Tears of blood; Chapter 2

Sally continued along the road back to Knothole. That is what started the whole operation. More blood poured into her eyes. Wiping it away, her train of thought broke off and she once again was thinking of Sonic. Then the thought dawned back on her that he was dead and she would never see him again. Sally slowly started to cry. She raised her arm to wipe away the tears when she thought better of it. Glancing down she saw that her left breast pocket was half hanging off. She decided to stop, have a rest and try to clean herself up. She sat on the side of the road and ripped off the pocket. She used it to wipe her tears. All she could think about was Sonic. She tried to clear her mind and focused on what happened a couple of days after the dishes new location had been determined and how best to camouflage it.

Sally wandered into the Comms centre. She was surprised to find it empty. The Northerners must have left sometime yesterday. Rotor swung round in a chair. "Morning Princess." He said cheerily. "Hi Rotor." Sally replied. "Where is everyone?" They all took off early this morning. And I managed to fix the dish." Rotor reported. "Shall I replace it back on Mt Mobius?" "No." Sally replied. "I don't want it knocked down in another storm." Sally finished.
"You're the boss. So, where's the new location?" Rotor asked.
"It'll be on the wasteland border of Robotropilis." Sally answered.
"How can you put it there?" Rotor asked. "Robotnik's sentry bots will spot it, and even if they didn't, his radar probably will when we try to transmit messages."
"Didn't you forget that each dish is outfitted with a scrambler?" Sally questioned Rotor. "All we need is a suitable disguise to hide it from the sentry bots."
"So what designs have we got so far?" Rotor asked.
"A few but none of them seem to be practical." Sally said. "Well, I'm off to check up on the fine tune map to forward our plan. Continue to monitor the airwaves for any thing useful."
"Sure thing." Rotor replied and turned back to the radio.
Sally made her way to the Planning Room to see what ideas had been concocted. As she entered, She was surprised to see Sonic sitting on a desk. "Hey Sal." Sonic called, jumping off the desk. "Sonic? What are you doing here?" Sally asked. Sonic just smiled. "I thought of a way to camouflage the dish and make it work to it's best ability." Sally was intrigued. "How?" She asked. Sonic just smiled and picked up a crisp from an open packet on the desk he was sitting on. He casually walked over to the map table and placed the crisp over the dish. "Since the bots patrol in one direction, or the other we leave one side open to let in signals." Sonic stood back and let Sally check out his plan. Sally was quite taken by it. "I think that you've cracked it." She said. Sonic let out a little chuckle. Secretly, Sally was impressed. Even she couldn't come up with an idea. She turned to him. She gazed into his eyes. "You know that you always had good ideas." Sally said to him. "Only when a problem arose but even then you had most of the ideas anyway. I just worked on them." Sonic replied. Sally stepped a little closer to him. "I-I" Sally stammered. She wanted to say it but she found it hard. "I-I just wanted to say that.." Sally broke off. She averted her eyes. "Hey, what's wrong Sal?" Sonic asked, putting his hands on her shoulders. Sally looked back at Sonic. She felt drawn to him. A wanting. "Well I wanted to say something as well." Sonic said. "It's about last year. I just want to say I'm sorry. I was selfish. I was only thinking of beating Robotnik, when I should have been with you. I didn't know all the pain I had put you through. And I just want to say that I now realise that you were right. And I shouldn't have lost my temper at you. I was readjusting to the world, and I was a bit confused." Sonic told her. After hearing that Sally suddenly got the confidence. "I just wanted to say that I'm sorry as well. First of all for losing my temper at you, I was so glad that you came back I didn't realise that you might need time to adjust. And secondly for hitting you. That was not like me I didn't know what I was thinking. I was afraid that it was over after that." Sally told Sonic. "I guess we're just as bad as each other." Sonic said. Sally laughed a little. Sonic could always make Sally laugh. They placed their arms around each other. "I love you Sal." Sonic told her, the beginnings of tears forming in his eyes. "And I love you too." Sally said to Sonic. They then kissed. Sally had missed this so much. All the old feelings for Sonic were reawakened. After they parted, Sonic playfully pulled Sally on to the map table. She landed on the table with Sonic on top of her. She laughed. Sonic smiled at her. Sally pulled him closer. She slowly caressed the back of Sonics head. His quills were as sharp as glass but as soft as summer. Sonic gently stroked Sally's hair with his fingertips. "I've missed sharing these moments with you." Sonic said to Sally. "I'm glad that you're here to share them me." Sally replied. They hugged on the table for a little while longer. "What's the time?" Sally asked idly. "It is currently 12.35pm Sally." Nicole answered. "It's getting late." Sally said. Sonic got up allowing Sally to get to her feet. "Let me walk you too your room." Sonic offered. "Thank you." Sally replied. Together they walked side by side down the corridor with their arms around each other. "Here we are." Sonic said as they approached Sally's room. "Thank you." Sally replied. "Well, sleep tight." Sonic said. They locked arms around each other once again. "Please stay with me." Sally asked. "Just for tonight?" Sonic smiled. "O.k. I'll stay until one then I'll go." "Thank you" Sally answered.