Chapter 3: rescues, rumbles, and romance

"I have to save Sonic... for all he has done for the world... for the people..... for me...."

Amy finally made contact with the sea floor. She looked around franticly for Sonic. To her right, Sonic was lying on the ground, motionless. She ran as fast as the water pressure allowed her to. Finally, she had reached Sonic. She immediately picked him up and threw him over her shoulder. Her air was almost out. The only thing she could think about was a giant floating 5 above her head.

"Must find an air bubble..." she thought in her head. She found a bubble the size of her. The number changed to 4. She ran to the bubble and sucked half of it. The 4 disappeared. She also took Sonic's head and shoved it into the bubble. The bubble disappeared. Sonic started coughing. She ran over to another bubble and sucked up a little less than the last one. She then did the same for Sonic and had him suck up the bubble.

Sonic slowly opened his eyes and saw Amy's face. She wasn't looking at him, but he knew that Amy knew that he was alive. She found the island they were on before and started running to it.

The 5 came up in her head again. Sonic also had the same 5. She started running faster, but the water slowed her down. 4. She felt Sonic falling off her shoulder. She turned and saw Sonic standing up next to her. 3. He took Amy by the wrist and ran about twice the speed as Amy. 2. The two finally felt the ground slant upward. 1. Amy's feet barely touched the ground. The tree on the island was visible. 0. Amy and Sonic both closed their eye and jumped as high as they could.......

SPLASH!!!!!!

Sonic and Amy came out bursting from the water, gasping for air. They both landed softly on the sand on their backs. The two looked straight into the sky, breathing heavily. After a few seconds later, Sonic got off his back and stood up. Amy stood up a few seconds after. Amy looked at Sonic who was still looking off into the water.

"You know, you didn't really have to save me" he started. "I was fine on my own."

Amy looked at him blankly. "I risk my life for you, I give you air, I save your life. That's all you can say?"

Sonic opened his mouth to say something, but he was cut off by a small tremor.

"What's happening!?!" Amy said. The shaking increased. Amy fell over. The shaking became violent. Sonic fell over. Suddenly, it became dark. They both looked at the sun, but there was something as big as a two-story building blocking it. The shaking stopped and Amy and Sonic got up. The large object jumped high into the air and over the island. Its landing cause an even larger shake and thirty-foot waves.

As Amy and Sonic got up from the new earthquake, they saw the large thing. It was a Giant Squid-greenish-blue, big red eyes, and tentacles flying all about. It let out a long, low-pitched roar.

The squid spewed a purplish ink around, making a large circle about five times the size of the island. The ink immediately turned into a green ring of fire. Back on the island, Amy panicked.

'What are we going to do?" She yelled. "It's too big for me!"

"I don't think I can beat it by myself!" Sonic replied.

Amy and Sonic looked at each other.

"Are you thinking...?" Sonic said, with a determined smile.

"Yeah!" Amy said, also smiling. "I'll get the left side! You take the right!"

She took off running at the squid. She jumped up and down, trying to get its attention. The squid finally threw a tentacle at Amy, which she dodged. She climbed onto the tentacle and ran up toward the Squid.

Meanwhile, Sonic was trying to get to the top as well. He found a tentacle and climbed on top. He ran up the tentacle in no time. Finally, they were both on the squid's head.

"So now what do we do?" Asked Amy.

"Give me your hammer! I have an idea!" said Sonic, extending his arm toward Amy.

She tossed her Piko-piko hammer across to Sonic. Sonic jumped off the squid's head and hung onto its nose. He climbed up and held the hammer the wrong way. He jabbed the hammer into the squid's right eye. The squid let out an ear-piercing cry. He jerked the hammer back out.

"Amy!" he shouted. "I need you to get back on the island! I'll handle the squid!"

"No, Sonic!" she shouted back. "I won't lose you again!"

Sonic jabbed the hammer in the squid's other eye. "GO!!!"

Amy jumped off the squid's head and ran off the edge of a tentacle and landed on the island. The giant squid roared another great roar and slowly plummeted backwards into the water, waves everywhere, along with Sonic.

Amy cried out from the island. "Sonic!!!"

No answer was heard. The waves finally ceased and nothing was there. Amy sat down on the sand, hoping that Sonic would come back to the surface.

Meanwhile, in the bottom of the bay, Sonic desperately tried pulling the hammer out of the squid's eye. 5. He thought about Amy, and how she saved his life. And he yelled at her for it. 4. He thought that at least he did something for her to repay her for it. 3. But to make her even happier, he thought, I need to live... 2. He grabbed the hammer and pulled his hardest. Finally, the hammer budged out. 1. The hammer was actually filled with air. It slowly made its way to the surface. 0. Sonic tried kicking and waving his arms, but it didn't help speed up. He could see the surface of the water. He got on the hammer and made one last jump......

SPLASH!

Amy looked up and saw a blue ball blasting out of the water.

"Sonic?" She said.

The blue ball came back into the water. Amy stood there, hoping Sonic would surface again. The blue thing came back to the surface, next to a yellow thing. Amy focused on them. It was Sonic, and the hammer.

Sonic saw Amy jumping up and down on the island. He smiled a little. A few minutes later, he finally floated onto the island. He slowly got up onto his feet and walked to Amy. He held out his hand, which the hammer was in.

"Amy," he said. "Your hammer."

Amy looked blankly at the hammer.

"What's wrong?" Sonic finally spoke up.

Amy answered by embracing Sonic tightly.

"Thank you Sonic!" She exclaimed. "For the squid...for saving my life... for everything!"

Sonic felt a warm feeling down in his heart which he had never felt before. He started to smile a little. "Amy..." He started. "You always make it up by showing that you really care for me. It just... I... Well..."

BEEP!!! BEEP!!! BEEP!!!

They nearly jumped at the sound. Sonic backed away and found the weird gadget that Chaos had given him half-buried in the sand.

"Oh no!" Amy exclaimed. "We totally forgot about the treasure! What are we going to do!?!"

Sonic picked up the gadget and stared at it. "...If Chaos wants the treasure..." Sonic wound up his arm and threw the gadget far off into the distance. "...then Chaos will have to get the treasure himself."

"Are you sure about this?" Said Amy, from behind.

"Yeah, it's all right. Besides, I've beaten him before, haven't I?" Said Sonic, walking toward Amy. He put his hand on her shoulder. "Come on, Amy." He said, to calm her down. "Let's go home."

Amy nodded and got in the sailboat followed by Sonic and started off to Station Square.

(9:08 PM, sailboat)

Amy sat in front of the boat. Sonic soon joined her.

"We should be okay for the rest of the way." He said. He noticed that Amy didn't have her cheerful, Amy-like face on. "Something wrong?" He finally said.

"Why don't you ever tell me how you feel about me?" She said, looking off in the distance.

Sonic looked confused. "What do you mean?"

"I mean... I always get in some sort of mishap, and you always come and save me..." She finally looked at him. "Why do come to rescue me all the time?"

Sonic looked surprised. "What?" was all that he could get out. "Well... umm..."

"See?" Amy interrupted. "You won't even admit it!"

"Admit? Admit what?"

"You won't even admit that you love me!"

Sonic glared at her. "Look, I always save you because I'm a hero. You're always getting in trouble and I'm the one always saving you. If you think there's any other reason, then you're crazy." And with that, he stormed off to the side of the boat.

Amy felt like she had hurt Sonic. She slowly walked over to Sonic and sat next to him.

"You're not the person I want to see right now." Sonic said, before Amy could start. Amy got up half-way, leaned over to Sonic, and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. She walked back to the front of the boat.

A few minutes later, Sonic soon joined Amy at the front of the boat. "Look, I'm sorry..."

Amy didn't take her eyes off the city up ahead.

Sonic took a deep breath. "The reason why I save you... it's, well, because..."

"I love you too, Sonic." She hugged Sonic with her cheerful smile. Sonic hugged her, too.

They both heard a distant pop, followed by a sizzling sound. They both looked at the city. The sky was illuminated with lights of red, blue, green, and many other beautiful colors.

"Wow, Sonic!" Amy said. "Isn't it beautiful?"

Sonic glanced from Amy to the fireworks, then back to Amy. "It sure is, Amy. It sure is..."

The both of them watched the fireworks for the rest of the night, leaning one each other's shoulder, and holding hands. It was, indeed, a very beautiful moment for the new, famous pair, Sonic and Amy.

(END OF PART ONE)

Thunder, Rain and Lightning, danger, water rising.

Clamor, sirens wailing. It's such a bad sign.

Shadows, dark creatures. Steel clouds floating in the air.

People run for shelter. What's going to happen to us?

All the steps we take, all the rules make, all the pain at stake.

I can see the Chaos in everyone who are we, what can we do?

You and I are the same in the way that we have our own style that we won't change.

Yours is filled with evil and mine's not. There is no way I can lose.

Can't hold on much longer-But I will never let it go

I know it's a one-way track-Tell me now how long this will last

I'm not going to be this way-Nor will I count on the others.

Close my eyes and feel the burn-Now I see what I've got to do

Open your ears, it's going to be all right.

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