Well, what now? Better just wing it, write it as I go along, well, that should be interesting.

Here we go.

DISCLAIMER - I DON'T OWN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS

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I groggily opened my eyes and saw that I surrounded by a group of people and the background was covered in a blinding white. I quickly shut my eyes again and only opened them when I heard some speaking to me.

"Sonic, you're awake!" I looked to where the voice was coming from, and saw a red echidna. I felt a pang of remembrance, but no matter how much I tried, I couldn't figure out who the person was. I groaned and closed my eyes again, holding a hand to my head as I felt a headache forming in the back of my head. I heard another voice, a female's.

"He passed out and got a nasty hit to the head on the way down, I'll go get some painkillers." I heard the noise of heels walking further away until I slowly opened my eyes again, wincing at the brightness of the room. I looked round, wondering who these people were, and how many of I was supposed to know exactly. I stared blankly at the echidna who returned the gaze, but his was of confusion, he opened his mouth to speak but the nurse was back.

"Here you go hon; these should make you feel a bit better." She handed me a couple of pills and a glass of water. I swallowed them down, gulping down the whole glass, the refreshing liquid making me feel a little better until the painkillers kicked in. There were a lot of people standing round me, most chatting quietly amongst themselves, I saw the nurse, the echidna, an orange fox with two tails, a yellow and black striped bee, a green crocodile and another fox who had violet fur and wore a white coat, I presumed he was the doctor as he held a clipboard in his hand and he was scribbling notes furiously.

I didn't say anything, I just looked round trying to recognise someone, anyone, but the orange fox snapped me out of my thoughts.

"So…uhm, how you feeling Sonic?" The voice was high-pitched and quiet, a voice I vaguely remembered, but still, no names came to me. I looked at him for a moment before answering.

"Oh, I'm Okay, I…suppose." He didn't answer and I didn't say anything else, I just stared at the ceiling, waiting for someone to tell me where I was and what had happened. The doctor suddenly stopped writing and put down his clipboard. I swivelled my head round to look at him, before deciding to speak up. "What happened?" I was surprised at how quiet and weak my own voice sounded. He glanced up at me for a moment before replying.

"You collapsed. You were in the police station when it happened; you hit your head on the corner of a desk on your fall. We brought you here just for precautions, but you seem to be fine, physically anyway, you had a nasty shock yesterday." I cocked my head to the side.

"I did? Why, what happened?" His gaze returned to me, confusion written across his face, and on everyone else's too. I sat and waited.

"Well," he cleared his throat, "you…you don't remember?" I shook my head, and he closed his eyes. "Well, does, the name Shadow mean anything to you?" I closed my eyes, yes Shadow, something happened with…Then I remembered. Last night…

"He…he died." I opened my eyes and looked round at everyone, waiting for anyone to tell me I was wrong. The doctor nodded his head.

"I'm sorry." He glanced round the group. "Nurse Merian, please follow me, I think Sonic and his friends would like some time in private." The nurse nodded and the two solemnly walked out of the room, closing the door behind them with a soft click. There was total silence in the room, broken by a deep voice, the one belonging to the echidna.

"Sonic, are you Okay?" His voice was heavy with worry and sadness, and his eyes held the same emotions. I shook my head.

"I'm not sure, I mean…" I couldn't finish, Shadow was dead, after everything, he was dead. And, it was all Espio's fault…

I hadn't noticed my hands shaking violently and I remembered being in that bastard's room, what he'd made me do, making me think if I just did what he wanted…but he did it anyway, he killed Shadow. And I'd be damned if I let him just get away with it. The others gasped as I jumped off the bed, faltering slightly as I got my bearings, then striding to the door. Knuckles shot after me, placing his large gloved hand on my shoulder.

"Sonic where are you going? You can't go anywhere until the doctors are sure you're going to be alright." I shook my head.

"No, I, I have to do something, I'll be back soon." He grip tightened as I tried to leave.

"No Sonic, where are you going?" I tried to pull his grip off, but he was stronger than me.

"I just, have to do something, it's important," he still wouldn't release me, "please, just LET GO!" I pushed him as hard as I could, and when he fell back into a filing cabinet I ran as fast as my legs could carry me. I carried on running until I was far away from the hospital, away from the shouts and cries of everyone as they begged me to stop and come back. Eventually I found myself on a grassy hill. It was quiet with no-one around, and the view was beautiful. From where I was I could see the entire city, off in the distance. I sat down and pulled my knees to my chest, resting my head on them.

I sighed heavily as thousands of thoughts ran through my head at the same time. 'What should I do now? Shadow was gone. Would he have a ghost? Where am I going to stay? What about all those other people who seemed to know me, who were they?' I couldn't answer any of those questions, I just curled up in despair, my whole body shaking as tears began to leak from my eyes and fall with a soft pat onto the blades of grass beneath me, gently rolling into the soft Earth.

It seemed like hours had passed until the tears finally stopped. It was night now, and the lights of the city twinkled softly in the distance. It was so beautiful. I looked down at myself and my heart dropped even further as I san the blue and tan body gone, and the shapeless form in its place. Well at least I was rid of one problem, those people weren't going to get in my way, they couldn't even see me. I sighed again heavily, what was I going to do?

I got up and looked at the city, I wanted somewhere to go, even if I couldn't sleep, I wanted to feel safe, with a roof over my head, the dark never seemed so foreboding before.

As I glided through the walls of Shadow's house, it was only then I noticed how empty the house looked and felt.

This must've been how Shadow had felt when his life came crashing down.

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Awww, it's all angsty nothing much happened, but, there you go. Please review.