Chapter 13

After speaking with the doctor about Shadow's accident, Amy decided to leave.

"I'm sure he won't mind…" she thought. "I just have to find Sonic…"

Amy was soon walking through Station Square, toward her apartment. The time was now early afternoon. The sky was a gorgeous shade of blue and the sun shone proudly amongst the white clouds.

As she walked, Amy thought about the past; her adventures with her friends, how she first met Shadow and everything else.

"I can't believe we've all been friends for so long!" she thought to herself.

"I guess I've known Sonic the longest…that reminds me, I wonder why he's acting so weird lately?

She stopped and sat down on a bench.

"First it was my party, then earlier on at the hospital…" She looked up at a signpost. It had "Southern Station Square" written on it, which was where Sonic lived.

"Hmmm…I should go and see him. Maybe all he needs is somebody to talk to!" she said and got up from the bench.

Sonic was back in the sanctuary of his apartment. He was gasping for breath, as he'd run away so abruptly from the hospital. All of the lights were off so the only light was that from the window, as always. Sonic quickly walked over and shut the curtains.

"See!...Now look…what's happened." He gasped, trying to yell.

He fell to his knees in front of his shrine. The pictures had now been repaired, but rather poorly. Various pieces of sticky tapes were hanging from the wall. The rips in the pictures could still be seen clearly.

"A lot of good…that did…and what's worse…is that now he's …awake!" Sonic yelled at himself.
"Half of the hospital staff probably know that I did it by now!"

He fell forward so that he was leaning on his chest, but he was still sitting on his legs.

Catching his breath back, he looked up at the "shrine" again.
He frowned, his darker side beginning to take hold. He clenched his fists, holding on to the carpet.

"You and I…we're meant to be…" he said quietly and lowered his head again.

Just then there was a knock at the door. Sonic ignored it. He'd left the door unlocked. After a few minutes it opened.

"Sonic?" said a voice. It was Amy.

Sonic gasped but didn't move.

"Sonic are you home?"

Amy could just make out a shape sitting in the middle of the floor, but she wasn't sure. After a few minutes silence, Sonic finally spoke.

"Yeah it's me…" he said in a dark tone.

He stood up, his back turned to Amy and his head down.
Amy could feel a sense of tension and slight fear in the air.

"…Listen, I just came over to see if you were OK, because….I dunno. Recently you've been acting really weird…" she said, feeling her way around for a light switch.

"You think so?" Sonic asked.

Amy found a light switch and flicked it on. But as she looked around the room, she wished that she hadn't found the switch at all.

The wall directly opposite her was covered in photographs of herself. She gasped as her eyes focused on it. The shape she'd seen before had disappeared. Cautiously, she walked closer to the wall.

In the centre of the wall, was a letter. As she peered at it, Amy recognised it. It was the invitation she'd sent Sonic for her 18th birthday party.

"Amy…" Sonic called out and appeared behind her.
"Sonic…what's going on? Why do have these photos of me…?" Amy asked.

Sonic's darker side was beginning to fade, as it became replaced with guilt. However, Sonic's love for Amy wasn't fading at all.

He took her hands, tears coming to his eyes.

"Amy, I'm sorry you had to find out like this, but couldn't let anything stand between us."

Amy looked very confused.

"Us?...Wait a minute… did you…"

Sonic closed his eyes, allowing little tears to fall down his face.

"…did you attack Shadow?" Amy's voice faded into a raspy whisper.

Sonic nodded.

"I did it for you, Amy…for us!" he quickly said.
"Us? Sonic there is no us…I'm with Shadow now…" Amy replied, beginning to cry. "I can't believe you'd do something so…so terrible."

She took her hands away and buried her face in them. Sonic put his hand to her face.

"You don't have to be with him…we can start again, put everything behind us and start anew."

Amy shook her head frantically and fell to her knees.

"Sonic, what's wrong with you?" she wailed. "Don't you realise what you did?"

Sonic knelt down to her level.

"Shadow nearly died last night, because of what you did to him!"

Sonic suddenly burst into a rage.

"Oh for fucks sake Amy!" he yelled "Why do you always have to talk about him? He's not worthy of you!"

Amy jumped a little at Sonic's outburst. Sonic stormed off into the kitchen and came back a few seconds later, holding the knife covered with Shadow's blood. He held it dangerously close to her face. Amy whimpered amongst jeer tears.

"You see this? This is your precious Shadow's blood." He dropped the knife so that it landed on the carpet, just before Amy's knees.

"Take a good look cause that's the last piece of him that you're gonna see." He yelled.

Amy looked up at him, tears running from her eyes.

"…What?" she gasped.
"You heard. From now on you're never to see Shadow again! I'll make sure of it…" he said darkly and stormed out of the apartment.

Too scared to move, Amy remained sitting in the middle of the floor. She heard the door lock click.

"Shadow…" Amy said quietly and cried over the knife, still lying at her knees