Shadow had grabbed Sonic by the neck and slowly took the breath out of his lungs. Sonic hated to admit but he had grown weak. He didn't run like he used to, he didn't save countless cities anymore making him lose his abilities. This wasn't Shadow's case, the past years Sonic wasn't training, Shadow had been going into complicated missions, training and getting better. He was aware that if Shadow wanted, he could kill him right this moment. He needed to play his cards properly.

Shadow threw Sonic effortlessly, making an impact and landing next to a barely-walking up Silver. It only took a few seconds for him to understand what had been going on. He didn't take long to create a ball of energy around his hand, making the ropes around it expand so much to the point of breaking. Carefully, and making sure Shadow didn't notice, he proceeds to do the same with Amy's ropes.

Sonic stood up but this time he wasn't alone. Silver and Amy next to him. Silver wanted to fanboy so hard at the moment. His all-time favorite hero, the blue hero, the blue blur, the hero of speed, Sonic the Hedgehog. He was right there standing next to him. And the pink demon, Resistance Icon, Amy Rose on his right. But right now, it wasn't the moment.

"Last call Shadow, you can still back down," Amy said as she pulled out her hammer out of thin air. "Me? Back down? I am going to ask you the same question...I am may not be able to take you all at the same time but something is for sure...I WILL take SOMEONE down with me."

Silver took a step forward but was stopped as soon as he felt Sonic and Amy's hand holding his wrist, preventing him from taking any other step further. He took a quick moment to look at them, and they both shared the same green eyes. The moment Shadow spoke, they both knew what he meant by 'Someone', he meant him. The most naive of the three, Amy and Sonic knew Shadow's fighting style, his manners. They might get out with a broken bone and some scratches. Silver could be another story. Shadow could be even more dangerous as they were aware that he possessed a Chaos Emerald with him.

"I am just going to say this one thing Shadow..." Sonic stepped forward, "You have made mistakes in the past, and you have worked so hard to redeem them...are you really going to give up on everything you worked so hard for?

"...you were a worldwide hero, every day you would save people. You made a mistake and gave up on the world when it needed you the most...do you really think you are one to tell me on whether I should give up or not?"

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Now what? What is there supposed to do? By this time, G.U.N. had gotten their hands on the 'Zoombot' liquid. In a couple of days, they will process it as a weapon and in a year the world as we know it would come to an end. Silver and Amy stayed quiet on Sonic's underground secret layer.

"How did you know where we were?" Amy was starting to feel dizzy, maybe because she wasn't eating properly and talking was the best way to separate her mind from the pain.

"The old wrist communicator I had with Tails suddenly started to beep. It didn't take long for me to realize that he had sent me specific coordinates of place. I assumed it must have been an extreme emergency...that's why I went."

And then it was quiet again.

Until Silver stood up from his place. There was no time to waste, he needed to act.

"Silver, I admire your enthusiasm, but we just can't move without a plan," Amy said as she saw him walking up the stairs. "I can't just sit and do nothing!" Silver added.

"I was just like you kid, always ready to jump into action. Sometimes I wished I could go back on time; sit and do nothing...I would have saved a lot of people's lives that way."

Silver expression changed suddenly. Although Sonic was just a few years older than him, Silver knew that he had the experience that he didn't have. He probably never will as well, his future was dying and maybe it was about time he sat down and listened to the past once in a while.

"We now have to think of a way to take back the 'Zoombot Formula' and prove my innocence." Amy was in deep thought, thinking of the various ways everything could go wrong and right. Formulating plans was part of her job as the Resistance Captain, but now right now it seemed that that ability of hers went away.

"Oh, yeah, I almost forgot you were a law fugitive."

Click.

Amy had an idea, and she made it obvious as clapped her hands together.

"I think I've got it!"

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The plan was set but their stomach wasn't. They knew that at this rate, someone of the trio would end up in the hospital due to malnutrition. Silver was too tired and stayed back to get some sleep at Sonic's layer. And so, that leaves for Amy and the blue one to go find something to eat.

They have decided to go back to Hasvely, now that the G.U.N. agents had left the town, it was safe for them to get some supplies. Tomorrow their plan was going to get in motion and although they didn't want to talk about, maybe it was the right time to do it.

"Amy?"

"Yes?" Amy turned around to face Sonic as they walked side by side through the small village. Sonic stopped on his tracks and softly grabbed her by her hands.

"When all of this is over...Would you like to go out sometime?"

She was definitely not expecting this.

It was always her asking him and not the other way around. She stopped doing so whenever Sonic would stop showing up at their dates. He would either 'forget' or he 'had to save the day' again. She had forgotten when was the last time they had hanged out together.

Thinking about it just made her more angry at him.

"Whenever I would ask you out...you refuse or you will just not come...You disappeared for five years when we need you the most...and then you come and-"

Amy stopped breathing for a second as she noticed Sonic's true intentions. He wanted to kiss her, he wanted her pain to go away and he thought that that was the best way possible. But it wasn't one thing about him was that he never knew how to properly act around Amy or to show that he cares to the ones around him.

He remembers always mocking Shadow for being so edgy and for always putting up a facade. Without him realizing that he too was being a hypocrite about it. Always acting so cocky and confident. Always pushing the ones he loves away by making stupid remarks about him being better than them.

And it seemed that Amy was the only one who could see past that. The one who could stick to him through everything because she knew that the 'Fake Sonic', wasn't the Sonic he really was.

But he was so stupid, so selfish on his own pain that he was even capable of pushing the one that loved him the most.

"I have no excuses for my horrible behavior...I was so stupid to think that even after all that I have done...you would still forgive me...I am-"

But Sonic couldn't finish up his sentence as he felt wet lips touch his.

Amy Rose was kissing him.

Amy had to admit that she may be doing a mistake. That may be her body, mind, and heart weren't on the same page. She loved Sonic, she indeed believed that all that love that she felt all of those years couldn't disappear just like that.

But then, there was Shadow.

She had to admit, that she had fallen for the Dark Prince.

But he wasn't the right one for her. She was heartbroken and wasn't thinking about the pain this might cause others later on. However, she didn't want to think about him, not now, not ever, not anymore. As of right now, only Sonic and she existed on this awkward but kiss.

Teeth clashing once in a while, tongues moving all over the place. Amy really didn't know what to feel nor what to do. She was inexperienced and so Sonic but she felt comfortable as soon as she felt his hands around her waist.

It was an upbrought end. The pooping of their lips made it a bit awkward, the blush on their face was evident and they tried not to look at each other but the air had changed suddenly and they both knew that right now wasn't the right time to talk about their feelings. Just like Sonic said, after all of this over, they would have a date and so, until then...

It was a secret.

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Amy was walking down G.U.N's HQ's hall. The plan was simple, Amy needed to keep Shadow and G.U.N's Commander busy while Silver and Sonic searched up for the Zombot Liquid. According to Silver, his powers may be strong enough to destroy the Liquid. It wasn't the best plan, but

'Fake It Until You Make It' had just begun.

Amy was waiting. Her hands were handcuffed and above the metallic table. Cameras watching her every movement and a mirror in front of her, knowing damn well that there were was someone behind it watching her as well. She expected more of G.U.N. to be honest.

The door opened suddenly and walking in was Shadow on the front, the Commander in the middle and a new face appeared, well not so new. She would recognize that face whenever she sighed knowing now why these days have been so crazy for her.

"You want me to take off the other eye too, I see."

Infinite had taken off his mask to show his true face to Amy Rose. A very distinct face. Amy could never forget that yellow eye of his, his quills still tightly tied down and as always, proud as ever. However, something was different.

"It seems like you want answers, but I will need something in exchange."

He said as he took a sit in front of Amy, Shadow next his right and the Commander to his left.

"Very well, I need information in exchange for a few minutes of my time." Infinite put his hand together as he softly opened his eye. "But first..." Infinite was fast to pull out a knife and stabbed G.U.N's Commander through the heart. It was an instant death, his face touched the metal table in one movement creating a sound that dances through the whole room. Shadow didn't even flinch a second, as if he knew that this would happen.

"Now.." He said as he cleaned his knife with a piece of clothing. "Let's begin."

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Silver and Sonic had just begun to look around the place. They never expected for G.U.N's HQ to be this big. Underground, secret places, the whole place seemed to be from another world. "Amy must be talking to those guys right now," Silver said a bit uncomfortable at the current clothes he was wearing.

"Yeah, we gotta be careful. If this doesn't work, Amy would be in prison for life." Sonic pulled up his G.U.N Helmet. The goggles made him impossible to see clearly, so once in a while he needed to put them away in order to see.

"For Chaos, how do these people deal with such heavy garments?". Silver really just wanted to go back to the closet where he knocked out two agents and took their clothes away, just so he could say sorry.

"How is that yellow fox doing?"

Two other guards walked past them, talking and Sonic immediately stopped. "He hasn' been eating, its sad to see him die like that."

Sonic looked at Silver and he nodded as if he could read his mind.

And so, they parted ways.

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"Why are you doing this?"

"It's not really that deep. At first, I just wanted you to suffer as I did. I wanted to make everyone feel the same way I did... Because when I wanted redemption, what did the world do? Turn the back on me. I don't care about G.U.N, I don't want anything but to make this world drown on their own mistake...and then resurrect into a new one." Infinite was talking to Amy so casually as if they were in a coffee shop.

"So you basically want the Zoombot Liquid to start a war?", Amy said seriously.

"No, I am going to end all of the war them. Everyone who wants to follow is welcome, but whoever stands in my way would be Zoombot-fied. I would bring the world together everyone will submit under one ruler...Everyone would adore me. And the world will know peace."

Amy knew at that moment that Inifte had lost any logical reason. Now nothing matters to him but conquer the world. Amy knew that there was no stopping someone who would fight doing what they think is 'right'. She had to see this through the end.

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Sonic has already walked past several corridors and checked out multiple doors. He was already getting tired but the thought of giving up on Tails never crosses his head.

It wasn't until we went to the underground section that he was finally able to see his old time friend... or at least he thought they were still friends... and Cream together on the same cell.

Sonic opened the glass door as delicate as he could and used his fake ID to open the prisoner's cell. Tails and Cream looked at him confused, waiting for answers.

Sonic removed his helmet along with his goggles and Tails expression had changed.

"You always have my back don't you?"

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Silver was scared. Totally, and in-revocable. If he could, he would of have taken a bathroom break. A lot of pressure on him, but more than anything the thought of failing terrified him the most. We took him a good 15 minutes for him to reach a black room. Two agents were guarding the entrance and don't even bother to move an inch. Silver was fast enough to use his psychokinesis on both guards making impossible for them to

move and made them smash into each other. As they fell into the floor, Silver knew that they were both unconscious. He whispered a low "I am sorry." He took the opportunity to steal the agents' ID and used to open up the door.

He wasn't expecting anything of this at all.

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"Is there no other way around? Do you really think people are going to start loving you after all of this?" Amy tried her best to not jump out of her sit and kick Infinite on the face. She looked at Shadow really fast. She got what she needed from Infinite, it was Shadow's turn now.

"And you Shadow? What's your motive?"

Shadow sighed and looked at Amy with annoyance. " I think I have told you before..."

"Your explanation wasn't enough."

"It was enough for me."

"Do you really think so?" Amy raised her voice and things were escalating quickly. Their argument became heated by each passing moment.

"I think its time for a break. Do you guys want something to drink? Water? Juice? Coffee?", Infinite stood up and used this as an excuse to leave the room and give the two some private time. Amy sighed knowing where this was going.

"I want water."

"I want water too-"

Amy's eyes opened wide, her expression changed and in disbelief, she looked at the one in front of him. 

"You are not Shadow."