Prologue
"Sir, are you sure we are to be heading to that planet?" I implied. "It's a dangerous galaxy, and it's best we find another-"
"Shadow, we will be fine," Eggman said, but didn't sound very convincing.
I crossed my arms. "You're putting all of us in danger, you know." I was about to suggest we abort the mission—or perhaps find another route-when Eggman's hand came down on the dashboard.
"Shadow, that is not a way to talk to someone who reawakened you! You can get off this ship if you feel like betraying us, but I won't deal with that. Have some respect!"
I rolled my eyes. "If there really is civilization there, what are you planning to do afterward?"
His shoulders tensed. "I told you, we're going to establish the Eggman Empire, in honor of my grandfather who blessed me with you!"
"Sonic'll come and stop us soon enough, sir."
Eggman grinned, a maniacal, evil-genius grin. "He's fast, but he can't run between planets, now can he? How can he possibly stop something he'll never know about?"
"Never know," I muttered. Suddenly the ship swerved to the left, making Eggman grip the armrests of his chair and granting me the luck of sliding into the wall with a harsh thud.
I was a little disoriented, but still managed to scream, "What happened?" over the blaring sirens.
"We came too close to Earth!" Eggman shouted. "Its gravity is pulling us in!"
This infuriated me. "I told you not to go this way! It's too close to Earth's atmosphere, too dangerous!"
Eggman bellowed, "Shadow, shut up and try to help me pull the ship away!" He tried to yank on the control levers, sometimes clicking numerous buttons that I believed he chose at random. I went over and fired the engines as fast as they could go, but it was too late.
We were plummeting to Earth, a strange and distant planet, in a spacecraft full of people, with nothing to break our fall.