By Life Comes Sacrifice
Episode 13
Hate and Betrayal
Sonic raced to the hideout. His mind was elsewhere though. He thought of Aiko, and her pretty face. Sonic put his hand on his cheek where she kissed him. "I am never going to wash my face again…" he muttered to himself.
Sonic finally got to the house and walked in. Takal and Knuckles were in the kitchen sitting at the table. They were smiling at Sonic as he walked in. Sonic smiled, "Knuckles, Takal! I thought I'd lost you guys…"
Knuckles laughed, "You did…"
Sonic was confused, "Huh?"
There was a cracking noise and the ceiling caved in. Sonic moved out of the way just in time as a capsule the size of the bathtub fell right where Sonic was standing. "Whoa!" Sonic ran out of the house. He had Takal and Knuckles chasing him with glowing, red eyes. Sonic was running though the forest for what seemed like only moments before he lost them. He stopped to take a breather.
Sonic suddenly heard the scream of a young girl. He took another deep breath and took off toward the scream. He sped up when he saw Aiko in a capsule under the Egg Fortress. Aiko was beat up as she reached her hand and put it on the glass capsule. "Sonic!" The capsule floated up into the Egg Fortress just as Sonic got there. He jumped up to catch it but it was too high. Sonic watched helplessly as Aiko disappeared in the Egg Fortress and it began drifting away.
"Sonic!" Sonic turned to see Knuckles and Takal running toward him waving their arms. Sonic got up to run, but Knuckles shook his head. "It's us!"
Sonic stepped back, "How could I be sure?"
Takal bent down and healed a cut on Sonic's leg. Sonic smiled, "Okay, I believe you…"
Knuckles looked up at the Egg Fortress. "We should probably go and fix our house…"
Sonic looked at him with huge eyes. "No, I have to save Aiko…"
Knuckles shook his head, "No Sonic."
"You Knuckle-Head, why are you so insensitive?"
Knuckles raised an eyebrow, "It's a trap!"
Sonic shook his head this time, "No, Aiko wouldn't trick me…"
Takal put a hand on Sonic's shoulder, "She did Sonic… she sent you to the hideout under Eggman's orders. She had us in some cave tired up and gagged…not to mention chained to the wall…"
Sonic shook his head. He wouldn't believe it. Aiko wouldn't do that. Why would she? Knuckles spoke, "She let us go because we weren't needed anymore. She did that without Eggman's orders. When Eggman found out he told her to go out here. He betrayed her. He captured her and used her as the bait. He found out that you had the hots for her…"
Sonic thought for a second, "What if you didn't hear everything?"
Knuckles sighed, "Sonic, forget about her…"
Sonic shook his head, "No… the last time I questioned saving a girl I loved I never saw her again…"
Knuckles and Takal lowered their head. They felt very sorry for Sonic- they knew how much it hurt him to think about Amy. Knuckles was the first to break the silencee, "If you are going to save her… you better go now…" Knuckles pointed at the Egg Fortress moving along Emerald Coast.
Sonic nodded, determined, "I'll be back soon!" he called over his shoulder. Sonic ran faster then he ever did before. Faster then he did to save Amy. Sonic's feet were back to normal. Sonic sped down the path until he came to the cliff over the Egg Fortress. Sonic dived off the cliff and landed on the Egg Fortress.
