The one who was in love with the hero was devastated. She also blamed herself for everything that happened that night. She didn't only lose her crush, she lost herself too.

Everyday before that night, she would go to see the hero and try to convince to go out with her. She knew there was no way he would ever agree since he only ever saw her as a friend or even sister. She refused to give up and told herself that unless he ever dated someone else, she would continue showing up trying to get at least one chance to be with him.

Life was simple before that night, she spent time with him and the rest of the group and fight Eggman together. But after she saw him being taken away, unconscious, she was not able to sleep anymore. She was not able to move anymore.

Her leg wasn't the same either, after the robots broke it, she had to go to the hospital and nearly had it amputated. They had left her in a very bad condition but she refused to give up. She had to learn how to properly walk again and was now using a cane to help her move with ease. Her fighting days were long gone, but that was at the very back of her mind now that Eggman was not around anymore.

She was angry at Sonic every single day. She told herself that if he was alive, she will hit him with her hammer and tell him how stupid his decision was.

In her eyes, Sonic didn't think it through. She thought it was stupid for him to give himself up when they were a team and she knew someway somehow they would had gotten out of this one too.

The pink hedgehog lived her days angrily at Sonic, and after the funeral, she gave up hope that she will someday see her old crush again.

Whenever someone would bring him up, she would stand up and leave. Hearing his name was too painful for her and it just angered her more. She did look for him for the first year just like everyone else, but soon after his family called off the search and they had the funeral.

His family was no different than the heros friends. While everyone was shocked to see where Sonic really came from, who his blood was, it didn't matter more than finding him. But even the heros mother knew that it was too late to save him when the year mark passed of his disappearance. With a heavy heart, she made the tough decision to call it quits.

They had the funeral at the castle, surrounded by his friends and his family, citizens were also allowed in to mourn the loss of their beloved hero.

The only ones who didn't show were the echidna and the ebony one. At this point in time, Shadow was already walking out of town. And the echidna?

The red echidna was at home with the master emerald. He had been to so many battles with Sonic before and he had a feeling that Sonic was still alive somewhere. He refused to accept that his friend passed, he knew that no matter what, Sonic was very stubborn and would not let himself die to Eggmans hands.

He didn't look for him but he simply moved on, hoping that one day, his friend will come knocking back at his door picking another fight with him. He was ready for that day, but for now, he would simply just wait.

The group would go their separate ways, the fox locked in his lab. The pink hedgehog, finding a job at a coffee shop and snapping at people who would ask about Sonic. The bat stayed at GUN going on missions after missions trying to to forget about her best friend. The ultimate life form, walking city after city, getting farther and farther away from home. The echidna stuck protecting the master emerald. And the heros family, trying to bring peace to a now kingdom without heros.

The citizens were worried, and now that Eggman was gone, more crime showed in the cities. No one would stop them anymore. No one simply cared anymore.

And it would stay that way for a long time.