Disclaimer: I don't own Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails " Prower, Knuckles The echidna, Amy Rose, Shadow the Hedgehog and Rouge the Bat or other character's made by Sonic Team. I do own RX and Maya hedgehog.

Summery: In a depressed moment, Amy does something no one had expected, and Knuckles must face something he had never expected to. Warning, Sonic Adventure 1 - 2 and Heroes spoilers sure to follow as the story progress.

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A good deed gone wrong
Part III

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Backing off, Amy smiled in a scared way as Chaos continued to advance on her, the Chao having moved back to allowed him to get closer to her, as well as watch what would happen with their ever curios expressions.

Finally backing Amy up as far as she could get, Chaos face bubbled a bit as his formless eyes moved over her, his hand gently touching her cheek to confirm that she was real. Then he stepped back and gave a small roar before reforming into a puddle of water that slid back towards the shrine.

Falling to her knees, Amy gasped as her heart continued to beat loudly in her chest. No matter how gentle he may have looked like when he and Tikal returned to the Master Emerald years ago, he had been frightening that close to her.

Lifting her head as her heart slowed down, she blinked as she spotted Chaos sitting on the shrine steps in front of the Master Emerald. His eyes locked onto a small group of Chao playing at the foot of it.

Standing up and adjusting her dress and headband, she grinned a bit as she watched two mature choa fly by in her waist height, a younger one struggling to keep up as its newly fully grown body tried to fly for the first time.

Then her eyes moved to stare at something else she hadn't noticed before, the huge doors leading from the Shrine area to the path to the Echidna's ancient city. "Did I travel through time?" Her question hanging in the air for a bit as she stepped forward with a curious expression, the last time, she had gone through the door and seen the city briefly, full of Echidna's and with the huge pyramid rising above it all.

Then she had been drawn back to the shrine by a feeling, that she wasn't supposed to enter the city, but rather observe something at the shrine instead.

"Amy?"

Gasping loudly as the voice echoed through the air, the Pink hedgehog spun around to see if she could find the source of the voice, failing to anything but the Shrine, Chaos and a curios chao sitting on the ground.

"Amy... you... me?"

Trembling a bit as the ghostly voice continued to talk, Amy backed off and began to run for the huge doorway, passing over the bridge with river below it. "Sonic!" Reaching the door, she pushed it as hard as she could, panting, as it didn't even more a single centimeter. "No."

Then the feeling of dread faded away as she felt someone touch her shoulder gently, a full attack of fear spreading through her until she saw the Chao smile at her, as well as the feeling of comfort coming from the hand on her shoulder.

Forcing her heart to calm down, she planted her own hand on the one touching her, smiling as she turned around to thank whomever it was for calming her down. "Chaos?" Her mouth opening in surprise as the huge green eyes stared into hers.

The water monster stared at her, a bit less treating then before. Then it began to with drew again, a small group of Chao following him the whole time.

At the doorway, Amy dropped to her knees and leaned back against the surface of the door. "Where am I?" The question echoing around her silently as she cast a confused and slightly frighten look at the shrine before her.

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Outside in the real world, Tikal panted a bit as she removed her hands from the surface of the Master Emerald, her eyes half closed as she nearly fell down to her knees.

Having seen her break of her concentration, Knuckles gently grabbed her shoulder and arm, holding her steady until she looked well enough to do it on her won. "You should be careful Tikal." He mumbled out as his arms pulled back from her.

Shaking her head in a negative way, Tikal smiled a bit as she cast a warm smile on the guardian echidna. "It okay, I was just not ready to try and mind link with someone as a living being." Faltering her smile a bit, she closed her eyes as she remembered how hard it had been to share her memories with them, even as a spirit.

"Still." Knuckles started as his head turned slightly to the side, facing Tails talking with a concerned Cream over by the Tornado. "You shouldn't overdo it, you've just been revived, and." He trailed off as a light blush formed under his red fur. "You should just take it easy, for a day or two."

Blushing herself as she caught the note of concern in his voice, Tikal stepped back and settled in on the shrine steps, her face tilting back to face the early evening sky. "Thank you, I will." Voice a bit low, she smiled as she caught the guardian looking surprised, and then blushing as he moved back to watch the Master Emerald again.

As soon as he was gone, she looked back down and focused on the grass surrounding the shrine. She hadn't told him, but, her mind link had worked well enough to pick up some concerned feelings from both Chaos and Amy, the pink hedgehog showing the most of it as she had been too scared to link with, where as Chaos had been willing to calm down a bit, when he felt her presence again. "Please, be careful, I promise to find a way to undo this."

Lifting a hand as she spoke, her eyes closed and allowed a small tear to run down the side of her head. It was strange to be alive, and able to talk with the current guardian, he was, different from her tripe, she saw the same temper and battle spirit in him as in her people, but he also, understood that not everything could be solved with his fists or through violence.

But below that battle spirit, she sensed something else, a person who felt resigned to his duty, that it was his only reason to live. Forever bound to guard the home of her spirit, never knowing his people's ways, or friendship. A smile broke through at that thought. He did have friendship, even if he didn't see it, Amy, Sonic, Tails and even Cream were his friends.

Looking back at the red Echidna, Tikal blushed a bit as she smiled. If he had been alive back in her time, she wouldn't have minded being his friend.

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A cold wind whipped through his fur as white clouds sailed past him lazily in all directions. An intense scowl on the pilots face as he directed the plane towards the looming mass of land in the distance. "That stupid Amy, can't she stay out of trouble for just one minute."

And despite of his scowl, the blue hedgehog sighed as he once again checked the instrument panel before tilting the plane slightly back to take it up some more.

It wasn't that she was too much of a problem; it was just her way of acting, always following him around, getting him distracted or herself taken as a hostage. Couldn't she just understand that he would feel much better if she stayed out of the danger zone?

Checking his instruments yet again, he eyes narrowed as he slammed a fist onto them. Teeth gritting against each other as he leaned back. Hopefully, the problem would be an easy one to solve, as the whole battle with Gmerl just hours ago had left him a bit drained.

Breaking through a cloud, he felt like cheering as he could see the majestic sight of the flying island below him, the fiery volcano and the ice and snow covered mountain peaks with the vast jungle and desert zones surrounding them. And right there, near the left side of the Mountains, was a small bit of land separated from the rest of the island, a faint green sparkle flashing brightly, as he got closer to it.

Flying down towards the ground, the blue hedgehog narrowed his eye sin concentration, as he knew there wasn't really any place to land nearby the shrine, the closest being the bit of land next to the shrine's connecting bridge.

Below the place, four heads lifted up to stare at the gray and blue plane as it safely landed on the ground. A relived expression on several of them as they moved over to talk with the hedgehog, and explain things to him.

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Grinning seductively as she set her feet on the edge of Angle Island, jewel thief and part time government agent, Rouge the Bat faced the direction of the Emerald shrine. It was time to secure the Master Emerald for her collection, instead of letting it go to waste in this place.

Maybe she would even get to tangle a bit with its guardian in the process, though she wasn't counting on it, it would be too costly time and strength wise, besides, he wouldn't let her keep it anyway. It would be better for all if she just took it, and sent him a thank you note, six or seven years from now.

And unlike the last few attempts she had made in the past, she had a surefire way to get the emerald this time around. One that would leave the Echidna speechless, so, all she really had to decide on now, was where she wanted to place it.

TBC.

An: I originally wanted Eggman to steal the Master Emerald, can't make it too easy for the heroes and heroines to save Amy could I. So Tikal will get a chance to meet the Treasure Hunter that Knuckles is always weary off in person.

Review Response

Desane: Thanks for the kind words, I'm a bit surprised as well, as in my other Sonic stories I seem to make everyone act oot of character.

Firehedgehog: Ouch, hope you've gotten better since you reviewed, and that you will get some more free time. Thanks for the comment as well.

CyberWarriorRose: Knuxamy huh? I'll think about it, as I am a bit unsure of howI could the two to like each other. I haven't even seen them talk with one another in the games, but one scene in Sonic Heroes gave me the eimpression that the Echidna does know of her, and her feelings, and don't like the way Sonic keeps on avoiding her.