PROLOUGE
He entered the deserted, darkened colony, bearing nothing more than a fresh bouquet of flowers. All he did was walk towards the center of space colony A.R.K. He then stopped at a sort of control panel… it had a picture of a young girl on it and a wheelchair nearby. He left the bouquet of flowers right underneath the girl's portrait. His head hung low.
"For you, my Maria."
Shadow then decided to comb the rest of the deserted colony, as a reminiscing trip. He looked at all of the gadgets, the ruined G.U.N. robots, and such.
But out of all the cold, grey objects lying in the wasted colony, something stood out. Something that caught Shadow's eye.
He saw a whole row of giant containment barrels, filled to the brim with a dark green liquid to keep the projects inside vital, but asleep. Most of the projects inside were shriveled and inactive. Nothing was of much importance to him, for these barrels brought back nothing more than bad memories.
He walked past the row to find a hedgehog, with white stripes and multiple scars. There was a tag on his arm, and it was very indistinct. Shadow peered at the barrel for a closer look. The tag said:
PROJECT: dARKn355 the Hedgehog. SPECIMIN STATUS: ALIVE. CREATOR: Nicholas Robotnik, Son of Gerald Robotnik. UPDATED BY G.U.N.
"Ugh. Robotnik's creations…" scoffed an unimpressed Shadow. But he noticed that on the tag, the specimen was deemed alive. "So this thing is still alive and well, eh? Heh. Let's put it to the test then, shall we?" Shadow put both of his palms on the plate-glass of the barrel gently. He then closed his eyes tightly, and wind was whirling all around his body. "Heh, simple to open this cheap glass. Chaos control!"
Shadow's hands glowed green, and the green waves seemed to amplify his power, causing the glass to shatter. The liquid spewed all around, splashing, sloshing; however you may choose to define it. The specimen began to blink.
"What is the meaning of this? Who awoke me from my slumber?" it asked.
"I did," said Shadow, confidently.
"You seem like an inorganic specimen… a sentient being, perhaps? State your name, creature."
"My name is Shadow. Shadow the Hedgehog."