STRANDED [ON HOLD]

Twists & Turns

Sonic and Amy find themselves in another cave labyrinth. It's the second one they've stumbled upon in this cave trail and it's getting on Sonic's last nerve. He wants to run past all of these twists and turns, and it would also be nice to stop having to bob and weave around each corner, ever so slightly missing each one. Carrying Amy on his back, he trudges along to another corner and turns back around. Each corner looks the same. They are corners, after all. Rocky-walled corners.

Sonic takes a second to breathe and stands still before turning his head slightly to look at the sleeping girl on his back. His sleeping girl on his back. Her three meticulously placed bangs that rest on her forehead bounce up and down slowly with her breaths as the ebb and flow of oxygen enters and exits her lungs in a rhythm that matches his own after listening.

And then I go and spoil it all by saying something stupid like I love you.

The chorus of a familiar song rushes through his head like a river. He's sings that to her before they would try to fall asleep in the middle of the wilderness, or a cave, or any time even in the base, for her to calm down. It was hard for them, but they made it work. Sonic has some singing background, so he was hoping it would soothe her fast mind, and he was right. She would calm down next to him and he would smile at her. He's infatuated with this woman. He wishes he would've told her sooner rather than later, because later, apparently, was in an apocalyptic war zone. Their once beautiful home is now crawling with charred fleshy zombies. He's happy he admitted it, but jeez man, it could've been so much earlier. He makes a sharp right instead of the normal sharp lefts he's been taking and notices a difference in the labyrinth. Was he seriously taking the same path over and over and over again?

"I'm a fucking idiot." He grunts as he hoists Amy onto his back in a more comfortable position, hopefully for the both of them and not just himself. He drags his feet heavily as he treks along the narrow paths of this maze in a cave. What sickos even made this maze? The ancients? Whoever it was, Sonic made a mental note to find them destroy their bloodline. That seems a little harsh, but hey, the guy hasn't slept well in days. He's tired, grumpy and hungry. There's light at the end of this deep, long maze-like tunnel and he runs until he notices part of the sun. He sets Amy down then spins dashes the wall ahead of him until it cracks like rubble and falls to the ground. He throws his arms into the air as he looks at the area ahead of him. The oasis from earlier! The one where he finally told Amy his feelings. "Amy! Amy!" He cries out, shaking her awake. Her eyes stir as she sits up to look around.

"LIGHT!! ... the oasis!" Happy tears start falling as she smiles at the sight ahead of her. "It's... untouched." She smiles. Sonic reaches out his hand to help her up and she graciously accepts it. He pulls her into a hug and she laughs, not expecting it. He picks her up, bridal style this time and plants a kiss on her forehead.

"Let's go home." He says before he bolts as fast as his hasn't-eaten-well-in-three-days, hasn't-slept-in-four body can carry him, which is still pretty damn fast. He's Sonic the hedgehog, after all. He gets to the door of the base and enters with a big boom, which startles everyone. They turn to see the hedgehogs and gasp before smiling and running towards them. Sonic doesn't have a chance to put Amy down before they're attacked with hugs. They get their hugs in and Sonic places Amy down and walks towards a chair. Amy follows him and sits down next to him, Sonic wraps his around her shoulder and she holds his hand.

"Are you alright? Are you injured?" Blaze questions. Sonic looks at himself up and down, Amy herself, and he shrugs.

"We look fine to me!" He laughs and she smiles.

"Just tired..." she says, a bit woozy. He rubs her shoulder and nods his head.

"It's great to see you all, but we need a nap." He stands her up and walks over to his and Tails's room.