Here we go! The next chapter is up.
P.s it contains a death so beware! Who dies? Who kills who? Time to find out!
Chapter 14
"But Sonic always hated Amy" Tails was saying "Well, not hated her…but she annoyed him."
"Yeah well I guess his feelings changed over time…" Shadow said. "I have to get outta here and find Amy. I can't risk her being alone."
Shadow turned himself around to get out of his bed. He winced slightly as he did so.
"Are you sure? Your still not well enough to-" Tails began.
"I'm fine" Shadow interrupted. "Come on. We have to find Amy."
As quickly as they could, and as swiftly so they weren't seen, Shadow and Tails left the hospital.
However, Sonic was on his way back to the hospital, a look of determination in his eyes.
Even though their paths would undeniably cross, Shadow and Sonic didn't bump into each other, because of their matched speed. As soon as Shadow left the hospital with Tails, Sonic arrived a few seconds later (Even though Shadow's speed was affected by his injury).
Sonic ran into the hospital, to the room where Shadow had been in bed.
But as Sonic opened the door, he saw that the room was empty. He blinked.
"Where are you Shadow?" he thought.
Shadow and Tails made their way to Amy's apartment. They went into the apartment building and Tails frantically knocked on the door.
But there was no answer.
Tails pulled at the door handle, only to find that the door was locked.
Shadow lifted up Amy's doormat and found a spare key there.
"It's handy to know these things…" Shadow said to Tails and unlocked the door.
They burst open the door and found the apartment to be empty.
"She said she was coming here to sleep!" Tails panicked.
"Don't worry Tails…we'll find her." Shadow said.
He looked at his wound, still covered in bandage. He sighed in a hope to forget his pain.
"Where else could she be?" Tails asked.
"I don't know, but we have to keep looking. Otherwise Sonic will find her first…"
The two left the apartment and ran out to the streets of Station Square. They asked passers by if they'd seen their friend but most of them said "No, sorry guys!" and walked away.
Shadow sighed and went to go sit on a nearby bench. He lifted his head and spotted a signpost. He read it aloud.
" "Southern Station Square" …that's it! Tails we have to go to Sonic's apartment." He said.
"Why?"
"Where else could Amy be?" Shadow replied and stood up.
He grabbed Tails' wrist and ran in the direction of Southern Station Square.
Within a few minutes they arrived at Sonic's apartment building. They ran up various flights of stairs until they reached Sonic's door.
Shadowtwisted the door handle furiously. But the door was locked.
"Sonic? Open up right now!" he yelled.
Just then he heard a whimper from inside.
"Shadow…?"
"Amy! Are you OK?"
"Yeah, I think so. Please let me out Shadow!"
"Don't worry we'll get you out."
Shadow back away from the door and powered up a Chaos Spear.
"Stand back from the door Amy! You too Tails. This could get messy." He said.
He fired the Chaos Spear at the door. The door shattered as the spear hit it. Smoke arose from where the door used to be. Shadow and Tails hurried through the doorway and into Sonic's apartment.
There they found Amy cowering in the middle of the floor. She saw Shadow and lept up and into his arms. She was crying like mad.
"Shadow! I'm so glad you found me! I was so worried, because…he said he was gonna make sure I never saw you again…and…and" she gasped amongst her tears.
"Calm down Amy." Shadow said.
Tails looked at the wall full of Amy's pictures.
"Wow…" he said "He must be really obsessed…"
" It's OK now, Amy. We're here to save you." Shadow said.
"Think again, faker…" came a voice from behind him.
The 3 of them spun round and saw Sonic, standing in the empty doorway.
He turned his attention on Amy.
"Amy, what are you doing? Don't you want a perfect life with me? The life you'd always dreamed of?"
He walked toward her and reached out his palm, to touch her face. But Amy huddled more into Shadow, obviously scared.
Sonic stopped.
"I see…" he said.
"Leave her alone, Sonic" Shadow said. "Can't you see what you've brought her too? ...Just let her go."
"This is all your fault, Shadow." Sonic replied. "You've turned her against me. You couldn't stand to see me happy, so you decide butt in and spoil everything for me."
"That's not true at all!" Amy yelled at him.
Everyone was slightly taken aback by Amy's outburst, even Sonic.
"I've had enough of this Sonic! You just can't admit to yourself that I don't love you anymore!"
Sonic blinked.
"Can't you see? People change over time, Sonic. I've matured. I'm not the annoying preppy little girl who follows you around anymore. I've found someone. I thought you, of all people, would be happy about that."
"…People do change over time, Amy. I've changed too. I've realised how mature you've become and that changed the way I feel about you…."
He fell to his knees.
"I've been so selfish…all I wanted was for us to be together, Amy. It would've been what you wanted in the past. But…this isn't the past…"
He looked up at her, tears dwelling in his eyes.
"I'm so sorry…" he said, picking up the blood stained knife, which was lying just behind him.
Suddenly he brought the knife to his front and stabbed it into his chest. Everyone gasped with shock.
"Sonic!" Amy yelled.
"If I…can't live…a life with…you, then…there's no life…to live…" Sonic gasped.
He then collapsed onto front, his grip loosening around the knife. He drew his last breath and his blood seeped through and onto the carpet floor.
Amy hid her eyes, from the terrible sight, in Shadow's chest and wept.
