Ch 20: Epilogue

Queen Aleena walked down the halls of her castle as she thought about the events that happened two weeks ago. After almost twelve months, she reunited with her middle child that she though was dead. It turned out that he ended up on another planet, perhaps light years away. He made wonderful new friends and allies, and he found the rivals he also made there invigorating. What mesmerized her most was that while away, Sonic learned new powers and abilities; abilities that even Sonia and herself could not master. The way that he and the black and white hedgehogs could become invincible was truly amazing, the way that they could fuse together to become a single powerful being was something to witness. Though it seemed that it was the first time it happened. She felt so proud of him that she might swell up and burst. As much as she wanted to make up more lost time with him, however, he had to return to Earth. He promised that he would return and see everyone again, but Aleena still sighed. Patience was never her strongest point.

As she walked past Charles' lab room, she noticed him and Manic working on a gate of some kind. Curious, she walked in.

"Manic? Bother Charles? What is that?"

Manic and Charles pulled of their masks and looked at her with smiles. "You ain't gonna believe this mom," Manic said with his carefree grin. "Uncle Chuck came up with this new invention!"

"It's my masterpiece!" Charles added with a nodded. "I call it the Timespace Matter Projector!"

Aleena tilted her head, slightly confused. "And what does this Matter Projector do?"

"Once it's finished, we can use it to travel to any Zone and any world!" Manic answered.

Aleena's emerald eyes lit up. "ANY world?"

"Yes, little sister," Charles nodded. "ANY world."

A content grin slowly spread over the queen's face. Looks like "someday" would be much sooner than expected.

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Meanwhile, back on Earth, Shadow was in his office finishing his report and looked over to Sonic who was in a janitor's suit cleaning his metals. He was not a happy camper.

"I hope you realize that I'm gonna get back at you for this!" Sonic retorted angrily.

"Silence, alien-hog!" Shadow snapped as he threw a stapler at his head.

"OUCH!"