Yay, I have finally had time to update! Who knew one school could give so much work? Anyway, hope you enjoy the chapter!
Shadow banged on Amy's door fiercely, his fists starting to hurt.
" AMY ARE YOU IN THERE, ITS SHADOW!" He yelled. No reply. Shadow felt really worried, he had not seen Amy for ages. Yesterday after he had had lunch, he returned to Amy's apartment but she was still not in. Now it was the next day, and Amy seemed to still be away from her home.
Shadow jogged through Station Square trying to think where Amy could be. He scanned the crowded streets as he jogged, searching unsuccessfully for a glimpse of the pink hedgehog. Suddenly a headline of a newspaper dumped on the floor caught Shadow's eye. He immediately picked it up and quickly scanned through the article. The headline stated " Eggman Invades Emerald Coast." Shadow's eyes widened as he spotted a crucial sentence. " A pink hedgehog that resembled Amy Rose was seen leaving in Eggman's grasp…"
Shadow did not need to read anymore. He dropped the newspaper and froze for a second. It had to be Amy, he had heard of no other pink hedgehog, and it seemed like the type of thing that would happen to her. Shadow did not know where Amy was, or why Eggman wanted her. However, he knew one thing for certain; he had to rescue her. He was not leaving Amy with Eggman for any longer, but how to find her? Shadow did not know the location of the Doctor's latest base, but he knew someone who did. Sonic. Shadow did not like the idea, but it came apparent that he had no other choice then ask the blue hedgehog for help. Whether Sonic would help or not was a different matter, Amy did not seem to be Sonic's favourite hedgehog at the moment, but Shadow knew he had to try at least. Shadow wasted no more time thinking, and shot off towards the blue hedgehog's house.
Amy sat on the only furniture in her cell and shivered. It was a extremely bright day, the sun blared from outside and its immensely powerful rays even managed to light the black box Amy was locked in, bathing the room in pure white light. But still Amy felt immune to the heat; her body was freezing in the thin layers of clothing that she was wearing. The pain in her stomach that had made itself apparent the night before was even worse, the result of going twenty-four hours without any food and barely any water.
Amy reached into her pocket for her compact; she always carried it around with her. She stared at her reflection and cringed, she looked awful. Her face was dreadfully pale, and her eyes, which were usually full of life and energy, looked empty. Her quills were everywhere because of lack of brushing, and Amy immediately smoothed them down and redid her ponytail.
As Amy returned her mirror to her pocket, her thoughts changed to Shadow, wondering what he was up to, wondering if he was trying to save her. Amy doubted it, he was probably too busy with Rouge trying to find more Chaos Emeralds. That probably mattered more to Shadow than his mere girlfriend, Maria was more important to him. She tried not to think that way, she knew that Shadow loved her, and she loved him back, but in her current situation it was hard to be optimistic.
Shadow rang Sonic's doorbell breathing slowly. He tried to remain as calm as possible, he did not want to seem stressed to the blue hedgehog who never seemed to have a care in the world. Thankfully, unlike the day before Sonic answered the door, a surprised expression on his face as he saw who his visitor was.
" Shadow, long time no see! What's bugging ya?" He asked in his laid back tone of voice, that always seemed to annoy the ebony hedgehog.
" Its Amy," Shadow stated plainly, making his voice sound emotionless as he strode into Sonic's lounge. He did not want to come across too worried to Sonic.
Sonic's expression changed dramatically as he followed Shadow into the lounge, and sat besides the dark hedgehog on the sofa.
" What has happened to Amy now?" Sonic asked, worry in his voice. Shadow was surprised, he expected Sonic to feel more coldly towards the pink hedgehog but he actually seemed to be worried.
" I thought you would not care what happened to her, I thought you wanted her to die." Shadow smirked.
Sonic sighed.
" You heard what happened then," he said sadly, " I did not mean a word I said to Amy, really. I was having the worst day, I lost my job and I had countless bills to pay. I just took all my anger out on Amy, I should not have done, and then I slagged her off to everyone in my phone book. I tried calling her loads, but she has caller ID and would not pick up. Amy is one of my best friends, I need to apologise and make it up to her." Sonic finished.
Shadow nodded at Sonic, his excuse was not good enough for him, but he knew it would be for Amy. At least now he could be sure he would have Sonic's help.
" Eggman has kidnapped Amy, and we need to rescue her immediately," Shadow cried with a slight trace of concern in his tone of voice, that Sonic noticed.
" Oooh Shadow why are you so concerned about Amy!" He teased, and Shadow glared at him.
" I'm not concerned…she is an ally that's all." Shadow replied angrily, but Sonic seemed unconvinced.
" Yeah, whatever Shadow!" He smiled. Shadow chose to ignore the rest of his comments as they both ran out the door and Shadow followed Sonic to Eggman's base.
Amy looked up as the door of her cell opened slowly. She had forgotten that there was a door, it was the same colour as the walls, and it blended in perfectly. The weak hedgehog held her breath as a shady figure emerged from the doorway, praying it to be Shadow. Her heart sank when she recognised it to be Eggman.
" Hoho Amy, how is this cell suiting you?" He asked laughing. Amy made no reply, but forced herself to stand up immediately, hands on hips. She wanted to appear as though she was still strong to Eggman; she did want to seem as though he was getting to her.
" You have been locked here for half of the time I am willing to keep you for, and I am going to give you the opportunity to leave early. All you need to do is tell me where the Emerald is." Eggman asked fiercely.
" I would never tell you, Egghead!" Amy yelled bringing out her hammer, but it used up the last of her remaining energy, and she had to put it away retreating to the bench.
Eggman laughed at the sight, and left the room again, closing the door behind him. Amy felt drained of all of her energy; she could hardly lift her leg. She just lay on the bench, her eyes closing. She could feel herself slipping away, she knew she did not have much time left. Amy prayed that Shadow would come and find her, but she was more doubtful than ever.
Shadow raced through a thick forest, which apparently led to Eggman's base with Sonic running slightly ahead of him. The trees were very tall and their leaves blocked out most of the sun, leaving the two hedgehogs running in semi-darkness. Suddenly as they ran through a barrier of trees, they came to a wide clearing with a massive building in the centre. There were no trees in this part of the forest and the sun blared down, which blinded Shadow as he had been in the dark for so long.
" This is it Shad!" Cried Sonic pointing at the building. Shadow stared at it in dismay. The building was massive; it was likely to house hundreds of rooms. The outside of it was painted red, and each wall had a picture of Eggman's face on it. There were many windows, but every one of them had bars across them.
" Where is the entrance, and don't call me Shad!" Shadow demanded.
Sonic smiled and gestured for Shadow to follow him around to the other side of the building, where they found an enormous red double door with half of Eggman's face on each side. ' Only the Doctor could think of something so distasteful!' Shadow thought with a slight smirk.
As soon as the hedgehogs approached the door, it automatically opened allowing them both admittance. They entered the base cautiously, both aware that the door opening like that was a sure sign of there being a trap inside. As soon as Shadow and Sonic were fully inside, the doors closed behind them locking them in. Shadow rolled his eyes; he was not surprised about the door closing. He had more important things to worry about, Amy.
There was only one path forward from where the hedgehogs were standing, and they made their way down the corridor slowly, turning their heads taking in the surroundings. It was quite light inside as there were many windows, the bars on them creating shadows on the floor. The walls were all painted red, and the carpet on the floor was red too. Every now and again, a photo of Eggman could be found hanging on the walls. There were also many security cameras, and it made Shadow certain that they were being watched.
Eventually the corridor came to a fork, both ways having many doors.
" Me left you right Shad?" Sonic offered. Shadow was about to agree and remind Sonic not to call him ' Shad', when suddenly a dozen red robots came running from both directions. Some having some form of spear, and the rest owning laser guns. Shadow and Sonic smiled, they knew they could easily destroy those robots. As soon as they were close enough they sprang into action, eliminating every robot using their homing attacks.
" Is that all you have Doctor!" Shadow yelled triumphantly at a camera.
Amy still lay on her bench in pain, she had not had water for hours, and she still had not eaten anything. She tried to ignore the pain, trying everything to cure it, but as the day went on it only got more intense. It spread to her whole body, making all her muscles ache. The pain was so unbearable it brought tears to her eyes, spilling down her cheeks. Amy needed to eat, she needed to drink, she needed Shadow.
Living in the cell has made Amy miss Shadow so much, almost as much as she has missed food. She just wanted him to hold her and tell her she was going to be fine, but she doubted she would ever see the black hedgehog again.
" Its all my fault," Amy sobbed quietly, brushing away more tears that leaked from her distressed eyes, " I should have stayed home."
Suddenly Amy heard noises from outside, clashes and bangs. She forced herself to get up, and she dragged her body to where the door was. Amy pressed her ear against it, and listened as hard as she could. Then she heard a voice. A voice that filled her heavy heart with hope, and made her want to jump for joy, although she was physically unable to.
" Is that all you have Doctor!"
Amy heard the words, and she knew it was Shadow. It was his tone of voice, and it had his feel to it. Shadow had come to save her; he did not abandon her.
" Shadow, shadow!" the weak, pink, female cried, but her voice sounded frail and quiet, and she knew there was no way Shadow would hear that. "SHADOW! SHADOW!" She tried again, only much louder. Amy needed to hear a reply.
" We need to find Amy now, I need to see her, I need to make sure she is fine," Shadow told Sonic frantically as they stood amongst the destroyed robots. Sonic smiled.
" You sound so desperate to see her, why is that Shadow? Oooh, do you like her?" He teased him playfully.
Shadow stared straight at Sonic, burning the blue hedgehogs emerald eyes with his scarlet.
" I do NOT like Amy," he glared.
" Then why are you blushing?" Sonic replied laughing. Shadow was about to hit him, when he faintly heard a familiar voice shout his name.
" SHADOW! SHADOW!" he heard.
" AMY!" Shadow yelled and shot to where the voice was coming from with Sonic following suite. The voice came from a small door in the wall; it was painted black instead of red, and really stood out.
" Amy, are you in here?" Shadow asked, banging on the door with his fists trying to break it unsuccessfully.
" Shadow, yes its me! Please save me!" A weak voice replied, which Shadow recognised to definitely be Amy. Her words were mixed with the sound of crying, and she sounded like she was really in trouble.
Shadow continued to try to bash the door with Sonic's help, but it was exceptionally strong. In the end he gave up, his fists really hurting. Shadow had another idea, one he knew had to work. He did not like to use it, but he was left with no choice. Shadow had to rescue the girl he loved at all costs.
" Ames, keep away from the door!" Shadow warned, as he pulled Tails' Emerald from his glove. Sonic's eyes widened as he saw it but said nothing. It was not the time to argue. Shadow shut his eyes tight, as he harnessed the Emeralds destructive power to do his bidding.
" CHAOS BLAST!" He yelled holding the Emerald high in the air. Suddenly a massive explosion was heard, as the cell door shattered into billions of pieces, bits flying everywhere. Smoke filled the corridor, and the smell of burning filled the air. Shadow's eyes glowed as the abilty was used, but returned to normal as the explosion finished.
When the smoke cleared, Shadow stared into the hole left in the wall. A small, pink hedgehog lay curled on the floor, her hands over her ears. Her face was ever so pale, and her jade green eyes seemed empty. Shadow barely recognised it to be Amy. The girl looked up as Shadow strolled into the room, and a weak smile appeared on her face.
" Shadow!" She cried with tears in her eyes, as she managed to get up and throw her arms around him.
Sonic shook his head from the doorway when Amy hugged Shadow, waiting for him to throw her off, but the opposite happened. Shadow embraced the pink hedgehog, and their lips met in a passionate kiss. Sonic laughed.
" I knew you liked her Shadow!" He cried. The two hedgehogs broke apart and blushed heavily. Then Amy stared at the hedgehog in the doorway. She could not believe he was here, that he was trying to rescue her. She could not believe that he dared to show his face to her after everything he had said.
" Sonic," Amy said coldly, staring the blue hedgehog in the eyes, " Get the hell out of my face."
That was the longest chapter I have ever written. I just kept on writing, I could not stop! I hope you liked it, please review!