Chapter 4-The First Article
He stood in a 4x4 cell, on a tanker. As he rose, he realized that the cell was electronically locked. He took the security card and used it to unlock the door. Luckily, the jail cell was in the hallway to the holds, and he needed to get to the holds to seize his prize. He dashed along until he heard a noise. He ducked behind a storage container. The noise was a storm of robots entering the hall. He dashed past them and into the holds.
The place was empty. He thought that it was a mistake to go there. But as the room slowly gained light, he could see what looked like a tank.
The tank then sprouted wings, and a huge robot body. This was Dr. Eggman's creation, Project EX-1. The thing was so big that it crashed right through the top of the tanker. Shadow realized from a certain spot that this robot was relying on a Chaos Emerald to keep it running. When it came toward Shadow, he entered hyper time and dodged his way to the back. When he got there, it was only too easy to get the Chaos Emerald. He jumped up, along the strings of power lines, ground, and moved in for the prize.
The robot entered a chamber in the side of the holds. It toppled into one of the power lines and froze. The system crashed.
Shadow gazed at his beautiful prize-the Red Chaos Emerald. As he held it, he felt tremendous power flowing through him. He put it away and picked up the article that he had worked so hard to receive. He read the article. It said:
December 9, 1991
"Ultimate life form born in space colony"
The ultimate life form was finished today at 11 a.m., in the Space Colony ARK, a rogue space project created by Gerald Robotnik, head of Robotnik Industries in Los Angels, Cauliflower.
The life form is fast, too, so once he gets down to Earth, his creator will challenge Sonic the Hedgehog, the youngest living being to ever break the sound barrier, to a race. 2-year old Sonic is now practicing on a custom-made treadmill.
The life form was granted the title 'Shadow the Hedgehog' at birth. He weighed in at 3 lbs., 4 oz., and is a total of 24 inches tall.
Professor Gerald is currently celebrating with his granddaughter, Maria. Now that the project is finished, the baby hedgehog will grow up a little bit before heading back to Earth.
The hedgehog has been made using memory skin technology, a type of technology that will prove effective in creating new medical products. The original memory skin technology, or M3, is a technology that infuses the nuclei of the human cells with metal. But using this new method, or M4, the nuclei are infused with pure diamond, providing for the strongest type of cell in the world, impenetrable.
This creation is ushering in a new era in the world. There is nothing like what has been created here today.
"So that's how I was created…" he said.
"Congratulations! I never expected you to be able to find that thing. I expected that if the EX-1 didn't stop you, then the guards would. You have not only surprised me, but made me proud. For that I will tell you of a contact to meet to find your next article", said the cloaked girl. She had come out of nowhere, and was spying on Shadow, almost as if she had set up his challenge.
"Well, then tell me."
"Settle down! I'll tell you. It's Ms. Rose. She lives in the west side of Station Square, at 356 Ortiz Avenue."
"Thanks."
Thinking about his newly acquired knowledge, he headed back to Station Square.