Epilogue: The Years Since...
Things grew quiet as The Dark Legion and Iron Dominion went into hiding. With Sonic now taking over as the world's foremost hero, the Freedom Fighters eventually disbanded and went their separate ways. Matilda the Armadillo, once a member of the Dark Legion, had returned to a normal life. And Mina Mongoose returned to her musical career.
I watched, and waited. Over time I continued to build up my contacts, gaining the trust of many major organizations in order to bring down evil from behind the scenes. Eventually, I truly did have eyes and ears everywhere. Anyone on Mobius could be one of my agents now.
But no matter how powerful my influence becomes, I still feel like I have nothing. The years continued to rush by in a blur. A new Death Egg, a Chaos Control effect sending many places to a parallel world, multiple alien invasions, the two-time partial destruction of the world, and the threatened eradication of the timeline… no matter how great the threats became, I just couldn't bring myself to care.
Wasn't that my job? The entire reason I was even here? My life had grown so stagnant, that my apathy had practically taken me over. I began to think long and hard over this.
These years, I spent my days in my office. Gathering information, but never making conversation. Forming partnerships, but never friendships. Making connections, but never attachments.
I have been told that this is no way to live. But I kept telling myself that innocent people would get hurt, or even die, if I didn't make the sacrifices that I have made. That I work in the shadows to serve the light, so that no one else has to go through what I went through.
This crisis of mine couldn't last forever. And when the Phantom Ruby reemerged, leading to Eggman's global conquest, I knew I had to act. I reassembled the Freedom Fighters, and ordered them to defend what they could. This new war lasted six whole months, but when it was finally over, I did my due diligence to reconnect Sonic with his old friends.
The members of the Resistance agreed to pool their numbers with mine, forming a greater, stronger group, which was more than capable of dealing with the threat of a returning Neo Metal Sonic. But when the Metal Virus was unleashed upon the world, I simply hid in my office again, and life returned to my stagnation.
I am now writing this last part of my file one day after the Metal Virus was eradicated. Sonic is still missing, and so is Infinite.
I am tired. I need rest. My past is gone. I have no future. And I don't know what to do with myself. Everyone who has ever meant anything to me is gone. And I can't make peace, I can't get closure. Mom, Dad… Zero… Celia… Tig Stripe… Cat… Everyone is gone… and I have never felt more alone.
Please… someone help me.
End of File.