Hello all! I really can't believe I'm already at Chapter 6... Feels like I've barely typed anything! So anyways, I have made countless changes/updates to the story in the past two days... Just revising things... Added chapter titles... Finally grew a pair and "re-wrote" Chapter 1 XD that is, everything is pretty much the same! I basically went back and read everything up until now... So far, so good I guess. Not the best in the world. Can't say I'm completely satisfied... But it'll do for now. So with that, I leave you with Chapter 6!

Everything was a blur to Blaze. Her feet hit the ground, but her head was in the sky. She now found herself mindlessly following everyone else as they sprinted through an open field. By this point she had stopped crying, but she was screaming on the inside.

Why Silver?! Why?!

It's all my fault!

All she could do was sprint and pray. Pray for her sanity. Pray for this whole thing to be over. Pray for Silver.

They were now passing through a forest, a forest that she recognized as the one next to their neighborhood, where all of them lived. Apparently, the ship had circled around sometime while they were inside it, because they were heading away from their houses when they got on it.

Normally, she wouldn't have noticed, but she saw the rock. The rock. This rock, that faced the edge of a small cliff, was where Silver and her had spent countless afternoons, talking, watching the sunset. There were so many memories linked to this forest, to that particular rock.

The sight of the small boulder made her stop in her tracks. Images of Silver and her played through her mind like a slide show. She dropped to her knees next to the rock. She realized right then why she was feeling so strongly about the situation. She knew now what force was making her lose herself.

She realized how much Silver meant to her.

Sure, he could be naiive, clumsy, a complete idiot. But that's what she liked about Silver.

What she loved about Silver.

She started crying again, and Sonic was running back for her. "Blaze! Are you okay? We have to go! The hospital's not far from here!"

Blaze sniffled, and looked up at him. "I... I'll catch up with you guys... Just go..."

Sonic didn't ask questions, and quickly caught up with the others, who hadn't stopped. Blaze was now left by herself, covering her face as she knelt next to the rock. She sobbed, wiped her tears, and sat up against the structure, facing the sunset. She started sorting things out... Replaying recent events in her head.

Okay... I was in the control room... I got attacked... Blur. Woke up on a table, gun pointed at me. Gunshot. Blur. Silver. Blood. Another gunshot. Blood... So much blood... Blur. I was tending to Silver... More gunshots... Blur. Knuckles took Silver. Blur. I jumped out... Blur. I ran. Blur.. Now I'm here.

Silver...

Another tear streamed down her cheek.

Be strong...

Back with the group, they finally arrived at the nearest hospital. Silver was now being rushed to a room, and the group was left to wait.

Blaze had now decided to walk to the hospital, expecting the worst.

There's no way he could've survived... That bullet hit him right in the chest... I bet he stopped breathing in Knuckles's arms...

She stopped again, to cry, but now she was outside the hospital. She sat on the bench in front of the entrance. She cried for 15 minutes straight. Her mascara now was dry on her cheeks. She didn't know what to do. What would she do without him? Without her best friend? The one she... The one she...

"You really love him, don't you?" A dark, but soft voice said.

Blaze's eyes widened, she looked left, and saw Shadow standing in front of the entrance, smoking a cigarette. She blushed. "Wh-What?! Oh... Hello Shadow... Smooth landing?"

Shadow grinned, "You didn't answer my question. And yes. Very smooth." He walked over and sat next to Blaze. "Listen. I'm not much of a matchmaker, but I notice things."

Blaze looked down, blushing even harder. "Well, I... Um... I..."

Shadow cut her off. "Blaze. It's alright. Really. You know, I've never seen you cry before. You've always been emotionless, as far as I can remember. It's okay to cry. Just let it all out."

Blaze hugged Shadow's arm, and cried for another minute or so.

Blaze looked up to the now night sky, blushed a deep red, and looked back down at the ground. "Y-Yes... I do love Silver..."

Shadow rubbed Blaze's back, "It's okay to love, Blaze. I love Tikal, you know. We've been dating forever now, but that's aside the point. It's okay to love someone. I can see where you're coming from. Always been friends... Don't want to ruin it... All that stuff..."

Blaze simply nodded, and another tear ran down her cheek.

Shadow continued, "It's alright, Blaze. And the sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be happy. You can't just be emotionless your whole life. Trust me, I tried. Silver's going to be fine. He was still breathing when they took him to the room. We should get back inside, now. It's cold out here... Plus, maybe they'll have an update for us." Shadow put out his cigarette and stood up.

Blaze, a bit impressed with how deep Shadow just was, and a bit embarrassed, stood up and hugged him. "Th-Thank you, Shadow. *sniffle*"

Wow, Shadow, I'm impressed too! Anyways, that's all for Chapter 6! Now time to go play around with my profile... For the 10000000th time today... XD Love you all! Thanks for reading!