The final chapter is here.

Sorry for the delay.

Enjoy.

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A few days later Shadow appeared outside of Sonic house, he was holding some things on his hands, he walk in and close the door, he saw that Sonic was seeing TV, he determined to finish his agony asked to him, "do you trust me?" He was been really direct with that question, Sonic got surprised by the question that he turn off the TV and answered "of course I do", he was sit in the couch seeing Shadow hesitating; Shadow unwrapped a couple of needless, those metallic giant needless, and approached to Sonic, Sonic was terrified almost in shock, who wouldn't be seeing those things even I am afraid of writing about it, "this contain a solution that would improve your muscles" said while trying them, "what?, wait what?" Sonic was indeed in shock, first for the scary needless and second for the fact that Shadow found and search about his ill, "this is going to hurt and even more on the morning, so stay calm, while I punch this in your kneels" Shadow said very serious as always, "are you sure?" Sonic asked while he was introducing them really quickly, but he didn't answered, instead the pain did, it was like a shoot, something burning inside of him was increasing till Sonic felt unconscious.

On the morning Shadow get back to the house and saw Sonic who now was playing on a wheelchair some tricks "hey Shads, it didn't hurt on the morning", Shadow ready to continue his promise, took the chair leading Sonic to the main door, Sonic a little confused on Shadow reaction asked "what's wrong?", Shadow just open the door and lead Sonic to the outside, by surprise of him, Shadow throw Sonic out of the chair making him to roll on the grass and then Shadow throw the chair on the other side. It was fun to see Sonic flying and rolling on the ground indeed, what they didn't know was that Rouge was seeing them at the window, she laughed at that but in silence.

It was a surge of pain that bring Shadow to Sonic legs, while still laying down trying to resist it, Shadow stood in front of him and said "see, I told you it was going to hurt more on the morning" mocking of him, "while you are there, pay some attention" Shadow was trying to tell him something important, but this was the only way that he can tell it, "time ago you asked me how I felt, well know you have a little idea how I felt..." walking slowly around Sonic Shadow said, "in pain, desperate, with a touch of loss and confused, because not everyone who hurts you is bad and not everyone who take you out of the shit is your friend" still Sonic on the ground but now hearing him, "that it's what you teach me in these adventures... and now I return you the favor that you did to me" saying that Shadow offer his hand to help him to raise.

While that was happening, the other guys joined at the window with Rouge to see. Sonic look to Shadow with a smile knowing that shadow was learning to get over his dark past and now was opening his mind to new things, he would never say that but that was a confirmation of that. Now backing to his situation Sonic stand up with a little difficult, now in front of Shadow Sonic rise his thump as cheering up, "let's finish this" Shadow said and continued "you must know that the effect of this ends in a month... So if you don't reach the sound speed before that, you can say goodbye to your title of the fastest hedgehog of the world" he ended. But before Sonic could answer Tails now out of the house said "he can do it, I have no doubt" and the echina get out the house when saw Tails there to accept the challenge that the dark hedgehog said "he would be fastest than you when that month end" with some rude tone knuckles ended. Sonic just nodded and smiled to them, Shadow now seeing that he would be fine with them he turned around trying to get in the house so he can hide his joy, but Rouge was at the door and stopped him, grabbing him for the shoulders and turning him to see how happy the trio was "don't run Shadow, see what you have done and enjoy it" with a very kind tone she said, Shadow didn't know how to enjoy the life, he needed to learn that again, but he want sure how to face that so he left casting a chaos control, leaving them the joy, while think about a good training for Sonic.

The next days were full of hard work and pain for Sonic and friends. Knuckles gave a good training on the mornings and on the nights Shadow was on charge, everyone pushed him hard, so he can full fill the challenge, it was necessary to complete it or he would never be free again and he was the symbol of that.

At the mornings following echina instructions Sonic really enjoyed to have his brother with him, that make Tails follow him in the training, he didn't like it that much, but for his brother he would do anything, he was thankful that he didn't join him on t that late one, that was really a pain. At nights Shadow make Sonic run until the morning or when he fall of fatigue, he didn't slow down the training, instead of that every day he pushed him to the limit... it was how Sonic used to be, pushing everything to the limit, his speed and his confident.

One night, almost reaching the time limit, Shadow knew he was ready to taunt him to the final challenge. Already reaching Shadow started it he was accelerating when he saw Sonic with that look of evil smile and said "race to the house?", it was the race Shadow declined before all this mess and now he asked back, Sonic smiled and nodded, he was waiting for that. That race started, no one would dare to slow for the other, at any time, so they speed up, faster and faster, now the landscape was shiny lights posting them, they were really far from the house, so this was going to be a real race. Both hedgehogs were giving their best stunts and tricks. Racing in some city the dark hedgehog used some tricks to forward the blue one, but at some point he lost Sonic, when he turned to see where he was, Sonic wasn't there... When he look back at front, Sonic was running really fast, Shadow couldn't believe that he speeded that fast that he didn't saw that coming, it was all what he was expecting from Sonic, so the race get to the point of the sound of speed, both were very close, "you got it" Shadow looking to Sonic said, Sonic smiled and said "you really care about us, isn't it Shads?", "don't bother me hedgehog, cause this race isn't finished" and speeded up, forcing his show and legs both hedgehog were alive again. Almost getting to the end Sonic reached Shadow and said "Shads!, really you are doing great" continued Sonic with the post conversation, "if you keep bothering me I'll throw you to the water" Shadow said trying to avoid that subject, "oh come on Shads, you should..." and that was the last words Sonic could say.

The next scene Shadow was walking to Sonics house and saw Rouge and Tails trying to do something on the yard, when Rouge saw him and said "Hey you came early" with a smile, "He did it" he just said with no emotions, Talks jumped while saying "I knew he would make it" with a big smile on his face and ask "where is he?" Looking for him around, "in the pool..." Shadow said, "What?" said Tails and flew to the backyard to take him out, Rouge just laughed and Shadow passing at her side thought "yeah, I do care" and laughed.

FIN

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If it want obvious the title of this story was made in that scene when Shadow help Sonic to rise.

Do you like it?, cause this was my first try to write a "long story".

Sorry for all misspells in the story, I can't find all of them and this isn't my main language.

Thanks a lot for reading this!

Goodbye and have a good day.

R&R