"I didn't think it'd be this easy to find you, Amy Rose."

Amy scowled. Okay, so her timing was really off.

"I can't believe you crawled out just as he was passing by…"

"I guess it's already time for plan B…" Amy muttered, glancing around the coast. Metal Sonic seemed to be planning a counterattack. Amy swallowed and took a step forward.

"Already surrendering? That's quite a disappointment…"

"Run!" Amy quickly turned on her heel and dashed in the opposite direction.

"Good feint, Amy!"

Amy let a smile spread on her face.

"I wouldn't say that…" she trailed off at the sight of a forest path. "Actually, this might be my lucky day!"

Amy ran into the forest, glad for some kind coverage. The foliage could hide her if she needed to rest.

"Amy! Look out!"

"What May?" Amy turned her head and barely ducked in time to dodge an oncoming attack. "Wah!"

Robots emerged from the trees and bushes. They came from all directions. Amy grimaced. So much for her luck…

"It's an ambush!"

"Obviously!" Amy looked around for an opening. There! Off to the right slightly… It would be close but…

"If you let me take control, I can guarantee that you'll make it through!"

Amy's eyes narrowed.

"How can I trust you, May?"

"If I do go out of control, I know you'll be able to set things straight. You already did it once."

"Fine then. And by the way," Amy smirked and crossed her arms, "you owe Cream an apology later!"

There was a bright flash of light that left all of the robots momentarily stunned. Amy Rose stood in the center, ready to dash. Her eyes glowed red and narrowed dangerously.

"Who here wants to play!?"

Sonic ran toward the coast frantically. What could possibly cause Amy to do something like that? He stopped in his tracks to concentrate for a moment. All that didn't matter right now. His first priority was to find Amy and bring her back safely. Her reasons could come later. He was about to continue until he a bloodcurdling scream. His blood ran cold.

"Amy!"

He ran toward the sound of the voice but found the area completely empty. It was unsettling to say the least. He searched the coast for any sign that anyone had been there. After what seemed like an eternity, Sonic found something that startled him: red water. It seemed that someone had bled here and the blood had mixed with the rain. He clenched his fist. If it was Amy's…

He heard some voices further down the coast. They seemed to be coming from the other side of the bottom of the cliff side. He made sure to approach with caution. Sonic felt the anger rising in him at the sight of metal. He recognized that metal.

"Run!"

Sonic jumped at the sound of the voice. It was her voice. He poked his head around the corner and saw Amy running towards the forest. Metal Sonic was chuckling and getting ready to follow her. Sonic wasn't about to let that happen.

"Hey bolt brain! It's been a while…"

Metal Sonic turned his head and seemed surprised. This really put a setback in his plan.

"Greetings, my original."

"The one and only!" Sonic cheekily replied.

"M-May? Weren't we supposed to take the opening and escape?"

"Huh? Oh yeah… I guess I got a little carried away and forgot?"

"Forgot, huh? You just took out all of those robots! I want my body back now!"

May sighed and nodded. There was a flash of light before the true Amy Rose was back in control. She looked around. May had definitely trashed the area.

"Uh… Do you have any idea of where to head next?"

"You need to meet up with your friends. You're going to need some allies."

"What makes you say that?"

"Metal Sonic has more robots than that. You're not too fit for fighting, so we will want some help. Besides, you need to get your arm treated, remember?"

Amy hesitated before realizing that May was right.

"Fine then."

"Amy!" Tails opened the door and pulled her inside. "Where's Sonic?"

"Sonic?"

"It seems as though he went after you at some point."

"I, uh, didn't see him."

Tails was about to say something, but he was interrupted by Cream's happy cry.

"Amy!" She ran forward and hugged her friend as tightly as her injured arm would allow. "What happened to you?"

Amy cleared her throat.

"Well, actually, it's a long story…"

"What did you do to Amy!?"

Metal Sonic chuckled and crossed his arm haughtily.

"Why should I tell you?"

Sonic stared at his metal copy coldly. His expression was much darker than usual.

"How about a race then? If I win, you tell me everything I want to know and set things straight."

"If I win?"

"Take me instead of Amy."

"You seem pretty confident."

"Trust me, I am," Sonic let a proud smile sneak onto his face.

"Where will we race?"

Sonic looked thoughtful.

"Oh! I know! How about…"

"Wow… That's a lot to let sink in," Tails commented scratching the back of his head.

"You have another 'you' inside your head?" Cream asked, surprised.

"Oh dear, I think you'll need some stitches…" Vanilla observed.

"So this is all Metal Sonic's fault, right? Let's just beat him up!" Knuckles suggested all too happily.

"For once, I think knucklehead is right," Rouge stated. Knuckles let out an offended grunt behind her.

Amy smiled at her friends' support.

"Thank you, guys!"

"Sonic is most likely fighting Metal Sonic right now."

"What!?"

Everyone looked over at Amy worriedly. Amy blushed when she remembered that no one else could hear May.

"May just suggested that Sonic is already fighting Metal Sonic right now."

"Then let's go help him!" Tails shouted. Knuckles nodded in agreement.

Amy's eyes flashed red.

"It's not that simple. We need to take out all of the robots that are stationed in the area first. I know for a fact that even if Sonic beats him, he'll use an underhanded method like releasing robots throughout the city. If we can destroy all of the robots first, then we'll be fine."

"Do you even know where these robots are?" Rouge asked skeptically.

May nodded.

"If you can get me a map of the area, I can point out the approximate locations."

Cream quickly retrieved the maps that they received at the beginning of the vacation. May nodded her thanks.

"There are two locations. They're located on the edges of the city. If the robots were released, they would pincer the city in because of the coast. We need two teams to go to these locations and destroy the stations."

"I'll take this location." Rouge pointed at the indicated area. Knuckles put a hand on her shoulder.

"I'll go with you."

"I'll take the other location, then," Tails offered. Cream and Cheese raised their hands.

"We'll go with you Tails!" Cream proposed. Cheese let out an excited squeal of agreement.

"Everyone seems so into it…"

May smiled at everyone's enthusiasm.

"Okay! Let's do this!" everyone cheered.

"May, apologize to Cream before she heads out."

May grumbled before setting an unsure hand on the rabbit's shoulder.

"H-hey Cream!"

Cream took note of her ruby eyes and concluded that it was still May who was in control of Amy's body right now.

"Yes?"

"I'm really sorry about what happened earlier. Do you think you could forgive me?"

Cream smiled and gave a polite nod.

"Of course. It wasn't your fault, after all. Right?"

"Thanks."

"Come on, Cream! We need to hurry!"

"Everything will work out, right?"

"Yeah, I'm sure of it."

There was a flash of light as Amy gained control once more.

"Let's ask Tails if he can get you your own body later."

"Please do."

Knuckles chuckled as he surveyed the damage that he and Rouge had inflicted upon the area. Scraps of metal were everywhere. It was an environmentalist's worst nightmare. He took a seat on the ground and watched as Rouge scanned the area for anything important.

"This really does seem like the work of Metal Sonic. The robots are the same as the last time we got tangled up with him," Rouge commented idly. Knuckles shrugged.

"As long as everything's fine, it doesn't matter, right?"

"I suppose that's true." Rouge took a seat beside Knuckles. She absentmindedly fingered her pocket. Knuckles eyed her curiously.

"Do you have something in there?"

Rouge's face flushed slightly.

"It's the chocolate from earlier."

"Why don't you eat it then?"

"It might be poisoned!" Rouge joked. She pulled it out anyway.

"Then why don't you share? Jeez." Knuckles glowered at her, not catching her joke.

Rouge smirked and hopped away with it.

"You'll have to come get it!"

Knuckles's face fell.

"What the heck is up with that attitude!?"

"Hey Tails?"

Tails looked up from the robot scraps he was investigating.

"Yeah?"

"Do you think you can separate Amy and May?"

Tails looked down thoughtfully. That was a hard question.

"I hope so." Tails continued trying to salvage any parts that were intact. Cream jumped down from her perch and flew to where he was searching.

"What kind of parts are you looking for?"

"Just any that are useable, I guess."

Cream nodded. A moment later, a wonderful idea popped up in her head.

"Hey! Can you teach me Tails?"

Tails dropped the robot arm he was examining. He looked over at her, surprised.

"Teach you what?"

"Hmm, I guess about everything you know?"

"What brought this on?"

Cream gave a secretive smile and skipped over to the next pile of scrap metal.

"This hand is useable, right?" Cream asked, avoiding his question.

Tails smiled and rubbed the back of his head.

"I think that's a foot, actually."

"I have to go find Sonic!"

"No! Your arm comes first!"

Amy dashed out of the medical center and onto the street. It was still raining, though not as hard as before. She ran in the direction of the beach, ignoring May's protests. Amy needed closure. She needed to make sure Sonic was okay.

"Do you doubt his abilities?"

Amy shook her head as she ran. She wanted to believe in Sonic's abilities. In her haste to make it to the beach, she tripped several times. Even through the pain she always somehow lept back to her feet and continued onward. When she reached the sand, she paused to scan the area. They weren't anywhere nearby.

Amy walked along the water hoping to see Sonic somewhere. She almost gave up, but a flash of blue convinced her not to. She ran in the direction she saw the cobalt streak, but stopped at May's warning.

"It's dangerous here. You should head back immediately!"

"But I want to be there for him! I want to support him!"

"Even if it costs you your life?"

"Isn't that what love is about?" Amy quickly covered her mouth. Did she just say love?

"You love someone that you don't remember?"

Before Amy could reply, she heard familiar voices. She stopped in place to listen. Sonic stood triumphantly other Metal Sonic. He seemed to be trying futilely to activate something with a button on his arm. Nothing was happening. It appeared their plan was a success!

Crimson met olive; their eyes locked.

In a matter of seconds, she felt herself being pulled into a cold, deadly embrace. She was being held hostage. Sonic froze, pure terror on his face.

"Amy! What are you doing here!?"

"Stay calm. If you don't do anything stupid, you'll be fine."

"S-Sonic…" Amy felt her eyes water. She didn't want to be dead weight like this. She wanted to help. That was the whole reason she came. "I'm so sorry!"

"Don't worry; I'll save you for sure!"

"I wonder if you can," Metal Sonic commented, running his metal claw against Amy's neck. He pressed it harder suddenly and drew a small amount of blood. Amy whimpered.

"Amy, I'll tell you a secret if you want."

Amy glared at the ground. How did May expect her to answer in this kind of situation? Amy heard May's laughter.

"If you concentrate very hard on protecting the ones you love, you can use the Piko Piko hammer."

Amy closed her eyes and pictured all of her friends. Even though she couldn't remember them that well, she knew that they were friends through the special connection she felt with them. But most of all, she thought of Sonic who she had heavily burdened in the past few weeks. Her connection with him felt the strongest. Amy gasped when she felt the warm energy pooling in her fist.

"I want to protect everyone!" Amy reached out and felt the familiar weight of her hammer. She recklessly twisted out of Metal Sonic's grip and pointed her weapon at him.

"Woo! Way to go, Amy!" Sonic complimented with a thumbs up. Amy blushed but suddenly went pale when realization set in.

She had no idea how to use the darn thing!

"Just swing it around until you hit something?"

Amy glanced at the hammer and then at Metal Sonic. She looked back and forth a couple more times before nodding. Sonic glanced over nervously.

"What exactly are you planning on doing with that?"

"Piko Piko Throw!" Amy called, hurling the hammer at their opponent. Both Sonics seemed stunned at her name choice. Both were even more stunned when it missed.

"A-Amy…" Sonic lightly touched her arm. "You don't need to yell out an attack name. Just beat him up."

Amy felt her face flush.

The next things everyone found out in the next couple of minutes were that Amy Rose was embarrassed and that Amy Rose is very dangerous when she is embarrassed. Suffice it to say, Amy Rose had left a large amount of dents in Metal Sonic by the time she was through. Metal Sonic lay in a motionless heap. Sonic walked over, preparing to pick him up.

"Okay, are ya ready?" Sonic asked eagerly. Amy nodded.

"One."

"Two."

"Three!"

Sonic kicked the beat up Metal Sonic into the air. Amy summoned another hammer and readied herself. She swung her hammer like a baseball bat the moment he was in range. Surprisingly, Metal Sonic flew pretty far into the horizon. Sonic pat Amy on the shoulder, but immediately jumped away at the sound of her pained groan. He looked at her and saw that her arm was wrapped up. She had been injured.

Amy noticed his worried gaze, so she tried to distract him.

"There's a lot I need to tell you! I found out so much today. But, now that I think about it, I still don't remember everything about my past. But anyway…"

Sonic cut her off by pulling her close and scooping her up in his arms.

"You can tell me all about it later," Sonic said seriously, making sure he had a secure hold on her. "Right now, we're going to get that arm treated!"

Amy moaned. She had almost forgotten about that. Vanilla was probably going to be upset that she had suddenly disappeared, too.

"See, you should've stayed behind for treatment!"

Amy swore that if she ever became separate from May, she was definitely going to beat her up!

"Amy? Where'd you go?"

"I'm up here May!"

It had been about three months since their vacation had ended. For about two of those months, Amy had to grow used to having May as a resident in her body. Luckily, by the start of the third month, Tails had figured out a way for them to have separate bodies. However, he decided not to explain how for the benefit of those like Knuckles.

In the end, May had become Amy's red-eyed twin.

"What the heck are you doing up in that tree!? You'll break your leg if you fall!"

She had also become Amy's temporary voice of reason.

"But my ribbon flew up here! I can't leave it up here!"

Amy was also still missing a good amount of her memories. However, she was slowly, but surely, regaining them. Familiar feelings, activities, and people seemed to do a good job of jogging her memory, though.

"Hey, did you find Amy?"

"Yeah! She climbed into that big tree over there!"

"What!?"

At the moment, no one seemed to notice the dark hedgehog who was passing through the park.

Amy reached forward and grabbed her ribbon. She held it above her in the air triumphantly.

"I got it!"

But trouble was Amy's new middle name, so she quickly found herself slipping off the branch. Within seconds, she had lost her hold altogether and was falling. Sonic rushed forward to catch her, but someone beat him to it.

"Ah! Shadow! I haven't seen you in a long while!" Amy hugged the darker hedgehog tightly before hopping out of his arms. "Oh, and nice catch!"

Shadow gave an annoyed grunt before continuing on his "merry" way. Behind him, Sonic seethed with jealousy and May gave Amy a good lecture. This was what most days were like now. Sonic wasn't sure if he liked this more than his old chases with Amy through the city. But it was all Amy, though, and that's what counted.

Maybe sometime this summer would be the best time to confess his feelings. After all, he wanted to make sure Amy Rose fell in love with him all over again. He fingered the forget-me-not that he hid in his glove's cuff and proceeded forward. This time, he wouldn't mess up.

End Chapter Three

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May: Hey, hey! Did you know? Did you know!?

Amy: Did I know what?

May: The authoress plans on making a bonus chapter!

Amy: Eh? Really?

May: It'll have some Sonamy fluff apparently.

Amy: Sonamy? What's that? A type of food?

May: Dear lord, you really have forgotten everything.

Cream: Amy, Sonamy is what the fans call your relationship with Mr. Sonic.

May: It's your names freakishly mashed together in a blender. Then you add a little angst, fluff, drama, or all three and you've got a fic.

Amy: No way…

May: Yes way, so look forward to it!