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 and Advance 3 spoilers sure to follow as the story progress.
A good deed gone wrong
Part VII
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"What is he doing?" Amy wondered out loud as she watched Chaos cover the entire Master Emerald with his body, a faint feeling of anger in the air as he continued to watch events outside the small world inside the huge gem.
Amy on the other hand had simply dropped down to sit solemnly in the middle of the grassy area. Several Chao sitting around her with a curious expression, a single one having gotten the courage to cuddle up to her. "Honestly, if Rouge's stolen the Master Emerald, Knuckles won't rest until he has gotten it back, so why's he acting like that, and when he does, things will calm down again."
Sighing a bit at that, she looked up at the sky above her. "But then what, I'm still trapped here, and who knows if I can even come back to my Sonic again?" Tapping a finger against the ground, she grinned a bit and smiled more confidently to herself. "Of course they'll find a way, I'm sure of it."
Returning to petting the Chao cuddling up to her, she briefly wondered just what her Sonic was doing at the moment, and if he was even concerned over her disappearance.
Around her, the Chao seemed to notice their new friends distress, a silent agreement among as they moved in closer to the pink hedgehog, giving her as much comfort as they could.
Giggling as she felt them hug her, Amy looked down and smiled at the chao as they crawled up on her lap, and shoulders, one even settling down on her head. "Thank you."
Happily chirping a reply at her in their strange langue, the Chao continued to comfort her as they began to hum a song to her, the strange notes of it making her relax a bit easier.
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The bed was too small, the pillow to soft, the whole place smelled like, well nothing like he was used too. The entire things tank in his opinion, and as such, the blue hedgehog known as Sonic grumbled as one more things became clear to him. Both Tails and Knuckles snored, and since the space in Amy's apartment wasn't that big, he was forced to catch some rest far to close to them for his liking. "Shut up!"
The hedgehog tossing his pillow at Knuckles, whom simply grunted in response and turned over, successfully stealing the blanket completely from him in the process. As such, Sonic was left to stare up into a pink colored ceiling, pondering of the most basic questions he could think of at the moment.
Why on earth did Amy only have one guest bed when she had so many friends? Hadn't she ever expected that more then one to stay over at her place? Of course a hero like him knew how to rough it up from time to time, and suffer the hardships of life on the road. But he hadn't ever expected to one day be sleeping on the floor, sharing a single blanket with Knuckles while Tails got the nice comfy bed.
Closing his eyes as he fought down the high level of stress and annoyance running through him, Sonic pushed himself up from the floor and walked through the guestroom, opening the door into the other parts of the place, closing it on the two snoring furries behind him with a less then friendly attitude as a small bang rang out.
Stretching his arm above his head and yawning loudly, Sonic stepped around a small plant pot and into the main room of the apartment. A couch, a single lazy chair and a TV stand on a small table for itself, were the first things he noticed as he scratched his right ear. Then he noticed the coffee table a second before his foot would have smacked into its leg, the thing getting a dark glare as he moved to walk past it.
Looking at it, he shook his head and ignored magazine laying on it, most likely it was the usual teenage girl stuff mags. Turning his head to the side, It was a nice place Amy lived in, that much he would admit. But it lost a lot of its coolness thanks to the nicely framed picture she had of him on that dresser in near the window. "How did she get that picture?" He mused as he looked at himself sleeping under a tree, a bit of drool running out his mouth.
Placing it back on it the top of the dresser, he grimaced as he walked over to look out the open window and into the downtown area of Station Square. The repaired Casinopolis clearly visible from her room, as well as a small diner and a cloud of smoke rising up over a couple of buildings. "What the?!"
"Is there something wrong mister Sonic?"
Turning his head to see Cream and Cheese look at him with a concerned expression, he quickly shook his head a bit. "No, I don't think so Cream, why don't you go and wake up Tikal." Watching her walk away, Sonic closed his eyes as a feeling of regret flowed through him for lying to the young rabbit, he did think something was wrong, very wrong, and it felt like it was only going to get worse.
Huge clouds of smoke mostly meant only one thing in Station Square, an attack by Eggman. And there was only one thing that Eggman could really be after in the large metropolis this time. "Why can't things ever be easy just for once?" But then again, who wanted nice and easy? Nothing exciting ever happened from that.
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The loud roar from Chaos shocked the pink hedgehog out of her quiet petting of the chao, the sudden shaking of the whole area didn't help to calm her or the small creatures down either, as they scattered away from her in an instant.
Spinning around with her trusted Piko Piko hammer ready, she stared as the Chaos covered Master Emerald erupted into a bright green light, the water monster merging with it as a second roar filled the sky. "What, what's happening?"
Even as she asked, the whole area calmed down, the Chao looking relived as they settled back down again. But to Amy, a feeling of danger and fear began to from inside of her. Whatever had happened, couldn't be good, the roar from Chaos had been the same as when he had destroyed.
Rushing forward, Amy nearly tripped as she moved up to the top of the shrine, hands grasping onto the surface of the Master Emerald as she saw the one thing she didn't want too inside of it. Chaos stood in the middle of a battleground, a single badly hurt Chao covering behind him with other trying to escape.
And next to them, Omega lay in a small heap with traces of a heavy beating on his robotic body. "Oh no." Feeling her body grow cold, Amy pressed her hands harder against the gems surface as her eyes widened in fear for what he could do. "Sonic!" Her cry echoing through the area as her mind came up with only one answer to the source of all that destruction and pain.
Eggman.
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Head snapping up, Sonic eyes blinked as he could have sworn he heard a voice, rather familiar one as well. One he hadn't heard so scared since that day on Little Planet, when Metal-Sonic had kidnapped her. "Amy." A cry for help without any insults thrown at the one, who had kidnapped her, hurt her or threatened her, only pure fear.
Jumping out through the window as the door into the living room swung open, he cached a brief patch of red and orange color as Knuckles and Tails looked on side by side. And then the world blurred past him, windows and shocked resident meaning nothing to him as he raced along the wall of the apartment blocks themselves.
And then he jumped off to buildings wall as he reached the Casinolopolis sign, not even stopping long enough to give an apologetic look at the young boy he nearly knocked over. Only a need to find out what could cause her to cry out loud enough for him to hear her despite her entrapment in the Master Emerald
Back in the apartment, Tails and Knuckles shared a shocked glance, before rushing over to the window, both of them wanting to see what could cause Sonic to act like that. Their eyes getting drawn to the one thing out of place in the town, the large cloud of black smoke. "Great." The word spat out sarcastically from Knuckles as he slammed a first into the wall. "It couldn't just be easy for once could it?"
"Tails, Knuckles." Tikal's voice came as she and Cream entered the room, both of them having a fearful expression as the peach colored echidna slowly held out the radio towards them. "We have a big problem."
"To repeat, Doctor Eggman's robots attacked Night Babylon just minutes ago, destroying Club Rouge with a missile attack, and sources says they're fighting some kind of monster right now. Police are advising people to stay away, and. This just in, reports confirm that there is a battle going on right now, between the mad doctor's machines and what has been confirmed as the water monster who attacked the city two years ago."
Feeling his heart slow down at the broadcast, Knuckles turned back to face the cloud of smoke. "That's not a problem Tikal, it's a catastrophe." His words making them all looked towards the smoke cloud with a darker feeling of dread then before.
Turning back to the three behind him, the red colored echidna shot a determined look at the two tailed fox. "Tails stay here, help Tikal and Cream find a way to free Amy." Seeing the unspoken question in the fox eyes, Knuckles reached down and pulled a bit on his lift glove. "Don't worry, I'll go and help Sonic."
Nodding in agreement as Knuckles took off gliding through the window, Tails turned back to face Tikal. "Okay, Tikal do you have." Noting that she wasn't paying attention, Tails sighed and moved over to try and get her to answer, when he picked up the sound of a faint, but very familiar laughter. "Eggman."
Growing louder, the mad human scientist slowly moved down form his hiding place above the apartment, flying type badniks hovering around his Egg-O-Matic. "Well, if it isn't Tails and Cream, and who is this, a new friend of yours?" Looking over at Tikal as he asked, he quickly shrugged as he declared it a pointless question in any way. "Never mind, I only need one of you to ensure a success of my latest plan."
Clenching up his hands, Tails frowned as he gave a signal for Cream and Tikal to back up. "Not a chance Eggman, I won't let you kidnap anyone." Stepping forward, he cast a quick look at the badniks and grinned. "Sonic and Knuckles both trust me, and I won't let them down, you hear me?"
Laughing a bit at Tails ranting, Eggman leaned forward and grinned evilly as he warmed up the few built in weapons on his Egg-O-Matic. "I doubt that Tails, first he have to deal with my legions of Egg-Pawns, not to mention Metal-Knuckles, and you, you're simply a small problem to be dealt with." At the last part of his own rant, Eggman pushed a single button causing the Badniks around him to fly forward. "Badniks, capture them all, with them as my barging chip, Sonic and Knuckles will have no choice but to hand over the master emerald."
Tensing up, Tails gave a battle cry as he jumped forward to tackle the first Badnik as it came close enough to do so, the metal wasp never having a chance to avoid him as he smashed into it.
The others however, had more luck as they had the advantage of sheer numbers against the two tailed fox, and a narrow space that meant he couldn't fly off to safety, only retreat further back into the apartment as he punched, kicked and tail whipped any badniks that came to close.
And watching it all, Eggman grunted as he tapped a finger on the edge of his Egg-O-Matic. The whole thing was taking far to long, the plan needed a hostage to avoid failures, Metal-Knuckles was good, but he doubted the robot would hold up long against the combined force of Shadow and Sonic.
Finally getting tired of watching his precious machines get destroyed, the human scientist simply reached down and pushed a small button his controls. "Enough of this Tails, you're coming with me." As he spoke, several small metal spheres shot out, landing around the apartment, nearly hitting a badnik in the process. "Sleep tight fox!"
Raising an eyebrow in question, Tails gasped as the metal sphere suddenly began to hiss, yellow smoke pouring into the air around him. "Gas!" Moving back to avoid it, he yelled out in surprise as several tight metal legs clamped onto his body from behind. "Hey, let go of me!"
Then the Gas reached him, a sweet smell filling the air as his head began to lull a bit. "So...nic." Then everything blacked out around him as he fell asleep, the last thing he managed to notice were Eggman's laughter.
Watching the Badnik carry off the sleeping fox, Eggman continued to laugh a bit, finally stopping as he watched the apartment. "Hmm, the others got away." Twirling his moustache a bit, Eggman grinned and shook his head. "No matter, I only need one hostage."
Moving his small flying unit back, a dark smirk planted itself on his face as he looked at the building, a single finger pressing down on a button as he moved further away. "A small gift for Sonic, for all the trouble he have caused me." As he spoke, the weapon system kicked in and set a small missile in trough the window.
As a plume of smoke and fire ripped out through it along with parts of the wall, Eggman's laughter filled the air as two sets of eyes watched it all from below. Staying hidden until the human had escaped from sight.
Only then did Cream and Tikal move out into the open carefully. "I can't believe it, Eggman destroyed Amy's home and kidnapped Tails." Cream mumbled out as she held Cheese close to her. "We have to tell Mister Sonic about this."
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Looking up from his thinking spot, Shadow narrowed his eyes as the faint smell of smoke reached him, followed by a very easy to spot smoke cloud moving across the sky in a lazy fashion. The sight of it making him frown slightly as he leaned up a bit on his elbows, clearly whatever had happened had to be somehow involved with the faker.
And the only reason he even cared to notice it a bit more then normal was Rouge. She had to be involved in this as well, since she had asked him to delay the faker and his friends. But no matter how angry Sonic could get, he wouldn't cause that much damage to someone, the echidna was a god bet, but since he was with Sonic, the hedgehog would stop him before he went completely berserk, if he knew was best for him.
Shaking off a bit of sand from his quills as he pushed himself up, Shadow jumped off the beach rock he had been lying on. "Rouge, Omega, you have better be okay, or else." Taking off as he spoke quietly to himself, his felt his jet skates kick in and propel him forward more rapidly then he could ever run on foot.
Whatever had happened, it was big, and if it really did involve his comrades, he would protect them no matter what. He would not just stand by and lose everything he cared about, no matter how much he pretended not to care about them. He would fight for them with all he had in him, to the bitter end.
TBC.
AN: Eggman's back as a bad villain, not the lousy comedy relief he's been reduced too by Sonic Team lately. And yet I just had to have him redo one of the most overused villain plots ever, kidnap someone to gain the upper hand. Also, I hope I didn't make Shadow to OOC in the end.
The chapter doesn't feel so unfinished anymore, or am I wrong. Am I forever doomed to continue rewriting this thing until it is the most perfect chapter ever written for a Sonic story?
