Wow! Chapter Twenty! It's finally over! This is the last chapter! I just want to thank all those who reviewed my story! It really means a lot to me. I'm so thankful to have nice people like you that gave me such nice reviews. All three stories, Internal Torment, Huri's Past, and Internal Torment: Battle Not Yet Won are 228 pages long! Wow, longest story I've ever written! I'm kinda sad to be ending this story, but am happy at the same time. I'll probably write another Sonic fic, though not a continuation of this one, after I write my One Piece fic. Once again. I don't own Sonic. Please, Read and Review. I would like the encouragement.
Chapter Twenty: Epilogue
Tails turned on his heel and began walking towards Sonic again. He had been doing this for the past ten hours. Page, Kage and Gen were asleep in their new beds. It was decided that after their old home was destroyed they would make a new one on Angel Island. They had decided not to go separate ways, seeing as how the kids couldn't say goodbye to each other.
Tails sighed, stopped and looked at his watch, sighed again and began to pace again. A low growl escaped Knuckles lips as he stood up. He grabbed Tails by the shoulders, stopping him from pacing.
" Think you can stop and sit down?"
It wasn't really a question, more of a demand. Tails moved a hand behind his head and chuckled nervously.
" Sorry, I'm just nervous."
" Cut Tails a break Knux, remember when Rouge was having Gen? You were worse then Tails!" Sonic voiced.
Shadow only nodded, bringing the memory back to mind.
Knux sat in a chair, tapping his foot impatiently. A cup of coffee in his hand, he took a swig. Sonic and Shadow could only stare at him. That was his fourteenth coffee in seven hours. One cup every thirty minutes.
Their kids, barely one month and two months old, were sleeping. How they were sleeping while Rouge was giving birth was unknown since she was so loud. They were grateful though. Knuckles' body twitched.
" How much longer does it take to have a baby?" Knux agitatedly asked.
" It took Amy twelve hours to have Kage," Sonic mentioned.
" Took Huri eighteen," Shadow added.
Knux sighed as he took another drink of coffee. He twitched yet again. Sonic and Shadow decided it would be best for their safety if they stayed away from him. Amy burst though the door; her scrubs had blood on them. Knuckles was so jumpy since he had his coffee, and threw it in the air. It landed in his lap and he screamed in pain.
It hadn't hit 'there', but it had burned his upper thigh area. Sonic and Shadow had a cross between a painful grimace and a trying not to laugh look on their faces. Amy ran back in, and returned with a towel. Knux cleaned himself up and ran into the delivery room. Sonic and Shadow looked at each other then began to laugh.
" I didn't know that had happened," Tails chuckled.
" Fourteen cups of coffee in seven hours, what did you expect?" Sonic asked.
" Oh shut up Sonic! You weren't all that calm while Amy was having Kage!" Knux yelled, recalling the memory.
Sonic was sitting down, drumming his fingers on the couch. He took a bite of his chocolate bar. Page was asleep upstairs. Knux and Shadow were starring at him.
" What?" Sonic snapped, taking another bite of his chocolate bar.
" How many of those have you had Sonic?" Shadow suspiciously asked.
" I dunno, a lot," Sonic speedily said.
" No shit," Knux sarcastically added.
Sonic glared at him, but then took another bit of his candy bar.
" How long has it been?" Sonic asked aloud.
" Twelve hours just about," Shadow answered.
" I hope it doesn't take Rouge this long," Knux whispered.
" What was that?" Sonic asked.
Knux shook his head, waving his hands in the air defensively, " nothing."
Huri burst through the door, " Sonic, it's done."
Sonic smiled and raised the chocolate to his lips again. When he bit down, he bit his own hand and screamed in pain. Waving it around in the air, as if to cool it off, he walked in the delivery room.
" Idiot," Shadow muttered as Knux rolled on the ground laughing.
" How come no one ever told me these stories?" Tails demanded.
" You never asked," Shadow simply stated.
Tails 'humphed' and threw himself in a chair.
" Well, what about Shadow?" Tails asked.
Knux and Sonic sat down again, thinking about the day Page was born.
Shadow lay on the couch, his eyes closed. Sonic and Knuckles were staring at him.
" How can he be asleep at a time like this?" Sonic asked.
Knux nodded, " yeah, I'd expect this from you Sonic, not Shadow."
Sonic glared at him, " hey!"
" It's the truth! You can sleep through almost anything!" Knux yelled.
" That's not true! If Amy was in labor right now, I'd be freaking out!" Sonic yelled.
" You'd probably be sleeping!" Knux yelled back.
" Freaking out!"
" Sleeping!"
" Freaking out!"
" Sleeping!"
While the two were arguing, Cream opened the door. Shadow lazily opened one eye and saw her. He stood up and began to walk over to her. Sonic and Knux were still arguing. He sighed and pointed his hand in their direction.
Two small Chaos Spears hit them dead on shutting them up. They just lay there, twitching every few seconds.
"Idiots," he whispered and followed Cream in the room.
Tails was rolling on the floor laughing. Shadow had a smirk on his face.
" Later, I told them I wasn't sleeping, I had just focused on the clock to get their voices out of my head."
Tails whipped the tears of laughter away, and stood back up.
" I guess I missed a lot while I was delivering your kids huh?"
The others nodded small smiles on their faces. Tails sat down, and placed his hands in his lap. He laced his fingers together, and smiled.
" I can't wait to see my baby. Gen's going to be so happy to have another girl around. Even though she is six years younger than her, I think they will get along when they are older."
" Tails! I'm going to kill you when this is over with!" Cream screamed.
Tails looked at the door uncomfortably. Sonic and Knuckles laughed.
Shadow chuckled, " I would hate to be you right now. It sounds like she really will."
Tails' ears drooped as he shifted uncomfortably in the chair at Shadow's statement. They sat there in silence for a few more minutes. Rouge opened the door; a smile on her sweat soaked face. Judging by the way that she looked, she had delivered the baby. Tails smiled and stood up, he began to run towards her.
He tripped over his shoestring and landed at Rouge feet. Grinning sheepishly, he stood up and walked in the room. Sonic, Shadow and Knux only chuckled. Deciding it was best to stay on his feet, he walked into the room. Knux, Shadow and Sonic stayed outside until they could go in, which would only be like ten minutes. Tails walked over to Cream's bedside, smiling happily.
" Hey, how are you doing?" Tails asked.
" Better now that she is out of me."
Tails kissed Cream softly on the lips and brushed some stray hair away from her face.
" You're so beautiful."
Cream smiled as Huri came I, holding a small bundle in her arms.
" Careful, watch the head," she whispered as she handed the baby to Cream.
Tails took in all of his little girl's features. She had light tan fur like her mother, she had her mother's light chocolate colored eyes, and she had her mother's rabbit body.
" Wow, she looks so much you Cream," Tails whispered, sitting in a chair next to her.
" She has some of your characteristics too Tails," Cream smiled, and uncovered the small baby.
Sure enough, the baby had Tails' fox like ears, his two tails, white fur on her belly, and the tip of her tails were white. A small smile crossed his lips again.
" Hey there little girl, guess what? I'm your daddy, and the beautiful women holding you is your mommy. We love you so much and are happy to welcome you into the world."
Tail placed his finger on her small hands, and she lightly grasped it.
" Hey look, she's holding my finger."
Cream smiled and kissed Tails on the cheek, " I'm so happy Tails, look at our gorgeous daughter."
" Like I said, she'll have her mother's beauty, and her father's brains. Was I right or was I right?"
Amy walked up to them smiling, " so what have you decided to name her guys? I need to know for the birth certificate."
Tails and Cream exchanged glances, " uhhhh…..give us a minute?"
Amy nodded and walked away. Cream handed their baby over to Tails, who happily took her. She placed a finger to her chin.
" A name, why did we never think of a name?" Cream asked.
Tails shrugged, " we'll we were building a new home, I guess that could be the reason."
" How about Tiz?"
" No, doesn't sound right."
" Hinta?" Cream questioned.
" As a middle name yeah, but what about a first?" Tails stared at the little girl who was smiling at him.
" What about Vanilla?" Tails asked.
Cream looked shocked, " why my mother's name? I mean it sounds great, just why did you suggest that?"
" Her smiled, it reminds me of the way Vanilla used to smile that's all. Plus, I think Vanilla would be happy to have this gorgeous baby named after her."
Cream smiled, " Vanilla Hinta Prower. I like it. Our little Vanilla."
Tails smiled proudly and kissed Vanilla's forehead, " our little girl."
He leaned over again, and kissed Cream on the forehead. Shadow, Sonic and Knux had gotten the go ahead from Huri to see the new family. They walked in, and stared at the floor. Tails was playing with Vanilla while Amy, Cream, Rouge and Huri watched. Two thuds were heard and they looked to the door.
" Shadow what's wrong?" Huri asked, " you look a little green."
" You guys, there is a whole lot of um…baby stuff on the……."
Shadow ran off in the direction of the bathroom while Huri followed him. She apologized before disappearing from sight. Amy and Rouge looked at each other, then walked over to the foot of the bed. Sighs and snikers could be heard from the two. Tails helped Cream move to where she could see what was so funny.
Tails was still holding little Vanilla. Knuckles and Sonic were on the floor, passed out. Rouge sighed again.
" Men…" Rouge whispered.
" Hey, what about me?" Tails asked.
" Fine, let me rephrase, my man and Amy's man."
Tails grinned in satisfaction and stared at his two uncousios friends. He handed Vanilla back to Cream and helped pick up Sonic. Amy was on the floor, tryin to hold back her snikers. Rouge got the unconious echidna up.
" So much for their egos, they can't call themselves so tuff after this," Amy giggled.
Rouge nodded and placed Knux on the waiting room couch. Tails placed Sonic in a chair and smiled.
' We're just one big happy family,' he thought as he walked back to Cream and his new born baby girl.
Everything was finally right. Tye was gone, him and his love were married. Gen, Page and Kage could go outside for as long as they wanted without having to worry. The Master Emerald was back home, along with the seven Chaos Emeralds. Angel Island was floating in the sky again, and they were happy.
What more could they ask for? Cream kissed Tails again on the cheek and he smiled. ' There was always that.'
The End!