A Wilted Rose

[Cro/Kiyoshi]

No matter what she did. She'd always get the same. He was mad at her. He knew what would come next. The sting of his whip on her back. She couldn't move. Her arms and legs were bound. Her mouth was gagged. She couldn't scream. She couldn't move. What did she do to deserve this? She hadn't disobeyed him. She hadn't disobeyed her master. Was this just routine now? So many thoughts went through her head.

This world had become more evil, more darker. Since he took over. The Pink Hedgehog winced. He felt the whip come down on her naked back. He could feel the cut. She had begun to bleed. That bastard cut her. She just wanted to run away. She knew he'd find him. Where-ever she would go. He would find her. She would just endure the pain. It'd slow turn to pleasure. He felt a finger on her back. Was it his?

She should just kill him. That'd take care of all of her problems. Why didn't she? Did she still love him? That couldn't be it. She could feel him smacking her around. She wasn't anything to him. Just some rag doll. When he wasn't raping Sally. He'd rape her. Secretly she liked it. It'd be the only interaction she'd g et from him. Her body was torn with cuts and scars. The pain had finally stopped. His haunting voice had disappeared. She still layed strapped down to the bed. What was this? Why didn't he untie her? Was he going to come back for her? She hoped he wouldn't.

What was this feeling? It felt like despair. She struggled a bit. She couldn't get free. She than heard footsteps outside. Was it him? Had Sonic came back for her? No. It couldn't be. She saw someone out of the corner of her eye. It was a hedgehog. It was purple. Was it Sonya? She watched the doorknob jiggle. It slowly opened. Her heart began to race. She watched the hedgehog walk in. Her emerald eyes glanced up at The Female Hedgehog.

It looked like she had some keys in her hand. She was walking over towards her. She came closer. The Pink Hedgehog winced. The other Hedgehog put the keys into the slots on the shackles. Within a few minutes. The shackles were unlocked. The Pink Hedgehog could stand up. She was naked. Her clothes had been ripped and destroyed. There were scares and cuts on her chest, back, arms and near her gentilia. He had done a number on her. The Pink Hedgehog looked at the purple on.

"T-t-hank you." Amy stuttered, she tried to cover herself with a sheet.
"Sometimes my brother gets carried away with the 'punishment'" Sonya said, she threw the keys to the side of the room. She looked back at Amy Rose. She than walked away and exited the room.

This place was madness. Amy knew this. She hugged the sheet tighter to her naked body. She cut some of it off. She made what looked like a white-dress. She tied it around herself. She walked out of the room. She didn't wanna get seen by Sonic. She knew if that happened. He'd abuse her more. She than heard screams coming from Sally and Sonic's room. She didn't wanna know what he was doing to her.

She walked down a long hallway. She was looking for her room. There were alot of rooms in this place. Most of them were used by Sonic for prisoners. He beat the prisoners too. The ones that would stand up to him. Well there end was painful. He killed anyone that stood up to him. Sonic had truly become a monster. Amy walked down the hallway for a few more minutes. She finally came to her room.

Amy walked over to the door. She turned the doorknob and pushed the door open. She walked into her room. Than shut the door behind of her. She locked the door behind of her. She than dropped the sheet off of her body. The sheet was red now. She had been bleeding. Not really bad. Enough to turn a perfect white sheet red. She wanted to escape. Why did she live like this? She walked into her bathroom. Than she walked over to the shower. She turned it on. She waited for the water to get hot. She than stepped into the shower.

It felt so good. She began washing the blood off of her. The soap stung on all the open cuts. The blood trickled down off of her body. It went down the drain. She continued to wash herself. She than rested her forehead on the wall infront of her. She closed her eyes. She started to cry. Her tears flowed from her eyes. Why her? Why now? There was no need for her to cry. She just couldn't hold it back anymore.

No one here really cared about her here. Except for maybe Sonya and Metal. They were the bad guys thou. They did bad things. She knew she wasn't really evil. The things Sonic did to them. It'd be easier to be evil. She just needed to obey him. This wouldn't happen if she wasn't so stubborn. She just stood there. She let the water rain down on her. She opened her eyes. She saw the wall. She than looked down and saw the blood. She sighed. Than stepped out of the the shower. She grabbed a black towel. She dried herself off. She walked back into the main part of her room. She walked over to the closet. Grabbed a top and her red-skirt. She put both of them on. She sat down on her bed. She starred at the door. Just sat there and starred.

There had to be more to life than this. She shook her head. What was she thinking? She looked over towards the window next to her bed. Escaping. That would feel so good. How? She walked over to the window and opened it up. It was getting to be dark out. Perfect. No one would see her escape. It'd be too dark to see anything. Amy jumped up to the window. Opened it up. Jumped out the window. She landed on a roof. Made a small thud. There were guards. They were guarding the front door. So that no one could get in or out. Amy waited on the roof for 10 minutes. The guards had fell asleep. She jumped down in front of them. Than she made her getaway. She darted into the remains of The Great Forest.

The forest was really dark at night. Amy began to look around. She could hear the animals. There were a few around. What was the purpose of burning down this place? Sonic was insane at times. She knew how paranoid he was too. Amy continued to look around. She looked up towards the sky. The stars were twinkling. They looked really beautiful. It was funny. She hadn't thought of anything as beautiful in a long-time. This was kidna strange. She crossed her arms over her chest. Her chest still hurt a bit. She was ignoring the pain. She knew how to do this. Living with Sonic made you learn how to do something like that.

She just stood there and thought. What had come of this world? Should she leave Sonic's side? That'd spell her demise thou. She shouldn't care. It was like she had a real life anyways. She than sat under a tree. She looked up to the sky through it's leaves. It wasn't like anyone was going to find her. Even if they did. They could kill her for all she cared. She was tired of being Sonic's slave. He could go find some other bitch to be his slave. Amy Rose wasn't going to do that no more. She was gonna live her own life! She didn't care what Sonic did to her!

Amy than closed her eyes. Her world went dark. She than leaned her head up against the tree. She began to fall asleep. This would be the only peace that she would ever get. She wasn't dreaming about anything. It was a very peaceful sleep. If Sonic found her. It'd be the end of her. She didn't care. She was curled up against the tree. It almost looked like she was hugging the tree. She slept soundly.

The world was so dark now. It was a surprise there were still people in it. The sound of crickets and frogs. It was Amy's only comfort. At least for a while. She wouldn't be punished by Sonic. If he found out where she was. He'd get the same punishment. Except it'd be ten times worse. It was almost worth it. This was her small spot. It was freedom. As she slept. She thought about the past. Why had this happened? Why did Sonic overthrow Robotnik? He was so much worse than Robotnik. This world was doomed. It was really doomed.

One of these days. Peace would be restored. They'd have to overthrow Sonic. For that to happen. No one was gonna stand up to Sonic. Well that's if they valued there lives. She knew people did value there lives. They wouldn't stand up to Sonic. Amy shivered in her sleep. It was cold out. That's the only downfall of the night. It was cold. She hugged herself for warmth and comfort. She secretly wished someone would come and hug her. Sleep with her. She wanted to be taken away from all of this madness. That was a fairy-tale. Fairy-tale's weren't real.

At least she was at peace now. She continued to sleep soundly. The night passed by quickly. It became morning. The birds that were nearby. They began to sign. It was odd. She could feel someone close by. Was that insane? She was still half asleep. She lifted her head up. She opened her eyes. There wasn't anyone nearby. Phew, maybe she could stay here for a little while. She sat under the tree. Her back was to the tree now. She looked around. She smelt the morning dew. Nothing could go wrong today. Or could it? Sonic could find her. She couldn't let that happen. She'd stay here for now.

[Cro/Kiyoshi]

It had been a rather dull morning, nothing had happened for a while. Sonic's forces had been keeping themselves busy with other buisness. Which meant that the Neo-Freedom Fighters could relax for a little bit. Even thou nothing had been happening, Miles Prowler other wise known as 'Tails' had been monitoring the area. A pink female hedgehog had come up on the screen. She was sleeping. Tails eyes went wide when he finally recognized the hedgehog.

Tails hadn't seen here for a while. He could never forget that face and how scared she was when Sonic burnt down Knothole. He was scared when that had happened to. He wouldn't ever say anything about what happened that day. It was hard to see his bestfriend turn his back on The Freedom Fighters. He felt bad about Metal Sonic as well. He had been destroyed as well. As he looked at the screen, a few feelings came back up.

He was still kinda unsure about what he should do. He continued to look at the screen. He typed a few words on the console. It looked like it took a screenshot or something. He than zoomed in on Amy Rose. He saw a few scars on her arms and face. Right then, Tails got really mad. He knew what Sonic did to the people that didn't obey him. They got hurt, they got hurt really bad. He's glad he didn't join Sonic's regime. He couldn't live like that. Like a slave, like someones puppet. Miles Prower wouldn't be anyones puppet!

Tails than started to think about the past. Could he have done something to prevent this from happening? There had to be some kind of warning sings that he had missed. It didn't really mater and he did have his life. He did value that. He looked over towards his right. There layed a sword and a grey suit of armor. Those were things that the 'Grey Fox' used. A name he had given himself. He wouldn't rest until Sonic was brought to Justice. Something he'd never thought he'd have to do.

His bestfriend, now the enemy. How ironic was that? For a brief moment he wished that Dr.Robotnik was still around. Now he could have really helped them out right now. Now that was funny. Wishing for help from a former enemy. Thoughts did trail off inside of Mile's head. He just hoped Sonice hadn't done anything too bad to Sally. She'd probably be broken by now.

A door slowly creeked open, and Miles could hear footsteps coming up from behind of him. He paid no mind to them. He continued to type on his computer. This was the only thing that really helped him get through the day. It was probably just another freedom fighter. Alot of them hadn't come back from there missions. He deduced that sonic had nabbed them and killed them. A hand reached onto the back of Mile's shoulder.

"Hey, whatcha doing?" The voice asked, it was the black hedgehog. He had blue eyes and was wearing a dark red vest. It was Akito. The hedgehog that had joined Miles's fight against Sonic's forces. He saw what was on the screen. A pink hedgehog sleeping under a tree. His eyes adjusted to the image and he swore he's seen this hedgehog before.

Before Miles could reply he had stepped to the side. He kept on looking at the screen. This girl. He didn't know why, but there was just something about her. Something that wasn't right. He rubbed his chin with his right hand that was covered in a leather glove. His eyes stayed glued to the monitor for a few minutes. Was it weird that he felt a connection right away? He thought it was. He didn't know how miles would feel about him barging in like this.

An idea had came into Akito's head, maybe they should help her. It couldn't be a bad idea could it? He knew by the way she was dressed. That she was probably one of Sonic's right hand members or some kind of pleasure provider. He didn't really know. His dark blue eyes were just kept glued to the screen and he swore that he's seen this woman before.

Wasn't she a freedom fighter at one time? She might have been. He swore when he had dug through the rubble that was the former Freedom Fighters HeadQuaters. He had found what to look like a roster of some kind. Of course it had Sonic, Tails and even Shadows name in it. Who was this and what was she doing around here? He still looked to be in rather deep thought. He's never thought like this before. So it might look a bit strange to the people who didn't know him or something.

He didn't feel like asking Miles for the information. It must have been rude of him for coming in here unannouced. Oh well, Tails would probably get over it. He stepped back from the screen for a few feet. He was still looking at the screen. The place she looked to be in looked rather remote. It had to be a part of the former Great Forrest. That was the only explination. This sounded insane to him but he wanted to go get here and bring her back here. Oh yes, that did sound rather insane. He had his arms crossed over his chest as he continued to stare at the screen. What was this feeling? He didn't know. For some reason he wanted to protect her.

"This is going to sound crazy." Akito said, his eyes still watching the monitor intensely. What he was going to say would probably shock Miles or something. He couldn't hold back right now. That's not the way he was raised. Holding back wasn't something that he really knew how to do. He watched the monitor and the pink hedgehog began to toss and turn. Why was she doing such a thing? Nightmares? Thoughts about what Sonic has done to her or what he might due to her. Just that thought of her getting hurt made him as mad as hell. He wasn't a good one to convey his anger in a positive way.
"I'm going to find her and bring her back here." Akito added, his eyes looked over towards Miles. He was mostly waiting for some sort of response from The Fox. Some response that said he was crazy and that he shouldn't really be doing this.

"Yes, it does sound crazy." Tails said, he watched the monitor himself and than looked over towards Akito. It looked like the black hedgehog's mind was made up. If he was anything like Sonic was when he wasn't possesed by that evil Chaos Emerald. There would be no way to stop him. The girls name was Amy Rose, she used to be a freedom fighter. That was when they were all friends and they didn't need to worry about who was on who's side. They were all on each other's side. He couldn't help but admire that determined look on Akito's face. Tails smiled softly and he nodded as well.
"Her name is Amy Rose. She used to be a Freedom Fighter, Sonic took her the day knothole was trashed. If Sonic finds you he'd probably kill you. So becareful and come back in one piece." Tails said, he looked over towards Akito.

"Oh yeah, I'll come back in one peice." Akito said, he smirked as he looked at Tails and than he walked out the door. He was going to leave Tails Alone for a little while. It looked like Tails had something to do. He had something to do he was to go find that girl and bring her back to knot hole. He wasn't going to let that Bastard Sonic hurt anyone anymore. He probably could have ran towards the entrance to the ruins of the great Forrest. Where would be the fun in that? He wanted to take his time, plus he wanted to scout the area to make sure there weren't any SWAT BOTS or any other kind of Robots from the area.

Amy Rose was sleeping soundly under an tree. She hadn't slept like this in a rather long-time. She would usually get woke up by Sonic. When he felt that she needed to go do a raid on a village, or kill someone. It wasn't the lift she really wanted to live. It was the life she was given. At times she wished she had the courage to stand up to Sonic. The things she did to Sally were horrible and she wished that it would all stop. That wasn't the Sonic that she once loved. This Sonic was nothing but a monster.

The birds were chirping, well what was left of them. One landed on the branch of the tree. It started to sing it's song. It was late morning and early afternoon. Whcih meant the sun was the hottest and the highest in the sky. It shined down onto the little bird and onto the pink hedgehog. Even in the darkest day, the sun would shine. It was a sign of hope or something. There wasn't much hope in this world anymore anyways. It was all filled with hate and darkness, one day this world would be filled with love and hope. No one knew when thou.

For some odd reason, people still thought there would be hope. Amy Rose knew better. She was dreaming of something, something really evil. It was probably Sonic. She switched positions while she was sleeping. If anyone was watching her it'd probably look like she was struggling or something like that. She was struggling in her life, but not her sleep. A thought came into her head while she slept, she wondered how Sonya was doing. Right about now Sonic was probably going a balistic.

She didn't really care and it felt nice to be free of Sonic for a little while. She used to come out here for walks. Not anymore, this place was forbidden to most of the people in Sonics Regime. That didn't stop her thou. She was a free spirit and she would always be a free spirit. That was the way she was and she wasn't going to change that for anyone. She could feel herself feel alive again, that was because she was waking up right now.

Amy Rose's eyes slowly opened. She could feel the wind in the ara and could hear the birds chirping. She didn't remember this place, she did remember falling asleep under this tree. A few thoughts were still in her head. She was worried about what Sonic would do if he found her here. It was a risk that she was taking. This was a risk, she just wanted to be free. She knew what she must do if she wanted to be free of Sonic's clutches. She needed to find a way to bring him down and she knew people that could help her.

Sometimes when she isn't being bossed around by Sonic. She would think about the past. She often thought about The Freedom Fighters and how they were always fighting the evilness in the world. It was odd, they had become the evilness that they once fought against. It was an ironic and twisted turn of events and sometimes. She'd even think about Tails, that fox had a heart of a warrior, she just didn't know what would happen if Tails had to go up against his former bestfriend, Sonic. Just a few thoughts that were floating around inside of her pink furry skull.

She had finally gotten up off of the ground. She dusted herself off and than started to walk around the forrest. This place was once The Great Forrest and if her knowledge of the area was intact. She knew it was intact, Knothole Village should be around here somewhere. She wasn't going there to destroy them, he was going to go ask them for assistance. It's not like they'd help her anyways. Look at her. Wearing the uniform of The Dark One, her all scarred and beaten up. It wasn't a good look for her. Her appearance had always been here pride.

Amy Rose continued to walk around. She made sure not trip any wires or alarms. Darkie had alot of booby-traps in the forrest. She knew the Neo-Freedom Fighters also had some booby-traps in the forrest. It was an ongoing war between the two factions. She wondered if anything would ever be back to normal. Probably not and than she got to thinking again. Maybe if they could find that cursed emerald and maybe they could turn Sonic back to his normal self.

No, that wouldn't work. It was just a crazy idea, she continued to walk. She saw a thin wire in the grass. She leapt over it and than continued to walk. What else could she do? She didn't wanna go back to Darkier. That hedgehog was so evil, at times she would think she saw the real Sonic. Yet, she didn't. She couldn't believe how bad Sonic had abused Chuck, Sonya and Sally. Maybe this would be doing the right thing. Maybe Tails could help her out just this once. Would he believe her? She really hoped he would help her. Couldn't hurt to ask could it.

She crossed her arms over her chest. She felt a chill coming from the north. She looked towards the north. That's where Darkie's castle was. Was it some kind of message? Did he already know what she was doing. If so she had to get out of this area fast. She didn't hear the normal whizzing of machines or SWAT Bots coming after her. Maybe her being so careful was working out. Maybe, just maybe she could get through this area. She began to run slightly faster. She had to jump over a few logs and trip wires. Than she felt herself crash into something. No, someone. It was a black hedgehog, she rubbed her head and looked at The Hedgehog.

"Watch where ya goin' Lady." The Black Hedgehog said, he rubbed his head softly. His dark blue eyes looked over towards The Pink Hedgehog. What? This was here. The one he had seen on Mile's Monitor! What luck this was. Had she run all this way? He had a few questions for The Hedgehog. Like why she was all the way out here and not back at Darkie's palace. His eyes looked at her with disbelief and somewhat shock.
"Who are ya anyways?" The Black Hedgehog asked.
"Amy." She replied, she looked at the ground as she got up. She looked back at The Black Hedgehog. She didn't know why but for some reason this Black Hedgehog reminded her of Shadow.

"Amy, eh? Oh wait.. Amy Rose?" Akito asked, he looked over towards her. Her description almost matched the one of the descrption he found in The Freedom Fighters Roster. He looked at her closely. He wasn't trying to be mean or anything. She was using Darkie's uniform and he was very untrusting to people who worked for Darkie.
"Yeah." Amy Rose said, she nodded slightly. She didn't know why, but she felt something from Akito. Like he wouldn't hurt her and might protect her from Sonic. Her green eyes looked into his blue eyes, she blushed slightly as she felt him look back into her eyes.
"I don't know why, but Miles wants to see you." Akito said as he looked at Amy.
"T..Tails?" Amy Rose asked, she stutterd slightly.
"You bet." Akito said as he nodded, he than grabbed Amy's wrist tightly and looked down the path infront of them. "Better get a move on, Ames before Darkie comes looking for you." Akito added, he than lifted her onto his back and than ran as fast he could towards the entrance to the re-built Knotehole Village. If Sonic found Akito or Amy there would be Hell To Pay!
Chapter 2
Part 3 of 4
Akito was running as fast as his feet could take him. He wasn't as fast as say Sonic. He still could move at impressive speeds. Having someone ride on his back was slowing him down a little bit. It was wind resistance and all that happy stuff. The surroundings around him were nothing but a blur. As he carried this pink hedgehog. A few things really did pop into his mind. Why was she here? Could she be on a mission for The Dark One? Right now none of that really mattered.

For some odd reason, Miles wanted her back at The Base. He wasn't the type of person that argued with people. Especially the people that he worked for. Sure, she was apart of The Dark One's Legion. Maybe she could help them. Like give them information that no one else would have. Well it was also his idea to come and get her. He didn't know why. He just thought she might be in some kind of trouble or something He didn't like to see people in trouble. It was sort of a weakness of his.

From what he had seen of the girl. He noticed that she had alot of bruises and cuts on her body. Had she been abused? He thought she had. You know what? That made his blood boil. He didn't show that kind of emotion now. He wasn't going to show it now. He was just thinking as he ran along the path. It might take them a while to get back to Knothole. He knew there were some traps in the general area. Some placed by Miles and others placed by The Dark One. It was like it was there own private war.

He couldn't believe that Sonic was once there hero, now he was there enemie. It was kind of ironic. He thinks about this alot. He could feel the wind against his face and that Amy Rose was pulling tighter onto his back. He wondered what could be going on in her mind. How could she stay at The Dark One's side. He knew she got beaten by him alot. He just didn't know how someone could take such abuse and never saw anything. He shook his head from side-to-side as he ran.

He really did think to much when he was out like this. The only good thing about today was that it was a nice day out. The sun was shining and there were white fluffy clouds floating by on light blue sky. That didn't last long. As he looked at the sky he noticed something rather disturbing. It was one of Sonic's survilance bots. This one looked like a jet. He ran as fast as he could and than he hid himself along with Amy behind of what looked like a rock wall. He watched the thing scan the area and than it left.

Man, that was a little too close. He peered out from behind of the rock wall. He saw that the thing had left. That was great. He looked around. He didn't recognize this area and it looked like Akito had gotten himself lost. That's great. Lost in the woods with a female hedgehog who happens to be one of Darkie's members. Oh yes, this was PERFECT. If anyone found them he'd probably be executed for treason or something.

He had to stay calm, that was the smartest thing to do. Wait, he could call Tails! That fox would know what to do. He looked down at his wrist. Damn! He left his communicator at home. Man, this wasn't good. What if he had stepped into one of Darkie's traps. Wait, he couldn't have. This place wasn't anywhere near Darkie's castle so why would he be sending Survilance Bots out here. That was a slight mystery. For the moment he lifted Amy Rose off of his back and set her feet first onto the ground.

He had to think, as he thought he paced back and forth in the area. What would be out here that Sonic wanted? As he paced he put his hand under his chin. He rubbed it as he thought. As he walked around in circles. He noticed that his pacing was wearing a hole in the ground. He than looked around the area that they were in. He was looking for some kind of sign. Like to tell them where the heck that they were.

He walked out onto the path that he had been following. He walked for a few minutes and than he noticed something. There was a sign on the side of the path. It was covered with moss, dead leaves and grass. He took his hand and ripped away the moss, grass and dead-leaves. He looked at the sign for a few minutes. He couldn't make it pit for a while. He than knelt down and got a closer look at the sign. It was a wooden sign and it looked like it was about to fall down.

The sign had read : Garden Hill Zone and it had an arrow pointing South. So he walked South for a few steps. He than saw the same Survilance Bot. It looked like it was either scouting or protecting the area. He had hide behind of a tree. He watched the Survilance Bot fly off once again. He walked out from behind of the tree and walked South for a few more steps. As he did this a small village came into sight. It looked to be rundown and abandoned. If that was the case. Why was Sonic's Survilance Bots out here?

There had to be some kind of answer. His curiousty got the better of him. He thought it was a bit odd thou. The way the village was set-up. It looked like someone rebuilt what Knothole used to look like before it was destroyed by Sonic. He looked around and he didn't see any bots or anything. He continued to look around. He needed to know what this place was and why it was here. Hm, it was just too strange. Maybe there was a reason for this place to be standing. He couldn't think of any real valid reason. He than heard a Bot coming. He dove behind of a large stone well.

This time it was a SWATBOT and it looked like it was looking for something. He watched the SWATBOT scan the area. He watched it touch the size of it's visor. It was probably reporting to Sonic. He was moving closer to it. To see if he could hear what the Swatbot was saying. "Red Claw.. Nowhere to be found.. Reporting." The SWATBOT said in it's mechanical voice. Akito looked towards The SWABOT. Red Claw? Who the heck that be? He couldn't say it out loud. The SWATBOT would find him. He couldn't have that happening. That would be seriously bad and than something jumped into his mind.

He had left Amy alone! Well, that wasn't good! He watched the SWATBOT leave. He than sneaked out of the village. He than ran as fast as he could. He got back to where he had set Amy. He had hoped she was alright. Thank god she was. She was still standing by that rock wall that they had went to for refuge from The SWATBOTS and odd thing was. He could hear water running and it sounded like it was coming from inside of the wall. Maybe it wasn't just a wall. Maybe there was more to this place than meet the eye. His curiousty was going to kill him again. they needed to stay hidden. This place was crawling with SWATBOTS and Survilance Bots. They were pretty much sitting ducks.