CHAPTER 5
SACRIFICE
The next day was Shadow's final day. He wished there was some other way, but it was the only way. He went to the lake to find Rouge, but she wasn't there. He wanted to talk to her next, but it seemed that she was more interested in Knuckles than him. He decided to use Chaos Control to warp to her house. He shut his eyes and shouted, "Chaos Control!" A green light appeared and once it faded he was gone.
Meanwhile at Rouge's house, Rouge was laying on her bed sad that Shadow hadn't talked to her yet and today was his last day with her. Tears started to appear in her eyes. "Damn that hedgehog! If he doesn't want to spend time with me then I just don't care about him anymore!" She shouted. She was then interrupted when a green light had appeared in the center of her room. When the light weakened, Shadow stood there facing her. "Rouge?"
Rouge turned away from him, "Go away!"
The hedgehog approached her slowly, "No way. I haven't talked to you yet."
She looked over to him with tears still in her eyes, "You want to be with me?"
He nodded, "Of course I do." He walked over to the window and stared at the sun. "I always wanted to be with you. Even now, though you do know this is the last time we can ever see each other."
Rouge slowly go out of bed and approached Shadow hugging him from behind, "I love you and I don't want this to happen to you", she said softly.
He turned around and kissed her forehead, "Me neither."
She placed her hand on his cheek and stared into his eyes, "Shadow, I want it...just once more."
He took her hand and led her to her bed.
As she sat on the bed, she allowed Shadow to remove her clothes.
Later at the Syherin Desert, everybody was sadly waiting for Shadow's appearance.
Chloe was staring at the green light bursting through the sky until Shadow came with Rouge.
He walked up to Chloe, "I'm here."
"Are you ready?" She asked.
He took a deep breath, "Yes." He truly wasn't.
"You have a choice. Either you commit suicide or someone else kills you."
Shadow looked over to the rest of the group and found Rouge, 'I can't kill myself in front of Rouge.'
Knuckles eagerly waited for an answer. He wanted to volunteer to kill him. He wanted to do that his whole life, but if he did that Rouge probably wouldn't want to even see him again.
"I'll do it", Rouge said sadly as she pulled out her handgun and walked up to Shadow. "Is it okay with you?"
"Sure just do it."
She walked closer and embraced him. She kissed him on his lips with sadness as tears ran down her cheeks. "I love you", she whispered.
"I love you too."
She broke away from him and pointed the gun at his head. She closed her eyes and pulled the trigger. She heard the gunshot fire. She opened her eyes and saw Shadow laying on the ground with blood coming from his head. She dropped her gun, kneeled to the ground and started crying.
Everyone was sad about his death.
Chloe looked in the sky and saw the green light fading. She turned to the rest of the group, "Look everyone, the gate is closing."
At that time everyone should've been happy, but without Shadow they weren't so thrilled.
Knuckles helped Rouge off the ground, "Come on Rouge, we gotta go."
Rouge just stood there with tears still in her eyes. All of a sudden a white light appeared around her and she didn't see anyone else within the brightness except for a black hedgehog with angel wings on his back smiling at her. He walked up to her and hugged her, "Thanks, Rouge."
"Shadow", she sobbed.
"Thanks to you my demonic powers are gone and my soul has been cleansed."
"Please come back to us", she begged.
He shook his head sadly, "I can't do that, but always remember I'll be watching over all of you especially my new family." He kissed her once more and disappeared.
Rouge watched as he faded. She looked down at her stomach and touched it lightly. She smiled as tears ran down her cheeks.
N/A: My birthday was on the 12th of June and I'm officially 15 years old now! Me happy! Oh yeah and the story, don't worry Shadow will come back in the next fic so be patient!
