A/N: Hey guys! Man thi story is going by quick...and its so long too...but anyway here a new chapter! Enjoy!
Review Answers:
Crazed Maniac: No she's in yours! Muha ha ha...
I'm glad that you like your story and that your hooked on it...well thats a more of a good thing for me...
Samantha: Ya you are right, she does need to grow up, but Amy is going to go through a lot of things in this than just growing up, trust me...
EmeraldLINX: I'm very glad that you like my friend and its summer..of corse i'm gonna keep up the pace!
ElectraGirl: Ya SUSPENSE RULES OVER ALL! Glad you like it.
Celestial: I'm glad you liked the ending and that you are into the story.
KnivesShadow: I will keep writing, geezus!
The Balance: Dreams of Reality
The rain had commenced again. Lighting flashed across the sky tearing the night in white jagged electrical streaks. The thunderous booms roared through the air waking Sonic from his deep sleep. He looked over at his clock and rubbed his eyes sluggishly, annoyed.
"2:47 AM at night…what the hell man?" Sonic mewled as he languidly got up from his bed loathing the storm that was outside.
The somnolent hedgehog walked aimlessly in pitch-black darkness until he came across his bathroom. Sonic clicked on the light and began to wash his face with warm water hoping that it would relax him a little.
Which was working, until he looked into the mirror…
Sonic blinked a couple off times and gazed at the glass in disbelief. His entire bathroom was stained with blood and in the back of him there was an inscription in gore that read…
Why won't you love me…
Sonic, frightened, looked behind himself to see that that the bathroom was completely clean. The dumbfounded hedgehog jerked his had back in total confusion to see that nothing was written on the wall either.
"Man I need to go back to sleep…" He said shaking his head as he sat down on the closed toilet seat bowl, cupping his hands on to his face.
Another lighting bolt tore at the sky and the lights in the bathroom suddenly flickered off. Sonic looked up staring into pure darkness.
Then he began to hear breathing. Breathing, that was not coming from his mouth. His ears perked up immediately and he stood up.
"Who's there!" Sonic yelled from his bathroom. "Tails? Shadow? Guys stop messing around! This isn't funny!"
The coarse breathing grew more clamorous...
Sonic's heart began to beat louder and louder to the point were it was beating in his own ears; mixing with the eerie coarse respiring. Sonic cupped his ears, but it was a futile attempt as he could still her it slowly driving him mad.
Then he felt a warm rush of air on the back of his neck...
He whipped his body around and the lights came back on.
Sonic was yet again looking himself with the blood stained walls in the back. Sonic's eyes widened in fear as the lights began to weaver on and off. Then suddenly, between the flickering of the lights, a pink hedgehog appeared behind him.
Amy Rose wore her regular dress, although, it was ripped and bloodstained in many places, her hair as well as her spines were jagged, and a wicked smile appeared on her face as she held her mallet behind her shoulder…
She swung…
Sonic turned around and witnessed the hammer moving toward his head. Sonic closed his eyes as lamentations of dread trickled from his cheeks and the hammer…hit its target…
Decapitating the cerulean hedgehog…
"So how is she Sheila?" Asked Knuckles
Knuckles sat down in a chair outside Rouge's door in the hospital. Sheila, Rouges doctor and best friend was a beautiful white fox that works as a nurse in the hospital.
Sheila sighed and sat in a chair next to Knuckles, placing her clipbaord on her lap. She flipped a page.
"By what Dr. Will's assessment on her, Rouge has minor gashes, has unusual large round blemishes all over her body, some bones broken other areas are fractured, and…
Sheila gasped, bringing her right hand to her mouth.
"What!" Knuckles screamed anxiousness.
"She is in a state catalepsy…"
"Meaning?"
"Knuckles…Rouge is in a coma…" Sheila said weakly in sadness.
The marsupial's eyes widened in surprised, feeling a piece of his soul being ripped right from him. He hung his head down in disconsolation and put his hands on his face trying hard to hide his tears.
Sheila, though, knew he was crying and put her left hand on his back and rubbed in an attempt to soothe him. Soon, though, Sheila herself began to shed a couple tears.
After a couple of minutes, Knuckles controlled himself, wiped the rest of his tears away, and looked at Sheila.
"Its all my fault Sheila…I should have been there…"
"You have a duty to do Knuckles and Rouge understands that. My bat friend has changed a lot because of you, don't blame this on yourself. If anything blame it on the culprit who did it to her…"
"If I knew who that person was…"
Silence…
"So, is there any more information Sheila? " The red echidna questioned braking the quietness.
"Knuckles, I am telling you all the information I know." She answered. "But, if you do want more legitimate answers then I suggest that you go to Station Square's Police Office… maybe they can give you a hand on the investigation.
"No, that won't help. I know more about the situation then they do, but if anything happens, you call me all right?" Knuckles ordered.
She put her right hand on her chest.
"Scouts' honor…"
They both laughed.
There was another silent moment and Knuckles had an disgruntled look on his face.
"What's wrong?" Sheila asked realizing the echidna's expression.
"I…wish you would let me see her."
Sheila sighed.
"I can't Knuckles! I can get fired..." She said. "I know you are worried about her well being, but can't you wait two hours until visiting hours?"
Knuckles turned his head in disrelish.
"Knuckles!" Sheila yelled.
"Ya…sure."
"It's settled then." She said with a sigh of relief. "I'm going to go and check on another patient. "You can leave and comeback whenever you want to."
She got up and gave Knuckles a kiss on the forehead.
"Be strong and don't do anything stupid."
The nurse began to walk away, but she remembered about something that she been meaning to ask the guardian.
"Excuse me, Knuckles..." Sheila said trying to get the echinda's attendtion.
Knuckles looked up.
"How did you know Rouge was in danger?" She asked.
Knuckles smiled.
"An angel told me..."
Amy awoke and groggily rose from her bed.
"Man what happened?" She asked as she rubbed her head, which felt like it just got hit by a brick.
"What could give me such a headache?" Amy whined.
Amy began to remember her little event with Rouge. She tried to go futher, but everytime she thought about it; the more her head hurt.
"Now I remember…that bitch hit me!" Amy screamed angrily.
Soon Amy covered her mouth realizing what she had just said. She never used profanaty, no matter how angry she was…
After getting over what she just said, Amy walked to the left side of her bed and opened the blinds revealing the beautiful morning sun.
"At least the day is good…" She sighed as she stared at the wonderful sunrise on the horizon.
"I wonder how Sonic is doing?" She thought, as she began daze off in her own world.
Soon though, thinking about the events from yesterday, the pink hedgehog began to get angry.
"Why should I care!" Amy said as she turned around from the scenery. "He doesn't give two biscuits about me!"
Yawning and closing her eyes, Amy walked down the steps of her apartment. When she reached the last step, the pink hedgehog opened her eyes.
Amy tripped over her own feet as her house transformed into an abyss of ivory.
She could hear her breathing echo as she looked around frantically wondering were she was.
"Where am I!"
"You are in the Realm of Balance…" Echoed a familiar voice.
Suddenly, and orange light emerged in front of Amy's face. The pink hedgehog shielded her eyes from the radiance until it slowly departed, revealing Tikal, helpful spirit of the Master Emerald…
"Tikal! Where did you come from!"
"Please relax…don't let the evil in arise in that matter…"
Amy stared at Tikal in utter confusion.
"Evil! What evil…"
The ancient echidna sat right in front of the perplexed hedgehog and held out her right hand. Amy contained to stare at her, but soon she began to feel a sudden pain in her chest. An ache that continued to grow…
"What are you doing?" Amy Rose screamed as she squeezed her chest in pain.
"Showing you…" Tikal answered as she began to concentrate harder.
Tikal pushed her hand back slowly and the pink hedgehog's pain increased dramatically. With a scream and a bit more concentration, Amy cocked her back rising to her knees as beams of darkness began to appear from the hedgehog's chest.
An orb of darkness emerged amongst the streaks of black from the hedgehog and floated to Tikal's palm.
Amy hung her head back and fell on all fours breathing abrasively as the pain slowly began to dissipate.
The weary hedgehog looked up to see the orb of darkness floating from the echidna's hand.
"What…is…that?" Asked Amy who was still getting over the pain.
"This is pure darkness…it resides in everyone," Tikal began. "but you are not supposed to have any type of darkness with in you at all."
"Why not? Amy asked as she rested on her knees.
"Because you are the Pure of Good Amy…When you die, it tells the universe that what it has made is not perfected signaling it subconscious to destroy and rebuild itself…"
"Huh!"
"Listen pure one! Do not let this evil continue to reside in you!" Tiakl said in a serious tone as she squeezed the orb with her right hand causing it to disappear. "If you do, the balance will be broken and when it's broken…there won't be a-
"Ha! Ha! Ha! Amy don't listen to that idiot…" Said a feminine, deeper version of; my voice.
The pink hedgehog began to look around wondering where the voice had come from
She returned her gaze to Tikal and gasped she noticing that she was gone.
"Who are you?" The pink hedgehog yelled.
"My name is not important yet Amy…"
"Then at least answer me this: What is going on!"
The voice laughed.
"Amy…you not need to worry for I am handling the situation." Answered the voice. "Just enjoy your new self until the right time comes…"
What are you talking about? I haven't changed!
"Heh…That's what you think…"
Suddenly Amy's earlier migraine returned and she closed her eyes gripping her head in pain.
"Wake Amy! Wake and step forth into your new reality! "
"WAKE!"
Shadow and Tails were down stairs just awakening from their long nights sleep. They both sat calmly on the couch enjoying the television.
That's until they heard the screaming from up stairs…
"NO AMY! NOOO!"
Shadow and Tails stared at eachother and sprung from the couch and ran upstairs. Shadow opened Sonic's bedroom door and saw the cerulean hedgehog kicking and screaming on the bed. The kitsume and the black hedgehog ran toward him trying the hardest to keep him stable, but nothing was working.
With nothing working, they both had no choice...
Shadow put his hand above his head and slapped Sonic right across his face…
The delusional hedgehog woke up from his nightmare and looked around. His heart was beating like a drum and his eyes were wide. He was so freaked out he even had to touch his head to see if it was still on.
He saw Tails and Shadow next to him on both sides of the bed panting while he rubbed the stinging right side of his muzzle.
"What the hell happened to you!" Shadow asked a little irritated.
"I was dreaming…" Sonic said as he looked at a group portrait of him and his friends on his wall, staring at Amy's picture.
"I was dreaming that Amy killed me…"
Not as exciting as the others, but at least I got the chapter out of the way...
Thanks again for all the reveiws!