Desired Time
Chapter Two: It Begins
Amy Rose shut her apartment door silently and walked to her couch; sitting
heavily on it. She sighed as she rubbed her temples. "What the hell is going on…" She
whispered harshly. She glared at the wall in attempt to reach a conclusion on what
was wrong with everyone; especially Tails.
After Tails had announced his meeting plans, which were absurd, Rouge
and Amy were silent; looking into one another's eyes, looking for something to guide
them to the question that they wished to hold so clearly. Tails had gone insane, that
must be it, they thought. But Tails told them something that made the hypothesis
more believable.
"He's alive. I know he is, he's just playing some kind of trick…" Tails
whispered with a smirk on his face, keenly believing himself. He turned his gaze to
the Amy; "He is…"
"No he's not!" Rouge hissed; eyes bloodshot. Her hands were trembling,
either in anger or insanity, Amy wasn't quite sure. Rouge glared at him once more,
and repeated her statement more fiercely; "No he's not!"
Tails' smile grew wider and looked into Amy eyes, ignored Rouge, then he
whispered, "I know you want to believe it Amy… I know…" He let out a little chuckle,
"Don't you believe me?"
Amy's face turned pale and looked at Rouge, but Rouge was getting angrier.
"Shut up Tails…" Rouge hissed, her hands trembling so bad that the table shook
mercilessly.
Tails still was smirking at Amy, "Amy… He's alive…" His eyes began to turn
pale, and then he shut them and whispered again, "He's alive…"
Rouge had definitely had it, "Shut the fuck up!" Tails then turned his gaze
to her, but then Rouge slapped him.
Tails forced his eyes shut and clicked his teeth. He opened his eyes on her,
and whispered with sorrow. "Why won't you believe me Rouge? Why?"
"Because you have no fucking idea what you're talking about…" This time
Rouge whispered back to him. Her hands grew steady and she turned t o Amy, "Amy,
just ignore him… Just…" She paused, looking at the young hedgehog's face. Rouge's
gaze met Amy's, and Rouge realized how hurt the young female really was. "Amy…"
She whispered.
Tails looked at Amy and then stood up. "I've got to go, I'm suppose to meet
Shadow at Circuit City, he wants a new television set." With that Tails padded softly
out of the restaurant, not bothering to look back.
Now Amy sat in her living room, still starring at the wall. Then whispered,
with tears forming in her emerald eyes, "Oh Sonic, what's happening to us?"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"May I help you, sir?" An employee walked up to Shadow happily.
Shadow turned slowly toward the young pimply boy, his eyes held
excitement and fear. 'What are you afraid up, huh?' Shadow thought looking at the
straggly teen.
"Sir?" The teen asked once more.
Shadow cocked an eyebrow and said slowly, "I'm just looking for a new TV."
He replied, smirking.
"Ah, well we just got in a new order of-" The teen was cut off by Shadow.
"No. I'm waiting for a friend. He's going to be helping me look for one."
Shadow said darkly and turned away, walking towards some video cameras; leaving
the teen behind him.
Shadow sighed as he looked at his reflection in the TV screens he passed.
He looked so much like him, and he knew that that hurt the rest of the gang. He
knew that when they looked at him, they would have to choke back a sob. Shadow
glared at his reflection, 'Why do I have to look so much like him? Why do I have to
look like Sonic?' He questioned his conscience.
Shadow had forced himself not to cry when he saw the explosion. He had
forced himself to stop hoping that Sonic had lived. He had tried to ignore the fact that
his life would never be the same. Especially Amy's, the poor girl… Before Sonic had
died, he had finally realized that he liked her. They went on dates; they were so
perfect for each other. That is, until Sonic died.
When Shadow had finally realized Sonic wasn't coming back, that he wasn't
going to walk back into the apartment that they both shared, that he wasn't going to
call Shadow up and ask him to come to lunch with him; Shadow has also realized that
Sonic wasn't immortal, like he, Shadow was.
When Shadow had fallen from space, he was honestly happy, he was happy
to be joining Maria… But then the awful realization hit him; he wasn't going to die.
He wasn't able to, so Shadow hit the hard ground within minutes. It had definitely
hurt, but it wasn't as bad as the feeling that he was never going to be able to die.
Never.
Shadow looked at his skates as he held back the tears that threatened to
fall from his ember eyes. "Hey Shadow." Tails said quickly as the young fox walked
up to him.
"Hey Tails." Shadow replied, lifting his head up to look into the fox's sad blue
eyes. 'He's so messed up from this whole incident…' the hedgehog thought.
The kitsune looked at Shadow and asked, "So, been looking at any TV's so
far?" Tails cocked his head and glanced at the TV's behind Shadow.
"Hmm…" Shadow turned around. "No, not really. I was waiting for you. I
wasn't quite sure what I wanted."
Tails nodded, "Well, there are quite a few good TV's, but you need one-"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~
Rouge the bat looked around her apartment, trying to find something to do to
get the conversation at the restaurant out of her head. Rouge sighed, and plopped
down in her leather chair; realizing that everything was already cleaned and
organized. Rouge slid off her sandals and leaned her face up toward the ceiling; the
paint was beginning to peel.
"Maybe I should get that fixed before Knuckles moves in…" She mumbled to
herself and glanced out the window; seeing only the birds since her apartment was
on the fourth floor. The blue jays had taken to building a nest on her balcony, seeing
spring was finally hear after a long winter.
Rouge then let her gaze roam to the phone, waiting for Knuckles to call back
once he returned from work at meat market. Rouge smirked as she remembered the
conversation on that very topic last year…
"Rouge, I'm thinking about working somewhere…" Knuckles had inquired at
the park one day. They were all having a picnic on a nice cool summer day.
Rouge then asked, "But how would you guard the Master Emerald if you got
a job?"
Knuckles replied, "I was just going to lock it up…"
Shadow smirked, "Yeah, seeing as no one in their right mind would feel the
need to steal something if it's locked up…" Shadow chuckled.
Knuckles glared at him and Sonic laughed. "How about you tell them where
you'd work at?" Sonic grinned as he put an arm around Amy.
"Yeah, go on…" Tails insisted.
But Knuckles was silent, looking wearily at Shadow as Shadow waited for an
answer. Just waiting to make some sort of comment.
"Don't let Shadow scare ya…" Sonic added. "It's not like he could hurt a fly,
or me…" Shadow rolled his eyes. "I mean, since he is a faker…"
Shadow glared, "Sonic, shut up! I'm not the faker!"
"Yes, you are!" Sonic said, getting angry.
"No, I'm not!" Shadow said standing up.
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Guys! Stop it!" Amy yelled. Rouge and Tails were just silent as Knuckles
stood up and started yelling at Shadow.
"Shadow is the faker!" Knuckles called out eagerly.
Shadow decided to call the last shots and yelled out, "No! I was brought into
this world FIRST! There is no way in hell that I could be the faker when Sonic didn't
even exist when I was ten!"
It was silent as everyone stopped yelling. Sonic glared at Shadow and
hissed, "Just say what job you have, Knuckles…"
Knuckles put his hand through his dreadlocks and replied, "The only job I
could find at the moment is working at a meat market…"
Rouge closed her eyes and held back a giggle. Knuckles glared at her. "No,
I'm not laughing at you…" She insisted, then let out a loud laugh and then added,
"Wait, yes I am…"
Rouge started laughing quite hard, as Amy and Rouge joined in. Knuckles
glared as Tails started laughing too. Sonic was still quite angry and just smiled and
Shadow sat, smirking waiting for them to stop so he'd have something to say to
Knuckles.
Rouge grinned as she remembered that day. I was so nice out… Then
Rouge frowned, now realizing that was probably the last time they were all together
and they had nothing to worry about…
Rouge sighed and pushed herself out of the chair and dialed Knuckles'
number; hoping that he was home now.
The phone rang twice when a voice answered, "Hello?"
Rouge grinned, "Hey. I was hoping you were home by now."
"Uh, yeah… I am." Knuckles was quiet, sounding like he was sort of scared.
Rouge frowned. "What's wrong?"
No one answered.
"What's wrong?" Rouge asked more forcefully.
"Umm… I just got something in the mail." Knuckles whispered his voice
beginning to crack harshly.
"What?" Rouge asked gently.
Then, Rouge's heart stopped quickly when Knuckles answered her, "It's
from Sonic..."
Chapter Two: It Begins
Amy Rose shut her apartment door silently and walked to her couch; sitting
heavily on it. She sighed as she rubbed her temples. "What the hell is going on…" She
whispered harshly. She glared at the wall in attempt to reach a conclusion on what
was wrong with everyone; especially Tails.
After Tails had announced his meeting plans, which were absurd, Rouge
and Amy were silent; looking into one another's eyes, looking for something to guide
them to the question that they wished to hold so clearly. Tails had gone insane, that
must be it, they thought. But Tails told them something that made the hypothesis
more believable.
"He's alive. I know he is, he's just playing some kind of trick…" Tails
whispered with a smirk on his face, keenly believing himself. He turned his gaze to
the Amy; "He is…"
"No he's not!" Rouge hissed; eyes bloodshot. Her hands were trembling,
either in anger or insanity, Amy wasn't quite sure. Rouge glared at him once more,
and repeated her statement more fiercely; "No he's not!"
Tails' smile grew wider and looked into Amy eyes, ignored Rouge, then he
whispered, "I know you want to believe it Amy… I know…" He let out a little chuckle,
"Don't you believe me?"
Amy's face turned pale and looked at Rouge, but Rouge was getting angrier.
"Shut up Tails…" Rouge hissed, her hands trembling so bad that the table shook
mercilessly.
Tails still was smirking at Amy, "Amy… He's alive…" His eyes began to turn
pale, and then he shut them and whispered again, "He's alive…"
Rouge had definitely had it, "Shut the fuck up!" Tails then turned his gaze
to her, but then Rouge slapped him.
Tails forced his eyes shut and clicked his teeth. He opened his eyes on her,
and whispered with sorrow. "Why won't you believe me Rouge? Why?"
"Because you have no fucking idea what you're talking about…" This time
Rouge whispered back to him. Her hands grew steady and she turned t o Amy, "Amy,
just ignore him… Just…" She paused, looking at the young hedgehog's face. Rouge's
gaze met Amy's, and Rouge realized how hurt the young female really was. "Amy…"
She whispered.
Tails looked at Amy and then stood up. "I've got to go, I'm suppose to meet
Shadow at Circuit City, he wants a new television set." With that Tails padded softly
out of the restaurant, not bothering to look back.
Now Amy sat in her living room, still starring at the wall. Then whispered,
with tears forming in her emerald eyes, "Oh Sonic, what's happening to us?"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"May I help you, sir?" An employee walked up to Shadow happily.
Shadow turned slowly toward the young pimply boy, his eyes held
excitement and fear. 'What are you afraid up, huh?' Shadow thought looking at the
straggly teen.
"Sir?" The teen asked once more.
Shadow cocked an eyebrow and said slowly, "I'm just looking for a new TV."
He replied, smirking.
"Ah, well we just got in a new order of-" The teen was cut off by Shadow.
"No. I'm waiting for a friend. He's going to be helping me look for one."
Shadow said darkly and turned away, walking towards some video cameras; leaving
the teen behind him.
Shadow sighed as he looked at his reflection in the TV screens he passed.
He looked so much like him, and he knew that that hurt the rest of the gang. He
knew that when they looked at him, they would have to choke back a sob. Shadow
glared at his reflection, 'Why do I have to look so much like him? Why do I have to
look like Sonic?' He questioned his conscience.
Shadow had forced himself not to cry when he saw the explosion. He had
forced himself to stop hoping that Sonic had lived. He had tried to ignore the fact that
his life would never be the same. Especially Amy's, the poor girl… Before Sonic had
died, he had finally realized that he liked her. They went on dates; they were so
perfect for each other. That is, until Sonic died.
When Shadow had finally realized Sonic wasn't coming back, that he wasn't
going to walk back into the apartment that they both shared, that he wasn't going to
call Shadow up and ask him to come to lunch with him; Shadow has also realized that
Sonic wasn't immortal, like he, Shadow was.
When Shadow had fallen from space, he was honestly happy, he was happy
to be joining Maria… But then the awful realization hit him; he wasn't going to die.
He wasn't able to, so Shadow hit the hard ground within minutes. It had definitely
hurt, but it wasn't as bad as the feeling that he was never going to be able to die.
Never.
Shadow looked at his skates as he held back the tears that threatened to
fall from his ember eyes. "Hey Shadow." Tails said quickly as the young fox walked
up to him.
"Hey Tails." Shadow replied, lifting his head up to look into the fox's sad blue
eyes. 'He's so messed up from this whole incident…' the hedgehog thought.
The kitsune looked at Shadow and asked, "So, been looking at any TV's so
far?" Tails cocked his head and glanced at the TV's behind Shadow.
"Hmm…" Shadow turned around. "No, not really. I was waiting for you. I
wasn't quite sure what I wanted."
Tails nodded, "Well, there are quite a few good TV's, but you need one-"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~
Rouge the bat looked around her apartment, trying to find something to do to
get the conversation at the restaurant out of her head. Rouge sighed, and plopped
down in her leather chair; realizing that everything was already cleaned and
organized. Rouge slid off her sandals and leaned her face up toward the ceiling; the
paint was beginning to peel.
"Maybe I should get that fixed before Knuckles moves in…" She mumbled to
herself and glanced out the window; seeing only the birds since her apartment was
on the fourth floor. The blue jays had taken to building a nest on her balcony, seeing
spring was finally hear after a long winter.
Rouge then let her gaze roam to the phone, waiting for Knuckles to call back
once he returned from work at meat market. Rouge smirked as she remembered the
conversation on that very topic last year…
"Rouge, I'm thinking about working somewhere…" Knuckles had inquired at
the park one day. They were all having a picnic on a nice cool summer day.
Rouge then asked, "But how would you guard the Master Emerald if you got
a job?"
Knuckles replied, "I was just going to lock it up…"
Shadow smirked, "Yeah, seeing as no one in their right mind would feel the
need to steal something if it's locked up…" Shadow chuckled.
Knuckles glared at him and Sonic laughed. "How about you tell them where
you'd work at?" Sonic grinned as he put an arm around Amy.
"Yeah, go on…" Tails insisted.
But Knuckles was silent, looking wearily at Shadow as Shadow waited for an
answer. Just waiting to make some sort of comment.
"Don't let Shadow scare ya…" Sonic added. "It's not like he could hurt a fly,
or me…" Shadow rolled his eyes. "I mean, since he is a faker…"
Shadow glared, "Sonic, shut up! I'm not the faker!"
"Yes, you are!" Sonic said, getting angry.
"No, I'm not!" Shadow said standing up.
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Guys! Stop it!" Amy yelled. Rouge and Tails were just silent as Knuckles
stood up and started yelling at Shadow.
"Shadow is the faker!" Knuckles called out eagerly.
Shadow decided to call the last shots and yelled out, "No! I was brought into
this world FIRST! There is no way in hell that I could be the faker when Sonic didn't
even exist when I was ten!"
It was silent as everyone stopped yelling. Sonic glared at Shadow and
hissed, "Just say what job you have, Knuckles…"
Knuckles put his hand through his dreadlocks and replied, "The only job I
could find at the moment is working at a meat market…"
Rouge closed her eyes and held back a giggle. Knuckles glared at her. "No,
I'm not laughing at you…" She insisted, then let out a loud laugh and then added,
"Wait, yes I am…"
Rouge started laughing quite hard, as Amy and Rouge joined in. Knuckles
glared as Tails started laughing too. Sonic was still quite angry and just smiled and
Shadow sat, smirking waiting for them to stop so he'd have something to say to
Knuckles.
Rouge grinned as she remembered that day. I was so nice out… Then
Rouge frowned, now realizing that was probably the last time they were all together
and they had nothing to worry about…
Rouge sighed and pushed herself out of the chair and dialed Knuckles'
number; hoping that he was home now.
The phone rang twice when a voice answered, "Hello?"
Rouge grinned, "Hey. I was hoping you were home by now."
"Uh, yeah… I am." Knuckles was quiet, sounding like he was sort of scared.
Rouge frowned. "What's wrong?"
No one answered.
"What's wrong?" Rouge asked more forcefully.
"Umm… I just got something in the mail." Knuckles whispered his voice
beginning to crack harshly.
"What?" Rouge asked gently.
Then, Rouge's heart stopped quickly when Knuckles answered her, "It's
from Sonic..."