Silver and Vincent stood wide eyed as they couldn't believe that they were in front of Sonic. Even though Sub told him he was alive because he could just feel it Silver convinced himself that he was dead. Vincent had the idea that he was dead in the back of his head, figuring that after he left newtech city that he was going to die. It took Sonic a couple minutes to figure out who they were, being that the last time he saw Vincent he was a little smaller and cuter and also that it had been years since he last saw Silver. But he eventually came to the realization of who they were

"Silver? And is that you Vinny?" he said as he looked at him more closely. Then they both nodded which made Sonic chuckle as he pointed at Vincent

"You got big Vin." that made Vincent chuckle as he brought his hand for Sonic to shake. He grabbed his hand and shook it firmly as he looked over at Silver

"Long time no see Silver, what's it been like 20 years?" Silver shrugged and grinned as he said

"Felt more like a month for me." Sonic chuckled as he remembered the fact that Silver time traveled from here. Then Sonic walked away from them and picked up a drink he had resting on the table

"Oh... I'm sorry guys you want a drink?" he asked as they shook their heads. Sonic just shrugged and gulped down the rest of his soda. As soon as he finished he wiped his mouth then leaned back on his couch

"Well now may I ask you guys how you knew I was here?" Sonic asked knowing very well no one knew about this place besides his family and friends, not counting Vincent because he figured he'd never leave the city. Then Silver interjected

"Uh we weren't trying to find you Sonic."

"Oh so you just found this place on accident."

"Uh no." Vincent interjected as Sonic still questioned why they were here.

"Well then what are you guys doing here?"

"Were trying to find the direction of my city."

"Oh, well then follow me." he said then made a motion for them to follow. He brought them outside and showed them a path of red droplets.

"I found this when I got back here a week ago. I wondered what it was so I followed it through the wasteland and when it ended I saw a city in the distance." then Sonic looked over at Silver

"Which I'm guessing is your city?" Silver then shot up as he asked

"Did you find the people of the city?" He just wanted to know if his friends were alright. Then a smile went across his face as Sonic nodded

"Yep, and their doing just fine. I checked up on them yesterday and they had the street lights working and were enjoying themselves." Silver was amazed at what he just said, when he left them a month ago there weren't any lights and there was barely any time to have fun. Then they heard large footsteps coming toward them as they all looked to their left

"Hey guys have you found the-" Nail's started then gasped when he saw Sonic. Sonic went wide eyed as he asked

"Knuckles?"

"A-are you Sonic?" he asked tripping on his words as Sonic nodded. The instant he did that Nails kneeled down on one knee and shut his eyes. Sonic raised a eyebrow as Nails said

"I am honored to be in your presence." He did this because he respected Sonic almost as much as his father. His father always told him how great a hero and a friend he was so thought the least he could do is bow for him. All the while Sonic held back a laugh

"Okay, you're not Knuckles." he said as Nails got off his knee

"No I'm not, I'm his son Nails. And its truly a honor to met you sir." he said as he brought out his big hand. Sonic immediately grabbed on it and shook it

"Well it's nice to meet you too. I gotta say you really look a lot like your dad." while Sonic was talked to Nails, Silver slipped away back to the carrier. He knew one person that need to see him. As he got into to the carrier he saw Sub looking out the window onto the wasteland. He sighed once before Silver poked his shoulder

"Yeah?" he said in a slightly depressed voice.

"Come with me."

"Why should I, it's not like she's gonna be out there waiting for me." he said not wanting to go outside to see his home. He had so many memories there with her that if he stepped out there he wouldn't know how long he could keep his tears in.

"Dude come on." he said as he grabbed his arm. To which he just shrugged him off and turned to him with a angry look on his face.

"No! That place holds a lot of memories of her to me. And all of them right now feel painful." Silver justed rolled his eyes, figuring that he couldn't do this the subtle way. So he pushed out his hand and caused Sub to glow and rise off the ground as he started to get really mad

"HEY STOP IT!" Sub yelled out and got Yuki's attention. She ran back to the carrier and just stared at what was happening as Silver looked to her and said

"Come on, you might want to see this too." then he walked out of the carrier holding the irritated hedgehog as Yuki followed behind him. Finding it kind of funny as she watched Sub trying to break out of his grip. He walked over to Vincent and Nails who immediately looked over at Silver, because Sub wouldn't shut up

"PUT ME DOWN ALREADY!" he yelled out as Silver moved him next to Sonic

"Ok." he said happily then released him. He landed on the ground hard as Sonic looked at him and squinted his eyes a little. Then he gasped before he asked

"Subby?" then Sub's eyes immediatly went wide when heard that familiar voice. Then he slowly turned his head toward the source of the voice and gasped when he saw who it was

"D-Dad?" he quickly got on his feet and starred at him as he stared back. Both thought back to last time they saw each other. Sonic looked at his quils mostly, because that had the same red on the end of his quils. While Sub looked at him head to running shows and knew it was him, only a little dustier.

"Dad!" he said in a emotional voice as he quickly hugged him and Sonic returned it even harder.

"I missed you too." he said as Sub grinned and everyone smiled to, because that was the first time he did that in awhile. Then Sub quickly remembered something and sighed before he reached in his pocket and pulled out a envelope. Then he handed it to his father as Sonic looked at the enevelope with curiosity in his eyes

"What's this?" he asked as Sub hesitantly said

"It's from mom." then Sonic opened the envelope and pulled a letter and read it to himself. But as he read it the curiosity in his eyes faded away into surprise and sadness

Dear Sonic...

As I write this I can feel the life slip away from my body, and I welcome the next world. But as I slip further away, I see old memories of ours. The time we went on our first date, the first time I saw you save the world, you proposing to me, me and Cream sitting looking at my growing stomach as you rubbed it, and holding our baby boy for the first time as you kissed me and stroked his little head. All these memories are the happiest things I've ever felt in my life and it's all thanks to you. I'm deeply sorry to say that I cannot stop myself from dying and I truly don't want to, at least not yet. Because the last thing I want to see before I die is you kissing me into death. But I can't so I'll be waiting for you on the other side looking down at Subby and seeing him grow from above. I ask this of you, please keep are son safe for the both of us. You are a once in a lifetime friend and I truly feel sad for not being able to see you one last time. I love you more than anything in this world

... Goodbye Sonic

Sonic took in a deep breath as tried to hold back his tears as he looked at the dried up tear drops at the bottom of the page. Before he folded up the letter he dropped three tears onto it to join his late wifes. He sniffled a little and closed his eyes as he put the letter back in the enveloped and handed it back to Sub. After it was out of his hands the tears began to run down his face as everyone just stayed back from him. They knew that there was nothing they could say that would help. In Sonic's heart a compendium of emotions raged inside. One being remorse for not being there for her, sadness for not being able to see her again, and anger at Iblis because he knew he was to blame for her death. Then Sub walked up to his dad and patted him on the back as he looked back at his son as he said

"Good people go to good places and mom was the greatest so she's defintly in a better place now dad." Sonic sniffled then wiped his finger around the bottom of his eyes and stood up right.

"Your right Subby." he said as he patted him on the back and grinned. All while Sub thought

'If people go to heaven then they can come back'