Chapter 25

Forever

One. The bomb exploded. We felt a shockwave hit us, it knocked me back, the explosion was huge. It was definitely powerful enough to wipe out Hillsboro, and plenty of the surrounding area. I felt weak. "Dylan? Are you okay?" Court asked me. I shook my head. I began to fly back to the Earth. I flew back through the atmosphere, Court quickly followed. I saw myself flashing, back to my original self. "I…" I stuttered, "I-I can't make it." My super form dissipated, and I was reverted back to my original state. I began to fall back to Earth. Court's face was the last thing I saw before everything went black.

"Dylan!"

I opened my eyes, "What? Where am I? Court?" I leaned up, I was in a very unfamiliar place. The walls were made of a grey stone, with stain glass windows. I had no idea where I was. "Is this a dream?" I asked myself. I looked at the bed I was on, it was very low and close to the ground. I shifted towards the edge of the bed and put my feet on the ground. "Man, this is too weird." I said to myself. I looked forward, there was a wooden door. I was going to get up and leave and explore my surroundings, but the door opened before I could even get up. Seven people walked in, all wearing dark brown robes with hoods over their heads. I couldn't see their faces. They each had ropes tied around their waist, and a golden necklace with a ring at the end of it. They also had their hands together and covered by the long sleeves of the robes.

"Alright, what's going on here? Where am I? And who are you?" I asked them. The one in the center raised his head up, I still couldn't see their faces. "We are the seven monks; we are the followers of the Chaos Emeralds." He said to me. "Monks? Followers of the Chaos Emeralds? What do you mean?" He disregarded my question. "You have been chosen by the Chaos Emeralds. You have a great adventure ahead of you." I looked at them dumbfounded. "What do you mean? I just beat Eggman! My adventure should be coming to an end!" The monk shook his head slowly. "You have much greater deeds to accomplish, young one." I face palmed. "What do you mean! What does all of this mean? Please tell me! How did I even get here!" The monk nodded, "You will learn in time, young one." I gritted my teeth, "Will you stop calling me young please? I am sixteen years old! I'm not a kid!" The monk made a small chuckle. "You still have much to learn."

Each of the monks then held their hands out, revealing a Chaos Emerald in each one's hands. They raised their emeralds into the air. Each one of the emeralds floated into the air towards me. They began to circle around me. They went faster and faster and faster until a bright flash of light blinded me.

"Dylan?" I heard a crying voice say to me. I opened my eyes to see Cassy and Court kneeling besides me crying, with the rest of our team gathered closely around. I leaned up, "Hey guys." I quickly got hugs. "I thought you were gone." Cassy said as she sobbed. "You really scared me." Court said also crying. "What happened?" I asked them. "You ran out of rings at the edge of space. Luckily Court saved you before you fell." Sonic said to me. "If Tails didn't give me the last ring container, you wouldn't have made it." Court said to me. "I had just enough energy to get you back down here." I began to get on my feet. "Did we win?" I asked. Cassy smiled, "You definitely kicked some ass out there." I laughed.

I looked up at the sky, which was now blue, instead of the red color. "How long was I out?" I asked. "You weren't out too long, Eggman has been out way longer than you have." David said as he put his hand on my shoulder and pointed over at Eggman. Eggman was still unconscious. I felt my wrists, "Where's my rings?" I looked down at my shoes. "And my other gear?" Tails looked up, "It must have broken off when you were in the atmosphere. "Aww, man." I said as I looked down at the green grass. "It's okay, you can have one of mine." Court said to me as she began to take her ring off her hand. I put my hand on her ring. "No, you keep it. It's okay." She shrugged, "Are you sure?" I nodded. "Yeah, I don't need them anymore anyways." Trevor ran up to me. "Whoa! Dylan! You and Courtney were like whoosh! Super! It was awesome." I laughed. "Thanks Trevor." Chelsea was bouncing up and down, "You guys saved the world! Omigosh! My best friend saved the world!" She grabbed Court and gave her a big hug.

"You really did awesome out there, Dyly-Poo! You guys really are heroes." Angela said with a smile on her face. "When you guys flew past me I was like no way!" David chuckled. "Way to go bud! You two make a good team." Ben cheered. "Good job buddy!" John said as he smiled a big grin. "You have ultimate power. You two are possibly the strongest humans I've ever encountered." Shadow said with a small smile. "Yeah, you two are real hot-shots now!" Rouge said with a wink. "I'd say you two are pretty strong. But not as strong as me!" Knuckles said with as he chuckled. Rouge smacked him in the back of the head. "Ow! Okay jeeze! Sorry!" Team Rose ran up to us, Cream and Cheese had flowers in their hands. "Thank you for everything! These are for you!" Cream lifted off of the ground and placed a crown of flowers on our heads. "You know, Cream and Cheese only do that when she finds someone she really likes." Sonic said to me.

"Oh, well I feel special then! Thanks Cream and Cheese!" I gave them both hugs, as did Court. I leaned over to Court, "Cream and Cheese are just so dang adorable." She giggled, "I know!" Cream and Cheese then flew over and dropped flower crowns on all of her new human friends. "What is that?" Cassy quickly asked as she winced, Cream dropped the crown on her head, "Oh pretty!" She said as she touched it. She gave a big smile after that. "I'd have to say this adventure is coming to an-" Sonic began to say, but got cut off by a loud crashing noise to the left of the group. Everybody took a fighting stance as a big pile of rubble shook before toppling over throwing dust into the air. "Hold on, get ready!" Sonic said as he got ready to run at whatever it was. "What could it be now!" I said as I prepared myself.

The dust settled and everybody stared at what was standing there. It was something no one expected. "Mom?" I said as I cocked my head sideways. My mom stood there with a baseball bat and her hair pulled back. "What the hell?" Cassy asked as my mom stood there and smiled. "Hey Dylan! Good to see you boy!" She said as she walked over to me and gave me a big hug. "Did you and Court Court have a fun adventure?" I slowly nodded my head. Behind my mom followed my dad, Chris and Sharami. "How did you…" Chris walked by me shaking his head with a nervous smile on his face. "You don't wanna know dude." I really didn't, my mom is awesome, and you don't want to mess with her. I should never doubt that they won't be safe with her.

I looked at Sonic, "I guess this means it's time for you guys to go now?" Sonic slowly nodded. I frowned, "But hey, don't worry. You never know, we may run into each other again someday!" Sonic said with a wink and a thumb up. I smiled, "You guys deserve a vacation. You should take a rest." Tails said to our group. "Wait! Sonic, what about Eggman?" Court said as she pointed to Eggman, who regained consciousness and was sitting up holding his head. "Ugh…" He mumbled as he began to stand up. Sonic's gang looked at him fiercely, but Cassy stepped in front of them. "I'll handle this guys, hey Angela!" Angela smirked as she walked over to Cassy. They then proceeded to walk over to Eggman, who snarled at them. "What do you want!" Cassy popped her knuckles. "You do know what happens when you mess with my brother, right?"

Eggman waved his hand in her face and turned his back to walk away, "I don't have time for this!" He said. "I do!" Cassy grabbed his shirt and pulled him back. I closed my eyes. "What! No! Ow!" I heard Eggman cry out in pain as Cassy and Angela took care of him. "Please! No! Stop!" I heard a lot of crashing, and grunting. I really didn't want to know what they were doing to Eggman, but he deserved it. I opened my eyes when everybody gasped, then it went silent. Eggman was knocked out, again. "That takes care of that!" Cassy said as she dusted herself off, "Thank you, Ms. Angela!" Angela smirked, "No problem, Ms. Cassy!" I laughed; I knew my friends would always be there to fight by my side, no matter what. They were the best friends I could ever ask for.

"It's time for us to go," Sonic said sadly, "I hope to see you all again soon!" Sonic ran off waving, until we couldn't see him anymore. "Nice meeting you all!" Tails said as he jumped in the Tornado and flew off. "It's was my pleasure! I will miss you all!" Amy said as her and Team Rose ran off, "Bye everybody!" "Chao Chao!" Cream and Cheese hollered, "Buh-byee!" Big said as he ran off, he fell though. "Wait for meee!" He said as he ran with his arms flailing. "It's been fun!" Rouge said as she flew off. "Goodbye!" Knuckles ran off. "I'll take care of Eggman from here." Shadow stated as he went and picked up the scientist like it was nothing. "Sayonara." Shadow said as he skated off with the rest of the Sonic crew.

I almost cried, but I had a feeling I would see them all again, very soon.

The End

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A Boy, a Girl, and a Hedgehog 2: The Good, the Bad, and the Spiky!

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