Chapter 9: Romance and Robots:
Sonic was still kneeling in front of Amy at the restaurant, his ears perked up in hopeful anticipation. Amy was stunned. Her eyes started to become shaky with tears. She could not believe what was happening. Finally, she mustered up the nerve to speak.
"Yes. Yes I will!" She finally said.
Sonic was struck. His heart was beating rapidly inside his hairless chest. His face lit up, and still on his knees, he immediately swept Amy off her feet, and the new couple sank into a deep kiss. But their moment of love was shattered as suddenly, a robot with eight long spider-like legs broke through the wall of Le Chao Bistro. Sonic got into a fighting stance, standing in front of the shocked Amy. The cockpit of the robot opened, and Dr. Eggman stood up. Just as this happened, a crew of news reporters burst into the restaurant and began filming the action.
My name is Miles Prower, but everyone calls me Tails!
With almost everyone out for the night, Knuckles and I decided to
go out for dinner! And not just ANY dinner! We both agreed that we'd
intentionally fuck with Sonic and eat his favorite food without him! Ha ha!
He may be my best friend, but I'm sure EVERYONE has fucked with their
bestie at least ONCE before, am I right? Anyways, boy are we tired...and a little
heartburnt. I think we both ate too many dogs! See, we ordered 12, which
is the number we usually get when Sonic is with us, but instead of dividing
them up into thirds, we did halves! ...But enough about dinner! Time
to see what's on tonight!
Tails and Knuckles arrived back home. With a sigh, Tails said:
"As much as I'm happy for Sonic's relationship, it just doesn't feel the same going out for chili dogs without him."
Knuckles nodded.
As they headed to their room, they looked through the glass door leading out to the now dark backyard. They stopped because they could hear noises. Tails stepped outside and flipped a switch. The swimming pool lights and the lights in the garden lit up, and now they could see what they were hearing. Shadow was chasing Rouge around in the swimming pool. Rouge tried to swim to the deep end, but Shadow was too fast, and grabbed her. Rouge let out a yelp as the black hedgehog pulled her in close. The two were laughing as they were horsing around the pool, splashing and having a good time.
"I'll never understand love." Tails sighed, walking off.
"Now just what the hell are you two doing?!" Knuckles asked the couple.
"Oh, just going for a little swim…WHOA!" Rouge replied, just as Shadow swam up beneath her and picked her up on his shoulders.
He dropped her back in the water, and she popped back up, knocking him into the water as she jumped onto him and kissed him. Knuckles rolled his eyes and left. He and Tails retired to their bedroom, and turned on the TV to watch Sonic Underground. But right after the opening theme, the program stopped and a news flash appeared on the screen.
"WE INTERRUPT THIS PROGRAM TO GIVE YOU SOME BREAKING NEWS!" The TV announcer yelled.
Then the screen showed the massive dining area of a restaurant with a big hole in the wall, and a giant spider robot standing in front of the hole. Omochao flew onto the screen holding a microphone.
"Good Evening, I'm Omochao. In tonight's news, we find that Eggman is up to no good again. We see that he's attacked Le Chao Bistro…and look here! Sonic the Hedgehog is on the scene! He's looking pretty snazzy there too!" He quipped.
The camera zoomed in on Sonic and Amy, who were right by their dinner table. Tails and Knuckles could see the engagement ring on Amy's finger.
"Oh my god! He…he proposed?" Tails asked in disbelief.
"Yeah! Way to go, Sonic!" Knuckles shouted.
The camera focused back on Omochao.
"Well, that's all we can say at the moment. Stay tuned." He said.
I am Doctor Eggman! The greatest genius who ever lived!
Sonic may have handed by an ass-whooping about a month ago,
but right now...I'M BA-ACK! And this time, with a burning vengeance!
I'll make sure that hedgehog deeply regrets making an absolute fool
of me, all the while laying waste to whatever special occasion he is
participating in, and beating the ever-living shit out of him in front of
hundreds of his fans! Mwahahahahah!
Eggman was standing up in the cockpit of his robot.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't Sonic! Out on a date, now are we? Well now!" He taunted, coolly flipping down his sunglasses to reveal a pair of sunken eyes with very light gray irises.
Then Orbot and Cubot flew in via their own personal Egg Mobiles and each activated a set of spidery legs too.
"Hey look! It's a giant talking egg!" Sonic said back.
"Um, I think you already said that one." Amy replied.
"Silence! I am Dr. Eggman! The greatest evil scientist in all the world!" Eggman replied.
"...That line's been said too." Amy remarked.
"Haha, some bragging rights. You'd think the world's greatest evil scientist would design better robots! Seriously though, first the Egg Dragoon, and now a tarantula on steroids?" Sonic taunted back.
"Good. Something that hasn't been said." Amy added.
"...Wait, you keep records of all my one-liners?" Sonic asked, still in a fighting stance as he looked at his new fiancé.
Eggman then sat back down and lifted up a claw-tipped arm from his robot.
"Nope. Say hello to the Egg Widow!" He replied, reaching the arm down towards Sonic with a grin, "Now without further adieu, I shall grind you into a blue hamburger! Prepare to be going home in a box!"
Sonic dodged the arm, which continued to chase him around the room. He looped around toward Eggman, and more of the arms lifted up. Multiple arms attempted to grab him, but he was too fast, and the arms tangled, and Eggman's mech tripped over itself. The four legs that had tangled broke off, and Eggman let out a furious growl as smoke blew from his ears.
"Heh heh, I guess even someone with an IQ of 300 is considered an idiot!" Sonic taunted, before Orbot snuck up behind him and grabbed him with a robotic arm, tightening its grip by the seconds.
Eggman cackled as this happened.
"Thanks Orbot. I really needed someone to put a cork in that rude mouth. His remarks really hurt my feelings. Anyways, this is for humiliating me back in the city!" He gloated.
Amy was scared now. Her new fiancé, who she had only had for a couple of minutes, was on the brink of death. She proceeded to jump high in the air and thrust her hammer down. As she fell towards the unsuspecting mech, the hammer was gaining force, and damaged it severely, knocking Sonic out of its grasp. Sonic then proceeded to begin charging a spin-dash. Amy came up behind him with her hammer, and began whacking the blue concussive ball at the spidery robots, damaging them in the process. The force broke the glass on Eggman's cockpit. Sonic took the opportunity to Homing Attack him while he was exposed. Eggman was knocked unconscious, his head bleeding all over the interior of the cockpit. As he fell, his limp hand flopped onto the eject button with enough force to cause the Egg Mobile to enter eject mode. Eggman's out cold bleeding body was launched into the horizon with it.
"Wow! Look at that! Sonic has knocked out Eggman! This is surely a night to remember!" Omochao said.
After a few midair backflips, Sonic landed on the ground and dusted himself off. Amy ran up and hugged him. Sonic was waving to the crowd and cameras that were all looking at him. Orbot and Cubot got up, and they realized that their boss had been defeated. The two minions gulped, abandoned their mechs and flew into the horizon as well.
It was midnight as Sonic and Amy arrived home. Tails and Knuckles had been up waiting for them by the front door. When the couple came in, they were welcomed.
"Congratulations, Sonic." Tails praised.
Sonic did a hearty fist-bump with Knuckles, before going to Tails.
"Um, if it's OK with you, I'm going to sleep with Amy tonight." He said.
"I understand. See you tomorrow!" Tails said waving.
Later on, Sonic lay on the bed on his back, not wearing his shoes. Shortly later, Amy came out from her turn in the bathroom wearing red silk pajamas. She snuggled up next to her new fiancé.
"Tonight was amazing. I honestly don't know what to say." She said.
"Well, I knew you were the one for me, the minute we moved into this house. If I had just stopped running away from you, I probably would've felt it." Sonic replied.
The now engaged couple sank into a deep kiss.
I'm Shadow the Hedgehog! The Ultimate Life-Form!
I think it's safe to say that this is officially the best moment in my
entire life so far! I've never felt so euphoric - not even during my times
with Maria, or the time when I finally regained my memories (though the
latter time was ruined by me having to traverse countless drab
areas with confusing structure and fighting out-of-place enemies
just to find out what the hell was going on in the first place)! I don't
want this feeling to end! And I absolutely want to cherish this new
relationship!
Meanwhile, Shadow and Rouge had finally gotten out of the pool and calmed down. They walked to Rouge's room and dried off. Rouge changed into her usual nightgown. She and Shadow then proceeded to make out and plop onto the bed. Their relationship had finally begun, and was off to a great start.
Across the hall, Silver woke up to the sounds from Rouge's room.
"Ugh, come on." He groaned.
Blaze said nothing, save for a yawn.
Thankfully, the couple was tired enough to sleep through it, so they assumed their previous position.