Eggman detached the device from the project. He took out the power source and put it in the collar around the beast's neck. This would prove an annoying wake up.

"Guys! Get in here!", Tails shouted from his workshop. Shadow climbed off of Sonic and walked over to Tails' workshop. Sonic regained his senses and joined Shadow in the room. "What'd you find?"

"I know where Eggman is."

"What? Where?", Shadow asked urgently.

"He's in an underground base in the middle of this forest.", Tails said, pointing to his map.

"Well let's get going!"

Eggman turned on the collar and pulled out the controller. He pushed the button, and the collar fired off. The project's eyes opened. It grabbed the collar and tore it off. There goes the possibility of using the collar to control it.

Shadow got ready to take off. He took a step forward, breaking the sound barrier instantly...but also breaking something else. He groaned in pain and fell to the ground, unable to move his legs. Sonic rushed over to him, "Shadow are you-". Sonic saw it. Shadow's middle vertebrae was protruding from his back.

It was enormous, a massive hulk-like creature. It was eleven feet tall, and its muscles were huge. Its eyes were a dark purple, and its skin was dark black. Its skin also looked to be an armor of sorts, and it had spikes protruding from its back. Here it was. The thing Robotnik had worked for almost a year to get. Project X.

"Oh my god!"

"W-What is it?"

"It's your spine!" Shadow shouldn't have ignored the pain in his back. "We gotta get you to a hospital!"

"We can't! The spinal cord is going to snap any second, and if you run him there, it'll snap under the pressure!", Tails exclaimed.

"Then what do we do?!"

"I've got it.". Shadow placed his hand over the vertebrae.

"Shadow, what're you-". Shadow slammed his hand on the vertebrae, grunting loudly in pain. The vertebrae snapped back into place. "That's close enough.", Tails loaded Shadow into the Tornado and flew off towards the hospital.

Project X looked at Eggman, a scowl on its face. Eggman felt nervous. It stretched a little, its bones cracking in the progress. "You woke me?", it said, gesturing to the collar. Its voice was deep and grisly. Eggman nodded, "Yes, I awoke you."

"Why?"

"Well, I have some plans with you."

"Really?"

"Yes."

"And what would I have to gain from these 'plans'?"

"You'll get to see the reason you were created."

"Are you referring to-"

"Yes. Shadow the Hedgehog."

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