Chili with Aroma of a Hedgehog

Chapter 15: Reunited

I'm baaack! Okay I won't talk too much cause I know you guys are URGING to know what's gonna happen.

SHOUT OUTS AT THE END OF CHAPTER!

BUT I want to reply to a few of my reviewers ;)

Dear Captain and Lilly,

Great predictions! ;) Question is... are they true?

Would Shadow really throw his own blood under the bus? If so, would Sonic be the ONLY individual Shadow throws under the bus? What if that individual isn't Amy? What if neither Sonic or Amy end up in jail? What if Shadow gets caught? What about Charles? Silver? Rouge? COCOA!? You'll just have to wait and read ;D There are so many surprises I have in store for y'all.

Prepare for drama ladies and gentlemen, prepare for drama.

"Rouge." Shadow warned as he stood up. "I promoted her due to her hard work."

"BULLCRAP!" Rouge yelled.

Shadow shushed her and approached her and kissed her.

"Amy can you leave us alone?"

Amy nodded as she left the office.

"What did the doctor tell you? I'm sure the real reason you're mad is because of the results. What did he say?"

Rouge's eyes teared up and she covered her face with her hands.

"The fall caused something to snap in my abdomen, I can't have a baby Shadow... at least not now..."

Shadow widened his eyes as he face palmed.

"I'm sorry..." she whispered.

"It's fine. Let's just hope Sally doesn't manage to get to Sonic, we can't let them have a baby before us."

"It's not Sally we need to worry about Shadow, it's Rosy the Rascal. If Rosy and Sonic reunite, the chances of us getting the fortune will be very slim!"

"Didn't Sally say that Sonic was waiting for the new Chili Picking season to start for Rosy to come back?"

Rouge nodded as Shadow smiled, "Well it just so happens that AMY ROSE, the person you are oh so convinced is in a private relationship with me just convinced Sonic to get the hell out of The Grounds and come to the city. The more he's away from The Grounds, the better for us, because we won't be at risk of him seeing Rosy."

"How do you know she convinced him?"

"Silver told me when I arrived, that's one of the reasons why I promoted her. If she can convince someone as hard headed as Sonic to do something he didn't want to do, then I'm sure she'd be essential as manager."

"Yes but Sonic will only be here temporarily," Rouge retorted.

"That's what you think. You see, I need to be in Apotos for awhile to launch Paprika Enterprise, if I do that I'm going to need someone to take over the Corporation. And..."

"Only a The Hedgehog is allowed to be director of the Corporation!" Rouge exclaimed as she finished Shadow's sentence. "It's brilliant! If you propose that during the family meeting, ALL fingers will point to Sonic because Manic is obviously still in school and Sonia doesn't have the credentials to do the job. It works perfectly! Sonic will be living here in the city, AWAY from Rosy the Rascal, meanwhile you'll be in Apotos launching Paprika Enterprise, and I'll take advantage of going to as many treatments as possible to get pregnant!"

"There's the smart and clever Rouge I fell in love with," Shadow said as he kissed her.

"I still don't like the idea of Pinky being the new manager!" Rouge said as she angrily looked at Shadow, causing him to roll his eyes.

Green Hill Zone (MONTHS LATER)

Knuckles walked around town, in hopes of running into that strange girl.

Tikal was her name.

Something about her intrigued him, and he didn't know what it was.

"STOP PLEASE! AHHHH!"

Knuckles turned and ran toward the screams.

He widened his eyes when he realized that Pachacamac was hitting Tikal with a whip.

"HEY!" Knuckles yelled as he ran toward Pachacamac and pushed him off of her.

Tikal then crawled behind Knuckles, the lashes stinging her back.

Knuckles then punched Pachacamac in the face, causing him to lose consiousness, "Let's go Tikal!"

"No! I cannot leave! Please, just leave..."

"But..."

"He was just drunk! I'll be fine I promise!"

Knuckles hesitated, he didn't know what to do.

"PLEASE! Before he wakes up!" she cried, causing Knuckles to nod and leave the scene.

What is Pachacamac doing to her?

"Why can't we just leave in the morning?" Sally pleaded as she chased Sonic around the house.

"I told you already Sally, there were no flights convenient for that time."

"But I was really hoping to be present for the ceremony!" she whined as Sonic stopped and turned to look at her.

"Were you really?" Sonic asked as he scowled and crossed his arms. "Or is it because you're paranoid of the possibility that Rosy might show up tomorrow."

"I KNOW THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WE'RE STAYING SONIC THE HEDGEHOG I'M NOT STUPID!"

Sonic rolled his eyes, "I knew you didn't actually care," he then continued walking, Sally quickly following.

"Sonic I'm sorry I didn't mean for it to turn out that way! I truly did want to attend the ceremony honest!"

Sonic shook his head in annoyance but stopped as he looked toward Knuckles who was running toward the home.

"Sonic! I knew it, I told you! Pachacamac is abusing Tikal! I called it!"

"How do you know?" Sonic asked as he approached Knuckles.

Sally growled and stomped away, heading towards a certain yellow fox, she needed to get the steam out of her system.

"I just caught him lashing her with this," Knuckles said as he held up a whip.

Sonic shook his head, "This isn't right, you should have taken Tikal out of there so that we can inform the authorities!"

"I tried but she didn't want to leave, she told me that he was drunk and to leave before he woke up. I didn't want things to be worse for her so I left."

"An alcoholic father... the most common cause for domestic violence," Sonic said as he shook his head.

"Sonic!" Amadeus called out as he approached Sonic. "Rosemary prepared yours and Sally's suitcases, they are ready for your trip to the city tomorrow. The Chili Pickers are also scheduled for arrival at 9 am tomorrow."

Sonic nodded, "I'm just glad I won't have to overwork them anymore, that Holoskan fiasco last year really stung our credibility..."

"Just don't get beat up this time Sonic," Knuckles said as Sonic punched him lightly in the arm.

"I just hope she arrives along with everyone else tomorrow... ONE YEAR without seeing her... ONE YEAR!"

"All we can do now is hope Sonic..." Amadeus stated as Sonic nodded.

"Consider that a going away session!" Sally said as she walked out of the horse shack.

Tails crowded up in a corner, ever since the first time Sally made out with him he's been unable to sleep and unable to stand it when someone touched him... he couldn't help but feel dirty."

"You should really tell Mr. Sonic you know..."

Tails jumped and widened his eyes towards the doorway, where Cosmo was standing with a bucket.

"Cosmo!? W-what are you doing here?"

"I'd like to ask you the same thing," she said as she put the bucket down and walked toward him. "You should be walking toward Sonic, telling him everything that's happening."

"How did you know?"

"I've known since the first time it happened Tails... I overheard you two talking. I'm so sorry you have to go through this..."

She tried to lay a hand on his shoulder but he flinched and backed away.

"Look what she has done to you Tails! This isn't right! You have to tell Sonic!"

"I can't! She'll hurt my parents!"

"Sonic wouldn't let that happen. Look, if you don't tell him, I will."

"I don't think either of you will be opening your mouths."

Cosmo and Tails turned in fright as Sally leaned by the doorway.

"If I hear a peep out of you Cosmo, one little peep, I WILL fire you."

"Go ahead!" Cosmo said as she stood up. "But I will not allow such injustice!"

Cosmo then headed for the doorway, only for Sally to grab her roughly by the arm.

"Where do you think you're going?"

"SONIC!" Cosmo yelled as she tried escaping Sally's grip.

Tails only stared in fear as the action took place, wishing he could do something.

"I will not allow such behavior Cosmo!"

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE!?"

The three Mobians turned to Sonic who was standing at the doorway.

"Sonic! Your employee Cosmo has been playing dirty with Tails, she has been forcing him to take part in inappropriate behavior!"

Cosmo widened her eyes and looked at Sally and then to Sonic in fear. "That is not..."

"Isn't that right Tails!?" Sally yelled as Tails flinched.

He looked from Sally to Cosmo, the latter pleading him to tell the truth.

"...It's true Sonic..." Tails muttered as he bowed his head in shame.

Cosmo's eyes welled up with tears as she turned to look at Sonic, who was running his hands threw his quills while shutting his eyes.

"But she shouldn't get fired!" Tails exclaimed. "We won't do it again right Cosmo?"

Cosmo turned to Tails, who was pleading to her with his eyes.

Cosmo slowly nodded, not liking the predicament.

Sonic sighed, "Fine. I'll leave you off with a warning Cosmo."

Sally indignantly said, "THAT'S IT!? YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO FIRE HER!"

"Not now Sally." Sonic stated while rubbing his temples. "Tails, is my horse ready for tomorrow?"

Tails nodded, and with a thumbs up, Sonic left the shack.

Sally turned to Cosmo and muttered, "Get in my way again and I really will get you fired."

As Sally left Tails stood up and approached Cosmo.

"Cosmo I..."

"No Tails..." she said as she turned to him. "Your apology won't mean anything. Thanks a lot for nothing!"

Cosmo left the room, leaving a devastated Tails in the depths of the shack.

Station Square

Shadow walked into Amy's office and Amy looked towards him.

"Amy, someone is here to visit you," Shadow said as he moved to the side and Elena walked in.

"Hello Mrs. The Hedgehog!" Amy exclaimed as she stood up and bowed.

"Always the charmer aren't we Amy," she laughed as the three sat down. "I'm here to congratulate you for becoming our new manager!"

"It's a pleasure," Amy smiled as Elena nodded.

"As manager, I want you to be present at my late husband's ceremony tomorrow. Can you make it?"

"I will gladly be there Mrs. The Hedgehog, I promise."

Amy liked Elena, the woman seemed very proper and she was very kind to her.

"Are the preparations ready for the family meeting the day after tomorrow?" Shadow asked as Amy nodded.

"Wave and I spent the entire day yesterday preparing for it."

"Efficient! I like it!" Elena complimented. "You could be present for the meeting if you'd like."

And risk seeing Sonic? No way!

"Sorry but I'll have to decline that, I have a few things I need to finish for the deal we are making with Chun-Nan right now," Amy smiled as Shadow nodded.

"They're an important client Grandma, Amy is being smart in not attending."

Elena nodded in understanding, "Well I just wanted to personally invite you to the ceremony tomorrow, I'll see you there!"

Amy gleefully nodded as the Shadow and Elena left the office.

She sighed, "One year without seeing Sonic... and yet... I still love him..." Amy muttered as she got back to work.

Green Hill Zone (Next Morning)

"The Chili Pickers are here Sonic!" Knuckles exclaimed as Sonic nodded and the pickers began piling in.

Sally watched Sonic from a distance, ready to verbally attack if Rosy the Rascal appeared.

Sonic quietly mourned the death of his grandfather as he rode his horse towards his grave.

"Two years Grandpa... two years... say hello to my parents for me. I love all three of you..."

Amadeus, Rosemary and Tails slowly approached Sonic as the three of them set flowers onto Maurice's grave and kneeled down for a moment of silence. When they got up they glanced at Sonic and Sonic smiled, "Thank you..."

Sonic glanced at the grave and noticed that Knuckles had already set his bouquet of flowers onto the grave.

He then noticed someone new set flowers there.

Sonic looked up and smiled at the Chili Pickers who smiled back at him.

"We wanted to come and pay Maurice a visit before we set our stuff down at our shacks," Swifty said as the pickers nodded.

Sonic smiled as he felt his eyes welling up and whispered a thank you.

Sonic then looked within the pile of Chili Pickers, who were all paying their respects to Maurice and realized that Rosy the Rascal indeed did not arrive with them.

Sonic sighed in sadness, while Sally on the other hand internally felt relief.

Sally then walked back into the home with a smile, getting ready to prepare for the flight back to the city.

Station Square

Only those who were closest to Maurice were told about the ceremony in hopes of avoiding any press.

Amy sat next to Silver and observed The Hedgehogs.

Shadow and Rouge were both calm and stayed silent through the whole thing.

Charles shed a few tears along with Elena, while Cocoa simply couldn't wait to get out of there.

Manic and Sonia held onto each other as they cried on each other's shoulders.

Poor things... they lost their grandfather and their parents on the same year...

A few of The Hedgehog family friends were there to pay their respects but what shocked Amy the most was when she turned to see who was at the back of the church.

Angela Rose herself was kneeling down, dressed in full black, as cold tears ran down her cheeks.

MOM!? Amy thought as she widened her eyes. She would HAVE to talk to her mom about this.

As the ceremony ended, Amy looked towards the back and realized that Angela wasn't there anymore.

"Thank you for coming Amy," Elena said as Amy smiled and nodded.

"It was my pleasure. I'll see you all tomorrow!"

Elena nodded as she dismissed Amy and Amy walked back home.

"Mother we must head home," Charles said as he approached Elena. "Sonic and Sally will be arriving soon."

"Don't talk to me about that traitor." Elena coldly said as she walked toward the car, Charles and Cocoa shrugging and following her.

Amy ran into her house.

"Mom! Mom where are you?"

"Right here Amy," Angela said as she walked out of the room, completely changed into a new wardrobe.

"What gives mom? Why'd you go to the ceremony?"

"What ceremony?"

"Don't play games with me mom! I saw you!"

"Oh so I can't go mourn a death very dear to me Amy? You know how kind Maurice was to us!"

Amy sighed, "I know but you could have told me."

Angela shrugged, "It was a last minute decision."

"But mom I've never seen you cry so much for someone, I get that Mr. The Hedgehog was a good man but... it's like if you were crying for a close relative or something!"

"I'm just an emotional person Amy."

Amy silently looked at her mom, Angela was definitely a woman full of secrets, speaking of secrets...

"Mom can I ask you a question... I've been really afraid to ask you."

"Yes Amy what's wrong?"

"Mom... who... who was my father?"

Angela blankly looked at Amy and it was as if the world had stopped.

"Angela!" Josephine exclaimed as she walked into the house. "Tyson's Regime is on! It's getting good!"

"MY SHOW!" Angela exclaimed as both women ran into Josephine's apartment, leaving a confused Amy to her thoughts.

Sally walked into the home, receiving greetings from the entire family.

Sonic walked in a little after, receiving nothing but cold stares.

Elena chose not to look at Sonic.

"What's going on?" Sonic asked as he began feeling uncomfortable.

Silence.

"Sonic the Hedgehog sir please take a seat," Manic said as he stood up and sat Sonic down in an attempt to break the ice. "Ladies and gentlemen we are gathered here today to trial Sonic the Hedgehog who has committed the biggest crime of all crimes! Ditching a family reunion because of prior commitments! What should be his punishment?"

"Manic sit down!" Elena scolded.

"I will once you all stop treating Sonic like he just killed someone. At least he's here!"

"Manic..." Sonia warned.

"Fine, fine, sorry bro you're on your own," Manic said as he patted Sonic on the back.

Sonic smiled in gratitude and approached Elena, kneeling in front of her. "Grandma..."

Elena didn't respond.

Sally, Cocoa and Rouge took this as an opportunity to go into the kitchen to avoid a family dispute.

Sonic took this as a cue to sit next to Shadow, who was shaking his head at him.

Charles rubbed Elena's back and Sonia and Manic remained silent.

"Now that only us The Hedgehogs are in the room, I want to take this as an opportunity to demand that you ALL attend tomorrow's family meeting," Elena said as she turned to Sonic and glared at him.

Sonic bowed his head, "Yes Grandma, I promised I'd be there and I'll keep my word."

"I wish you could have had that attitude for today's ceremony," she said as Sonic frowned, figuring that It'd be useless to try to explain that there were no convenient flights.

"I'm sorry..." Sonic said as his ears dropped and he looked at Elena apologetically.

"Oh Sonic you know I can't stay mad at you," Elena said as she extended her arms which Sonic happily took.

Shadow rolled his eyes, causing him to get a glare from Charles who mouthed for him to have more respect.

When the ice was broken, Manic and Sonia both finally greeted Sonic with a hug.

"Finally, the family meetings were boring without you Sonic," Manic whispered as he and Sonic snickered.

Next Morning

Wave quickly set up the meeting room and grabbed her laptop as the family began piling in, it was the same group as last time except with Sonic and Sally joining them.

Elena sat in her usual spot with Charles and Shadow on her sides.

Cocoa, Sally, Sonic and Manic sat next to Charles while Wave, Rouge, Silver, and Sonia sat next to Shadow.

"Are you all aware of the rules of this discussion?" Elena asked as she turned towards Sally who nodded.

"The panel is open for Charles, Shadow, Sonic, Sonia, Manic, and myself to opinionate starting now, Shadow you had something to say?"

Shadow nodded and looked at the family, "As you all know I am currently working very hard to launch Paprika Enterprise. Well it turns out that all my hard work was a success, Paprika Enterprise is now in business."

The family all gave Shadow his congratulations.

"There is a problem though, in order to completely launch I have to move to Apotos for a temporary amount of time. Which means I'll need someone to supervise the Corporation..."

"Oh my..." Elena said.

"I could have my manager Amy supervise it, she's a hard worker and it's only temporary," Shadow said as he shrugged.

"Since when was that girl your manager?" Sonic asked.

"Since a few months ago Sonic," Shadow responded. "Wave is my new secretary. Problem?"

"No... that manager of yours just irritates me. She's demanding."

"You're just mad because of that one time she yelled at you," Shadow said as he laughed, causing Sonic to pout.

"Back to the matter at hand, Shadow, you know we can't have a non The Hedgehog run the Corporation," Charles said as Shadow nodded.

"That's why I need your help, if Amy isn't allowed to do it then who can?" Shadow asked, causing the entire family to turn to Sonic.

"Oh no. OH NO! You are NOT making me sit behind a desk all day!"

"It's only temporary Sonic," Elena said.

"No! I don't know the first thing about running a Corporation!"

"The Corporation runs on its own Sonic, all you really need to do is supervise to make sure everything is running smoothly and sign papers," Shadow said.

"That's it?" Sonic asked.

"Yes, so will you do it?" Shadow asked.

"No."

"C'mon Sonic! It won't be too bad!" Sonia said as she looked at Sonic. "Besides, I miss you, I want to see you and Sally more often."

Sally smiled, hoping Sonic would agree to the offer, this way she won't have to worry about Rosy and she'd be in the city.

Sonic turned to Manic for input, who simply shrugged, "Up to you bro."

"Yeah! It is up to me! And I say no! I can't just abandon the Grounds!"

"The Corporation needs more supervising than the Grounds, Knuckles and Amadeus can watch over it and the Chili Pickers while you're gone," Shadow said as he crossed his arms. "It's not hard Sonic, Amy knows her way around here and she'll help you. You can also trust Dr. Eggman, he's an expert in exportations and he's someone you can rely on, he'll take care of most of the hard work."

Sonic crossed his arms, "I say no and that's final! What if something goes wrong?"

"Nothing will go wrong Sonic," Shadow groaned, growing frustrated with Sonic's stubbornness.

"Well I still say no!" Sonic said as he stood up. "Have fun finding someone else to do it, I'm out. Sally we're going back to the airport."

Sally widened her eyes and shook her head. "We don't have a flight booked."

"I booked one because I knew something like this would happen. Meet me outside," Sonic said as he left the room.

"One step ahead of you Sonic," Shadow calmly said as he grabbed the phone.

"Amy, cancel Sonic the Hedgehog's next flight this instant! I don't care if their line is busy CALL THEM NOW!"

Shadow hung up and sat back down. "He'll be back."

Sonic stomped toward the main office and approached Cream.

"Please confirm my next flight to the Station Square Airport?"

Cream nodded and looked into her computer but then quizzically looked at him, "Sir, you cancelled that flight just a few minutes ago."

"What!?" Sonic angrily exclaimed as he looked at the computer.

"Our manager must have done it by orders of Shadow," Cream muttered.

"Oh... so SHE is behind this!" Sonic angrily said as he stomped towards Amy's office.

Cream widened her eyes and dialed Amy.

"What did you say Cream?" Amy said as she held onto the phone.

"MR. SONIC IS HEADED FOR YOUR OFFICE RIGHT NOW! And he's not happy because you cancelled his flight to Green Hill!"

Amy widened her eyes as she dropped the phone to the ground, she HAD to hide!

She grabbed a pair of sunglasses in the drawer and covered her head with her scarf.

I hope he doesn't recognize me...

She then went and sat in front of her computer and pretended to type.

Sonic then barged into the office and began yelling, "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE AND WHY DID YOU..."

Sonic then froze in his spot as he looked at Amy's back.

Amy closed her eyes and also froze.

Crap...

Sonic then silently approached her, "Miss?"

It couldn't be her could it?

He then kneeled down in front of her, "Miss can you look into my eyes?"

Amy stayed frozen.

"Miss, look into my eyes," Sonic said as he lightly grabbed her chin and moved her face toward his. He then used his free hand to remove her glasses slowly.

There she was.

"Rosy!?" Sonic exclaimed as a pair of emerald eyes looked into jade.

"Hi Sonic..."

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! ABOUT TIME! HAPPY NOW? xD

But this ain't the end noooo, more tragedies are to come, but for now, ENJOY THE SONAMY COMING RIGHT UP FOR THE NEXT FEW CHAPTERS!

Shout out to everyone who has reviewed! Especially Galaxy starfox! Stay cool and thank you so much for your wonderful comments, I'm glad you like the story!

Let's get this baby to 100 REVIEWS! We're almost there guys! Welp, time to go to the airport!

Next Time on Chili with Aroma of a Hedgehog...

"I refuse to talk to you. I don't work for you anymore Sonic."

Sonic smiled cockily as he leaned on the doorway, "Oh really? Is that the proper way to be talking to the new director of this Corporation?"

Amy widened her eyes as Sonic smirked at her.

Crud.