Love's Surprise's chapter 2

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On with the story now!

Sonic was sitting on Emerald Beach in a beach chair with an ice cold glass of lemonade in his hand.

It had been awfully dull without Amy chasing him or asking him something likes dates.

Sonic regretted those words he said to her and then on top of it, pushing her in the sand. He let out a loud sigh.

Also, Knuckles was right. She didn't come back and he couldn't believe it. 'Why did I have to say that to her', He pondered in his mind.

Sonic finished what was left of the lemonade, got up and picked up the beach chair and ran to Tails' place.

At Tails' Workshop

Sonic knocked on Tails' door. Cream was the one who answered it.

"Oh hello Mister Sonic", Cream said cheerfully. Sonic was a little surprised to see Cream here.

"Hey Cream, what are you doing here?" Then the Chaotix were visible in the background.

"Um, what's goin' on here?" He glanced at Haze who looked like she was gonna drop dead any moment cause she was so tired.

Vector was the first to speak. "We're tryin' ta look for Ames. But it's like she just disappeared in thin air." Haze gritted her teeth towards Sonic, who backed up a little. Vector raised his eye brows.

"Uhh… don't mind her, she's just so mad 'cause she ain't get any sleep lately. We been workin' day and night."

Haze then turned her attention to the Chaotix. "Sleep? SLEEP? That's only the start of why I'm mad!" Her hands were balled up into fists and she was breathing heavily.

"I know the reason why Amy left! I TRIED to tell you idiots but no, you wouldn't LISTEN! The reason she left is 'cause Sonic…" She pointed to him trying to jump out a window. He looked over and tried to smile an innocent grin. "He told her he hated her and she ran off! We woulda saved ALOTA sleep AND alota trouble if ya woulda asked who she was previously with in the first place! Some detectives!"

The rest of the Chaotix, Cream and Cheeses' eyes were bigger than dinner plates when Haze yelled that. She wasn't done though.

"Case CLOSED! Now can I get some sleep!"

"Sorry babe, we're not done yet. You said da hedgehog yelled at 'er?" Vector eyed Sonic suspiciously.

"Yeah, remember Shadow?" Shadow hated to do it, but he nodded his head in agreement.

"And hey Sonic, 'member what Knux said? It came TRUE! 'Hope you're happy!"

Haze stomped out of Tails' house, but came back in and grabbed Charmy and carried him like a book.

"You're showin' me where you hide your sugar."

"Uhh, ooookkkaayy…" he tried to reply while shaking up and down.

There was a long silence since Haze left with Charmy, until Cream broke the silence.

"Is… that true Mister Sonic? Did you yell at Amy?" Sonic could see the tears forming in her big brown eyes.

"Um…" He put his arm behind his back. "Well, kind of… yes." Cream then broke in tears, as did Cheese too.

Vector shifted uneasily. One thing he just couldn't stand was a lady crying. He thought he should try to comfort her.

"Now there… we'll find Amy." His eyes then shifted to Sonic. "And I'm sure Sonic didn't mean what he said."

Cream opened her eyes a little and made a tiny sniffle. "Really? Mister Sonic didn't mean it?"

"Yeah, I'm sure the heat was just getting to him that day, so he took it out on someone."

"Oh, thank you Mister Vector!" She hugged Vector and he always blushed if a lady hugged or kissed him on the cheek.

Sonic couldn't believe Vector was covering up for him after all he said to Amy. He then thought, 'I wish I could see you again Amy.' His thoughts were immediately interrupted when he looked out the window to see Tails running like heck towards his house.

Tails pushed the door open and started panting after all the running he was doing. Sonic walked up to him and asked him what's wrong.

"Sonic! I'm sooo sorry! I'm didn't mean it! I'm so sorry!" Tails began to apologize.

"Whoa, slow down little bro. What are you sorry for?" Sonic tried to ask Tails.

"Does it have anything to do with Amy?" Espio asked, seeing if something happened.

"No! I lost the Chaos Emerald Sonic found and told me to be careful with. I'm sorry!"

The room was deathly silent for a couple seconds to see what Sonic's reaction was gonna be.

"Tails, it's okay. It's not like you did it on purpose. Anyway, I'm more concerned for my friends than some emerald.

Tails managed to smile, but said something yet again. "Should we try to find it?" They all walked out of the house while deciding what to do.

"Maybe we should call Miss Rouge? She's a treasure hunter." They all turned to Cream who suggested that.

"But we don't even have a phone!" Shadow said, but then took it back when Cream pulled out a cell phone.

"My mommy gave this to me in case of emergencies." She then looked through her phone book and finally found Rouge's number.

She dialed it and called Rouge.

At the Mall

Rouge was looking around in a book store at some fantasy books until her cell phone rang.

Everybody in the store looked at her and she went red 'cause this was supposed to be a quiet shop.

Rouge quickly ran out and took out her phone and answered it. "Hello, this is Rouge the Bat speaking."

"Miss Rouge? This is Cream the Rabbit!"

"Oh hi Cream! How are you?" Rouge then sat down on a wooden bench.

"I am fine, but may you please fly down to Tails' house? Like right this second? It is very urgent."

"Um… okay… I'll hurry." Cream hung up, but Rouge had a look of confusion on her face. She put her phone away and ran out of the store avoiding running into the people. When she got outside, she ascended into the air and took flight in the direction to Tails' house.

At Tails' Workshop

Sonic was pacing back and forth. He couldn't stand Rouge taking this long… even if Cream just called her two minutes ago, but we all know Sonic was never the patient type.

Cream's cell phone starting ringing of what sounded like chao singing. She sheepishly grinned as everyone gave her a look. She then finally took out her phone and answered it.

"Hello this is Cream the Rabbit speaking; may I help you in any sort of way?" Everyone in the whole room sweat dropped (A/N: Anime style, heh), 'cause Cream always was so polite it was practically scary.

"Hi, it's me Rouge. I'm afraid I can't make it."

Cream's happy expression immediately turned to a look of sadness. "But… why Miss Rouge? This is really important!"

"I know and I'm sorry for that, but I got into a little mishap with a bird and now my wing got sprained. Whatever you needed me for, it'll have to wait."

Cream started crying and making hiccup noises. "But we 'hic' need to 'hic' find a 'hic hic' Chaos Emerald!"

Rouge apologized again and Cream hung up. There was what seemed to be eternal silence if you don't count Cream's little sniffles, until Tails thought of something and decided to speak up.

"Hey Chaotix! Why don't you guys look for the Chaos Emerald? You are detectives."

Everybody else in the room turned to them and wondered what they were gonna say. They all looked at each other and whispered things the others couldn't hear. After what seemed to be two minutes, they came to a conclusion.

"Um, sorry but we're not too good with Chaos Emeralds." Espio replied, ruefully.

"WHAT", everyone else, including Cheese, yelled in unison. That made the remaining Chaotix jump.

"But…" Sonic began. "You're detectives for God's sakes! You DETECT things, remember?"

"Yeah, but…" Vector was at a loss for words at the moment. "Those things are bizarre!" Sonic stared at him.

"SO?"

"No tellin' what it could do!"

"RRGG, what are we gonna do! Nobody's helping! We need somebody or something that will help us!"

Just then, Haze and Charmy walked back into the door and shoved a paper in Sonic's face.

"What the…?" Sonic moved the paper about to ask her what this is but as if on cue, Haze began to talk.

"When I went outside, I collapsed from too little sleep shortly after, and Charmy decided to listen in to you guys and heard everything so he tried to wake me up and after a lot of swatting, I finally woke up and he told me. So we went to Station Square and found that on the ground." She pointed to the paper she gave Sonic.

Sonic carefully read it word for word. There weren't a lot of words, but it was very helpful. It said,

Need a case to solve? Or did you just lose something as small as an earring? Either way, the Chaotic detectives are here for you! Our number is 412-736-4472. Don't hesitate! Plus, we pay really cheap.

Sonic couldn't read the Chaotic part. It was a little smudged from being stepped on and rolling in the streets. But all he needed was detectives. That was the key word.

"Hey Cream! Can I use your cell for a sec?" He asked, not taking his eyes from the paper.

"Sure Mister Sonic!" Cream replied cheerfully, as she handed him her cell phone.

He flipped it open with his thumb, and began to dial the number.

"412…" He muttered to himself. "736…" He glanced once more. "4472." Sonic held the phone up to ear and patiently waited for someone to pick up.

The Chaotic's Office

Julia was sitting at her desk with her feet kicked up on it as she sat, her eyes closed and hands behind her head. She shifted her foot to be in a more comfortable position, but she accidentally hit a button on the phone which read 'loud ring'.

RIIIIIIIIIINNNGG! Julia's dreadlocks stood up like a cat's fur would, she waved her arms around faster than she could blink, and she fell straight out of her seat and the chair fell right on top of her.

"…Ow…" Julia simply managed to say before she tried to get up. She pushed the chair off herself and climbed up onto her desk, and pushed the 'loud ring' so it would stop ringing loud.

Julia started to rub her head. "Man… that was louder than a cat screeching and fingernails down a chalkboard." She said to no one in particular.

The phone rang again but not as loud as the last ring and Julia answered it.

"Hello, may I help you?"

"Um, yes this is Sonic the Hedgehog. I heard you guys are detectives, and we need your help 'cause we lost a Chaos Emerald.

"Hmm… how much will you pay?"

"Uhh, will…" From the phone, it sounded to Julia like he was talking and arguing with people and rummaging through stuff. He finally got on the phone again.

"Will twenty dollars cover it?"

"Yeah… I guess. Where should we meet you Mister Sonic?"

"Emerald Beach I think."

"Ok, we'll meet you there; let's say in about twenty minutes?"

"OK! Bye!" Sonic replied hurriedly and really loud. He hung up, and Julia started talking to herself.

"Ok, note to self: learn to read lips and gets ear plugs." She wasn't all that mad; shortly after she excitedly called for the rest of the team.

"MICHELLE, AMES, QUARTZ! WE GOT A CASE!" Everybody ran into the room to get ready to leave.

"Chao chao chao!" Translation: Hooray! Let's go!

"You said it Quartz!" Replied Michelle, who was wearing her silk violet dress and her same black shoes.

"Hey Julia, who was it?" Asked Amy who was wearing a dark blue top with a gold star in the center, blue jean shorts, red boots with a white stripe on it,(A/N: Her old boots!) and her red burette.

Julia then got a thoughtful look on her face. "Uhh…" Amy grinned and shook her head. "You hit your head again, didn't you?"

"NO! Well… maybe… possibly…" She grinned sheepishly as the rest chuckled to themselves.

"Well, ready to go, leader?" Michelle queried to Julia. Julia smiled as she remembered when they made her leader.

Flashback

This is about one month ago, when Michelle, the leader of the Chaotic broke her arm.

"You can't work in your condition." Amy said. She was trying to comfort Michelle while she sat on her bed.

"Ok, fine I won't. But Julia will have to be leader while my arm is healing."

Julia was standing in the doorway with a confident look on her face. She then saluted them and said in a funny voice,

"Dun worry cap' in! I 'ave everythin' unda control."

Michelle shook her head. Julia was gonna be one weird leader.

Three weeks later (still a flashback)

"Well girls, I'm all healed!" Michelle happily skipped out of her room.

"That's great Michelle!" Amy said.

"Yeah." Julia said. "Now you can go back to being leader!"

Michelle grinned from ear to ear. "Nope, I've decided since you were such a good leader, I'm making you leader."

Julia stood there for a moment, then her eyes got all big and glazed with tears like a little child.

"Re-really" She managed to squeak out. "OH BOY! I CAN'T BELIVE IT! OHBOYOHBOYOHBOY!" She started jumping around like a kid. Amy and Michelle exchanged grins and shook their heads. As for Quartz… she joined in on the jumping.

End of Flashback

Julia, Amy, Michelle and Quartz ran out the door with their small backpack which carried their detective stuff.

"Ok girls! We have to meet our clients at Emerald Beach." Amy cringed as she remembered those hurtful words. But that was in the past. She was over Sonic now.

"You all right Ames?" Her thoughts were interrupted by Michelle.

"Yeah, I'm all right. Now let's go!" She ran ahead of the team. Julia and Michelle turned to each other and just shrugged.

At Emerald Beach

Sonic tried not to pace, but his feet got the best of him. He nearly made a long hole in the sand by just pacing. The others watched him pace 'cause they had nothing better to do.

Tails then looked at his watch. "They should be arriving soon, Sonic. In about 5, 4, 3, 2…"

"Someone call for us?"

Everyone immediately looked up in shock. Julia raised an eye brow. "Well, did you?"

"Yeah, I did." Sonic replied. He then turned to see a pink hedgehog running up towards the group. "Sorry girls, I tripped back there."

"Oh, it's ok Ames." Michelle replied coolly.

Amy's attention then turned to see Sonic. Her eyes widened in shock. Sonic jaw dropped to the sand, but he finally whispered something.

"Amy."

SHB: Ooh, cliffie! What's Amy gonna say? How's everyone gonna react? Find out in the next chapter! Right now, review please. Oh, and it's my birthday today! See ya!