𝙐𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙣'𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙛𝙛

      For the umpteenth time, the evil Dr. Eggman attacked the village where Sonic and his friends lived. The latter, as usual, fought back and saved the village. Sonic, as usual, jumped on the heads of some robots, and ran around others at super speed. Knuckles fought back with his bare fists, constantly using brute force. Styx fought back with a long pole, Tails swung his tails, knocking robots to the ground, and Amy smashed their heads with her hammer, jumping on them, swinging and not forgetting to scream heart-rendingly. And so the army of robots was defeated again, and Eggman lowered his head in despair. Sonic and his friends did not even attack him, knowing full well that without his robots he would not be able to resist them. Unless he was in his egg plane, and apparently there were no large machines and robots near him, since he is not still trying to resist them. — You defeated me again. Why am I such a stupid loser? — Don’t despair, Yaikin! Maybe you'll have better luck next time. As usual, see you tomorrow! — Sonic joked and said goodbye to him. — No, I'm busy tomorrow. Let's do it better the day after tomorrow? — Eggman asked. — Well if you say so. — Tails did not argue. — See you the day after tomorrow, walrus! — Knuckles joked. The defeated doctor turns his back to the Mobians and flies back to base. —Well. Since Eggman won’t attack us until the day after tomorrow, we have a couple of days to do our own thing. — Sonic suggested. — You’re right, so tomorrow I’ll have my own things to do too.” — Tails replied. — I’ll probably go to the elections for a new mayor tomorrow and vote for myself.” - Knuckles replied. — And to be honest, I’m even a little sorry for Eggman. He is already old, and he has already suffered defeats. — Styx thought. The others listened to Styx and thought about it too. — You're right. Well, the day after tomorrow we will try to discuss this with him without fighting. — Sonic answered. After which everyone went about their business. Amy, as usual, followed Sonic while he walked to his home. — Sonic, I know you'll probably be busy today and tomorrow, but... — Amy, we’ve already discussed this.” We're just friends. — That's not what I'm talking about. I just thought maybe friendship isn't bad either. In general, our world is full of hedgehogs. You're not the only one. I can find myself another guy, but I just don’t know how you personally look at this? Sonic stopped for a minute and thought about it, then replied: — I... In general, I don’t have anything against... It’s just. — What happened to you? — No, no, Amy, don't get me wrong! I love you too, but for now you are like a friend to me. I'm just not ready to be with you yet. I need even more time to think and... — There’s nothing to think about! If you are afraid for my life, then you don’t need to be afraid for me! You yourself have seen a thousand times that I can even stand up for myself in battle. — Yes, I know. But it's not that. It’s just that for me personally you are still very tiny and fragile. This is what scares me about you, that you may suffer not at the hands of evildoers, but rather at my hands. — But you can be with me and communicate from time to time? — Certainly. — Sonic did not deny. — In that case, you don’t have to be afraid.” I’m sure that maybe you’ll change your mind over time and still want to be with me as more than just a friend. — the hedgehog reassured her blue friend, after which she turned around and walked in the opposite direction. - Bye, Sonic. — Bye. — Sonic waved his hand at her, smiling. Rose was already on her way to her home. On the way at that moment, she accidentally met a white hedgehog. — Amy! — he shouted from afar and ran towards her, arms outstretched. Amy was also happy to see him, so she also stretched out her arms and they hugged each other. — I'm glad to see you too, Silver... What fate! — I’m going to fight with your doctor, where else!? — A! Sorry, but you're a little late. — The hedgehog lowered her head and Silver was also a little desperate that they didn’t even wait for him. Then he calmed down. — Well, okay, who doesn’t it happen to?... Yes, by the way. Blaze asked me to invite you to visit us. She says that she has a very important matter for you. — What's the matter? — asked Amy. — She doesn’t answer me about that. She says that this is their women’s business, and, unfortunately, this does not concern men. — Silver explained, took the hedgehog by the hand and led her along. Amy followed him out of curiosity.

Some time later

      Silver took Amy to his home. Walking through the large wooden door, Amy hung her hammer on the coat hook. — Blaze, I'm back... And not alone. At that time, the cat herself was finishing washing the dishes in the kitchen and, having dried the last shiny plate on the fan, she put it next to the rest of the clean plates, after which she went out into the corridor to meet her friend and guest. — Hello, Amy. I just wanted to come visit you, but I’m glad that you found the time to come to us. — Really, what did you want to talk to me about? — asked the hedgehog and the cat touched her lips with her index finger and then shushed her. — Not here! Come with me! — she called to her friend, took her hand and they went to the second floor. — If anything happens, I'll be down here. — Silver answered them with a grin and was about to play the console on TV. He just picked up the joystick, but then changed his gaze to the stairs to the second floor. He became curious what they were talking about. He flew towards them using psychokinesis, trying not to step on the steps so as not to give himself away by the creak. He slightly stuck his right eye into the lock and began to watch and eavesdrop. — Okay, so why did you call me? — There is one important matter. It just concerns only us. We will not involve Silver and other friends, and especially Sonic, in this. — the cat explained and climbed into the chest, looking for something among her personal belongings. — You’ve long dreamed of going on vacation, like the beach, haven’t you? — Well, yes. And what? — the hedgehog asked. — So here it is. We will simultaneously take care of one of our common activities and relax at the same time. — the cat continued, taking out a large and folded paper from the chest. It was probably a map, although Silver himself could not see it from afar. But apparently it is a map, since she folds it on the table and shows it to Amy. — I found this the day before yesterday in the basement, by accident, when I was tidying up. I think this... — Treasure map?... Do you believe that this is a map leading to a precious artifact? — Why not? This interested me, especially since it points to the open sea near a certain beach. Plus, in the sea there are some kind of caves or something like a temple depicted as dashes, although I studied this map from other maps of our surroundings and there is no such island there. Plus, yesterday I was heading to another image of the cross in the forest and found nothing there except an altar with a master emerald that Knuckles was guarding. He even carefully examined the map himself and denied that the Master Emerald was an important treasure that was depicted on the map. He suggested that this was probably a map of the ancient tribe of echidenas, who made it long before extinction. Plus, the echidenas had another treasure that they had been hiding for a long time and which even Knuckles himself still cannot find. He also stated that the map was probably drawn at a time when the echidena tribe was dominated by females, so to find treasures on the map, you must be or be born a woman. — Interesting. And you're asking me to go with you? — Rouge is busy trying to steal the Master Emerald from Knuckles again, and Cream is still young for such dangerous adventures... Possibly dangerous. Therefore, only you remain. Are you with me? — Of course, Blaise. I will go with you wherever you go. — the hedgehog did not resist and shook her friend’s hand. Silver, having learned everything he wanted, quickly left the second floor and, having flown away using psychokinesis, sat down at the console again, pretending that he knew nothing and had heard nothing. I launched the game I found and started playing when Blaze and Amy came down. — What were they talking about? — he asked as if he didn’t know anything. — Naive cunning! — the cat grinned in response, twirling her index finger. — This is our personal. — Well, as you wish! — the white man answered and continued to pretend that he knew nothing and continued to play. —Tomorrow I’ll come see you in the morning, as agreed. — the cat hugged the hedgehog goodbye and Amy took her hammer and went home, waving her hand: — Will wait. Bye. Blaze also waved goodbye and closed the door, after which she looked at Silver with a grin: — Admit it! Have you seen everything and heard everything? Yes? — Hmm. There is no way to hide the truth from you. — Silver rolled his eyes, lowering the joystick, and in the game he himself had already been killed at that time and he received a screen with a warning to try again or quit the game. Blaze wrapped her arms around the hedgehog and tried to calm him down a little: — Silver, this might be a chance for Amy and I to be alone. You won't bother us, will you? — I didn’t mean to, Blaise. Well, I’m just a little offended that you will go or swim alone to look for some treasures on the beach. For example, I also want to swim a little in cool water and tan in the sun. — the white hedgehog explained, a little upset. — I understand you. Of course, you can come with us and wait for us on the beach, but you will be lonely. We may be delayed for a long time in search of the treasure. — Blaze explained. — Yes. It’s lonely... — he didn’t argue with his partner. Then something occurred to him. Getting up from the couch, he went to the phone and dialed Sonic's phone number. — Hello, Sonic. It's me, Silver... Are you busy tomorrow?... I have something to do for you... Thank you, I'll come to you tomorrow. — the psychokineticist finished and hung up. — I don’t think Sonic would want to swim with you.” — I had no intention of swimming with him.” I'll just lie on the sand with him and chat a little. — the white hedgehog made an excuse. — Okay. I’ll think about whether it’s worth taking you with me or sending you somewhere to another part of the beach. — Or maybe we’ll just wait for you? The cat just grinned silently, imagining this in her head. — I will think. — Okay, as you want. Although, I wouldn’t flatter you, much less interfere. It's like you stopped trusting me. — the hedgehog said a little upset and sat down on the sofa. The princess, in order to calm him down, began to give him a relaxing shoulder massage. Relaxing, Silver closed his eyes, maintaining a smile. — Don’t be offended!... You know that you are my best and most faithful friend... And I will never trade you for anyone... You have nothing to be afraid of, that you will remain alone forever... Amy for me almost like a sister, while you are almost like a brother... And I just want to often devote more of my time to both of you, both together and separately. Understand? — Understand. — He did not argue with her. The cat went to the kitchen, and at that time the hedgehog himself again took the joystick in his hands and continued the game, clicking on “Try again,” since he had already been killed before.

In the next morning

      As Silver and Blaze promised Sonic and Amy, the next day, they both woke up early in the morning and headed to their friends' houses. At the same time, each of them took with them on the road suitcases with the necessary things for the hike, so to speak. Silver went to Sonic's house and stood on the porch and knocked on the door. By that time, strangely enough, Sonic had also woken up earlier, had already washed his face and even brushed his teeth, after which he ate his chili dog for breakfast as usual. When he heard a knock on the door, he opened the door and saw a white hedgehog on the threshold and hugged him. — Let's get out of here before your Aggie gets back to his old ways. — Silver said jokingly. — Yes Yes. — Sonic nodded. Silver, holding things in his hands, jumped on Sonic's back and he, holding him on himself so that he did not fall out, ran at super speed quickly from his house. Along the way, Silver even imagined that it was like he was on his own, just like Sonic was running. Blaze at this time ran to Amy Rose's house. She knocked on the door, but Amy, unlike Sonic, did not wake up in the case of Silver. She was still sleeping and didn't even really get ready. The cat was more patient and waited for Amy to open the door, knocking on the door from time to time. Amy, after the tenth knock on the door, was already starting to wake up and remembering what she and Blaise were going to do today, she gasped in fear, after which she immediately quickly began to get ready and get dressed, without thinking. — I'M COMING!!! I AM NOW!!! — Amy’s screams were heard from inside the house, and Blaze, waiting for her, grinned in disbelief, shaking her head and looking somewhere to the side. Rose by that time had managed to put on her red skirt with long and black shorts. In addition, as a joke, she put a red elastic band on her back, tucking her needles on her head into it, making another ponytail. - That's it, I'm ready. Went? — Why are you going out like this? — Well, yes. My everyday clothes. I always go out in it when everything is calm on the street and no evil is expected. — We were going to the beach, after which we would have to swim for a very long time from there. — Oh exactly! — The hedgehog slapped herself on the forehead and slammed the door, quickly looking for a swimsuit among her things in the closets. — I forgot to take my swimsuit with me. — she added to herself and, having found it, packed it into a suitcase, taking one thermos with two cold ice creams inside. Then she finally goes out: — That’s it, now I’m definitely ready. — Are you sure? - Blaise asked, and Amy nodded in response. — Okay. Went! While they were walking along the yellow path, they talked for a short time along the way: — By the way, how is Silver? — Oh yes! About him. I hope you don’t mind, but yesterday he accidentally overheard our conversation with you and decided to come with us. — Will he also swim with us? — Not really. He just wanted to be on the beach and sunbathe while we were away. And he also promised to bring a friend with him so that he would not be bored without us. — Well, in general, I don’t mind. It will be more fun with company. True, I will even be a little ashamed that he will remain on the beach, and only we will swim. Isn't this feminism? — asked Amy. — No no no. We will simply honor the traditions of the ancient echidnas who hid the treasures. Since they were hidden by female individuals, then in essence we must find it. After all, with a man it will be like... Well, isn’t it right? — Blaze tried to explain somehow. They left the forest and went out to the large ocean, from where small waves washed ashore. There were sands nearby and the beach was visible before our eyes. The hedgehogs Sonic and Silver were already on the beach, having arrived there before the girls. They had already managed to swim a little in the shallow water, and Sonic even floundered a little, afraid that he would drown. Now they put their towels on the sand and lie down, looking directly at the circle of fire in the sky with sunglasses. — Hey, boys! — Blaze greeted them, waving her hand. — Sonic? Amy was surprised to see him on the beach today. And he himself was shocked to see her there. But still he was glad to see her. Getting to his feet, he stretched out his arms and began to hug the hedgehog back, as she had already rushed to hug him. — I couldn’t even think that we would all cross paths here. — said the blue one. — Me too. — Silver lied so as not to give himself away, but he quietly winked at the cat and she winked back at him. Suddenly the white man felt sweat on his forehead. — Ugh! It's so hot. It's a shame there isn't an ice cream shop here. — So I’m driving away now. There is a stall nearby. I'll be back in half a minute. - Sonic said and rushed away like a bullet. Amy took out a thermos with her ice cream from her suitcase and gave it to Silver. — Hold it! — Thank you, Amy. — the psychokineticist thanked her, opening the lid of the thermos and taking out one of the two still cold and fresh ice cream with blueberries. The second one was with vanilla. Having put the blueberries in place and taken out the vanilla one, Silver decided to save the second one for Sonic. — We’ll also step away for a minute. — said the cat, holding hands with the hedgehog and going behind a large stone rock. Although this is not a changing room, it will also do, because there is no one on the beach except the four of them. Here they decided to change clothes. Having put down her suitcase with her things, Blaze was the first to start changing clothes, and Amy, with her back turned to her, looked straight into the sea, and at the same time studied the very map that Blaze gave her. — What wonderful landscapes. It’s strange that almost all echidnas have become extinct long ago, because they are excellent artists, it seems to me. — Well, yes. Even Knuckles appreciated the card's quality. — the princess did not deny, having finished changing clothes, after which she took out a cylinder with a supply of oxygen inside, an oxygen mask and underwater goggles for her eyes. — All! Now it's your turn to change clothes! — Okay, I'll be quick! — She was already preparing to change clothes with a smile and then froze, almost fainting. The cat is dressed in a dark blue lilac swimsuit, but closed on the belly side, with light blue and semi-green stripes between the areas of the hips and shoulders, as well as covering the belly. At the same time, like a backpack on my back, there was a cylinder and an oxygen mask with goggles. — What? — the cat almost began to worry about her friend. — Uh... Did you seriously say that we would literally swim... Underwater? — she asked her. — Well, yes... the princess answered and a guess immediately came to her mind. — In general, I knew that you would forget about the most important thing, so I stocked up on the second one for you. — she added and took out from her suitcase a second bottle with goggles and a mask, exactly the same. — When you change, put them on right away! Rose did not argue with her friend, she picked up the bottle and mask and placed them on a large stone for now. She put her suitcase next to her and began to change clothes herself. Blaze at that moment, also polite, turned away and waited. Amy, as promised, changed very quickly. — Ready. — she said. Hedgehog, unlike Blaze, was wearing an open blue swimsuit. The bra was a little larger, reaching almost to the neck, and there were pink stripes at the bottom and top, not counting the pink threads that held the hedgehog’s shoulders. The blue briefs also had pink stripes between the thigh areas. In general, Amy took the words about the beach seriously and hoped to sunbathe, which is why she chose only this swimsuit. She couldn’t even think that they would literally float. When Blaise saw Amy in such a swimsuit, she grinned a little, covering her mouth with her hand, and her cheeks were already covered with blush from shame. By that time, the hedgehog herself had also already put her balloon on her shoulders and put on a mask and goggles. — Did you swim? — SILVER, SONIC, WE WILL GO AND SWIMM A LITTLE BIT, AND YOU DON’T LOSE US!!! — Blaze shouted behind the rock. — FINE. — came the answer from Sonic, who had already returned by that time. The cat and the hedgehog stand in shallow water, slowly plunging into the water first with their feet, and then swimming even further, they dived into the depths. The hedgehog was a little nervous with fear that she might drown or choke. But it’s still good that her friend thought of taking scuba gear. There was still a supply of oxygen, so you could not be afraid and stay under water all day until night. But still, you shouldn’t stay underwater for too long, as Blaze showed in sign language. Although oxygen masks were worn over the entire muzzle of each of them, they still did not risk talking, but simply breathed. The cat, holding a flashlight in her right hand, with which she illuminated deep and dark stones with lands under water, illuminated the path and looked around, and her right hand was held by Amy, swimming after her and trying to keep up. The fact that they were very deep and dark scared her a little, but curiosity helped her overcome her fear and swim further. Swimming further and further into the darkness, they wandered into an underwater cave. Then the hedgehog escaped from Blaze’s hand and stopped, afraid to swim there. — What are you doing, Amy? — she asked, thanks to the mask that did not let water into her mouth and nose. — Sorry, I... I'm just a little scared. We've already sailed so far. And there in the cave it is so dark and scary. What if we swim there, and then a shark attacks us?... Or a kraken? — Amy, don't be a coward! You are stronger and braver than you think. You will overcome any danger, even sea monsters. Besides, I’m next to you and I’ll protect you if anything happens. — the friend reassured the hedgehog, taking her hand again and leading her into the cave. — The main thing is to stay close and don’t swim even a step away from me! — Okay, Blaze. Just don’t let me go either! — Surely. What makes you think that I would leave you alone? Blaze lit the path with a flashlight and swam on. They looked around everything, looking for the place that was displayed on the map, but on the way everything was the same. Corals, stones overgrown with moss and algae, and a little sand. Suddenly they noticed a stone slab on the ground on the way. — Wait! — Rose asked and, out of curiosity, swam up to the stone slab to examine it and touch it at the same time. Rose touched the slab lightly and felt hard stone, like obsidian or concrete. The slab is not yet overgrown with moss, but is well preserved. She turned her gaze back towards Blaze. —This stone is not covered with moss, like everything else here. — What could this mean? — the cat thought out loud and rubbed the back of her head with her free hand, since it was inconvenient to scratch it under water. Suddenly she remembered what Knuckles had told her. “He said that the temple was built a long time ago in good faith, so that even after a hundred years, under any circumstances, it would not be damaged or polluted. Maybe it's... a path? — her assumption was confirmed when she shone the light on the slab and raised the light of the lantern further, seeing a whole bunch of similar slabs on the way. The friends clapped their hands together and they swam further along the trail of slabs. Blaze and Amy swam only forward, since the slabs ended at the place where they noticed her. Amy, on the one hand, understood that they had not met any fish or sea creatures here and would probably never meet them. Maybe no one lives in this ocean at all, but on the other hand she was still scared. What if a huge sea monster attacks her from somewhere? Blaze, holding Amy by the hand, was not afraid of anything and swam further, illuminating every slab on the way. They swam for a long time and counted each slab with their thoughts, until the cat accidentally hit her head on something stone along the way. — Are you hurt? — Amy was scared. — Everything is fine. — Blaze assured her and looked around. On the way there was a statue covered with moss and algae. This is probably someone's monument. — This is probably a monument to one of the echidnas, which decided to build a temple here... So we are already close. — Yeah. And I was already thinking of letting out a little yellow goo out of fear. Despite their fear, they swam further. The plates were divided into several paths, but they floated only forward, since the path to the tomb or temple may be located ahead in the center. They swam on until after about half an hour they swam to a huge stone door. As you might guess, this is the gate of a temple with treasures. The friends began to examine the huge square cobblestone around. A huge gate with elongated stones and walls until at the very top it ends with a roof covered with sand, stones and coral. Between the roof and the gate there was a slightly elongated slab on which were depicted rock and elongated images of echidnas. The round elongated stones seem to look suspicious, as if one of them should be a button that needs to be pushed to open the gate. After looking at each other, they began to search. Any round tile was not pushed, not just one. They continued to look for the button until Amy found one round eye of some monster that looked like Chaos when he was enraged and wanted to flood the whole world. This slab was a little wobbly, as if it had been moved many times. I just started pushing it, but I didn’t have enough strength, the tile only moved a little, and then pulled back again. Rose wasn't strong enough to move it. Blaze swam over to help and they tried pushing the tile together. The button, under pressure from both women, was pushed in and stuck inside, and the gate very slowly rose up, thereby opening a passage. Amy and Blaze shined their flashlights from above the button and watched as the gate opened. Suddenly, when the gate stopped rising, a bunch of school of anchovy fish swam out. Blaze went down to the entrance to the gate first and looked around, shining a flashlight inside. Amy followed her down and without hesitation they swam inside the temple, when suddenly the gates closed behind them, thereby blocking the exit. The hedgehog already wanted to panic at this moment, but she controlled herself, only swallowing slightly. — Do you think we can find another way out of here? — Trust me. I hope so myself. How are you? Aren't you too scared? — No, but... It's a little cold here. — Amy answered, rubbing the cool water with her palms on her shoulders. Blaze swam closer to the hedgehog, hugged her and tried to use the power of the flame to warm her friend. But since they were under water, only steam emanated from the cat, which slowly dissolved in the water. Nevertheless, warmth emanated from the cat, even from the smoke, and warmed the hedgehog a little. — Thank you. — Please. After that, Amy and Blaze floated further along a huge corridor of brick slabs and columns. They passed rock paintings and scratches on the wall. Out of curiosity, Blaze shone the light on the drawings on the wall and examined them, while Amy shined her flashlight forward and swam straight ahead. She didn’t care at all about the rock paintings, she only cared that they would quickly find what they came here for and get out of here as quickly as possible. She even cried and was afraid almost in her heart, but she tried not to show it on the outside of her body, so that her friend would not worry about her. The cave paintings were curious and interesting only to the princess. One of them even had one that resembled a mural and in the temple where Knuckles was guarded by the Master Emerald. Even the master emerald himself was depicted in one of the drawings. Basically, what’s also interesting is that all the echidnas painted on the walls were depicted as women. No male echidnas were depicted here. So Knuckles and Blaze's theory is confirmed. On the way there was another stone gate, only this time it was sliding to the sides. True, there were no handles so that you could pull them. Blaze took out from under the fur of her head a small stick with a black lever, which, by pulling it, she extended the stick into a long crowbar. The cat stuck one sharp end of the crowbar into the slot between the doors, grabbed the middle with its hands, and began to push off the wall with its legs, pushing the crowbar away from itself. Amy was on the other side, also grabbing the crowbar and vice versa, pulling it towards herself. Through force, they pushed the stone doors to the sides and opened it slightly. It was impossible to open it even wider, since the crowbar would have to be positioned exactly for this, so we had to somehow swim further through the narrow passage. — Light the way for me while I try to get through! — asked the cat, turning off her flashlight and hiding it in the fur on her head, after which she tried to walk through the small slot between the doors sideways. Amy stood outside for now and she herself was shining her way further, and at that time the cat was passing through the gap, holding her back and hands to the wall. The gate was thick and long, so it took Blaze a long time to crawl through it. The cat didn’t even suspect that a shark was swimming somewhere in the darkness on the other side. Even Amy didn’t see her, since she kept shining the flashlight on her. Amy also wanted to swim after her friend, but something scared her. It was so dark and scary there. Something inside her was telling her not to go there just yet. — Let's swim! — Maybe I’ll wait here for you for now? Well, I'm just a little afraid. — Okay, wait here for me for now. Suddenly there will be a shark! — the princess joked with a grin and swam further herself, while the hedgehog remained outside for now. She didn't believe that intimidating joke, considering that they were probably in a place where there were no sea predators at all. She saw Blaze take out her flashlight, turn it on and swim on. The paths were divided into three corridors, forward, left and right. Without hesitation, the cat swam to the left. After a couple of minutes, Amy again felt the coldness of the cool water, since it was so dark here and not a single ray of sun fell here that she lightly rubbed her shoulders. She could only wait for Blaise to return.

At the same time

      Sonic and Silver were still lying on the beach, sunbathing in the sun and discussing what each of them had happened yesterday. Suddenly, Sonic began to be drawn towards the sea. Although he was afraid of water and did not know how to swim, something was bothering him, as if someone was in trouble and someone there needed help. And Amy and Blaze take too long to swim and don’t get out of the water. Maybe something happened to them, he thought. — Are you okay? — Silver asked him. — I'm a little worried about Amy and Blaze. They haven't been around for a long time. How are they doing? — Don't worry about them. For example, I believe in Blaze. She is very strong and brave even alone without my help and will cope with all obstacles. I'm sure Amy won't go missing either. She is also quite strong and brave, and you simply underestimate her. — I know. I'm just a little afraid for her... Can I trust you with a secret? — Certainly. — the white hedgehog confirmed and the blue one began to explain to him: — I’m actually still in love with Amy. But I never reciprocated her love because I am always afraid for her. What if she gets hurt or dies? For this reason, I still cannot have a love relationship. I'm just afraid for her. And now, when she is with Blaze, but despite her, she is still alone there in the sea... Without me... I had to swim after her to at least make sure that she was okay. Sonic stood on his bare blue mortars and began to run towards the water, when the psychokineticist grabbed him from a distance in a blue aura and did not allow him to escape. — You have nothing to be afraid of, Sonic. Just trust that they can handle it and don’t be afraid of anything. The main thing is to relax and enjoy life, and at the same time the air of freedom. There is no need to do the same things all day long and strain yourself with running around, overloading yourself. You need to think about your health and condition at least once. — Yes, perhaps you're right. — Sonic agreed, after which Silver let him go and was the first to lie down on his towel again, falling face down into the sand, deciding to tan on his back.

Let's go back to our friends!

      The pink hedgehog one swam from time to time from wall to wall, next to the slightly opened door back and forth, thinking about something, and at the same time moving her arms and legs from time to time just to warm up a little and not freeze. The hedgehog suddenly heard a strange sound, somewhat reminiscent of some kind of clicking mechanism. It came through both walls behind the door, but it lasted for a very long time and without stopping. Amy scratched her right ear, trying to listen to these sounds and what they meant, but not understanding anything, she decided that she was probably just imagining things. At this point, Rose got tired of waiting. She began to worry about her friend and decided to also slip through the door and swim after Blaze. First, she put the turned-on flashlight on the floor and, pushing it lightly, rolled it forward through the crack in the door. The flashlight flashed through the door and stopped at the other end of the corridor. All that remained was for Amy herself to slip through the door and go through it. The sounds of mechanisms and clicks became a little louder and sounded faster. However, the hedgehog tried not to pay attention to them and slowly crawled on, sideways, pressing her back and arms against the wall. At the other end of the corridor, through the gap between the doors, first the large head of the hedgehog appeared, followed by the left arm, the torso and the right arm. Using her hands, she pushed off the walls of the gate to get out faster and easier. The left leg came out first, but unfortunately the right leg didn’t have time to come out. The sounds of mechanisms and clicks stopped and at the same time, the stone gates, which had been pulled slightly to the sides, moved like a bullet and closed again. The doors slammed shut, closing itself again and at the same time accidentally trapping the hedgehog’s leg between itself. So much so that the stone gate leaned against it, and the leg in this area completely flattened and became flat. Amy felt something grab her and press her down so hard and painfully that she even screamed at the top of her lungs for seven seconds. However, all the corridors and paths here were filled with water so much that no one heard her scream. When the pain finally went away and the hedgehog no longer felt any pain, she turned her gaze to the door. The door through which she slowly walked sideways closed behind her again, and her right leg was squeezed between the doors, so that her large and pink thigh was slightly flattened to the size of one millimeter between the gap at the stone cobblestones of the gate. Rose's thigh began to stick out between the gap measuring ninety centimeters in height and one millimeter in width, and going from the gap in the door to the crotch of the hedgehog in blue swimsuit shorts, the size of her leg became again normally inflated to the size of ninety centimeters in height and ninety centimeters in width. The hedgehog waved her left hand and, leaning against the right door, tried to free herself. She pushes herself away from the wall with her hand, and the flattened thigh between the gap slightly stretches behind the crotch and sharply pulls back towards the gap. An attempt to free myself failed. She tries to free herself again, but nothing works. He tries again - to no avail. Continuously trying to free her foot from the door, Amy moaned slightly through clenched teeth. After the fifteenth attempt to free herself, Amy, holding her thigh with her hands, tried to pull her leg towards herself, but again everything was even. Only the sound of crunching bones was heard. At one point, she rested both hands on the gate behind her and tried with all her strength to free herself, but it still hurt to such an extent that she cringed in pain, and her leg only slightly stretched out, like an elastic band for a second, and pulled back. And in the background, the crunch of bones mixed with the sound of rubber was heard again. Out of anger, almost going crazy, the hedgehog hit the gate from behind with her left fist and grabbed her left hand in pain. — «Force will not help here. Me need to think about!» — her thoughts began to spin and she, looking around, began to think about how she could free herself from the doors. These thoughts even helped her to be a little distracted and not pay attention to the cold water. At this time, Blaze, floating through the dark corridors, got a little lost and didn’t know where to swim next. It was not a temple, but rather some kind of labyrinth with dead ends and surprises. It seems to her that this is the fifth time she has found herself in the same place with the tunnels divided into four paths. At that moment, the battery power of the flashlight was already slowly starting to run low, and it was so dark in the temple that you couldn’t even see your own hands. The flashlight light blinked for a couple of seconds and went out. It seemed that the anthropomorphic cat was in complete darkness and would not find a way out. But suddenly, quite by accident, precisely under such circumstances, she discovered another ability for herself, which she herself did not know about. Her golden eyes glowed almost like a night light in the darkness, and the princess herself had night vision, thanks to which, without the help of a flashlight, she was able to see from afar around her a whole bunch of long corridors in dark blue shades without a single ray of light. Without expecting it, she even looked at her right hand in shock, not believing that her eyes had so quickly adjusted to the darkness in a second. Looking around, she was convinced that far away on three of the four paths there were two more forks in two paths, and only behind her there was only one fork to the left. Without hesitation, she swam there. She again did not even suspect that at that moment a shark was swimming out from another tunnel, noticed a cat in scuba gear swimming to another tunnel and swam after her. And slowly, so as not to scare away your prey ahead of time. On the way, Blaze noticed two more forks to the right and left. Looking around thanks to her night vision, she noticed that very far away she could see a dead end on the path to the right, and the path to the left had three more forks and even further two more to the right and left. She swam to the left. Then, stopping in the middle of the first fork, she looked around and saw Amy on the left, who was standing near the gate, and her leg was pressed by this very gate. The hedgehog herself stood still and looked at her leg, thinking about how to pull it out. Apparently her flashlight is also dead and lying on the floor, which means she can’t see anything at all. The cat swam closer to the hedgehog, and when she heard that someone or something was swimming towards her, judging by the glow in the form of yellow and scary eyes, she screamed: — A-A-AH... PLEASE, DON'T EAT ME!!! — Amy-Amy-Amy, be quiet! It is me! — Blaze reassured her. — Blaze? Is that really you? — Amy didn’t believe her ears and, touching her with her hands to feel her, recognized her. Feeling with his hands her head, with her muzzle, oxygen mask, shoulders, arms, waist, and even feeling her hips to make sure it was her. — How did you find me?... In general, you found me! — I’m shocked myself! For the first time in my life, I learned that I could see in the dark. Why are you here? Shouldn't you have stood outside and waited for me? — the cat asked, and the hedgehog blushed with shame and looked away: — Well, I... You see, I just started to worry that you took so long and decided to swim after you. But they took this gate and... Well, that’s it! - she explained to her, pointing with her hands to her leg sandwiched between the doors, hoping that she could see it too. Moreover, the angle of her gaze successfully fell directly on the hedgehog’s stomach, crotch in her panties and thighs. At first, Blaze herself blushed and even smiled for a second, noticing how her leg was pinched by the stone gate. She doesn’t know herself, but for some reason she was so attracted to this view that it seemed to her, on the one hand, cute to look at, how she found herself in such a hopeless situation and suddenly stuck. Plus, considering that she was wearing swimsuit bottoms, it even looked a little sexy and would have looked even sexier when she showed herself trying to pull out her bare and flattened leg. On the other hand, the situation is really a complete “Ass” in the bad sense of the word. — Don't worry! Now I will free you! — she said, moving away from her slightly lustful thoughts, taking out her mini-crowbar, which she immediately lengthened, stuck the sharp end into the millimeter gap between the gates and then grabbed a kind of lever with her hands and began to push off from the wall with her feet. — Gr-r-r-r... Come on! Pull the crowbar towards yourself! — Okay. — the hedgehog answered, she felt the crowbar with her hands, after which she took hold of it and began to pull it towards herself, and Blaze, on the contrary, pushed to reopen the gate to the size of the same gap. The door gave way slightly, and the flattened leg inflated again, like a balloon, and finally came free. — Thank you, Blaze — Fine! It's strange that after this you are still alive. — All questions on this topic should be addressed to the writers, Blaze! — the hedgehog made an excuse, pointing her finger somewhere to the side and down. The cat took her freed friend by the hand and they swam back to the fork, when suddenly a white shark appeared on the way, and Blaze shuddered a little, standing in place. She really didn't expect to see her here. The sea predator slowly swam up to both victims and happily ran its tongue between its lips, finally preparing to feast on the two victims. — What's the matter, Blaise? — Amy got a little worried, which made Blaze in a stupor and floated back. — There's a shark here! — she answered briefly and fearfully. She, of course, could use the power of fire to fry this fish, but since they were under water, her powers would not work here and most likely it would simply form steam, which means it was useless to resist her against the fish, as well as the fact that saving herself nowhere. They are literally at a dead end. The predatory fish had almost gotten too close and was about to open its mouth when Amy suddenly became bolder. Although she didn’t see anything, she knew that her friend was in danger and needed to be saved. Snapping the fingers of her right hand, holding it up, she called her old favorite hammer into her hands and, swinging it, hit the fish in the face, forcing it to swim to the side and releasing a little red liquid from its mouth, and in one go, let out a growl in pain. — DON'T YOU DARE EAT US, MONSTER!!! GET OUT WHILE YOU STILL!!! — the hedgehog shouted and swung her hammer from above, hitting the shark on the head. The predator realized that it was useless to hunt and eat these, since they were so violent and most likely they would kill him before he had time to eat them. Rybina turned back and swam away, leaving those two friends alone, preferring not to contact them anymore. Although the hedgehog did not see the shark, she heard how the predator, by the sounds of bubbles and small waves under the water, heard how it probably retreated, frightened of her. Blaze was shocked and at the same time she smiled back, even though Amy didn't see it. She hugged the hedgehog in order to somehow thank her for saving her. — How brave you are, Amy! — Oh, this is nonsense! Is it true! — Amy waved it off, putting her hammer aside. Then she remembered that they had been under water for so long that she began to fear that the oxygen supply would run out. — Blaze, since you can see well in the dark, can you see how much oxygen we have left? The cat looked at the indicator, which looked like a round clock and the arrow was pointing at the yellow line, almost approaching the red line. If she tells her the truth that she only has enough oxygen for half an hour, she will still be very worried. But the more she worries, the faster her lungs cleanse themselves and waste their oxygen supply. So I had to lie a little for good. — Don't worry. You still have an hour. — the lie worked for the good and the hedgehog relaxed, calming her breathing in one go. — How are you feeling? Does your leg hurt? — No. My leg doesn't seem to hurt anymore. Just a little cold. Rose replied, rubbing her shoulders against the cold. Blaze pressed herself into her embrace again and releasing steam, warmed her friend a little. — Okay, let's swim from here before someone else swims here. Amy took Blaze's hand and she pulled her along, using her vision to guide her. Still, not everyone can see well in the dark, like cats? They floated straight down the corridor from the gate, where they temporarily separated and reunited again. They swam a few meters forward, ending up at another fork left and right. Moreover, this time both paths here led to stairs leading up. Without hesitation, the cat turned right, followed by the hedgehog, still not letting her go. We climbed up the corridor until we found ourselves in a huge hall, somewhat reminiscent of a morgue mixed with a throne room and a storage room. — Where are we? — I don’t know yet, but the place looks like a throne room. — answered the princess. Suddenly, a glow emanated from somewhere in the center. When Blaze turned her attention to it, the glow was too bright that she almost went blind and covered her eyes with her hands. — Ah! Light! — Yes. I see him too. — said the hedgehog, drawing attention to the source of light emanating from the darkness. By that time, the cat quickly got used to the light and, having removed her hands again, except for the darkness and a not very bright glow, she saw exactly the same as Amy. They swam to the source of light and approached the mini-totem. In the center stood a wooden staff with a red crystal. This is probably a rod. - This is the treasure of the female tribe of echidnas? — Yes. This is probably their sacred weapon, which they treasured like the apple of their eye, because it protected them. That's why they revere him. — Blaze explained her assumption. The very semblance of the rod lay not just on a pedestal, but on a button, on that very pedestal, which the rod itself kept pressed under the pressure of its weight, for the button itself can stretch to the top. She already wanted to take it right away from the pedestal herself, but first she looked around to see if there was any warning sign around or at least on the pedestal, and she finally found it. The inscription was in the ancient language of echidnas and was displayed on the pedestal. — Look, there's a warning! Amy swam closer to her friend and, also noticing the inscription, began to read it out loud: — Anyone who dares to desecrate the honor of our tribe and steal the sacred finger of Tikal will be buried forever along with the entire city and thereby severely punished. - Having read the inscription, she again looked at the semblance of a staff and, feeling it with her index finger and thumb, thought out loud: — I think this staff is no heavier than my hammer. — What are you hinting at? The hedgehog raised her left hand to the top, snapped her fingers and again called her hammer to her. — For now, just grab the staff, and when I say “Now!”, sharply pull it out, and I will put my hammer on the pedestal plate instead. — Okay. Blaze did not argue with Amy and put her hands on the rod, trying to just hold it for now, but not pull it out without a command. Amy, holding her hammer, put it with the handle towards the top and was preparing to put it down sharply. — NOW!!! — the hedgehog shouted and the cat abruptly removed the staff from the pedestal. At that moment, the staff stopped glowing and everything around went dark. But the cat immediately quickly got used to the darkness and began to see everything around her perfectly again. Amy, despite the darkness, very quickly put the hammer in place of the rod, pressing a little on the button on the pedestal in one go. Then she removed her hand from the handle, and the hammer continued to stand on the pedestal for a long time. The hedgehog abruptly removed her hand and closed her eyes in fear, fearing that they had done something wrong and the entire tomb was about to begin to fall apart, burying them under rubble of stones. She was silent for a long time in the darkness and asked: — Did it work? — Yes. I have it. — but the cat was happy early. The rod was so old and wet that it completely fell apart, falling out of the princess's hands. All that was left of the wand were pieces of wooden chips and, for now, a whole crystal. — Oh! — Oh? What's the matter? — The rod fell to dust. All that was left of him was the crystal. — Blaze explained. — Okay! At least we have something left. So we can go... I mean, sail away! — You're right. At least we have something left, which means the search was not in vain. — the cat thought out loud, picking up the crystal, hiding it in her fur on her head, then she took the hedgehog by the hand and they swam first to the ceiling to try to find an emergency exit. Usually, above the pedestals there was a glow in the form of a ray of the sun or moon. They found a certain square-shaped passage in the center, but it was blocked by a huge stone boulder. — Devil! It's packed! We can't get out. This time the hedgehog was tired of worrying and being afraid over such clichéd trifles, and instead of fear she felt anger. — Maybe someone else, according to the canons of the tomb adventure genre, will try to stop us? — she said furiously, snapped her fingers and summoned her hammer, which she immediately swung and hit the boulder blocking the exit to the surface. The stone broke and finally a ray of daylight began to enter the hall, which was slowly approaching sunset. — Uh... Isn't this the same hammer that you left on the pedestal? — Blaze asked. — No time! Let's sail away! — the cat said quickly, taking the hedgehog by the hand and they quickly swam upward through the resulting passage. Below them, at this time, the entire flooded city began to fall apart and collapse. All that was left of the ancient city was a pile of stones and bricks, forming the usual debris under water. Blaze and Amy, holding each other's hands, swam back to the surface of the water. Emerging outside, Amy removed the oxygen mask from her mouth, nervously began to inhale and exhale real air from the surface, and at the same time calm her breathing. Then she turned to the princess: — Are you okay? — Well, I didn’t drown, as you can see! - she joked in response. — You know... — Amy began to say sternly and seriously. — The fact that you found this map, I don’t understand where and from where... I decided that it was a treasure map... I almost doomed me to death, calling me with you on these dangerous journeys... Not only that, because of you were almost buried in that tomb under water... I almost suffocated because I almost ran out of oxygen... My leg was even pressed under the stone doors... And it was very painful... And even the shark almost ate us... Do you want to know what I think about all this... - asked Amy and from what she heard Blaze felt ashamed that the blush on her cheeks betrayed her shame. - This... Everything... Was... AMAZING!!! — at the last word that the hedgehog shouted, she raised both hands clenched into fists to the top. Not expecting such a reaction, the cat widened its eyes, and the hedgehog rushed to hug her friend, accidentally dipping her back into the water, even forgetting to take air into her lungs with her. Then, at the last moment, having thought about it, she let her go and they surfaced. - Well, Blaise. Overall, I enjoyed the adventures you took me on. It was like I was going shopping for the first time with a friend, that is, with you. And despite a couple of creepy and scary moments, I even had fun. I always wanted to go somewhere with you and be alone, but I couldn’t even think that you would arrange such a trip for us. And you know, I’m even sorry that this is the only, first and last time. And I would like to experience similar adventures and moments somewhere else a couple more times. Blaze, looking at the crystal they had obtained in her hand, thought about the hedgehog’s words and said: — Don't worry! If you're lucky, you or I will find another map and we'll set off together again. In the meantime, if you suddenly want, we can go shopping in the morning for your favorite purchases. — Is it true? - The hedgehog couldn’t believe her ears. — Have I ever deceived you? I always try to tell only the truth... Of course, I lied once that you still have a supply of oxygen. But I said this so that you wouldn’t worry too much, because the fact that you’re worried will cause the oxygen in your cylinder to be consumed faster. Here I lied for the benefit, so that you would not worry and live longer. But otherwise, I never lied to you. And believe me or not, decide for yourself! Rose thought about the princess's words and put her hand on her shoulder. — Okay, I forgive you. But don’t ever scare me like that again! Do you promise? — I give my word! — the cat answered with a smile on her face, sticking out her outstretched little finger on her right hand as a sign of trust. Amy stuck out her little finger in response and they shook each other's little fingers like hands. After making the oath of trust, the friends swam on the surface of the water, rowing with their hands back to the shore, from where they had sailed very far. They warmed for a long time, by that time the sun had already set over the ocean and sunset was coming.

At the same time

      Sonic, already tanned and all made up of dark blue needles, was lying on the sand, his right leg thrown over his left, and his hands behind his head. On his stomach, as a joke, Silver sculpted and made a sand castle out of sand. Instead of a flag on the roof of one of the towers, he placed a green leaf from one of the tree branches. Silver was absolutely calm and still believed that Blaze and Amy were fine and could return safe and sound. Sonic, on the contrary, sometimes thought about it from time to time, making a sour face and looking somewhere into the sky into emptiness. He kept thinking about Amy Rose and worried about her. Something seemed to tell him that something had happened to her and that he probably needed to swim with her, even though he was afraid of water and also did not know how to swim. But Silver won’t let him go so easily. Suddenly his stomach began to growl, and the blue hedgehog himself licked his tongue around his mouth. — I wanted to eat something. What about you, Silver? — Yes, me too. — the white hedgehog confirmed, then he remembered that Amy, before swimming into the sea, gave him a thermos with two ice creams inside. He took out a thermos, opened the lid and took out two ice creams, which were still cold. The thermos kept them well inside. The white hedgehog gave the blue one ice cream with blueberries, and kept the vanilla one for himself. — Here, try it! Amy left this ice cream in a thermos for us. — Amy! — calming down a little, Sonic said her name, hearing about her from Silver and looking at the ice cream. He lightly and trying not to tear the foil, removed it from the ice cream. The ice cream was dark blue and looked like chocolate in appearance, only without chocolate. He tried it, biting off a piece from the top and really liked the blueberry flavored ice cream. Silver enjoyed the taste of regular white ice cream. — How cold. The thermos preserved them well. — And I thought that only hot things are stored in a thermos and that the ice cream would melt in it. At that moment, a cat and a hedgehog swam out of the sea, rowing with their hands. Having reached the shore, they reached the shore in shallow water with their feet touching the sand. Coming out of the sea and going onto the sand, they greeted the hedgehogs, who were probably already bored and were almost dying of boredom waiting for them. — Sonic, Silver, we're back. — Amy called, waving her hand, so that they would pay attention to them. Silver and Sonic turned their gaze to them and were glad to see them. Even Sonic himself was most glad to see Amy, that she was alive, safe and unharmed and returned to the shore. Unable to bear it, he got to his feet, accidentally destroying the sand castle on himself and ran to the hedgehog, throwing himself into her arms and accidentally knocking her onto the sand and her head towards the water. — Hey, I spent half an hour building it. — Silver was a little upset about the castle, lowering his head until Blaze came up to him and put her hand on his shoulder. — Don't be upset! It's just a castle. Look what we got. — the cat boasted to the hedgehogs about the crystal they had obtained. Sonic and Silver looked at the jewel and were shocked with joy. — This is... Almost like a new Chaos Emerald... Probably worth millions?... — suggested Silver. — Or maybe you can give it to Eggman instead of the real Chaos Emerald to play it? - Sonic thought slyly out loud. —Actually, this used to be a staff in the temple, but it fell apart when we picked it up. — Rose explained, and remembering that it used to be a staff, she turned away for a second and sighed heavily in disappointment. — Although in the form of a staff it would probably be more expensive. — Don't be upset! At least you got something. Besides, I'm glad you're at least alive. - Sonic reassured her. — I... I can’t believe it?... Are you really worried about me? — Amy asked, and Sonic only hugged her in response, which she didn’t expect. She first widened her eyes, and then smiled and returned his hug. — The eternal mystery is love. — Silver grinned, looking at Amy and Sonic as they hugged, considering that Amy was in swimwear. — Agree. — Blaze also grinned, hiding the crystal behind her head. Then they also looked at each other and also hugged each other. All that’s left to do is to take photos as a souvenir against the backdrop of the sunset!

The next day

      Dr. Eggman decided to take another vacation, so on this day the Mobians had one more day to rest from heroic deeds. Amy Rose was looking through the photos in her photo album and at the end she put a new photo that she took with Blaze, Sonic and Silver against the sunset yesterday. Afterwards, she puts the album on the shelf among the other books, when suddenly a piece of paper accidentally fell out of the pile of books. At first she thought it was just garbage and wanted to throw it away, but before that she unwrapped the wrapper and saw that this piece looked more like a map. — Mini treasure map? Hmm... — the hedgehog suddenly came up with something and...

The End?