-Last time, in chapter 13-
"YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING YOU HEARTLESS BASTARD! BECAUSE OF YOU, AN INNOCENT HEDGEHOG DIED!"
"AND WHAT ABOUT YOU?! YEAH, I FOUND OUT ABOUT YOU! YOU KILLED MARIA, AND SHE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO DESERVE IT!"
"MAYBE SHE DIDN'T, BUT YOU DO!" Shiaza yelled as she ran towards Sonic. Her staff was glowing a bright red as she jumped up and smashed it down on the hedgehog. Another explosion came from her attack, and the island blew up into flames.
-Now, for chapter 14-
As the flames slowly died down, a figure was seen among the smoke. It was Shiaza, holding her staff and having a look that was a mix of extreme anger and pain. She was breathing heavily and staring down at the ground. Around her, the whole island was falling apart. She looked over to the right and saw a figure lying on the ground, blood immersing the body. It was Sonic.
"You... you deserved it..." she said, looking away.
Suddenly there was a flash of light behind her. She turned around to see Metal Sonic coming towards her.
"That was some attack, Shiaza."
"Where did you come from? How did you... survive?"
"I got the Chaos Emerald from Shadow and managed to use Chaos Control to teleport everyone to safety," he said.
"Oh... what... what happened to Shadow...?"
"I took his body with me. He's safe back in the Mystic Ruins with the others."
"Oh... good..." she replied, tears streaming down her face.
"Hey, calm down. It's going to be okay..." Metal reassured her. "Now, as for Sonic..."
"He's... dead."
"You can say that again. He never stood a chance."
"Metal... before Shadow was attacked, he was saying something to me..."
"Yeah, I remember that."
"But... he never got to finish..." Shiaza said. "What do you think he was going to say...?"
"He... he was... saying that he loved you," Metal explained, looking away.
"Oh..." she replied, looking down. "But he's gone now... so it doesn't matter..."
"I guess... but he really did love you."
"He hated me! He was always yelling at me or ordering me to stay away from him..."
"Now, would you really expect someone like Shadow to actually let you believe that he liked you?" Metal asked.
"No... I guess not... I just... I wished I'd known sooner..."
"It'll all be okay, Shiaza."
"Yeah, I suppose..." she said. "Anyway, let's go."
"Alright..." Metal said. "Chaos Con-"
"Stop!" Shiaza yelled, grabbing the Chaos Emerald. "Don't ever do that again. It was Shadow's move, and you don't need to be copying it."
"Sorry..." he replied as Shiaza snapped her fingers and the two of them disappeared.
Back in the Mystic Ruins, standing by the shed next to lake and waterfall, were Tails, Hyacinth and Claira. Knuckles walked up to them.
"Where's Rouge? And... where's Leilani?"
Tails pointed down into the lake. Knuckles walked up to it and looked down to see Rouge and Leilani fighting in the water.
"CHICK FIGHT!" Knuckles yelled as he jumped down by the lake and pulled out a lawn chair out of nowhere. He jumped in the seat and started eating popcorn, but then spit it back out.
"TAILS!" he yelled. "I NEED MORE BUTTER IN THIS!"
Tails walked up in a pink, frilly maid uniform and took the popcorn. "Yes master..." he said, pouring more butter on it and handing it back.
"Thank you, servant," Knuckles said as Tails fell over.
"Hey guys, what's up?"
"Amy? Oh, hey. Nothing really," Tails said. He stood there for a few seconds, then he suddenly jumped. "AMY?! WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?!"
"Well, it all started when my mom an-"
"NO, NOT THAT!"
"Oh... well, I was just busy being captured by Evil Tikal with Sonic," she said.
"Where is Sonic?"
"I... I don't know. Last time I saw him was when he was fighting Shadow..."
"SHADOW?! WHERE?!" Knuckles said, standing up quickly in terror and falling over into the lake. Rouge and Leilani stopped fighting and stared at him.
"I don't know where either of them are. I was knocked out cold during the battle."
"They're both dead."
"Wha...? Shiaza?!" Tails exclaimed.
"Sonic killed Shadow, and now Sonic's dead, too," Shiaza said firmly, standing above them all on top of the cliff.
"Shadow... Sonic... they're both dead?!" Amy cried.
"Yes, Amy, they are," Metal said. "And nobody can change it..."
Everyone stared at Metal, dead silent, except for Shiaza.
"Y-you can talk?!" Knuckles exclaimed.
"Yeah, long story," he replied, turning to face Shiaza. Suddenly he realized that she was gone.
"Where did she go...?"
"I don't know, she was standing there a minute ago."
"Damn that snap trick..."
"Hey!" Rouge yelled, looking inside of the shed. "Where's Shadow?"
"He's dead, Rouge," Tails said, looking over at the lake where Leilani was tied up, floating in the middle of it. He sweatdropped.
"No, I mean... where's his body?"
"WHAT?!" Metal yelled, running over to the shed. He searched inside.
"SHADOW'S MISSING?!" Amy cried out. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?!" she yelled, shaking Knuckles back and forth.
"I... didn't... do... anything..." he said, falling over when Amy released him.
"I think Shiaza stole him," Hyacinth said.
"What? Why would sh-" Tails started, but then stopped as a bright light flashed behind them. "What just happened?"
Everyone stared around, looking for any signs of what had happened. Claira walked up to them.
"Hey, where did that metal guy go?" she asked. Everyone stared at her.