SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG
Shadow stood on top of a cliff overlooking the city of Westopolis. It was total chaos down there. The creatures smashed cars, uprooted signposts and banished them at buildings, they clobbered buildings, and they shot down anything in their sight.
Shadow stood there unfazed. He knew he could easily take down most of these creatures, but he chose not to. He realized he should allow his instincts direct him from here.
As he watched the beings before him abolish everything in their path, he heard a faint noise behind him, far, far away. It was getting closer. He knew what was coming, it was a plane. A military plane. A G.U.N. military plane.
The plane flew over Shadow. He saw military tanks and armored cars holding G.U.N. marines coming in from different roads. The tanks fired their payloads at the creatures that were destroying the city. The creatures quickly focused on them and began smashing in the tanks and cars.
The marines jumped out of their transporters and began firing at the green and purple creatures. The marines got a good look at them. They looked like some sort of other worldly being; the eyes were thought to look like a reptile's. They were pupil less and yellow, so you could never tell what their eyes were focused on.
They had humongous, velvet legs supported by two toes, each toe equipped with white, razor-sharp nails. Their bodies were green as you could see veins popping out from under their skin.
Their arms, too, were velvet with three fingers and three nails. They were much bigger than a human's. The bigger one's had spikes emerged from their spine's while the smaller ones did not.
Defiantly classified as aliens.
The battle for control of the city continued. G.U.N. soldiers fired their guns, as did the otherworldly beings.
Aliens continued to fall from the sky. One of the larger aliens fell on top of a car, completely crushing the vehicle under its weight. A rushing car escaping from the scene was going toward where that car was at the time, and when the moving car realized it was in a collision course with this newly spawned alien, it slammed on the breaks.
Too late. The alien swung its arm into the side of the car sending it hurling into a building beside them, resulting in an explosion that engulfed about four G.U.N. soldiers.
Things were totally out of control.
"Shadow," a voice spoke to Shadow behind him. He was very surprised and amused to see someone knew his name. Shadow slowly turned to face the creature that called to him.
There stood a floating creature garnished in grayish-purple robes. It had three dark red eyes in the center of what appeared to be its face. The eyes were stacked on top one another in a pyramid scheme. Only the top eye had a pupil. The creature had two long, pointed spikes emerged from both side of its head. And finally, it was wearing a series of necklaces that looked like they were worn for some religious purpose.
The creature spoke again. "Have you collected the Chaos Emeralds?"
Shadow stared at the life form before him. Finally, Shadow answered, "I don't understand what you are talking about."
The creature moved towards Shadow and began to study him. It looked directly into Shadow's eyes. "You are Shadow, are you not?" it asked.
"I am Shadow the Hedgehog."
"Have you forgotten the promise you made to me?" the creature asked in curiosity.
"I don't remember anything," Shadow confessed. "How could you possibly forget our relationship? It is I, the ruler of the Black Arms, Black Doom," the creature explained to Shadow.
Shadow closed his eyes again. There was nothing but emptiness inside his mind. "I don't remember anyone named Black Doom or anything about Black Arms."
Black Doom stood there in shock. Something was defiantly bothering him, Shadow could tell. Shadow could also tell that Black Doom and the Black Arms would be a big step into finding out what Shadow's purpose is. Black Doom obviously knew Shadow.
"What are you doing here on Earth, and how is it you know me?" Shadow asked Black Doom.
Black Doom began to speak. "Bring me the Chaos Emeralds as you promised, and the secrets of your past shall be unlocked."
Shadow realized that this was his only chance to find the secrets to his past.
Shadow stood there pondering what Chaos Emeralds were. "Exactly what are Chaos Emeralds?" Shadow asked.
"Chaos Emeralds are jewels containing the ultimate power. There are seven Chaos Emeralds located here on the face of the Earth."
"And what are you planning on doing with these emeralds?" Shadow questioned Black Doom.
"That, you shall find out on your journey. Now hurry and find the emeralds, I will only be on this planet for one month. When that time is up, I must leave and return to my home planet." Black Doom told Shadow, and then turned to look at the destruction below them in the city.
"We shall meet here once one month has passed," Black Doom said to Shadow, then raised one of his large necklaces with his left hand and began to move it in the motion of a pendulum while holding his right hand up, then vanished.
"Looks like I have no choice but to find these Chaos Emeralds," Shadow said aloud. "Seems like I'm on a little journey now."
Shadow jumped from the cliff and skidded down the rocks. When he landed, he spotted a fallen G.U.N. soldier. Shadow took the rifle from the troop's hand, loaded it, and set off into the city.