Chapter One
The Scourge and Shadow

The story begins with Shadow the Hedgehog and Rouge the Bat, two high-class G.U.N. agents, chasing after Scourge the Hedgehog and Fiona the Fox, two Mobian criminals. The targets had just stolen six of the seven Chaos Emeralds from one of the G.U.N. facilities.

Shadow: (calling out angrily) Scourge, get back here with those damn emeralds!

Scourge: (taunting) You gotta catch me first, loser!

Fiona: (hurriedly) Scourge, hurry up and use the emeralds so we can back to that other dimension.

Scourge: (back to Fiona) You're right, babe, let's ditch this punk!

Rouge: Shadow, we can't let them get away!

Shadow: Like I would let that happen!

Scourge reached into the bag of stolen Emeralds and holds one in the air. The gem begins to glow.

Scourge: (with a knowing grin) It's been fun, Shadow, but we've gotta bail! Later!

Fiona: (teasingly) Sayonara.

Shadow and Rouge: No!

A flash of light fills the surroundings. When it subsides, Scourge and Fiona are gone, the Chaos Emeralds with them.

Shadow: (frustrated) Damn, they got away.

Shadow and Rouge stand there for a second thinking about what just happened.

Rouge: (thinking aloud) What do you think Fiona meant by "other dimension"?

Shadow: I have a hunch that it's nothing good. Give me time to concentrate. I'll find them.

Shadow closes his eyes to focus. (After years of intense training Shadow's powers and abilities have evolved to having the ability to sense Chaos Emeralds even through multiverses.) He then opens his eyes.

Rouge: (expectantly) Well? Anything?

Shadow: I know that they are most certainly in another universe. In fact, I can sense the one they're in now.

Rouge: And how do we get there?

Shadow: We can use a Chaos Emerald, the one I have, to get there. However, there are consequences. Our presence there could affect both us and the Emeralds in that dimension.

Rouge: (almost concerned) Shadow, they have the emeralds. If we don't do something about it, nothing is safe, here or in that other dimension.

Shadow: *sigh* You're right. Lets get those bastards.

Rouge: (with a little perk) That's the Shadow I know.

Rouge holds onto Shadow as the hedgehog conducts Chaos Control with his Emerald.

Shadow: CHAOS CONTROL!

A flash of light and the two are gone as well.