Chapter 3-Dark and Dangerous

Amy

At the time, Amy was fuming. Admittedly, she had a great time with Sonic. But that wasn't the point. She couldn't believe Sonic was being like this. First, he was lying to her, and then he was taking her out for breakfast?! What was the matter with him? And then there was the comment he'd made which had really worried Amy: I urgently need to see Rouge today. Sonic and Rouge weren't too keen on each other, so how come they were meeting up all of a sudden? This was really suspicious. He was nervous and lying, now he was meeting up with Rouge for a reason which was unknown. Rouge was a good-looking bat and she certainly had a way with guys...were Rouge and Sonic secretly dating? Simply the thought made Amy's heart freeze.

"Amy? Please stop worrying,"

It was 1:00 in the afternoon. Amy was at Cream's house with Blaze. They always met up in the week to catch up with what had been going on in their lives.

"Exactly, calm it, girl. Cause I've got a plan," Blaze winked at Amy

Now Amy was listening.

"So...here's the deal: you tell Sonic you can't meet up tonight. Cause you've just remembered you're going on a date with someone else," Blaze leant back in her chair with pride, once she had announced her plan.

"On what planet would that be a good idea? Sonic would go off me completely," Amy sighed, annoyed that the plan was fruitless.

"Hear me out. Sonic will then be jealous and beg for you to date him. See? What could go wrong?"

"Lemme see...he could NOT be jealous and I'm stuck dating a guy I don't like,"

"So drop him. Look, it's this, or being completely miserable and worried,"

"I guess you're right," Amy admitted, "But who am I gonna go on a date with? And how am I gonna tell Sonic,"

"Let me or Cream make the call. And how about...Shadow?"

"Too gothic,"

"Silver?"

"Too much like a fortune teller,"

"Knuckles?" Cream suggested.

"Meh...too angry,"

"Well...I'm outta ideas. You're being too picky. Who would you date?" Blaze sighed.

"Sonic," Amy said, firmly.

"Ha ha(!)"

"Fine...Shadow. He's the least bad," Amy decided, "No offence blaze,"

Blaze wore a confused look on her face, "Why would that offend me?"

Amy and Cream glanced at each other in acknowledgement. Everyone knew Blaze and Silver were inseparable, to say the least.

"Right, you need to find Shadow and arrange a date for tonight with him. Leave the call with us. I tell you what, we'll do it now; that way you can whisper to us if you think we should say something. Deal?" All eyes were on Amy when Blaze had finished talking. It was like Amy's own eyes had popped out and were now staring at her as well.

"I don't really have a choice, do I?" Amy smiled, weakly.

Blaze grinned back at her, "None whatsoever,"

Cream wandered over to the phone slowly, obviously giving Amy the chance to change her mind if she wanted to. But, honestly, Amy didn't really have an opinion. She was too confused.

Cream picked up the phone and started dialling Sonic's number. Blaze was immediately at Cream's side. Amy stayed in her chair, fidgeting worriedly.

"Hey Tails!" Cream said into the phone. Amy relaxed a little. Tails had answered, so maybe Sonic had gone out on one of his runs?

"Can I speak to Sonic? It's super important," Cream asked Tails. Amy could hear the faint reply of Tails' voice, soon followed by the bold buzz of Sonic. Amy's body clenched up again. Out running? Maybe not.

Blaze gestured to Cream to hand over the phone. She started to explain to Sonic as soon as she was given the phone,

"Listen, Sonic. I've got a bit of bad news. Amy can't make your date," Blaze paused to hear Sonic's reply, which sounded like he had said, it isn't a date.

"Yes it is," Blaze sighed, "Anyways, she can't make it because she just remembered she's got a date. With Shadow,"

There was an awkward silence which made Amy's stomach clench. Then Sonic's voice came in on the receiver.

"Um... I'm afraid Amy isn't here, Sonic," Amy was grateful that Blaze had averted a conversation with Sonic. That would just be awful.

"Okay. See ya Sonic," Blaze put the phone down slowly.

"See?! He doesn't care!" Tears welled up in Amy's eyes.

"On the contrary, he sounded very confused and very disappointed," Blaze smiled, pulling Amy up off her chair while dragging her into the middle of the room, "Now, you've got to go and visit Shadow. Here, I'll give you a lift," Without warning, Blaze suddenly teleported to Shadow's house. To Amy's surprise, the house was a lot less spooky than she had expected. It looked like your average house (instead of being home to a being that was created to be the ultimate life-form). Still, this didn't make Amy feel any better.

"Good luck, Amy. Go get him," Suddenly, Blaze started laughing.

"What?" Amy asked.

"It's ironic. Out of everyone, you choose Sonic's biggest rival to date, I simply think it's funny," And without another word, Blaze was gone, in the blink of an eye. Amy suddenly felt really alone. Not even Sonic would be by her side after this. Sonic...

Amy trembled as she knocked on the painted black door. Shadow pulled the door open, looking like his usual cold-hearted self. However, he looked a little surprised to see Amy.

"Rose? What are you doing here? Aren't you usually with Sonic on days like this?" Trust Shadow to mention Sonic in the first few sentences. Amy reddened a little, on account of the fact that Shadow mentioned her and Sonic, but mainly because Shadow called her 'Rose'. It was a nickname he had for her, probably meant as a threat, knowing Shadow. Amy always found it kind of sweet, and she wished that Sonic would call her it.

"Forget Sonic. I need to talk to you," Amy said, forcefully, "Gonna invite me in?"

Shadow stepped aside, allowing Amy to come through. His house was huge, but not old fashioned. It was modern with glass stairs twirling above their heads. The walls were painted a gothic but strangely comforting shade of grey. The living room was up to date with all the latest gadgets: a cool TV, an Apple Mac (Which sat on a pristine white table) ECT. In the middle was a long leather couch. However, Amy couldn't imagine Shadow sitting down, watching telly. The image was so bizarre that Amy couldn't help but laugh.

"What?" Shadow sounded a little hurt.

"It's...oh it's nothing. Really," Amy quickly told him. Shadow sat down on the couch, gesturing at Amy to sit down. Amy placed herself on a fluffy black beanbag, neatly arranging her dress. Shadow watched her, intently.

"So, Rose. What did you need to talk to me about?" Shadow asked, getting straight to the point.

"Well...um, it's a little embarrassing," Amy admitted.

"You need me to help you make Sonic jealous by taking you out on a date,"

Amy's mouth tumbled open, "How did you know that?!"

Shadow chuckled, mischievously, "What can I say? Silver is from the future,"

Amy laughed, very relieved that she wouldn't have to ask Shadow out properly. That would be very...wrong. Not to mention dangerous.

"So...Silver knew I was gonna ask this?" Amy joked.

"Not exactly. Blaze and cream rang a couple of hours. They obviously knew the plan would go ahead; that you would agree to it," Shadow closed his eyes, thinking deeply.

"Will you help me then?" Amy pleaded, silently thanking Blaze and Cream.

"Yes. The faker needs to be taught a lesson. I will help you," Shadow said, finally. However, Amy was slightly annoyed with that reason for helping her.

"So hang on, you won't help me because I need your help, but you will help me if it means you get to annoy Sonic," Amy stood up to leave, but Shadow grabbed her wrist before she could move.

"Rose! Wait! I will help you – that is what you wanted, isn't it?"

Amy sighed, slumping back into the beanbag, "Yeah, you're right. Thank you Shadow. But...are you sure you're okay with it?"

"I'm okay with it,"

"Super sure?"

"I said I was okay with it," Shadow's tone of voice was starting to rise, angrily, "So, what's the plan?" His voice was back to normal, cool, calm and collective.

Amy sighed again. However sure Shadow was, Amy definitely wasn't okay with it. She felt really bad about lying to Sonic, as well as cheating on him. Amy had only agreed to this because she wanted to show Sonic what it was like to be lied and cheated on. But, she was doing exactly what he had done...did that make her any better than him? She was doing exactly what he had done. Still, no turning back now.

Not that she had a choice.