All copyright stuff is in Chapter 1
The 3 Shadows, Episode 1 - Genesis.
Chapter 1 - The incident that started it all
CRASH! BANG! The sounds of chaos on the space station ARK. The home of Gerald Robotnik, the greatest scientist on the planet Earth, despite spending most of it in space. ARK was under attack from numerous robots, all having the GUN symbol on them. Shadow the Hedgehog did not know who GUN was or why they were attacking them, he was too busy dragging his best and only friend Maria Robotnik to the escape pods. If something happened to her he didn't know what he would do.
Shadow was a humanoid Black hedgehog with Red stripes along his oddly shaped spines. He knew nothing of the world beyond ARK, or beyond Project Shadow, something he believes he is part of. His unique abilties included immense speed; in fact with the aid of his air skates he can reach the speed of sound. All Dark colours besides his white gloves, shoes and a small piece of white hair on his chest, Shadow definitely looked like nothing on Earth.
Project Shadow, perhaps that's the reason they are after me.
On Shadow's hand was a teenage girl, about 15 years of age, being dragged along the corridors by the speedy black hedgehog. Her name is Maria Robotnik, granddaughter of Gerald Robotnik. She isn't strong or fast, but is very smart. She usually assists her Grandfather in all his work yet she knows very little about the reasoning behind it. Simply she believes Gerald does what he does to benefit mankind but then why would these people want to destroy him and his work? Who are GUN and what do they want? Like Shadow she is unaware of the world beyond ARK, she herself never being to Earth.
Speeding through the corridors the two managed to find the control room of ARK where the escape pods were. They know it's more important they live than to stop GUN destroying Gerald's life work. They stopped at the doorway.
"Hide, I'll clear the way to the control panel", Said Shadow. Maria nodded, looking for a suitable hiding place but finding none.
"There is none Shadow! Please hurry, you need me to activate the escape pods", said Maria. Shadow entered the room to find several GUN sentries. He quickly spun himself into a ball and struck down the robots with ease.
"The coast is clear, come on" Shadow beckoned to Maria. She ran as fast as she could to the control room.
BANG! A loud sound suddenly drowned out the loud sirens that had annoyed them from the start of all this. Shadow looked over to Maria to his horror. She had been shot, She was dying.
"MARIA!!" shouted Shadow. Maria shut the door and dragged herself to the control panel.
"Shadow, get into the pod", said Maria.
"Not without you. We could get you to a hospital, you're not going to die" shouted Shadow.
"I am, but you need not", said Maria collapsing on the console.
"I can't live without you", said Shadow.
"Shadow, listen, promise me you'll do something for me. The people down there, life is a precious gift. For the people of the planet, give them a chance to be happy, let them live for their dreams. It's too late for me, but not for you or them. Listen Shadow I know you can do it, that's the reason you were brought into this world", said Maria. She tapped a button on the console and a pod dropped around Shadow.
"MARIA!!!" shouted Shadow one last time
"Sayanora, Shadow the Hedgehog", Said Maria with her last breath. The pod dropped out of ARK and headed towards Earth. Shadow fisted the bottom of the pod, crying out loudly.
Why? WHY? Why did she have to die and not me? Why did I just let that all happen? What is wrong with me? Who are GUN? What did they want? What the hell is going on here? What's going to happen to me now? I want answers goddamn it.
Maria you were everything to me, and you made me promise I'd help people. From now on til the day I die and possibly beyond, I'm going to dedicate my life to fulfilling that promise and to find answers.
And Shadow decended to Earth, the friction causing a massive fire to surround the pod. Shadow looked out to the world in front of him. Everything new, Everything exciting, unaware of the role he would play later, unaware of the people he would meet, the friends he would make and the enemy he would comfront numerous times. His pod crashed into the forest and the resulting noise attracted the least likely of people.