Why did this happen to him. Shadow repeated the last couple moments he had with Sonic over in his head, why. Why did he have to die, and end up with this child. Shadow held Amy close, her being his last connection with Sonic.

"Why did Daddy die" whispered Amy a tear dripping down her already pink cheeks.

"I-I don't know, Amy" Shadow said, ashamed of a crack in his voice. He tried his best to hold back his tears in front of his daughter, but she always had a knack of knowing when he griefed. "Amy..." whispered Shadow, his voice barely audiable. He didn't believe what he was going to say, but he managed to get it out all the same, "I'm going away for a little while"

"What?! Take me too!" Amy his 3 year old jumped around him tears warping her face. Shadow laughed sadly looking away.

"I couldn't do that, it was my fault that Sonic died in the first place, I can't drag you into this as well."

Amy looked down in shame, knowing the truth.

Shadow smiled, "So I'm going to leave you with Uncle Tails and Cosmo okay?"

Amy pouted, "Fine."

Tails yelled from inside the house, "Come on Amy, Cosmo and I are playing Science!"

"Yay" yelled Cosmo

"Great" said Amy

"Wait before you go," Tails yelled after Shadow

"Hm?"

"Take this." Tails handed Shadow a necklace that shone with the same bright blue Sonic used to.

"What is this?"

"Took me a long time," smiled Tails sadly, "But me and Cosmo were able to make this. It's on the same wavelength as Sonic's aura, he should be able to appear to you this way."

"... Thank you." said Shadow as genuinly as he could. He didn't often thank people and it was difficult to get the words out, but putting his pride away he thanked the fox for everything.

"Where are you going to go," yelled Cosmo curious, tears glistened her eyes you could see her worry on her face plain as day.

"Where Sonic died... I believe I can find him there..."

"But the hospital... it's-"

"In ruins I know." Shadow smiled to calm them down, "Don't worry I'll be back." Shadow lied through his teeth, knowing that return was unlikely.

"So this is what's left of the place..." The hospital laid in complete ruins, a courtesy of Shadow. Keeping his temper was a bit of a chore to him.

"Sonic..."

"Looking for me are you?" Shadow quickly turned to see a smirk playing on the azure blue hedgehog's lips.

"Sonic" Shadow was breathless, he hadn't seen Sonic in the longest time. He forgot how he looked, his natural beauty, his cocky way of standing, his beautiful blue.

"Thought I died, haha, I'm faster than that" Sonic looked off into the horizon, "The reaper tried to catch me, but I escaped him. He was too slow"

"Why..."

Sonic's ears twitched at the noice and he looked curiously to Shadow. Shadow in return was boiling with anger, "Why did you leave me! If you were alive why didn't you come!"

Sonic laughed, "but you see I'm not alive"

"I'm only a spirit, I can't pass on... I don't want to pass on and I can only appear to you through that necklace, funny trick to it by the way shouldn't use that too long"

"Sonic!"

"So I guess I'm going to go now! Bye!" Sonic turned away from the shadowy hedgehog keeping his tears at bye, gotta be strong for Shadow.

Sonic was about to disappear when Shadow ran at him, hugging him from behind.

"Eh?" Sonic awkwardly asked Shadow if he knew he was on a cliff

"Haha, course I did, but if your fast enough to escape the grim reaper, then I definally can"

"After all" said Shadow, "We always knew I was faster, right?"

"Haha, in your dreams" replied Sonic, tears glistening in his eyes "Funny," Thought sonic, "didn't know ghosts can cry"

"What will happen to Amy?"

"Tails will take good care of her"

"This sure is a long fall"

"Yeah"

"Closing on to the end"

"See you on the other side"