Several minutes later, the four arrived back at base, each one covered in dust from the road, but each one in tact and happy to be back. Tails, Amy Rose and Blaze were outside and waiting for them. The three seemed to have extremely relieved looks on their faces when they saw the foursome get back, and Amy Rose was having a hard time containing herself and refraining from running over and tackling Sonic in a hug. "Thank goodness you're all safe!" Tails said, moving hastily towards them once they'd shut down the bike and hover board. "We were worried that you'd all met the same, horrible fate!" Sonic laughed slightly and replied.

"Nah, we're fine. Man it's good to be back!" Shadow was murmuring under his breath, and it seemed to Turbo that he was making fun of Sonic, which in all truth he was. Knuckles smirked at this, but Amy Rose glared at Shadow before running over to Sonic and hugging him.

"You're safe!" She squealed with delight, squeezing him a bit.

"Ouch, careful Amy." Sonic said, somehow managing to pry her off of himself. "I didn't exactly get off scotch free." Shadow was still mimicking Sonic, only amplifying it and throwing in extreme hints of pride. Turbo started laughing, which actually, to the surprise of the others, made Shadow laugh too. "He was making fun of me wasn't he?" Sonic asked, an eyebrow raised. Turbo only smirked, her overall expression very similar to Shadow's when he was smirking. Sonic rolled his eyes and shook his head. "You guys are going to drive me crazy some day."

"As if you weren't crazy already." Shadow mused, ignoring the looks that Amy was giving him. And with that, the seven of them entered the base, each one happy to be back, and happy that the adventure was over.

Several days passed, and Turbo finally said to Tails, who she had been speaking with at the time. "Tails, I think it's high time I got back home now. I've had a blast here, but I think my parents are going to start worrying about me." Tails sighed and nodded.

"I suppose you're right. Ok, I'll send you back." He looked saddened at the fact he was sending Turbo home, but didn't complain about it. Soon Turbo was standing in the familiar cage that she'd appeared in at the beginning of this adventure, and she said softly.

"Well, this is the end of Turbo the Hedgehog I guess. Ordinary Kayla, here I come." Tails looked sad, and nodded.

"I don't care who you really are. You're still Turbo to me." He said, punching several buttons on a keypad in front of him. The floor beneath Kayla glowed faintly, soon engulfing her completely in light. At first the light faltered, revealing Kayla as she was before: A girl around fourteen or fifteen with messy red hair that reached her ear lobes, green eyes, peachy skin, and was wearing a white tank top with blue jeans and yellow and white running shoes. The panel beneath her flashed again, and with that, she was gone from that world, back to her own. "G…Goodbye, Turbo the Hedgehog." Tails said quietly, looking sadly at the now empty cage. "It was good knowing you."

"It was good knowing her wasn't it?" Shadow said quietly, stepping out of the shadows towards the kitsune. Tails jumped and looked at him before nodding.

"Yeah, it was." He sighed, looking at the empty cage again. "You know, it'd be…pretty cool if she could've stayed. B…But I suppose things are better this way." Shadow nodded, walking forwards a bit and standing beside Tails.

"Yeah, things will be better now. For both sides. For one, Kayla got a glimpse of our world, and secondly, Sonic now knows that going off to beat Eggman alone isn't the brightest thing to do." He smirked at his own comment, and Tails laughed weakly.

"Yeah, I guess you're right…Hey, didn't you have a race with Sonic soon?" Shadow thought a moment, then grimaced.

"Oh yeah, forgot about that."

"Well you'd better get going! Sonic'll automatically win the race if you don't show."

"Yeah, and that's just what that he needs: something else to boost his pride!" And with that, Shadow pelted down the hallway, out of the mechanics room, Tails in hot pursuit. "This race is going to be fun." Shadow thought as he approached Sonic coolly. "Because I'm going to win." He grinned, and the pair took their positions, ready to begin.

Kayla opened her eyes to find she was lying on her bed, just like before she'd been sucked into Sonic's world, and she heard the front door close. Her parents' guest was just leaving now, giving her the rest of the evening to do as she pleased. She looked out her bedroom window and up into the starry sky. She thought she could almost see her friends from Sonic's world smiling at her happily. "Yes sir." She thought, smiling. "That was a fun adventure." She started to feel sleepy, and as she stared up at the night sky, she drifted off into sleep, dreaming about Shadow, and Sonic, and the rest of the group as well. It was a wonderful dream, and she felt more at home and at peace than ever before.

THE END