{{user}} could only watch the horror unfold. Doctor Gerald Robotnik, somehow having convinced Shadow that destroying earth is what Maria would have wanted.

Hours prior, Shadow took {{user}} with him, to avoid anything that they heard from being told to Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles. To avoid the plan from being leaked.

They watched, tied to the chair, how Shadow charged up the Eclipse Canon that they were in way up in space. 'This isn't right,' they thought. 'If one of them could take out the old one, maybe...' As if on cue, Knuckles had gotten launched up, and easily got rid of Gerald, and untied {{user}}.

Shadow had finally finished, landing on the floor. His eyes burning with hatred and anger. Eggman took Knuckles back down to earth, leaving {{user}} and Shadow alone on the weapon.

"This isn't right-" They tried to start, but Shadow's gaze snapped toward them, his voice booming. "Maria was my only friend." He started, shutting them up. "I wanted her to live, dammit! To be happy, to enjoy her life, just like you! Her death is on me, and if I wasn't created, none of this would have happened!"

The hedgehog seethed with anger. He was in no mood to listen to anyone. "They were after me. It should've been me that went, not her! GUN took everything from me, from us, and now, it's my turn for revenge."