The long awaited chapter is finally here...
On with the story...
Chapter 12: And with a kiss...
Amy Rose's POV
(One year later...)
Home. I am back home...we are all back home. It's peaceful around here, for once. It's like..this is the first time I think I saw the sun shine down brightly upon our city in a long time. It's like this is the first time I have ever seen flowers blooming much more rapidly.
I think the reason is though, that if there really is a higher being up there in the clouds, it is trying to make us happy...and not depressed.
The fight between Sonic, Shadow and Saymeiya screwed all our feelings over. It was intense and graphic to watch, and to think I almost died.
The visit to the hospital however was the hardest thing anyone could ever go through...
-Hospital, one year ago, as soon as Sonic and Shadow had fallen-
We have been sitting here for 3 hours...,we as in Tails, Knuckles, Rouge, Cream and the Chaotix crew,...and we still haven't gotten any news from Sonic or Shadow's health. We are all hoping that they would be okay, those two hedgehogs are our worlds heroes...yes even Shadow is a hero. None of us would be able to handle their death, especially them being so young...and the fact of HOW they died...
After Sonic and Shadow had been attacked, Saymeiya fled the scene. It's like she disappered into thin air, no one knows where she has gone to...man all of us just hope she like got struck by lightning or something. The Bitch deserves to die...
Knuckles is leaning against the wall, eyes closed. He is probably taking this harder than anyone thought he would. They are buddies, regardless of the encounters they had. You know, how Eggman would always trick Knuckles into thinking Sonic stole the Master Emerald? Yeah...well, I'm sure Knuckles would love for it just to go back to that...than rather have Sonic be dead.
Cream isn't taking it so swell either...her and Cheese are crying on the corner next to Rouge. Rouge is trying to hold her feelings in, I could tell. Regardless of her feelings for Knuckles, it was obvious she had an attraction to Shadow. Not only that, but that was defintely his partner in crime. The countless memories they shared..
The Chaotix crew were just sitting there in silence. They didn't know what to think, but Charmy was the one to crack. He bawled his eyes out harder than Cream. Vector and Espio were shaking their heads, probably because of the fact that Sonic and Shadow are for once...NOT okay..
Tails was standing by the window, looking out into the city. This guy must be taking it the hardest...Sonic was like a brother to him for christ sakes. Sonic was the one who found him all alone and abandoned. Sonic was the one who GAVE him the nickname 'Tails'. Honestly, who can he eat chili dogs with every afternoon and night now, if something happens to Sonic.
And me...I have faith. Sonic and Shadow will be okay. I know they will...they can't die...especially Sonic...he can't die...
"Um...anyone here for Sonic and Shadow the Hedgehog?" a doctor asked,who came out of the ER room.
We all jumped up and ran to him, sort of startling him. We were scared..
"Which one of you is a family member?"
We all looked at Tails, he was like I said, a brother to Sonic. Rouge then stood up as well, stating that him and her were like family, which they sort of were.
"So...doctor...what are the news?" Tails asked, while his body was shaking. Rouge was shaking as well...
"The poison was sent into their bloodstream, and it somehow wind up traveling up to their brains...it was almost an instant act."
Oh god..oh god please..that was the last thing I needed to hear, negative facts. I wanted to hear that he was okay. I wanted to hear that he was okay so that I could run to the room he was being taken care of in, and just hug him, hug him as if my life depended on it.
"Doctor, what are you saying..please.." Tails whispered.
I wanted to him those words he was trying to say before he got attacked...I wanted to hear him say that he loved me..I have been waiting for as long as I have falling for him to hear him say those words...
"The poison was too strong..."
...and I will not be able to hear them...
"We lost them..."
We all just stood staring at the doctor. We were all just waiting to hear 'HAH JUST KIDDING' or some stupid crap like that...we all couldn't believe the news we got was true...
"We did everything we could, but they were badly beaten up enough as it is...they couldn't take it...I'm sorry but there isn't anything we could do..."
We were still waiting for the 'HAH JUST KIDDING' comment...
"This is indeed...a day that no one will forget...for the fact that we lost two of the greatest heroes...that have ever walked the planet...again...I'm so sorry..."
He gave us a sad look and he walked back into his office...well I think his office...I don;t know where he went.
But who cares..who cares...Sonic the Hedgehog..and Shadow the Hedgehog were dead...
DEAD...DEAD FOR CHRIST SAKES! THEY WERE DEAD!
"I DON'T BELIEVE YOU!" I cried out.
And with that, I dashed, I dashed to find his room. I heard Tails yelling my name, but he quickly gave up 'cause he knew I wouldn't listen. He knew me entirely too well.
While I was running my heart was beating faster and faster within each step." IS DEAD." Those words kept running through my head. My heart felt like it was goin to come up my throat and out of my mouth. This has to be a dream...IT HAS TO BE!
I ran into the room to see both Sonic and Shadow on their own beds. I ran up to the both of them...
This wasn't a dream. They weren't breathing. They were dead. They were ACTUALLY dead.
I stood between both of their beds looking up at the ceiling closing my eyes...memories shoot into my head for all the years we were together..my first encounter with Shadow...all the times when Sonic has saved me...the nights Shadow stayed up with me when I was depressed over Sonic...the days I would stay up making meals just for Sonic...all our adventures of chasing Eggman, saving Chaos Emeralds.
It has come to an end.
I looked towards Sonic's bed, and I lifted up his blanket. he was bloody from the hips down, and he was badly bruised on his chest and on the right side of his face. I covered my mouth because I was shocked on how badly he was beaten. I couldn't tell how badly he was hurt during the fight, because it was intensively dark in there..Sonic looks completly destroyed..
I layed down next to him...yes I layed down next to a dead body. I looked at him for what it seemed ike forever..I closed my eyes and thought about the whole Saymeiya ordeal...if I stayed instead of running away when I 'THOUGHT' they were having sex...I could have protected him better...he..wouldn't have died..
"Sonic...you can't be dead..no you can't leave us..leave me now.."
Obviously no answer, I knew I was talkin to myself...although I was hoping a ray of light would shine down on him, and brought him back to life.
Yeah right.
That was when I went insane.
"SONIC!" I cried out...rather loudly.
The doctors ran in the room and pulled me off the bed. They were trying to take me out because they didn;t want me to hurt myself looking at him...
"NO! PLEASE! LET ME GO! LET ME STAY WITH HIM! I DIDN'T SAY GOODBYE! YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME! I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO SAY GOODBYE!"
I didn't even get to say goodbye...
-End Flashback-
I'm walking along the street with the most dead face I could ever pull. It has been a year, and I still wasn't happy.
Knuckles now just stays by the Master Emerald, all day..everyday. He refuses to get out. he for some reason doesn't have the heart. All he wants to do is just sit there and feel nothing...the death of those two hedgehogs impacted him greatly.
Rouge just went back to stealing jewels like normally..but not as much as she used to. For some reason she told me, whenever she saw a red jewel, she thought of Shadow...and she tend to see that type of jewel much more than any other...
The Chaotix crew have just went on with their lives...a few months ago they moved away, and no one has ever heard about them since...
And as for Tails...he has passed away. To be honest, nobody knows HOW he died...we just know it was a few days after Sonic and Shadow's funeral. We al sadly think that he committed suicide...because the night before Tails was found dead, he told me and Knuckles 'if Sonic is no longer in my life, I feel like I will be walking around Earth with no meaning. I feel I was only living to be there for Sonic, he was my brother. The angels take him away from me, they take my soul with him...I would much rather be with him up there in the sky, then down here soulless..'.
I'm not one who believes in HIGHER BEINGS and all, but that was really cute I thought..you know cause he loved him so...but I didn't think he would actually...kill himself..
I found myself in the cemetery...the cemetery Sonic and Shadow were buried. They were buried under the same grave, and by that grave was Cream.
"Cream?...What are you doing here?"
She looked like she was holding something...
"I knew you would be here...it's been a year since they died so...Sonic told me to give this to you after a year has passed since his death..."
"...what?"
"...before everyone else showed up at the hospital a year ago...he asked for me...told me he was going to die...and that he wrote you a letter some time ago before even the incident happened..he wanted you to read this...he felt it was best to show you a year after the incident.."
"Why...?"
"I don't know...just read the letter I guess...but I can't stay here I gotta go..."
"Cream...you are running away, aren't you?"
Cream stared at me lifeless..
"There is too much unhappiness here...another minute I'm here I get even more sad then I am...Sonic, nor Shadow, would want us to be sad...therefore I gotta leave..."
"Will I ever see you again? Cream you are my best friend.."
She didn't even say goodbye...she just flopped her ears and flew up into the air...never looking back...
Not once...
Their death has changed everyone's lives and our hearts...
I went to open the letter...
I read it..and read it...and read it...I reread the whole letter about 10 times..I couldn't stop reading it...i bursted into tears...it was over..it was really over. Saymeiya killed all our hearts, but she shattered mine and Sonic's hard...I looked to see a dead rose laying against the Sonic's grave...this obviously came with the letter, and it was obviously dead when Cream had it...but she still kept it...she still kept it...
It began to rain, and wind came..the wind blew hard. Hard enough, that the letter was blown right from my hands. I didn't even bother to chase after it, the wind was too strong...but it didn't matter to me att all...what Sonic has written in the letter was engraved in my mind..i would never forget it...even though it was simple..
Dear my sweet Amy Rose,
This is hard to write, I mean I can't even say it in person...heh...Well, Amy...I wanted to give this to you when you came back home, when you dashed off like that after yelling 'USE A CONDOM YOU PERV' made me realize something...like..man, I have no feelings for Saymeiya ta all! My..oh jeez. I hate this sappy crap. I suck at it! Amy I'm just going to go right out and say it...UGH! I love you...there I said it..
Yeah..I really do..I guess I..always have..I was just in denial..I'm not used to someone caring about me so much besides Tails...I'm not really used to being loved like the way you love me..
I thought...going out with Saymeiya at first was a big mistake..but it then made me realize how much I need and love you...but..as much as I tried to get your attention you just kept ignoring me..I didn't know what to do. I gave up. I am a fast...giver-upper at stuff like these. I mean CHRIST I'm not use to this love shenanigans! I'm not..
I bought you a rose..I know I'm lame..but everytime I see a rose, my heart beats in an intense pace, as if my heart was going to fly out of my chest. I swear my love for you literally hurts Amy, haha! Yeah...
I'm sorry that it took me so long to say it...but the minute you get home, I'm going to show you this! And..give you the rose! YEAH! And...I am going to propose to you. It is your turn to say yes..after all the 12345678987654321 times you have asked me...it is your turn to say yes.
No matter what Amy...no matter what happens to us...my love for you will always burn with passion for you...even after death...Will you marry me, Ames..?
Love always...and forever..
Sonic T. Hedgehog.
I clutch the dead rose against my heart...the rain ended up mixing with my tears...I kepted thinking of that one line...
My love for you will always burn with pasison for you...even after death...
"Yes, Sonic...yes...I will marry you..." I whispered.
Even after death...
Took me two years..but I did it. I finally did it. This story has finally come...to a close. Many thanks to all my fans who reviewed and loved this story, many thanks to you all...this story has got me really emotional right now...BUT THIS ISN'T THE END OF ME! I feel like I'm coming back with the writing n.n!
~Flanoirbunniex3