotized, she would still be fully Mobian, and not this half robot, and Sonic would be safe, the Eggminator wouldn't be hunting her, and everyone would be happy. Reaching up with her metallic arm, Amy forced the cuff to open, letting her hold onto the chain with her organic hand only. "Sonic, I'm sorry." Opening her hand, she felt the power of the gate pull her backwards, away form the shocked expression on her hero's face. "Tell the other Sonic, tell them I'm sorry I won't be coming back."
"AMY NOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo!!!
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Standing on the cliff above the great forest, Sonic the Hedgehog allowed himself to weep, to show the pain of loss for once, the knowledge that someone wouldn't let him be the hero and make the great sacrifice for once. "Amy." He could barely remember how he got way after it, the run back through the forest, the urgent yells from Rotor, Sally, Bunny and Tails, each of them demanding to know what had happened.
He knew that he had to go back, that he would have to tell them that she was lost, that Amy wouldn't be coming back with him, wouldn't be there as the celebrated the defeat of the Eggminator, wouldn't be there to bug him for a dance, or a Kiss anymore, the laughter from his friends as she tried to spring another one of her small traps on him, her small and crazy ways to make him notice her. "Amy!!" Feeling the pain in is chest growing, Sonic turned hateful green eyes towards the city in the distance, for the real one who had caused all of this, the one that was truly to blame. "Robotnic."
Blasting off, a dust cloud showed where the hedgehog had been just second before, the path of the dust cloud showing him running to the southern parts of the Continent, and towards the place Amy had been born. It was only fair that the only living member of her family was told of the news, along wit the rest of them. Looking down at the communicator in his hand, Sonic lifted it up to his ear and mouth, finally ready to speak about the last few moments in the void chamber. "Sally, tell the group to gather at the old Meeting place Amy's friends as well, everyone she knew or knows, I'm bringing in her cousin Rob as well."
/Sonic, is Amy...?/
Staring at the device in his hands, Sonic looked uyp at the sky as he nearly crushed the small thing in his hand. "No, but she might as well be, she fell into the gate Sally, just like Arie did so long ago, but the gate Sally, it was completely whacked out, it didn't look like a normal void gate."
/Sonic, the last attack, I saw it on the surveillance camera, before it was destroyed, it must had damage the gate somehow./ A silence filled the small minute that passed as both Hedgehog and Squirrel remember the always happy and go lucky pink hedgehog girl. /Sonic, she might still be alive, and just like Arie, we might be able to bring her back./
Sonic looked down at the small device in his hand. "That's what I'm counting on." Then he tossed it down onto the ground and blasted off into the horizon.
Staring out over the gathered cluster of Mobians in the small building, Sally Acorn, King Max, and the rest of the royal family stared hard and long at the simple speech one of them had to give to the gather Mobians. Reaching out a hand to pick up the finely wrote speech, Sally blinked as she felt a hand gently grip her wrist and pull it and her hand away from the speech.
Turning her head, she stared into a pair of serious green eyes full of sadness, and a firm resolve to be the one to do it, the one to inform the group of the loss of a treasured member of the kingdom of knothole, not for her fighting or leader skills, but for her gift to always make someone smile, the wind blown form of a green hedgehog standing behind the blue one.
"Sonic, when?"
The high speed hedgehog never replied to the question, instead he picked up the papers and walked up to take his place at the head of the group, his eyes showing clearly what everyone had feared to hear, but never truly believed could be the real reason for an emergency recall of the complete knothole freedom fight group, as well as a few non Knothole Mobians. "My friends...... It's with a heavy heart that I have to tell you this, today, after helping to defeat Robuttnic's latest robotic menace, Amy Rose sacrifice herself to save me, while she is not dead, she is lost within the Void Portal."
Stopping, Sonic looked as he saw the words sink in, the crushed look on the groups faces as they had to face with the though of a complete loss of a friend, so far they had only lost friends to the Robotizers evil and the cold hearted overlander hiding in the city. Everyone around the table or standing at the walls knew the price that fighting this tyrant was, but to hear about the loss of someone so young, was still enough to make even the most cold blood shred a tear in grief, and vow an even greater support to the overthrow of Robo Robotnic and Iron Fisted Rule.
Leaning on the wall, a green hedgehog pushed off the wooden planks and calmly walked forward his old fashion clothes and serious eyes never leaving the blue hedgehog staring right back at him. "Is it true Sir Sonic, did Little Amy really give her life to Thou?" Seeing the truth in the green eyes, Rob the Hedgehog lowered his head and grieved on the inside, later, he would shred the tears for his cousin, but not now, now he had to make sure of one thing. "Can thouest, save her?"
At the words, Sonic turned to stare at the royal family, his eyes falling on the one person he trusted the most out of the family, the one he would give his life for, and the one he knew would do the same. "Sally?" The word held a lot of things, but mostly his faith in her ability to bring back his biggest fan, and even if he wouldn't show it to anyone, friend.
Looking up at the words, Sally moved forward to take her place at the speakers place, her eyes moving over the crowd and commanding them to remain quiet, and then she looked at Rob and sighed. "We don' know, so much of Robotnic's technology remain a mystery to us, from Sonic report and the data scanner form Robotnic's computer, we can confirm that the gate was badly damage by the last attack by the Eggminator." Waiting for the words to settle in with the group, Sally pulled out Nicole and called up a small hologram of the last few seconds of the Void gate before it collapsed. "As you can see, the gate was unstable and changing color rapidly, scan and date show that there's only a 25% change that it will lead to the void, with a 25% chance that it led nowhere and simply erased Amy when she fell in." Staring at Rob, Sally feared having to tell the hedgehog the last words, the one that would most likely hurt the most. "The last 50% is the random Space/time points that the gate could have locked onto. Amy may be in a Different Zone, or in another Universe altogether, but rest assured Rob the Hedgehog, that we will do all we can to somehow bring her back."
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Looking up from where she had landed, Amy Rose almost cried in relief when she spotted the blue sky and the fluffy white clouds moving across it in a lazy pattern, around her, she could hear the endless cries of the ocean birds and the gentle sound of waves lapping onto a shore, and for at least half of her, the feel of sand and a few grass straws was heaven, even if it meant the complete loss of everything she knew, smiling at the knowledge that Sonic was at least safe, Amy Rose sat up to see just where she had ended up at.
TBC in the: Lost child Arc.
AN: A year, it took me a whole year to update this thing. Blame it all on me and my failure to keep an interest in this fic going. But now I'm aback and I have ended the first part of the Saga. Look for the Wayward Child Arc and Embracing Hope in the coming year. But now I need your help, the readers, My collection of Comics is missing a few bits of things, and what I need to know is, How did Sonic and Knuckles become normal after being Robotized in Mecha Madness? Tell me, it will be vital for the end of the Saga.