Sorry it took me a while to get this up, my computer was having a day. But it's still Thursday, so I did meet the deadline. Okay, you can all put your tents away, the new chapter is up! Errm, the beginning is a little gory...sorry...

Amy uncovered her ears, wondering what had just happened. Yes, it was a gunshot, but who had it-

"MOM!" Amy turned her head to see what was going on. Sonic and Aurum were the ones who had yelled. In front of them was the robot, a gun in it's right hand. In it's grasp was the body of Sonic's mother. Blood oozed out of a large hole in the neck, the head barely connected. Aurum ran up and destroyed the robot, Sonic grabbed his mother, holding her in his arms. Even though the blue hedgehog could not accept it, his mother was already dead. The chao on his head let out a small wail, as did the one in Amy's arms.

"What the? How did that happen?" Eggman asked, his eyes glued to the scene. "I didn't order the robot to attack!"

"But I did." Dr. James Robotnik, Eggman's father, walked in his own battle-robot, which was similiar to a gigantic Egg-Hammer, with a rifle instead of a hammer. There was a capsule connected to the chest, which held Beau and Scorge inside. The baby was crying, not knowing of the troubles outside.

"You...killed my mother..." Sonic managed to say, tears falling down his face onto his dead mother's chest.

"So, you're here too," Aurum said to Eggman's father. "We already know what your son wants, but why are you here?" It looked to Amy like Aurum was just asking to keep his mind off his just-killed mother, trying not to cry himself.

"This is my last time out on the field, I swear," The old doctor decreed. "I wanted to go out with a bang. And what better way, than to take out the family of a hedgehog who's stopped me for so long? As you already know, you kid's father and uncle were both my greatest enemies, as you two would be to my son."

"Hold on a sec," Sonic tore his gaze from the body in his hands, looking the two Robotniks in front of him. "What do you mean, would? Do you have a plan or something?"

"So, the hedgehog caught on to us!" James cried. His battle-bot raised it's rifle. "I am going to kill one of you, and let the other one live. What I want to know, is which one will it be?"

"And if we don't cooperate?" Aurum asked. "Seeing as Sonic and I are the fastest things on Mobious, we can just run out of the way, right?"

"If you both live, then Beau dies," The elder of the robotniks let out a loud, maniacal laugh. "If one of you dies, the girl and the child go free. So, who am I killing?" Amy watched in silence. She wanted to scream. She wanted to grab Sonic and save him. She wanted to do something, but she knew that nothing she could do would change anything. It was a horrible thought, but it was true.

"I'll go," Aurum said, stepping forward. Sonic grabbed his brother's arm, shaking his head.

"No, you can't go," Sonic argued. "Your the oldest, and you still have a whole life ahead of you.

"As do you," Aurum replied. "Besides, Beau and Scorge are your family, not mine. Back off Sonic."

"B..but I," Sonic stuttered, trying to find a reason. Not being able to, he slowly slunk away.

"Well then, it is decided," The father turned to his son. "Ivo, would you do the honors?"

"Me?" Eggman looked frightened at the idea of killing someone. Amy remembered a few months ago, after Eggman had kidnapped Eno, Shadow, and Scorge, threatening to kill the latter. In the end, Amy recalled, he had admitted that he never had been able to kill anyone without remorse as his father did. That weakness had probably saved the gang more than once.

"You need to get used to it," James replied. "Here, I'll show you how it's done." The robot lifted it's rifle, aiming right at Aurum. The gold hedgehog tried not to look afraid, putting on a brave face before his death. Sonic was still in tears, about to lose yet another member of his family. The robot pulled the trigger.

"That's it, I can't take it!" Sonic yelled. "You can't kill my brother, I won't let you!" In a rush of super-speed, Sonic tackled Aurum, both of them falling mere inches away from the bullet. The Egg-Hammer look-a-like swerved around, aiming the rifle once again at the two hedgehogs and chao on the ground.

"Sonic, what are you-" Aurum was cut off as Sonic pulled out a Chaos Emerald.

"Lucky I found this," Sonic said. "Let's see, what are the words? Chaos-"

"Oh no you don't!" Both the Robotniks cried, the robot once again pulling the trigger, the sound of the gunshot ringing through the air.

"-Encase!" Sonic yelled, as he, Aurum, and Mic were wrapped in a white light. Suddenly, everything turned black again, and Amy was thrust out of the memory.

"What happened?" Amy asked, holding her head. She was not in the memory room, but was once again back in the darkness.

"It's over, chao," Mic replied, small tears in his eyes. "The memory was over, chao, so we were out out of the memory room. Chao, I'm glad. I didn't want to see anymore."

"Wait a minute," Amy looked around, her eyes soon finding gold lying on the ground. "Aurum!" Amy rushed over to the male hedgehog, kneeling beside him. He groaned, putting his hand on his forehead as Amy helped him to a sitting position. The pink hedgehog noticed his eyes were a little redder than usual, and there were wet lines that went down his cheeks.

"Don't do that again," Aurum muttered.

"I'm sorry," Amy replied. "I...I had to know what happened. I guess my curiosity got the better of me."

"That's alright," Aurum replied, brushing the tears off his face. "I wanted to know what happened too, tell you the truth. Since my memory gave way, I forgot how I got here. Sonic gave me a few details, but he never let me see it. I guess he just didn't want to relive it."

"Do you know what happened to Beau?" Amy asked.

"Kidnapped," Aurum replied. "Since I wasn't killed, but I was still gone, the Robotniks decided to go halfway on their deal. Instaed of killing her and the kid, Dr. J. simply took her to his base. It was so heavily fortified, that Sonic could never get in. So then, Sonic decided he would defeat Eggman, and use that to get to his father."

"But then, Beau died when the base blew up," Amy finished. "and Sonic eventually killed Eggman's father. Now it makes sense"

"Exactly," Aurum replied. he quickly re-brushed his face, and then got up. "Well, what's done is done. I just hope Sonic's feeling nice enough to forgive you."

"Don't worry, chao," Mic said. "He may be mad at first, but he'll forgive you eventually Amy."

"Do you think so?" Amy asked.

"Positive," Aurum agreed. "You'll be fine, and Sonic will be too."

"I know, but...I never would have thought that he's been through so much. I hope he's okay. I wonder if he's woken up yet..."

The memory had ended, and the blue hedgehog awoke from his little trance. Sonic groaned a little, hoping not to see anyone trying to administer CPR again when he opened his eyes. Instead, as his eyelids lifted, his emerald eyes say nothing but metal. Metal, and robots. Realization hit Sonic quickly: He had been captured by Eggman.
Mwahaha! I hope that chapter was to your liking! So, next chapter up on...Saturday, I believe? Well then, get those tents back up, and I'll see you in two days!