Okay, I know I haven't updated in forever.. and I'm terribly sorry! I just had a bit of a writer's block. (Yes, for over a year x x;) But, I'm back! I hope I haven't lost too much of my touch, but I guess you'll just have to see. Honestly, I forgot about what I was going to do with this story, so now I must create a new destination. Yay! Well, here goes nothing.
Chapter 3
Amy leaned against her apartment door and let herself slide down. "Man, what a rush". She quickly brushed her bangs away from her face, and sat back up. She looked around her apartment, not sure what she was searching for. Then she saw it. Everywhere. All over her apartment were pictures, newspaper clippings, and magazine articles of the 'famous blue blur'. Anger soon engulfed her when she remembered the way he treated her not too long ago.
"Ugh! That jerk. How dare he treat me like a stupid little dog after all I've done for him!" she let out a low growl as she approached all of the remains of him. She angrily grabbed at all the media and began tearing and shredding. "Wow, this feels pretty good..". Amy was amazed at how much fun she was having!
"I guess Shadow was right.. Maybe forgetting about Sonic is the best thing for me right now." Sigh. After a while, she began to grow tired. "Guess its time for bed" she yawned. After she slipped into her pajamas, she jumped into bed and turned to face her nightstand. Placed in a brightly decorated picture frame was her favorite picture of her and Sonic. As hard as she tried to suppress the tears building up in her eyes, she broke down. She began weeping, knowing that what Shadow had said the other day was true.
"He obviously runs for a reason.." And no matter how much it hurt, she accepted it.
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He kept running. That's all he knew, after all. Running to nowhere in particular.
"I wonder what happened in Station Square today.." Shadow said aloud to no one specifically. He remembered briefly of what happened when he arrived.. Station Square was in ruins, chaos running wild. Sonic and Amy were in the center, near a destroyed building, when suddenly he spotted a cloaked figure. As soon as Shadow got close enough, it ran off leaving him with Sonic and Amy.
And neither of them explained what that creature was. Shadow soon ended up at a hilltop overlooking the ocean. It was nightfall already, and the moon shone brightly in the sky. Absentmindedly, Shadow's mind was soon took over by memories of Maria. Back on the ARK, she was his only friend. She was the only one who cared about him, and treated him as an equal instead of a servant. The day he lost her was the most painful; not only because he truly loved her, but because he knew no one would ever love him the way that Maria once had.
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Back at Tails' Lab..
Tails was in his workshop working on some new plans for the Tornado, when suddenly he heard loud banging at the door. Without any time to react, the door swung open and a blue breeze went past him, sending all his blueprints flying.
"Sonic! Why'd you do that for?!" Tails cried out, knowing exactly who it was.
"Tails! You've got to see this!" Sonic barely managed to get out in between breaths, and quickly turned the television on. Coincidentally, a 'Breaking News' story was on, covering the incident that occurred earlier that evening. Tails gasped, surprised he didn't hear any of the Chaos.
"Wow, I must've really been into this new project.. But who's that Sonic? And what exactly does he or she want?" Tails asked the cobalt blue hedgehog, turning to face him.
"I have a guess.. But I'm not completely sure." Sonic shrugged. "I need to talk to Knuckles first. Think you can take me to Angel Island in the Tornado?"
"Yeah, sure! Let me just get ready.."
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The alarm clock went off, waking a drowsy pink hedgehog out of her dream. "Mm, it was such a good dream, too. A whole mountain made of Ice Cream.. and the whole gang was there, having fun. Cream, Cheese, Rouge, Knuckles, Sonic, Tails, Shadow.. Wait a minute, Shadow?" Amy yawned, not quite sure of what the significance was of the ebony hedgehog in her dream.
She stretched out of bed, and went into her usual routine: taking a morning shower, brushing her quills, and her teeth. After she was finished getting dressed and ready, she went to her refrigerator and noticed she had no food left.
"Oh wow, I can't believe I went to the store yesterday and didn't even remember that I needed to buy groceries! Well, better late than never." She quickly grabbed a grapefruit that was alone in the fridge, and left to the grocery store. Once out of her house, the cool breeze massaged her face, and Amy knew it was going to be a great day.
"Mm, the air feels so wonderful." She headed down the street, away from Station Square that lay in ruins, and began picking away at her grapefruit.
"I wonder what Cream's doing today.. I'll stop by her house!" Amy smiled to herself as she continued walking down Central Ave, this time with a new destination in mind. After a couple blocks of walking, she entered Cream's driveway and politely knocked on the door.
"Oh, hello Amy! What brings you here?" Cream answered with a big smile on her face.
"Chao chao!" Her small chao partner appearing behind her, welcoming Amy.
"Well, I was just wondering if you and Cheese would like to accompany me to the grocery store." Amy asked, nibbling on the last piece of her grapefruit.
"Oh, of course! Let me just ask my mom." "Chao chao!" Amy nodded, and waited for Cream and her companion to return with her mothers permission.
"Oh, Amy. Do you have any idea what happened yesterday in central Station Square? There was something on the news about it.. and it looked terrible." Cream frowned, remembering the images on the television screen.
"Well, all I know is someone was looking for something, and is desperate enough to turn this whole city upside down just to find it." Amy put her finger up to her chin, trying to figure out who could be behind all of this. "I guess Sonic has a guess who it could be.. but he wouldn't say anything yesterday, and just rushed off to Tails' place."
"Well maybe Tails know what its about.. I just hope it isn't anything bad!" Cream hugged Cheese close to her, afraid of the extent this person was willing to go to find whatever it was searching for.
"Don't worry Cream, everything will be all right!" Amy smiled, remaining optimistic.
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Shadow was so into his nostalgia, he didn't even notice it was morning already. In fact, he didn't even bother to care. After all, he is the Ultimate Life Form; And the Ultimate Life Form doesn't sleep, now does he? But the Ultimate Life Form does seem to notice when a giant blue jet passes by at a hasty speed.
"That jet.. Its the Tornado, isn't it? I wonder where Faker could be going to now.. Maybe he's on the trail of that mysterious figure. Hmph, If he thinks he's going to take all the glory, forget it!" Shadow smirked and jumped off the hilltop, in pursuit of the Tornado.
After following Sonic and Tails for a bit, he noticed that they were headed towards Angel Island. "Great, this is where that hot-headed echidna resides. Maybe he has something to do with it." Shadow thought to himself, not happy about another person joining the party.
Once they landed, Shadow stayed in the backwoods, simply observing.
"Heya, Knuckle-head! Didja miss me?" Sonic said as he jumped up and landed on the Master Emerald, leaning on it like a lawn chair.
"Hardly. What're you guys doing here? Came back to challenge me?" Knuckles stood up and cracked his knuckles.
"Anytime! Except right now.. We've got a problem." Sonic stood up, putting on a serious face and turned towards the echidna.
"Well, what is it?" Knuckles asked, beginning to wonder why Sonic suddenly became to serious.
"I think your old.. friends are back." Sonic shrugged, not quite sure how to tell Knuckles.
"Friends?" Knuckles didn't understand. What the hell was this idiot talking about?
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Amy and Cream finished paying for the groceries, and began to walk back to Amy's apartment, when the noticed a huge shadow took over them. "What the--" Amy sputtered out, and both her and Cream turned towards the sky, when they saw a huge aircraft overhead.
"A-Amy.. Isn't that Mr. Eggman?" Cream gasped, almost dropping the bag of groceries to cover her mouth with her right hand.
"I think you're right, Cream." Amy replied, not taking her eyes off the aircraft. What could Eggman be doing here? That's when it sank it: What if Eggman had anything to do with the incident in Station Square the other day. That's when she saw that strange figure again, running along the tower tops under the flying fortress.
"Cream, call Tails. I can't let them get away!"
"Bu-but Amy!" Cream cried, not sure of what Amy's intentions were.
"Just do as I say. And please, don't worry. I'll be back!" Was all Amy told her before she dropped her grocery bags and began running after Eggman's aircraft.
"Please be careful!" "Chao chao chao!" Amy's friends cried out, hoping nothing would happen to her.
"I'll show that Sonic. He thinks he's the only one that can save the day; well, he's about to be into a big surprise."
Well, that's the end of the chapter.. I know it's not much, considering the amount of time I've been on hiatus, but please, R&R. ^^;