A/N: The best way to celebrate the end of finals... finishing another chapter. I'm on a roll. i might even get the next one up in the next couple of days. Anyway... Enjoy the chapter.
Chapter 13:
Shadow and Amy landed roughly on some sort of surface in a seemingly empty black void.
"I didn't expect it to hurt so much," Amy grumbled as she got up, rubbing her head. "I mean we're only hear as thoughts. How can we even be hurt?"
"I minds can be influenced very strongly," Shadow replied. "We perceive sights and solids here even though there aren't any physically here. Our minds will react to the danger here as if it were real and our bodies will act accordingly."
"You lost me."
"Everything will seem real even though it isn't," Shadow replied with a sigh.
"Okay," Amy replied. "But why are we in this void. I thought it would be different."
As if responding to Amy's words, the void began pulsating multicolored light.
"Intruders!" came a voice.
"It's the girl of that follows the Chosen and the created one," informed a second.
"How can this be?" said another.
"The Creator must be behind this!"
"They have come for the Chosen!"
"We cannot let them interfere!"
"They must be destroyed!"
"DESTROY!"
"ENOUGH!" Purity's voice rang, cutting of the other voices. "You shall not harm them! Now leave!"
The colors faded leaving Shadow and Amy in the black void once more.
"That won't stop them for long and I won't be able help you anymore," Purity addressed them. "Be careful and be quick. They will do their best to stop and distract you."
"But how will we..?" Amy's question was answered by a door of light appearing in front of them.
"Go..." Purity's voice said, fading. "Hurry... Follow your heart..."
Amy was about to ask something when Shadow grabbed her arm and began running to the door. With a leap, they disappeared in a flash of light.
Purity's aura flashed briefly before dimming lower than before.
"What happened?" Knuckles demanded.
"Energy readings are going wild," Tails said, trying to stabilize them. "What did you do Purity?"
"The emeralds are putting up a greater fight than I thought they would," Purity said, sightly breathless. "I managed to stop them for now."
"Is there anything we can do to help?" Tails asked.
"I'm afraid not."
Amy and Shadow landed in the middle of a grassy field.
"Where are we?" Amy asked.
"No clue," Shadow replied.
"Well your no help," Amy looked around and spotted a blue figure in the field. "Is that Sonic? And why is he so small?"
"It can' be him," Shadow said, holding Amy back. "It's to easy."
A white figure appeared and began talking to the younger Sonic.
"And that's Purity," said Amy. "I thought she couldn't come here. What is going on?"
"Purity can't come here. This must be one of Sonic's memories the emerald's are using to distract us."
"Then what do we do?"
"Ignore it and move on."
"But..."
Shadow pulled Amy away from the scene unfolding before them. After a few minutes of wondering, They came on another doorway.
"Should we trust it?" Amy asked.
"I think so," Shadow replied. "This is still under Purity's influence, but we need to be careful after this. The emeralds will most likely going to try and trick us with false doorways after this."
"Then let's go."
The next thing they knew was landing on something hard and metallic. They looked around and determined they were on an airplane and they could see another young Sonic a few rows ahead.
"I wounder when this is. Sonic doesn't like planes expect for the tornado."
"And how much do you know about Sonic's past?"
"Not much. He doesn't really talk about it and I never thought to ask him."
"I doubt he'll be able to tell you much anyway. He doesn't remember much about this past. I bet this memory isn't one he knows he has has."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because I went through the same thing. The only difference is that I went looking and was able to find my past. I know Sonic went looking, but never found anything. He hides it well, but I can tell it still bothers him."
A violent shake knocked the two off their feet as the passengers began screaming.
"What was that?" Amy said. "Was that the emeralds doing?"
"No, this is still apart of the memory. If it wasn't the passengers wouldn't react!"
Another crash and a big hole appeared in the side of the plane. A rush of wind pulled several people out and almost pulled the young Sonic out as well.
"We have to help him!" Amy screamed.
"No! This is just a memory and a distraction. We wouldn't be able to do anything any way."
Amy watched heartbroken as the young Sonic was pulled away from to other hedgehogs that were obviously his parents.
A growl was heard above the wind.
"Sh-shadow," Amy said. "I don't think that was part of the memory."
"I don't think so," Shadow agreed.
Through the flickering light they could see a huge hulking black creature approaching them from the black of the plane.
"We have to get out of here," Shadow said.
"But where? I don't see any door."
Shadow looked around and his eyes narrowed on the hole in the side.
"We have to jump," he concluded.
"Are you crazy! We'll never survive a fall from this height."
"Better than being killed by a dark energy creature."
Without out another word, Amy and Shadow got up and ran for the hole, the beast hot on their heels. They leaped out of the hole the wind whipped past them as they fell. Just as Amy was sure they were doomed, a door opened below them and they disappeared into it.
Shadow and Amy tumbled down a hill and landed in a pile at the bottom.
"Gwt offff mre," Shadow mumbled from under Amy.
"I'm trying... Hey! I recognize this place," Amy said, getting up. "This is little planet, when I first met Sonic."
"Amy, You get distracted too easily. These memories are being shown to draw your attention. We need to get going, I doubt we lost that creature for long."
"Then why don't we fight it."
"We can't."
"Why not?"
"Try summing your hammer."
"Hey... I can't"
"I noticed when we first arrived that my abilities were being suppressed. I'm sure I could fight if we needed to, but it would most likely wear me down. I rather save my energy until we really need it."
"Okay. Then let's get going."