Shadow stared at the space station through the windows of Sonic's ship. It was good to be alone with his thoughts for a while, where he could think about the events that had transpired and maybe even try to piece together his past. Plus he didn't have to suffer Sonic's annoying presence.

He gazed at the space station, their ship fast approaching it. He felt like he had been here before.

Space colony, ARK... He thought to himself. This place... so familiar but why? He wondered. He slowly rolled his head back and closed his eyes. This is... where I...

Images flashed through his head. He saw Sonic and the stars... And a giant lizard attached to the space station... He saw the space colony ARK burning up in the atmosphere as it was on a collision course with earth... And then... Then he saw nothing but the cold vacuum of space... He could feel himself falling through the emptiness... Looking up at nothing but the stars... Wait, there was something else, something moving back towards the ARK...

Was... Was that... Sonic?

His eyes shot open "Died...?!" He exclaimed out loud. He felt short of breath, almost as if he had felt that fall all over again... Even the impact. He glanced down at his hands, unable to believe that he was still here... How could he? How was he still alive?

His thoughts were interrupted when Sonic came up behind him and placed his hand on the dashboard. He looked out of the window and at the legions of aliens surrounding the ARK. "Looks like we got a fight on our hands." he commented.

The blue hedgehog glanced at Shadow "You up for this, Shadow?" He asked. "It'll be just like old times!"

He reached for Shadow's hand, almost like it was instinct, but then quickly retracted his own hand. Sonic's expression saddened and he quickly turned his head away, as if he couldn't bare to look at him.

Shadow was puzzled. Sonic always acted so cocky around him, in fact he was like that around everyone, but whenever he was around Shadow, there was a hint of sadness in his eyes. It was hard not to notice it. He always wondered why.

He decided to change the subject, perhaps he could make Sonic go back to his normal self. Seeing him so sad... It gave Shadow an odd feeling, but he couldn't quite pinpoint what it was. "I'm up for it." He told him.

Sonic turned his head towards him, a small smile on his face. Seeing him happy... It gave Shadow a good feeling inside. "Then what are we waiting for?! Let's go!" Sonic exclaimed, before running off.

Shadow clenched his fist and then charged after Sonic.

Shadow stared down at the Chaos Emerald in his hand that he had managed to collect. He had also beaten Sonic in a race to find it, and it had hardly even been a challenge.

But that didn't really matter. He had managed to regain some of his memories, the day when he and Sonic had saved the ARK. Not only that but he remembered what Sonic really meant to him... And the feelings that he had felt deep down all this time made so much sense now.

"Hey, you found the chaos emerald!" He heard Sonic's voice coming from behind. Shadow looked over his shoulder, and sure enough, there he was, the blue blur himself. "Great work, Shadow." He told him encouragingly.

"I remember you." Shadow stated.

Sonic stared at him blankly.

He turned to face his companion "I remember."

Sonic looked stunned. He walked up to him. He lifted both hands and held them on each side of Shadow's face, almost as if he was be holding him. Shadow didn't move, he didn't flinch, he just stared at Sonic.

A laugh escaped his lips. It was filled with happiness and excitement. Tears began to form in Sonic's eyes as he wrapped his arms around Shadow and pulled him in for a hug. Shadow embraced him.

"I missed you so much." He whimpered "I missed us."

"Me too." Shadow replied, rubbing his back soothingly. "I'm so sorry, for everything that I put you through." He apologised.

"You couldn't help it, it wasn't your fault. You don't have to be sorry." Sonic assured him. He then pulled away from Shadow and wiped away his tears.

"Thanks for not giving up on me." Shadow said gratefully.

"I'd never give up on you." Sonic replied. "Never."

"Deep down... I still had the same feelings for you, even if I couldn't remember."

"I'm glad." Sonic replied with a smile "I'm glad you got your memories back." He then added.

"There are some things that I would've liked to have stayed forgotten... And there are some things that I still need to remember." Shadow told him "To tell you the truth... I'm afraid... What if I don't like who I once was?" He questioned.

"You've come this far, why stop now?" Sonic replied.

"Black Doom... He'll have some answers, perhaps we should pay him a little visit." he suggested.

"Let's take him down." Sonic stated strongly, clenching his fists.

Shadow nodded "Agreed."

He paused for a moment, and glanced up at the Black Comet. He then looked back at Sonic "Sonic, I just want you to know, whatever happens from now on... I will never stop loving you." he told him compassionately.

Sonic smiled "I know."

The two looked up at the Black Comet. Black Doom was up there, he was sure of it. He had tried to manipulate him before... But this time, it was different. He took Sonic's hand and squeezed it tightly. He felt Sonic squeezing his.

He had Sonic. That's all that mattered.

A/N: Part 3 of the 3

I put them back to back which is good. I had planned on setting this in the last story of Shadow the Hedgehog, but I thought it fitted much better into the Semi-Hero/Hero story, with the Space Gadget section.

I took some liberties with the dialogue in the beginning. Sonic's lines were so cheesy, and I couldn't let him continue as normal with what's going on in his and Shadow's relationship, so I tweeked it so that he showed much more emotion and is actually aware Shadow has amnesia (since everyone in the game seems so incredibly stupid, they don't realise it or tell Shadow anything about his past, though he really should've asked)

I'm not here to talk about the flaws of that game though. Just writing fluff, if you could call it that anymore. All of them seem to be jam packed with emotion. I'm sure I'll get back to writing fluff eventually.

I have a follow up to the aged Sonic short coming up tomorrow so... That one is pretty sad too.

See you all later.