Chapter 15 “Following the Light”

Now Shadow was faced with a much bigger problem…the wind was coming closer to him, Metal Sonic may have been defeated by the weather, but that was not the fate Shadow wanted his life to come to.

Shadow growled in his throat, holding up both chaos emeralds.

Shadow’s fists began glowing bright red, as he readied to take out the uninhabited buildings in his path.

“CHAOS!!!! BLAST!!!!!!” Shadow screamed, a sonic boom soon followed and anything that probably could have killed him in the tornado was wiped out from the air.

The red beam of light shot upwards as Shadow ran through the tornado, following the lightning and the storm’s edge.

In one last flash of light, the tornado seemed to have been sucked in by the explosion and the air all died and the clouds burst dropping its water on the city in bucket loads.

“CHAOS CONTROL!” Shadow yelled.

…and everything got quiet…there was not any more noise then the sound of computers…Shadow was aboard the ARK…

What he saw was the Eclipse Cannon, only reengineered for Metal’s purposes; he walked up to it, and slammed his fist into the control area.

And all like flipping off a light switch…the filtered energy from the Ark stopped…and everything was silent…

Shadow looked out into space…starring at the planet that stood there…only this time…it was not a sad memory.

“Well, now I know what was left undone Maria.” Shadow smiled. “…and though I hate this fact, I have a few more things to do.”

“Chaos control.” Shadow uttered again, vanishing

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Shadow appeared on a space station…but one quite different.

It was the piece of the Death Egg, life sustainable since it was the room where Eggman stored food and water and oxygen from the plants and trees, enough for a life time.

There was somebody starring through the window…he looked backwards in complete surprise.

“Shadow?”

Sonic the hedgehog was still alive…Metal Sonic was right.

He was sitting on the metal floor of the metal room and in front of the bullet proof glass windows, starring down at Mobious.

His fur was rough and messy and he looked a lot older then he once was.

Shadow looked irritated. “If you’re such a big shot and can do anything, you wouldn’t still be here.”

Sonic got on his feet as Shadow walked closer and grabbed his arm. “Chaos…Control!”

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Amy Tails Rouge and Omega were standing out of reach from where the storm was.

The daylight had shown through again, and though the city was destroyed, most of the people got out alive.

Omega shifted towards Rouge, she smiled kindly.

He and she were still alive, despite everything.

Amy hugged Tails. “Tails you’re alive! What happened?!”

Tails smiled, and then looked down sadly. “Sonic is gone Amy…”

Amy’s heart felt like it had shattered into a thousand pieces, and she laid her head on his shoulders weeping.

“Why are you crying Amy?”

Amy’s eyes opened up and glittered in amazement…she knew that voice…

In the mists of what she had just thought forever and a day of having lost Sonic…the moment she felt her lowest…

Shadow stood bluntly with his arms crossed next to…Sonic the hedgehog.

Amy ran to him, with a gasping breath held on to him. “Sonic! SONIC!!! I knew you were alive!!!!”

She was crying and tears dripped and slid down her face on to the floor and touched against Sonic’s honest face. “I knew it! My heart told me so!”

Tails hugged him too, joining in the happy weeping. “I thought it I’d caused your death! Sonic I’m so glad you’re ok!”

All seemed well…as they were talking and celebrating, Rouge and Omega followed the silent Shadow who was about ready to leave.

“Hey wait up.” Rouge said.

Shadow turned back at her. “Yes?”

Rouge looked at him with a lot of respect. “That was a good thing you did Shadow.”

Omega lifted his arms happily. “THIS UNIT’S ORIGONAL DATA IS RESTORED…I AM SORRY FOR WHAT HAPPENED….THIS UNIT IS PLEASEDTO HAVE YOU TWO AS FRIENDS.”

Shadow half smiled, not being much of the talking type. “well, my name is Shadow the Hedgehog after all, if The Ultimate Life form backs down to a fight, what might this world be like?”

His confident expression memorable, he’d single handedly stopped the disaster from causing any more harm.

The other three crying over the return of Sonic and laughing and enjoying themselves.

Rouge Omega and Shadow stood silently, but satisfied.

The sun rose in the sky as the storm had completely cleared…and as the day had finally started.

The end