[Sonaze] Love At The Olympics

Silver & Amy's New Beginning

Sally was still ticked about the prank that Sonic, Blaze, Bunnie, and, by extent, Eggman Nega had pulled on her. She was thinking of a way to get back at them when she saw Silver and Amy on a stroll through the park. She remembered that Amy had given up on Sonic so he could be with Blaze. She knew from asking a Shy Guy the type of person Silver is: sweet, caring, kind, but also extremely naïve and gullible. If Amy wasn't around, she could manipulate him to break up Sonic and Blaze so she could have Sonic to herself. The one issue is Sonic's devotion to the fiery feline and vice versa. Another issue was Amy Rose herself. Wherever she's at, Silver was bound to be. Sally was stuck in a rut with that one.

The two said hedgehogs, in the meantime, were enjoying the scenery when Silver's ears perked up. Amy heard the same thing as well, so they went to investigate, but found nothing. That's when something knocked out Amy. Silver turned around and saw someone running away, but he couldn't get a good look at the person. "Don't worry, Amy. I'll get you to the infirmary," he said as he picked her up. 'I have to tell Sonic about this,' he thought, worrying about Amy's condition.

Once he got her to the infirmary, he called Sonic and had him and Blaze rush over there. "Okay, Silver, what's the problem?" Sonic asked, a little ticked that he and Blaze were disturbed during their alone time. Blaze was just as mad.

"Somebody knocked out Amy during our walk through the park." Their faces turned to one of worry once they heard the news. Silver knew he didn't need to go into explanation because they all had the same feeling that it was a certain chipmunk that did the deed. Sally never did like Amy, so they believed that with Amy gone, she would have one less thing to worry about.

Sonic didn't like this one bit. He knew Silver, who was naïve about many things, would be an easy target for even Knuckles and he was (according to Sonic and Shadow) dumber than a box of rocks. "We'll stay here with you two. That way, Sally won't be able to come near you. Does that sound good to you, Blaze?"

"Yes it does," she said.

"Okay, then. If anyone finds any trace of Sally, try to apprehend her. I'll keep a lookout while I'm watching over Amy," Silver said, going into 'Mission Mode'. Sally didn't know Silver that well, so he had an early advantage over her when he's in the said 'mode'. Later that night, after Mario won the gold in Snowboard Slopestyle and Eggman took it in Curling, Silver was still wide awake watching over Amy, still worried about her current state. He then heard the sound of the window being opened, but pretended that nothing was happening. The figure then tried to tap him on the shoulder, but he was ready. He sent the figure to the wall and used his powers to turn on the light. Not surprisingly, it was none other than Sally Acorn.

"Ow, that's smarts," she said. She looked at Silver, who, to her surprise was looking really furious at her. Sonic and Blaze had heard the thump on the wall, so Sonic entered the door while Blaze stood at the window, blocking her escape routes. She was sad to see Sonic just as furious as Silver was; she could care less about Blaze. "Sonic..."

"What are you up to, Sally? Amy's out of the race for Sonic's heart, you know!" Blaze stated. Sonic didn't say a word.

"Well I... uh... okay, you got me. I was trying to comfort Silver. He looked like he needed it." Sally saw that none of them believed her, evidenced by how Silver had a few books lifted up. "H-Hey, let's not get too hasty now, okay, Silver?"

"You are full of crap, you know that, Sally?" said Sonic, scaring Sally quite a bit. Having seen Sonic lose his temper at Eggman, Antoine, and even Knuckles, she wasn't surprised that he would lose it if one of his friends got hurt. She WAS surprised that he would direct it at her, even with the past arguments that they've had. Sally knew that Sonic and Silver were trying to restrain themselves, but they were having a tough time with it.

"I'm going to give you one chance to walk on out of here. I would take it if I were you," said Silver, not letting go of his temper.

"Okay, I'll go. But just a word of advice, Silver: Be careful of whom you call your friends. They're liable to turn their back on you when you need them," warned Sally. She then left the room, leaving the others confused about her warning to Silver.

"What do you think she meant by that?"

"I don't know, but I know that we had better be careful since she has grown this devious from the last time I've known her. On top of that, I don't know about Rotor, but Antoine won't be ratting her out anytime soon," said Sonic.

Just then, they heard Amy stirring. Silver rushed to her side. "Amy, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, Silver. Did you see who knocked me out?" she asked.

"We have reason to believe it was Sally," answered Sonic. "I think she was targeting Silver for manipulation, but she didn't know about his...*cough*... 'Mission Mode'."

Amy heard what Sonic said, but she was busy being shocked that Silver was hugging her to say anything. 'Maybe I should hang out with Silver more often. If he's hugging me because of a crush, then perhaps letting Blaze have Sonic was the best move I've made after all,' she thought.

"Amy, you there?"

"I think she's falling for Silver. She's blushing," said Blaze. It turned out that they were both beet-red once Silver found out that he was hugging her for longer than he felt he should've. He let go of her and went back a few feet, still as red as Amy, due to embarrassment.

"I'm so sorry, Amy! I don't know what came over me!" Silver exclaimed. He crouched down as she got out of bed and walked towards him. She didn't give him a slap like he expected, but a hug and a kiss on the cheek.

"It's okay, Silver. I'm fine. I just didn't expect that, that's all," she stated.

"A-Are you s-sure?"

"Yeah, silly. I'm sure," she said while giggling.

"I hate to interrupt this little love fest, but what are we going to do about the situation with Sally? We still don't know what she would want to manipulate Silver for," said Blaze.

"One thing's for sure, Blaze: we have to have Omega on full-time guard duty," Sonic said. "We'll have to be on our own toes as well. Rouge is probably busy teasing Knuckles again."

"That wouldn't surprise me, Sonic. She always was the flirty type, especially with you, Tails, and that knucklehead. It would definitely tick me, Blaze, and Cream off," said Amy. Blaze was fuming once Amy reminded her of that. Whenever Rouge was hitting on Sonic just for kicks, she was one crazed cat, ready to either scratch or burn her to bits. She was a bit peeved at Bunnie when she did the same thing, but Blaze got over it when she said that she supported her relationship with Sonic.

"At any rate, we have to keep Sally away from both of you guys. The only one she can't touch with her manipulative ways or pursue a relationship with is Shadow. Being the 'Ultimate Lifeform', he has a lot of experience, even with the amnesia Sonic said he had, so he has a major advantage over all of the Freedom Fighters," said Blaze.

"And I will be happy to help," said Shadow, who was just coming in.

"Thanks, Shadow. Now what will we do," asked Silver.

"I have the day off tomorrow. You just go on with your days and leave it up to me."

CHAPTER 8 END