In an advanced looking lab Maria sat on a table with her robotic arm removed. A duck doctor tended to him. Shadow approached him smiling, they were both still badly bruised "Are you sure about this?" "I can't trust my own mind. So, until they figure out how to get this stuff out of my head think going back under is the best thing. For everybody". Shadow watches as the doctor helps Maria into a cryo-chamber. Maria closes her eyes and is frozen.
Later Shadow was looking out of a window when Espio came up next to him "Thank you for this" "Your friend and my father, they were both victims. If I can help one of them find peace…". Shadow sighed "You know if they find out he's here they'll come for him" "Let them try". They both look out over a jungle landscape. In front of them was a statue of five Mobians with a chameleon at the centre holding up a chaos emerald.