Arriving 30 minutes later, Sparx set down right in front of the door. Although it was a fairly long glide, Sparx was able to to get there in a reasonably good time. She reached into her pocket, and was satisfied to know that she still had her pokéball and chaos emerald. She knocked on the door, and Psy let her in. She took a quick glance around, and noticed that everyone was there, everyone except Ace.
"Hi Psy, Amy!" Sparx said as she sat down on the sofa. She noticed some munchies and pop, so she grabbed a handful of chips and a Pepsi.
"Well, the only one missing is--" started Psycho before there was a swirling puff of smoke accompanied by a familiar voice; "I am the terror that flaps in the night, I am the....uh, never mind." said Ace as the smoke dissipated.
"...Ace." continued Psy, almost as if he hadn't been interrupted, "well, now that everyone is here, I hope that we can get started."
"Sounds like a plan to me!" stated Amy brightly. She picked up a can of Pepsi, opened it, and started to drink. Sparx noticed an empty coke bottle, with its wrapper torn off, lying on Psy's kitchen table.
Pointing to the bottle, Sparx joked; "Psy, what's that bottle for, you making a flower display?" Psycho walked over to the bottle, picked it up, and replied; "Well, for one of tonight's entertainments, I thought that, even though it's a tad juvenile, we could play 'Spin the Bottle'." An evil look came across his face. (^_-)
"Spin the bottle, eh?" queried Ace, "Isn't that the game where you spin a bottle, and whoever the open end points at, you hafta kiss." Psycho shook his head vigorously; "Yup!" he replied.
"Well, erm...uh, let's get started..." said Sparx, with a touch of nervousness touching her voice.
"What, you chicken?" challenged Amy.
"Of course not!" snapped Sparx as they got up from their seats and sat down in a circle. Psycho placed the bottle in the middle of the circle. Across from Psy sat Amy, and across from Sparx sat Ace. So, in a clockwise direction, the order was Psycho, Sparx, Ace, and Amy. It was Psy's turn to 'spin' first. He grasped it, spun it, and the bottle spun round and round upon an invisible axis. It passed Sparx, then Ace, then Amy, then Psycho, then Sparx, then Ace, then Amy, Psy, Sparx, Ace, Amy, Psy, Sparx, Ace, and it slowed just enough to stop, with its open end pointing at Amy. Psycho got up, and planted a kiss on Amy's lips. Sparx watched tentatively as the kiss was prolonged longer than was necessary. Sparx politely coughed, and Psy and Amy realized that they had gone on too long. They parted, with Psycho returning to his seat, blushing. Next, it was Sparx's turn, so she spun the bottle. It spun, and eventually landed on Ace. Sparx got up and gave Ace a kiss on the lips. She felt herself losing a little control, and she kissed harder and longer than intended. She heard an 'ahem' from Psycho, so she quickly drew back, then sat down. There was an uncomfortable silence for a couple of minutes. Everyone just stared at the floor. Realizing that her throat was suddenly very dry, Sparx got up, and got herself another Pepsi.
"Anybody else want some?" she asked as she gupled down some of her beverage. No one else wanted some, so Sparx sat down. Realizing that no one was making a move to spin the bottle, Psycho put it away.

"Ahem, well, uh, onto out next event.." started Psy, "Perhaps we could watch a movie?...watch TV?....point and lauch at each other's misfortunes?" he was exasperated.
"Actually Psy, I'd like to talk to you privately." Sparx asked, worry creasing her brows. Psycho nodded, and they climbed to the upper floor of the house.
"Wazzup?" asked Psycho, clearely concerned. Sparx stepped forward, her mouth opened, then closed, as if she were unsure on how to word what she was thinking.
"Uh, I noticed how you and Amy were kissing, and..." she started before she saw Psycho's face contorting with anger.
"You're concerned about me and Amy!!! What about you and Ace???" he shot back.
"I suppose that I was out of place to ask that, considering that I did the same thing, sorry." said Sparx, crestfallen. Psycho nodded, and grasped Sparx's hand. Sparx noticed that he looked ashen, like he was about to say something very hard for him.
"Listed Sparx, we've been going out for a few months now, and we've had a great time. But, our relationship is going nowhere, so I think it would be best if we broke up." said Psycho. He tightened his grip on her hand for a moment, in reassurance.
"Why? So you can go out with Amy instead?" asked Sparx, a little more harsh than intended. Once she said it, she regretted it.
"Mabye, mabye not." replied Psycho evenly. He let her hand go. She looked at him, and realized that he was right.
"You're right Psy, breaking up would be best. But..." she paused, a smile beginning to show on her face, "we still gonna be friends and hang out?"
"But of course madame, I'd have it no other way!" said Psycho, satisfied that Sparx had taken it so well. They walked downstairs, and told Ace and amy about what they had talked about. Although Ace and Amy were a little surprised, they had known that it was coming for a while now. To lighten the mood, Ace spoke up;
"How's about we go outside to get a bit 'o fresh air?" he suggested. Everyone agreed, and they all filed out through the door. It was pitch black outside, so Ace made a torch out of a fallen tree. Sparx edged away from the group, and with the torch providing illumination, she climed up the nearest maple tree. Within minutes, Sparx heard rustling in the branches below her, and she was able to see Amy climbing up.
"Oh, great...." mumbled Sparx under her breath. She folded her arms across her chest.
"Hey Sparx, I feel terrible. I mean, I feel like I'm responsible for you and Psy breaking up...." said Amy as she carefully placed herself beside Sparx on the tree branch. There was a long silence. Even though Amy was a couple of years younger than Sparx, her words struck the echidna. Sparx finally answered, "No Amy, it's not your fault. It's not anybody's fault." A chilly wind cut through the air. Sparx felt goosebumps all over her body.
"Despite all this, I'd like it if we could be friends." said Amy, with a more jovial attitude than before. Sparx was about to reply, when she felt a small tremor beneath the tree they were sitting in. The tremors grew worse, and the ground beneath the tree split open, ripping the roots from the tree, and swallowed Amy and Sparx into the dark chasm that had just opened up.

Psycho and Ace were sitting on a small rock outcropping, a few feet away from Psycho's house.
"She seemed to take it well." observed Ace. Psycho nodded as he replied;
"It looks like it, and I hope that she can find someone better, someone with whom the relationship will last." Ace smiled, and looked over at the tree that Amy and Sparx were sitting on. Instantly he knew something was wrong. He saw them envelopped by the ground, and before he could do anything, him and Psycho were also swallowed by the ground. Ace was about to teleport him and Psy to safety, when he hit his head on a ledge, and fell unconscious. Above all of this, mere feet from the new formed gorge, Psycho's house stood, unconcerned and unmoved by the events just passed.

Hours later, Sparx awoke with a splitting headache. Amy was tending to a gash on Sparx's forehead.
"I'm glad that I had a first-aid kit on me." commented Amy as she put a final bandage on Sparx's forehead. "There, all done."
"Ugh...thanks Amy, I owe you one...but just one question, how comeI'm hurt, and you're not?" asked Sparx as she struggled to get up. Amy helped her to a sitting position. She blushed as she said;
"Well, I couldn't help it, but I accidentally landed on you." She put a hand on Sparx's head to straighten out the echidna's lush red hair. It fell into it's natural position. Sparx stood up, although she still felt a bit woozy. She reached into her pocket, and took out her pokéball. She pressed the button on it, and out popped Pikachu.
"Pika-pipi!" cried the small creature.
"What the heck is that thing?" Amy asked as she stared at pikachu.
"This is Pikachu, he's a pokémon. I thought he'd be able to help us get out, " replied Sparx, "Pikachu, go scout ahead, and see if you can find a way out!" Pikachu took off up the steep incline, and quickly vanished. Finally, Sparx took a look at her surroundings. They were on a small ledge, about 2 metres by 5 metres, with a steep wall/incline on 3 sides, and a drop-off on the remaining side. Sparx kicked a pebble off the edge, and waited for an indication of a bottom to the dark pit. After a few minutes, they heard a faint 'ping' sound.
"Ouch, that's a long fall." observed Amy as the two girls backed closer to the wall. They heard scratching sounds above them, and small pebbles fell down. As they shielded their eyes, Sparx and Amy looked up and saw Pikachu scrambling down the wall.
"Geez, that was incredibly fast!" commmented Amy. Pikachu leaped into Sparx's arms.
"Apart from electricity, his speciality is speed." replied Sparx. Then, suddenly, her pikachu began chattering.
"Pikachu, chuuuuuu, pika...ka!" he said as he waved his arms frantically.
"He says that if we climb up, there'll eventually be a tunnel which lead to the surface." Sparx said as Pikachu returned to it's pokéball.
"You understood him?" questioned Amy a little skeptically.
'Of course, but only a pokémon's trainer can understand him." replied Sparx, "well, I'm able to scale that wall no problem, but I'm not so sure about you."
"You're right, I'm not at all able to climb anything that steep!" Amy whistled a low whistle a low whistle as she again looked upwards.
"Well then, hold onto me as I climb, so there shouldn't be any problem." replied Sparx with a smile. Amy did as suggested and climbed on Sparx's back. The tall, strong echidna than began climbing. It was a slow and long climb. They were about half way up, when they stopped. Amy looked, and saw that Sparx's eyes were closed as if she was in great pain.
"Sparx, what's wrong?" questioned Amy. The pink hedgehog noticed that the gash on Sparx's head had reopened. Holding on to Sparx with only her legs, Amy balanced as she retrieved her first aid kit. She re-wrapped some gauze tightly around Sparx's head. The pain started to subside, and Sparx managed to say; "Thanks Amy!" They continued their asencion. To pass the time (and to keep their minds off of pain and fear) they began singing. It soulded like two angels delivering an angelic hymm. The only difference was that they weren't singing a hymm.
Further down the "hole", and on the opposite side, Ace and Psycho awoke to hear angels singing.
"We've died and gone to heaven!" screamed Ace. He stood, and brushed the dust off himself. He surmised that the rock had broken somewhere above them. Psycho smacked Ace in the head.
"We're not in heaven, you moron, if we had died, I'd be in hell. Remember, that's where I came from." grumbled Psycho. Psy looked up, and to his surprise, he saw Sparx and Amy standing on the top of the gargantuan wall. He breathed a sigh of relief.
"Phew, they're allright!" exclaimed Psy as he began to fly up. Ace looked at him, snickered, and teleported them to the exact location on which Amy and Sparx were standing. The singing stopped as the girls saw Psycho and Ace standing in front of them.
"Thank God you're allright!" exclaimed Sparx, "now, let's get the hell outta here!" With a nod of his head, Ace used the last of his stength to teleport everyone to their respective huts.

ONE MONTH LATER:

Well, the news is now official, Psycho and Amy were going out, as are Sparx and Ace.

Sparx was just returning from having dinner with Ace and her parents. Lily and Owen approuved of Ace, and gave Ace their blessings. She entered her hut, and to her surprise, she saw an orange fox with green eyes, chatting amicably with Roxy and Snowy. Noticing that Sparx had returned, Roxy stood, so did the other fox.
"Sparx, remember her, this is my cousin, C--" said Roxy who was cut short by Sparx.
"Cortex!!!!!" yelled Sparx as she rushed to give her longtime friend a hug, "longtime no see!"
"Yes, it has been a long time, " Cortex's face took on a thoughtful expression, "at least five years". Sparx looked Cortex over, and nodded approuvingly.
"Time's treated you well." she observed.
'You too!" replied Cortex. Her green knee-high boots matched well with the green jewel on her forehead and her green vest. All four furries resumed their conversation in the comfort of the licing room, with 'Duckman' blaring in the background.