Were-Nights
Ch. 3
By: Cutegirlmayra (The Italics represent 3rd person… if you haven't figured that out yet XD Also, this is the last chapter :) )
The morning dawned and Amy slowly stirred in her sleep. Instead of a hulk of fluff behind her now, there was just a regular sized lump of mass. She twitched her eyes a bit, and slowly opened them, stirring back to her other position.
Blinking her eyes opened, she slightly looked puzzled by an arm over her, and looking down, Chip being sound asleep and drooling just to the side of his mouth.
She gasped, but quietly as to not disturb the boys, and shifted herself back to turn to see Sonic back in his original form, breathing softly, but with an open mouth. His nose twitched a moment, before he was back to his silent snoring.
She kept in a high pitch squee, never before being able to spend a night with the legendary hero like this, she was just glad he let her close to her.
The fact that his arm was around her didn't help her calm down either, but she just went back into her old position and pretended to still be sleeping. Holding in the moment as long as she possibly could…
I felt a shift… and blinked my eyes open.
Eek!
I mentally screamed as I removed my arm from over Amy's body, wincing when I realized I had just slept by her for a night.
That's odd… in my other form, I didn't really think much of it… maybe because I didn't really feel myself and that it wasn't much of a problem. She was cold, after all… but still!
I slowly moved away from her, and then bolted back and up against a tree, breathing hard.
'Phew… that was close. If she had woken up… she may have gotten the assumption she could do that every night!'
I looked up and revealed an awkward expression at my thought, smiling goofily as I wasn't sure how to handle the situation if that were to occur…
I then heard a small 'Emm' come from Amy,… was she waking up?
Curious, I started to slowly approach Amy. Crawling almost as to not make much sound before peering over her.
She looked pretty…peaceful.
I looked away.
Okay, fine. She's pretty! But that doesn't change anything!
I looked back, but made sure I mentally knew that I was just making sure she was okay.
Well… she's looked fine to me.
And Chip was… Chip.
I silently let out a chuckle. My two very best friends were safe and sound, and seemed to have a goodnight's rest.
I moved away from peering over her and sighed, stretching and looking up at the sun.
I was shocked! Leaning slightly away at the surprise of seeing the sun already so high in the sky worried me.
We slept till the afternoon!?
We're we that tried!? Or just really comfortable?!
I was surprised I could sleep so well around Amy… but eh, I'll think about that fact later. I'm sure it was just my other form, for some reason, I feel like someone different in that form.
That's why it was nice to know Amy still saw the real me within that furry mess… She really knew the rights words to say to a guy in need like that.
I really did need those words… but I wonder if she could just… tell I needed that?
'Could she read me that well?'
It was a little scary to think that.
Looking back at her, I knew we had to move before we wasted anymore daylight.
"Amy…Chip. Time to rise and shine, guys." I gently shook Amy's shoulder, and then poked Chip's side to rock him a bit out of his sleep.
Amy yawned, and looked up to me, "Good morning, Sonic." She sweetly sang out, but I wasn't really expecting how sweet that would be, and shyed away.
"Er… Uh… More like afternoon…" I looked up at the sky, and she followed my gaze to the sun, and gasped.
"It's that late already?!" she said in surprise, almost as much as mine was.
I folded my arms, smiling. "Yep, and if we don't move soon, we'll lose the light." I then looked back to Chip, kicking his legs and turning himself the other way, seeming to refuse to get up just yet. "Come on, Chip. The night's over."
Chip tried to curl himself up, smacking his lips as he tried to stay asleep.
Amy giggled, as I just moaned out my disappointment and shook my head.
Amy then leaned down next to Chip's ear, and gently seemed to whisper. "Time to wake up~" she kissed his cheek, and Chip's cheeks lit up with some funny looking pink on them.
He wiggled his body around to get more comfortable. "Five more minutes mom…"
Amy laughed again. "No, no, little chipper! You have to get up, or no chocolate for you." she teased.
"Huh?" I looked to Amy, how did she know Chip liked choclate..? "But how..?"
"He talks in his sleep." She looked back to me, and almost cooed out the words. What was she trying to do, be charming?
Oh…
I see how it is.
I narrowed my eyes, and continued to keep my arms folded, lowering my head down into it now.
'You think you can charm me into letting you sleep next to me any night you so please? Yah… I don't think so.'
Sonic the Hedgehog doesn't fall for a pair of big, green eyes like that, sweetheart.
I huffed and looked away.
I'm not that dense.
I see your game, here.
And I'm not playing!
Amy didn't seem to see my reaction to her plays which I knew she was purposefully doing! And moved on to carefully pick Chip up in her hands. She cradled him, and smiled, almost like a mother to a sleeping child.
"I'll carry him. Who states that we all have to get up, hmm?" she seemed to be defending the little guy, and I just turned away, a bit upset…
I huffed and got up, dusting myself off.
"Let's just get a move on." I offered her my hand.
Sonic seemed to be acting strange around Amy, and she didn't know why. She wasn't doing anything wrong, was she? She was just trying to help Chip… he looked tried, after all.
"Uhh… R-right." She took my hand, seeming nervous for some reason around me, as I looked down at her, nonchalantly, and helped her up. "Is everything… okay Sonic?"
Oh yeah, the innocent girl act. Like you don't know what your doing. Ha, very funny Amy! I see what's happening, and no 'cute Amy' act is gonna change my mind about you!
"Nothing's wrong. I'm fine." I spat out, picking her up and carrying her bridal style towards the way of Spagonia.
She looked up at me, still pretending to be confused,… wait, is that worry? Aw, now she thinks she can play the 'I don't know what your talking about' dumb act, eh? Two can play at that game!
"W-well… if you say so." She looked ahead, and then down to Chip where I heard her whisper.
"He really does get cranky in the morning...But not at night, like you said."
I glared down and pouted at her. Like I totally didn't hear that?!
Pfft, yeah right. Get real, Amy. You're not THAT cute.
-Time skip-
We weren't very far out of Spagonia's area, and I already had transformed back into the werehog. We really did oversleep… I should have been there by now and just dropped Amy off!
However, Since I couldn't run very fast in this form, still carrying Amy bridal style, I decided to tuck her under me, using one of my big arms, and hold her up against me while I ran. This still gave me three limbs to run with, so I could still at least get there at a decent speed.
Well, heh… decent for most, anyway…
Still too slow for my taste.
Chip had woken up a while back, and was happily flying along side me, always checking under my chest to see Amy, who clung to me and still seemed to keep up her act she was playing…
"Don't worry Amy!" Chip chimed out, dashing over to the side where her face was looking out from, still pressed up against me as I ran. "We'll be in Spagonia in no time!"
"Actually,.." I grinned, as buildings started to appear in the distance. "We're here now." I looked down, as Amy seemed to beam and look out to see what I was looking at.
"Oh wow!" She exclaimed. "It's so close now!"
"Yep." I flung her up to my back, so I could sprint the rest of the way.
"Aw… but this means we have to say goodbye…" Chip thought outloud, and I looked up to him.
Yeah…
A bit of my old freedom wouldn't hurt, right?
Then why… was I kinda sad?
She had to go, I mean, it was too dangerous to keep her around.
But…
Sonic began a flashback of Amy, spending this time with her, and dancing… Amy looked down, not sure why he held his head so low, not even really looking where he was going.
"Sonic… are you… alright?" She patted the top of my head, and gently rubbed it.
I jolted my head up, and looked around, "H-huh?" I turned back to her, and pouted. "I'm fine." I stated, and just shook my head.
'Why am I thinking like this? What's wrong with me? Get it together, Sonic! You're falling for her 'cutesy wutesy' act again!'
But… maybe it's not that?
'She's just trying to hard again… that's all. And it's not gonna work!'
What if… I'm just seeing her… differently?
I couldn't be noticing her any differently though… I mean, she seems the same just…
Different.
A weird different.
A different I don't like…
But not entirely in a bad way…
"..?" Chip swooped in and flipped himself upside down, looking straight into my face. "Uhh… you okay, Sonic?"
I snapped out of my thoughts, and grabbed one of his legs.
"H-hey!"
I moved him to the side of me and let him go. I didn't need him judging my behavior right now and then figuring it out only to tease me about it later.
I just had to move on.
Stop thinking about it.
Once Amy was gone, then everything should return to normal again.
Well, if finding Dark Gaia was anything normal… anyway.
As we entered Spagonia, I walked upright, and didn't even really care if Amy wanted to still hand on to my back or not.
But when she giggled, I stopped and tried to turn to look at her, but I couldn't. "H-hey!" I kept looking back and forth, but she kept moving her body so I couldn't see her. "Quit that!"
"Hehe, Got'cha!" She climbed up to my shoulders, now sitting on them and letting her feet hang out as she looked down at me.
"Heh." Got her at what? I decided not to bother with it and headed down the street to Professor Pickles's house when-
"…Do I have to go?"
The sadness in her usually cheery voice stopped me in my tracks, and I looked up at her. Putting one hand on her right leg, I used the other one to gesture up to her.
"Well, of course! That's been the plan from the get-go, Amy." I stated, but still saw the lingering stillness of her frame, as she slowly rolled her eyes to the side, and lowered her head to the top of my own.
"..Amy?" Chip flew up to her, and settled on my head as well, placing a hand lovingly on her own.
"I don't want to leave you guys… maybe I can help!" She seemed so lonely… at least, I guessed that was the case.
"You have to go, Amy. It's too dangerous for you to be on your own. And guessing how well you slept last night…" I swung an arm up and helped her dismount me, as I set her gently back down on the ground. "You weren't able to get a decent sleep the last time you were off on your own."
She turned to glare back at me, seeming to want to defend her position. "But I have you guys, now! I won't be exhausted if I fight along side you two!" She turned around with a spin, holding her hands up in fists and covered a bit of her face, looking to Chip and me. She must have been pretty determined to have this happen the whole time, poor thing…
"Amy.." I gently spoke out her name, but didn't really know what to say.
Chip looked up to see my concern, and apparently, my torn mind as I kinda liked the idea FOR ONCE of letting her tag along…
"Sonic has a lot on his plate right now, Amy." Chip flew down to her, hovering right in front of her. "I know this is sad to say goodbye… But we'll meet again! It's not like me and Sonic can stay away from ya anyway!" he made her smile as he chuckled. "We just want you to be safe. We can't have any distractions." He winked and waved a finger at her, as if trying to imitate me.
Couldn't have that.
"Yeah, Chip's enough as it is."
His eyes widened and he turned scornfully back at me.
Amy laughed again.
Chip sighed, turning his back yet again to me and addressing Amy again. "This is goodbye… Amy." Chip held up his tiny hand, as Amy wiped her eyes of any on-coming tears, and let him shake her pointer finger.
They both smiled for a moment, before Amy's lip started trembling, and she pulled him in. "Ohh! Why do I get this awful feeling I won't see you again, Chip!?" she cried out.
Chip just awkwardly laugh, kicking his feet for a moment to get out before just going lame and giving in. "I've got the same odd feeling, but I'm sure it's nothing. It just means we'll miss each other." He comforted her.
"Ehem." I cleared my throat, as Amy looked up to me.
I looked away, trying to show that I only did that cause I wanted to say goodbye too…
"Hehe! I know I'll be seeing you again, Sonic!" She charged me and jumped. I pretended it took me off guard, when really I wanted to say goodbye like this... "We still have that date! After all!" she smiled up at me, just hanging in my arms.
"Uhh… W-well, that was never definite." I stated, before looking back at her, seeing those sweet eyes grow to puppy dog eyes and her lower lip come up over the top one and start trembling.
Okay, she meant that MOVE! But was she really oblivious to that 'Good morning, Sonic' before hand?
"Ughh…" I groaned out, and showing through my gentle expression that I cared enough about that face to at least let the answer stay anonymous. "Goodnight Amy. I'll see you soon." I ruffled her hair, as she giggled and screamed, 'Hey! Quit it!' and I let her down.
"Good luck… Amy." Chip flew back to my side, but slowly, waving behind him, and looking to Amy with such sadness.
Was he really thinking he'll never see her again?
"Bye Chip, teehee! And I should be saying the same to you!" she waved, trying to put on a 'tough' face and smile through her sadness too.
We both started walking in the opposite direction… moving on… to the adventure ahead…
Till my ear flicked at a piece of cobble being knocked out of place, and falling down to the streets below after the several stone bricks it skimmed and bounced off, coming down the walls of the city.
I quickly turned around, "What..?" and then I saw a flicker of shadow through a fainted light, a…
Tail.
I saw yellow eyes and a scream of red.
"AMY!" I roared out, dashing back to her.
But it was to late, the beast pounced from above.
"Son-AHHH!" Amy looked back to me, before up above her and yelling out in fear.
I got to her in time though, stopping and punching a fist up at it, knocking it back.
It got rolled back up, and started circling us, doing it's strange cry of both wolf and wild cat.
"Grr…" I growled out, how DARE it follow us here!
"S..Sonic.." Amy clung to the back of my arm, as I looked back to see her fear and concern.
"Don't worry." I stated. "I won't let it hurt you."
She nodded, and started to run back to Chip.
"Amy! No!" I would of let her go, but the beast had ran in front of her, roaring out and swiping at her, causing her to move back and run to me.
"It's trapped us!" She cried out, now up against me, where I held her with one of my arms, and glared toward the monster.
"Not for long!" I declared, as the monster still circled us, waiting for a move to be played…
I gently moved Amy closer under me, I didn't understand why it was targeting her, but I knew it couldn't be good.
"Stay under me, and don't move unless I tell you too." I whispered to her.
She nodded, and smiled to me.
I nodded back, that smile gave me hope and strength, and that's all I needed…
Turning back to the monster, it grew impatience, a lot like me, as I turned to it, Amy moving her back against me, and looking at the creature with not fear, but anticipation.
It finally did spring at us, leaping through the air with its powerful roar of thunder as I matched it with my own roar of hurricanes.
It swiped and scraped one arm, before I was able to slam it down and away with my other.
I shifted my steps, and Amy followed, trying to do as I told her to and stay close.
The beast got up, shaking it's head from the impact, and widened it's glowing yellow eyes that shined in the darkness, and having that same red stream real quick through his body, before it faded again and he launched himself back at me.
This time he fooled me, I went for another punch but he ran up my arm, and used his tail to swipe Amy out from underneath me.
It all happened so quickly, yet it felt like everything was moving in slow motion.
He then turned before jumping off my back to bite down on my shoulder, trying to maybe cripple my arm as his fangs tried to get my arm out of the socket.
Thankfully, Amy summoned her hammer, having an arm free, and whacked it on the head. When it's jaw unlocked from the pain, I grabbed it's head and flung it down. I held it there, as Amy was still in trapped in his tail, swirled around her to hold her there.
"Let her go! Eruh! Uh! Eyah!" I slammed my fist down on it, but it still wouldn't release her. Instead, it took the hits and used it's stretchy ability on it's tail and lunged it's spike at me.
It pierced my chest a few time, I think three, as I released it from the ground and it bolted upright, before scratching my face. The scratch mark that remained there looked almost like a scar, as my anger truly doubled at that point.
Losing a bit of myself, and my humanity…(hedgehogity?) I went into a full rage.
It started to bolt off with Amy, as she cried back to me, "Sonic!"
It flung her out of it's tail swirl and onto the ground.
I stopped my sprint to her, shocked to see her get injured and treated so cruelly.
My eyes narrowed, there was no way this thing was living now…
My spines bristled up, and my fist tightened to the point that I couldn't even feel them anymore!
"Amy!" Chip flew out but not close enough to the battle scene. He couldn't do anything, and by the looks of his face, it was killing him. He held a trembling hand to his mouth, seeming to want to bite his nails but to shaken up to do it.
It tried to stomp on Amy, and then lifted its gorilla body to slam down its head and bite at her.
Amy rolled out of the way, crying out in fright.
I shot my arm at it, but the head just wiggled out of the ground and clamped down on it.
I cried out a howl of pain, as it took my arm and swung me around and around, quickly moving itself with the momentum and having me hit the wall of a nearby building establishment.
The wall crumbled underneath me, as I slowly pulled myself off it.
My energy was fading, even though the moon was high, and my rage was full.
Why was I not strong enough to take this thing down again? I should of finished it when I had the chance!
Shaking my head off and letting the stone crumble off the sides of me, I gripped my head, as my other arm supported me by leaning on the wall.
"Sonic!" Chip and Amy called to me, as the beast returned it's attention to Amy, and flung it's tail at her.
She jumped and dodged the first strike.
But its eyes just opened wide, as its eyes dilated in the pleasure of the kill ahead.
It striked again.
Amy took out her hammer, spinning to dodge the next attack and slammed her hammer on the tail now.
The monstrous beast arched back it's back, and howled with a odd panther-like roar.
Now the stream of red glowed and remained, streaming faster through it's body like neon lights in a race track.
Amy looked worried as it recoiled its tail, and pierced through her defenses, grabbing her hammer and wrapping its daggered scorpion tail and pulled her to it.
She resisted, as she dug her heels into the road, trying to pull back. "Sonic! Sonic help me!"
In my dizziness from the impact before I shook my head again, my eyes weren't able to focus, and I knew if I stepped forward I would be off balance.
"OOOHHHHH!" Chip kicked himself back, firing up as he launched himself at me. "SNAP OUT OF IT!" He dug his fist into my cheek, looking determined to help me out of my pain induced trance, as I roared and barreled myself out to help Amy. "Chip to the rescue! Haha!" Chip held his fist up and spun around, striking a pose before withdrawing his hand to his chest and curling up. "Ow…owowowowwow!" he arched his back and kicked his feet in pain.
Guess I wasn't the only one feeling hurt now!
I took my fangs and bit down on the tail, making it howl and roar until I slammed my foot down on it to make a the tail straight and stiff. With every bit of power left in my good arm, I pressed my fingers together and swiped.
The tail turned into mist, being split in two.
"Sonic!" Amy was freed, now to take care of YOUUUU!
I stretched my arms out to either side of me, grabbing a lamppost to the side of me, my grip making it bend in half. My other to a large pillar, holding up a roman styled building.
I moved a few steps back and then launched myself at it, while it was distracted by the loss of it's tail. "RWWAAAHHHH!"
The beat down must have been brutal, but I wasn't really focusing. I was just punching at the speed of sound, lost in my animalistic furry.
I didn't stop when we came crashing to the ground either, I just kept at it! Until, finally, the beast crooked it's head back and let it fall to the side, tongue out and all, with the last bit of air leaving it, as it turned back into dark blue mist.
I huffed and puffed, before pounding my chest and roaring again. I WON! I DID IT! I-
"S-Sonic.." Amy breathed out, scared.
I stopped, still breathing hard, as I turned to her. "A..my?" I even sounded more animalistic now… what had happened to me!?
Amy reached a shaky hand out to my face, worry and tears being held back were the only things I could see… through my hazy, delusional gaze I realized what I had become.
The same as that thing… I was a monster.
My face tightened, I was ashamed in front of her. How could I let her see me being so ruthless?! Even to protect her, now… now of all times, I really was the monster…
I looked away, pain written all over my face, as she reached a gentle hand out to me, and lifted my chin to her.
A gentle smile, a weak chuckle, and tears.
I wasn't a monster to her at all…
I was her hero.
And she wanted me to comfort her.
"You did it… you really did it, Sonic!" she spoke out with her emotions gripping at her throat, making her voice seem off. I embraced her at once, letting go of my own thoughts, and realizing they weren't her own.
She wasn't thinking anything on the lines of my own.
She was better than I was giving her credit for… this whole time.
And Tails knew… Chip knew…
Why didn't I know?
Chip flew into the happy huddle, and wiggled himself into the hug, laughing and crying out, "We won! The wicked beast is dead! Chip, Amy, and Sonic! The Beast Slayers! Aiaiaiai!"
Heh, go team go.
I laughed at my own joke, and just let Chip do his thing.
Then…
Me and Amy's eyes locked on to one another's.
And the whole noise of gibber-gabber coming from Chip seemed to fade out into the distance, the night seemed bright, and my pain and even my thoughts seemed to just… drift away.
"So…" I started. "About that date…"
"Don't you DARE tell me your canceling." She teased.
"Heh, not a chance." I gently let out, as we both laughed with one another.
"Uh.. Hey! What are you two laughing out? Weren't you listening to me? Guys? Guys!"
-A few minutes later-
"Ow! Amy that hurts!" Amy was applying some medicine on my scared face, some stabs in my chest, and another scratch on my arm.
We were now happily in the Professor's study, as he walked around, hands behind his back expect for the one that held a book out in front of him.
"Fascinating. Dark Gaia seems to have equipped himself with the most peculiar creatures, similar to how you are now, Sonic. Now, if my theory is correct, it was following Amy because of something she possessed, something valuable to Dark Gaia, perhaps?" He turned to Amy. "I could only think it was your miraculous skill of creating the perfect cucumber sandwiches this world over. But then again, I'm sure more sinister ideals were on the minds of our enemies here."
"N-…no.."
"She couldn't have a chaos emerald or something like that, right Amy?" Asked Chip.
Amy nodded.
"Hmm… perhaps Dark Gaia knew the power of one hedgehog, and planned to create his own minion with more of his own essence in them, so that he could have a champion as well." The professor turned to Amy, nodding at his conclusions. "In order for such a process to be made, he would of needed Amy at the blink of life, where the incision could be made and her whole being filled with his power."
Chip and I sprang back in shock at the Professor's accusation. Chip flew all the way back behind the regal chair, and then slowly climbed the back of the chair up to the curved top, where he just barely managed to get a grip of it with his arm, huffing at the effort it all took to get him back up there.
"You mean.. Dark Gaia was using that beast to hunt her and make her like… me?" I looked at myself, and then Amy.
"Hmm, I believe so. Hoho, and as well it all seems, thanks to your efforts, she's safe and still untouched by Dark Gaia's influence. Hmhmm." He pointed towards us, and then gripped his coat, professionally, as if being a gentlemen mattered the most right now.
I couldn't tare my gaze from Amy… her being like me… would have been just awful!
"Hey, no more depressed eyes!" She lightly slapped the washcloth she was using to help get the ointment to treat my wounds at me.
I grabbed my nose, surprised by her attitude as she pushed me back against the chair. "Now hold still." She gently pressed the washcloth against my arm again.
I roared, and she gripped my nose, which I had just let go of, and pulled me back down to her level, eye to eye with her now. "Don't you roar at me, young hedgehog!" she then let me go as I held my nose again, glaring at her slightly from the side, and then winced at her pressing the washcloth down again. "As a hero, you can't afford to be injured on a mission like this. I'm fine, and that's all thanks to you! So don't let anything distract you from getting well and saving the world again! We can't just keep asking Tails for rides like this, you know. It's rude." She continued on, as I just rolled my eyes, kicked my leg up, and tapped it in the air. My other arm was holding my head up as she treated the injured one.
"Hoho, quite right. I believe this calls for some cucumber sandwiches."
"With chocolate!" Chip chimed in, following him into another room. "Lots and lots of chocolate!"
"Oh my dear boy, you most certainly can't have chocolate with cucumber sandwiches. But I suppose, with the world out of it's natural order and stasis, I suppose some chaos and mayhem won't, overall, effect the disorder already apparent. Chocolate we shall have then, hoho. But please, do mind the cucumber. I would hate to have its splendid taste lost in this monopoly of rising anarchy with continuous malicious from our unruly adversary."
"…Come again?"
(I think I'll have a bonus story… a little 'after math' short XD so~ Stay tuned! :D)