Chapter Seven
And here we are. The last chapter. Aj the human thanks bunchies for the favorite and follow, lidyathetigeropean for reviewing and a big thank you to all my readers. All seven hundred and forty five of you so far. You guys all rock and it's cause of you guys that I even had the courage to see this fic all the way through. TatlTails, a big thank you to you too for sticking through this. Your reviews bring a smile to my face. Whelp now that that's outta the way, will Kira find the last emerald? Will Shadow be returned to normal? Don't just sit there, read!
Kira's POV
I held the phone in utter shock.
"Rush, you're kidding. Right?" Shadow...he couldn't be 'gone'. He's just a baby. He was probably hiding in their apartment somewhere. Right? Rush was calling my name but I couldn't hear him. My baby, My baby, was missing. I hung up the phone. "We need to find that emerald. I'm not leaving until I do." I said to Vector.
"Don't worry Kira, we're with you one hundred percent." He said as Espio and Charmy continued to search. I just hoped Shadow was okay. Wherever he was...
(Third person POV)
"Those fools fell for it. And soon my plan will come to fruition." Dr. Ivo Robotnik, better known as Dr. Eggman, said as he monitored the situation from his airship. Behind him was Shadow, crying in a soundproofed chamber. The doctor spun his chair around to monitor the infant formerly known as The Ultimate Lifeform. Shadow hadn't stopped crying since they had arrived and the noise had quickly worn on his nerves, prompting him to place Shadow in the chamber. "While it's such a waste to see all of my grandfather's research destroyed, I'd rather be rid of all these little rats than to have them hanging around messing up my plans." He pressed a button on the chair's arm rest and summoned a robot. Not just any robot though. Metal Sonic. He tossed the last emerald around a bit before giving him the order. "Lets send our little friends a message, shall we?"
"Yes Doctor." The metallic clone droned. He took off and Eggman activated another machine. This one was hooked up to the chamber Shadow was in. The doctor grinned. The trap was set, all he had to do was wait for the mice to take the bait.
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Kira, eventually figuring out that they were going to need help, called in Tails, Amy, Rouge, Blaze, and reluctantly Knuckles, Sonic, and Silver.
"Spread out and find the last emerald, Shadow's life is at stake." She said, her muscles tense and her nerves shot. "Anyone who ticks me off gets a beat down." She narrowed her eyes at Sonic and Knuckles. Rush however glared at Silver. The two didn't get along at all. No one spoke otherwise and they all began to search. Kira was searching with Rush when something blue rushed at them. At first she thought it was just Sonic playing around and trying to make her feel better, but as it started getting closer she realized it wasn't Sonic. She narrowly dodged, Metal Sonic's claws slashing at her arm. The others heard the commotion and ran to take down the robot when it began playing an holographic transmission.
"Greetings brats. I have something you want." Eggman stepped aside to show Shadow in the hands of a robot and crying. Kira growled, her Chaos Energy skyrocketing. "Bring me the six remaining Chaos Emeralds and I'll release Shadow. If you try to take him by force I'll kill him. You have three hours." Metal Sonic flew off and Kira tried not to let her rage get the best of her. Eggman's words continued to echo in her head and no one was making it any better.
"Give me the emeralds." She said.
"Are you insane?!" Knuckles yelled. "If you give Egghead the emeralds Shadow's as good as dead!"
"He'll be killed if I don't!" She yelled back. "No one messes with my baby and gets away with it." Knuckles backed down a bit at the protective tone in her voice. She was serious. "I'll go alone. That way he won't think anything is up. I won't let him hurt Shadow."
"Kira you have to hurry though." Tails said. "If you don't get Shadow back in the next three hours he'll be stuck that way forever."
"What if I turned him back myself?" She asked as she collected the other emeralds. "You said it yourself, if I use Chaos Control while in my super form it would turn him back to normal."
"But Kira you haven't perfected Chaos Control yet." Rush said. "What if it goes wrong?"
"That's a risk I'm willing to take."
"Just be careful." Amy said as she handed Kira her emerald. "Save Shadow." Kira nodded and took the blue emerald. She took in a deep breath and the streaks absorbed the emeralds power, turning the streaks electric cobalt. Sonic's fur color. She gave her friends a thumbs up and a grin before taking off at supersonic speeds. She reached Eggman's base in the Scrap Brain Zone with only an hour and a half to spare and took a deep breath.
"Eggman! I have the last six emeralds!" She shouted, the sound bouncing off the metal obstructions. A door opened in front of her and she walked in, her heart wrenching in joy as she saw Shadow was unharmed. He cried loudly and reached for her. "Shhh Shadow-kun." He had been left by himself and she walked over to him, sitting the emeralds down before picking him up. "I'm here baby, I'm here." She whispered. Suddenly, something very fast snatched Shadow up and an electric cage spung up around her. "EGGMAN! Let me out right now!" She snarled. Shadow began to cry again, only fueling her rage. She slammed against the side of the cage, recoiling in pain as the electric bars sent a shock through her body.
"Ohohoho! This is just too perfect!" Eggman laughed as he and Metal Sonic entered Kira's line of vision. She growled at them.
"Let him go Egghead! You got what you wanted!"
"Oh but this is only the start of it." He activated one of his machines and began syphoning Kira's Chaos Energy as well as the energy of the emerald, all of it collecting in a large ray gun. Kira growled, her strength vanishing with every struggle. Time was running out for both her and Shadow. She wasn't going to save him. 'Please, please. Give me your power.' She pleaded, pulling a little energy from the little the emeralds had left. 'Let me save him.' She stood up weakly,red emerald in hand.
"Chaos...Blast!" She blasted the cage open and stood amidst the rubble. Metal Sonic stood in front of the doctor, who locked his sensors on Kira, using Shadow as a shield. She glared, vanishing before reappearing in front of them. "No one messes with my baby!" She yelled. "CHAOS CONTROL!" The whole room was engulfed in a bright white light...
Shadow's POV.
Bright light. That's all I could see. What the hell had happened to me? One minute I was fighting the doctor and the next I was dreaming that I was a baby and Kira was taking care of me. Wait, Kira? It all came back to me. I hadn't been dreaming. Kira had taken care of me. The doctor turned me into a baby and Kira had found me. She had taken me in, mothered me. I faintly recall her saying I was her baby. I stood up, she was laying unconcious next to me, hand clenched around a Chaos Emerald. The doctor and the metal faker had gotten a fair distance and were aiming some sort of machine at us.
"Well there goes plan A. But I'll still get two annoying rats out of my way." he grumbled. The machine charged up and I sliced it in two before he could fire it.
"No one messes with my mother..." I growled, shifting into my super form.
"Time for plan B." The doctor fused his hover chair with the metal faker and the twisted metal of his base. I wasn't impressed.
"Chaos Obliteration!" I blasted the monstrosity and the doctor to high heaven, pieces of scrap falling to the ground. I returned to normal, quickly running to Kira's side. She was hurt badly. I gently picked her up, and held her in my arms. She had taken such good care of me. She even saved me. I was grateful to her. I was tired but she needed every ounce of my strength if I was to get her home before the doctor returned. "It's my turn to take care of you." I murmured as I took her home.
Kira's POV.
Shadow...I sat staight up in bed. Wait, how did I get here? It didn't matter. I looked frantically for him. Where was he?! Rush grabbed me and tried to calm me down.
"Kira relax!"
"Shadow, where's Shadow!?" I yelled. "I have to find him!" I had to save him. I had to.
"Shadow's fine! You need to rest!" my struggling stopped. Shadow...was okay? I started to tear up. He was okay. He was okay. Rush sat me back down in bed. My body felt numb. "He's okay Kira. He's okay and back to normal thanks to you." He said softly. The door opened a little. Rush smiled at me and slipped out, letting Shadow in. My heart swelled. He really was okay and back to normal.
"Hey..." I said softly, almost not believing it was really him. He didn't move or anything and part of me wondered if he even remembered what had happened or was ignoring the whole thing if he did. After an awkward silence that felt like years, he spoke.
"Thank you, Kira." he had to force out my name which was weird because he never had trouble saying it before. I caught a glimpse of something in his hand. The Maria doll.
"So you do remember." I said softly. He blushed and awkwardly hugged me.
"Every last bit." I smiled at him. "I...here." he handed me the doll, still not looking directly at me and blushing. I shook my head.
"It's yours Shadow-kun. Keep it." I said. He hugged me again, this time tighter.
"Thank you...mom." I almost didn't hear him but I did and hugged him back.
"You're welcome, baby." I could see him blushing and smiled. "You will always be my baby." I said to him. "I'm here if you ever need me. So don't be afraid to ask me anything." I let him go just as Rush opened the door.
"Sorry guys, but the party poopers just arrived." he said. Shadow sat the doll on the bed and I followed him to the living room. Sonic, Scourge, and Knuckles were all standing around in the living room. Knuckles grinned and patted his lap before he and Sonic burst into laughter. Scourge had resisted but not enough to keep from snickering. Shadow glared and clenched his fists, the shame and pain showing in his eyes.
"Remember when you said I could ask you for anything Kira?" he asked. I grinned, causing Rush to grin and nodded.
"Of course." I said.
"Then could I get yours and Rush's assistance?" Rush clipped his claws and I cracked my knuckles. The boys all gulped as we closed in, the sounds of a beat down and girlish screams echoing across Mobius.
The End
And that's it! Thanks for playing along everyone! I had a blast writing this fic and the reviews and number of readers made every all nighter pulled to write this worth while. You guys are great sports for reading and reviewing. This chapter kinda dragged but I think I made up for it in the ending. Admit it, they all deserved it. The poll on my profile will be open until the twenty eighth of this month so vote! A ton of music inspired me most of which was downloaded at the last minute and a lot of them are kinda sappy. Most notably Iron and Wine's Flightless Bird, American Mouth, Sleeping at Last's Turning Page, Sukima Switch's Golden Time Lover (which inspires most of my fics), Dreams Dreams: Sweet Snow from the NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams soundtrack, a ton of Paramore, D12 and Eminem's My Band (yeah weird, I know), and Katy Perry's Wide Awake. Thanks again for reading this and loving this fic. Look out for the sequel, Oh Baby, Here We Go Again? and keep reviewing! ~Kira
