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XII: Kidnapped

Amy collapsed onto her knees as she processed what just happened and future Sonic started that weird trembling again. Rouge had her hand over her mouth in shock and her eyes were wide.

"NO!" Amy cried as she clung onto future Sonic's leg.

"Sonic calm down, this is what they want." Knuckles barked at him as he stormed over to shake future Sonic who looked to be in a daze.

"Well they certainly know what they're doing." Future Sonic whispered and Amy let out another cry.

"I think she's safe for now." Rouge tried to reassure them. "They need Sonic to be in the underworld before they do anything."

"This is all your fault!" Amy snapped at future Sonic and that seemed to wake him out of his daze and he glared at her, his fur turning darker.

"My fault?" His voice sounded slightly manic to the point where Sonic was scared of his own future self.

"This wouldn't have happened if you had just listened to me!" She shrieked as tears poured down her face.

Future Sonic leaned over her and growled. "In case you didn't realise, I was trying to protect her too. You think I wanted this to happen?"

Amy flinched back at his tone slightly but regained her composure and glared at him again.

"Yeah well, it's not the first time you were too slow. This has been happening a lot over the years." Amy said sinisterly.

"That's not fair!" Future Sonic yelled at her.

"STOP IT!" Sonic shouted making everyone turn to face him. "Playing the blame game isn't going to get Sky back. We need to work together."

"Sonic is right Sonic. Jeeze this is confusing, but anyway, we need to get to Tails, collect the master emerald and end this thing once and for all." Knuckles said and future Sonic took a deep breath to calm himself down.

"Since when are you the voice of reason?" Rouge asked in an amused voice.

Amy whimpered before hugging future Sonic tightly. "I just want her safely back."

Future Sonic wrapped his arms around her. "Me too."

"Do you think you could teleport us back to Tails' house, Amy?" Knuckles asked and Amy looked up a little worried.

"I'm not sure, but I'll try." She said before looking like she was concentrating very hard.

Soon a warm feeling filled Sonic's body and he felt like he was being yanked in a different direction and when he blinked he was in Tails' back yard.

"Whoa." He gasped out before turning around in time to see Amy collapse in future Sonic's arms.

"Is she ok?" Sonic asked concerned and his future self nodded.

"It just takes a lot out of her." He answered before picking her up and carrying her to the door Tails had now opened. He and Cream were standing there looking at them in shock.

"What happened?" He asked as his best friend walked inside and gently placed Amy down on the couch. He kissed her forehead before turning to Tails.

"We're borrowing your plane and the master emerald, saving my daughter, sealing the portal to the underworld and saving the world. Any objections?" Future Sonic gushed out as he made his way towards Tails' large garage where the tornado was.

Tails shook his head as he helped Sonic and Knuckles attach the master emerald to the plane.

"It would be really helpful if we had you there Tails." Future Sonic begged.

Tails looked unsure.

"I could look after Ben." Cream offered and Tails smiled at her.

"Thank you Cream." He said before turning to future Sonic. "I'm in."

Future Sonic and Tails gave each other a high five and Amy walked in the garage looking miserable. Sonic watched the way his future self looked at her. The way his future self's eyes filled with an emotion that was completely foreign to his past self, but there was something else in the way he looked at her. Guilt. Sonic could tell it wasn't just over Sky but there was something else to their relationship. Sonic's heart lurched at the thought. Out of all his friends, Amy had definitely changed the most. She used to be so bubbly, carefree and happy. Now her green eyes seemed to have lost their innocent sparkle; like she'd been through something dark. The thought scared him. Were none of his friends left uncorrupted? Untainted?

Sonic knew as soon as he got back to his own time, he was going to fix this.

Suddenly Amy gasped and froze and everyone looked at her expectantly apart from Sonic who looked up in confusion. His future self walked over to her and stood next to her, his eyes burning intensely as he stared at her, waiting.

"What it is?" His future self asked without emotion and Tails sighed before looking down and helping Sonic with what he was doing as he continued to watch.

"He's waiting." Amy answered in a quiet voice, her face still blank. "It's cold and it's dark. I see you and you're in pain."

"Any sign of Sky?" Future Sonic asked nervously.

Amy whimpered. "I can't see. I only see you and the king of the underworld."

Her blank expression vanished and her eyes focused back on future Sonic. Both of them looked scared before they hugged each other. Future Sonic rubbed soothing circles on her back while he looked deep in thought. Sonic looked away as he felt like he was intruding on a private moment.

What the hell was Amy talking about and why did her face go all blank like that?

Even though some of his questions had been answered, they only led to more questions that he just couldn't fathom out.

"We're all set." Tails said as he screwed the last bolt into place. The master emerald was now carefully attached to the back of the plane and Tails hopped into the pilot's seat.

"I haven't flown this baby for a year." He said, his voice heavy with emotion as he stroked the joystick.

"Save the emotional reunion for later." Knuckles said as he hopped up and sat in top of the master emerald and Amy climbed into the passenger seat. Both Sonics hopped onto the wings of the plane as usual and Tails started the engine.

"Good luck!" Cream called to them waving, with Ben in her arms and Rouge waved too before winking at Knuckles which he responded to with a grunt. Ben waved at them and they waved back before Tails began the take-off.

Soon enough they were flying high in the air speeding off to Angel Island where the rift was between their worlds.

From this high up, Sonic could see all the territories the shadow demons had taken over and felt angry at how those creatures had sucked the life out of what were once beautiful places he loved to run around in.

The sky got darker and darker the closer they came to Angel Island, the sun disappeared and was replaced by the moon and the ocean turned a dark grey colour. The grass turned dark and dead and all other plant life looked shrivelled up and dark. The air turned cold and Sonic felt himself shivering slightly. The floating island was now in sight and Sonic could see what looked like a giant crack in the air that was completely pitch black and every now and then a shadow demon would leak out. Sonic felt like he wanted to avert his eyes at the strange and frightening vibe the rift gave off and the smell of death leaked out.

"Almost there." Tails sounded above the roar of the plane's engine and began to descend further down and landed the plane in a small area the forest didn't touch.

Everyone hopped off the Tornado and looked up as another shadow demon let out a shriek as it leaked out of the rift and flew off into the distance.

"I can't wait for all this to be over." Knuckles mumbled and everyone nodded in agreement.

Tails flicked some switches and the master emerald glowed even brighter.

"So the plan is we go in there, grab Sky and get out." Future Sonic explained. "Tails flicks that last switch and the rift closes, sealing the underworld off from the rest of the world for all eternity until some other nutter comes along."

"Right." Everyone agreed with the plan.

Sonic turned around and smirked at the rift. "Let the battle commence."

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