It's me again. Of course. Sega owns Sonic and A.R.C. (that's all related characters) I made up Drake.
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This is actually the first chapter since chapter 1 with no Drake. A Drake-less chapter of SA3! Can you believe it? What is the world coming to? This one's pretty short too. Don't go crazy wondering about Amy after you read this. You'll find out what happened to her in chapter 10.
Chapter 7: Final Deck Zone
Unfortunately, Tails didn't find Sonic or Amy that night. It was the next day, and Sonic and Amy were already off looking for Tails. Amy walked along aimlessly.
"Tails!" she called, her hands on the sides of her mouth. "Oh, Tai-ails! Where are ya, Tails?"
Suddenly, she banged into something on her side and fell over. "Ow," she muttered, rubbing her right side. "What was that?" When she looked up, her mouth fell open in wonder.
Sonic suddenly appeared in front of her in a flash. "I just checked the whole eastern coastline. No Tails…Hey's what's the matter, Amy?"
Amy just continued to gape and pointed upwards.
Sonic also looked up and smiled. "Awesome!" he cried.
A huge tower of connected platforms licked the sky above them.
"I wonder why I didn't see that earlier." Sonic grabbed Amy's hand and dragged her towards the base. "C'mon, let's go investigate."
"Do we have to?" Amy said, nervously. "It looks kind of high up."
"And I plan to go all the way to the top!" Sonic cried. "Come on, Amy. It'll be fun."
They ran into a small nook at the tower's base. Another door stood at the back of the nook. A flashing sign above it read: Final Deck Zone, please present key or password.
"Cool!" cried Sonic. "This thing is really just another level." He inserted his hotel key in the slot and the door swung open.
"I don't know about this," Amy said. "I wish we had Tails here. He can fly…"
"Yeah," Sonic agreed. "That's it, stop liking me and start liking Tails!"
Amy looked appalled "No! I would never do that! I love you." She hugged his arm and he groaned loudly.
The two of them strolled into the zone and found colored decks filled with enemy robots. Sonic made short work of these with his fierce homing attacks, and Amy caught the others with her Piko Piko Hammer. The hedgehogs began climbing higher and higher. Eventually, Sonic had to carry Amy because the floor was collapsing beneath them and she couldn't run fast enough to escape. At last they reached the final deck of Final Deck Zone.
"Oh my gosh!" Amy said as she laid eyes on the spinning object before them. "It's another Chaos Medallion!"
Sonic grabbed the bright yellow medallion and stared at the markings in it center. "I wonder if this is some ancient language. If it is, I wonder what it means."
"It looks like a letter "I" surrounded by dashes," Amy said, looking at the markings.
Sonic glanced around and waited for the white light to take him out of the zone, but it wasn't coming. He was getting impatient and set Amy down beside him. "So? Let us out of here!" he yelled at the air.
Suddenly, Amy screamed.
"What is it now?" Sonic asked, whipping around. "Another robot?" He stopped and gasped. A huge, swirling blue portal had appeared, sucking Amy into it.
"Sonic, help!" Amy shrieked, flailing against the suction power of the portal.
"I'm coming!" Sonic called. He ran towards the blue light and leaped at it. The portal completely swallowed Amy and disappeared just before Sonic hit it. He screamed as he thundered to the ground.
Thankfully, the white light jumped up and transported him out of the zone before he became a hedgehog pancake.
Sonic wiped his brow and looked back up at the top of the tower. "Amy…" he said to himself. "What happened to her? Where did that portal take her? Is she still alive?" He took a deep breath. "Well, both my friends may be gone, but I've still got to get the rest of those Chaos Medallions before Eggman and Drake. The world depends on it!" He zoomed off along the coastline at the speed of sound.