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This chapter explains just how Shadow survived the ARK incident (for those who might be a little confused)
On we go!

The three heroes had started their long dig. It would take a while to get to Eggman, as the Earth's layers are thick and known to be dense.

("How does he even get oxygen down there?" Knuckles had remarked)

As they'd be travelling underground, Sonic couldn't sit in his favoured spot on the X Tornado's top (plus he was the only one out of the three who even had a vague idea of how to control the thing! So he was forced to be pilot).
He and Knuckles sat in the two front seats and Shadow sat in the back, on his own.

Shadow had often thought of how he came to survive the incident at ARK. He knew that Sonic had saved him, from what he'd remembered, but he just sometimes liked to wonder through the memory of it all, when he was alone and had the time.

He knew he had to do it. Amy Rose had pleaded him to help and that made him realise the truth; Maria's real wish.
The fight had been long and exhausting for Shadow, as he was loosing energy rapidly and his power was weakening. This last chaos control would use up his remaining strength, but it would also save the Earth and for fill Maria's final request.

"Maria! Watch me! I will for fill your wish!"

He gathered the remainders of his strength. Sonic, in his super form, flew beside him and together they rushed at the falling ARK.

"Now Shadow!"

As the two hedgehogs performed chaos control, Shadow could feel his energy draining from his body. A flash of bright light. This was it. He'd done it. His glow faded and his eyes rolled to the back of his head and his body fell….But suddenly he felt arms wrapped around him, a rush of speed, as if he were moving. Was death embracing him? Welcoming him to the after life?

"Shadow don't worry I got ya!"

He made no reply to the voice. He blacked out.

The next thing he remembered was another voice.

"Shadow? Can you hear me?"

Shadow opened his eyes. The two hedgehogs (no longer in their super forms) were in a small room, at the base of some stairs. They were in the ground floor of the ARK.

Shadow felt completely drained. He could only just open his eyes but, with Sonic's help, managed sit up against a wall.

"How are you feeling?" Sonic was concerned at how quickly Shadow had lost his power. It had never happened to himself before.

"S..s..Sonic….you…did..?"
Sonic could tell what Shadow was trying to say. He smiled.

"I couldn't just let you die out there dude. Not when I had the chance to save you."
Shadow smiled back.
"…Thanks…"

The last thing Shadow remembered was thinking;
"Maria…I did it…this was my promise I made to you…"