CHAPTER 5

(Amy Rose)

Amy was in Sonic's arms, snuggled comfortably into his fur. Their quills occasionally brushed against each other's and their scents mixed together, creating a gentle little world even with the loud and bright city around them. his feet moved quickly, turning the city into a blurry background. He was in Heaven- the girl of his dreams was right beside him, speaking to him and him only. Bliss. However, the mood was anything but romantic.

"Left! Right! No wait, you're going too fast! Hurry, hurry, you useless blueberry!" Amy yelled in Sonic's ears.

They were currently tracking down Espio and Rouge.

And Amy wasn't exactly in Sonic's arms. She was riding him like a horse.

"There! That building!" Amy pulled hard on Sonic's ears, forcing him to stop.

"Ow..."

Sonic massaged his poor ears as Amy jumped off her ride.

"Hurry up, Sonic!" Amy grabbed his hand and Sonic's eyes lit up with hearts again. "If we miss him again, I'll feed you to the Pacific Ocean!"

"Ok~ 3" Sonic sighed. Amy rolled her eyes.

Being with Sonic was becoming more and more like trying to chase away a super-glued puppy.

Sonic kissed the hand that held his.

...Scratch that. A super-glued puppy that had chained himself to her and locked it in place with the key lost somewhere.

Sonic purred.

"I've gotta find that key soon." Amy mumbled to herself darkly.

A question mark appeared above Sonic's head.

Together, they entered the luxurious building and that was when Amy realized that this was where Rouge's place was. If she remembered it correctly, Rouge's penthouse was the largest one on the top floor. Unfortunately, the elevator was broken, so Amy took no time in jumping back on Sonic.

"Heeyah!"

They raced up the stairs. By the time they finally reached Rouge's door, Sonic was urprisingly out of breath.

"Ames...what was with those stairs?" Sonic panted.

Amy looked back and saw the twisting and turning stairs that refused to stay still. (Like the ones in Harry Potter, but faster and a lot more complicated.)

"Dunno. It's not very efficient." Amy shrugged, then turned and knocked on the door.

It creaked open.

"...Is that...Shadow?"

By the open windows in the living room was none other than Shadow the Hedgehog. The moon shone behind him, casting his shadow towards Amy and Sonic and creating a silhouette on the carpet. A slight breeze wafted into the room, making the white curtains billow, and with the dark room around them, Shadow looked like the king of the night. His eyes seemed to be glowing a bright red, invading Amy's mind. Her emerald eyes melted into his ruby orbs.

"Well. It seems I was worried for nothing." Amy huffed, never looking away from his eyes.

"You were worried, Rose?" Shadow said.

Amy blinked and looked away, hiding her blush. "No." she growled.

But it was of no use. Shadow could see the red tint on her ears and it made his heart feel lighter.

"So...How and why did you come to Rouge's place?" Sonic asked with a forced grin, destroying the mood.

Amy was a bit relieved and thankful that Sonic spoke up. Shadow, on the other hand, wanted nothing less than to punch the stars out of Sonic.

"I climbed up the fire escape to see if Rouge was here or not." Shadow said.

"She is here." Amy said, but her voice overlapped with someone else's.

The three hedgehogs turned to see Espio appear on the couch in between them.

"OMG!" Sonic panicked and threw his shoe at the chameleon. The red shoe bounced off of Espio's head and landed in front of Shadow, who picked it up and threw it back at Sonic.

"Ouch!" Sonic cried out. "Ames! He just threw a shoe at me!"

"Good. You threw a shoe at Espio. Now you're even." Amy said.

Sonic hugged Amy. "Comfort me, Ames~!"

Shadow stared as Sonic snuggled up to his Rose. His Rose.

Whomp!

"Ow!" Sonic cried again as another shoe hit him. "What the heck?"

Shadow had taken Espio's shoe and thrown it at Sonic in a moment of heated jealousy. All three hedgehogs stared in shock at each other.

"..." Espio's sweat dropped. "Hedgehogs..." he muttered.

(Rouge the Bat)

Rouge stared at her purple ceiling and just listened as her friends yelled at each other in her living room. They were loud. But not as loud as the alarm inside her head. If she focused, the alarm was actually pointing a certain direction. Scared, Rouge closed her eyes and clutched her ears, wishing the alarm would shut up already, but the moment she did, she heard Cream.

"I really wish Tails was here...with a parfait...a Tails parfait! 3 Gosh...I'm soooo hungry...Tails, Tails, Tails, Tails...my love...I hope you come soon..."

"Um...Cream?" Rouge thought back to her. "Is that you?"

Cream ignored her. "Tails, Tails, Tails...Gosh. Amy's thoughts are so weird. If she likes Shadow, then why isn't she saying so? It's soo much better to chase after the prince charming...oh, Tails! 3 I love you sooo much! I can't wait until we get married!"

Rouge stopped holding her ears. 'Cream can hear Amy's thoughts? Does that mean Amy can hear my thoughts? A one-direction triangle? H-How did this happen?'

The door slammed open and Amy burst in panicked. "Rouge? Are you okay?"

Rouge felt the tears in her eyes. "Amy...I think I'm..."

"Yes?"

"I'm...I'm...I'm...!"

"...Rouge. I'm pretty sure you're not the result of some alien kidnapping."

Rouge started brawling. "But it makes no sense otherwise!"

Espio walked over to Rouge and hugged her. "Calm down, Rouge. It's okay."

And that was Rouge's position when Knuckles, of all the people, crashed into her room from the ceiling.

"M-Mr. Knuckles?"

Knuckles coughed and picked himself up slowly. The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was Rouge. In her bed. With Espio's arms around her.

" #$%*!"

"...Woah. Knuckles. You just fell out of the sky, didn't you?" Sonic said.

Knuckles turned around. "Sonic? You're here, too?"

"Yep!" Sonic clung onto Amy. "I'm with my sweetheart!"

Shadow immediately whacked Sonic on the head. Seeing that, Espio slowly backed away from Rouge, just in case Knuckles decided to do that to him.

"Wait. Where's Mr. Tails? Wasn't he with you?" Rouge asked.

Knuckles threw his fists into the air. "Gah! That stupid, little fox! This is all his fault!"

Everyone stared at him in confusion.

(Cream the Rabbit)

Cream was dreaming. She was dreaming about her friends. It was a weird dream because everyone was in Rouge's room talking about something, but she couldn't focus enough to figure out the conversation among Amy's rollercoaster mind. It was kind of annoying. First, Amy thought of Shadow. Then, Sonic. Then, something about a key. Then, back to Shadow again. Without having to listen, Cream could see Shadow in Amy's mind as clearly as if she was there with them.

"What the heck, Amy. Just kiss the guy already!" Cream mumbled in her sleep.

Dr. Eggman stopped working, looked oddly at Cream, and then shrugged. The female mind was a complicated thing and he had no time to try and figure it out right now.

At the moment, Dr. Eggman and Cream were soaring high in the stratosphere. The wind rushed all around them and the city below was getting closer and closer. Yep. The city that was coming into view was where Dr. Eggman planned to unleash his best evil plan yet, the Use-Amy-to-Bait-Sonic-and-then-Take-Over-the-World-Finally 68! Dr. Eggman had a good feeling about this one.

"Incoming Missile. Incoming Missile." a computer beeped.

Dr. Eggman frowned. Did Sonic come already?

One look at the monitor told him that it wasn't.

BOOM!

Dr. Eggman fell as a shock went through his ship. The damages were pretty minor though. After he struggled to get back up, he turned on his mike.

"Tails! If you fire one more missile, I'll-!"

BOOM!

"Hey! Listen when your elders are talking!" Dr. Eggman screamed.

Tails turned on his mike, too. "Just return Cream to me unharmed!"

"I don't have Cream!"

"Yes, you do! I can see her in the giant ball you put her in!"

Both geniuses looked towards the highest point of the EggShip where, sure enough, Cream lay asleep inside a large, transparent ball.

"That's not Cream! That's Amy!"

"...Wha-? What makes you think that's Amy?"

"She's the same hyperactive, enamored female!" Dr. Eggman huffed proudly, thinking that he won. Then, he remembered something. "By the way. Her goals changed, so you might want to watch out, Tails. Her 'love' can be a little destructive..." Dr. Eggman shivered, remembering all the times he got beat up by Amy because he hurt Sonic.

Tails slapped his hand onto his face. "Oh. My. Gosh. This is getting way out of hand..."

The story has gotten a little more wacky! It seems that only Tails and Knuckles know the truth about the girls... Also, Amy can hear Rouge, Rouge can hear Cream, and Cream can hear Amy...wow...what did that machine do? O.o'

Anyways, thank you Rissa Prower for the advise. I'm not exactly sure if I have successful taken it yet, but hopefully, I will be able to later on in this story. ^^

And thank you everyone who has faved and reviewed! XD You guys make this story worth putting the time into!