There you go! Internal Torment is now COMPLETE! I am so happy! I'm want to thank everyone that has reviewed this story. You are all so very nice! I love you all. I ask for your help once again though. I need a few small things. You see, I have no name for the bad guy in the sequel! I need ideas please! Also, I need a title for the sequel, and Huri's story too! For the last time in this story, I do not own Sonic! Read and Review! The mores reviews I get, the sooner I'll post the sequel. Huri's story will be up very soon!

Chapter Sixteen: Ever After?

Rouge opened her eyes and looked around. It took a few minutes for her sight to adjust to everything. When it did she smiled. Everyone was in the room. Well, except for Omega.

He was gone. She would miss him. He was considered a friend to her. Omega had saved her and Shadow's life during the Metal Overlord incident. She looked around, on the bed next to her was Knuckles, next to him was Cream, next to her was Tails, next to him was Amy, next to her was Sonic, next to him was Huri and next to her was Shadow.

She sat up in bed. Bandages covered her body, but thankfully this time her wings were free. No one else was awake. She smiled, it was so quite you could hear Sonic's light snoring. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Knuckles move in his sleep. She smiled as everyone else started to move around. Within minutes, everyone was awake.

" Remind me never to do that again," Shadow said.

" I don't like hospitals, I can't run in them," Sonic wined.

Amy sighed, " your not supposed to run in a hospital."

Knuckles sat up, " I say we make a break for it. We can go to Angel Island and the Master Emerald will heal us."

Sonic nodded quickly, " sounds good to me!"

" Just how do we get out of here?" Cream asked.

" How about Chaos Control?" Sonic asked.

" Shadow, never do that again," Huri added quickly.

He smiled, " thank you Huri. It takes up way too much energy to do Chaos Control with such a large number of people even with two people doing it."

Tails looked at his watch and pressed a black button, " give me five minutes then we'll get out of here."

Everyone looked at him strangely as he began to unhook the machines from him carefully. Cream followed his lead, as did Amy and Rouge. Soon, everyone was unhooked from the machines.

" So, when is your idea going to get here?" Sonic asked.

Tails raised three fingers, and put them down one at a time slowly then pointed at the window.

" Now."

They all looked out the window to see a plane.

Sonic's mouth hung opened, " hey, it's the X-Tornado! I thought it blew up on Eggman's ship?"

" It did, this is the X-Tornado's twin sister the X-Cyclone. Cool isn't it?"

Everyone nodded as Tails slowly opened a window. He motioned for them to hurry; a nurse would come by soon to check up on them. First was Amy, then Cream, then Huri, then Rouge, Knuckles, then Sonic then Shadow and finally Tails. Tails was sitting in the cockpit while Amy and Sonic sat on one wing, Shadow and Huri on the other. Rouge, Knuckles and Cream were sitting behind Tails.

" See ya later hospital!" Sonic yelled as they were in the air.

" To Angel Island!" Knux shouted.

Everyone else cheered happily. Huri was clinging onto Shadow for dear life. She had never flown on a wing before. Shadow was smiling as he held her around the waist.

" Better?" he asked.

She smiled, " much."

Sonic smiled at Amy, who was having no problems standing on the wing. He grabbed her hand and she smiled. They reached Angel Island and Tails landed the X-Cyclone. Tails, Rouge, Knuckles and Cream got out of the plane while Sonic, Amy, Huri, and Shadow jumped off the wing. They ran up to the Master Emerald Shrine.

When they got there Knuckles placed his hands on the giant gem and Tikal and Chaos came out. Sonic jumped seeing the water demon again, but Knux reassured him that he was a good guy.

" I see you brought visitors," Tikal stated.

Knux nodded, " yeah, I did. We came to see if the Master Emerald could heel us?"

" Ask it, I'm sure it will."

Knux placed his hand on the Master Emerald again, " please, Master Emerald heel us. We were all injured by Eggman and don't feel like spending weeks in the hospital. Please."

The Master Emerald glowed green, and everyone felt there wounds slowly heel. When it stopped glowing, they ripped the bandages off, yelling happily. Sonic was happiest of all; he started running circles around them, literally.

" 3, 2, 1," Shadow stuck his foot out and tripped Sonic.

Huri hit him on the Arm lightly, surpressing her urge to laugh.

" Ow, Shadow! That hurt! Your mean!" Sonic said pushing himself up.

" It wasn't supposed to tickle, and I know I am Faker. It's who I am."

" Shadow, apologize to Sonic, you forget if it wasn't for them we wouldn't be her right now," Huri demanded.

Shadow looked at her, " make me."

Huri smiled evilly as she grabbed his ear, " apologize, now."

" Ow! Let go that doesn't come off! Let go of my ear Huri!"

" Apologize!"

She tightened her grip on his ear. He winced in pain.

" Alright! I'm sorry Sonic! I'm sorry! Now, let go!"

Everyone just starred as she let go. He rubbed his ear.

" And Sonic calls me mean," Shadow whispered.

" What was that?" Huri asked in a scary voice.

Shadow sweat-dropped and took a few steps back, " nothing! I didn't say a word!"

Everyone started to laugh as Shadow backed away in fear.

Tikal smiled, " oh yes, Knuckles did you bring back the Chaos Emeralds back?"

Knuckles stopped laughing instantly and looked at the ground, " uhhhhhh no. No I did not."

Tikal sighed, " Knuckles, you need to go get them. They need to be at the shrine so you can watch over them too. It is important that they never into the wrong hands again."

Knuckles nodded, " alright, Tails do you think you could run me back to the hospital to get them?"

Tails nodded, " sure thing, let's go now so we can get back quickly."

" Right, we'll be back soon guys. See ya!" Knux yelled.

Tails and Knux hopped in the X-Cyclone and were off.

30 Minutes Later

" Look there they are!" Cream yelled happily.

She missed Tails while he was gone.

Rouge sat up, " finally, they were gone forever!"

" 30 minutes actually," Sonic added.

Rouge gave him a death glare and he put his hands up in defense.

" What? I didn't do anything wrong!" Sonic yelled as the plane landed.

Knuckles and Tails ran over to them.

" They weren't there!" Tails yelled.

Tikal reappeared, " what!"

" We looked everywhere in that hospital, no one has seen them!" Knuckles said out of breath.

Amy smacked her forehead, " you mean we have to find them all again!"

Knuckles nodded, " pretty much yeah."

Huri looked around, " um I haven't been around as long as everyone else has so can I get an explanation to WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!"

Shadow placed a hand on her shoulder, " remember the shiny stones that we used before?"

" Shadow, I'm not an idiot. Everyone knows they are called the Chaos Emerald and that they hold unimaginable power. I just want to know what is going on right now."

" Ok then, right now we are talking."

" Shadow, do I have to hurt you?"

" No. Okay, basically we've got to find them all over again because they belong here with the Master Emerald. The Master Emerald controls the Chaos Emeralds."

Knuckles nodded, " the servers are the seven chaos, power is chaos, chaos enriched by the heart. The controller is the one that unifies the chaos."

Huri gave a thumbs up, " okay, so how do we find them?"

Tails raised his hand, " I'll just have to make another Chaos Emerald Detector, but it will take a while since I don't have a Chaos Emerald to power it. Or give it the proper wavelength. So I won't be able to get the exact wave frequency, but I'll be able to get pretty close."

" How long do you think that will take?" Cream asked.

Tails shrugged, " I don't really know."

Knuckles made his way up to the Master Emerald and placed his hand on it.

" Master Emerald please……."

" So you telling me you don't know how long it will take you to make this CED?" Sonic asked.

Tails nodded as the island began to shake, " what was that?"

He soon got his answer as they group felt the island lowering itself towards the see. Knuckles came back smiling.

" Knuckles what's going on!" Rouge screamed.

" I asked the Master Emerald to become part of the land again. It'll make everything easier."

Rouge smiled, " it does."

" Well, we had better get going, we'll leave you to here to do whatever. See ya guys," Tails said walking towards the X-Cyclone.

Sonic, Amy, and Cream followed him.

" I think I'd rather run," Huri said walking towards the new bridge that suddenly formed.

Shadow nodded, " I agree. We will see you all later. That I am sure of."

He followed Huri, placing his arm around her waist as they walked.

When they were out of everyone's ear range Shadow smiled and kissed her on the cheek.

" I love you Huri."

She smiled and kissed him back, " I love you too Shadow."

Rouge smiled as she saw them leave. There little adventure wasn't over, but it was on hold until Tails could make that device. Tikal smiled as she saw the guardian and former thief. She disappeared along with Chaos.

" Knuckles?"

" Yeah Rouge?"

" I love you, and I'm sorry."

" You don't have to apologize Rouge. I hate to admit it, but I would have done the same thing if my presence was threatening your life. I love you to Rouge."

Rouge grinned and walked towards him, and kissed him on the lips. He smiled as he kissed back. They broke about a minute later, only because they needed air. He took her hand and walked to the stairs of the shine. He sat down and she laid her head down on his chest.

Both happy, just being in each other's presence. No cares, no worries, no diabolical villains wanting to take over the world. For now at least………

Some Place Far Away That I Haven't Thought Up Yet

" Soon enough, I will have everything I want, soon enough."

The voice began to laugh as the seven Chaos Emeralds glowed brightly. The light highlighted his teeth, and yellow eyes.