Team Sonic

By: The White Dragon Rider

Disclaimer: I own Nothing! Are we clear? Good! P.S. Please don't sue me

(Here we go with the next chapter)

(On a side note I just saw the second to last episode of the series and I have this to say. Team Fu king White Snow has a God m MegaZord! How the F ck is that fair!)

Chapter 12: Night Run

"Darn where is she?" asked Takeshi as he ran through some crowded streets at night

He had followed Amy all the way into the city to try and talk to her

Their little chase had lasted all the way into the early evening

Takeshi had lost track of Amy and was trying to find her without much luck

He was still amazed by how much she could run

She never ran this long on the treadmill before

Even he was starting to get exshausted

Takeshi wandered around the part of the city he had lost Amy in looking for any sign of the cute, brown-haired girl

He would occasionally stop and ask someone on the sidewalk if they had seen Amy nearby

Mostly he got negative answers or people who thought they saw her but weren't sure

A few times when he asked girls they realized who he was and tried to mob him and beg for autographs

Takeshi had to run like hell to get away from them after each attack

"Man I wish I didn't have so many fans right now" said Takeshi annoyed as he rested on a bench recovering from the last fan-girl attack

"Geez this isn't going to be easy" said Takeshi exhausted

Amy could be anywhere in the huge city and Takeshi knew he could check everywhere for her before it got really late

Plus he was worried she would get hurt by some thugs that roamed the back alleyways late at night

The city was good with crime but wandering around the city late at night alone was a bad idea for anyone even in a safe city

He was also worried about what had happened to her back at the garage

She had changed somehow when she fought Liz and did the test run

Amy had…become stronger

Takeshi was impressed at how Amy had fought Liz

Even if she hadn't done the test run or plays she still had gotten a lot better at fighting somehow

He still was curious about these other people that Amy had been talking with over the radio

It was all strange to him

Amy must have been talking to them a lot and known them a lot for her to talk with them over a radio and not a phone

She mentioned the one she was talking to was the one that had done the plays and the test run

Takeshi had also overheard that she had been taught the plays in the playbook by them

'Could that mean they also trained her? wondered Takeshi

That would explain how she got stronger

But that still didn't answer who had trained her

Amy must have wanted to protect the identity of whoever it was a lot to go to such extremes as letting Liz be mad at her

Takeshi couldn't think of anything he would be willing to face an angry Liz to protect

It must have been important

Takeshi was just hoping that he would get some answers from Amy when he found her…if he found her

The night was still young

The moon had barely come out over the horizon and people were just starting to turn their lights on

Takeshi could see the giant IG track light up like a string of Christmas tree lights in the distance

He quickly took out his Watch World game which had a built in clock and checked the time

7:45 P.M.

"It's still early" said Takeshi as he got up to begin looking again

Takeshi went off down the road to search some more

With Sonic

Meanwhile Sonic was also searching for Amy in the city

Sonic ran and jumped from rooftop to rooftop for two reasons

So he could not been seen and to get a good view

Sonic's blue body was next to impossible to see when he was quickly leaping across streets

Even though Sonic was light blue he still blended in well with the dark nigh sky

Also by searching from rooftops he could see a lot more than Takeshi could on the ground

He was covering a lot of ground quickly but he still couldn't find Amy

Sonic lept between two buildings over a busy street that was lit up by all the city lights

As he did he though he stopped Amy below him on the sidewalk

When Sonic got to the other building he jumped down onto the top of a sign on the side of the building to get a bigger look

The girl he had seen was merely a fan and looked a bit like her at a distance

"Not her" said Sonic as he looked down on the street

"Man I never thought I would have to look for Amy" said Sonic noticing the irony in what was going on

"If only I could just call her and ask her where she was on the radio" said Sonic to himself

Sonic had tired that earlier and gotten no answer so he guessed she had turned off her radio

But he did have an idea of how to track her

Sonic knew Tails installed tracking devices in the radios they used since Tails used them to track them during adventures

'I could probably use the radio's homing signal to home in on Amy' said Sonic looking at his radio

"Hey Tails are you there?" called Sonic over the radio

"Yeah" replied Tails

"Are you still in the bag?" asked Sonic

"Yes, the rest of her team is not in the dojo right now but I can't get out of this stupid bag! Knuckles can't sneak in until everyone leaves" said Tails annoyed

"Too bad" said Sonic

"I know. Have you found Amy yet? Her team hasn't heard anything from her or Takeshi" reported Tails

"Nope, but I have an idea of how I can find her" said Sonic

"What?" asked Tails curiously

"I think I can track her using the tracking devices you put in the radios" said Sonic

"That's perfect! When I get back to the Tornado Three I should be able to pinpoint her location exactly" said Tails happily

"Any idea how I can track her now?" asked Sonic not wanting to wait until Tails could get to the Tornado Three

"Turn the dial on the side to tracking mode" instructed Tails

Sonic turned the dial on the side of his radio to tracking mode

The radio then began to emit slow pings at steady intervals

"The closer you are to Amy the faster the pings will get. This will give you some idea of which way you're suppose to go" said Tails

"Thanks Tails and good luck getting out of that bag with only Knuckles helping you" said Sonic jokingly

"HEY!" shouted Knuckles angrily over his radio

Sonic laughed and then began the hunt for Amy again

He jumped back onto the building and began leaping from building to building while listening to his radio for any sign he was getting closer

Sonic stopped on a building and pointed his radio in every direction

The pings got faster when he pointed the radio to his right so he began heading in that direction

He was heading to the city's China district

With Amy

Everything after running away from the garage seemed like a blur to Amy

All she could remember was running from Takeshi for a long time until she lost him in a crowded street

Even when she lost him she didn't stop running for some time

The next thing she knew she was walking down some street in Chinatown past crowds of people on the sidewalk

She didn't stop to see exactly where she was

She just kept walking while thinking about all that had happened

Amy knew she would have a hard time going back to the team after all she had done

First she would have to deal with Liz

Liz defiantly wouldn't treat her the same after the beating she had dished out to her

The rest of the team would still think she was as good as Tails

And Takeshi…

Well she didn't know how Takeshi would react to this

She still wasn't even sure why he had defended her during the test run

Takeshi seemed to be the one least affected by the rest of the team's accusations about her

It seemed almost like he knew it wasn't her…but that wasn't possible

Amy took a break from thinking about her current situation when she looked around and saw she was near one of her favorite restaurants

She had often gone there with either Liz or Takeshi to celebrate victories

Amy never got a lot but Liz could eat two of everything on the menu in one sitting and somehow never gain a pound

Amy was kind of hungry since she hadn't eaten anything that day besides a few things in the vending machine at the garage

Plus she figured going inside and resting for a while might help calm her nerves

Amy headed inside the restaurant to relax for a little while

Unknown to here someone was watching her from a nearby alleyway…

With Takeshi

"I hope this is the right way" said Takeshi as he entered the China district of the city

He had talked to someone who claimed to see Amy heading in the direction of the China district

Takeshi ran through the Chinese restaurants, shops, and buildings to find Amy

He looked all over the place for her

He kept asking people about her but none he talked to saw her and a few girls he asked about her realized who he was and set off more fan-girl mobs that he had to run from

After a half hour he still hadn't found her

"Where are you Amy?" asked Takeshi depressed while he walked the streets in the Chinatown

It was only getting later and he knew he was running out of time

As he walked he heard his cell phone go off

Takehsi took it out and answered it

"Hello" greeted Takeshi unenthusiastically

"Takeshi is that you?" asked a voice Takeshi recognized as Satomi's

"Yes" said Takeshi

"Where are you?" she asked worriedly

"I'm looking for Amy" said Takeshi

"Any luck?" she asked

"Nope, not yet" said Takeshi

"We've also been trying to find her" said Satomi

"Really?" asked Takeshi

"Yes, we notified the police to tell us if they see her. We don't want her taken in by them or else you know it'll end up being racing gossip" said Satomi

An IG pilot being taken in by police? The rumors would be brutal for sure

"How's Liz?" asked Takeshi

"She seemed really shocked for a while that Amy beat her, she didn't say anything to anyone and just went home after a little while" answered Satomi

'Liz must still be recovering from the fact Amy beat her' thought Takeshi

"Well I've managed to track her to Chinatown but I still can't find her" said Takeshi

"Isn't that where that Chinese restaurant you guys are always going to is?" asked Satomi

"That's it!" said Takeshi

He wondered why he hadn't thought of that before

That's probably where Amy was!

"What's it?" asked Satomi confused

"Can't talk gotta go!" said Takeshi quickly before hanging up on her

Takeshi then ran off as fast as he could to the restaurant

With Sonic

Sonic followed the pings and quickly found himself on a rooftop of a Chinatown building

He stopped running and stood on top of a stone dragon on the tiled roof of a Chinese restaurant (Different one)

Sonic had stopped to get a heading on Amy's location

He guessed he was getting close to her since the pings had been getting faster as he headed deeper into Chinatown

Sonic looked around the are with interest

The buildings were not as tall as most of the ones he had been on in the other parts of the city

Most were obviously oriental styled and had all shorts of Chinese symbols and decorations on them

Most of the roofs were slanted with tiles

Occasionally there would be a small stone tower on the rooftops along with a few decorations or statues

The streets below had small stands on the sides that were selling things like fireworks, spices, and a few odd natural cures

And above the streets were red lanterns hung by wires

Sonic had seen stuff like this before but not very well

Station Square had a small Chinatown in it also that Sonic had passed through once as part of a detour to evade Amy

Sonic didn't see much because he was going about 500 miles when he passed through it

He remembered the wind he created had taken down most of the lanterns overhead

He had to admit the place looked pretty cool

'I have to come back here and race some time' thought Sonic eagerly

As he looked down his eye caught something

He spotted Takeshi running down one of the sidewalks below him

"Wow never thought I'd see him here" said Sonic

He noticed he was running as fast as he could

"Where's he going?" asked Sonic curiously

'Maybe he knows where Amy is' thought Sonic

Sonic took out his radio and pointed it in the direction Takeshi was running

The pings got stronger

Sonic was right, Takeshi knew where Amy was

"Perfect he can lead me right to her" said Sonic with a smile

He then began leaping between rooftops while following Takeshi

With Takeshi

Takeshi ran as fast as he could over to the Chinese restaurant

He was rushing past people, knocking over some things as he ran, and bumping into a few people as well

As he ran he couldn't help but think of Amy

'I hope she's alright' thought Takeshi concerned

She was not just a teammate but a friend

Amy was always the one to try and fix things between him and Liz after fights

She was always nice to pretty much everyone

And she was also kind of cute…

Takeshi got an embarrassed look on his face at that last thought

'Why did I think that?' he wondered

'Cause she is' said a little voice in his head

'But I like Fantine' thought Takeshi defensively

Takeshi thought about the beautiful Fantine and about how much time they had spent together

Then he mind drifted back to a picture of Amy

She almost looked like an angel with her gentle smile, beautiful face, and long brown hair

'Stop thinking that! Stop thinking that! Stop thinking that!' thought Takeshi frustrated

'Amy is just a friend' thought Takeshi

'Who is extremely cute, friendly, and nice' said a little voice in his head again

'She's still just a friend' said Takeshi

'But she could become more…' said the voice again

'But I'm dating Fantine, I can't date her' thought Takeshi

'But you still like her' said the voice

'Great now I'm arguing with myself. Stupid hormones. Next thing you know I'll like Liz!' thought Takeshi frustrated

"Hey look out!" shouted someone behind Takeshi, snapping him out of his thoughts

During the little argument with himself he had accidentally run into the middle of a busy street when the "Do not cross" sign was lit up

Takeshi was now in the middle of a big street with a lot of traffic on it

"Uh oh" said Takeshi

He heard a loud honking behind him that sounded like it was getting closer

Takeshi turned around to see a huge delivery truck heading straight at him at high speeds

There was no time to move or anything

He thought he was going to die

Takeshi reacted how most people did put their arms in front of their face, scream, and close his eyes and wait to die

You know how they say your life flashes before your eyes before you die?

Takeshi's flash looked like a commercial for the IGPX

The first thing he felt was a fierce and sudden jolt that swept him off his feet which he figured was the truck hitting him

The only thing was that the jolt didn't hurt and for some reason he kept on moving at high speeds

He also felt that it was like someone was pulling him along by his hand so quickly it nearly took his arm off

When he opened his eyes it looked like he was flying over the city

He was moving at high speeds over the city streets below him

Takeshi could see all the cars headlights on the roads and he could see the thousands of small dots that were people moving along the lit sidewalks

"What is this?" he asked in amazement

He then looked up to see what was holding his hand and dragging him along

It was the blue creature from the race

Sonic's POV

Sonic had followed Takeshi for some time

He watched as Takeshi ran as fast as he could through the Chinatown crowds

Humans couldn't run very fast to Sonic but Takeshi was defiantly going fast for a human thought Sonic as he watched him run

The only problem was humans had nowhere near the reflexes that his kind had so Takeshi kept hitting things

Sonic couldn't help but laugh as Takeshi nearly tripped over a garbage can

After a while it seemed like he wasn't paying attention at all

Sonic could see that he had an embarrassed look on his face and he seemed lost in thought as he ran

This was confirmed after he saw Takeshi run right into the middle of a road when the "Do not cross" sign was red

"Hey look out!" shouted Sonic as loudly as he could to get him to pay attention

That managed to snap Takeshi back to reality

But it was too late; a giant delivery truck was heading right at him

Sonic could see there was no way that he could dodge it on his own so he knew he had to save him

Sonic leapt off the rooftop he was watching from, grabbed onto a lantern wire over the street, he spun around once before letting go, he then flew down the street and landed next to Takeshi who was too busy screaming to notice, he grabbed Takeshi's hand and jumped out of there just in time to dodge the truck

The momentum gave Sonic's jump enough power to send both of them flying high above the city streets

Sonic watched as Takeshi opened his eyes finally and saw where he was

"What is this?" he asked as he looked down

Takeshi looked down in amazement for a few seconds before looking up and seeing Sonic

Takeshi's look was one of surprise, wonder, and awe when he spotted Sonic who just gave a smile

He looked like he was about to say something when Sonic stopped him when he spotted a good building to land on

"Hold on, the flight might have been fun but the landing is hard" said Sonic as he pointed out a nearby building that they were going to land on

Takeshi looked over at the building and watched as it got closer

When they were about to hit Sonic let go of Takeshi and quickly curled into a ball and began spinning around him at high speed

Sonic used the blue tornado to slow Takeshi down enough to safely land on the roof

After Takeshi had landed Sonic landed on his feet nearby

Rooftop

Takeshi sat up after landing on the roof

He quickly recovered from the landing and looked over at the blue creature that was near him

Takeshi looked at Sonic, for a moment, closed his eyes, and opened them again to make sure he wasn't seeing things

The creature was still there

It looked the same as it did when Takeshi had last saw it except it was wearing clothes and had on black sunglasses with green lenses

It looked different that the character that his friend Sonic on Watch World used

"Geez man you need to watch were you're going" said Sonic playfully to Takeshi

This was semi-ironic coming from Sonic who often ran backwards at high speeds for fun

"So you can talk!" said Takeshi partially amazed

"Yeah, although some say I talk too much (Knuckles)" said Sonic playfully

"Who are you?" asked Takeshi as he stood up on the rooftop

Takeshi could see just how small Sonic was from a standing position were he towered over the small hedgehog

"My name is Sonic The Hedgehog!" said Sonic proudly

"Wait you mean you're the one from Watch World!" asked Takeshi in shock

"That's right Katana" said Sonic smugly

" No I'm…" began Takeshi

"Takeshi Jin, I know already" interrupted Sonic

"Wait, you know my name?" asked Takeshi surprised

"Yeah, Amy told me" said Sonic

"Wait! You mean Amy Stapleton!" asked Takeshi even more surprised now

"Yup" said Sonic calmly

"How do you know Amy and who or what are you?" asked Takeshi

"Well it's a long story but…" began Sonic

After a Quick Explanation

(I really don't want to have to write a summary of all that's happened so I'll just do this every time they have to explain what's going on to someone)

"…and finally I saved your butt from the delivery truck" finished Sonic after about five minutes of explaining his story

"Wow" was all Takeshi could manage to say about the situation

"That was Amy's reaction too" said Sonic

"Now I understand why Amy was willing to stand up to Liz to hide your secret and how she's gotten stronger" said Takeshi thinking about how everything Sonic had told him filled in the blanks

"Yeah, we really didn't expect something like this to happen when we decided to help her" said Sonic

"I guess it's kinda my fault too for chasing her" said Takeshi regretfully

"Well then we can find her together" said Sonic happily

"Yeah" said Takeshi

"I've been tracking her using a tracking device in the radio we gave her" said Sonic

"You mean the one I saw her talking on?" asked Takeshi

"Yeah, I know she's around her somewhere but I'm not sure where" said Sonic

"I know where she is" said Takeshi

"Really?" asked Sonic

"Yeah, we go to a Chinese restaurant around here to celebrate. I figure she'll be around there" said Takeshi

"Perfect" said Sonic happily

"We better get moving, she won't stay there forever so we better get their before she leaves" said Takeshi

"Ok let's go!" said Sonic eagerly getting into a running stance

"Hey wait what about me?" asked Takeshi before Sonic took off blazing

"What do you mean?" asked Sonic confused

"I can't jump from rooftop to rooftop like you" said Takeshi

"Oh yeah" said Sonic slightly embarrassed for forgetting

"Just how am I going to get down?" asked Takeshi

Just jumping off the high rooftop was not an option for Takeshi unlike Sonic

"I guess I'll have to use this" said Sonic pulling out his blue Chaos Emerald

"Hey that's one of the Chaos Emeralds right? Like the one I found and gave to Amy?" asked Takeshi

"Yup" said Sonic tossing it into the air a few times

"I'll use Chaos Control!" said Sonic

"That's the teleportation right?" asked Takeshi

"Yup, now hang on!" said Sonic as jumped up and grabbed onto Takeshi's hand

"Wait! Hold on!" said Takeshi in a panic

"CHAOS CONTROL!" shouted Sonic while holding up the Chaos Emerald

The emerald glowed for a second before letting out a flash of light

When the light cleared the two were gone

With Amy

Amy had just finished eating in the restaurant and was now relaxing in her seat

She had been thinking about what her next move was while she was in the restaurant

Amy figured that she would have to go back and face the team and just pray it all turned out right

The only other option she saw was to quit the team but that was not an option to her

But she knew she would have to somehow explain the test run and playbook since they would not stop hassling her about that

She spent a lot of time thinking up explanations but none of them sounded believable

Amy got the idea that maybe she could say it was a friend that wanted to remain secret (The truth)

But she knew that would not explain how she managed to do the same move that Tails did

After ten minutes of grappling with the problem she still had no ideas as for an excuse

"There's got to be someway to do this" said Amy frustratedly at the table

She looked straight ahead at a wall that was in front of her

On it was a mirror for decoration

Amy could see just how tired and frustrated she looked

But something else in the mirror caught her eye

Among the other people in the restaurant behind her was a man staring straight at her

He was in a seat in the corner where it was hard to notice him but he was defiantly looking right at Amy with a creepy look

Amy looked shocked and scared for a second before she slowly turned around to take a quick peek behind her

She looked for only a second in the man's direction

The man was a white guy in all black clothes with a black hat and sunglasses on

The outfit the man had one made him hard to recognize but Amy could tell it wasn't anyone she knew

Amy quickly looked forward again to avoid letting the man know she noticed him

Amy looked around the restaurant to see if anyone else noticed the man

Everyone was too busy talking, eating, or working to notice

Amy was in a slight panic now

She did not know who this guy was but she didn't think he was safe

It could have just been a fan of hers who recognized her but by the way the guy was dressed she had a feeling she wasn't that lucky

Amy didn't feel safe so she decided to leave in order to get away from the guy

She quickly sat up and walked to the door

The man looked at her all the time

Amy quickly paid her bill and left out the door without looking back

She then walked at a slightly faster pace than normal away from the building

With Sonic and Takeshi

Takeshi and Sonic appeared in a flash out light in an alleyway next to the Chinese restaurant

Sonic landed on his feet while Takeshi landed face down on the ground

When he got up the entire world was spinning like he had just gotten off a theme park ride

"You ok man?" asked three fuzzy Sonics to Takeshi worriedly

Takeshi shook his head and opened his eyes to see only one normal Sonic looking down on him worriedly

"What a trip" said Takeshi slowly getting up on wobbly legs

Takeshi nearly fell and had to lean against a nearby wall for balance and support

"Trust me the worst time is the first time" said Sonic

Sonic had nearly passed out his first time and had to be held up by Knuckles

"Give it a minute and you'll be fine" reassured Sonic

Takeshi waited and after a minute he was ok

"That's better" said Takeshi as he finally stood up on his own

"I'll wait here while you see if Amy's inside" said Sonic

Takeshi nodded and they ran out of the alleyway to check the restaurant

The Restaurant

While Sonic waited nearby Takeshi entered the restaurant

On his way in he got shoved out of the way rudely by a man in black

Takeshi fell onto the floor with a thud

"Hey watch it!" Takeshi screamed at the guy as the man walked down the sidewalk at quick pace

The man just gave Takeshi the middle finger over his shoulder without even looking back

"Nice guy" said Takeshi sarcastically as he got up and wiped off his red jacket once

He would've normally gotten back at the guy but he had more important things to do

Takeshi walked inside the restaurant and looked around the room

He saw a lot of people but no Amy

A waitress noticed him looking around and came over

"Excuse me sir. Are you looking for a seat?" she politely offered with a smile

"No I'm looking for a friend, she's about 14 years old (I think that's right) with long brown hair. Have you seen her?" asked Takeshi

"Yes a girl like that just left not even a minute ago" said the waitress

"Where'd she go?" asked Takeshi excitedly

"That way" said the waitress pointing out the window at the street Amy went down after she left

"Thanks!" said Takeshi to the waitress quickly before dashing out of the restaurant

Takeshi headed back down the alleyway to tell Sonic that Amy was close…really close

With Amy

Just down the street from Takeshi Amy was continuing her walk away from the restaurant

'That was creepy. Just who was that guy?' wondered Amy as she walked

She hoped she didn't have a stalker or something like some other pilots and celebrities had

The thought of someone spying on her all the time was very unsettling

'At least I got away from him' thought Amy relived with a smile as she continued down the sidewalk

She took a quick look back just to make sure

Amy was terrified of what she saw

Not only was the man following her down the street he now had two friends that were also dressed in black with him

Amy quickly looked forward so they wouldn't know she saw them

She quickly speeded up her pace a little in hopes she could put some distance between her and them

Amy walked down the road a bit faster than she was before

She gave a quick glance back to check on the men

They were keeping pace and had sped up too

Amy was beginning to panic now

She began walking a little faster

When she looked back the men had matched her pace again

Now Amy was just scared

Amy sped up into a little run

When she looked back the men were now running a little too

Amy knew she had to get away so she broke into a full run as fast as she could to get away from them

The men followed suit and began running after her obviously chasing her

They ran past people as they had their chase on the sidewalks

After a small period of running Amy saw she couldn't get away from them

The men where still chasing her and were gaining ground on her

Amy had an idea

She knew the area since she came here a few times with the others to go to the restaurant

Amy knew there was an alleyway just behind the next corner

When Amy took the corner she slipped inside the alleyway and quickly hid behind a trash can

She watched as the tree men ran past her hiding spot

When she thought they were gone she breathed a sigh of relief

"Man that was close" said Amy relived

Amy sat down, closed her eyes, and caught her breath

Her relief was short-lived

Amy heard footsteps approach her hiding spot

She opened her eyes to see a shadow standing over her

Amy looked up and saw it was the man from before standing over her with an evil grin

Alleyway

She panicked and quickly got up and tried to get away

When she tried to leave the alleyway she was blocked by the other two guys

She looked on in horror as they evilly smiled at her when she realized she was trapped

Amy ran down the alleyway only to find it was a dead end brick wall

She turned around with a look of horror on her face as she saw the men approach her

The main thug that had been in the restaurant was in the middle with his two friends off to the side

"Who are you!" demanded Amy in a scared tone

"That's none of your business" said the lead man with a sick and twisted smile of delight on his face

"What do you want with me?" asked the terrified Amy

"We're here to make sure you don't race" said the man off to the right side

"By any means necessary" added the other guy with an evil smile as she cracked his knuckles

Amy thought frantically about what to do

She couldn't run so she had to fight!

But that would be a problem since she left her staff back at the garage

She watched helplessly as the men approached her

Amy knew this was going to be bad

If only the Sonic heroes could save her…

'Wait the Sonic Heroes!' thought Amy

She still had her radio!

But there was no way to tell if the thugs would stop her from making the call the second she got the radio out

And even if she could there was slim chance even Sonic would be able to show up in time

But she figured it was her last hope so she quickly took the radio out of her pocket

"Hey what's that?" asked the main thug

Amy quickly tried to contact Tails put in her frantic attempt she accidentally set the dial to tracking mode

Everyone in the alleyway was surprised when her radio started pinging like crazy

"Huh?" asked Amy confused at why her radio was pinging at a rapid pace

"What the heck is that?" asked the thug off to the right

"Who cares let's get her!" shouted the main thug

Amy screamed as they were about to attack

(Whistle♪!)

(Cue Sonic theme)

Everyone turned to look at where the whistle had come from

The two side thugs turned just in time to see Sonic and Takeshi come flying out of nowhere and deliver a pair flying jump kicks to their faces

Takeshi hit the guy on the right while Sonic got the guy on the left

They hit with enough force to send the two thugs flying into the wall on either side of Amy

Amy watched as they hit the wall inches from her with bone crunching force

After they hit they fell forward and slumped down unconscious

The thug in the middle looked on in horror when he saw he now surrounded and all alone

He only saw Takeshi though since that was they way he was looking when they attacked but he knew there was someone behind him but he didn't know who or what it was

"Hey remember me?" asked Takeshi to the thug

The thug remembered that he was the one he shoved out of his way when he was chasing Amy out of the restaurant

"I'm going to make you pay for that and trying to hurt Amy!" said Takeshi seriously

"Yeah me too!" said Sonic behind him

The thug turned around to see Sonic

"What on earth are you!" screamed the thug upon seeing the strange creature

"Your worst nightmare" said Sonic seriously

The thug fell back onto the ground and crawled back a bit away from the strange creature

"What's the matter? You scared?" asked Sonic slightly evilly

"Like I'm suppose to be afraid of a creature half my height" said the thug trying to act though but failing

Sonic could hear the tremble in his voice and knew he was terrified

"You should be!" said Sonic trying to sound as evil and dangerous as he could

He couldn't help but notice he was acting and sounding like Shadow

Sonic took out his Chaos Emerald and held it above his head

The Chaos Emerald began to glow brightly

"What is that!" asked the thug in a panicked horror

"Prepare for my attack!" said Sonic as evilly as he could

The thug was now nearly wetting himself

"ULITIMATE DEATH BEAM!" shouted Sonic loudly as the emerald glowed

The thug ran away so fast even Sonic was impressed

Sonic powered down the emerald and laughed a few times

"Nice one!" said Takeshi

"No problem" said Sonic casually putting the emerald away

"You have an attack called ultimate death beam?" asked Takeshi curiously

"Nope, but it sounds scary doesn't it?" asked Sonic with a slight laugh

"Takeshi? Sonic?" asked Amy in disbelief

She thought there was no way this was real

It had to be a dream

There was no way she could possibly be this lucky

Not only had someone come to save her it had been Takeshi!...and um Sonic of course

"Amy are you alright?" asked Takeshi worriedly coming over to her

"I'm ok" said Amy weakly since she was still in shock

"I'm glad you're ok" said Sonic as he walked over

"Yeah, I was really worried" said Takeshi gently

"I'm fine" reassured Amy

"What are you two doing here? How do you know each other? And how did you know I was here?" asked Amy

"While I was looking for you I met Sonic when he saved me from a truck" explained Takeshi

"Yeah, Amy I told him all about us and what's been going on" said Sonic to Amy

"So you know that I didn't do the all that stuff?" asked Amy to Takeshi

"Yeah, I also know about how Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles have been living with you since they met you a few weeks ago" said Takeshi

"I'm glad I don't have to keep it a secret from everyone now" said Amy sounding relieved

"I'm still amazed by Sonic told me, I can't believe he's the fastest thing on the planet" said Takeshi

"Yeah it doesn't seem possible" agreed Amy

"What was that?" asked Sonic slightly offended

"Sorry, it's just that you don't look that impressive at first glance" said Amy

"No problem" said Sonic calmly

"But it looks like the secret is out, that guy saw Sonic with us" said Takeshi concerned

"Don't worry, he won't tell anyone" said Sonic calmly

"How can you tell?" asked Amy

"If he tells anyone what happened 1: he'll be placed under arrest for trying to hurt Amy 2: no one will believe a crazy story involving strange creatures with IG pilots" said Sonic

"Good point" said Amy realizing he was right

"But you still haven't explained how you knew I was here" said Amy

"When Tails got out of the bag and back into the Tornado Three he called us and used the tracking device in your radio to pin point your location and told us where you were" explained Sonic

"Oh no! I forgot about Tails and Luca" said Amy panicked

She finally realized she had left Tails in the bag in the dojo and left Luca there too

"Don't worry Tails got out with some help from Knuckles and they brought Luca with them back to your house" said Sonic

"That's good" said Amy

"I'm sorry about all the problems I caused everyone by running away from the garage" said Amy regretfully

"It's no problem I'm just glad you're safe" said Takeshi kindly

He then put his hand on Amy's shoulder in a gentle way

Amy looked up at him and blushed slightly

Sonic could see where this was going and decided to leave them alone

"Since everything is fine here, I'll head back home" said Sonic as she walked away from them

"See ya later Amy!" said Sonic happily before tearing off at high speeds down the street leaving the two love birds alone

Amy and Takeshi watched Sonic leave and then turned back to face each other

Both looked very red and nervous

Takeshi had no idea why but he closed his eyes and slowly moved his face towards Amy's

'Hey stop! What are you doing!' Takeshi asked himself

He knew he should do it, he was dating Fantine

But for some reason it felt so…right

Amy looked on with an extremely red face

'Is he doing what I think he's doing?' thought Amy excitedly

Her mind raced with thoughts as Takeshi's face got closer

Was he actually going to kiss her!

One part of her mind resisted, he was just a friend and was not that close

But the other part of her mind was desperately hoping he was going to kiss her

She too closed her eyes and moved her face forward

Slowly they got closer to each other

They inched forward at a painfully slow pace just waiting for the inevitable

Inch by inch they got closer

Their lips were about an inch away from each other's now

It seemed destined to happen

This was it!

(RING!♪)

They were interrupted by Takeshi's cell phone going off

(Takeshi/Amy fans: "D-m it!")

They both backed away from each other quickly

Amy backed into the wall looking extremely embarrassed and red while Takeshi quickly pulled out his cell phone and answered it

"Hello?" greeted Takeshi with a slight tone of disappointment in his voice

"Hello Takeshi?" replied Satomi

"Ms. Satomi (I think the Ms. is right) what is it?" asked Takeshi

"Have you found Amy yet? I'm about to give the police permission to bring her in and notify her parents" said Satomi seriously

"No need, I found her" said Takeshi

"What?" asked Satomi is disbelief

"I found her, we're in Chinatown near the restaurant" said Takeshi calmly

"Really?" asked Satomi

"Yeah she's right next to me" said Takeshi

"Finally! I was worried sick! Put her on I need to talk to her right now!" screamed Satomi angrily

Amy could hear Satomi from where she was standing and gave a depressed sigh

She had to face the music

Takeshi could see this and came up with an idea

"Sorry Sa-mi by bat-ry is giv-ing ou-"said Takeshi over his phone

"Hey wait!" shouted Satomi before Takeshi shut off his phone

"Thanks" said Amy gratefully

"No problem, I've seen her wrath before and it's not pretty" said Takeshi

"But this only means I'll have to face everyone tomorrow" said Amy

"Yeah, but we can do it together" said Takeshi to her with a smile

Amy returned Takeshi's smile with a happy smile of her own

"And after we face them tomorrow I can introduce you to Tails and Knuckles" said Amy happily

"Deal" said Takeshi

"I'd better get home and apologize to Luca and Tails" said Amy

"I'll walk you home" said Takeshi

"What?" asked Amy slightly red and embarrassed

"After all that's happened I think it might be a good idea" said Takeshi

"Ok" said Amy happily

They then left the alleyway together

End Chapter

(So how was it? I thought it could have been better but it's all up to the reader I guess. I'm half decently happy with how the Amy/Takeshi came out)

(Plus I wanted to thank all the people who have favorite'd the story and reviewed it)

(Also I was hoping someone had an idea for the Satomi overdrive since I really need an idea for it before the next race starts the chapter after next. So if you have an ideas please send them in I'm desperate)

Next Chapter:

Chapter 13: Explanations

Takeshi and Amy manage to get Liz to calm down and not be mad at Amy so they can race finally. Takeshi finds out a little more about the Sonic heroes and their past adventures. And Tails comes up with a plan that lets him upgrade the mech with some serious tech in time for the race. Plus Takeshi has an unexpected reaction to the Chaos Emeralds. He can use them!