Haha! I guess my writing has improved! This story doesn't have nearly as many chapters as Never Look Back, but I've got a hell of a lot more hits with this one! I'll probably have over 2000 by the end of the story. At least I hope… This story might end soon… Here's the statistics at the time I'm writing this Author's note:

NLB
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Chapters: 13

Nightmare (this chapter not included)
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Chapters: 7

It's All A Nightmare
Chapter VIII
Only A Plank Between One And Perdition

Sonic was having a hard time trying to stay awake, so he went to grab a cup of coffee, but as he was about to drink it, Knuckles burst into the waiting room and yelled to Sonic, scaring the crap out of him, causing him to spill his coffee all over himself…

"Hey, Sonic!"

"Holy shit, it's hot! Goddamn it Knuckles!"

"Do you know where the coffee is?"

"It's in there. You made me spill mine all over me!"

"Sorry."

Sonic grabbed another cup of coffee after Knuckles was done. After making sure no one else was around to scare the coffee all over him, Sonic was about to take another drink, when, the hospitals power went out. "For Christ's sake, what is it this time!" After a few seconds the backup generator kicked in. He looked around. The lights were really dim. The backup generator must not be using much power output for the lights. There was a low, ominous hum coming from the generator that sounded throughout the Hospital. He was, again, about to take the first sip of the coffee, when something caught his attention. Two nurses were rushing down the hall towards the elevator near the waiting room.

"We need to get that power back! The generator's not going to last long!" One nurse said to the other. Immediately Sonic thought about Amy. 'She could die…' He thought.

Days passed and the power still hadn't been brought back. It was expected to come back soon, but there was no telling what could happen. The generator's power was waning. Barely any was left in it. The lights got dimmer and dimmer as the power got lower and lower. Not long after, all the hospital's power had died. "Shit! We need to get the power back! Call the electricity company!" The doctor said.

"All the phones are out!" The nurse replied.

"Use a cell phone!"

"Cell phones aren't allowed to be used in a hospital!"

"This is a special case! We need a cell phone, STAT! You sir! Do you have a cell phone!"

"No, but my friend does. He's in the ICU waiting room." Sonic stated.

"Quick, go into the ICU waiting room and ask them for it!" The doctor commanded the nurse.

"Right!" She rushed into the room. The doctor paced the floor, worrying about all the patients in the ICU… all their lives were on the line. He stopped and looked towards Sonic.

"You're the one here with that pink hedgehog, right?"

"Yeah."

"You really care about her don't you?" Sonic didn't respond. "We'll do everything in our power to help her." Within minutes, the power was back on. The doctor rushed into the ICU, Sonic quickly following behind. The doctor stopped at the door of the ICU. "I know you want to come in, but protocols do not allow visitors in on an active ICU patient. I'm sorry." The doctor rushed in. Sonic put his ear to the door. He knew the doctor was working on Amy because what he had said earlier. He heard a faint flat line. "Shit…" He listened for any voices.

"Quick, get the defibrillator!" Sonic's mind was total chaos.

"Clear!"

"Nothing! Again!"

"Clear!" There was a split second of the heart rate, but it faded back into the flat line.

"Again!"

"Clear!" Her heart rate finally stabilized. Having not slept in days, and all the anxiety he experienced just now, Sonic fell to the ground, practically dead to the world.

Amy had still been enveloped in the darkness, but as the days wore on, the darkness slowly faded. After a long while, she stood in the heavens. "What the… Where am I?"

"It's not your time." The darkness enveloped her for a split-second, but was back up in the heavens. "Leave, now!" The darkness that had enveloped her for over a week had enveloped her again.

"What happened? Did I just…"

I didn't expect to drag this story out for so long. I was going to end it at chapter VI, but after making a few modifications, it dragged on further. Same thing happened with Never Look Back. I was going to end it at chapter VI or VII, but it ended up being XIII chapters long. Anyway, after I'm done with It's All A Nightmare, I'm going to make a sequel to it called, 'The Battle Of The Ages', at least I hope so. Well, I guess I'll text you guys later!