End of the Road

As Amic walked along the railroad leaving the island, the Little Planet floated higher into the sky. The metal that covered it broke apart, putting the planet back to its original state. It continued floating up into the sky until it couldn't be seen anymore.

Amic continued walking along the track for days. The heat started to become so intense that he almost gave up traveling to Western Island. He looked at the endless ocean below the tracks as he kept walking. He finally saw a beach.

He ran and jumped off the tracks, landing on the sand. There was a pier over the beach with a small house on the end of it. Hoping someone with food was there, Amic quickly ran towards the house.

He knocked and knocked on the rusty door. The door finally gave out and fell, breaking apart as it hit the floor and bringing up loads of dust. The entire house was a wreck. Papers were all over the floor, and the large desk was covered in papers also. The couch against the left wall was torn up, cotton and springs hanging out of it.

"Hello?" Amic called, thinking that someone was too lazy to clean house. He saw a photograph on the floor. He bent down and looked at it. In the picture was Vector with Charmy on his shoulders, and Espio in the background.

As Amic picked up the picture, someone busted through theceiling and landed on his head. They kept their foot on his head as Amic screamed.

"What are you doing here? You shouldn't have reached this island THAT fast!" By the voice, Amic could tell that it was Black.

"Why must you come so randomly! You're starting to get on my nerves. But I think I'm ready for a round 2" Amic said, taking the pain.

Black pulled his foot up, and stomped it back down, but Amic caught it. He pushed Black back and got up. He ran towards Black, but Black threw a punch at him. Amic quickly ducked and back flipped, hitting Black in his jaw.

"So, you have improved. Too bad, because not even your new strength will help you."

"How did I see that punch coming? Did that fight with Metal increase my strength and speed?" Amic thought to himself.

Black spun around, swinging his tail. Amic caught it.

"Now let's see how much stronger I've got" Amic thought as he tried swinging Black by the tail.

"Did you already forget? You tried this before and your efforts were wasted."

Suddenly, he started sliding in circles.

"What! How can he do this!"

Amic continued swinging Black, and they suddenly spun in super speed. Before they knew it, a tornado built up. Papers were flying everywhere, and a green and black blur was in the middle of it.

"SONIC TORNADO!" Amic yelled as he threw Black through the roof and into the sky. Amic waited until he saw Black falling from the sky. As he was about to throw the final blow, Black completely stopped in mid air in Amic's face.

Black hit Amic with his foot. But when Amic landed, he immediately charged a spin dash. He put all of his energy into it.

"That fool! He can do major damage doing that!"

Amic spun towards Black. Black quickly gave out a humongous yell. Thesound waves bashed Amic back, sending him through the wall and onto the pier.

"If he gets up after that..."

Amic slowly in pain picked himself. He wobbled as he stood. Suddenly, someone else in black flew in.

"Sorry I'm late, had a run in with some guard bots. Did you find him?"

"Yeah" Black said, looking from Amic to his ally. "He's the one."

Black took off his mask, revealing himself to be Vector. As Amic looked at him surprisingly, he turned around and looked into the sky. The other guy pulled his mask off, revealing to be Espio. He landed next to Amic.

"Then let our training begin" Espio said as a group of guard robots flew toward them in fleets.

"You are obviously exhausted from the battle with Vector. And now a fleet of robots is surrounding you. Your first lesson… endurance."