Chapter 6: Where are you...?

"AMY!!" Cream wailed, running over to Amy and hugging her.

"Easy, Cream..." Amy said, cringing slightly.

"I'm sorry... You're alive!!" Cream said, hugging Amy again.

"Amy, what happened? You were gone for a week." Shadow asked.

Cream let Amy go.

"Well... The best I can remember there were two explosions, one blew a whole in the side of the building so I could get out before the other explosion hit. I guess I wandered back home after that." Amy said.

She glanced at everyone in the room, noticing a certain blue hedgehog was missing.

"Where's Sonic? Is he okay?" Amy asked, getting worried.

Most of the group looked at each other.

"Where is he!?" Amy asked, loudly.

"He's fine. But, we haven't seen him in days." Shadow said.

"Sonic was devastated when he thought you died... he ran off somewhere." Tails said.

Amy looked down, sadly.

"I'll go get the word out that you're alright. Sonic'll turn up sooner or later, you know how he is." Rouge said

"I'll go too. They might now believe just you." Knuckles said.

Rouge scoffed.

"You don't need a reason to come with me, ya' know. Everyone knows you're in love with me." Rouge said, with a grin.

"I am not!" Knuckles said, loudly as the two walked off.

Amy looked down sadly.

"Don't worry Amy." Cream said.

Amy nodded sadly.

                ABOUT AN HOUR LATER, in a small city Sonic was running toward:

He stopped in front of a TV store that had the news on.

"Doctor Eggman has reportedly been sighted in New York, at the last place you'd EVER expect him to be: Kleinfelds Apparently, he's planning a wedding. Who the 'lucky' girl is remains to be a secret." A woman news anchor said.

Sonic clenched his fist.

'How dare he... he takes Amy away from me and DARES to still cause trouble?!' Sonic thought.

"He won't get away with this!!" He yelled running off.

"This just in: " The woman news anchor said, as she's handed a piece of paper.

Her eyes appear to water.

"...:sniff: Amy Rose was found alive in her apartment earlier today. Her injuries are minor, but she will be hospitalized for at least the week..." The woman news anchor said, starting to cry.

"Hey, did 'ya hear that?!" Someone in the store said.

"Yeah, and Sonic just ran by here. I doubt he heard it." Another man said.

"He doesn't know!?" A woman asked, loudly

                                      MEANWHIEL, At the hospital:

"Oh, no..." Rouge said, looking at the window.

"What's wrong?" Amy asked, laying in bed.

"The reporters... and your 'adoring' fans. They're ready to mob the place." Rouge said.

Amy laughed quietly.

                                             A FEW FEET AWAY...

"Any word on Sonic?" Shadow asked Knuckles quietly.

Knuckles shook his head slowly.

"No one's seen him. There was suppose to be a sighting of him earlier, but I can't say for sure." Knuckles said.

Shadow groaned, quietly.

"I thought he would've heard by now and be on his way here." He said, quietly.

"Well, if he's still as upset as he was when he first ran off... I can't say I'm surprised." Knuckles said, sadly

                                               ACROSS THE ROOM:

Amy looked out the window, looking a little sad.

'Sonic... Where'd you go?' She thought.

                                                   MEANWHILE:

Elise was sitting on a couch in Eggman's ship, a giddy expression on her face.

She heard sirens outside and looked a little worried.

Elise sighed quietly, standing and walking over to the window.

Reporters and police cars were everywhere.

Her eyes narrowed slightly.

'It looks like Sonic's convinced them my Eggie's the bad guy too...' Elise thought.

She raised her hand to close the curtain, then noticed the reporters seem to direct their attention to her.

Bright, flashes of lights blind her before she closes the curtain.

Elise turned her back and leaned against the window.

'They'll figure out who I am soon...' She thought.

Elise sighed, loudly.

'But they won't stop me... I will marry Eggman. Maybe, some day people will understand he's not the villain Sonic says he is.' She thought.

A short, red and black robot walked over to Elise.

"Miss Elise, your dressing room is ready." The robot said in a female robotic voice.

"I'm coming, Mia..." Elise said, quietly.

She followed the robot to another room.

"Um... where's Eggie?" Elise asked, almost looking nervous.

"Doctor Eggman is on the other side of the ship. It is bad luck for the groom to see the bride before the wedding, you know." Mia said, her voice in less of a robotic tone.

                        MEANWHILE, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SHIP:

"How DARE you interfere with me again! I'm getting married today too." Eggman said, glaring at Sonic.

Eggman was in a hover-ship, Sonic was standing on the ships roof.

Sonic growled, quietly.

"How dare 'I'... how DARE I?! You..." Sonic yelled.

"What?" Eggman said, annoyed.

"For what you did to Amy... YOU WILL PAY!!" Sonic yelled, jumping toward Eggman.

He smashed away the robots in the way, as a crowd gathered down below.

Sonic grabbed Eggman by the collar, and used him as a punching bag.

Eggman managed to toss Sonic off the small ship.

"Take your punishment like a man!!" Sonic yelled.

"Punishment for what...? Oh, the incident with Amy." Eggman said.

"Incident... YOU KILLED HER!!" Sonic yelled, and spin-dashed closer to the ship.

He tried to jump onto the small ship and Eggman dogged.

The crowd below watched the scene, and a reporter was hooking up some wires to a large TV screen.

"I'll NEVER FORGIVE YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID TO HER!!" Sonic yelled, on the TV.

Eggman grinned, slyly.

"I thought you didn't care about Amy..." He said.

Sonic growled at him.

"What would you know about it?! You don't care about anyone but yourself!!" The blue hedgehog yelled.

Eggman scowled at Sonic.

"HOW DARE YOU SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT!!" He yelled.

The evil genius sent several robots in Sonic's direction.

Smashing through them, Sonic charged at Eggman again.

He landed by smashing Eggman's face in, only to have him pop.

"WHAT?!" Sonic yelled, landing on the ground again.

He heard Eggman laughing in the background.

"You'll never defeat me like this, Sonic." Eggman said, with a grin.

Sonic clinched his fists at his sides, growling.

            MEANWHILE, SHADOW HAD WALKED DOWN TO THE CAFETERIA.

He noticed a group of people around a large TV and walked over to it.

A news reporter was recapping the fight between Sonic and Eggman.

Shadow's eyes widened in shock, seeing Sonic's color start to turn darker.

"You said you were getting married, didn't you? So, everyone's dieing to know... Who's the lucky girl?" Sonic asked on TV.

"Huh?" Eggman asked, surprised.

"You heard me... And from the way you were yelling earlier, I'd say she means SOMETHING to you..." Sonic said, crossing his arms with a grin.

Eggman's hover craft seemed to back away from Sonic.

Mia appeared from the side of the ship, several feet from Sonic and Eggman.

"Doctor Eggman, Princess Elise is ready." Mia said, almost in a human tone.

The tone of Mia's voice was enough to surprise Eggman, who turned to her.

Sonic laughed in an almost evil tone.

"So... it is Elise... I should've known..." He said, in a low tone.

The people one the ground started to look nervous.

"What about it?!" Eggman yelled, sounding angry.

The look on his face didn't reflect the anger in his voice.

"What's this? Are you actually WORRIED about her?" Sonic taunted.

Eggman looked more worried, as a sweat-drop rolled down the side of his face.

Shadow watched the scene and saw Sonic turn a midnight/ navy-blue color.

He instantly realized what Sonic was thinking.

"That IDIOT!!" Shadow yelled, running off.

'Don't do it, faker... Don't you DARE do something that stupid!!' The black and red hedgehog thought running through the hospital and out the doors.

"If Elise means so much to you... Maybe you'd understand how I feel..." Sonic said.

A black/blue aura surrounded him.

"If she was no longer alive!" The now near black color Sonic said, loudly.

He held out his hand and started to close it slowly.

Eggman's ship started creaking loudly, like it was being crushed.

Sonic started laughing, seeing the look of fear on Eggman's face as the ship started to shrink.

The people below were stunned and started yelling and running away as parts of the ship fell to the ground.

The dark Sonic stopped suddenly, when Shadow grabbed his arm and gripped it tightly.

"Don't be foolish!" Shadow said, loudly.

"Shadow? You're trying to stop me?! You should know better then ANYONE how I feel!!" Sonic yelled, looking over his shoulder at the black/red hedgehog.

Shadow hesitated slightly, an image of Maria flashing in his mind.

"Yes, I do. But you get a second chance to make things right with Amy!" He said, loudly.

"By avenging her!!" Sonic yelled, breaking free of Shadow's grip.

"AMY'S STILL ALIVE, YOU IDIOT!!" Shadow yelled, punching Sonic and knocking him to the ground before he could cause any more damage.

Sonic sat up, stunned.

"Wha... What did you say?!" Sonic asked, in disbelief.

"You were so blinded by your grief and only wanting revenge, you never stopped chasing Eggman long enough to hear the news. The others and I found Amy very much alive early this morning." Shadow said.

Eggman snuck off in the background.

"S-she's... alive." Sonic said, barely audible.

His color returned to its normal shade of blue.

"Yes. She's been wondering where you were. Go see her." Shadow said.

With that, Sonic was off.

Shadow's eyes widened slightly.

Eggman's escape pod is seen flying off in the background.

Shadow closed his eyes, a sweat-drop on his head.

'I probably should have told him where she was first...' He thought.

Shadow ran off, after Sonic.

                                             TO BE CONTINUED...