Sonic Adventure 2

Cream the Rabbit's story

Epilogue

The final battle has ended. The original Shadow, the Bio Lizard, was destroyed by Sonic and Shadow in their super forms. We've saved the world again, especially my Mommy and Big. By now, though, Mommy and Big are thankful that they've been saved by me and my friends, along with the world, yet are probably worried that I died saving them.

As for Eggman, during the final battle, Knuckles found an emergency escape rope hidden somewhere in the ARK, and used it to tie up Eggman so that he wouldn't escape or stab us in the backs.

However, after warping the ARK back into orbit with Super Sonic, Super Shadow would waste so much power from warping it back to orbit that he would fall into a coma. We watched in horror as Shadow was falling into the Earth's atmosphere, but at the last second, with the last of his remaining Chaos powers, Super Sonic would fly to Shadow and grab his comatose body, preventing him from falling and burning into the Earth's atmoshere. Flying back to the ARK, Sonic would then, a few minutes later, come back to us in his normal form, carrying a comatose Shadow, also in his normal form.

"Sonic," Amy said, as Sonic placed Shadow's comatose body on the ground, "we thought you and Shadow would die in battle!"

"Tell us," I said, "is Shadow going to be okay?"

"Chao, chao," said Cheese.

"Well," said Sonic, "you did see me rescue him from falling into the Earth's atmosphere, and even though he's unconscious from using up too much of his Chaos Control powers, he's still breathing." He then looked at Eggman, tied in a rope, as he continued, "Why is Eggman like this?"

"Don't mind him," said Knuckles. "I thought that Eggman would eventually dispose of us once we save the very world he wished to conquer. So, just to be safe, I tied him with that emergency escape rope I've found conveniently placed somewhere in the ARK while you and Shadow fought the Bio Lizard. That way, he won't do anything stupid to us."

"I tried to resist," said Eggman, "but during our struggle, Knuckles snatched my wrist-watch, which gave me the ability to instantly suit-up in my exo-skeleton, so that I wouldn't fight back. Seriously, you forest-animals are even more a threat to my plans than I could think."

"Did you have any thoughts of betraying us, though," said Sonic.

"No," said Eggman. Knuckles would punch Eggman in the stomach, as the fat scientist kneeled down, writhing in pain from Knuckles' punch, as he then confessed, "Okay, okay. I still have that desire to dispose of you and your new fake hedgehog friend once this mess is all cleaned up! Why couldn't you just leave me alone?"

"Because," said Knuckles, "we still have to take you down and imprison you for your crimes."

"And that's why I hate you forest-animals," said Eggman, "because you're all thorns on my backside!"

"Ungh," groaned Shadow's voice. We would turn around and see Shadow slowly sit up from the floor, as he then said, "What happened?"

"Shadow," we cried in unison, as all of us ran up to Shadow and hugged him out of relief.

"I'm glad for your concern," said Shadow, "but you're squeezing me to hard!"

"Oh," I said, "sorry."

As we released Shadow from our hug, Sonic then said, "Tell us, do you remember anything when I rescued you from falling into the Earth's atmosphere?"

"You," said Shadow, "rescued me? Of course I do, Sonic! One moment I attempted to kill you, destroy the world, and commit suicide, the next moment you and your friends convinced me to live my life freely and peacefully as a normal forest-animal, like you guys, without the need to die or kill anyone. After that, we battled the prototype version of me to the death, and warped..." He then looked at Eggman and said, "Why is Eggman tied by a rope?"

"It's because we still didn't trust him," said Knuckles. "He still has that desire to kill us and conquer the world, so I had him tied up, and once we leave we're sending him to prison."

"Funny," said Shadow, as he said to Eggman, "I thought that after that whole incident, you'd redeem yourself the same way my new friends did with me."

"Nope," said Eggman. "I still have that desire to conquer the world and exact my revenge on your new forest-animals friends for constantly defeating me. But one day, I will escape my prison and become more powerful than even you and your new friends!"

"Even though you'd be defeated by us again, like always," asked Rouge.

"Damn you to Hell," replied Eggman.

Sonic would outstretch his hand to Shadow, as the black hedgehog grabbed his hand and slowly got pulled back up on his feet. As Shadow smiled, he then said to us, "You know, when I lost all my power and went into a coma, I saw Maria in my dreams. She had me fulfill one last favor for her and her grandfather, and that's to forget my past, including Gerald and Maria themselves."

"Why," asked Tails.

"Because," said Shadow, "if I clinged on to Gerald, Maria, and the rest of my tragic past, I would never find true happiness or be with you guys as your new best friend. Maria's right, I do need to put my past behind me, and focus on protecting you guys right now, because you saved my life and redeemed me from that psychotic suicidal maniac with no friends, to a normal hedgehog with a free life, compassion for all life, even his own, and friends to protect him. I was reluctant at first, because Gerald and Maria were my sources of true happiness. But they were dead, and it was too late for them, and thinking about them would only worsen my problems. If I were to find new friends to protect with my life, namely you guys, I might live a wholly new, happier life, and even help you change the lives and hearts of Earth's people, the GUN army included."

"Yeah right," said Eggman. "However, even if you..."

"Live a free life as a citizen," said Shadow, "the GUN army will hunt me down and kill me along with my new friends as punishment for sympathizing with me?"

"Yeah," said Eggman. "How did you know?"

"You said it before when I first sided with Sonic and his friends," replied Shadow. "You maybe a bastard and an incredibly powerful one to boot, but you're also a predictable bastard."

"Ungh," said Eggman.

"I will live a free life," Shadow said to Eggman, "and my actions will prove to GUN that I can live a normal life as a free forest-animal with thoughts and emotions, just as Gerald, Maria, and my new forest-animal friends intended me to do! It may take some time, and my new friends and I could be accused by GUN and killed on sight, but as long as we don't give up on our lives and the lives of others, then the people within that military organization will change like I have, because Sonic and his friends - my new friends - have the power to change the world positively!"

"We can't change the world without you, your Chaos Control, and your new, normal, free life, you know," Sonic said to Shadow.

"Yeah," I said. "We could always use another extra hand to change the world."

"Chao, chao," said Cheese.

"After all," said Rouge, "you combined your Chaos Control with our limitless faith and friendship to destroy the Bio Lizard and warp the ARK back into orbit."

"If you can live a normal life as a regular forest-animal," said Amy, "then your normal, everyday actions as a regular forest-animal can change the world, even the hearts of the GUN army, just as much as we can!"

"Then I guess you've just added me into your friends-list," said Shadow. "I'll do my best to live a free, normal life, protecting you and everyone else from any threat to your lives, provided that you really do change the world with your actions."

"Thanks, Shadow," said Tails.

"Come on," said Sonic. "Cream's old lady and giant friend are probably waiting for us to celebrate our saving Shadow and the world."

"Right," said Knuckles, "and we need to imprison Eggman on Earth."

"Okay," the rest of us said in unison, as we left the ARK to go back to Earth with Eggman in our grasp, and Shadow as our new friend. We were glad to have saved Shadow and make him our new friend, just as he was glad to have us as his new source of happiness to replace Gerald and Maria.