This is most obviously NOT a bridge chapter! *shifty eyes*


Damian looked at the program with wonder.

Gerald Robotnik had spent his entire life working on a secret government project, a project that Damian now had his hands on.

"Shadow, the World's Ultimate Lifeform. How ingenious." Damian commented absently. "But the man cheated," he observed, looking at the secret dealings with cosmic entities. "How was I created... I was built with Chaos Genes inside of me to help accelerate my growth... Chaos Genes from the Chaos Emeralds... yes... hmm."

Damian stuffed the computer program away and left the computer unattended. He dashed to a small library in the school where he began throwing books left and right, attempting to find a certain text to verify his thoughts.

"A Chao. A Chao is a small mythical being of purity... They are completely and utterly adaptable... adaptable..." Damian read the book carefully over and over again, analyzing the presumed biology of Chao.

None had ever before been operated on, they were spiritual creatures.

"Do they really exist? I've never seen one. They claim to be found in 'Chao Gardens', isolated areas where purity and prosperity reign... Bah! Useless!" Damian growled as he through the book behind him. Another idea wasted.

Then Damian stopped. Before him was a picture of 'heroes' of old. Sonic, he arch nemesis stood atop a defeated mech with a couple of his friends. Damian looked closer. A twin tailed fox, an echidna with rock hard fists, a rabbit, a pink- wait a moment... what is that thing flying near that rabbit's head?

Damian picked the book back up off the ground and compared shapes.

"She has a pet Chao that follows her around."

Damian looked at the girl. The picture was old, at least seven years old. The girl would have to be in high school by now.

"Who is she?"