"SONIC!" Amy Rose yelled, anger in her voice. "GET BACK HERE!"

"Sorry, Amy!" Sonic shouted in reply, running his usual speedy pace in the oppisite direction of the pink hedgehog that was yelling at him. "We'll have to do this another time!"

Amy snarled, her fists clenching. She had finally convinced Sonic to come out to a meadow with her to have a nice, quiet picnic under cherry blossom trees; a romantic sight. And all it took was the threat of her infamous Piko Hammer and the ancient art of bribery-$20-but, like always, he had to run to stop Eggman from...what was he doing anyway? Amy was to angry to care.

"Not this time!" she declared.

She started running, trying to match the pace of her fast blue hero. Seeing this, Sonic sweatdropped. He knew once she caught him, it would be a furious blow after blow from her Piko Hammer. With that in mind, he ran faster, making his pink pursuiter almost twice as mad as she was before.

"SONIC THE HEDGEHOG! STOP!"

"I'm sorry, Amy! But I gotta go!"

Unknown to them, a black hedgehog was watching from a nearby hill, an unimpressed look on his face. "Stupid, hedgehog," he mused, referring to the blue hedgehog. "That faker has no idea how lucky he is to have people that care for him." Shadow closed his eyes. "I'll never have that again..." An image of a blonde girl wearing blue clothing popped into his head, making him open his eyes again. Shadow continued to watch the chase scene before him, curious to see what was going to happen.

Sonic, tired of the chase, zoomed forward towards the city. While Amy suddenly stopped, the anger she felt moments ago fading into nothing.

She panted, catching her breath. She shut her eyes, a feeling of saddness consuming her. "Whats the point?" she muttered to herself. "He doesn't care...he just thinks I'm some stupid girl that won't stop chasing him." Tears formed as she opened her eyes, sudden realition hitting her. "...I guess...I guess I am just some stupid girl that won''t stop chasing him..."

Her legs wobbled, falling to her knees. Amy tried to stop the tears, but they wouldn't stop coming. She covered her face in her hands, giving in.

Shadow watched as she cried, a stab of hurt and saddness in his heart. What the hell? Why do I feel this way? He thought, rubbing his head. He hadn't felt this way since Maria had died...he shook his head, trying to look away but he couldn't; he felt like he needed to go down and comfort her, hold her. "What good would that do?" he mumbled, shaking his head. "I'd probably just make her feel worse..."

Down below, Amy started to feel very faint; her body feeling heavy. "Oh..." Dizziness clouded her mind; grey and black dots clouded her vision and became a blur. She swayed, the world going black. She fell on the dirt road, her jade green eyes closing.

The darkness took over.

"Is it finished?"

A grey and white wolf looked up at the male voice that had spoke to him, smirking devilishly, show his sharp teeth that gleamed in the dim light.

"Almost, my Lord," he replied, "we just need the girl; then it shall be complete."

The figure he was speaking to wore a dark cloak that hid his face; all that could be seen was his grey muzzle, and the smirk that crossed it.

"Exellent," he hissed.

A thought suddenly crossed the grey wolves mind, something that had made him curious since they had started the operation. He repeated the thought carefully out loud so not to upset his dark lord. "My Lord, if you don't mind me asking...how do you intend to get the girl?"

Before he could answer, another voice came from the shadows,

"I can do that."

They turned around to see a green hedgehog; his eyes hidden under dark red sunglasses, his hands stuffed in the pockets of his jacket. He was leaning against the wall in a causual manner, which was beyond odd, conisdering where he was. But that didn't matter-how he got in was a more important question, aside from why and who he was.

How he was getting out was no question.

"Who are you?!" the wolf demanded. His anger blazed his dark eyes, also in his voice. "How did you get in here?!"

The hedgehog's sharp teeth shown when he smirked widely, he stepped away from the wall in a casual manner, his head low. When he stood in front of them, he simply pushed his dark crimison sunglasses away from his eyes, showing sharp ice blue eyes, evil shining off them. He looked at the wolf he had angered, then he looked at the wolves dark master, whom had a snarl on his muzzle, which grew his smirk.

"Names Scourge," he finally answered, "how I got in here doesn't matter. Why I'm here is what I wanna talk about..."

"If your looking for money, hedgehog, you've come to the wrong place," the cloaked male hissed through his clenched fangs. "Exander, show him the door."

Answering to his name and command, the wolf took hold of a sword that hung from his belt; its sharp blade pointed at the intruder.

Scourge, not seeming afraid of the sharp blade, chuckled, gesturing his hand. "Hey now, lets not get violent," he said as if it were a joke. "Just hear me out! I gotta offer for ya!"

Exander glanced up at his dark master, whom gave him a 'wait' look. When Exander slightly lowered his sword, his master askeing the green hedgehog in a questioning way, "What kind of offer?"

"Well," Scourge voice grew smug, "you need that chick for that gizmo of yours-"

"How did you know about that?!" Exander demanded.

"-and I need her for somethin'," he continued, ignoring the wolves demand. He looked over at the cloaked master. "So, whatya say? We work together, we both get what we want. Win, win. Besides, I already gotta plan."

He shows over confidence, the dark master thought. But his offer is intriguing...

"We don't work with slime!" Exander barked, taking his sword into action again. But before he could use it, his master waved a hand in front of him, singling him to stand down.

"What is this...plan, you speak of?"

Scourge's smug smirk grew.

I apoligize for the shortness, but I wanted to leave a little cliffhanger. Anyways, I realize the whole Amy-chasing-Sonic-at-the-beginning-of-the-story has been done to death, but my mind drew a blank for anything else, get what you can get, people.

*gasp* Whats going to happen to Amy? Will Shadow help her or leave her? What does Exander, Scourge and the cloaked-guy want with Amy? Who is the cloaked-guy, anyway? Ohhh the suspense XD

Guy in the cloak has a name and he is actually a Sonic character (Exander isn't, by the way, just an OC) You are free to guess who he is, I hearby give you all premission.

I think the guy in the cloak is a little OOC (out of character) then again maybe not. Oh well, I leave it up to you if you figure out who it is.

Sonic, Amy, Shadow, Scourge and cloak-guy all belong to Sega and Archie Comics, while Exander and this plot belongs to me.

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