The last chapter... how sad. But before I go on, I must thank all of my loyal reviewers: Blue Mage Quartet, Sergeant Klump, sonic candy, Chaotix Extremist, Dr Namgge, Ciel the Hedgehog, and NUSTCASE71733.

sniff I LOVE YOU GUYS! Now, before I have a breakdown about my story being finished, on to the last chapter.

Bark sat on the edge of his bed, staring out the window and into the courtyard. Everything seemed so peaceful now. It was indeed sad that Bobbie and Ferra had ended up dying, but at least now everything was over and done with. "Hey Bark!" Nack shouted from the other room.

"What?" Bark shouted back.

"The police want to talk to you!" Nack hollered back. Bark groaned and walked out into the living room. On the couch next to Bean were two hedgehogs wearing blue uniforms. One had out a notepad and was scribbling notes on it. "This is Bark." Nack introduced the polar bear to the first of the two hedgehogs. "He was also down there."

The police officer waved him aside. "That's okay; we don't need to talk to you, just Nack." Bark looked over at the sleazy weasel and raised his eyebrow. What lies had Nack been feeding the officers? Probably something about him being the hero and saving Bean and Bark from a homicidal maniac.

"By the way officer..." Nack quipped, "Is there a reward for the capture of Eliah?"

The hedgehog officer laid his notepad aside. "Well, seeing as you did capture a dangerous murder, wanted in several different parts of Mobius, I think we can scrape a reward for you. After all, we need to do something with all of that treasure in the basement."

"So you're giving it all to Nack?" Bark asked, watching the sleazy weasel's face light up with glee.

"But it's so shiny!" Bean shouted, causing the two hedgehogs to give him strange looks.

"Well," the officer said to Bark, "Your friend here did manage to single handedly catch a wanted criminal. I think he should be able to keep the treasure found as a reward."

The second officer looked at his watch and stood up. "We should get going," he said to his partner, "The donut shop closes in five minutes."

"Crap..." The hedgehog tipped his hat at Bark, Bean, and Nack. "Thanks for your help. Goodbye." The door closed behind them, leaving the polar bear, the duck, and the weasel all alone.

"I'm rich!" Nack shouted at the top of his lungs, shattering the silence like a glass window. Bark and Bean just stared at him. "What?" The weasel asked.

Bark shook his head. Bean grabbed the remote and turned on the television. "Well, I'm watching TV. Anyone want to watch Oprah with me?"

"...I'm going to go see if Natalie has our car ready." Bark said as he opened up the door and stepped into the hallway. The Beaver gave him a half hearted wave as he walked back into his room.

Bark shrugged it off and walked down the stairs. Snyder was tacking up flyers on the bulletin board. As Bark got closer, he could see that it was informing everyone about the hotel's remodeling. Snyder gave Bark a brief nod as he stuck another flyer up, this one about Bobbie's funeral service. "Where's Natalie?" Bark asked at length. Snyder pointed over to the office.

The polar bear nodded his thanks and knocked quietly on the door. There was a muffled sound of footsteps, then the door swung open. "Hi, Natalie." Bark greeted, "Do you have our ride ready?"

"Huh? Oh yeah... It's waiting out front. I'll buzz your room and have Nack and Bean come down." The cat explained quietly. Bark looked over the cat's shoulder and into the office. The flicky was chirping happily on top of a clean desk. The whole room had been scrubbed free of dust. It looked like a totally different office.

"The office looks nice." Bark complemented.

"Thanks."

"So who's going to manage the hotel now?" Bark asked.

"Me." Natalie shrugged, "It's not like anyone else can. Bobbie's dead and Eliah's on her way to prison."

"Aren't you going to need staff?" Bark asked, seeing Bean and Nack walking down the stairs.

"Snyder's going to help me out. Now that Ferra's dead he doesn't have anywhere to go so I offered him a job. The Beaver might work her too." She added.

"Hi, Natalie!" Bean shouted as he walked into the lobby.

"Hey, Bean. There's a limo out front for you guys." Natalie said, "The driver will drop Nack off at a real estate place so he can get a new house, then drop you and Bean off wherever you want to be dropped off..." The black cat explained.

"Thanks Natalie." Bark said, "Bye!"

"Bye." The black cat gave the three of them one last wave goodbye before they vanished out the glass double doors.

"Where do we go now Bark?" Bean asked his friend.

Bark shrugged, "Onto another adventure I guess."

Bean nodded, and he, Bark, and Nack filed into the limo. The driver backed out of the parking lot and into the street. Bark looked back out the rear window. Chateau Royal toward above them, it's two story building an eerie reminiscent of the events that took place there. "Gonna miss it?" Bean asked, shattering Bark's thoughts.

"Yeah..." Bark said as he turned back around, "Actually, I am."

"Me too... Me too..." Bean said somewhat sadly. Bark could not resist taking on last look back. The Chateau had vanished from sight, hidden by the leafy branches of trees, but Bark knew that the memories would be there forever.

THE END

I can't believe it's over... I'm going to miss my story... Oh well. Off to write a new one! I'll be back around Christmas with the sequel! Tootles!