He knew he wouldn't be able to redirect the bullet in time, he wasn't going to be fast enough, but would be fast enough for this.
He ran to Shadow and knocked him over to the ground. Shadow looked at him, about to ask why the hell he did that, but that's when he saw the blood. Shadow looked up at his boyfriend's face as he smiled at him. Shadow looked on in horror as blood came from the area to the right of Sonic's heart and began to stain the shirt, quickly becoming more red. "It's okay, I'm just glad I got to save you." Sonic said, his eyes rolled into the back of his head, and he collapsed on the ground. Shadow rushed over to him, checking his pulse and felt it slowing. Shadow couldn't take it, he was more than mad, he was furious. So, he screamed, and as he did, thousands of chaos spears shot from his body, destroying every last drone as Knuckles, Rouge, Blaze, and Silver did their best to avoid their friend's fury.
"Shadow!" Rouge shouted. He looked at her, eye's glowing. "We can still save him, there's still time!" She said. Shadow grabbed Sonic's unconscious body rushed outside. There were some EMT's who took him immediately, Shadow rushing to follow after. Amy and Tails saw their brother, and both began to sob. They saw James and the former Queen running towards them with back up. Knuckles stopped them and told them about what had happened. The EMT's loaded Sonic into an Ambulance where he would need emergency surgery. Tails, Amy, and Shadow got in the Ambulance with him. Silver, Blaze, Knuckles, Rouge, and James watched as the raced towards the hospital. Their siblings each ran up to them, checking to make sure that they were okay. A few Society members took January from Aubrey. Maria asked what happened to Sonic and no one knew what to say. "He was shot." Rouge finally said after a while. "How? He was like a blur in there, surely, he was fast enough to avoid it?" Tikal asked. "Knuckles?" She asked. "He did it to save Shadow's life." There was a collective sharp intake of breath. Maria looked to where they ambulance had long since turned. "He must be devastated." She said, tears in her voice. "Come on." James said. The teens all turned to him. "We'll go to the hospital." He said and loaded every last one of them into the truck, silently blaming himself for not getting here in time.
Amy held her baby brother as he sobbed. She rubbed his back and kept whispering that it was going to be okay. The problem was that she wasn't actually sure if it was going to be okay. Shadow sat next to her, holding back tears. There was a part of her that wanted to blame him. Shadow had told them what had happened, that Sonic had sacrificed himself for Shadow. Amy really wanted to blame Shadow, but she knew that it wouldn't have mattered who it was, Shadow, Miles, herself, Knuckles, or anyone else. She knew her brother and he would have done it for anyone. It just so happened that this time he literally took the bullet for Shadow. Guilt was written all over his face. She wanted to grab his hand, to reassure him to, but his hands were currently occupied being crossed. So, she put his hand on his shoulder. He looked at her. "No matter what, it will be okay." She told him. He just nodded a started looking back into space.
It became clear that Sonic meant more to Shadow than a friend to a friend. And she had a feeling that Sonic felt the same. She wanted to ask but figured this wasn't the best time. So she continued to sit there in this gigantic dress, holding her baby brother as he sobbed in the hallway of the hospital.
The large group was told that, at least for now, they would have to wait in the waiting room. Worry was etched on everyone's faces. Silver and Blaze holding each other's hands in comfort. Knuckles held Rouge. Maria began reading a magazine. Bee couldn't stop her leg from bouncing as Aubrey held her. Tikal was biting her nails. James sat watching, waiting, and listening. For the most part they sat in silence, the occasional cry could be heard, but no one dared ask any of the questions that they had.