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Chapter 12
Knuckles, Tails and Amy were waiting in a grassy field, just nearby where they'd gotten off of the lift. The other townspeople were also in the field, resting and talking amongst themselves. They were too scared to go back to the city on their own.
Knuckles didn't want to leave his friend behind so all of them stayed and waited for Sonic and Shadow.
They'd felt the quake and feared for Sonic and Shadow's safety. Tails was sitting next to Knuckles, who was standing. He looked up at his friend.
"Knuckles..I'm scared. What if..they don't make it?" he asked shakily.
Knuckles looked at his young friend with kindness.
"Don't worry. Shadow can take care of himself just as well as Sonic can. They'll make it."
Suddenly the ground shook again. The X Tornado emerged from the Earth.
"They made it!" Tails yelled happiness and everyone cheered and clapped.
"What did I tell you Tails?" Knuckles said with a smile.
As The X Tornado emerged fully, dust and dirt was blown everywhere. It became hard to see. They could hear the hissing noise of the door of the X Tornado's door opening.
Sonic emerged from the dust cloud, with Shadow leaning on his shoulders, still unconscious. Sonic was quite tired, from running with Shadow's added weight. He fell to his knees and let Shadow lie on the grass. His three friends gasped and ran over to help.
Sonic looked up and saw them running to him.
"I thought…I told you to..not wait.." he said, gasping for breath.
"Sorry Sonic but I….We couldn't leave you behind." Knuckles said. Sonic smiled. He then looked back down at Shadow, with concern.
"He's…badly injured." He said "We..have to help.."
Amy knelt by Shadow's head. She put her hand on his cheek. Looking at his face she saw that t was covered in bruises and he had semi-dried blood, originally coming from his nose and mouth. There was also a large bruise appearing on, and around, his neck.
"Shadow? Can you hear me Shadow?" she called softly. Shadow stirred slightly and slowly opened his eyes. Everyone looked down in anxiety.
"A..a..Amy…"he said weakly.
"Don't worry Shadow. We're going to help you." Amy replied.
Knuckles helped Sonic up.
"How did he get like this?" he asked.
"I'll..tell you later.." Sonic said breathlessly. He looked at Shadow.
"You're..gonna be OK..Shadow." he said.
Shadow smiled slightly. He didn't have the energy to move and his throat felt very sore, so he couldn't speak much without it hurting. His eye lids shut half way and he was still rather out of it. Sonic sighed with relief and sadness.
"Sonic", Knuckles said "These people are too scared to leave here without protection." He pointed at the townspeople. "Know that I know you're safe, I can take them and Amy and Tails can take Shadow to a hospital. You can come with me but I know your exhausted from –"
"It's OK Knux…"Sonic replied. "I think..I'm getting ok now. It'd be quicker…for Shadow to get help…besides we can kill two birds with one stone."
"Don't worry Sonic we'll be as fast as we can!" Tails said.
"I trust you pal." Sonic replied.
Amy and Tail helped lift Shadow up and walked him to the X Tornado. Sonic helped them lift him in. The door shut and Tails gave a thumbs up. Sonic smiled and gave one back.
"Hang in there Shadow" he thought to himself as he watched the X Tornado lift off. "You can make it."
