Disclaimer: If I owned the Sonic characters then I wouldn't be writing this disclaimer.

YAY! An update! Read and review (or at least it would be more appreciated than you can imagine!) Swim team is over…so I have more time on my hands to write the last few chapters of this fanfic (sobs it's almost over) but there might be a sequel! This was going to be the last chapter…but I decided to cut it in two b/c the fight scenes tend to be really long and complicated.

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Key stared at his attacker. "Jaymal..." he hissed, giving him a very cold glare, "Isn't it enough that you try to destroy the very race you rule…do you have to hurt my friends!"

Jaymal laughed, "Yes, that and much more." His heavy black cloak flapped in the wind as it protected his expensive clothing from the rain and lightning. He watched Key through beady brown eyes which darted from him to Melody. "And I see you aren't doing a good job of protecting your friends, either, you pathetic angel!"

He furtively wrapped his hand around a dagger as he pressed his other blade harder into Key's neck. Key bit his lip as blood slowly trickled down.

Just as Melody dashed between Key and Jaymal, kicking the sword away from her friend, Jaymal whirled around, dagger in hand, and plunged his blade into Melody's stomach. Her eyes widened as she stopped in her tracks, face stuck in a look of pained surprise. Falling to the ground, she doubled over, arms around the wound as blood seeped out.

"MELODY!" Key screamed. Each moan of pain she made hurt him tenfold. He gave Jaymal a look of pure loathing as he slammed his fist in his enemy's face, knocking him backwards a few feet. He took advantage of his pain and swung his sword down at his adversary's neck. Jaymal swirled around as he heard the angry hiss of the metal through the air and blocked the blow with his own sword, wrist jolting from the vibration of impacting steel.

Melody, still holding her stomach and grimacing in pain, forced herself to stand, sword in her weakened hand. "Key…" she managed to gasp, "Let's just get out of here…don't waste…your…time…" She coughed, blood rising in her throat.

Key didn't seem to hear her; he was too intent on his battle for revenge. The two angels fought against each other's strength, lives balanced on the slippery steel which blocked the damaging or final blow. With a flick of his wrist, Key broke the balance, forcing Jaymal's sword up and around. They circled each other for a few minutes, staring keenly at each other as hatred coursed through their veins like a wildfire.

Right as Shadow, Amy, and Lizzey appeared, Jaymal summoned hundreds of his soldiers, each dressed in tough leather tunics and brandishing swords.

"Bad timing?" Amy whispered really softly, backing up.

Shadow nodded, eyes narrowing as he glared into the face of danger.

"Attack those interfering fools!" Jaymal barked, dodging as Key chucked a few daggers at him. He leapt towards the panther-angel, slashing at his throat, triumphant as blood splattered across the ground at Key's expense.

Throwing his hand to his inflamed, bleeding throat, Key confirmed that the cut was not life threatening and was actually just a shallow scratch.

"CHAOS BLAST!" Shadow yelled, blasting several of the angel soldiers off the cliff. They landed into the hard sands with a sickening thud. Lizzey winced at the sound and almost puked as she saw the sands around the limp bodies slowly turn red.

Amy's hammer was out and flying as she swung it recklessly at her adversaries. The angel-soldiers backed away slowly, swords unable to cut through the wood of her swiftly moving weapon, thus rendering them completely useless. One daring angel slashed at her arm, somehow getting his sword wedged in the solid wood of her hammer in mid-swing. She jerked her arm, wrenching the blade from his hand and tossing it to Shadow who threw it over the cliff.

"Feel free to go retrieve it!" Amy threatened, pointing at the edge, "I won't waste any tears if you do." She shrieked as someone grabbed her from behind, yanking the hammer from her grasp and tossing it aside as if it weighed nothing. "HELP!" she screamed, kicking and struggling.

Shadow charged at the angel, leaping clean over his head and grabbing his wings in mid jump, using his weight to pull them downwards. The angel lost his balance and fell in a frenzy of feathers and confusion. Shadow knocked Amy from his arms, catching her before she hit the ground. "Be careful…" he whispered in her ear, setting her down next to her hammer, "This is more dangerous than you think."

Lizzey was the only one who seemed to notice that Melody was in extreme pain. She raced to her asking her in a frenzy of questions, "What happened, Melody? Why are you bleeding? Will you die? If you die what will happen to you?" Tears began brimming in her eyes as she realized the situation. Hugging Melody tightly, she sobbed, "Please tell me you'll get better!"

Wincing in pain, Melody gasped, "Lizzey…you're choking me!" As Lizzey released her, Melody examined her wound more carefully, "It's not as serious as it looks…" she informed the hedgehog, "it just saps my strength and hurts a bit. When this is all over, I'll bandage it and it'll heal soon enough." Melody's tone was brave as she thought, "I hope it didn't puncture any internal organs…"

Lizzey sighed in relief, "Good because dying isn't good for your health any."

Melody sighed in exasperation and yet did not get angry. "Lizzey…calm down…" she pleaded, voice weak. "Please just calm down…" She glanced at Key and Jaymal, battling it out, feet moving quickly in the slick grass and thought, "I've got to help him…" She was keenly aware of every drop of blood which splashed against the lush grass, decorating it like a gruesome morning dew.

As his fight continued, Key felt himself weakening rapidly, sore muscles unable to keep up with Jaymal any longer. His blows became softer and his movements slower as Jaymal took the upper hand, backing him up to the edge of the cliff and sneering triumphantly in his face. "Prepare to die…" Jaymal hissed.

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Sorry I had to cut it short like this, I just wanted to add another chapter so I'll have a bit more time to make the ending as good as possible. I have decided that I DEFINITELY will have a sequel to this so be watching out for that. Either that or just put me on the author alert list and you'll get an email for it…just depends on whatever floats your boat. Last chapter is coming up in a few weeks. Please send in a review b/c I need all the review I can get! (BTW, I have already started the sequel…and those of you who were fans of Key will be pleased at his role in the fiction…now I shall be silent…I have said too much)