Chapter 2: Take Off, at the Speed of Sound

SONIC'S POV

We went back to what now qualified as our 'home'. It wasn't a bad place, but I was still getting used to living in this big building with almost all of my friends already there. The only one who wasn't was Knuckles, and I hardly ever saw him anyway.

I was on the garage roof still trying to get the extremely annoying thing out of my ear. It was really hindering my hearing! I was leaning against the window when I suddenly heard Amy's voice.

"You're impossible! You never hear a thing I say!" She screamed. I hadn't even heard her coming. And her voice sounded off, louder in my left ear, like a pair of broken headsets. Unlike headsets though, I couldn't just take my ears off.

"Hey Amy, what's all the shouting about?" Chris asked. So she was shouting. I glanced down. Tails was next to him with his arms relaxed behind his head. Amy looked at them with a venemous glare.

"Your friend Sonic's acting weirder than ever!" Amy complained. Tails immediately looked up and I looked back at my right ear, swiveling my left ear ever so slightly so my disturbed hearing could well… hear them better.

"Whadaya mean he's acting weird?" I caught Tails asking.

"He's off in his own little world!" Guess who said that. Here's a hint: I could practically feel her glare.

"That's not weird Amy, that's Sonic." Tails contradicted. He emphasized Sonic. Although you wouldn't think so, in its own way that was Tails backing me up.

"He's worst than ever! He hasn't listened to a single word I've said all day!" Hopefully, Amy's rage would reside soon. All this yelling was giving me a headache, especially considering the fact that it felt like she was screaming in one ear while whispering quietly in the other. At the same exact time.

"Well, maybe he's got something on his mind." Chris guessed. Did I really look like I was thinking? I would've told him he was wrong, except it would've blown my cover. Plus I'd have Amy to deal with. And she is one nasty hedgehog when mad.

"I should've known you wouldn't understand!" In a corner of my mind, I was still trying to remember what she had been saying all day. It's like she expects me to pay attention to every word she says. I don't even do that for Tails! I felt something go 'beep' in my right ear. It kept on beeping, and I suddenly felt a lot of pain. I might have heard some gasps, but I didn't care. Before my brain could process what I was doing, I had jumped down and taken off, clutching my head.

AMY'S POV

I could only stand there, dumbfounded. What had happed? One minute, I was standing there yelling at him, and the next, he had yelled and took off running.

"He does seem stressed." Chris said, stating the obvious.

"He thinks he's stressed, try being me!" I replied. I'm the one who has had to put up with his ignorance all day.

"That'd be horrible." I heard Chris sarcastically mutter under his breath. Grrr…..

"What'd you say?" I demanded. Chris cowered a little under my anger. I didn't blame him one bit. He laughed nervously.

"The only way to figure out what's really going on with Sonic is to follow him in the X-Tornado." Chris hastily told Tails. He gave a quick nod.

"I'm coming with you guys." I said. If that Sonic thinks he can get off with ignoring me, he had another thing coming!

Well, I actually got a review on the first day! Was not expecting that! But, like I promised, here's the next chapter. Oh, the first chapter's title was a Strawberry Shortcake song... I think. I haven't watched the movie enough times, so people who have, you can tell me off about it. I've introduced a new point of view in this chapter, so you can see as much as possible. Don't worry, besides for a couple of exceptions I'll only use Sonic's, Amy's, and Eggman's point of view. Okay... this is long, sogoodbye!