And here comes the ending for you all. I have to say, this was a real blast writing. Thank you all so much for your reading and reviewing.

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Knuckles felt himself moving upward, and to the echidna, it felt like he was ascending to heaven. His body was as light as a feather as it increased speed to his destination, and his vision still was blocked by a white blanket.

Finally, the echidna landed on some sort of ground. His vision began returning, and he could see what looked like a white room in front of him. There was a table, a single, comfortable-looking chair, and a large window. It seemed to be overlooking the planet, as space was visible inside it. Knuckles stood up awkwardly, and in the chair, a figure sat.

"Where….where am I?" Knuckles asked, looking around, and the figure turned. It was none other than the Creator.

"You're where I usually reside. I get a front seat to everything from here." He told the echidna with a grin, and Knuckles suddenly began to remember all that had transpired on the planet below.

"You defeated Cthulhu, Knuckles." He told the echidna, who seemed to become angry.

"I did! But what's the point! Everyone except me is dead!" Knuckles shouted back to the Creator, a furious look on his face. "You think this is all a joke? Everyone is dead!"

The Creator smiled, and to Knuckles, it seemed like Kareem was mocking him.

"Don't worry. Since you managed to kill Cthulhu, I got my power back. I can bring them all back. I can fix everything." He said out loud, and the echidna's expression suddenly changed from anger to surprise. He started to talk, but quickly.

"You can bring everyone back from the dead?" Knuckles asked, warm thoughts of the perished reentering his mind.

"Of course I can!" the Creator responded. "I brought you back from near death! Otherwise we wouldn't be having this conversation right now. I'm called "the Creator" for a reason." Kareem responded, like Knuckles was clueless.

"Then do it! Turn everything back to the way it was!" Knuckles pressed on to Kareem, who shook his head.

"Not yet. I have something else to do first." He told Knuckles, who had actually begun to calm down.

"What?" Knuckles asked, his mind becoming anxious to see everyone again.

"I don't want to do this but…..I'm going to have to make you forgot a lot of what has happened today. It's for you and everyone else's own good." The Creator told Knuckles, who seemed in shock at the Creator's proposal.

"What? Why?" Knuckles asked, this time angrily.

The Creator sighed.

"It's just…..I never wanted something like this to happen. My world was not one that should have been subjected to violence. I wanted peace, and I wanted to see you all live alongside each other without the influence of the outside world. That is why I created it. But these things….these, Great Old Ones, they came and almost destroyed everything I had created. You defeated them, Knuckles. But with your victory, you won't be able to shake off the death you've witnessed. I do not want a world borne of death and destruction. And so, you'll only remember that they came, you fought, and you won. Nothing else. Unfortunately, I'm going to have to take away some memories that I don't want to."

Knuckles listened, and the Creator's mind was on the fact that a relationship had actually transpired between Sonic and Amy. But those memories would have to be diminished, for the Creator did not want it to happen this way. So, it would have to happen all over again.

"Think of it this way." The Creator told Knuckles, "Everyone gets a fresh start again. You'll all just know that you were part of a massive war, in which you all triumphed. And you have my word, that with your banishment of the Great Old Ones, they will never come back to my world ever again."

"You have a point, I guess." Knuckles responded, not wanting to admit he was wrong. The Creator put out his hand, smiling.

"So, do we have a deal?" Kareem asked, and Knuckles took the human's hand firmly.

"Deal.", he said, and at the moment he spoke, everything suddenly went white.

Knuckles was now back on the planet again. And his head was spinning. He was having trouble remembering things, but he knew that something important had happened the other day. He knew that they had all made it out okay.

All around him, many familiar faces had appeared. Samurai Jack looked in surprise, wondering what had truly happened. Blaze and Silver gave each other hugs, for even though they did not remember much, they knew that the significant other was okay again. The KND all went into a group hug, and even Numbuh 4 joined in. All of Team Starfox was together again, and Falco almost went into tears.

Everyone who had supposedly died was now alive again. It was as if a miracle had happened.

"This is strange." Jack Skellington said, inspecting his bony body, "I was dead."

"You're already dead!" Shock squealed, while Lock and Barrel giggled behind her.

"I mean dead like I was before. I'm here and dead again." Jack responded, but Sally merely gave him a warm hug.

"Does it really matter?" she said, hugging him tight.

"I guess not." Jack Skellington said, holding his love in his bony arms.

Team Chaotix were glad to know that they were all alive and kicking again, and at the same time, Shadow cracked an awkward smile. Rouge once again hugged an unsuspecting Knuckles, and the echidna's face showed obvious blushing as he was caught in the bat's embrace.

In the sea nearby, Godzilla was returning to the depths he called home. He turned, and if his anatomy had allowed him, he might have smiled.

Mandark looked as if he'd been through hell and back, but he was nonetheless relieved to be alive. Dexter was caught up in a hug by his sister, Dee Dee. The little genius let tears pour out of his eyes, for he was more than glad that she was alive again.

And Tails, who had just been comforting Cream and Cheese, could see two more familiar faces. Amy had Sonic in a death embrace, and although he was glad to see her alive, he nevertheless struggled to get out of it.

"Oh, Sonic, I'm so glad you're okay!" she said, hugging him tightly.

"I'm glad I'm okay too, Amy. I'm happy were all alive. Now….can you please let me go?" Sonic asked, and Amy released her hold on the hedgehog, slightly blushing. He almost distanced himself from her, but for some reason, he was feeling strange warmth in his heart when she had hugged him.

"Maybe we can go do something later, Amy. I'm sorry for snapping at you before." Sonic said to her, his voice genuine as he alluded to what he had said to her after she'd found him hiding under the shade of a tree. Amy blinked, and then caught him in another hug.

"Really? You're the best, Sonic!" she said, and Sonic nervously took in her hug.

Above, the Creator watched them all, smiling. He was glad that Knuckles had defeated Cthulhu. But in truth, it was a group effort. For if they had not all succeeded, Kareem would have been trapped in his void for eternity, stripped of his god-like powers.

And now, he became anxious, for he would be watching the development of a relationship between Sonic and Amy in the near future.

Now, he could continue to do what he did best. For as long as this world was destined to exist, he would watch and nurture those who lived upon it. It was his creation, and it was the denizens of this planet that had stopped the might of the Great Old Ones. It brought a tear to his eyes, and he wiped it away. For now, they could live in the way he had wanted.

Though it had been a hard choice, the Creator knew that wiping the memories of those down below would result in the start of something new. He could watch his creations grow in peace. And who knows. Maybe he'd stop by in the future.

For Kareem knew that although the battle had been won, there was still much more ahead of them. Their lives were now all interweaved, and in truth, the story never ended. The Creator took a last glance at the serene calm of his world. The space above now held the Great Fox once again. It was as if the Great Old Ones had never come.

The Creator fell into a much needed sleep, and his dreams were full of happiness. Everything was as it should be. The future looked bright.

THE END

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That was one wild ride of a story, was it not? To make everyone excited, I have a lot of ideas for one shots and long stories in this world that will specifically focus on specific characters. We'll see when the first one arrives. Until then, thanks for reading!