Sonic: Cowabunga dudes! This is the third part of the what if continuity...enjoy!!

Lexdian: See? He IS more mature than Shadow! Ha! I win, Shads!

Shadow: No you don't. Chaos blast!

Lexdian: Like I said before, you're fictitious, you are powerless...Mwa ha ha!!!

Shadow: Not when I have the Chaos Emeralds...

Lexdian: Damn!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!

BOOOM!!!!!!

Lexdian: Well played worthy adversary...

"Shadow the hedgehog, you are under arrest! Put your hands up!"

All he wanted was to run. Was that illegal? No. Although working with a megalomaniac is, he conceded.

"I don't want any trouble, officers."

"You should'a thought about that earlier, hedgehog."

"Leave him alone."

"Tails? What are you doing here? Get to safety! They don't have any qualms about shooting you!"

"No."

He then did something utterly surprising. He pulled out a gun.

"I'm not gonna lose any more friends!"

"Tails! Don't do this! You'll regret it, just like I did!"

"No-one else will get hurt."

And he pulled the trigger. It seemed like everything was in slow motion... the officer collapsing to the ground, Tails just fully realising what it was like to kill... Shadow closed his eyes, to block out the world. Was all this his fault? Did his failure to stop Sonic cause this nightmare to begin? Undoubtedly. He would have to put it right.

She held him close. She had to. He was so distraught and he needed someone. That someone was Rouge.

"Knuckles, you're gonna be okay. I'm gonna make sure of it."

"Rouge..." Was all the echidna could force out of his brain. It was all that remained.

She wanted desperately to understand what Knuckles was going through, but it was impossible. Knuckles and Sonic had known each other since late childhood and bonds like that were strong. It was no wonder he had taken this extremely badly.

"Knux...relax. I'll guard this. You go home and watch the TV or something."

"Mm-kay. I'd like that."

She would actually guard the emerald this time, instead of trying to steal it. She owed him this.

Knuckles shuffled into his hut and switched the TV on. Nothing much to watch. As he flicked indiscriminately through the channels something caught his attention...something about Tails.

"...gunned down by a Miles 'Tails' Prower...Reported that a hedgehog and a kitsune fled the scene..."

He needed to tell Rouge. Quickly.

"You won't escape that easily, Shadow. I'm coming for you. And you will pay."

Amy had let that fragment rage overwhelm her, consume her mind and body. It had given her strength and a reason to live.

Her once pink and joyous house had become a shrine dedicated to the memory of Sonic and the annihilation of Shadow. The news feed had informed her of Shadow and Tails' escape. They defiled his memory. They had to die.

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