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With Thanksgiving(Turkey Day) on the line, I've got all week to write on these two stories, but a week passes by quickly.

Anyway, enjoy reading what was left off on the last chapter.

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The Getaway- Hilary Duff

Chapter 26: Getaway

Seth, waiting impatiently outside the cave's walls on the other side, rubbed his hands together and sat on a rock. He had been waiting a while for the two to appear out from the water of the crystal cave they had entered, but they were taken an awful lot of time and he was beginning to worry. They could have gotten lost, but then again the cave only leads on direction and there were only two exits. It was a huge mountain with a little cave and there was no possible way that they were lost.

It was getting harder and harder not to try to go back inside and see if he could find them himself, but finally after a while of waiting he heard bubbles popping and gurgling and from the water out jumped Sonic and Amy taking a huge breath of air.

Seth flew into the air and to them. Above the water he shouted, "Are you two okay!?" He got near to them and ignoring him, Sonic swam to the shore and got out onto a marble path. Seth looked confused and turned to Amy. "Amy?" he asked.

"We're fine," she muttered, and swam to the shore and to the marble. Seth followed behind her with a concern face as she moved her wet bangs out from her face.

"Sure took you long," He began as a tease, but watching their faces tense, he knew maybe that the joke was not much of help.

Sonic's head lifted up and he watched the multi-orange colors of the sun reach the horizon and the east going dark. He turned to Seth completely avoiding Amy's stare. "It's getting dark. We need a safe place to stay at. Do you know any around?" He asked him.

Seth tapped his head a few times pondering about it then his fist on his open palm like if the idea had fallen in his head. "We should be near a waterfall, but—" He never got to finish Sonic cut him off by saying, "Ok, then let's hurry."

Amy lowered her head and began walking. Seth followed her as he was left there confused. Something happened in that cave and he wasn't being told something. He didn't pay too much attention towards it, but he was going to have to keep a closer eye on both of them.

Walking on ground dirt now it was calm and Amy could see her shadow just below and how it followed every move she made in a totally different angle. She kicked a rock that came out of the corner of her eye. The sound of the rock rolling across the ground made Sonic's eyes turn only 90 degrees to his left to stare at her. She was sighed. Sonic frowned and looked away.

Seth flew just above their head and was looking around the area. It wasn't anything that wasn't seen in this land before, Trees, land, grass, and hills. The area was quiet and nobody was talking. He nervously hummed and flew next to Amy. "So, is anyone hungry?"

Amy shook her head and Sonic shrugged.

There was no progress. "Why aren't you two talking?"

Amy blushed lightly lowering her head. Sonic looked up at him and shrugged looking annoyed then he turned back around. Seth pouted and his hands fell to his hips. He flew around Sonic and in front of him his hands extending out for him to halt. "Stop!"

Sonic stopped dead in tracks and Amy stopped her hands in front of her so she wouldn't bump into Sonic. Seth crossed his arms and glared at the two. "Why are you guys acting this way?"

Sonic glared back scaring Seth a little, but he noticed that he wasn't directly looking at him. Amy's peeked right from behind Sonic. She looked at Seth but she wasn't staring at her. He was staring up at Sonic. Amy followed his gaze and took a glimpse at Sonic's anxious face. Sonic caught her eye and he turned to her. His green orbs swirled with fear in them and she knew then and only then that something big was going to happen.

"Sonic?" She reached out for his shoulder just as Seth growled, "Don't touch him!"

It was too late.

Just as Amy rested her hand on his shoulder she was sucked into a vision, something that was coming out from his eye. A shadow, no, a bunch of them, but the shadows swiveled around turning into a dark deep forest and deep within the forest a small natural lake with a large waterfall, Cerulean water that fell down all a mountain rock the vision stopped.

"It's nice to see you two still in one piece."

Amy's head throbbed heavily and she struggled to keep balance, but she was already on the floor. It was the first time she felt like this, lightheaded after a vision, but a strange one. Sonic was in front of her in his fighting position and Seth hid behind him. Amy's eyes cleared and she clearly saw the green hedgehog, Scourge in front of her, Scourge and his evil shadow minions. She narrowed her eyes and shook her head making sure she wasn't having another vision, but with a few quick blinks still he stood in front of them.

"Came to pick up a fight you can't win?" Sonic dangerously asked.

"Can't win? Ah, but Sonic we already are winning." Scourge's eyes traveled down to Seth then Amy who looked appalled as she got up from the ground. Sonic's eyes narrowed far down and he made the first move to run in front of him and make the first punch, but Scourge dodged it. Amy reacted quickly and bends down as the shadow aimed to grab her, but she kicked upward making them puff into thin air.

Scourge's arm flew to Sonic, but Sonic blocked it with his hands and he grabbed his arm making Scourge flinch. A punch blew up his chin and threw Scourge down to the floor. Meanwhile Amy ducked down as the shadow made a move to attack her. Just as she was about to be grabbed by the shadow a gleaming light shined at the shadow and the shadow screeched before disappearing into a dust of Black clouds then air.

Amy gasped and looked up to see Seth's shinning green orb on his fluffy chest glowing. She widened her eyes seeing such beauty colors from his orb shine brighter than the sun and be more colorful than a rainbow. Seth smiled at her and flew around her to shine the bright light that came out from his orb and through the black shadows.

Scourge looked up and glared watching most of his shadows being defeated, but he couldn't do much because he had Sonic to deal with. Scourge tried his best to grab him by the arm and twist him down, but Sonic was too quick and did so instead. Scourge landed on his back and Sonic ran to Amy whom with Seth backed off most of the shadows.

"Where's the waterfall?!" Sonic yelled over to Seth.

Seth turned and then he pointed at a downhill forest area. Amy groaned annoyed that they had to go across through a forest-like area again, which she disliked since the incident with Julie-su and her evil vampire boyfriend. Sonic grabbed her hand into his and pulled her down the road with Seth flying behind.

Scourge got up and death glared at Sonic. His eyes were cold and deadly almost murderous looking. His sharp teeth crushed each other hard and his fist clenched his glove tightening.

The shadows that were still around were about to head after them, but Scourge snapped, "No!" They all stopped and he got up dusting the dirt off his body. "We were only teasing them today, but there will be a time that teasing won't be all I'll do to those kids." He snarled.

.:XxX:.

The forest was pure green with lots of plants, most that looked like four-leaf clovers coming out from the rich solid. Unlike the other forests that Sonic and Amy had encountered, these plants were taller and more extended out. Their color had more quantity and the plants covered pathways so it was hard running through them. It was all familiar to Amy like the vision she had, but she wasn't paying attention and almost tripped trying to jump over some of the outgrowing plants. Then her dress got stuck on a twig but she pulled on her dress ripping a little, but ripping free.

"Do you think they're still behind us?" Amy asked, breathless and gasping within each word.

Sonic didn't turn back to answer, he only held her hand tighter while running. Seth flew above them avoiding vines and tree branches, twirling and spinning around them. The run felt long. Through the trees and some up heights that they encountered they didn't stop to take a breather. Unlike Amy, Sonic didn't feel as tired, because it felt like he could finally run again. He missed running faster than light and feeling free, the air brushing against his face while he closed his eyes.

"The Waterfall!" Amy yelled.

He broke from his trance and Amy was corrected. Just a few more meters and they eventually reached a river which was connected to a lake that had multiple waterfalls flowing down from upstream. The water was faded aqua and didn't seem as clean. She came to a stop and gasped for air. Sonic had stopped running and was looking up at Seth. Seth was high up in the sky and looked back from where they had come from. He squinted and used his hand to cover the strong orange light from the sun from making it harder to see.

Sonic was about to ask a question when Seth's eyes widened and he flew down to his face exclaiming, "Run! Run Sonic!"

Sonic didn't waste time and pulled Amy forward. Amy flew from the pull and if it weren't for her focus in steps she would have fallen down. Seth rushed around the lake with Sonic following him and led them to the strong cascading waterfalls that crashed down on the rocks below. The segmented waterfalls swirled, and with the help of the wind spray droplets of mist and water in all directions. Seth flew through the water and disappeared through it. Sonic stopped and blinked surprised that being a small little creature didn't get pushed down by the weight of the water.

Amy released her hand from his and was going for the jump to the other side, but Sonic grabbed her wrist before she got a chance to. Amy turned around and glared at Sonic. "Sonic?"

"I don't feel sure about this,"

"We don't have time to feel sure." Amy yelled over the roaring waters. Amy's eyes looked passed Sonic and she could see black shadows moving from tree to tree. Her eyes grew and she froze in place. Sonic turned around and saw something flash to another part of the tree. Sonic turned back around and jumped on Amy going through the waterfall and into a dark cave. Sonic held Amy tightly close to him as they rolled on solid rock to a complete stop.

Sonic got up and huffed seeing that he hadn't just gotten Amy, but Seth had somehow managed to come across him and Amy. Maybe they crashed into each other. Sonic's ear rose up and he began hearing mutters and raspy words that he didn't know of. The shadows were outside and he got into a sitting position holding Amy tight and Amy holding Seth in her arms. Afraid to be found they kept silence and waited for the talking to stop and for them to leave. Nothing was heard only the loud roar from outside.

The voices slowly faded and then Sonic loosened his grip. He heard a loud gasp come out from Amy who held her breath the entire time. Seth jumped off Amy's hands and on to the rock solid ground. The orb on his chest glowed in the darkness and they could finally see each other.

"Is everyone okay?" He asked his head back and forth from Amy to Sonic.

"Yea," Sonic huffed, exhaling with relief.

Amy pushed Sonic lightly and stared at Seth looking incredible scared. Sonic blinked twice leaning down to get a better look at her. Her face was drenched and she shivered lightly. He remembered that they had jumped through hard rapids of water into a cold cave and that was why she looked pale. Too much action in one day was enough to get them tired out.

"You hanging in?" he asked her.

Amy finally responded with a fast nod and looked up at Sonic smiling weakly. "Yea."

Amy got up and Sonic moved to give her room for her to. Seth's little wings flapped and he rose to the air. He stared around the cave under the waterfall trying to find what lay inside. The cave was like any other cave, rocks, dirt, and puddles of water dropping from the ceiling. His breath blow out and he turned around.

Sonic was staring at him. Amy was too the color in her face blanched. Seth blinked and said, "What?"
"What do you mean what?" Sonic instantly snapped back. Seth flinched from his harsh words. He became speechless and didn't know how to reply to him therefore gave Sonic the opportunity to continue. "I'm tired of this guessing game. What are you Seth?"

Seth felt something wet start to form on his forehead and he suddenly became tense. "I-I don't understand?"

"Stop playing games. I wanna know why you didn't want us to touch and then what happened to Amy."

"What happened to me?" Amy asked her ears perking up.

Sonic turned to her egregious. His jaw opened and along with Amy. Seth approached Amy slowly. "You don't remember?"

"You completely went out and fell to the ground when you touched me. What happened to you?" Sonic asked.

"I had a vision about the shadows that attacked us and this exact waterfall. I saw it all happened so quickly before I woke up…how long was I in trance?" Amy questioned and wondered why the water seemed cleaner in her vision.

"You fell when you touched me and you were out for some time before Scourge came." Sonic explained. He turned to Seth and glared at him. "Why's that?"

"You had your ability react with Amy's." Seth said.

"Predator's Eye," Amy muttered and rubbed her chin. "Is that bad?" Amy asked looking towards Sonic direction but the question was clearly for Seth.

Seth stayed quiet for a moment and looked out towards the waterfall. He flew the opposite way of the waterfall and the two hedgehogs going deeper inside the cave. Amy closed in to Sonic's side and heard the echo of Seth's voice demure, "You can say it is."

Night fall struck Gemnissent and Sonic had just come back from his wood-fire errand. Sonic threw the wooden logs and sticks he had gotten outside and with a pair of rocks sparked fire which caused fire to light upon the wood. Amy watched him do so from the side. She sat on the ground her back against a cave wall. Her fingers fumbled with a rock she picked up beside her. Sonic eyed her quietly and once he was done he threw the rocks to the side and walked up to her. He sat next to her on the ground and with a loud sigh he smiled at her. "Bored?"

"No, I'm tired." She muttered, still playing with the rock, but it slipped from her fingers and fell across the floor.

Sonic chuckled at her failure. "Then go rest up for tomorrow,"

"But I can't sleep." She told him.

Sonic's smile faded and his lips pouted with his eyes half way down closed. "You girls are complicated,"

Sonic received a smack on his shoulder and Sonic winced more from the unexpected than because it hurt. Sonic rubbed his shoulder and frowned. "Your one to talk,"

Sonic blinked to the side and he rubbed his temple his muscles tensing. He bit his lip and he turned to face her again. She looked silent something unlike her, but something was bothering her and he knew what it was because it had been bothering him too. "Amy," he began, "About what happened in the cave."

"We aren't supposed to talk about that Sonic." She said quietly.

"I don't care. I want to make something clear." He said.

Amy looked up and met his eyes that glimmered with the light from the fire. Sonic smiled at her and leaned closer to her. "Back there, when we were dancing, it never happened okay. If we make it out of here alive I don't want you saying anything of that to Shadow or anyone else."

Her heart tore a little. She felt something heavy lift on her chest from the despondent words, but Amy didn't allow herself to show that to him. She lowered her head and added in his favor. "Or Sally?"

Her paused and he hesitated to agree, but eventually he nodded slowly saying the words that he didn't want her to hear. "Yea, and Sally."

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