Chapter 11: Farewell
As Amy has been hospitalized, the gang grew restless in hoping Amy is alright. Shadow stood and leaned against the wall. John was pacing, Tails was sleeping, Sonic sat calmly, and Knuckles comforted Rouge as she cried. After the surgery, the doctor came out of the door. "My sister! How's my sister?" John ran toward to the doctor. The reply was sad. "The surgery is complete, but her body lost so much blood and energy. I don't know how long Amy is going to heal. Her breathing is very fast, so we have to give her oxygen. You, folks, have to go home. She needs rest." Shadow, Tails, Sonic, John, and Knuckles looked down. Everyone went home with a heavy heart. Shadow couldn't sleep when Amy is not around.
At the next day, the gang watched the news in Amy's apartment.
Today's news is Eggman is now arrested yesterday. The heroes finally brought peace to the whole world. We should thank the heroes and Amy Rose. We put Amy Rose because she saved and helped our heroes to slain the dragon. She sacrificed herself to save everyone. We should pray for a miracle to happen. Then, other news about the Rose family.
"Hey, we might get info about the Rose family," Knuckles said. "I already know." Shadow and John said. The two boys looked at each other. Everyone stared at them. "What? You knew the history?" The two boys were surprised. "You both already knew the Rose family? And you are friends instead of rivals?" Tails asked. "What? He is the one who sent me the email." Again, Shadow and John said it at the same time. "What? You, too, received the email?" Shadow and John were confused. "Wait a sec. Let me get this straight. You guys received an email that someone sent." Sonic asked. The two nodded, and everyone is confused. "Okay, John, what did it say in your email?" Rouge asked.
"Okay, May 8th, I was at the Internet café. I was finding where Eggman is. When suddenly, an email came. No one emailed me for years. So I checked, and there was something about Amy lives. I email back saying 'Who are you?' But it went on a different subject. It says 'Go to a store and but a hair band for your sister.' Someone will meet you there tomorrow. I followed what he or she said. There, I met Shadow. I thought he might be the one who emailed me." John finished, and Shadow was impatient and surprised. "Okay, Shadow, what's your story?" Knuckles asked. Shadow told them everything at May 8th. He thought John sent him the email because Shadow never received email. John was confused what Shadow said. "I guess we have to wait until Amy recovers," Tails said.
"I cannot wait. I want to see my sister," John stomped.
"Just be patient," Shadow said.
"Shut up, jerk," John argued back.
"Hey, you don't get all impatient. You have to stop getting short-tempered."
"I said shut up."
"You wanna fight? Bring it on."
John and Shadow made a homing attack, but Sonic pinned Shadow down, and Knuckles pinned John down. "Knock it off, Shadow," Sonic said. "Shut up, faker," Shadow tries to break free, but Sonic kept on locking him down harder. "Let me go," John, too, also tries to break free. Knuckles pinned him down harder. "No way. I won't let you. What would Amy say when she hears you two are trying to kill each other?" The two hedgehogs remembered Amy's promise. They didn't want to make Amy suffer, so they stop fighting.
It was three days already, and Amy is not out of the hospital. The gang kept on visiting Shadow. "Where's John?" he asked. "Still at the hospital. He's taking it hard," Tails said. Shadow knew how John felt. "Shadow, what are you going to do if Amy's…?" "Knuckles," Rouge interrupted Knuckles to not say it. "Oh, sorry," Knuckles held Rouge's hand meaning that he understood. It was 10 o' clock and rain came pouring down at night. They heard no answer from John. They began to worry about John captured and Eggman free. Then, the telephone rang. Tails answered, "Hello? John! How's Amy…oh, okay. I don't know what I am going to say to them. Okay, bye." Tails hanged up the phone slowly. Everyone is waiting for an answer. "She's…gone." Tails went white. Rouge fainted, and Shadow still. "Tails, what do you mean gone?" Sonic asked. "Amy was in critical condition because her heart was about to stop. The doctors tried to save her, but her body shut down. There was no response when they were in emergency. John cried when they told him." Tails was sobbing. "I'm sorry." Sonic was patting Tails on the back. "It's okay, Tails. It's not your fault." Amy's dead? No, Amy. "No!" Shadow skated out of the door. "SHADOW!" Sonic ran after him. "Sonic, stop!" Knuckles placed Rouge on the couch and grabbed Sonic. "Leave him alone, Sonic. He needs time to be alone." Sonic looked at Knuckles what he meant and looked at the door where Shadow exit. Sonic felt sorry for Shadow, John, and Amy.