Chapter Three

Note: Here's chapter three sorry for the wait i haven't been in the mood to type up this chapter. Anyway i own none of these characters except for Emilie.

Emilie couldn't believe that her life was going to end this way, but at least she took comfort that Shadow was by her side. She waited for the pain the blade would sure bring but it never came. She opened her eyes almost fearful to do it incase she saw something she wouldn't like, but once she curiously opened her eyes she almost gasped in relief as she squirmed in Shadow's arms. Knuckles was standing in front of the little family holding the blade up with all his might to keep it from killing them until the where away from it. Knuckles turned his head to look at the frightened human.

"Go! Take Shadow and your son and get out of here! Tails is waiting in the Tornado." Knuckles shouted and she nodded to her best friend. She stiffly got up Shadow's arms still around her she urged the injured hedgehog to go faster. Just then out of nowhere she felt stinging pain in her side and she was yanked from the injured hedgehog's grasp with her child. She closed her eyes as this would surely be her end, but after several good gashes to her body from a source she didn't want to identify the hurting stopped she was almost too afraid too look but she opened her eyes. She was on the verge of passing out. Emilie saw that Shadow was standing protectively over her with a good punch he got rid of the robot that ha been hurting her.

Shadow turned to look at Emilie concern was written all over his face. He had obviously lost a lot of blood but this hadn't stopped him from protecting his lover. Shadow lifted her up into his arms as she curled protectively around her now injured child. After placing a kiss on Shadow's muzzle she passed out in her lover's arms without any warning.

Emilie felt like she was being torn apart by millions of daggers even in the sweet bliss of unconsciousness which she was slowly coming out of. Emilie couldn't take the darkness anymore and decided to open her eyes. At first everything was blurry so she had to blink a couple times to make her vision clearer. As she was trying to clear her vision of the blurriness she heard to very familiar voices who she knew belonged to Knuckles and Sonic. But she didn't her Shadow's at all. She knew that Shadow had been hurt but wouldn't he be complaining as loud as ever if he was indeed sharing a room with her. She forced her vision to clear and slowly her vision cleared the first thing she saw was the worried but slightly relieved expression on her best friends face. Sonic popped up into her vision a matching expression to that of Knuckles was also on his face. Emilie groaned and tried to shift but that pain she felt while she was just coming out of her unconsciousness stroke every part of her being.

"Easy Emilie." Knuckles said. Emilie sighed softly looking around the big hospital room she was now in. She noticed that there was two different annoying beeping noises in the room one came from the machine by her bed the other was fainter but Knuckles was in her way from looking fully to that side. She groaned groggily and looked at her best friend.

"Knuckles is there someone else in this room?" She asked puzzled. Knuckles and Sonic looked at each other silently and Emilie became worried. Sonic nodded slightly to Knuckles.

"Yes, Emilie. Shadow is the other occupant of this room." Knuckles's expression became grave. Emilie felt her heart sink.

"Is he okay?" Emilie asked in a small voice fearful of the answer to that simple question.

"No Emilie. He's in a critical state. No one knows if he's come through or not." Knuckles said as he stepped side ways to let her see the occupant of the other bed. Emilie gasped softly upon laying her eyes on the injured hedgehog. Knuckles moved back into place obstructing her view from her lover as he didn't want to cause his friend anymore pain. Emilie placed a hand over her eyes as several tears slipped from her eyes. Knuckles placed a hand on her arm but she slapped it away. The echidna was taken aback by this.

"Leave me alone. Both of you." She said her voice breaking. Sonic and Knuckles did as she said and walked out of the room although they where hesitant.

End of chapter Three! What happens next? Will Shadow die or will he survive! And what about Milow what happened to the little brat? Find out in the next chapter!