I shouldn't be doing this.

Sonic followed Raif, staying slightly behind him every step.

I should be watching Amy.

His hands were clenched tightly into fists, the urge to strike out at Raif powerfully strong. The chaos emerald that he kept hidden in his quills was radiating dark energy, and he knew that if he got too angry, it would seep into him, and Raif would not last much longer.

But I need to know what happened to Daisy.

Raif bent down and opened a latch Sonic had not noticed before.

"Y'know, this is pretty cliché, underground cave an' all," Sonic commented sarcastically, not really in the mood for quips.

Raif turned and glared at Sonic, who raised his hands in mock surrender.

He jumped into the hole in the ground, and froze to the spot.

No...

With all his speed, he ran toward the item he dreaded to see. Of everything Raif could have done, Sonic was not expecting this.

They were perfect. Completely perfect. There was not a trace of fault that could be seen. But Daisy...

She was stood, it seemed, perfectly straight and unmoving, but she could not be alive. Her face was deathly pale, and her eyes unseeing, but still blue as ever. She was dressed in perfectly pressed clothes. Many other females mirrored her perfection, all dotted around the room. But Daisy...

"No..." Sonic breathed.

Raif emitted a deep throaty laugh. "Yes, Sonic. It's really her. And why don't you take a look over there?"

Sonic forced his eyes away from where he was staring, and over to where Raif was pointing. For the second time, he froze.

"Amy..."

"Not yet," Raif corrected. "But as soon as she's finished with that tea of hers... let's just say that I'll have no trouble convincing her to follow me here. But I am getting old... it might do to have a little boy around to continue the line for me..."

"NO!" Sonic yelled. "How can you talk about Amy like that?!"

"Easy. She's just like all of these girls here."

"Oh?" Sonic spat. "And just what are these girls to you? Scum?"

"Art," Raif replied simply. "They were already pretty, but I made them gorgeous – I gave them the gift of eternal beauty. Isn't that was most women want?"

Sonic stared in horror, before making his decision. He ran.

That night, Sonic sat by Amy's side, holding her hand and retold his day. He told her all about Raif, and all about Daisy. Sonic looked up at the full moon allowing a small sliver of light to spill on Amy's floor.

"I got you something," Sonic smiled, holding out the shell necklace.

"Oh Sonic, you shouldn't have!" Daisy smiled, and accepted the gift.

Sonic clasped the hook at the back, before placing his hands on her shoulders.

"It looks beautiful," he whispered, placing a chaste kiss onto her cheek, and running.

"I was supposed to meet her that night. By the bushes, like we always did. But I... I was late and... she wasn't there. I expected her to show up, and she didn't. But then... I heard a scream and... God, there was so much blood I thought she was dead... And then, I never saw anything of her. And now Raif's shown me her lifeless body... just standing there like she never lived. It broke my heart Amy... I couldn't handle it."

He stood and pressed a kiss to her forehead. He was about to leave when a small hand grabbed his wrist.

"Stay," Amy murmured sleepily.

With nothing but a nod, Sonic moved next to her on the bed, on top of the covers. Amy snuggled into him and he carefully draped an arm over her shoulders. Sighing, he allowed himself to sleep.

Me again... sorry for the delay in updates, took me a while to get this out. Hope you like it, got the next one planned! Thanks to my beta, Isilthrar!

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