Chapter 6

Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?

Amy's P.O.V

I wandered through the rubble, coughing all the way, I didn't know what I was looking for, but what I knew as that I had to find it. I picked up the contraption and dusted it with my elbow and smiled sadly. I rushed into a collapsing building and hammered my way into the floor and buried it, covering it with the rubble. I stepped outside and glanced at the area one more time before striking the building with my hammer a few times, with tears streaming down my face.

"Amy!" he yelled I glanced around and dashed towards my friends hammer ready in my sweaty palms, gripping the handle for dear life.

He laughed wickedly in his egg-carrier and his mean eyes bored into me. It seemed he was talking to Sonic before I came then he smiled and spat that he wanted what I had buried. I tensed and gripped my hammer.

"You gotta kill me to get my dad's invention!" I yelled

"With pleasure "

I charged after the mad man and arched my hammer behind me, but as I was about to swing a voice called out and he dodged, with shock in my face,, I froze and he shot me in my leg, just missing my stomach, I landed with a loud thud and coughed. I got up shaking and wiped my mouth.

I looked up to see a blue blur socking the mad man in the face causing him to fall out of his carrier. I smiled at the blur and a whit blur shone along the sides of his mouth, his eyes shone and I was instantly lost in the emerald pools, until I heard him and the blue blur sped to his direction, I saw a ray point to the top of its head, missed, but purposely. I ran after him as the coward sped away.

"SONIKKU!" I yelled

"Gah!" I sat up abruptly, only to be pulled back down.

"Ames, Ames calm down" the voice soothed.

I shot my head around to face those eyes, soothing and comforting. I managed to slow my breathing, keeping my eyes locked with his.

"Sonikku?" I asked breathlessly.

He froze, I felt as if the room became tense the hair heavy. Someone cleared their throat.

"Hello Amy" it said softly.

Sally was sitting at the foot of my bed, her face soft, but her eyes were cold.

"I see your memory is back?" she asked

"My, my memory?" I asked her.

"You do know who we are don't you?" she asked gesturing to the room.

"Yes" I said nodding my head.

"And Sonic?" she asked carefully gesturing to the blue blur next to me.

"Yes" I said smiling

He smiled with me, as if he was overjoyed, his eyes danced.

"I met him yesterday" I said looking back at Sally.

Her eyes smiled then, she nodded her head and seemed to fake a frown. I was really confused, even more confused when Sonics eyes fell lifeless and his smile seemed sad. Really, what was going on here?

"Excuse me for a minute Ames" he said standing up. He motioned Sally to follow him and she did, holding his arm.

What was she to Sonic? I wondered. Where had she been when I first woke up?

Her voice seemed so familiar, like the one that yelled to the madman. Everyone gave me small smiles and I returned it, but in my head I know something wasn't right….i don't remember Sonic at all, and everyone is saying that I should.

"Amy, we're going to get you out of bed today" Cream smiled

"I can walk?!" I said looking at her with a bright smile.

"You can" Tails said smiling.

Sonic's POV

She doesn't remember, what was I thinking? That she'd wake up after yesterday and tell me she remembers her sonikku. I stopped walking suddenly.

Did I just hear her say "her sonikku? "I blinked a familiar heat crept up my muzzle, a smile creeped to my lips and they curved upwards.

"Baby!" Sally said snapping her fingers in my face.

"Huh?" I asked looking at her angry blue eyes.

"I said we should talk" she said folding her arms.

"Oh um right, your right, let's go outside" I said taking her folded arm and pulled her towards the door.

We sat in the chairs that Tails had outside and I turned mine to face her. Sally's hair was in a pony-tail, she cut it now and then but I liked it long. She was wearing a light blue sun dress that brought out her eyes, she kept brushing loose strands of her hair from her face as the wind blew it. She looked at me seriously and I returned the stare, she deserves a serious fiancée, and I was going to give her one.

"Sonic, our wedding has been postponed quite enough times" she said softly

"I know Sal, I do, I just didn't want to get married when Amy-"

"I know, u didn't want her to wake up confused, or sad that she missed everything right?" she asked holding my hands in hers.

Was that my reason?

"Yeah, that's it" I lied.

"Well, now she's awake baby, if you want I can even make her a brides maid, she would look so cute in blue." She smiled.

Bridesmaid…?

I smiled tightly. "That would be cool" I said softly.

"How about in two weeks?" She asked bubbly.

"Two weeks?" I swallowed.

"Yes Sonic, we've been engaged over a year" she said cocking an eyebrow. She looked angry, but her eyes were dancing. My ear twitched when I heard a backward step.

"Oh, im so sorry to interrupt" she swallowed.

Shit.

Amy was dressed in casual clothes, jeans and a white T-Shirt that had a little Chao holding a pink heart saying in bold letters "Chaos' Love Me". My guess, she borrowed Creams shirt. It showed because she wore a light blue undershirt to cover up her stomach that would have probably been showing. Her quills seemed longer now that she was standing up. Her magenta eyes were bouncing between sally and I's entwined hands. I pulled them away and stood up.

"N-no , you weren't, uh…Ames, your walking" I said tightly

"Oh? Yeah, I have been for the last 15 minutes, you know? Just getting my lazy butt out of bed" sh shrugged tucking a strand behind her ear.

I smiled warmly, "Then you wont mind taking a walk with me?" I asked

"Ahem!" Sally coughed.

Double shit. How did I manage to forget my fiancée?

"No, no that's ok Sonic, I actually interrupted something, I'll just probably go with Cream or something, it's afterschool anyway so I should catch up with the girls, but thank you so much for the offer" she said a little too quickly.

She waved at Sally who returned it gravely and looked back at me and smiled apologetically and disappeared in the workshop again.

My shoulders slumped as I saw her retreating figure disappear. I ran a hand threw my quills and let out a sigh. I faced Sally and offered a lopsided smile.

"Two weeks?" I asked nervously.

"Okay, three, but that's as much as im going Sonic, were going into Summer." She said seriously.

"And, you don't want a summer wedding.." I breathed out.

"Exactly" she said and stood up. "Im going over by Bunnie, call me when you want to discuss our wedding alright?" she said putting her handbag over her shoulder.

"Yeah, ok" I said looking out at the setting sun.

"Alright then, I'll see you at home" she said and kissed my cheek. And with that she left me standing on the porch.

I sighed and went back inside the moment her car disappeared.

Amy was sitting on the couch laughing at a photo album in front of her. I smiled when she snorted and held her mouth then burst out laughing again with Cream and Rouge. Her eyes met mine and held them there, she offered a small smile and I returned it and she turned her attention back to what Cream was pointing at.

Tails came out from Amy's "room" holding a sheet and smiled at me. He came over and smiled at the girls.

"Hey Cream, I gotta getcha home remember?" he asked

The Rabbit looked up and pouted. "Aw, do I really have to go? I was going to show Amy one more album" she said with puppy dog eyes, I knew Tails couldn't resist it and I wanted to see how this was going to play out.

But his face stiffened. "C'mon Cream, I don't want Vanilla to get mad at me" he said with a small smile.

She groaned, kissed Amy on the cheek and gave her a hug. She shyly said bye to me and I nodded. The fox and Rabbit went outside and I watched as Tails revved up his twin tails and cream her ears and they were off.

Rouge got up and stretched her wings and folded them up again.

"Well sugar I have to get to work" she said pinching Amy playfully and waved 'bye' to me.

"See ya Rouge" she said as the bat left.

"Hey" I smiled.

"Hi" she said with a small blush.

"So what was Cream showing you?" I asked sitting casually next to her.

"Pictures when I was thirteen, all our adventures and battles as kids." She said picking up a picture of her and Cream doing a thumbs up.

"But…a lot of pictures look like their missing, Cream said so too, like someone just took a lot out, she said that you were in them. I wonder who would do that…and why?" she said touching an empty slot.

"Hey, about that walk" I said softly

"I would love to" she said meeting my gaze.

We both froze when we realized how close we were to each other, we both tuned as red as a tomato and drew away quickly.

"Uhm, im going to get changed" she said shooting up to her feet.

"Yeah, yeah you should do that you know? like yeah" I said shooting up as well.

"R-right, so im just gonna" she said pointing to the back of the room

"Yeah go, ill wait on you" I said quickly.

"Right, so um…uh yeah" she said turning the wrong direction hitting straight into my chest. I grabbed her arms in time and pulled her up. Her hands gripped my shirt and her eyes were glued to mine, her muzzle was blood red and how close we were I could hear her heart beating faster and faster, and I wondered, if she could hear mine too. Her breathing was soft and uneasy, nothing to worry about since she was just frightened. She smells…sweet, like strawberries.

"Uh" she said hopelessly.

I let go. "Right, go and change" I said gulping.

She nodded and walked quickly to the back of the workshop to go and change. I ran a hand threw my quills and sighed.

What's wrong with me? It's only Ames for God's sake!

Amy's P.O.V

I closed the door quietly behind me and leant against it. I bit my lower lip and smiled uncontrollably.

Mr. Sonic was really close just then, I wondered if he heard my heart hammering in my chest just now? I asked myself clutching my chest.

But then I remembered what I'd heard.

"Sonic, we've been engaged for over a year" Sally had said. He's engaged, there's no reason for me to just wake up and ruin someone's marriage, although I wonder why he waited so long.

I shook my head and decided that was none of my business and looked though a drawer that had new clothes in it. I picked out a cotton red shirt and changed from black to blue short jeans. I put on a pair of red flip-flops and tangled my messy quills in a neat pony-tail. I took a breath and walked as calmly as I could to the waiting blue blur. I stopped in my tracks when he turned around, his emerald eyes staring at me shyly.

Why is he so familiar?

Sonics P.O.V

"Ready?" I asked her.

"Yep, this should be fun, it's my first time outside, well other than earlier today, I was gonna take a walk, but I interrupted you and Sally so" she said shrugging her shoulders.

"You didn't, anyway, the sun is setting so I figured the beach down the road would be nice this time of day" I said quickly. I didn't want to talk about Sally, at least not with Amy.

"Oh! I love the beach! Let's get going already!" she said rushing past me and tearing out through the door.

I chuckled, that girl is full of energy.

"At least wait om me Ames, im gonna leave a note for Tails in case he comes home before we do." I yelled out to her.

"Okay!" she yelled back.

I wrote a short note to Tails and set it on the couch, I left and locked up and walked down to Amy who was sitting on the bottom of the stairs that led to Tails house.

"Ready to go?" I asked.

She beamed up at me and stood up. "Yeah lets go" she said smiling.

Amy and I walked the boardwalk and talked endlessly, I listened to her ramble on about ho er=everyone changed and how happy she was to recognize everyone, well all except for me. We sat in the sand and she eyes the setting sun dreamily.

"I just don't get it" she sighed.

"Get what?" I asked looking at her.

"The missing pictures, the dream I always have every night. This pain in my neck, you, it dosnt make any sense. Sonic, how long was I asleep?" she croaked out

"Three Years" I whispered.

"Three…three years?" she asked tearing up.

"Why don't I remember you?" she cried.

"Ames. I don't know, I really don't….wait a minute. A dream a pain in your neck?" I asked

"Well yeah and its itches sometimes." She said placing her gloved hand on her neck.

"Can I see?" I asked carefully.

"Sure" she said wiping her face. She sat up straight and I turned her head to meet my eyes and blushed looking at her neck, it was slightly red in one area and seemed swollen in some way. I touched it gently with one finger and she flinched.

"You okay?" I asked

"Yeah, you can continue" she said softly.

I nodded and ran it around the area, Amy stayed quiet. I found myself running it past the swollen area and further down her neck. I heard a soft purr escape her lips and I had to hold back a growl, so I swallowed hard to keep it where it belonged. My finger ran its way upwards again, more slowly earning my a slightly louder purr from her. He next thing I found myself doing was placing a small kiss on the crook of her neck.

"Sonic.." she breathed out.

This time my growl escaped me, I couldn't help it, the way she moaned my name just now, it was almost unbearable. "Ames.." I said softly against her neck.

Reality hit and I faced her, her eyes seemed mixed somehow, like hints of Jade in them.

"Ames,, your eyes, how?" I asked.

"I dunno what you're talking about sonikku" she said dizzily.

"S-sonikku?" I asked gulping.

"Isn't that what I always call you?" she asked dizzily.

"Ames your remembering!" I said excitedly, but how? When?

My thoughts were interrupted by a hovering sound close by I shot my head around to the sound and stood up abruptly glaring at the person in front of me.

"Eggman" I growled.

"Sonic the Hedgehog, its been a long time old friend" he sneered

"I dunno what hit you in the head, but last time I checked, we're not friends" I spat.

"Ohoho!? I see a familiar face there" he smiled wickedly

"E-eggman?" Amy asked before fainting.

"Ames!" I yelled in panic and scooped her in my arms. "What did you do?!" I yelled at the doctor.

"Me? Why would you assume I made her faint, word is shes just woken up, she must be exhausted from all shes been experiencing" he smiled.

"Whats it to ya?"

"Oh? Just curious, now Sonic If im correct I heard you say she's just starting to remember?" he asked

"What's. it. To. Ya?" I asked again

"Look dear boy, im only concerned about her, what happens when she remembers you, and little miss Acorn hm? Heartbreak im sure, and another thing, I caught your little moment there before I made myself known to u. im sure Sally would love it, after all I know where you live." He laughed and zoomed away.

What the hell? Why the hell?

I glanced down at Amy and my heart shattered.

What if he's right, but how did he know about Amy's condition, he had to be the one that drugged her, for her eyes to look that way, I glanced at her neck again and sped towards the workshop. Tails needs to know about this!

X

"Tails!" I yelled

"Im here Sonic how was your wal-" he stopped mid-sentence when he saw Amy almost lifeless in my arms.

"Get her in her room" he said hurriedly and ran into her room, I saw him hooking up machines again and my stomach immediately felt uneasy. I set her down on the bed and he waisted no time in hooking her up.

"Tails look at her neck, she was complaining about it today, said it was itchy and painful, then Eggman showed up and.." I started

"Eggman?! What's he doing here?!" he asked horrified.

"I don't know, anyway, he said something fishy bout Ames condition and it made me feel uneasy, I think he drugged her" I said breathlessly.

He nodded and went to examine her neck carefully.

"And tails, something else" I said softly.

"Yeah?" he asked looking up for a second.

"Today, after she complained about her neck, I uh asked her to see it and she allowed me to, and..and um, I accidentally kissed her neck for some reason, and her eyes began to change, and she called me sonikku and asked if she didn't call me that all the time and…well that's when egg head showed up and.."

"Sonic…you did what?" he asked with a small grin.

I blushed…deeply.

"But what about Sal-"

"SONIC THE HEDGEHOG!" she screamed.

"Shit" I muttered.