Return of Gerlad's Legacy

Chapter 26: Emily are you ther-OH MY . . .!

The light? Why did the light have to be so bright? Shade squinted his eyes to try to adapt to this small star that decided to be right in front of him. He closed his eyes once more and then opened them again. The painful light was gone. No giant star. Only two beautiful blue stars in a white furry sky. He recognized them in an instant. He looked down this goddess face. Her fur was wet from tears. He could smell the Dr. Pepper she had been drinking earlier. "Angel . . ." he breathed, his voice weak.

She blushed, partly from being so close to him, but mostly from his words. "Don't scare me like that!" she exclaimed quietly. She felt something on her back. His weak arms were wrapping around her. If her face was red now, then it was crimson. "Wha—?" she breathed.

She leaned in closer to the bruised hedgehog. Her heart was beating a 100 mi per hr. Was this real? If so she was the luckiest girl on the face of the universe. Only a little closer.

Touch.

Their lips meet. Unbridled passion burned through them. The man she loved was kissing her. The woman he loved was kissing him. This was their dream come true.

Though extremely tired, another black hedgehog watched this scene unfold before his aged eyes. He had to admit. His son had good taste. And so did the girl. He smirked as he drifted off to sleep, the memories of his own dating experience gliding into dreams.

Days past, with no new reports on major Black Arms advancement. More so as they were going back. They had decided to pull back most of their forces to protect the Eclipse Ray.

There was much joyous news around the 'newly refurbished' Beta Site. The damage from Shade's escapades had been repaired. Most everyone was back at the site. The President had been relocated from the Site back to the States, but Loveless decided to stay claiming that 'the bastard's blood would be on her hands.'

But that's not what was on everyone's minds. Everyone was really getting caught up in their own things. Mostly relationships.

Sonia sat in Shadow's lap. His face had a few scars to go along his 'interrogation' scars. Shadow hated them but Sonia said they gave him character. This is the most peace they had in years. Finally. No having to go onto suicide missions or having to deal with 'rebellious teens'. Peace at last.

"Dear?" Sonia said to her husband who was deep in thought.

"Hmm?" he replied.

"What are you thinking about?"

He chuckled. "Just the little romance novels that seem to be popping up all around us."

She laughed. "If you me our children, then you better get that pen and paper out. You could steal the rights."

He put her down and went through a desk in their room. He produced a pen and pad. "Alright shot." he said with a completely straight face.

Sonia giggled but went along with his joke. "Our daughter is unofficially dating Tails and Cosmo's son. Our son is officially dating Knuckles and Rouge's daughter. Charmy and Cream are married and apparently with Creams extremely drastic mood changes and craving I would crazy if I didn't see that she is pregnant. And all this happening during World War III! I need to see if the people during WWI and WWII had to deal with this."