Hello, reader. Sorry for the 4 month long wait. I was very busy with finals, conventions, etc.

Fun fact: at Colossalcon, I met Amy Rose's previous voice actor, Lisa Ortiz. She was amazing. I also met Vic Mignogna, Bryce Papenbrook, and Johnny Yong Bosch. It was a lot of fun, and I can not wait for Matsuricon in August.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy this chapter. Do not forget to leave a review when you are finished reading it.

-Sonic's POV-

Soleanna was beautiful. It was this gorgeous kingdom that made Empire City feel congested and crowded, though the women here weren't much to look at. Or maybe they were, and I just wasn't interested. Or maybe it was because Rouge was there, and holy boobs. She looked like a pornstar, and Knuckles could not get enough of her. Although she, like everyone else, had fun teasing him.

We had been in Soleanna for about two days, and we had no information. Pachacamac's group was very low key to say so the least. Today, Rouge and I would be heading for the Soleanna castle; I was to keep the princess and guards busy, while she found out secret information about Pachacamac's connection to the royal family.

"Come on, handsome. How long are you gonna keep me waiting?" Coming in unannounced, the sexy bat marched into my hotel room, demanding to know why I was keeping her. Unable to speak because my mouth was full of breakfast, her eyes narrowed in on me.

"You could probably skip a meal or two," she muttered. I glared at her. Swallowing, I stood up and pushed past her to the door.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, princess."

"That's more like it, cutie," she grinned, feeling my chest through my shirt.

"Keep your hands off of me," I snapped.

"Oh?" she smirked as I opened the hotel door for her. "Very chivalrous I see." Saying nothing, I followed her out. We walked in silence to the limousine that waited outside the hotel lobby.

The car ride, too, was silent. That was, until I noticed we were being followed. A black range rover had been tailing us since we'd left the hotel.

"Sir, turn right down this street," I demanded.

"But the castle-" the driver began to protest.

"Now," Rouge commanded, catching on. "Who do you think that is?" she asked me, quietly.

"Pachacamac. Or at least some of his thugs anyway." As we turned onto this street, I realized that it was deserted. Perfect.

"I'll get out here. Rouge, I'd like you to continue onto the castle as planned," I told her.

"Absolutely not, Lanky. I will not abandon my partners. That's not my style."

"Please. I can handle it myself. I just don't have time to deal with your safety."

"I would think that it would be me having to deal with your safety, Mr. Egotistical-"

"Fine! But when you die, I'm not taking blame for it."

"Oh? So you're actually worried about me?

"No. I just don't want your blood on my hands," I answered, stepping out of the car. I could hear her huff. It was the first time she'd been outwardly rejected by a man. Rouge began to get out of the car when I snapped.

"Continue on with the mission, dammit. I'll handle this." Rolling her eyes, she nodded.

"Fine. I'll see you in ten." And with that, I shut the door to the limousine, watching it drive off down the alleyway.
Behind me, I could hear all four doors to a car open and close.

"We've been expecting you, you little punk!" Slueth "Doggy" Dawg's voice was enough to make me wanna kill myself.

"As soon as we caught wind of the Freedom Fighter's plan to thwart us, we decided that it would be best to bug your phone," a female's voice said. My eyes widened, and I turned to face them.

Fiona Fox stood under Scrouge's arm, grinning widely.

"Fiona?" I gasped. Scrouge smirked.

When did she even come into contact with me? I thought. And then when it hit me. At Honkers for my birthday. When she was giving me a handjob, she must've grabbed my phone.

"Fuck," I muttered to myself.

"As soon as we started our project here in Soleanna, we knew that Robotnik would want in-," Lightning began.

"And we knew Pachacamac wasn't having any of that," Sergeant Simian finished.

"So now we've come to stop you and your others. Some more of us already took out the twin-tailed brainiac and dumbguns. That bat is next and as for you, you'll be lucky if you even make it out alive," Scrouge grinned, a fire in his eyes. I pulled out my switchblade as Lightning and Simian ran at me. I dodged them, slicing Simian in the arm. Turning, I hit Fiona (by accident, I swear). She cried out in pain as Lightning came up from behind, stabbing me in the side, and then Doggy put me in a headlock. Scoruge clapped, applauding his team. Walking up to me, he whispered,

"And just you wait til I get back to Empire City, you blue mutant. I know that you're keeping Amy at your main house. I'll get her, killing your fucking butler, too. Every night, she'll have something to look forward to."

"You're not going to touch her," I growled.

"Shut the fuck up," he said, punching me in the face. As I began to lose consciousness, I felt something warm running down my face. Blood.

White was the first thing that I noticed. Bright lights, too. A hospital? My eyes had trouble adjusting to my surroundings, but I could make out a figure standing across the room. He was here. He always came whenever we screwed up a mission, though we rarely ever did.

"Sonic," Robotnik snarled. I attempted to sit up, but a pain in my side stymied my actions.

"You broke your rib cage when your green counterpart kicked you in the side. You're lucky that Rouge went back and saved you," Robotnik continued, walking over to a table, where I had a forest of flowers awaiting me. "I want to know what is interfering with your work, Sonic."

I hesitated for a moment, and then said,

"Nothing is. It was a mistake-"

"I don't have time for mistakes, Sonic," he murmured, cutting me off. When his voice got really quiet, you knew shit was about to go down.

"It's her, isn't it?" he asked. When I said nothing, he thrashed his hand knocking off all my flowers. I cringed as every single vase shattered on the floor.

"Broom her fast or I will," he warned. "I created you, Sonic the Hedgehog. It was me who saved Knothole Village and your sister, Sonia, was it?"

"You only used me, so don't act like it was out of the goodness of your heart," I whispered, bitterly. His eyebrows rose and he walked over to me.

"If you walk away from me, boy, you'll never live to see another day." I froze fearfully. He then turned from me, and headed towards the door. Then, in a more calm voice, he said, "You'll only cause that girl nothing but pain if you get too attached."

"I want her out of sex slavery, Robotnik!" I shouted.

"Fine. I guess I can compromise. I'll buy her way out, and you'll never see her or speak of her again." I closed my eyes as visions of Amy flew about my mind. If it meant her safety, I'd do it.

"It's a deal," I whispered.

"Guess I'll pay Pachacamac a call," Robotnik smiled a toothy grin. "I'll give you one last week." He then, departed from the room without another word. I sat alone for no more than two minutes when the door to my room opened again.

"Sonic!" I heard Amy's frantic voice call. "Sonic! Sonic!" She ran over to me, throwing her arms around my waist.

"A-Amy!" I stuttered. "You're h-hurting me." She gasped, breaking away from me almost immediately.

"I'm sorry!" she apologized.

"It's okay. I'm just a little sore-"

"When they said you had woken up, I rushed down here as fast as I could," she said, with tears in her eyes.

"Amy," I sighed. "You need to leave."

"What?" she asked, backing away.

"I don't want you to get hurt."

"I won't."

"Amy. Leave." She didn't budge. I closed my eyes and sighed. "Amy. Get the fuck out of here. I don't want you anymore!" I could feel her shock as I sat up.

"Tha-... that's not true!" she argued, a tear sliding down her cheek.

"I don't want you," I repeated the foreign words, once more. I, subconsciously, pulled her closer to me by her long, soft quills, and hugged her. I used this as an excuse to inhale her scent. She smelled like cinnamon. I began to kiss her neck, my hands running up and down her body. Moaning, she entwined her hands in my quills.

"Amy, stop the moaning before I do something I'll regret..." I murmured. Pulling away from her, I looked into her eyes. She was red faced, and panting a little.

"I can't do this with you," I said.

"I don't care! I want you," she pouted. Her cute expression made me pull her face towards mine, and kiss her. And I mean I really kissed her. Our tongues intertwined. Her hot muscle pushed forward into my mouth, not wanting to lose. I laughed, our lips still together. She pulled apart from me, slowly, a string of saliva connecting our lips. Her panting was haggered.

"Where'd you learn how to do that?" she gasped, clutching onto her chest. I smirked.

"It just seemed like it'd feel good in your mouth," I whispered. She blushed a deep red and turned away from my gaze, her quills swishing.

"Stop speaking," she managed. I laughed.

"You're so cute."

"Stop."

"I just want to hold you all the time, you're so fucking adorable."

"Stop."

"And you're so stubborn; it's really turning me on."

"Pervert!" she breathed, falling to her knees. Her hand clutched her heart.

"Are you okay?" I asked, concerned. I got up from the hospital bed and knelt down beside her.

"No... My heart is beating so fast... I don't know why..." She looked up at me with her large green eyes. I felt my face begin to redden, but I couldn't pull away from her eyes. She finally broke the silence.

"Stop staring at me! It's like you're looking right through me!" I sweat dropped at her outburst. Reaching my gloved hand, I touched her cheek.

"But I can't 'stop staring'. You're so beautiful." And I wasn't kidding. She was just so goddamn gorgeous. Looking at her, impulse took over and I jumped onto her, tackling her to the ground. I forced my tongue into her mouth, to which she didn't object, and tangled my hands into her long, pink quills. My heart began to pound faster, and well... let's just say that he began to get excited, too. Amy felt him, too.

"HAHAHA!" Amy giggled, pulling away. I blushed, a bit mortified.

"S-sorry," I murmured, embarrassed.

"Well?" Amy smiled. "Are you going to introduce us or not?" she asked gesturing to my member that was pushed up against her lower torso.

"Right here, right now?" I questioned, as if I was daring her. She was about to answer when the room door opened. I heard a woman's gasp.

"Mr. Hedgehog!" The nurse scolded. "You need to be resting!" I kissed Amy's nose, and got up. I then grabbed Amy's hand and pulled her up with me.

"Sorry, miss," I apologized, while groping Amy's butt.

"Sonic!" Amy hissed, pushing me off of her.

"Could you please leave," the nurse asked Amy. She nodded.

"Woah, woah, woah," I said. "She's not leaving," I protested, gesturing to Amy.

"Sonic," Amy said. "It's okay; you need to rest." I sighed in defeat.

"Fine. But please be safe... You promise?" She smiled at my request.

"Of course I will." I grinned at her as she left the room.

"Dude, she was asking for it?" Knuckles demanded, slamming his hand down on a table. It had been a few days after Amy had left that Knuckles and Tails had come to visit me. They asked how I was doing and I had told them everything about what had happened with Scrouge in Soleanna and about, erm, the events with Amy a couple of dayspreviously.

"I mean, when you put it like that..." I trailed off. Why had I decided to tell them?

"Sonic, I wouldn't have even asked. I would've fucked her right then and there," Knuckles cackled. "Too bad your nurse walked in."

"Knuckles," Tails piped up, "we should be more concerned about what Scrouge had said-"

"That little rat is just bluffing. There's no way in hell that he's going towards the main house. Plus, Sonic already said that Robotnik was taking care of it." I didn't mention it to them that I only had a week left with her. I nodded.

"Well," Tails was about to object when he changed is mind. "So how are you feeling?"

"Okay, I guess? What happened to the mission?" I asked.

"Doctor Robotnik made us continue. We ended up evacuating the princess and taking her back to main house," Tails answered.

"So Amy met her?" I asked. That would not be good.

"No. I took Amy to your apartment," Knuckles replied.

"How the fuck did you get in?"

"I have a natural talent for finding things," the echidna smirked, referring to my house key. I closed my eyes and sighed. Why hadn't Amy told me? I mean, I guess that she didn't have time to... but still.

"Sonic..." Tails began, "...you need to keep her away from this life. You've got to protect her."

"I know," I sighed. "And believe me, I tried to... But..." I just couldn't. I mean, how would I be able to see her go? I just met her again after all those years. But her safety meant more than my feelings.

"...But I will end it soon." Tails looked at me doubtfully, while Knuckles stood up.

"It's just not fair!" Knuckles shouted, punching the wall. I sighed again as I looked at the dent that he left. "Get dressed, Hedgehog; we're getting you the hell out of this hospital."

I grinned.

"I was hoping that you guys would offer," I said, sitting up on my bed.

"I don't think it's safe," Tails said in a hushed tone. I reached for the pile of folded clothes that my two friends had brought for me.

"But I feel good. My side just aches a little from, uh, earlier," I explained, thoughts of Amy jumping on me flooded my mind.

"Get dressed and we'll do a prison break from this jail," Knuckles grinned.

"Speaking of prison," I said, stripping, "How's Shadow doing?"

"Eh. He could be better. If only that damned girl wouldn't visit him everyday..." Knucklehead sighed, rolling his eyes.

"Girl?" I asked.

"The little girl from court," Tails muttered. Oh yeah. The little blonde girl.

"She shouldn't be allowed to visit him," I said, pulling up my jeans. "Why does he allow her to?"

"He won't say. She seems to have taken a liking to him. You'll see," Tails said.

"When?"

"Today, dumbass. Tails and I devised a plan, with Robotnik's permission of course, to break Shadow out of the big house," Knuckles howled.

"And today, we're going to talk to him," Tails added.

"I don't know if I should go..." I muttered.

"He'll want you to be there. He was worried about you when we told him you ended up in the hospital," Knuckles informed me.

"Hey, how long was I out?" I asked.

"Six days," Tails answered. Damn.

"Yeah! And this little kid was having a panic attack the entire time!" Knuckled cackled. Tails's' face turned red and he shouted,

"Did not!"

"Oh yeah? Then why'd it take four nurses and one male doctor to force you out of here the first night?"

"Sh-shut up!" Tails stuttered. I put my gloved hand on his head.

"Hah. Don't sweat it, buddy. I'd be worried about you, too." He smiled at my words. Ruffling his hair, I turned to grab my shirt, and pulled it over my head.

"Alright, Sonic. Tails. Let's do this," Knuckles smiled, opening the door to the hospital hallway. And together, the three of us left, to go and visit our other brother.

When we went to go visit Shadow, the guard wanted us to go in one at a time. Tails and Knuckles insisted I go in first, so I did. I could see Shadow through the glass barrier talking with the little blond girl from the court room, so before I entered, I watched him with her. His eyes looked as stoic as ever, but his body language was inviting. Hell, the girl was sitting on his lap. The guard came over to collect the girl. Kissing Shadow's cheek, the girl exited the glass room with the guard. She turned to me as she past me, shooting me an angry look. Raising my eyebrows, I shrugged it off, and entered the glass room.

Shadow looked me over as I sat down in front of him. We said nothing for a little while.

"Hi."

"Hello."

"How are you?"

"Vile. How about you?"

"Good."

"I can see the bandages beneath your shirt."

"I'm alive."

"Damn straight."

"Why do you allow that girl to see you?" I questioned.

"I don't want her to see me. It's like she's torturing me daily. Looking at me with the same blue eyes that Maria had..."

"So that's it. She looks like Maria."

"Not just that... She acts like her, too... Just a bit more outgoing and cheeky," he chuckled at the thought. Shadow. Chuckled. That's right. Shadow. Fucking. Chuckled.

"You know that's not Maria, though," I pointed out.

"I know." His eyes became heavy and he looked at the ground.

"So, why...-?"

"I FUCKING KILLED HER FATHER. I deserve to suffer. And this makes me suffer. So I will endure it," Shadow said.

"You were following an order-"

"Don't lie to me, Sonic. I did what I did to avenge Maria. And I am going to pay the price for it."

"But this is insane."

"The world is insane. I can't change what I did, but I can pay for what I did," Shadow murmured.

"We're breaking you out," I mumbled.

"No. No, you're not," Shadow growled.

"Yes we-"

"NO. I will not allow it."

There was a long silence to follow his outburst. I looked over his features. His black fur seemed to be a sickly green, his deep red pigment, a now ugly scarlet. His once bright eyes seemed dull, and the bags under his eyes were very large. His white chest tuft was unkempt, and off white, and his body seemed weaker, and less buff than it had been a few weeks before.

"Shadow... What're you doing?" I asked, concern in my voice. He looked at me, his eyes narrowing. He then laughed a sick, sadistic laugh.

"I don't fucking know!" he cackled. The tough assassin had finally cracked. I stood up, abruptly.

"I'm coming back for you, Shadow," I whispered. He continued to laugh, falling out of his seat and to the ground. I turned to exit the glass room.

"Don't EVER show your face to me again, Sonic the Hedgehog!" he sneered, sinisterly. He then continued to cackle and howl. He was beginning to go mad.

"Sonic?" Tails asked, as I entered the waiting room of the prison.

"When are we getting Shadow out?" I asked in a soft voice, so that the guards, or security cameras wouldn't overhear me.

"In a couple of weeks, why?"

"I'm getting him the hell out of there," I grumbled. "Tails, you'd better make sure that your plan is full proof because I want no complications." He and Knuckles grinned, highfiving.

"WOO! That's the kind of spirit I was looking for!" Knuckles shouted.

"I'm getting the fuck out of here," I said. "I'll see you two later."

I pulled into my apartment parking lot. Getting out of my car, I headed towards the building with a bouquet of flowers in my hands.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Hedgehog," said a bear, opening the door for me.

"How ya doing?" I greeted, smiling at the man. Heading for the elevator, I heard my cell phone ring. Snively.

"Hiya, Sniverton," I answered. I could hear him huff, annoyed, at the nickname as I pushed the elevator button.

"Hello, master, Sonic. I'm calling to see how you're doing."

"I'm fine, thank you."

"I had Miss Rose pick up some of your pain medications for you at the pharmacy on her way to the condo. Please see to it that she made it back okay, as she is not answering her phone." My eyes widened at Snively's words.

"Not...picking up?" The elevator made it to my floor and I sprinted for my apartment number. Jamming the key into the slot I opened up the door.

"Amy!" I called. No response. I ran towards my bedroom to find her body sprawled out on my bed. Inhaling with my eyes closed, I spoke into the phone.

"She's...she's alright," I breathed. I could hear Snively stifle laughter. I took off my shoes and sat on the edge of the bed, next to Amy's sleeping frame.

"So did you send in this month's check to Knothole?" I asked.

"Yes, master Sonic, and like always, your family sent a thank you note... Don't you think it's time you reunited with them?"

"Snively, you know better than anyone else why I can't do that," I said with gritted teeth. He sighed.

"Yes, young master." I could feel a pair of slender arms wrap around my torso and over my shoulder.

"I'd better go; she's awake," I said, hanging up the phone.

"What can't you do that?" Amy said in a groggy voice. She had not idea what I was talking about.

"Nothing. Hey, I got these while I was in town," I said, handing her the bouquet of lavender and jasmine. Her eyes widened and she took the flowers from me, sniffing them in the process.

"They're beautiful... Thank you so much," she said. "I'm going to find a vase for them." She got up to go, but I grabbed her hand.

"Lay here with me," I said, pulling her back down to the bed. Her head laid on my chest, her arms wrapped around me. We didn't speak.

"Your heart beat... It's so comforting," she mumbled after a while, hugging me tighter. But I couldn't hear hers. Flipping her over, I laid on top of her, to hear the steady beat. She put one hand on my cheek, the other entwined in my quills.

"Sonic...?" she asked.

"Yes?" I asked.

"I want to spend the rest of my life with you." I lifted myself off of her.

"Amy, I can't do that."

"Why not?" she whispered.

"It's dangerous to be with me. You'll get killed."

"Sonic. If I die, I want it to be with you. With me knowing, I could have lived a long and happy life with you-"

"Amy, I want you to have a long and happy life. I don't want it to be cut short because of me-"

"I'd rather have a short life with you, than a long life without you. I just love you, Sonic!" She was practically in tears now. I touched her cheek, and pulled her in, kissing her. She stopped me abruptly.

"You need your medicine." Wiping her tears she got up and pulled me from the bed to the kitchen.

"Your ribs have to be on fire," she mentioned. They hadn't been until she'd said it. She pulled out a pill bottle and took out two large pills. She grabbed me a glass and filled it with water. Then, Amy handed me everything.

"They'll make you sleepy and there's a 40% chance you'll feel nauseated, but it'll ease the pain," Amy warned me. I nodded and took the pills. She helped me back to bed as I felt myself too weak to go by myself and laid me down. The last image I saw before I blacked out was of Amy kissing my cheek.

"Sonic! Sonic!" Amy shook me awake. There were tears in her eyes. "You were having a night terror..." The alarm clock read 4 in the morning. Like Amy had said, I felt a wave of nausea wash over my senses. I pushed her off of me and sprinted to the bathroom.

I vomited in the toilet. Images of my nightmare flashed through my brain. My sister, and mother lying dead on the floor with my brother no where to be seen. And then Amy being stabbed. What was worse was that my gloves were covered in their blood.

I threw up again, tears falling from my eyes. I felt Amy's hand on my back.

"It's okay, Sonic. I'm here..." I turned away from the toilet and hugged her.

"Repeatedly you kept screaming my name... And Sonia and Manic..." Amy whispered. "Who are they?" And this was something I had never even told Tails.

"They are my brother and sister..." I replied. Amy took my face in her hands.

"Are they still alive?" she asked. I hesitated, and reluctantly nodded.

"Do they know you're here?" she asked. I shook my head.

"Sonic," she murmured. "Please tell me about yourself! I need to know! I can't be in the dark about your life." And as I began to speak, everything came up. I told her about how the village of Knothole had been in poverty, about how Sonia had been ill. I finished with telling her how Robotnik met me, and how he had paid off the debt of my family and Knothole.

"Sonic... I'm so... I don't even know what to...to say..." I looked down at her.

"Would you like to go and visit them?" she asked.

"I can't..."

"Yes, you can. They deserve an explanation, Sonic." And she was right. But after all these years... I nodded.

"Then it's settled. Tomorrow you're visiting your family," she decided. She started to gt up when I grabbed her hand.

"But you have to come, too." She smiled.

"Of course." And taking my hand she helped me up, and back to bed.

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