Chapter 7-The broken Rose

Amy

Feeling alone and afraid, Amy had been left in a dark and dingy dungeon while she waited for Sonic to save her. She knew he would come, she had no doubt. It was only a matter of time.

The window of her cell was barred, but it still allowed the light of the moon to shine through. The view outside the window was just miles and miles of water, dazzling and dancing in the moonlight. Amy sighed, resting her head in her hands. No matter what, it still looked beautiful.

Suddenly, a series of alarms went off, causing the computer screen opposite her cell to flicker and flash. It locked onto a picture of the outside of Eggman's lair, which was heavily guarded by a pack of robots, which resembled the appearance of wolves. However, in the blink of an eye, half of the robots were in pieces on the floor, followed by the rest of them also being destroyed. But, the second time, Amy could see what had caused the damage. A blue streak was dashing across the computer screen. You didn't need common sense to work out who it was.

"Sonic!" Amy called out, forgetting that he couldn't hear her. However, Sonic was faced with bigger problems. Eggman was waiting for him, with another deadly robot at his disposal.

"Well,well,well. Eggman, didn't expect you to be here," Sonic winked, cheekily.

"Sonic, I warned you! Try and break into my lair, and Amy's cell will blow up..." Eggman pulled a remote control out of his jacket pocket, "...with the push of a button,"

Gasping, Amy glanced around the cell. There was no sign of a bomb or anything like that. Eggman must have put it in the walls. Sonic, however, didn't look so worried.

"Alright, Egghead. Your plan isn't the worst plan I've heard. However..." Sonic ran up to Eggman, grabbing the remote and running back to where he had stood. Using his speed, Sonic was there and back in a couple of seconds. Realizing he was no longer holding it, Eggman glanced around for the remote.

"Looking for this, Eggman?" Sonic waved the device at the villain.

"Hedgehog! Bring that back!" Eggman roared.

"You've gotta catch me first!" Sonic laughed, preparing to start running.

"I hate to be negative, Sonic, but your chances don't look good," Eggman grinned, looking behind Sonic at the robot that was stomping towards the blue hedgehog. (The robot was in the shape of a bug; however, one of its arms was in the shape of a giant claw. The other was in the shape of a gun). Looking out of the corner of his eye, Sonic leapt out of the way, before spinning in a complete circle in the air. Seconds after landing on his feet, Sonic started running again. But the direction he was running in had confused everyone. Sonic looked like he was going to run into a wall.

"Sonic...what are you doing?" Amy whispered.

Dodging the missals being directed at him, Sonic was nearly at the wall. And he didn't look like he was going to turn around anytime soon. Amy, afraid to look, closed her eyes. When she cautiously opened them again, what she saw made her close her eyes again, in disbelief. Sonic was running across the ceiling.

Using his momentum from his speed, Sonic had managed to run up the wall and onto the ceiling. Even Eggman was shocked.

"You stupid little..." Eggman groaned.

Sonic was still getting fired at by the robot, but his trick of running on the ceiling was working, because the robot's aim was getting worse and worse. As soon as it looked clear, Sonic jumped off the ceiling and run into the corridor on the right. Forgetting about the robot, Sonic started to slow down. Big mistake. The robot's giant claw grabbed Sonic beneath his waist. Hanging down by his legs, Sonic was now trapped in the robot's grip. However, Sonic and Amy had more important things to worry about, because in his capture, Sonic had dropped the remote, causing the button to be pressed and the bomb to be set off. A robotic voice came in on the over-head speakers,

"Warning! Lair self destruct in 3 minutes. Have an evil day!" The voice calmly told us. Eggman clambered into his flying pod,

"Well, Sonic, I hate to leave you hanging, but I've got to go! And if it's any consolation, you were my most hated enemy,"

"Gee...thanks Eggman," Sonic rolled his eyes, still hanging and swinging upside-down. As soon as Eggman flew off, Sonic struggled against the robot, trying to wrestle free. Luckily, someone was on hand to help.

Shadow calmly walked up to the robot, throwing his Chaos Spear into the robot's metal casing, causing it to power down. It released Sonic, dropping him onto the ground, head first. Groaning a little, Sonic wandered up to Shadow, rubbing his head.

"Thanks Shadow. How come it didn't attack you?" Sonic asked, wincing a little.

"Keep up, Sonic. It was programmed to attack you, not me. Shadow explained. He started to run down the corridor, stopping when a scowling Sonic didn't follow him.

"Come on then! We've got to save Rose...I mean Amy," Shadow rolled his eyes, "I think the fall has damaged your brain,"

"Okay, you go right. I'll go left. Think you can find her before this place blows up?" Sonic challenged, his hard personality easing a little.

"Only if you can," Shadow sneered, dashing off.

Amy turned away from the screen and slumped to the floor. Now she just had to wait for either Sonic or Shadow to come and free her. Before she got blown up.

"I wish Sonic would hurry up and save me from getting blown into smithereens," Amy said out loud to herself.

"Your wish is my command," A voice replied. Amy spun around, to find Sonic standing in the shadows of her cell bars.

"What took you so long?" Amy sniffed, smiling.

Sonic laughed, walking backwards and looking at the metal bars. He backed up, into the wall.

"Stand back, Ames. These bars don't stand a chance against my spin attack," Amy did as she was told; her heart thumping at the fact Sonic had called her Ames.

However, before Sonic had a chance to even move, there was a huge explosion, which knocked Amy off her feet. She hit her head on the wall and fell to the ground. She vaguely saw Sonic running over to her and rocking her body in his arms. A trickle of blood ran down Amy's face. Sonic pulled Amy into his chest, cursing and muttering. The last thing Amy saw was Sonic's beautiful emerald green eyes locking onto her gaze. Then...darkness.