Sonic Gem EP11: A Little Birdie

A Little Birdie is the 11th episode of season one of Sonic Gem.
== Plot ==
"PHEW. Finished."
Another day, another trip to the market. Amy Rose was just finishing up another visit to the local grocery store, her bag filled up with a number of basic things: some fruits, vegies, typical mobian food things. There still was time to kill before the cashier could finish things up, so as she was standing there, it did give her a moment or two to think, with her eyes looking off to space. While ringing up the items, the cashier did eventually notice the distracted look of the pink hedgehog.
"Mam? ... Mam, hello?"
Luckily a few snaps of the fingers got Amy back to reality.
"H-Huh? Oh, sorry, time to pay? Here you go," Amy quickly said, getting a few dollars of payment out. The cashier checked around, seeing how little people were around today. Since Amy was the only one in line for the moment ... well, Amy got the idea first.
"I don't know how you do it," Amy sighed.
"Do what?"
"Do the exact same thing every single day. Nothing new, or exciting ..."
"It puts the bread on the table," the cashier replied with a shrug. If only that were that easy for Amy Rose. It didn't take too long until the cashier was all done, giving Amy back her change and Amy beginning to head off to the door.
"Thank you, come again."
However, even with the cheery voice seeing her off, the pink Hedgehog wasn't exactly feeling all too grand about things. In fact, all she gave was a basic wave to the cashier and nothing else before walking off on her way back. It had been her basic routine for a while now, and it was starting to ware on her.
Especially as she began thinking back a little bit. ...
--
"EXCUSE ME?! This's the first I've heard about all this!" Amy exclaimed, dumbfounded while standing there at the Beach House door.
"Whoa, easy Amy," Sonic insisted, hands raised and backing up a bit. "It's not that big of a deal."
"Not a big - Sonic! You got ANOTHER brand new Gem that isn't a Crystal Gem living with you, and Knuckles had disappeared thanks to that broken teleporter over there - oh, not to mention that teleporter is broken!"
"And?"
Amy could feel her head heat up. "How can you call THAT not a big deal? This is the first non-crystal Gem Gem we've got here, and now Knuckle's gone to who knows where. ... And i missed ALL OF IT!"
Sonic went up to her, hand on her shoulder.
"AMY, AMY, CHILL. You really got nothing to worry about. Trust me, I got this."—Amy kicked away a empty can in her admitted frustration.
"Of course, Sonic thinks like that. As much as I love him, he's such a brat sometimes. He's always leaving me out of all the adventure unless I make him take me," Amy sighed. These kinds of thoughts continued swirling about in her head until she had to stop by a streetlight. She couldn't turn back time or anything, so what could she do about it? In her brief moment standing there with her grocery bag, all that did was just give her more focus on her thoughts and memories.
"Just shopping for clothes and food, back and forth between here and the house. Same thing different day. ..." Amy looked up to the sky. "Ok, universe, It's been nearly three weeks since I last had something exciting happen, care to throw something at me now ...?"
Of course, the sky didn't do anything. The pink Hedgehog did see the light change, but that was the most that happened.
"Take me with you FOR ONCE, Sonic. Everything exciting only happens when you're around ... I won't have to talk to myself so much," Amy concluded. With that in mind, she began walking on her way from there as per her usual route. Part of her was really hoping, but a part of her also knew how much Sonic wanted to stay away from her when it came to ... well, anything really.
Getting all caught up in her thoughts though, she didn't realize she dropped a little bit of fruit on the street. Nothing much, she turned around, kneeled down to pick it up and -
*tweet**tweet**tweet!*
"Huh? Who - OW! What the heck?!"
Amy checked around for whatever struck her head with her guard down, but she didn't see anybody close enough to give her such a hit. Not much better luck in finding any rock or ball either, and yet she did stop for a moment when she did finally find that something a foot away from her.
As for this said something, not only was it relatively small, it also looked pretty hurt from the crash it just took. A small-sized, pale-looking bird looking just old enough to start flying but the wings just small enough to not fully get the hang of it yet. Even with that, Amy saw the poor bird in such a daze it couldn't even find its feet as it tried to fly away.
Any anger Amy had immediately washed away seeing the animal.
"A birdie," Amy stated in a hush. She tried getting closer to the bird, but it tried to fly off again only to flail about on the ground, chirping and squawking as if it was about to get eaten.
"No, no, no, ssshhh. It's ok, I won't hurt you," Amy promised. Alas, the bird wasn't having it and even nipped her when she got her hand close. Whatever happened to make this bird crash on the ground did far more damage than Amy could think. Amy clenched her bitten hand.
"Toughen up, Amy," she told herself. Eventually, the bird did tire out from flapping its wings, so it was here she took her chance with the injured flyer. Amy managed to cradle the small bird in both hands, the bird tired but still scared and not sure what was happening.
"There we go, feeling better birdie?" Amy asked. The bird didn't respond, curled up on Amy's palms and staring the pink hedgehog dead in the eyes. While cradling the bird, Amy began walking again, looking around for any sign of wherever this bird came from. A nest? A nearby mother bird?
Nope, nothing.
"Where did you even come from?" Amy wondered, "You don't look old enough to fly off on your own like this. ... Well, you HAVE to belong to someone. Don't worry, birdie, I'll help you out."
The bird though didn't feel all too cooperative with that idea, still trying to flutter away in spite of its injured wing. Amy kept the bird in her hands, although she did flinch when the bird pecked at her fingers again. The pecking became just strong enough to force Amy to let go, dropping the bird to the ground. 
"Hey, stop it! I'm trying to help you," Amy insisted, trying to catch the bird. The small birdie fluttered and squawked, Amy jumping at the animal as best as a Mobian can. Most of the jumps just got her face slamming into the pavement.
"I SAID WAIT!" finally Amy got hold of the bird, JUST before it could end up in the road. And not a moment too soon.
"HEY, pink lady! Watch where you're jumping, you nearly hit my car!"
Amy looked up to see the mayor's van right in front of her.
"I can't have a record on my van before today's town meeting, now go get run over somewhere else!"
"OK OK, sorry," Amy shouted back, jumping aside to get the van go by. This time the bird calmed down, only because it was too worn out to try breaking free of her hands again. As for Amy, she checked out the bird in her hands.
"Yeah I'm gonna need some help with you," Amy sighed.
She continued going on for a little bit more, until a sudden thought made her stop all at once. It was then she glanced up to the sky again ...
"Thanks, universe. But a little gentler next time, please?" Amy said, giving the universe a thumbs up before continuing off. The universe can take its time to give her another answer, but for now she had the main objective for today: find a way to help this small little bird.
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Without any more interruptions, universal or otherwise, Amy made it back to the Beach House with her injured bird in toe. It was the first thing she could think to do, but that was as far as she could KNOW to go. The bird found itself in a small yet comfy box, wrapped in a kitchen cloth for warmth with some cotton for that nest feeling. As for Amy, she was still pacing back and forth with a iPhone in hand since she got home.
She paced one way on one ring, paced back on the second, and on the third ring -
"Hello, this is Empire City veterinary hospital. How may I help you?"
"UGH finally - hello? Yes, I found an injured little birdie, and I REALLY need to know what to do. It came out of nowhere, and -"
"Ok, ok, slow down," the vet stated firmly, "Now. From the beginning. What's the problem?"
Amy glanced back to the bird, who at the moment was sleeping curled up in the cloth. Amy gathered her nerves.
"I found this poor little birdie while coming home from my shopping. Or, more like it found me. B-But anyway, it's hurt really bad: it can't even fly. I think its wing's broken or something."
"Is it a domesticated bird, or a wild bird?" the vet asked.
Amy paused for a second. "I mean, does it matter?"
"Well yeah: veterinary care is for domesticated animals only. I don't advise medical care to a wild animal without any permits, or previous background. You know, nature taking its course."
"Half an hour, and 50 calls and THIS is what she tells me?!" Amy thought through gritted teeth. Luckily she kept her anger back enough to not crack the phone screen.
"You sure you can't tell me ANYTHING? I got her with me in a small box if that helps."
It took the vet a bit before she answered. "Well good call with the box, but I still don't recommend keeping in wild animals for very long, especially at a young age. I mean the animal's age. Did you try finding the bird's nest before you brought it home with you?"
"Not a one."
Amy sat down by the bird as the veterinarian continued. "Oh. Well, if you're set on keeping the bird, you better do some research on the species of bird and act accordingly to that. I highly advise you to let it go as soon as it's able to fend for itself."
"But what if it can't?" Amy questioned.
Before the vet could answer, Amy could hear a grunt off the other end, almost like a long moo.
"Oh boy, er sorry mam, but something just came up. Just do what you can, and return it to the wild when it's all better."
*MOOO* *click*
All Amy got after that was the beeping of the machine, but the message was clear either way. Setting the iPhone down and resting on her shoulder, she looked back to the little bird before her. The bird didn't react too much to her this time, not even after she gave the bird a small gentle rub with her finger.
"There, there little girl. Hang tight, I got a plan ... just got to wait," Amy said, her voice quiet so the bird could sleep. With this moment of silence, all Amy could do was think, and try to do some research on the little guy. She had the iPhone, she might as well give it a go, but just before she could start typing ... except for one thing.
"Wait a minute ... what kind of bird are you anyway? Umm ..." with the question still on her mind, Amy began typing away on the iPhone, glancing between it and the bird.
"Ok, green wings ... long beak ... round body and ... search -"
*BAM!* *WOOSH!*
Seconds after she pressed the search button on her app, Amy suddenly found herself nearly falling over from the whiplash of wind. She was quick enough to catch the bird before it could topple out of its box, thank goodness, and perhaps this was a good omen after all once she found Sonic standing there.
Who else would it be?
"Sonic? ... PERFECT!" Amy thought, eyes star-filled. Who better to look after a bird than someone who saves animals on a daily basis? Sonic went right for some water from the fridge, but it wasn't long before Amy got to him first.
"Oh, A-Amy! You're still here?" Sonic asked, stepping back from the pink hedgehog. For once she ignored that remark, and held up the bird in a box to Sonic.
"I came back early," Amy explained, "Now listen: I got a problem, and I REALLY need some help with this. You think you can help me take care of birdie for a while?"
"Hold on WHAT?"
Amy raised an eyebrow, "What do you mean "what"? Sonic, I found this poor little bird while out today -"
"No, no, I get that, but ... why me?" Sonic questioned. Amy felt taken aback with such a question.
"Seriously? Sonic, you're a savior to all cute creatures! You're always saving animals while you're out, you must know everything when it comes to taking care of poor little creatures. We can look after her together like -"
Suddenly Amy paused.
"... Like we're her parents."
Why didn't she think of this sooner?! Sonic could practically feel the hearts flutter about Amy's head as she imagined their "family photo" together. Too bad he didn't feel the same, and was already over near the door.
"NOPE, kinda busy, see ya."
In spite of Sonic's speed, Amy just managed to get in the way first, blocking the doorway.
"SONIC, no!" Amy begged. "Ok, we don't have to be married yet, but for real, I need help with this bird! You wouldn't leave this poor little birdie alone, would you?"
"Amy, I don't know how to take care of a bird!" Sonic admitted, stepping back again for SOME sort of space. If Amy wasn't dumbfounded before, she was now.
"Wait, WHAT? But you save animals all the time from Eggman, don't you?"
Sonic gathered himself. "Yeah but there's the keyword: SAVE. I just smash the robots keeping them trapped, let em go, and go on my way. I don't really stick around after that."
... Well dang it. Amy and Sonic heard the small bird chirp a little bit, which only now did the blue hedgehog give this little birdie a better look over. The bird shuffled back in its box, but be it either being calm around the hedgehog or just too tired, it didn't try and fly again. Sonic scratched his chin and squinted his eyes a bit.
"Hmm ... hey, do I know you from somewhere, little guy?" Sonic wondered aloud.
"You recognize her?"
"Kind of. I mean, I did have a bird friend before, but she was A LOT bigger than this one here. She's even got her pointy beak," Sonic replied. Although not too scared, the bird still gave Sonic a poke in the nose when he leaned in too close. Amy however got her own gears turning in her head, and suddenly the idea flashed through her mind.
"Could that be the mom bird? Sonic, we got to find her so she can have her baby back!"
"Me?"
"Sonic, you just said you knew what her mom looks like, and you got all day. That's enough time to cover at least HALF of the planet. Please, Sonic?" Amy pleaded.
"Amy, I -"
"Pretty please?"
Before Sonic could respond this time, he looked to the pink hedgehog just to find that Amy was pulling "the begging" face. Big eyes, a slight watery look, lower lip up in a whimper. Sonic could feel his inner will bend a bit.
It didn't help when Amy lifted up the cute tiny bird too, which also stared at Sonic with the same silent "please". No will can beat THAT combo.
"I'll let you know if I find her, Ames."
Amy hugged Sonic tight.
"Great, let's go! Out on the road again, and this time we can -"
"See ya later!"
Just like that, Sonic was gone. This time, there wasn't any moment for Amy to stop the speedy Hedgehog for an extra word, and as soon as she got outside of the beach house, Sonic was long gone to who knows where.
"SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, GET BACK HERE AND TAKE ME WITH YOU!"
Of course, Sonic didn't hear. Not that he would've turned around anyway if he did hear her. All Amy could do was huff, and stomp her foot onto the wooden front deck. Luckily a few chirps from her birdie friend calmed her down just enough to avoid rushing after Sonic right there and then.
"Ok, that's just one. Time for plan B ..."
While not after Sonic, Amy and her birdie started off away from the beach house. With her rushing off on her way though, the pink hedgehog's activity didn't go unnoticed for too long. ...
-Target sighted. Initiating pursuit.-
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First stop: the Car Wash. Amy wasted no time in heading over to them, but the bird began to chirp and squawk a little bit.
"Calm down, birdie," Amy whispered. "Steven's a good kid. He can help you out, and NOT just run away ... if anyone's here."
Not really the first spot for most people, but Amy didn't limit her options to just one blue hedgehog today. Lucky for her though, as she took the usual turn down the road towards said wash, she was already seeing signs of people there, namely Greg taking a minute to relax on a lawn chair in the warm summer rays. One was better than nothing.
"Greg! Hey, Greg!" Amy called. The voice was enough to get the man off of the lawn chair, albeit with a startle if anything else.
"H-Huh, oh Amy!" Greg said, getting to his feet, "what's up?"
"Good to see you, Greg. Is Steven around here? I need his help with something important," Amy explained, showing Greg the bird she brought with her. Birdie kept herself in the box, recoiling as Greg took a closer look.
"I think he's still in the carwash, but ... maybe come back in a minute? They're busy with Lapis Lazuli right now," Greg advised. Although annoyed with another lack of help, that news still got Amy's attention slightly. After all, she never actually met Lapis yet.
"Lapis is in there? How is she doing anyway?"
"She's fine, I guess. She still really wants to get off of this planet though," Greg explained, glancing back towards the large garage door. For Amy, that was good enough for her. With that information, she went right over towards the door rather than away, small bird box in hand.
"It can't be THAT bad. I mean, this planet's new for me too but I'm not hating it either," Amy thought.
Then she opened up the door.
"Hey guy - AAHHH!" *SPLASH*
Just seconds after the door opened up, Amy was met with a huge wave of water slamming into her! Greg was just far enough to avoid it, but Amy stumbled back from this sheer force of the sudden waves inside. The wave only lasted for three seconds at most, but it did end with Amy a good five to ten feet away from the door, standing with box held high above her head as the rest of her was completely soaked from quill to foot.
She needed a second to spit out the water from her mouth, but seeing Tails, Steven, and Lapis inside at least proved to her they didn't run off either. It DID tell her that, with Lapis's arm still up and aimed towards her, where the water even came from.
"Oh. Another "friend"?" Lapis asked.
"Sorry about that!" Steven said.
"... Towel ... please. ..." Amy muttered. Greg was quick to fetch one for her, Amy setting the box down for a quick dry off of her hair.
"Lapis, what did we talk about? You can't just tidal wave everyone that comes by," Tails advised AGAIN. Lapis just sat back down without another word with a sigh.
"How was I supposed to know ...?" she muttered. Something to talk to her later about. For now, they went over to check on Amy, who by now had finished drying off her hair at least.
"You okay, kid?" Greg asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine, I'm fine. But while you're out here, you think you can help me with something?"
"I guess it depends on the something," Tails admitted. It was then that Amy presented the box to them. ...
"It's this poor little bird. I need help taking care of her," Amy explained, "The Gems aren't around and Sonic's running around looking for her mama bird so he can't do it, and since you guys already are so helpful maybe you -"
"Uhh, Amy?"
"What?"
Tails pointed to the box again, prompting Amy to look at the bird ... or lack thereof.
...
"AAAHHHH! BIRDIE! She's gone! She must've got knocked out of the box!" Amy shrieked in panic, immediately tossing the box and rushing around to find her. She checked everywhere that the water splashed, but she didn't see any bird anywhere within the place. Not even a feather. Her search ended with her on her knees, as if the bird was hidden in the water or something. 
"Don't just stand there, help me find her!" Amy shouted. Steven and Tails were just about to go and try to help, but then ...
"What's the big deal?" Lapis shrugged.
"Big deal? You just launched an injured bird out of my hands!" Amy snapped.
"You startled me! Besides, It's just some weak little Earth animal, it's not worth -"
Amy, death stare engaged, brought her piko hammer and held it right to Lapis's face like if she was a nail.
"Want to finish that sentence?" Amy questioned ominously.
*tweet**tweet*
Before anyone can commit any murder, all eyes moved over to the roof of Greg's van. Sure enough, there sat the slightly wet, but perfectly okay birdie. The near-heart attack Steven and Tails felt went away with a sigh out of both of them as Lapis collapsed to her knees from the near-death experience.
"There there, you're gonna be okay," Steven promised, giving Lapis a secure pat on the back. As Lapis was trying to find her feet, Amy got close to the van's side, arms outstretched towards the bird. 
"Come here, birdie. Here, birdie," Amy said. The scared bird did try once again to take flight, jumping off of the van roof with a few good flaps, but those wings weren't going to give it any chance to fly off now. Its next resting spot was right back in Amy's hands again.
All the pink hedgehog could do was re-gather herself.
"So. Now that THAT'S over. THIS is the bird I need help taking care of, can you help me?" Amy explained, showing the bird to everybody. Tails and Steven checked the bird over, but while Tails was seeing this bird in a more technical way (seeing the injuries mainly), Steven began thinking a bit back himself from what the bird looked like.
"Aww, hello little guy," Steven said, giving the bird a little pet on the head. For the bird, she checked Tails and Steven for a little bit, but when she saw Lapis ...
*SKREE!* the bird shrieked, fluttering and keeping as much distance as she could from the water gem. It was on NO MOOD to be anywhere near her after being splashed by water again. It only stayed on Amy's head, continuing to call out to the clouds.
"Looks like your bird doesn't want to be around here, Amy," Greg admitted.
Well, so much for that.
...
"Did you really have to be scared of her, birdie?" Amy sighed. "We were so close."
With leaving the bird with Steven no longer available to her, Amy just walked off on her way through town, small bird in toe. She couldn't bring herself to leave the bird so scared anyway, yet what could she do with the thing now? All of this going on just left her tired, going right for the nearest bench for a moment to think.
"What am I gonna do with you?" Amy wondered. All the bird did was chirp a bit. Amy sighed and looked off to the sky. The universe gave her this adventure after all.
"Ok, universe," Amy began, "I know you wanna give me an adventure, but this is ... I dunno ... boring? I need excitement, not some pointless run-around talk quest. I already got Sonic doing his thing, the bird doesn't want to be near Steven -"
Amy suddenly paused for a second, looking the bird right in the face.
"... Wait a minute, what am I doing? This is MY adventure the universe gave me, not theirs. If anybody's going to take care of this birdie, it should just be me, right?"
... *chirp*
"Right!" Amy agreed, jumping to her feet, "It might not be the biggest adventure. No actual thrill or action or ... much of anything crazy. But it's something, and something's better than nothing. Come on birdie, let's see what we can do."
- Target sighted -
*BAM!*
Even if Amy had time to recognize that voice, she was immediately knocked off her feet and onto the ground! The attack was swift, and striking her square on the back as if she was hit by a cannonball. It took a second to regain herself, but turning around, she was face-to-face with her attacker. Amy Hedgehog knew this face too well.
"Metal Sonic! You're here too?!" Amy gasped.
Naturally the silent robot said nothing apart from a few small beeps. His red eyes looked around, and soon locked its gaze with the birdie in Amy's hand. Amy followed his eyes to the bird as the robot gave a "harmless" gesture with an extended hand for said animal. 
"Don't act like I don't remember you, Metal Sonic. Whatever you're going to do with birdie, you're not having her," Amy made clear, holding the bird away from him. Metal Sonic just stood there with his hand extended for a bit more, but neither side was willing to waver to the other.
Metal Sonic took one step forward, as Amy stepped back.
Metal Sonic took another step, and Amy didn't move.
... His inner engine began to rev up.
"I know you can hear me," Amy warned, bringing out her piko hammer in her free hand. "I SAID BACK OFF!"
Metal Sonic jumped back from the swing, the release of speed from his engine causing such a powerful burst of wind that it launched Amy back again. Amy tumbled back wildly before her head met with the nearest street pole.
.......
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.......
*chirp* *chirp*
"H-Huh? ... Where? ... I swear, if I got teleported again -."
Amy only needed a moment to figure THAT out. Instead of being out and about in Beach City, she was instead sitting all alone behind bars. Three walls of pure metal, and in front of her a set of iron bars with a kind of forcefield in between each.
"And I did. Where the heck am I now?" Amy wondered. The bird just stayed quiet this time, keeping close to the only one who didn't try to actively hurt her. The pink Hedgehog looked around for any sort of way out, but she didn't really see much of anything that could help her. 
"Just when I was getting so used to living in Beach City. Don't worry birdie, I'll help us get out of here. ... Somehow."
- Target relocated. -
The last thing she needed to hear. Getting up and keeping the bird behind her back this time, she was soon seeing Metal Sonic again. This time the robot was just standing outside of her prison cell, that same cold stare glaring her down. Just the sight of him made the Mobian glare right back.
"Now what do you want?" Amy questioned.
- Target located. Request: hand over the creature. -
"Oh so you can talk now," Amy sighed. "Listen here, you bolt bag, I don't know what you or Dr. Eggman are up to now, but you're not getting birdie from me! What do you want with her anyway?"
- Irrelevant information. Repeating request: hand over the creature. -
This time, Metal Sonic reached in between the bars, his metallic arm phasing through the forcefield like it was nothing. While she still was unwilling to give the bird over, she did take interest when she saw the hand. All she could do was give it a go.
Metal Sonic, as if reading her mind, rushed back as Amy tried going forward through the forcefield. But the second she touched it -
*BZZT!*
One yelp and she got herself a slightly burnt finger.
"Of course. Robots can go through but not me," she groaned. Again, Metal Sonic reached his hand through the forcefield, hand extended for the animal.
"If you think you're so much better, then tell me what you're planning to do with us! I get you wanting the bird, but you didn't want ME."
Metal Sonic didn't respond right away, his eyes gesturing her to do as ordered.
"Well? Aren't you gonna answer? You got us locked up, that's the least you can do."
A low hum emitted through the robot's frame.
- Master's task. Alien containment protocol. Target currently sighed in possession. HAND OVER THE BIRD. -
Even for a robotic voice, Amy could hear the anger building up in the robot. Amy considered her options: either hand the bird over to Metal Sonic and possibly avoid a fight or risk a complete pummeling from a Sonic-rivaling killing machine. ...
Stepping back again, she gave her answer.
"You can tell Eggman that he's NOT getting this bird. If you want her so bad, come in here and -"
Metal Sonic didn't even let her finish before he walked right through the forcefield. The sight was enough to make Amy clam up, but she still tried to keep herself firm for birdie's sake. Metal Sonic didn't even lunge at her. All he did was just walk forward towards her, one slow step at a time. No need to waste battery on an already trapped mobian.
But Birdie had other ideas. Scared, she began freaking out: calling out loud and fluttering in the room.
"Birdie! You're flying!"
- Target located -
However, the bird did more than just flutter in place, and it was quickly flying all over the cell like a frantic fly, and just as hard to catch. Amy actually had to duck a few times so she wouldn't get flown at again, Metal Sonic having his metal hand risen and eyes darting just to keep track of the little thing.
This kept up for a good ten seconds, but eventually a swift swing of the arm got the bird caught in Metal Sonic's clutches.
"NO YOU DON'T!" Amy, throwing caution to the wind, grabbed hold of the bird in Metal Sonic's grasp, trying her hardest to make him let go. All the while the bird continued to screech and squawk like a siren. It was enough to even make Metal Sonic grip the beak shut.
But the squawking was still heard. Very muffled to be sure, but it wasn't coming from the small birdie with them. This distraction gave Amy time to kick Metal Sonic out of her prison cell, but before the robot could do anything else -
*SCREEEE -* *CRASH*
It was as if a bomb had gone off in the room, debris flying down all around the robot. Amy and her birdie kept away from the entrance of their prison cell, just to see something HUGE rush in and tackle Metal Sonic aside. All they could make out was a ton of squawking and screeching with metal attacks here and there. As this was going on however, they all then heard a much more uplifting sound of those bars breaking off, and the forcefield fizzling away into nothing. Take a wild guess which blue hedgehog was standing there now.
"Hey Ames, how was the detour?" Sonic asked with some stretches.
"Sonic! My hero," Amy replied. She really wanted to give her hero a thank you kiss, but the chaos that was the larger animal and Metal Sonic distracted them just enough. In the midst of rapid-flapping wings and rapid-fire pecking, Metal Sonic had his hands full with this giant Gem bird.
"The mother bird?" Amy asked.
"Yep. I found her just outside of town. Guess she heard your little friend in here and made a beeline to fetch her kid back. Speaking of here, you wanna lift?"
Amy's eyes sparkled. "Yes please."
In a rapid spin, Metal Sonic forced the bird off of him, only now fully realizing who else was there with Amy.
- Multiple targets detected. Initiating capture protocol. -
"Oh what do you know, metal me's back with some new upgrades," Sonic mocked, "Could use some work on a new voice box though: it's a nice touch, but still tacky. Don't worry, you'll get a new one when I trash ya."
Metal Sonic's engine revved up in his anger.
"Uh, Sonic? Leaving?"
"Oh, right: hey bird, mind giving Amy and your baby a lift? I'll take care of rust bucket here," Sonic asked. The large bird was quick to comply, getting Amy up onto her back with her baby fluttering nearby. Metal Sonic rushed to try and grab both birds, but Metal sonic was quick to kick his doppelganger away. What happened next was a back and forth between Sonic's spin attack and Metal Sonic's claw slashes. It did leave Sonic a bit scratched up, but with each strike he only grew more willing to put this Eggman goon back in the scrap heap. The bird meanwhile took flight and flew right out of the same hole she got in, but she didn't get too far given Sonic was still inside and in danger.
- Recalculating objective. Initiating kill protocol. -
"Yeah - no," Sonic replied as he prepared his own attack, his feet blurred in their rapid charge. Metal Sonic meanwhile revved up his own engine, launching forward a mighty powerful plasma blast right at the blue hedgehog. As expected, even with the huge blast of energy, Sonic moved just faster to dodge it, a few quills to spare.
All it took was one final spin dash, and the robot was left in a heap of metal once again.
"And ladies and gentlemen, we got ourselves ANOTHER batch of scrap," Sonic concluded, wiping his hands with a smug grin. As if to give him some kind of trophy, Metal Sonic's head landed right in the hands of the hedgehog.
"WAY DA GO, SONIC!" Amy cheered.
"Yes, yes, thank you," Sonic replied "humbly", "It's nothing I couldn't have handled anyway."
Typically, that would be the end of it, but before Sonic could kick the head off away, they all began hearing some kind of buzzing and glitching from the head. It started off as a few electrical scratches, but a new voice started to come through in a gargle tone of a weakened microphone.
- "HA. Sonic the Hedgehog. If you're hearing this, then obviously you think you've stopped my plans AGAIN by turning Metal into scrap metal, but don't think for a second my plans are done because of this little mishap of yours. My plans have only just begun for this planet! Soon nothing will stop the great and mighty Doctor Egg" -
*SMACK* went Sonic's hand onto the robot head, knocking it to the back wall.
"Take a hint, Eggy, will ya?" Sonic sighed, rolling his eyes.
With the robot handled, and apparently nothing else to do, Sonic went right out of the exit hole of this prison and went right off out of there. The large bird flew off with Amy and her baby, leaving nothing but a wrecked prison room and the remains of Metal Sonic sitting there for Eggman to clean up.
As they were going off on their way, Amy took one more look back at everything that just happened. So, what did this adventure give her?
She found a bird, ran around for a bit, got captured by Metal Sonic, and saved by Sonic.
"... Maybe next time I'll get a better adventure than this. At least Birdie's safe," Amy thought.
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