Hello! It´s been a while. Sorry... Also forgive me for not putting anything for Valentines´ Day

Anyway, thanks for the wait and for all the support. And if you have already forgot the story, here´s something to refresh your mind...

Previously on SURVIVE…

"Egg…man… STOP…THIS!"

"Oh, Sonic. Why should I?"

-O-O-O-

"With Eggman leading the EVIL, and making the world unstable, the Master Emerald was also affected…"

"So, what do we need to do?"

"We need just the…"

"The seven Chaos Emeralds…"

-O-O-O-

"He can´t take the Chaos Emerald!"

"What are you talking about?! He is a hero!"

-O-O-O-

"Soldier, report your status, OVER!"

"We´ve got it…"

-O-O-O-

"I want to know, why am I here? Where are my inhibitor rings? You are the one behind the secret of the fake emeralds, right? Do you have any agreements with Dr. Eggman?! Why is the world in flames?!"

-O-O-O-

"Shadow?"

-O-O-O-

"Shadow will know what to do with this. G.U.N. doesn´t need it anymore."

-O-O-O-

"PROJECT SHADOW, heh? Thanks, Sonic."

-O-O-O-

"I´ll do it."

"Are you sure about this?"

"Totally…"

"What?! Do what exactly?! "What are you doing, Shadow?!"

"Goodbye, doctor!"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

-O-O-O-

/

"Why EVERY TIME something happens, Station Square ends ruined?!"

-O-O-O-

"I- I can´t believe it! How are you lil´buddy?"

"Pretty great, Sonic! It´s been a long time."

-O-O-O-

"Blaze!"

"Sonic?!"

"Long time no see!"

"Indeed."

-O-O-O-

"Haven´t this dimension suffered from changes?"

"Changes?"

"Yeah."

"You mean earthquakes? Like the ones that Eggman and Eggman Nega were causing in your dimension?"

"Exactly."

"Well, yes. But that´s because of Dark Gaia."

"Dark Gaia?"

-O-O-O-

"We´re going in."

"Are you crazy, faker?! You know that if we get in there, GUN will hunt us down."

"Why? What´s the matter?"

-O-O-O-

"PROJECT SHADOW. Wanted for being seriously dangerous for mankind and for killing one of the most important GUN Commanders: Abraham Tower. Created by the world´s renowned scientist, Gerald Robotnik, aboard Space Colony ARK, 50 years ago. Orders are: Capture him, dead or alive."

-O-O-O-

"That´s not a problem. I mean… You won´t live forever, will you?"

"Yes, I will."

"Wow… it must be horrible, right?"

"Sometimes you just forget about it and move on. That´s how it works."

-O-O-O-

"Um, where am I?"

"Yikes! It DID work! Whoa, who the heck are you?!" Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait… Don´t tell me! Let me guess. Mm… you´re Sonic´s brother! No wait, cousin! Yes, you´re his cousin, right?! Strewth! Are they dead?! Blaze, mate, talk to me, please!"

"Ugh… what happened?"

"Oh blimey! You´re okay!"

-O-O-O-

"Quiet, Mark! I don´t care what you´re saying. I want it to feel the pain I feel every day of my life…"

-O-O-O-

"Think about what you´ve done, Jason. You are better than this, I ´m sure about it…"

-O-O-O-

"What are you doing here, faker? I said get out! Sonic?!"

"If we are going to end this, we´ll finish it, together."

-O-O-O-

"It all ends here, right?"

"Let´s hope so."

-O-O-O-

/

"Come with me, Shadow. Let us punish this foolish world of humanity. It is only fair to give back what was intended for you. You have every right to want justice."

"That´s absurd… Wait, no… Actually, you´re right… Let´s punish the world for what they did!"

"Yes, Shadow! Let´s end with humanity!"

Even I get the chills... Hope you enjoy the final part of SURVIVE!

PurpleComet5 presents:

"SURVIVE"

PART 3

DARKNESS SHALL THRIVE

Darkness Shall Thrive

-Chapter 1: A New Day-

"NO, PLEASE… NO MORE! *pant* *pant* SHADOW, PLEASE!"

Shadow smirked and clenched his fist, raising it up high, and punched down to the wounded soldier that was screaming in pain, to death.

"NOOOOOOOOOO!"

The hedgehog turned and walked out of there. In his way, he encountered with his shadowy friend.

"Well done, Shadow. Now the only thing that´s left is to find their main base and take Station Square as hostage."

"Yeah. We´ll end with their miserable life once and for all."

Mephiles laughed and both ended destroying the base, leaving no one alive.

-O-O-O-

"Are you kidding me? Look, we have tried it before and we had to quit it because of Dark Gaia and all that stuff. But now we have nothing to worry about!"

"Yet!"

"Shadow! Just eat the freaking chili dog!"

"No."

Sonic smacked Shadow on the face, trying not to make a dramatic scene in front of Chun-nan´s people. Shadow returned him the hit.

"I´m not eating your damn chili dog!"

"Curse you, Shadow!"

"Heh…"

"What´s so funny?!"

"Oh, nothing."

Sonic rolled his eyes and dropped himself on a bench.

"Geez… How much have we´ve been together?"

Shadow thought for a moment, dropping the poor chili dog in the trash.

"Probably a month."

"Great." Sonic said sarcastically. "I´m starting to hate you again, you know?"

Shadow sat beside Sonic and smiled.

"Just because you didn´t get me to eat the chili dog, it doesn´t mean you got to hate me again, faker."

"Fine! We´re friends... But if you try to make me do something I don´t like, you know what my answer will be."

"Don´t worry, Sonic. I doubt that will happen."

The hedgehogs shook hands. It was a beautiful afternoon to hear the birds sing and watch the people walking across the park. The sky was clear blue and there were no clouds at all. You could see some kids eating ice-cream and cotton candy while playing around and riding their bikes, being looked out by their caring parents. The world was once again working as usual. Both hedgehogs hadn´t seen Tikal at all after all was fixed, though.

A girl wearing a press hat and a brown coat approached to Sonic and Shadow; she was holding a small booklet and a black pen. She wore big glasses and had long red hair matching her crystal, blue eyes.

"He-Hello there! I´m Samantha Johnson, nice to meet you. I´m a reporter back in Central City, and I´ve been looking for you two for a long time. The president told me that he wants to see you, and I would also want you to answer some questions, if you allow me to…"

Sonic nodded and asked: "If the president wants to see us, why didn´t he come and look for us himself?"

Samantha didn´t know what to answer. She was just asked to look for both hedgehogs, the government didn´t tell her more.

"I certainly don´t know. I beg your pardon."

"It´s okay, girl! Don´t be sad, I was just kidding."

Shadow looked at him confused. He stood up and walked away. Samantha tried to stop him, but Sonic grabbed her arm, letting her know that it was okay.

"Just leave him be."

She nodded. "So, can you answer the questions?"

"Sure. I mean, why not?"
Samantha passed some pages of her booklet and started:

"Okay, let´s begin. Question number one: Why are you so determined to save the world whenever it´s in danger at any circumstances?"

-O-O-O-

Shadow sighed and continued walking. He thought about the next thing he and Sonic could do. It was pretty boring as Sonic would say. Maybe if Eggman Nega returned it wouldn´t be that bad. His blue counterpart would be able to see Blaze again, and that actually wouldn´t be horrible. That purple cat touched Shadow´s heart somehow. She had been really nice to him, even if Sonic told him that she was kind of serious.

Suddenly, Shadow saw a couple of guards talking to each other:

"This has to be top secret, you hear me, Austin?"

"Roger that. Why is that, Harold?"

"Because GUN will come after us if they know. This is really important for our government to keep it quiet at least for a few years."

The guards noticed how Shadow was watching them and walked away. He decided to follow them, leaving Sonic with Samantha.

-O-O-O-

"Hahahahaha, you´re so funny, Sonic!"

"You know what can I say? I am a charming hedgehog after all!"

"Yeah… Anyway, I have one more question for you."

"Okay. What is it?"

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