Hard to Get

Part 9

Welcome to Chapter 9! This story is nearing it's end...yes I know it's sad I know hehe. But I've got some writing to do and I'm going to start right...now.

Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic and co. but I do own Kairi.

Eggman's Ship:

Sonic turned around and his eyes widened. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. He thought he was having an illusion, a wonderful illusion. He rubbed his eyes with his sore, bleeding hands and looked up again. He saw it again so he rubbed his eyes another time. He then looked up but it was still there.

"This is NOT real...this is NOT REAL!" shouted Sonic in his head.

"Sonic?" said a voice. "I found you!".

Sonic then knew it was real. He couldn't believe it. The X-Twister (A/N: I made that up on the spot). Tails back-up ship. Was right in front of him, and Tails was in the cockpit. Sonic couldn't believe it. The hatch then opened and not only Tails, but Shadow also sped towards him.

"SONIC!" yelled Tails. "ARE YOU OK!".

"Obviously...he's not" stated Shadow in a matter-of-fact way.

"Sonic!" shouted Tails. "Say something!".

"He's not 5 metres away Tails" said Shadow annoyed with Tails shouting. "I'm pretty sure Son--".

"She's gone...and it's all my fault" stuttered Sonic, tears swelling in his eyes.

"Who's gone Sonic?" asked Tails curiously.

"Amy's gone...isn't she Sonic?" asked Shadow with sympathy in his voice.

Sonic then burst into tears. He just let it all out and started yelling and screaming. His tears went everywhere and he wouldn't stop.

Tails then smiled at Sonic. He then whispered something to Shadow who nodded and went back to the ship.

"I LOVED HER SO MUCH AND SHE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT!" yelled Sonic crying even more. "She thought I was a jerk and I didn't realise that I actually was being a jerk! I suppose I couldn't see that over my bloody stupid ego!".

"S-Sonic?" said a quaint little voice.

Sonic looked up through his tear-stained, cut and graze filled hands to who spoke those words. His eyes widened and it looked like he had just seen a ghost. There he saw standing at the hatch opening, was a sight for sore eyes. It was Amy.

Amy had bandages around the tope left of her head. She also had bandages on her right arm, her chest area and her right leg. Shadow was helping her walk down the ramp and onto the cracked, floor of Eggman's ship. Sonic just stared at her walking towards him. Amy halted in front of him and started crying. Sonic then got up shakily and looked at her crying into her hands. Sonic was at a loss for words. He then took Amy's hands, pulled her towards him and kissed her passionately. Sonic then started to cry and laugh at the same time. Amy then did the same.

"Ok, I'm confused" said Shadow puzzled.

"It's a wonderful thing" said Tails dreamily. "Seeing these two lovers together".

"But what is there to laugh about? And why did they start crying?" questioned Shadow watching the couple laughing while kissing. "Are they that bad at kissing?".

"Like you'd know how to kiss" scoffed Tails.

"HEY!" yelled Shadow. "Shut your mouth!".

"The reason they're laughing...is because they are very happy to see each other" stated Tails. "And they are crying because they are tears of joy".

"I'm not even going to try and interpret that lovey-dovey crap" said Shadow forcefully.

Sonic and Amy broke apart and hugged. They didn't hug as tightly as they would've wanted to because they were both very sore and weak. Sonic then turned and smiled at Tails and Shadow.

"How did you guys know...where I was?" asked Sonic still holding Amy.

"Well I--" started Shadow.

"Let me explain" stated Tails, ignoring the fury going through Shadow's face. "Well, when Sonic stole the ship and said he was going after Amy, I ran to Shadow's apartment to ask him where Amy was because I heard that they were going on a date that day. He wasn't in his apartment so I looked elsewhere. I found him rushing around with a panicked face. He asked me if I had seen Sonic and I told him about Sonic taking the X-Tornado. He told me to get the X-Twister and to take him with me".

"And?" asked Sonic talking through tears of joy.

"Well when I started it up" said Tails. "Shadow told me to go into space, and there I would find Sonic. I asked him why and he said he had this weird feeling that you were in space. So we set off into space. We were going in circles until we saw Eggman's Ship with the X-Tornado on it, badly parked I might add". said Tails looking at Sonic.

"Well, I was in a rush" shrugged Sonic.

"Anyway, we went flying towards it when the chaos emerald started reacting strangely. It went up and down up and down. We went right under Eggman's Ship and were about to pull ourselves up from the turbulance when something fell onto the X-Tornado. Shadow looked out of the cockpit and realised it was Amy. Shadow climbed out and brought her inside. We fixed her up and flew on board and that's the end" said Tails out of breath.

"Thank you" said Amy smiling widely at Tails and Shadow. "I don't know how to thank you enough...".

"Aw Ames, you're our friend!" said Tails. "As if we'd just let you fall!".

"That's a stupid theory" said Shadow blankly.

Amy just laughed and grinned a cheerful grin. Sonic then spoke.

"Amy I need to tell you something" said Sonic seriously.

"O-Ok" stuttered Amy. "Go ahead Sonic".

"Well, I want to tell you this and it's words that are very close to my heart" stated Sonic.

"Ok what is it you have to tell me Sonic?" asked Amy a bit faintly.

"What I want to tell you is--" started Sonic.

He was interupted by the shaking of the ground he was standing on. Everything started to shake and alarms went off and things started falling and breaking.

"What's going on!" Amy, Tails and Shadow shouted in unison.

Sonic didn't like that he was disturbed during his speech but he had to get them all of the ship. It was going to collapse any minute and he couldn't think of losing another one of them again. He then went into action.

"Amy, Tails and Shadow!" yelled Sonic. "Let's move onto the ship quickly!".

"Right!" said Amy and Tails who ran off towards the ship. There was just one voice missing...Shadow's.

"Shadow we have to get onto the ship right now or else this Egg Carrier is going to blow up with you on it!" said Sonic forcefully.

"There's just one person I want to justify from existance" stated Shadow.

"What in heck are you talking about Shadow, you're wasting time!" yelled Sonic.

Shadow then pointed over to the rubble and stated that 'she' wasn't going to quit. Sonic looked over at the mountain of rubble and noticed a figure emerging from it.

"Oh god no" said Sonic, fear in his eyes.

"I'm going to stay and finish her off" stated Shadow.

"Are you crazy Shadow! This place is going to blow up any minute with her in it so why waste your time when we could've been out of here already!" yelled Sonic.

"The reason I want to beat her 'myself' is because I know she had something to do with the death of Maria and I'm not letting that slide" stated Shadow.

"But...you're going to be blown up! Is that what you really want!" asked Sonic disbelievingly.

Shadow looked at Sonic and nodded. Kairi was starting to get up. She got on her knees and looked up at the two hedgehogs and the plane. Her face was grotesque. Half of her flesh from her face was ripped off and only her robot face mould was visible with her purple eye in her eye socket.

"I WON'T LET YOU GET AWAY SONIC THE HEDGEHOG!" screamed Kairi in a scary, loud tone.

She got up fully and the sight was disgusting. Flesh was melting off of her body and her robot limbs were visible. Her in-built wings were half-burnt off and all you could see was her metal wing frame. Her hair was still intact though. She then started walking towards them.

"Sonic, leave, now" said Shadow. "And hurry up about it".

"Are you sure about this buddy?" asked Sonic not wanting to leave his friend behind. "I really don't want to leave you here".

"I've made up my mind" stated Shadow. "And I'm going to kill this monster for Maria".

Sonic put his hand on Shadow's shoulder and stated with sorrow in his voice that he would miss him and that he had been a great conrad. Sonic gave him the salute, and Shadow did the same. Sonic then zoomed off to the X-Twister. He told Amy and Tails about Shadow avenging Maria and that he wanted to stay there and take Kairi out. Before the plane took off Amy shouted out of the cockpit area a message to Shadow.

"THANK YOU SHADOW!" yelled Amy nearly crying again. "I'LL NEVER EVER FORGET YOU!".

Shadow nodded then turned away from the plane to face Kairi. Tails powered up the plane and then zoomed out of the near-exploding ship. They all looked back at the ship not saying a word.

"Well, well, well" scoffed Shadow. "Would you look who it is?".

"Shadow?" questioned Kairi. "I thought you got the point a few years ago when that ferret Maria died".

"DON'T YOU DARE SAY THOSE THINGS ABOUT MARIA YOU BITCH!" screamed Shadow.

"Too late" stated Kairi. "After all these years of trying to find and kill each other, it's come down to this. I was so intended to kill you when you were with Amy, but I stuck to my game".

"Stop talking you staller and let's fight!" yelled Shadow.

"Ready when you are" smirked Kairi.

The two rivals then pounced at each other and contacted at tremendous force. The fight was on.

X-Twister:

Everyone was at a loss for words. Shadow was going to be blown apart at cataclismic force because of something to do with Maria (Amy and Tails don't know the whole story), and they were flying off without them. It was a sad thought. A huge 'boom' was heard and a huge force of light. The trio looked back and saw the Eggman Ship in millions of tiny pieces. Debris was everywhere and not a single sign of life was visible. Amy, Tails and Sonic slouched. Shadow...was gone.

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Well that was Chapter 9 peeps! Hope you guys liked it! If you did plz plz plz review! I'd really appreaciate it. And thanx to all of the people who reviewed the previous chapter :) Well I think there might only be one chapter left. If you think there should be more plz let me know...I'll give you a lil' hint...there's going to be a sequel! shush! hehe well plz review and thanx for reading! ja mata!