Millennial Darkness

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Sonic characters. This has spoilers of SA2, basically revealing the whole ending. You have been warned..

Shadow the Hedgehog, the Ultimate Lifeform, let his jaw drop slightly. Something of this nature had not happened for three hundred years, since the near destruction of the world in the ARK battle. He had tried to lead a normal life, he really had. After fulfilling his promise to Maria he vowed to try the life of a normal citizen, so that he wouldn't intervene in world affairs with possible apocalypse as the result.

But this... this reminded him of the ultimate life prototype, the Biolizard. He had battled it so long ago, on the ARK, and had won. It was indeed a tough opponent. He remembered its death, after it fused with the ARK and becoming the FinalHazard. He had to face it in a life or death duel with his until then rival, Sonic. Shadow felt a pang of sorrow thinking about his old friend. Maybe the last one he had ever had since Maria. But Sonic and the others were gone, lost to time, while the immortal and ageless Shadow lived on. A loud screech brought his attention back to the problem at hand.

A large... Something ravaged the city. It was red and dragonlike in appearance-- even somewhat resembling the Biolizard, though only half the prototype's size. It easily shrugged off the particle beams of the nearby law enforcers, and sent several balls of flame their way. Debris erupted when they hit the ground, flying everywhere and causing people to scatter even more. Shadow sidestepped a sizable chunk of glass coming for his head. He grimaced as he suffered an internal struggle about helping, but realized that he had no choice as even the police force's battle mechs were useless against the beast.

He had just made his mind up when a whopping twelve more of the creatures erupted out of the very streets. Shadow's eyes widened, before he saw a figure standing on the nearest creature. It was shouting, and appeared as though it controlled the beasts. With a jolt he recognized the entity: It was Epsilon, the final creation of the late Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik. Confused and still somewhat shaken, the Ultimate Lifeform realized that even he could not best all of these opponents alone. But who was there that could aid him in this time? With horrible resonance, it struck him: no one. There was but one option left. He activated his hover blades and zipped off to his dwelling.

Shadow lived now in a downtown apartment. He quickly arrived, ignoring everything but his self appointed mission. "This is the work of Eggman's creation, and the doctor was in turn Gerald's grandson. I still must destroy the evil the professor has created." He reached his room.

Ripping open the closet, he withdrew from a locked box his most prized possession: A shimmering green chaos emerald. He had recovered it over twenty years ago from a museum explosion, simply for safe keeping. Now he stared at the jewel, his red eyes reflected in it, recalling his life so long ago. With grim determination, the dark warrior concentrated and uttered the two words he had not heard in three centuries. "Chaos Control!" Shadow vanished in a blinding green flare of energy.

A/N: Review, please! I can always use ideas, and I may include a side story or even put you/your character in!