Not alone anymore: chapter 6
Shadow's POV
I stared at him while he was staring in shock at the his name and his friends' names engraved in all of those stones. "w-what is this?" Sonic asked. He was obviously freaking out about this situation. He leaned against the wall and looked around. "where am i? w-what is this?" He asked and laid his eyes on the engraved stone that was completely empty. "w-why is your name on it?" He asked as he read my name engraved on it. "this was supposed to be my final resting place." I answered carefully. "n-nevermind that! why are my name and my friends' names on the others?" He asked while i was still answering. "i don't know." I asked. I honestly didn't know how to answer. "what do you mean you don't know? you obviously come here alot! so explain it to right now!" He yelled. This really was freaking him out, wasn't it? "can't explain it." I answered. "what do you mean you can't?" He yelled. "i can't because i don't know myself." I whispered in response. He sighed and sat down on the stairs that let to the surface.
We passed sometime in silence. Neither of us had said anything in a while because we didn't know what to say. "can you atleast explain how you know all of us?" He asked and took his gaze from the floor to look up to me. "it's...it's hard to explain." I said and dusted of the dust from my late husband's gravestone. I liked to keep everything clean here. Especially my late husband's one. "you care alot for these graves, don't you?" He asked as he watched me dusting off. "especially the one that has my name on it." Sonic said. "yes, i do. i care alot for them. but i think that i fi explained why i care for this one especially much that you would be freaked out even more." I said and finished cleaning. "okay, but sometime i might get to curious and pester you about it." He said matter-of-factly. "don't worry, i'm used to that." I smiled thinking about the time i spent with sonic and his friends when i was new in their team. Their behaviour was weird at first to me, but i gradually became accostumed to it. And soon i couldn't go through the day without their cheerfull smiles and laughs.
I sighed as a nostalgic feeling overcame me. Those days were long gone now. I walked out of the mausoleum. Sonic followed me close behind. He really wants those answer, doesn't he? To bad for him i don't have them either. I walked out of the graveyard and got closely followed by him. "why are you walking with me?" I asked him. "to be honest i have no idea. i just felt like walking with you for some reason." He replied. "i see. how did you know my name?" I questioned. I still had no idea how he knew my name. "i had a dream last night." He answered. "a dream?" I wondered. "yeah, it was very blury and it felt like it was a memory, believe it or not. i don't recall from where and when though. in the dream, you were breaking down or something. and i was comforting you. i said your name, so that's why i knew how you were called." He answered after recalling what his dream was about. "i see." I said and stopped in my tracks. I looked down to the ground as i could remember that moment as if it was yesterday. It was in the very beginning of my and my late husband's relationship. I had a hard time getting over maria's and her family's death. I never had a chance to mourn over them. And sonic helped me during the process. On that moment sonic had learned me that it was okay to cry aslong as you had someone close to comfort you.
I didn't know for how long i was spacing out. But it seems like it had been for a while now since he had been calling my name and because i didn't respond he started to shake me a little. "hmm?" I hummed in confusion and looked up at him. "you were spacing out and i got worried that you wouldn't come back anymore." He said in worry. "oh, i see." I said smilling at him. I enjoyed his company really much. He freaked me out at first, and he still does a little, but i know this much. This really is the sonic that i was married with. It was as if i had gone back in time. Only the thing with the space colony ark hadn't happened. And we met as if we were normal civilians. "are you okay?" He asked. he was obviously still worried. "i'm fine, handsome." I said smilling and petted his cheek. I often did that with my late husband. He didn't mind, but i'm sure this sonic is getting confused by my behaviour.
I started walking in the direction of my house. In the corner of my eye i noticed that sonic just stood there looking confused as i walked off. Maybe. Just maybe, it wasn't so bad to hang out with him again. Maybe things were diffirent now. Maybe i could pass away because of my old age. Every project has it's 'expire date' like scientists call it. Maybe i've already surpassed mine. If i did, then that could mean that i was able to pass away with sonic now.
I felt my heart fill with hope that i had lost after my husband passed away. I was walking home smilling. I can't remember the last time i've smiled. But it sure felt like a long time. I laid a hand on my chest. My heart had lifted a bit. I had hope in my future again. I looked back and saw sonic still standing there in confusion. "see you around, sonic." I said and waved a little.