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Chapter 5

Much to Sonic's dismay, Amy finished her hug and invited him in. Sonic hid his present behind his spikes, so he could give it to her later in private.

He greeted Tails, now on his 2nd bottle of WKD, and, grabbing a beer, began to enjoy himself.

The party was in full swing.

After a while, Sonic had gotten bored of Tails drunkenly explaining his crush on Cream, who was at the opposite corner of the room with Amy. He got up and went outside for some fresh air.

As he stepped out onto a large balcony, he saw Shadow leaning against the wall, with a bottle of beer in his hand.

Shadow turned as he heard Sonic opening the door.

"Sonic! Good to see you again." He said and held out his hand. Sonic shook it.
"Same to you Shadow. Where've you been all this time?"
"In Mystic Ruin. I have my own place there but recently I - "

Just then a someone called for him.

"Shadow? Shadow? Where are you?"

It was Amy. She poked her head around the door and smiled, a little drunk.

"Hey! We're gonna do the cake now so - ..Oh! Sonic! Didn't see you there!" she giggled.
"Come on guys! Cake's a'waitin!" she said and went back indoors.

Shadow began to walk inside and Sonic, a little perplexed, followed, closing the door behind him.

Inside, everybody had now gathered around a small round table, which held a rectangular cake. It had 18 candles around the edges and "Happy 18th Amy" written in pink icing. Everyone sung Happy Birthday and cheered and clapped as she blew out the candles.

"Thanks you guys!" Amy said and went over to Shadow. They began talking. Sonic was watching them, but then Knuckles disturbed him, patting him on the shoulder.

"Hey Sonic. How are you holding up?" he asked.
"..What? Oh yeah…well I'm fine. The party's good so…"
"Yeah it is, 'cept for lover boy over there." He pointed at Tails.

Now on his 6th bottle of WKD, Tails was trying to make a move on Cream, who was a little taken a back. Sonic sighed.

"What are we gonna do with him?" he said.
"I'll help him out." Knuckles said and walked over to Tails. Sonic couldn't hear much, but he saw Knuckles pick up the fox, insisting that it was time for him to have a rest. He put Tails on the big armchair. The fox drifted off as soon as his body hit the comfortable cushions. Knuckles sighed.

"Youth and drink today eh?" he said to himself.

Sonic looked back at where Shadow and Amy had been, only to find that they'd gone. He blinked, looking around. He saw that the balcony door was open again, so he cautiously went to have a look. He poked his head around the door, silently so that nobody out there would notice him.

Sure enough, he saw Amy and Shadow talking. This time he could hear everything.

"So how are you enjoying the party?" Shadow asked Amy.
"I love it! It's been so good to see everyone again!" she replied. Thank you for helping me today. I appreciate it."
"Hey, no problem." He said.

She then leant forward and they kissed. Sonic gasped in horror. His heart jumped a beat, feeling as if Shadow had stabbed it and he was now bleeding from the inside. He was frozen, watching the two kissing, yet he wanted to run.

He pushed himself away from the door, gasping for air. He ran outside, through the front door. Some of the others noticed him going and wondered what had happened.

Sonic ran. He was trying to erase the image, he'd just seen, from his memory. But it wouldn't go away. It was haunting him. He ran back to his apartment, tears beginning to dwell in his eyes.

As soon as he got into his apartment, Sonic flung himself on his bed. He flooded his pillow with tears. Then he remembered Amy's present. He grabbed it, from beneath his spikes, and threw it across them, breaking the box.

"Why! Why have you done this to me!" he screamed.

In a fit of anger, Sonic began to rip down the photographs of Amy, tearing them to shreds. He madly stratched at the wall, bringing down the beloved pictures and photos. After a moment, he caught his breath.

"Oh god! I'm sorry, so so so sorry!" he said, in a changed tone,and picked up the shreds of his favourite photograph, the one of Amy, that he had placed in the middle of his wall. He frantically began to place the pieces together, like a jigsaw.

Then his mind clicked. He snarled.

"Shadow…that traitor! After all we've been through. I save his life and this is how he repays me?" he shouted. He banged the wall with his fist, causing the pieces of Amy's face to flutter to the ground.

"I'll get him for this!" Sonic growled "There is only one person good enough for Amy, and that's me. He can forget our teamwork and my gratitude. I love Amy not him! There's no place in this world for him! Without him, Amy shall love me!"

He clutched his head and let himself fall, so he was now lying on his side, on the bed.

"He's taken the only part of me that I cherish." He said quietly "He's taken my life altogether…so I guess…I'll have to do the same…to him."