Me- Alright folks, listen up and listen good. This is the final chapter of this story before the sequel. Let me tell you this much. There will be alot of my fans in the next story. I'm adding more people as I go along. So, for all of those loyal good readers out there, keep reading this and the sequel and you may end up in the sequel. Ok now this one may be the longest chapter yet, so sit back and prepare for some crazy stuff!

-The final chapter-

After Amy gathered up the entire crew, they all caught up to Sonic and started their journey for finding Tails. Knuckles and Cream led the group with the X-Tornado. Using the homing device that Tails had set on it, they should easily track her down. Sonic, Amy, Espio and Vector followed the plane by land, Rouge and Charmy by air.

Sonic ran thinking to himself, 'I hope we're not too late... If something has happened to her I don't know what I'd do!'

Rouge flew along side the plane and landed on one of its wings "Knuckles! Did you get a lock on her location?" She yelled over the roar of the X-Tornado.

"Yeah! She's in some sort of volcanic base just of side the ocean's border!" He yelled back.

"I hope we find her soon!" Charmy hollered clinging onto the wing as well.

"I do to..." Cream said with a sigh. Cheese, her little chao, comforted her. She hugged him tight.

"Cream, don't worry, we'll find her." Knuckles said focusing his eyes ahead.

Meanwhile on the ground, Sonic ran through the forest directly under the X-Tornado. He said nothing but he had deep determination in his eyes. Amy followed closely behind along with Vector and Espio.

"Espio, even if we do find her, how will we change her back to normal?" Vector asked.

"I... don't know..." the chameleon replied hesitantly.

"We will get her back to the way she was before! I know we will!" Amy said looking over her shoulder. She was worried about Tails almost as much as Sonic was.

Meanwhile...

Shadow stared at the lava pool where Midnight had disappeared. His eyes burned with the tears that he tried to hold back. Eggman was laughing hysterically now chanting: "I win! I win!"

Shadow then hung his head low. He felt something else. It wasn't grief or sadness... it was anger. He felt sudden rage as he pulled away from the robots, destroying them. He then turned around and faced Eggman.

"YOU!" He cried.

"Me?" The doctor said with a sick sarcastic tone.

"YOU KILLED HER!" He screamed.

"Oh no Shadow, it wasn't me. It was YOU who killed her. Your plan failed and to save you, the stupid fox sacrificed her life and went down with Metal Sonic. I did nothing except build the robot. The rest was completely of his own." Eggman sneered.

"YOUR JUST AS GUILTY AS THAT MONSTER!" Shadow felt his temper rising. He then leaped ion the air towards the doctor with fire in his eyes.

He then hit a hard force in front of him. It cut him off in mid-air and sent him falling towards the ground. He held his head as he looked up to see... Metal Sonic!

"But... How?" Shadow said with disbelief.

"Didn't you here me when I said I made motifacations o him. Since his last battle with Sonic, I had to make him magma proof so he could withstand the heat of the volcanic lava." Eggman said with a cold grin.

"But the explosion..." Shadow began.

"Just for show." Eggman howled with laughter.

Shadow stared at the robot with shock. He couldn't believe that Metal Sonic was still in one piece -- unharmed and looked almost untouched. His gaze suddenly turned to a glare as he launched himself toward the machine. Metal simply dodged his attack and grabbed the hedgehog from behind. He slammed Shadow to the ground and bent his arm back with such great force it caused Shadow to scream in pain.

Eggman laughed harder. "There's nothing you can do to stop me!" he howled as his laughter carried throughout the entire base.

-With the good guys-

"Sonic, we're about to get to the ocean. You and they other's need to grab onto the plane to get across," Knuckles spoke through the headset that transmitted to Sonic's.

"Got it." Sonic said lowly. "Listen you guys when we see the X-Tornado come close enough, we're going to jump unto the wing, Got it?" Sonic yelled over his shoulder.

"Right!" The others replied in unison.

As instructed, they all leaped unto the plane's wing when it came into range. They held on tight as it flew over the ocean. Soon enough, a distant island came into view.

"That's it!" Cream cried.

"Good! Hold on guys, where in for a rough landing!"

"Whaddya mean 'rough'?" Vector cried.

"I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LAND THIS THING!" Knuckles cried.

Everyone screamed as the plane began to fall towards the island.

"KNUCKLES DO SOMETHING!" Rouge screeched.

"I AM! I'M SCREAMING AREN'T I?" Knuckles screamed back.

"KNUCKLES PULL THE BREAKS!" Sonic yelled loudly.

Knuckles pulled the steering wheel back towards him as the plane began to slow down and landed safely. After everyone was safely on the ground. They stopped to catch their breath. Then they proceeded to move through the thick forest. They ran as hard as they could until Sonic brought them to an abrupt halt.

"Listen." He said.

They all stopped to hear cries of pain and laughter... evil laughter. Sonic looked at the rock that looked as if it sealed a passage way through the volcano. He then looked at Knuckles and Vector.

"Tear it down." Sonic said.

They soon began destroying the rock; Knuckles punched it while Vector bashed his shoulder against it. Pretty soon the rock came crumbling down. The gang followed Sonic's lead to the inside.

Shadow's screams subsided as the robot let go. He jumped back and held his now stiff arm. "You'll regret that you worthless piece of junk!" He cried.

Suddenly Shadow heard his name being called. He turned around and saw Sonic and company. He stared with disbelief as Sonic ran up to him.

"Where's Tails?" The blue hedgehog asked catching his breath.

Shadow gave him a blank stare. "Tails...?" Shadow repeated the name in his mind. "You mean Midnight, don't you?"

"Who?" Knuckles said walking up.

"My apprentice, Midnight you nitwit." Shadow said frowning.

"Whatever, where is she?" Sonic said angrily.

Shadow sighed sadly. Then he turned to look at the fiery grave that claimed the young fox. "She's... no longer here..." He said hesitantly. "Metal Sonic killed her in battle..."

"W-What?" Sonic didn't believe him, so his anger flared. "You're lying! Where is she?" He yelled raising his fist.

"Look Sonic, I don't want to fight you! I'm trying to destroy Eggman for what he has done! I cannot afford to waist energy on you!" He snapped pushing Sonic's hand away.

"Eggman?" Amy cried.

"Yes Eggman." Shadow snapped. "I have no idea where he is right now, but he's here. And so is Metal Sonic." He finished.

"What?" everyone cried in unison?

"Do I have to spell everything out to you?" Shadow said with an irritated tone.

Suddenly a familiar sound was heard. Sonic turned around and saw the robotic hedgehog coming straight for him! Sonic started to run as fast as he could away from Metal, he didn't want to get caught.

"How we do we stop it?" Rouge cried.

"Eggman might have some sort of control over it. If I'm right, if we get to Eggman, we can shut it down then destroy it." Shadow said through gritted teeth.

"I have an idea!" Amy cried. "Espio, can you turn invisible to get closer to Eggman?" She asked with deep urgency.

"Yes." Espio replied nodding.

"Rouge, after Espio is invisible, fly him up towards Eggman and then Espio, attack Eggman and do your best to bring him down to the ground." Amy said almost as if she were leader.

"What can we do?" Vector asked.

"You, the bee and the echidna can help me distract the robot away from Sonic." said the dark hedgehog.

"What about me?" asked Cream.

"Uhh... you can go check that lava pit to see if there's anything down there." Vector said absent mindedly.

"Um... I don't know what good it'll do, but I'll do anything I can!" Cream replied running away.

"Alright let's go!" Shadow cried.

They all split up into their separate sections to do as they were told. Espio and Rouge flew close to Eggman. Eggman laughed at the bat until he received a sharp kick in the face by an invisible force.

"Take that you over filled balloon!" Rouge snapped waving her fist.

Espio then punched Eggman out of his flying chair. The twisted doctor came crashing to the feet of Amy, who now wielded her Piko-Piko hammer.

"Heh heh heh.." Amy snickered as she readied her hammer. She held it high over her head, and swung.

Meanwhile, Shadow had caught up to the two racing hedgehogs. He ran beside Metal and smashed his shoulder into the robot, sending it crashing in to the nearby wall. Sonic looked over his shoulder and saw Shadow behind him. They exchanged understanding smiles and continued to run as the robot continued pursuit.

Shadow gave Sonic an encouraging look as he motioned towards Vector and Charmy. Sonic nodded with a mischievous smile. Then, both hedgehogs raced faster towards the two Chaotix detectives. Charmy grabbed Sonic and Sonic grabbed Shadow and they all lifted into the air. Metal couldn't grab on and instead received a rough punch from Vector.

Metal flew to the side and then received a super punch from Knuckles, sending it reeling into a wall of lava rock. Then both Vector and Knuckles began to attack the robot.

Cream, on the other hand, peered over the lava pit and looked down into it. She gasped at the sight of the infernal pit. She looked around and saw a ledge. A figure lay limply on the ledge. Cream fell at the sight and backed away. Then she turned to run to Am.

"Amy! Amy!" she cried.

Amy paused from beating Eggman in the head to look at the frantic rabbit. "What's up Cream?"

"There's someone in there!" she said almost hysterical.

Amy gasped and ran to Sonic and Shadow, who were discussing what to do next.

"Sonic! Shadow!" She screamed. "Cream saw someone in the lava pit!"

"What?" they both replied, eyes wide.

"It might be Tails!" she cried.

Shadow and Sonic both looked at each other. Then at the same time they rushed over to the pit. Sure enough, the figure was still there. Shadow strained his eyes but couldn't see who or what the figure was.

He turned to Sonic and said: "What are we gonna do?"

"I don't know..." Sonic sighed.

Then Vector's voice was heard faintly. "Sonic look out!"

Sonic turned around and saw Metal approaching fast. It then, suddenly hit Sonic hard sending him sailing backwards into the lava pit.

"Sonic!" Everyone cried in unison. (A/n: Gosh that's strange...)

Sonic braced himself the lava to devour him. "This is the end..." He thought.

Suddenly he felt that he landed on a hard surface. He opened his eyes and looked around. He got up and walked around slowly. He noticed that he was on a rock over the lava. He took a deep breath and sighed with great relief. (A/N: Sorry to those who wanted to kill him. He's important in the next story.)

Sonic then looked up and saw Shadow looking dead at him with a questioning look.

"What?" He asked.

"What are you waiting for! Find a way to get over there!" He yelled.

"How am I gonna do that?" Sonic yelled back.

"Uhhh... hey bat c'mere!" Shadow said looking behind him.

"I keep telling you: my name is Rouge!" she snapped as she walked over.

"Go down there and get Sonic across to the other ledge." Shadow ordered.

"And please hurry up! It's getting hot down here." Sonic said fanning himself.

Rouge dove down into the pit, grabbed Sonic and flew full speed over to the opposing ledge. She put him down and stood next to him. Sonic looked around and saw Tails/Midnight lying on the ground.

"Tails!" He said running over to help her.

"That's Tails? She looks like a "Midnight" to me." said Rouge.

Sonic ignored her and picked up the red and black fox in his arms. Her breathing pattern was fading. Sonic felt tears begin to burn his eyes. Seeing his best friend like that disturbed him. And no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't except the fact that Tails might not come back with them.

Suddenly Midnight's eyes opened with rapid speed causing Sonic to jump. She back away from him, and attempted to stand. She then grabbed her side and sunk back to the ground. She looked at her hand, it was covered in blood.

She then looked at Sonic. His eyes were almost unreadable. He didn't know how he felt. Should he feel grateful that she's alive or should he get ready to fight her in case she was ready to fight him. Or should he even be sad knowing that she might disappear again.

"Sonic..." she said slowly but her voice was soft and shaky.

Her eyes were filled with deep sorrow as if she regretted what she had done. And then she slowly she began to speak but fainted. Sonic scrambled over to her. He held her close and looked at Rouge.

"Are you ready yet?" Rouge asked with slight irritation.

Sonic nodded. Rouge flew up and grabbed Sonic by the hand. Sonic held the fox close to him as Rouge flew up to the surface of the pit. Suddenly a large metal cover started to rise over the top of the lava pit.

Shadow stared in shock and looked around frantically. Eggman had pulled some kind of switch! Then broke it! Then he ran away as metal doors sealed the exit to the base.

Rouge flew as fast as she could but wasn't going to make it in time. She threw Sonic and Midnight up through the doors before it closed leaving her in the pit.

"Rouge!" Sonic cried as the he sailed above the closing doors.

He landed on his feet, his breathing was hard and struggled. Knuckles ran over with a look of bewilderment in his eyes. Then he started to punch the metal doors with all of his energy. Vector then joined in to help the frantic echidna to break the metal door. Then Amy began smashing the door with her hammer. Together they broke the door and pulled Rouge out.

Knuckles hugged Rouge. She hugged him back. She cried in his arms.

"I was so scared... don't do that..." Knuckles said with relief.

Sonic grinned slightly then his attenttion was drawn to Shadow.

"Sonic! It's Metal!" Shadow cried running full speed towards the robot.

Metal had all of chaos emeralds in it's robotic arms. Everyone gaped at the sight as Shadow ran faster and faster. Then a blinding light flashed and sent the hedgehog reeling. He was blown backwards by sudden power as the chaos emeralds took full effect.

After the light cleared out, the robot was towering over the entire group. They all stared in fear as they noticed the 7 chaos emeralds in the chest plate on front of Metal's being. The monster roared as it swept it's mighty hand across the ground. Everyone jumped out of the way and stood back at a distance eyeing the robotic beast.

Midnight gaped at the sight as she was supported by Sonic to help her stand. She then studied it over and her gaze stopped at the chaos emeralds.

"Sonic! I need to get to those chaos emeralds!" She cried.

"What? You're in no shape to fight!" Sonic replied in shock.

Midnight was about to protest but Metal struck again. Sonic jumped away and began to run. Midnight ran beside him as best she could, trailing behind him slightly. Sonic looked behind him and thought of the times where they fought together. When they would run, she would have a slight smile on her face. And even this time she did. even though it was slightly mischievous, it was a smile none the less.

"Trust me! I can do this!" she said in a slightly panicked tone.

Sonic hesitated and then nodded. Midnight gave him a slight smile of reassurance before running in the opposite direction.

"Shadow!" She cried as she ran past him.

Shadow followed her and caught up. "What's the plan Midnight?" He asked running beside her.

"We have to get those chaos emeralds out of the slots!" Midnight replied focusing on the emeralds.

Shadow nodded and they both jumped towards the monster.

Meanwhile, Sonic and Knuckles looked for another way out just in case they needed a quick escape.

"The metal door!" Knuckles cried as they ran to it.

"You think we can break it?" Sonic asked looking at him.

"Let's find out!" Knuckles said as he began to pound on the door.

"Everyone! Come help us!" Sonic said as he began kicking it.

Soon enough everyone ran over to help bust open the door.

Meanwhile, Shadow and Midnight were having a difficult time trying to bring Metal down. They tried kicks, punches and even double teaming it, but nothing seemed to work. Midnight had gotten smacked away a few times, and so did Shadow. But neither one of them refused to give up.

"This isn't working!" Midnight cried as she tried another fierce attack.

"Well what do we do?" Shadow snapped. "Do you have anymore ideas?"

"No!" the fox was starting to get frustrated.

Then she noticed a small break in Metal. She got an idea.

"Shadow! If I can get through that hole, I might be able to shut him down from the inside!" she informed him as she took a few steps back.

"As long in works! I'm getting sick of this!" Shadow yelled as he kicked the robot again.

Midnight hopped up top Metal's shoulder and walked in the hole. There she saw a bunch of wires all bunched together. She shrugged and began ripping the wires into pieces.

"This is the ultimate revenge!" she said with a smirk.

Then she saw the chaos emeralds. "yes!" She exclaimed as she ran over to them. She began to push them out, one by one, when all of the sudden, Metal began to teeter to and fro. Midnight heard beeping behind her. She turned around and saw a box.

She ran over to it to examine it.

"Self-Destruct!" she screamed. "OH NO!"

Midnight ran outside the robot's body and looked around. Sonic and the others hadn't made the hole yet but they were trying and Shadow even decided to help.

"SONIC! SHADOW!" She cried.

They both looked at her as she jumped down and ran over to them.

"The robot's gonna blow!" She screamed.

"WHAT?" they exclaimed.

"You have to get out of here!" Midnight said panting.

"What about you, you can't stay here!" Shadow yelled.

"I'll get out too, just open that door!" the fox looked back at Metal. "If we can get metal of the robot, we could get some lava and destroy the door." she added as she ran off.

"C'mon, we gotta help her!" Sonic cried.

Shadow and Sonic ran after the dark fox and followed her up the side of Metal Sonic. They All began to pull at a piece of the metal until it broke off. Midnight then ran back into the robot to see how long they had left.

"We have 15 minutes to finish what we've started." Midnight said with slight urgency.

"Let's go!" Shadow yelled.

The 3 of them jumped down gripping onto the metal and ran over to the lava pit. Vector and Knuckles were called over to bend the metal so it would hold lava inside of it. They then put lava into it and ran over to the door.

They worked quickly as they splashed the lava onto the door. As it began to melt away, Midnight ran back towards Metal. Sonic noticed and ran after her. He stopped in front of the black and red fox.

"What are you doing?" He cried as a lava pit began to explode.

"I have to get the chaos emeralds! They can't get destroyed or who knows what will happen!" she said beginning to run around him.

Sonic quickly grabbed her arm. "You can't! What if you don't make it out in time?" he asked with a little sadness and alot of worry in his voice.

"I'd be saving the world, Sonic. It doesn't matter! Let go!" she said trying to pull away.

"But Tails..." he began.

"Sonic, I'm not Tails anymore. I never will be. Not after what I've done or tried to do..." she replied sadly.

"But..."

"Sonic... I want you to know I'm sorry for what I've done. And I don't know if I can make up for what I did if I don't get the chaos emeralds..."

"Tails..."

Midnight turned away for a moment, then faced Sonic again. Then she kissed him.

"Goodbye Sonic." she said as she turned to run away.

Sonic stood watching as the fox ran away. He felt... well he didn't know how he felt. But all he knew was that he would always remember her as Tails. No matter what she's done. He suddenly felt a hand grab his wrist and pull him.

"Sonic! What are you, stupid? Come on!" Amy cried as she dragged him along.

Sonic ran with her but looked over his shoulder one last time.

Everyone ran out of the volcanic base and finally reached the X-Tornado. Sonic looked back and waited for Midnight to come running up with all 7 chaos emeralds in her arms. She would be waving and smiling as everyone congratulated her on her success. Then she would hug Sonic and Sonic would hug her back. Everyone would return to Knothole city and live happily ever after.

Meanwhile...

Midnight had gotten all the chaos emeralds lose form Metal's chest plate. All of the lava pits were exploding now and she could feel the rush of heat from inside the robot's body. She began to run through to the hole she had gotten through so she could get out.

Suddenly, she was jerked backwards by her neck. A wire was bound around her neck. As she struggled to get away, her arms and legs began to get entangled in the wires as well. She fought harder and harder with each rising second.

Midnight's eyes shot open as she averted her gaze quickly to the self-destruct countdown box. She gasped loudly as she saw the detonate number was at 3 seconds... 2 seconds... 1 second...As the clock struck zero, everything seemed to freeze Midnight felt her heart stop in fear.

Sonic was pacing now as he watched the volcano. Then suddenly it exploded. Sonic screamed as they sky turned red and the entire island was engulfed in smoke. After the smoke began to clear, Sonic opened his eyes, panting as he tried to hold back tears.

"TAILS!" He screamed.

He looked around frantically and began to run towards the now destroyed base. Everyone was soon to follow. They arrived and saw that what remain was nothing but bits of metal and a large fire. Amy caught sight of he ruins and instantly began to sob. Cream followed and soon everyone was either sobbing or crying silently but just as hard.

(A/N: You guys, I am crying even as I right this...)

Sonic screamed in frustration as he fell to his knees. "Tails..." he said again. "Tails... I told you not to go... I told you and you didn't listen..." he stuttered. "Now you're gone!" he finished as tear overwhelmed him. He fell completely to the ground and sobbed.

Sadness engulfed the entire group as they all remembered Tails or Midnight. They were all going to miss her almost as bad as Sonic would. But now that she was gone...nobody knew what else to do but then to leave.

Before leaving, Shadow looked over his shoulder and noticed the 7 chaos emeralds lying together in a heap of soil. He rushed over to pick them up. As soon as he did, he instantly thought of his fallen apprentice. He sighed as a few more tears ran down his face. H picked up the emeralds and ran back to catch with the others.

"Sonic." He called. Sonic stopped and looked over his shoulder.

Shadow showed him the precious jewels. "She saved the emeralds..." he said hesitantly.

Sonic gave a weak smile and then climbed onto the wing of the plane. Shadow followed and the plane took off soon after. And that was it. It was over.

4 hours later...

Eggman returned to the sight of his destroyed base. he pushed through the rubble and looked around.

"Blast it all! They took the chaos emeralds!" He said angrily.

He was about to leave when he nearly tripped over something. He looked down. Then a sinister grin spread across his face. He laughed a horrific laugh.

"You may have won this time Sonic and Shadow," Eggman snickered. "But I will have my revenge!" He laughed again and it echoed. "Mark my words, you will pay!"

-End of story!-

Me- That's it! Be on the look out for the sequel. I have no idea what it's gonna be called but look for it, ok? And the winners of the contest. Yall need to email me so I can inform you on what's going on. Thanks for reading!

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