The Book Of Bread

Chapter 7

"SONIC I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S YOU..." AMY TOOK A COUPLE OF STEPS TOWARD HIM AND HELD HER HANDS TO HER MOUTH, TEARS FORMING IN HER EYES, "I...ALL THIS TIME...I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD, BUT YOU'RE HERE! YOU FINALLY CAME BACK TO ME!" SHE RAN UP TO HIM TO GIVE HIM A HUG BUT HE PUSHED HER ASIDE WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT. SHE LANDED ON THE GROUND WITH AN OOF AND LOOKED UP AT SONIC, BETRAYL IN HER EYES. SHAGGY RAN TO HER SIDE.

"LIKE, DUDE, WHAT WAS THAT FOR?" SHAGGY STARTED.

"CAN IT, YOU SPINELESS SACK OF SCOOBY SNACKS. THIS DOESN'T INVOLVE YOU." SONIC SHOT DAGGERS AT SHAGGY AND HE COWERED DOWN, AMY LEFT WITH SONIC NOW.

"ACE, YOU HAVE GOT TO STOP, PLEASE." JESUS LOOKED AT THE LEADER OF THE GANGREEN GANG AND GAVE HIM A SAD LOOK. ACE JUST SNICKERED AND SWAYED HIS HAND AS HIS MINIONS WENT AFTER THE GANGOOD GANG. SHAGGY, HANK, JAKE, AND LINK ALL RAN AT THE MINIONS, LEAVING JESUS TO ACE AND SONIC TO AMY.

"BIG J, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE CALLED YOU BACK IN THE GOOD 'OL DAYS?" ACE BEGAN TO CIRCLE JESUS, CONTINUING TO TALK TO HIM, "BACK WHEN WE WERE CLOSE....BACK WHEN YOU CARED AND THINGS WERE MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR SELFLESS GLORY AND GENEROSITY."

"ACE, YOU KNOW I DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE...I HAD TO-"

"NO!!! YOU HAD A CHOICE! YOU HAD A CHOICE AND YOU LEFT ME! YOU LEFT ME ALL ALONE WHILE YOU HAD NO PROBLEM LEAVING ME AND MAKING FRIENDS! NOW IT'S YOUR TURN TO BE ALONE!" ACE STARTED THE FIGHT WITH A FIRED UP PUNCH THAT JESUS DEFLECTED AND MOVED TO THE LEFT. JESUS CONTINUED TO MOVE AS ACE SWUNG UP AND DOWN AND RIGHT AND LEFT TO AIM A HIT TO JESUS. AFTER A FEW MISSES, ACE FINALLY GOT CONTACT WITH JESUS' FACE.

"KERMIT IS GOING TO TAKE AWAY EVERYTHING THAT YOU LOVE BECAUSE YOU TOOK AWAY EVERYTHING I LOVED...AND YOU CAN'T STOP HIM..." ACE KICKED AND LEFT JESUS ON THE GROUND, WALKING AWAY FROM HIM AND HEADING OUTSIDE TO WATCH THE CHAOS.

MEANWHILE, AMY WAS BACK ON HER FEET TRYING TO TALK SONIC INTO SOME SENSE. "SONIC...I DON'T UNDERSTAND....I THOUGHT WE HAD SOMETHING!"

"US? HAVE SOMETHING? YOU'RE DUMBER THAN YOU LOOK. I NEVER LIKED YOU AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO BRING IT TO YOU OTHER THAN BLATANTLY TELLING YOU...BUT EVEN THAT SEEMED TO NOT WORK. I'D NEVER LIKE YOU, YOU PINK FREAK."

"SONIC, WE HAD SO MANY DATES TOGETHER AND WE SHARED SO MANY MEMORIES TOGETHER! I DON'T SEE...AND YOU DIED! THE GANGREEN GANG KILLED YOU!"

"HAHAAHAHA! PHEW, YOU REALLY HAVEN'T PIECED IT TOGETHER YET, HAVE YOU?" HE GRABBED AMY BY HER CHIN AND TILTED HER HEAD UP, LOOKING INTO HER EYES, "CLEARLY, THIS IS THE SIDE I'VE BEEN ON ALL ALONG, YOU DUMB WHORE." HE SLAPPED HER AND SHE FELL TO THE GROUND. "OHHH BUT I MISSED THIS! YOU FALL DOWN EVERYTIME BUT STILL GET RIGHT BACK UP TO SEE ME, EVEN IF I'M THE CAUSE OF YOUR DEMISE! WHAT A FUN LITTLE PUNCHING BAG YOU ARE!"

AMY LOOKED UP AT SONIC, CONFUSION, FEAR, AND HURT IN HER EYES. "BUT WHY...? WHY DID YOU PRETEND...WHY DID YOU HURT ME? DO YOU HAVE ANY CLUE WHAT KIND OF HURT I WENT THROUGH WHEN YOU LEFT?! DO YOU HAVE ANY CLUE HOW HARD I CRIED?"

"OH YES, I BET YOU SAT IN YOUR LITTLE CORNER AND CRIED YOUR PRETTY LITTLE EYES OUT AND THEN HIT A BUNCH OF THINGS WITH YOUR LITTLE HAMMER. THEN THE CYCLE STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN, DIDN'T IT? AWE, YOU POOR THING" SONIC DID A FAKE BOO-HOO FACE AND A FAKE POUT, "YOU WANNA KNOW WHY I DID WHAT I DID? YOU REALLY WANNA KNOW? BECAUSE I HATE YOU. I DESPISE YOU WITH ALL OF MY BEING. EVERYTIME I LOOK AT YOU, MY NOSE WRINKLES AND I FEEL THIS WEIGHT IN MY GUT THAT MAKES ME SO FUCKING PISSED. IF I COULD GET AWAY FROM YOU AND HURT YOU AT THE SAME TIME, I'D DO IT. AND NOW THAT YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I HATE YOU AND YOU KNOW WHAT SIDE I REALLY AM, I CAN WATCH YOU WRITHE IN PAIN AS I SLAP. YOU. BACK. AND. FORTH. BURYING. YOU. SIX. FEET. IN. THE. GROUND." SONIC SLAPPED AMY REPEATEDLY IN THE FACE, GIVING HER ONE LAST PUNCH INTO THE GROUND, HER HEAD HITTING THE GROUND AND NEARLY KNOCKING HER OUT.

"I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO GIVING YOU THIS FINAL BLOW, GOODBYE AMY ROSE, IT'S BEEN FUN." SONIC ROSE HIS FIST HIGH IN THE AIR, AIMING IT DOWN TOWARD AMY'S FACE, WHICH WAS ALREADY BLOODIED AND SWOLLEN. AS HE BROUGHT IT DOWN, SOMETHING STOPPED BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO LAND THAT LAST BLOW ON AMY. SONIC LOOKED DOWN AND SAW A HAND GRIPPING HIS BLUE GLOVED ONE. HE TRACED THE MUSCULAR ARM UP, LOOKING THE MAN IN THE FACE.

"LIKE, SONIC, MAN. YOU MIGHT WANT TO RETHINK WHAT SIDE YOU'RE ON, BECAUSE IF YOU INTEND ON BEING ON THEIR SIDE, I'LL HAVE TO KILL YOU."