=Chapter 10=

The team continued fighting the demons that suddenly appeared out from the ground and walls. Tails ran into Shadow and saw him fighting two biters.

'Thing's got screwed up really fast didn't it?' the kitsune thought to himself.

He went and approached the ebony hedgehog and started backing him up.

"Hey, where's Amy?" Tails asked.

"I put her in a limo outside." Shadow told him. "I instructed the guards to take her straight home if anything like this should happen."

The yellow fox at first, nodded in acknowledgement of Shadow's statement. Then he suddenly froze.

'Wait a minute.' he thought. 'Something's not right here. Castle Mobius is only 15 minutes away from here. Amy should've gotten home by know, but I haven't got positive feedback from the driver that they made it there like I was supposed to...'

The kitsune sucker-punched one biter coming right at him and began racing towards the back door.

"Be right back!" he told Shadow, who didn't seem to notice him leave.

Tails ran through the hallway and out the door. The G.U.N. guards had just barely managed to snuff out the two golems that menaced them earlier. Out of the seven that were posted, only two were left standing. One of them was trying to get ahold of the limo that took off.

"Sergeant," Tails called out. "where's vehicle 42Y76X?"

"Car 42Y76X, do you copy?" the G.U.N. soldier barked into his radio. "Car 42Y76X where are you?"

There was no response. Just garbled static on the other end. Tails, with panic filling him like a hot air balloon, frantically snatched out his cell phone and quickly put Amy's phone on speed dial.

'Please Amy, pick up.' the kitsune desperately thought. 'Please pick up.'

"We're sorry, the number you are trying to reach, is no longer available. If you-"

"OH MY GOD!"

Tails bolted back into the building in a mad search for a computer. Luckily, he had placed tracking devices on the limos so there was still a glimmer of hope. He nearly ran into Sonic and Shadow who were finishing up a fight with a flaming golem.

"COMING THROUGH!" Tails yelled.

"Whoa, Tails, what's the rush?" Sonic asked.

"AMY'S GOD DAMN LIMO IS FREAKING MISSING!"

That caught Shadow's attention faster than Sonic's speed.

"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN IT'S MISSING?" he shouted.

"The agents got attacked by these things, told the limo driver to back to Castle Mobius, but now it's M.I.A.!"

"Holy shit, dude." Sonic rasped.

"I placed bugs on the limos." Tails explained. "I need to get to a computer, quick!"

The yellow fox went up to the second level of the City Hall with Shadow following closely behind. Sonic meanwhile went into the main ballroom to inform the others of the situation.

"Amy's WHAT?" Blaze cried.

"Like I said, Tails says the limo that she was in is M.I.A." Sonic explained.

"Oh my God..." Knuckles muttered pinching the bridge of his nose.

Then, Tails and Shadow came running into the room.

"We've found the limo." Shadow announced. "Let's move!"

The team rushed out of the City Hall and out onto the road in Knuckles' Jeep and Silver's Volvo. The trail led them towards the outskirts of the city where they finally found the missing limo. It was resting alongside the road with all its lights still on. Shadow jumped out of Knuckles' Jeep before it even had a chance to stop and ran out to the limo.

"ROSE?" the ebony hedgehog cried out. "ROSE, ANSWER ME!"

He frantically searched the entire limo. All the doors were lock save for one in the passenger area that was ripped off the frame of the vehicle. Shadow found the limo to be completely empty. When he took a step, something crunched beneath his feet. Looking down, the crimson-splashed male saw that it was Amy's cell phone broken in half. Shadow let out a furious growl after picking it up and squeezing it in his fist. Sonic and the others ran over to him to inspect the limo as well.

"She in there?" Knuckles asked, out of breath.

"No...that son of a bitch has her!" Shadow hissed in fury.

Tails frowned when he saw the sakura hedgehog's broken cell phone in Shadow's hand.

"Crap. If she still had that on her, we could've-"

"Save it." Shadow growled. "I will not rest until she's safe at home."

XXXXXXX

Somewhere in the warehouse district of New City, Soleanna and inside one of the warehouse buildings, was Amy Rose. She was tied up in the corner with small chains and shivering like a withered leaf. It was very cold outdoors and it made the whole building feel somewhat icy. Fortunately, there was an active boiler across from where the cherry-pink female so she at least had some warmth. But it wasn't even close to comfort. Amy was scared shitless. She was also exhausted and freezing. She spent every second wondering how the hell this could've happened and wishing that she home.

'Shadow...' Amy thought sadly. '..where are you?'

Then the doors to the building suddenly swung open, bringing in more cold air and making Amy shiver more. It was Mephiles returning from securing the area for himself. Amy let out a little whimper and scooted further into the corner but at the same time trying to avoid the bitingly cold wall. The demon merely smiled at this.

"There's no need to be afraid of me, dear." Mephiles snickered.

Amy didn't answer him. She turned her head away and refused to acknowledge him.

"Now, now, little girl. You best behave or I shall have to punish you." Mephiles scolded, stroking Amy's bangs.

"Don't...don't touch me..." the sakura hedgehog whimpered.

Mephiles chuckled again and proceeded to stroke her muzzle. Amy let out another whimper and tried moving further away from him. Then suddenly, the demon grabbed her and forcefully kissed her. Poor Amy tried struggling to get away from him but with his iron-like grip and the fact that she was tightly bound in metal, she could only squirm. When Mephiles finally released her, Amy promptly turned her head away in total disgust and sincerely revolted by him. She coughed while trying to regain her breath.

"Hmmmm..." Mephiles mused. "You tasted rather delicious."

Then he got up to his feet and prepared to leave the building.

"I'm going to fetch Shadow now." he sneered. "Can't have him waiting too long."

And with that, the demon let Amy alone in the dark building save for the small light produced by the boiler. With Mephiles finally gone, the cherry-pink female started to break down into tears, scared and wishing to go home.

XXXXXXX

Back at Castle Mobius, the team worked tirelessly to locate Amy and Mephiles. Thus far, their search had come up fruitless.

"Crap, this dude could be anywhere." Sonic said.

"Perhaps I could use my psychokinesis to track him down." Silver suggested.

"No, you probably shouldn't." Knuckles said. "What if something happens and you end up getting fucked up by that asshole?"

"Good point. But still..."

Suddenly, the sirens went off, alerting everyone.

"Great, what now?" Sonic ranted.

Tails quickly slid to the other computer on the rolling chair he was sitting on.

"There's an attack east of town!" he exclaimed.

"Well let's go!" Knuckles said. "If it's those fire things, they might lead us to Mephiles."

"Agreed." Shadow replied.

They all went out to investigate the trouble brewing east of Station Square. Sure enough, flaming biters, worms, falcons, golems were tearing up that section of city. G.U.N. agents that were stationed there were already in action.

"Come on, let's do this!" Sonic shouted.

With that, they joined the G.U.N. into battle. At first they were seemingly overwhelmed by the multitude of flaming creatures. Then the tide was turned in their favor. Out of the corner of the Shadow's eyes as he fought a golem, he spotted Mephiles watching the whole battle from a roof top in absolute glee. The ebony hedgehog immediately dropped what he was doing, and charged directly at the demon. Mephiles had anticipated this and quickly dodged Shadow's attack. But the crimson-splashed male was a bit too fast for the demon and managed to grab his neck and slam him into the wall.

"WHERE IS SHE?" Shadow furiously demanded.

"Temper, temper, Shadow.." Mephiles warned. "Go a little too far with it, and you might not ever see your precious flower again."

That snapped a nerve in Shadow's head and he attempted to punch the demon in the face. However, he disappeared before the midnight hedgehog had a chance to hit him. He next appeared behind Shadow and unleashed hundreds of his demonic familiars upon him. But Shadow was in no mood to be trifled with. He blew them all away with a chaos lance.

"If you want her back, Shadow..." Mephiles leered. "you'll have to surrender to me first."

That only infuriated Shadow even more. The demon was practically using Amy's life and welfare to get what he wanted. While the whole team was brawling, Silver managed to get off into the sidelines. He too had seen Mephiles and came to the conclusion that since the demonic being was here, there would be no harm and risk in trying to locate Amy by using his telekinesis. So, the albino hedgehog sat in the corner to avoid getting distracted by the battle and began to meditate. He mentally reached out throughout the entire city but Amy was nowhere to be found.

'Come on, Amy.' Silver thought. 'Where are ya..?'

Next, he tried other places that Mephiles would consider stashing her, like the ruins of Dusty Desert. At last, he tried the New City district of Soleanna. Suddenly Silver's mind was flooded with Amy's desperate and frightened thoughts.

'Yes! I found her!'