Her eyes opened. The sun didn't blind her, nor did her head hurt gruesomely as it had the morning before. She actually smiled. It felt good to be pain-free. She got out of bed with a hop and ran into her living room. Her first thought of the day was to call Sonic but refrained. She didn't want to wake him up!

Deciding to wait a little while until she called, she sat down and picked out a game to play.

Her phone rang about 45 minutes later.

"Shoot, not now, I'm right in the middle of a match!"

She sighed as she heard the guy on the other end of her headset asking her what was going on.

"Sorry, friend's calling. Gotta go."

"Alright, good game."

She turned the game off and ran to the phone just before it stopped ringing. "Hello?"

"Hey Amy."

It was as she had expected, Sonic. She started to clean up the Xbox 360 and put the game away while continuing the conversation.

"Hello Sonic!"

"I don't know about you, but I woke up on the right side of the rock. I'm ready to roll."

"Good for you. I'm ready whenever you are," she tripped over her console and fell down.

The Xbox made a 'clunk' sound when it fell onto the carpet of her living room. The game was tossed into the air and landed a couple feet in front of her.

"Is everything alright?" Sonic asked.

"I tripped over the Xbox, that's all. I'm fine."

"Can I believe you this time?" Sonic hinted a bit of sarcasm and followed the comment with a laugh.

Amy laughed and propped herself back up.

"No, the pain is excruciating. I need a hero to save me," she joked.

Sonic just laughed and hung up.

In seconds she heard her door open.

"I've come to save you!"

Amy couldn't help but laugh again.

"Oh Sonic! So, what's up?"

"I told you, I'm ready for a long day of work!"

"Alright. I am, too."

"So, shall we?" Sonic asked as he opened the door and ran out.

They arrived one after the other at the foundation in which Sonic had done some minor work.

"So yeah," Sonic said when they stopped, "I started the roof yesterday and bought a load of the supplies we needed."

"Really, a load of them?"

"Yeah, the guy that sold it to me said that based on the dimensions it would fill the entire roof."

"What supplies?" Amy looked around the yard.

"Well, those, right... Oh no. This can't be happening."

The materials disappeared.

"Oh my gosh, somebody stole it all."

Sonic quickly ran around the house. They weren't there. He knelt down in front of the house where he was sure he'd left them and knelt down. The poor hedgehog was just about ready to cry. Amy immediately ran over to comfort him.

"I know it isn't fun Sonic, but this kind of stuff happens, sadly."

"I spent just about all of my money on this!"

"Really?"

"Yes! Did you think that if I had all the money in the world I'd even hesitate to buy the land and put up a house? No! But because I have a pretty limited amount of spendable money, I can't just do that," Sonic snapped at nobody in particular.

He just had to let it out, especially cause he really wasn't about to cry in front of Amy. He just wouldn't allow himself to do it. He was a man, after all.

Amy shook her head in disbelief. Who would do such a thing? If it were a practical joke, she figured somebody would have told them by now. This seemed too much like the real deal. Amy sighed and thought of what to say next. She couldn't though. It was something that didn't bring words to mouth.

Just feelings of anger towards the culprit, whoever that may be.

"Well, now what do we do?"

"I don't even want to look at this house anymore. This project was a mess from the start," Sonic muttered gruffly.

It was obvious that he was as mad as anyone. It started out as just a dream. Then, when he bought the land, it seemed like such a close and reachable reality. And now the reality was again being snatched from his grasp just like that.

Amy sighed. What was she supposed to do? She couldn't just say, 'Let's move on.' That wouldn't be right. If she said that Sonic wouldn't think she cared much about the house. She kept quiet.

"So Amy, what do we do now?"

Amy didn't have much desire to suggest their next move. Yet, she had to say something now.

"Well, I know it's not as simple as going to the store and buying more. We could try and track down the culprit!" Amy exclaimed as if she were a genius.

"I have good legs, not a nose."

Amy laughed, taking it as a joke. Sonic seemed a little more serious than that.

"Oh come on Sonic, you've got to lighten up a little bit. Or else this will never get done."

"Oh really?" Sonic snapped.

Amy didn't want to answer.

Sonic's stomach rumbled.

"I'm hungry," He grumbled, "Let's go eat."

Amy couldn't help but let out a little giggle, but quickly agreed and asked where they were going to go.

"I don't have a clue," Sonic announced.

"OK, then we can go to the Rise and Shine, the breakfast place I've been telling you about for the past two months."

"Whatever. Let's go."

Amy led Sonic to the big building. It's size surprised the blue hedgehog who was expecting a small building that looked like the roof was ready to cave in. This place, however, was a big, nice place.

They walked in and were greeted by a waitress standing right in front of them.

"Two?" she asked.

Amy nodded and the two were quickly led to a small booth table. Sonic sighed as he sat down. The two read through the menus and ordered their meal when their waiter came over.

After that, though, it was down to business. The discussion about what to do about the mysteriously missing materials began.

Both Sonic and Amy began talking about what they thought could be done, although Sonic seemed to complain a lot more then actually try to resolve the problem.

"But really, are you kidding me? Is this really what has to happen, this disgusting..." Sonic trailed off as he realized the waiter had come with their food.

"Is there something wrong with the food?" the waiter asked.

"No," Amy replied, "We're talking about something else."

The waiter shrugged and walked off and the two began to eat.

"Maybe we could call the police?" Amy suggested in the middle of their meal.

"Good idea!" Sonic said with a full mouth, swallowing, "Why haven't we thought of that yet?"

So, it would come down to the police in the end. Would they save Sonic and his materials, or is it all just a lost cause?