AMY and SONIC Chapter 7 Amy jumped from her hiding place to warn Copan and Sayil. For all she knew, somebody on that Egg Carrier III may have already seen them! “Sayil! Copan!” Amy shouted. “Amy? What are you doing here?” Sayil asked. “Good job of covering for me!” Amy thought. Then she quickly tried to think up a story… “I….I was walking on the beach. We’ve got to get out of here and warn the village! That’s Robotnik’s ship!” “Robotnik?!” Copan said. “By the gods!” Sayil said. “Has he followed you here?” “No.” said Amy. “He probably thinks I’m dead.” The three of them quickly ducked into the nearby foliage and watched the Egg Carrier III pass over them. “We’ve got to warn everybody!” Amy said. “If we don’t do something, he’ll kill or roboticize us all!” Copan looked up at Robotnik’s mighty flying fortress. “What can we do against THAT?” “I don’t know!” said Amy. “I wish Sonic were here!” “Sonic? Seems like we’re slowing down.” Tails said. “I think we’re about to land.” Sonic and Tails had carefully moved from one hiding place to another. At the moment they were in a small maintenance room with one small window which Tails was looking out of. “See anything out there, Tails?” Sonic asked. “Yeah!” replied Tails. “It’s an island. Lots of jungle and…..” “And what?” Sonic asked. “Sonic! There was a village down there! Somebody lives on this island!” A village! Sonic realized that Robotnik had probably seen it too. Sonic knew that as soon as he landed, he would send out his robots to wipe out that village. More innocents would die because of that madman. Just like Amy….. Amy! It was time for Eggman to be taken out….. for good! “There’s no time to waste, buddy!” Sonic said. “We gotta get up to the bridge now and put that bastard Eggman out of commission!” But suddenly the door opened and two Egg-Robos were standing there with their laser blasters at the ready. “This could complicate matters just a little….” Sonic said. “Master Robotnik, we are preparing to land.” Gamma Mark II reported. “Very good.” Robotnik replied. “As soon as we’re down, send out a squad to take care of that village we just passed over.” “Just one squad?” Metal Sonic asked as he entered. “Is that wise?” “Are you again questioning me, Metal?” Robotnik glared at Metal Sonic. “They are no doubt primitives! One squad should be more than enough to dispose of them!” “Perhaps he is losing his nerve, Master?” Gamma added. “Yes.” Robotnik sneered at Metal Sonic. “Perhaps that puny little village is too much for you?” Before Metal Sonic could respond, an alarm suddenly sounded. An Egg-Robo reported over the communicator: “Master Robotnik! There’s a disturbance in Section G! We think it’s the Hedgehog!” “The Hedgehog! Here?” Robotnik fumed. “Metal? Since you’re afraid of the little primitives out there, get down to Section G and find out what’s happening!” Metal departed without a word. He just shot one last look at Gamma II as he left. The tribe was already gathered in the village center when Amy, Copan, and Sayil arrived. Chief Kukulcan was there and he was clearly not pleased. He pointed at Amy as she approached. “You!” He said. “I knew you would be trouble! That is Robotnik’s ship, isn’t it?” “Yes it is!” Amy said. “We’ve got…” “He followed you here, didn’t he?” Kukulcan continued. “Somehow you brought him here!” “No, Father!” Copan said. “She could have done no such thing!” “This is what happens when you allow some outsider, someone who is not an Echidna, into our midst!” Kukulcan said. “Seize her!” But, much to the Chief’s surprise, nobody made any move to seize Amy! “What is this? I said seize her!” One guard spoke up. “We will not, Chief!” “WHAT?!” “Amy has been a friend to all of us since she’s been here!” another Echidna said. “She had nothing to do with this Robotnik coming here!” “Really, Father!” Copan said. “You didn’t like Amy simply because she’s not an Echidna?” Kukulcan looked around at the tribe. “Do you all feel this way?” He asked. The tribe all responded yes. They all stood by Amy without exception. Realizing that he was greatly outnumbered, Kukulcan relented. “Alright. Very well.” He said. He looked at Amy. “Amy? What can we do about this Robotnik?” Amy was surprised for a moment. Somebody was actually asking her for advice? Somebody really thought that she had something important to say? That jerk Sonic had certainly never asked for her opinion on anything! Amy did her best to try to take charge. “He’s obviously sent his robots out. We can either sit here and wait for them to come, or we can go looking for them!” “How do we stop them, Amy?” Copan asked. Amy pointed to the arrows and spears several of the tribe had. “You have these!” “Yes, for hunting!” Sayil said. “Well, now we’re hunting robots!” Amy said. “Our only chance is to ambush them before they get here!” “But Amy.” Copan said. “We’re not fighters.” Amy concentrated for a second and her Piko Piko Hammer appeared in her hand. “I thought that I wasn’t a fighter, either. Until I found myself in a situation where I had no other choice.” She said, remembering the time when she helped a small bird, and her first encounter with Zero. “Now, are you with me?” “Yes, we are!” said Copan. “Robotnik’s ship was heading North. We should go that way!” “Then let’s do this!” Amy said. As the tribe gathered up their weapons and prepared, Sayil quietly said to herself: “I’ve got to find out how she did that hammer thing!” Metal Sonic looked over the smashed robots that were lying about the hallway. Sonic and Tails were here for sure. Metal followed the trail to a smashed window near the back of the ship. “It would appear that this is how they made their escape!” An Egg-Robo said. “I can see that quite plainly!” Metal Sonic said. “They could be anywhere in that jungle by now.” As Metal looked out the window, he saw a squad of E-series robots heading down the main exit ramp, with Gamma Mark II leading the way. Metal Sonic scoffed. “One squad! ‘Master’ Robotnik is becoming an overconfident fool! One squad will not be enough to handle that village, and with the Hedgehog out there, TEN squads might not be enough!” But then a delightful thought entered his head. “At least Gamma II’s leading them! Maybe the Hedgehog or some lucky villager will save me the trouble of having to dispose of him myself!” As the Echidna tribe headed North, there was a Hedgehog and Kitsune heading South in a hurry. Sonic and Tails had had to make a hasty exit from the Egg Carrier III. Now they were hoping to make contact with the village and warn them of the danger. Tails spotted something ahead. “Somebody’s coming!” Sonic and Tails ducked for cover. Then they realized it was the natives who were approaching. Sonic and Tails cautiously approached them. “I hope they’re friendly.” Said Sonic. “I hope they speak our language!” said Tails. “Or something close to it!” “Who are these two coming towards us?” Copan said. As they got a little closer, Tails realized their species. “Sonic, look! They’re Echidnas!” Sonic was scanning the area for danger and not really paying attention to the natives approaching. “For real? I wish Knuckles was here with us then!” Tails saw one pink girl among them who stood out because she was not an Echidna. His eyes suddenly widened as he recognized her. “Oh my God! Sonic, I think I’m seeing a ghost!” “Huh? What are you talking about….. OH MY GOD!!!!!!”