Sonic and The Chaos Kingdom
Ch. 8
(I was so eager to get to Shadow's invasion that I had to just keep writing! Lol, hope you enjoy ;) )
The courtyard was infested with robots, with half the army gone, the rest that were their had no leader to turn to for direction, though Tails tried his best with defensive strategies, Shadow and his robots knew every which way to turn for a counter attack to his moves. It was a strange board game they played of wits and minds, but Shadow was faster at predicting Tails's fallback plans, due to his now memorized knowledge of their castle layouts.
Finally, Tails had no where to turn too, and Shadow was able to pin him and his men to a cornered dead end.
Tails saw the men falling around him, and quickly took his father's invention of a grenade and tried to block off robots that way. A few robots did get blasted, but Shadow walked straight through the blast's aftermath of smoke and small debris of ash, his purple robe flying behind him, and his crown to the opposite ear of the Chaos Kings.
Tails started to walk backwards, "N-no.." he tripped over some debris and fell, before trying to desperately move away before Shadow reached down and pulled him up by his head.
"Where's your king?" He asked, a dead cold stare in his eyes.
"Grr… err… taking over your kingdom as we speak!" Tails hoped it would make him scared and turn back, giving Sonic time to get the Master Emerald back and hopefully stage a return fire.
"Hmph." Shadow's stare intensified as he narrowed his eyes, as if not believing Tails.
"It's the truth!" Tails squinted an eye below Shadow's grip, and held his hands on Shadow's, trying to desperately get Shadow's hold off his scalp.
"You're incapable of truth." Shadow slammed his knee into Tails's stomach, and tossed him to the side.
"SHADOW. ORDERS FROM EGGMAN. THE BOOK MUST BE APPREHENDED. IT IS REQUIRED FOR THE DETHRONING CEREMONY."
A robot had walked into the corridor where they were making their last stand, as Shadow turned his head back to the robot, and then looked to his side. "They probably have it in one of the offices…" he thought to himself out loud, and began to move past the robot, his feet so quick from propeller technology on his boots that it made him literally 'glide' through air.
As he moved swiftly passed the little band of solders left fighting Eggman's robots, and through the chaos of warfare, he finally made it to where he believed the book was…
He stopped in front of it, and began to proceed towards it, before a cry stopped him and turned his attention.
He dodged a hammer and flipped back, landing to look at his next opponent.
Amy held her hammer firm, glaring as she had figured out Shadow's desire.
"You're not getting the book of our history! Not so long as I'm around!" She motioned her hammer up to rest on her shoulder, standing boldly before the immortal prince.
"Hmph." He smiled, getting up. "Thank you, for so kindly confirming to me where the book lies…" he narrowed his eyes and held back a hand, "Prepare to meet your fate!" he dashed at her, and the two sparred a pretty impressive battle, but Amy was no where near the battle experience of Shadow, no matter how much she may have self-trained herself. He was on a whole another level.
She hit hard to the ground and lost control of her grip of her hammer, as it went flying out to the yard of the garden.
She huffed and puffed, not able to really endure the length of battle, as she slowly rose up, squinting her eyes in the pain of her aching body from the blows it had to endure.
"…Your battle style…" Shadow walked up to her on the ground, as she just started to lean up and over herself, sitting with her legs to the side of her and her arms holding her weakened body up. Still trying to catch her breath, she glared up at him. "It reminds me of an elite knight I once fought… many years ago."
Amy stared at him, anger in her eyes, with an unyielding determination.
"…You share a striking resemblance to him."
"That may be my father!" she spat out, opened her hand to have her hammer re-materialize back into her hand, as she charged Shadow again. "I'm his only daughter!"
He dodged her, and jumped up to a pillar of one of the open courtyards.
Examining her, he folded his arms. "I vaguely recall his name… Rose, was it?"
"Ah." Amy froze, how could he remember such a small detail!?
"…Yes…" Shadow shut his eyes, memories flooding back at her style of battling and appearance to the knight he started to remember… "He challenged me a few times. He was positioned as a defense to the belated king. I don't recall him dying..?" he looked up to Amy, opening his eyes, seeming curious as he subtlety asked about him.
"As if you cared about what became of him!" She got ready to fight again, holding her hammer tighter with more conviction to make her father proud.
"…he had the oddest sense of humor." Shadow looked up, a bit of an unamused look in his face, before looking back to her. "Whether it matters or not, I'm still curious as to his current state…"
"He's gone!" Amy stated, holding back tears at hearing about her father. "He was killed by one of your robots in battle!" she stated. "He married outside his rank and was demoted, started farming for his beloved king, but due to the lack of men in the army, enlisted while I was still at a young age."
"…. ", His stare held.
"He died to end this war! Which you keep repeating, time and time again. I'm not so sure if you're really immortal or not, but I won't disappoint my father in this match!" she raced towards the tower, and slammed her hammer as hard as she could into it, crumbling it like the rest of the palace, which was coming down in ruin.
Shadow watched a moment, before leaping off at the right time, and spinning to the ground in a spin dash.
"Ah..! That… that move…" She turned around, "You stole that from Sonic!" she cried out.
"…No, they stole that from me." He eyed her.
"…Huh?"
She noticed him put his sword away, and head for the door.
"W-wha… HEY! Don't just ignore me! Raaahhh!" she came charging for him, but he skillfully grabbed her hammer from behind and threw her over him.
She, again, hit the ground pretty hard and coughed up some air that escaped her lungs from the impact, as he watched a moment again, and continued to the door.
"You… you have no honor…" she stated through weakened breath.
His hand was about to touch the handle of the door, before it froze, and hesitated.
His head rose up.
"I… I've never known such a … *cough cough* disgraceful king."
He rolled back his shoulders.
When she noticed him lower his shoulders, she knew her words had cut deep, and quickly started to force herself up and out of the pain, and started to take her footing again. "You delight in bloodshed, in war, in death!"
Shadow… please… end this war.
"You only want power… to satisfy a never-ending greed!"
Please… Shadow…
"You've never loved a day in your life!"
Shadow swung around with bewildered rage, insanity in his eyes as they were hazy with something from the past.
When he came too, he noticed himself choking the girl, and quickly let her go, breathing deeply and looking at his hands…
Amy coughed on the ground, holding her neck as her breathing was way off now.
Shadow closed his eyes and opened them again, his vision on his hands making it look like they were bending from two hands into four at different directions.
He shook his head and held it a moment with one hand, before looking back to Amy. "It would… be a shame to end the bloodline of such a warrior." He made an excuse, he couldn't fathom what had just happened to him, and memories of Maria and her dying swarmed his mind.
He could never remember what she said, but with the help of Eggman, he knew what she wanted.
His rage and anguish would have to wait… war was no place for memory lane.
He looked around, and calculated in his mind a good place to get her out of the way.
He moved fast, picking her up, although she tried to fight, saying, "Let..me go.." but her voice was faint from him strangling her, and her body was already about at it's limitations.
He threw her over onto his shoulder, and raced off.
Truth was, he wanted her out of the way because she had reminded him of something, he wasn't sure what, but it had to do with Maria…
It was a distraction he couldn't tolerate at the time. He wasn't willing to hurt her any further, and didn't want her saying anything to trigger another outburst like that again!
He had to remain focused, and so she had to be dealt with,…Now.
He came to a chamber or guest room, far from the raging battle, and found some rope from the window curtains, having held them together.
He placed her at the foot of the bed, where she could still sit on the ground, and took her hands, and tied them to the bed's end.
"Wha…ar…u…do." she could barely speak, as he stayed focused on his objective.
"Saving your life." He stated, and looked her in the eyes. "Because I'm not soo bloodthirsty as your legends think I am."
Her eyes widened, seeing a strand of mercy in his piercing red eyes, stained from years of brutal warfare and rage… desperate for a life out of it all.
"If you remain silent, the robots shouldn't have any need to come to this quadrant."
"Sha…" she wanted to say something, but he got up.
"Refrain from mentioning this to anyone…" before he left the door, he turned slightly to speak over his shoulder. "…And I'm…" he spoke fainter now, turning his head forward.
"Sorry."
Shadow raced back to the library, already starting to burn before seeing the glass case, and noticing the book was gone. "Shoot!" his clenched his fist and teeth as he bolted out, the room coming down slightly, as he raced around the place, looking for the book.
"Come, Cream! Quickly!" Vanilla was trying to avoid the robots, holding the book of their history tightly in her arms, having been given strict instructions from Tails to retrieve it, and keep it out of harms way.
"M-momma!" Cream was being pulled along, holding her little chao doll as she suddenly saw a robot blaze down from the rooftops.
"AHH!" the two embraced as the robot, glowing with Chaos power, turned to them with bright green lights for eyes.
"ENEMY SPOTTED. ENGAGED." It powered up it's canon arms with chaos energy, as Vanilla and Cream stood helpless before it.
Cream wiggled out of her mother's hold.
"C-Cream, what are you-?!"
"Take this, you mean old rude robot, sir!" she flew up and pounded the robot down, her little body had just enough momentum to knock him over with the force of her rabbit feet, as it began to topple, it waved it's large canons around to try and balance itself, having the canon blast out at random directions.
"Cream!"
"Ah-ha!" Cream smiled a moment, flapping her ears for a second in delight.
However…
The Robot stomped a sturdy foot down, regaining it's footing.
"Ahhh!" Cream flew back to her mother's safe embrace, but how safe now, with a huge metal ton robot, super charged through Chaotic energy, stood before them with an arm reeled back to strike.
The two, hopelessly defenseless, held onto one another and closed their eyes. Cream buried her head into her mother's embrace, the book locked between the two.
"My dear love, please, protect us from the other side!" Vanilla cried out, gripping her only daughter tighter, making the book close to her as well, but she wasn't thinking of that right now. The only thing on her mind, was her precious baby's life.
"PROCEEDING TO DESTROYING ENEMY."
Suddenly, something out of nowhere spun into the robot's shoulder, disconnecting the raised arm and then slashed the robot's head off.
"Ah!" The two looked up to see Rouge, her white hair with ashes all in it.
She turned around with a not so pleasant expression on her face, "Run!"
Vanilla nodded, as Cream's tears streamed down her face, and her mother quickly picked her up in her arms and started to run again.
This time, Cream was pushing the book up, keeping it next to her and her mother as she held on for fear of her and her mother's life.
"Mama, where's Mr. Sonic?" Cream asked, almost whimpering out the question.
"I don't know." Vanilla valiantly was able to get the words out. "But he's coming, my dearest. He's on his way."
A trumpet from the tunnels, and a sudden burst of shouting voices, and horses blazing into action rose out of a downward cave.
The second the men saw flames from the castle walls, they attacked the first metallic thing they saw.
Sonic and Knuckles rushed passed the frantically fighting men, not even having their weapons out, just charging towards the Castle and the throne room.
"What do you mean- HE COULD STEAL MY THRONE?!" Sonic cried out, frustration at not knowing this important detail was evident in his voice and tone.
"Well if someone READ THE SMALL PRINT!" Knuckles matched his anger and frustration, as the two kicked down the door of the burning palace-like castle, and stormed in.
Vanilla was helplessly on the ground, being held by her arm by Shadow, who now possessed the book he wanted.
Shadow turned to see Sonic.
Sonic, seeing the scene, and Cream held helplessly back by a giant robot, kicking her feet and crying sorely as she called to her poor mother, glared in intense rage towards Shadow.
"Hmph, so you decided to pretend to play king afterall." Shadow swung free Vanilla's hand, as she raced away to her daughter, who the robot teased by placing high above himself, as she leaned and reached helplessly to soothe and calm her baby.
"Let her go!" Sonic swung his own arm; this wasn't fooling around with big shots anymore! This wasn't a fairytale legend! This was taking down an evil man, and Sonic was finally understanding that his role of King, was the same as a Hero.
"You came at a bad time." Shadow motioned at him, and then flipped the book and turned its pages. "How I've waited for an opportunity to read this… the lies it must hold… the pitiful bloodline of the Chaos Kings. I don't even need to look to recite your entire infernal heritage." He stood with power and disdain, he was still ticked from the moment before, and he was mostly venting out his frustrations of his previous memories and so forth.
"It's a shame really, I was hoping for a fight, but when I got here? The very king of Chaos himself, abandoning his people, to play hooky. I wonder if that's allowed? Is it in this book?" he peered, mockingly, into the Book of The Chaos Kingdom's History, and smirked.
"You're pathetic!" he started to laugh, as Sonic's anger rose more and more.
"…Get him, Sonic." Knuckles gave the okay. "Tear him down."
Sonic drew his Chaos Sword, pumping it in the air as he did so, as it rapidly shot forth a pulse of Chaotic energy.
"What..?!" Shadow stepped forward, shocked to see an old memory coming into light again. "That can't be… I destroyed it!" he clenched his fist, and drew his own sword. "No matter, you're precious lores aren't going to save you now! Die, Sonic! And surrender your kingdom to me!"
Shadow began to fire missiles from his sword, as it rapidly gunned out a series of burst, as Sonic dashed out of it's way, his blue blurring with the bright streaking green of the Chaos Blade. He zig-zagged and ran along the walls before getting Shadow more ticked, as he stopped and raced along the floor, making his way to the wall, he jumped and back flipped.
Everything slow motioned till Shadow shot a bullet to loose a bolt from a large rod that held a flag in place, as it slid down and covered Sonic, stopping him in his racing frenzy.
Shadow landed and bolted for the fabric, but Sonic let out a strike that blasted horizontally a chaos strike at Shadow, flinging him back and making him flop on the floor slightly, parting the flag's fabric so Sonic could get out.
Sonic rose and flicked his nose with his thumb, before swiping his sword repeatedly at Shadow, coming in and out of the screen from different angles, Shadow being hit by all different sides, before finally he spun himself in a hovering mid-air spin dash that pushed Sonic away.
As he was momentarily taken aback, Shadow took this as his own opportunity to attack.
He spiraled in and started hacking at Sonic too, a rapid wave of strikes that kept pushing Sonic further and further back across the room. Each, expertly timed attacks, to make the most of the combo, before Sonic broke free by aiming the Chaos sword directly in front of him, and pumping it to pulse, making a repellant shield that pushed him away.
As the two continued to battle, Knuckles rushed up from around them and with his axe, jumped and split the robot holding Cream in two, grabbing the terrified girl and returning her to Vanilla's arms.
"Get somewhere safe. Outside the castle might help." Knuckles stated.
"We can't! Adviser Eggman is trying to take the surrounding cities!" She explained, as Knuckles turned back to her, a nervous sweat-drop on the side of his face.
"He's WHAT!?"
His men were already hands-full with robots HERE, he couldn't spare even one soul…
"Urgh… I'll just have to finish this one up myself!" He got his axe ready. "Get anyone else trapped in here out and to safety!" Knuckles ordered, and dashed back into the fray that was happening down the halls and behind the throne room.
Vanilla sprinted as best she could in her maid's attire, as she passed the chief maid, pushing girls down to get past them and get out the door first.
Vanilla helped the girls who were shoved or trampled by her frantic attempt to save her own life and got them through the door with her safely. She took only a second to look around to see if she had missed anyone, and continued to flee.
As the duel of kings continued in the throne room, Tails slowly staggered his way over, a bag in his hands, before leaning on the doorframe, holding his stomach. "S-Sonic!" he cried out.
Sonic was too busy focusing on the battle at hand, the intenseness only tripled when Tails threw the bag up in the air. "Claim your birthright!"
The two hedgehog kings were locked in their swords, face to face in the air, before taking a glance at the rainbowic flickering lights at the corner of their eyes.
The Chaos Emeralds were flung into the air, the fire around them made their glorious colors shine with such radiance it was almost disrespecting the horrible scene before them.
Sonic took the opportunity, as Shadow was in surprise at seeing the 7 most powerful sources of Chaos Energy, he pushed him away and reached for one.
Shadow the same.
The two landed, and both cried out- "Chaos-!"
"Control!" Shadow disappeared, teleporting in and out of existence and slashing Sonic which and every way.
"Sonic! F-fight him! Use you're a-abilities!" Tails tried to help, "He's coming from the left!"
"Tails! No backseat driving when I'm fighting for my life!"
Shadow's blade's hilt hit the top of Sonic's head, knocking him out for a moment as his crown fell off his head at the impact of being so rudely introduced to the floor. A floor he knew all too well…
To be bested… at his own home.
Sonic blinked an eye open, seeing the crown roll and bounce along the ground, before spinning to a halt as Shadow began to walk calmly over to it.
He looked out the open, tilted door to see the gates open…
His eyes widened…
His people were screaming…
His people were dying…
The Kingdom was burning in blazes of lost hope and endless tyranny.
His eyes stayed widened, shaking back and forth as his mind raced back to the Eggman Empire. The ruins of the buildings, the old and broken roads, the tapered flags in it's castle,…
The ash marks…
"At long last… Fate has come." Shadow reached down, picking up the crown.
Sonic's hand slowly withdrew itself, before slamming itself down to start picking Sonic back up off the ground.
"And with the book, I'll be officially king of the Chaos Kingdom, and Maria's wish will finally be granted!" He lifted both his sword and the crown in the air. "No more war!"
"Heads up!"
Shadow turned, "Huh?" to be spun right into by Sonic.
The crown went flying, as Sonic ricocheted from off Shadow's back to reach up and grab it.
Landing again, he placed it on it's corresponding ear. His arm-ring he twisted to be tighter, his white and red king's robe he straightened and puffed up, before turning around and holding the Chaos Sword out.
"This is my kingdom, Shadow! And I won't let you destroy it as you did your own!"
"Erk!"
Shadow grimaced, and pulled forth the emerald in his-…"AH!"
"Looking for something?"
Sonic had swiped the Chaos Emerald while he was at it too!
"How did you-!?" Shadow looked around for another, only to find they were all now flying out from Sonic, spinning around him.
"For the record? I'm pretty fast." Sonic struck a cocky grin, and looked to Shadow, "Oh, and in order to get that record back, I'd better teach you a thing or two, right?"
Sonic was meaning the book, as he hopped in place and held his sword up to his cheek, in both hands, as the Chaos Emeralds spiraled around it in a circle, and shone when finding their place.
"CHOOOOASSSS-!" The sword began to charge itself, as Shadow's eyes widened, and he took a step back.
"Darn!" He started to race away.
Lines started to connect themselves from each emerald to the sword, before the very Master Emerald, having been guarded by some of the army men, suddenly hovered on its own, far from the battle, but raised itself up and forward.
The men that stood around it marveled…
"CONTROLLLL!"
rrrrreeeEEEEERRRRRRR
"Augk!" Shadow felt time freeze for a second, as it felt like the whole continent was suddenly covered in a bright brilliant white light.
When the light faded, Sonic and Shadow lay motionlessly on the ground.
The chaos emeralds were black and faded in color, the Master Emerald was tilted to a side, as a blue figure stood in the mist of the fallen bodies.
Chaos, the very God they depended upon, walked into the center of the square.
The ritual to free him for a moment was successful, and the sword's wielder had desired a kingdom of peace, where everything was made right.
He looked around the people, the robots frozen from being sucked dry of all chaos they possessed, and then to the sky.
This place needed a lot of peace… and some refining.
He outstretched his hands as millions of streams of water came from his fingers, and then his arms, like branches in a tree, before Chaos himself separated.
His whole being started to repair the damages to the kingdom, even the Eggman Empire was returned to its once beautiful state, centuries after being obliterated by Eggman and Shadow's ancestors and their many wars.
Once the healing process was done, Chaos rematerialized in the throne room, walking towards Shadow, and those millions of streams of flying water, spiraled back and splashed into his being.
He stooped down, and touched Shadow's head.
His memory of Maria became clear again, as it had turned faded and fuzzy after all these many… many years.
"Sh…Shadow.." Maria lay on the floor, having been hurt in the battle by trying to save Shadow's life, stepping in the line of a man's attack, having thrown a spear to slay Shadow, who she loved dearly.
"Maria. You're going to be alright! I promise! I don't care what it takes! I'll-!" Shadow held her in his arms, as she smiled and held the back of her hand up against his chest.
"Eheh… Shadow… All I ask… is that you be better than your fathers were…" she was breathing less and less, and Shadow's tears couldn't help but pierce his discipline he had on his emotions.
"Maria… Why didn't you let me die? Why sacrifice yourself? I don't understand… I DON'T UNDERSTAND!" he cried out, as she gently started to stroke the side of his face.
"Shhh… Shadow… Shadow, I love you. I've always taken care of you… You've been my friend and family… I couldn't live in a world, where I couldn't see you… do amazing things… and be happy." She started to close her eyes.
"Maria… I'll…I'll avenge you… I'll kill every last one of them!"
"Shadow… Please… end this war…" she stated, but continued, "Not on bloodshed, or gain… but on honor… and justice… for all who love… and want to be loved." Her hand started to tremble, as she was losing the power to keep it up by his face.
"Mari-"
"Please….Shadow…"
Her hand dropped.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
The vision spiraled as it moved away from Shadow's suffering state.
Chaos removed his hand, and in that instant, Shadow's heart was purified, by the memory of his promise to Maria anewed.
As the world began to speed up to it's natural pace, and with every breath untaken, Chaos disappeared back into the glowing green of the Master Emerald's power, it's prison and containment, but also it's aid in helping the world.
The World began to go back to the way it was, but this time, fully healed from the scars of war and grief, as Sonic and Shadow gasped for air in a split second, and rolled over, coughing.
"Wha… what just happened?" Tails asked, then looked down to himself. "My injuries… they're gone!"
"Arrest him." Sonic held his arm and by pushing off one of his legs, got up.
Shadow was apprehended, and the book of the history of their people taken from him.
Sonic, still gasping, rose his now drained Chaos Sword up. "I said so once, and I'll say it again. Shadow, you're going to have a trial-" He suddenly swayed and tripped.
A few solders helped him up, as he wobbled back to his stance, holding the sword up again and moving like a drunk person. "And pay! For your sins… I'm gonna be sick." Right after he said that, Sonic's cheeks burst with liquid in them, and he ran out and barfed. "Uhhhhgghhh…"
Shadow couldn't explain it. He felt… different inside.
His emptiness he had tried to understand all these years had suddenly been filled, as he remembered all the words, perfectly, as if it had just happened, that Maria had spoken, which he had desperately been trying to find.
His true promise… her real desire…
"A world… without war… but with honor… and love." He stated, mumbling under his breath.
He leaned his head back, "Yes, Maria. I'm sorry I forgot for so long. But I will fulfill your dying wish, and you shall see me do amazing things." He smiled.
"Hey, what the-?"
"OOFPH!"
Slamming into the men holding him back, he broke himself free of their grasp, as soon as he saw an emerald regain it's glow.
He took it and raised it high, "Tell your king, I'll be waiting for him on the plains of-"
Suddenly, Shadow was hit from behind, and collapsed.
Vanilla held a broken off piece from a chair, and flipped her ear out of her face. "No more, Prince Shadow…
..no more."
-Back in the Cities surrounding the Castle-
Eggman scratched his head, having completely been leaning over his Eggpod, and looked around, leaning up after gaining consciousness.
"W-what?! What happened to all my entire beautiful destructive takeover!?" he looked around, upset at all the unbroken buildings or unburned down sanctuaries.
"Grrr.. I don't get it, but I know better than to stick around." He pulled his eggpod back, and took off for the Eggman Empire's side of the line…
"I won't be gone long, Chaos Kingdom, I'll be back! To gain the land that's rightfully for the taking… of me! Hohohhohoho!"
As everyone began to regroup, Sonic was thumped by pats of Knuckles and praises from Tails, who continued to quiz him on the events that had just happened.
"That was AMAZING, Sonic! But, … what on sweet Chaos's lands did you do!?" Tails had thrown his arms up in victory, but then turned to Sonic in curiosity and confusion. "Come on, you gotta tell me! As a friend."
Leaning on Knuckles for support, and having his arm wrapped about the big guy, Sonic just shook his head, "I don't know, Tails. I was just trying to do a Chaos Blast of some sort, but the overcharged sword gave me something else." He admitted, and still felt pretty weak.
"Is everyone alright?" Vanilla asked all the maids, they all nodded but some chatted about something in the back. "What's wrong?" Vanilla inquired.
"We… we haven't seen Amy since the initial attack!" One frail maiden spoke out.
"We're worried about her; she said something about not letting them get away with this!"
Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails's heads turned slowly, all at the same time.
"….AMMMMY!"
They both raced around, looking for any trace of her.
"I don't understand, what could she have gotten herself into!?" Tails shouted out, racing back down the corridors with his tails spinning, trying to boost his speed.
Sonic zipped right past him, "That's the problem, Tails! Is that you can't underestimate what she could get into!"
"Guys! I found her.." Knuckles called out, putting his two hands together around his mouth to let the sound carry, before looking sorrowfully back into the room.
The two stopped racing, and ran towards the door. "What is it, Knuc-"
Tails began, before looking in and seeing Amy pouting on the ground, her legs up in front of her, and her hands tied to the end of the bed…
"Don't you tell a SOUL." She stated, so rightfully ashamed that her very demeanor was comical in itself.
The three held back a chuckle, before Sonic zoomed in, checking to make sure he was okay.
"Are you hurt?"
"I was… but now, for some odd reason, I woke up feeling fine. How long have I been here?"
"We don't know. Not too long though. How'd you get here?"
"NOT A SOUL."
(Lol, looks like Amy will take that humiliation down to her grave. What could possibly happen now!? The Immortal prince, imprisoned and on trial, Eggman still out there, ruling as ever, and the fate of the Chaos Kingdom! Still probably frantic over what just happened! Stay tuned for more, Sonic- and The Chaos Kingdom! :DDD)