What an awful thing to happen! And in such a short amount of time! Such trauma! How will we get over it!?
Two figures snuck down a hallway. In their hands, they held a basket, and in the other, a chao fruit.
"This is gonna be funny…"
"Yeah, wait till she finds out that Cheese ain't there."
The two snickered as they snuck into the unsuspecting rabbit's apartment. The taller figure snuck into Cream's room and pulled out the chao fruit. Holding it out, he set it by Cheese, Cream's beloved chao.
"Chao?" Cheese inquired. Then it saw who it was and was willingly taken out. The taller one set Cheese in the basket and they snuck away into the night.
"Cheese! Where are you!" Cream called, looking under her bed.
"You lost you little chao thingy?" Rouge asked.
Tears slid down Cream's face, "I don't know where she could have gone! Oh Cheese!" She sobbed heavily into her hands.
Amethyst walked over and handed Cream a note, "I finded this!"
Cream read the note aloud: "We have the chao, and if you ever want to see her again, leave two candy bars in the hollow tree near Paradise Park."
"Chao-napping?" Rouge asked.
"But… why?"
"It looks like all you have is a couple of idiots who can't control their sweet teeth…"
Cream wiped away her tears, "I know! I'll go borrow some from Amy! I don't have any extra spending money right now, but maybe Amy has some spare candy lying around!"
A knocking came at Amy's door. "I'll get it." Shadow called to Amy, who sat on her bed reading a book.
"Hello?" Shadow asked, opening the door.
"Shadow? What are you doing here? And alive?" Rouge asked.
Shadow shrugged, "None of you business. Now, what do you want?"
Amy ran over and shoved Shadow away, "Pardon my butler, he needs to remember his manners!"
"Butler?" Shadow asked, "Since when am I hired help?"
"Since now! Now hush, Jeeves and fetch us some soda!"
Shadow grumbled but promptly left the room.
"Amy!" Cream cried, "Some one took Cheese!"
"What!?" Amy exclaimed. "Why would someone do something horrible like that?"
"I don't know… But they wanted two candy bars for her safe return. Do you have any lying around?"
"Of course! Anything to save Cheese!" Amy said, running to her dresser drawer, where about $40 worth of candy was piled. She pulled out two bars and ran back to Cream, handing her the candy, "There."
"Thank you Amy!" Cream said, taking off for the park.
"Cream! Wait up!" Rouge called, running after her, "See you, Amy!"
Cream hurried down the stairs and without looking ran across the street. Rouge tried to stop her…
"Cream! No!!!!!!!" Rouge screamed.
A screech of brakes, a thud, and a vicious bumping sound as if tires rode over a speed bump. It was over in less than a second.
Rouge was in a state of shock, everyone was. The driver just kept riding on, the blood of the innocent covering the bottom half of the vehicle.
Everyone closed in on the limp, tattered remains of Cream. Then, out of the blue, who would have guessed, Dr. Phillip ran over to her side. He checked her over and felt for a pulse. He stood up and exclaimed, "She's alive! Someone call an ambulance!"
Hours later, everyone is at the hospital, standing in the waiting room.
"We just heard the news! Is Cream okay!?" Sonic exclaimed as soon as he got in, with Tails close behind.
Rouge shook her head, "We aren't sure--- Huh? Is that Cheese!" Points at the tiny chao who had followed Sonic and Tails into the room.
Both Sonic and Tails starred down, ashamed, "We didn't mean for Cream to get upset... It was only a joke…" Tails said.
"Well your little JOKE could get Cream killed!? Of all the juvenile behavior, of all the stupid things you've done, this is by far, the WORST!" Amy yelled.
Sonic and Tails felt even worse than before. Just then, Dr. Phillip walked into the room, "Cream is doing just fine. She's in the recovery room right now."
"Oh thank you Phillip!" Amy said, hugging him. Dr. Phillip lightly pushed her away.
"No need to thank me, I'm only doing my job…" Amy immediately noticed something was wrong, but she kept quiet about it.
"Anyway, she'll be just fine. You should all go home and get some rest for now." And with that, Phillip walked off.
Cheese ignored this and flew right into the recovery room and right next to Cream.
"Chao…" Cheese said, hugging Cream tightly. Cheese stayed right beside Cream the rest of the night.
Sonic and Tails walked into their home and sat on the couch. Both were too ashamed to talk. What they had done was so cruel, so mean, so inconsiderate that they both feel as though they have no right to sit there, fine and healthy, while Cream nearly died today.
Finally, Tails spoke up, "I know we already apologized, but maybe one of us should go apologize again just incase?"
Sonic nodded in silent agreement as he stood up and slipped on his jacket, "I'll go…" His voice sounded so strange; dark and bland with no emotion in it. It made Tails jump a little, but he settled down after Sonic left.
Sonic knocked on Amy's door. He was quite nervous, but he just wanted to make sure none of them were still mad at Tails. Sonic thought that Tails has been through so much, he shouldn't be put through it anymore, so he was going to admit that it had only been him who had taken Cheese, and Tails only said he did it to protect Sonic.
A few minutes pass and Sonic got no answer, so he knocked again. Still, after a few more minutes, no answer. Then, Sonic practically pounded on the door, calling out, "Amy! I know you're in there! Answer!"
Sonic put an ear to the door. He could plainly hear voices inside. It sounded like Amy and Shadow were talking about something. Sonic became agitated and grumbled as he pulled the spare key that Amy had given him long ago out of his pocket. He put it in the hole, turned it, and opened the door.
Sonic looked around a bit. The voices were coming from Amy's room. What is Amy doing with Shadow in her bedroom? Sonic thought. Then, an idea occurred to him, but he didn't even want to think it! He walked over and cracked open the door.
Sonic gawked at what he saw. Amy had stepped closer to Shadow, who had bent down just a bit. Then, their faces met in a kiss.
Sonic closed the door, a tear falling down his face. He quickly brushed it away and ran out the door, forgetting to close it and dropping his jacket, which sat by the bedroom door.
Amy walked out of her room giggling, "Shadow… you're so silly sometimes!"
"What? All I asked was, 'If your hammer can have a name, does that mean it's alive?'" Shadow protested. Amy just giggled again, but then stopped, tripping on…
"…A blue jacket? How'd this get here…" Her eyes gazed at the open door and at some papers that appear blown away by wind, "Oh god… Sonic saw us…"
"Why does that matter? You aren't together anymore, aren't you?"
"Well… that is true, but… I don't know… I feel uncomfortable with him seeing us because---"
Shadow finished, "You still love him."
Amy was about to protest, but stopped and gave a silent nod.
"So… you only like me because you long for a way to get over him… typical…" He began to walk out.
"Shadow!" Amy cried.
"Look… it would have never worked between us anyway… you and I both know that…"
"As usual… you're right…"
Amy then just looked on as Shadow walked out of her apartment.
What an awful thing to happen! And in such a short amount of time! Such trauma! How will we get over it!?
The End
No! It Ain't The End!
In Dedication
To The Fact
That This Is the Shortest Chapter
Ever!
Wishes are Eternal