Music for Chapter 5
Death Cyclone - Tornado Defense - Route to Spagonia from Sonic Unleashed/World Adventure
Shadow meets Emakarou - Event: Prolouge from Shadow the Hedgehog

"I dunno, Sonic."
"C'mon Tails, we got an awesome machine here! It could annihilate that demon!"
"Well, I never tested it out before, so let's take it for a spin and then I'll think about it."
"Sounds fun! Alright, let's go."

Tails got what resembled a remote control and pressed a button. Suddenly, the roof of the lab opened up. Tails went inside the cockpit. "Alright Sonic, hop in!" He invited Sonic, patting the left-hand seat.
"Oh, I thought I'd sit on the top. I always do, right?"
"There aren't any robots or anything that we need to worry about, and besides, the seats are soft and comfy."
"Okay, you win." Sonic hopped in with Tails, and then Tails closed the cockpit which was open.

Tails bent down and rummaged through his right sock as Sonic watched, wondering what he was looking for. "Got it!" Tails exclaimed as he pulled out a small, gold key. He put it into the ignition and turned the machine on. The jets on the feet started up and the machine lifted up in the air. "Death Cyclone, ready for take-off!"

Sonic slowly turned his head to Tails. "Death… Cyclone?"
"Do you like the name, Sonic?"
"It's really interesting… Never knew you were like that, Tails!"

The Death Cyclone took off to the skies, ready for its first flight. "Alright, Death Cyclone ready for take-off!" Sonic shouted with excitement.

Music - Tornado Defense Route to Spagonia - Sonic Unleashed/World Adventure

In the calm, blue skies about Shikokou the Death Cyclone flew through the white, fluffy clouds. Sonic observed the buttons and levers on the control panel. This thing must be as cool as it looks and sounds! I kinda wish there was something to shoot at, just to see for myself… Sonic thought.

"Whoa! Something's on the radar!" Tails exclaimed suddenly.
"What is that something? This is getting exciting!"
"It's him!"
"Which him?"
"That Ema-whatever guy?"
"Alright, it's Ema carrot cake! C'mon, let's shoot!"
"No, I can't just fire away at him!"
"Why not? This is our perfect chance!"
"It's possible we'll give ourselves away, then we'll be in big trouble!"
"I've had enough of this!" Sonic reached out for the button, but Tails pushed it away. Emakarou sped off. "Great! We let him get away!"
"If we wanted to attack him, we'd need to plan it out. We can't just go at him head on."
"If you say so…" Sonic looked out the window. "I wonder where he went…"
"Wherever he went, I hope none of our friends get involved…"

January 5, 1515
Takashima, Kyukai

A black hedgehog with quills pointing upward and red highlights
stood in a forest watching the city of Takashima below him.

"The last four years have been too boring…" Shadow sighed with his head lowered. "The world is so peaceful now, all thanks to that cocky blue hedgehog." Then, a flashback ran through his head.

"What you see is what you get, just a guy who loves adventure – I'm Sonic the Hedgehog!"

"At least I haven't seen him since. It's good to get away from his arrogant attitude. I just hope he doesn't happen to be in Kyukai."

Music - Event: Prolouge - Shadow the Hedgehog

Suddenly the demon, Emakarou, teleported behind him and grabbed him on the shoulder, he quickly turned his head, but he didn't show any signs of fear or shock. "Sonic! Darn it, not you!" He took a second to look at him. "Wait, you're not Sonic. Who are you?"
"I know who you are, Shadow the Hedgehog. The ultimate life form, created on the Space Colony, ARK 50 years ago."
"You know about me? How?"
"I can read people's minds and backgrounds."
"Right, well I asked who you were." Shadow barely seemed surprised about this, as he has dealt with a lot of things.
"You bastard. Emakarou, an ancient demon from the year 1515. I found a chaos emerald and used it to travel to the year 2015."
"A chaos emerald?" Shadow started to sound intrested.

Emakarou showed Shadow the purple emerald. "Yes, I've used the chaos emeralds a lot in the past. That belongs to me."
"Why should I give it to you?"
"Just what are you intending to do with it?"
"I need the other six first, then I can rid the world of it's population and claim the world for myself."
"I wanted to do that one time, it's a very long story. But anyway, I've had a change of heart. Of course, that doesn't mean I'm the hero."

As Shadow was talking, Emakarou was reading Shadow's abilities not to his knowledge – by reading them he momentarily learned everything Shadow could do. "If you want to come at me, do so. You look rather interesting."

Shadow let out a growl. "Fiend!" He shouted, pointing at Emakarou. "I'll obliterate you! I am the ultimate life form!" He started skating forward, shouting at the top of his lungs. Then, his feet lifted off the ground just a centimetre.
"What's he doing here?"
Shadow began glowing red. "Chaos…"
Emakarou chuckled as Shadow approached him. He clenched his fists and positioned them on each side of him, and then he began glowing red himself.
Shadow came to a screeching halt and stopped glowing. "What the-?"
"CHAOS BLAST!" Emakarou was surrounded by a red explosion that affected Shadow.
"AAAAAHHH!" After the Chaos Blast was finished, Shadow collapsed with no energy left to fight. "It can't be… He knows…" Shadow mumbled with the remaining breath he had. "Chaos… Blast!"
"Impressed? While you were babbling, I read two of your abilities – that one, Chaos Blast, and Chaos Control."
"You've learnt Chaos Control too? Darn it!"
"With this ability I can go around the world reading powers from the greatest fighters and become unstoppable!" He turned his back with a smirk on his face. "When you want a rematch, just let me know. I'll be expecting you." With that, he took off, leaving Shadow gasping for blood before passing out.

It's a pretty short chapter, I'm sorry. And the next chapter will be much longer, so you can look forward to it! It could take a little while unfortantley, but I'll try to get it done as soon as possible. Thanks!