“Mister Sonic!!”

	It had been a long journey to get to where she was, but the precocious youth known to many as “Rosy the Rascal” had made it.  She came to Never Lake.  She climbed the colossal chain hanging from a suspicious mountain.  She found her way up to Miracle Planet.  And, right there in the greenest of hills, she was able to finally meet the man of her dreams.

	“I love you, Mister Sonic!” the pink-furred hedgehog girl cried as she clung to her cool, blue hero.  “Marry me!”
	Sonic stood there with half-closed eyes, his mouth stuck in a disinterested expression as he rubbed his nose with one finger.
	“Listen, Miss…”
	“Amy!” she told him, giving another tight hug in the process.  “Amy Rose!”
	“Listen, Amy…”  He looked at the fan-girl who stood just shy of his height.  “I’m flattered and all – I think?   But, I really–”
	His eyes went wide as the girl suddenly jumped on him.  For some reason, he acted on his first instinct – to bring his arms under and cradle the girl as she hung from his shoulders.
	“Mister Sonic…” she fondly whispered.  “You’re so brave, and cool, and handsome…”
	She blushed a little.
	“I love you sooo much…”
	“O-okay…?” was the pre-teen’s confused response.
	“My tarot cards said I’d meet you here on the Miracle Planet, but now that I’m here… now that you’re here… I… I dunno what to do…!”  She wiggled and giggled, hiding her face.  “Gosh, I’m so embarrassed!”
	“Well, the first thing you could do stop being so weird…”
	As the blue hedgehog set her down, she peeked out through her fingers.  Her face was still red and he was pretty sure he saw hearts in her eyes, as silly as it seemed.  That young girl really had a thing for him.

	“I love you, Mister Sonic…” she whispered, repeating herself.  “I love you, lots…”
	“You, uh, said that.”
	“I know,” the girl said.
	Slowly, she moved her hands away from her face.  Then, just as slowly, she drew inward and, without giving him a chance to object…
	“What are you– mmph.”
	She pulled him into an adoring kiss.

	For a moment, Sonic didn’t know how to react.  Then, all-of-a-sudden… he freaked!
	“Oof!”
	Amy stumbled as the hedgehog she loved so much pushed her away, knocking her to the ground!  She didn’t think he did it on purpose, but all-the-same, she pouted.  Then, she saw him run off, leaving her in a cloud of dust!
	“M… Mister Sonic!” she cried, reaching out to him.  “Come back…!”
	She was pretty sure he was already long gone.  However, just as she felt the tears come…
	“Alright!”
	He came back… which made her happy, again.

	“Okay… listen!” he started, sounding frantic.  “I-I-I dunno what you did to me, b-but I…”
	The normally-cool boy looked around, his head sharply jerking left, right, down, up – every direction!  His breath came in short pants and he could feel his heart pounding.  It was almost like he was going through the sugar shakes after running a thousand miles!  He didn’t know what was going on.  All he knew was that girl in the frilly skirt did… something… to him.

	“D-did you poison me?!” he sharply questioned, looking angry.  “Did Ro-butt-nik put you up to this?  What’s your deal?  Tell me!”
	“Oh, gosh, Mister Sonic…”  The girl calmly put her hands behind her back and wiggled in place.  “You’re acting like you’ve never been kissed by a pretty girl, before!”
	While she giggled, the hero crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes.  He was not amused.
	“All I did was kiss the man I love…”  She scooted a little closer.  “It’s a good thing!”
	“It feels like a bad thing…” he grumbled, taking a cautious step back.
	“Well…”  She squirmed, looking down with a blush.  “Maybe, you could try kissing me?”
	He looked a little disgusted by the idea.  “Why would I do that…?”
	“So you know kissing isn’t a bad thing?”  She gave him a hopeful – albeit shy – smile.  “It’s actually… pretty fun!  Especially when you do it with someone you love…”
	He suspiciously eyed the girl.  She was giving him… that look, again.
	“I don’t…” he started to say before quietly murmuring, “I like fun…”
	It seemed like she had his interest…

	“O-okay, how do I do this?”
	The girl giggled as her hero awkwardly pulled her into a hug.  She couldn’t help but wiggle, more.  Her heart was racing at the thought of being kissed by him…
	“Well, first…”  She paused.  “Put your hand under my chin?”
	“Okay…”  He did that, being as gentle as possible.
	“Th-then… you make sure I’m looking right at you…”
	He gave a nod, softly nudging her head up.  When he noticed that look of hers, again… he suddenly felt unsure of himself.  What was he even doing…?  Still, he pressed on.
	“N… now, what?”
	“You tell me how much you love–”
	“Pass.”
	She blinked at the sudden decline.  Despite that, she told him, “Then… you just… kiss!”
	“Okay, um…  I’ve never done this before so…”  The hedgehog took a deep breath.  “Sorry if it sucks…”
	Amy’s heart climbed up into her throat as she felt that handsome, blue hero drawn nearer.  Her lips pursed in anticipation.  Then, after a couple of seconds… she felt it.

	Sonic… was kissing her.  Willingly.

	The urge to tackle him, smother him with hugs and kisses was so strong…  She wanted to take him home, marry him, and have a billion kids…  But, no.  She had to be patient.  She had to be nice.  She had to make sure… that Sonic felt comfortable.
	I-if he likes kissing… she thought, maybe he’ll do it all by himself…!
	She shivered at that exciting thought, but quickly calmed back down, just enjoying the moment as it happened.  The warm, wonderful moment… which seemed to end all-too-soon!

	The hero drew back after a few seconds of kissing, causing Amy’s eyes to flutter open.  She as a little disappointed it had ended so quickly… but she was all-smiles-and-blushes as she stared at her beloved hero.  It was almost like waking from a beautiful dream…
	“H… hey, whaddya know…”  The blue boy shyly grinned, scratching his nose.  “It… was kind’a fun.”
	“O-oh, Mister Sonic…”
	He blinked as the girl pressed against him, her arms tightly embracing and her head tucking under his chin.  It was still a little odd having someone do that.
	“Heh…”
	But, he was starting to get into it.  It was kind of cozy!

	“Amy… you make me feel weird.  It’s a good kind of ‘weird,’ though”  He paused before asking, “What is this weird feeling?”
	She fondly smiled, her eyes practically sparkling with adoration.  “Love?” she suggested.
	“Maybe…”  He chuckled.  “But, uh… is ‘love’ s’posed to… um…?”
	She continued to smile as she blinked at him.  “What?”
	“W-well, it’s kind of…”  He looked away, his face growing red.  “I-I don’t wanna say?”
	“Mister Sonic?”  Her smile started to fade.  “D-Did I do something wrong?”
	“N-no, it’s just…”
	She blinked a few more times.  When she noticed him looking down, she followed suit.  A second later, she jerked back and covered her mouth with a loud gasp.
	“Y… yeeaaah…”  He scratched his nose, again.  “S-so, that happened, and…”
	“Your… your… your ‘boy parts…’”
	There was a long, awkward pause as Amy started and Sonic avoided her gaze.  Then…

	“H… hey!”
	“D-does it hurt…?!” Amy asked him, sounding extremely worried.  “A-are you okay?  It looks like it hurts…”
	“Amy, I–”
	“H-here, let me just…”
	The blue hero tensed.  Amy had dropped to her knees and placed a hand around his swollen “boy parts.”  Then, before he could tell her to leave it alone…
	“Haa…!”
	She kissed it.
	“I’ll make it aaall better, Mister Sonic!” she exclaimed, kissing it here-and-there as she gently stroked and caressed it  “Don’t worry!”
	“A-A-Amy, th-that’s not–”
	“Poor Mister Sonic…” the girl innocently cooed.  “It must be really sore!  It’s twitching!”

	The older boy bit his lower lip, deeply blushing.  It was pretty clear that Amy didn’t know what she was doing to him…  On the other hand, he was quite familiar with what she was doing.  It felt so weird for someone else to be touching him down there, though…  Doubly-so for someone to be… putting their lips on it…  It… wasn’t altogether unpleasant, though…  It felt kind of good, actually…  A little too good…

	“Your poor, swollen boy parts…” the girl whispered, giving him a loving nuzzle.
	He gritted his teeth, breathing through his nose.  “A-Amy… w-wait…!”
	“Let me heal you with my love, Mister Sonic’s boy parts…”
	She ran her gloved hand down the underside, making Sonic shudder.  Then, when she tenderly kissed the tip…
	“Nngh–!”
	“Eeeeekk…!!”
	Something happened.  Something… weird.

	After shrieking, the girl flinched.  Sonic’s “boy parts” were spewing something – something white-and-sticky – at her!  She quickly closed her eyes as thick, heavy ropes spattered across her face, got caught in her poofy bangs, left a mark-or-two across her blouse, and got stuck on her tan muzzle.  When she thought he was finally done, she peeked an eye open…
	“Mister… S-Sonic…?” she squeaked as she innocently looked up.  She was hoping the other hedgehog would have an explanation for her.  However…
	“A… ah, um… I…”
	All Sonic could offer was an awkward grin and heavy blush.

	“Mister Sonic?” she repeated in a calmer tone.  “Does your… thingy… feel better?”
	“Yeah, actually…” he said before he could stop himself.  “Er, I-I mean–!”
	He expected her to get angry, or upset, or something… but Amy just clapped her hands together and brightly smiled.
	“I’m so glad…” she whispered.  “I’m so glad I could help my Mister Sonic…”
	The hedgehog felt a little… awkward.  That girl really had no idea what she’d done…
	“Y… yeah,” he said as he ruffled her quills, trying to play it off.  “Um… th-thank you!”
	She giggled, leaning into the petting.  “I love you, Mister Sonic…”
	“You, uh, too?  I guess?”

	“This stuff tastes funny, Mister Sonic…”

	After a bit more awkwardness, Sonic and Amy climbed down to the nearby lake, at the former’s suggestion.  He didn’t want her wandering around with his… “stuff…” all over her.  Luckily, she seemed to agree on that point, too, since it was “kind’a sticky.”

	“D-don’t put that in your mouth…!” the hedgehog exclaimed as he cleaned himself up with the lake’s clear, blue water.
	“It doesn’t smell like pee…” the girl whispered as she licked a bit off of her glove.  A second later, she giggled and smiled at him.  “I’m gonna call it ‘Mister Sonic’s Love Juice!’”
	He wanted to tell her not to.  Seeing that sweet smile on her face, though, kept him quiet.  When she lost interest in the “juice” and went back to cleaning it, he calmed back down.
	“Sorry about your shirt, by the way…” he told her.  “When my, um… ‘boy parts’ do what they do, I kind’a can’t… aim?”
	Sonic blushed, looking away.  He had no idea why he’d said that…
	“Oh, it’s okay!” his friend told him as she splashed some water on her blouse and started rubbing.  “I’m sure it’ll wash right out!”
	He shrunk a little.  “Hope so…”

	Sonic sighed, watching the girl wash up for a moment.  When she plunged her head in the water, he waited for her to sit back up before asking, “Hey, Amy…?”
	“Yes, Mister Sonic?” she fondly called as she scrubbed her quills and hair.
	“You’ve… never, um…  Have you ever…”  He squirmed a bit.
	“Have I ever…?” she repeated, pausing to give him a curious look.
	“Have you ever… um… k… kissed anyone, before?”  He rubbed his nose as he added, “Just wonderin’…”
	The girl blushed, shyly looking at the lake.  “J-just you, boyfriend…”
	The pet name didn’t faze him.  However…
	“I… I’m your first kiss…?”
	“Uh-huh…!”  The girl wiggled and giggled.  “Oh, Mister Sonic…  I love you so much…”
	He looked to the side… then, he got to his feet, causing the girl to look up.

	“Mister Sonic…?”
	“Listen, Amy…” he started.  “I’m…”
	He wanted to tell her to look for love somewhere else.  But… those pretty, green eyes and that innocent face of hers kept him from saying anything like that.
	“I’m… th-thanks for what you did,” he suddenly said, awkwardly shifting gears.  “Um…”
	She giggled, throwing water everywhere as she shook her head.  “You’re welcome!”
	“Can you… do me another favor?”
	The girl perked, going starry-eyed.  “I’d do anything for my boyfriend…!”
	She wasn’t sure what he’d ask… but she was not expecting him to say…
	“Go home.”

	“Mister Sonic…?”  She nervously chuckled, offering an awkward smile.  “What do you mean, ‘go home?’  I wanna stay with you!”
	“Well, you can’t.”  He quickly added, “Not– not right now, I mean.”
	The hero sighed, stepping away from the girl.
	“Before I got distracted, I was chasing Doctor Robotnik, the most dangerous man on Earth.  He came up here and–”
	He jolted, stopping in mid-though.  As he looked down, he noticed a pair of tan arms wrapped around his belly.  He also felt something pressing against his back.
	“I love you, Mister Sonic…” Amy whispered in a sad voice.  “I don’t want you to get hurt fighting that bad man…  Please, don’t go…”
	“Heh.  If you know me…” he said, giving her another little tussle, “you know I can’t not kick his butt.”
	She whimpered, squeezing him.
	“H-hey, don’t be sad…”
	The hedgehog slowly turned around, pulling Amy into a hug of his own.
	“After I win, I’ll come back and… and… and we’ll get married!  Right away!”
	Her eyes lit up.  “Really…?”
	“Y… yeah, sure.”  Though he said that… he was just trying to get her to let go.  Luckily…
	“Then…”
	She brightly smiled, doing just that.
	“D-don’t keep your blushing bride waiting…!” she cheered.  “Go on and beat the bads!”
–––––

	“Lemme go!  Lemme go…!!  Mister Sonic, heeelp…!!”

	Amy promised she’d go home.  She promised she’d be a “good girl.”  But, not long after her heroic “boyfriend” left… she found a way to head him off.  From then on, the girl surprised Sonic with good cheer and, when he let her, a tight hug.  She wanted to encourage him on his journey through the Miracle Planet and always seemed to know just where to go to beat him to Robotnik’s land markers.  However, as she wandered into a new, colorful area… she found herself captured.

	She wriggled and thrashed as she was carted away by what looked like a metal version of her hero, his strong arms and sharp claws keeping her bound as he flew higher-and-higher over the pink-and-white region of the small planetoid.
	“Mister Sonic…!!” she screamed as she cried.  “Mister Sonic…!  Sonic…”
	The girl knew he couldn’t hear her, anymore.  That steel double’s turbine engine had pushed them far away from that strange place.  Still, she continued to jerk and turn, occasionally screaming and constantly crying.  She knew the robot had to belong to the evil Doctor Robotnik… which meant that something awful lay in store for her… somewhere…

	“Where are you taking me…?!” the girl shouted after a good ten minutes of travel.  When the robot didn’t respond, she slammed her elbow against him.
	“Mister Sonic’ll save me!” she said, rubbing her sore elbow.  “He’ll break your fanny!”
	She blinked as she robot’s grip tightened on her.  For a second, she thought he was going to crush her.  A second thought made her double-check his grip, though.
	“Wait, are you… are you hugging me…?”
	That… did, indeed, seem to be the case.  How had she missed that?
	“This is…”  The girl growled before yelling, “I’m not a doll!  Stop hugging me!”
	But, of course… he wasn’t listening.

	After another ten minutes of travel, the steel Sonic set down.  He briefly let the girl go… only to snap one set of claws onto her blouse.  She struggled more as he dragged her away.
	“What are you doing?  Let me– gah!!”
	She shrieked as the robot lifted her.  When she opened her eyes…
	“‘Future…?’  Wait, where are we?”
	She noticed a sign on a post that had that single word written.  The girl heard him kick the pole, then watched the sign spin.  It was then that she started looked around.

	Wherever they were, it was really weird…  All Amy could see was a lot of gold-colored pipes and roads that twisted and turned in a lot of different directions.  She could also see a really big statue of Doctor Robotnik in the distance, she thought… but they were too far away – not to mention too far up – for her to be sure.

	“Mister Robot…?” she curiously asked as the machine pulled her back into his embrace.  When he revved its engine, she shut her eyes and braced herself.  Then…
	“Aaaaahh…!!”
	They shot off like a rocket!!

	Something strange was happening to them…  It sounded like they were traveling faster-and-faster, but it felt like they were going nowhere at all!  Amy’s body felt stretched and squished.  She felt sick… dizzy…  Whatever was going on… she didn’t like it one bit!  Thankfully, it wasn’t long before they came to a sudden stop.

	The girl flopped as the robot let her go.  She took deep breaths, resting on her hands and knees.  She still felt like throwing up… but at least they weren’t moving, anymore.
	“Dumb robot…” she panted.  “Dumb… dumb robot…  I hate you…”
	Her voice was weak and, honestly, she didn’t mean what she was saying.  She just hated how they’d gotten to wherever they were.  But… where were they?  She peeked open an eye… 
	“Oh, my gosh…!”
	Only to jump back and land on her rump as she gawked at what she saw.

	Like before, the area looked to be made of pipes.  However, the gold looked rusted and worn…  It was more of a blue-green hue than before with only faint traces of the previous golden color showing.  What wasn’t all, though…  The previously-clean air was thick with smoke and filth.  She looked in horror as, all around, industrial buildings spewed toxins into the air, belching fire as they operated.  It was like waking to a horrible nightmare…

	“What… what happened to this place…?”
	“I redecorated!  Do you like it?”
	“Wha’– you!!”
	The pink-furred girl scurried back as she noticed a figure looming overhead.  Seated in his steel-grey-and-black hovercraft was none other than the evil roboticist, Doctor Ivo Robotnik.

	“What did you do to this place…?!” Amy shouted with an angry face.
	“This… dear girl… is the future – the literal future – my future!”  The round man with the sunglasses maniacally laughed before saying, “I ask again: do you like it?”
	The girl plugged her nose and scowled.  “It stinks!”
	He rubbed his chin, wiggling his giant moustache.
	“Yes, well… such is the price of progress.  Metal Sonic!”
	The robotic duplicate of Sonic stepped forward, paying full attention to his creator.
	“Tie this critic to something,” he said as he tossed the robot some rope.  “I have to go and make sure our ‘guest-of-honor’ never makes it this far.”
	“What are you– h-hey!  Let go of me!!”
	The girl screamed as Metal Sonic grabbed her by the collar and dragged her over to a nearby broken pole.
	“My plan for the future must not be interrupted by that irritating, teenaged do-gooder…”  
	Robotnik hummed to himself before powering-up his Eggmobile.  Then, he rocketed off in the direction Metal and Amy had come from, leaving them alone in a desolated future.

	“Let me go, right now, you big bully!”
	Amy squirmed and thrashed as the robot held onto her.  She was pretty sure Metal was going to tie her to that length of metal, like Robotnik had said.  However…
	“W-wha’…?”
	The robot… actually listened to her.

	“Wait… why did you let me go?” she asked as she turned toward him.  When the robot dropped the rope then rubbed his nose and shrugged, she got the strangest feeling of déjà vu…
	“Mister… Metal Sonic?”
	The robot turned his head her way, its digital, red eyes practically looking right through her.  As he crossed his arms and looked away, though…
	“You… really don’t want to hurt me, do you?”
	He shrugged, again.
	“Heh…”  She softly smiled.  “You’re not such a bad Mister Robot, after all…”
	The girl hummed, then she frowned.
	“Listen, Mister Metal…  Your boss is a bad man.  Look what he did to this poor world!”
	He shrugged yet again.
	“Don’t you care about the environment…?”  She paused before realizing, “No… I guess you wouldn’t.  You’re just a robot…”
	Metal snapped his head her way, making the girl wince.
	“N-n-not that there’s anything wrong with being a robot!” she stammered.  “It’s just…”
	She sighed, then.
	“Mister Metal Sonic…  Doctor Robotnik is a bad, evil man.  All he wants to do is hurt people!  Th-that’s why the real Mister Sonic is trying to stop him!”
	She wasn’t sure… but it almost looked like Metal rolled his eyes at her.
	“I… guess you really don’t care…”

	Deciding it was pointless to talk to him, the girl walked over to the edge of the pipe-decorated road and sat down, dangling her legs over the side.  As she looked at all the destruction and pollution, she felt her heart sink.
	“If Doctor Robotnik gets his way… this’ll happen back home, too…”
	She looked up, trying to find Earth.  However, it was impossible to see anything through all that thick, red-grey smoke covering the lightning-filled skyline.
	“If this is the future…” she said, her voice losing energy.  “Then… does that mean Mister Sonic… loses?  No!  I… I won’t believe it!!”
	The girl shook her head, clenching her eyes shut.
	“Mister Sonic never loses against bad-guys!  But…”
	She slowly opened her eyes, again… only to cast them down.
	“If this is the future…  If this is really the world’s future…”
	Her eyes started watering and she sniffled…
	“Then… then…”
	Before long, she felt sadness growing inside her.  Robotnik had said they were in the future, and that signpost had that very word etched on it.  She didn’t want to believe it… didn’t want to believe that her hero could ever be beaten by evil, but…
	“Mister Sonic…”
	The evidence was overwhelming.

	Metal Sonic jolted as an unfamiliar sound started coming from the girl.  He tilted his head, watching and listening as she wailed, long-and-loud.  Her face had warmed, according to his sensors, but as he hovered over, he noticed that she was leaking water from her eyes.  Unsure of what to do, he sat down next to her and carefully poked the girl… only to throw his arms back as she fell over, crying into his chassis.  He didn’t know what to make of it…

	Amy sniffled and whimpered, calming down after a few minutes.  It took her a couple of seconds to realize she’d been crying into a robot, but when she did…
	“Mister Metal Sonic…?”
	She had to stare.  The robot… had pulled her into a careful hug.
	“You… do care about me…?”
	He shrugged, just as he had for every question she asked.
	“You really are like the real Sonic…”
	A smile found its way back onto her face as she hugged Metal’s body.  He was nowhere near as soft or warm as the real thing, but… she’d take what she could get, in that horrible place.

	“I wish you weren’t an evil robot, Mister Metal Sonic…” the girl sighed after letting him go.  “I bet we could be great friends!  But…”
	She looked at the mechanoid… who looked back at her.
	“You weren’t made to make friends, huh?  Ah– okay, stop that.”
	As expected, Metal Sonic shrugged in response.  She just kind of laughed…
	“Don’t you have any feelings?” she asked, then.  “Thoughts?  Hopes?  Dreams?”
	And, again… the blue robot’s silver shoulders rose, then fell.
	“Well…”  Amy sighed, but she smiled.  “I still like you.”
	She leaned in, kissing the robot’s cheek and giving him another hug.  After a second, though… she snuggled into him.
	“I love Mister Sonic so much…  I don’t want him to fight Doctor Robotnik…  I don’t want him to fight you, either.  You seem like a nice evil robot…”
	Her smile warmed.  His arms found their way around her, again.  Even if he was made of cold metal and had nasty claws… he gave pretty good hugs.

	“You know… you’re kind’a cute… like Mister Sonic.”
	She giggled a little, cupping his face with her hands.  He resisted… but only for a second.
	“Your face is meaner,” she commented, “but you have his cute li’l ears… his curvy hairstyle… his adorable nose – yours sure is pointier, though!”
	The girl laughed, giving his nose a gentle poke.
	“But… yeah.  You’re kind of cute for a mean-looking, metal version of my boyfriend…”
	She wasn’t sure, but she thought Metal Sonic blinked.  Whether he did or didn’t, he was definitely tilting his head at her.
	“Mister Sonic is my boyfriend, Mister Metal Sonic.  And…”  She blushed…  “And, I’m his girlfriend!”
	She blinked a couple of times as the robot reached up.  When he poked her nose with the flattest part of her claw, her head was the one to tilt, then.
	“Mister Metal…?”
	His hand slid up.  She flinched… only to open her eyes.  He was playing with her bangs.
	“M-Mister Metal Sonic…?” she repeated, her face warming.  When he removed the red scarf she wore as a headband and looked it over, she had to blink, again.

	Yeah, Metal Sonic was cold… hard… probably evil…  But, he really didn’t seem like a bad robot… person… thing – especially with how he was acting.  And, as the girl watched him tie her scarf around his head, she smiled and thought to herself…
	He’s so cute…  He’s almost kind of… innocent…