(A/N: HEY PEOPLES! I know I haven't updated in a while, but here I am! Ok my loyal readers, I have got some good news and bad news. Bad news first: this is the last chappie! Good news: this story will not die! I promise to do another book of this if I get enough reviews wanting me to continue. Well, that's the news, and P.S. to NintEnzo, I still need to know what you want as a reward! Enjoy!)

Chapter 21: The Fight in Paradise

It has been two days since Gale "kidnapped" me, and besides the fact that a possible impending doom is coming at any moment, it has been a blast. We've camped out on the beach, slept underneath the stars, and sometimes just talked for hours. Crimson is always running off somewhere, not that we mind, it's just he can get a little antsy when he gets back. It is about noon right now, I am just sitting on the beach when Gale comes over to our spot with more firewood.

"So, when are we leaving?" I ask tentatively.

"Leaving?" Gale asks as he puts the wood down and stokes the already blazing fire with a stick, avoiding my gaze.

"Gale, this was one of the best moments of my life, but I have to get back to HQ, Lina is going through something she has never experienced before, I'm her friend, I have to help her through it." I finished.

"Fine, leave me." He said coldly.

"What? You should come with me, if anything to prove your innocence."

"I'm done with those fools. I'm tired of being judged, and if I go back as myself, they certainly will judge me as a traitor and a spy, they have no trust in me so I have no trust in them."

"Gale, Chris only attacked you because he was protecting me! He didn't know who you were, and with everything going on the past few days it's understandable he'd be quick to jump to conclusions, it was nothing against you personally."

"But it was, wasn't it though? He said he knew that Shadow was a true mobian, like he knew everything about Shadow just by looking at him, but that's not the case. The stereotypes that all beings are used to won't be applied to me, that's why I'm not going back." Suddenly, Crimson ran out of the forest screaming

"RUUUUUUN! SAVE YOURSELVES!" we looked at each other, wondering what had got into the little guy, and a split second later a blast of wind shot past me, and a blue blur tackled Gale to the ground, I knew immediately who it was.

"Sonic, get off of him!" I screamed, falsely hoping he would listen.

"Terry, run! Now!" Sonic ordered.

"SONIC, GET OFF OF HIM NOW!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. This outburst caused the blue mobian and Gale to stop struggling with each other and look at me. Sonic indulged me by getting off of Gale, standing, but held onto Gale's arm.

"Why Terry? He kidnapped you! He is obviously a spy for Sclera!"

"Chris, I know you are in there, use your head and ignore Swift's rash thinking for a sec." I said, tears pooling in my eyes. "He's not a spy, trust me, I knew he wasn't a true mobian for a while now, he was just scared that something like this would happen if he revealed himself. You can let him go, he's a good guy." I pleaded. Sonic let go of Gale's arm slowly.

"I believe you, but you have to come back, Lina is a wreck."

"I figured as much, I was just asking Gale when he was going to take me back."

"I'll take you." Sonic offered.

"I know you will. Gale, have you made up your mind, do you think you could come back, if not for anyone but for me?" Gale, as I have seen him do numerous times, looked at the ground for a while, and then looked back up to me, a steel, cold expression in his eyes.

"No." he whispered. The tears broke free, dripping down my face.

"Take me back." I said to Sonic. He picked me up gently, I leaned my head against his chest, and he sped off…

(A/N: That's it! That's the ending; I am soooo sorry it was that short, but I am relying on all of you to motivate me to write the next part! But for now, I have a How to Train Your Dragon fic to write, and if you haven't seen the movie it is considered a crime in my book! hope you all R&R, thanks to every single one of you!)