Showdown in Space/Transcript

[Recap of previous events]

[Sonic X theme, Gotta go fast plays]

[In a hangar]

Rouge: Topaz, I'm transmitting my report now. Over.

Topaz: Be careful, Rouge. That space colony is a dangerous place.

[Something shakes. Rouge notices something in front of her. Elsewhere, Sonic and Shadow are fighting each other. They ram at each other, causing a massive blast. Among the wreckage, Sonic notices a Power Ring.]

Shadow: You've interfered with the last time!

[Shadow jumps and launches a barrage of Chaos Spears at Sonic. Sonic dodges them and grabs the ring. He then uses Super Spin to knock out Shadow.]

Sonic: All right, Shadow. What's going on here?

Shadow: You'll find out. [The colony shakes again.] Sonic, you're time is running out! [Shadow leaves.]

Sonic: Wait! Huh? [looks behind to see a timer counting down]

[Tails, Amy, Knuckles Chris and Mr. Tanaka arrive at the colony's control center.]

Eggman: He tricked me! My own grandfather tricked me!

[The Chaos Emerald pedestal closes.]

Knuckles: The Chaos Emeralds!

[Eggman growls. Gerald Robotniks video starts to play.]

Gerald: The countdown marking my final revenge has begun! In a few minutes, you will be destroyed! space Colony ARK will hurdle through the atmosphere and crash into this planet with devastating force! [the video plays on Earth too] You have no time to prevent this disaster and absolutely no hope of survival! You're rulers took my granddaughter, Maria, from me. So I'm destroying everything you care about. Now you'll feel what I felt when I lost Maria! You'll see. You'll see. You'll see! [the video cuts]

Amy: Who is that guy? And what does he mean?

Eggman: That is professor Gerald Robotnik. He was a scientific genious and my grandfather.

[The video starts' playing again. The colony trembles.]

Knuckles: Hey, it feels like this place is breaking apart.

Rouge: Soon it's going to get a lot worse. I just checked the colony's propulsion system. The computers are locked, so we can't reverse course. Looks like there's nothing we can do.

[The mood goes sullen.]

Eggman: Grandpa, destroying a planet is one thing, but destroying your grandson is another.

Sonic: What's going on here?

Chris: Sonic!

Eggman: If you came here for a showdown Sonic, forget it. Soon, we'll all be vaporized.

Sonic: Come on, don't be such a quitter, Eggman. Maybe if we work together, we can out of this mess.

Eggman: [takes a computer] When I hacked into the database on Prison Island, I found my grandfather's diary.

Chris: [reads] "Revenge. That is all that matters to me now. When I began my research... [overlaps to Gerald's voice]

Gerald: ...I only wanted to do good. That's why I worked to make the ultimate creature. But the leaders of the project worried that I'd use it to take over the world. So they seized my lab on Space Colony ARK. Then, they took Maria from me, and my life took n a new purpose. Instead of helping people, I would get revenge on them! Night and day I planned, so long after I am gone, my revenge will be complete.

Chris: [continues] "I've done it." My greatest design is now complete. The Ultimate Creature, Shadow. My enemies, they've defeated me, but Shadow will carry out my orders without question. Now it sleeps, but one day in the future it will be reawakened. Shadow will bring total destruction.

[Earth, president's limo.]

President: Do we have any confirmation on this?

Aide: We just received an urgent message from the director of the space agency, Mr. President. Space Colony ARK is moving towards the planet at high speed. The impact will be catastrophic and will cause massive destruction.

President: But if that colony hits us, millions of lives is going to be lost.

Sam: ''Good luck, Sonic. Even you're going to have trouble saving us this time.''

[Elsewhere, the police raid a house.]

Police: Freeze!

[A group of black suited men are baffled]

Officer: This is a warrant for you're arrest. It took a long time, but the truth is out.

GUN Commander: A secret group inside the intelligence agency hid all records of Project Shadow. We didn't have a clue until Dr. Eggman hacked into their system and accessed the file.

Topaz: Good things do come from bad sometimes.

[Space Colony ARK]

Eggman: The energy from the Chaos Emeralds have transformed the Eclipse Cannon into a megabomb. If it detonates, the blast will be more massive than a supernova.

Tails: The energy from the Chaos Emeralds is also what's pushing us towards the planet. We have to get the Emeralds and deactivate them somehow.

Sonic: Knuckles! [everyone turns to look at him]

Knuckles: Huh! What? Why me?

Rouge: Because, you can control all the Chaos Emeralds with that.

Knuckles: The Master Emerald! I can use it to shut off the power.

Tails: There's still time to keep the space colony from crashing, but we have to hurry, We'll only reach the Chaos Emeralds if we all work together.

Sonic: I'll lead the way. Stay on my heels and do your best to keep up the pace.

Eggman: Let's get to the Chaos Emeralds, before it's too late. Remember, if we fail, an entire planet will perish, and so will we!

[Sonic, Knuckles, Decoe and Bocoe take the Master Emerald, while Tails, Rouge and Eggman make their way to open a path for them Rouge and Eggman take out defenses and Tails uses a lever to open a way. As the way for Master Emerald opens, a wave of space dust gushes. Knuckles punches into a wall to keep others from going with the dust. As the dust settles, they keep going. At the observation deck, Amy, Chris and Mr. Tanaka wait.]

Amy: I hope they make it in time!

Chris: I wish there was something we could help Sonic and the others.

Tanaka: Sonic will get them to the Chaos Emeralds in time.

Shadow: Don't bet on it.

Chris: Huh? Shadow!

[Shadow smirks. Chris walks to him.]

Tanaka: Master Chris!

Chris: Please Shadow! You can help save us all. [Shadow is baffled.] You believe that the only reason for you to be here is to get revenge, but think about it. When I was in trouble back at Prison Island, you decided to save me. [Chris puts his hands on Shadow's shoulders.] Deep down you know you were made to help others and that's the reason you finally rescued me.

Shadow: Hands off! [punches Chris away with great force]

Amy: No, Chris! [Tanaka stops her] He needs help! [Tanaka shakes his head]

Shadow: It's useless. I made a promise to Maria and I'm keeping it.

Chris: Shadow, getting revenge won't bring Maria back.

Shadow: So what?

Chris: There's still time to stop this Shadow. lease, you have to listen to me! How can you blame people alive today for things that happened 50 years ago? Can't you see it's not fair!?

Shadow: Don't talk to me abut fair! Not after what happened here! Maria was my only friend, but your rulers sent soldiers to take her away from me. I tried to save her, but there were too many for me to stop. I never saw poor Maria again. Maria wasn't a threat to anyone. All she wanted was to visit you planet, but she never had the chance.

Chris: Please listen. It's true there are some bad people in the world, but most people are good. I know you'd agree with me if you only got to know them, just like Maria wanted to. [grows weaker] Shadow please. Maria would want you to be friends with people.

[Suddenly, Shadow has flashback of the true promise he made to Maria.]

Maria: Shadow, please promise me, that you help people, and be friends with them!

Shadow: Maria!

Maria: I'm sure you'll be very happy down there Shadow. I only wish I could along with you. The world looks so beautiful from out here in space. But my grandfather says, the people who live there have to deal with many problems. that's why you we're created, to help those people, and to be their friend.

[The flashback ends. Chris gets weaker and collpases, but Shadow grabs him. Having come to a realization, Shadow sheds silent tears, which Amy notices. Tanaka takes Chris to his arms.]

Shadow: He was right about Maria. She did want me to help the people of your world. [smiles]

[Sonic, Knuckles, Decoe and Bocoe reach the heart of the Eclipse Cannon. The place is like an exact replica of the Chaos Shrine.]

Knuckles: Up there! [Suddenly, a massive lizard, the Biolizard, drops down, blocking the way. Decoe and Bocoe startle.] Calm down. I'm not going to let that monster get a hold of the Master Emerald.

Shadow: Leave that thing for me.

Sonic: Shadow!

Shadow: You and the others take care of the Chaos Emeralds, and I'll distract it.

[Sonic and Shadow nod to each other. Shadow charges at the lizard.]