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3: Secret Mission

It had been three days since Sonic had returned and he already felt like running away again. The gooey romance between Amy and Luke was making him sick and that Luke just gave him the creeps. What was it that Amy found so fascinating anyway? Could he run at the speed of sound? Fight robots with his eyes closed? Use chaos control?

Sonic snorted and Tails looked up from his project with a questioning look on his face.

"Sonic are you ok?" The fox asked. "You've been acting really weird ever since you got back."

"I'm fine." Sonic said as he sat up on his seat next to the window where he had been trying to relax for the past hour, but his thoughts kept going back to Amy. His stomach clenched painfully thinking about how she just walked away with Luke this morning. Usually she'd be hunting Sonic down right now and he'd run away as usual and Sonic found himself weirdly missing it.

"You don't look it." Tails remarked as he placed his tools down and walked over to him. "Is it something I can help you with?"

"What do you know about Luke?" Sonic asked abruptly.

Tails looked shocked at the question, but answered anyway. "Not much."

"There's something funny going on with that guy." Sonic said glaring out the window.

Tails kept trying hard to keep a straight face. Could it really be possible that Sonic the Hedgehog was jealous? It was no secret that there was definitely something between Sonic and Amy, no matter how much he tried to deny it, but it just confirmed everyone's suspicions now.

"Whatever you say Sonic." He said trying hard not to laugh as he made his way back over to the blueprints.

"I'm going for a run." Sonic announced.

"Wait Sonic!" Tails called out as Sonic was preparing to run away. "You're not going to spy on them are you?"

Sonic's eyes widened at Tails' question. "Me? Spy on them? I wouldn't dream of it."

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Sonic gagged as he hid in the tree near where Luke and Amy were sitting as Luke showered Amy with compliments. Amy lapped all the attention up and clung tightly onto the red hedgehog as he pointed out clouds that were a funny shape.

"Are you thirsty?" Luke asked Amy.

"No." She replied, but Luke reached for the bottled water anyway.

"Well it is a hot day and I don't want you to get dehydrated." He said pushing the water at her. "I can't have my precious rose withering away."

Amy giggled and took the water. "Only for you."

She had a drink and Sonic watched as Luke seemed to visibly relax once she had done so.

"So how do you feel about Sonic the idiot being back?" Luke said and Sonic had to stop himself from leaping out of the tree and strangling the creep. He expected Amy to get slightly angry at the name calling, but she didn't which shocked him.

"I don't really care." Amy replied.

Ouch, Sonic thought as he nursed his wounded pride. That was something he never expected to hear from Amy in a million years. Normally she would shout at him for staying away too long, pull him into one of her tight hugs while he tried to break free and then they'd resume the game of cat and mouse they had been playing for most of their lives. He could barely remember the times where Amy wasn't chasing him.

He did care for her, he really did. He just hated how she was so up front with her emotions all the time and refused to give him his space. If he ever did consider slowing down one day – which seemed like a long shot – Amy would be the first person he went to. She did seem to be the only girl who could keep up with him.

"I never liked that blue hedgehog anyway." Luke announced which sparked Sonic's interest. He couldn't remember meeting Luke at any point in his life before now and Luke was talking like he had known Sonic for years.

"How come?" Amy asked, voicing Sonic's thoughts.

Luke sighed before turning around to smile at Amy. There was something about the way he looked at Amy that scared Sonic slightly. There was a slight possessive and obsessive glint in his eye as he looked at her and it made Sonic frown. Something was very wrong somewhere and now no one was going to convince him otherwise.

"Because of the way he treated you, sweetheart."

Sonic nearly fell out of the tree at that one. He knew he was no saint when it came to Amy but come on! He didn't torment the girl. Did he?

"Well who needs him?" Amy said giggling as she buried her face in Luke's chest. "I have you."

Luke smiled, but the smile was all wrong. It was a sick and twisted smile. Sonic glared at Luke as he realise it was like the smile Eggman made when he had found a chaos emerald. It was devious.

"Listen babe, there's something I need to go and do." Luke said as he pried Amy's arms off him and stood up.

"You're leaving?" Amy said sounding devastated.

"I'm afraid so." Luke replied. "Duty calls, but I'll see you later."

He kissed her forehead and then ran into the trees leaving Amy all alone.

Perfect, Sonic smirked as he jumped down from the tree and appeared at Amy's side.

"Hey Amy, whatcha doing?" He asked sitting down next to the bewildered pink hedgehog.

"Nothing much." She answered and sighed longingly.

"Miss lover boy already?" Sonic asked ignoring the way his heart tightened in his chest when he was with Amy. This had been happening to him for a while now and he couldn't figure out why. Maybe he was sick. Sonic made a mental note to talk to Tails about it.

"Isn't he the greatest?" Amy said as she stared dreamily at the sky.

"Yes, he's dreamy or whatever it is you girls say." Sonic said sarcastically before becoming serious. "So where did you meet him?"

"He saved me." Amy breathed clasping her hands to her chest, directly over her heart. Sonic rolled his eyes. He'd saved Amy's life many times so what was the big deal. "I woke up from having been knocked unconscious on the streets and he helped me. He was so good to me. I hadn't seen him in years though."

Sonic had heard most of the story before, but froze at that last part.

"What do you mean?" He asked. "Did you know him before then?"

Amy looked unsure. "I think so. My memories are so cloudy I…I can't think. Why do I feel so weird?"

Sonic looked up at her. "What do you mean? What's wrong?" He looked around to see what might have triggered her uneasiness.

"I've got a headache." Amy said wrinkling her nose in pain. "I'm going home; it was nice speaking to you again Sonic."

Sonic watched as her form retreated down the hill. That was certainly weird. He'd have to really dig deep to find out what exactly that creepy hedgehog was up to.

He wouldn't rest until he had his Amy back.

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