(A /N YAY! Chapter, um, which one is this? Oh yeah, nine, I hope. Anyways………………….GUESS WHAT! The Eldest is out. It's the sequel to my favorite book EVER! (Eragon). YAY! Back on topic now, this chapter sucks so have fun mercilessly berating me.)

Tails and Cream sat as stiff as statues inside the fish bag not making a single noise as Drake rowed them across the lake. The couldn't tell where they were going, but they could hear the sound of running water getting louder and louder as they went on.

Neither Rouge or Drake made a noise since they entered the boat. Tails could tell Cream was trying her best not to get too scared, but by the look on her face, she wasn't far from her breaking point. Tails didn't see why. Drake couldn't do much to them, probably get mad or beat them up a bit at the worst.

After being in the boat for what seemed like hours, Tails and Cream felt the boat hit land. As soon as they had felt Drake and Rouge leave the boat and the sound of their footsteps disappeared, Cream and Tails got out of the bag and looked around. They were at some kind of cove with candles lighting the entrance.

Cream was trembling slightly, and Tails knew why she was scared now. This place was even more creepy than the castle. The cove was surrounded by murky water and dense fog. The candles cut through the fog like a knife through bread. Tails grabbed Cream's hand and they walked towards the candlelight into the cove.

When they entered the cove, the air was foul with the smell of rotting eggs. Candles lined the rocky walls and random papers were scattered across the floor. Tails picked up one and read it out loud in a soft whisper

Another day in the cove. I still haven't taken the boat back to the castle yet. I can't blow my

cover, even Lucius and Veronica don't know. I've been watching the winning contestants a lot lately. They seem like a pathetic bunch. They will all disappear just like the winners last year.

Tails looked up.

"Last years winners? They've had a contest like this before?" said Tails.

Cream was silently wringing her hands looking around nervously. All of the sudden, one of her floppy ears perked up and her eyes grew wide.

"We have to go!" she whispered.

"But Cream, what about-"Tails started.

"Forget Rouge, we need to get out of here!" replied Cream.

They ran towards the exit of the cove and were just about to take of flying when they suddenly just froze. Tails tried to move, but he was stuck. It was like someone had just chained them up that way. All Tails could do was look around, his eyes pleading for help.

Drake walked out and stood in front of Cream and Tails.

"Well well, it seems we have two snoops on the scene. Did you think that you were being sneaky? Is that it?" Drake sneered.

Creams eyes grew wider than ever. Tails could tell she was ready to faint.

"Well then, I know what you saw. It hurts me to know that you also know. I just sometimes wish I could just erase these things from memory. Oh yes, that reminds me. I can!" Drake put a hand out towards Cream and she silently closed her eyes and fell to the ground fast asleep.

Tails tried to say "What did you do to her", but he couldn't talk. Drake put his hand out to Tails now. Tails could feel his eyes drooping. His arms felt heavy, and he fell to the ground sound asleep.

Sonic stood at the edge a deep mud hole, his arm inside searching for Amy who had just fell in. He couldn't find her. He couldn't even reach the bottom. He knew he had to do something, and quick. If he didn't, Amy would die! (A/N Oooooooooooh, big loss there. -o)

Sonic looked around frantically for a stick, a vine, and log, anything he could hand down to Amy to pull her out.

He looked around and saw the boathouse. It wasn't too far. He would find something there.

Sonic sped over to the boathouse and searched the place for a rope or safety line. He found a rope, but it was connected to an anchor, and he didn't have time to undo the knot.

Sonic grabbed the anchor and ran as fast as he could back to the mud hole. It took him more time to get there with the weight of the anchor added on, and Amy would be near suffocation soon. Sonic quickly caught the anchor on a tree and dived into the mud hole with a rope. He couldn't find Amy. The mud hole was really deep. He felt around and finally managed to grab hold of what was for sure, Amy's hand. He gripped the rope for dear life and pulled both him and Amy out of the hole.

Sonic put his ear to Amy's chest.

"She isn't breathing." he whispered. Sonic pumped her chest and nothing happened. He pumped it again, nothing. He finally pumped it again and Amy coughed up some mud and rolled over on her knees. Sonic stood up and sighed with relief.

"Oh Sonic, you saved me!" squealed Amy as she stood up and gave Sonic a rib cracking hug.

Just then, Shadow and Kyra appeared out of the woods.

"Having fun, how romantic." Shadow laughed coldly.

Kyra was stifling a laugh as best as she could.

Sonic pushed Amy away from him and wiped mud off of his face.

"Shut it Shadow, before I make you." Sonic snarled.

"Oooooh, tough one aren't you?" replied Shadow with another laugh.

"I'll make you eat those words Shadow!" yelled Sonic as he leaped towards Shadow. (A/N Ooooooooo, how original.)

Sonic was going straight towards Shadow until-

"Whoa!" Sonic cried as he was thrown back into the sand.

Kyra was standing in front of Shadow with her fist out showing that she had punched Sonic while he was in midair.

"What the-" Shadow began.

"Come on Shadow, lets head back to the castle." said Kyra walking towards the path to the castle. Shadow looked back at Sonic who was rubbing the back of his head and Amy who was throwing death glares at Kyra as if to say "How dare you hurt my precious Sonic!".

Shadow turn back towards Kyra and ran to catch up with her.

"We should go back Sonic, I need a bath." said Amy wiping mud off her dress."

"But we still haven't found Knuckles OR Rouge." protested Sonic.

"I'm sure they are both fine. Let's go!" said Amy running towards the path.

Sonic reluctantly followed.

Tails and Cream woke up to find themselves in the fish bag again. They didn't remember anything about the cove.

"What happened?" asked Cream.

"I don't know. One second we hit land and the next……." Tails looked around. The fish bag was filling with water, somebody had punctured a hole in the fish bag!

"Cream, we aren't just in the fish bag! Somebody threw us into the water! We have to get out before we drown!" he yelled.

Cream gave out a shriek of terror.

"We have to conserve our oxygen. Breath in small controlled breaths so we don't waste any." said Tails quietly.

Tails found the opening to the fish bag, it was closed tight, maybe even chained that way. They couldn't get out that way. Tails looked over to the hole, maybe he could stretch it out so they could fit through. Tails tried to stretch it out, but the bag was too tough, he tried or a couple of minutes, but only made it big enough to let in MORE water. The bag was filling up fast. Tails was scratching behind his ear trying to think when he felt it, the pencil he had behind his ear from breakfast that morning.

Tails pulled the pencil from behind his ear and turned to Cream. She had fainted.

Tails grabbed her hand and began puncturing more hole in the bag with the pencil. The lead had come out, but it was still working. He managed to break the space between the holes to make a big hole that he and Cream could fit through. He took a deep breath and swam towards the surface. The extra weight of Cream was making it hard to swim. He was nearly there. He wouldn't make it. Tails finally felt cold refreshing air sting his face.

Cream was still out though, Tails had to wake her up. He dragged her to the sand and began pumping her chest trying to get the water out, it wasn't working. He had to use CPR. Tails breathed air into Creams mouth and pumped her chest again. Nothing. He breathed more air into her mouth and pumped her chest again. This time, water spurted out of Cream's mouth and her eyes fluttered open.

"Tails?" Cream asked.

"Yeah?"

"Were you just kissing me?"

Tails blushed bright red.

(YES! I finally finished the chapter. After redoing it over twice, I finished it. YAY! Anyways, Amy needs to die. Once again, my frantic friend who is an Amy Sonic freak was the one that made Amy survive this chapter. I REALLY want to kill her, but my friend would kill me if I did. Sorry this chapter took so long. I kept on getting ideas, but then they would just lead me to a dead end, so sorry if this chapter sucked. Thanks again for the rules. Oh and one more thing, DIE AMY! DIE! Have fun reviewing )