Tears floated down his face as he waited for something, anything, to make a sound. Everything was silent… not a soul was living… not a soul was living…
"Hey Sonic! Snap out of it!" Tails yelled, snapping his fingers in Sonic's face.
"Huh?" Sonic asked, waking from his daydream, "Uhm… what were you saying Tails?"
"I said, "Are you gonna eat that?'" Tails repeated, pointing at the pile of French fries on Sonic's plate.
"Huh? Nah... you can have 'em." Sonic pushed his plate over towards Tails.
"Yea!" Tails cried, gobbling down the fires. Sonic stared at him a moment, wide eyed, as the mountain of fries dwindled away to nothing.
Tails noticed him staring and replied, "I have a fast metabolism…"
"Never saw you eat that way before…"
"You've never seen me eat! Whenever we used to go to places, you were too busy stuffing your own face to notice!"
"Well, I ate a lot more when I was a teen, but I don't anymore…"
There was a pause there as they both had thoughts about that last sentence. Neither of them, despite all the free time they've had, have been able to get over the big difference in age. With Sonic almost at 21, and Tails having reached age 9, they still don't trust each other as much as they used too. Perhaps they may never get over it and then their friendship will dwindle away until there is nothing left!
Tails cleared his throat, "Uhm... I think… I'm gonna go home now, okay? See ya' Sonic…" Tails' mood had obviously dropped to the negatives.
Sonic sighed and lay back. Around him, many people still stared. No one was officially told much on Tails' mysterious comeback, or Sonic, nonetheless, everyone knew they were back, for they heard about how they once again saved the planet.
"What are you looking at?" Sonic asked coldly to some of the people, who promptly looked away. Sonic, not being able to take the cold eyes any longer, got up and zoomed out the door. When he was pretty far off, Sonic stopped a surprised look on his face.
Huh? That makes no sense… I haven't been able to run like that since I was 14… Sonic shook his head. It must just be my imagination… And with that, he took off again towards Angel Island. He enjoyed running around up there, even though Knucklehead won't be there to tease anymore. I almost pity the guy…
As Sonic approached the Master Emerald shrine, a small young girl jumped him.
"Yikes!" Sonic cried, falling over so as not to run the dear girl over.
"Hey! Hedgehog! You aren't supposed to be here!" the girl yelled.
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
Just then, a familiar figure walked out from behind the bushes, "Good job Amethyst. Now, punch his brains out! And that's not my mental side talking!"
Amethyst raised a glove and punched, but missed and ended up just spinning in a circle and punching her face, "Owies!"
Sonic gawked, "Knuckles?"
Knuckles stared back, "Oh… it's just you Sonic…" He ran over and picked up the knocked out Amethyst, "Damn… Rouge is gonna kill me…"
"I thought she already did?" Sonic asked.
Knuckles glared at him, "What are you doing here anyway. I'm sure you didn't come all this way to get attacked by my 3-year-old daughter…"
"She's only 3?"
"She's 4…" Rouge called, a pissed off expression on her face, "Knuckles! You didn't…"
"No… I was teaching her to punch, but she swiveled and knocked her own lights out…"
"And why should I believe you?" She turned to Sonic, "He speaking the truth?"
Sonic nodded, still wondering what's going on.
"See?" Knuckles said, setting Amethyst down. She opened one eye, then closed it.
"Hm… is someone going to need some help waking up.
Amethyst whispered dreamily, "…Yes…"
Knuckles pulled out a cracker and Amethyst's head jumped up to eat it, then settled back down.
"Amethyst…"
Amethyst sat up, "Yes?"
"Don't pretend to be unconscious, or Mommy will kick Daddy into feedle-position."
Sonic and Rouge began to laugh at that. "I'd do it too!" Rouge yelled.
"Hey Knuckles… I thought you were…" Sonic began.
"I'd rather not discuss it…" Knuckles sat, raising up a fist.
"Anyway, why are you here Sonic?" Rouge asked.
Sonic shrugged, "Felt like running I guess. But, you know me, I don't stay in place for long. Bye!" and in a flash, Sonic was off, running about and around again.
Finally, he stopped by a vast ocean and gazed out towards the sea, "Man… the wind's really strong here… makes me feel like flying!" Sonic snickered at the thought of a flying hedgehog, but he didn't really care. He sighed and gazed over the edge. Just then, a figure walking along the beach caught his eye. It was a pink hedgehog.
"Amy?" Sonic said to himself, "What is she doing all the way over here? The beach was closed because of tidal waves…" Just then, a thought struck him. Perhaps Amy wanted to get carried out to sea.
"Good riddance." Sonic said, but deep in his heart, he knew that wasn't right. He then noticed a huge wave coming by, right at Amy. He zoomed down to the beach and grabbed her, pulling her back up the cliff to safety.
"Amy! Have you lost your mind!?" Sonic shouted.
Amy gave a blank stare, "Why did you save me…" her mascara was dripping all over her face, and she was soaked. In this cold night weather, she was turning almost as blue as Sonic, "I just wanted to die… can't you atleast let me do that?"
Sonic took a step back. Who was this woman? Obviously not the cheerful happy girl Sonic used to know. Right now, he forgot all his history with Amy and gave her a hug, a friendly hug.
"Amy… you only have one life… Don't ever think of wasting it…" He spoke so softly, it touched Amy's heart, and she hugged him back, bursting into tears.
An unknown amount of time passed, and they stood there, the only sounds were the rushing of the waves, and Sonic's comforting voice. Until, a large explosion caught them both off guard.
"How sweet!" The voice said. It was Phillip.
"Phillip? What are you doing here?" Amy asked, wiping away her tears.
"Saving you from the blue evil one of course!" He took out a small bomb and threw it at Sonic and Amy. Sonic pulled Amy close to him, in order to protect her from the boom, giving Sonic the full charge of the blast.
"Sonic!" Amy cried as Sonic shook in her arms.
"Run now… Amy…" Sonic collapsed.
Amy shook her head and glared at Phillip, "Why are you doing this? I thought we were friends!"
"Oh but my dear Amy, I am only following orders. Now, to finish them!" He threw a last bomb at Sonic and it went off in a menacing blast. Amy screamed, but it was too late. All that was left was a dark burnt spot.
Phillip began to go berserk with laughter. Amy glared and threw a rock at him. Direct hit, right where the sun don't shine!
"Ooh! That's gonna hurt tomorrow!" Phillip said, falling out of the sky and into the ocean below. Amy was so confused. What was happening? What was this? Then, a knife from behind hit Amy and she felt a piercing pain in her back.
"So…. This is… what it's like… death…" She fell over, gone. The dark figure grinned, than vanished.
"Amy!" Sonic cried, running back over. He'd managed to avoid the bomb, but had so much speed, he had gone quite far. He called again, but still no answer came.
Tears floated down his face as he waited for something, anything, to make a sound. Everything was silent… not a soul was living… not a soul was living…
The End
Too Bad
So Sad
In Memory
Of Amy Rose
Too Bad
So Sad
Wishes are Eternal