Chapter 3:

The Raven

"So... that's Sonic. Huh. Well he better be a quick learner or this may be very short if I do say so myself." Beat said.

"What is this hedgehog anyway?" Shadow thought to himself. "Well, we might as well ask Amy to put you up now or we'll have to keep you in the cold." Shadow said. They walked over to a crying Amy.

"Why won't he go on a date with me?" She said in between sobs. "Just one." Beat put a hand on her in comfort. Suddenly a phone rang.

"That's mine." Beat said and walked out of earshot.

"This guy is suspicious, I gotta find out what he's doing here." Shadow said and quietly snuck over to Beat to hear him.

"Look boss, I'll be frank. He has a fangirl or maybe she really is his girlfriend, but anyway, I think that the only way to get to Sonic is through her." Beat said to his cellphone. "You had better be able to pay me my money cause this may take a while if my list has that echidna on it. And I hope for my sake that black hedgehog Shadow better have feelings. What was that!" Beat said and turned around to see nothing. "Gotta go. I think someone's watching me."

"Whew, he almost caught me." Shadow said from behind a building. Shadow walked back to Beat who was again comforting Amy.

"Where would Sonic be now Amy?" Beat asked.

"Home." Amy said now not as sad.

"Thanks Amy, stay happy, Sonic will probably show up some day on your doorstep asking you on a date." Beat said. Then he sped in the opposite direction of Sonic's house. 5 seconds later he appeared next to Amy. "Where's Sonic's house Amy?"

"That way." She said pointing in a different direction.

"Thanks." Beat said running that way.

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"Man, Amy's got to learn to act normal around me." Sonic was saying as he paced around his house. Then there was a knock on his door. He opened it to see a green hedgehog on the other side. "Who are you?"

"Beat the hedgehog, A-----, I've said to much. Uh...well Sonic, I think I know a way to get Amy to stop tackling you and asking to marry you." Beat said.

"I don't know Beat, it seems like something bad will come out of this if I agree." Sonic said

"Okay, well if you want to talk about this then I'll be staying at Amy's. She's very hospitable." Beat said walking toward the window of Sonic's 52nd floor penthouse. "Well, bye." He said jumping out the window.

"What was that all about?" Sonic thought. A flash of blue light brought him back to reality realizing that Beat just jumped off a 52nd floor penthouse window. He ran over to the window to see if Beat was okay or not but when he looked out the window all he saw was a raven.