Shadow looked into Star's sole eye "Who are you?" The Alien hms "You still don't know anything, do you?"
Shadow's contemplative look answered Alien's question, and he proceeded, "But you will... in time. Right now, you must find five jewels and release their power. They are the keys to reawakening our temples. Failure is not an option! Understand?"
Shadow wasn't eager to test more of Boss's magic and nods as confirmation.
The green Chaos Emerald suddenly was descending to Shadow's hand, likely Alien's work who commands "Now, go!"
Stage 5: Glyphic Canyon
Player: Shadow
Goal: Find and activate 5 temple jewels.
Running across the road you'd find on rollercoasters, Shadow enters the first temple "I don't remember this place."
The moving statues didn't attract hedgehog's attention as much as some green glowing sphere on the altar emitting strong energy did "This must be the jewel, that the Aliens' Leader mentioned."
According to past adventures alongside Omega and Rouge; some things like switches must be touched for a trigger. Shadow did exactly that, causing a sphere spinning "I guess it's up to me to find out, what are they up to."
Shockwave underneath icreased the gravity, despite this slight inconvenience Shadow maintained his running pace for the exit.
Outside, Shadow noticed the Temple grounds rising towards skies.
Following his path, Shadow goes through the windmills carrying a huge debris breakable by his spindash. Until eventually, the black hedgehog ran into Tornado.
The windmill brings the amnesiac to another platform of Glyphic Canyons.
The ground beneath was getting shakier. Last moment Shadow evades the Enormous Worm capable to eat through solid ground, like a bread.
On instincts they were about to clash, One-Eyed Star interferes telling big vermin "Do Not attack our Soldier!"
Shadow remains vigilant "Why did that thing locked on me" with missiles as hedgehog deduced.
"Our miniature worms track down their potential prey by detecting their vital signs. Their first time like now is always on hunt." Star gazes down and up "Use the stream to reach the 2nd jewel."
It certainly settles the worries about miscalculating the jump and falling to bottomless pit. The 3rd stream didn't need the Triangle Formation, not that Shadow would've done it without the remaining members of unofficial Team Dark.
With 2nd jewel rotating Star comments "Another ancient temple has been brought back to life. The immense power of our holy ground is reborn."
Through multiple springers Shadow and Star finds 3rd temple "Our temple is not what it appears. Soon, the time will come when it will release the power within you."
With another jewel activated, the vibrations shaking the temple are getting stronger.
Shadow hoomes into a springer upwards finding the exit. From there he sees 4th Jewel. All he needs to do is to jump through square platforms moving sideways and back.
Progressing through mission Shadow says "Only one jewel remains."
Going through another windmill debris and getting sucked into hurricane, Shadow noticed final target while landing to the ground where he finds the group of black warriors, leeches and worms.
The Star shines his eye, causing warriors and leeches to scatter, while worms going underground unlocking a cage with springer.
Jumping onto to it for the finish Shadow comments "Now, let's see what really happens, when this temple is awakened."
As soon as he touches the jewel, an energy bursts out suddenly slightly bending Shadow backwards.
Inside Shadow's mind.
He alone knows the seen within a flashlight.
It takes place at some secret facility containing a familiar capsule rising up. From there Shadow awakens hearing a voice "What's that? Is that you, Sonic? Are you trying to spoil my plans again?"
Shadow gazes towards the source of sound finding a man with a brown handlebar moustache and torso shaped like an egg.
The same man looks closer at hedgehog "Wait a minute, you're not Sonic. This is impossible!"
The Flashback Shadow introduced his name and offers a favour for releasing him.
The mechanical noise alerts Eggman "Now what?". Shadow teleports away to deal with problem "Behold the true power I possess!"
The trip to memory lane ends and Shadow's mind returns back to real world at the Glyphic Canyons. - "That's right. I escaped the ARK, but then I was still captured by those GUN soldiers. But why would they attack the scientists aboard the ARK? why were they after us? How deep does this insanity go?" - These memories kept triggering boiling sensation within Shadow, desire for revenge and hatred for humanity.
