I'm happy with how this story is turning out. I even managed to update on time almost everytime (sadly, I have been unable to do that with my other one). Anyway, remember that this is the last chapter for a week. In case you forgot, I'm going on vacation, and will be back a week from Monday. But for now, chapter...13! (Thirteen already? Wow.) Oh, in this chapter, if the words are in italics, that means Sonic is communicating with Amy and/or Aurum. Just thought I'd do that, so no one gets confusticated. Okay, now chapter 13.

"How'd I get here?" Sonic asked himself. "Must've gotten dragged to Eggman's base while I was unconscious. Hey, where's everyone else?"

"Look up," Sonic did so, noting that he was locked in a jail-like cell. There were two cots attached to the wall, and Shadow was in the top one.

"Hey Shads," Sonic said, smirking as Shadow groaned at the nickname.

"I see you finally woke up Sonic," Shadow noted. "I suppose you want to know what happened."

"Of course I would," Sonic replied.

"Those damn robots." Sonic looked over to see another occupied cell, which held both Knuckles and Gemini, the latter being the one who responded. Both of them had various cuts and bruises on them, but Sonic was unsure whether the wounds had come from robots, or the two rivals fighting in their cell.

"They attacked after you passed out," Knukles explained. "We fought them off pretty well at first, but then they started shooting up with tranquilizer darts."

"Tranquilizers?" Sonic asked. "That's new."

"No," Shadow replied, "It's new for him, but he just stole the idea from G.U.N. Trust me, they are going to be ticked when they find out."

"So, you guys got darted, and they took us here." Sonic concluded.

"Exactly," Shadow agreed. "What I'm wondering is why you fainted in the first place. You said something about Amy."

"Yeah, I did," Sonic mumbled. "But it's none of your business."

"Remember that threat I made earlier with the memory spell?" Gemini asked, taking off his sunglasses. "It still aplys, and I do not make false claims."

"So you think," Knuckles said. Both of them glared at each other, while Sonic let out a sigh.

"Look, I promise I'll explain later," Sonic said, "but I do know how to get Amy back. All I need are the Chaos Emeralds."

"No can do, unless we get out of here," Knuckles exclaimed. "Eggman stole all our emeralds, and he already has one. That makes six for him, none for us."

"And there's still one Chaos Emerald somewhere," Sonic finished in a melancholy tone.

"Well, I know where that one is," Shadow said. "Tails, Cream, Eno, and Ciel have that one. They gave the rest of the emeralds they found to us, and you know where those ended up."

"So, once Eggman finds those, then he'll have all the emeralds," Sonic said. "But if we could sneak out of here, we could grab the six he has, get back to the others and get the last emerald, and then we'd have Amy back."

"Depending on where she is, we might not even need those," Gemini and Sonic looked at each other, green eyes staring at blue. "If you tell us where Amy is, I might be able to bring her back with a spell. Or, you could just go with your plan, and risk not being able to get her out at all, but that's your risk."

"I can do fine on my own," Sonic said, tiring of this conversation. Our blue hedgie looked around, trying to see a way out.

"Sonic," Sonic heard in his head, instantly recognizing it as Aurum. "Where are you?"

"Bad news guys," Sonic replied, "We're stuck in Eggman's base, and he has six of the emeralds. Shadow, Knuckles, Gemini, and I are all stuck in prison cells. Any ideas on how to get out?"

"Try spin-dashing out," His brother replied. "When spinning, I think you'll be able to spin through the gaps in the bars."

"Right then," Sonic agreed, "Here I go."

"Wait," Amy called, "Sonic, I-" Sonic didn't hear what she was about to say, because the room was suddenly enveloped in a bright red light. The sound of sirens could be heard echoing from the heart of the base.

"What the hell's going on?" Gemini asked.

"I dunno, but it sure doesn't sound good," Knuckles replied.

"We're being invaded!" Eggman's voice yelled through the intercom. "All robots, get out here to fight them off. If you see they have a Chaos Emerald, retrieve it at all costs."

"Looks like now's as good a time as any to get out," Sonic said, as he curled up into a ball. Following his sibling's advice, the blue blur began to spin rapidly, soon shooting out of the cell. Instead of waiting for the others, Sonic quickly got back on his feet, making a beeline for the center of the base. That would be where Eggman would most likely have the Chaos Emeralds, since that's where his main computer was.

"I wonder who decided to invade the base," Sonic wondered.

"Sonic, I need to say something to you!" Amy cried in his mind. Sonic really didn't want to hear at the moment, for not only was he busy getting through the maze of metal known as Eggman's Base, but he was also still mad at Amy.

"No Amy," Sonic answered, "I'm busy. The sooner I get this done, the sooner you get out of my head."

"But Sonic, I wanted to apologize!" Sonic's pace slowed down a little. Did Amy, the stubborn hedgehog who always seemed to come back to him, just apologize?

"Apologize for what?" Sonic asked.

"For looking in your memories," Amy replied. "I didn't know it was so bad. I thought that you were hiding your memories for some silly reason, not that. I never should have looked in them. Sonic...will you forgive me?" Sonic took a little time to digest these words, wondering what to make of them. The blue furrie knew she was being sincere, it was obvious in the tone in her voice. She really was sorry.

"Alright," Sonic said, "I forgive ya' Amy. When I did something bad, you forgave me. Consider this the way I make up for it."

"Oh Sonic, thank you!" Amy squealed happily. "Now that that's out of the way, we've got an egg to crack, right?"

"Now we're talking!" Sonic exclaimed. "Let's do it to it Amy!"

Next time, the fight with Eggman! Anyway, I'll see you all in a week, so I hope you don't mind being in tents that long! Sayanora!