Chapter 21: The Tragic Love Story of Sonic and Shadow

Amy's eyes stirred as she came out of her unconsciousness, she moaned a little and felt her body ache in pain. She slowly opened her eyes, placed her hand on her head, and looked around the room. She was on the bed with a blue sheet. And the wall and slate floor were fairly white. A white nightstand with LED blue light trim stood beside her bed with a flower pot. And a large window was showing outside the space. The red and yellow robots were in the room and they were surprised to see her awake.

"Hey, sleepyhead," said Orbot.

"Where am I? What happened?" asked Amy.

"You fainted. You must've been in really bad shock when you passed out," answered Cubot.

"I have? I remember... Sonic and Shadow were... No, why? They're both men," said Amy, rubbing her head.

"Well, we are still trying to figure that part out. I thought they hated each other," said Orbot.

"And I thought they were fighting in this room..." said Cubot.

"I saw Sonic... My Sonic was making love with... Shadow...?" Amy's eyes tear up slightly. "How long was I out?"

"Uh, about 6 hours," answered Orbot.

"6 hours long?!" exclaimed Amy. "Why didn't anyone wake me up?" She cried.

"Calm down. Everything's fine now. Sonic and Shadow took care of it. However," Cubot frowned. "Shadow didn't make it."

After hearing the news that Shadow had passed away, Amy was saddened by the news.

"But look on the bright side, the Earth is safe and sound," said Cubot.

"And Sonic?" she asked worriedly.

"Sonic's fine, he just needs some rest. And he said he needed some time alone," said Orbot.

Amy frowned as she stared at her hands gripping the sheet, and then she sighed and lay back on the bed, feeling exhausted. "I see," said Amy.

"Well, uh, we'll get you anything you need," said Orbot. Then he turned to his partner and said, "Come on, let's go find something for her." Cubot nodded and followed behind him. They left the room they were going to get her something while Amy closed her eyes.

-Meanwhile-

Sonic was staring at a large window outside the space filled with stars in all different colors. He sighed as he sat on a bed near the window. His arms hung lazily by his sides as he rested his elbows on his lap. Sonic was in a very depressive mode after everything went terribly wrong in his last battle with Shadow against The FInal Hazard. Shadow had lost so much energy and he couldn't save him from falling to his death. The memories flooded his mind when he met Shadow.

*Flashback*

"Who are you, and why do you look like me?!" demanded Sonic.

"My name is Shadow. And I'm the world's Ultimate Lifetime," said Shadow.

*Timeskip to Green Forest*

"Hey, that's..." Sonic trailed.

"A blue hedgehog again around here all places," Shadow crossed his arms over his chest.

"I found you, faker!" growled Sonic, pointing at the ebony hedgehog.

"Faker? I think you're a fake hedgehog around here, and you're comparing yourself to me? Hah! You're not even good enough to be my fake!" yelled Shadow.

*Timeskip after the fight*

Shadow kissed Sonic on the lips passionately, and Sonic went numb as he froze like a statue as he stared at Shadow.

*Timeskip at the Space Colony ARK*

"Shadow, for what you did was wrong, they didn't do anything to you!" Sonic yelled.

Shadow punched Sonic in the face to get off of him, and he fell to the ground.

"You never understand! They killed Maria in front of me!" argued Shadow.

"M... Maria...?" stuttered Sonic quietly.

"Yes, Maria. Her name is Maria. You knew that." Shadow answered coldly.

*Timeskip in argument*

"Why the hell should I trust you?!" Shadow shouted angrily, wrenching his arm free from Sonic's grasp.

"Because you promised! What about the promise made to Maria and her wish?! Don't you want to fulfill it!? Do you, Shadow?!" yelled Sonic.

Shadow growled angrily, baring his fangs as he glared at Sonic, and threw himself at the blue speedster.

"Don't you dare say her name!" roared Shadow. "I don't need to hear your voice saying her name again! I told you that I wasn't interested in stupid friendship! But you wouldn't listen!"

Sonic reacted with his emotional pain, and Shadow continued.

"I just... I just can't stand it anymore. All these years the one thing I wanted was to protect her, I wanted her to live! She pushed me to the pod, locked in. I was trying to save her, but I failed! I couldn't save her! I couldn't fucking save her! All because I couldn't even save her, then she was murdered! I was so helpless that day...and yet she still wanted me to promise to protect humanity..." Shadow shed those tears from his eyes, and Sonic's eyes welled up the tears.

"Even if I could have saved her, I couldn't have prevented her death! And now I have to live with the fact that it was because of me that she died!" Shadow gritted his teeth, his tears flowed freely down Sonic's face.

"I... I couldn't save her and now she's gone. She's gone, she's gone! Oh, God..." Shadow sobbed.

Sonic stood up and hugged Shadow, the ebony hedgehog clinging onto him desperately, burying his face in his shoulder. Sonic rubbed his back, whispering words of comfort.

'I'm sorry, Shadow,' Sonic thought

*End Flashback*

Sonic looked at the ceiling, sighed deeply, and laid his head back down, and closed his eyes.

'But I hope she has found peace and happiness. And she would have wanted you to be happy too… It was because she loved you.' Sonic thought.

"So much has changed since Maria and Shadow had been gone…" he whispered.

A gentle knock on the door was heard. Sonic got up.

"Who is it?" called Sonic.

In the blink of an eye, the door opened and the white bat entered the room.

"It's me, Rouge." she smiled sweetly.

"Oh, Rouge," Sonic was surprised to see her.

"Can I come in?" she asked.

"Oh, uh, sure," said Sonic.

She walked across to the bed and sat down on the edge. She gently put her hand on top of Sonic's hand, caressing it gently. Sonic blushed a bit, and moved closer to Rouge, leaning into her touch, which made her blush a bit too.

"So… How've you been holding up?" asked Rouge softly, her heart swelling with love as she gazed into the emerald eyes that she loved more than her own life.

"I'm okay, I guess. After being with Shadow again, I felt so alone without him, and I missed him so badly," said Sonic.

"Oh… I'm sorry to hear that," Rouge said. "He sounded like he really cared for you. He must've meant a lot to you."

"Yeah, he did," said Sonic. "We were enemies at first, but now we became lovers," said Sonic, looking down to his feet.

Rouge blinked once in surprise. She thought that Sonic hated Shadow … But apparently, he still loved him as his lover?

"Sonic, I thought you two were enemies. How did you meet Shadow?" asked Rouge.

"I don't know where to begin, but I'll tell you a whole story," said Sonic with a small smile. "Long story short…" he started.

He told her the whole story about G.U.N. being mistakenly Sonic for stealing Choas Emerald because of the accusation and then how he met Shadow in the city where he possessed a Chaos Emerald. He told her about how Shadow used Chaos Emerald to teleport that he was fighting with. He knew he was tough, but it amazed him how strong Shadow was. He talked about the past few times they were apart. He told her how they met, how they fought each other, how their relationship progressed. He told her everything about Shadow. About his feelings towards him, how he fell in love with him; even how he lost him.

"Wow. So you loved him?" asked Rouge.

"Yeah," said Sonic nodding his head. "And when we fought each other in the jungle, Shadow was shown impressed by my fighting skills. I was confused at first and he walked to me, grabbed me, and kissed me," said Sonic.

Rouge blinked in surprise, "Shadow kissed you?"

"Yes," said Sonic.

"I can see why he did that," chuckled Rouge. "What was it like?" she asked.

"Huh?" puzzled Sonic.

"How did you feel? Did you enjoy it?" asked Rouge.

Sonic scratched the back of his head, "Well… it's not like I didn't like the kiss. I didn't know what his intention was, but I enjoyed it too," admitted Sonic, blushing. "I believe it was my first kiss."

"Really?" asked Rouge, her teal eyes widened slightly.

"Yeah," replied Sonic.

"You're not lying to me, are you?" she asked, raising her eyebrow.

"No, I'm not lying, Rouge. The kiss happened in the forest. I thought he was going to kill me, but instead, he gave me a kiss. And then he left before the island blew up. That was the last time I saw or talked to him until today," explained Sonic.

"Wow! That's an amazing story!" exclaimed Rouge.

"Yeah, it was pretty great," said Sonic shyly.

"Did you ever ask him why he kissed you?" asked Rouge.

"That's what I figured out why he kissed me, he said he had no interest in killing me," said Sonic.

"Hmm… maybe he's actually a good person after all?" giggled Rouge.

"Probably," laughed Sonic.

After a moment of silence, Rouge spoke up.

"Hey, Sonic? Are you gonna stay here tonight? I know you're probably tired after being with Shadow."

"Yeah. I need to get some sleep and be ready to return to Earth," said Sonic.

"Okay… Then I'll let you get some rest," Rouge got up from the bed and headed for the door.

"Rouge, wait," Sonic called, causing the white bat to stop and turn around to look at him.

"Yes?" she asked.

Sonic hugged her tightly around the waist, "Thank you, for everything, Rouge. You have helped me heal," said Sonic smiling.

"You're welcome Sonic," smiled Rouge. Sonic released her from his hug and smiled back at her.

"Goodnight," Rouge said.

"Goodnight," replied Sonic as he watched her exit the room and closed the door behind her. Sonic sighed as he got in the bed. He took Shadow's ring from the nightstand, held it in his hand, and stared at it, thinking about how much he had loved him, how much he wished he could change things, that he could go back in time and save Shadow. Sonic closed his eyes and drifted off into slumber, holding the ring in his hand.

'Sayonara, my beloved Shadow,' Sonic thought in his sleep.