Judas

Summary: Three years after Eggman's defeat, it is quiet. Knuckles and Rouge are married, Cream and Tails (young as they are) have fallen so much in love, and Sonic is finally ready to settle down and marry himself. But, when a new evil villain suddenly threatens the land…the most unlikely candidate begins to doubt himself!

Chapter II: Amy

Sonic slowly entered the warm house. This breath of hot air unfroze his tense muscles and he found himself relaxed and sleepy. "Amy? You here?"

A glomp told him she was indeed here. He giggled, turning around in her grasp to face her and giving her a swift kiss on the lips before pulling away to look at her. Those dark green eyes were red from crying, but a beam now captured her lips. He'd always wondered how they'd come to be so soft and warm, but pushed past that in his mind. "Sonic." She pulled herself against him, relieved, and then swiftly pulled back.

"Wha, Amy? Do I smell or…" Sonic, confused, reached out for her.

"Sonic, you sound awful!" The hedgehog in question couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Oh, is that all?!" He gasped, holding at his chest as it burned while he caught his breath. "You know, you really make me worry."

Amy glared at him skeptically before holding him in her arms again. "No, that's not all. You do smell, Sonic, but you smell good, and I'm almost positive I can feel your ribs and…"

"Whoa, chill, Ames!" Sonic chuckled hoarsely. "I'm okay now. Knuckles talked to me and, well, I haven't killed myself yet, so…" What was meant to be a joke was taken literally by her. Amy squeezed him against herself until he was oxygen deprived.

"Sonic! Is that why you ran off?!"

"No-ah, cutting comes first and-ack!" He coughed, tasting blood as Amy squeezed him.

"Sonic!" She cried in dismay.

"Kidding, Amy. Kidding. Gods!" Sonic wilted, both from the warmth and from being in her arms, and wriggled to get comfortable in her grasp. Their two bodies were soon pressed against each other, both looking into each other's eyes.

"Sonic, I'm three years younger than you!" Amy half-screamed. "You scare me!"

"Yet another thing I do on a daily basis." Sonic joked, kissing her again. "Please don't fret, Amy. I'm okay, especially when your body is so warm against mine." He nuzzled under her chin, planting little butterfly kisses up and down her neck.

Amy giggled, holding his head closer to her neck and pulling her quills out of the way. Sonic shook his head and pulled away from her. "Not now." He announced firmly, crossing to the couch. Amy followed cautiously, sitting down beside him. She could tell it was a fear of contact that kept him from going further. But, something else was bugging, and she saw that as he stared off into space.

She wiggled closer to him and he put his arms around her. She lay her head against his chest and heard his breathing. It seemed labored, probably from being outside in the cold without even a hint of protection against it. A nice warm cup of tea would remedy that, she was sure. But, there was still something else.

Sonic frowned and Amy giggled. "Sonic? Are you hungry?" She asked, tickling him.

Sonic inched away from her fingers. "I guess, maybe a little… It hasn't bothered till now." He was back to frowning again. "I thought I took care of it."

"You never take care of yourself, Sonic the Hedgehog." Amy teased, getting up from the couch. "I'll make you a cup of tea and some chilidogs. Go pick a movie."

"Why? We won't watch it, anyway."

Amy nudged him with her boot. "Just do it."

Sonic laughed, putting up his hands in surrender. "All right, all right! Geez, more like a military operation than anything!"

Amy clicked her tongue. "Rest your voice! I want to make you whine later tonight!"

Sonic guffawed at this. "Oh, you're going to make me scream now?"

Amy realized how suggestive she'd sounded and flushed to herself. "Shut up, Sonic!"

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"Tails? Do you think Sonic is going to get Amy pregnant?" Cream in a brown baby doll blouse, cropped jeans, and her traditional Mary Janes sat kicking her feet against a table in Tails' dimly lit lab. Far away from all the harms, of course.

Tails in a lab coat picked up his head from a microscope to take notes. "Probably not. But then again, I know little about Sonic's, erm, instincts."

"Do you think sex is more fun for guys or girls?"

Tails paused and turned to give the preteen rabbit an odd look. "You're an odd girl, Cream."

"Come from hanging out with people like you." She insisted indignantly, tossing her head. Her large ears flowed over her shoulder with her. "Anyway, 'Doctor' Tails, I asked you a question."

Tails shrugged. "Greek mythology says men, but I would argue otherwise."

"How so?"

Tails turned around, going back to his work. This, though, was mostly to hide his blush. "If sex were more fun for guys," he concluded bashfully, "then Sonic would've done Amy by now."

JJJ

"Sonic?"

"Amy, you've been relatively quiet."

"I know." Amy looked up at her boyfriend, watching him indulge in a nice warm cup of tea, he having already devoured the food she'd made for him. "Sonic, do you ever think about marriage?"

Sonic almost choked on the hot liquid, and took the cup from his lips, only to stare into it bashfully. "I did." He whispered, speaking as if a stretch of road lay between each of his words. "You know what I told you when you turned sixteen, right?"

"Yes." Amy nodded as she recalled. "You wanted to get some money, a real home, and courage to support a family…and me."

"And when I finally had all that, Snively ruined our lives." Sonic was once again despondent, making Amy wish she'd never brought it up.

"Oh, Sonic, I didn't mean-"

"These are troubling times, Ames." Sonic kissed her gently on the cheek, his eyes gaining a depressed glow. "I would never marry you in such miserable situations, not with me doing what I did. Oh, I would leave if I could, but-"

"But I won't let you." Amy shushed him with a kiss, climbing into his lap so that her legs surrounded his own. Her sweater was discarded now, the lacey top slipping off her sexy shoulders. Sonic closed his eyes to keep himself from being tempted, but he gave in to her kiss. Their tongues touched in a sweet way before Amy pulled away and spoke. "And, I don't care. I'll be your wife anyway."

"Still going to do it right." Sonic answered her in a scolding manner. His voice said teasing, but his eyes…they looked like the despondent eyes of a suicidal teen. Even the alien blue light from the television told her that Sonic still thought himself a traitor (how, she knew not, but he did anyway).

And she had to give him confidence, so that there was no more doubt. She needed him to know that she loved him, despite all odds.

"[He] will [die]... But woe to that man [the traitor]! It would be better for him if he had not been born." Mark 14:21