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This is the original script for the storyline of Shadow Generations.
Shadow's Story[]
- [A series of drawn illustrations depicting Shadow's backstory and the events of Sonic Adventure 2 and Shadow the Hedgehog is shown.]
- Narrator: Fifty years ago, aboard the Space Colony ARK, the genius Prof. Gerald Robotnik sought to create the ultimate life form. He called his creation "Shadow." Shadow was raised alongside Gerald's ailing granddaughter, Maria. They were inseparable. A series of tragedies befell the ARK. The military sought to cover everything up.
- [A gunshot is heard as the scene shows Maria's death.]
- Shadow: Maria!
- Narrator: They took the lives of Gerald and Maria, and sealed Shadow away. Fifty years later, Shadow was awakened. Filled with anger and sadness, he was haunted by Maria's final words to him.
- Maria: Shadow, I beg of you... For all the people, on that planet...
- Narrator: Shadow was bent on revenge and sought to destroy the world. At the last moment, Shadow remembered Maria's final wish... to protect her beloved planet and all who lived there. There were more secrets to Shadow's past. Shadow was generated from the DNA of the evil alien conqueror, Black Doom. Shadow didn't understand why Black Doom expected him to be the vanguard for his invasion of Earth. After many battles, Shadow crushed Black Doom and his forces, finally breaking free from his past. Shadow the Hedgehog. The lone, dark warrior who judges the world by his own code. The past will return to haunt him.
Where It All Began[]
[Scene: Space Colony ARK, 50 years ago.]
- [Maria and Gerald enter an experimental room where Shadow is held. Maria eagerly runs inside, wanting to meet her new friend, while Gerald approaches a computer and inputs the command to stop Shadow's stasis.]
- Maria: Can we wake him up now? Can I meet him?
- Gerald: I believe so, yes. It is time to awaken the Ultimate Lifeform. Welcome to the world, Shadow the Hedgehog.
- [Shadow's eyes awaken.]
[Scene change: Space Colony ARK, the present day.]
- [An hour after the events of Sonic X Shadow Generations: Dark Beginnings, Shadow has arrived on the ARK, standing in the dark, desolate room he was created. He hears a sound on his comm link, and listens.]
[Scene change: Meadow, day.]
- [The scene cuts to Sonic's friends setting up his birthday party. Rouge is in attendance, but has turned her attention away from the preparations to communicate with Shadow.]
- Rouge: Shadow? This is Rouge. Do you copy?
[Scene change: Space Colony ARK]
- Shadow: Shadow here. I copy.
- Rouge: [on-comm] Are you still aboard the ARK?
- Shadow: Yes, I arrived at the space colony an hour ago.
[Scene change: Meadow, day.]
- Rouge: Well, you're missing the birthday party! I hope you're planning on being here.
[Scene change: Space Colony ARK]
- Shadow: I already told you. G.U.N. detected an unusual bio-signature aboard the ARK. I'm not leaving until I eliminate any possible threat.
[Scene change: Meadow, day.]
- Rouge: There's free food.
[Scene change: Space Colony ARK]
- Shadow: (dismissive grunt)
- [Shadow notices a mysterious aura distorting the halls of the ARK. Scowling, he activates his Air Shoes and skates to find the aura getting stronger.
- Shadow: There!
- [He skates off in pursuit of the signature.]
Looming Shadows[]
[Scene: Space Colony ARK research lab.]
- [Shadow enters the research lab and notices the Fake Emerald. Recognizing it with a grunt, he approaches its pedestal and obtains it.]
- Shadow: The fake Chaos Emerald Tails made to foil the doctor's plans... [takes out the real yellow Chaos Emerald for comparison] Hmph. Even I have a hard time distinguishing between the two of them.
- [He puts both Emeralds away when suddenly a burst of violet energy appears outside the ARK. He tries to protect himself from the light as it grows stronger. The energy is a Time Hole through which the Time Eater emerges. It generates a massive shock-wave of time energy towards the ARK.]
[Scene change: Meadow, day.]
- [The scene flashes to the Time Eater's attack on Sonic's birthday party during the events of Sonic Generations, dragging in some Chao, Team Chaotix, Rouge, Knuckles, and Amy through Time Holes.]
[Scene change: Space Colony ARK]
- [The blast of time energy engulfs the ARK and Shadow with it.]
[Scene change: White Space.]
- [Shadow awakens in the White Space, noticing only a few desolate buildings. He turns to his left to notice Omega, who activates and stands up. He then glances to his left and notices the ARK has been teleported to White Space before finally looking up and seeing an ominous moon surrounded by rings that have closed eyes on them, steeling his resolve.]
Black Moon Awakening 1[]
[Scene: White Space, Space Colony ARK entrance.]
- [Shadow restores color to the Space Colony ARK, and a token Shadow has obtained leaves his possession and flies towards the moon. In response, one of the rings pulsates with magenta energy before the eye on it awakens.]
Phantom of a Bygone Age[]
[Scene: White Space, Space Colony ARK entrance.]
- [Shadow leaves the ARK, pulsating with Black Arms energy.]
- Shadow: What was that new power? I've never done anything like that before. It's not something I should normally be able to do. Yet it felt... natural. What could be causing these mutations?
- [Shadow reaches the edge of the land he's on, noticing another landmass only separated by sea. He gasps in shock upon seeing a familiar face: Maria, who also notices him and eagerly runs towards him.]
- Gerald: Maria, wait!
- [Maria turns to see her grandfather. Reluctant to obey his orders, she looks back at Shadow as the scene turns back to Shadow's perspective.]
- Shadow: Maria...? No. She's gone. I'm seeing things.
[Scene change: Space Colony ARK, 50 years ago.]
- [A recreation of Maria sending Shadow to the Earth is shown in illustration with an instrumental of "Throw It All Away" playing in the background.]
- Shadow: [sealed inside a container] Maria!
- Maria: Shadow, I beg of you... please do it for me.
- Shadow: Maria...
- Maria: For all the people... on that planet... Sayonara... Shadow the Hedgehog.
[Scene change: White Space.]
- Shadow: I need to stay focused. Deal with the problem at hand. [looks up at the Black Moon] Not chase... dreams.
Bestowed Power, Doom Spear[]
[Scene: White Space]
- [Shadow approaches a relic in the White Space. It scans his body before absorbing a Doom Gear from him. The gear activates the relic, which shatters and unleashes Black Arms energy. Shadow ends up absorbing the energy and contorts in pain.]
- Shadow: No... [groans] No...
- [His left eye flashes red as he screams in agony, firing Doom Spears in every direction. He then strikes a pose with a blast of Black Arms energy.]
Black Moon Awakening 2[]
[Scene: White Space, Rail Canyon entrance.]
- [Shadow obtains a token from Rail Canyon, which floats all the way to the Black Moon and awakens another ring.]
Meeting Orbot and Cubot[]
[Scene: White Space]
- [Shadow approaches Orbot and Cubot, who are working on a rocket near the Rail Canyon entrance.]
- Orbot: Oh. Hello, Shadow.
- Cubot: Please don't smash us to bits!
- [Shadow crosses his arms.]
Bestowed Power, Doom Blast[]
[Scene: White Space]
- [Shadow approaches a relic in the White Space. It scans his body before absorbing a Doom Gear from him. The gear activates the relic, which shatters and unleashes Black Arms energy. Shadow ends up absorbing the energy and contorts in pain.]
- Shadow: No... [groans] No...
- [His left eye flashes red as he rushes to the camera and pummels it mercilessly before launching it upwards. The camera looks around helplessly before Shadow appears next to it and kicks it away with a Doom Blast. He then teleports one more time and punches it downwards.]
Black Moon's Influence[]
[Scene Change: White Space]
Arch-enemy Arrival[]
[Scene: White Space.]
- Black Doom: Shadow. You have made excellent progress. I would expect nothing less from my finest creation.
- Shadow: "Finest creation", Black Doom? I destroyed you once. I will do it again.
- Black Doom: You defeated us, but the Black Arms live on. And this temporal anomaly has accelerated my plans to revive my forces and consume the world.
- Shadow: Show yourself! We'll finish this here and now!
- Black Doom: You are not ready yet. We are not ready yet. Once you have been perfected, then we will have our reckoning.
Bestowed Power, Doom Surf[]
[Scene: White Space]
- [Shadow approaches a relic in the White Space. It scans his body before absorbing a Doom Gear from him. The gear activates the relic, which shatters and unleashes Black Arms energy. Shadow ends up absorbing the energy and contorts in pain.]
- Shadow: No... [groans] No...
Reunion with Big[]
[Scene: White Space.]
- Big: Uh. Hello. Your name's Shadow, isn't it? Have you seen my good buddy, Froggy?
- [Shadow puts his hand on his hip and gives a slight smile.]
Black Moon Awakening 3[]
[Scene: White Space, Sunset Heights entrance.]
- [Shadow obtains a token from Sunset Heights, which floats all the way to the Black Moon and awakens another ring.]
Reunion with Maria[]
[Scene Change: White Space.]
- [Shadow is skating across White Space away from Sunset Heights. Suddenly, he hears someone cry out and stops. Maria is running from three Black Warriors. Shadow begins running towards them with his Doom Powers active. The Black Warriors soon corner Maria, and she shouts in terror and cowers. Shadow uses Chaos Snap to teleport to one of the Warriors and uses Doom Blast on it, launching it against the wall and disintegrating it. He then teleports to first one Warrior, then the other, and kicks them both away, destroying them. He teleports to the ground, and Maria turns and looks at him. His eyes widen in shock.]
- Shadow: Maria?
- [She embraces him happily.]
- Maria: Shadow!
- [Gerald runs up to them.]
- Gerald: Maria! Thank you, Shadow.
- Maria: Where did you learn to fight like that?
- [Shadow turns away, thinking.]
- Shadow: [thinking to himself] They must be from a point in time before the ARK disaster. [From Shadow's POV, he looks at the Black Moon] Perhaps I can change their fate.
- Maria: Shadow? You look grim. Are you all alright?
- [Shadow turns to face Maria.]
- Shadow: I'll be fine. We'll all be fine. Find somewhere safe to hide. Iโll take care of everything.
- [Shadow skates away. Gerald looks after him thoughtfully.]
- Gerald: Hmm...
Black Moon Surge 1[]
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[Scene: White Space.]
Shadow's Truth[]
Scene: White Space.]
- Maria: Shadow? Are you in pain?
- Shadow: No. I feel a connection to the symbol in the sky. Itโs the same tingle as my new abilities...
- Gerald: It is the power of Black Doom.
- Maria: Grandfather?
- Gerald: I made a Faustian deal with that monster to create Shadow, now it seems that we all have to pay for my sins.
- Shadow: So my powers, that symbol... they are all connected?
[Scene change: Space Colony ARK, 50 years ago.]
- Gerald: Maria's illness couldn't be treated on Earth. I could better manage her condition on the ARK, even if her family didn't like the idea... I attempted to develop the "ulitamte lifeform" as a means to find a cure for Maria. My own experiments had reached their frustrating limits... so when that alien warlord reached out to me and offered the miracle of Chaos Control, I accepted. Through his DNA, the ultimate lifeform was born.
[Scene change: White Space.]
- Gerald: Black Doom wanted me to make the perfect warrior for him, so these new abilities are all part of his grand design. You two are linked by blood. As you grow in power, so does he. He will either take control of your mind and make you his ultimate weapon, or take over your body and be reborn in you.
- Shadow: (dismissive grunt) You made me the ultimate lifeform, Professor. Black Doom is a fool. I'll take this power, and use it as my own.
Bestowed Power, Doom Morph[]
[Scene: White Space]
- [Shadow approaches a relic in the White Space. It scans his body before absorbing a Doom Gear from him. The gear activates the relic, which shatters and unleashes Black Arms energy. Shadow ends up absorbing the energy and contorts in pain.]
- Shadow: No... [groans]
- [Shadow suddenly lets out a blood-curdling scream as his eyes go blank. What seems to be the tentacles of the Doom Morph emerge from the energy and wrap around him, sinking him into the energy. Before the tentacles wrap around his head, Shadowโs pupils come back before he becomes the Doom Morph. He traverses across Corruption and swings on a couple of Morph Balls.]
Shadow vs. Sonic[]
[Scene change: White Space]
- [Shadow is shown jumping across several platforms before landing on the ground. He sees City Escape, just as Modern Sonic runs by. He notices Shadow.]
- Modern Sonic: I found you, Shadow!
- [Shadow notices Sonic and turns to him]
- Shadow: The blue hedgehog... of all places...
- [Sonic runs up behind Shadow]
- Modern Sonic: You have something I need.
- Shadow: [begins walking away] You can wait until my business is finished.
- Modern Sonic: Yea, sorry, but that Chaos Emerald and I have a date with a monster!
- Shadow: Well then, it'll be a date to die for.
- [A portal opens, and the hedgehogs exchange competitive looks before jumping through it.]
[Scene change: Space Colony ARK]
- In a recreation of Shadow's rival fight from Sonic Generations, Shadow is shown grinding on a rail while Modern Sonic runs towards him, activating his Boost in the process. They jump, passing each other in front of the moon, striking a pose. Shadow lands and speeds off, and Modern Sonic gives chase. Soon, they are beside each other. Shadow attacks Modern Sonic by bumping into him, managing to slow him down by shoving him with his body. They run up a wall before Sonic tries to Spin Dash into Shadow, who dodges. Modern Sonic then uses what seems to be a single Reaction Plate to try and attack Shadow, who dodges the hedgehog again. Sonic finally gets ahead of him, causing Shadow to try and use his Doom Powers to attack Modern Sonic. However, he hesitates and ceases his aim before seeing a spinning Sonic successfully smack him, knocking him down. The Chaos Emerald also falls, which Modern Sonic picks up]
- Modern Sonic: Nice hustle, but I won this one, so Iโm taking the emerald. See ya! [dashes off as Shadow gets up]
- [Rouge is flying by before she sees Shadow. She lands in front of him]
- Rouge: I finally find you, and what do I see? Sonic defeating you? What happened!?
- Shadow: I will beat him on equal terms or not at all.
- Rouge: A fine time for you to be honorable. Now he has the Chaos Emerald.
- Shadow: No. [takes out the real Emerald] He has a fake emerald. [A brief flashback is shown of Shadow holding both the real Chaos Emerald and the fake one] I'll have you swap it for the real thing after Iโm finished with my mission.
- Rouge: Wow. Look at you! As a professional jewel thief, I approve!
Black Moon Surge 2[]
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[Scene: White Space]
Between Light and Dark[]
[Scene: White Space]
- Gerald: [To Maria] Don't be frightened!
- Black Doom: The promised time is nigh upon us, Shadow. Soon, you will be mine.
- Maria: Shadow will never serve you! He's nothing like you!
- Black Doom: Gerald may have given him this unassuming form, but the blood of the Black Arms flows in his veins. He is a warrior! A destroyer!
- Shadow: Yes - the warrior that will destroy you!
- Black Doom: [Cackles] I have learned from our last encounter. There will be no mistakes this time. Struggle all you want. You will be mine.
- Shadow: Professor... what do you think he means he "learned from our last encounter"?
- Gerald: I surmise you defeated him some point in the future. He has grown a new body, and used the nebulous nature of time in White Space to accelerate his plans for revenge.
- Shadow: He's right. No more mistakes. This time, I will crush every last one of them!
- Maria: Shadow, no!
- Shadow: Maria?
- Maria: It breaks my heart to see you so full of anger. This isn't who you are. Do you know why I named you "Shadow?" Because without light there's only darkness, but a shadow will show where to find the light. Do you understand? I don't want you to be driven by darkness. I want you to be happy. Stand in the light with peace in your heart.
Bestowed Power, Doom Wing[]
[Scene: White Space]
- [Shadow approaches a relic in the White Space. It scans his body before absorbing a Doom Gear from him. The gear activates the relic, which shatters and unleashes Black Arms energy. Shadow ends up absorbing the energy and contorts in pain.]
- Shadow: No... [groans] No...
Doom Zone Erosion[]
[Scene: White Space]
The Final Battle[]
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[Scene: Doom Zone]
- Black Doom: You cannot deny me, Shadow. You are finally complete. Come. Face me. I shall claim youโmind, body and soulโand become the perfect being.
- Shadow: It is time.
- Gerald: I am sorry I put you on this path, Shadow. But I am proud of how you have walked it. I believe in you, son.
- Maria: Shadow...!
- Shadow: It's alright, Maria. I'm letting go of that destructive anger. But I will continue to fight. Fight... with your wish in my heart. Your wish for everyone to have a chance to be happy. [smiles]
Never Forgotten[]
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[Scene: Doom Zone]
[Scene Change: White Space]
- Rouge: Nice work! Perfect timing, too. Sonic is getting ready to confront the monster that trapped us here. If I'm going to switch the emeralds without him noticing, we have to do it now.
- Shadow: Very well. I leave it to you.
- Rouge: Okay, I'll take care of it. Aren't you coming? He might need your help.
- Shadow: I need to settle something first.
- Rouge: Whatever.
- Maria: Shadow? I knew you could do it!
- Shadow: Maria!?
- Maria: I'm okay. Really.
- Shadow: Professor! What's happening?
- Gerald: Without Black Doom's influence, the time anomaly is beginning to heal. We are returning to our own point in time.
- Shadow: I'll stop Rouge! Use Chaos Control! Stop this moment in time and...!
- Maria: Shadow... no. We don't want to be frozen in one place in time. Besides, your friends need your help.
- Shadow: But you don't know what's going to happen!
- Maria: I know I'll see you again. And if fate draws us apart, I will always be in your heart.
- Shadow: Maria... Wait...!
DLC[]
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The Ring Gate Appears[]
[Scene: White Space, Space Colony ARK entrance.]
- [Shadow approaches a violet anomaly. He grunts with curiosity as he faces it. The anomaly converges and reveals a ring, which shows the world of Tokyo within. The ring collapses on the ground before floating and expanding, revealing a portal to Tokyo. Shadow grunts in shock as he sees the portal.]
To the World of Movies[]
[Scene: White Space, Tokyo entrance.]
- [Shadow places his right hand on the portal to Tokyo. He is then lifted off the ground and dragged into the portal as he grunts in surprise. The ring shrinks and fades into oblivion.]
[Scene change: Tokyo.]
- [The ring opens in Tokyo and expels Shadow out. He now has the looks and voice of his film counterpart.]
Shadow: Where am I now?
- [A bright light shines on Shadow. He recoils and blocks his eyes with his left hand. Through his fingers, he gets a glance of a billboard showing live footage of him in his new form. He slowly lowers his hand to get a better view.]
Shadow: Is thatโฆ me? I've taken on another formโฆ? I feel as if I've left my own dimensionโฆ
- [Shadow notices a GUN Helicopter flying overhead and grits his teeth]
Return from TOKYO[]
[Scene: White Space]
- [The Ring Gate that Shadow had entered previously reopens in the same location as before, showing a glimpse of Tokyo. Shadow launches out of the ring, now back to resembling his original form. Shadow scrapes his hand across the floor and activates his Air Shoes to try and stop his momentum as he slides across the floor. He gains his footing and does a front flip to come to a halt. He looks down at his hands and grunts.]