Amy
Silence. Absolute silence. The two hedgehogs just stared at each other, unsure what to say at this point.
Finally, Sonic decided to speak.
"Uh… surprise?"
Amy just groaned. "Shadow, if this is a prank, I SWEAR I will strangle both you AND this imposter!"
"Ok, what is with everyone thinking that I am a fake?!" Sonic groaned out. "First Tails, then Tangle, now you?! Oh, and please don't strangle me, Tangle almost choked me out earlier and I would rather not go through that again."
"Probably because this is, say, the fifth time someone decided to try this?"
"Wow, seriously?" Sonic asked, to which Shadow nodded.
"Starline tried that a couple of times, then the Deadly Six tried it as well." Shadow explained. "It almost worked the first couple of times. Knuckles has a scar from the first time it happened."
"Speaking of Knux, ask him Amy. He was the one who found me after all." Sonic said.
"I think I will!" Amy said before typing something on a keyboard. Before long, Knuckles' face appeared on the screen in front of her.
"Hey Amy, what's up?" Knuckles answered.
"Is he real?" Amy asked, pointing towards Sonic.
"Yup, appeared in a flash of light, and in the same exact spot that he disappeared. And the Master Emerald was reacting to it, so that pretty much confirms it." Knuckles said. "Also, I can feel that the Chaos Emeralds are somewhere, so they are back too… probably Eggman as well."
"Well, it's good to know that Eggman and the Emeralds ARE here…" Sonic said to himself.
"Ok… thanks Knuckles." Amy said before hanging up.
"So, believe that it is me no-" Sonic started before he was cut off.
"WHERE THE HECK HAVE YOU BEEN?!" Amy shouted.
"Uh… time traveling apparently." Sonic answered.
"Time… oh… that would explain…"
"Why I am still a teenager, yeah." Sonic said.
"Wow… ok, that's… that's something, I guess." Amy said.
"Yeah… so, a part of G.U.N. now?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah, I was given the offer a couple years after you disappeared."
"Huh, Whisper said the same thing." Sonic said.
"I can imagine, we were invited at the same time." Amy said.
"Really now? Guess all your work with the Resistance and the Restoration led to this?" Sonic asked.
"That's what Rouge told me, yeah." Amy said.
"I guess you accepted the offer right away, huh?" Sonic asked.
"Actually, I declined the offer." Amy said. "At first at least."
"Really? I thought you would jump at the opportunity! You would be doing so many great things to help people, something I know you wouldn't pass up on." Sonic said.
"Well, you are right, ever since I did join G.U.N. I honestly have felt like I was living a… fulfilling life. Much more-so than ever before really." Amy said. "But, back then, it just didn't feel right. I knew you wouldn't accept it, and I just… I didn't want to do it when you were still missing."
"Ok… so what changed your mind?" Sonic asked.
"I… I finally decided that I needed to move on." Amy said. "You had been missing for nine years at that point… and then Tails and Tangle got together, and at that point, I figured it was time I moved on… oh gosh please tell me you already know about Tails and Tangle!"
"No worries, Tails was the first person I went to see." Sonic said. "I was honestly thinking about seeing you next."
"…Really?" Amy said.
"Yeah, figured you were probably the most upset aside from Tails after my little vanishing act, so I wanted to come cheer you up!" Sonic said.
"Well, aren't you the romantic one." Amy said with a blush.
"Hey, don't get ahead of yourself, I would do it for any of my friends, not just you." Sonic said. "Speaking of romance, since you said you were moving on, did you get with anyone?"
"Oh? Why, worried that I am taken?" Amy asked slyly.
"No, just curious." Sonic said. "I will say though, digging the new look. Suits you."
Amy blushed at this. "Well, I did try dating a couple of guys. Tried dating Knuckles before he and Rouge finally got together… it lasted a day."
"HA!" Sonic suddenly laughed out.
"Anyways, after that, I tried dating… well…" Amy said, her face turning a bit red and mumbling something out.
"You tried dating… who?" Sonic asked, then he realized something… Shadow was being very quiet. "Wait…"
"Yeah… I tried dating Shadow for a while." Amy said.
"… Yeah, saw that coming." Sonic said. "You DID confuse him for me the first time you met him after all."
"H-HEY! THE ENTIRE WORLD DID!" Amy said.
"No excuses!" Sonic said while pointing a finger at his friend. "Anyways, what happened with that?"
"It was going well for a while… but I kept thinking of you when I saw him. Thought that it wasn't helping the whole 'moving on' thing, so we agreed to just be friends."
"Ok, well that's good at least." Sonic said. "So… anyone else? Please tell me you didn't try dating Silver."
"Nope, Shadow was my last boyfriend to this day." Amy said. "No-one's really caught my eye."
"Well, your problem is that you set your standards too high! Any guy other than me is gonna be dull in comparison." Sonic said smugly.
"Don't make me slap you." Amy said with a grin.
"Hey, you know it's true." Sonic said.
"Gosh, were you always this immature?" Amy asked.
"Maybe." Sonic said with a smirk.
Then the two started laughing. After a while, Amy was able to compose herself.
"Man, it's been a long time since I laughed like that." Amy said, wiping a tear from her eye.
"You really missed me, huh?"
"Yeah, we all did really. Even Shadow, though he would never admit it." Amy said, much to Shadow's frustration.
"Awwww, you do care!" Sonic said, looking to the hedgehog in question.
Shadow just grit his teeth. "Shut. Up."
"Anyways Shadow, I have a job for you." Amy said. "Since it looks like Eggman is probably back, I want you to see if you can find any information on his whereabouts."
"Yes ma'am." Shadow said before Chaos Controlling out of there.
"So, I guess you met Skye?" Amy asked, to which Sonic nodded. "How is he?"
"He's good, smart little kid. Talking really well for a two year old." Sonic said.
"Well, he IS Tails' son, what did you expect?" Amy asked.
"Hey, I wasn't expecting him to be married before today!" Sonic said. "Let alone having a son!"
"Ok, good point." Amy said with a laugh. "That must of been a shock for you."
"Oh yeah, it was." Sonic said. "I'm proud of him."
"We all are." Amy said.
"I'm proud of you too, you know." Sonic said.
"Really?"
"Yeah, it couldn't of been easy, but you're moving on from me." Sonic said. "I was… kinda expecting you to… well, not."
"Well, I am happy that you are proud of me, but you should have more faith in me!" Amy said. "I mean, everyone grows up at some point."
"Good point." Sonic said with a laugh.
"So, what's the plan?" Amy asked.
"Find Eggman, find the Emeralds, then get home." Sonic said with a frown that Amy didn't notice.
"Oh… yeah, sending you back would probably be a good idea." Amy said.
"Yeah…"
"Just… promise me something?" Amy said.
"What?"
"Make sure you go and see everyone before you leave, and I do mean EVERYONE." Amy said. "Like I said, we all missed you."
"Sure thing Ames." Sonic said.
"It shouldn't be too hard, Cream's birthday is coming up, and I am pretty sure most of us are going to be there." Amy said.
"Oh sweet! Yeah, that will work great!" Sonic said. "I am sure Cream would be surprised to see me!"
"I think it would make her week if you were there." Amy said.
"Sounds great!" Sonic said. "So, got any idea who I should go and see next? Kinda didn't plan for anyone after you."
"Well, how about the Chaotix?" Amy asked. "We DID hire them to look for you, and they are still looking…"
"Wait really? Thought they would of given up by now." Sonic said.
"Vector said something about 'leaving no job unfinished' or something like that." Amy said.
"Well, guess I should go finish that job for them then." Sonic said with a yawn. "In the morning though… been a long day."
"Good idea, want to stay here the night or…?" Amy asked.
"Thanks for the offer, but I should probably get back to Tails'. Don't want to make my nephew think I bailed on them." Sonic said. "Tangle would probably kill me…"
"Yeah, that would probably be for the best." Amy said. "Luckily, we aren't far from Central City, so it should take you about, say, five minutes to get there."
"That's good." Sonic said. "So, talk to you later?"
"Talk to you later."
And with that, Sonic was gone.
On his way back to Tails', he thought of what Amy said before.
"Ever since I did join G.U.N. I honestly have felt like I was living a… fulfilling life. Much more-so than ever before really."
"Would she be where she is today if I never disappeared?" Sonic asked. "They probably would of tried asking me before anyone… and be persistent about it too… Amy probably wouldn't be a part of G.U.N. if I was around…"
Deciding that dwelling on this was probably not the best idea, he just focused on running back to Tails', and when he arrived, he hopped into the couch and got some well needed rest.
End of Chapter 6
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Remember how I said last time that I wasn't planning on using Tails anymore in this story until the end… I was wrong. Tails is gonna be around for a while… just Tails though, Tangle and Skye probs won't be around til the end outside of a bit of dialogue in the next chapter.
So, Amy is a part of G.U.N. now, and tried to date Knuckles and Shadow… even if those two didn't work out. I picked Knuckles because those two seemed to have been developing something in the Archie Comics before it ended, and I picked Shadow cause uh… I thought it would be funny.
If you are wondering whether or not I am going to pair up Sonic and Amy, and how I would do that… stay tuned ;)
Also, as explained in the chapter, I thought being a part of G.U.N. would be a nice thing that could happen with her, with her leading the Restoration and keeping the Resistance organized. Just a fun idea I came up with while thinking about that… heck, a lot of stuff I have been doing in this story came from fun ideas I just randomly came up with.
Also, it is established that Cream's birthday is coming up (whenever that is supposed to be…). This is pretty much when I plan on ending the story, and where everything and everyone comes together. So look forward to that…
Funny how I establish a plot point surrounding a birthday on my actual birthday…
Anyways, the Chaotix are next, so I hope you look forward to it, but first, we find out about how exactly Whisper and Amy got invited to join G.U.N.
See you then!