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Amy sighed as she sat beside the sleeping hedgehog. It had been two and half-hours after the wolf thing attacked, and Sonic was still out cold. Though his skin temperature had returned to normal, Amy still worried about how fragile the hedgehog now appeared. Not only that, but the sickness he had before seemed to be coming back.

It seemed that the more Amy cared for him, the worse he became!

Not only that but she thought about the moments after the wolf thing attacked. Sonic had been so weak and dazed; he must have been delirious. But part of her hoped it was true, that he had meant what he had said. She couldn't help but wonder did he really love her? She doubted it. Why would Sonic love her? All she ever did was cause him pain, and every near brush experience with death for Sonic had usually been caused by her being captured by Eggman.

Amy sighed louder, feeling a threat of tears. 'Sonic would be better off without me...'

Sonic mumbled something incoherent in his sleep, and curled up slightly. When one of his pointed ears was to heavy it flopped over, much like a Labrador Retrievers ears, and a small smile
played on his lips. Amy thought it was adorable and had to refrain herself from touching him for fear of waking the hedgehog. Instead Amy stood up and headed toward the fire.

She had removed the fish from the fire an hour ago, and had put them in the second foxglove leaf. She had lost her appetite when she saw the wolf with blood pouring out its mouth. Amy shuddered as she remembered the scary amber eyes, and was surprised to find herself wanting to curl up in fear and shake the memory away. And if that was what she felt, she could not imagine how much Sonic would feel when he woke up.

'I will be there!' Amy thought to herself, a sense of protection running through her. Never again would she let something hurt her Sonikkku, even his own emotions. But for now, she would have to wait until he had awoken.

Feeling a need for fresh air, Amy walked outside the cave. It was when she stretched and yawned that she noticed the sky was dark off to the west. 'A storm?' Amy thought. She looked behind her at the opening of the cave, it was wide enough for two people to fit through, and tall enough for a five foot person. She really did not want to leave Sonic here again, but she had no choice. She needed to make a door to keep them inside and dry.

Amy walked out into the jungle, not too far so she could watch the cave from a distance, but far enough to collect some supplies. By snapping some small six-foot, bamboo like trees that were growing around the base of what looked like a coconut tree, she was able to collect enough sticks to make a door. Using the same vine she had used for the fish net, she tied the trees together before heading back into the cave.

She snapped it to the height of the cave opening, before backing up inside the cave. The door fit snuggly, but Amy pulled it in even more, feeling it scrape against the side and top of the rocky walls. Finally satisfied the door would not blow away; Amy used the rocks around the fire to put it out by placing them over it. The coals burned orange, giving the cave dim light.

Amy walked over to the leaf mound and sit down beside the still sleeping hedgehog. She watched him for a while, wondering what he could be dreaming about as his eye twitched. She lay down beside the hedgehog and smiled, before closing her eyes. She fell asleep almost immediately.




The growl that echoed inside his head made him shoot up like a bullet. He immediately regretted doing so however, as his whole body flooded with pain. He waited for the cramps to fade before noticing the cave was dark. It was definitely not quiet, he could here the sound of the wind as it whistled through the jungle trees, and it sounded like it was hailing outside. A clash of thunder made the cave shake, and Sonic jumped, only to chuckle at himself for being so silly. Sonic then looked around, but immediately regretted that too. The darkness reminded him of the amber eyes of the wolf thing that attacked him and it made him uneasy. Sonic shivered unconsciously, but forced the fear back down.

Amy's eyes opened a sliver and she noticed Sonic sitting up straight. He looked tense and Amy sat up quietly and reached out in an attempt to calm the hedgehog. When her hand landed on his shoulder, he let out a shout before jumping to his feet. Or, he at least tried to jump to his feet, but he failed miserably and landed in a heap on the floor. When he saw Amy looking at him strangely, Sonic glared at her before sitting up.

"Don't do that!" He exasperated. Amy giggled at him.

"You looked tense" she said as she shrugged.

"You scared the heck out of me!" Sonic cried, falling backwards.
Amy laughed as she crawled over to the hedgehog. She smiled down at him and Sonic smiled back. "Do you remember anything about the attack Sonikku?" Amy asked the hedgehog.

At first Sonic remained silent, but after an interval he looked back up at Amy. "That's not the only thing that's bothering me..." Sonic whispered, his cheeks turning a deep scarlet in embarrassment. "Our friends and..." He started, but he trailed off. The next word Amy could not hear, but it sounded an awful lot like you.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Amy asked.

Sonic had to swallow a lump of emotion in his throat and he looked at the ground. "I'm worried... What if you were wrong? What if I was right and they really do think we are dead? What if I had died last night...? And you had been left here all alone? I hate thinking about stiff like what if's, it's just..." Sonic's voice died as he lowered his head.

"Sonic...?" Amy asked as she watched him take a shakey breath.
When Sonic looked up, Amy was shocked to see a tear rolling down his cheek. And she could see the raw hurt in his eyes as he looked at her sullenly. "You could have been stuck here alone Ames... All because I'm so helpless... Just like how I couldn't save Shadow..." Sonic clenched his eyes shut in an attempt to stop more tears from falling. "I wasn't fast enough..."

Amy felt tears forming in her eyes as Sonic continued. "And that little girl who got caught in the fire... I wasn't fast enough to save her either... And the building collapse... I'm just never fast enough Amy..."

"People want me to be a hero, and to be a hero I have to be strong and have no weaknesses... but sometimes I wonder if I'll be able to take the pressure any more. Ames, if you mess up and are not able to save a person from a burning fire, the world forgives you for it... Me, they hold it against me... And one false slip up after and they go after all the times I couldn't save that one person from the burning house... Don't you see, people want me to be a hero, but in order for me to be their hero, I have to become inhuman..."

"No one understands how hard it is..." Suddenly Sonic shivered, and Amy could see the fur on his arm stick up. "And when something like that big wolf thing really gets me riled up... I don't have anyone to confide in, so I just will all the pain away. The only problem with that is it comes back to me. I could be sitting on a bench in the park, or fighting Eggman, when all of a sudden the pain all comes rushing back..."

"Sonic..." Amy whispered, reaching out her hand. Sonic flinched away from her hand.

"Please Amy... I don't deserve it..." Sonic said firmly.

"Sonic... It's not your fault if you are unable to save someone; not even the Lord himself could save everyone who got in trouble. Not everyone can be perfect... you need to understand that" Amy said.

"And you need to understand that when I was unable to save the girl they focused on that and the damage I had received when I passed out in the flames. What they should of focused on was the fireman who saved me from the flaming building... he was the real hero then." Sonics sad eyes met Amy's. "I don't deserve to be treated nicely; I'm not a true hero."

"Sonic! You are a hero!'

"No Amy... Policemen who fight the criminals in the streets are heroes; a girlscout who reads a book at the bedside of a dying grandmother is a hero. Me, I just go out and face Eggman, not to save the world, but only cause it's fun... I am not a hero."
Amy wrapped her arms around the hedgehog and pulled him into a hug. "You may not be a true hero, but you're definitely my hero..."

A sharp pain, like a knife piercing through flesh, racked Sonics heart, and the hedgehog pulled away from Amy. Though he tried his best to stop them, tears still escaped his eyes. As Amy stared she realized there was something else bothering the hedgehog.

"What's wrong?" Amy asked.

Sonic turned away from Amy, and the pain inside him reached a new peak as he realized this is where he was about to get rejected. "Amy... you..." Sonic took a shaky breath, and then whispered so low that Amy had to lean in to hear it, "you never told me you loved me back..."

Those words made Amy's heart skip a beat. "You mean you love me?" Amy asked.

Sonic flinched and looked back up at Amy. "Please! Don't let this effect our friendship! You're the only person I can really talk- huh?"

Amy wiped away some of her own tears. "Oh Sonikku! I love you too!" Amy shouted, throwing her arms about the hedgehog.

Sonic felt relief rush through him as he hugged her back, but that moment of happiness did not last long. Finally Sonic allowed himself to break free of his protective wall and he broke down sobbing, while Amy held him tighter and rubbed his back. They stayed like that until Sonic stopped and lay down, proclaiming he was tired. Amy lay beside him, and snuggled up to the cobalt hedgehogs chest, running her finger through his fine and soft chest hair.

"Good night Amy..." Sonic said, sleep slurring his words. Sonic suddenly moved in close and gave Amy a quick kiss on the lips before shutting his eyes.

Amy smiled, and kissed his cheek, before snuggling closer. She allowed her thoughts to wonder. She was glad Sonic had let go, but she had been surprised. How he had held in so much pain for so long bewildered her. She suddenly felt protective, and she began to stroke Sonics quills affectionately as she hugged him even closer. She had never realized he had so much pain, and vowed that in their new relationship, it would never get that deep again.




Something slimy and wet came across Sonics face three or four times before he heard a whine. Sonic laughed a little before sitting up while yawning and stretching at the same time. But when Sonic opened his eyes and saw two amber ones looking back at him, Sonic let out a scream before taking off toward the back of the cave.

Amy shot up and in seeing the dog as well, jumped up and got into a fighting stance. "Back for more are yah!?" Amy challenged stepping in front of Sonic and blocking the wolfs way. The dog cocked its head to the side before barking.

"Obsidian?" Came a voice, Amy recognized immediately.

"ROUGE!?" Amy cried, running past the dog and toward the edge of the cave.

"AMY?!" Answered a voice.

At the front of the cave the two girls met, and at first they just stared at each other. Then the girls screamed and ran into each other's arms while crying hysterically and jumping up and down. Espio, Vector, Shadow, Charmy, and Knuckles ran into the cave as well, each more excited then they had ever been, tears of joy even falling down Shadows face.

"GET IT AWAY FROM ME!" Came a sudden desperate cry. All turned to see Sonic huddled in the corner of the cave, backed up as best he could against the wall. He shivered as Obsidian cocked its head to the side, before whining quietly.

"Obsidian, come here boy!" Rouge called, and the dog jumped to her command, as Amy rushed in. Sonic jumped into her arms as soon as Amy reached him. Amy cooed him and calmed him down before leading him to where the rest of the group was.

Sonic was still a little uneasy about the dog, but didn't last long as tears of happiness flew through the group again.

"Group hug!" Shouted Vector suddenly, and they all piled on Sonic and Amy. Knuckles was so excited he even broke down sobbing, and Rouge had to comfort him. The excitement finally ended around sunset, and that's when the group all placed their hands in a circle. Shadow placed his in last, and making sure Obsidian was being touched too, which Sonic was not happy about, Shadow shouted chaos control.

They were on their way home.



"Aww come on! He won't bite" Rouge said, grabbing Sonics arm and pulling him toward the large black wolf. In response Sonic freaked out, and once free of Rouges' grip flew off toward Amy.

Amy sighed. "Trust me... He will bite if he wants too" she said looking back at Rouge.

Suddenly there was a thud, and they all turned to see Shadow on the ground. Shadow stood up and brushed himself, before starting to walk again. Rouge couldn't help but giggle. "I told you to be careful... but no 'I know this place like the back of my hand'" Rouge said in a poor imitation of Shadow.

"Men" Rouge and Amy said at the same time, before they began their bibble babble, or aka, "girl talk." Sonic sighed and walked over beside Knuckles, and began his "guy talk" with him.

Since Shadow had transported the team into the middle of the Mystic Ruins, the team had to travel back to Tails' workshop. They had been walking for a while. The stars had begun to come out, and the moon shone beautifully on the forest floor. Finally the team made it out, and were only a few ways a way from Tails' workshop.

"The first thing I'm doing is taking a nice hot bath" Sonic and Amy said at the same time. They looked at each other and smiled, and Sonic held out his elbow for her, Amy bowed before taking it in hers.

Rouge screamed quietly while the rest of the groups mouth hung open. "That is so cute!" Rouge cried. Knuckles, Vector, and Shadow looked at each other with "its about time" all over their faces.

The group began talking about Sonic and Amy again, or how they had survived, as they made their way to the workshop. But as soon as the group made it, they all stopped and their mouths dropped to the floor.

The workshop had large holes blasted in side it, and there were still some burning coals on the ground below. The burned frame was totally destroyed. As the group looked about, Sonic headed for the garage. As soon as it opened a blue cat, that looked gray because of all the soot bounded out and jumped into Sonics arms, shivering like a baby. Sonic held it close and petted it as he looked inside. Finding what he was looking for, he headed back to the group.

"Maria!" Shadow shouted, and that cat mewed and jumped out of Sonics arms and ran toward Shadow, and Shadow picked her up and cuddled her.

"This looks like the work of Eggman..." Growled Knuckles.

Rouge nodded her head. "He must of got Cream and Tails before we got here..."

"The Tornado II is missing, so I think he only managed on capturing one" Sonic stated.

"Tails must of gone out to save Cream" Amy said, the rest of the group nodded in agreement.

"Luckily, the original Tornado does not look that damaged" Sonic said, turning to Knuckles and giving him a wink.

"Right" Knuckles said, somehow knowing Sonics plan just by looking at him. "Me, Rouge, and Charmy will follow you guys."

Sonic turned and motioned to the rest of the group. "Okay, Rouge, you carry Espio, Knuckles you carry Shadow. Me, Vector, and Amy will take the Tornado" Sonic said, as he walked toward the garage, Vector and Amy following him. Rouge grabbed on to Espio and took flight, while Knuckles grabbed Shadow. Sonic on the other hand, rechecked the engine again as Vector and Amy got comfertable in their seats, before getting inside the plane himself and starting it.

"Please remain seated and keep all hands and feet inside the vehicle at all times" Sonic said as the plane began it's running start. Just as it went over the cliff that dropped off at the sea, Sonic pulled up, and the red bi plane took flight. Sonic looked over his shoulder to check to see if his comrades were all right before turning back to flying. "Next stop, Eggmans secret base!"

'Hang on Tails' Sonic thought. 'Be tough Cream.' Sonic prayed that they'd be able to get there on time.