A/N: I made this chapter extra long. I guess I'm trying to fit in as much as I can before I start having long periods where I don't update at all (sigh). I'll try to update at least 2 weeks from now, cuz I'm pretty sure all the course choosing will be over by then. I hope so. Everything's gonna be a little crazy now...oh, and there's a bit of Tails/Cream in this one, though you won't hear from them alot... ages have also been changed!8 years have passed since "Sonic Heroes." I didn't mention that in the earlier chapter... (whoops, heh heh)

Age changes:

Sonic: 23

Amy: 20

Tails: 16

Cream: 14

Eggman:Unknown

Metal Sonic: Unknown

I'll add more ages as more characters enter the story.

Anyways, I want to thank the wonderful reviews that I got! They really helped me out!

On with the fic...

Disclaimer: (looks around house) Nope, not rich yet. So I don't own Sonic... yet...

Everything was blue… blue, like him…

'Ugh… where am I?'

All she could hear was a strange 'buzzz…' It sounded so familiar, but all Amy wanted to do was to fall asleep again. She felt strangely… weak…

"Amy? Amy, you awake?" Someone wasdabbing a wet cloth over her face, but she couldn't tell who. "Amy?" Who was it? Her eyes were so blurry. All she could see was a blob of golden-yellow, like a blanket of sunlight had been put over her face.

"Cream, are you sure she's ok?"

A quivering voice answered the golden-yellow blob. "Y-y-yes. I checked her pulse and everything, and if she was…" here, she took a deep breath. "…dead… Cheese and Chocola would've run away by now. I'm pretty sure she's alive, Tails."

Cream? Tails? Cheese and Chocola? 'That must mean…'

Amy sat up with a jolt, and instantly regretted it. Her side didn't hurt as much any more, but she felt nauseous. She groaned.

A buff colored rabbit ran over to her, looking both relieved and worried. "Amy!" she squeaked. "Don't sit up like that! You'll open your wounds!"

Amy groaned again. "Where am I?" she wondered for the second time that day.

"We're in the Tornado, Amy. How're you feeling?"

She turned over to what she thought was a golden-yellow blanket, who turned out to be Tails. He read the look in her eyes, and handed her a waste basket. Finished, she looked up weakly again, though she felt much better.

"Cream, were you the one who found me?"

Cream looked back at Amy uncomfortably. "Well… yes… I found you on my doorstep this morning when I was taking out the garbage."

"Then why am I in the Tornado?" asked Amy, blinking in confusion. At this, both the fox and rabbit blushed.

"Umm… umm…"

Amy laughed at the teens, forgetting about her situation for a moment, which caused her side to ache again. "Oh god…"

"C'mon, Cream. Let's leave her alone for a while." Ignoring Cream's protests, he dragged her out of the room into the main cockpit, leaving Amy alone with her thoughts.

A thousand questions were running through her mind, each more confusing then the last. Questions like "How did I end up on Cream's doorstep?" and "Why am I not dead?" The most confusing question of all was, "Why did Sonic do that?"

At the last question, Amy felt her sadness start to well up again. Yes, indeed. Why had he tried to kill her? Was he an imposter? That wouldn't have been anything new to Amy after meeting Shadow, but no. Those eyes and that smirk… they were both the markings of Sonic. No one else could've managed to copy them, no matter how hard they tried. But it couldn't be Sonic, can it? Sonic, her hero and love? Try to kill her? No, it wasn't possible. She refused to believe it. But that face…

Shaking her head, as if that could clear her troublesome thoughts, she slowly stood up and slid off the chair that she haven't notice that she was sitting on. 'I have faith in Sonic,' she thought to herself. 'I love him, and even if…if…he doesn't love me… I'll still love him no matter what he does.' Hanging onto this small hope, she strolled across the floor and opened the door…

…and her mouth dropped at what she saw…

The plane was on auto-pilot, heading straight for the Mystic Ruins,because the real pilot was too occupied with something… or rather… someone.

'Oh… my… god…' was all that was running thorough her mind as she watched Cream and Tails sitting there, sharing a very passionate kiss. 'I never knew that those two had it in them…' Amy vaguely thought to herself. She didn't know what to feel. Embarasement, of course, that she had intruded in on their private moment together, but proud, happy, and… what was this?... a small twang of envy.

'Why can't that be me and Sonic?'

As if her heart couldn't take another moment of this, her body seemed to start to work on its' own.

"AHEM."

Instantly, the couple sprang apart, staring wide-eyed at Amy. Then, Tails and Cream started blubbering at the same time, each trying to talk over the other. "Amy! We were… uh… that is… checking on… just asking if…"

"BATHROOM! I need to go to the bathroom!" Cream suddenly cried, and raced right out of the cockpit, leaving Tails to confront Amy alone.

Amy grinned, though she didn't know if it from embarrasement or relief. "I guess she forgot that you didn't build a bathroom on the Tornado…"

"Stupid hedgehog! He can't do anything right!"

"Maybe it's because…"

"Silence! My plan is flawless."

An azure hedgehog was rudely awaken by the sound of two voices argueing. He opened his emerald-green eyes, and saw that he was in a strange, glass confinement, staring at the backs of Dr. Ivo Robotnick, and Metal Sonic.

'What the… how did I get here? And what have I been eating?' A strange, bitter-sweet taste resided in his mouth. Sonic didn't know why, but for some reason, he hated the taste of it. Spitting a couple of times onto the floor, he stared curiously at the redish-pink substance that landed on the floor.

"So… your awake."

Sonic's head shot up to meet a pair of eyes, covered by dark sunglasses. "Eggman… how kind of you to grace me with your presence!" he said, in that cocky tone that he always used.

Robotnik frowned. "Spare me, Sonic. I don't have time for this. Making up ingenious plans to destroy my greatest rival takes a lot of work, you know what I mean?"

"Destroy me? Why would you want to do that? I thought that we were good friends…"

"Don't push it, you insignificant life form," this was Metal Sonic. "Dr. Robotnik is not in the mood today."

Emerald eyes met robotic orange ones. "Why, look! It's my buddy! How're you feeling? Being a metal slave serving Eggman must really tire you out…"

Metal Sonic clenched his fists in anger, looking ready to lynch him on the spot, but suddenly, he seemed to relax and put on a cool façade. "At least I don't go around killing my comrades."

Sonic felt his blood run cold. His fur paled to an almost-sky blue. He was able to keep up a mask of cool and calm up until now, but he felt it falling apart. "What do you mean?" he spat, trying to sound like he didn't care.

The robot smirked. He was enjoying watching the hedgehog squirm. "Well, since we are such good buddies… I'll be happy to tell you…" his eyes traveled almost casually over to the bit of redish-pink that Sonic had spat out earlier.

"Enough, Metal," Eggman cut in right before Sonic could ask what he was staring at. "Go. I need you to go run a few... erands..."

Nodding mechanically, Metal Sonic left, leaving them in the dust.

"What are you up to, Eggman?" His patience was quickly growing short. He wanted an answer, and from how happy Metal looked, he wasn't going to like it. 'What did he mean by "killing my comrades?" I don't even remember how I ended up here, let alone kill my friends… and what was Metal staring at?' His eyes traveled around his confinement. There was nothing to look at, accept him and… the substance that he spat out… 'Wait… what am I doing? I should be busting out of this thing, not thinking! Or should I find out what he's up to, first? Nah…it's probably just another Eggman robot experiment…' Quickly, he looked up at the egg-shaped scientist, who was staring at him intently. He put on his smirk again. Eggman wasn't going to keep him here for long!

The mad scientist was starting to lose interest. He gave a dramatic sigh. "Oh, Sonic. I don't think that you understand that there's no way out, this time. Even you can't break that glass, and soon, all your little friends will be dead… because… well, I'll let you figure that out on your own…" sighing once more, he walked out with an imperious air out the door on his long, skinny legs.

Sonic raised an eyebrow at Eggman's retreating back. 'Ok… that was weird…' shaking his head, he thought confidently to himself, 'there's no way that I can't break this glass. Who does that scientist think he's dealing with?' He jumped up, curling into a fetal position. He started spinning, faster and faster, gaining momentum, and then made straight for the glass.

Sonic was dazed from the impact. Rubbing his eyes, he looked for the opening that he was sure that he would've made.

There was none.

Robotnik... he spoken the truth.

He wasn't able to break the glass.

He wasn't able to escape.

He was trapped.

The azure hedgehog ran his fingers along the glass. 'Not even a crack...' What was he going to do now? He sat down. For once in his life, he was going to have to stop and think. 'Maybe if I try to remember how I got here…'

Racking his brain, he tried. The last thing he remembered was that he was running… through the Mystic Ruins… it was very late at night, with no moons or stars showing at all… when something big and shadowy appeared, and grabbed him. He struggled, but he wasn't expecting this thing to jump out of the shadows.There was a sharp pain in his arm that had disappeared as quickly as it had came… and then… a strange feeling had stole over him… after that, everything started to come to his mind in fragments, like shards of stained glass that didn't quite make sense when they were put together…

There was the strange feeling…

He started searching… for something...

He found it…

Blood…

A scream…

A sweet taste of something…

A huge gust of wind…

Something had caught him…

'And now, I'm here… but that doesn't make sense… where did all that blood come from?' He stared at the substance that he had spat out earlier… and it clicked… Metal Sonic's words echoed though his mind now, like a thundercloud had settled over his head…

'At least I don't go around killing my comrades…'

"No…"

His mind felt empty, his body numb. Nothing seem to register, except for one thing…

'Amy…'

A/N: Very long chapter, I know. I hope all of you like it!

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