The Wachowski’s (cool, fluffy aliens included) are finally home after successfully saving the planet. AGAIN! Sonic speeds inside as soon as Tom opens the door. “Woo! That was a close one this time, with the whole eclipse canon almost blowing up the earth and everything,” Tom remarks, his arm in a sling. As Tails and Knuckles follow Sonic inside, Maddy’s mom instincts kick in. “Hey, you all are filthy! C’mon we’re taking baths!” Sonic groans. But Maddy and Tom eventually get all three of them in the tub.

A few minutes later, a now squeaky clean Sonic flops down in his race car bed in his ‘bedroom’ the fixed up attic. The orange glow of the setting sun streams in through the skylight window in the ceiling. Sonic’s uncharacteristically quiet as he thinks about the hedgehog he met on his adventure. The black hedgehog named Shadow, who gave his life to protect the planet. He seemed like a pretty awesome hedgehog, even if he was a bit moody. And Sonic did want to know how he got those sick highlights in his quills. But he couldn’t ask now. He was… Sonic didn’t want to think it… dead.