Knuckles
It's an ambush! You'll never take us alive, foul beasts!
Tails
Calm down, Knuckles! This is a Chao Garden, one of the top ten must-see spots in all of Tokyo. It's the perfect place for us to blend in!
Are you Detective Pikachu?
Sonic
Yes, he is!
Knuckles
He does look like a Pokémon! [Tails looks annoyed as Knuckles begins to mimic the impression of Pikachu] Pika-Pika! Ha!
Sonic
Commander Walters.
Sonic. Thank God you're all okay. I'm sure you have questions.
Sonic
Just a big, ticked off, red-and-black one. Who was that guy?
Shadow's story began a lot like yours, Sonic. But where you found family and friends on this planet, Shadow found only pain and loss. [the scene cuts to 1974, where a shocked farmer walks out of his truck to have a look of a meteorite that contains Shadow inside] It begins over fifty years ago with a meteor crash in a quiet corner of Oklahoma. The meteorite contained a lifeform... the ultimate lifeform. [inside the meteorite, Shadow opens his eyes] Shadow’s power, his chaos energy, went far beyond any living creature. The scientists who discovered him believed this power would usher in a new era for humanity. But Shadow’s power proved too dangerous. A terrible accident destroyed the lab, taking human lives with it. The project leader was blamed for the incident and imprisoned. With the program cancelled, Shadow was a loose end no one knew how to deal with. Too dangerous to be walking free, too valuable to destroy. So I had to place him into stasis... [as the water rises from below the imprisoned Shadow, a young Walters watches him as the black hedgehog gives him one last angry look before disappearing completely] Indefinitely. [the scene fades back to the present]
Sonic
Wait a second. If Shadow's been on ice for fifty years, someone had to help him escape.
True, but there's only a few people in the world who even know of Shadow's existence.
