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Requested by Tan. A continuation of 'Boom: First Meeting'.

Boom: We Meet Again

"We're never going to find this temple before Eggman does." Tails sighed in frustration. "The Temple of Eternal Doom isn't on any map that I could find."

"We've already tried the Temple of Infinite Doom and the Temple of Everlasting Doom," Knuckles listed, "Man, people from the past sure didn't have a lot of creativity."

Sonic frowned as he stared at the map that Tails was studying. The young fox was sat cross-legged on the ground, his eyes squinting in concentration as he tried to decipher any possible hidden meaning. Knuckles stared down too, oblivious, but nonetheless pretending to think. Sonic looked back up, looking around the small village they had stopped to rest in, and began tapping his foot impatiently, placing his hands on his hips. If Eggman unlocked the power source inside the temple before they could get there first and stop him then nothing would stop the insane scientist from taking over the world as he desired.

His eyes scanned the village before resting on a larger stone building with books displayed in the window. A library. That was as good a place to start with looking for answers. Maybe there was some smart person in there who had heard of this temple.

"I'll be right back." Sonic announcing, zooming off before his two friends had time to reply.

Loudly, he burst the doors open, earning him the quick, harsh shush of the librarian. Sonic smiled guiltily before walking as quietly as possible over to the main desk where an elderly looking squirrel was sat thoroughly engaged in a large, old, dusty book. He didn't look up as Sonic approached who began tapping his fingers against the wooden desk impatiently. Sonic cleared his throat, but still got no response.

Sonic rolled his eyes before speaking, "Excuse me?"

The old squirrel jumped, gasping slightly before slamming his book down, smiling politely at Sonic as he pushed his glasses up his nose.

"Oh, I'm so sorry my boy, I didn't see you there." He apologised. "One could get lost in a good book forever. Such wonderful inventions. The sharing of stories, fact or fiction. Truly a wonderful thing."

"Err, yeah." Sonic agreed awkwardly, wanting to get to the point.

"So, is there anything I can help you with, son?"

"Yeah, I was wondering of you know anything about the Temple of Eternal Doom?" Sonic asked, leaning forward on the desk as the old squirrel pondered his question.

He pushed his glassed up his nose again, leaning closer to Sonic so he could whisper and be heard. "And what would a young man like you want to do in such a place? You have plenty of years ahead of you. That isn't a place for fun. Many a men have ventured there; few have returned. The survivors never spoke of that place."

Sonic tried to contain his frustration. "But it's very important that I get there. This evil lunatic is after something that's there and I need to get there before him and stop him."

"I see." The squirrel leaned back, staring past Sonic with a thoughtful expression. "Well, I do know one person who might be able to help you."

Sonic's ears pricked up hopefully and his green eyes lit up. "Really? Who?"

"A good friend of mine. A patron of this library and one of the finest archaeologists of our time. Well, amateur, but a very promising one indeed."

"Who is he? Where can I find them?" Sonic practically begged.

"She my dear boy." The squirrel corrected him. "I'm sure Miss Rose will be around the village somewhere. She recently just donated some of her excavations so I imagine she is still around. I'm confident she will help you."

Rose? Now why did that name sound familiar to Sonic? He thought about it for a moment, but couldn't quite put a face to the familiar name he had just heard. His brain came up blank, but the niggling feeling persisted that he had heard that name before. Shaking the feeling off, he pushed himself away from the desk, smiling politely at the old squirrel.

"Thanks." Sonic said before dashing out of the door. He could just about see Tails and Knuckles in the distance, appearing to be fighting over the map. He was about to head back over when he heard a scream of fright coming from around the corner of the building. Wasting no time, Sonic quickly ran around the corner in time to see a pink hedgehog pull an elderly wolf away from a masked male who looked like he was trying to snatch the old lady's purse.

"Brave little lady aren't ya?" The robber mocked. "You should stay outta other people's business. This is between me and the old lady."

Sonic watched frozen in shock as the pink hedgehog pulled out a giant hammer.

"Like my hammer?" The girl smirked, spinning it around in her hand as the robber's jaw dropped in shock, before he ran away without another word.

It was her. The memories came flooding back to him. The fight for the sceptre. She was the girl from the temple, the archaeologist who easily stood her own against Eggman. Amy Rose. His heart began pounding in his chest at the sight of her again, his legs turned to jelly and his mind went completely blank as he continued to stare at her.

"Sonic!" Amy gasped as she caught sight at him and all Sonic could do was wave awkwardly. What was happening to him? It was like his coolness had suddenly drained out of him. She had promised that she would see them again, but this soon? This was the girl he was looking for? He knew the name had sounded familiar. This cute little thing was the finest archaeologist that was supposed to help him? Fine was definitely the appropriate word. Wait, what?

"It's great to see you again." Amy beamed as she approached him.

"So, getting involved in purse robberies as opposed to stealing from temples now?" Sonic snapped out of his trance, teasing her lightly.

Amy giggled. "Yeah well, never a dull moment as they say. So what brings you here?"

Sonic smoothed his quills back and smiled. "You were actually just the hedgehog I was looking for."

"I was?"

"Because I have a little favour to ask of you." Sonic requested and Amy folded her arms casually as she waited for him to continue. "Do you remember that guy at the temple where we first met?"

"The one with all the robots and that weird moustache?"

"That's the one." Sonic smirked. "Anyway, he's been causing more trouble again and now he's heading to the Temple of Eternal Doom and it's important that we stop him and I got told you knew about it."

Amy frowned. "The Temple of Eternal Doom; a dangerous place. I know roughly where it is, but very few people have ever returned and they never spoke of what they experienced there. It rests in uncharted territory and the legend states that a great, dangerous power lies within. It's practically a suicide mission."

Sonic's hopes crashed down as she spoke. There's no way he could expect her to help him with something like that. He'd hate to endanger her on his account. He braced himself for her obvious and quite honestly sensible answer.

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Amy laughed, jumping up and down with excitement.

Sonic stared at her in shock. "Are you sure?"

"Absolutely." She cheered. "I've always wanted to go there and besides, you helped me out in the temple; I owe you one. Plus, we made a pretty good team beforehand."

"Yeah." Sonic smiled, her happiness and excitement was contagious. "My friends Tails and Knuckles are over there so let's meet them and then we can get going."

Amy followed him over to Tails and Knuckles who stopped squabbling once they approached.

"Amy Rose?" Tails gasped. "Wow, great to see you again."

"Likewise." Amy smiled.

"Knuckles, this is Amy. She's an archaeologist and she's gunna show us the way to the temple."

Amy nodded before gesturing for them to follow her. "Follow me, if you dare."

Tails immediately began following, but Sonic and Knuckles held back slightly as Knuckles nudged him.

"So, how do you know this girl, huh?"

Sonic rolled his eyes. "We battled Eggman together once."

"And are you sure nothing else happened?"

Sonic nearly tripped over his own feet. "What the heck are you talking about?"

Knuckles shrugged. "I don't know. I just know that guys say that to each other when they meet girls. Not too sure what it means though."

Sonic sighed, shaking his head in annoyance before picking up the pace to catch up with Amy and Tails. The girl looked like she was fitting right in. Sonic smiled as he stared at her, knowing that they would probably share a lot more adventures together.

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