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This time, the choice was hers.

Looking at her half Brother one last time, a tear slipped from her eyes. Then, she began to take a few steps away from the Civic, watching as Shadow's face turned into one of shock and betrayal. She couldn't stand to see his face anymore, and she ran towards Sonic as fast as she could. He jogged to get near her, and when she reached him, she jumped into his arms and began to cry in his chest. It suddenly didn't matter that Sonic was a cop. It suddenly didn't matter if he had lied to her. In that moment, it didn't matter. Being in his arms, it just felt right.

Sonic was shocked when Amy ran towards him, and not even a second after he managed to react and jogged towards her, she had hugged him and began to cry. He wrapped his arms around her, holding her while staring into the distance, still surprised. Family was so important for the Robotnik crew. He was sure whatever relationship he and Amy had was over the moment he told her he was a cop. He thought for sure that she would choose to go with Shadow and the others. They were her family. Shadow was her half brother! But, he would be lying if he said that he wasn't happy that she decided to stay with him. He was so glad that she was willing to give him another chance.

Sonic stopped staring at nothing and instead lifted his gaze to see Shadow. The man's face was one of absolute betrayal and fury, and honestly, Sonic couldn't really blame him. Shadow stared at his sister and her boyfriend for a moment, trying to hold in his anger. The pictures of Linder's broken and injured face flashed in the blue hedgehog's mind. Shadow looked so furious that Sonic wouldn't be surprised if he tried to attack, even though Sonic knew Shadow wouldn't do anything with Amy being so close to him. Betrayed or not, Shadow would always see Amy as his little sister, and he would never hurt her intentionally. Sure enough, older man just sneered at the two of them before getting in the car and Silver Drove off.

The blue Hedgehog watched as the Civic drove off,feeling some guilt rising over his chest. He knew Shadow had trusted him, and he had betrayed that trust. But, he had to remind himself that he wasn't Maurice Speed Hedgehog. He was Officer Sonic Hedgehog and he was a cop. However, his job didn't matter to him while holding Amy in his arms. She hadn't moved her face from his chest, and while she wasn't sobbing anymore, she was still crying quietly. Sonic rubbed her back to comfort her. The chopper behind them took flight, and the blue cop watched over his shoulder as it flew away while the wind played with his and Amy's quills. Hopefully, they would succeed in saving Knuckles' life.

But, saving Knuckles was not the last thing they would have to worry about. "Amy…" Sonic began softly. He was unsure of how to continue, because he didn't know how she'd react. "We gotta go look for Shadow."

"For Shadow…?" Amy muttered. "Why?" She finally lifted her head to look into his eyes. Her eyes were full of sadness, and betrayal was slowly making its way into them as well. "You want to turn him in?" There was anger in her words.

"No," Sonic told her honestly. "I've never wanted to turn Shadow in. Not ever since I got to really know you guys." He knew it was his job, and he knew that Shadow was the most probable suspect for the heists, but Sonic didn't want to believe it. Maybe it was because he had gotten involved with Amy, or maybe it was because he started to see Shadow as his friend. Either way, he refused to believe the truth, and he had hoped with all his heart that Shadow and the team weren't the ones hijacking trucks. He was really disappointed and troubled when he deduced that Shadow, Blaze, Tails, Silver and even Knuckles were the ones guilty. "I got the LAPD and the FBI to believe that The Dark's were behind the heists. I, myself, had believed that, too, because I didn't want you guys to go to prison."

"Did you really?" she asked. Amy wanted to believe him. She really did, but she wasn't sure if she could. He had lied about his identity. It wouldn't be surprising if he was lying again.

Sonic put both of his hands in her shoulders and looked into her eyes. "I did. Amy, I know I lied to you, and you have every reason not to trust me, but I'm telling you the truth. I really care about you guys. You were a little family, and you let me in, and I—" He sighed. If he wanted her to believe him, then he would have to start by telling her some truth about himself. "Dad died when I was a teenager. He was a good guy, and when he died I was sent to live with my Mom, My brother Manic, and Sister Sonia. Well, I had a friend that was like my brother, but he and I've been… at odds ever since I became a cop. While being a cop, there's this commander that has been kinda a fatherly-figure while I've been here, but it's not really a true family. But, then, you guys let me into your own family, and even though I was undercover, I… for the first time in a long time, I felt like I belonged somewhere."

Amy gasped and stared into his green eyes. She hadn't known that. She never really knew about Sonic's family, and she didn't know he actually felt that way while being with them. The most rational part of her brain told her he could be lying, but her heart believed every single word. . "Why didn't you live with your Mom?"

That question was probably one of the questions he hated the most. He usually avoided answering and changed topics, but he couldn't afford to do that with Amy. He had to be honest with her if he wanted their relationship to survive. "I don't remember shit about my mom in my childhood," he admitted. "She bailed on me and Dad after getting pregnant with Manic and Sonia a long time ago. I can't even remember how she looked like in my early childhood."

Honestly, she hadn't expected that. She had thought that maybe She ran off like her father did, but she never thought Brian's Mother had abandoned him and his Father. "Sonic, I—" For someone who was raised by a loving father, she couldn't think what it would be like to have a life without a paternal figure. Maybe that's why that commander Sonic talked about eventually became a father figure to the blond. He didn't have a father at all, so that man must've taken that place. And for someone who disliked cops, she was glad there was someone in there that was willing to be a guidel for the green-eyed man. "I'm so sorry."

"It's okay." No, it wasn't really okay. His Father had struggled to get him a good life, and for that he hadn't really been able to see him that often. He did everything for him, and Sonic was graceful for that. But, he also hated the bastard that left his Father to struggle with raising him. He hated the woman, and he didn't even know how she looked like now. "I was used to it being only Dad and me. But, then she died, and I… I didn't really have anyone. Well, I had Shard—my friend that was like my brother—and we did crazy shit together for fun and we even ended up in juvie for it, but then—"

"Wait!" she interrupted him. She narrowed her teary eyes. "I thought your years in juvenile detention were just some lie in your undercover profile so that we could buy your supposed past."

Sonic shook his head. "The two years in juvie weren't a lie. I was sent there for boosting cars." He laughed humorlessly. "Dad was so busy trying to get some cash for us to survive that he couldn't be around so much, so I did whatever I wanted—legal or not—along with Shard, and then we got caught and…"

"I see…"

A small silence fell between them, and Sonic was quick to break it. "We can't keep on talking about this, Amy. Not right now. Time's against us and we still gotta go look for Shadow and Tails, Just because I don't wanna send them to prison, it doesn't mean the LAPD and FBI don't want to, either. They want Shadow bad."