Sonic Adventure 2—Tails POV
Chapter 5: The Final Mission to Save Earth! (LAST Opening through Cannon's Core Intro)
A short recap..."Tails!" To my surprise, I heard Sonic's voice. But it can't be...we all saw him...he blew up right in front of us...he's gone. "Tails, look out the window!" The voice spoke again. I looked outside and I saw Sonic on a platform just outside the Eclipse Cannon! He survived! I didn't care how, the important thing was that he's alive! Just as the Cannon exploded, he gave us his signature grin, and I knew it had to be him! We won! But then, I felt a rumble. I looked out the window, and Earth was getting closer. Then I looked to the floor around me. Eggman was gone, and so was the Chaos Emerald I dropped!
Now to the present...Eggman must have taken the last Chaos Emerald to the control room and placed it in just as Sonic jammed the Eclipse Cannon. Either that, or Eggman had something more devastating in mind even than the Eclipse Cannon...if the colony crashed into Earth, both of them would be obliterated and we would all die...no, I mustn't think about that now.
By the time we knew exactly what was going on, Sonic and Knuckles were both in the room. Knuckles was successful and the Master Emerald was restored. But then a white bat dropped in and told us what was going on. I could only assume that this was the bat Knuckles told us about as we entered Eggman's pyramid back on Earth; he had said her name was Rouge.
"Haven't you heard?" she started. "The colony's going to crash into Earth and we're all doomed."
Then Eggman walked into the room and started talking, surprised at the sight of Sonic.
"Somehow I knew you'd get out of my trap...but it's too late for us."
Then a man who looked like Eggman only 50 years older appeared on the screen. He started talking about revenge, and about a final program that had been initiated and cannot be terminated. That must be why the colony is crashing to Earth!
"I should have done this a long time ago...I knew my grandfather's revenge would be so sweet," Eggman continued.
"That's your grandfather?" I replied, surprised, although I saw the resemblance.
"Yes. Professor Gerald Robotnik, the world's greatest scientist, and the creator of the Eclipse Cannon...and Shadow."
"He created Shadow?" Sonic both asked and replied, stunned.
"Yes, and that's why I freed him. It's all explained in his diary." Saying that, Eggman held up a thin metal disc. His grandfather's diary must be on it! I snatched it before Eggman had a chance to react. Then I placed it in the computer.
"'I don't quite know what happened or what went wrong," A voice began to speak as text appeared on the screen. This must be it! "Was it a mistake to create the ultimate life form? I thought it would be something to benefit mankind, but then the military landed on the colony that day. They were sent to destroy the research project that I had been working on. My colleagues at the research facility, my granddaughter Maria, I hope you are all safe.
"The colony was shut down, probably to keep the cannon from falling into the wrong hands. The ARK was shut down under the premises that there had been an accident. I found Maria's name among those who had died when the ARK was shut down. She meant everything to me, and I couldn't bear the thought that she died because of my research! I lost everything! I had nothing more to live for! I went insane! All I could think about was to avenge her, somehow, some way. I got scared, as I was no longer able to control my thoughts. All I could think about was that I wanted it all to end. Based on my original projections, I was able to complete my project, Shadow. I designed its mind to be perfect, pure. I will leave everything to him. If you wish, release and awaken it to the world, if you wish to fill the world with destruction."
"That's why you released Shadow!" Sonic realized.
"Yes, and now everything's going according to plan!"
"But you can't do this! You're going to kill everyone on Earth, and all of us up here, too! Don't you see what you're doing? Your grandfather's beliefs have blinded you!" I spoke up, outraged.
"You're right!" Eggman finally agreed, "but it's too late. The program has been activated, and there's no way to terminate it."
"But what about its power source?" Sonic replied. "If we cut off the Chaos Emeralds, the colony would lose power. Enough power to stop its falling!"
"You might be right, and I know of a shortcut to the core! But how will we stop the Chaos Emeralds?"
Rouge added to the plan. "Knuckles, didn't you say that the Master Emerald could stop the Chaos Emeralds?"
"Oh yeah, that's right! If I can get the Master Emerald to the Chaos Emeralds in the core, I can stop them with it!"
"Well, then, let's go!"
END CHAPTER FIVE