"Everyone will be washed away
Drowning in the hell that we made
I cannot believe that our end is so near"
("The End" by Roadrunner United)
This story was heavily influenced by Stephan King's "The Stand" and no, Sonic does not belong to me.
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June 16
At Eggman Headquarters, Dr. Eggman was experimenting with a new kind of biological weapon. This new virus or should we say superflu is able to kill it's victims within four through seven days. But it is still under development. Dr. Eggman is planning to use this against Sonic and his friends. With them out of the way he would conquer Mobius.
"All I need to do is add more RNA and it should be able to do the job," Eggman said almost laughing. He was finally going to rid Sonic from this world. But even he doesn't know of the events that would take place in the near future.
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Meanwhile on Angel Island, Sonic and his friends were having a nice dinner. Celebrating their victory over the Metarex.
Sonic and Amy were finally dating even though Amy said it might be bad in Tails' eyes. Since Cosmo died at the final battle. But in the end Tails had no problem with their affair. He even said it would be great for the both of them. They were all seating around a table, laughing and talking about possible future events. Then there was a clang and everyone looked at Tails, who was standing up.
"We are here to celebrate the victory over our greatest enemy so far, the Metarex," Tails said. "We are also here for two other things. The loss of Cosmo and a dream I thought would never happen between Sonic and Amy."
Amy and Sonic began to hold hands. Then Sonic stood up and said, "Thank you, Tails. As for the loss of Cosmo, let us have a moment of silence for the brave heroine. "They all sat silent and didn't even move for five minutes before Sonic started to talk again. "Now for Amy and I, we are planned to get married on August 2nd." There was sudden cheering and whistling.
"Way to go!" Knuckles cheered.
"Yeah! Good luck!" Cream said.
"And now for me and Knuckles," Rouge said standing up. Knuckles looked up at her and smiled. He then stood up and held Rouge's hand. "We are dating and are planned too." Everyone looked up at them curiously.
"Yes, we are getting married too," Knuckles added. Everyone awed in disbelief then they all cheered for the just-annouced couple.
"I hope you two have a great time together," Amy said.
"Thank you, Amy" Rouge said.
"I guess that leaves Cream and I to give any good news," Tails said.
"Your way to young, Tails," Sonic said. "Plus you need time off since Cosmo anyway." He added.
"Yeah, plus I have to spend time with my mother anyway," Cream also added.
"Anyway," Tails said. "Shall we bring in the desserts?" Once desserts were brought in, everyone began to talk to eatchother once again. Sonic and Knuckles were taking about who was the strongest. Amy and Rouge were talking about romantic things. Tails and Cream were talking about Tails' machines.
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Loneliness. That is what he felt. A certaindark hedgehog was in the Pumpkin Hills, a place that overlooked Station Square. His arms were folded and he was striding along side of a pumpkin mountain. He turned around to see Angel Island floating in its usual spot. He could feel the happiness up there. He sighed.
After the battle with Dark Oak of the Metarex, he returned to Mobius, looking for a possible better life. Maybe as a full fledged hero like Sonic. He wandered into the Pumpkin Hills for a temporary home. As he stared up at Angel Island, he got the sudden urge to go up their. But their also was that urge to stay where he was. Then he heard a voice. A voice that sounded like Maria's.
"Remember your promise, Shadow," It said.
"Maria," Shadow sighed. Then another voice. A new voice that Shadow never heard before.
"Your time will come, hedgehog," It said. Shadow felt almost reassured by this voice. "Time to change your ways. Time to save many. And time to save yourself."
Throughout the rest of the night, Shadow felt like going to Sonic and wanting to be an ally, but he never did. He kind of liked being a nomad.