I live! Here is a Valentines present for all of you!
I own nothing. Inspired by Hear Me- Imagine Dragons
"Ha! Missed me, Egghead!" Sonic mocks as he dodges another laser blast.
"You insignificant rat! Stay still!" Eggman bellows as he fires again from his newly designed robot.
Sonic eyes a cliff to his left, and he smirks as he gets an idea. "You've gotta slim down some, Eggman! You're way too slow!"
"'slim down'?! Bah!" Eggman blindly chases after Sonic, not realizing that is exactly what the hero wants.
"Well you do! Have you ever caught me? Yeah, I didn't think so." Sonic smirks as he stops at the edge of the cliff, not giving the doctor a chance to even answer.
"That's it!" Eggman uses the controls to charge and swing at Sonic. Right at the last second, the blue blur gets out of the way. The robot, having too much momentum, fails to stop and topples over the edge.
"Agghhh!" Eggman screams and ejects himself out of his invention, using his hovercraft to retreat.
"See you next time, Eggman!" Sonic hollers after him, grinning victoriously. He turns his back to the edge and takes one step, when the land suddenly crumbles beneath his feet. He tries to leap to the safe zone, but more of the edge crumbled off than he thought. As he falls, he jumps from debris to debris back towards to the top. With just one last chunk of dirt left to launch himself from, Sonic zones in on the chunk and leaps. He was so focused that he didn't dodge the rock the size of his fist. It hit him square in his eye, making him go off course and miss the debris.
"Sonic!" He's not sure who's voice it is, but it's the last thing he hears before he is swallowed by blackness.
Sonic opens his eyes, and he recognizes his room once his eyes adjust.
"Ugh," Sonic groans as he sits up in his bed, holding his bandaged head. "Boy, I haven't had this bad of a headache in a while!" He chuckles to himself, wincing once he does so. The blue hero swings his legs out from underneath the covers and places his bare feet on the floor, standing up. He sways for a moment as his head flares in pain, but it's nothing the blue blur can't handle.
"I'm gonna make sure to get Egghead back next time," Sonic grumbles as he slowly retrieves his shoes. Well, slow for him that is. Throw some robots his way, no problem, but mess with his speed and there's gonna be some issues.
Tails and the gang are probably worried sick about him, as they usually tend to do. He appreciates their concern, but really. He's Sonic the Hedgehog! Nothing can keep him down!
Sonic opens the bedroom door and zooms towards the living room. A millisecond after he takes off, however, his vision doubles over and he nearly collapses to his knees.
"Okay, bad idea." Sonic blinks his vision clear and continues the rest of the way walking. He is so going to get even with Eggman.
As the cobalt blue hedgehog nears, he hears the murmuring voices of his friends. He involuntarily smiles. See? He knew they'd be here.
"Alright guys, you don't have to worry anymore! I'm fi-" Sonic stops dead in his tracks and eyes the people in front of him in confusion.
He'll admit that when it comes to noticing something physically different about people, he's oblivious- a blow from a red and yellow hammer is usually the consequence- but right now his friends definitely look different. They look... Older. They all are dressed differently too. Stranger yet, not a single one of them has acknowledged him. Not even a glance!
"So, Cream, I hear things at the cafe are going well?" The older Rouge asks.
"Cafe? What cafe?" Sonic asks, but everyone continues to seemingly ignore him. "Hey, you guys hear me?" Sonic goes to shake Knuckles shoulder, who's closer to him, but his gloved hand passes right through the echidna.
"What the...?" Sonic gasps, fear starting to form in the pit of his stomach.
"Yes they are, Miss Rouge! Mom's even considering opening up another shop!" A taller and more mature-looking Cream happily replies.
"That's great, Hun." Rouge smiles.
"Hey!" Sonic shouts out, trying again to get anyone's attention. He tries touching Cream, but like with Knuckles, his hand passes right through her. The blue hero is really starting to get uneasy now.
"Mom also told me if things are still going good when I'm fifteen then I could be the manager for the other cafe!" The young rabbit beams. "Five years is a long time, but I have faith!"
Whoa, hold the phone! Five years? Last Sonic knew, Cream was seven! It should be eight years, not five! Maybe this is a dream. A really, really realistic dream...
"We all have the fullest confidence in you and your mom," Tails smiles at Cream, everyone nodding in agreement. Even Tails has lost some of his boyish looks.
This has to be the most detailed and realistic dream he's ever had! None of the blue hedgehog's dreams are anywhere near similar to this, which is worrying him, actually. What if... this isn't a dream? The last thing he remembers is the battle with Eggman and falling off that cliff. Maybe he's in some sort of coma? Yeah, he could even maybe be experiencing an out-of-body thing like he saw in a couple movies. How can he find out, though?
"Rose sure is taking a while," an older Shadow muses out loud, some concern seeping into his voice, catching the blue speedster totally off guard. Since when has Shadow openly showed some emotion? And for Amy?
"Easy, Shadow. I just couldn't find the soda. It wasn't where you said it was, Tails," Sonic hears a familiar feminine voice say. He turns his head and is surprised by what he sees.
Amy has certainly aged, but she is skinny, really skinny, and her bright, lively pink fur is paler than usual. If he looks hard enough, he can even see faint bags under her eyes, covered up by makeup. Even her eyes seem to have lost some of their sparkle. She's wearing a simple purple tee with blue jeans. Sonic can't remember if there has ever been a time where he's seen Amy dressed that casual. It has always been that red dress of hers. The more he sees, the more Sonic doubts that this is a dream.
"Ames?" He tries calling out to her, but she is oblivious of him also. What's wrong with her?
"Sorry. I obviously must have moved them elsewhere," Tails smiles apologetically.
"No worries." The pink hedgehog half smiles and takes a seat by Shadow, to whom she shoots a reassuring smile. Sonic feels his quills start to slightly bristle as he suspiciously eyes the two. What's their relationship anyhow?
"Alright, everyone! Lunch is ready!" Vanilla's voice is heard from the kitchen, the smell of spaghetti in the air.
"Yes!" Charmy jumps up and dashes to the kitchen, way ahead of everyone.
Sonic continuously tries to get someone's, anyone's, attention as they all get and eat their food. The result stays the same, however: nothing. He even tries focusing on waking up. If this were a dream, his uneasiness should wake him up, right? After one failed attempt after another, Sonic starts losing hope in the dream option, leaving him to go with the coma one. If it's true, it would mean he's been in a coma for three years. Three years. He must have missed so much...
As the troubled hero goes through his thoughts, he watches young Charmy scarf down his spaghetti, the red sauce all over his face. He chuckles to himself, the bee reminding him of himself and chili dogs. What he would give to have one right now...
"You know," Tails smiles at Charmy, the look in the fox's eyes telling the others his mind is elsewhere. "you're just as much of a messy eater as Sonic."
The mood of the atmosphere instantly changes into a tense one. Knuckles roughly elbows Tails, snapping him out of his thoughts, and the young fox's face changes to one of horror. Sonic notices everyone is tense, intently watching something. He follows their gazes to Amy. The pink hedgehog is frozen stiff, her eyes locked on a fearful Charmy, and her body slightly trembling as her fists clench and unclench the chair arms.
She opens and closes her mouth, clearly struggling, before she jokingly says, "T-the next thing you know, you'll be raiding my house for treats too!" She tries to crack a smile, but it turns into more of a pained grimace. She abruptly stands.
"I'll be heading home now. I'm feeling tired. Thanks for inviting me, Tails, and I'll see you guys later, okay?" She manages to give everyone a small smile before she quickly turns and walks out of the house.
"Oh my Chaos, I am so stupid!" Tails groans in anguish as he buries his face in his hands. The gang look at him with sympathy and sorrow, and Shadow stands with a sigh.
"She is getting better," is all the dark hedgehogs says before he goes and follows Amy.
"It's alright, Tails. You didn't mean to." Rouge comforts the two-tailed fox. "And Shadow is right- she is getting better."
As much as Sonic would like to stay and see if he can learn what's going on, he decides to follow Amy. The look on her face unsettles, and even scares, him. He's never seen her so unstable like that before.
Sonic dashes through the door- literally, he just went right through it- and takes the route to his pink fan's home. At least he can still run fast.
He goes through her door and enters her home, in time to see Shadow siting down the pink female on her couch.
"Do you need anything?" He asks her softly, sitting down besides her and making Sonic suspicious all over again.
She shakes her head. "No, I... I just want to be left alone right now," she meekly answers.
"You sure?"
She takes his hand in hers. "I'll be okay," she says reassuringly. He reluctantly nods and stands.
"Alright, Rose. I will be back tomorrow morning. Call me if you need anything."
"I will," she nods as he walk out. Once the door clicks shut, Amy slumps onto the couch and squeezes her eyes shut, releasing a couple sobs.
Sonic's heart aches as he watches his dear friend in such pain. All because of him. She wasn't like this until Tails mentioned his name, which was clearly an accident everyone knew to avoid. He never thought his condition would upset Amy this much. Then again, she's claimed to love him since he first met her. It's after seeing this, however, that he's starting to truly understand how deep her feeling go for him.
Sniffling, Amy goes over to her coffee table and grabs a little orange bottle. She opens it and shakes out one, she hesitates, then two pills onto her palm. She pops them into her mouth and swallows, setting the bottle back down.
As she sits back down, Sonic goes over to the table and reads the bottle:
Amy Rose
Antidepressants
Take one every 10 hours
Antidepressants? Amy's taking antidepressants? Sonic looks at the struggling pink hedgehog as she tries to control her breathing, feeling like the worst mobian in existence. None of them would be in this situation if he had been more careful! But did he think of the aftermath if things went wrong? No!
Sonic snaps out if his self-chastising when Amy turns on the television. It turns onto some romance movie, making Amy cringe and quickly changing the channel. She goes onto the news channel, where a brown stork is reporting about an attack from Eggman that apparently happened earlier today.
"... the heros of Mobius were there, as always, to stop the evil Doctor before things got out of hand." The picture of ruins changes into one of himself. "Even without their leader and comrade, Sonic the Hedgehog-"
"NO!" Amy shrieks as she shuts off the TV and chucks the remote away from her, new tears falling down her muzzle. "Make it stop." She whispers as she buries her face in her hands, her voice filled with agony.
"Amy..." Sonic sits uselessly besides her, wishing he could do SOMETHING. It's killing him to see her this way!
With a shaky hand, Amy grabs the bottle of pills again and takes two more, making the cobalt blue hedgehog lower his ears in worry. Didn't the bottle say one every 10 hours?
Amy sighs heavily as she leans back on the couch, shutting her eyes from exhaustion.
Sonic needs to do something. He cannot, and will not, just hang around, unable to be heard or to touch anything, willingly. His freinds, especially Amy, need him! But where to start? He could see if he can find his unconscious body, but right now he's afraid to leave Amy alone. Sure, she doesn't know he's there, but damn it, he's gonna be there for her! So maybe he can see if he can develop the ability to be heard or to touch? It's worth a shot.
The blue hero focuses hard on a pen on the coffee table and on his hand. He slowly tries to pick up the writing utensil, only for it to go right through his fingers. He won't be deterred that easily, though.
Again and again Sonic tries, each and every time a failure, until his twentieth try. With unwavering determination, Sonic goes to grab the pen with his index and thumb fingers, and to his shock and joy, he is finally able to grab the pen. He fist pumps in victory.
"Yeah! I did-"
"Agh!" Amy suddenly cries out in pain and jolts forward, startling Sonic.
"Amy?" He watches with concern as she groans, doubled over and holding her stomach. She goes to stand, but she collapses to the ground. "Amy!" She starts gasping, sounding like she can't breath, and she clutches her chest as her body begins to twitch and jolt involuntary.
"H-help!" she weekly cries out, looking desperately at the phone that is far out of her reach.
"Amy, hold on!" Sonic wracks his brain on what is happening to her when he remembers her medication, the truth hitting and scaring him more than he has ever been in his life.
She's overdosed.
Sonic dashes to the phone and tries to focus like he did with the pen so he can call 911. However, the phone is much bigger than the pen, making it harder to grab, and he is pressured, also making it harder to properly focus.
"Damn it!" He curses, and he dashes back to the female's side. Time is running out.
"Alright Sonic, wake up!" Sonic shouts at himself. If there's anything he can do right now, it's waking up from his coma and saving Amy.
"Wake up!"
Focus, Sonic.
"Wake,"
Come on, she needs you!
"Up!"
Focus...
Sonic bolts upright in his bed, sweating. "Amy!" Not wasting a single second to take in his surroundings, Sonic zooms out of his and Tails's place and into the night at full speed.
"Huh?" Tails wakes up at his work table from a strong, yet familiar gust of wind. "Sonic?"
In mere seconds Sonic is at Amy's house, and he bursts down her door.
"Amy!" he calls out, hoping he's not too late.
"Sonic?"
The blue hedgehog dashes to the living room and finds Amy seated on her couch. However, this is the Amy he remembers, not the Amy he was expecting to find: her usual red outfit, her brightly colored pink fur, and her sparkling jade eyes, always full of hope.
"Sonic!" she squeals happily and tackles him with her famous death-hug. The blue hero doesn't even care, however. He even returns her hug,
"Thank Chaos." He says as he tightly holds her, happier beyond belief that she's okay.
It wasn't real. It was just a nightmare. It wasn't real...
He then becomes aware of her crying.
"Ames, what's the matter?" He asks, not breaking their hug. He's far from ready to let her go right now.
"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to!" she sobs. He hushes her and soothingly rubs her back.
"I know. It's alright. It's not your fault." he smiles softly. Leave it to his Amy to take the blame for what happened with the cliff.
"I didn't mean to take so many!" she continues to cry.
"Wait, what?" At this he finally breaks their hug and has her face him. "What are you talking about?"
"I wasn't trying to kill myself! I just wanted to the pain to go away!" Amy exclaims, tears pouring out of her eyes. Her words makes him freeze, dread forming within him. Amy glances behind her, to where her couch is, and Sonic does so as well. At first he doesn't see anything, but then he notices a hand on the ground, the coffee table blocking the rest of what it's attached to.
Sonic lets go of Amy and slowly makes his way over to the coffee table. He stops right before it, and with one shaky breath, he looks on the other side.
There, on the ground, lies older Amy. Her pale body stays unmoving as her lifeless green eyes stare out at nothing.
"I tried so hard," he hears Amy say from behind him. "Everyday I thought of you, and every single time I did, I wanted to cry. I missed you so much!" Her voice breaks, then continues. "But, I knew you would want me to continue to live my life, and so, for you, I tried. I really did." She begins to cry again.
"A-are you- are you m-mad at me?" she sniffles. He slowly tears his gaze away from her corpse and faces the Amy he's always known, a heavy truth weighing down on him as he finally figures everything out.
"I didn't survived that fall, did I?" he slowly asks. A sob escapes the pink hedgehogs lips and she shakes her head.
"No." That one word sends everything crashing down on him.
He, Sonic the Hedgehog, is dead.
Amy rushes over and wraps her arms around her hero, sobbing from both their pain. He holds her tightly, likes she's the last thing he's got.
"We tried everything! Every moment was spent treating you, but it wasn't enough! We failed you, Sonic! I failed you!" Her petite body shakes from her sobs, and he tightens his hold on her even more.
"No, Ames, you didn't. I messed up. I should've been more careful. Then none of this wouldn't of happened, and," He pulls back and cups her cheek, drying her tears with his thumb."you wouldn't of had to suffer like you did."
Amy places her hand over his and gives him a small smile.
"But, at least we're together again."
He rests his forehead against hers, smiling lovingly. "Yes. Yes we are."
From the corner of their eyes, a bright, white light shines. They look and find Amy's front doorway engulfed in the light.
"Are you ready?" Amy looks at her blue love. He looks away and observes the room, thinking of the world that he's lived in for so long.
"Hang on a minute." He goes to the coffee table, and using the new ability he learned earlier, he grabs the pen and rips away the top sheet of a notebook on the table, the paper having been used for a groceries list. He jots down something on the blank paper before setting the pen down and jogging back to Amy's side.
"Ready." He smiles as he laces his hand with hers. Amy smiles back, finally happy, and the hedgehog couple walks into the lighted doorway, entering into the unknown...
Together.
Dear Friends,
She didn't mean to do this. It was accidental. Don't worry, though. I'll take care of her.
Catch ya guys later,
Sonic the Hedgehog
Yeah... another sad one, but hey! It ended happy? Ish? If it makes you feel any better, my sister gave me an earful once she read this! Anyways, happy Valentines Day, and I hope you all enjoyed!