I'm back... sorry I've been gone for like, 2 weeks but once we got back from vacation we got a new computer. Sorry!
HOSPITAL
Sonic the Hedgehog lay on a soft Hospital bed, in a trance. He was lost in thoughts, and all of his thoughts were focused on Shadow.
Did I really see him? He thought.
Was it just a dream or an illusion?
Sonic was in a Hospital ten miles north of the remains of Station Square, so it was not destroyed in the War.
Sonic glanced over at the clock; it was five in the morning.
I half to get some sleep, He decided. Sonic tried to stop thinking so he could get to sleep, but all those questions were swarming through his mind and he was so anxious to find the answers.
After about an hour he started to calm his mind and began to drift of into sleep. Just when he had fallen asleep the door swung open, and Sonic woke up.
Standing in the doorway was: Tails, Knuckles and Hope.
"Sonic are you okay!" Tails asked running over to him.
"Yeah Tails… I'm fine…"
"Then why is there a cast on your arm?" asked Knuckles.
"Well… I did break my arm…" Sonic admitted.
"YOU CALL THAT FINE!" exclaimed Tails.
"The doctor said it should be back to normal in a couple of days."
Hope walked over to Sonic and kneeled over to look at him, "Does it hurt?"
Sonic smiled at her. "Nah, not really the doctors gave me some painkillers"
Everyone was silent for at few minutes. Hope sat down on a stool that was next to Sonic's bed, Knuckles sat on a chair that by the door and Tails stood beside Sonic.
Sonic was still thinking about Shadow. But he wondered if he should tell them about what he saw.
No one ever talked about Shadows death; everyone missed him to much to talk about it. A month after his death, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy and Rouge made a small crave stone for him and put it the main research facility. When he died, Rouge and Amy cried like babies, Tails cried, Sonic cried a little (when no one was around of course) Knuckles was too macho to cry but he was really depressed.
"What's on your mind, Mister Sonic?" Hope asked.
"Well…"
Everyone looked at him; Knuckles even got up and walked over to him.
"Ummmm…"
"C'mon Sonic you can tell us!" said Tails
Sonic sighed, "I saw him"
"Him who?" everyone said at once
"Shadow," Sonic said, "I saw Shadow the Hedgehog"
All was silent for a few minutes everyone was just staring at Sonic. "Sonic… when you miss someone its natural to see them… when there not really there…"
"He was really there!"
"Tails, don't call Sonic crazy till we hear his side of the story… then we call him crazy!" said Knuckles.
Sonic sighed again, "When I was fighting these black creatures a giant one came, it had a squishy body and when I homing attacked it I bounced right off! So after the second time I tried too homing attack it, I went flying into a building and got knocked out. Luckily I woke up in time to avoid being killed and I started attacking it again and it got the better of me I got knocked out again, when I came too I Shadow kneeling over me I said his name then I passed out."
"Okay, so let me get this straight. You saw him when you were practically delirious…" Knuckles said.
"I SAW HIM!" shouted Sonic.
"Who's Shadow?" Hope asked.
Everyone turned to look at her, "I'll tell ya later Hope." Tails said.
Suddenly the doctor walked into the room, "Alright Sonic your free to go, you can come in five days from today to get that cast off."
"Thanks Doc" said Sonic getting up
On the way back to Mystic Ruins, the heroes decided to walk through the remains of Station Square.
"Whoa!" exclaimed Knuckles.
"So these black creatures fell from the sky and just started destroying everything?" asked Tails.
"Yep, but GUN seems to have pushed them out of the city." said Sonic.
Before they could continue there conversation, Amy and Cream came running down the street.
"Hi ya Sonic" Amy said, "Oh my god! What happened to your arm!"
"Its fine Amy…"
"Did you get it from fighting those black creatures?" Cream asked.
Sonics eyes widened, "How do you know about them?"
"Our apartment is on the other side of Station Square, we saw the whole thing." Amy replied.
"So I guess your apartment is destroyed…"
"Actually, our apartment building was just about the only building that wasn't destroyed" said Amy.
"Lucky you"
Amy looked deep into Sonics eyes, which really creped him out and he looked away. "What's on your mind Sonic?" She asked.
"Who says any things on my mind?" Sonic said
"I can always tell by the look of your eyes."
Sonic wondered if he should tell Amy about what he saw, maybe she would think he was crazy too…
"Sonic thinks he saw Shadow" Knuckles blurted out.
"KNUCKLES!"
"What?" Amy gasped
Sonic explained too Amy about seeing Shadow.
"Will someone please tell me who Shadow is?" Hope yelled
Amy looked at Hope, "Who are you?"
"I'm Hope; Sonic took me in when my parents died"
"Oh, that was nice of him." Said Amy, "I'm Amy Rose, this is Cream and Cheese"
"Hi" Cream replied.
Amy looked back at Sonic, "You know its natural to see pe-''
"I've heard this before!" Sonic yelled.
Sonic was extremely frustrated that his closet friends didn't belive him.
"I SAW SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG!"
"HELLO!" Hope yelled.
Amy walked over too Hope, "Lets take a walk"
Amy, Cream, Cheese, and Hope walked down the street and Sonic heard Amy start explaining to her about Shadow.
"I know I saw him, I could feel his chaos energy" Sonic said
Sonic turned around and said: "I'm going too find him."
"What?" Tails and Knuckles said at the same time.
"Sonic you can't be serious!" Knuckles said.
"Yeah, where would you even start?" Tails asked.
"Well…" He started, "Shadow has a chaos emerald, I could feel it I could use your emerald, which would bring me too him!"
Tails looked surprised, "That could work…"
"Alright, than its settled, I'll go after Shadow" Sonic said.
"Count me in!" Tails shouted
Sonic smirked, "Alright, what about you Knux?"
"Nah, I gotta get back to the Master Emerald" Knuckles replied.
"Holly Crap! That reminds me I've been gone for 2 days! I gotta get going!"
"Alright, see ya later" Sonic said as Knuckles ran off.
"Sonic! What about Hope?" Tails said.
"Oh, right!" Sonic said frantically looking for the girls.
He saw that they where about a block up the road, with Sonics incredible speed it took a matter of seconds to catch up with them.
"Amy! Can you take care of Hope while Tails and I go away on some… uh, business?"
"Sure! But by 'business' do you mean an insane quest to prove Shadows out there?" Amy asked.
"Maybe…"
Amy sighed, "Whatever Sonic just be careful with that cast on"
"Then its settled, Tails, tomorrow we leave!"
GUN HQ
"Commander!" the lieutenant said running in the room.
The commander was in his usual spot, watching the troops march.
"The Black Creatures have been successfully pushed out of Station square"
"Very Good lieutenant…" the commander said not looking at him.
"Also, the squad has captured the black hedgehog and he is being taken to Prison Island, what are they to do with him?"
The commander was silent for a minute then spoke,
"Execution…"