One second. One second is all it takes to save a life …or kill it. One second can make all the difference in the world or destroy everything… Gabriela had that one second to live. Shadow the Hedgehog had that one second to save a life as he remembered what Gabriela had told him. That one second was the longest second in Amy Rose's life as she saw her friends hurting and trying to kill each other.

" STOP!! Please Dr. Eggman!!" Amy cried out as she struggled against the robots grip on her, Eggman chuckled to himself.

"Its too late for that Miss Rose." Amy bit back tears. Shadow stood over Gabriela, remembering Maria and what he had promised. His hand shot out towards his ear and yanked down on the devise, instantly releasing himself from Eggman's control. He spin dashed forwards crashing into Sonic and throwing the both of them into a wall. Smoke surrounding them, only one shape stood up.

"Shadow what are you doing!" Eggman shouted, the figure turned to him smirking.

"You no longer have control over me, Doctor!" He shouted then launched him self in a ball towards Eggman, but instead of hitting Eggman he crashed into the remote he held, completely destroying it.

"NO!!" Eggman shouted as he saw the broken remains of his devise, he turned around and slammed his fist on a button as a voice echoed through out the ship.

"Self destruct in one minute and fifty seconds, one minute and forty-nine seconds."

"HO!HO! Lets see how fast you really are Shadow, and if you can rescue your fallen comrades." Eggman laughed as his seat began to lift up and hover out of the ship. Amy yelped as she was dropped on the ground as the robot began to retreat, she stood up and ran to Tails and Knuckles trying to get them to wake. The sound of the computer's voice continued countdown their doom,

" One minute, sixty seconds, fifty-nine seconds…" Shadow glanced over to Gabriela positive he could come back and get her in time, he ran over to Amy, knuckles and Tails quickly shouting "Chaos Control" as another figure emerged from the dust. Sonic coughed from the dust then glanced around, he groaned as he placed a hand on his throbbing head. His eyes widened as he saw someone on the floor, he ran over to them instantly as the memories of the past few days flooded in. He stopped when the last memory flashed in his mind…

Gabriela had her hands near my ear trying to remove the device, she nearly had it, but I grabbed her arm and threw her to the ground. She gasped in pain as I pulled her up my her neck.

"I was beginning to wonder where you went, Gabriela." I said tightening my grip on her, she tried fruitlessly to kick me away from her. Her let out a scream as I mercilessly threw her across the room, sending her crashing against the wall. She laid on her stomach looking towards me, she pushed herself to her feet, leaning against the wall. Then ran towards me, I ran forward grabbed her by her shirt and tossed her to the ground, she didn't get up. She looked up at me, her eyes filled with longing and hope…

Sonic kneeled next to Gabriela as tears filled his eyes as he picked her limp body.

"What have I done?" He whispered furiously to himself as tears streamed down his face.

"I saved you a spot, I won't bite I promise. Just don't take my food!" I said laughing, Gabriela laughed smiling brightly as she sat next to me (A/N Chapter 6).

"Well we better get going. I'm sure Amy is about to throw a fit about us being late for breakfast." I said finally breaking the silence, as I held out my hand to help her up. She looked up at me, not wanting to leave the serenity.

"Umm…I kinda want to stay a little bit longer. You can go ahead, I'll catch up in a little bit." Gabriela said giving me the puppy dog eyes. I covered my face moaning.

"Not the eyes! I can't stand the eyes! Geeze I'm a sucker for the eyes!" I groaned as I tried unsuccessfully to stifle my laughter. She laughed, then smirked at me

"Ha! Now I know you weakness!" She laughed as I shook head at her, grinning (A/N Chapter 15)

" Fifteen seconds, fourteen seconds…" He looked up finally hearing the countdown sequence, Gabriela's head rested against his chest as he stood up. He held her close to his chest closing his eyes as he faced the wall, he backed up a few feet. His eyes snapped open

" Five, four, three, two, one-" Sonic ran at full speed through the wall, then began to fall through the air. One second can save a life…

Shadow had teleported the others right outside of the ship, when he turned around the ship was in flames.

"No.." He whispered softly seeing the destruction, Amy ran forward point towards a dot in the distance.

"It's Sonic!" She shouted then ran towards them, Shadow instantly took off almost flying past her. Sonic crashed to the ground, Gabriela still in his arms. Shadow skidded to a stop in front of them as Sonic sat on his knees, his eyes closed as he held Gabriela, Shadow crouched down his eyes somber

"Is…is she…" Shadow said softly, Sonic didn't reply. Shadow turned away his fists clenched.

"Why does fate make us suffer?" Shadow said softly as he looked back down at Gabriela

"No…not her. Please…not her…" Sonic whispered softly as tears slipped down his face, a single tear slipped down Shadow's face. The only sound was the thudding of Amy's feet as she ran towards them, then it slowed when she saw them with tears in their eyes. Amy stopped as she buried her hands in her face unable to stop the tears, she turned around and crashed into Knuckles. She just sobbed into his chest, Knuckles let her. It was quiet of a minute until they saw a brown and black dog running towards them, Buster. Even though his master had told him to stay he couldn't bear to be separated from her. He slowed as he got closer, he walked around Amy towards Sonic, he looked up at him then to Gabriela. He nuzzled her face, Sonic sighed then looked to Buster.

"She.. Buster …" Sonic couldn't find the words to say, even though he was talking to a dog. Buster walked up closer and began to lick Gabriela's hand

"Buster, she isn't going to-" Sonic said softly but was cut off by a slight movement, Gabriela's hand moved lightly touching Buster's muzzle. Her eyes softly fluttered open, her brown eyes staring up at them.

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