AMY and SONIC Chapter 10 “Chief! Something is happening to that ship!” An Echidna shouted. Everyone heard alarms coming from the Egg Carrier III. The ship also appeared to be breaking up. “No!” Chief Kukulcan said. “My son is in there! And my future daughter- in-law! What is happening to it?” “Look, here they come!” another Echidna said. Sonic, Amy, Copan, and Sayil were all running in their direction. “Everybody get back!” Sonic shouted, “It’s gonna blow!” “Get back!” Kukulcan shouted to everyone. As the group got closer, he asked: “Where is your other friend?” “He’s still in there!” Sonic said. “He said he had something he had to do!” Just then, everyone noticed a small, sleek jet flying out from the far side of the ship. “I hope that’s him!” Sayil said. “Way to go Tails!” Sonic said. “He’s snatched one of Eggman’s escape vehicles so that we’ll have a way to get home!” A few moments later, The Egg Carrier III blew up in a tremendous explosion that seemed to rock the whole island! Debris rained down for several seconds. With no more master control signal broadcasting orders, the remaining Badniks simply shut themselves off and stopped dead in their tracks! A few minutes later, old and new friends were reunited as Tails landed the jet. Sonic and Tails exchanged high-fives and wisecracks. Amy and her new friends all embraced and spoke more quietly than the boisterous Sonic and Tails. Finally, Chief Kukulcan spoke up. “Uhh, Amy?” He said. “I would just like to say that I am sorry for the attitude I had towards you earlier. I was fearful towards an outsider, someone who was different from us. And I do apologize to you for that.” “That’s all right, Chief!” Amy said. “Apology accepted.” “Good, thank you.” Kukulcan said. He then turned to the rest of the tribe, “Now let us go back to the village and have a celebration for our new friends: Amy, Sonic, and Tails!” Sonic took Amy by the hand. “C’mon, I… I have a lot I want to say to you when we get back to the village.” Amy looked at Sonic’s emerald green eyes. There was a tenderness there that she had rarely seen before. “I have a lot I want to tell you too, Sonic!” she said…. Back at the village that night, there was a grand feast to celebrate the tribe’s newfound friends and the defeat of Robotnik. The food, song and dance continued for several hours. Just as Amy had predicted, Tails and Copan were good friends almost immediately. As the party was winding down, Amy and Sayil found them at a table outside of Copan’s hut, examining the shell of an E-1000 robot. “…And this controls the shoulder joint.” They heard Tails say to Copan. “Amazing!” said Copan as he examined a small gear. “The workings of this thing are beyond anything I could have ever dreamed was possible!” “And that pocket is where the captured animal is secured.” Tails continued. “Fortunately, when the robot shell is destroyed, the animal is set free.” “But how is Robotnik able to control them?” “I still don’t know that.” Tails said. “But I think there might be some sort of master control signal being broadcast to them! I figure the captured animal serves as the ‘brain’ of the robot!” Amy broke in: “I might have known we’d find you two here!” “Copan?” Sayil said, “Could we go somewhere and talk? Y’know, privately?” “Sure, of course.” Copan said. Amy watched the two walk off arm-in-arm. She sighed as she sat down near Tails. “What’s wrong, Amy?” Tails asked. “Oh, I don’t know.” Amy said. “Just watching them and what a great couple they seem to be…. Uhhh, Tails? Can I ask you something?” “Sure.” “Well, uhhhh, how was Sonic during this past week? I mean, uhhhh, how did he act, thinking that I was dead?” “Well…” Tails looked up. “You can ask him yourself, because here he comes!” Amy looked around to see Sonic approaching. “Amy? There you are. I’ve been looking for you.” He said. “Sonic…” Amy started. “Say, uhhhh, could we go somewhere private?” Sonic asked. “Sure, Sonic.” Amy said. Sonic offered Amy his hand. Tails watched the two of them leave together. He looked down at the smashed-up E-1000 robot. “Well, I guess it’s just you and me now, huh?” “Copan? There’s something I’ve got to know.” Sayil said. “What is it?” “Are you really over Amy? I mean really over her?” “Yes! Yes I am!” Copan said. “That was just a passing infatuation. You are the only one for me, Sayil!” “Are you sure?” Sayil asked. “Well, maybe this will convince you.” Copan said. He handed Sayil a brand new music box. “I had Tails help me put it together this evening.” “Oh, Copan!” said Sayil. “It’s lovely!” “I do love you and only you, Sayil” “And I love you, Copan!” The two young Echidnas embraced and shared a long kiss under the stars. Sonic and Amy watched the reflection of the moon on the ocean. Neither of them spoke for several moments. Finally, Sonic took both of Amy’s hands in his and looked into her deep green eyes. The moonlight reflecting in them made them seem to sparkle. She had never looked more beautiful to Sonic than at that moment. “Amy?” He finally said. “Oh, Amy! I still can’t believe you’re okay! I couldn’t eat or sleep or anything because…. Because I thought…. You were…. You were…. Oh, God! You can’t imagine how it felt!” “Yes, I can, Sonic.” Amy said. “It wasn’t that long ago that I thought you were dead! Remember?” “Yes, I do.” Said Sonic, remembering what had happened a few months earlier aboard the Space Colony ARK. “I…I never told anybody, but when I was in that tube being shot into space, the main thing that I was thinking of was that I’d never see you again!” “Sonic…” Amy said. “Maybe…. Maybe I should have told you then that I loved you. But I didn’t know if it would do any good at that moment, when even I thought I was a goner! So, I told you to take care of yourself!” “Sonic? Did I just hear you right?” Amy said. “I…” Sonic realized what he had just said. “I…Yes! Yes, you did!” Sonic said, mustering up all the courage he had; and to say these three words was going to take more courage than it took to face any of Robotnik’s doomsday weapons! “I love you, Amy!” “I…I…” Amy was speechless. Sonic could see tears in her eyes. “Amy?” “I…I’ve had time to think this past week.” Amy finally said. “I thought about how you had always treated me! You always ignored me or was rude to me! You never listened to anything I said! Even when I wasn’t really trying to flirt with you or anything, you still treated me like that! You never even thanked me for springing you out of your cell on Prison Island! I…. I don’t know if I love you!” “Amy! Amy please!” Sonic said. “I know now that I was a fool! A damned fool! I was more concerned with some ‘image’ than I was with what really mattered! Well, I don’t care about my image! And I don’t care what anybody might say about you being younger than me! All I know is that I love you! I love you more than life itself! I wouldn’t blame you if you never forgave me for how I treated you before, but that still won’t stop me from loving you!” “Sonic! You… you really mean that?” “Yes I do! I’m sorry, terribly sorry, for how I’ve treated you! And I’ll do anything I can to make it up to you!” Sonic said. “In fact, I have something for you!” Sonic handed Amy the gold heart-shaped locket. “I got this for you not long after we got back from the ARK.” “Sonic! It’s… It’s beautiful!” Amy said. Amy opened it up and saw the small picture of Sonic inside and the simple “To Amy Rose” inscription. Amy had never been so surprised in her life! She would have never expected anything like this from Sonic in a million years! She was crying as she put the locket around her neck and looked at it again. Sonic really meant all that he had just told her! “Sonic…. Sonic…. Oh, Sonic! I do love you! I do!” Amy said as she embraced Sonic. “And I love you too, Amy Rose! I always will!” They looked at each other for several long moments, slowly moving closer together. Finally, their lips met. (Author’s note: ^___^) The moon shined down on the two young Hedgehogs as they shared a very long, very passionate kiss. Neither of them would ever forget this night. The next day as Tails got the jet ready for the trip home; Copan and Sayil came to say goodbye to their new friends. “We’ll be back to see you real soon!” Amy said. “And we’ll take you to meet Knuckles, too!” “That would be great!” Sayil said. “There is a great deal we could learn about our people’s past!” “I’ll be back in a few days, Copan!” said Tails. “And I hear you wanted a telescope! I’ll be sure to bring you one!” “Thank you, Tails!” Copan said. Tails climbed into the cockpit. He had a sly grin on his face as he said: “I’m not sure this thing was built for three passengers! I think soooomebody’s gonna have to sit really close together!” “Well I wonder who that might be?” Sonic said. Amy waved goodbye to her friends as she climbed aboard. She had her music box and her gold heart-shaped locket. One from one of her new friends; the other from her one true love. Sonic, Tails, and Amy waved one last goodbye as the jet took off. “Next stop, Station Square!” Tails said. It was a tight squeeze for Sonic and Amy aboard the jet, but they didn’t seem to mind. “This is kinda comfy!” Sonic said. The two kissed again. “Am I gonna have to separate you two?” Tails grinned. Sonic and Amy would face many more adventures over the years, with both old friends and new. But as the jet sped them back home, they both knew that whatever the future held, they would face it…. Together. THE END