Some of you sent me messages and asked for one more chapter, so that's what I did X3

I was too lazy to type a whole 'nother chapter, so I decided to do an epilogue, which...is sort of a chapter...oh jeez XD

Well, not really :P It's mostly about...what happened after they left the hotel, I guess...XD So, this might lead to a sequel (which, again, some of you have asked for) :)

Enjoy :)


Into the Night - Home, Sweet Home: The Epilogue

"Whew," Sonic sighed in relief, plopping himself down on Amy Rose's couch. It was the first night they've been home since the interesting hotel visit, and Amy decided to throw a party at her house. "Home, sweet home!"

"Technically, this is Amy's home," Knuckles said. "But I agree."

Cream the Rabbit was sitting on one of Amy's chair, a red one, and reading the brochure from the hotel. "I never did get that free ice cream," she sighed.

Amy looked at her friend, with Shadow's strong arm around the pink hedgehog's shoulder. "I'll take you to the store and we'll buy some, tomorrow. How about that?"

"Yay!" Cream smiled. "You're the best friend ever!"

"I know," Amy said, quietly.

"Hey, can I come?" Sonic asked.

"Me, too?" Knuckles asked, as well.

Shadow glared at the two who were sitting in the couch across from the one he and Amy were on. "Are you sure about that? There's no room service here."

"Ooh," Sonic made a face, making Rouge laugh. This time, she was between the two boys. "Low blow, Shadow. Low blow."

"Well, he's right you know," it was Amy's turn to glare at the blue hedgehog. "I can't believe you tried to blame it all on Knuckles."

"Yeah," Rouge joked. "Just because he's the slowest doesn't mean you can pick on him."

"Ooh!" Sonic waved his hands in front of Knuckles' face. "Your girlfriend burned you."

"Shut it, Sonic," Knuckles pushed his hands away, and then looked at Rouge. "And what do you mean, 'the slowest'?"

"I'm just kidding, Knux," Rouge pinched his cheek lovingly. "You know how I feel about you."

Knuckles smiled, while Cream made gagging noises. He glared at her. "Will you stop that?"

Amy laughed, and Shadow looked at her. Whenever she laughed, her beautiful green eyes lit up. He liked that about her. Shadow started to move his hand that was on her shoulder, rubbing her soft skin. Amy looked at him, and smiled sweetly. She nestled her head against his chest.

"Awww!" they cooed.

Amy felt herself blush, but Shadow let out a small smile. Tails, who was sitting in a matching red chair next to Cream, was confused. "Wha...When...How...?" he looked at Sonic for help. The blue hedgehog laughed.

"I'll tell you about it later, buddy."

Tails nodded, still confused. He mentally kicked himself for not going. "A lot must have happened, huh?"

Sonic nodded. "Did you know those two morons locked themself in a staircase?"

Amy and Shadow glared at Sonic, while everyone else laughed.

"Really? What else happened?" Tails asked, eager now.

"Those two morons spent $450 on room service and thought it was free," Shadow shot back.

"Oh my God, it was that much!" Rouge's eyes widened, and she looked at Knuckles. "You said it was only $50."

Knuckles shrugged. "Well, that's how much I wanted to spend." Rouge rolled her eyes.

"Why'd you think it was free?" Tails asked Sonic, who also shrugged.

"Free rooms, so I assumed it was free service."

"Hm," Tails nodded. "I guess that makes sense. What else happened?"

"They kissed!" Cream pointed at Shadow and Amy, and smiled. They smiled too, and then kissed each other.

"Hey!" Knuckles crossed his arms and glared at Cream. "How come you don't gag when they do it?"

"Because it's cute!"

They laughed, and Knuckles rolled his eyes.

"There was a lot more stuff that happened, Tails," Amy smiled at her friend. "And we'll tell you everything later, details and all. But now, do you guys want to do something?"

"Like what?" Sonic asked.

"Horse shoes?" Knuckles suggested.

"This late at night?" Rouge said.

"Sure, why not?"

"Hm," Rouge looked at everyone. "So, how 'bout it?"

Amy looked at Shadow, who just shrugged. "Alright. Let's go."


With stakes in the ground, Shadow and Knuckles stood on one side, while Sonic and Tails stood on the other. Cream, Rouge, and Amy stood on the sidelines, watching the boys toss the horse shoes.

"You're going down, red-head!" Sonic laughed as the horse shoe landed perfectly around the stake. Knuckles glared at him, and repeated the same toss, landing exactly the same way Sonic's did.

"You're the one who's going down, Room Service." Sonic glared at Knuckles, who just laughed.

"Hey, Shadow!" Amy called before he threw the shoe. He looked at her.

"Yeah?"

"What does it mean if you find a horse shoe?"

Shadow dropped the horse shoe that was in his hand and gave her a blank look. "...What?"

"Some poor horse is walking around in socks!" Amy slapped her side, and started laughing hard. Rouge, Cream, Knuckles, and Tails just looked at her, but Sonic was laughing hard, too. He walked over to Amy and gave her a high-five.

"Ha! Socks! I get it," Sonic was still laughing as he walked back to the guys. He looked at Shadow, wiping a tear from his eye. "Socks!"

Shadow sighed. He wasn't annoyed, but he thought Amy's jokes ended once they left the hotel. He looked at the way she doubled-over when she laughed hard, and felt himself smile. And then, he didn't care anymore about the cheesy riddles. If it made her happy, then it made him happy. Even if they were stupid.

He picked up his horse shoe once again, and threw it. It was funny how him, Sonic, and Knuckles always got a perfect shot, while Tails either threw too far or barely made it travel even one foot.

"Good job, Shadow!" Knuckles smiled at his teammate, and then stuck his tongue out at Sonic. Sonic looked at Tails.

"Don't worry, Tails. We'll catch up with these guys."

Tails smiled, and picked up a horse shoe, while Shadow walked across the grassy yard to pick up the lone shoes. But while he reached down to pick them up, Tails threw his horseshoe, and the metal object hit Shadow's head.

And he fell to the ground, unconscious.

While Amy screamed, and her, Rouge, Cream, and Knuckles ran to help him, Sonic looked at Tails, whose mouth was wide open. "Hey, at least you know if Shadow wasn't standing there, you could have actually made it for once."

Tails glared at him, and Sonic said, "What?"


Shadow blinked his eyes open slowly to find six faces looking down at him. His head was hurting badly, so he lifted his hand to feel it. It was bandaged. He looked around, and saw that he was in a bedroom, laying on a pink bed. It had to be Amy's room.

She smiled down at him, and rubbed his arm. "Hey, how are you feeling?"

"Ugh," he groaned. "Amy...what happened?"

She looked at Tails, who turned red. "I'm sorry, Shadow, but I accidentally threw a horse shoe at your head."

Shadow blinked, then remembered. "Oh...Oh, yeah. Well, I'm not dead, so I guess it's okay."

Tails laughed nervously. Sonic cleared his throat. "So, you wanna have a rematch tomorrow?"

They all looked at him.

"What?" he said. "We could have totally won if you guys didn't quite the game."

"Uh, well," Knuckles said. "You kind of have to when your teammate gets knocked out."

"Eh," Sonic shrugged.

Amy shook her head, and then looked at Shadow. "I'm sorry, sweetie."

Shadow, with his head pounding, managed to smile at the pink hedgehog. "It's alright," and then he added, "as long you're here, everything's fine."

Amy blushed, and planted her lips on his. Knuckles made a gagging noise, and Cream elbowed him. When they separated, Amy was slightly red. Shadow smiled. He also liked when she blushed. One day, he would make a list of all the things he liked about her, and show her one time. He wasn't sure, maybe it would come in handy on a date, or when she's feeling down, or for a proposal...

Shadow shook that last one away from his thoughts. It was too soon to be thinking about marriage, just starting a relationship with her and all. He still had a lot to learn about this Rose, and that list could take awhile.

Ha, he thought. The ultimate lifeform can wait that long. Besides, it's worth it.

"Alright guys, let's give Shadow some privacy." Amy said, gesturing towards the door. Most of them followed along, but a blue hedgehog stayed put. Shadow rolled his eyes.

"What do you want, Sonic?"

"Hey, you called me by my name," Sonic smiled. "I knew you would, one day."

"Will you just answer my question?"

"I stayed because I want to know something," Sonic gave him a sly grin. Shadow rolled his eyes.

"What?"

"Are you sure you can handle Amy?"

Shadow looked at him, and saw that he was being serious. "Of course I can handle her. Why are you asking?"

"Oh, I don't mean her. I mean her friends," Sonic smiled.

"What?" Shadow's eyes narrowed. "What are you saying?"

"We're a big part of Amy's life whether you like it or not," Sonic crossed his arms. "And I just want to know, can you handle that?"

Shadow thought for a moment. About the car ride, about the hotel, about the horse shoe incident. He thought about everything. "Well," he smirked. "I've come to learn what doesn't kill you makes you stronger."

Sonic laughed. "Alright, alright. I'll leave you alone now," he turned to go, but then glanced over his shoulder. "Oh, one more thing."

"Yeah?"

He ran over to laying hedgehog and flicked his ear, then ran out of the room laughing.

"Asshole!" Shadow called, and jumped out of the bed. "That's it, all of your fingers are coming off!"


LOL :)

That's the real ending of Into the Night.

Hope you enjoyed :)