Chili with Aroma of a Hedgehog
Chapter 24: Our Destiny
Sorry Sorry Sorry! I'll explain why I took so long at the end of the Chapter! I also have a very huge announcement too so y'all best read my author's note at the end of the chapter.
WARNING: My position on Sally still stands.
Sally Acorn woke up with a piercing hangover.
She put a hand on her head and massaged it, hoping it would ease the pain.
"Ugh... I feel like I got hit by a truck."
"Well that's what you get for drinking a lot."
Sally opened her eyes and noticed Sonic was standing above her, holding two pills and a glass of water.
"Ugh," she said as she sat up on her bed. "I thought you left," she noted, taking the pills and water from him.
"And leave you in this condition? Fat chance. Look Sally, I may not necessarily have feelings for you, but I still care about your health and safety," Sonic said as he sat on the edge of their bed.
"Thanks I guess..." she responded as she gulped down the pills. "Sonic... you weren't serious about the whole divorce thing right?"
Sonic frowned and nervously scratched the back of his head, "Sorry Sal..."
"Fine. Do as you please," she said with slight edge as she grabbed a pillow and put it over her head. "Just stay with me until this hangover is over yeah? I feel like Dark Gaia himself is hammering my brain."
Sonic chuckled softly, "Yeah, no problem. I'm going to call Knuckles to check up on The Grounds okay?"
Sally threw him a thumbs up, not feeling able to nod her head.
Spagonia
Goodness this is beautiful!" Angela exclaimed as she hopped around.
"Mom, this is only the airport!" Amy giggled as Angela skipped through the airport.
"Someone is excited," Espio said as Amy nodded solemnly.
Espio frowned, "Amy, please try to not think about him. The point of this trip was to relax."
Amy nodded, "I'll try."
Green Hill Zone
"Tails..."
Tails jumped and turned, noticing the Cosmo was standing before him.
"Oh... hey Cosmo."
"You've become really jumpy lately, Tails, I really think you should see someone."
"I'm fine," Tails snapped as he went back to doing his tinkering.
"You can't let this pass Tails! At least talk to your father about what happened between you and Ms. Sally..."
"What happened between you and Sonic's wife!?" Amadeus yelled as he walked into the room.
Tails widened his eyes in fear as his father glared at him.
"ANSWER ME MILES!"
"Yeah Sonic, Tikal has amnesia! She doesn't remember who I am," Knuckles desperately stated through the phone. "Worst part is that she doesn't remember all the horrible things Pachacamac has done to her."
Knuckles walked around the room, listening to Sonic's response.
"I can't do anything about it! She refuses to speak to me! But enough about me, how's Sally?"
"I don't know what to do Knux, I don't know if she really meant it when she told me to leave the apartment."
"I was serious," Knuckles heard Sally say in the background, causing Sonic to sigh.
"Well what are you gonna do?"
"Comply with her wishes, she just left."
"Good luck Sonic," Knuckles said as he and Sonic bid their goodbyes and hung up.
"Cosmo! Please exit the room," Amadeus ordered as Cosmo nervously looked at Tails.
"Tell him the truth," she said as she left the room, leaving a nervous Tails looking up at his angry father.
"D-Dad... what a surprise..." Tails started but stopped as he noticed his father starting to glare at him.
Tails gulped, he couldn't just tell his Dad the truth, Sally would find out and his life would be made 10x more miserable!
"What happened Tails?" Amadeus hauntingly warned. "ANSWER ME NOW!"
Tails jumped, Amadeus has never rose his voice this high before and Tails knew his time was running out. He HAD to say something.
"I... I... I love her Dad."
Tails winced, he HATED lying to his parents.
Amadeus widened his eyes and shook his head, "And? It's much more serious than that is it? You wouldn't be acting the way if it was just tha..."
"I forced her to kiss me."
Amadeus widened his eyes in horror as he grabbed the sides of his face in fear.
He then grabbed Tails by the shoulders forcefully, "YOU SEXUALLY HARASSED HER!? DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS!? I THOUGHT YOU AND SONIC WERE FRIENDS!?"
"We are! But!"
"But nothing! Now I understand why you can't look him in the eye anymore, you've committed an act of treason towards the nobility! CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF SONIC FOUND OUT!? Unless... Sally already told him..."
"She didn't... at least, she hasn't... she won't," Tails told him, trying to convince himself more than his father.
SLAP
Amadeus slapped Tails on the cheek, "How could you? My own son!"
SLAP
Tails didn't fight it, he deserved it for letting Sally do that to him.
SLAP
SLAP
SLAP
At this point Tails' mouth was bleeding and as his father prepared to strike him again, Rosemary ran into the shed.
"AMADEUS STOP! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? WE'VE NEVER HIT OUR SON BEFORE!"
"No mom!" Tails yelled. "Let him! I deserve it!"
"Amadeus!" Rosemary said as she grabbed Amadeus' hand. "Please! I don't know what our son did, but I can tell that he feels guilty! Please stop!"
Amadeus took a few breaths before taking one last glance at Tails, "You've disappointed me Miles."
With that said Amadeus left the shed with a worrying Rosemary trying to calm him down, while Tails stayed where he was and shed a few cold tears.
"He left?" Elena asked as Sally cried.
"Yes... he wants a divorce Mrs. The Hedgehog..."
Manic rolled his eyes and resisted the urge to laugh. It was obvious the girl was putting up an act, he should know, he's been putting up the act of being heterosexual his whole life.
Sonia and Elena seem to be believing her though, eating up and chewing her every word.
"Give him time Sally, I'm sure he wasn't serious," Sonia responded.
"Yes give him some time alone, he'll come around, I promise," Elena added.
"Sonic has been known for running away from his emotional problems," Sonia said. "This is just a phase it'll pass."
"Or we can make life easier for all of us and you two can divorce. I know he doesn't make you happy Sally, so why stay with him?" Manic bluntly stated, earning a glare from Elena and Sonia.
"What? I'm only looking out for her!" Manic exclaimed defensively as he held his hands up.
"Don't listen to Manic. He doesn't know what he's doing 99% of the time," Sonia explained as she faked a smile.
"If not knowing what I'm doing means not hiding behind a mask of fakery and manipulation, I take that as a compliment," Manic rolled his eyes as he crossed his arms.
"Manic! I order you to leave the room now!" Elena scolded as Manic groaned and stood up.
"Ugh, this is what I get for keeping it real. I'ma go out with Elvis!" Manic muttered as he left through the front door.
"Ohhh I don't know what I'm going to do about that boy, but you were saying?" Elena asked as she motioned for Sally to continue.
"I just don't know what to do..." Sally said. "I love him, I don't want to leave him."
"Give him time, I promise he'll come back," Sonia said as Sally shook her head.
"I doubt it."
Elena grabbed the phone and passed it over to Sally, "Call him. Offer to meet up with him so you two can talk it out."
"I've already called him, he won't answer."
"I will not accept this! I am not going to let Amy Rose end this matrimony!" Elena exclaimed. "I'm calling Charles. Not just for Sonic but for Manic too. Manic is becoming unbearable!"
Sonic, who had left the penthouse hours ago, sat in his hotel room in wonder.
He had visited Amy's to let her know that the divorce was going to take effect, but she was not there.
Apparently she had gone on vacation with her mother... and Espio...
UGH just the thought of it irked him! What could Amy possibly be doing with ESPIO on vacation? Who was he kidding? He wouldn't be surprised if those two did the unthinkable on that trip...
NO! He was NOT going to think about that! It was unhealthy! Amy will come back and they will be able to get married no problem.
Right?
Espio sighed as Amy stood on the balcony, staring off into the stars. He wanted to cheer her up, he really did, but everything they did brought her back to Sonic. She was as lovesick as a chao, and it was depressing.
So he had decided to consult a therapist, he had no other choice, besides, this therapist was a close friend of his and he felt like she and Amy would get along wonderfully.
Her name was Doctor Mina, one of the best therapists known across the world.
"I don't know about this Espio," Amy muttered. "I wouldn't necessarily call myself crazy."
"You're not crazy, just lovesick, and I think Dr. Mina would be the perfect person to speak to."
Amy sighed as she approached Mina, who was reading a book.
"Hi, you must be Dr. Mina..."
Mina turned around and smiled at Amy, "And you must be Amy, come, take a seat."
Amy sat next to her on the bench, feeling a little uncomfortable, this was going to be tough.
Charles sighed as he stood on Amy's stoop, he really didn't think it was okay to intrude in Sonic's personal life, but Elena had asked him to do this as a favor. So he had no other choice.
Josephine stepped out and eyed Charles curiously, "Hello, may I help you?"
"Yes I'm looking for Amy Rose, I'm an executive at the job she works in and I wanted to speak with her."
"Oh, Amy is not home right now, she's on vacation."
"Oh, then can I speak to her mother?"
"Angela went with them too, a young gentleman came to pick them up."
Charles blinked, could that young gentleman happen to be Sonic? "Alright, well, thank you anyway."
"It's not fair!" Manic exclaimed as he sat on the couch. "Grandma can't do this to us!"
"She's just looking out for us Manic," Sonia said as she laid a hand on his shoulder. "If she thinks Uncle Chuck talking to you about your relationship with Elvis is for your own good then it should be."
"You really need to stop that."
"Stop what?"
"Acting like you're our mom or something, stop letting them control your life Sonia. Stop siding with them and going against me and Sonic."
"I'm not..."
"Yes you are!" Manic retorted. "You're pushing the people that care most about you away! It's not good Sonia, try to live a little. Go out, be you!"
Sonia scowled, "You and Sonic are pushing ME away with your radical decisions. Especially Sonic, why don't you guys just grow up already."
Sonia stood and left the room, causing Manic to groan in frustration.
Charles stepped into Shadow's house and approached Shadow and Cocoa, who were discussing Rouge's preganancy examinations.
"Is Rouge still at her exam?"
"Yes," Cocoa answered. "We're waiting for her to come back and hear the results."
"Where were you old man?" Shadow asked.
"I was at Amy's house, my mom wants me to put Sonic in his place. I was going to talk to Amy about Sonic but she and her mother went on vacation with a young man who came to pick them up."
"Could that young man be Sonic?" Cocoa asked as Charles shrugged.
"Could be..."
Rouge came into the room with tears in her eyes.
"Rouge, what did the doctor say?" Shadow asked. "Are you pregnant?"
Rouge shook her head as she cried on Shadow's chest.
"It's okay Rouge you'll get there. Cheer up, not all news is bad. Sonic left Sally for Amy. Amy and Sonic left on vacation somewhere."
Rouge wiped her eyes, "Really?"
Charles nodded, "I visited Amy's today to talk to her about Sonic and she wasn't there. They told me a young man had picked her and her mom up to go on a trip."
"Sally must be a wreck," Rouge stated in disbelief. "I'm going to call her."
"You sound like you really love this man," Mina smiled.
"Yes but it feels so wrong, he has a wife and he's divorcing her because of me. I feel so horrible, like if I'm breaking some sort of girl code or something."
"But you told me he only married her out of spite."
"Well... yeah. But..."
"Amy, if she knows that he doesn't love her, doesn't it make you a bit suspicious that she's still with him."
"Maybe she loves him and doesn't want to let him go."
"But you also told me that she and Sonic had just met when they got married, how can she agree to such terms laid upon her and marry a man she wasn't truly in love with, it sounds fishy."
"So what should I do?"
"Go with what your heart is telling you to do, do not be ashamed for your love for Sonic. If he was single when you two fell in love, then you shouldn't be ashamed of anything."
"So I shouldn't feel guilty?"
Mina smiled, "Mmmm I'd wait until he was completely divorced before engaging in anything. But no, you shouldn't be ashamed for the love you have for him."
Amy smiled, feeling like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders. Mina was a really easy person to talk to and she had really untied the knots in Amy's mind.
Amy Rose loved Sonic the Hedgehog and she was going to fight for that love.
"So he just... left?" Bartleby asked as Sally rolled her eyes.
"What do you think?"
"I would have never done that to you, you are much too beautiful. Let me help you with that frustration of yours," Bartleby whispered as his face grew closer to Sally's.
Sally pushed him away, "I'm not in the mood."
Bartleby was about to respond until the two heard the phone ring.
"Let me go take that," Sally stated as she walked toward her room.
"Hello?"
"Sally I heard about everything and I am so sorry. I tried to warn you but you didn't want to listen to me," Rouge said on the other end of the line.
"Rouge, I did everything I could. It also irks me that no one in the family is on my side."
"Did he leave you a note explaining anything?"
"Nope. Everything is gone."
"Do you know where he went?" Rouge asked as Shadow put his ear to the phone.
"Of course I don't," Sally said bitterly.
"I'm pretty sure those two are together. Charles went to Amy's apartment and they told him she went on a trip with Sonic."
Sally widened her eyes.
"Your husband left you to go with someone else Sally. Can you imagine what they could be doing right now?"
"NO!" Sally yelled as she threw the phone to the ground and collapsed on the bed, suddenly punching the sheets and screaming "NO!" over and over.
Bartleby came into the room and placed a hand on her shoulder, comforting her.
Okay guys, listen up. I really hate to do this, but I'm kind of left with no choice. The reason I've taken so long to update is because I started university and of course, school comes first. I had written this chapter throughout the course of August through now and I decided to plan out how the rest of the story was going to go. When I was writing the skeleton for it, I found out that I still had a HELL LOAD to write, this story is overwhelmingly wrong and there is no way I'm going to be able to finish it without losing inspiration or going on writer's block.
So I've decided to provide you guys with a summary for it to provide closure. It will be Chapter 25 and it's already finished and ready to post. Hold on to your hats though because that chapter is over 10,000 words. I have never written a chapter that long and I think it does a good job providing closure with everything. I'm sorry I couldn't pull through guys, but I really want to start new projects and I can't do that if Chili with Aroma of a Hedgehog and Keep It Crescendo aren't finished. Not to mention that university is hectic. Keep It Crescendo WILL be completed as that is an original work and I need to create a story line for it.
I will post Chapter 25 in a few hours so look out for that.
Thank you all so much for being on this journey with me and I'll see you in a few hours.