Sonic fell to the floor with a thud. He convulsed on the floor, completely out of reality. Without saying a word, Amy and Tails jumped from their seats to the ground. They held Sonic down to prevent him from hurting himself, but upon their touch, his convulsions subsided. He came to and attempted to sit himself up just like that, like nothing had even happened.
"Sonic? Are you okay, Sonic?" Tails called to him and waved a hand in front of his face.
"You need rest." Amy said and began to ease Sonic up under her arm again. But before she could carry through her plans, Tails stopped her.
"No, Amy. After a seizure you shouldn't let him sleep. He could have a concussion." Tails scolded. He took hold of Sonic and sat him up against the cabinets by the table.
"Get me an icepack." Tails motioned toward the freezer across the kitchen. Amy followed orders and scurried across the room to the freezer, picking out a frozen gel pack. Once handed to him, Tails eased the pack onto the right side of Sonic's head.
"Are you okay Sonic?" Tails asked again.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Sonic said, taking hold of the cold pack.
"What was that all about?" Amy questioned in worry. Once his vision focused, Sonic looked up to Amy.
"It's kind of hard to explain." Sonic uttered with his voice quieter than usual.
"We've got the time." Amy put her hands on her hips, awaiting his explanation. At least he couldn't run away from her this time.
"I'm not really…s-supposed to tell." Sonic stuttered out.
"What do you mean you're not supposed to tell? You can tell us anything Sonic." Tails stepped back upon hearing Sonic's reply,
"Is Eggman behind this?" The fox questioned.
"Shhhh! They'll hear you!" Sonic lunged to Tails and covered his mouth.
"Who will hear us?" Amy asked.
"I already told you, I'm not supposed to tell!" Sonic shouted in frustration. Amy stepped back, a little hurt. Sonic sighed,
"I'm sorry. It's just that I'm kind of in a predicament right now." Sonic rubbed his temples.
"Well then we'll figure it out ourselves." Tails gestured to Amy, then himself.
"Where were you last?" He asked kneeling to Sonic's height since he was sitting.
"I can't answer that question." Sonic replied with annoyance in his tone.
"Alright then, well…what's the purpose of this?" Tails put his index finger to the metal chip on the side of Sonic's head.
"If I give any hint of where Eggman is, he electrocutes me." Sonic said blatantly. He then stiffened when he realized he just gave out all of the information Amy and Tails needed.
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Eggman and his little minion stood in front of the array of screens. The largest of them displaying Sonic's location; At Amy's house, being questioned by his friends. A feral grin grew on the doctor's face.
"And what do we call that kind of play?" He asked to his minion.
"That's breaking the rules!" Tails Doll stomped his foot and huffed.
"And what do we do to unfair players?"
"We get 'em!" Tails Doll jumped up and down in the air.
"That's right, my little creation." Eggman patted its head. With that, Tails Doll melted into his own shadow and crept under the door. The feral grin on the doctor's face grew wider, and he laughed. He held up his right hand, and looked at the palm.
"In the palm of my hand..."
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In the house of Rose, Tails and Amy were busy contemplating their next move. Sonic had insisted that he get some air, and was now up in a tree outside. The afternoon sun was giving its final rays before it set on the horizon. But with an afternoon full of thinking, came no ideas on what to do next. Sonic was being used by Eggman somehow, and he was in danger of being hurt if they tried to do something.
"What do you think we should do?" Amy asked taking a seat to rest her tired feet from pacing so much. Tails shrugged and sighed in exasperation.
"I don't know. It's getting late; let's just call it a day." With that, Tails left the kitchen, Amy followed suit and walked up the flight of stairs to her bedroom. Tails reached the little pink couch he had slept on the night before, and wriggled in under a blanket there.
I hope we're making the right moves. He thought before drifting off to sleep.
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In the darkness of night, a deep shadow crept across the grass plains. The little Tails Doll, being the shadow, sang to himself.
"I'm gonna getcha! Here I come, I'm gonna getcha~!" Upon seeing the little cottage of Amy Rose, Tails Doll sped up his pace. He crept up the wall of the house to the second story.
"I'm gonna getcha! I'm gonna be your best friend!" Tails Doll sang. The little shadow boy melted through the window glass. Once in the little room, he conformed back into his original puppet-like self. He crept quietly up to the pink bed across the room, in which a young pink hedgehog was drifting away in dreamland.
"I'm gonna getcha~!"