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Requested by Jowy Avilon.

Unexpected Sacrifice

The sounds of robot gun fire could be heard for miles around in Emerald Hill. The sun was beginning to set and stars were appearing in the sky. A peaceful scenery compared to the raging battle below, as if nature wouldn't let it spoil its beauty. Amy had been trying to enjoy the wonderful evening when a band of Eggman's robots had decided to ambush her. Of course, Sonic was there to rush in and help her just in time.

"They just don't give up, do they?" Sonic chuckled as he destroyed three robots in a row.

Amy was swinging her hammer wildly as they came at her from all angles.

"What did you do to upset them?" Sonic accused jokingly.

Amy panted tiredly as she smashed the final robot before wiping the sweat off her brow. "I don't know, they just ambushed me. But it looks like they're taken care of."

"Yeah." Sonic smiled in agreement as he inspected the pieces of scrap metal that were scattered around them.

"Once again it looks like we made a pretty good team." Amy shifted in front of him, trying to get him to take the hint.

Sonic nodded in agreement before Amy frowned as his eyes seemed to focus on something behind her. His face morphed into a horrified expression. Amy blinked as all of a sudden she saw nothing but a wall of trees in front of her and felt the breeze of Sonic's sudden lightning fast movements. She twisted herself around as Sonic's cry of agony filled the evening air. She felt the heat of the laser against her body as it shot at Sonic's side. He dropped to the floor and Amy screamed in horror and anguish.

Her head snapped up, her eyes locking murderously with the culprit; a robot, who had remain active despite being sliced in half. In a pink blur, Amy was over there in an instant, her hammer slamming down on the robot's head so hard, it sent a shockwave through the entire forest, the nearest trees snapping in half in the process.

Amy whimpered as she heard Sonic groan behind her and she was back at his side without a second thought. Realisation hit her at what Sonic had done. That robot was about to shoot her. Sonic had taken the hit for her…

Her heart lurched at the thought of Sonic putting himself in harm's way for her sake. Why? Why would he do something so idiotic?

"Sonic!" Amy yelled in fear and distress as Sonic's eyes drooped heavily.

He let out a weak cough and Amy looked down to inspect his wound. The laser had hit him directly in the side of his torso and blood was oozing out, staining her hands and dress, but she didn't care. She looked back into his green eyes fearfully as tears flowed out of her eyes relentlessly.

"Is it bad?" Sonic tried to chuckle, but it sounded broken as he coughed again.

"It's gunna be fine," Amy managed to choke out between sobs, "I'll send a distress signal to Tails." She pressed a button on her wrist communicator. She just hoped that he got here soon. She wasn't sure if she could go on if Sonic…Amy could feel her heart struggling to work at the mere thought.

"I've been through worse." Sonic croaked.

"Why would you do something so stupid, Sonic?" Amy screamed at him.

Sonic winced, both from the pain and from Amy's raised voice. His blinks began to last longer and Amy began panicking even more.

"Sonic, please…" She begged in a haunting whisper as she cupped his cheek with her blood stained hand. She wanted so desperately to take his place; she'd do anything.

Sonic looked like he was struggling to say something as he weakly reached up to place his hand on top of hers.

"A-Amy, I…" Sonic's breath hitched and the grip he hand on her hand weakened.

The last thing he heard was Amy's painful and heartbroken scream filling the air.

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Amy had danced with death many times in her life. It was just something that came with the job. And she would gladly do it a million times for Sonic and to save the world. Sonic and all the good people in the world were worth it. She had never once dreamed when she was a child the life she would come to lead. Being a silly little fortune teller, she never really had anything going for her. But that had all changed when she had met Sonic. Her life had taken a dramatic turn. Everything seemed to light up with colour and wonder when she first made eye contact with him on Never Lake.

Her life had a purpose; a meaning.

If Sonic were to ever leave her forever, everything would be become black and white again. Devoid of anything beautiful and happy. She vowed from the moment she met Sonic that she would follow him until the end, watch over him, protect him and help him in his adventures. As she grew older, Amy often doubted that Sonic felt the same way about her and understood that he probably never could. He was devoted to the wind, the freedom it brought him. But that wouldn't stop her from fulfilling her vow to him.

"Hey, what are you doing up here by yourself?" Sonic asked curiously, making Amy jump.

Her head turned away from the vast blanket of stars in the sky to stare at a still pretty beat up looking Sonic. A bandage was wrapped around his torso and he still looked pretty weak on his feet. If he had run all the way here from Tails' house she was gunna kill him.

"Never mind me, what are you doing here?" Amy scolded as she folded her arms across her chest and glared at him. "Tails said that you need plenty of rest."

Sonic threw his arm across his forehead dramatically. "Even the notion!" He cried out jokingly before relaxing and looking down at Amy in concern. "Besides, you left in a hurry earlier, I was wondering if something was wrong."

Amy sighed, her features relaxed before turning to gaze back up at the stars. Her fingers absentmindedly tracing through the thick green grass on top of the cliff overlooking Emerald Hill.

"It's nothing." She mumbled, shrugged her shoulders.

She felt Sonic sit next to her as he stared up at the stars with her. They sat in silence for a while until Amy broke it.

"I thought you were dead."

The sudden statement took Sonic off guard as he stared down at the small pink hedgehog. He wasn't too sure how to respond to that and Amy knew it. Sonic wasn't exactly good with emotions or depressing topics.

"I thought you were gone forever."

Sonic smiled. "Well don't worry, I don't plan on going anywhere anytime soon."

Amy finally smiled back. "Good, because I don't know how I would've coped if you'd died because of me."

He waved his hand dismissively. "Seriously Amy don't sweat it."

"You mean more to me than you could ever possibly imagine." Amy whispered so lowly, she hoped that Sonic didn't pick on it.

It was then that Amy suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, when you were hurt," Amy began, "You tried to tell me something before you passed out. What was it?"

Sonic refused to turn and face her and Amy narrowed her eyes at him slightly.

"I…I don't remember."

Amy sighed as Sonic quickly dismissed the conversation. She guessed it wasn't too important and just wanted to bask in the moment of gratefulness that Sonic was alive. Amy looked back up at the sky, gently taking Sonic's hand in hers. He stiffened slightly, but didn't resist. His hand still felt solid and strong in her hand. Yeah, he was definitely still with her. And hopefully not going anywhere anytime soon.

She looked back up at the stars and gently smiled to herself in relief. Everything was still in colour.

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