Chapter Five: So Many Questions

Everyone made it as quickly as they can to Amy's bedroom, after Sonic was heard yelling. Everyone made it to Amy's bedroom, and saw Sonic cradling Amy in his arms. She was unconscious.

"Amy?! Amy, please wake up!" Sonic called. Amy then moaned, and her eyes slowly opened.

"So... Sonic?" Amy called. Sonic held her closely.

"Yes, Amy. It's me, I'm here." Sonic said in relief.

"Thank you for coming for me." Amy thanked.

"Anything for you, Amy baby." Sonic replied.

"Do you need anything Amy? Do you feel sick or anything?" Tikal asked. Amy nodded.

"Some water, and some migraine tablets please? I have a bad headache." Amy responded. Tikal quickly went downstairs to fetch Amy some water and tablets.

"By the way Amy, if you feel like you're ready to answer some questions, let us know." Rouge added.

"Yeah, you gave us all quite a scare when we heard about what happened." Knuckles stated.

"No, I don't mind answering questions." Amy replied.

"OK, Amy. First of all, do you remember anything before you woke up?" Shadow asked.

"I do remember. But after that, I only remember calling Sonic, then my mind went blank after that." Amy started. Sonic helped her sit on the bed.

"OK, so what exactly happened? What do you remember?" Tails asked. At that moment, Tikal came into the room and handed the water and tablets to Amy.

"Thank you, Tikal. And Tails, it's really hard to explain. But I was about to go to sleep, then I heard voices." Amy started.

"What kind of voices?" Shadow asked.

"Again, hard to explain. It was like deep, distorted. Sounded demonic." Amy explained.

"So, then what happened?" Cream now asked.

"Well, I got out of bed. And when I got out of bed, I thought it was someone invading my house. So I picked up my hammer, to threaten to whack them if they didn't leave." Amy explains as she takes her tablets, and takes a sip of water.

"But did you see anyone at all?" Tikal asked.

"No. But I did see something." Amy replied.

"What did you see, Amy baby?" Sonic asked.

"Well, this engagement ring, yes everyone, we're engaged now. Sorry we didn't tell you earlier. This engagement ring started glowing earlier, and I looked deep into it, and saw these evil demon eyes staring at me. Then some kind of aura shot out of the ring, and vanished out of the window. Now that answers how the windows and other glasses are smashed." Amy explained with fear.

"My God! Well whatever that thing was, it's out there now. We need to go out there, find this thing, and stop it at whatever cost." Knuckles explained.

"Well, let's not rush into these things yet Knuckles. We don't even know what this thing is yet." Tails added.

"He's right. This thing could be deadly. It damn well nearly scared Amy to death, it's a mystery of what it could do next." Shadow added.

"So now what?" Rouge asked.

"Well, there's blood on the floor there. Think that leads anywhere?" Cream pointed out.

Everyone focussed on the blood on the floor, and Sonic even checked Amy to see if there were any wounds on her.

"Well, you have a few scratches Amy. But that's nowhere near enough to leave a huge puddle of blood on the ground." Sonic stated.

"No, that can't be my blood at all." Amy thought.

"It must've belonged to that thing that attacked Amy." Cream thought.

"Maybe. But the only way we can tell for sure is by taking a sample of it, and bring it to Eggman. He can maybe find some clue of what this thing is." Tails explained.

"You sure that's wise, Tails?" Knuckles asked.

"Do you have a better idea? Eggman is the only one I know who's capable of having this kind of things. And I sure as hell don't have time to make my own one. Not with that thing on the loose anyway." Tails replied.

"Well, let's check the news. Maybe something has been reported about it." Rouge advised.

"Good idea, Rouge." Shadow said. After that they switch on the TV.

"In other news, a sad loss has been taken here in the woods. At 23:30, the fisher known as Big the Cat was brutally murdered today by a mysterious youth. Along with his pet frog, Froggie." The news reporter stated.

"Oh my God, WHAT?! Big is dead?! No, it can't be!" Cream started crying, and rested her head on Tails' chest.

"I know, Cream. It saddens us too." Tails tries to comfort her.

"This is getting fucked up now. I can't believe that it did that." Knuckles said. Tikal held his hand to comfort him.

"And a suspect who saw the whole thing claimed that he saw this creature that murdered him. We will bring you to him." The news reporter explained.

"So Barryl, could you please explain to us what this was, if you remember?" the reporter asks.

"Well, it's hard to describe. But it had a red aura to start with. I only saw the back of it, but I knew who it was when I saw him. It was a hedgehog. It was..." he pauses.

"Who was it, Barryl?" the reporter asks.

This even got everyone watching the TV confused. It looked familiar? Who could possibly have done this?

"Sonic the Hedgehog!" Barryl replied.

Everyone gasped in shock, but Sonic on the other hand was very angry about this.

"No! Just no! No FUCKING WAY! Why is it every time a new thing arrives, it turns out to be a hedgehog, people always assume that it's ME! ARE PEOPLE REALLY THAT FUCKING STUPID?!" Sonic snaps.

Sonic kicks the TV hard enough, it fell off the unit. Knuckles and Shadow grabs Sonic, and hold him in place to try and calm him down.

"Sonic, calm down! This isn't helping anything!" Knuckles told him.

"No, I will not fucking calm down! People thought I was Metal Sonic, but do I look like a fucking robot?! People thought I was you, Shadow! But I am not black and red, nor do I wear hover shoes! And embarrassing of all, people even thought I was Silver! But one: I can't fly, Two: I'm not grey, and Three: I'M THE FASTEST FUCKING THING ALIVE! Silver is slow as a fucking turtle!" Sonic snaps again.

"Sonic, we know that it wasn't you! They said it happened at 23:30! It's now 00:00, and you have been with us for an hour." Shadow explained. Sonic then took deep breaths and calmed himself down.

"OK, so that's me innocent, to you guys. But now people will be on to me, because they think that I've murdered Big!" Sonic thought.

"Well, there's nothing we can really do about that for the moment, Sonic. We're just going to have to try and not get you spotted by the police." Tails advised. Sonic sighs.

"I guess so." Sonic replied.

"So what do you advise we do?" Shadow asked.

"Well from what I can see, this is a job that only us four can do. The girls, you need to go to Angel Island, and make sure Amy is safe. Me, Sonic, Tails and Shadow will go and pay Eggman a visit to investigate the blood. You got a sample, right Tails?" Knuckles asked. Tails had just finished collecting some blood on a cotton swab, and placed it in a container.

"Got it!" Tails called.

"Right, let's get going!" Sonic stated, and everyone agreed.

After that, the ladies began to make their way towards Angel Island, and the guys made their way towards the Tornado. Sonic sat on one side of the wing, Shadow sat on the other side, Knuckles sat in the back seat, and Tails of course sat in the driver's seat.

"Alright, preparing for take off!" Tails called out.

After that, the plane started moving, and then it flew off from the ground. The question is, what will happen when they arrive at Eggman's fortress? Will he be willing to help?