Ivo
Excuse me, Grampasadoble. What is that thermonuclear gerbil doing?
Gerald
Infusing the core with Chaos Energy. That's my little secret: the Eclipse Cannon is about to turn this planet into a flaming pile of rubble, wiping out everything in a 25,000-mile radius... including us.
Ivo
WHAT?! [laughing incredulously] We can't annihilate the Earth! By combining our genius, we can rule humanity. Together!
Gerald
Humanity is a failed experiment. If anyone should know that, it's you. All your life, you've been rejected by this world. You have nothing down there... no one who cares about you.
Ivo
But I have you now. We're family... we have each other.
Gerald
Oh, Ivo... you're no Maria. The moment I lost her, my family was gone forever. The only way to give Maria's life meaning is to destroy the world that took her from me... so I'm BURNING IT ALL DOWN!
Shadow
It's done.
Gerald
Good work, Shadow. I'm prepping the firing sequence. [flicks a switch] The weapon will be fully charged in ten minutes.
Shadow
It's almost finished, Maria. You will have justice. [then notices a golden light flying up from the planet]
Gerald
What is that?
Shadow
Is G.U.N. launching missiles at us?
Gerald
Impossible. It's moving too fast.
Ivo
It's him.
YOU'VE HURT MY FAMILY! THIS ENDS NOW!
Shadow
Now you know my anger. The pain I felt for fifty years! And you’ve made the same choice I did.
I'M NOTHING LIKE YOU!
Shadow
We'll see.
SHOW YOURSELF, COWARD!
[Shadow shows himself behind Super Sonic and knocks the Chaos Emeralds out of him, reverting Sonic to his base form. They see the Emeralds falling in the air and both make a mad dash for them at the same time. A pillar of golden light shoots up from the Emeralds, and when it leaves, Sonic sees that he has regained his Super form... but Shadow has also gained his for the first time, his limiter rings glowing with power and his fur whitish gold. Super Sonic tries to punch Super Shadow, but the latter effortlessly blocks, the impact causing the earth to crack beneath their feet.]
You were right about one thing... This ends NOW.
Gerald
What's happening? Where are they?
Ivo
Up there.
Gerald
Where?
Ivo
Higher.
Gerald
Hmm?
Gerald
Ah!
Ivo
Left yourself open. [runs for the Cannon's controls]
Gerald
Ivo! What are you doing?!
Ivo
Thwarting your evil plan!
WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA! OW-OW-OW-OW-OW-OW!
Ivo
Not the mustache!
Gerald
Agreed!
Ivo
Let go on three. One, two, three! [they both let go and shake their mustaches before Gerald creates a giant fist out of nanobots] Ooooh... A nanofist. I haven't seen that since I hate-watched Green Lantern in 2011!
Gerald
I was saving it for Comic-Con. But now there won't be a Comic-Con! [slaps Ivo which sends him flying]
Why are you alone? Where are your friends? [Super Sonic merely grunts in pain.] They tried to stop you, didn't they? But you came anyway. Your anger was too much. What kind of hero abandons his friends to pursue revenge? Abandons his family?
Don't you dare talk about my family!
And here I thought you cared for them. Especially the one... What's his name? Tom?
HYNAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Shadow
Go ahead! Finish it! [Super Sonic pants heavily and prepares to hit, but hesitates] What are you waiting for?! Do it! [points at his heart] I’m right here!
Tom
You didn't let your pain change who you are... [points at Sonic's heart] in here.
This is not who I am.
Shadow
What are you doing? You won. Take your revenge.
Sonic
There are no winners with revenge.
Maria
Wow. Look at all those stars. They're like diamonds.
Shadow
The last time I sat beneath stars like this, I was with her. I've felt this pain for so long, it's all I know.
Sonic
When I lost Longclaw, I felt the same way.
Shadow
Did your pain eventually go away?
Sonic
No. But in time, I learned there's something more powerful than pain. The love we felt for each other. That's what you need to hold on to, Shadow. Maria might be gone, but your love will always remain.
Shadow
The light shines, even though the star is gone. [Sonic sees Shadow's understanding, along with the Eclipse Cannon still looming over the planet in the distance] This whole mess is my fault. I've been so blinded by rage, I thought... I had no choice.
Sonic
You always have a choice. [Shadow thinks for a second, then takes Sonic's hand and gets back up] Making the right one is never easy. One more thing I learned, is that when you really screw something up... you can't fix it on your own.
Gotta go fast!
Don't tell me you've got a catchphrase.
That's right, new hedgehog, and everyone loves it!
Gerald
I... will... not... try... to stop... my... elders... from... destroying... the... world!
[Ivo makes a nano drill and drives it into Gerald's foot, who shouts in pain and relents, so Ivo rolls away and gets to his feet] Playtime is over! [makes a pair of nano scorpion pincers and a tail, the latter destroying the Eclipse Cannon controls]
Gerald
There's no going back now!
Ivo
Set up defense. [accidentally makes a fence] Damn you, autocorrect! [Gerald lunges to attack with his pincers; to his glove] Mantis. [makes a pair of mantis blades, hovering around Gerald's next attack via mantis wings.] I'm right here, arach-nerd. [Gerald lunges again, but Ivo catches his pincer with one mantis blade and slices off part of his mustache with the other.] Hahahahaaa! That's what I call "mantiscaping".
Gerald
That's ELDER ABUSE!
Alert.
Gerald
Shadow, I see you've chosen betrayal. And you were once so useful to me.
