Don't Stop Dancing, Miles Prower!
By Kiyo-chan
Chapter 3: Flying away, flying higher…
A/N: Yay! Finally! I updated this! Thank you for the reviews and patience, everyone!
I lifted my head up in my bed. I had heard a sound. "Can it be?" I whispered. Yes! It was the sound…of flipping pancakes! Back when I was staying with Sonic, he never made pancakes. "Why waste time makin' those when you still haven't discovered the joys of cold cereal?" he would respond when I would complain about his choice. With my eyes still closed, I used my tails to hover so that I could get out the door. What I didn't know was that the door was closed and I crashed. "OW!" I screamed, waking up fully. "Note to self: Always keep this door open." "I'll be sure to remember that, okay?" a sweet voice asked. I looked up and saw Holly smiling at me before she helped me up. "Thanks," I told her. She nursed the bump on my head with an ice pack and told me to sit down on the couch. Without complaining, I obeyed her request. Two episodes of Spongebob Squarepants later, she came back with a plate of pancakes. "Cooking's not my strong point, so be honest with me about how it tastes," she told me, staring into my eyes with her eyes so much like Knuckles. I took my fork and started eating. It wasn't bad, considering that her pancakes were slightly burnt. But I hadn't had pancakes in a long time and I really liked her, so they were good. I told her that and she hugged me, my head against her chest. "Thank you, Miles." Holly lifted my head up and whispered in my ear. "I like you a lot, too…" I blushed. Then I leaned forward and prepared to kiss her, when suddenly a golf club flew from the open window and hit me in the head. I threw the club out the window and then I heard a sickening clunk. "THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PROWER!" a man yelled. "YOU'RE WELCOME…uh…VERY MUCH!" I yelled back. Holly laughed. Then I started to feel tired. "Okay, I'll go leave and let you sleep." Holly tucked a blanket around me. She kissed my lips slowly and left just before sleep overtook me.
"Wake up!" A woman's voice was yelling harshly in my sensitive ears. "Five more minutes, Sonic," I groaned. Suddenly, I was pushed out of bed. "Fine! Fine! I'll get up if you want me to, you damn lazy bastard!" I yelled. Then I woke up when I was slapped across the face. I looked at my attacker. It was a female echidna that looked like a middle-age version of Holly except her eyes were amber-colored. "You-you're Holly's mom, aren't you?" I asked. "Felicia the Echidna," she said roughly. "Nice to meet you!" I said cheerfully. I held out my hand and she slapped it away from her. "Don't treat this like it's a joke, brat! I understand that you are in love with my daughter. And she's been acting like a lovestruck idiot!" she screamed. "Well, she is a teenager, ma'am…" I began. "SHE'S NO ORDINARY TEENAGER!" she screamed again. "I know…she's incredible," I said, my face red. "Stay away from my daughter, if you know what's good for you." She walked off, slamming the door and knocking a picture of my parents off the wall.
I looked down at my feet. That woman…how could SHE be the one that laid Holly's egg? (A/N: Echidnas hatch from eggs [duh!]) She was so cruel and Holly was sweet and passionate. I knew that it was also the reason that I heard those screams of pain, the yelling, and the crying. Felicia was abusing her own flesh and blood. If she continued…my Holly would be dead soon. Now I had a decision to make. Do I stay here and let her die or do we both leave together and not look back at the past? Think, Miles, think! "Miles…" a sweet voice whispered. I turned around and saw Holly cradling her left arm, which I could tell was broken. I held her carefully in my arms and put my chin on her head. "Holly, I'm going to get you out of here…you won't be hurt again…as long as I live, I'll keep you safe," I promised. She looked up at me and smiled. "Miles…thank you…so much…" She leaned forward and I let her kiss me. It lasted until both of us had to come up for air. Then I let Holly climb up into my Tornado and we headed for the hospital.
"Well, Miss Holly, you're lucky your boyfriend got you here in time," the doctor childed. "You have a bad fracture in your left arm and you'll have to wear a cast for ten weeks. Hopefully, your arm will be better soon." After the doctor's diagnosis, the two of us headed for the plaster room. After wrapping her arm in a blue plaster cast, we left the hospital together. "As soon as we get home, pack up your things," I told her. Holly nodded. "My mom will be at work by then. She always works nights…" After the short ride in the Tornado, we arrived at the apartment complex. I packed my clothes, my pictures, my inventions, and some food. I sat down and waited for Holly. She arrived two minutes later, wheeling a suitcase with her good hand. I grabbed her other suitcase, along with my own, and we put it all in the Tornado. The two of us sat down, Holly's head against my back, and we started up the Tornado. The last thing we saw and heard before we left was the overweight landlady screaming, "MILES PROWER, YOU OWE ME SEVENTEEN HUNDRED MOBIANS!!!!!!"
End of Chapter 3
A/N: Now Tails and Holly are on the lam! If you want to suggest a place for them to go, include it in a review if you send me one!