The black hedgehog looked down upon the now fallen being lying at his feet, the being's ruby red eyes staring up at him with uncontained hatred, watching as the seven different colored gems circled around him.

"Shadow… this isn't over yet…" Black Doom grunted in his deep and ancient voice, barely supporting himself from falling face-first into the ground, "The Black Arms… will rise again…"

Shadow looked at alien, his expression devoid of emotion.

"I know," He said, his voice distant.

"You cannot defeat the Black Arms… they are your own…" Black Doom struggled to speak, his voice becoming rugged.

If he had a mouth, Shadow would never have a doubt in the world that he would be coughing up blood.

Shadow glanced at his hand, gloved in its white fabric, and his ears drooped sadly.

"Yes… they are my own… I was a science experiment gone horribly wrong. I should never have been created." He spoke out loud, his voice still distant.

The alligator nest to him, who wore golden chains and much larger gloves similar to the hedgehog's, looked to him immediately.

"You shouldn't say that! Look at what you've just done! After all of this, there's no way that it was a mistake!" Vector exclaimed, turning to him, "And if what we've studied is true, you could-"

What he was, Shadow would never know.

He was already walking away, leaving the alligator alone with the surely soon to be dead Black Doom.

Shadow walked quietly back to through the places he passed, the place seeming to stop falling apart.

It was probably because the emeralds were reacting to his emotions, causing he once quickly deteriorating Space Colony ARK to stop gradually.

As he walked, Shadow couldn't help but feel his mind cringe, his brain giving a powerful wave of pain whenever he passed areas that were too much of a memory of those days.

The days before he caused those sins.

He remembered many things, mostly a happy life and times where he trained to become stronger for an unknown reason.

He was genuinely sorry for all the things he did, as the people involved were innocent.

But he was struggling with the fact that he remembered hearing a voice, tempting him… controlling him…

He knew he needed to pay for his sins, and he knew just what to do.

He appeared before the tall and lanky general, his eyes mismatched in color.

Shadow's blood red eyes were filled with nothing as he stared at the Commander of G.U.N.

He remembered him.

This guy was Abraham, a guy who had never really liked Shadow at all. He had been mischievous before, but now he was…

"Do you remember now?" He spoke coldly.

Shadow gave no response, only nodded shortly.

"I know what I have to do now." He looked right up into his mismatched eyes, the emeralds circling around him faster, "Now I only need a few minutes time…"

"You've already had your fill of time," The Commander cut him off.

"You know that I can't just die like this. I need to redeem myself, don't I? Would you really think that's what she would've wanted? Do you think Maria would have wanted you to kill me without even letting me have a chance for my own redemption?"

A low blow, yes, but Shadow didn't care.

He had an obligation, and he wouldn't let anyone get in his way.

He would go to any terms, peaceful or violent as they might have been.

"If you want me to help you in this fight, then I'll gladly will. But first, we need to deal with this Comet." Shadow glanced over at the comet in statement, seeing it burning as it flew through space.

The Commander followed his gaze, and he saw the same thing.

"My men are already aboard. They have no need for-"

"Tell your men to retreat. If they do not within the next 3 minutes, I'll destroy all who are in there." Shadow walked away without waiting for a response.

"Why should I take orders from you demon?"

Shadow only looked his way and smirked, "Because you've found yourself a new soldier."

He walked away again without waiting for a response again, anxious to end this invasion, walking right for his destination – The Eclipse Cannon.