WARNING: To Sonic fans and Sonamy fans alike, this chapter contains extreme character distortion of Sonic and unless your daring and like giving flames should not be read by you people! To those who hate Sonic with a passion, enjoy!

Chapter 14: Breaking Point

Trapped! We were trapped within the walls of the Lost Colony like rats in a lab! Tails was still in a daze over Sonic, who has now betrayed us and sided with Eggman. I couldn't really say much to cheer the guy up and in some way even though I was over him it still hurt inside. My knees almost caved in as we trudged down the corridor and I could sense my heart racing faster as we continued.

Not noticing the other halls Tails and I had reached a dead end. When I turned around I could see something slide up along the ceiling. It was some kind of slimy worm-looking thing with a round mechanical ball inside! Even now Eggman was tracking us down.

"Tails! Look up!" I cried.

He only brought his eyes up a slight bit to see it.

"Eggman knows we're coming for him," then suddenly he started to shiver, "that's not what I think it is…"

"What Tails!"

The worm crept even closer to us and it was then I grabbed Tails' arm. "We have to find another way!"

Without warning it began vibrating and a visible gas fizzled out of its body. This was the time to escape but it happened so quickly I was unable to move.

"Tails fly us out!" I demanded.

"I…can't…my whole body's gone numb…"

"…!" I tried to scream, to call out for someone but my voice was shot. The strength was sapped from me and I could feel myself falling into darkness.

I'm not sure of when I came to, but I could still barely breathe let alone talk. My vision returned and out the corner of my eye was Tails on his knees, bound and gagged to a steel post. I was paralyzed and could do nothing to free myself let alone save Tails. A weight heavier than steel and boulders came crashing down on me.

"Poor Amy, heh heh!"

Again I recalled my former love interest's voice. He taunted me like I was some grade school punk and if I were standing up I would've whacked him good.

"This is what happens to a girl who can't seem to make up her mind. A girl who constantly tries to get something she can't have. A girl who thinks that she can do anything to change the world! A girl like you. Ever since the day I rescued you from Little Planet I knew you were trouble and I avoided you as best I could. But you're so damn danger-prone and helpless I felt like if I didn't save you every time I'd be labeled the bad guy instead of Eggman. That's why I rescued you each time you needed me, my good name was at stake!"

At that instant the boulders and steel crushed me to where I was broken to pieces. All this time I just figured his feelings were none, but now I see him for what he truly is. His reputation was more important than the lives he'd saved. The world's fastest hedgehog…Sonic the Hedgehog…was gone.

Managing enough energy to respond I asked, "So then the others are just in the way? Is Tails just in your way?"

"Actually the little pest has boosted my rep tenfold! He makes me a brotherly figure and really draws in a crowd with that stupid tail twirling."

"Why would you do this Sonic? I just don't understand why you'd give up everything for something so trivial!"

"It's rather simple girl!" called out Eggman, trying ever so hard to be ominous yet again. "I injected Sonic with truth serum, a dandy little invention I stumbled across during our days on Planet Earth. Now he can do nothing but express how he really feels about you and the others and is also confused about whose side he's really on. It all fits to my advantage!"

Something told me Sonic hadn't simply abandoned us on his own. But these were and will be what he really thinks of us and not even Eggman can make that any worse.

"Know what the best part of this is…he doesn't care! Nothing I say matters to him and in a few hours he'll completely black out and forget any of this happened! That Ms. Rose is when he will die!"

Failure seemed to waver over my head each time I tried to do something right. Could this really be how I am to live my life, relying on the strengths of others? Constantly being rescued? A frail girl who gets in the way? No, I didn't want it to be this way but still something was missing that I longed to have…

"Sonic," called Eggman, "first dispose of the fox cub…and I want to see it now!"

Tails had been awake for a while now and he'd heard Eggman's command. He wobbled and gnawed on the object that was stuffed in his mouth but he couldn't break free. Still stiff as a board I could only watch in horror as Sonic pushed his hand against Tails' throat. Being gagged only made it worse as now his breathing was being completely cut off.

"Sonic, STOP! You don't want to hurt him Eggman's just using you! He's going to kill you!"

Tails was now coughing. In another minute he would be dead. "SONIC!"

He paused.

"You know what, I can't even count how many times I've heard you call my name. It's so irritating…"

Releasing Tails, I breathed a sigh of relief only to swallow it back up as he approached me with devilish eyes.

"Eggman…Tails can wait but this needs to be dealt with. Come here Amy!"

In the past his touch was the one thing I desired but now it was the worst experience in my young life. His gloved hand traced against my cheek with a tickling sensation. He was trying to tease me, to make me think of him as I did before.

"I'm going to send you away from this world and my life forever. And I'll do it using your own weapon!"

Pulling it out of the hammer space Sonic whirled it over my head and positioned it; sweat was trickling down my neck. I was strong enough to do serious damage with the hammer myself but Sonic, he always seemed to surprise me. I was terrified of being killed especially if it wasn't by evil hands…and I knew deep down he wasn't truly evil. Eggman took his wicked thoughts and twisted them up and now I was going to die by him…Sonic the Hedgehog…

Brightness came sooner than I'd expected. Had I already reached the other side? Was this the place the humans called Heaven? No, it was something better. It was the light given off by the Chaos Emeralds. It was Shadow.

Luckily Sonic got distracted by this blinding light and I no longer felt fear. But concern did linger as Shadow was still ill from the Planet's effects on him. He must have gotten more energy from another source.

The brightness faded and I could see his spiked head and backside from behind Sonic. "Shadow! I'm so glad your okay! How'd you get over the sickness?"

"I know it's corny but I had a dream about Maria's death again and she told me what I had to do to become well. She told me to come to you, make you happy. Once I do that this mental illness will dispel from me. So here I am."

"So you mean that me being rescued will actually help you?" I asked in wonder.

He only nodded and then glared at Sonic.

"That doesn't make any sense whatsoever! I can't believe you let him brainwash you like this!"

Bit by bit my movement returned to me and I could manage to stand up and step over to him. My hand on his shoulder I pitied Sonic from afar. "He hasn't done anything to make me feel any less of an individual. I care about him and he does the same for me. You were just too pathetic to realize what you felt…"

Rage built up and before long he let it out in an attempt to assault me but just as he made one step, Sonic fell over on his side. His truth telling episode was over.

"Well that was anticlimactic." muttered Shadow.

I then ran over to free Tails who was now crying yet again. "Tails, it's okay. It's all over."

"No it's not! This won't go away Amy not now and not ever!" he bawled.

He was right. This incident would go on to scar both Tails and Sonic for the rest of their lives and though I wished I could do more to help him.

"Don't think this is over Shadow! I brought you back to life and I can easily take it away along with hers!"

"Humph. Good luck. I'm not the only one fighting you, Eggman."

"That's right! He and I are in this together!"