It was tiring for him as he rests on the couch in the living room of his workshop. It was a miracle that they barely escape the blast just in time; but the destruction of a whole city…that was impossible to believe.

Looking to his left; he saw Knuckles sitting in a chair with arms cross and staring at a TV that was showing the news.

"Hey Knuckles, you alright" he ask the echidna.

"Yeah, I'm fine Tails…it's just that I can't seem to focus at the moment" he looks at the fox.

"Is it about what happen at Aqua City or your Island getting…?"

Knuckles interrupts him "My Island…how the heck did a barrier stop Shadows Chaos Control from teleporting him to the Island"

"I don't know…but after that barrier appear an hour later after Aqua City got destroy; that black and white hedgehog seems to have something to do about it"

"Maybe, but why set up a barrier?"

"I don't know?"

"Speaking of Shadow, where did he go?"

"He went back to G.U.N to report the recent events; plus, he took the Chaos Emerald with him"

"Figures, where's Amy"

"She headed home; apparently, Shade told her to leave because Sonic was too depress to talk to anyone right now since the city get destroyed"

Knuckles slowly nods his head "poor guy, must be taking it really hard and where is he anyway"

"Outside with Shade…they went for a walk, of course, Shade order him to go for a walk with her so he could clear his head of what happen"

"I know Sonic is the hero type…but he did have to use Chaos Control to get us out of there since that giant energy ball was coming straight towards us really quick"

"It was a really hard choice, but he had to do it"

"I know, saving us but…!"

"Can we drop it Knuckles…I already got a big enough headache from Amy who wanted to stay and help Sonic" Tails gets up from the couch and walks into the kitchen to find something to make the headache go away.

"Fine, but if Sonic is still depress when they get back…I'm knocking some sense into him"

Meanwhile

Somewhere outside; it was a clear and sunny day since it was the afternoon. The blue hedgehog was sitting in a tree with his back against the bark as he looks out at the grassy plain that was ahead. An upsetting look was on his face.

It has just been several hours since his fight with the black and white hedgehog at Aqua City. Out of the entire fight, it just ends with a big bang in your face and your left with a choice of saving your friends, saving an entire city or going after the person who had six of the seven Chaos Emeralds. In the end, he had to save his friends since that giant energy ball was heading for them and he didn't have enough energy left to stop the attack.

He barely had enough energy to get to his friends and use Chaos Control to warp them to safety, but at what cost?

Shaking his head; he sighs out loud for someone at the bottom of the tree to hear him.

"Are you going to stay up there all day or do I have to get Knuckles to break this tree to get you to come down"

"I'll come down Shade…it's just that, how could this happen…I save you guys but couldn't-!"

"Sometimes you got to make the hardest choices in life Sonic…you should know that already"

Sonic looks down to see the armor echidna looking up at him while her arms were cross "I know...but, for some reason, it feels a little different" he said to her.

"It's hard to decide what to do in life when being a hero; it's not all that easy, especially when you face new enemies"

"Then tell me Shade what should I do about it?"

Putting her hands on her hips, Shade sighs "first get out of the tree"

"I think I'll stay up here and enjoy the view"

Shade groans as she throws her hands in the air "fine stay up there, besides, this Reborn thing that the black and white hedgehog told you…isn't that same word for revival, rebirth or resurrection" she said to the blue hedgehog.

Silence over came them for a moment before Shade spoke up again "hello sonic, can you hear me" she watches Sonic jump out of the tree and land in front of her.

"Those words seem to fit the word 'Reborn'," taking her hand into his "but, just to make sure if they do I need to ask Tails to look them up and if those three words do fit the same word as Reborn, I think that black and white hedgehog might be planning something"

"Wait…what are you saying"

Sonic didn't answer as he took off at Super Sonic Speed while Shade held on to him not wanting to slip from his grasp.

I'll stop right there for now.

More chapters will be up soon.

Bye for now.