"Amy!" Amy jumped nearly two feet straight up when Knuckles and
Tails burst through her door. "Where's Shadow?" Tails asked
breathlessly, frantically searching the room. "He just left to go do
something. Why?" "Amy he's gonna kill himself to restore everyone who
got roboticized!" Knuckles explained quickly. At that moment Sonic let
himself in, thinking he'd ask Shadow to compete in a race. Instead of
finding Shadow, Knuckles found the collar of his shirt and held him up
to eye level. "Sonic, take Amy to Robotropolis right now! Right to the
center of the city. No questions, just do it!" Knuckles barked in his face.
Seeing everyone's grim faces Sonic didn't argue. He immediately
gathered Amy in his arms and went off at a dead run.
Shadow winced as he placed the last Chaos Emerald, completing the
circle around him, with blood dripping down his arm. This last emerald
had been in the possession of a roboticized mobian so he'd refused to
attack. Instead of avoiding being hit, his timing was off on his dodge so
he'd walked away bleeding. Sweat dripped down his forehead as he
readied himself for his final moments. . .
"Shadow!" Amy called. She saw him hesitate for a few seconds before he
turned silver. "No!" Sonic went faster then he ever had before and as he
stopped by Shadow Amy flew from his grip and latched onto Shadow.
Sonic knew that his part was done so he made his exit, leaving it up to
Amy. "Amy, no. This has to be done." "There has to be some other way!
Shadow you're already hurt." Shadow cringed at the mention of 'some
other way'. 'Don't ask me. Please don't ask me. I can't stand to use
Hyper Control, not again.' Shadow silently pleaded as the Chaos
Emeralds started to circle him. "Shadow, please tell me there's some
other way. Please don't hide anything from me. I don't want you to die!"
Amy cried, clinging tighter. She felt Shadow's tensed muscles relax, his
body sag against hers. She stroked his ears as he bowed his head in
defeat. "There is one other way. . . Hyper Control. It reverses time, gives
the chance to change the course of a life or alter the future." Shadow
spoke in a barely audible whisper. "Why don't you use that, if it won't
kill you?" "It does worse than kill." As he answered a single tear fell.
Amy kissed him and brushed the tear away. She noticed more of his
weight leaning into her. "It makes you relive your life up to the point that
you want to change, so you get to watch the same thing over again. When
Maria was killed, I used the Hyper Control. I really believed I could alter
her fate, save her. I ended up failing her again. Every time I failed her I
got weaker so I always failed her no matter what. Even if I use Hyper
Control, it will change nothing. Everything will happen again. I will still
die." "No Shadow, you can't. I need you. I can help you change things,
we'll do it together. Please, do it for me, for your sake as well as mine."
Shadow's face set with determination and Amy was thrilled to feel
Shadow's muscles move against her, the sheer power and liquid grace of
it had her heart racing. She felt Chaos Energy flood through Shadow. She
gave him a kiss full of need and desire. When they separated she
whispered 'I love you' as Shadow yelled 'Hyper Control'.