GeneX Generations
Chapter 3 - Little Amy
Stage - Collision Chaos - Sonic CD

Note: Sonic the Hedgehog and related characters are (c) SEGA and 
Sonic Team. You knew that, right?
GeneX and related fanchars are (c) 2BIT (TheGreatGator), the author.

"Sonic boom, sonic boom,
Spinning through a world in motion.
Sonic boom, sonic boom,
Take it all the way!" - Sonic Boom, Sonic the Hedgehog CD


Copter and Dimentime saw a brightly lit area ahead. It was lit with neon signs, and it seemed to be some sort of high tech club of some sort. Like the other areas, some of the color had been drained away. "It looks somewhat similar to the casino Sonic ran off to, but kinda different, too." Copter said. One of the signs read "Collision Chaos." Dimentime scratched his head. "I've never seen this place. But maybe our friends are frozen in there." he reasoned. "Aw, no! I remember this place!" came a voice behind them, startling the two foxes! It was Amy Rose, who had followed them! "This place is from the Little Planet! Dr. Eggman first started coming between me and Sonic here!" she groaned. Copter looked at her with a puzzled expression. "Uh... No kidding. Speaking of Sonic... Why aren't you with him?" he asked. Amy sighed unhappily. "Oh, he ran off without me, and I can't catch up..." she said, clenching her fists and glaring with determination, "Well, I'm not getting left out of all the action this time! If I can't go with Sonic, I'll settle for going with you! Let's get to the bottom of this mysterious white... whatever's going on!" she insisted. Copter and Dimentime both rolled their eyes. "No way! It'll be way too dangerous! Err, probably!" Dimentime said. "Besides, I'm pretty sure you hate me." Copter added. Amy was taken aback. "Wha... Whoever said I hate you? I do not! Just because I think you've been a little stupid for working with Eggman in the past, and that you kinda smell funny, and the fact that you look like Tails but don't act anything like him kinda weirds me out... That doesn't mean I hate you!" she protested. Copter held his forehead with his hand while Dimentime looked away awkwardly. "Well, we're not gonna babysit you. You'd better keep out of trouble." Dimentime warned. Amy nodded. "Trust me, you've got nothing to worry about! I'm much tougher than I look!" she said. Copter chuckled. "You'd have to be..." he joked. "What'd you say!?" Amy growled. Dimentime groaned. "No infighting, you kids. Let's get going already." he insisted. Amy scoffed and walked ahead. "He's the kid!" she said, leading the way into Collision Chaos.

Upon entering, they saw that Collision Chaos was essentially a giant pinball machine, not unlike the place Sonic had run off to. However, this one was more Robotnik's kind of place, with a much more mechanical feel to it, though oddly the metal was colored pink for some reason. There were some signs of the area's former natural environment, like patches of grass, but it seemed Robotnik had been working on replacing it with his own personal playground. As they were walking along, taking in the scenery, they soon caught a glimpse of someone who was already in the zone and not frozen either. Amy gasped upon seeing her. It was a young, pink hedgehog, sporting a spiky set of quills similar to Sonic's. She was wearing a green shirt with a frilly yellow dress, and a familiar red headband. It was Amy, only younger! Copter blinked a few times upon seeing her, but didn't make the connection. "Cute kid. You know her?" he asked. Amy shook a little. "Th-that's ME!" she yelped. The younger Amy glanced in their direction, but didn't get a chance to react. Before anything further could happen, Metal Sonic flew onto the scene! The robot glanced at the little Amy and charged at her, grabbing her in his metallic arms and carrying her away! Copter and Dimentime started to chase, but he was out of sight before they could really begin to go after him! Amy stared in disbelief. "N-no way... That... Already happened... But Sonic was there for it. Augh!! Metal Sonic kidnapped me again!!" she screamed. Copter shook her. "Calm down, you idiot! You're right here!" he said. Dimentime looked out in the direction Metal Sonic had gone. "That was her younger self. Copter, I don't think this was supposed to happen right now. Not without Sonic. We should save her." he suggested. Copter shrugged. "Why? We already got one Amy." he pointed out. Amy glared at him. "What are you saying!? We've gotta save me, NOW!!" she yelled. Dimentime nodded. "Besides, if anything happens to her younger self, it could have drastic consequences on the rest of history. We can't let that happen." he explained. Copter chuckled. "I was just kidding. Let's go get her..." he said nervously, hoping Amy would stop glaring at him.

In order to proceed, the trio had to enter the giant pinball machine. There were a few robots patrolling within, but they didn't seem all that dangerous, so they dove right in. However, pinball isn't easy for everyone, and it's even harder when you have to be the ball yourself. As Copter stepped onto a flipper, he was instantly flung into a dizzying nightmare, complete with bumpers of several shapes and sizes, though most were round. The primary bumpers were red and white, with a yellow star in their center, and Copter found himself bouncing between several of them, back and forth, up and down, all over the place. He was starting to feel quite sick. "Stop the ride, I wanna get off!!" he shrieked, unable to control his bouncing in the pinball machine. Amy and Dimentime, on the other hand, had a somewhat easier time. Amy even used her hammer to smack the bumpers and control her trajectory to an extent, enabling her to reach the top and exit of the area first. Dimentime, however, had to take things slower, in order to rescue Copter. He spun his tails to stop his ride and grabbed the battered Copter, carrying him partway up before using a flipper to send them the rest of the way! Copter hit a flat bumper on the wall upon exiting the main pinball machine, and then tumbled into an odd signpost. "Ack!! Ohhh... Kill me... Please..." he moaned. Dimentime examined the signpost curiously. "Past" was written on it, and a few feet away was another signpost, with "Future" written on it. They looked like they would light up ordinarily, but they weren't receiving power. "I wonder what the purpose of these is...?" he said. Amy looked them over. "Oh. Those let you travel through time! Sonic used them when he was here." she recalled. Copter glanced at them. "What? Those things?" he muttered. Dimentime looked thoughtful. "Whatever's been manipulating time has probably rendered them useless. It's best to ignore them. We don't need to foul up time any more than it already is anyway." he reasoned. Amy chuckled. "We couldn't use them anyway! You need to get up tons of speed to time travel! Only Sonic could pull it off!" she pointed out. Dimentime chuckled. "Oh, there's more than one way to time travel." he mused.

It didn't take long before they found the building where Metal Sonic had stashed the younger Amy. What's more, they found Metal Sonic! "All right, robot! I'll teach you to kidnap me! Take this!!" Amy shouted, charging at the robot with her hammer, only to pass right through it and crash! "It's a fake?" Copter muttered in confusion. It was a hologram displayed from a nearby projector. The displayed image depicted Metal Sonic beating up a few small animals. "Now, that's just sick. Smash that projector so we don't have to watch it." Copter growled. However, before they could do it, the image changed to that of Dr. Robotnik! While Amy was busy trying to untie her younger self, Robotnik spoke to the two Copters. "Well done, foxes. You found my hostage. Now, here's the truth: I only captured that annoying girl to keep you fools busy chasing her! Metal Sonic's real mission is to find the Chaos Emerald hidden here! With it, Sonic won't be able to interfere in my plans! Ha ha ha ha! We now return to our regularly scheduled broadcast!" With that, the projector returned to showing images of Metal Sonic's brutality. Copter promptly smashed the projector. "Of course it was a trick! Lousy Eggman." he groaned. Amy turned around, having just finished untying herself. "Hm? Eggman? I missed it." she muttered. "He's after a Chaos Emerald." Dimentime explained. The younger Amy looked at her older self with an odd expression. "W-who are you...? Why do you seem... Familiar?" she asked. Older Amy smiled a little awkwardly. "Wow, did I really dress like that? Um, I mean... It's cute, but kinda silly. I mean..." she wasn't quite sure how to begin. Copter rolled his eyes. "Oh brother. It wasn't this hard for us to get past the whole 'I'm you, you're me' thing. Just get on with it." he said. The younger Amy stared with wide eyes. "Wait... She's ME!? Like, from the future!? I knew there was time travel going on in the Little Planet, but I didn't expect THIS!" she said. Dimentime tapped his foot impatiently. "Maybe we'd better leave her here. We're going after Metal Sonic." he said. The younger Amy shook her head and waved her arms. "Wait! Hold up!" she shouted.

"You're looking for some sorta Emerald? I think I saw one..." young Amy said. Older Amy looked skeptical. "Huh? I hadn't seen a Chaos Emerald before until after I left the Little Planet. Are you sure?" she asked. Little Amy made a shape with her hands. "It looked like this!" she said. Copter gasped. "I don't believe it! This means we have to take her with us!" he said. The young Amy still seemed a little surprised by her older counterpart, though. "So... You're me all grown up, huh?" she asked. Amy blushed. "Um, well... Practically." she said. The young Amy blinked a couple times. "You look OK, but... Why are you hanging around with these guys? They seem a little creepy. Especially that black-robed guy." she said. The older Amy sighed. "Well, it's a long story... But when I get back, I'm sure I'll meet up with Sonic again!" she said. The younger Amy's eyes lit up. "Sonic! All right! I hoped I'd still be in touch with him! So...? Are we married yet?" she asked. The elder Amy sighed. "He's still shy as ever, but I think I'm getting closer to him!" Young Amy cooed romantically. "Yeah... I'll never give up hope for my Sonic..." As they both began sighing in their romantic daydream, Copter cleared his throat. "Ladies, please! If we don't get that Chaos Emerald, Sonic might have trouble later on. You wouldn't want that, would you?" he said. Older Amy nodded. "Right! For Sonic, let's get that Emerald! Then, maybe he'll be impressed, and he'll ask me to marry him!" she cheered. Copter turned to leave. "You'd have to have a date first..." he muttered under his breath. "What'd he say?" the younger Amy wondered. "Ignore him." older Amy replied. As they exited the building, Copter glanced at Dimentime. "What's Sonic got that I haven't got?" he asked. Dimentime shrugged. "You want HER attention?" he asked. "Errr, no. Just thinking out loud." he said. "I dunno." Dimentime replied. Suddenly, all four of them yelped. Metal Sonic was a distance ahead, and he pointed back at them, commanding a horde of insectoid robots to swarm into the next pinball area! Younger Amy shrugged. "Oh well. We can do it! Right?" she said. "Shut up..." Copter grumbled.

The group tried walking beneath the pinball area, hoping to avoid the difficult to navigate area. However, Copter wasn't paying much attention to the floor, distracted by the blue moth-like robots swarming overhead, and stepped on a spring, which launched him into the air! He fell onto a flipper, and was hurled into a mess of bumpers and moth robots! Dimentime groaned. "Lucky my timeline is not connected to his in any way, or he could get me killed by getting himself killed..." he said, "Stay out of trouble, girls, I'd better go help him." He jumped on a spring and joined Copter in the air, smacking robots with his staff as he attempted to bounce closer to his hapless doppelganger. Meanwhile, the two Amys casually continued moving below them, avoiding the springs so as to stay out of the pinball mayhem. "This place wouldn't be so bad if it were better decorated. Those neon signs are an eyesore." the elder Amy remarked. "It could use a place to eat, too." younger Amy added. A few bulky ladybug robots were lurking around, but they weren't very mobile, so neither Amy thought much of them. Above, Copter's momentum was suddenly stopped as he landed in a hatch on the wall, apparently a "bonus target" or something. Inside, he was spun around rapidly. "No, no, nooooo!! Let me outta heeeeere!!" he screamed, before the hatch suddenly ejected him! Dimentime caught him by the tails as he flew out, flying just above the bonus hatch. "What am I going to do with you?" he muttered. Suddenly, they heard two screams below them! The two Amys were being surrounded by the moth robots, and also a group of green, mantis robots similar to the Slicer, but on wheels. Copter shook his head and composed himself, twirling his tails and flying out of Dimentime's grip so they could both fly off to help the girls. "Metal Sonic's gonna regret this!" he growled.

As Copter and Dimentime were getting close, the ladybug robots launched their attacks. They fired missiles at the foxes, taking them by surprise and forcing them to take evasive action! They dove into the moth swarm, causing the missiles to blow up a few of them, but also enabling the moths to strike back at them! The foxes were knocked low, and forced to land, where they now had to contend with the mantis robots. They hurled their bladed arms at them, and the Copters had no choice but to tackle the Amys to the ground to protect them from the blades! "Yaaaah!! Warn me next time you're gonna do that!" the older Amy yelped. The foxes scrambled to their feet and glared at the now disarmed mantis robots. Unlike Slash, they weren't designed to retrieve their arms. "You are so dead." Copter growled. Suddenly, they were struck from behind by some sort of sticky, stringy substance, which quickly tied the two of them up! "Ack!! What's going on here!?" Dimentime grunted. They turned around as they heard someone laughing at them. "Suckers! I got you while your back was turned!" A green robot resembling a scorpion was there, with a sort of gun for a tail. The tail pulled into the robot's body and switched out, now sporting a new barrel for its gun. "I tied you up in a web shot, but my gun is now a laser, so don't try anything funny! Hyah ha!! My name is Sting, and I'm usually stationed at Quartz Quadrant, but Dr. Robotnik sent me here to assist in the search for the Chaos Emerald!" the robot explained. Copter stared coldly at him. "Well isn't that swell..." he said. Sting motioned to his fellow robots. "You moths! Take 'em away! I've gotta catch up with Metal Sonic! You girls won't make trouble if I leave you here, right? Hyah ha ha ha ha!!" With that, the moth robots swarmed around Copter and Dimentime in order to carry them off, while Sting took off to meet up with Metal Sonic, leaving the Amys with the remaining robots. The older Amy stood up and took out her hammer growling. "Won't make trouble, eh?" she growled, running up and thrashing the mantis robots in front of her with her Piko Piko Hammer! One charged at her from behind, but before it could hit her, someone else smashed it! Amy turned around to see her younger self holding a smaller, but similar hammer to the one she was holding. "Let's go rescue those guys!" she grinned. Amy smirked. "Good hammer. It's a classic." she said. "Classic" Amy chuckled. "Your modern hammer's not bad, either!"

Since most of the robots had left with Sting, it didn't take long for the Amys to take the rest out. Then, Classic Amy started leading the way towards the spot where she'd seen the Chaos Emerald. "It's not much further away! Rescuing those guys and getting the emerald should be a piece of cake with two of us!" she said. Amy nodded, but as they reached the next pinball area, they saw something blocking their path. "Huh? What's this stuff? It wasn't here before!" Classic Amy muttered. There were a bunch of strange bubbles all over the pinball area, with an odd sort of nucleus inside them. "I guess it's part of the pinball game..." Modern Amy figured. A few moth robots were also fluttering around the pinball area, but that didn't worry them. They clutched their hammers and prepared to step onto the flippers. "We'll just have to pop those bubbles!" Modern Amy said. "Yeah! It's payback time, fake Metal Sonic jerk!" Classic Amy added. They launched themselves off the flippers and soared into the air, swinging their hammers to strike the obstacles as they neared them! The bubbles burst harmlessly when struck, despite the strange nucleus, they didn't appear to be explosive or otherwise dangerous. The moth robots didn't seem to attack much, either; they merely dropped a sort of dust below them as they flapped their wings. Classic Amy sneezed as she passed through some of the dust. "Blaaagh!! Yuck! Take that!" she shouted, hitting the robot back with her hammer as she flew by. A bit more bouncing and hammer smacking, and they managed to reach the top safely. They took a moment to catch their breath before hi-fiving each other. "All right! We rule!" Modern Amy cheered. "We're almost there! That way!" Classic Amy said, pointing. As they ran, they soon saw Copter and Dimentime tied up, with Sting and the moth robots nearby. Metal Sonic was a short distance away as well. Sting was busy ordering around the moths in different directions with no apparent goal in mind, and while he wasn't paying attention, Dimentime was breaking through his bonds using his staff! As the Amys approached, he broke free, and quickly saw to freeing Copter! "All right, bots! We've got the jump on you, now!" Dimentime yelled, startling Sting. The Amys ran up and started bashing moths with their hammers, while the Copters targeted the ones the girls couldn't reach. "Chaos Whirlwind!!" Their chaotic wind easily knocked out the robotic moths, leaving Sting in a panic! "Aaaah!! Ohhh... M-metal Sonic!!!" he screamed.

As Sting began to flee the area, Metal Sonic hovered overhead, clutching the purple Chaos Emerald in his metallic claws! "Hey, short Metal Sonic! I'm betting you're not the same robot who sets me free in the future! Why don't you put that down so we don't have to trash you?" Copter warned. Dimentime shrugged. "I... don't know. He could have been upgraded..." he muttered. "You're not helping." Copter grunted. Metal Sonic glared at them, tucked the emerald away in some compartment in his metallic body, and made some angry robotic noises. "I've got a bad feeling about this..." Amy said. An electric field surged around Metal Sonic's body, and then the robot blasted through the sky above, which was filled with neon signs, pinball bumpers, and other miscellaneous parts of Collision Chaos! As he smashed through a neon sign, it came crashing down towards the group, forcing them to dash out of the way! "So that's the way you want to play it!? All right, you punk!" Copter yelled. Looking around, they noticed that though this area was a bit more open, it, too was a pinball area, and there were springs and flippers around here as well. However, Metal Sonic had no interest in letting them get up to fight back. He fired up his jet engine and smashed into some bumpers, knocking them loose and grabbing them to toss at his enemies below! The Copters and Amys scrambled frantically out of the way as several bumpers came their way, and ran for the springs! Modern Amy was nearly flattened by one, but jumped up and bounced on top of it instead, which caused her to go flying in a random direction. "Yaaaaah!! I hate you, Metal Sonic!!!" she screamed. The others made it to some springs and launched themselves from flippers positioned in the air, but now had to watch out for Metal Sonic as he flew about, attempting to attack them both directly and with pieces of the pinball machine! Copter ended up tackled by the speedy robot, but struggled against it in the process, causing them both to crash into a flipper! The flipper knocked them both back into the air, separating them. They were battered, but neither was beaten. Classic Amy took advantage of the confusion to bounce between some of the remaining bumpers, using her hammer to control her direction a bit, until she caught up with Metal Sonic. She gave the robot a quick smack with her hammer, knocking it for a loop! "That'll teach you to kidnap me!!" she said, sticking out her tongue. Metal Sonic composed himself quickly and built up as much electrical energy as he could, firing it as a powerful blast in the direction of the three of them! Dimentime hurriedly flew after Classic Amy and pulled her out of the way, while Copter had bounced completely away from the attack. The blast left Metal Sonic dazed, and needing to recharge, so this was their chance. Copter flew at Metal Sonic and flipped in midair, giving the robot a powerful tail whip! The robot buzzed angrily, but it still didn't seem to be enough. However, before Metal Sonic could strike back, Modern Amy came flying up from below! "Taaaake THIS!!!" she shouted, slamming her hammer into the robot one more time! Metal Sonic began sparking, appearing to be taking a dangerous amount of damage. Suddenly, the robot blasted off at high speed, making a break for it! He smashed a few more bumpers as he went, tossing them back to make it impossible to pursue him! Despite their best efforts, Metal Sonic had escaped with the Chaos Emerald. "Sore loser!" Classic Amy shouted as she and everyone else made their way back to solid ground.

Soon, they'd made it to the exit of Collision Chaos. Metal Sonic was long gone, and there was no sign of any frozen people, but the color had been restored to the location. "Bah, what a wasted trip..." Copter grumbled. "Hey! We saved me! What do you mean wasted!?" Modern Amy growled. Classic Amy giggled a little. "It's OK. Sonic would have saved me. Oh, but thanks anyway." she said. Dimentime nodded. "You should be safe here. I don't think Robotnik will come back." he said. Classic Amy smiled. "OK. Good luck, guys. I'm glad I got to meet you. And... me. Hee hee!" she said. Modern Amy chuckled. "Yeah! Bye, then! Keep up the good work! Your future will be filled with romance! Count on it!" she said.

Outside, they soon found Tails again. Amy looked around, but Sonic was nowhere to be seen. "Awww... I missed him again..." she sighed, walking off dejectedly. Tails chuckled awkwardly. "Uh, yeah. He whizzed right through that casino. We've been there before." he said. Dimentime nodded. "Something tells me Sonic will have been to most places here before." he said. Tails chuckled. "Well, he's been all around the world! Now he's checking out that place with the giant mushrooms. It looked kinda familiar, too." he said. Copter glanced at the area Tails was pointing at. "Looks like... part of Angel Island... I'll pass." he said, turning and walking away with Dimentime. "Well, let me know if you find SPOT!" Tails said. Copter saw what appeared to be a base belonging to Robotnik in a secluded corner of the white space. "Dimentime... I'm sick of Robotnik messing with us." he said. Dimentime glanced at him, crossing his arms. "This is a dangerous road you're going down. Are you sure you're up to it?" he asked. Copter scoffed. "This whole place is dangerous. Let's just head into the belly of the beast now! Let's take the fight to Robotnik!" he suggested. Without another word, the two foxes started heading for the base in the distance, dominated by a huge statue of Dr. Robotnik. That scientist had gotten on Copter's last nerve, and now it was payback time!

To be continued...