A/N: *gasp* Can it be true? YES! The final chapter of Bring Me to Life is finally here!! I'm so sorry it took so long, but I didn't have the inspiration. And I had school. And I just got into mousing a bunch of art at DA. If you're interested in my art, look for a long on my ff.net profile. I know it's not the best, but I currently haven't hooked up my scanner to this evil piece of crap computer. I personally don't like how this is gonna end, but hey, you're the readers. Hope you like!

Chapter 5: Betrayal and Join

Ares sat inside his robot, and Shadow continued staring up at it.

"Are you sure you don't want to back out now?" Ares said through a speaker.

"Backing out isn't part of my vocabulary, so you probably know the answer," Shadow replied, glaring up at the robot.

"Very well, but have your grave ready for you!" the man sneered, and the robot sparked to life.

It stood up straight, bringing down a giant claw towards Shadow. The black hedgehog jumped out of the way as the claw impacted the ground. He flipped backwards, landing on his hand, then jumped and landed on his feet. He rolled away when the other claw hit the ground, throwing concrete everywhere.

Shadow hopped onto an abnormally large piece of concrete and put all his weight into his feet, pushing the chunk of rock towards Ares' creation.

The rock impacted on the robot, causing some smoke to surround it. Shadow smirked, "Score."

When the smoke cleared, the robot was revealed to be perfectly fine. Shadow scowled.

"Ahahahaha!" Ares' laughter echoed around the room. "Nice try! But a piece of rock won't stop my robot!"

The black hedgehog growled at his enemy, and ran at the robot.

"Chaos Spear!" He yelled, and the yellow streaks struck the robot, but barely dented the thing. The black hedgehog growled.

"Not even energy attacks can pierce my robot!" Ares laughed again.

"Only certain can't," said a voice. A large beam collided with the robot, throwing an arm off.

"WHAT!?" The man shouted, seeing the broken arm separated from the robot.

Night the Hedgehog walked up next to Shadow. "I guess I came just in time, huh?" She smirked at the yelling man inside the robot (for some reason that doesn't sound right o.o;; XD).

"Night? Why.?" Shadow asked, surprised by her appearance.

"I figured that there are better things to do than to kill," Night explained. "And that it involves innocent people's lives, who haven't done anything."

Shadow smiled and nodded. "That's the right choice to make."

"I'm glad you agree," The purple hedgehog smiled back.

They saw that Ares' robot had gotten up, sparks flying from where the arm used to be.

"I won't let you get away with this! You defied your master, Night!" Ares shouted angrily.

"And you want to do something to me about it? It doesn't look like it can happen, unless you shouting has a serious negative effect on me of something," the purple hedgehog grinned.

Ares scowled. Shadow grinned too.

The man Ares aimed his remaining robot arm at Night and Shadow, stretching it out at them. The two hedgehogs dodged the attack, and then they both vanished.

"What?" Ares looked around, and felt two balls crash into the robot, denting it. "Argh!!"

Shadow and Night bounced off the robot, shoving it into a wall. They both uncurled in mid-air and landed gracefully on their feet. They watched as the robot got up again, its back highly damaged.

The two hedgehogs glanced at each other, and nodded. They both held a hand out.

"Chaos Spear!"

"Chaos Wave!"

They shouted these words simultaneously. The yellow lightening and red tornado surrounded the robot, cutting it in many places.

"I hope you're in the mood for fireworks," Shadow started.

"Because you're gonna be 'em," Night finished.

Light pillars spilled from the cuts in the robot and engulfed it completely. And suddenly, an explosion took place in the room.

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Rocks and cement were everywhere where the room used to be. Robotic scraps and parts were scattered everywhere as well. No life could be seen.

Knuckles the Echidna and Miles "Tails" Prower looked around this broken room. There was no sign of their friends.

"Damn, Sonic said he'd be here in the note," Knuckles said, scowling at the rocks.

"Well, it looks like something exploded in here," Tails said, looking around at the robot parts. "They might be under the rocks."

"And that's were I come in," the red echidna said, and he held up his fists. He punched the ground, and a section of rock scattered and became nothingness as they hit the wall.

"Handy," Tails smiled. "But maybe we should just dig, in case Sonic or Shadow end up like those broken rocks. "

"Yeah, yeah," Knuckles muttered. He went over to a pile of rocks and started throwing them over his shoulder. Tails twisted his tails and flew over, moving rocks away as well.

Finally, they found a certain blue hedgehog among the rocks, unconscious.

"Sonic!"

The two ran over to him. Tails checked Sonic's pulse, and saw that he was alive, yet unconscious.

"One down, one to go," Knuckles said and put the blue hedgehog over his shoulder.

They saw a rattle at a pile of rocks, and Knuckles went into a defensive position, alert. The rocks spread apart as a purple hedgehog emerged, covered in dust.

"Who are you?!" Knuckles demanded.

"No need to get all crazy," the hedgehog said. "I am Night. Shadow should be around here too."

"Wait, how do you know Shadow?" Tails asked.

"We got acquainted a day or two ago. Now, I see you've got the blue hedgehog," she looked at the unconscious Sonic on Knuckles' shoulder. "We just need to find Shadow."

"No need for that," said Shadow's muffled voice under the rocks. Knuckles ran over and moved the rocks away, pulling Shadow out. "Ahh! Air at last."

"Welcome back, Shadow," Tails walked over.

"Now that we're all here, let's go." Knuckles crossed his arms.

"Wait guys," Shadow said as Tails and Knuckles were turning away. "Night will come with us too."

"Why?" The orange kitsune asked.

"Well..." The black hedgehog looked at Night, then at Tails. "She needs a place to stay, and some friends."

"Alright," Knuckles glanced over his shoulder at them. He secretly grinned. 'Lucky bastard's got a cute one.' Knuckles thought.

"Let's go!" Tails said. The others nodded.

They left the broken base and saw the Tornado plane outside. Night looked up at it. "Impressive." She said and looked at Tails. "You built this?"

"Yup!" Tails smiled and rubbed the back of his head. They all boarded the plane and they flew off towards the setting sun.

THE END

Credits:

Sonic the Hedgehog-SEGA Shadow the Hedgehog-SEGA Miles "Tails" Prower-SEGA Knuckles the Echidna-SEGA Night the Hedgehog-Me Ares-Me

Well, that's about it. Sorry it took so long, technical difficulties always suck. This is the last Sonic idea I've had, so I probably won't be writing for a while. However, I've gotten a lot of inspiration for my other stories lately, so I might be writing then.

And I'm also gonna thank the readers for being patient and not giving up on the story. And I also got the inspiration when one of my favorite authors reviewed, and that made me wanna finish the chapter. And the support from the fans, as well!

Know that I'm always open for story ideas. Just IM me on MSN or AIM, or just email me. I'll accept ideas for Sonic the Hedgehog, Yu Yu Hakusho and Inuyasha. I'll also be updating my art, so expect that too!

If you wanna contact me for any reason, look on my profile. You can either email me, or send me an instant message through MSN or AIM.

Well, that's all, folks! See ya!

~Dash