Strangely enough, Shadow wasn't as much in pain as he expected to be.  The lights were dim, and not bright enough for his room. However, his eyes adjusted quickly as soon as he had the energy to open them. He recognized a figure sitting on a chair in front of him. He moved a little, to stand up straight and look at the silhouette.

"Oh, Shad-" Tails said as he stood up from his seat, he went near Shadow who at the moment seemed to be looking normal as ever.

"Where is Amy and Silver?"

"They are fine, they are actually on the roof, you know the very last floor of the hospital"

"I know what a roof is Tails."

    A few seconds passed between the two. None of them dare to speak to each other but Tails was the one who broke the silence. "I didn't expect you to wake up so soon."

"The explosion was made through Chaos Energy...my body was made with it, therefore, my injuries are faster to heal...I supposed." Shadow said a bit strangely.

"Yeah, either that or because all doctors in the hospital rushed to help you. Honestly, I had never seen such a thing happen."

    Shadow then turned to the small table next to him. On top of it, there was a water bottle. A white tag surrounding all of it and with blue cursive letters, it read 'Mobius Hospital."

"The reason may be  that I have donated a couple of millions before to this hospital.", Shadow had a monotone voice while he checked his body.

"You have what-?"

"It doesn't matter...tell me...How's Rouge?."

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    Now Shadow was walking up the stairs to reach the roof, where Amy, Silver, and Sonic must be waiting for him, or so that's what Tails had told them. Although he could have taken the elevator, however, he wanted the time to think. Now that everything was done, he needed to come out clean to Amy.

    He opened the door, the wind struck on all of them. It seemed that everyone had waited for his arrival, the air was tense but it soon calmed down as Amy greeted him.

"Shadow!" Amy ran towards him and hugged him deeply, she didn't want to push it too hard either, knowing that he might still be injured. Shadow patted her head delicately as he softly ran his finger to her hair.  He stopped as soon as he saw fiery green eyes on him.

    Sonic was watching closely, but soon he sighed as he let his though go. Amy was kind to everyone, there was no need to think wrongly.

"Sorry to interrupt the moment, but I think you might want answers." Silver said as he playfully walked around the edge of the roof.

"Yes, actually, I think everyone wants to know how did you even use Chaos Control?" Sonic said as he crossed his hands.

Silver sighed and continued his story. "I didn't have any previous memory because on my time 'The Superior' had erased any piece of historical facts. However, everything became clear once I used Chaos Control. I am Prince Silver the Hedgehog, wielder of Chaos Energy and Magic, a true descendant of the Dark King and the rightful heir to the throne of Mobius...And the last living survivor of the Royal Family."

"A-A P-Prince-e?", Amy stutter a bit.

"Yes...and now that the future is safe is my time to go and take my place as the new King...but before I would like to give you all a little of my gratitude by telling something about the future."

    Silver then turned around to face Sonic and pointed at him.

"Sonic...the blue hero, the Knight of the Wind, the blue blur...stories would be told about you as long as stars shine..." He then turned to see Amy and Shadow and smile fondly. " Shadow, you go by the name of 'Dark Prince' by many people...later on, as you complete your destiny, you will gain the title of the 'Dark King'. Although you may not be a true King in the title, people around the globe will respect you as one. Eventually, your decency will get the same honor and one day, they will build a Kingdom of their own."

Silver smiled as he now looked at Amy. "Amy, you...well, I'll show you my gratitude to you in a different way..."

    Silver then snapped his fingers and waited for the drama to happen.

"Amy..." Shadow softly whispered her name as she felt soft hands hold hers. "I need to confess...that...that...I've been...I am in love with-"

"You!"

    Shadow and Amy turned around to see Sonic walking towards them.

"I love you, Amy! And I am so sorry I had left you for so long!" Sonic said almost screaming.

    Was Silver the one making this? Were they enchanted under a spell?

"So, please...stay with me!" Sonic was then fast to pull Amy towards him, making her leave Shadow's side for a moment. However, Shadow wasn't going to give up so fast. He used a stronger force to pull Amy towards his body, the sudden force caught Sonic off guard and in a second he let go of Amy's arm.

    It happened so fast that Amy didn't realize that she was kissing Shadow the Hedgehog. His kisses felt wet, very strange movements, and their teeth would clash once in a while. That's when she knew that this was the first kiss for him. Awkward and cute, just like she expected it to be.

"Well, now that I showed you my gratitude. It's my time to take it back. "

"What do you mean?!", All three yell in unison.

"You all know too much about the future. Now that you know your destinies, you may do something that might alter that future. I will be erasing your memories of this and of course of me."

"Wait, what? But Silver-" Amy interrupted as she felt how Sonic made his way slowly to be in between her and Shadow.

"Don't worry, I will twist everyone's memories so they remember things differently from what happened. I won't be in your memories and you won't remember any of this. So if you have one more thing to say to each other, then this is the time.", Silver said as he pulled out a Chaos Emerald.

"Silver...thank you"

    That caught off Silver out of the guard. He took a moment to appreciate the three hedgehogs in front of him. His childhood heroes were standing right in front of him. Smiling right to him and he could have sworn that he felt that it was raining. Or at least, that was the only thing his eyes could see,

It was raining all right.

"Thank you, everyone."

    Silver smiled as the light from the Chaos Emerald grew brighter and brighter. Shadow took a moment to look at Amy once again. He finally had the courage to say that three-word sentence.

"Amy...I love y-"

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    Why were they here? On top of the roof of this hospital. The last thing Shadow remember was him talking to Tails about Rouge-

Oh yes, that was it.

"So, Shadow...why did you ask for Amy and I to come here?", Sonic inquired, as he crossed his arms, doubting. 

"I wanted to come clean to you and Amy... especially Amy," Shadow said with a clear voice.

"Shadow...what's wrong?", Amy began to worry as she touched Shadow's hand but he rapidly moved his hand as to push her away.

"...I was going to betray Amy...I was completely ready to throw you in a cell and give you to G.U.N... just like they asked from me at the very beginning." Shadow sighed.

"What do you mean?" Sonic asked.

"The day G.U.N blamed you for the Commander 'supposed' death,  Rouge was the one who stood up against it. She has always been very perceptive, so she knew there was something wrong. After knowing that she wouldn't follow orders, they took her and Omega as prisoners and they order me to found you and extract information from you...to give you to them."

"Omega...and Rouge..." Amy felt terrible. She placed her hand on her head as to stop the tears that wanted to come out of her eyes.

How could she be so selfish? How could she forget that a close friend of hers worked for G.U.N as well? How could she forget Rouge? The only one who has truly stayed by her side when she was at her worse.

"Where is she? Is she ok? and Omega is he-"

"Yes, they suffered minors damages but Rouge is still been checked on by the doctors right now and Tails finished checking on Omega."

"I need to go look for her, I-" Amy turned around ready to leave and find her bat friend but Shadow stopped her in her tracks.

"I am not done, Amy." Shadow had a look that Amy had only seen once, that time when she first talked to him in the ARK. "The reason I insisted so much to look for Sonic was because G.U.N. and Infinite had sent me to kill him as well."

There was a pause and a few seconds had passed as Shadow was ready to let everything out, right then and there.

"And I was ready to do it! I was ready to kill him and betray you! That day I went inside G.U.N's building in Pavlopetri to meet Tails...in reality, I went there to tell Infinite I wasn't gonna be a pawn in his game anymore but then..."

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"Do you really think you can just turn your back on me now?" Infinite walked into Tails' lab as Tails had finally giving Shadow the note that was meant for Amy.

"I won't betray my friend! I don't care anymore, I won't follow your orders!", Shadow revealed.

"Then, I won't have any more options but to kill your friends...very slowly and painfully. I really enjoy hearing the bat girl screaming in pain." He then turned to Tails and looked at him with pity eyes. "But not as much as I enjoy hearing the rabbit girl begging me to stop."

At that moment, Tails walked towards Shadow and fell on his knees. "Shadow, I beg you, please do what he says!" Tails had tears on his eyes and for a second, Shadow's head went blank. He could only hear Tails scream in desperation as Infinite pulled out a voice-record player. Clearly hearing the voice of the young Cream, asking Infinite to stop hurting her.

"Shadow, please!"

But nothing

"Shadow, please, do what he says, I am begging you!"

"Everything is up to you Shadow."

    Shadow's eyes were shaking in terror. He was ready, he was ready to give in and betray Amy. Kill Sonic.

He was ready...but why couldn't the words get out of his mouth? He wanted to do it. He was going to do it...but why couldn't he say it?"

"Shadow! Please!"

"...Very well then...", Infinite then stopped the voice-record player and crossed his hands. "Seems like I am gonna have to torment you another way...Not like I really need you, I have a clone of you in case this would happen....but, to be honest, I wanted you to do the dirty work so you could suffer. Seems like that's going to have to wait...for now, you will be my prisoner."

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"Shadow...", Sonic looked at him with a sad look. "There's nothing to be sorry for...."

"It's not that!... I was GOING to murder you! I was ready! I was going to kill my friend to save others...and Amy, I was going to betray you...It seems like...It seems like I don't love you as much as I thought I did."

    Shadow didn't mean to say that.

His eyes became wide up at the realization that he admitted two things. He considers Sonic his friend and confessed that he loves Amy. He meant to be talking to himself on his mind and without noticing he had spoken that out loud.

"Killing my friend...and betraying the person I love...I really haven't changed at all...have I?" Shadow had disappointment on his face.  Although it was a weird situation. They both felt bad for Shadow. He was the one who had always suffered the most and it seemed like his pain was never going to stop.

    They were both on a dilemma.

Amy who deeply loves Shadow had unfinished business with Sonic. She had kissed him, and to be honest, she didn't know anymore. Were her feelings true for Shadow? Or was Sonic always the one meant for her?

Now there was Sonic, who deeply admired Shadow and who secretly also considers him a close friend.  Now knowing that his friend, who had always suffered, loves the same girl as him...what was he supposed to do? Leave her, so he could be happy with her? Step aside? Even if that destroys him emotionally?

"You don't have to tell me anything...I know what you both are thinking.", Shadow began as he looked a the ground. "I am an inconvenience for the two of you...now that you two are finally together...its ok, Tails told me that Sonic told him, that Amy kissed you...right Sonic?"

"But, Shadow, I...I-" Amy wanted to stop him from the way he was currently thinking. However, the words couldn't come out of her mouth.

"It's alright Amy...Like I said, maybe all of this time I didn't love you as much as I thought I did...maybe all of this time I was looking the wrong way...maybe the one I truly love was...was Rouge." Shadow didn't know any better. Shadow never knew a clue about the difference between love and friendship but...if he was so willing to give up on Amy for Rouge's safety...then, wouldn't that mean he loves her more than Amy?

    Amy hoped that he didn't hear her heart being shattered by those words. But it also made sense...they had always been together, fighting together, always a team... Maybe he was right. She was never meant to be with the Dark Prince.

"...I am sorry...and goodbye...."

    And that was it.  Shadow walked past Amy and Sonic, unable to see their faces due to the shame he was feeling. Jealousy, shame, unfairness, revenge, impotence, Shadow had never bitten his lips so hard before. He could taste the blood coming out from his lips and the warmness of the blood coming from his fist by holding them so tightly.

Why was he so weak?

He walked away.

Leaving Amy with a crying face and Sonic with a feeling of resentment.

Amy waited for the Dark Prince to come back and comfort her...

But he never did.

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A/n: a few more chapters and I'll conclude this story. Thank you everyone:)