The exciting conclusion has come! Enjoy!
Sonic threw punches left and right at Shadow, but Shadow blocks them all and shoots a spear at Sonic, and with extreme speed, he dodges it but he looks back and sees that the spear is hurdling towards Tails.
"Tails! Aw dang, going to have to take one for the team..." Sonic said, as he flew in front of Tails. The spear flew into Sonics chest and Sonic fell to the floor.
"What's the matter, Sonic? Your finished already?" Shadow laughed, closing in on Sonic.
"Not on your life, sport" Sonic scowled, throwing an energy ball at Shadow.
Tails woke up and saw the sight he thought he'd never see, Sonic and Shadow, fighting again. He tried to get out but as he pulled on the strap, a jolt of electricity surged through him and he was knocked out again.
They kept at it and just before Sonic knew it, he got sucker-punched, right in the face! He fell next to the gun and saw the minutes left.
"Only 20 minutes left... boy, how time flies when you're getting your butt kicked" Sonic looked around for any means to take Shadow out.
"C'mon Sonic, Rise!"
"You can hit what you cant see, Shadow!" Sonic threw a rag into Shadows face. As Shadow pulled off the rag, he lost sight of Sonic.
He looked up and saw Sonic, "give it up, I saw that coming" Shadow gloated.
"Bet you saw this too!" Shadow looked down and a beam of energy shot at him from the ground. "Huh... guess not"
Shadow was mad now, and in the snap of the fingers, he flew up to Sonic, threw him down by the foot.
"I don't think so Shadow!" Sonic grabbed Shadow and threw him into the electric charger that Eggman had (you'd be surprised what's in there) and Shadow fell to the ground and blacked out.
Shadow... Shadow... wake up Shadow.
"Ugh... huh?" Shadow looked around and saw emptiness... nothingness... but then, a figure started to appear in front of him, at first he couldn't make heads or tails...
Shadow, I trusted you... and you're about to destroy the earth. How could you?
"Maria... MARIA!!!" Shadow ran toward her, but as he did, he turned around and saw himself, another presence... he walked toward the Shadow he saw, and looked at his hands...
"I can't believe this is me... I... I failed you Maria..." Shadow began to sob as Maria came closer.
Shadow, you haven't failed yet, there's still time, you must stop that laser.
"You're right, I must!" Shadow stood up, but the Dark Shadow behind him had other plans.
"Think about what you are doing, are you going to give up this power?" said Dark Shadow.
Shadow, don't listen to him, come to me, do the right thing!
"No, join me, and together, we will rule!"
Shadow!
"Shadow!"
Shadow!
Shadow couldn't control it, with their voices echoing in his head, he began to panic. He finally pointed at Dark Shadow and shouted, "I will not join you! I have gone down that path once, and I'm never going that way again!" suddenly, the Dark Shadow started to disappear...
Shadow, you have done well, but it's not over, hurry!
"But how? I can't disarm the laser!"
Shadow, I have faith in you.
Shadow felt a strong force inside of him. As he looked at his hands, he felt a warm glow flow over him, then his fur started to change, his black and red fur changed into an angelic white and gold color, and he felt a holy power overcome him as he returned to the real world.
Sonic saw Shadow rise from the floor and saw a white glow around him and Shadow turned (literally) into an angel.
Sonic gasped, then his attention was turned to the gun, as the time read '00:02' "oh no..."
Shadow turned toward the gun and it fired, "NO!!!" Shadow pressed a button and Tails and Cream where released, "Sonic! Get out of here!" Shadow shouted while flying toward the spot where the laser was going to hit (how he found out is anyone's guess) he looked at the sky as the laser came down, "for you Maria..." Shadow flew toward the laser and it exploded.
"SHADOW!!! Sonic saw the explosion and flew toward them, but his power weakened and he fell, "no, not now... Shadow!" he ran toward the spot where he saw Shadow last... and saw... "Shadow, oh crap..."
"..."
Shadow...
"Maria... I did it"
I know you did, am I'm proud Shadow.
"That's good..."
Shadow? Wake up; your friends are waiting.
Shadow sat up and saw that he was in the hospital. Covered with bandages on his left eye, on his arms, and on his legs. He saw his friends in the room.
"I guess you're mad at me, huh?"
His friend glared at him... then they all ran to him and hugged him
"You big lug, we could never stay mad at you!" Amy said laughing.
"And Amy? I'm sorry for the trouble I caused you, all of you. I don't know what happened..."
"Aw forget about it! Were cool!" Knuckles chuckled
"Yeah... thanks guys."
He looked at the window and whispered, "thanks Maria... for all your help"
After 1 month, Shadow finally returned home, and felt like himself again. And what of Eggman? Well... let's just say that he got what he deserved, and is spending the next 25 years in jail.
"Yeah, rub it in ya jerk wad." Eggman sneered.
"Hey! No talking!" a guard said.
"Yeah, yeah." Eggman muttered, while returning to his laundry duties.
That was the last chapter. I finally did it... I hope you enjoyed the story, as much as I enjoyed typing it. Only one thing got me stumped though, does Shadow have fur? Or is it skin? Oh well. Again, I hope you enjoyed the story