Wings

A Sequel to Not About Angels

Chapter One

It's been five years since G.U.N had fallen, a lot of men and women lost their jobs as well as Shadow and Rouge. She now owns her own bar called Club Rouge but Shadow still wants to fight the good fight. He now works for the Mobius Police Department. He was recently promoted to detective, he deserves it. Things were never the same for me since that day. I lost two people that day, not to death though but I have slowly found one again. Sonic. He was hurt and disappointed in me and sometimes I think he still is but he slowly has forgiven me. He realised what exactly happened and why I did what I did.

It was for her.

I helped her that day and everything began to fall around like dominoes but there are still refinements of her. Everywhere. Her name was cleared after the police investigated more and more into the Commanders death. I still feel chills every now and again, they remind me of her. I used to get them when she would look at me with calm, warm eyes of hers. The bullets I removed from her all that time ago was there to greet me when I returned home. The tears I cried were running from a tap at that point – that was all I seemed to do.

There was a funeral for her but it wasn't real. The body was never recovered, so I was just there for a head stone but it was beautiful all the same. It was planted next to her brothers. She would have liked that. I was the only one there aside from Shadow. He was there in her final moments. He described her as what he once was. Angry, vengeful and a force to be reckoned with but her heart and soul was with her brothers, her family.

It was all for them.

He said that she's at peace now but I didn't think so. When I was with her, there was nothing peaceful about her. She was never at peace, it was like a mission to her. She needed to do what she did or she would never be happy again. I'd like to think that when she fell that she was happy or has found some recollection of peace. I wanted to help her and I did but I wasn't there when it all ended.

I should have.

Sometimes, I feel that it isn't over. I'm always looking out the windows for anything or anyone. It feels like I'm going insane at times. At one point I honestly thought I saw her. It's crazy, I know. She's dead. Shadow said himself that no one could survive that fall, not even her. But at times, I think about that day and it is all too fast paced for me.

Everything happened so fast. Could she have survived that fall? But it doesn't matter now.
Everything that happened that day, happened.

No one can change that.

There was some good that came out of it, though. Knuckles finally had the courage to ask Rouge out on a date, he was tending to her wounds but Rouge swears it was the cutest thing ever. I'm happy for them. It took a long time for me and Sonic to reconnect but with a long talk, and working out the kinks in what happened we soon rekindled our relationship and now we have a little bundle of joy on the way. I couldn't be happier. We haven't found out the sex yet but I have a good feeling that it's a boy with all the kicking.
Life here is good right now, but I do miss her.

I find myself wishing she was here so I could see her reaction when I tell her that I was pregnant. I always thought that she would say something sarcastic and call it a ridiculous name.

I want her here.

Kiera.

Amy put her pen down and closed her diary with a sad smile. She looked down, softly stroking her small baby bump. She was only four months along. Sonic was always there for her and she loved, appreciated that but he was far too protective. She wasn't made of glass or porcelain. She could still move about with ease which is what she was going to do. She was going to the cemetery. It was the anniversary of her death. She always went whether Sonic liked it or not. Shadow went every year also. She always thought it was moral support.

She pushed herself up from her chair and desk, and walked out of the bedroom. It took more time than usual to get down the stairs but she was fine. She began to put on her boots when Sonic rushed in. "Where are you off to?" He asked her with a worried gaze.

She rolled her eyes playfully and chuckled. "You seem to always forget what day it is."

"Um, what?" He tilted his head, confused as ever. He did this every year.

"Kiera." Any replied simply, getting her other boot on.

He sighed but supported her. "Do you want me to come with you?"

"Do you want to come?" She asked with a raised eyebrow, already knowing the answer.

"Not really but I should com-" He began but Amy paused him with a raise of her hand.

"Shadow will be there, and I'll be fine. It's just a head stone." She told him to ease his concern.

"If it's just a head stone then don't go." Sonic stated, in which was a stupid idea.

"You know why and don't pout. I'll be back by the time you put dinner on." She smirked as his mouth hang agape but then closed.

"Okay. Have fun with Mr and Mrs Sunshine." He said, crossing his arms smirking right back at her.

"For the last time, Shadow is all sunflowers and butterflies, and is not married to a dead woman." She jibed.

"Right, so why does he go to her 'head stone'?" Sonic raised an eyebrow at her, creating quotation marks with his fingers to prove his point and he had a good point. She doesn't even know either.

"I don't know. Ask him." She stuck her tongue out at him and put her coat on, as well as her scarf.

"I did! He said: 'piss off!'" Sonic complained.

Amy shook her head, laughing as she left their house. It was only a twenty minute walk to the cemetery. Shadow was always there before her and would talk to her about Kiera, and life in general. He was like the brother she never had. Now, that she thought about it Uncle Shadow has a nice ring to it. He'll enjoy that. She giggled to herself as she entered the cemetery's gates. Her headstone was placed in a beautiful spot, just beside a willow tree but it was nearing the winter so now it was covered is a soft layer of frost. It was beautiful.

Shadow was there as suspected. She quietly walked over to him. He glanced over at her once he heard her coming, giving her a soft smile. "Hey." He greeted softly.

"Well, hello, detective." She grinned and he shook his head with a chuckle. She stood next to him and looked down at the head stone. A lovely arrangement of gorgeous white lily's sat in front of the headstone.

"They're beautiful. I imagine she would have liked them a little bit." She smiled and he chuckled a bit.

"A little bit, huh? I went with simplicity, I'm guessing she would have liked them." He shrugged.

"Yeah, I'm thinking she would have. Five years have gone by and I still feel like she's around." Amy stuffed her hands in her pockets to shield them from the brisk, cool air.

"You're not the only one then. She had a killer right hook that stuck with me." Shadow just stared at the head stone.

"Yeah, she does. Or, at least, did. I miss her. I wanted to know more about her and what she was like before everything happened." Shadow always listened to what she had to say about Kiera. He also wondered what it would be like if she was here with them today but the world is a better place without G.U.N, he had to admit. She did the right thing, he just wished he had realised it sooner.

"Yeah." He said.

"Sonic calls you Mr. Sunshine." Amy brought up.

Shadow dead panned. "I know."

"He also calls her Mrs Sunshine." She smirked as she looked over at him.

He looked at her with a slight flush on his cheeks, he huffed and shuffled his feet. "Aw, don't be shy. She would have laughed it off and probably threatened him for that." She laughed.

He shook his head. "I wish she was here." She softly whispered, she sniffled as the cold air is getting to her. He stared at her softly with a sympathetic gaze.

"She didn't deserve this." She continued and he nodded. Kiera deserved more than a shoddy head stone. She deserved life, not death. She deserved a life like her own. A warm, safe home. Wonderful friends and family. A man that loved her as much as Sonic does with her, if she wanted that. Comfort. She deserved all of that but G.U.N took that from her, but she removed that curse from the earth. Now, they could rest easy at night.

They were safe.

"It's too cold, I'll take you home." Shadow said and Amy nodded. She couldn't stay any longer, she couldn't think about herself anymore. She had to think about the little one she is carrying now. Getting the flu wouldn't help her anyway. The two quietly left the cemetery, and Kiera's headstone to return the following year.

Shadow walked her home. "So, how long now?" He said motioning to her bump.

"Five months to go and I'm not even as big as whale yet." She laughed.

He shook his head. "Do you know what it is?" Hinting at the gender of the baby.

"No, it's a surprise. Although, I have two names just in case." She smiled up at him as the two of them crossed the street.

"Really? What are they?" Shadow asked, raising an eyebrow at her.

"Benjamin for a boy and, um, Kiera for a girl." She gave him a sad smile.

"They're great names, Rose. She would have liked that." Shadow gave her shoulder a reassuring squeeze with a smile.

"Thank you, Shadow. Well, soon-to-be Uncle Shadow." Amy smirked.

"Uncle Shadow, huh? I kind of like the sound of that." He grinned and Amy giggled as they trotted on.

They soon made it to Amy's house and she turned to Shadow. "Do you want to come in for a cup of tea or coffee?" He looked at his watch before deciding.

"Sure." He had the time, half an hour or so before he had to go back to work. So, he followed her into the house and saw Sonic in the kitchen.

"Hey there, Mr Sunshine." Sonic grinned at him.

He rolled his eyes. "Hello to you, too, Faker." He entered the kitchen and dining room while Amy put her coat and scarf on the rack before joining.

"Are you wearing my apron?" Amy asked with a raised eyebrow and a smirk while Shadow chuckled at the sight.

"And? I look damn right cute in it. Don't you think, Shad?" Sonic put his hand on his hip with a grin. The apron was a soft yellow and had pink frills.

"I wish I could burn my eyes." He said with a straight face.

Amy laughed, shaking her head. "Oh my." She said, wiping a tear from her eye.

She put the kettle on and brought three mugs out. "Tea or coffee?"

"Coffee, thanks, Rose." She nodded but Sonic stopped her.

"I'll take care of that, and you sit. How was your little visit to the cemetery?" Sonic asked as Amy and Shadow sat down at the dining table.

"It was nice to visit again." She said with a smile as she rubbed her baby bump.

"It was peaceful and quiet." Shadow commented with a small smile. Sonic nodded and finished with mugs of tea and coffee. He handed the mug of coffee to Shadow, and a mug of ginger tea to Amy.

"Thanks."

"No problem." Sonic sat down with them, still wearing the apron. Shadow left after he finished his coffee and bid his farewells to them both. Sonic went to bed early after their dinner together since he had to get to work early in the morning. Amy was still downstairs, finishing up a few things in the living room. Folding the throw and laying it back down on the arm rest of the settee.

Her body shook as three quick knocks of her door had startled her and pulled her away from her bubble of thought. Her hands quickly went to her baby bump, in a motherly protective instinct. The baby comes first, always. She stood in the living room with uncertainty. It was the late hours of the day and was too dark out for anyone to be knocking on her door but she clearly heard it.

She pushed herself out of the living room and into the hallway. There no figure through the window of the front door. She was indecisive now, but curiosity got the better of her. As it always did. She took small steps towards the front door and down the hallway. She unlocked it and slowly pulled it open toward her. Her heart fell when she saw who it was.

"Miss me?"

Kiera.

BANG.