And so, my friends, here it is. The final chapter of my fic. ...bursts into tears noooooo bwaaa!
Ok im alright now lol Yes here it is! I hope you like it and I hope you liked the story! It's been fun to write.
Thank u to all of my fans and reviewers! I love ya!
Who knows? I may write a sequel:D

Enjoy!


Chapter 30

A few hours later, Aid helicopters were flown to the scene. The Aid crew searched amongst the rubble for survivors and loaded them into the helicopters, which then flew the casualties to a medical centre.

The leader of the Aid crew, Mark Stevenson, came over to Sonic and thanked him. He examined Knuckle's leg.

"Knuckles, your leg is looking ok but still needs rest. If the hospital told you to stay in then I best suggest you stay in our medical unit until your leg is fully healed." He said.

Then, he went to see Shadow, who sat upright now, leaning on Amy's shoulder.

"Your shoulder's in pretty bad shape, Shadow. And you have a couple of cuts to your face. You'll have to come to the medical unit too, I'm afraid."

He stood up.

"One of my helicopters can take you both there."

Sonic nodded. Tails went over to Mark.

"Excuse me sir but can we get a ride too? My plane is completely busted you see…"
he asked awkwardly.
"Of course! I'd be glad to give you a lift home!" Mark answered, smiling.

While Tails was talking to Mark, Amy looked at Shadow.

"Don't worry, you'll be better soon." She said quietly to him.
"…I know…" Shadow replied, still a bit breathless.
"…I meant what I said you know," Amy said. She smiled warmly at him. Shadow smiled back weakly, his eyes half open and beginning to close again.
"I know…" he said again. He rested his head on Amy's shoulder.

He felt almost in complete bliss, like back in the old days, when he was with his beloved Maria. He felt like he could just live like this forever. Amy felt the same way too. She sat there, holding Shadow in her arms, and felt as if it were perfect. She didn't want to move. Shadow closed his eyes and fell unconscious once more.

Mark then asked Amy to get up and help get Shadow onto a stretcher. So, rather reluctantly, she got up and did so. Tails helped Knuckles into the helicopter and sat him down.

"Thanks Tails." Knuckles said, gratefully.
"No problems!" Tails replied.

Shadow was then put into the helicopter and Amy jumped in afterward. Tails poked his head around the door.

"Aren't you coming Sonic?" he asked.

Sonic shook his head.

"I think I'll stay here and help with the effort." He said "But I'll meet you back at your workshop and help you rebuild it. OK?"

Tails gave a thumbs up.

"OK! See you later Sonic!" he said and closed the door of the helicopter. The blades began to spin and the helicopter took off. Sonic watched as the craft flew up into the sky, which was now only red because of the sunset.

A few hours passed and Sonic, although he didn't like to admit it, had gotten rather bored. Staying in the same place for hours wasn't Sonic's cup of tea. As the evening grew closer, Sonic thought that he had helped as best as he could and zoomed away toward Tails' workshop.

Tails was just finishing his repairs to the wall of his workshop, when Sonic appeared.

"Hey little bro! Sorry I wasn't here sooner!"

Tails yawned and stretched.

"It's OK Sonic. I've basically finished this wall anyway. But it's still a mess in there so I won't be able to sleep there tonight. But Amy said I could stay at her place so..." He said, rather gloomily.

"Hey where is Amy?"

"She's at the hospital with Shadow." Tails replied.

"That's cool."

"Hey, what do you think about what happened between those two?" Tails asked.

"Well…it's a great thing really. I mean I'm happy for her. She's found her true feelings at last. I knew that it'd happen when she'd stop chasing me around! I kinda had a feeling that Shadow liked her too. I think she reminds him of that girl he was friends with, who was Eggman's cousin, Maria" Sonic replied.

"Yeah I guess that's the case. At least someone around here gets a happy ending." Tails said. "As for me, it looks like it'll take weeks to fix up my workshop!"

Across town, in the rescue centre's medical unit, Shadow lay in a bed, made from a mattress, a warm duvet cover and a soft pillow. Amy was asleep, lying with her head resting on Shadow's chest. Shadow had woken up but still lay on his back, not disturbing Amy.

He was thinking. A familiar feeling had come back to him, the same feeling that he felt when he was with Maria. A warm comfortable feeling. Love. He felt love for Amy. He loved Amy. He'd told her earlier on. However, he didn't feel right in terms of his physical condition.

His breathing was still wrong and his shoulder hurt badly. He guessed that the impact, of the DX 100's tentacles hitting him, had broken a few ribs. He could feel a tightness in his chest, like someone was gripping his lungs and refusing to let go.

He shook his head, trying to forget the pain.

"Happiness is next on the agenda for me. As soon as I'm well, I can live in peace again." he thought to himself.

He looked at Amy. She was breathing peacefully and looked as if she was dreaming of great things. He smiled.

"Before I was assuring myself that I had nothing to live for anymore. I'd fulfilled Maria's last wish. My mission was done. But if I'd given up I wouldn't of discovered Maria on Earth; Amy Rose. They are so alike. I must protect Amy from harm and do so for eternity."

He sighed and closed his eyes.

"What comes next is the future and who knows what that may bring…"

And with that, he fell asleep once more.

THE END