ADAPTION epilogue

Amy awoke three days later to find Sonic asleep with his head on the side of her bed.

They were in a room she didn't recognize, a few of her things were dotted about, it almost looked homey.

She looked fondly at Sonic and noticed his arm was in a cast, slowly her memory came back to her, and she began to wonder what Sonic was doing sleeping like this with his head on her bed, something he hadn't done for at least two years now.

She lay looking at the ceiling, wondering what had happened, and where they were. The last thing she remembered clearly was sitting chained to a bed in a large blue room, but that had been in his head.She vaguely remembered the room beginning to fade into a bright light, then that going away and something soft touching her forehead.

She started to sit up, and disturbed Sonic.

"Huh.? Wassat.?" He looked bleary eyed at her a moment as she sat there looking down at him, then he jumped up, "Amy!"

She smiled, "Hey sleepy head"

"Sleepy head? ME? You're the ones been asleep for three days!" He hesitated just a moment, then threw his arms round her.

"We thought we'd lost you Amy."

She returned his embrace, savoring the moment, as if it would stop any second and never return.

Within a few days, things were back to normal, or as normal as they could be in this new safe house, deep under ground.

Porker had taken a leave of absence telling no-one where he had gone, taking Tekno with him for protection and company, so Knuckles and Rouge related the story of what had happened after Sonic, Amy and Tails had disappeared.

Porker had been in a very bad way, so they had taken him somewhere comfortable, then they had left him with Tekno, his best friend.

Searching all over, they had found no trace of the remaining freedom fighters, so they had turned to releasing any captives still aware of whom they were. There had been many happy reunions over the past few days, but also heart breaking sorrow as either drones or bodies were found.

It had been very late at night when Tails reappeared in the old safe house, clutching the unconscious forms of his two friends.

Within a day Sonic had awoken, yelling from nightmares and claustrophobia. He had instantly insisted on seeing Amy and Tails both.

Tails had suffered no more than a few cuts and bruises, a patch or two of singed fur, all of which his new healing ability cleared up within a few hours.

But Amy, they had had no idea what was wrong with her, physically she was fine, if a little asphyxiated. Therefore, before leaving, Tekno had declared it may be something to do with her newfound telepathy and they should simply keep a watch over her.

Sonic had spent every hour with her since, with frequent visits from Tails, less so from Rouge and Knuckles who had busied themselves with setting up the new safe house.

Since Bowen had disappeared without trace, as had his lover, Melissa, they agreed that they were still alive, living in this new realm and very much a threat. This was the reason for changing safe houses, as Bowen undoubtedly knew the exact location of the old one.

The only problem left to them now was what to do with those drones left in his lab, but that problem was soon solved when Tekno and Porker hacked into the rest his files from their secret location and started working on ways to bring them all back, an important job that Porker declared helped him relax and begin to recover.

So life pretty much carried on as normal as it could, with Amy and Tails getting used to their new abilities, everyone else getting used to them in turn, and Sonic and Amy slowly getting used to each other.

The only problem now was waiting for Bowen's return.