Somewhere on Earth: Yesterday…

"WHAT!! YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!" The boy yelled at his parents. They were all sitting down at the dinner table just finishing up their food.

"Well I am, and you're going no matter what," his mother stated flatly. "You know that because of your father's job that we're never in the same place for long. It's the sacrifice that we make, Evan."

"Well why didn't you tell me like a week ago so that I could at least say goodbye to all my friends?" Evan asked.

"Because this isn't just another assignment, Evan, this one is serious." His father replied.

"Is it so serious that you can't tell your own son what it is?" Evan yelled.

"Yes, actually it is. All I've been allowed to tell you is that we're leaving tomorrow in a shuttle to a top secret research lab named Space Colony ARK, and that my latest assignment is named Project: Shadow."

"Figures. I'm all done. If you need me I'll be in my room PACKING!" he shouted as he stormed out of the room into a hallway.

He opened a door to his left, revealing a flight of stairs. He descended and entered into a small room, his room. Ever since he was born, he remembered constantly moving, moving away from a new house, new friends, a new life. He had just started getting comfortable this time, when the project his dad was currently working on was terminated. He had never remembered a project being so serious that he never knew about it ahead of time, except for this one.

"Hmph, I'll find out soon enough," he mumbled. He suddenly jumped. "Wait, did he just say SPACE Colony ARK?!"

The Shuttle: Today

The second they boarded, Evan was instantly amazed at the view outside his window. It was still hard to believe that he was in space. After about an hour, he looked at his father and asked, "Can you please tell us what your assignment is now or do I have to wait any longer?" Now that they were in space, he should be able to tell him everything considering the fact that they were about 1,000,000 miles away from the ground and everybody on the ship had an assignment at least a bit like his father's.

His father sighed. "Sure, I won't be able to keep it from you forever anyway," his father said. "My latest project is called Project: Shadow, as you already know. The project was created by the government and the executive professor of this project is named Professor Gerald Robotnik. Us researchers were hired by the government to make an immortality formula, knowing that with it they would be invincible. I have no idea why Gerald has anything to do with it though, since he is known for only wanting to better mankind, not destroy it. I have no idea how, but he figured out a way to make an immortal creature, known as the ultimate life form. He's becoming closer and closer to discovering the key, and I am being sent up to help him, since he needs ever growing help with this project."

After this his father was silent.

Evan looked at his father in amazement. He had no idea whatsoever that his father's top secret assignment was that incredible. He asked, "What can the ultimate life form do, other than stay alive forever? It would be pretty boring if that was all it could do.

"I don't know exactly. I do know that it can do a lot though according to my notes."

Then he asked, "What's it's name?"

His father looked at him in confusion. "Who's name?"

"The ultimate life form's. It has to have some kind of a name."

"Oh right. I believe it's named Shadow, after the name of the project it was created for."

"Sound's pretty cool, Evan replied, "It'll be interesting meeting an ultimate life form for the first time."

"Well your not. I don't want you anywhere near that thing, Evan. He's said to be very powerful and dangerous. Who knows what it could do to you." His father said sternly.

"But dad, I…"

"No way, Evan. It's out of the question."

Space Colony ARK: Today

Soon the ship moved into the boarding area and made a perfect landing. As everybody exited the ship, Maria and Shadow looked around anxiously for their hopeful soon to be friend.

"I wonder what he looks like," Maria said.

"At least we know that he's the only boy scheduled to come this year. It would be very difficult to trace him then." Shadow replied.

Shadow suddenly turned towards the shuttle. He saw a boy just leaving it. He knew automatically who he was.

"Maria! I think I found him. He's over there." Shadow exclaimed, motioning towards the boy. He had blonde hair, and brown eyes. He was wearing a green shirt and jeans.

They started walking as fast as they could. As they approached them, he looked at them in surprise.

Maria smiled. "Hi my name is Maria."

"And my name is Shadow the Hedgehog," Shadow said.

"We just wanted to come down here to meet you and see if you ever wanted to play with us," The blonde haired, blue eyed girl replied.

"We could show you around the ARK too if you were ever interested. You can get lost very easily in a place like this." Shadow replied.

Evan stared at them in astonishment. "Did you say that your name was Shadow?" he asked the black hedgehog.

"Yes. Why do you ask?" Shadow said.

He looked around, scared that his dad might pop up at any time. If he caught him talking to Shadow, he'd go crazy.

"Uhhh… I have to go. Sorry I can't stay to talk. Can we meet somewhere later, but where not many people are?" he asked hurriedly.

"Sure. How about Shadow's room tomorrow morning? Nobody's ever there, so I'd say it'd be the most desolate and easy to get to place. Do you think you can find your way there, Evan?" Maria asked.

"Sure. I'll see you guys at about 8:00 ok?" Evan said.

"Fine with me," Shadow said.

"We'll see you tomorrow, Evan. Bye!" Maria called to Evan as he ran away quickly.

They started walking to the research lab.

"Why did we have to suggest my room? Couldn't it have been yours?" Shadow asked.

"Because my grandfather is having a meeting with one of the new recruits and I know that we won't get any privacy there," Maria replied.

"Good call," Shadow said.

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