Heroes Epilogue

Sonic, Amy, Knuckles and the Freedom Trainees went to Tails' sky patrol to rest. Tails, with the help of Cream, had given them all hot chocolates to help them relax. Amy was the first to speak.

"What did Eclipse mean…? Calling me a "half-blood"..?" She asked, troubled.

"Ignore them, Amy. They're just messing with your head." Knuckles replied.

"That's an odd way to mess with someone." Tails noted.

"Sonic's been acting weird, don't you think..?" Whisper decided to finally say. Everyone looked at Sonic, staring at him.

"Yo, Sonic, ya good man?" Knuckles asked.

"Is something wrong?" Tangle asked as well.

"... Yes." Sonic answered in a monotone voice, feeling defeated.

"What do you mean, Sonic?" Amy asked.

"I only wanted to protect you, Amy… But it looks like I can't hide it from you anymore."

"What are you talking about?" Amy started to get really concerned.

"Yeah, Sonic, what the hell are you going on about?" Knuckles reiterated.

"I didn't want you to know that you're one of them." Sonic confessed.

"...Wh-What…?" Amy muttered, scared.

"C'mon Sonic! You can't be saying dumb stuff like that!" Knuckles yelled. Sonic refused to explain further, walking off to his room. Knuckles, Tails, even Tangle and Lux went after him, trying to get him to come out, but Sonic didn't say anything.

Meanwhile, Whisper, Jewel and Cream stayed behind with Amy.

"What… what did he mean by that…? That I'm one of them…? Am I… a monster?" Amy mumbled, crying.

"No, of course not!" Jewel assured her.

"You're just saying that to make me feel better…"

"No, I'm not! All that time when we were messaging each other… I never thought of you to possibly be a monster…" Jewel told her. Amy had to take a second to fully understand what Jewel said, but she nodded.

"I guess you're right… Even if I'm genetically connected to those guys… I'm not one of them in my heart! My actions make it clear that I'm a true Mobian!" Amy said confidently, but then her face became sullen once again. "Is that why Sonic wanted me to not know? … So I wouldn't have ended up like Shadow…?"

"It doesn't matter whether or not that was the reason, he should've told you sooner. It wasn't his secret to keep." Whisper said bluntly to Amy.

"You're right… I'm going to go talk to him." Amy responded.

Amy walked to Sonic's room and knocked on the door.

No response.

"Sonic… I want to talk." Amy said.

"I don't." Sonic replied, his voice still flat.

"Sonic, that wasn't your secret to keep, you know that. You had plenty of opportunities to tell me, but you never did." Amy explained.

"You were too young to remember, I was the only one who knew of your heritage-" Sonic began to argue, but Amy stopped him.

"That wasn't your secret to keep, Sonic." Amy said again.

"I was protecting you." Sonic stated.

"Protecting me? You could've protected the entire world if you had done something when you noticed the "voices in my head" went quiet."

"What the fuck are you talking about?" Sonic asked Amy sharply.

"Back two years when I told you about those "voices"... You knew that was the Black Arms hivemind, didn't you?" Amy explained.

"So maybe I did? What of it?" Sonic argued.

"You knew that when they stopped, that meant something was up about Shadow. I told you the voices were arguing, I told you one of them sounded like him.. You know that Shadow could still be on our side today if you had said something sooner." Amy explained further, causing Sonic to lash out.

"Well now what?! They knew his background and he turned his back on all of us! Now that they know that you are similar to him, you're in danger, Amy!"

"Don't you trust our friends enough to not try to fucking kill me just because I'm part Black Arms or whatever?" Amy asked him.

"Ha." Sonic answered. "I don't trust anyone but myself."

Amy stood there in shock for a second.

"Dear Solaris, you really are self absorbed, aren't you?" Amy sneered at Sonic. "Shadow was one case. I'm not going to end up like him…. So don't take this as a sign of such a thing happening." Amy added right before kicking the door to Sonic's room down.

"The fuck-?" Sonic reacted, trying to evade Amy's wrath.

"This is merely some good old fashioned petty revenge." Amy said to him as she grabbed him by the ear and threw him out the window. "That's for being a little bitch, you fucking asshole!" Amy yelled to him with a grin. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to get some hot cocoa." Amy said as she walked back to the main room.

"I only want to protect you, Amy… You're making a bad look for yourself!" Sonic shouted to her from the ground, but Amy didn't listen.