A Black and Red Rose (Revision) [Shadamy]

26: Heechul

He sat outside at a table at a local Café, waiting for his order-- away from robots-- must he add.

He was fine and dandy with small gadgets like his watch, however machinery like Metal and Maria-- even Orbot and Cubot-- were unnerving and untrustworthy to say the least. His blue eyes darkened. He wanted to get rid of all machinery-- even if the one he was working with used it to aid his schemes.

"Oooh, I think I'll have a Cookies and Cream Frappuccino!" That voice... he looked up, watching a pink hedgehog hog sit at a table across from him. She had a green dress on with brown leather fingerless gloves, her quills up in a ponytail. So, she was finally able to see and walk around with out aid. Good for her. Too bad she was part of Eggman's-- "Excuse me?"

Heechul's blue eyes widened and he stopped tapping on the table. "Huh?" He realized he was staring-- really hard at the hedgehog.

"It's not very nice to stare at people," Amy said, slightly frowning.

Heechul chuckled, crossing his arms infront of him, shaking his head. "I doubt you count as a person, my hedgehog friend. You're a mobian, not a human."

She pouted, crossing her own arms. He noticed how her right ear began to twitch ever so slightly. "I beg to differ that there's a difference in the saying when it still has the same connotation."

"Psh, yeah right, hedgehog. Shouldn't you go order your food?"

"My friends are going for me. Besides, where's your stuff? And I have a name, it's not 'Hedgehog'."

Heechul, arms still crossed, leaned forward on the table and smirked at her. "Oh? And what's your name? Pinky Dinky Doo?"

Her eyes began to change color, her fists began to clench even harder. "I won't tell you my name, Stranger."

"The name's Heechul. I won't bother on my last name, it's not important. So what's yours? Pinky?"

Amy huffed, "I reserve that right to my friend, she gets to call me Pinkie out of affection. You do it to make fun of me. But you must know my name is Amy Rose."

"Ah," he snapped his fingers. "The Sonic fangirl who chases him around."

"Wherever you get your information, it's greatly outdated, I don't do that anymore. I'm not twelve." He saw her look down, pain in her eyes. His brow lifted. Had something happened to them while he hadn't been watching?

A waiter came over and gave Heechul his order. He sighed contentedly, thanking the waiter. "So you do know how to smile."

Heechul paused, his cup half way to his mouth. "Excuse me?"

Amy shrugged, smirking at him. "For someone who likes to push other peoples buttons, I was beginning to think you didn't know how to smile. "

"That's because I prefer not to." Not that it fits my job description either.

"Hey Pinkie!" Amy's head whipped around. Rouge looked disturbed, while Sally was on the verge of running off.

"Rouge? What's wrong?" She got up, forgetting about the man she was talking to. Jogging over to where Rouge and Sally were, she also began to scan the area.

"Disturbance, near Twinkle Park."

Amy blinked dumbly for a second before laughing nervously. Sally looked at her, giving her a small smile. "The irony huh?"

The rose colored hedgehog shook her head, before making a fist with her left hand, punching it lightly into her right. "We're much closer to the park than the boys, so we'll head on over and do damage control. We've got this girls."

The three mobians nodded in sync before running off. Heechul, having heard them discuss, put his cup down. Did the professor plan an attack? Why didn't he let him know? Growling, he got up and slammed a few bills on his table, running in the direction where the bat, squirrel and hedgehog ran off.

-cCc-

"Hon, your dress is going to get soiled!" Amy looked down, shrugging.

"I have spandex and a tank top under this, if I decide to whip it off I'll be fine."

"You're going to fight in heels?"

"I'm not crazy enough to go into battle barefoot Rouge. I'll be fine."

They slowed down a bit, Amy taking off her dress and flinging it to a tree. Soon, the screams of both Mobians and humans were heard, them running towards them.

"Rouge! Status report!" Sally called.

"Four botniks- no sign of Eggman. Like we predicted we're the first ones here-- the bridge to twinkle Park is destroyed-- oh God, girls we need to move! CID's! I repeat, CID's!"

Rouge swooped from the sky, heading into the fray. Amy and Sally looked at each other seriously for a moment, giving each other a silent oath that they would be okay and be there at moments notice for help. Nodding, they ran off.

Sally directed people off to safer parts. Amy in turn summoned her axe, clearing the way for them. Rouge had spotted a child hanging off the broken bridge, catching him just moments after he let go.

This attack... seems so unorganized. What are you planning Eggman? Amy thought.

She looked up, the beady red eyes of a Egg-bot watching her. Her axe disappeared, and her trademark hammer made its appearance. Twisting her hammer, she sucked a breath in. "What are you waiting for?" Amy whispered. A whirring sound came from the machine before charging at her. She jumped into the air, hitting the side of the bird-botnik and effectively making it crash into a tree.

"Amy! Six o'clock!" Sally shouted, running to her.

"Sally, stand back! Hammer typhoon!" Eyes glowing, energy crackling around her, she jumped up, doing several front flips before slamming her hammer into the ground.

"Ah--" Sally stumbled at the small tremors, nervous for the shockwave to reach her. Arms linked under her pits and lifted her into the air.

"I've got you, Princess," Rouge assured.

"Thank you! Did you know Amy could do that?" Rouge shook her head. They both watched as the second botnik-- a snake one-- spazzed out after it was hit by the wave.

The duo landed before Amy, her hammer poofing into the air. "Two down, two to go... what?"

"You've gotta tell us since when you can use chaos powers Amy," Sally said, still not believing what she had just seen.

"Um... since always? Look, we can talk about this later, two botniks are still on the loose and the guys haven't shown up yet."

"Who ever your guys are, you can count on me." All three mobians looked up when they heard a voice.

"Heechul?!" Amy exclaimed, her head tilting to the side.

What was he doing here?