No Brotherly Love

Take It All Away…Father

Sonics POV:

It's been three days since I found Alicia, and everyday she's been following me around the base. Guess I can't blame her. I mean, all these guys with guns and uniforms must freak her out, plus she has no clue on who she is or why these guys are so edgy.

But I can't complain really. She's been good company. She knows when to be quiet and what questions to ask; she doesn't ask anything too personal but instead keeps her curiosity on a neutral level.

She's become much closer to Cream. Their friendship resembles that of hers and Amy's, but as Cream has assured me, it's not anywhere near as strong. Alicia isn't as loud and hyper as Amy was; she prefers to keep to herself if she can.

One day, Alicia and I were on the roof of the base when she asked, "Who's this Amy I keep hearing about?"

I body seemed to stiffen and I could tell she noticed, her kind smile faded and was replace with her worried eyes. I regained my old posture and answered, "She was a friend of Cream, Shadow, Knuckles and I. She had more friends, and so did me and the others, but…" I trailed off, looking down to the ground floors below us.

To my surprise, she gave me a tight hug. It wasn't a suffocating one like Amy's, but it felt like one of Amy's. I couldn't move. The questions that Knuckles brought to my attention were racing through my head once more. 'What if this is Amy?' I thought. 'What if Knuckles was right and…?'

Before I could finish the thought I heard an ear piercing shriek. Alicia released me from her grip and looked up, me to follow her gaze shortly after.

Above us, we could see some form of winged creature with hundreds behind it. As I shock took over my mind, Alicia and I felt the building move slightly. We looked down and saw a huge creature, battering at the armoured doors of the base. The beast looked like the one I saw in the factory. It was huge, slow and ridiculously powerful.

Alicia got on her feet, running for the door to the base, but I heard her footsteps come to a halt as the door opened itself.

I got up and ran towards Alicia. "Alicia, what's wrong?" I asked hurriedly. She only pointed to the door and that's when I saw him. The very same being I met in the factory, the same dark aura surrounding him. His demonic eyes and figure were soul penetrating. He was the same charcoal black from before.

As I readied myself for a fight, the dark figure opened is arms, as if offering a hug, and said casually, "Son. My, my, how you have grown?"

"Who are you?" I snapped. For some reason, I felt this thing was responsible for Amy's death.

"I am your father! And you WILL treat me with respect!" He yelled furiously, taking a step towards us. As I saw him moving towards us, I froze, the whole world seemed to freeze now.

I could feel Alicia tugging at my arm; I looked down to her and saw a pair of terrified eyes gazing back at me. I placed my hand on hers and gave her a smile, and in return she too gave a smile, but a weak one. I then turned my attention back onto the dark figure that was now inches from my face. I took a step back in surprise. The creature only smiled and then turned away.

"Don't worry son, I'm not after you…yet." He said.

"Then what're you doing here?" I asked, standing in front of Alicia, as if to protect her.

My 'father' laughed at my question. "Who else would I come here for?"

Realization hit me, and I looked to Alicia, and then back at my father with my teeth gritted and my eyes blazing with fury. "Over my dead body!" I growled.

"Fine, fine. I'll let you use your charms on her for a bit longer, son. But remember this, what that 'friend' of yours told you, the one you call Knuckles, well, he was speaking the truth." He said in a calm tone. "That girl you now call Alicia IS really Amy, who is really the daughter of light. Her true name is Amelia Rosaline, and she will die."

"Why?" I said through my teeth.

"What?" My father said, turning his head to me.

"Why does she have to die?" I replied.

Father huffed, "Because she's my enemy, and because of that, she's YOUR enemy." He pointed at me accusingly.

"I choose my own enemies." I hissed. My father merely shrugged, walked away and seemed to evaporate into the air. I could hear all his beasts leaving as well. Looking down at Alicia, I saw she had questioning look on her face.

Before I could explain everything to her, she walked off back into the building and said, "That guy…was a nut job." I placed my hands on my hips, shaking my head with a smile on my face. 'It's official,' I thought, 'this girl IS Amy. Only Amy wouldn't notice anything that guy said.' But I thought it was lucky she didn't.

2 Hours Later:

It's now late evening and I'm chilling on my bed, listening to my iPod. I hear someone come in and pull my earphones from my ears. "Hey!" I shout, sitting up to face whoever dared mess with my music zone.

I saw Alicia, with a big smile on her face and two tickets in her hand. "Guess who?" She said.

I slapped my face, not in the mood for her games and asked, "What?"

"We're going on a trip!" She yelled, jumping in the air.

"A…trip?" I asked, confused.

"I told G.U.N about that weird guy and they gave everyone in your squad tickets out of here." She giggled, clearly thrilled at the idea of going away.

"Where?"

"I don't know. Somewhere tropical I think. They showed me and Cream pictures, it has beaches and…"

"You're going there on an assignment Miss Rose, not for vacationing." Alicia and I looked to my door and we saw the G.U.N agent, or as I've come to call her, the fox lady.

"A little relaxation while we're there wouldn't hurt, and why are you calling me Miss Rose." Alicia asked. I made signs to the fox lady as if to say shut it, I also mouthed abort to her, but it didn't work.

"I thought Sonic told you…never mind. And yes, I suppose you can have a little vacation time, and that's why I'm coming with you." The fox lady said with a smile.

"WHAT?" Alicia and I shouted simultaneously.

"I'm going to make sure that even while we're there, we get some work done." She answered in a matter of fact way.

"Are we forgetting something?" I asked, and the two girls looked at me. "Tails? Who's gonna stop him?"

"You are, but not yet, we need to do this. We need to investigate this person you keep bumping into. My agency is growing very worried about this dark figure and with what Knuckles tells us about you and her, they have every reason to be."

"What about me?" Alicia asked confused. I slapped my face and looked down; I knew where this was going.

"I'm sure Sonic will tell you, won't you Sonic?" The fox lady asked, clearly amused at the situation.

I looked up, putting a fake happy face on and said, "Bye, bye." I pointed to the door, making it clear I wanted her gone.

She only smirked and said in a seductive tone, "Bye, blue boy." And with that, she left. I knew exactly why she said that, to get me in even deeper doo doo with Alicia.

I saw Alicia turn to me, her arms folded and with an angry smile on her face. "What was that about?"

"What?" I asked.

Alicia impersonated the fox lady and said, "Bye, blue boy?"

"Look, she was trying to annoy you, and it seems to be working." I pointed out.

"I'm not annoyed, but still, I don't like her flirting with you." She said, turning away.

'What if Knuckles was right? What if Alicia is Amy and this is her true form? I miss the old Amy. I mean they act the same and everything, but what happened to that pink pincushion I used to know? Not that I have a problem with her new look, her fur is nice, her eyes are beautif- STOP! Stop thinking like that Sonic.' I thought to myself.

"And why did she call me Miss Rose?" I immediately snapped back into reality. I had to think of something to tell her.

"I'll tell you on the vacation." I answered, scratching my head. 'Is that the best you can come up with?'

"Fine, but I don't trust you with other women, so…" I felt something wrap around my wrist. I looked to it and saw a handcuff, and Alicia had the other one wrapped around her wrist.

"What are you doing?" I yelled.

"Making sure you don't go off with some other woman." She answered. Rather than being annoyed, I smiled. 'This is Amy, no doubt about it. I'll make you remember who you are, even if it kills me.'