Sonic: but...
Knuckles: no buts sonic, amy would want you by her side, end of
Sonic: fine.... i 'spose your right
Knuckles: good! now that thats settled, link found something like an amulet in the Dark Sector of the city, we should head out to his outpost and see what we can make of it
Tails: the sooner me and max can analyse it, the better
Sonic: *sigh*
Max: lets go before we depress sonic more
Sonic: oh that was so funny i forgot to laugh
Sharp: whatever, lets go

they left sonic standing there, with a heavy feeling of abandonment, after a quick glance at amy, he went to the window, she was still and peaceful, breathing slowly and deeply. If a starnger saw her now, they would never guess how hyper she is when she is awake.
The window didn't offer much of a view, a derelict city sprawled out before sonic, it's unnaturally silent, like it was usually very busy but that was suddenly taken away, sonic could see the street where he met the overlord, it was still half destroyed, he could see one of the massive holes in the wall where his body slammed against it, shadow's hole was on the other side, shadow had attacked him, wanting his life, even though he helped defeat the metal overlord in their last meeting, shadow was in the dorm rooms above, he said he would join the freedom fighters to get revenge on his old master, he truly was loyal about it, how long that loyalty would last however, was a different matter.

sonic thought again about the metal overlord, how metal sonic used robotnicks creations to transform himself into a powerful monster, but all the metal in the world would not help if he didn't understand love and teamwork, this new overlord however, this overlord is able to create life, something sonic had never seen before

Sonic: heh, this overlord would give the metal overlord a run for his money
Amy: what?

the peaceful reminiscence was shattered in an instant, sonics heart skipped a few beats, no way was she awake, she was so still and peaceful moments ago, or how long was he remembering the past?
sonic span round, amy was in a sitting position with a quizzical look on her face

Sonic: *thinking" dammit, fuck, holy shit crap what the hell do i do!?
Sonic: uhh, nothing.... you feeling better then?
Amy: i think so... what happened back there? all i remember is seeing shadow, but he looked blue, a bright light, then you talking about the metal overlord
Sonic:that wasn't shadow that attacked you
Amy: i guessed that much, i heard him earlier, i became concious when i was dropped on this bed, but i was too tired to life my eyes, last i remember hearing was tails saying "where the hell is sonic? he needs to look after amy", so who was the hedgehog that attacked me?
Sonic: he calls himself Darkness the hedgehog
Amy: darkness? i heard rumours... hold on!

and despite having rather nasty injuries she leaps out of her bed, and runs off

Sonic: ?

she cam back moments later with a heavy book

Amy: i borrowed this from link
Sonic: borrow? or take?
Amy: the latter, does it really matter right now?
Sonic: not really no....

Amy was already flicking through the pages, then with an "Aha!" finds the right page, and gives the book to sonic to read, the extract read:

"Darkness the hedgehog [referred to as DTH hereafter] is the legendary warrior, possessing great power beyond that of any creation of life or machine, this power is locked by 4 cuffs,these cuffs are magically sealed, and need a special power other than chaos power to unlock, once unlocked DTH would have enough power to become a living doomsday weapon, however, there is one drawback to this ultimate warrior, is that it must be created from the strongest force of light and dark hedgehogs available on the planet, in this planets case, Sonic the hedgehog, and Shadow the Hedgehog, the power of love and teamwork from sonic would make DTH wonder whether or not to choose the light, or dark path in life, choosing one will make DTH sworn enemies of all those in the opposite genre, many factors li....." [the rest is missing]

Amy: see? this darkness was created to choose the dark path! we have to warn the others!
Sonic: how can we? they went out to see link at his outpost
Amy: well we will have to wait for them to come back then wont we?

and so they waited, they started talking about nonsense stuff and ended up having a few laughs together

Sonic: *thinking* maybe i was wrong all these years? she is a good friend, i actually do enjoy her company

they learned lots about each other, but sooner or later all good things end, and this happy chat was no exception, Amy needed the toilet, and while she was gone someone Sonic did not know came in

???: sonic, link needs you in his study, ASAP
Sonic: i'm, waiting for amy to return first, who the hell are you anyway?
???: Axe, Axe the hedgehog, amy can wait, link needs you now!
Amy: ok, i'm back!, oh? hi axe!
Axe: hi, look, amy can come if she wants, but you are needed in links study now!!
Sonic: fine....

{NOTE!: a description of axe may be found here}

they went to link's study, it was full of books, amy brought the one she "borrowed" with her, everyone was there, even shadow
Link: oh my god oh my god where is the blasted thing?
Amy: this?
amy gives back the book
Link: HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU NOT TO TAKE MY BOOKS WITHOUT ASKING!!!??
Amy: geez, sorry, but i needed to check something
Link: well next time ASK! ok?
Amy: fine, now what is it?
Link: look at this...

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The overlord is in his board room
Overlord: i am.. disappointed... very disappointed
EmerlBot: *SIR, WE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF DARKNESS' GOOD SIDE, ALL PLANS WERE FLAWLESS*
Overlord: that creation of mine was made with half good energy, that must be the cause, that hedgehog has the power of love and teamwork, that power ruined me before, it will NOT happen again! it is time, time to put stage 2 in effect, GO! we must prepare...
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Darkness is still sitting on the mountain top, he stands
Darkness: the moment has arrived, i shall show my true colours, and destroy all who oppose my decision, they shall face my wrath

well isn't this a bit of a cliffhanger? sonic finds out what link found, the Overlord is acting on his master plan and Darkness has made his decision, 3 choices await you, which story do you want to read next?

Vote option:
A, to follow Sonics story
B, to follow the Overlords story
C, to follow Darkness' story

whichever choice you choose, that's the person the next story will focus on, so which will it be? find out what Link has discovered? find out more about the Overlords master plan? or see which choice darkness has made? 7 voting positions, all vote.... NEXT TIME! Voting is closed on this episode! the winning option is... C

Option A has 1 vote
Option B has 3 votes
Option C has 4 votes

0 voting spots are open, voting is closed, but be cautious, your vote may end up ultimately deciding whether or not sonic succeeds in his new quest (yes, even this choice can influence the end, it's up to you)

UPDATE: the polls are closed

UPDATE2: this is omg lol funny! ^^

here is a diagram to help you understand what the votes were about (although it doesn't matter now)