In the darkness you can hear gunshots building to a rapid fire. A barrage of bullets striking metal, breaking glass... And then silence except for "How 'Bout A Dance" playing on a busted car radio.

BIENVILLE PARISH, LOUISIANA

-1934-

Through a haze of smoke and dust, a grey Ford Deluxe Sedan appears, ripped with bullet holes, windows shattered, blood dripping down the open passenger door.

Shadow the Hedgehog and Rouge the Bat are dead in the front seat. He sits behind the wheel with blood covering his face and her lifeless head on his shoulder.

-VARIOUS NEWSPAPER

HEADLINES-

HAIL OF LEND END THE LIVES OF

HEDGEHOG AND BAT!