Yeah, I'm not as satisfied with how this story turned out and my muse for it died a while ago, but really wanted to see it done. If you stuck around, thank you so much.

Shadow's Odyssey 2: The Chaos Continues

Rouge strutted confidently into G.U.N. headquarters and headed straight for the commander's office.

"Agent Rouge, where the hell have you been?" The commander shouted. "You've been MIA for two weeks! We assumed Shadow killed you. Speaking of which, do you have any idea where he is?"

"As a matter of fact, I do. And I can confirm that he is 100% innocent. You see, he was possessed by this Sith Lord named Darth Sidious. And I have plenty of witnesses to back up this claim."

"You do realize that witness testimony is the weakest kind of evidence, right?"

"I can at least prove that there was another dimension involved, given that I have a bunch of people from there and their stuff and the big spaceship that I'm sure you've noticed by now. And let's not forget that Shadow was the one who turned Eggman in in the first place. Why would he do that if he was going to break him out again a few hours later? And not use any of his Chaos powers while doing it?"

The commander insisted on a full interrogation of the witnesses of course, and they all confirmed Rouge's story. The commander was finally convinced, and they took Sidious into custody.

Tails made the final adjustments to the gateway. He had taken Eggman's calculations and plans for the original and improved upon them. The result was a much more stable gateway that probably wouldn't collapse into itself.

But Knuckles wasn't quite convinced. "Now, you're sure we're not gonna loose the Emeralds again?"

"Of course! By hooking the Master Emerald up to the machine, it'll keep the Chaos Emeralds locked in this dimension."

"Good. Because searching one planet for the Emeralds is hard enough, but an entire galaxy? No way am I doing that again."

Tails pulled the lever, and the portal opened.

Anakin turned to Shadow, knowing now was the time for goodbyes. For a few moments, they stood in awkward silence while Anakin searched for what to say.

"Thanks. For what you said."

"Just don't ever do this again." Shadow replied.

Anakin nodded and stepped through the portal, followed by his new army of Mandalorians. Petro was the last one left.

"I can't believe it's already time to say goodbye. Feels like just yesterday you reappeared in my dimension. I wish I had more time to explore yours. But I have my universe to protect and you have yours."

Shadow sighed. "Yeah."

Petro kneeled down and gave Shadow a hug.

"I'm still not a hugger, kid."

Petro squeezed him tighter.

"Fine. You can have one." Shadow hugged Petro back.

"Awww!" Sonic squealed.

"Shut up, Sonic."

Their hug ended and Petro stood back up. "May the Chaos be with you."

"That's not how Chaos energy works, but thanks."

Petro smiled and stepped through the portal.

Shadow smiled back. "Sayonara Petro."