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Disclaimer: Sonic the hedgehog franchise belongs to Sega and Yuji Naka
It was one thing for Eggman to hack into the best medical school in Mobius; however, it was another thing entirely to determine who could possibly work for him based off of an extensive list of one hundred and twenty thousand students.
He knew finding an assistant would require patience, but patience wasn't one of Eggman's strongest qualities. His large mind worked overtime sorting through everyone based on their strength, IQ and weakness.
'Hugo, male aardvark, much older but studying surgery in a few different paths, certainly useful though I'd prefer a younger assistant, someone I don't have to fear will kick the bucket any moment,' Eggman pondered as he scanned through one student's files, although not quite satisfied, and moved through the files of younger students.
He soon came across the files of a salamander by the name of Vik, who majored in neuroscience. Eggman was quite surprised to see this student's top grades and considered for a moment making this student his assistant.
"Perhaps him," he thought. "Judging from this picture he's athletic so he could get the job done. But then again, I don't know what kind of heavy lifting I'll need that I can't create a bot to do for me."
As Eggman contemplated further on Vik, his eyes scanned down to another name.
"A female?" The student's name was Tia, a very small Ferret with wide eyes. She seemed very timid from just her photo. She was majoring in Obstetrics which is something that could be incredibly beneficial for Eggman. "Picking her off would definitely be easy," Eggman finally concluded, nodding to himself as he printed off her schedule with a rather sinister grin.
xXx
There was about half an hour before Tia's class. Eggman knew from her schedule where she would be and at what time she would be there, so it was no coincidence that he happened to 'accidentally' bump into her, causing her to collapse to the ground. As her bag fell to the ground as well, some of her textbooks fell out and scattered the ground.
"Whoops, clumsy me my dear, are you alright?" Eggman asked, acting concerned for the girl's well-being. Tia looked to where her books were scattered as she dusted herself off, and proceeded to pick her things up.
"It's okay, things like this happen all the time," Tia spoke, feeling quite intimidated by the rotund man standing near her. By the way, he was dressed, she assumed that he was a professor at this institute, and she did not feel comfortable making eye contact with him.
However, whilst Tia was not paying attention and had her guard down, Eggman took this time to procure a syringe from his pocket. With lightning reflexes that would put even Sonic himself to shame, Eggman restrained the young girl in an iron grip, holding the syringe to her neck. Tia tried to scream, but it was all too late as the needle pierced her skin and the fast acting sedative soon entered her bloodstream. In a matter of seconds, the girl was out cold.
"Well, that was all too easy," Eggman said to himself. "Time to take her back to the lab then."
xXx
Tia started to stir from her slumber after falling unconscious from the attack. She opened her eyes only to be met with a blinding white light. Her head was still spinning and her eyes were still foggy, so she could not see much beyond the white light. Tia tried to take deep breaths so she could regain full consciousness again.
"Hello?" she called out dryly. "Please, is someone there?" Eggman smirked as his victim squirmed in fear. Tia looked around for anything or anyone that could help her. Soon, her vision started to come back to her. An overhead light shone brightly on her face as she sat in a metal chair. She soon found out that she was surrounded by white walls that reflected the light.
Eggman came out from his hiding spot, letting the humming light shine upon him. "Welcome, Tia. You're in luck." Tia quivered in her chair. It was then that she felt her wrist cuffed to the chair, along with her ankles tied together. Fear slithered down her spine. "I have chosen you to help me create my ultimate weapon. Your skill and my brain will bring this world to its knees under my command."
Tears sprang from her eyes. Helpless to move her body and much too frightened to breathe, Tia could not begin to wonder what this man had planned for her. She could only hope and pray that she would make it out alive.
"You've been out quite a while: a day to be exact," Eggman teased, running a finger down her slender face. She jerked away from the touch, "the first thing I need you to do is prove to me you're capable of being obedient."
Tia cracked open her dry lips to form a response. "I'll do anything."
"Good." Eggman uncuffed her and held fast to her upper arm. "Come with me," he then said, dragging her out of the room and out into a hallway. Tia then noticed two robots waiting outside when one of them spoke.
"Is this your hostage, doctor?" the red circular one said, hovering close to Tia as if inspecting her. "She's quite pretty…"
"Quiet, you bucket of bolts!" Eggman yanked harder on Tia's arm, already tired of his robot lackeys, as he continued to lead her down the hall. They finally arrived at the main lab where Tia saw a large capsule-like machine with some kind of black blob in the centre.
"What is this?" Tia asked.
"This is failed weapon number twenty," Eggman replied before going to the main console and pulling up a picture on the large screen. "See this hedgehog?" Tia did not answer right away, which prompted Eggman to slam his hand down on the metallic surface of a nearby table, causing her to yelp. "Do you see!?"
"Yes!" she croaked.
"He's the blueprint for my weapon, but I cannot simply make a clone of him. At least, not with this sort of equipment. But I am afraid I do not have much time on my hands to get everything ready by myself," Eggman continued, gesturing to the disfigured specimen in the machine. "That is why I need something else,"
Tia's brows narrowed then. "Something else?" she asked. Eggman then pulled up another picture on the screen of a female.
"This," he replied as he gestured back to the screen.
"But she's just a girl," Tia spoke then, seemingly confused as to what the mad doctor was implying. "Why do you need her?"
"She will be my incubator to house my clone until it's ready to be used." Tia's eyes widened as she finally realised just what he was trying to say.
"You can't do that, you monster!" Tia cried. Eggman's hand struck her across the face, causing her to fall back from the impact. She held her face as it throbbed in pain while Eggman looked down at the woman in contempt.
"I'll tell you this once and one time only; I'm not a patient man, but I've been playing the waiting game far too long. I will not be interrupted from my deserved victory by you or anyone else." The round man crouched down to Tia, who was still lying helpless on the cold floor and gripped her chin so she was looking directly at him. "A bomb has been planted in your body. If I so much as think you are going to run or ruin my plan in any way, I will not hesitate to kill you. Do you understand?"
The poor Ferret could only nod as cool tears trailed down her stinging cheek. She pulled her legs up tight to her chest and prayed for some kind of miracle to swoop down and save her - for anyone and anything to return her to when she was just a student on her way to class.
xXx
Sonic and Amy walked out of the restaurant as Amy giggled along, holding Sonic's hand. It made the blue hedgehog feel better about them resolving their issue about the incident the other day. For a while, they simply enjoyed a nice stroll. The street lights lit up and Sonic admired the way that Amy seemed to radiate that night.
"How'd ya like the food tonight?" Sonic asked, trying to make small talk.
"I thought it was very delicious. Thank you for taking me, Sonic," Amy replied, smiling up at the blue hedgehog.
"I'm glad you had fun." They then fell back into silence. Sonic knew that Amy wasn't really mad at him anymore, but he still wanted to make it up to her, which is why he asked her out on a second date. "I'll find some other place we can hang out again, I promise. In fact, there's a cool cliff overlooking this meadow we could visit. I think you'd like it."
Amy only smiled at Sonic. She gripped his hand a little tighter, her heart swelling.
"When we go back to my place would you like to make dessert? I have a new strawberry cake recipe I want to try for a special occasion and need a taste tester."
Sonic pretended to swoon, making Amy giggle. "You know I never say no to sweets!" He grinned. "Let's hurry on!"
And with that, he picked Amy up in his strong arms and all but flew back to her little cottage.
xXx
The two got to work quickly: making the batter, putting it in the oven, and then going to Amy's kitchen table to start the strawberry mixture.
"It already smells delicious!" Sonic said, making an attempt to stick a finger in the spread - only to be lovingly slapped away. "Not until the finished product," Amy chastised.
"Oh, cmon Ames, just one taste. That's why I'm here, right?"
Sonic sidestepped to the left and aimed for the bowl, only to be met by a pink body blocking the sweet prize. "Whoa! When did you get such a fast reflex?" Sonic grinned, impressed at how Amy moved with such fluid agility.
He leant both hands against the table, pushing their bodies almost flush. The electricity returned as if pushing for them to take that small inch forward.
Amy gazed again at Sonic's emerald eyes and smiled. Sonic returned it. "What're ya thinkin'?" he asked her then.
"I was wondering if, maybe...I could kiss you again?" Amy blushed furiously, not meeting Sonic's gaze. The blue hedgehog gave a cool smile, then bent down and brought her lips to his own. The kiss was warm and full of trust, sending shivers down Amy's spine.
Sonic captured Amy's plump bottom lip between his, gently sucking on it and causing Amy to moan quietly. Her arms wrapped around his body.
Sonic felt his heart flutter as he held Amy close. This was the girl who chased him for years - the girl he saved long ago and never thought that one day he would be making out with. It wasn't the same as with Sally; this was different, more passionate and...real.
Even though Sonic very much wanted to trail his hand up her shirt to feel more of her supple body again, he was very much content in this more innocent position.
When the two broke apart, a goofy smile spread across Sonic's face. "Now that's our first kiss," Amy nodded lazily as she too came down from her lustful high. "I'm sorry again for making you cry, really I didn't-"
Amy cut him off with a quick peck on the lips.
"Don't worry, I already forgave you. Now I think it's time we check on those cakes,"
Sonic pulled her forward again for another kiss, already feeling himself become attached to her taste and cherry scent. Amy giggled, playfully wiggling away from his embrace.
It was as Amy was taking out the vanilla cakes that a knock on the door caught the pair's attention. "Who could that be at this time?" she murmured, checking the time again to see that it was 10:35 in the evening. No one she knew would be visiting at this time.
Sonic quickly stood from his lazy position on the couch. "I'll get it," he said as he made his way over, opening the door to see a young ferret standing at the entryway. She was looking down and chewing on her bottom lip.
"Uhm, can I help you?" Sonic asked as worry etched into his face. The Ferret took in a shuddering breath before falling into his arms, crying loudly.
"Hey, Hey! Calm down, it's alright," He nervously tried to comfort the crying female.
"Sonic, what's going on?" Before Sonic could answer, many things happened at once. Sonic's neck was quickly jabbed with a needle and he was injected with a strange liquid that quickly knocked him out within seconds. The guest then turned her attention to Amy and ran at her with the syringe in hand, still with some of the liquid left inside, and tackled her to the ground.
Both women struggled against each other, but soon the Ferret saw an opportunity, and jabbed Amy in the neck and injected the rest of the liquid from the tube into her.
The Ferret's heart was beating heavily when she got up and looked over her work. She had to steady her breathing, remembering she still had to finish the job. The Ferret swiftly pulled out a note from her pocket and placed it next to Sonic's unconscious body in hopes that he will wake up and read the note.
Once she was satisfied with that, she took out a little device with a button, which she pushed, and the device started to flash a steady red light. With luck, Eggman's robots will be at her location swiftly to collect Amy, taking
her and the Ferret back to the lab. The Ferret just deeply hoped that there was no more to be asked of her.
xXx
Amy's head pounded, her mouth felt incredibly dry, and no matter how hard she tried to open her eyes, they drifted shut again.
The pink Hedgehog was able to hear faint rhythmic beeping, and feeling slowly returned to her body. She could easily say that she was in an unsafe environment, and her body ached for being in whatever position it was in for a long time. Amy finally cracked open an eye. In the darkened room, the only harsh lighting was coming from a large bulb above her.
Amy's legs were up and spread open, but a belt of some sort prevented her from moving. "W-what's going on? Where am I?" Amy swallowed thickly, looking again for a way to escape. In her haze, Amy finally remembered something: a young woman who came to her house last night. Was it night time anymore? How long had she been here?
Eyes threatening to shut again, Amy let out a strangled, pitiful sound that didn't go anywhere. Her mouth might as well have been full of cotton, and she struggled desperately not to sink into unconsciousness.
"...need morphine…"
"Can't wait-"
"-Easier if Shadow…"
Two voices drifted around Amy.
"This may hurt," As if warning her, she felt a cold instrument prodding her body. It was... inside her.
It could have been hours or minutes when Amy opened her eyes again to see a head dipped between her legs and a robust man standing beside it. "Eggman?" she slurred. "Let me go!" She strained but found that she couldn't move her wrists.
Watching the little hedgehog hopelessly struggle made the mad scientist chuckle quietly. "Hush up, girl, before I knock you out again. Then again, you might want to be out for this part."
It was then that Amy could fully feel the object inside her body, and she arched up in protest. "Please, no!" she cried, "let me go!"
Her body cramped up, and when it was finally over, a cool sensation in her wrist finally caused her to succumb.
xXx
Sonic awoke in a similar state of confusion and pain, but his vision cleared slowly and it took him a few minutes to take in his surroundings. He recognised the place he was in to be Amy's house, so at least that was familiar, but Sonic found it difficult to remember what happened. It all went too fast, even for the blue blur.
"Amy!" he called, but there was no answer, and slowly his memory caught up with him.
Panic started to set in and he quickly tried to get up but his head spun and he groaned in pain. "What's this mark on my neck?" he said as he rubbed at his neck where he had been jabbed with a needle. "What was that all about? I remember someone coming to the door, and then..." Sonic's thoughts were cut off when he noticed
a piece of paper laying next to him. Sonic grabbed the paper and tried to get up once more, being able to finally stand on his feet, and looked down at the piece of paper. Sonic realised it was a note and quickly read it.
...
'Dear Sonic.
I have something of yours. A little friend, or should I say, girlfriend! Apparently, from what my little birdie told me, you two are very close. I wouldn't normally bother with a ransom note since I don't usually want anything from you, but this time I want you to pick her up. If you can find her, at least.
She'll be waiting. If you can't save her by midnight, then you may not ever see her again.
Sincerely
Doctor E.'
...
Sonic's hand balled into a fist, crumpling the paper as he growled his frustration. "I should have known this would happen! I shouldn't have gotten so close to her, and now Egghead has her!" Sonic knew that he needed to save Amy, but he also knew that he couldn't do it alone. Sonic quickly pulled out his phone and called his best friend Tails.
"Hello?" Tails' voice greeted.
"Tails, meet me at Amy's right now. Eggman has her and I need help locating the 'good doctor's' new hideout," Sonic practically growled.
Tails sputtered for a moment before finally catching everything. "I'll-I'll be right there! And I'll bring help,"
"Just hurry," Sonic shouted back and quickly hung up the call. Sonic waited at Amy's house with agitation and hoped that his best friend would show up quickly.
xXx
Quills standing on end, Sonic paced the room. He gained speed as he went until he was just a blur going in an endless loop. "What's taking him so long?" he grumbled. Eventually, a ring at the door caught his attention. Standing there was Tails as expected, but in tow was Espeon, Charmy, and Vector. "I brought the Chaotix with me," Tails' started. "I figured they'd be able to help,"
Vector smirked and pushed his large frame into the house. "Of course we'll be of use. Now, where did the kidnapping take place?"
"Over here." Sonic showed them the spot where Amy had been taken. He could still smell her perfume in the air, along with her natural cherry scent. Charmy must have smelt it too. He sniffed gently at the air until he was hovering directly by the kitchen entrance. "She was here. But I smell something else, like medicine! Yuck!" the Bee exclaimed as Tails entered the kitchen too.
"Perhaps some kind of tranquilizer..." Tails added as he also sniffed the air.
Sonic, too, could smell some metallic scent now that it had been pointed out and felt suddenly foolish to have not been able to earlier.
A thick voice cut through the silence. "I found something." Espio held up a small leaf with pointed edges. "Did you two go into the forest?" He asked Sonic, who shook his head in negation.
"Nope, just to the city and then home," Sonic explained.
"Then whoever kidnapped her must have tracked it in. Only one forest holds this kind of leaf, and it's not far if we hurry,"
Espio said.
"Then what're we waitin' for? Let's get a move on! We only have five hours!"
Sonic shouted at everyone and made his way towards the door.
"Five hours until what?" Tails asked his blue friend with a confused look.
"Until Amy is a goner," was the only thing Sonic responded with before they all headed out to search for Amy.
xXx
When Sonic and the others found the large oval base that could only belong to Eggman, Sonic was itching to retrieve Amy safe and sound. They came to two steel doors and Sonic attempted to spin dash them. Bouncing into it, however, he had barely made a dent. "Owch!" He exclaimed, landing uselessly on his backside.
"Let me handle this!" Vector cracked his knuckles and brought down the door easily with a couple of punches.
"Thanks, man," Sonic said, jumping back on his feet and rushing through the door, the others following behind.
The group hurried on, hastily disposing of every enemy they met until Sonic finally caught the faint scent of blood and cherries. She was close.
"Sonic, my reading shows two lifeforms just around the corner," Tails explained, keeping an eye on the little circular device in his hand. "One of them has got to be Amy," the device gave two beeping yellow signals as they approached closer.
They stood outside of a door, letting Vector handle the blockage once more, and Sonic and Tails rushe
d into the room. It was a small room and there was an even smaller cage centred in the middle of the room. Its occupant laid spent and tired inside.
"Amy!" Sonic called out and rushed over to her. She didn't look physically harmed, which helped to calm Sonic's nerves.
"uh...Sonic," Charmy started, "we better hurry...I hear more enemies!" As soon as Charmy had said that, a mob of Eggman's robots swarmed the doorway, blocking their escape route.
"Sonic, my good friend! Glad to see you made it. I was beginning to worry that you would not show up at all," Eggman grinned. It made Sonic's blood boil just seeing him.
Before any fighting could take place, however, an overhead monitor came to life in the room they were in. The image of Eggman popped up on the screen.
"Looks like we have to fight our way out," Espio chimed in, getting into a battle stance, and soon the other Chaotix members readied themselves for battle.
"We're leaving, Eggman. And we're taking Amy with us, so there's no use trying to stop us," Sonic growled at the monitor. But this only made Eggman laugh, which angered Sonic even more.
"Go ahead and try, my dear boy. There is no way you can get past all of my robots and make it out with Amy alive. But please, go ahead and try." And with that, the monitor quickly turned off, leaving nothing but a black screen and a rather angry blue hedgehog.
"Eggman!" Sonic growled.
"Sonic, we need to focus," Tails reminded his friend. Sonic nodded and focused his attention back towards Amy. Carefully, he picked up the unconscious female and held her securely against his chest. "Can you guys help keep the robots off us as we try and get Amy out of here?" Sonic asked the Chaotix.
Vector let out a hearty laugh and gave a determined grin. "Don't worry about us. You two just get Amy out of here, and we'll catch up later once this is all over." Espio nodded in agreement and Charmy gave Sonic a thumbs up.
"Alright Team Chaotix, get them!" Sonic cheered before cranking up the speed.
And with that, the trio lunged forward. They defeated robots left and right, so that most of the way was clear for Sonic, Tails, and Amy.
"Let's go Sonic," Tails said. Sonic nodded as they sped off with the unconscious Amy. "Good luck you guys," Tails called back toward the Chaotix, "and thanks again."
"Don't worry about it," Espio said, dodging an attack from one of the robots.
"Just get out of here," Charmy chimed in as he buzzed around the oncoming robots. Sonic and Tails didn't look back as they raced out of Eggman's base, though they didn't come into contact with any more robots, which Sonic thought to be unusual.
Sonic thought it just all seemed too easy. Normally, Eggman would go all out in trying to defeat Sonic. This time, it just seemed as if he wanted them to escape. Sonic quickly shook the thought from his head as he continued to race back to the city, hoping that he could get Amy back to safety. He was just glad that nothing serious had happened.
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