After walking with him for a while, I looked up in the sky and saw an odd looking grey star in the sky, larger than the others. "That's a weird looking star…" I said, pointing at it. "That's not a star. It's Space Colony ARK, my home." Shadow said when he looked at it. 'He's… an Alien?!' I thought to myself. "I was created there." He added. Wait, "created"? "Um… don't you mArtificially Processed Domesticated African Pygmy Hedgehog." He replied. Artificially Processed? Wouldn't that mean he's some sort of robot? "My real name is… Project: S.H.A.D.O.W. Version 2.0. The original Project: S.H.A.D.O.W. was a failure. It had the ability to give birth without a mating partner, and was too dangerous. The project was shut down until Professor Gerald Robotnik and Black Doom, my creators, came up with something. An idea for the new Ultimate Life Form. They came up with it's design, and created it using Black Dooms blood. I, am it. They created me, and almost instantly, I became best friends with Professor Gerald's granddaughter, Maria Robotnik. I was trained to be the ultimate killing machine, but me and Maria both didn't like this. Whatever she didn't like, I didn't like. Whatever she loved, I loved. But… When G.U.N., Guided Units of Nations, found out about me, they thought I would pose a threat to Earth. They invaded the ARK, killing everyone that got in their way to find me. Of course, I didn't want to be taken away from Maria, so we ran from the soldiers until she got tired. When we stopped in one of the hallways, leading to the escape pod, one of the soldiers pulled out his pistol and shot Maria in the chest. Though she was wounded, Maria brought me to the escape pod and sealed me in…" Then he stopped. When I looked at him, he was crying. "A… after I was lost and Maria had died… Gerald went insane… I haven't heard of him since…" Shadow said. "How long were you trapped in the pod?" I asked him. "… Fifty years… The only "family members" I have now are Black Doom… and… the doctor…" He replied. "The doctor? You don't mean… Doctor Eggman, do you?" I asked. Shadow nodded. "Hey, um… Shadow? … I was just wondering… Do you have to eat?" I asked. "I… I don't have to… but I can…" He seemed uneasy speaking about the subject. "Hm? What's wrong?" I asked him. "Nothing… uh…" He said before collapsing. "Shadow! What's--" I started, but I didn't have to finish that sentence. I heard Shadow's stomach growl, and he blushed lightly. I picked him up and began walking back to Emerald City, keeping a mental note as of where we were right now. "Hey! What are you-!? Let go!!" He started. "If you were this hungry, you could have told me." I said, not dropping him. "Err… who… who are you anyways?" He asked me. "… I'm Silver… Silver the Hedgehog…" I told him. "Why are you being so nice to me?" He asked. "…That's just me." I lied. He needed comfort… someone else that cared. He probably had PTSD, since he said that the only person he was close to was murdered.