HydraSprite- You like SonicxRouge right? I am writing a story called 'The Long Mission' and it has a lot of SonicxRouge… It also has ShadowxTikal… I'm trying to broaden my writing skills…

Gahlik the Echidena- Read above… I know that you already reviewed it… thanx!

On with the… show?.. story?.. whatever!

"Wow… this place is beautiful! Look at that sunset!" Amy said, watching the sunset with Shadow. They were on top of his roof.

"Umm… yeah… it's nice…" Shadow said. He was looking away from the sunset. Shadow didn't really like the sunset as much as he loved the dusk.

"Umm, Shadow? Now it's only 4 hours until I leave… right?" Amy asked him.

Shadow looked at her glittering emerald eyes. They were puffed up with tears… but she held them back, trying her hardest not to cry in front of Shadow.

"Umm… well… it's only 8:00… that means… until midnight…" Shadow said.

Amy tried to smile. She started crying softly. Shadow looked at her. He held out his arms to embrace her.

"I… don't want to leave you…" Amy whispered.

"Amy… don't worry… four hours is still a long time…" Shadow told her.

Amy moved into his arms. "I feel safer in your arms…" Amy whispered.

Amy returned his embrace. Shadow moved his fingers around the pink fur on her head.

The moon was full and gave a radiant glow. Shadow stared at it. Oh, Maria… I've almost forgotten about you in these last 72 hours… except when your android visited me… I wonder… can your soul really lay in the body of the once annoying Amy Rose?

"Shadow? How are you going to fix your arm?" Amy asked trying to change the subject.

"If you want… I guess you can stay long enough to… see to it that I fix my arm right." Shadow said giving her a slight smile.

Amy smiled back. "Thank you… for caring for me…" Amy said.

On Angel Island…

"So, you seriously forgive me, Knux?" Sonic asked.

"Yeah, sure… just make sure you don't do that again." Knuckles said.

"Knuckles? I think I should go home now…"

"Why? Your brother left your house?" Knuckles asked Sonic.

"Umm… no… I… kinda lied about that… just so I can get closer to Rouge…" Sonic admitted.

"Grr… what?" Knuckles asked loudly.

"You guys! Stop fighting! We should be on the lookout for G.U.N. robots… remember?" Rouge asked them.

"Well, Amy's healed already!" Knuckles said. He grabbed Sonic.

"Look! You guys stop fighting…" Rouge said.

Amy and Shadow…

G.U.N. robots landed around Shadow and Amy. "What the hell? I thought that they were supposed to take care of this!" Shadow yelled, quite disappointed that his alone time with Amy was disturbed.

Shadow took out his gun. Amy took out her hammer. "Amy, no… I don't want you to get hurt." Shadow told her.

Amy looked at him. "O-okay…" she said.

Shadow killed about 5 of them. "Great… just 15 more to go…" he said.

"Shadow… I don't want you to get more hurt than you already are!" Amy cried out.

"Don't worry!" Shadow assured her.

He destroyed a few more robots. A robot hit him down, he fell to the ground. (they were on the roof)

"Shadow! Are you okay?" Amy asked. She jumped off of the roof, landing next to Shadow. The robots followed Amy.

Shadow looked around for his lost gun. "Oh shit! I guess I'll just have to do this the hard way…" Shadow said, clenching his fists.

He started beating up the robots one at a time. "Last one…" he said.

The last robot took out a laser and shot Shadow. He fell on the ground. Amy ran to him.

"Amy… here… save yourself… go to Angel Island… I'll take care of this…" Shadow whispered while giving her his Chaos Emerald.

"I can't leave you here!" Amy exclaimed.

"Go, Amy!" Shadow said.

Angel Island…

"Rouge! Sonic! Knuckles!" Amy called out to them.

They ran up to her. "Yeah?" they all said in unison.

"Please… help me. Well… not me… Shadow." She said in a worried voice.

"What happened?" Rouge asked her.

Amy started telling them what happened, starting with the sunset.

Shadow…

The robot had beaten Shadow to the ground. Shadow could hardly move. His hand felt something close by. He picked it up. It was his gun!

He shot the robot straight in the forehead. The robot fell down. Shadow groaned in pain. The stupid thing shot me… uggh! I can't move… I feel light-headed… I feel faint… I can't die now… please no… I've never even asked Amy…

Shadow took something out of his gloves. It was a golden ring. And on top of it, a piece of his own emerald. He put it back in his glove. He shut his eyes.