Sonic awoke in a hospital room with bandages all over his body. He tried to move, but the pain throughout his body prevented him. He noticed his left leg was in a sling hanging from the ceiling. He looked around the room, still unsure of what had happened. The room was eerily silent, and the only noise came from the halls. Sonic suddenly remembered. "Not so fast now." Project X's words rang through his head. He sat up and looked around for Shadow. Nowhere to be found. A nurse walked into the room, "Oh! You're awake." She walked around the room, cleaning up some of the unwanted items in it. "Where's Shadow?"

"Shadow the Hedgehog? He hasn't come through here."

"How'd I get here?"

"Well, we found you outside. You were badly injured, and if you hadn't been out there, you would've bled out." Sonic's eyes widened. If Shadow was still out there, then he would bleed out too. Sonic shook away the thought. "He has chaos energy. He'll be fine." , he thought to himself.

Tails stood up and shook off the dizziness. He looked around for Sonic and Shadow. Nothing there. He glanced at the Tornado and noticed one of its wings was missing. He wasn't getting home that way. He looked around for the two hedgehogs again. He did a double-take at a black figure lying on the ground surrounded by a pool of blood. He walked over to it, "Shadow? Is that you?" No response. Tails reached the figure and turned it over. It was Shadow alright. He was badly hurt. There were several wounds all over his body, and his left leg was split open...with part of the fractured bone sticking out of it.

Shadow ran from the beast. He could here Sonic calling in the background. "It's okay Sonic, I'm coming!" Project X was catching up. Shadow couldn't move any faster. He was almost there. He saw Sonic keeled over on the ground...dead. He was too late. Project X came up behind him, ready to deliver the final blow.

"He's in a coma?!"

"I'm afraid so. He's having dreams based on recent events. He went through a lot. He laid there for a while, he's lucky he's not dead."

"How is being in a coma better?!"

"At least he has a chance of waking up. There's nothing we can do but wait." The doctor left the room. Tails put his hand on Sonic's shoulder, "It's okay Sonic, I'm sure he'll wake up."

"I can't believe him. He did that to himself so I would be safe."

"He must really love you." Tails walked out of the room. Sonic hoped Shadow would be okay. No, he NEEDED him to be okay.