The moment Dash steps into the main room carrying an unconscious Raven in her arms was Allan right at their sides.

"Is she all right?!"

He couldn't help but feel like the state she was in was all his fault. After all, he did push her into helping out out there.

Dash was a bit surprised to find that the pink male was more concerned over her dark comrade than of herself. By now he would have been all over her ready to take care of her. Not that she minded! Allan was a little touchy-feely for her taste! He meant well, but she could take care of herself. She was the hero after all~

"She's fine, Al, she just got carried away trying to one-up me is all..." The blue speedster joked to lighten the mood.

Her comment brought a small smile to his muzzle. She always knew how to make him feel better... "Why don't I take her off your hands? You've done enough heroism for one day."

That also surprised her. He never once used beloved or love as he addressed her. Maybe all this tension about almost losing the world had everyone in uncharacteristic states at the moment...

"I hope you learnt your lesson, Robotnik, you could've killed us all. Including yourself! You gotta stop this foolishness old woman! I dunno what your beef is with everyone, but I think ya need to put this whole 'World Domination' behind you."

The woman she was speaking to was a human female who was much older than the group, excluding Raven, as well as taller. She has long orange hair that has gray streaks along the sides that she wore in a tightly organized bun. Her body was so skinny and tall that she resembled that of a slightly wrinkled bean pole. Though she was aged she usually was dressed in something stylish.

Irene didn't want to admit it, but the blue vermin was right. An aspirated sigh heaves from her painted lips while a bony finger pushes her over-the-top glasses up her large beak-like nose. She was getting too old for this, and her robots could be doing something more productive as well as more interesting...

"Don't worry, rat, I've seen the error of my actions. As much as it pains me to see that the world will never be under the glorious reign of Robotnik, I wouldn't want to annihilate it. There are things that I quite enjoy on that miserable rock that I wouldn't want to lose. So I concede my plans for the Robotnik Empire."

A cackle then erupts from her lips as she throws her gangly arms into the air. "Now I can work on my true passion~! Fashion designing~! I shall call it: 'The Fashion Domination of the Robotnik Empire'!"

Though the thought worried the Mobian heroes, they did admit she always wore a nice ensemble, so they knew she'd excel. Her only crimes would be in fashion, and Dash would rather her keep them there.

"You do have a way with designing great things as far as women's clothing is concerned, but I wonder how you'd fair in men's clothing..." Hums a charming masculine voice with his aquamarine's gleaming in curiosity.

A glare fires up in irises of amethyst upon seeing how casual the Human and Mobian were being. "How can you carry on as if nothing had happened?!" Though the tiny echidna female seems furious with them, she simply felt as though there were more important things at hand to worry about.

The ivory bat couldn't help but chuckle at her. She looked so cute standing there pouting up at him~ "Don't you worry your pretty little head. We haven't forgotten about what transpired. We're all just relieved to be alive, and have a home to go to."

His chuckle would grow in volume after the wink he flashed at her causes her to bury her head in her tunic with her muzzle flaring into a hue matching her fur.

"So what are we gonna do with Raven?" Asks a twin-tailed fox girl who had been silently watching the whole spectacle unfold in front of her.

The question in an of itself causes Allan to impulsively hold the ravenous female closer to himself. She was too fragile emotionally to allow her to stay alone or with just anyone. With the bit of time they has spent together she quietly opened up to him. That alone told him she trusted him, even if it were in the slightest.

"She can stay with me."