Chapter 6

Four weeks has passed since the news of Amy's pregnancy and it's been almost a month since Sonic sent the scroll, betraying them sooner than they thought. It was a quiet morning and Amy was on her way down the stairs and sees Sonic, who has been unusually nice to her since her pregnancy.

"Hello, Amy. How are you and the baby?"

"Me and the child are fine. He's behaving, doing very well actually."
"I see. You still look beautiful as ever."
"Um...thank you Sonic."

"How are you?"
"I am good. Coping with the morning sickness, but I am ok."

"How wonderful." The scorned hedgehog replied with an evil smirk on his face, but Amy shrugs it off. "Well, Enjoy it, while you can, Amy Rose."

Amy looks at him and thinks to herself,

What does that supposed to mean?

Sonic then quietly leaves to pack up. He knew today was the day Amy was to truly suffer and he knew that he wasn't to be seen, or he would be executed for his failure.

"Well, Amy Rose, say good-bye to Silver, and possibly Shadow, forever! For you shall suffer for not accepting my love for you."

He then cackles evilly and his accent changes from Italian to an evil, British Accent.

"BRITAIN HERE I COME!"

But as he went to his quarters, he sees Sally. As she puts on her hooded robe, Sonic's ears flatten in sadness, knowing he has betrayed her. But he knew that there was some consequence to betrayal.

"I'm sorry." He whispered as he walks away, shedding a small tear. He hurries to pack up and grabs a sword, ready for combat.

As everyone else was downstairs relaxing or taking a nap. Then a knock came. It was forceful, and demanding. Amy was afraid and Silver grabs a chair, opens the slit and sees their greatest fear.

Silver's eyes widen in shock and he immediately jumps down and slowly backs away from the door. He then faces them and tries to explain.

"Kn-Kn-Kni-KNIGHTS! They found us!"

They all gasp in terror and everyone scrambles for their life. The résistance got their weapons and Julie-Su pulls Amy away from the danger, for she was a month pregnant. But Amy was resistant. She wanted to help them, for she knew it was her who got them in this mess.

"Amy, we must leave. You're a month pregnant for Mary's sake."
"What about Sil-"

"Silver will be alright. He told me to take you away and that you are safe along with the baby."
"I need my armor."

"Your breast plate isn't considered armor, Amy."

"It actually protects my waist and my chest. You say I am a month pregnant, am I right or wrong?"

"Well…um."

"Then I am going to help them. Julie-Su, watch out for any knights, ok?"

She nods yes to her leader.
"OK, I will see you later on."
"Fair."

As Amy left, it was sheer terror all around. Homes were being burnt; women and children were crying, and men getting slaughtered by knights. Julie-Su was ashamed in her government and in the knights for abusing their powers.

Amy goes up the stairs, grabs her chest plate, corset, chakram and her boots and quickly puts them on. She then realizes that she now fits perfectly in them, for before they were two times her own size.

"Good thing it still fits."

She gets out, Sonic jumps in her way with an evil smirk on his face and a dagger in his hand. He then says in his new accent.

"Well, Amy Rose. This is the end to your joy, and your love for Silver and Shadow. And when Scourge hears about the pregnancy, he will kill that baby in the womb! He won't be hearing it from me, though. For the fact that I will be headed for England." Amy then rushes away from him and grabs a sword. In the main room, Sally was being tied up to a chair and interrogated by knights.

"Where is the Admiral?" Ivan sneered.

"I will never tell." Sally sassed. Ivan was in a bad mood and punches Sally in the gut.

"You slut, tell us where is the Admiral."

"N-No." Sally sasses again and receives another blow to the face. As punches were being thrown, the rest kept fighting off the knights. Tails attacks with his ability to fool the mind, using illusion as Fiona and Bunnie begin to fight off knights by fighting them with hand on hand combat and Blaze uses her powers of fire to warn knights to stay away or she'll burn them scathingly.

As Shadow leaves to meet with Mephiles again, he sees from a distance, fire and can hear crying and see people dying. He rushes over and sees knights, killing and raping. He was disgusted at what he saw and ashamed at his fellow knights for abusing their powers. He just wanted to leave, but then he sees someone he remembers from his past. He sees Julie-Su.

Flashback…

As Shadow and Amy were out in the courtyard, having a great conversation, Julie-Su calls Amy and Shadow due to Amy's father about to tell them about Amy's engagement.

"Hello Shadow, hi Amy. So Amy, are you ready to meet whom you're going to marry?"

"I don't want to meet anyone. I am perfectly capable of ruling Italia without marito."

"Aw, c'mon Amy. Aren't you at least excited to meet him."
"I don't know."

Shadow then says, "Julie-Su, who will Amy meet, do you know?"
"All I know is that he's from Messina. He cute too, but he doesn't seem like her type."
"Hmm…Messina, huh?"

Then a female voice calls,

" II Amy, ora vieve. Dovete ottenere vestito, un ospite importante da Messina state venendo qui oggi."
(Amy, come now. You must get dressed, an important guest from Messina is coming today.)

"Madre guista."
(Yes, mother)

"Shadow, can you come with me?" Amy asked.

"Sure, after I speak with Julie-Su. It's very important."
"Nessun problema, no problem."

Shadow smiles and walks with Julie-Su to the abbey.

"You wanted to ask me something, Shadow?"
"Yes, I need to know, who will she marry?"

"I read from one of the letters that his name is Scourge and he's from Messina in Italia."

"That plague infested land?"
"Afraid so, why do you ask."

"I am in love with Amy, Julie. Hearing of her engagement…it wrecked me. But tell her, when the time is right. Now, I have a feeling Amy will need me for this. It has been great knowing her and caring for her. I will love her, even if she's married to another."

"Ok, Shadow. Just be careful with him. He's very controlling. I read his records and he has issues. Be careful of Amy."

"Oh, don't worry. I am to protect her and I will love her. As a knight I am to protect her of all evil."

"Good luck."
Shadow sighs and says, "I'll need it."

End of Flashback…

"Su! Su!" Shadow shouted, but she ran off.

"Scopata-Fuck!"

He keeps on looking and sees Knuckles, fighting off knights with Blaze and when Knuckles sees his former friend, now enemy, he runs off as well.

"Merda-SHIT! Now what am I to do?" As Knuckles runs away, Shadow hears a knight shout, "Don't let him get away and find Xena!"

Did his ears deceive him? Did he hear the name 'Xena'? Yes he does. He puts the pedal to the metal and runs over to the warehouse.

--

"Sonic, I have no time for this."
"Who said I was to kill you. I know you will live. See you around, princess."
Sonic takes out a ball, throws it on the ground, stomps on it and BANG, a thick cloud of smoke comes out, leaving Amy in confusion. Sonic had disappeared and when Amy turned around, she hears knights and sees Silver, running up the stairs. Amy prepares for battle. Then she sees a Knight in front of her, who says,

"You're coming with me."

"The only thing you're leaving with is a broken face."
"Oh, feisty are we. King Scourge will be happy to know you haven't changed." The porcupine knight sneered.

"NOT IF I CAN HELP IT!" A voice shouted.

It was Silver
"You French roach! How dare you interfere!"
"What is it to you; she's the mother of my child."

The knight was very angry and took out his sword.

"Shall we dance, you French pig?"
"Ladies first, besides, Italia hosts a country full of lovely ladies, but you….sorry to say but you just broke that rep."

"VIVA ITALIA!"
"VIVA FRANCIA!"

Silver and the porcupine begin to clash swords and Amy jumped in. After ten long minutes of fighting, Amy and Silver were tired.

The knight wheezed, "Shame on you. Our lovely Queen of Rome, helping a French rat like him"

"I love him so yes, Shame on me!"

"You will regret saying that, my queen."

"Mark my words, I never loved Scourge and he will be taken down."

"Shadow is gone too, you know. He's a traitor to us knights and he's a poor excuse of life. He'll die; just like that French fucker will die."

"LIES!" Amy scowled as she slashes his legs and his neck. As Amy rushes to see Silver, the knight quickly gets up, grabs his sword and charges at Amy head on.

Silver sees this and quickly pushes Amy aside, taking the attack through the abdomen. After the sword went through his abdomen, he gasps, coughs out some blood and falls to the floor, along with the dying knight.

The knight whispers, "Die, Frenchy, die. Ha, ha, ha." And he dies of blood loss.

Amy gasped in terror and began to shout, "NO! SILVER, NO!"

She then begins to cry and tears begin to swell up in her eyes. "NO, SILVER, NO! NO, NO, NO!"

Sally looks up and sees Amy screaming in terror and crying along with the others and stopped fighting. Sally takes a quick look at him and she knew that they had to get away, so she takes out a ball like Sonic's. Before they were to get away, Shadow bursts in and sees Amy with bloodshot eyes.

"AMY!"

Amy looks up and gasps, but then as the ball deploys, she solemnly says,

"Good-bye, Shadow." He read her eyes telling him she missed him ever so. After the smoke way deployed, they were gone and they ran to the nearby forests. Shadow now knew she truly did have feelings for him and he knew he can't work on this mission or for Scourge any longer, for he loved the female warrior he trained. He leaves the burning warehouse and off to the palace. But he decided to keep it a secret for a while, until the time was right. For he knew he had another mission, for Amy's Father was counting on him as he laid dying in his quarters in the palace. He looks back and in his mind says to himself.

I will see her again; I will not give up on her. Her father wants me to marry her, for he knows my undying love for her. Amy, if you can hear my thoughts, I love you.

He then gets back to walking, with his head bowed down.

--

Back at the forests, Amy cries her heart out for her lover and the father of her baby. She kneels next to him and cries, "Silver, please don't leave me. Don't abandon me and your son."

"Amy, please, don't worry over me."

"How can I not worry? Silver; please hold on for our baby, for me. I-I love you."

Silver coughs up some blood and begins to talk. "A-Amy, I love you and our baby, but I can't live forever. Our lord wants me back and you know it's our duty to serve him. But know I will remain with you and that whoever else you fall in love with, I will place my spirit in him and my baby boy. I will remain in your heart and never forget me, understand?"

"I-I-I understand."
"Merci, Xena." Silver replied as he coughs up more blood. He then tells Amy to come closer to him and pulls her in for their last kiss. His lips were bloodied and made hers smeared with blood, but Amy ignored the blood and they then parted. Amy cries some more and the rest of the young ladies cried as well. Sally, their leader felt like she lost a brother, for without Silver, she would have been on a path to death. She kneels next to the two and they held hands and prayed in both languages, Italian and French. They all said their goodbyes and shared memories of their adventures. They laughed and they cried and remembered those days in the résistance. Silver couldn't help but feel grateful to have his friends in his moment of death. He then calls Sally, his leader, telling her, "It's time, Pecora. I must now leave this world and join our father in heaven."

Sally didn't have the heart to do it, but it had to be done.

"Pecora, it is time for me to go."

She does what she was told and goes near Silver, placing her hands on the handle, and Silver, ready to meet with god. She breaks down as she pulls the sword out of his abdomen, leaving blood on the sword and Silver hissing in pain. After he stopped hissing, he calms down and says his final good byes to his friends, who he saw as his family.

"Amy, I love you and I will see you soon, sooner than expected."

As Amy held his hand, his grip began to weaken and weaken, before she knew it, Silver….was….gone.

"Silver…" Amy whispered. "SILVER, S-S-S-I-I-IL-L-L-V-V-V-E-E-E-R-R-R…-sobs hysterically-."

Amy cried her heart out in sadness, loneliness, anger and for the loss of her lover. She just couldn't believe the father of her child is gone, but he was. She places her head on his chest, kisses his lips one last time and cried. After three hours of mourning, they had to properly bury him. Sally, who was under a breakdown, handed Amy the sword that killed him as a memory for her love. She places her hand on Amy's belly and says, "Please…take…c-care o-o-of him, be a good mother. He will 

be the only memory left of him." They hug and cried as Knuckles and Tails lower his body to the ground. They too were mourning, but they had to be strong, for the others.

Sally began to preach, "May our creator in heaven protect this soldier, who did all he could for the sake of good. He wasn't just a soldier. He was a brother, a friend, a guide into life, and a father to be. He had a lot, but he was taken too soon. But our mighty creator will have plans for our fallen brother. May those, help us in our late future. May the grace of god be with us and him, forever and ever."

"Amen." Everyone replied solemnly
After the burial, Amy and the posse decided if it was best that they leave and let the others move on without them, for the baby could bring back pain. They said their goodbyes and farewells to all and they turned to leave deeper into the forests of Rome as the three disappear into the darkness. But the résistance group can still hear princess's sobs from a distance, cries of sadness and agony.

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Back at the Palace, Scourge was in a somewhat good mood. That was until Ivan came in the room, with news about Amy.

"Sire, Xena was sighted."

"Was she now? Did you…oh, I don't know…CAPTURE HER?"

"Unfortunately, we didn't sire. More news, she's with child."

Scourge's rage began to grow and he then shouts, "That little spoiled bitch! Ivan, I order you to find the father and kill him!"

"But he is dead sir."

"You really thought it out real well. Now that we have the father out of the way, we have only two more problems, my little slut princess and her dowdy knight, Shadow. I need you to find a way to kick him out of Rose Abbey. My father-in-Law refuses to kick him out and says he's like family. Well, he's not part of my family, he needs to be gone, and it's your job to do that! You are dismissed"

"Yes, sire." Ivan replied and left. When he closes the door, Scourge snickers to himself,

"One down, two to go. Well my little slut princess with child, enjoy it while you can. And Amy Rose, say your goodbyes to that baby, for he will be the first to go."

He then laughs evilly and rubs his hands devilishly.

Interlude on the way!