Hey! What is with you people? Can you guys review? Thanks to the TWO people that reviewed! You might wanna re-read a couple of chapters; I haven't updated for a while. Okay well, I really liked amyfangirl's idea so I think I'm gonna use that. Thanks amyfangirl! Well, that's about it. On with the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic or Amy or Shadow or any other characters from SEGA. They belong to SEGA!

CHAPTER 8:

The next day, a nurse walked in Amy's room with a tan folder that said 'Schedule' on it.

"Amy, umm, I have some good news and some bad news." She said.

"What's the good news?" Amy half-whispered hesitantly. Sonic looked up at the nurse waiting for an answer.

"Dr. Brown has a special medication for you. This medication speeds up the healing process and you could be out of here without surgery in about two days. If you don't take the medication, we'll have to perform the surgery in about a couple of hours; the surgery is dangerous, and there's a pretty good chance that this surgery will cause you to die." She said. Sonic continued to look at the nurse, but Amy lowered her eyes to the ground.

"Well bring the doctor in." Sonic said impatiently.

"That's where the problem starts." The nurse shifted her weight from foot to foot nervously.

"What are you talking about?" Amy spoke louder than last time, eyes still focused on the floor.

The nurse, obviously uncomfortable, said, "Dr. Brown left the hospital yesterday after she checked on you Amy." Amy looked at the nurse. "She was supposed to come earlier this morning, but she never arrived. We've been trying to get a hold of her, but she won't pick up any of her phones."

Amy was terrified from the surgery they might have to perform (that might kill her), and she was scared for her doctor. What if something happened to her? The two hedgehogs couldn't speak and the nurse left without any hesitation.

Shadow was sitting quietly in the room where he had beat Amy, staring into oblivion at the exact spot she was beaten. His back was against the wall and his arms crossed with his elbows on his knees. As usual, he was in deep thought.

'How could I have done that . . .?' Shadow asked himself in his thoughts over and over again. After awhile, he pulled out a chaos emerald and used chaos control to get out of the window-less and door-less room. Shadow had always kept a chaos emerald just incase. He was right outside the room, which looked like a giant cement block outside. He saw a woman sitting down and leaning on the wall; she vaguely reminded him of someone . . .

She seemed to be sleeping, but was soon woken up when Shadow appeared.

"Who are you?" He asked her calmly, although he was a little startled from her presence.

"Shadow!" The strange lady was immediately wide-awake and jumped up to go hug Shadow.

"Don't touch me." He said simply while he stepped back out of her grip.

"Why, Shadow, don't you remember me?" The lady asked. She had dirty blonde hair, bright blue eyes, and a couple of hard-to-notice pimples.

"No." He was thinking of who she reminded him of.

"It's me, Maria . . ." Dr. Brown, or Maria, spoke gently.

Shadow almost fell backward from the mention of that name. All he could say was a choked, "W-what?" That's who she reminded him of.

There was an uncomfortable silence and they both shifted uneasily. Maria finally broke the silence.

"Shadow, I have been sent from heaven by your guardian angel who's been watching you. Your guardian angel and I are very shocked at what you did, I decided to come down to earth to ask why you did it."

" . . . I-I'm not sure. Revenge . . ?" He spoke very slowly.

"Why? Amy did not do anything to harm you. If you have feelings for her, why would you do that to her? And about Sonic, even though I despise him for the pain he caused you at the ARK, he did not rightfully deserve the suffering you put him through." She emphasized the word 'rightfully.'

Shadow thought about what Maria said before he talked. " I was frustrated. I couldn't control myself. I am sorry . . ." He looked at the ground to his right, indicating hat he was ashamed of himself.

"Then you can go to the hospital and tell Amy that yourself, and Sonic." She said.

"They're both afraid of me, I can't." He had lifted his head again.

"Well, you will have to. This medication (she took a small, orange container from her pocket and held it out on her hand) is for Amy. Without it, she will have to go through a dangerous surgery that surgeons have only performed once in history, not long ago. The results of this surgery cost the patient severely, her life." Maria put the container back into her pocket.

"Who was this patient?" Shadow asked.

"Me."

"Maria, but, I thought you were shot!" He yelled breathlessly.

"Oh I was. Some residents aboard the ARK attempted to save me. The surgery was thought to be successful, but it wasn't, even with all the technology on the space station. But anyway, Amy's life is more important at this time." Shadow could tell Maria was trying to hold back her tears.

Shadow didn't know what to feel or say or anything. He felt paralyzed; he couldn't take it so he tried to change the subject.

"I guess I'll take it if Amy's life depends on it . . ." He said slowly.

Maria handed him the orange container after she took it out of her pocket once again.

"Thank you, Shadow. She's at the main hospital where I worked." She said.

"Then why didn't you give her the medication?" Shadow asked.

"I'm only allowed to spend a couple of days on earth and time is running out, so I had to find you as quick as I could."

"You still could've put it in her roo-" Maria interrupted Shadow.

"Shadow, trust me, you have to take it to Amy." She talked as if she was very impatient and frustrated. Something strange happened to Maria that made Shadow gasp-she started to fade away.

"Oh no." She whispered, looking at her hands.

"What's happening Maria!" Shadow yelled in panic.

"My time is up." She ran behind the building out of Shadow's eyesight. Shadow followed her, but when he had got behind the building, Maria was gone.

"Maria!" Shadow yelled. There was no answer; the only reply he got was a strong gust off wind in his face. He shut his eyes as he felt the wind rush in his face and head towards the sky, pushing his head up to look up there. He opened his eyes and saw a faint silhouette of Maria's face looking at him. Shadow gazed at her for a long time until he finally realized what he had to do. Hopefully, they hadn't started the surgery on Amy yet. He sped off in the direction of Station Square's main hospital. Maria's silhouette watched him go. After a little bit, she looked away and her face disappeared into a mess of clouds.

So what did you think? I think this chapter turned out pretty well, how about you? Well I think this story might end next chapter, unless someone comes up with another good idea. PLEASE REVIEW! Bye!