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Blue Rose

Chapter 3

"Amy!"

"Leave me alone I can do it myself!"

Sonic landed on his feet once again, having just destroyed a robot that it's sights set on Amy just a moment before.

"You were just about to vaporized." He exclaimed in an annoyed tone.

Amy crossed her arms and frowned.

"I saw him! If…you hadn't gotten in my way he would have been gone already!!"

She stared at him indignantly

Ever since they had arrived at Eggman's base Amy had been giving Sonic more trouble then she usually did. Before this little adventure trouble always seemed to follow her, but this time she was the one was chasing after it.

She noticed Sonic was staring at her.

"Well…if you don't like it…just leave me alone!"

Sonic raised an eyebrow.

"Hmph…well ok then. Good luck!" with that he hoped away to places unknown to her. Internally he was very surprised, Amy had never purposefully sent him away once ever since they had known each other. It was also Sonic who had had to ditch Amy. She was acting strangely indeed.

Amy stuck out her tongue.

"Good riddance!" she cried out loud, hearing her echo bouncing off the metallic walls. She stood there for a few minutes then looked around, seeing that she was currently standing on a platform hovering over lava. She could see that she would have to jump across a number of similar platforms if she wanted to reach the opposite side of the pit.

She backed up a few paces and then took a running jump over to the next platform, her new powers allowed her to leap the distance easily, and she could see the platform coming up fast.

"I'll show him what I can do…"

Suddenly though she realized that she was about to pass the platform, and landed at the opposite edge, almost completely overshooting her target and plunging herself to imminent death. She was unable to regain her balance and teetered on the edge for several seconds before she was able to pull herself back onto the platform, immediately falling down as she breathed heavily.

She took a moment to look over the edge and then shivered softly.

"That was close…I almost…"

She was interrupted as she heard footsteps behind her. She could feel herself start to smirk as she supposed the maker of the footsteps.

"So you came back….after….all…."

Her voice slowed as she saw the barrel of a gun aimed right at her head, the holder being another one of Eggman's robots. She stared blankly at it for several seconds before the robot fired, Amy only barely able to scramble away as the machine tracked her movements firing again and again.

Still unnerved by the past events she was having trouble calling up the courage she had had prior and instead just flailed around quite a bit. Slowly however she gained confidence and took a flying leap towards her enemy's head.

Instead she crashed into it, sending the machine falling into the lava below, she however, landed on her butt again, a bit dazed from the crash. She stood up shakily, now even more unnerved by the present situation than she was before.

She took long deep breaths as she looked around. There were still quite a many platforms to go, and she could bet that Sonic was way ahead of her by now.

She frowned as she resigned herself to beat him again.

"I can't lose to him. I can't…."

Just then she heard a low rumble as she noticed some sparkling in the distance. A laser blast suddenly whizzed by her ear, singeing it a bit. The sparkles turned out to be the light reflecting off the metal bodies of many of Eggman's robots. They were slowly making there way across the platforms from both the way she had to go and the way she had come. So in short she was trapped. The only way out was to fight her way out.

"So you wanna fight?!" she yelled out. She braced herself against the metal beneath her, though just as she was going to take action her foot slid across the metal and she fell once again.

"Oww…." She moaned as she rubbed her back, sitting up. She was quick to stand all the way up though as the robots were now on the platforms next to her. She looked around desperately for a solution to her predicament. Though all she could see were the cold stares of Eggman's robots and bubbling lava beneath her. She unconsciously started to back away towards the edge, shaking her head gently as she could feel fear grip her heart.

She was about to scream when an explosion interrupted her. One of the robots in the back had suddenly combusted, and the source what readily apparent to everyone, Amy and machine alike. A blue ball was bouncing from robot to robot, destroying each as it went. Amy quickly clasped her hands together in joy in an almost automated response.

"Sonic!"

She quickly caught herself though, frowning at her own weakness. She stood there, looking at the ground and waited until the sound of the carnage subsided. Waiting for something was far worse than if she had fallen in the lava. She heard someone land on the platform she was on, and could see a familiar pair of red shoes walk up to her. Her hands clenched into tight fists, wanting to be anywhere but right here at this moment.

She grumbled a bit, opening her mouth slowly.

"Ya know I could of…"

Sonic flicked her nose.

"Ow!" she exclaimed as she clasped her hands over her nose as she looked up to him.

"Sonic?"

He just smirked at her, sighing slightly as he looked at her.

She could feel herself start to give as her body started to shake and her eyes fill up with tears. She clasped onto him hard.

"Thank you!!"

He patted her on the shoulder and rolled his eyes.

"Its alright Amy. Why don't you go back to…."

She quickly pushed away from him and shook her head quickly from side to side.

"No way! I don't want to go home. I know how I was acting was all wrong. I know now that I have to… I just have to stop acting…."

"Like an idiot?"

She puffed out her cheeks.

"Like you."

Sonic stepped back a step then laughed nervously scratching his cheek.

Amy took a deep breath and let it out, closing her eyes and opening them again. The minute she opened them though they suddenly became intense as they glared right at Sonic.

"Ahh!" she exclaimed as she pulled out her Pico Pico Hammer, pointing it at Sonic.

Sonic stared at her for a moment, and then almost stumbled as she came flying at him. He was just about to move away when she passed by him, slamming a still moving robot that was behind him over the head.

"Missed one!" she said, turning towards him and giving the Victory sign.

Sonic just smirked and placed his hands on his hips, rubbing his nose.

"So I guess you've decided to stick around. You're not scared anymore?" he said with an air of challenge in his voice.

She smiled.

"I'll tell you if you can catch me!" she said giggling as she bounced from platform to platform, quickly reaching the other side of the pit.

Sonic took a double take. He could not believe how quickly she had gotten so far away from him, and he realized he had to move fast or he might lose her again.

"Hey Amy wait up!"

He was delayed from chasing after for only a moment, taking in the strange sound of those words coming out of his mouth, though he quickly got over it and headed after the pink hedgehog

Elsewhere.

Eggman sat in the control center of his base, staring intently at the monitors. Omega stood closely beside him, staring blankly as he waited for a command.

"Omega? Was my army successfully able to destroy that pink hedgehog?" Eggman asked with annoyance as he turned towards the robot.

"Negative, your army was destroyed by Sonic the hedgehog."

He grit his teeth in anger, but then calmed down.

"It is to be expected. That blue rat is not my nemesis for nothing. This time corner them, and make sure there are too many to allow Sonic to protect that annoying brat. I'm sure if we capture her, Sonic will easily bend to our demands." Eggman said with a smirk.

"Affirmative."

"It is an excellent plan is it not?"

"Affirmative."

Eggman laughed at his own genius.

"It is isn't it!"

"Negative, however I am not programmed to give honest opinion. I can do nothing but agree."

Eggman frowned.

"Yes…well…" He looked around a bit. "I'm a genius! Hahahahahahahaaa!"

Omega's left eye light flickered in response.

Meanwhile…

"Amy stay behind me!"

Sonic growled lowly, the mass of robots in this room made it impossible for him to be able to watch her. He had to figure out a way to…

Sonic's thoughts were interrupted as Amy jumped in front of him and became a pink blur as she bounced from robot to robot leaving a chain of explosions wherever she went.

Sonic, dumfounded, just sorta watched as chunks of metal fell around him. He only moved slightly though when a robot started heading straight for him….but a Hammer from above spiraled downward, smashing it on the head. Amy soon landed next to it delicately. She surveyed the area for more enemies for a moment before she turned back towards him, scurrying over.

She smiled meaningfully at him, and then started to jump for joy.

"Sonic did you see me? I took care of them all by myself!" she exclaimed with glee.

Sonic just rubbed his nose as he watched her a bit. She was treating this dangerous situation, as it was some kind of date or amusement park ride. It sorta reminded him of….well….how he looked at challenges such as these.

"Hey Amy that was…"

She dashed up to him, cutting him off as she put her face rather close to his own.

He stared back at her, sweating a bit.

"Uhhhh…."

She smiled broadly then jumped back looking up.

"It looks like we have to go up there."

Sonic shook his head for a moment then nodded in a strange sort of daze.

"Yeah….lets go!" with that he hopped ahead of her. However she quickly kept pace with him, looking over with a big smile of contentment. Before she felt like she was forcing herself, but now, doing this with him, as her true self…well it was one of the best feelings she had ever had. She could feel her heart pounding in her chest, and she realized she never wanted this exhilarated feeling to stop.

Sonic glanced over and saw her smiling face and just blinked for a few minutes. He then let out a combination of a laugh and a sigh as she gave her a soft smile in return. The two of them raced off as a blue and pink blur, becoming ever closer to Eggman's lair.

Elsewhere an angry voice growled.

"That's it. Omega the time has come. The most powerful of all the E-series, go, destroy both of them…." Eggman growled as he tightened his fist, pointing at the machine. "Destroy them or don't come back…"

Omega stared at Eggman for a moment, his left eye flickering.

"Yes my lord!" he then turned and marched out the door, his sensors locked on Sonic and Amy.

"Annihilate…"

To be continued…

((Ya know I was just thinking. I bet if they had made it so that Sonic returned Amy's feelings in the games, then Sega would of made a game called Sonic and Amy a long while ago. It would have a Sonic Heroes engine, allowing you to use both characters at the same time and sorta use a dual attack system of sorts. Just seems that two hedgehogs, a boy and girl would work. Anyway if you didn't notice (what're you? Missing your brain meats?) this fic is also trying to explain the origins of Omega. I hope you're enjoying! This is Genro signing off!))