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There was nothing but darkness for her. It had always been the same, always hiding, on the low, pretending she didn't exist. She wasn't supposed to anyway.  She was terrified at first at the thought to have to communicate with them...the humans. The five years she has being conscious, she had discovered how horrible of a race they are. They destroy, kill each other, colonize and enslaved. The more she thought about it, the more she wonders what was going through her head and Sonic's when they said they really wanted to visit the Earth.

"Amy, I am here!"

Amy stood up from her 'bed', it wasn't actually one. It was just a mattress that she had found in the trash. She had built up her own home. Made out of wood and nails, very simple and small. Through the years she had begun to collect things from the trash and shelters. She made sure to wash them well in the river that was next to her house. Of course, she didn't do it alone. Someone helped her in her journey.

"Shadow, I have told you before...I don't need food to survive."

"You know I don't mind, I get paid a lot and honestly I don't know what to do with the money,"Shadow said as he placed the grocery bags on the floor. He walked closer to her as he gave her a smile.
   Shadow was probably the only living thing on this planet that Amy had communication with. It wasn't like she began the conversation either, Shadow was too pure and helped anyone he could. If it was for him, he would invite every homeless person to live in his home.

"Thank you."

"You know you can come live with me whenever you want ... I sometimes worry about you being alone in the woods you know," Shadow sat down on the pink sofa, inviting Amy to do so as well. "I can take care of myself ... and please stop giving me things. I don't really have much space and I already make enough money for myself."

"Yeah, I noticed. Every flower shop in town is closing because of you. Everyone now wants 'Amy Rose's flowers', you could start your own brand." The four years Shadow had known Amy, she had never told him about her past. It's not like it matters to him, but curiosity was always on his side. Amy wasn't only good at gardening flowers, but she knew about all of them. Where they grow, the exact temperature they need and just by looking at the seed, she could tell what flower it was. She was beyond smart, which sadden Shadow as well. The first time he met her, he found her 'stealing' his mattress that he had left in the trash outside his apartment.

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"Hey, do you need help with that?"
   It was around three in the morning, it was snowing outside and Shadow heard his metal trash cans falling down. That's when he noticed a pink hedgehog. In all of his 17 years leaving on this planet and exploring it, he had never seen a pink hedgehog.
   The pink one seems not to care about his presence and continued to drag the mattress through the snow.

"I can bring it to your house if that's what you want. I can also...ummm-",Shadow looked quickly at her clothing. A short sleeveless red dress. He was really surprised at the fact that she hasn't frozen to death. "Let me give you some warm clothes." He finished. However, the pink hedgehog pretended he wasn't there. He was fast to stop her, holding her hand and he felt how the pink hedgehog flinches at the action.

"What's your name?," he looked directly at her green eyes. Shadow had to admit that she had the most beautiful green eyes he had ever seen, similar to the Chaos Emeralds.

"... Amy", the pink hedgehog said quietly, hoping that the black hedgehog would go away if she accepted his request.

"Amy, that's a pretty name ... what about your last name?", Shadow was glad that there was some progress made. He wanted to get her into a warm place. Her hands were freezing and he held them tightly to make sure they get warm.

"... I don't have a one."

"Oh ... well," Shadow looked away and he found a pink rose blooming although the snow was covering most of it. The rose was still beautiful and strong even if the circumstances were difficult. Just like Amy.

"Well, what about Rose?... Amy Rose."

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"Anyways, shouldn't you be chasing Rouge or something?," Amy questioned which at hearing the word 'Rouge' Shadow was taken back by reality.

"I was but she escaped away from me!"
   Amy saw a combination of amusement and excitement in his face. She didn't want to admit it but it was good to see this side of Shadow.

"Well, maybe in you stopped chasing her, she may take an interest in you."

"What is worst is that I always see her with that red echidna ... and he is slow like ... I am the fastest thing alive! What does she see in him?"

"Fastest thing alive, uh? I used to know someone who could rival you."

   This peaked Shadow's interest. Amy had never told him about people she had met before and as far as he knows, the closest thing Amy has to a friend is him and Rouge.

"Oh really? Who was this person?"

"He was ... a blue hedgehog."

"What was his name-", Shadow stopped himself as he saw that Amy's expression had changed. She had a sad look on her eyes, well she always had but right now her expression was utterly unspeakable. She seemed lost, infuriated, and disappointed.  Shadow never wanted to see her like that again.

"Agent Shadow."

   Shadow's good mood was brought back by hearing his lover's voice. He quickly looked at the communicator on his wrist and smiled while talking. "Yes, sweetheart?"

"Right now it's not the time...we are under attack ... by some black looking creatures ... the whole city... it's under attack right now... Shadow... they want the Chaos Emeralds. You need to come to G.U.N's HQ right now!"

"I am on my way!" Shadow ended the communication and stood quickly from the sofa. As he was doing so, he grabbed Amy's wrist. Pulling her to the door with him.

"Let's go, Amy. You are coming with me to the Head-Quarters. It would be too dangerous if you stay alone here."

"Shadow, its ok I-"

"Amy, I am only asking this favor of you ... please ... I had never heard Rouge so preoccupied before ... this must be really serious," Shadow opened the door and the only thing Amy could do was to nod her head in defeat.

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"Alright Amy, you wait outside," Shadow said as he saw others G.U.N members enter the Conference Room. The Commander of G.U.N stared at Shadow as if to tell him to hurry up and get inside. Amy nodded quickly as she didn't want to put Shadow in any more trouble. They closed the door behind her and although the walls and door were soundproof, Amy was still able to hear clearly what they were talking about. She knew she wasn't supposed to but she was really curious as well.

"I am going to be honest with you agents," the Commander began to speak. "We can't win this invasion."
   The agents were all now proposing ideas, questioning themselves and everyone could feel the panic arise between them.

"Calm down ... their master was clear during his message. He wants all Chaos Emeralds ... He promised to leave once he has them."

"If we do that then we will put all the Universe in danger ... We don't even know if they will keep their promise!" An agent said as he raised his hand. "There has to be another way to defeat them."

"Their skin cannot be pierced by bullets. They regenerate at an incredibly fast speed. All chemicals used against them had made no damage so far. Our city is being destroyed, our soldiers and innocent people are dying as we speak right now. I am aware that giving the Chaos Emeralds to 'Black Doom' is not the best idea but-"

"That's it!"

    Amy heard Shadow exclaim from the inside of the room interrupting the Commander.  "Why don't we use the Chaos Emeralds to defeat them?"

"Agent Shadow, even if we were able to understand how to use the Chaos Emeralds, a simple human nor Mobian is able to control the great power that contains it. The only one who may be able to do so was The Ultimate Life Form ... and he died years ago," The Commander responded simply trying to end the discussion but this peaked Shadow interest even more.

"... Ultimate ... Life Form?"

"You weren't here yet when G.U.N was instructed to capture him," a human agent added as she noticed Shadow's interest in the topic. "The government thought that the Ultimate Life Form could be a potential threat for the world. So they asked us to capture him. However, things got complicated along the way ... and we were instructed to kill him."

   Shadow was shocked at this. He was aware that sometimes G.U.N was difficult to handle, but killing someone or something was not really in their protocol. Or at least that's how was it when he entered to work. "Rogue, did you know about-" Shadow wanted to ask his love interest but stopped as he saw Rouge's face change suddenly. She had a melancholic face as if she didn't want to remember. She didn't want to, her face showed one of horror, terror, and Shadow was petrified by it.

"I'll never forget his face," said Rouge "... that blue hedgehog."

BAAM!

   Everyone stood up from their seats, pulling their guns out, pointing at the small pink hedgehog in front of them. They didn't know how it happened. Their eyes couldn't process how fast she was to grab the Commander's gun and point it right at him. Everyone stood still waiting for the pink hedgehog to show some type of action.

"So it was you who did it ... five years ago in the ARK. Rouge you killed him," Amy was trying to contain the tears and speak clearly. Already feeling betrayed and hurt, she didn't know what she was capable of or if she will regret the decisions she was about to take.

"Amy, put that gun down-"

"Say it ... SAY IT!," Amy interrupted Rouge, she didn't care about anything else but to hear the words come out of her lips.

"Amy, stop this," Shadow still couldn't process the whole situation. He was worried about the Commander and he didn't want the other Agents to hurt Amy. One single mistake and she could be done for.

"Amy, what's going on? Why you care so much?" Rouge felt like a panic attack could strike at any second now.  The last thing she thought she would be doing today was pointing a gun at Amy's head.

"SAY IT! SAY THAT YOU SHOT AND KILLED THE ULTIMATE LIFE FORM! SONIC THE HED-"

"YES, YES I DID!"

   Rouge finally admitted it and the whole room kept quiet. Amy had finally let a tear slide, still processing the whole concept of her reality. Rouge continued, finally breaking down.

"It's not like I wanted to... I didn't want to but the Commander order me to do so! I was young, stupid and I really needed the money. So Amy, please ... I don't know why this is so important to you but-"

"So, it was this bastard's fault ..." Amy made more pressure against the Commander's neck, already thinking about the unspeakable. "No, the Commander who gave us the order died last year," the female Agent who told the story before responded to Amy. "Is that true?," Amy inquire, looking directly at her.

"You can look at the files if you want."

"... All of this time wasted ... I could have avenge Sonic's death but instead I focused on being miserable," Amy said as she dropped the gun and step aside from the Commander. The other agents still having their guns pointed at her.

"Should we arrest the pink hedge-"

"But you know ... I am also glad that this is happening. Now I don't have to get my hands dirty... No, I am going to enjoy watching all of you die. Because all of you were stupid enough to kill someone innocent and failed to actually capture the Ultimate Life Form ..." Amy looked at each and every one of them in the eyes. Her attitude was a strange one and at this point, they knew that she had more information than they thought.

"Amy ... What do you mean?" Shadow asked her, as he puts his gun down as well.

"I was there five years ago ... Sonic wasn't the Ultimate Life Form. He was in charge of the protection of it ... The Ultimate Life Form is still alive."

"You must tell us who is it then! If he is still alive, he can help us defeat the Black Arms!" The Commander order Amy, he pointed his gun right at her forehead touching it forcefully. However, Amy just stayed quiet, looking directly at the Commander's eyes.

"WHO IS IT?!"

"ITS ME!"

   Amy yelled and she quickly punches the Commander in the face. She could hear gunshots being shot at her. In all honesty, she couldn't feel anything, She just saw how the agents kept shooting at her, all of them in awe. The only ones who just stood still was Rouge,  who seemed to have hit a breaking point and Shadow who still couldn't process the whole idea. Bullets ricocheting off her body, Amy just waited for the shots to stop and when they did, she could only appreciate the faces of the agents, totally in shock.

"Good luck saving the world."

   With nothing more to say, Amy Rose, the Ultimate Life Form walked away.

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   "I knew you will be here!"

Amy turned around and saw Shadow smiling down to her. "What are you doing here?" Amy added as she looks down to the ocean. Right now she was sitting on top of a cliff. At the bottom, the waves crashed against the rocks.

"I wanted to make sure you were alright."

"I am, so you can leave now."

"I don't really have much to do right now." Shadow said as he sat down next to Amy. Letting his feet hang on the cliff, he looked down and quickly regretted it. It was a very tall cliff after all and falling down will mean death. A few seconds passed and none of them talked. Shadow knew he didn't have much time and decided to get right at it.

"Amy-"

"I won't help them Shadow ... If you want to stay alive, I recommend you stay by my side," Amy said, still not looking at Shadow in the eyes. For some reason, a deep sense of sadness overtook her the moment Shadow brought up the topic. Shadow really hoped his next words could reach to her.

"Amy ... I know that people fight over the most trivial things. Some people may be selfish. But they're basically good. If they try their best and never give up on their wishes ... They always have a reason to be happy. That's why you should help them out! Saving them is a good thing! Amy, I beg you, please do it for them, give them a chance."

                     "Give them a chance"

"Give them a chance, Amy," Sonic look outside the window from the Ark where Amy and he could see the whole blue planet at its best.

"Give them a chance? They kill each other ... there's nothing to give a chance to," Amy never really understood why Sonic was always so interested in the blue planet. For her, the Earth was just filled with destruction.

"I know that the Earth may not be the perfect planet but .. .there's people and Mobians down there who are worth fighting for. Everything has a balance and just like there's bad, there's good. Earth is not the exception and besides ... I love running in their amazing land fields and looking at endless oceans ... and its blue just like me!" Sonic said smiling in which Amy laughed a little bit at his remark.

"But in all honesty, Amy ... Never forget who you are ...because that will be your reason to live." said Sonic. "Never forget who you are."

   "Shadow?"

Shadow was glad that after a minute of Amy not responding, he finally heard his name. "Ye-yes?", Shadow got a bit scare and amazed. He had never seen so much determination on someone's eyes. Amy turned around and looked at him. If looks could kill, Shadow would have been dead long ago.

"Give me the Chaos Emeralds."

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Can you feel life movin' through your mind?
Ooooh, looks like it came back for more, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Can you feel time slippin' down your spine?
Ooooh, you try and try to ignore, yeah!

Amy walked slowly through the city. Only the 'clicks' and 'clacks' of the Chaos Emeralds hitting each other in her bag could be heard. Watching the buildings of the city burn slowly into the flames. Cars destroyed and in flames, some still intact. Shadow watching from afar in one of those. Trying to see if he could help Amy in anyway. Scared at the fact that Amy told him that she had actually never used the Chaos Emeralds before.

But you can hardly swallow
Your fears and pain
When you can't help but follow
It puts you right back where you came

Amy saw 'Black Arms' approaching her. They all seem like formidable fighters. Fast, strong and smart. She could hear soldiers try to shoot at them, just for the aliens to not be affected by them at all. Not a scratch nor pain they showed. Amy began to really wonder if she was capable of defeating them all. But, she had no other choice. She had to do it, for her, for Sonic ... for Shadow.

(Live and learn!) Hanging on the edge of tomorrow
(Live and learn!) From the works of yesterday
(Live and learn!) If you beg or if you borrow
(Live and learn!) You may never find your way

Amy ran towards them, jumping from car to car to confuse her enemies. She delivers her first punch to the black creature. It ended up crashing against a car, making it explode. She didn't have enough time, and as more Black Arms approached her, the faster she will get. Kick after kick, punch after punch. She was successfully hitting them but that still didn't make any effect on them.

Can you feel life tangle you up inside?
Yeah, now you're face down on the floor, oh!

More and more, probably the whole unite in the ship began to approach her. She knew they were detecting the Chaos Emeralds that were in her bag. She began to panic, she had never felt so anxious before. Her mind became full of doubts and she stopped fighting. She felt down to the ground, feeling how the Black Arms tried to get the Chaos Emeralds. She hugged the bag with all of her might, feeling the kicking and punching of the black creatures.

"Is the Ultimate Life Form ready to give up?"

"Sonic ... I am sorry." Amy whispered to herself.

"Amy ... never forget who you are."

But you can't save your sorrow
You've paid in trade
When you can't help but follow
It puts you right back where you came

Shadow was about to jump to try and save Amy. However, he stops mid-track seeing how a golden light breached through into the sky. All the Black Arms backing away and some falling to the ground, blinded by the strong light source. Some began to run away and Shadow fell to his knees. Not only impressed but shocked at the immeasurable energy radiating in the air.  Watching Amy floating in the air, looking deeply at her now red eyes; Shadow convinced himself that Amy wasn't the Ultimate Life Form ... But she was a golden goddess.

(Live and learn!) Hanging on the edge of tomorrow
(Live and learn!) From the works of yesterday
(Live and learn!) If you beg or if you borrow
(Live and learn!) You may never find your way

There was no stopping her now. She was fast, strong, her body moved on its own. Attacking, teletransporting, throwing energy blasts, spears. Everything came to her like magic. Like the whole world was at her disposal ... and it was. Her attacks were working, the black creatures no longer stood from the ground. She knew that their bones were broken enough. Her enemies were running away in fear now.

There's a face searching far, so far and wide
There's a place where you dream you'd never find
Hold on to what if, Hold on to what if!

             "Never forget who you are"

Amy began to fly around the Black Arms, making sure they will run in fear. Never had she felt this sure, this confident. She was going to let the Universe know who she was:

"I am Amy Rose. I am the union of ideals dark and benign but ultimately built in the name of love. I am the Ultimate Life Form. I am the protector of Mobius. Run home to your master and tell him. This is who I am."

(Live and learn!) Hanging on the edge of tomorrow
(Live and learn!) From the works of yesterday
(Live and learn!) If you beg or if you borrow
(Live and learn!) You may never find your way

Amy watched how the Black Arms and its ship took off and disappeared in less than an hour. An hour in which Shadow still couldn't process at how amazing Amy was ... and also a bit terrified. After more soldiers and firefighters came into the city to star the reconstruction right away, Amy went directly towards Shadow.

"I guess this is goodbye," Amy said as she looked up to the clear sky.

"Wait, what?," Shadow asked, panicking a bit.

"I am moving," Amy said as she let go of the Chaos Power running through her body, making her go back to normal.

"Where? I'll go with you," Shadow said almost screaming.

"I am moving ... somewhere in the Universe."

"What?"

"The Black Arms know that all seven Chaos Emeralds are here, they will come back again ... and next time with a whole army. I need to go and find a suitable place to hide each Chaos Emerald."

"How are you going do that? You need all seven Chaos Emeralds to transform."

"I am going to be taking the ARK. It hasn't been used for a while, but I know I can make it work," Amy reassured him. "I'll still go with you," Shadow was determined to let Amy know that no matter what, he was going with her. Whether she liked it or not.

"You can't come with me is dangerous ... I can't put in risk the hedgehog I care for the most."

   Shadow suddenly felt his cheeks go red at her comment and shyly looked down to the ground. "Besides if you go with me who is going to chase Rouge?" Amy smiled a little.

"I'll ... I'll stop chasing after her."

"Really? For me?"

"Amy ... it doesn't matter where in the Universe you are ... I'll chase after you! Besides, don't you remember? A couple of hours ago you told me that if I wanted to stay alive I should stay with you so-" Shadow began to mumble and fast. Amy knew that he was nervous at this point and she didn't want to make him feel that way.

"Shadow ... thank you."

   Shadow stopped looking at the ground and looked directly at her eyes. His heartbeat was racing faster and faster, he thought that he was going to explode due to all the emotions going through his body. The sun was shining on Amy. Although she was a bit dusty and scratched, Shadow thought that Amy was the most beautiful hedgehog in this world. There was nothing going through his head, only her, her eyes, her pure smile ... just Amy. That's when he knew.

"... Catch me if you can."

   At that, Amy Chaos Control herself out of there. Shadow smiled as he looked up to the sky knowing exactly where Amy will be. And although he may not know where she was going, he knew for a fact that they will meet each other once again.
He will chase for her ... until end of the universe.

(Live and learn!)  Hanging on the edge of tomorrow
(Live and learn!) From the works of yesterday
(Live and learn!) If you beg or if you borrow
(Live and learn!) You may never find your way

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A/N: 4K words...wow. I hope this is somewhat what you wanted. This was such a good story to write and honestly inspired me to write a new story. One in which Amy travels through the Universe fighting, trying to look for a mighty weapons (her hammer) hiding the Chaos Emeralds. And of course, Shadow chasing after her along the way, trying to make her fall in love with him. (Still, don't know if I should do it tho lol) I am so sorry if this doesn't have a lot of romance or if this is not what you wanted. I can always re-write if you want lol. Honestly, thank you so much for this beautiful prompt.