The Prophecy (Part One) (re-editing)

Chapter Two - To The Ocean?*

The * means that this has been rewritten, as of 10/16/15
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"Sonic..

..Sonic!"

My eyes cracked open a little, but before I could process whose voice was echoing through my head, I was squinting from the flashlight shining in my face. "Sonic.." Tails said softly as he flipped off the light and hovered over me. "Thank goodness. Knuckles, he's awake!"

I sat up and looked around to see that Knuckles was laying on the ground beside me, panting and dripping wet. I looked between them in confusion. "What the? What happened?"

"Knuckles had taken me to the window to watch after he sent Amy out there, saying that 'something magical was about to happen'. I expected something stupid, but I didn't expect to see Amy transform into something totally different!" Tails explained quickly. "And then you dived into the water after her like a madman! Knuckles had to go in to save you."

"I told you, Sonic. Didn't I tell you that something fishy was going on?" The red echidna said as he raised up on his hands and knees. "But I still can't believe you did that."

It suddenly came back to me. Amy had morphed into some strange purple dog girl, then jumped into the water. I had followed out of impulse; only to remember seconds later that I couldn't swim. I clenched my fists at my sides. "Did you see where that girl went? And where's Amy?" I asked before I began to cough up a bit of water.

"No doubt Eggman captured her again." Knuckles suggested.

"Now, let's not start blaming things on Eggman," Tails retorted gently. "He did disappear, after all."

"Yeah, but he disappeared when we had all that Nocturne stuff happened, too." Knuckles pointed out as he sat up and shook his wet quills like a dog. I glared as some of it splashed onto me, but he only continued. "And we worked with him, then he turned on us. The same thing is probably happening all over again."

"You shouldn't just assume things without proof, Knuckles. Plus, you're a fine one to talk." Tails said with a pang of annoyance in his voice. Then he sighed and turned to me as I continued to cough. "Are you okay, Sonic? Did you swallow too much water? I thought I was going to have to give you CPR there for a minute."

When I didn't voice a reply, Knuckles sat up and gave me a strange look. "Why're you being like that? Amy's been captured several times. She never gets hurt, and we always get her back."

"Its not just the fact that she's gone," I finally answered. "Its that girl. Whoever she is, she's been masquerading as Amy for who knows how long. She must be the one behind Amy's disappearance, or at least involved in it somehow. And if Eggface is behind it, that makes everything that much better, because he's probably trying to hatch another useless scheme. And who knows what's happening to Amy right now."

It didn't hit me until later, but Knuckles had noticed something that I hadn't even noticed at the time. Yeah, she had been captured several times before, and I had been worried about her every time. But this time was different. This time, I was infuriated.

"Still.." Knuckles started slowly. "I didn't expect you to dive in like that after her. Did you become friends with water since the last time we talked or something?"

"Tails," I said as I stood, ignoring Knuckles. "Let's see where that chip leads us."

"I already have the coordinates. I got them earlier when you and Knuckles were out here." The fox stood with me, looking at me curiously. "But what if its a trap, Sonic? Whoever she was.. She wanted to get to whoever commanded the robot. That, or she wanted to lead us there. We have no clue as far as her motives go."