Me: Hey there, bitches! Chapter three is here.

Cream: Yay!

Tikal: The last one was really sad.

Me: Yeah. I've never written anything like that before.

Sonic: Hey I think I left something down in the basement.

Knuckles: I'll go help you look.

Me: Me too.

(The three of us stand to leave but Shadow points a gun at us)

Shadow: Sit your asses down.

(We sit down)

Shadow: Freakin morons on dope. I'll go sweep the basement.

(Shadow leaves)

Amy: Aaaawwww. Now Sonic won't kiss me again.

Sonic: Wait. I did what?

Amy: You mean you don't remember what happened.

Sonic: Amy, I don't even remember how I even got out of the basement.

Me: Same here. But enough about the weed. Let's get rolling. Who's doing the disclaimer? NOT IT!

Everyone: NOT IT!

Rouge: Not…aw dammit! Fine then. AK doesn't own Sonic, me or any other characters in this story.

Me: So please enjoy reading it and please review afterwards.

It's Blazing on the West Side

Chapter 3: Wake Up!

Three weeks passed by ever since Blaze left for California. And in that time, Silver had fallen deeper and deeper into his depression. At first it wasn't so bad. He would leave his house and say hi to his friends. But they all knew his heart was hurting. They only time he ever smiled was when Blaze called him. But after the first week had ended, it got worse. During that week, Blaze had talked to Silver every day. But then she mysteriously stopped. And that's when he started to plummet even more. For the next two weeks, no one had seen their grey furred friend. They were starting to get worried. So they did what every good friend should do. They went to check up on him.

(Silver's House; 11:30 AM)

Shadow, Sonic, Amy, and Tikal were at the front door of Silver's place and Shadow held up his fist to knock on the door. But then he dropped it down.

"I'm sure he's fine. Let's just go." The ebony hedgehog said.

"No, Shadow." Tikal replied. "Come on. He can't be alright."

"She's right." Sonic added. "We all saw how he looked when Blaze left. The poor guy's heart shattered."

"And I know he's here." Amy said. "My hedgehog sensor never lies."

"She's not wrong about that." Sonic said. "If he's in there, Amy would know it."

Shadow groaned. This was not how he wanted to spend his day. But he had to get it over with. He knocked on the door.

"Silver! You in there?" he called.

There was no answer or locks clacking.

"Come on, Silver! We know you're upset!" Amy shouted.

There was still no answer of any kind.

"Is the door unlocked?" Sonic asked.

Shadow turned the knob. It was open like Sonic suspected. The four of them walked in and immediately took notice of the condition of Silver's house. The inside of it was absolutely filthy. It hadn't been cleaned or straightened up in quite a while.

"Geez, Silver." Shadow muttered.

"Where is he?" Tikal wondered.

"I bet I know." Sonic walked off.

He went down the hallway of the house and stopped at the door he knew led into Silver's bedroom. He knocked on the door as Shadow, Tikal, and Amy walked up.

"Silver?" Sonic called.

"Go away." Silver moaned from the other side of the door.

But of course, Sonic didn't listen. He opened the door and the sight was not pretty.

Silver was laying face down in his bed with his phone in his hand waiting for it to ring. His quills weren't straightened out like they usually were and the fur in his mane was just as messy.

"Silver?" Amy muttered.

"Leave me alone to die." Silver told them.

"Silver I know it's been hard for you to deal with Blaze going away, but it's not that bad." Tikal said.

"She's right." Sonic said. "Silver it's been three weeks since she left. Don't you think it's time to go back outside again?"

"And do what? Get chased by hippies all day?" Silver snapped.

"Well with the way your hair is now, it doesn't even look like a pot leaf." Amy tried to lighten the mood.

"She hasn't called." Silver said. "She hasn't called me in two weeks."

"Silver, she as a life of her own you know. Maybe you should just let her live it and stay in touch with her." Tikal said.

"That's just it." Silver sat up. "I don't want to be in touch with her. I want to be WITH her." He hung his head down. ""I was so close, you guys. The day she said she was leaving, that was the day I was finally going to say I love her. But she went first."

Silver had everyone's sympathies here.

"They say the universe has a plan. But I feel like the universe's plan for me is to always screw me over so I can never be happy."

"How can you say that?" Amy asked. "Silver you have a great life."

"She's right." Sonic added. "You have a lot of friends who care about you."

Amy went over and put her hand on Silver's shoulder.

"Do you really want to see her again? And tell her you love her?"

Silver looked into her jade green eyes.

"More than anything in the world." He answered.

Amy smirked. "Then what are doing wallowing here?"

Now everyone was making a weird face at Amy.

"You mean…" Silver started.

"If you want to see her, than do what I would do if Sonic moved away. Go find her." Amy said.

Silver smiled for the first time in weeks. Why hadn't he thought of it before? He shouldn't be sunk into self pity in his bedroom. He should be out there trying to find Blaze. He stood up tall with a smile of determination.

"You're right, Amy. I'm gonna go and find Blaze." He said.

"Good. But first, take a shower. You reek." Amy said.

"Amen to that." Sonic said.

Silver nodded and went to his bathroom. After he was done showering, he fixed his hair so it looked normal again and put on his boots and gloves. In his living room, his guests were waiting for him.

"You're really gonna go to California to find Blaze?" Shadow asked.

"You're damn right I am." Silver said.

"Great. What city is she in?" Tikal asked.

Silver went brain dead. There was a major problem with this plan.

"I…I don't know." Silver muttered.

"Wait." Shadow said. "So she told you what state she was going to, but she didn't tell you what city?"

"…no." Silver answered.

"Well then how are you supposed to find her?" Amy asked.

"Wait." Silver buried through the junk in his living room and found his laptop computer. He opened it up.

"What are you doing?" Shadow asked as he went over to him.

"I'm looking up the cities in California with the hottest temperatures." Silver said. "If there's a type of place Blaze prefers, it's a place that's hot. Now let's see…"

Silver searched it on Google. He came across five results. Sacramento, Los Angeles, Fresno, Long Beach, and San Diego.

"Alright. There are five possible locations for where she could be." Silver said.

"So what are you going to do? All these cities are spread out throughout the state and their very big cities. The odds are stacked against you." Shadow said.

"I don't care." Silver printed out the results wirelessly. "All I have to do is get to California. Then I'll handle the rest."

"What are you going to do? Go to each of these five cities one by one until you find Blaze?" Sonic asked.

"That's exactly what I'm gonna do." Silver stated. I'll buy a ticket to San Diego, start there, and work my way upstate."

"Do you even have enough money to do something like that?" Shadow asked.

"I've worked at Sony long enough to pay for my own expenses." Silver said.

Everyone was taken aback by what he had just said.

"Since when did you get a job at Sony?" Amy asked.

"I've had a job there for years. I'm in charge of giving the HDTV's background checks before they get shipped off." Silver said.

"And does your bass know that you're here wallowing?" Tikal asked.

"I asked for a sabbatical and he gave it to me. I got two years off and I'm still getting pain in full." Silver explained.

There were so many questions but they only had one.

"And does your boss even know why you took the sabbatical in the first place?" sonic asked.

"Yeah." Silver answered. "I explained I got my heartbroken. And then he told me a story of how he got divorced by his wife and she got his house. He was very understanding. My boss is so cool."

Shadow growled at that. He wish he had a cool boss that would let him take a sabbatical. But he had no such luck. He was the best agent at GUN and the head of Team Dark. There was no way he was getting any time off soon.

"So you can pay for everything yourself?" Amy said.

"That's right." Silver replied.

"I'm not sure Silver. This plan of your sounds absolutely crazy." Sonic said.

Silver hung his head down. He expected for his friends to not go along with it. But this was something he had to do. If traveling all around California meant he would see Blaze again, there was no talking him out of it. His mind was made up and there's no stopping him.

"I know it sounds crazy. But I have to do this. For too long I've been trying to tell Blaze I love her but every time, something stopped me. I'm tired of that happening. No more. This is it. This is something that I have to do. This time, I'll find her, and I'll tell her."

"But what of you find her and she says she doesn't feel that way about you?" Tikal asked.

"Then at least I'll know. I don't care. I have to tell her this in person. It can't be done over the phone. And if she says no to me, I won't care because at least I found out how she felt."

The four guests in the house wanted so badly for him to stay home, but they knew once Silver had his mind set on something, he would go after it with the strongest will and perseverance. They had no power over this.

"Alright, Silver. You better go pack." Amy said.

Silver smiled knowing his friends were on board with his plan. He nodded and headed back to his room.

"Hey Silver! You might wanna pack a hat too! I hear there's a lot of hippies in California!" Shadow called.

Silver froze up. There was a LOT of hippies in California. Shadow was right. And if he thought the problem he had with hippies here in Station Square was bad, then there was a big chance that he would get a very big surprise when he got to California. He buried through the stuff in his room and found his old sombrero. He doesn't even remember why he got it in the first place, but he figured now it will serve a full purpose as his hippie repellent. He found a suit case and started to pack a few more things. He put in the sombrero, a comb and spray for his fur and quills, soma mirrored aviator sunglasses for the sunlight, and a couple more pairs of his famous boots and gloves. Then he took a look around his room. He couldn't leave it like this. But he had some money to spare. He zipped up the bag, put it over his shoulder, and walked out of his room. His friends were still there.

"You're leaving now?" Amy didn't expect him to leave right there on the spot.

Silver nodded yes to her question.

"You're just gonna leave your house like this? Come on, hog." Sonic said.

"Now worries. I'll call Vector and tell him to do it. He needs money anyway." Silver said.

They all knew that Vector would do anything for a few bucks on the side. Espio and Charmy wouldn't like it but if Vector yelled loud enough, they'd do it just to shut him up.

"Alright then. I guess we'd better let you go." Shadow said.

"Wait. Don't you want to say goodbye to everyone before you leave?" Tikal asked.

"Nah." Silver replied. "I'd rather have less goodbyes. So…goodbye."

Tikal went up and hugged the grey hedgehog. "You be careful over there."

Silver hugged her back. "I will."

Amy joined the hug with the two of them. "Bring me back a T-Shirt from Hollywood If you go by there in LA."

Silver chuckled and looked over to the other two hedgehogs. "You guys want anything?"

"Think you can get me a Californian gun?" Shadow asked.

Silver shot him a strange look.

"I'm not old enough to buy you a gun. Sonic? What do you want?" Silver asked.

Sonic rubbed the bottom of his muzzle and thought about it. Silver was gonna go all around California. What could he ask for souvenir wise?

"Hhhhhhhmmmmm….how about a pair of running shoes? I hear they have real comfortable ones over there."

Silver rolled his eyes. He should have figured he'd ask for something like that.

"I'll see if I can ship some over." Silver said. "I gotta get to the airport. See you guys."

Silver patted Sonic and Shadow on their backs and then he walked out the door. He was about to embark on one of the craziest adventures anyone had ever been on. And it all started with a cab ride.

Me: Finally.

Sonic: What took ya?

Me: I've been busy. Let's not get any more into it.

Tikal: Where's Shadow?

Espio: Yeah. He wasn't up here with us the entire time.

Me:…aw crap. To the basement.

(everyone including me goes to the basement where it is filled with smoke)

Amy: Is he watching the weather channel?

TV: We have strong gusts moving in from the east.

Shadow: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Ha ha ha…ha! Oh weather kicks ass.

Me: I should have known he'd be curious. I'll take care of him. The rest of you go upstairs.

(Everyone goes upstairs)

Me: Okay now that they're gone, I'm gonna join Shadow here. I'll write chapter four in time. Until then, peace bitches.