Author's Note:

Wow, first I update 'Shattered,' then I update 'Waking Up,' and now you guys get an update for this?

Nows when you ask me what kind of crack I'm on.

Actually, I've just gotten a lot of motivation to get my stories all updated. I got a new work schedule, and so I have time to actually write now and get online more often.

I'm also trying to draw a bit more, so those who are following me on DeviantART may have noticed a bit more activity from me there as well.

Now, I am so, so, so, so, so sorry you guys have had to wait this long for an update. I've been so busy and so tired and so done with life that I haven't even had the time to sit for a moment without shit going down. I literally had no free time whatsoever. I couldn't even sit down and eat without rushing out the door to go to work or sit down at my desk and finish an assignment.

Hopefully things are starting to get together in my chaotic life. It only took me a year or two, but I'm finally getting somewhere. Yay for Anonymoux!

…and now, without further ado, I owe you a chapter. A very M rated one if I may add. No spoilers. Lots of shit going down.

Enjoy~!

Five~

There was this one time, during a pretty violent battle with a hedgehog who looked exactly like him, yet a different shade of the color spectrum, he encountered a very awkward experience. Namely another male forcing his back against a tree, one hand pinned upward, the other frozen on the other's chest, while his legs were forced apart by a demanding knee, their bodies pressed up against each other, and warm, wet lips on his neck.

The situation had been more than shocking to him. While his doppleganger fondled him and let his hands wander in places they most certainly shouldn't, he was stuck, completely taken by surprise, locked up, conflicted. The feelings were overwhelming, the motions were dizzying, and it was the first time he had ever felt any kind of…intimacy with a person.

Of course, he had ended it once he collected his bearings. A nice punch to the face and kick to the groin was enough to end whatever that had been, and thankfully where it planned to go. With a pink face, he had beaten the other apart, swearing at him to never touch him again.

He hasn't seen him since.

Then there was this time, Amy begged, begged, begged for him to come over to her place for a lunch and movie, of course, as just friends. Well, he decided it was the perfect opportunity to tell her how he felt; that he didn't want a relationship with her, and he wasn't interested in the slightest.

So, he went, and they had lunch. He tried to talk with her, but she was so energetic.

Little did he know it had been a trap, and she thought it would be a good idea to try and put some kind of 'love potion' in his drink. He had a feeling she got it from some shady person who was just selling some random drug for money, yet knew she would be naïve enough to fall for it.

It wasn't love potion.

He went home, no movie, 'sick'.

Sick wasn't even a word to him.

A red face, hot body, sweat dripping down his pelt, and he was locked in his bathroom, freaking out. He had no idea what to do with himself and the growing pain below. He tried sitting in an ice cold bathtub, and it still didn't help him. He went insane for the six hours it lasted, doing everything from running in circles, banging his head on the wall, digging in his cabinets for some kind of herb or medicine to stop it…

He eventually just curled up in a ball on the floor, whimpering the whole time.

To put it simply…

…he had no idea how to handle sexual interactions.

It wasn't something he ever took the time to learn or listen to. He was too busy running around the world, saving the galaxy, and smashing robots. 'Love', 'romance', or 'sex' wasn't something the blue teenager ever even thought about…or wanted to think about.

So when the demon and monster known as Mephiles the Dark had grabbed him by the quills, his tongue forced into his mouth, while those hot, wet vines traveled up his thighs, in between them, caressing his crotch, he could of screamed in complete fear and shock.

Instead he froze down to the bone, completely unmoving, his heart pounding faster than he could ever run.

The demon's tongue was slick and slippery, dancing in his mouth, tracing along sharp, white fangs, feeling against his own tongue, circling it, massaging it, to the roof of his mouth, before tilting his head slightly to get in even deeper, while one of the vines had enough nerve to prod the sheath in between his legs, threatening to slip inside…

He couldn't take it anymore. His mind was growing hazy, and he felt he might black out from the anxiety in his chest. He let out a choked, muffled scream, pulling and tugging against his restraints, trying to turn his head away from the handsome demon.

The dark creature slowly pulled away, not before lapping his tongue across those swollen, fawn lips, biting the bottom one, and pulling away with a tug. His hand gripped the hero's muzzle firmly, while a sharp, pointed smirk stretched across his muzzle, the bastard smug, and he watched the flushed face of his captive go from surprised and fearful to downright enraged.

"Y-You-!" Sonic exclaimed, his voice a choked growl.

Mephiles chuckled, watching the dark wisps of his energy curl around that svelte, sapphire body, feeling around his curves and in between strong legs. "You," he starts mockingly, his voice low and sultry, "are absolutely delicious…"

Sonic couldn't help but shudder, feeling another vine slide up his rear, coiling around his blue tail. Just the feel of dark energy radiating off of the male above him, was enough to wobble his mind. He felt weak and hot, heavy yet shaky, and the pressured feeling in his lower stomach was confusing the hell out of him. Tiny tingles of electricity flowed through him everywhere the vines touched and molested. The one poking at his crotch decided it would be the first to tempt fate…

A high pitched, strangled cry broke Sonic's lips as he felt the heat lap against too sensitive of skin. His back arched and his irises shrunk, his body jerking as the vine wrapped itself like a snake around the tip of his most private parts. He felt his heart stop, and he swore if he could breathe, he would be panting by now. His fists clenched, nails digging into the cloth of his gloves, while his wrists strained under the hold of the vines. His eyes squeezed shut, feeling the vine tighten around his shaft, and he leaned forward, trying to shake it all off…

"Gyah-ah-ahhhhsssstoooop-iiit-!" he screamed, feeling the heat rise from his groin up to his chest, flushing his pink chest and muzzle a deep crimson. He heard a dark chuckle in his ear, and he shivered, as the demon's chin rested on his head in between flattened ears.

Another vine decided to join in the fun, the one toying with his tail… It unwrapped itself, before prodding up against a small hole just underneath…pushing…pushing...pushing…

Sonic lost it. The hot squirming was like a tongue in that tight hole, writhing up inside of him, slickening up those tight walls, pooling in deeper until it brushed against a spot too sweet to handle. A blinding white pleasure shot through his entire body, and all courage, all bravado, went straight out the window.

"Ah-AH! Stop it! Stop-it-stop-it-what-areyoudoing?!"

Mephiles laughed, before he purred, pressing a warm, delicate kiss atop the panicking mobian's head. "You're in my domain, now, little one. That means you belong to me."

Sonic cried out, his entire form wracking and trembling uncontrollably. This was too much…way too much! He whimpered, struggling to pull away, even though he knew there was no hope.

"Ahnnnn..." he groans, before a harsh thrust in his backside, like a blade into tender flesh, shot through him in another wave of unwanted ecstasy, jerking his body forward. "Aaaah, gods, stop it!"

"You're mewling pretty loudly for one telling me to stop, little kitten," Mephiles chuckled. "Why don't you cry a little harder, now?"

The demon grabbed the back of the hero's quills, yanking harshly back, revealing a blue neck. He leaned down and pressed wet kisses across it, as the vine tightening around his abused member gave a harsh pull.

"AHha-I can't!" Sonic screamed, completely gone. "You have to s-stop! Stopitstopitstopit!"

His body was broken, his mind was blurred. His head spun and his thoughts were disintegrated. The pressure…oh there was so much pressure…building below…growing faster as his stomach tightened, the demon easing…easing…easing…just a bit further into that shaken blue body…

All the hero saw was white. The scream that tore from his lips was involuntary, forced from him as the pressure finally caved, and a hot, clear liquid spewed from his tip, dripping onto the floor. He mewled and cried out, his body wrought with trembles and vicious shudders, melting like heated pudding…

The vines suddenly pulled from him, dropping the dazed body forward into the demon's arms. "Nnngghhh…" Sonic struggled, trying to focus his eyes, but to no avail. He was numb all over, the only feeling that of frequent aftershocks, sending the last remains of striking pleasure through his form. He wanted nothing more than to curl up into a ball and sleep forever, and he whimpered, his brain slowly processing what just happened to him.

If he weren't already dead, he would have wished he were. The humiliation was stricken across his flushed face, his eyes wide in pure horror.

"Now listen closely, little kitten," Mephiles purred softly in his ear. "That was your easy start. You want to go home? Well that comes with a price."

He grabbed Sonic's chin again, forcing the frightened hero to meet his malicious gaze. Sonic's face paled slightly behind the blush, his teeth clenching together fearfully.

"You will submit to me, if you want to leave," Mephiles warned, his tone lowered and menacing. "You will be mine, and you will be my door to leave this world. If not…"

Sonic shuddered, feeling a loan vine roam up his legs, his hips, his chest…

"I'll take you by force. Each and every time you place an emerald down, I'll take you. I'll make you scream, I'll make you cry." He leaned closer, the blue hedgehog two seconds away from losing a nerve. "I'll fuck you until all you can ever think about is me and me alone. Your freedom will be mine. Your body will be mine. I'll be inside you as long as you live, taking you whenever I want, however. I. Want."

Sonic forced himself to growl, shaken beyond belief. "W-Why…w-why m-m-me?"

A devilish smirk was his answer, Mephiles practically glowing in dark delight.

"Your energy, your power, is the key to this world, to leaving it. If I can own you, I own that key…and besides," his lips were just grazing the hero's, so close… "you're so beautifully crave-able, I could never get enough of taking you between those lovely legs of yours…"

"You're sick," Sonic hissed, his blue ears pinned back, quills raising slowly. This dude was obviously insane, crazed, evil…he couldn't even think of the word for him.

'He's the devil…'

Mephiles chuckled, pulling away from the hero, dropping him to fall on his hands and knees. "The decision is yours, kitten. The next time we meet, you can either submit to me, or I take you by force. Choose wisely."

He disappeared in a flash of purple light, and Sonic sat there, wide eyed and shocked.

"Wh-What. The. Hell…"

He had only a little bit of time to clean himself up. He was so hot and irritated, the cold snow didn't even bother him as he used his Chaos Energy to melt it and wash up with it…

His mind was rattled. No, that was an understatement. He was so mentally fucked he couldn't even say his own name. What had just happened put him in a state of complete shock.

Mephiles was insane. Stay away was underestimated. Get the fuck away as soon as possible was a better way to put it.

He had hell of a story for Locke when he got back…

Now he stood, shaken, waiting for the moment the post would light up, and he could put the emerald in its place. He just hoped Tails did the same on the other side. He prayed, really. He wanted to leave this place as soon as possible…

He swallowed, trying to collect his bearings. He was caught off guard this time, so next time he would be ready.

He nodded, wishing he could take in a deep breath and let it all out.

Unfortunately before he could even think about missing the ability to breathe, the pillar lit up like a star.

The blue hero frowned as he bent down, stretching down to his toes. He stands back up straight, taking in the sight before him...

Eggman's base, bigger, badder, surrounded by water, traps, a few Death Egg Robots, hundreds of Eggpawns, both big and small, while in the center was the doctor's lair itself.

"Are you sure this will work?" Knuckles said from behind him, kneeling on one knee as he fixed his shoes. Tails, standing on Sonic's left, smiled brightly. "Of course it will! We have this one done, easy."

Sonic chuckled, loving the way the kit talked just like him. He holds his wrist up to his mouth, speaking loudly in his communicator. "Is everyone ready?"

Amy was the first to respond, with a chirp of, "Clear over here!"

Rouge smirked as she replied, "Same here, darling."

"Affirmative," came E-123 Omega's robotic voice.

"Team Chaotix is ready to go!" Vector exclaimed, his teammates, along with Mighty and Ray, nodded in agreement.

"We're all set to go, Captain," Tails cheered brightly, like a soldier ready for battle. Sonic grins, wiping off his noes with a swipe of his thumb.

"Alright then, guys, let's do it to it!"

With that said, the Tornado takes off somewhere in the distance, Mighty grinning as he spins it around a few times. Sonic, followed by Tails and Knuckles, dive down off the platform they stood on, dashing at the speed of sound towards the head of the robots. Vector, Espio, and Charmy made their way through the clearing that Team Sonic made for them, getting Rouge to the control console that would tear down Eggman's forcefield. Amy flew her own plane, a bright pink thing, helping Mighty clear out the hordes of badniks for Sonic to get through. Omega, on the other hand, was having a field day blasting apart tens of robots at once.

Once the shield was down around Eggman's lair, Rouge gave the boys the okay, and Sonic grabbed both Tails and Knuckles by the wrists, blasting through with a sonic boom.

"Let's rendezvous at Point B," Sonic orders as he runs, getting himself and his two best friends inside the building.

"Alright, we're on it!" Rouge calls, along with the other Freedom Fighters.

The three run up a few floors, busting robots and traps along the way. Lasers shot out here and there, while red lights flashed and alarms rang in their ears. Getting to a balcony outside, the heroes climb up the blocks on the side of the fortress, like giant stairs, until they reached a small roof.

Sonic lets out a victorious huff, glad thing were going smoothly so far. Amy's plane lands, followed by the Tornado, as Mighty hops out. The pair run up to the team, Amy smiling, Mighty grinning.

"Best plan ever," the armadillo laughs, exchanging high-fives with Sonic, who chuckled.

"Don't jinx us," he jokes, turning around as the rest of their team joins them.

"Alright, boss, what now?" Rouge smiles, slightly panting from the battle so far.

Sonic points up, to the tallest tower on this fortress. "Eggman's there," he points to the second tallest, "Our emeralds are there. Tails, Knuckles, Mighty, Espio, and I will go confront bald and ugly," he turns to the others. "Rouge, Omega, Vector, and Charmy will get the emeralds." He nods towards Amy and Ray. "You guys will stay with the planes, and if we need air support, Ray you're in the Tornado with my team, and Amy you're in your plane with Rouge's Team."

He takes a glance at each of them. "Is that clear?"

Everyone nods, cheering in agreement. He grins. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

With that the team scattered, each to their designated targets.

Might was at the head of Sonic's team, slamming his fist into the wall to give them an opening in, while Omega practically tore down the tower to get Rouge's team inside.

Sonic was a spiky ball of fury, spindashing the walls and ricocheting off of everything like a pinball, destroying every robot he touched. Knuckles was right behind him punching down enemies, and once in a while throwing Tails into enemies, who would curl up and destroy them almost the same way his older brother did. Espio took out most of the lasers and robots by sneaking up on them, while Mighty tore up everything the rest of the team missed.

The large, metal doors at the top exploded with a bang, as Sonic's team busted through, the blue leader himself grinning in victory.

Eggman scowled.

The room was huge, a arching dome that sat atop the tower like a crown. Eggman sat on the other side of it, sitting in his Eggmobile like a throne. There was nothing really definable in this room. It was cold and grey, no robots or anything, just completely empty.

Alarms immediately went off in Sonic's head, knowing this couldn't be good. The madman was obviously hiding something big in this room, and he had to be ready for it. No Space Colony ARK trick was going to go down on him today…

"The hell?" Knuckles grumbled under his breath behind the contemplating hedgehog, a bit freaked out by the room before him. The others seemed to agree as well, not liking this one bit.

"Wassup, Egghead?" Sonic greeted, ready for anything.

The doctor continued to glower at him. "You're either getting more stupid by the minute, or just arrogant, hedgehog," he growls. He presses a button on his control console, leaning back in his seat as the room started to change. "I'm willing to bet the former."

The room practically spun, large panels coming up out of the walls and floor, and 'oh look,' Sonic couldn't help but think. Robots, hiding in the floors, and a particularly large one behind the doctor himself, attached to his eggpod, stepped up and out.

Mighty grins. "This is going to be fun."

The heroes tense, before the robots charge forward, and they leap, ready to fight.

Meanwhile Rouge was busy picking away at the computer, muttering under her breath. "It's times like these I miss Shadow."

Vector, after tearing a robot in half, looks at her curiously. "What ever happened to him anyway?"

She sighs, shaking her head. "Beats me. The bastard disappeared after he defeated Black Doom. Probably up in the ARK laughing at all of us right now…"

"Shadow is a traitorous scoundrel," Omega adds, before fireblasting a small army of robots to fried bits.

Rouge smiles sadly, glancing at Vector. "That's his way of saying he misses him."

"Uhh, guys," Charmy starts slowly, looking out the window where Team Sonic was currently at battle. "Do you think they need help?"

Rouge huffs, looking up as the shield around the six Chaos Emeralds dissipated. "I don't doubt it, but these emeralds should be all the help Sonic can get."

She raises her wrist to her mouth, as Charmy and Vector start grabbing emeralds. "Sonic, we got the emeralds. How many do you want, and what do you want us to do with the rest?"

It was nothing but static for a moment, before Sonic's voice spoke through, a bit raspy. "I need at least three of 'em. Give the other three to Amy and send her, Charmy, and Ray outta here. The rest of you get up here and -woah!- get up here and help us out! You're in charge of the Tornado!"

She nods, looking up at the others who overheard him. "Alright, hon, give us two minutes!"

She motions for Charmy and Vector to move it, while instructing Omega to cover them.

"Guys!" Amy cuts in, sounding extremely worried. "One of the Death Egg Robots is trying to collapse your tower! Get out of there!"

That's when the explosion took out the bottom of the tower.

Screams were heard as the structure starting tumbling down to its side, Rouge immediately taking flight next to Charmy, grabbing the heavy as hell Vector, while Omega used his rockets to keep himself up. They flew out of the collapsing tower, which fell right onto the robot responsible for its demise.

Panting, they land down next to Ray and Amy, who were visibly concerned.

"A-A-Are you al-al-alright!?" Ray exclaims, before Amy could. Rouge nods, waving at Charmy. "You two and Charmy are taking three of these emeralds and getting out of here. The rest of us are going up."

"What?!" Amy exclaims. "I wanna go up! I can help!"

Rouge glares at her. "That's an order from Sonic, hon. As much as I would appreciate your help, we need someone to get these two home safely with the emeralds."

"I'll go," Vector volunteers. Rouge looks at him incredulously for a moment, before looking at Amy again. After a few more seconds of pleading looks, the bat girl sighs. "Sonic's gonna kill me for this, but okay, fine."

Amy lets out an excited cheer, while Vector gets the two young ones into her plane.

Then a sudden shreaking caught their attention. They look up at the tower the fight was going down in, and their eyes widen when Tails's horror struck voice cries into their comlinks.

"W-We got a problem up here! Eggman's got Sonic in a trap!"

Rouge looks down at Vector. "Get out of here! Amy, Omega, let's go!"

Up in the tower, Sonic hissed under his breath. Knuckles grit his teeth, struggling to pull apart the circular device trapping Sonic's left leg. It covered his ankle up to his thigh, three, large metal rings tightening around his leg. It was attached by a wire to the giant robot's arm, the one Eggman was currently controlling. The doctor was laughing hysterically, while Knuckles and now Mighty and Tails tried to free their friend.

A loud whirring sound made the group look up, wide eyed. The robot's arm had detached itself from its body, and shot up to the ceiling right above it, connecting like a magnet.

In turn, this pulled Sonic with it.

The hedgehog let out a yelp of surprise as he was whisked up, hanging upside down by his leg trapped in this machine. He groaned, his vision blurring for a moment, before he closed his eyes and shook his head. His leg was throbbing, under the stress of hanging from the ceiling.

Tails and Knuckles screamed at the doctor, before they all cried out in shock. The floor beneath them shook and moved apart, sending them backwards to the perimeter of the room.

Sonic let a curse slip passed his lips, one of his eyes closed, the other squinted as he took in what just happened. So much for not falling into the same web twice…

As the floor moved, it reviled nothing but water underneath, dangerous looking fish badniks swimming around like piranhas inside. Another curse left the blue hero. Of course water was involved…

Then the machine started lowering him, and his eyes widened.

Rouge, Amy, and Omega ran into the room, just in time to see a clear dome fold over the water, and Sonic, blocking them from saving him.

"Omega!" Rouge cries. "Can't you break it down!"

The robot dashes forward, joining Knuckles and Mighty in bashing the glass in unlikely hopes. Amy joins them, whipping out her hammer, hitting it and screaming at the doctor as well.

Rouge runs over to Tails and Espio, frantic now. "Is there any kind of control panel or something? Anything to stop this?!"

Tails, shaky, fearfully, pulls up his map of the building. "Th-The power s-station is all the way over here. That's why Sonic said we couldn't take it out first. Even if we did, there's a backup generator all the way on the other side of the base…"

Rouge's ears flatten. "S-So…what do we do?"

Sonic leaned up, trying his damnest to pull apart the device holding onto his leg. If he could get out before he hit the water, he could run across it, giving them some time. Anything at this point would help, really.

"Now, Sonic…" Eggman pauses in his laughter to grin menacingly. The machine stopped, Sonic's ears just a foot away from touching the water, his dangling quills just dipping in it. He looks up and glares at the human, who seemed hazy with all this blood flowing to his head…

"The last Chaos Emerald is missing, and has been for quite a while now…" He presses a button on his console, and the three metal rings holding onto his leg, spun and opened up. Sonic blinks, realizing that strong, metal bands were actually keeping the hold on his leg, while the metal rings extended away. Then, out of nowhere, all around the very top ring, by his ankle, metal spikes shot back, outwards from the ring, making him jump. Oh…that did not look good.

Eggman practically giggles now. "You know where it is…so…tell me, where is it?"

Sonic looks back at the doctor, his heart stopped in his chest. He did know where the last Chaos Emerald was. He was the only one who knew where it was.

Taking in a deep breath, he smirks, weakly, and shakes his head. "Nope, can't do that…"

Eggman's grin broadens. "Oh, really then?"

And then that metal ring closed down with a snap, those metal spikes going straight into his ankle.

The screams his friends made was louder than his own, as his vision went completely red. Pain fired through him faster than he could run, blood already dripping down from where the spikes penetrated.

The second metal ring opened up, spikes very much like the first one shooting outwards. Sonic coughed, wheezing, before spitting out a clot of blood into the water below. He's been hurt before, but this was too much…

"Now let's try that again," Eggman huffed. "Tell me and you just might be able to run again, rodent. Where is the last Chaos Emerald?"

"Stop it!" Tails screams, while Knuckles curses loudly, their punches not getting anywhere.

Sonic coughed again, his ears ringing. If Eggman found out where that last Chaos Emerald was…it would be all over for all of them.

A weak, broken chuckle leaves his lips. "Nnn-Nah… D-D-Don't th-think s-s-so…"

The second metal ring clamped down, right over his knee and around.

He couldn't even scream this time. His mouth opened but no sound he made could ever describe the pain he felt. It felt like his leg was being torn apart, bit by bit. Those spikes were huge, all the way around his leg, blood pouring down from where they impacted. Fear clouded his mind, the thought that he would never be able to run again beginning to haunt him.

It was too late now, however. The damage was done. If he gave in now, it would all be for nothing.

He couldn't even hear his friends' screams anymore. He couldn't even hear Eggman berating him.

Tails fell to his knees, sobbing. "St-stop…this isn't…this isn't fair…"

"Goddammit!" Knuckles screamed, his namesakes bleeding as he continued to ram them into the dome.

"The Tornado!" Rouge cried. "What if we used the Tornado to blow it up?!"

Sonic groaned, Eggman's laughing just as painful as the spikes in his leg. He honestly didn't know which was worse at this point…

"One last time, hedgehog! Where. Is. The. Last. Chaos. Emerald?"

Sonic focused his eyes just enough to meet the doctor head on. He couldn't stop the sneer from pulling his lips, as he growled the word, 'No.'

The last ring closed around his thigh, before dropping him into the water, electricity flowing through it like a current…

"SONIC!"

Tails was crying, Knuckles was screaming. Eggman was laughing hysterically. His vision was blurry, but he knew he was in pain. Terrible, excruciating pain. He could hear a female's voice yelling at someone in the background...Amy, and a pounding that was most likely her hammer. Another shock and wave of blinding white pain tore through his body, and he couldn't stop the scream from breaking his lips.

An explosion could be heard in the distance, and someone mentioned the name 'Omega'. Tails was sobbing now, pleading, begging. Eggman just laughed harder. He found himself not able to breathe then, choking on something, inhaling it...water...and another wave of pain broke his body, making him only take in more of the fearsome liquid. He tried his eyes, but found it still impossible to see.

Then he began to feel...warm. A strange, but familiar energy could be felt rising inside of him. It was like a warm flame, enveloping his body and bringing a comfortable embrace to him. He reached out for it, knowing it was his only hope. Suddenly, Eggman was no longer laughing but screaming the words, 'No! No! No! No!' and he was no longer in pain, no longer choking on water, but powerful, unstoppable, and ready to fight. Ready to end this.

His dark form was only something he used when he absolutely had no other choice. This was that moment. What bothered him yet was the fact that he still could not see. Of course...he still didn't have full control of this form yet. He trusted his friends would get to safety...because he was going to put a finish on everything that Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik ever was and wished to be. "I'm sorry, Kintobor..."

The last thing he felt was an explosion, and he couldn't help but grin as he lost his form. Mobius was safe, Eggman was...hopefully gone, and that's all that mattered to him. He remembered Kintobor's wish: For all life to live happily, with no evil in the world. Did he do it? Even if he was unable to save him, was Kintobor happy with him? Everything was fading around him, and he could hear distance screams and calls for his name. Would Tails understand?

He heard someone scramble down to their knees beside him, and someone lift him up in their arms. "I got you, Sonic! You're gonna be okay!" Tails was sobbing... He wished he could hug him... "Wake up, Sonic! Please, wake...up..."

Tails stepped back, watching with wide eyes. The pillar had lit up suddenly, out of nowhere, and without even thinking he had slammed the emerald on the pedestal.

The blinding light made the group step back, covering their eyes. When the opened them, they stood, gaping, and Tails collapsed on his knees.

Sonic stood, holding onto the emerald pedestal as if he would drown without it, his body a translucent blue, glowing slightly, but there.

Sonic was there.

Right there.

The blue hedgehog blinks a few time, stepping away from the pillar, before noticing his friends all in front of him. All staring at him.

They could see him.

Slowly, a smile crawls across his face, and he wishes once again to take in a fresh breath of air, but still unable to.

"S-S-Son…" Tails starts weakly, as the blue hero steps around the pillar, kneeling in front of him with that glowing smile of his. "S-Sonic…"

The hedgehog chuckles, winking at him. "You got my message…"

Tails couldn't stop the tears from flowing down his muzzle. Rouge and Amy both wiped at their eyes, while Knuckles only stared, silent and dumbfounded.

Tails sniffles loudly, slowly reaching upward. Sonic does the same, but instead of their hands meeting, Tails's goes through Sonic's. This made Sonic frown, and Tails let out a choked sob.

"You…" he starts, "You're still h-here…b-but…"

"How?" Knuckles stresses, unable to believe it. Sonic looks up at him and smiles softly.

"It's…a lot to explain, but I have an hour, so that should be enough time."

Tails leans back, sitting on his legs. "E-Everything. You…y-you tell us everything…"

Sonic chuckles, sitting back as well, his legs criss-crossed in front of him.

"Alright, now where to begin?"

Author's Note:

Aww…

So that's when Sonic 'died', and now he gets to see his friends, and they get to see him for the first time in months. Meanwhile Sonic's getting to know Mephiles…

I'm so terrible, aren't I?

This chapter was a lot longer than I planned, but I was just so into it I couldn't stop~

As some of you may have noticed, I'm uploading this story now, and I'll probably go over it tomorrow to fix any grammar, spelling, etc mistakes. Right now I'm too tired.

Next story to be updated will either be a whole new story, or one of my two sonadow stories: "Welcome Home," or "I Am Who I Am With You". The third new story is going to be sonadow as well, because, why da hell not~?

Goodnight~!