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Chapter 8: an Apology and a Promise

Sonic groaned slowly as he awoke he found it hard to remember as he looked at a ceiling. It took him a minute to remember anything… then he suddenly remembered that something bad had happened to his friends… he tried to remember what as looked around for his friends. He saw Shadow, newly found brother sitting, in a nearby chair, his eyes closed.

"S-Shadow?" Sonic managed to say

Shadow opened his eyes. "Sonic, you're finally awake!"

"W-what happened to…?"

"Shh now, you where badly drained after the fight... you've been asleep for three days"

That was it! There was a fight… with…

"S-Streak…?"

Shadow cringed at the name; it was obviously a touchy subject

"What happened with Streak? W-where's Tails? A-and Amy?" said the blue hedgehog

"We… that is to say… we managed to escape to Station square after while Vector and Bark's teams held off Streak, we managed to hide out from him, when he eventually gave chase, and go back for the Chaotix and Dynamites… both teams where badly hurt, as was Eggman, they will be alright, but they are resting up in this hospital. Miles wasn't hurt to bad, nether was Knuckles… but…"

"What about Tails and Amy!"

"They… aren't doing as good…"

Sonic's heart dropped "What?" sat up in his bed

"Amy has a strong concussion, and Tails' neck is broken, they are both in a comma,"

For the first time since he was basically born in Miles' lab, Sonic's heart filled with despair. He cared for Tails like a little brother… as for Amy…

"This is all my fault…" Said Sonic, his head in his hands, "I Should never of followed Eggman into there… I should have kept out… like you…"

"No Sonic, this is Eggman's fault, he was the one who tricked you, you where only doing what your heart told you was right. Just as I told you back up at ARK. And how Miles had taught you those long years in his lab."

"And now 8 of my friends are badly hurt. Where are Rouge, Omega and Knuckles? Where are Nack's and Metal's teams?"

"all three of those teams are searching out the remaining Chaos Emeralds, I will be joining the Rogues shortly, till then Knuckles will be taking my place."

"How many so far?"

"We have four; my green one, the Yellow one from Tails' workshop, Nite had the red one for some reason and one there was the grey was in the machine back at Gerald's base."

"So three left, one for each team…"

Shadow Nodded "The Cyan, Blue and Magenta ones."

"I guess you think the best way to stop him is with a super form…"

"Yes…"

"But what if he goes super too?"

"I won't let that happen."

"Has he… hurt anyone else?"

Shadow's head hung low "He has destroyed a good portion of Capital City… GUN's forces are trying to stop him… no one yet knows that he isn't you, there hasn't been a lot of time to tell anyone with most of us recovering and the rest searching for the emeralds"

"Damn…"

"Sonic, I have to go now… I want you to rest here…"

"But Shadow… I can't, not when that creep is out there!"

"I mean it Sonic. Let me deal with Streak, he was created to kill me… you still need to recover anyway…" Shadow left the room closing the door. Sonic had no doubt he would try, but Streak had already proved e was stronger than Shadow… now Sonic had his memories back, he remembered clearly the first day he woke… he… Streak… fought Shadow brutally, he was winning till Joz and Miles came to help. Then he turned Super, as did Shadow, they fought again, and Shadow lost. Luckily for the world Sonic/Streak was weakened by the battle, Joz and Miles got the drop on him, sealing him in his capsule again. He saw everything that happened, Gerald Captured Shadow and got away. The capsule was taken to Joz's house for a while, then Miles new house as he worked on making Sonic good, the rest… is history.

"He may have been made to kill you… but he came from me…" Said Sonic quietly

Sonic then rested for a while. When he woke it was mid day and he had felt much better… physically… mentally he was still scarred. He got up and walked through the halls of the hospital. The floor he was on was emergency unit… no one obviously had the time yet to move anyone with Streak around. He walked by rooms to find that both The dynamites and Chaotix where well enough to at least play poker, if little else, Sonic noticed that Big, Cream and Cheese had joined them, obviously they weren't playing for money if they delt the cute little rabbit in. He then walked by their room and then into Amy's. The Pink hedgehog was still unconscious her head was bandaged up tightly, only her head visible.

"Amy…" Sonic said softly. Seeing her lying there, made it all seem so much more real. He had hoped that up till now it was all a bad nightmare… "I'm… so sorry." He said before leaving the room. The next room belonged to Tails, if anything he was in worse shape than Amy… his neck was in a brace and he was being given vital fluids through a tube, and, like Amy, he was still unconscious. "… Tails…" He left and returned to his own room. He sat on his bed and for the first time in his life, the confident blue hedgehog actually wept.

"Amy… Tails…" he Said, "I will get him back for you… this I swear."