Sonic

"I have finally won, Sonic the Hedgehog!" Eggman gleefully said as he watched me stand there helplessly. I kept a straight face, glaring at Eggman fiercely, not showing how worried I was about Amy. "Did you see my triumphant success in swiping the Master Emerald?" He went on, amused that he finally captured me. I frowned, wondering how he managed to take it from Knuckles. What was he planning to do? There is no possible way to escape, so it's all up to my friends to stop him.

"Now, I'm going to have some fun." Eggman remarked slyly as he headed towards his control panel. He pressed on one of his numerous buttons and my force field expanded, giving me a larger area. What the heck is he doing? I stood there, scared to death as a large robot teleported into the force field with me. It was heavily armored, so I couldn't attack it, and with its many guns and sharp spikes on its body, the robot looked nearly impossible to beat. It pushed its arm forward and hit me with its spiked fist, sending me crashing to the ground. I slowly lifted myself up, feeling the pain spread throughout my body. "Meet my greatest and latest creation, Annihilation 320!" He smiled and watched me from his chair. "I can almost guarantee that you won't come out alive!"

He laughed as Annihilation 320 picked me up and brutally tossed me across the area, causing me to slam my face against the wall of the force field. I slowly slid back down to the floor, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't manage to pick myself back up. This was it. "Let him go, Egghead!" A voice called out from the door and I wearily lifted my head up to see who it was. Sure enough, my friends had arrived, and I exhaustedly let my head sink back down.

Knuckles

Wow… I looked at Sonic, shocked at what Eggman had done to him. He had bruises and scratches all over his blue body, and he appeared as if he was on the verge of dying. "SONIC!!" Amy screamed and ran over to the unmoving hedgehog on the other side of the force field. He barely opened his eyes and stared at her as if she were an angel. Eggman smirked and pressed a button, detonating the force field and teleporting the robot away. Amy sobbed quietly and kneeled down beside Sonic, resting her head on his chest.

"What is your problem?!" I growled at Eggman. All he did was laugh. "Now, Knuckles, don't be upset just because I've won; I had no choice but to destroy Sonic. He and your little girlfriend," He pointed to Rouge resting in my arms. "They paid the price for getting in MY way. " If I wasn't holding Rouge, I would march over there and rip him to shreds. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY SONIC?!" Amy shouted as she beat Eggman senselessly with her hammer. Eggman crawled away from Amy and sneakily blasted his laser gun at her, knocking her down. Without Sonic, we're dead.

Amy

Eggman really defeated us this time. I grabbed on to my hammer as I helplessly rested on the cold metal floor. I started to cry as I remembered the image of Sonic and I fighting the robot. He was so energetic and carefree when he attacked it. Now, he was barely keeping himself alive. Eggman then blasted his gun as Knuckles and Rouge, causing Knuckles to crash on the ground, still holding Rouge. I knew I had to do something, so I staggered awkwardly off the ground, still crying. Eggman pompously stomped towards me, realizing how weak I was. "Now it's time to destroy you, too, my little pink friend, and there's nothing, absolutely nothing, that Sonic the Hedgehog can do about it."

Just as he was about to pull the trigger on his gun, a blue spiked figure sped by and knocked Eggman off his feet. Words could not describe the joy I felt deep in my heart when I saw Sonic's smiling face as he gave me a thumbs-up and continued attacking Eggman.

Rouge

I slowly opened my eyes, waking up from my dreams. "Knuckles…" I whispered as I saw him lying next to me. He was hurt, and by the looks of it he had been fighting. I sighed. If I had been paying attention, I could have helped him out. Where am I? Dr. Eggman was blasting Sonic with his laser gun, and Sonic was teasing him by speeding around the room, dodging every shot that came his way. Amy admiringly watched him, giggling as Eggman got more and more frustrated.

I turned around to see Knuckles sluggishly picking himself up. "What happened to you?" I blurted out as I helped him get up. "Rouge…?" He muttered weakly, staring at me with a mixed expression of awe and confusion. "You're….alive." Knuckles held me in a warm embrace, relieved to see me standing in front of him. I blushed, but then hugged him back wishing this would never end.