CHAPTER NINE

Elise was watching how Sonic defeated Silver, she put both of her hands together over her heart, hoping Sonic wouldn't get hurt.

Unexpected Silver threw a power ball at him, Elise gasped, she ran to Sonic but something stopped her.

She looked down at her stomach, seeing big hands around her, she looked up and saw Eggman grinning at her.

"Ahhh..." Elise screamed.

Silver and Sonic looked where the scream was from, Sonic almost panicked. "Elise... Elise?!" Sonic got up and ran to Eggman's ship where Elise is, "Wait!" Sonic called out to Eggman, but there wasn't enough time.

Silver threw another power ball at Sonic, not letting him leave without finishing their fight. "Don't you dare turn your back on me! It time I finally put an end to this!"

Silver was about to raise his hand, until Amy got in the way.

"Stop!"

BEFORE THE FIGHT

Amy went looking for Silver when he disappeared somewhere, wasn't until she found him looking at something.

She followed his gazed and he found Soinc!

But with a girl in a white dress, walking to the side of Sonic.

What she saw was Sonic and the girl walking until she notice something in Sonic's eyes. Hope? Happiness? Or love?!

Amy was about to go up to a Sonic but she stopped when Sonic made the girl stop walking.

He picked her up and jumped, with a power ball almost hitting them.

Amy gasped and wondered who did that, until she saw Silver in the sky floating and landing on the ground. She saw Sonic whispered something to the girl, and she nodded and ran behind a wall far from Sonic and Silver.

Amy sometimes wished she was the damsel in distress, but she knew it would never work, not with her trusty hammer.

She watched more and more of the fight between Silver and Sonic.

That is when Sonic was thrown across a wall after he defeated Silver.

Amy looked at the girl, who looked like she was about to run to Sonic, but she was too late. Amy gasped, when she saw Eggman behind her, and grabbed her with the mechanical hands on his ship.

Amy looked back at Sonic, "Elise... Elise?!"

Silver hit him with another of his power balls "Don't you dare turn your back on me! It time I finally put an end to this!" he raised his arm.

"Oh I don't think so! Not to my Sonic!" muttered Amy.

Running behind Sonic, yelling to Silver, "Stop!" getting in front of Sonic, her arms held out in the open, ready to get things straight with Silver.

RIGHT NOW

"Amy? Get out of my way, Amy! This is my mission!" Silver shouted not wanting to hurt her.

"Absolutely, not!" Amy shook her head.

"Hmph!" Silver groaned.

Sonic lifted himself up and turn to Amy. "Thanks Amy, I appreciate it." Sonic left to get Elise.

"Leave it to me." Amy yelled to Sonic.

Amy and Silver were staring at each other for awhile, one of them didn't know who should break the silence, so Amy broke the silence.

"The person you were looking for was Sonic?" Amy said sadly.

Silver stayed quiet.

"Were you planning to kill him?" Amy annoyingly asked.

"He's responsible for destroying my world!" Silver snapped, looked away from Amy, not able to look at her face.

"That's crazy! Sonic would never do that!" Amy protested to Silver.

"But it's true!" Silver looked back at Amy's face. "In the near future, his actions will cause the devastation of my world." Silver pointed out and to tell the truth, he didn't know what was right or wrong, anymore.

"So I must..."

"No! I don't believe it! Even if that was true, if I had to choose between the world and Sonic, I would choose Sonic!" Amy admitted.

Silver just looked at her with disbelieve-meant. Amy looked at Silver's face and ran to the direction that Sonic left.

Silver was staring at the same place, where Amy left to go find Sonic, shaking his head, he walked somewhere, anywhere to think what he is doing.

BACK TO SONIC

After Sonic left to go find the Princess, he lost the ship. He was looking everywhere, but he couldn't find her or Eggman's ship anywhere.

That was when his best buddy, Tails came in.

"Sonic!" Sonic ran up to Tails, in a matter of seconds.

"Tails, you made it." Tails rolled his eyes smirking at Sonic.

"Come on, Knuckles has something for you!" Tails ran, lifted his feet off the ground and flew away.

Sonic is wondering what Knuckles has that he needed, he followed Tails to the dock shore.

Knuckles, with his arms crossed and looks mad as always, never really smiles, he's holding something that looked like a card.

"Knuckles." Sonic called out to him.

Knuckles nodded to him, "I saw Eggman on the outskirts of the city. He wanted me to give this to you." Knuckles threw the red card to Sonic.

Sonic caught it, and looked at it, until Eggman's figure showed on the card. "Sonic The Hedgehog. If you want me to return the Princess, you must give me your Chaos Emerald. Meet me at my base in White Acropolis." when Eggman's message stopped playing, Sonic looked at it and is thinking, why would he give me the location where we is? And is it a trap?

Sonic looked at Knuckles and threw the card back to him, who missed and dropped it on the ground and stomped on it. "He's pretty cocky." Knuckles grumbled.

"It's most definitely a trap." Tails put in. "I don't think Eggman will honor his agreement."

Sonic looked at the blue Chaos Emerald and observed it. This the same one that Eggman wanted, when he saved Elise from him at the Sun Festival. Sonic was going no matter what happens. "I'm going!" argued Sonic, Knuckles and Tails look at him shock, that he's going.

"Sonic?" Tails and Knuckles complained, at the same time.

"Since Eggman went to the trouble of telling me where Elise is, I think I should thank him personally." Sonic clutched onto the Chaos Emerald, hoping that Elise is ok.

Knuckles and Tails looked at each other not bothering to argue with Sonic.

"OK count me in." Knuckles said.

"Me too." Tails add in.

Sonic nodded to them and they ran to White Acropolis.

NEAR THE BEACH

Right before Silver and Blaze were sent to the future, Blaze and Silver were separated and had to find their way back to land.

Unfortunately Silver was near the city and it was easy for him because he asked, they've seen a blue hedgehog, they all said no, but they suggested the Sun Festival, so Silver went there.

Blaze was somewhere on top of a hill, "So this is the past... I hope Silver is OK. He's pretty insecure when he's alone." Blaze closed her eyes and remembering what Silver said.

"Blue hedgehog..." mumbled Blaze. Once it clicked her head, she looked out and ran to catch up to Silver, because she believes, she knows who it is.

Blaze has been running for a while now, but she finally spotted land and ran into the city looking around she didn't find anything, so her next option was to go to the beach.

She walked around the beach for sometime now, until she spotted a certain hedgehog, Silver. She walked up to him and observed him, he was sitting on the stair steps looking at the clear sky.

Blaze smiled, "So this is where you are. I've been looking for you." Silver turned his head a little, but looked back at the sky.

Blaze walked up to Silver, "What's wrong?" Blaze asked curious.

"Well, uh, Blaze... To kill someone to save the world... Is that the really that right thing to do?" Silver blurted out.

Blaze put both of her hands on her waist and looked at where Silver was looking at, "You're so naive. Whether it's right or wrong. I can't really say... But what I do know is, if we don't take this chance, the future will remain exactly as it is." Silver nodded and stood up, and got an idea.

"Since he's after Dr. Eggman, let's sneak into Eggman's base. Maybe we'll learn something new." Silver suggested.

Blaze nodded and they ran to White Acropolis, hoping they will learn something, but will they be in time?