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Two hundred years has passed since incident that caused Sonic and his past self to fight the entity known as Time Eater, controlled by Doctor Eggman. Since that fight, Eggman wasn't heard from again. No one knew what happened, but two brightest minds of pack speculated that he might've been trapped in limbo that he himself wanted to trap Sonic and his friends in. Those two were Tails and Shadow. Even though they had their differences they figured out that the younger Dr. Eggman, Sonic and Tails weren't from their timeline. If they were, none of the adventures would've happened since without proper resources, Chaos Emeralds to be exact, no one can escape the limbo between space and time. As a consequence of this, Sonic and the rest of the group got their well deserved rest as without Eggman there never arose a threat that would try to take over the world. Time passed and it took it's toll on most of them. The only one unaffected by passage of time were Shadow and Knuckles. Shadow was the immortal Ultimate Life Form and Knuckles was sustained by Master Emerald, as the last of his clan, in the prime of his life as the guardian.
After such a long time people seemed to forget about their saviours and then their existence. They became legends to the people of the planet, only few humans knew the truth. The children of heroes lived on, blending with society, most of them unaware of their heritage. Shadow and Knuckles both lived on Angel Island. They were the only ones capable of defending both Emeralds and Angel Island itself. They knew humans want to overtake the island so they moved it from time to time to make discovering it difficult. That wasn't the only reason however. G.U.N. was always afraid of Shadow's power and after some years thought itself officially powerful enough to capture and neutralize him. They had no idea where he was since he deserted years earlier. So because of those two reasons, both echidna and hedgehog became public enemies and were hunted. Shadow to be effectively killed and Knuckles to be stripped of his status and home. However, they had guidance. Spirit contained in Master Emerald learned to manifest itself on the whole island. Tikal became third guardian of the island. She tamed Chaos and taught it to communicate with Shadow and Knuckles to some degree. She was also the one that enabled the movement of the island. Four guardians of the island, Emeralds and Chao stood guard throughout the years. Given the fact that Knuckles and Shadow were hunted they were unable to buy or even steal food. They had to accommodate to the circumstances and slowly managed to make some plots of land into crop fields. Shadow had enough technical knowledge to make proper machines, primitive but working, to process what they gathered into more sophisticated meals. The island became self-sustainable for them and a real paradise it seemed from far away.
Slowly, humans numbers were dwindling due to genetic experiments. That made them act irrationally and hostile towards race that once defended them against one of them and Black Arms. That spurred a war between two races. Even though the Mobians, as they were called by humans, were fewer in numbers they made up in technology only usable by them and powers. After all, children of Miles Prower were taught by him and they had his intellect and inventive minds. The superior machines that they built were the major factor in the conflict.
The Four Chaos Guardians did not interfere in this war. All they wanted was to protect the land that three of them were born in. Even though Shadow wasn't born on Angel Island and wasn't at all familiar with Echidna culture, he learned about it. He was impressed by their history of war with their far more advanced kin. Their courage and determination was something he admired. He marked his body with some of the signs that echidnas used to indicate who their warriors were. Over the years, his memory started coming back to him completely. Two hundred years that passed didn't erase his memory of the promise he made 250 years ago. However that didn't force his hand to end the war between humans and Mobians.
One day the Guardians were observing the horizon. They were high above the sea and in the distance there were bright, flashing lights. It didn't take a genius to realise what was it. Knuckles was sitting on the edge and Shadow stood nearby, while Tikal and Chaos were tending to little Chaos that approached them.
-Even with this war that is burning away in the distance, these little creatures are happy like there was nothing else than peace and happiness in the world. - Shadow muttered.
-They live in a place that tasted war only once. - Tikal replied. - It's the perfect habitat for every Chao, especially with you two on guard along with Chaos.
-If we didn't move once in a while, no place on this world would be a safe place. This may be the only place Chao still inhabit. - Knuckles said.
-Perhaps. We may not be able to run forever.
Shadow turned around on his heel and went back into the island.
-After all these years he's still so cold... - Tikal whispered.
-It's Shadow. He's always been like this. - red echidna stood up. - He watched two of his dearest friends die in front of him.
-I know... Still, from what you said it's been almost two centuries since that.
-He got over the girl, but... He never forgets. - he squinted his eyes. The flashing lights stopped. - Let's go, I think the battle is over.
-Do you think they'll stop soon? - the girl asked picking up few Chaos.
-If Shadow is right about both sides? No. - he replied going back the same way black hedgehog went.
-This can't go on forever...
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And yes, anything after Generations is out of canon in this story.