-Amy's Dimension-

"Hehehe... It's almost time..." A pink hedgehog wearing a red dress softly spoke to herself, she used her feet to readjust a nearby rug while pocketing an object in her hands.

A light peach colored rabbit came into the room and startled her. Freezing for a split second she then opened her mouth to address the intruder.

"Cream! What have I told you about barging in here whenever you feel like it?" The pink hedgehog scolded the little rabbit. "Out out out!"

Cream was shooed out of the room quickly and just as she had been booted out the hedgehog slammed the door swiftly. Standing there for a second Cream became confused. Why has Amy been acting so weird lately? She thought to herself.

"Amy? Amy! I just wanted you to play with me!" Cream called to the pink hedgehog who remained inside of the room.

"Not now Cream. I can't play, I am extremely busy." Amy responded, not even opening the door to do so.

Cream lowered her head a bit and frowned. "You've been busy for the past couple of weeks though..."

Opening the door just a smidge Amy answered her yet again. "Sorry Cream it's official freedom Fighter business, it can't be avoided. I assure you I will play with you once I am finished up for the day."

"Really?" The rabbit's eyes brightened up upon hearing her response.

"Yes, really. Now go find someone else to play with okay?" Amy smiled watching as Cream nodded and ran outside of the house.

Amy shut the door once she knew the rabbit was gone. Locking her door she then moved the rug she had been readjusting earlier, only to unveil a trap door. Opening it she stepped down a set of stairs into a dark room. Flipping a switch she lit up the place. Large glass tubes lined one side of the room and on the opposite side was a work bench with tools on the wall above it. Directly opposite of the staircase was another section of the room that contained many boxes filled with unknown content. Amy walked over to the table picking up a wrench. She moved from the table to one of the larger tubes and used the wrench to adjust some bolts.

"There, that should slow down the experiment while I am away." She giggled while tightening up the last bolt with her wrench before wiping sweat from her brow. "The meeting shouldn't take that long anyways. Maybe a day or two at max."

Replacing the wrench on the table, she picked up a nearby clipboard with documents clipped to it and started to read through them. Mumbling to herself she tapped various spots on the papers. I really hope that this experiment benefits the foundation, I've been slacking on my overall stock production because of it. Last thing I'd want to happen is being caught before I have suitable results... She pondered over this while skimming through the last of her documents. On the top of the last document a name appeared in bold lettering; Sally Acorn.

After perusing the content of that last document Amy couldn't help but smile and chuckle a bit. "You were quite the difficult subject to acquire but worth it for what I have planned for you.~"

Setting the clipboard down she looked back at the same tube she was just readjusting. In it floated a creature with brown fur. Amy smiled before looking back at her wall of tools. "Now... shall we get on with this experiment?"

Outside Amy's little hut Cream had ran off to find someone else in Knothole to play with. She had tried to coerce both Tails and Rotor but they were occupied with some sort of larger contraption that they stated was their newest deterrent against the armies of Robotnik. Disappointed she tried to play with Sonic but of course he was nowhere to be found. The only one who was willing to play with her ended up being Bunny Rabbot. While playing Cream thought it to be an adequate time to bring up a few questions she had on her mind.

"Bunny... has Amy been acting strange lately?..." Cream hesitated when asking this so too did Bunny in answering it.

"I'd reckon she has hon, y'all gotta realize that we did lose Sally recently... so that could be bring'n her down..." Bunny told her. "Don't fret sugah, we just gotta support as best we can ya hear?"

"I hear ya Bunny." Cream looked down a bit, knowing full and well how somber the topic of Sally going missing was around Knothole. It remained on everyone's minds though most freedom fighters didn't like thinking about it. Sonic had been the most impacted by the lose of Sally especially when upon searching for her he could not find a single trace. Sonic never gave up the search even when weeks had passed since the incident.

"Cheer up hon, i'd reckon we find Sally soon, so no need to be so glum." Bunny consoled her and then tossed the ball they had been playing with towards her. Cream caught it and looked back up at her.

"You're right. I'm sure she just lost her way or something." The peach colored rabbit said. I hope at the least... Cream's mind swirled around what could have happened to Sally and then it came back to Amy's odd behavior. It struck her as abnormal still. Amy wasn't one to be hugely indulgent of her work yet recently she had shown a huge increase in productivity though few results of this could actually be seen.

"Bunny could you help me carry some of these boxes to the storage hut?" Rotor had asked walking up on the two that were still playing.

Tossing the ball towards Cream she answered. "Sure thing sugah', Cream, i'm sorry but I'ma have to cut this one short. I'll catch up with you later hon."

"Okay Bunny." Cream frowned a bit, but then saw Tails walking out of Rotor's hut after the other two had left.

"Hey Cream, weren't you playing with Bunny?" He asked curiously after noticing that she was now alone.

"Yeah I was... but she had to go help Rotor." She replied. Hesitantly she asked him a question. "Tails... will Aunty Sally come back?..."

Tails swallowed hard, looking at the peach colored rabbit who looked back at him with eyes filled with concern and worry. "Of course she will come back... Don't worry Cream... She is going to be alright." Tails then murmured under his breath softly. Cream noticed him do this but couldn't hear what he said.

"It's getting late Cream you should head back home before it becomes completely dark outside." Tails redirected the conversation after looking at the setting sun.

"Alright Tails..." He's upset too... she pondered while bidding Tails good night and returning home.

Picking up her ball she walked on back home. She opened the door to her hut and saw Amy walking out of her room. She looked at the rabbit acknowledging her return but didn't say a word. Entering the Kitchen the hedgehog was preparing a meal of some sort. Cream closed the door behind her and then sat down on one of the sofas. Resting her cheek on her hand she sighed. Thoughts of Sally filled her mind and dampened her mood considerably. She became a bit distracted when she got a wiff of whatever it was Amy was cooking in the kitchen. Getting up she went to investigate. Amy hummed a tune to herself while cutting up some vegetables. The pink hedgehog saw her coming in.

"How'd your day go Cream?" Amy inquired.

"It was okay." Cream replied a bit somberly.

"Are you sure? Your tone says otherwise." Amy pointed out.

"It's just... I'm really worried about Aunty Sally." Cream sighed, her ears drooping after admitting this to Amy.

"It'll be alright Cream. Everyone in Knothole is concerned for her and is putting forth every ounce of effort they have in trying to find her." Amy reassured her. I doubt they will find her in time though.. hehehe... She giggled at her thoughts which Cream responded to with a an cock-eyed look. "Now you go wash up, dinner is just about done."

"Sure thing... Amy." Cream slowly walked out of the kitchen and down the hall. She passed by Amy's room and noticed that it was still open. Something caught her eyes as she passed that caused her to stop. Peering inside she noticed that on the floor there was that of a square door with a handle on it. She got shivers up her spine about it and after reminding herself about earlier events that had transpired today she decided against investigating it right now. After washing up and eating dinner Cream had gone to her room to go to bed.

The peach colored rabbit couldn't sleep. Tossing and turning in her bed for an hour she finally got up to fetch some water to drink. When she left her room she heard talking coming from down the hallway.

"Heheh... tonight... we harvest her completely tonight... right before the meeting." Amy said in sadistically sounding tone.

Cream was taken back by the sudden change in her voice and suddenly felt extremely terrified. She found herself frozen with fear and slight curiosity. Harvest? What does that mean? Who is she talking to and who is she talking about? Her mind swirled with thoughts while she continued to eavesdrop on the pink hedgehog. Hearing what she assumed was the wooden trap door she saw earlier open, she moved in closer to get a better view. Cream moved herself to a position where she was able to see Amy crawling down a set of stairs that were previously concealed by the door.

"Here I come... my darling little experiment...It's time for some fun!" Amy stated eerily while closing the trap door behind her frame.

Cream didn't bother trying to go in after Amy. The pink hedgehog's current demeanor persuaded her not to. Reeling back to her bedroom she decided to wait for her to go to sleep before attempting to investigate. If she thought it hard to fall asleep before she definitely wasn't going to try and sleep now. Not while feeling a mixture of curiosity and fear which was an odd feeling to say the least. After what felt like hours, Amy had reentered her room. Cream could hear the closing of the trap door and then the pink hedgehog left the house.

"Where on Mobius is she going at this time of night?" Cream whispered to herself while sitting up in her bed. "Wait... this is my chance. I need to find out what Amy has underneath that trap door."

She hopped off her bed. Slowly walking into the hallway she watched and listened. If Amy were to walk back into the house she would be sure to hustle on back to her room. Once she passed the bathroom there was no turning back. A few more steps and she stood right in front of Amy's room. From there she opened the trap door quickly and walked down the steps closing it behind her.

"I... can't see anything" She cringed after it went pitch black.

Struggling to see Cream placed her hands on a nearby wall and used it to guide herself very slowly down the stairs. After a few seconds she started to see a faded light of some sort. Her feet landed on cold concrete and once she figured out that the steps had ended she walked on over to the source of said light. A green liquid shined dully inside the large tube which stood connected to the ceiling and floor by metal bases that were shaped like rings. Many wires encased in metal attached to these bases further connecting to a large piece of machinery. Next to the contraption was a monitor that continued to flicker constantly indicating a process continuously running. Getting closer to the tube she squinted, straining her eyes to see if anything resided in it.

"I think... I can see- KIYYYAAAHHHH!" Cream took a few quick steps backwards, falling over a nearby rolling tray. She knocked over many medical instruments all over the floor. A scalpel that she had dropped managed to give her a nasty cut on her arm but after realizing what was floating in the tank she couldn't be bothered to worry about that at the moment. "S... Sally... Oh Sally... Noooo!"

Floating into view, Sally's gutted body remained lifeless within the tube. Cream was shaking, trembling intensely. Speechless she found herself unable to move, that is until she heard the front door to the house open up. Scrambling in fear she saw a location behind the tubes and some crates stacked haphazardly on top one another that she could hide at. With everything happening so fast she didn't even notice the trail of blood that dripped from her deep wound. Breathing heavily she wrapped her arms around her knees silently sitting there hoping that Amy didn't come down there.

The trap door opened up unfortunately. Amy stepped down the stairs slowly and then the room became bright. Instantly the peach colored rabbit got the biggest shiver up her spine that she had ever experienced. Things had become silent, which didn't help Cream's current status at all. That changed when Amy started speaking.

"What the hell happened here?" Amy noticed the tray that had all her tools on it now knocked over with one wheel still spinning slowly. "Someone's been in here..."

Her eyes glanced at one of her tools; Blood, fresh blood smeared against the edges of it's blade. Following the residual trail of blood, Amy glanced over towards Cream's spot. The rabbit accidentally shuffled her feet across the concrete while attempting to readjust. Due to the pink hedgehog being on high alert to her surroundings she heard the noise created by this and then walked over to her wall of tools. Grabbing a sickle with a chain and ball attached to it, she held the tool by the chain in one hand while swinging a section of the chain closer to the handle around.

"Hehehe... This is gonna be fun..." Amy called out.

Throwing the sickle the blade of it latched on to one of the crates that Cream was behind. With a fierce tug the crate fell over and the rabbit's head could now be seen. Amy smiled at her while pulling the sickle free from the crate. Once again she swung it around. The rabbit ducked and the sickle slammed into a nearby wall. Panicking Cream ran towards the stairs. Quickly Amy pulled the sickle back and threw it at her as she tried to escape.

"GIYYAHHHHHH" Cream screamed feeling the blade dig deeply into her leg. Now bleeding and wounded her movements slowed down yet she still tried to crawl up the stairs. Screaming loudly she hoped that someone would hear her and come to rescue her. Amy pulled her over and once she was in range, she grabbed her by the neck. Holding her up high in the air Amy smiled. Cream noticed Amy pressing a button and then tall panel on the wall retracted unleashing a long metal spike. Wasting no time the pink hedgehog rammed her on to the spike. Piercing her gullet, Cream felt the metal rip through her vital organs, emptying the contents of her most recent meal all over it. Blood mixed with half-digested slop staining the rabbit's clothes and dripping on to the floor. Cream began to cry. Tears streamed down her face which contorted with fear and pain.

"It won't do ya any good to scream down here. The walls are thick enough that your voice won't trail long enough to reach anyone." Amy told her to break down any hopes she had. The rabbit's eyes shrunk in fear upon hearing her words. Sobbing she started to plead with the pink menace.

"P...please... Amy... don't... kill me..." Cream whined pitifully

"Oh no... I'm afraid I can't let you live after this." Amy informed her. "You see, you know my awful secret now, which makes you... a threat to me."

Amy released her grip on Cream's throat allowing her to breath a little. She began perusing her wall of tools once again looking for a certain tool. Trailing the wall down to the table and even further on to the floor she found exactly what she was looking for and indicated such with a perky "Aha!". Lifting it up so the rabbit could see, Cream screamed.

"My trusty bone saw. Hmmm... as much as I would enjoy hearing you scream some more, tonight is just not the night for that. So, I'm just gonna do away with that right off the bat." The pink hedgehog told her while pressing the blade of the bone saw against the rabbit's left cheek. Cream tried to squirm but it backfired on her. The saw pushed into the joint that connected her jaw with her skull. Then Amy began to saw through both the flesh upon her cheek and the joint.

A blood curdling scream of horror and agonizing pain emanated from the rabbit. Her body acted instinctively trying to escape the terrifying pain. She could feel it surging through every fiber of her being causing other parts of her body to twitch and convulse in response. With each individual saw Cream felt her vocal chords become more shrill and louder until it peaked and wouldn't go higher than it already was. Before long her jaw only hung by one joint. Amy took the saw to the aforementioned joint and began sawing at it again receiving yet another grimacing chorus of screams. Just before sawing off the last of her jaw the pink hedgehog pulled the saw away. Setting it down on the table she looked Cream in the eyes and then towards her handy work. Cream's tongue dangled without a place to lay upon due to her jaw now hanging by a few remaining muscles.

"This may hurt a little Cream..." She warned the rabbit and then stomped her foot into place against the wall. She gripped the rabbit's jaw that now held on by one thick strip of flesh and smiled ominously at Cream. Her eyes widened in fear for what she saw coming. Amy pulled with all of her might, the strip of flesh becoming taut under the sudden pressure.

"KIYAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Cream screamed once again, she could feel the last muscles connecting her jawbone to her face slowly tear. It burned and stung, causing fresh tears to once again stream down her face. With a final wicked tug, the flesh ripped vehemently from the joint. Cream's head smacked back into the wall causing her to become dazed. Her tongue succumbed to gravity even more so now with her jaw completely gone. Drool from her now gaping maw mixed with her bleeding wound.

By this point the profuse amount of blood loss she suffered from her wound in her stomach was getting the better of her and she felt light headed and woozy. Cream found it hard to continue her feeble attempts at screaming. Amy giggled, holding her new found treasure up to the light to see it better.

"It's pretty.. I think I might keep this to remember you by." She chuckled sadistically. Looking towards Cream for a response all she got was hiccuping and sobbing to which she scoffed at. "Ya know, you may almost be the first to make me NOT want to hear your whines and screaming... I'd rather not find out so... I got a solution for that."

Winking at the rabbit she pulled another tool down from her wall. She revealed a large clamp of some sort with edges that were sharpened for cutting. Amy didn't even stop to explain what was happening. Aiming the now opened clamps towards Cream's throat she violently ripped out her vocal chords. Blood spurted all over Amy's and Cream's faces. At first glance the pink hedgehog didn't even notice that she had pierced a hole in the rabbit's wind pipe.

"There... now you won't be able to scream." Amy released the contents of the clamp on to a small carrying tray she had recovered from off the ground. Upon examining her victim's current condition she noticed the hole in her wind pipe. "Oh dear... I guess thats that. We don't have much time before you pass on... I'd say probably 7 minutes top."

Hearing this made Cream stare blankly into the distance, she realized that she was going to die here. Sonic... Sally... Tails... Bunny... why didn't anyone come to rescue me... If the pain wasn't bad enough these thoughts wracked an emotional toll as well. Amy gave her victim a lamenting look while frowning as much as she could.

"I hope you don't think I am just going to sit here watching your last moments... Especially considering how utterly defeated you look right now. It's quite disgusting actually... mind if EYE change that up?" Amy pulled down her eyelid putting much emphasis on eyes. Giggling yet again, she procured an oddly familiar device from among her repertoire of tools. It resembled an ice cream scoop however, along the edges of this scoop, much like the clamps Amy had been using earlier, sharp blades gleamed. Chuckling loudly while gripping this new tool of hers, she moved it slowly towards Cream. The rabbit trembled as a new wave of chilling fear and anguish washed over her once again.

"NOOOOO! GYAAAAHHHHHH" Cream screamed once the metal dug into the flesh of her eye socket. Sinking all the way behind her eyeball, the blades of the scoop swiveled forwards a bit, slicing into the optic nerve. Amy prepared herself to sever this part of her victim's eye but found that her scoop had ran into a bit of a snag. The tool was jammed, not wanting to budge any further. Cream hollered and cried while relentlessly being exposed to the additional hellish torment that this deterrent caused. Applying a bit more pressure, the blades finally pushed forwards and sliced the optic nerve right in half. With the way the scoop was designed her eyeball remained contained within it. Pulling the scoop out slowly, Amy unveiled her prize. She plucked the bloody eyeball from the tool and looked at it smiling widely.

"Hehehe... I got my eye on you!" She teased cynically as she partook in a staring contest with the now relinquished eye. After noticing that Cream was struggling to remain cognizant she placed the eyeball beside the other removed body parts and watched. Blood was still dripping from her eye socket, her breathing had become extremely shallow, and her crying was reduced to that of a mere whimper. "Yep... I'd say you are pretty much done. Sad, but it was to be expected, I mean I did do a number on you with the huge spike. I should have savored it a bit more... but I don't have time for that right now, so do me a favor and die quickly now would'ya?"

The sound of Amy's last words were fading, and the rabbit's vision quickly started to fade. Her eyelids... or what remained of them became too much of a struggle to keep open. Closing them, she coughed up some blood. Amy watched, as a few moments after that Cream breathing had ceased. Once she had reaffirmed the rabbit's death with a quick check of her pulse, the pink hedgehog started to clean up. Grabbing her hacksaw once again, she took it to her victim's neck and began callously sawing it off. After a few minutes of bloody serration, she removed the rabbit's head off. With her head in hand she went over to another bare wall nearby and fiddled with a number pad on it. A secret door opened up releasing a wave of cold air. Stepping inside of this room, she simply placed the head into one of the freezers located within it and went to go retrieve the body. She placed the body in there as well as the other parts too. Closing that room up, she pulled a small box that hung via it's handle from her wall of tools. Inside of it was a strange golden ring, which she pulled out and tossed it on to the ground. A huge display of lights expanded from a focal point inside of it and lit up a large portion of the room's floor. An arc started materializing from two points on the edges of the circular pool of lights on the floor. The two points finished materializing when they both met at a center point. In between the arc a purple glow of some kind swirled. Amy looked into it, and noticed depth. The more the swirls drew closer to the center the further out they appeared creating three-dimensional visual.

"These warp rings are quite the handy tool..." She pronounced while looking at foreboding images of a dark castle. "Well... I better get going, don't want to keep Miss Pinkamena waiting on me..."