Instincts

Ch. 17

By: Cutegirlmayra (I've been really busy with family things lately… and not getting enough sleep T-T So although I'm trying to focus mainly on this story, I'm still worried I can't finish it on time. But we'll see. Please support me! T-T Also! I need to clear something up! I made a HUGE BLUNDER! 'Silver' was mentioned back in Ch.10 where I had Amy mention 'Silver's name before. I can't really go back and scratch that out…-I know, I know, I should have remembered!- And the fact that he could recognize Amy right away… sure, there were pictures, but they weren't the greatest. But everyone makes mistakes, so I'm gonna try and do something to clear that up okay? Somehow…)

Silver flew Amy and himself far out of reach from Shadow, flying over the ocean a bit and finding an island not to far off the land. Landing there, some random wild Chao began to come up and curiously watch the new arrivals from afar.

"Well, that was eventful." Silver sighed out, wiping his forehead after kneeling down to put Amy on the ground. He fell back and examined his leg, wincing at the pain from the bite marks and scratches. "So… this is the animalistic power of instincts.." he looked worried at it, "…And I… hold such genes within me as well?"

In his time, the genes had died down somewhat, and so girls didn't have such powerful scents. Instincts weren't triggered because of how weak the genes were, and so when the time came for the instincts to merge with their true selfs, it almost went completely unnoticed. In fact, Silver had never even heard of instincts, that's how little they were in his time,… until now.

His instincts were being triggered and awaken by Amy's powerful scent, and he looked back at his hands, stretching them a bit to try and understand the sensation he had felt back then… by her touch…

As she crawled around, chasing and pouncing on the poor innocent Chao in the area, he slowly moved his hand up to his face, rubbing it slightly, but the sensation wasn't there.

"Hmm… how can it be?" He looked up at Amy, still confused but almost in a sorrowful way. "…After all this time… is it really just instincts?"

He had fixated on finding this point in time to find the future father of the certain son that would cause either destruction or bliss.

But…

That doesn't mean he hasn't slipped up a time or two…

"She didn't even recognize me… I wonder if she ever will…" He smiled, looking kindly to Amy, as he began to remember his little…uh… slip ups, when it came to time traveling.

-Flash Back! :D-

Silver had indeed time jumped many times to try and find the exact moment where he needed to be, or at least, close to it.

One of the instances where he was wrong… happened when Amy was 10 years old.

Amy was trying to find Sonic, and heard something weird crash into the bushes near her. Giggling, she snuck up and tried to scare Sonic, but it wasn't him.

She pounced and hugged him, "Oh, my darling Sonic! I knew I'd find you! Ohhh! Call it my feminine intuition!"

"Augh! Ahh! Well, C-can you please get your intuition off of me please?!"

"…huh?" Amy blinked her eyes, moving off the strange white stranger and gasping as she jumped off. "Y-you're not Sonic! Oh! I'm SOOOO sorry!" she hit his back and made him fall over again as he tried to get up.

"Augh… Excuse me…" he slowly got up, holding his head as he seemed rather dizzy and a bit in pain. Though, this was all uncomfortable, to say the least. "I'm looking for a girl named-?"

"Oh? A girrrl~ Like-! You're girl!? The love of your life?! The apple in your eye?" she chimed, getting all romantic about it as she pushed up from his knees and loomed over him, looking down and blinking for an answer.

His ears withdrew back and his eyes widened, "W-what? No!" he shook his head slightly, wondering why this girl was acting so strange… and intimate…

He lightly pushed her off his knees and got back up to sitting straight, dusting himself off from the time-warp he just jumped through. "Look, it's important I find her."

"Sure! Maybe she's with Sonic! Ah! But she better not be prettier than me! Come on! If you help me find Sonic, then I'll help you find your girl!" she reached over and grabbed his hand with both of hers, being a bit too enthusiastic as he was literally tugged up and dragged along behind her as he tried to keep his stumbling steps in order.

"Ah, wait! S-She's… she's not mine!" he called back, and they spent the whole day looking for Sonic, and Silver felt he was wasting valuable time, but just couldn't tell this sweet young girl 'No' for an answer. That, and she wouldn't take it anyway…

When they did finally find Sonic, and rushed out without even taking him along. "H-hey!" He reached out for her, worried about her after realizing how much trouble she could get herself into.

First the evil robots were on to them, and he had to protect her.

And then that weird rockslide.

The random stampede.

And what the heck was with the star-craft or airship thing falling to blazing scraps above them? They had to hide out in a cave that almost trapped them when piece of metal flew down. He held her and then used his power, secretly, while she was busy being scared and cuddled up in his chest to see him move the large piece and keep the entrance open and the ground from caving in around them.

After all he had done… she had abandoned him almost instantly to rejoin with this man that he could barely see anyway.

Squinting his eyes, he could just see her round the hill where the streak of blue blur had disappeared too.

"A-Amy!?"

"Oh Sonic!"

"…..Amy? Ah!" Silver raised an eyebrow, before gawking at the fact that he had spent the whole day taking care of the girl who would one day give birth to the son he was trying to track down. "I found her! Haha, I really did it- wait… she's far too young now… I must have come to early…" he was excited about his accomplishment at first, even raising a fist and narrowing his eyes in triumph, a big smile on his face. But then… he realized he miscalculated, and that he had jumped too far back, and needed to find her when she was much older than now.

Not able to say goodbye, he just left, leaving her only with his name he had mentioned to her once, but never really caught her own till then. 'Silver.'

-End of Flashback! :D-

(That should explain EVERYTHING x3 See what I did there ;D)

She didn't remember him like that though, to Amy, Silver was some kind of imaginary man that helped her be brave when she was younger, having forgotten after years and years that he was actually a real guy.

Seeing him now, she still didn't connect the dots quite yet.

Instinct Amy had a Chao by the neck, herding them into a dug up hole in the ground, finding long and tall yellow grass to put in it, like a nest.

Her motherly instincts kicked in, as she was accustomed to digging or finding her food, not really hunting for prey, unless it was insects, and so these Chaos were like babies to her.

She had corralled them into her little 'nest' out in the open only because she wasn't an experienced mother, and didn't see a tree or bush to hide under and make a den instead. She sat down over the Chao, something hedgehogs do to keep their babies warm, and tried to put the straws of yellow grass over them, for extra warmth.

Silver had come out of his thoughts to hear a Chao whining in discomfort, trying to wiggle himself out of the grass and be free from under Amy's stomach.

"W-what… what are you doing?" Silver looked confused, but couldn't help but laugh at her a bit. "You're acting strange." He couldn't tell she was in instinct form just yet, even though anyone else would of noticed by now.

He moved his hand up and got her off the Chao, as they scurried away, frantic to get away from the strange creature who trapped them before.

Instinct Amy grew panicky, seeing them jump out of the nest and whined for them to come back to safety.

Her body and mentality was ready for young, and she began to desire them more and more with the passing of days and how much her other tried to suppress her into obedience against such things.

"Are you okay?" he got up and gently put her down as she tried to run after the Chao, and he grabbed her waist and pulled her back to him. "Woah! Hey! Let them go, what's wrong with y-?!" he suddenly saw her turn back and stare at him, innocently looking up at him with big, sharp pointed pupils like a skinny crystal with four points, a small star… or some kind of diamond..

Diamond shaped eyes…

He took in a quick breath, remembering what Tails had told him and let her go, as she glared a bit, wondering what this Omega was trying to pull.

Omega's don't just go for females, they usually try and win them over by acting pathetic and weak, finding one in heat is the best option and getting them to uncurl from their defense balls and trust them, only cause they wish to mate.

This Omega was grabbing her, making her uneasy.

She huffed, and tried to speak with him, grunting, as Silver instinctively moved his ears about, not sure what she was doing or saying.

"Are you… transformed?" he asked, thinking it was some kind of mutated transformation that would happen if they 'turned' into instincts, or 'shifted' into another wild animal form of a hedgehog.

He was, obviously, naïve and mistaken. To him, this was like the cave man days, and he didn't know what to expect.

Her eyes softened to curiosity when she noticed he wasn't going for her like she had thought a moment ago, and he was just standing there, arms out, and looking shocked at her.

She sniffed to try and identify his scent, making him move back and trip on a seashell, before stumbling back even more.

His fearful behavior made her bold, as she approached and stood above him, sniffing him.

Strange…

She thought to herself, as the real Amy listened in.

An Omega… with the smell of a child.

She thought that amusing, how his scent was so weak, that he literally came off as a child to adult hedgehogs. She hadn't even met his instinct yet, but knew just by smelling him he was a pretty pathetic Omega.

I could use an Omega to distract my Alphas from me… and me from them…

She mused, planning to use Silver's weakness to be the target of cruel Alphas, they can pick on him all they want as long as she was safe.

'That's mean!' The real Amy spoke up, not liking her thinking.

Instinct Amy shrugged her other's comment off. I suppose I can always….

Adopt him as my own~3

'What… what do you mean 'adopt him'?'

Instinct Amy still was in her motherly mindset and moved around Silver, putting her side as a pillow for his head, and beginning to groom his spines.

Silver blushed, blinking at not knowing what was going on. "W-W-wh-wha-what are y-yo-you doing!?" He freezed up, his spines following in an upward angle, twitching from his fear and uncomfortableness at her actions.

'He's not a BABY, he's a grown man!... I think.' Amy wasn't quite sure, Silver didn't really act his age anyway. 'Just…Just stop licking him like that! It's creepy and it's weirding me out!'

I'm only grooming his spines.

'Well, stop that!'

Instinct Amy moved back around him to the side, rubbing her scent on him to mark that he was hers, and starting to groom his ear.

Silver shivered slightly as his spines rose more, but to him, she could be a dangerous animal! So he let her do whatever she wanted too, as not to look like a threat, before she finally laid her head down away from him, huffing out a sigh and seeming to relax very comfortable.

She didn't exactly trust him, but she didn't have a reason to be threatened by him. He was weak, and to her, a baby. So her body literal told her to protect him and take care of him.

When she lowered her head, Silver took the chance to start scooting away, and getting up quietly and slowly, moving away from her as she let him. It was common for children to explore, especially with his size, and so she let him wander off, just as long as she could see him.

He got up, letting out a very relieved sigh as he put his hand to his chest, and started rubbing his ear and quill she had groomed, not liking how that went.

His instincts were still not fully coming out, and he was sure it was because he was too evolved for such things.

"I'm not an primitive." He mumbled, but for a moment there, he was worried he would of lost control of himself and become a true animal too. Which frightened him dearly, but he tried to be bold and just stared at Amy.

She cutely rolled over to her belly, rubbing her back against the sand as she wiggled to and fro, before quickly snapping back to her stomach, and looking around for any potential threats.

Hedgehogs don't expose their bare stomachs unless they're completely comfortable and feel safe, so that was quite the statement she made there.

Silver wondered if their was a way to make the real Amy come back, and snap out of this form.

Moving slowly, he went to try and touch her head. "…Amy..? C-can you come back now?" he needed to ask her some questions about the men in her life, and which one she was leaning too so he could start figuring out which son is which mans.

He didn't know which timeline he was in, only that he had to stick around Amy and see who spawned the son he wanted for the future sake's.

He only, barely, and gently rubbed her head. "Uhh… Amy?" he slightly smiled, almost being fond of how she turned to look at him, before violently shaking her head, causing her quills to move about and swing her scent and all it's glory up at his nose.

"Ha!" he leaned up and wobbled back, flinging his arms back to his sides and sneezing, "What was… HA-CHOO! That!?"

It was so… enticing… but he didn't really know what like.

It wasn't like the feeling of smelling food.

Or when you smelled something memorable to you.

This smell… drew him to something… he kinda felt his body moving in to completely surround it's self in the smell..

When he came to his senses, his head was resting on Amy's, his eyes were droopy before he blinked a moment and realized he had moved without really knowing it.

"AH! I'm sorry! I'm-!" he jumped back and put his arms over and in front of his head, looking around, and realizing it was just him and her, and Instinct Amy just huffed.

Baby's shouldn't be able to react to my scent like that…

She seemed slightly concerned about him now.

'Well, like I said… NOT. A BABY.' Amy stated, a lot more bluntly, that fact again, and mentally rolled her eyes.

…Scent never lies.

Instinct Amy gruffed and swung her quills around again, getting ready to take a cat nap before she heard a huge explosion, and ran to Silver.

Not for her own safety, but because her motherly instinct made her literally prepared to die for her young, even though Silver wasn't really hers; she couldn't really control her body's reflexes and what it told her to do.

She jumped up and threw him down, grabbing the back of his neck, and pulling him deeper into the island's center.

"Ahh! Wait!? What are you doing!? Stop! I have to find out what-Ow! Hey!" he was dragged along in the sand as he tried to struggle, looking to see flames in the jungle, as a Black figure jumped from tree to tree over to its location.

-In the mighty jungle~-

(lol, the hedgehog sleeps tonight~ -in the jungle song-)

Sonic caught his breath and looked up at Eggman, in his Eggpod as he grinned with a small quill being held up in his hand. "I'm really upset with you, hedgehog. You broke yet another one of my resources recovery bots. However~" the old man chimed, "Hoohoohoo! I have something even greater from you!"

"Ow! If I had known you were gonna pluck my hair, Egghead, I would of just stopped by my hair stylist for a haircut!" he snapped back, holding the spot where Eggman yanked the quill out while he suspended in the robots hands for a moment, and rubbing it as it really hurt. (Fun fact!: Hedgehogs grow their quills out at a young age, and it's very painful, it's even more painful when one of their quills is pulled off/broken/etc.. It can sometimes lead to bleeding and nasty infections. Quills don't grow back, they are born with all the quills they'll ever have in their life. The more you know! :D)

Shadow, having coming out of instinct form after loosing Amy's scent, hung in a tree and listened in as the flames began to take over the jungle.

"Heh, laugh while you can, hedgehog! While you can…. Hmm?" Eggman saw Shadow, and grinned even more, putting Sonic's hair in a container and then moving his Eggpod towards the tree. "Sorry I have to end this short, but you seem to have your hands full with a fire hazard. I have… other matters… to attend too." He flew over to Shadow who glared at seeing his presence.

"Hello, Shadow. Long time no see."

"Doctor." Shadow wasn't being friendly, clearly not trusting the old man as Sonic ran to get Tails to help with the water, not seeing Eggman disappear to greet Shadow far behind him in the tree tops. "Tsk." Shadow needed to speak with Sonic about Silver taking Amy off… but now that Eggman was here…"

"I have a little request from you, if you don't mind."

"What exactly do you want-Agh!" Shadow cringed down as Orbot and Cubot appeared behind him.

"Got it!" Orbot called out, jumping on Shadow's head to then leap into the Eggpod, as Cubot followed.

"Didn't even see us coming! Like Ninjas!"

"What on earth-!?"

"Well, thanks for being such a good sport about it, Shadow… heheh…" Eggman snickered as he placed the quill in the same long tubed container with Sonic's, as they crossed one to another. "Ta-ta, and farewell, Shadow. Till we meet again on… interesting terms. Ciao!" he waved humorously, twiddling his fingers with a cheesy smile before blasting the Eggpod upward towards the sky.

"..Er.. I can't worry about that right now. Sonic!" Shadow wanted to pursue him and figure out what was going on, but had higher priorities at the moment.

While jumping from tree to tree, he took out a communicator and turned it on to a certain frequency. "Rouge, do you copy? Rouge?"

"Bzz…Well, well, sweetheart. What makes you call me so suddenly and out of the blue like this?"

"Cut the small talk, Rouge. I need you to tell me what you know about Silver the Hedgehog. I ran to G.U.N's archive and couldn't find much… then… I got distracted."

"Nasty instincts! Am I right? I really would love to meet your… dangerous side, Shadow. I wonder if Echidna's get them too…."

"Rouge-"

"Do Echidna's have a mating period, by chance?"

"Quit fooling around! I need any information, and I need it now. I hate being in the dark like this. I don't trust this guy… But Sonic should have been keeping a watch on Amy, now he's taken her off somewhere, Ah!" he gripped his head. I wasn't long ago before he snapped out of instincts, and his headache was the result of his memories of when he was in that state coming back. He shook his head and hung on to a branch for a moment, falling down a level of the canopy and landing on another area where the leafs and tress created a solid ground.

He held the communicator in one hand and regained his breathing, the headache going away as he instantly remembered everything that happened then.

"Shadow? Come in, Shadow! Repeat, Shadow!"

"I'm… I'm fine." He caught his breath and continued, "Just get me a lead on this Silver fellow and if he's been around here before. I'll catch up on it later."

"But Shadow-" Click!

Shadow sighed and shook himself off after ending the transmission and putting the device away. "I can't let anything further distract me. I have to try and regain control over my instincts…" he held his hand up, "At once." And gripped it tightly into a fist, glaring at it in pure hate and defiance. "I won't let Amy's distrust of me grow any further… I will protect her. As I once did you, Maria…" he looked up, seeing only small patches of the blue sky above through the leafs of trees. "…I will not fail twice." He then looked down, straight in front of him and dashed off, hoping to report to Sonic that Silver had taken Amy off already, and what little he did find on Silver's name…

-Eggman's lab-

"WHOHOHOHOO!"

Eggman slammed the container onto the table, as his figure was pretty much in shadow except for his glasses and a bit of his nose and mustache. "With this…" he leaned further into the only light source around, and moved his hands around the sides of the container. "I will finally have a perfect plan to destroy all and ANY threat that stands before me!" his mustache curled up with his huge smile as he snickered, before Cubot and Orbot also entered the light, snickering.

Orbot rubbed his hands together as Cubot held them up as if he was trying to sneak up and scare someone.

"Wha-huh?" Eggman's creepy villain face broke out of character and he looked oddly at his two assistant robots. "YOU IDIOTS!" he threw them behind him, back into the darkness, and clapped his hands to get the lights back on, looking upset with the two of them, and holding his hands on his hips, leaning forward menacingly.

"What on earth were you thinking?! You RUINED my moment!" he cried out.

"We're sorry, Doctor Eggman. We just wanted to look as evilly maniacal as you did…" Orbot admitted, as Cubot got up from being pushed on his back and nodded frenquently.

"Oh, well, uh, heh. Of course you did!" Eggman stood a little more taller and proudly stroked his mustache on one side, thrilled to hear it as he gave an open smile.

"…Although, I believe I pulled it off better, if I do say so myself." Orbot stated, getting up dusting his little stem off before holding himself proudly upward, having a closed fist held to himself and the other behind him.

"I kinda wanted a white kitty to pet…" Cubot admitted, stroking and hugging an imaginary cat. "Niiice kitty~ Soooft kitty~"

Eggman lowered his head with anger building up as his hands came up, boiling with rage before he swung and hollered at his robots, "You bumbling morons! Only I can look that good doing it! You only WISH you had this kind of raw, evil talent!" he blasted out, before moving back to the two hairs.

"Now then… we can't exactly start the procedure just yes…. But I'm sure the time will come soon… oh, very soon…" he looked to the screen, as it showed a blinking ring around a date on a calendar.

(The plot THICKEEEENS~ -snaps-)