"Sir, we've found him" the soldier talked into a short wave radio as he and several others of his squad looked down at a small unconscious black wolf. They were all very confused to find that the escaped threat had been knocked out by still a yet unknown assailant.
"Does he have the Chaos Emerald?" came a voice over the radio.
The soldier glanced to another of his squad who was currently searching through the wolf's jacket which lay about ten meters away from the fallen ultimate life form, the soldier looked back at him and frowned shaking his head.
He raised the radio to his mouth and spoke once again.
"No…the Chaos Emerald is missing…shall we search the area?"
There was a pause before the General replied: "No, bring the target back to the base for termination"
"Yes sir…" with that he hooked the radio onto his belt and signaled for two of the other soldiers to bring Nite and his coat, with that they lifted the small animal into the back of a truck and slowly began to drive off, heading in the direction of the GUN base.
OOO
The white wolf known as Trance charged through the corridors of the GUN base, panic driving her on as she had been given news of what was to happen to her best friend. Nite the wolf, she couldn't let them do it.
"I can't let them just kill him…he's my friend!"
Another word popped into her mind which described her feelings for the black wolf with much more accuracy but she quickly shook her head, removing the thoughts from her mind. She'd need a clear mind if she was going to talk the General out of the termination. There was no real proof other than both her and Nite's word that he no longer worked for Gerald Robotnik and never would, and she doubted that he'd believe either of them.
"But I can't give up…Nite wouldn't if it were me…"
She smashed through the doors to the General's office and stomped up to his desk, a look of frustrated anger and hurt on her face as she tried her best to glare at the rather intimidating man.
"Ah, Miss Trance…what brings you here?"
He barely even looked at her and her anger got the better of her. She slammed her hands down onto his desk and yelled.
"You know damn well what brings be here! You're going to terminate Nite!"
He looked at her now, not even flinching as she yelled. His face letting slip no sign of emotion.
"Yes…and?"
She was practically fuming with rage now but managed to compose herself, taking a deep breath and letting it out slowly to calm herself, she then looked at the man evenly.
"You don't need to execute him…he has already proven that he isn't in league with Gerald by saving my life…"
"That may be, but that is not proof enough…he is still a threat and after his escape…"
"What do you expect…you tossed him in a cell and said he couldn't see me anymore, I'm surprised he didn't kill you were you stood…"
"Well we cant take the chance…if he was ever to side with Gerald and use the full brunt of his powers…even the Shadows might not be able to stop them…"
Trance sighed, taking a moment to think. Then it hit her, a way that would make everyone happy. Apart from herself.
"What if there was a way to wipe his memories so that he wouldn't remember Gerald or his powers?"
"Well…then we could just release him I suppose…"
"I can do it" he stated simply
He stared at her for a moment, then closed his eyes to think. Trance continued.
"All I need to do is take him some place away from Gerald…like Pumpkin Hill and I can block away all of his memories leaving him only with the bare essentials like his name and such…"
The General opened his eyes and looked at her, she looked back pleadingly. He then nodded and spoke.
"Very well…but if I allow this then you must stay here and work for us indefinitely"
"I will"
She didn't even need to think about it, as long as Nite was still alive she would do anything.
OOO
Pumpkin Hill was a haunted place filled with ghosts and sounds that you weren't sure if you'd actually heard. For the weak of mind and weak of heart they'd be forced to wander in its eternal darkness for all eternity. But Trance knew that Nite could handle it.
She looked over her shoulder and nodded to the several GUN troops that were carrying the black wolf to put him down, they quickly complied and she walked up to them, very much serious and not the bubbly self she once was.
"Can you give me some time alone with him…to say good bye"
The GUN operatives looked at each other then nodded to the white wolf before walking off. The second they were out of sight she walked over to Nite and dropped a rather large backpack next to him. She opened it slightly to check its contents. In side was a slight shine of metal from what appeared to be a Bazooka of some sort. She smiled to herself then turned back to Nite, smiling fondly down at the peacefully sleeping wolf. He had worn himself out so much during his fight with Sun that he had been asleep for the past ten hours.
"You're so cute when you sleep N-Kun…I'm really going to miss you" she smiled "from what the doctors have told me when you gave me your blood…its given me just as long a life as you…but they aren't really that certain its kind'a like an educated guess…who knows maybe we'll meet again…"
She placed her hands on either side of the black wolf's head and closed her eyes, concentrating all of her energies into the task she had to complete. She gasped as she completed it and nearly collapsed exhausted on her fellow wolf, but kept enough energy to stay there, sitting and smiling at him.
"I've given you all you need to know on how to work the Bazooka…consider it a really late birthday gift…I…" she had to pause to whip a tear away and give him a slight kiss on the forehead before she stood up on shaky legs looking down at the wolf "…I'm sorry that I've taken your memories…but it was all I could do to give you your life…after you gave me mine…I care for you…a lot…"
She started to walk away, tears now flowing freely from her eyes as she left her friend to fend for himself. He'd hopefully awake soon, but as she walked away she couldn't help but stop and take one last look over her shoulder.
"Sayonara…Nite the wolf…"
OOO
Sayonara…Nite the wolf…
Nite's eyes slowly blinked open as Trance's voice echoed through his mind. His body felt like he'd fought a whole army of Badniks and came up second best. He sat up slowly, holding his head as he remembered things that were once locked away inside him for so long. His head was throbbing. He slowly glanced up and looked at all the worried faces around him, all of his friends and the white wolf Trance…a friend from long ago…and…
"Sonic?"
There he was, the blue hedgehog who he was a byproduct of and who had saved the world so many times in the past…who was supposed to be dead. The blue hedgehog just stood there smiling at him widely and confusing Nite even further as it seemed as though the hero some how knew something.
"Man, the way you beat that robot was tight!" with that he promptly gave the still very much confused wolf a thumbs up.
He glanced to his friends and caught the glimpse of Spike's expression, one that he'd seen many times before that meant "I'll explain later so don't ask any stupid questions". He just turned back to Sonic and smiled, after all what else could he do.