Frozen Rose

Chapter 9- Ordering and Inner Thoughts

Amy waved goodbye as Cream went home through her window from her living room. She heaved a deep sigh and tried to sat on a chair, only to realize the condition of her living room. She groaned in irritation and went to the kitchen to get the broom, dust pan and plastic bags. As she set them aside, she decided to pick up the fallen pieces of glass and wood.

Realizing that most of her furniture is broken: some torn in half, others have claw marks and several were missing some parts, she have to buy another set of furniture again.

'This...is troublesome.' She stated in her mind. 

After three hours... 

Amy wiped a sweat on her face as she looked around the room. Everything looked like it was before, minus the furniture again. She walked to her phone and dialed a number and placed it on her ear. After the third ring, a voice spoke up.

"Hello, thank you for calling Mary's Furniture, how may I help you?"

"Hello, I'm going to need a light blue floral couch, two red one-seat upholstered love seat, a platinum coffee table, a black bookcase and..." Looking around to see if she's missing something. Seeing none, she said, "-that's about all."

There was a faint sound of scribbling pencil on a paper on the other line. After a few seconds, the other line spoke again. "Ok, got it. When do you want this delivered and where?"

"Is Delia still there?"

"Ahh, yes you know her?"

"She's a friend of mine. Just tell her that this is Amy Rose speaking and about the order, she knows where to find me. Is that okay?"

"Will do. Well thank you for ordering at Mary's Furniture, have a pleasant afternoon.Goodbye." 

Amy end the call and looked around to see if she was missing something else. When her eyes landed on her TV, she sighed in relief. 'At least its safe.' Looking around once more, she noticed that some of her paintings were gone. Only then did she remember she threw them away because it was also damaged.

Picking up the phone once again, she dialed a number and placed it on her ear. As quickly as she dialed, the other line picked up.

"Good day, you're calling Beauty Decor, how may I help you?"

"I want to order two blue flower designed vases and a painting of the four seasons, all four each."

"Very well, we will deliver it to you shortly. On what address?"

Amy gave her address and got the same reply so she ended the call. She took her cleaning utensils and went up to her room. After seeing it again, she couldn't help but sigh deeply. With determined eyes, she proceeded to work. 

After two hours...

Amy wiped the beads of sweat at the side of her face and gave a triumph look as her gaze wandered around the room. Everything was arranged neatly and was well-cleaned. Not much of a damage but she could fix it. She set her cleaning materials down and went in her bathroom to take another long shower. 

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As the water hit her body, she couldn't help but replay her earlier thoughts. If the seal is truly breaking, whom did Janus' sacrificed? Or maybe that Shadow Killer did? She didn't know but she had a bad feeling. However, anger easily replaced it at the thought of the either two sacrificing an innocent person for the sake of getting her powers.

Seriously. Maybe she should have freeze herself when she had the chance all those years ago. Sighing, she also couldn't help but feel guilty. She already knew that Sonic was suspicious of her. No one of her friends actually knew of her past, except that she was in an orphanage, but that's just it. They thought her family was dead, which were actually true but they were killed, and was considerate enough to not talk about it.

Sighing again, she couldn't help but allow her heart free from its cage. She let her tears fall with the water, each tears contained every emotion she felt all those years of hiding and protecting herself. Helplessness, anger, devastation, sadness, guilt, fear, weak, burden, useless, hatred, shame, frustration, disappointment, hurt and worry. 

Everything she felt when she failed to protect her parents with her powers and all those act and pointless years in the Sonic Team. 

Her chest tightened at the last supposed statement. An act. Yes. All those talk of being Sonic's girlfriend, asking him to marry her, chasing after him for all the continuation of her first life was just an act. 

An act to forget her past. An act to forget who she was. To run away from the life she was born in. All because of a monster she swore to destroy, so he cannot hurt the ones she love anymore.

Of course, she felt the guilt and shame of failing to help her friends fight their enemies. With her powers, she could defeat them in a minute, but with her hammer? Not so much. Nobody did know why her hammer is heavy to others and how its so strong. She just can't tell them.

This morning of indifference was also an act. Inside, she was scared. Like when she was a child when she saw her mother killed in front of her own innocent eyes and see her blood pool around her. 

She knew she can't be anywhere her friends anymore. If she does, they'll get involve in a mess they were not supposed to. Not to mention, if she seal is actually breaking, then the final process will be painful. It will take weeks for it to break but during those weeks, she'll feel an incredible amount of pain as if her insides burn.

It will be difficult for her considering her friends are sometimes too stubborn when it came to her. It also proves to be difficult when she was friends with the known heroes of Mobius. Staying in her house may not be a good idea. Especially when those deliveries arrive- she doesn't want them to get destroyed again.

And the last difficulty is explaining her powers. She knew she couldn't hide for very long. As long as that demon lives. And with the Shadow Killer- she has no doubt more will come- around, her friend would keep asking questions.

She turned off the shower and wrapped a towel around her body and exited the bathroom to look for something to wear. In the midst of searching, her mind was in a turmoil.

Should she flee again? But it seems everywhere she goes, dangers will follow.

Especially when the danger is a power-hungry demon and...herself.

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