Amy Rose

Things were pretty typical for Amy. Just another day like any other. Things were going so well she was able to take some time off from working at her ‘day job’ to do something she desperately needed.. A vacation. A little self discovery, a little time to herself. Something, something--she just needed to get away from it all. So, she did! The hedgehog went and went and went.. until, she wasn’t exactly sure where she was anymore. Nothing looked familiar to her, had she.. gone too far? Hmm..

During her journey she had managed to at least get to some kind of civilization. Thankfully not just wandering around out on her own. The pinkette stroking her chin thoughtfully as she roamed the streets. What to do, what to do.. Her attention was so scattered, she didn’t even realize until it happened that she bumped into someone.

Swiftly scrambling back, she gasped. “Oh, gosh! I’m so sorry I wasn’t looking where I was going, I was just so lost in my thoughts and--”

There were a lot of things Amy didn’t know about Shadow. Not that he typically let a lot of people in close to.. let them find out. But color the hedgehog curious and maybe a little.. Over ambitious as well? When she went to seek out the other hedgehog, she wasn’t too certain herself what kind of reaction she would get--but at the very least she could brace for the worst. The worst being? She wasn’t even sure herself--

Amy had arrived outside of Cream’s house in the early afternoon. It had been a while since she had gone out of her way to see the rabbit--it was due time that she spent some time with her! For the occasion, she even baked some chocolate chip cookies and.. She may have had one on the trip over--but otherwise they were mostly all for her friend!

Predator and Storm soon rejoined the group with plenty of C-4 in tow. “Okay, so here’s how we’re gonna do this.” Predator began speaking. “You all will go in and clear out whatever Badniks are posted here. I’ll stay out here and prep the C-4, then come in after you all to plant it. Once you’ve got the diamonds or whatever else is worth taking, get out and clear the area. I’ll come out once I’m done, detonate the C-4, and Eggman’ll never have use of this mine again.”

“Sound’s good to me. You ready to go, Amy?” Wave asked the hedgehog.

A thumbs up was given. “Roger, and ready.” With a little skip in her step she gave her hammer a twirl from the hammer’s stem. “Like I said, I did a little scouting. It was pretty barren with my first check but.. You know Eggman. We should be on our toes.” 

Amy took the lead and moved towards the mouth of the mine. The entrance had already been slightly opened thanks to her ‘expertise’ which was.. well, a lot of bashing with her hammer. You could even see where the indents of her weapon had smashed through the steel door! Ducking under the little crevice of an opening, she gestured for the others to follow. 

  That’d been…  That’d been quite cold…

   ❝ Sorry. My mistake, I should have remembered the seasonal differences. Where I’m from the Sol Dimension it would be gearing towards the warmer season right now. ❞ She couldn’t help but offer at least  something  in the way of an apology, having disrupted tonight’s plans. Girl Time, as Amy had put it. Since while Blaze was yet to say it aloud ( She’d never been good at that kind of thing ) she’d also been looking forward to it. In her own.. somewhat more reserved way.

  Blaze blinked, glancing down at her hands in Amy’s before looking up once more to the lively hedgehog. Amy’s words stirred a smile and even a chuckle, slight as it was, from the feline. Blaze was yet to say anything in return to that  particular  statement but her softening gaze gave a reassurance of its own; You’re not crazy. However when it came to Sonic that was another matter entirely.

  Keeping pace with Amy while the two started down the street, Blaze couldn’t help but beam slightly. The pink hedgehog’s good mood and energy was infectious and, being so far from home, and the responsibilities it curtailed, Blaze saw no reason to smother that flame. 

  ❝ I see. Is that where you got yours from? It’s cute. ❞

The inner workings of the hedgehog’s mind were already turning away. Colors, fabric, texture, style.. There was so much to consider when buying a cute new coat! It had to be two things, mandatory: Cute and comfortable. The rest was just extra, but as long as it had those two elements present then they were golden. The pinkette did a little twirl as she walked, the hype returning to her full force. Oh man, nothing was better than grabbing something out of a store and wearing it out!

“Yeah! You’re going to LOVE it, Blaze, seriously!” The optimistic hedgehog skipped forward, soon landing before the little shop. The first immediate sign it was an ‘Amy Rose’ sort of store was that, well, the entire interior was pink. It was themed all around the color pink, but with some fall decorations scattered around. It almost clashed with the initial theme. At least all the clothes within didn’t fall into that color scheme.. 

Amy was already on her way, gesturing Blaze to follow after her as she tried her best, her darn best--not to veer off to look at all the cute clothes that had already caught her eye. She could already see a hat with the cutest snowflake pattern and--

Amy breathe.

“Sure thing!” Storm followed Predator without a moment’s hesitation.

“Hope you don’t mind, we’ve got a habit of making sure Eggman can’t use his bases after we’ve looted them.” Wave explained. “We usually just blast them from the sky, but you can’t really carpet bomb an underground mine. Needing a more transportable explosive’s actually another reason we brought Predator.”

Once they started unloading C4, Predator glanced at Amy before turning to Storm. “So she’s the Amy Rose you’re so scared of?” he asked the albatross, speaking soft enough that he wouldn’t be heard by he. “Doesn’t look like much, I’d figure you could take her no problem.”

“She might not look scary, but there’s a true-blue monster temper under all that pink.” Storm warned. “Try to stay on her good side. And if she gets mad, stay out of the way of her hammer.”

Amy watched them get things set up, tilting her head inquisitively as they talked amongst themselves. Pfff--Scared of her, huh? Well, she supposed she could be a little of a hell raiser in her own right when things got down to it.. But she was a sweet girl deep down, honest! Just look at her, the picture of purity and cuteness!

Regardless, however.. “Probably a good idea, honestly. The less Eggman bases that litter the place the better. Then we won’t have to worry about him coming to reoccupy them in the future.” Maybe they should do that as well.. Mmm.. Bombs weren’t really her style, frankly.. But eh, she would let the Rogues do what they did best. Be efficient in their own right. She couldn’t argue with results now could she? 

Alright, I’ll be the first to say it...

..I set up my Christmas tree the day after Halloween. 

“Ohmygodyesplease.”

He mutters out softly, and way to fast to really understand what he had just said. Sonic stares in complete awe as the hammer is brandished right in front of his eyes. It wasn’t like anything he’d ever seen before! Like from a video game!!! The hedgehog was practically beaming as the hammer was set down for him to grab.

“Mhmm! I got totally got this!”

His gloved hands grabbed tightly around the handle, Sonic making sure his grasp on the hammer was good before he began to try and pull the hammer up.

…

Yeah. Nothing really happened. The hammer probably weight as much as him. Maybe even more He could even really make the thing budge. Sonic lets out strained groans of effort, trying desperately to pick up the hammer, eyes squeezed shut and his jaw clenched tight. A soft buzzing noise could suddenly be heard. Like a electric zapper or something…Huh. It was coming from…Sonic himself. The noise appeared to coming from the little electrical spark that had begun flying off his quills. But after a bit, Sonic finally stops, clearly having tired himself up a bit…

“Oh man. You weren’t kidding!!”

She watched him go at it. Hands on her hips as she contained herself from laughing. Goodness he was so ADORABLE every little thing he did made her heart want to melt into a big, gross puddle. Still, she had to admire to dedication to wanting to pick it up. It was a rather cool hammer, wasn’t it? Not a one could compare with just how utterly adorable and powerful the Piko Piko Hammer could be. After a while of watching him go at it, she was about to interject when those little sparks came jutting out of him. 

@chaostested

Everyone gets sad, even the ever optimistic Amy Rose. And when she gets sad she really gets sad. It’s hard to really break down that wall of optimism but if it happens, well..