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The icy early morning air stung Sonic's eyes, making tears run steadily down his face. Running toward the sun didn't help his vision either. But Sonic paid no mind to his trials. They were nothing compared to his mission.

Right now, Sonic had no instruction. Amy never told Sonic where her next letter would be, other than "close to home." But seeing as he was running in the opposite direction, Sonic decided to skip that note and pray that he could find the next.

The world around him seemed silent, save for the rushing wind. Sonic was running through a green field. Nothing was nearby except for grass. It scratched Sonic's legs despite his fur. But Sonic failed to notice; everything within him was numb.

Along the horizon, a town materialized. It came up quickly at Sonic's speed, so quickly that there was no point to go around it. But seconds after his feet landed on the cracked pavement, someone yelled, "Hey! Sonic!"

Sonic skidded to a halt, surprised. His eyes searched for the source of the voice, and caught a dog standing in a doorway, staring at the blue hedgehog. "You Sonic?" he asked.

Sonic made his way over hesitantly, not really wanting to come into contact with anyone in his rush to find a note. Who was this guy anyway? Sonic didn't recognize him. "Yeah."

The dog held out a folded piece of paper. "You have a girlfriend, right? Named Amy Rose?"

Sonic's heart skipped a beat. He snatched the paper. "Why was Amy here?" Sonic demanded.

The dog shrugged. "She was looking for my sister. But…my sister was found dead a couple of days before Amy showed up. But Amy just handed me this paper and told me it was for her boyfriend Sonic."

How many dead people did Amy look for? Sonic thought before unfolding the paper.

"Dude," the dog interrupted, "what's going on? How did Amy know my sister? And why'd she give me that paper?"

Sonic shook his head and began to walk away. The dog called after him, "Seriously, Sonic. I deserve to know what's going on."

Sonic glanced back at him. "Trust me; you don't want to know."

The dog protested, but Sonic ignored him. There was no way Sonic could tell anything to that dog. If he did…the murderer would probably kill the guy. And Sonic was not going to let any more innocent blood be spilled.

Sonic waited until he turned a corner before he unfolded the note. Sonic was thankful he'd found one of Amy's notes without a clue.

Thanks for following my notes so far. I always knew I could believe in you.

Things are getting pretty serious. I guess you already know, since you found the letter at Cream's house, that the murderer has not left me alone. He's following me around. I wish I could have told you, but then you would have been killed just like me. And I don't know how many people have died already or have yet to die. And I can't do anything. Do you know what that feels like…never mind. I guess you do.

The murderer is finding this fun. I know this because he keeps giving me hints. I just hope he doesn't know about these notes. He just told me he has a hit list. Which scares me. He gave me a clue on where it is, but I want to give you one more letter before you go after the list. It's far from here, but with your speed, it'll take you no time at all.

Do you remember Never Lake? Where the Little Planet passes? I'll mark a boulder or something where so you can find the note.

I'm scared, Sonic. I really, really am. I'm not going to lie. And I miss you already.

Always,

Amy Rose

Sonic held the note to his heart and let himself collapse against a nearby wall. His head fell back as he closed his eyes. He opened them again to stare up at the sky. He was so close…so, so close. But as he read Amy's letter, the memories had come crashing back, destroying the one thing in their path: him.

Never Lake…where he'd first met Amy. Of course he would end up going full circle. The beginning connects to the end. That only made things harder, but Sonic couldn't do anything about it.

And that's when the blast came.

An explosion out of no where erupted in the building behind him. Sonic cried out as he was blown away by the blast. He forced his body to turn back at the building in the air and saw helicopters hovering in the air. The true shock rushed through him; they belonged to G.U.N. What the heck? he thought.

Sonic hit the ground hard a street over. He quickly jumped to his feet, and his green eyes glanced back up at the sky. The helicopters were gliding over to his position. Sonic's eyes widened and his heart skipped a beat. "What's going on!?" he shouted, but the sound of his voice was lost to the passengers of the craft.

A missile erupted out of a cannon a soldier carried within one of the helicopters. Sonic leaped back, and the missile collided with the ground. A massive explosion erupted in the middle of the street. The smoke blew toward Sonic, and he choked on the dust and debris. His eyes watering furiously, he tried to look through the dense cloud to find the position of his attackers. Unable to see anything, Sonic dashed out of the smoke. Right outside the smoke was a large vehicle, labeled G.U.N. on the side. What did I do wrong? he wondered.

The doors of the vehicle flew open and soldiers poured out, guns at the ready. "Surrender now, Sonic the Hedgehog," a voice demanded.

"What, you confuse me with Shadow again?" Sonic muttered under his breath. He didn't have time for this.

Sonic ignored them, leaping into the air toward a fairly low building. He landed on the roof and quickly sped up. He passed the vehicle's space on the road easily and jumped back to the ground. Bullets rang out, causing the ground at Sonic's feet to erupt in pebble. Then, one bullet flew just past his head. They're firing to kill! Sonic realized, horrified. He quickened his pace, but couldn't help but glance back one time.

He really regretted that.

What Sonic saw almost stopped him in his tracks, but then a bullet narrowly missing him once more kept him moving. As he dashed away, his heart thudded in his chest. Even air came in difficult, choking breaths. Sonic shook his head, completely at a loss. G.U.N. trying to kill him? He could manage. But the other thing…

How could Tails be siding with the people trying to kill him?