Never Forget

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The day's progressed like normal...well as normal as it could be, Shadow rarely talked to me and Omega when we were around...I at least know that he's been leaving the apartment, and showering. But most of the time he's been locked up in his room.

I have oftentimes picked the lock to get inside to see if everything was right with him. But every time I did he was nowhere to be seen, but his memorial was coming along. Every time I look at it I see Shadow and what I suppose is Maurice sitting on top of that hill with those fireflies flying around them and the setting sun just peaking over the horizon of those clouds they were close, touching hands almost.

The white bat stepped fully into the surprisingly clear room, to get a better look at the memorial...every time she glanced at it she couldn't help but feel her ears tilt back at seeing the two hedgehogs...being so close...but not touching, she was slowly starting to understand that agonizing pain that the Life Form had been feeling. It was something far worse than loneliness.

"Rouge, you know better than to break into Shadow's Room like this."

The large E-Series Robot spoke out, standing in the doorway of the room... its scanners picked up on the memorial just scanning the scene that had been painted onto the wall, though it may be a robot it had some understanding of emotions mostly because it spends most of its time around Mobians and Humans, watching and learning about those traits and emotional quo. It only turned its body to face the bat.

"What...I was worried okay..." The bat said looking away from the robot's gaze.

"What are you doing in my room?"

"Shadow your Memorial is..." the bat started as she just didn't know the right words to say about it.

"Depressing"

"Omega!"

The black hedgehog didn't show much emotion...he hadn't not in a long time since he had come across that fake resting place he had created for that blue hedgehog...over the days he's been trying to figure himself out, finding a reason to stay on this planet, to continue with being a hero...but sadly his mind just kept wandering towards those good memories, those close moments when he held that blue hedgehog's hand. But now it was just filled with nothing but emptiness. A feeling that he couldn't explain, a feeling that felt like his heart was being ripped out of his chest.

"Look Shadow...I had no idea that this feeling that you were suffering from was something other than Loneliness." The bat said to the hedgehog as she stepped aside to let the Life Form enter his room.

He again was silent, as his crimson eyes as ever were always dull...as if he had just given up on everything, which I hope wasn't true. Sure I know nothing about this Maurice character...but I do know that they must be important to Shadow in some way. As much as I could just look for answers for myself...I'd rather hear it from Shadow than from me just snooping through his personal information.

"Listen Rouge...I'm fine, just stay out of my room."

He said before I could make an attempt to speak again he shut the door in my face, locking it back up...a soft breath escaped my lips as I just pressed my hand against the door, I wanted to say something, anything, but nothing came out of my mouth. I guess I too had given up on trying to cheer him up...as much as it pains me to say that, throughout these past four days, I just hadn't made much progress with him. I've given him space...talked to him almost every day, and helped him try and realize that he's not alone in all this.

But he is...I can't explain what he's going through but it was something much worse than him just being lonely.

"Shadow...I don't know what's going through your head, but just know that I was glad to call you my friend and partner."

I didn't get an answer, which at this point I was kind of used to...but I said I meant it, I just wanted to let him know that I cared about him. Even if he was grumpy, and a little bit of a brat at times but he had always brought a smile to my face.

The E-Series Robot only shifted its body to watch as the bat started to walk away from the door, it only looked back at the door before stomping after the bat.

As the footsteps started to disappear from my room, I only looked down at the green emerald that I was holding in my hands...I had already written my letter to Rouge, my final goodbyes to being amongst people like her...it's not that that I feel depressed or unhappy around her and Omega, it's just that I felt so empty, this feeling that I was feeling wasn't loneliness like I thought it was, it was something much stronger, and it wasn't despair.

Like I said it just felt like someone stabbing me into my heart, repeatedly...to the point that all I felt was nothing but agony and emptiness. But when I was around Maurice, or those memories would flood my mind that feeling just went away...like the only thing that mattered was being with him. Holding him in my arms, feeling his hand in my hand, his cheek against mine.

"I'm sorry Maurice...but I still kept your promise of keeping Mobius safe, but...it just doesn't feel the same without you in it."

The black hedgehog unlocked the door to his room as he held the emerald high in the air before he said those familiar words.

"CHAOS CONTROL!?!" With a flash of green light, he was suddenly gone from his room leaving nothing behind but a saddened memory.