After maybe not even a minute of kissing, Sonic remembered that all of their friends could still see them. He released his grip and stood back from her, waiting for some sort of response. Amy wrapped one arm around herself and felt her lips with the other hand as she looked up at him, her eyes welling with tears.

'Sonic, you have to leave. You all do. If you don't I'll have to-'

'Well, well, well. If it isn't my favourite blue brat?' A voice cut her off and they whirled around.

'Eggman!' Sonic exclaimed as he looked up to the grossly obese doctor in his tiny hovercraft. Oh, the irony.

'Would you do the honors? My Empress?' Eggman asked with a fake sweetness. Amy let a tear slide down her cheek before looking back into the eyes of her hero. She had no choice.

'Attack!' Amy cried as she pushed a button on a new wrist pad she was fashioning.

Before the gang could work out what was happening, out came hundreds upon hundreds of small Eggman robots. They headed straight towards Sonic, ready to fight. Shadow and Knuckles leapt out from behind the bushes and ran to his aid, causing Tails and Rouge to follow.
They all you their abilities to fight off as many as they could at a time but it was no use, the robots just kept coming. Sonic devoured through them, making his way towards Amy.

'Attack, Amy!' Eggman shouted.

'Please, Eggman. Please don't make me do this!'

'I said… ATTACK!' He shouted again.

Amy forced back the tears as she lunged forward to take on her blue hero. She certainly caught him off guard, if he was honest, he didn't think she would do it. She tackled him to the ground before summoning her hammer, as she was about to strike him he shifted their weight so he could pin her down.

'Why are you doing this?' Sonic exclaimed.

'You don't understand, I don't have a choice!' Amy cried as she pushed him off her and punched him in the face.

'Sonic! Help me!' Tails cried as he was being piled on by several robots.

'I'll help you…' Eggman snarled to himself as he pushed down hard on a massive yellow button.

As Sonic ripped off the robots from his brother and the last of them had been destroyed, the gang whirled around to see the same metallic beast that was in Bocoon's message. They all backed away, suddenly standing closer together as a group. Amy backed away on her own, tripping up and falling on her behind. The machine's canon appeared to be charging up, as if it was about to shoot.

'Here is a hand leaving!' Eggman exclaimed before breaking out into manic laughter.

'No! We had a deal! If you want an Empress then you need to stick to your end!' Amy exclaimed as she stood up and jumped up on top of the beast.

Eggman let out a huff as he eyed Amy off, letting her words seep in. The rest of the team looked on in confusion. So there really was a deal? What was it? What was making Amy do something so rebellious? Eggman finally let out a grunt when he realized she was right, he wanted an Empress for his empire, after all.

'Fine, but if they don't leave now-'

'I'll take care of it!' Amy cut him off as she jumped off the beast.

'Lucky this time, Hedgehog. Very lucky.' Eggman snorted as he and his creation retreated to inside his base.

After Eggman had gone, Cream and Cosmo came out from behind the bushes and stood beside the rest of the team. They both stared on at their pink friend, trying not to cry. Amy simply stared back at them as she heard her heart shatter into a million pieces.

'I guess that's how you all knew what was coming?' Amy questioned, referring to Cream and Cosmo.

'Tails trained them well.' Sonic replied.

'Looks like we trained you all too well.' Shadow snickered causing Rouge to whack him.

Amy bowed her head in shame as everyone fell silent. Nothing really broke the silence, just the tension… when Cream ran up to her and hugged her around the waist. Everyone just looked up in, well, shock. It wasn't rare the sisterly duo would hug but in these circumstances it was almost risky. Cream let a few tears slide down her cheeks as she squeezed the air out of her big sister. Amy closed her eyes as she forced back the tears, too scared to hug her back incase Eggman was still watching.
Cream finally let go and walked back to stand by Cosmo. The gang began to peel off, one by one, and walk back towards the X-Tornado. No one even looking Amy in the eye let alone say anything to her. Eventually, there were only two left standing. Sonic and Amy. Face to face, unable to avoid everything that had just happened. Their first kiss and their first legitimate battle all in the space of ten minutes, if that.

'Goodbye, Sonic the Hedgehog.' Amy said softly as she turned around.

'Amy, please let me-'

'Sonic,' She cut him off and turned her head just enough to see him, 'go.'

Sonic watched on as she walked through the entrance of the Eggbase. He didn't try and stop her this time. Not just because it was no use but because he couldn't force himself to do it again. He was shocked, angry, upset and all around confused. He was scared for his friend... scared for someone who may even be more.