Chapter 5:
Confessions
"I'm the best in the biz. HeHeHe." Beat said. Beat walked back to bed and went back to sleep. The next morning was the day of Amy and Sonic's date. Amy was humming merrily on her way to the grocery store when she saw Beat sitting indiscreetly in the park holding something. A closer look showed that it was a rifle.
"I might need this tonight." Beat said. Amy heard him.
"What's that for?" Amy whispered. Unfortunately, Beat heard her.
"Hey!" Beat yelled and pointed the gun at Amy and shot. Everything went black.
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"And now we're back with our 16 hour documentary on toe fungi." An announcer with a monotonous voice said on the tv.
"Why am I watching this agai— oh my god, It's 6:30! I gotta get ready for my date." Sonic said. 5 minutes later he had a tuxedo on. It was normal without a tie or bowtie.
"Looking good handsome." A seductive voice from behind him said.
"Hello Rouge." Sonic said without looking away from the mirror.
"I never thought that you would dress like that Sonic." Rouge said.
"I surprise everyone Rouge."
"Tuxedos just don't fit you Sonic."
"What a critic. So made up with Knuckles?"
"Yeah, now he's going gaa-gaa over me"
"You're denying that ?"
"I'm making him wait."
"And people say I don't except love when it hits me in the face."
"Fine, I'll kiss him. He'll go unconscious for days, weeks, maybe years. Well gotta go knock out the un-knock out able echidna." Rouge flew off.
"Time for my date." Sonic said looking at his watch. Then he sped off toward the restaurant.
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"Ugh, major headache." Amy said with a groan. She got out of her bed and saw a note on the table. It said: You'll be late for your important date-Beat. "Wow, he does care about me and Sonic." Amy said. "The date. Oh right. HeHe." Amy rushed out the door toward her pink corvette. She drove to the restaurant and saw Sonic there. "Hi Sonic." She said sheepishly.
"Hi Amy." Sonic said pulling out a corsage of roses.
"Oh these are beautiful." Amy said. "Where'd you get them?"
"Beat. He said: Enjoy your date Sonic." Sonic said.
"He's very thoughtful." Amy said. She wasn't noticing that the flowers were emitting strange beeps.
"Your table is ready sir and lady." The waiter said.
"Thank you. Shall I escort you in?" Sonic said sweetly to Amy.
"Yes sir." Amy said as they locked arms. They were shortly seated and talked until the menus came. "I think I'll have... a tossed salad."
"Wait, this place only serves plants? I'm not an herbivore!" Sonic said.
"Just get a salad." Amy said patting his hand.
"Fine. A salad." Sonic said grudgingly. A table over, a man in a trench coat was not looking at the menu in front of him. He was looking at Amy and Sonic.
"May I take your order." A waiter said.
"No." The man replied coldly. The waiter walked away. He grabbed a cellphone and flipped it open. "Yeah boss? Yes, my mission is complete. Good. Bye." He just put the cellphone away when he seemed to melt inside his coat as a blue flash of light hit him.
"Sir are you okay? Sir? Somebody call the ambulance!" A waiter yelled. When the ambulance arrived they saw that the trench coat was just an empty shell. They found a rifle and hand grenade at the scene. Later a green hedgehog got the items claiming they were his. Back at the restaurant things were going on between the hedgehogs. Sonic found his feelings halfway through his kiss with Amy Rose. He walked her home and kissed her one more time before she went inside.
"Yes, life is good!" Sonic said walking home.
"Hello Sonic." A familiar voice said.
"Hi Beat. What are you doing here?" Sonic asked.
"I think that it's time I told the truth." Beat said. "I'm a shape-shifter.
"Huh?" Sonic said. "Ha ha, very funny. For a minute there I thought you said you were a shape-shifter."
"I am."
"What?"
"I'm a shape-shifter and a matchmaker. I help you hopeless losers find out how much you love each other. You and Amy just happened to be those hopeless losers."
"You're flattering."
"Just telling the truth. Any way, I'm leaving for my next mission. So bye Sonic the hedgehog."
"Bye Beat."
"Oh I almost forgot." Beat handed Sonic a hand grenade. "Gather everyone and pull the pin and I'll tell you everything you want to know."
"It won't blow us up. Will it?"
"No. Bye." In a flash of blue light, Beat was gone. In his place was single raven. It flew out of view in a matter of seconds.
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"What did you bring us here for Faker?" Shadow said.
"To show you this." Sonic said and pulled the pin. Everyone gasped and ducked for cover. Immediately it lit up and showed Beat.
"Hi guys. You're probably thinking you were gonna be blown into oblivion. Well this is an imaging projector to confess who I am."
"'Bout time." Shadow said.
"I am a shape-shifter. To demonstrate." The image turned into Sonic, then Shadow, then Amy. "I am also partly if not the reason that Amy and Sonic are 2 lovebirds. I might come back someday. Until then, I might as well tell Amy that I shot her with a tranquilizer so she wouldn't reveal my secret."
"I thought that was a dream!"
"That corsage was a tracking device so I would know when you kissed. Knuckles, I'm sorry that I never got to fight you so. Next time. Same with you Shadow. Oh yeah, I was an assassin for 5 years. Wait. What? Yeah! I'll take it. This will be my final assassination though. Okay. Bye." Suddenly Tails walked in.
"Hi guys!"
"Tails?"
"I'm back! Whatcha dooooin?"
"Uh...nothing." Sonic said grabbing the projector.
"Hello Tails." The projector said from behind Sonic.
"Shut up." Sonic whispered to it.
"What was that?" Tails asked trying to get a closer look at the projector.
"I left a gift for you under Amy's bunks." It said then clicked off. They went to Amy's house and found a note. It said: I'm gonna come back as soon as I can. Probably 3 or 4 years. Take care of yourselves-- Beat. 3500 miles away Beat took on his final assassination job. He succeeded at a cost.
