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Chapter 5 – A Flash, A Flight, and A Rotten Egg
Amy immediately recognized that flash and panicked. "OMG that was a Chaos Control! What are we going to do now??? None of us can use it, and even if we could Sonic could be anywhere in the world right now! He can't be out there alone, with no one with him! He could get hurt or kidnapped or even….NO!!!! Sonikku, COME BACK!!!!!" Tears were streaming down her face.
Rouge hated to see Amy panic like this. "Now, now Amy, I'm sure Sonic is fine! You know, I bet he will teleport back here any second now!" Her words comforted Amy a little bit, but the soft crying continued.
As if he were listening to her prediction, another flash of light appeared, revealing Sonic. Apparently he had been somewhere tropic due to the tiny Hawaiian shirt and lei that he was dressed in. Amy had not seen him reappear and was crying into her hands, saying things about how it was all her fault.
Sonic did not like to see her cry, so he hopped up next to her on the couch and gave her his biggest hug. "Amy?" he said concernedly. His voice immediately stopped her crying as her head snapped in his direction.
She squealed with joy upon seeing him. She warmly embraced the toddler as the tears flowed back. "Sonic! You're back! Oh, I was so worried about you! Are you okay? Did you get hurt?" She bombarded him with a million questions as she looked him over for injuries.
All the excitement had tired Sonic out. He yawned and fell asleep while leaning on Amy. This got another round of Awws from the girls. Tails said, "Sonic's got the right idea. Sleep well everyone, we've got a big day tomorrow. After each of our missions is complete, meet back here so we can discuss how to invade Eggman's base." With that, he kissed Cream good night and went upstairs to sleep. Knuckles and Rouge said goodbye as they flew back off to Angel Island. Amy picked up Sonic as she and Cream walked back to their block.
Amy sighed. She knew it might not be the place to ask, but she had to know… "Cream?"
Cream looked back at her. "Yes, Amy?"
"What does it feel like? Loving someone and being loved back?"
Cream's cheeks flashed red. "You saw us? I didn't see you until Knuckles and Rouge came."
Amy smirked. "I let them in myself as you two were…preoccupied. So, how did it feel?"
The rabbit's eyes shone with such brilliance you could have compared it to the sun. "Oh, Amy it was wonderful! After you went upstairs, Tails came over and told me how he felt about me. I was so happy to learn that he felt that was about me the same way I feel about him! I love him…I hope we can be together forever…" Cream sighed happily.
"I only wished Sonic would act that way to me…He doesn't even realize how much pain he causes me every time he runs away…I j-just want him to love m-me the same way I l-love h-him…" Amy said as her voice broke. Cream could see the tears beginning to form in her eyes. She walked over and embraced her best friend.
"Amy, you know he does! He never tells you he hates you, or he never wants to see you again! He would never hurt you and he would protect you no matter what! He just doesn't know how to tell you how he feels! Please don't cry Amy…" Cream wiped the tears off of Amy's face. The pink hedgehog smiled down at the rabbit. Cream sure did know how to cheer someone up. Sonic was still asleep as the two arrived at Amy's apartment.
"Cream, you are my true best friend, and I absolutely can't thank you enough for every thing you have done for me." Amy waved goodbye as Cream and Cheese walked off to their house.
Amy was tired after the long (and very eventful) day. She laid Sonic on her bed, changed into her nightgown, then crawled under the covers herself, slowly drifting off to sleep.
"Amy! Amy!" Sonic shrieked her name while Eggman cackled evilly. He was holding Sonic in the claw of his new giant robot.
"Muahahaha! I finally have you, Sonic the Hedgehog, and there is nothing your little girlfriend can do about it!" the fat man shouted at the top of his lungs. Amy growled at Eggman as she grabbed her Piko-Piko Hammer and prepared to attack the robot. However, the hammer bounced right off the cold metal.
Eggman laughed again. "Enough of this insolence! Say goodbye Sonic!" He squeezed the robotic hand tighter around the struggling toddler. Sonic cried as his fragile body gave way to the robot. "Amy! Amy! Amy…"
Amy couldn't believe any of this. "No…no….NO!!!!!!!!!!!!! SONIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
She shot up in her bed, a cold sweat covering her face. "Sonic…huh...Was it…a dream?" Instinctively, she looked to the spot where Sonic was sleeping earlier. To her horror, the royal blue baby was no longer on her bed. She sprang out of bed and looked around her room. Sonic was not in there. "Sonic where are you!?!?"
She ran out into the living room, thinking he might be playing with one of the toys she had. He was not there either. "No…please don't tell me…" As a last resort, she checked the kitchen, thinking he might be getting some food.
She was about to call the police when she heard a small, muffled, almost inaudible sound coming from one of the drawers near the floor. Amy yanked the cabinet open, almost removing it from its hinges. There, inside, was Sonic, crying into his hands and calling her name. "Amy! Am…y?" He looked up, his face instantly brightening. "AMY!!" He jumped out of the cabinet and into her arms.
Amy looked at Sonic, then realized what must have happened. Sonic woke up with a growling stomach and, while looking for food he could have reached, got accidentally locked in the cabinet. Phew, that was a close one. For a second, I thought that dream might not have been a dream. She calmed him down, and then made some cereal for them. Amy decided to tell Sonic what they were doing today, even if he couldn't understand her very well.
"Guess what, Sonikku? Today, we're gonna go on an airplane and get the Chaos Emerald in France! Aw man…if you were still 15, that would be an awesome place to go on a date…" Amy stopped herself as she realized what she was saying and saw the child's confused expression.
"But I'm just spitting out random things…C'mon Sonic, let's get you all dressed up so we can catch that plane!" Amy said, excited.
Later, At the Airport; 10 Minutes To Takeoff
Sonic, who had never been on an airplane, even when he was older, looked curiously out the window at the large wing protruding from the side of the plane. Over the loudspeaker, the pilot's voice was heard.
"Good morning, passengers! This is the 9:00 plane flying straight to Paris, France. Fasten your seatbelts until we are at a cruising altitude and we hope that you have a good flight!"
Amy strapped her seatbelt on and held Sonic on her lap. He was still looking out the window. When the plane began to turn and get into position, he giggled and kept looking at the ground moving below him. But when the plane suddenly shot along the runway and touched off the ground, Sonic became scared for some reason. He clung to Amy as if his life depended on it. Strangely, the plane was moving slower than he could run if he really tried.
Amy comforted him and he went back to looking out at the clouds. The rest of the flight was pretty boring, except for the movie that was playing on a small screen in front of every seat (I don't care if a real flight across the Atlantic takes many hours, I don't have that kind of patience. :P).
Sonic didn't really care about it, but still sat and watched it while Amy was fascinated. When the plane was descending, blue boy watched the ground rush up at the plane. As they were exiting the plane, Sonic began to drift off again.
When she was getting a rental car, Amy woke Sonic again. She remembered that he loved those cars that she let him play with, so she decided to let him pick the color of the car. Surprising to her, he did not pick blue like she thought he would; he picked out a pink Mercedes from the lot.
Smiling, Amy paid the rental office and drove the car out of the parking garage. Luckily, the company had a seat for children built into one of the back seats just in case.
Amy was having so much fun that she forgot where Tails had told her where the Silver Chaos Emerald was. She took out her cell phone and called Tails. He picked up on the second ring. "Hello, Miles Prower," Tails said casually.
"Hey Tails," Amy greeted him.
'Oh, hi Amy. Lemme guess…you did something fun and forgot where I told you the Emerald was?"
Amy chuckled, "Bingo. So, where is it again?"
"Alright Amy, listen carefully cause I can only tell you once. Cream and I are undercover trying to sneak into this restaurant and you might blow our cover if you call at the wrong moment. The scanner said the Silver Emerald is in the Louvre, a large museum near the center of Paris. More accurately, the Emerald seems to be in the 'Mona Lisa' room. Got all that?"
"I got it, thanks Tails!" Amy hung up her telephone. She had been to Paris before, but never to the Louvre. She thought she would be able to identify the 'large museum' as Tails had put it, but she eventually needed to ask one of the Frenchmen where it was. He pointed to an extravagant building just across the street from where Amy was parked. Amy sweatdropped.
Unbuckling Sonic, she took him inside, but was stopped by two guards. One of them, presumably the higher rank, addressed her. "Bonsoir, Mademoiselle. Welcome to ze Louvre. Is zis your first time visiting our museum?" Amy nodded. "Very well, you might want to take a map to find your way around ze exhibits. Have a good time with your son!"
Amy blushed when he referred to Sonic as her son, but accepted the map from the guard. She looked for a large room where she expected the Mona Lisa to be, but she was a bit shocked to see that it was a tiny room, probably no bigger than her living room, at the end of a long hallway.
Sonic looked at the different paintings, sculptures and masterpieces curiously from atop Amy's shoulders while she rushed down the hallways. Arriving outside the room with the famous Da Vinci painting, Amy put Sonic down as they slowly walked into the room.
She looked around, but did not see the Emerald anywhere. Sonic, however, noticed that one of the lights was a different color from the rest. "Amy!" he said while pointing at the light that he suspected. She looked over to where he pointed, and saw it; the Silver Chaos Emerald was screwed into one of the light sockets, apparently being mistakenly used as a light bulb. Amy tried to reach it, but she was slightly too short. She placed Sonic on her shoulders and he reached up and twisted the Emerald out of the socket.
Amy cheered and hugged Sonic tightly, who was entranced by the glow of the gem. Moments later, a bright light surrounded the hedgehogs as Sonic Chaos Controlled them to a beach somewhere on an island.
Unbeknownst to them, Metal Sonic stepped out of the shadows just as they left. "Identification confirmed. Bio-forms Amelia Rose and Sonic the Hedgehog confirmed. Returning to base for further instruction."
Meanwhile, back on the beach…
Amy looked down at her blue hero with a smile on her face while she watched him play in the sand. Lately, she had begun to think that he HAD kept some of his memories…no…it couldn't be…could it? She dismissed the idea as she lay down on her back and relaxed.
