(ME: Hey everybody thank you for all of your kind comments. I regret to inform all of you that this is the second last chapter. Please enjoy :)

The group panics... They hear screams from all around the town. They don't know what to do.

Sonic is overwhelmed with disappointment and guilt. He falls on the ground. Tears form in his eyes, they stream down slowly. He lets out a cry.

Laurence runs to Sonic and tells him "get up we must fight her! The town and the people within it are depending on us. They will die if we do not act fast."

Sonic cannot bring himself to get up and fight. He murmurs "I can't, I am no hero, I'm such a failure!"

Cream runs towards Sonic, she throws herself onto him. She pleads "Sonic, please get up, we need you! You are the only one who can stop her. Please! Sally will die if you don't get up and do something."

Silver, Shadow, and Knuckles at this point have lost a lot of energy trying to break down the barrier. They continue to attack but it's no use, the damn thing just doesn't shatter.

Rouge and Blaze run towards Sonic. Rouge grabs him by the shirt, she shakes him violently. "Stupid Sonic! Get you act together, Can't you see people are dying with every passing minute?" Sonic answers "What's the point, we will all die too... Just accept this fact." Rouge becomes infuriated with this comment, she raises her hand and smacks Sonic with all of her strength.

Laurence grabs Rouge. Cream looks up at her with tears in her eyes, she says "Rouge you're not helping! Can't you see… Sonic is sad. Please give him a minute to shake his feelings off. He will come back to."

Laurence turns Rouge around; he looks into her eyes while holding her hand up. He says "If there is anyone you should slap it is me. I let this go too far. I should've killed Lyra when I had the chance. But you don't choose the people you love. It is as if your heart becomes engraved with the person's name."

Rouge becomes red, she cannot even speak. She pushes him away and walks two steps back. She asks "So you're in love with that demon... I...I... thought you were on our side. I can't work with someone like you. You are a hazard to us. We have to kill her you know, can you bring yourself to do this or not. If you can't just leave!"

Laurence looks down and walks away. He tries to help the others to break this barrier but nothing happens. Rouge looks at Sonic with hateful eyes; she tells him "can't you see... Our lives depend on a man who is in love with our enemy. We have to act now or else we can say goodbye to each other now and to Sally and Amy who are stuck inside that thing. ''

Sonic looks up at her quickly, he remembers the promise he made to himself. "I have to save Amy, I promised that I would take care of her" he thinks. Sonic and Cream both get up.

Sonic begins to take charge of the situation. "C'mon guys we have to put our heads together to destroy this thing.''

Rouge smiles and suggests "We can use all of our strength to break it."

Sonic nods and asks the group to attack at the count of three. The group got ready, but, all of a sudden, they hear a loud thud. Laurence is on the ground. Sonic helps him up and looks up at Rouge. He asks "What's your problem? Can't you see this is an emergency? You're the one that told me to snap out of it and help. Do the same"

Rouge lets out an 'hmmp'; she crosses her arms and says "Why should I work with this traitor? He'll probably stop us from hurting his precious Lyra."

Shadow and Tails get agitated; they ask "What are you guys fighting about? Why does Laurence think that she is precious?"

Rouge answers "Well this knight is in love with our enemy you know"

Sonic interrupts the fight. He demands that everyone calm down. He asks Laurence "Please tell us the truth, do you really love her?"

Laurence looks down at his feet. He begins to whisper "I love the good one, the one who was nice to me so many years ago."

Shadow screams "speak up you fool! We can't hear you."

Laurence looks up at Shadow and says "Yes, I am in love with her, but it's not what you think. The girl that I love died years ago. Her name was Lyra, she was such a pretty and kind girl. But after she fell in love with Prince Thomas, she changed. She became bitter and full of hatred. This Lyra I do not love."

Cream lets out an "awwww." The others look at her strangely. Blaze clears her throat; she looks at Laurence and says "I don't think this is a cute moment. People are dying because of her, so we need to prioritize. But, I do want to know one thing before we hit this barrier with all we've got, Laurence are you on our side, will you kill Lyra if the situation calls for it or will you defend her?"

Laurence replies "I love Lyra, but I cannot forget about all the crimes she has committed. This is why I have travelled from century's past. My objective is to bring her to justice even though she is the love of my life."

"Ok then, lets resume our attack" replies Rouge. As the boys turn their attention to the barrier, Cream tugs on Rouge's shirt. She whispers to her friend "please be nice to him. He has probably gone through a lot. He will lose the one he love isn't that enough?"

Rouge answers "let's keep focused"

All of our heroes are standing in front of the barrier. Their battle auras are shining; they ready themselves to attack…

*XX*

Sally stands there statuesquely, she even stops screaming. Lyra, on the other hand, is full of energy; she does not know what to do with herself. Finally her revenge is near. Lyra begins to laugh.

"It is so funny to see you like this... What would make this perfect is to see you begging for your life my princess." she grabs Sally by the hair and slams her onto the ground. "Beg!" Lyra demands.

Sally mumbles "No, I won't." Lira growl; she wants for this witch to suffer the way she did. The pink hedgehog keeps slamming the girl's on the ground causing her to moan in pain.

Sally begins to feel dizzy...She doesn't know why but she could have sworn she was in a nightmare; she's about to say something when she gets knocked out by the last slam.

''Tsk, I was having fun with my toy,'' Lyra says like a child. She throws Sally on the other side, she begins to look around. She sees a man trying to hide; she smirks knowing that he was stupid to try to escape.

The man runs into a corner her looks around the place and sees no one. He sighs in relief; he is two steps away from an entrance to a building. Finally he walks in and hears a cry. The man didn't want to get distracted but the cry sounded like a child, he couldn't help but search for the crying child.

*xx*

The crying child was alone, the child just kept crying until a soft voice said, ''Excuse me, little girl...Are you hurt? What are you doing here?''

The child didn't look up, in fact, the girl just stood silent. The man tries to think of a better way for the child to speak, he calmly tells the child that everything was going to be all right. Finally, the girl spoke but didn't look up, ''Are you sure, sir...Do you think that Lyra won't find us?''

The man smiles, ''Of course, sweetie, I know that she-'' his smiled quickly fades,'' Wait, how the hell do you know her name if I didn't say a thing about her...?'' The small child starts to laugh evilly; the man starts to walk away a bit as the child stands up. She continues to laugh and says, ''Fool, you fell right into my trap...Hehehehehehe.'' The girl looks up at the man causing him to fall on his butt. The little girl transforms. It's Lyra!

''Stay away from me!'' he screams out.

''Hehehehehe. I don't think so...'' she says as she walks closer to him...

*xx*

Once Lyra finished the man off, she begins to look for some new prey. She finds some other people to escape her wrath, and she didn't like that one bit, so she summons her dark creatures to kill the people one-by-one.

She is really enjoying this, she thinks of the time when the people in the palace began to scream and plead for help, she laughs at this thought. ''Those fools...Running like that the day...I should have killed Prince Thomas first… Oh my love.'' she thinks as she was walking to Sally's conscious body.

The pink hedgehog looks at the girl lying there-she really did look like Princess Elizabeth. This made Lyra very upset, just thinking of the witch who stole her man. As she's about to finish Sally off, she hears a loud thud.

She doesn't think much of it, until she hears a loud crack and a shatter. She quickly realizes that her barrier that has been broken. ''No...Those fools think they can stop me, ha, real cute...'' she says under her breath.

She looks at Sally for a moment. She decides to use her as bait; she smirks, and uses her powers to dress Sally in beautiful garments. Lyra couldn't help but smile.

Sally has a long dark blue dress with a hint of gold sparkles and a gold belt around her waist. She's also wearing dark blue flats and a silver crown. Her hair is done in a bun. Lyra bends down and says, ''Hmm...You look lovely, but sad, hehehehe. Now let's see what they want shall we?''

*xx*

The group is finally inside the city. It looks so horrible, the city is practically in ruins.

''Shit...This girl really did a number on the city,'' says Shadow who looks down the street. He was right; Lyra almost destroyed the entire city. Even though the group is now inside, they still have to find survivors and most importantly Sally.

Laurence walks into a building. He turns his head to see a man who did not even look human. He became sick to his stomach at this point.

''I can't find her,'' Knuckles says as he walks towards the group.

Sonic looks down, ''Damn, we got to find her before-''

''Before she kills everyone else, right, my love. I knew you were going to say that, it was so obvious.'' says a voice which could only belong to Lyra! The group quickly turns their attention to her and position themselves to attack; however, Sonic notices that someone is behind her.

Lyra notices that the blue hedgehog was looking at the body behind her, she grabs the body by the hem of the dress and everyone gasps except for Laurence and Sonic.

''Let go of her!'' the group shouts. This makes her laugh, how could they be so stupid-they want to rescue some spoiled little brat. Lyra's dark blue eyes turn their attention to Sonic. She knew that he wanted to save this pest, so she knew what to do.

Lyra says in a soft yet in a dangerous tone, ''If you want your princess back, come and get her...'' Laurence has had enough of this; he just wants this craziness to stop at once. A bright light begins to surround his entire body.

Everyone shields their eyes. Silver asks, ''What the hell is this guy doing?''

''I don't know!'' Blaze shouts.

The light begins to disappear; everyone opens their eyes and gasps at the sight of a young orange hedgehog. He is wearing a black cape, brown boots, and brown boots. The boys look confused, but as for the girls, they like what they see.

''Laurence, you idiot!'' Lyra shouts.

The hedgehog (Laurence) smiles and says, ''Lyra...Hand over the girl or face me.''

''Ha, no, I already choose my opponent,'' Lyra looks at Sonic who is already walking towards her. Laurence tries to run in front of him but the ground begins to shake. Lyra moves closer to Sonic stood and makes a force field surrounding him and her.

*xx*

Sonic runs and hits her but Lyra quickly doges the attack. ''Fool.'' she says as she hits him with a dark ball. He rolls to the opposite side of her and tries to hit her again. This time he actually got a punch in. Lyra feels a bit weak with the punch but she is not fully down for the count. She shifts her eyes towards him.

Sonic gently picks up Sally. He takes a look at her face which is a bit bruised. He couldn't help but smile at the fact that she wasn't dead. Out of nowhere, a scream echoes throughout the building. He turns his attention to Lyra.

''You...You...only wanted to save her! You bastard!'' she says as she summons a dark ball and throws it at Sonic. He quickly jumps and dodges it.

Sonic knew that he couldn't help Sally so he ran to the edge of a side rail in the building and drops Sally. Lyra screams ''NOOOOOO!''

*xx*

The rest of the boys want to know how did Laurence look so young now, it was just so strange a few minutes ago he was old man and now he's some good looking guy.

Shadow asks,'' Hey Laurence.'' The warrior turns his attention to the hedgehog, ''Yes, my friend?" Shadow hesitates for a moment; he recollects his thoughts and opens his mouth. He didn't get to say anything because Blaze interrupts him with a scream. The boys ignore Shadow and run to her side.

''What is it Blaze?'' asks Silver.

Blaze couldn't speak, she points to the veranda and the boys turn their attention to the falling person, quickly but with grace, Laurence jumps high and catches Sally before she hit the ground.

Everyone runs to his side to see if Sally was all right; even though, they all hated her-they were heroes so they had to check if she was okay. ''Is she dead?'' Knuckles asks causing everyone to look at him funny, as Shadow was about to hit him, he sees Sally opening her eyes.

''Hey guys, look!''

They look at the girl, Sally vision is blurry at first but after several seconds she starts to recover a bit. She sees the group clearly and asks ''Uhg...Where am I?''

Laurence chuckles and says, ''You're still in the city, maiden''

Sally totally ignores the new guy at first because she's too busy looking for Sonic, but she finally turns her attention to the new hedgehog. The chipmunk couldn't help but blush a bit, who was this fellow?

''Um...Who are you?'' she asks.

''I'm Laurence, remember maiden?''

Sally gives him a confused look but the orange hedgehog just smiled. As soon as he put the girl down, the girls began asking her questions about what happen. Laurence looks up and prays for Sonic's safety...

Cream notices the warrior's silence, she walks towards him and asks him,'' Laurence are you all right?'' The warrior turns his attention to the young rabbit, ''Yes, young maiden, I'm just worry about Sonic.'' His smile faded quickly. ''Shadow, Tails, Silver, and Knuckles.'' The four boys turn their attention to the warrior.

''Yeah, what is it?"' Shadow asks.

''We have to evacuate the people around here.''

Sally couldn't help but in to the conversation, ''Um...Laurence, I really don't know if some of the people are still alive...'' The group looks at her, she was right...Wow that's a first. Laurence thought for a second before saying, ''I think it's better if we pair up.''

He chooses the pairs and then they separate. Sally looks worrisome -even though she didn't like the group idea much she still prayed for their safety...

''Young maiden, what is it?"" asks Laurence. Sally shakes her head, ''Nothing...I'm worry...By the way...where's Sonic?'' Laurence points to the high cliff, she gasps upon seeing Sonic and Lyra fighting.

Laurence could tell that Sally was worried but he reminds her that there are people that need their help. Sally looks up once more and then nods at Laurence. He picks her up and runs to find the others...

*xx*

Sonic turns his attention back to Lyra whose about to attack but didn't. She just smirks at him. At this point Sonic realizes that her smirk means trouble. Sonic runs up to her trying to kick her but she protected herself with a force field. ''Damn no use...'' Sonic thinks to himself.

Lyra begins to throw dark balls at him but he dodges everyone one of them. ''You little pest! Why do you try to save that girl! She's been nothing but a worthless piece of trash!'' Lyra screams. Even though her words hurt him, Sonic didn't react to what she said. He simply stands there in place and screams out, '''Cause I'm a hero, and I have to protect the people who are in danger!''

She growls, ''Enough of your lies!''

''I'm not lying!''

Lyra tries to attack him once but again Sonic is quick to deflect and dodge her every attack. Finally she tires out and says,'' You said those same words as before...Why...''

Sonic looks confused. ''What are you talking about...?''

Lyra looks up at him, of course he doesn't know what she was talking about...It hurt her of thinking of those painful times, but she had to tell him. ''Heh...I'm thinking about the past, my love.''

''Tell me.''

''What?''

''You said that I'm lying but I'm not. So please tell me about your past, I'll listen to it. Trust in this one.'' he assures her with a friendly smile on his face. Lyra is shocked, why does the blue hedgehog want to hear her past...She nods and begins to tell him.

The Past: The Village Of Gergenheimer

It was a beautiful little village, everyone knew each other, and the villagers were picking up fruits and vegetables for the festival that year. I was in the garden with my grandmother; she had raised me ever since I was a child. My parents died from an unknown illness; however, that's another story.

''Lyra, sweetie, did you pick up the apples?'' my grandmother asked. I thought for a moment and of course I knew that I forgotten something.

''My goodness, Lyra, I told you to pick up the apples the other day. ''

''I am sorry, grandmother, but I'll go get them in the forest where the apples are fresh and delicious,'' I said. My grandmother knew that I would get the apples for the festival; quickly I got my basket and left the house.

While I was walking into the forest I heard some strange noises, I assumed that it was the hunters, but I was dead wrong... I walked closer to see what was going on and I saw Laurence sparing with a young man.

Laurence never told you this but we were childhood friends, we grew up together and I never knew that he had a liking towards me...

''HA! That was excellent, Thomas.''

''You really think so, Laurence?''

The man, Thomas, looked so handsome-I felt my heart beating like drums, I felt silly just looking at the two sparing...

I heard Laurence chuckling. He reassured the man, ''Of course, my friend, I wouldn't ever tell a lie.'' I knew that he was making the other man chuckle...I was about to leave the area when I heard someone calling my name!

I knew they spotted me! I was foolish to have just remained there like an idiot; as I walked towards Laurence and the other man, I felt my heart beating rapidly again.

''Lyra, what are you doing here?'' Laurence asked me. However, I didn't hear him-I just kept staring into the other man's eyes. His eyes were such a beautiful color.

Laurence asked me again, ''Lyra, what are you doing here?'' Finally I broke the trance and turned towards my childhood friend. I was probably blushing at the time. I felt so hot. The other man chuckled, ''Oh, Laurence, please don't be so brash with this fine young maiden.''

''Hehehe, I wasn't being harsh, right, Lyra.''

I felt so foolish, ''Uh...yes...Of course...My name is Lyra Gou..'' The other man smiled at me, I felt something special towards this man, I just knew that he was the one.

''My, that's a lovely name, my lady. My name is Prince Thomas Koga IV.''

I couldn't continue talking to this man; he was a prince after all, I really felt foolish at the time. Laurence then told me that Thomas was trying to a warrior, but he wanted to first teach the prince the simple sparring skills rather than spells.

As the days went by, I spent time more and more with Laurence and Prince Thomas, I knew that I was falling in love with him, and I knew he was falling in with me too. One day, I went into the woods because I knew that the two men were going to be there. As I got closer to the usual spot, I heard swords crashing, I smiled. I ran in the direction of the noise, one there I spotted Laurence, Thomas, and some other young girl.

''Who is she?'' I asked myself. As walked towards them, the men stop their training; they paid their attention towards me.

''Hello there, my lady.'' said the prince, I felt my cheek flush.

''Um...hello there Prince Thomas. Hello there Laurence.''

I heard Laurence said his hellos but I wasn't paying attention to him, I was just looking at my love. I knew that the girl was looking at me; the girl stood up and walked towards me and the prince.

''Thomas, who's your little friend here, you never me told me about her.'' the girl said. The prince told me that she was Princess Elizabeth; of course, being with royalty I knew that I had to bow to show respect. However, as I introduced myself, the princess said something that I never forgot.

''Ohh! So, you live in the poor little village, ha, that's worthless.''

Laurence and I were stunned at her comment, how dare she say such a thing about our village-it wasn't worthless. I wanted to say something but I heard Thomas say, ''My dear, we must ride in the carriage through the village to get home safely.''

Princess Elizabeth said in a rude tone, ''Fine, just please hurry up-I don't want to get the smell of worthless street rats on me.'' As she walked away, I felt enraged-what the bloody hell was this girl's deal. The village didn't anything to her, I was about to say something to her but I felt a hand on my shoulder, I turned to see Prince Thomas with a smile on his face. ''Why don't we take a walk to the lake for a bit.''? I nodded happily. As we walked away, I turn a bit to see Laurence who looked upset about something.

As we walked near the lake, my mind was still running towards the rude remark-what made the princess say that, that was impolite of her to say. My thoughts were interrupted by Prince Thomas.

''I'm sorry...''

''For what, Prince Thomas, you didn't do anything wrong, so you don't need to say sorry.''

Prince Thomas was quiet at that moment until he said, ''I'm sorry if my fiancée...''

I was surprised to hear that, I didn't know that the rude princess was his fiancée, I looked down and stood there quietly, I was a fool to love someone that didn't love me back. ''It was by force though.''

I looked up at Prince Thomas, he looked angry, ''Excuse me, but did you say that it was by force?''

''Yes, I don't love...My father, the king-wants me to marry young and he choose Elizabeth as my bride. My father told me, he knew her father. However...my heart doesn't seem to love her back.''

''Runaway with me please.''

''What?''

I gave him a serious look, ''I'm asking you to runaway with me, if you don't want to marry the princess, Thomas, you shouldn't.''

''But young maiden...I-''

''Please Prince Thomas, I love you, please runaway with me.'' That was when I realized what I had just said, I felt like a donkey for telling him that, I looked down at my feet. He answered, ''Lyra...'' I look up" I was surprised to see him holding a beautiful crystal ring in front of me.

''Thomas...''

''Lyra, please will you be my bride and runaway with me.''

''Yes, of course, my love.'' I was so happy-I told him that we should marry the day of the festival. I was such a happy girl...but that all changed that day...

The day of the festival I was in my room getting ready for that perfect day, when I heard someone knock on my door, I opened it to see that my grandmother was carrying the extra basket. ''Are you ready, dear.''?

I smiled warmly at her, ''Almost, grandmother, I just have to get something and I'll be right there.'' I quickly ran to get my cloak; I put my hood on and left my room to tell my grandmother the truth...

As I was walking in the woods, I was a bit hurt thinking my grandmother would be upset at me, but I knew that I made the right choice. I continued to walk when I heard someone calling my name, I didn't turn back, but the voice got closer. I turned to see Laurence "What's he doing here?" I thought. Will he be at the festival too?

''Lyra, where the bloody hell are you going?''

'' I'm getting married in the woods to Prince Thomas.'' He gave me a look and began to drag me out of there, I quickly let go of his grip and told him, ''Why are dragging me to the village! I said I want-''

''He doesn't love you.''

''What? Of course he does, he told me that the other days when I saw him. Stop lying to me.''

''I am not lying to you, Lyra. I'm telling you the truth, I overheard him yesterday.''

''Laurence, stop talking nonsense, you don't know what you're talking about! Now will you excuse me, I'm going to get married-'' As I was turning back in to the woods, Laurence turned my body towards him. He grabbed me tightly and kissed me!

The kiss was nice, I must say, but I didn't want him to be my first kiss. I quickly pushed him off me and I ran as fast as possible, I didn't really care if Laurence followed me anymore.

I finally reached the lake, I was trying to catch my breath, I looked around for a bit until I heard some giggling in the bushes. I rolled my eyes thinking it was some child playing but then I heard a girl's voice who said, ''Oh Thomas, stop it. Hehehehe'' Was she talking about my Thomas, I had to check it out. I walked towards the bush to peek and then that's when I saw...Prince Thomas and Princess Elizabeth...making love...

''Oh Thomas, that was great.''

''Yes, it was my love. Let's get going before your father gets upset at me.''

''Yes. Thomas, what happened to that street rat girl.''

''You mean, Lyra, ha. You wouldn't ever believe, my queen. She said she loves me but I didn't want to hurt her feelings so I just told her a little white lie. She was just a child, I wasn't going to marry some kid'' He laughed along with her; I was heartbroken, Laurence was right...He never loved me...I ran back to my village...

Days had passed by, I was still hurt...How could Thomas lie to me like that...Why...? That's when I got the idea to kill them both...That night I left my house not turning back. I walked all the way to the castle.

Once inside there, I was happy to see that the guards were distracted, I smirked and ran inside quickly, I was finally in... my revenge was so close...The door was open, I walked inside to see Thomas lying in bed, I smiled evilly and took out the knife that in my cloak...

Princess Elizabeth walked inside the room. She let out a bloody scream as soon as she saw him lying on the bed all drenched in blood. She ran closer to her prince and began to sob. She didn't even notice that I was behind the door; I closed the door quietly and walked towards her. As she turned around, she looked scared...''What's wrong Lizzy...You scared...Too late...'' The kingdom was on fire...All the warriors ran inside to see if their new royals were all right.

Laurence kicked the door open and went inside to only gasp. ''Lyra...''

I was humming a tone; I stood up, turning my body towards the warriors. I heard one of them scream after seeing that I cut Princess Elizabeth's head off...

*xx*

''You know the rest, of course... Laurence and I fought to death but he won sealing me in that necklace your friend wore...'' Lyra says.

After hearing her story, Sonic begins to feel sad for her, especially because her story resembles his and Amy's. Lyra begins to sob...Sonic looks up and walks towards her.

''You don't get it...I loved him...But Thomas thought I was a child! Why...why...''

''You're not a child, Lyra, you're just scared that's all.'' Sonic gently answers, making her to look up.

''What...what are you talking about...''

Sonic gives her a warm smile and says, ''You don't have to be alone anymore, Laurence is right there waiting for you. My friends and I can also help you, we don't want to hurt you...We-I mean, I just want my precious person back.'' Lyra felt her heart begin to warm up...She had not heard a kind word since the day the she murdered the royals.

Lyra sees the blue hedgehog extend his hand to her, she shifts her eyes up to make sure that he was not lying to her. She let out a hand to touch his, but Lyra began to feel something stopping her; she slaps his hand away. She places her hand on her chest.

''Get away from me!

''Lyra I was only trying to help you and my -

''Enough! I don't want you talk to me like that, I'm not some pet! ''

Sonic looks confused at this, he tries to touch her but she keeps slapping his hand way. ''Lyra stop doing this, I'm just trying to help you out.'' Sonic looks into Lyra eyes, he sees that they are full of sadness, then, all of a sudden, he sees that her right eye turning green, it was Amy, she's becoming free!

A voice calls out ''Sonic...Help...''

''Amy, I'm here.''

A bright light shines. ''Stop...Uh...AHHHHHHHHHHHH!'' Sonic quickly shields his eyes. He notices that the light had disappeared and opens them again, he sees one girl lying on the ground, he runs to the girl on the right, he pushes away her bangs away and sees that it's Amy! ''Amy...''

Lyra comes from behind Sonic and throws a dark ball at him, she smirks and kicks Amy's body to the edge. Sonic runs to Amy but he's too late.. .''AAAAMMMMMMMMMMMYYYYYYYY!''

*XX*

The group's back to the place where they found Sally, Shadow looks around to see if Laurence was there. ''He's not here.''

Cream looks worried, she thinks that Lyra had killed him, she looks down at her feet when Tails says, ''He's not dead, Cream, if that's what you're thinking.'' Everyone turns to look at Tails and he points to the direction where Sally ad him are coming from. The girls cheer and the boys just chuckle except for Knuckles who looks lost at the moment.

''I am so sorry to be late, my friends.''

Sally says, ''He was trying to find a hiding place for me but he felt as if someone was in danger here so we ran back.''

Everyone looks at Sally, she actually ran! The group stands there quietly and begins to laugh at her, Sally's about to say something when she sees someone falling down from the edge, she yells, the group stops their laughter and turns to the edge to see that someone was falling!

Laurence jumps and takes off his cape. He wraps it around the person as he catches her mid air. Laurence gently lands on the ground; the group ran except for Sally because she notices that Sonic is still up there on the veranda.

''Amy!'' the group says happily.

Amy begins to open her eyes a bit. ''Hi...guys...'' she says in a weak voice. Everyone at this point is relieved that Amy was safe and alive. She looks up to see a handsome orange hedgehog looking down at her.

Amy blushes a bit, ''Wow this guy is handsome...,'' she thinks to herself.

''Hello there, young maiden. Are you all right?'' the orange hedgehog asks. She nods and says, ''Yes, thank you for saving me um...''

''Laurence.''

''Laurence, thank you.'' Somehow this guy made Amy's heart feel warm again; Laurence put her down and she looks around to see Sally. Why is she wearing clothes that are not revealing- that's a first? Amy notices that Sally is running towards Sonic who's walking towards the group.

''Oh Sonic I was so worry about you!'' Sally sobs. Sonic pats her back, he looks down to see Amy smiling at him; god how he missed her smile.

''Are you all right, my friend?'' asks Laurence who's walking towards him. ''Yeah...I'll be, but Lyra escaped though.

''F**k!'' Tails let out making the group look at him strangely. He points to a person behind the smoke, the group turns to see Lyra looking weak. ''Bastards...I'll ...kill you...''she throws a dark ball at Amy but she misses; what the hell was going on? She realizes that her only chance of survival is to attack the whole group.

Lyra smirks and forms a dark ball. She blasts the team, Sally let's go of Sonic and runs somewhere to hide. Sonic is about to follow her when he notices Lyra disappearing portal, he looks at Amy who is with Laurence, he smiles and jumps into the portal with Lyra.

*xx*

Sally runs as fast possible to hide herself from that crazy bitch, she looks up to see that the force field is gone; she decides to run into the forest to hide. She runs deeper and deeper into the forest, not looking back...

(Me: WOW… That was a long chapter! I hope you like it! Also I want to thank my good friend LadySerentiy89 until next time. :)