Author's Note: This story will be in chronological order, not as Hero Story, Dark Story and Last Story. Also, there are spoilers. Just so you know.


INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT! SECURITY BREACH AT GATE 3!

Eggman ignored the alarm system and kept going. He had just recently found out about something new he could use to take over the world and create his Eggman Empire. There was no way he was going to stop now.

Intruder has been located in the north quadrant and is moving in the direction of the underground base! All units prepare to engage! Emergency battle formations! Standard battle procedures initiated! Locate and stop the intruder from entering the security area! This is not a drill! Repeat: This is not a drill!

The mad doctor laughed as his mechanical walker's cannon blasted its way through each door. "That was all too easy. Let's take a look at what my grandfather was working on…" That new thing he could take over the world with had been created by his grandfather, Gerald Robotnik.

"A top secret military weapon!" He hadn't seen it, but he had heard about it through the electronic diary Gerald had left behind. "The military shut down research because they feared it!"

There was no-one but the alarm system to talk to, but the sound of his own voice made Eggman feel more in-charge. His mech leapt down a ledge and landed in front of a large set of doubledoors. The lock he had hacked from the outside earlier blinked, all three lights turning green.

When the last light changed colors, the blue light below blinked several times and the alarm stopped, opening the doors. Eggman made his way through the doorway and up to a strange machine in the center of the room. There was a small dome in the middle of it, an odd round object floating inside. It was no bigger than a baseball.

Dr. Eggman scratched his head, confused. "So this is the military's top secret weapon? It's a lot smaller than I expected." He had expected some sort of giant tank, or maybe a rocket or something. A weapon of some sort. Not a spinning ball that seemed to do nothing but turn in place.

But he had come for a weapon and he wasn't going to leave empty-handed. Looking at the screen he saw the words, 'Enter User Data. Enter Password.' His mouth formed an evil grin. He knew the password, so this would be easy. "Password is MA-RI-A." he said, sounding out the syllables.

"Maria." Hadn't he heard that name before? Oh yes, she was his dead cousin, grandaughter of Gerald. Shot by GUN at the age of twelve. Ignoring the thoughts that tried to push their way to the surface, he noticed the machine hadn't released the weapon.

Then he saw a spot that was the shape of a Chaos Emerald. Good thing he had brought one with him. "Now all I have to do is place the Chaos Emerald into this console." He did exactly what he had said and saw a light coming from a pit in front of him.

Jumping his walker into the pit, a stasis pod of some sort rose out of the floor. That's what the light was coming from. When it stopped rising a dark figure was standing atop it. It was shaped like a hedgehog. "What's that? Is that you Sonic? Are you trying to spoil my plans again?"

Then he noticed that the hedgehog's quills pointed upwards. At a closer glance he also realized this hedgehog was black with red streaks. "Wait a minute! You're not Sonic! This is impossible!"

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This wasn't the ARK, where was this? He crossed his arms and looked around, soon remembering what happened. His escape pod had crashed, knocking him out. Apparently he had been taken into some sort of facility and stored in a high-security chamber.

He heard some person talking to him, calling him Sonic, then saying he wasn't. Obviously this person had issues. He turned his head to see who had set him free and noticed that the human had resembalance to his creator, Gerald Robotnik.

If this human was a relative of his creator, then surely he would want what Gerald had wanted: Revenge on humanity. "My name is Shadow. Since you were so kind to release me, my master, I will grant you one wish."

The alarms started blaring and the human got annoyed. "Now what?" Shadow just smirked. This human had no idea what he was capable of. In the back of his mind he wondered just how long he had been in stasis, but that didn't matter now.

He activated his jet shoes and hovered a foot above his stasis pod to show off. "Behold, the true power I possess!" With a quick spin and a flash of blue light, he teleported to the source of the commotion, a GUN vehicle.

The driver appeared to be speaking over a comm of some sort. "This is Scorpion Troop's Hot Shot. Enemy movement has been detected. En route to intercept and destroy." The person on the other end replied over some static, "Copy that."

Shadow watched as the machine retracted its two legas and lifted into the air using jets. This would be way too easy, especially since shadow harbored a deep hatred for GUN. Using the boxes strewn about the room, he got the leverage he needed to jump and homing attack the cockpit several times.

The machine tried to shoot back with missiles and lasers, but they were no good against the ultimate lifeform. Shadow used his homing attack on the cockpit one last time before the machine fell to the ground, smoking. The hedgehog posed in front of it, showing off his work to the human who had freed him.

"Destryoing that guard robot was spectaular! So Shadow, you are the military's top secret weapon?" the human guessed. So GUN thinks of me as their weapon? All right, I'll play their game. They're going to lose though.

The human continued talking. "But what did you mean when you said you would grant me a wish?" Shadow looked back at the man and replied, "Bring more Chaos Emeralds." The human reached his arm out, as if to stop the hedgehog. "Shadow, wait!"

Instead of doing as the man asked, Shadow simply said, "I'll be waiting for you in the central control room on the space colony, ARK." He then turned away and walked toward the exit, leaving the facility for the first time since he had crashed.

He was going to make an impression on the world. Humanity would pay for what they had done to his precious Maria. And they would do that by sacrifing their planet.