r/shadowthehedgehog

Found it at Walmart btw.

I’m a tattoo artist in the Chicago suburbs and this is a tattoo I did! Thought you all would enjoy.

Maybe you are wondering... Why am I walking alone in the desert? Uh... This is not a desert... We are in Green Hill... And... As for being alone... I am the last living being on the planet... And... It was all my fault... Yes... I, Shadow the Hedgehog, caused all of this... And I let everyone down... And now I will pay my sentence by wandering through this desolate world until the end of time and space... So... Now that I've gone crazy and I'm talking to a rock... I'll tell you everything that happened... And why I hate myself... I think... I think that happened 6... 7... 8... 200 years ago... Uh... I can't believe it's been that long already... Well... I had already built my life on Earth... Amy and I lived in the same apartment... And from time to time we went out... Uhm... Just... Just as friends... All of that happened... After the defeat of The End... Eggman had started taking care of Sage... To think that because I approached her, all of this happened... ...

Amy: Shadow... Uhm... Are... Are you free tonight...?

Shadow: Uhm... Yes... Yes, yes I am...

Amy was alone after her quintillionth rejection by Sonic... So I was emotional support for her... Again... Which is why it surprised me that she asked me a question like that...

Amy: Well, Sonic is going to be around the central plaza in Station Square... I wanted to know if... Can you help me with my quintillionth and first love confession attempt, please?

But I got disappointed very quickly...

Shadow: ... I am at your service...

Amy: Thank you... I need someone who can carry a circus tent and fireworks...

Shadow: Ok... Where do I get them?

Amy: They are at the shop in the same plaza

After that, I headed to the plaza, where I ran into Eggman the mustache-guy and his daughter Sage... They were strolling around the plaza, and it looked as if they were celebrating something...

Shadow: Egghead?

Eggman: Oh, hello Shadow

I clenched my fists and stood on the defensive; if Egghead was here, it couldn't be anything good... I stared coldly at Eggman and approached...

Shadow: What are you plotting now, egg?

Eggman: OH, CALM DOWN BUDDY, Uhm, today is my beautiful little daughter Sage Robotnik's birthday, I came here with her to buy her little gifts and decorations for the party...

Sage: Father, these decorations are perfect, you are the best

And Sage went straight to hug Eggman with a lot of affection... I never thought there would be someone with such a kind heart in the Robotnik family after... Maria.

Shadow: Uhm... Excuse me, but... You are wanted in every country on this planet, I can't let you continue with your evil plans and I can't let you bad-influence this girl either

Eggman: She has a name, Sage, and she is my daughter despite being an AI, she is my family, and family is always there for each other...

True... Eggman has been changing since Sage became part of his family... He hasn't attacked us and has left everyone in peace... We managed to prosper thanks to that...

Eggman: But... That doesn't erase the crimes I've committed... It doesn't erase all the lives I've ruined and taken away... It doesn't erase the damage I've done to the world... ... ... Being a father taught me to take responsibility for my mistakes... ... Shadow...

Eggman pulled out some handcuffs and put them on his own hands...

Eggman: I'm tired of running... I will take responsibility for my actions... I surrender... To leave this world in peace...

Shadow: Eggman...

I didn't know what to say... I didn't think Eggman could have changed so much... For the first time, he was aware of what he had done...

Eggman: Sage... I'm... I'm sorry, I won't be able to be with you this birthday... For the rest of your life... You were the best thing that ever happened to me in life... But I can't escape the consequences anymore...

Sage: Father... No... Please... Sobs... I know you are not perfect... sniff... But it's not necessary to be sniff... P-pl- please sobs no... PLEASE DON'T GO Sobs

Sage sat down and started crying... I couldn't believe what I was about to achieve... Defeating Eggman... But... Seeing Sage cry... I remembered... I remembered what happened to Maria... She was torn from my hands... They separated her from me... I lost everything... And now I was doing that exact same thing to them... I was becoming what I swore to destroy... Maybe the choice I made... Wasn't the best... But if I didn't make it, it would end the little humanity left in me...

Shadow: ... ... Ok... It's fine...

I freed Eggman from the handcuffs and helped Sage up...

Shadow: Eggman... I'll let you go free... I saw how much you've changed... You have a beautiful family to take care of... That was taken away from me, I want you to value the one you have now... You are free... Egg...

Eggman: For... For re... FOR REAL?!

Sage: Father✨

Sage ran to hug Eggman, and Eggman lifted her up into the air.

Sage: I love you, Daddy.

Eggman: I love you too... My daughter...

I smiled... And... I envied them a little... But it passed... If I can't be happy... I can make the rest of them happy...

Sage: Mr. Shadow... Thank you...

Shadow: Don't mention it... Just... Keep your father out of trouble...

Sage: Hehe, I will✨

I approached Eggman... And reached out my hand... As a symbol of peace...

Eggman: Is that the best gesture of thanks you can do?

Shadow: Well... This... Ah...

Eggman grabbed me by the shoulders and pulled me close, giving me a huge bear hug... (I hated it because I don't like physical contact)...

Eggman: THANK YOU, SHADOW!!!

Shadow: UGH... YES... YOU'RE WELCOME... I CA... I CAN'T... BREATHE... PU... PUT ME DOWN...

I said goodbye to Sage and Eggman... Watching them walk further and further away... I didn't regret my decision... But that decision... Doomed us all... Anyway... I paid for the tent and the fireworks and waited for Amy to arrive...

Amy: Shadow, hello, I see you already have the tent and the fireworks, can you help me set it up? Sonic will be here in a little bit, hurry up!

Shadow: Ok, I'll take care of it...

So I started setting up the tent, some poles here, others there, the huge yellow and red fabric, and the little flags at the top... Everything was almost perfect... But the fireworks were missing... However, I didn't have time to place them properly due to the "unexpected" arrival of the egocentric hedgehog and his two-tailed friend...

Amy: SONIC, YOU'RE HERE!!! ✨

Sonic: Wait, how did you know I'd be here? I only told Tails that... Freaking stalker...

I was hidden, watching the whole situation play out... I felt like punching Sonic right in the face for how he treated Amy... But I stayed hidden to avoid trouble...

Amy: Come inside the tent, something really cool awaits us inside...

Sonic: Amy... You know I don't like you, I always tell you... Stop trying to make more ways to confess... None of them are going to work...

Amy: There are Chili Dogs inside...

Sonic: Well, a quick look won't hurt...

Amy, the blue egomaniac, and Tails entered the tent... And I decided to follow them to see what was happening...

Amy: Uhm... Sonic, I've wanted to tell you this for a long time... And... It's just... I think you are the best hedgehog to ever exist, you are fast, handsome, and you help whoever needs it... And I wanted to tell you... I like you... Would you be my soulmate for the rest of our lives?...

A lot of confetti came out of nowhere, several fireworks started exploding, and romantic music began to play... Which stopped abruptly after Sonic's glare... Sonic looked... Disappointed... Giving Amy a look of disapproval... While eating a Chili Dog...

Sonic: For the quintillionth and first time... NO! I DON'T LIKE YOU, UNDERSTAND IT, I ONLY SEE YOU AS A FRIEND!... I don't want to have anything to do with anyone right now...

Amy: But... But... I'm perfect for you, Sonic... Do you think I'm not enough for you?

Sonic: I never said that... It's not your fault... You are a great person and you are one of the best things that exists... I just don't want to have any romantic relationship with anyone... That's all... It's not your fault... It's mine...

Amy ran away crying to the other side of the tent... Disillusioned with life... Then I came out of my hiding spot and punched Sonic right in the face... Leaving a big red mark and a lump...

Sonic: OUUUCH! YOU MOTHERFER!!! GO TO H, BARD!!! WHAT THE F IS WRONG WITH YOU?!!!

Shadow: HOW DARE YOU TALK TO AMY LIKE THAT?!! SHE WAS ONLY TRYING TO EXPRESS WHAT SHE FEELS FOR YOU!!! HOW DID YOU HAVE THE BALLS TO DO THAT?!!!

I was so angry, the fury prevented me from seeing the actual situation... Sonic adjusted his jaw and put his hand on his cheek because of that blow...

Sonic: Ouch, first of all, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW HORRIBLE IT IS TO HAVE SOMEONE STALKING YOU AND LOOKING FOR YOU EVERYWHERE LIKE A PSYCHOPATH AS IF YOU WERE THE ONLY REASON THEY LIVE!!! I DON'T WANT TO HAVE SOMEONE WATCHING YOU WHILE I EAT, WHILE I READ, WHILE I TAKE A SHOWER...!!!

Amy: Actually, you don't take showers... You just put on a lot of deodorant and soap to avoid smelling bad and touching water...

Sonic: SEE WHAT I MEAN?! Second of all, AMY, YOU DON'T NEED ME TO LIVE, TO YOU I'M LIKE A DRUG, YOU ARE SO ADDICTED TO IT THAT YOU ARE RUINING YOUR OWN LIFE, I DON'T WANT TO HURT MY FRIEND!!!... ... And third... STOP SCREWING WITH MY LIFE ALREADY!!! I DON'T FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT YOU, I'VE TOLD YOU MORE TIMES THAN ANYONE CAN COUNT, YOU DON'T RESPECT MY DECISION, BELIEVING THAT "LIFE IS A FAIRY TALE WHERE ALL DREAMS COME TRUE," NO, IT'S NOT LIKE THAT, YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT REALITY, I DON'T LOVE YOU, YOU OVERWHELM ME, YOU STALK ME CONSTANTLY, YOU INVESTIGATE WHERE I WAS BORN OR WHERE I WILL DIE, YOU LOOK FOR A WAY TO BE WITH SOMEONE IN AN IMPOSSIBLE WAY, THAT... Is toxic... I don't want a friend like that... I just want the Amy who knows how to live without me... Who knows how to achieve things on her own...

And there, we all went quiet... A very awkward silence... But that was better than the silence of eternal loneliness...

Shadow: I don't understand how you tell her no... Amy is an admirable girl, she has achieved incredible things, she helps all of us without needing anything in return, she is the kindest person on this planet... She just wants someone to return the favor... She doesn't want to be the one who gives everything... And receives nothing... She doesn't want to be left alone if she stops doing it...

Sonic: ... Well... I wish she had learned... The value of what she has always given for free... In a moment you will be left with nothing left to give... And everyone will stop being by your side because of that...

Sonic turned his back on us and was about to leave the circus tent... When... A red and golden aura... Surrounded the tent... And a red and blue silhouette along with an Eggmobile arrived...

Eggman: Hehe HAHAHA, WELCOME EVERYONE... TO SAGE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY, HERE IN AMY'S TENT!!! I AM YOUR HOST EGGMAN ROBOTNIK ALONG WITH MY ADORABLE DAUGHTER AND BIRTHDAY GIRL, GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR SAGE!!!

We all kept quiet...

Eggman: WAOH, TOUGH CROWD... ANYWAY, TELL THEM SAGE... WHAT WAS YOUR BIRTHDAY WISH?

Sage: Hello, my, my wish is... To continue my father's legacy, conquer this and all the worlds in this universe... And make this the UNIVERSAL EGGMAN EMPIRE!!!

Eggman: WELL GUESS WHAT, SAGE!!! YOU'RE IN LUCK, MY DAUGHTER, YOUR FATHER—ME—DISCOVERED THAT THIS WORLD IS A SIMULATION THAT I MANAGED TO HACK WITH A BUG, YOU, MY LITTLE DAUGHTER, WILL BE ABLE TO MODIFY ITS CODE AND MAKE EVERYONE KNEEL BEFORE YOU!!!

Sage: REALLY?✨ THANK YOU, FATHER, YOU ARE THE BEST✨

Eggman: YOU'RE WELCOME, SWEETHEART, LET THE SHOW BEGIN!!!

Shadow: No... YOU B***ARD, I SHOULD HAVE LOCKED YOU UP WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE!!!

Eggman: LESS CHAT, AND MOOOOOOOOOOORRE PAAAAAAARTY!!! SAGE, TAKE THESE, THESE THINGS ARE WHAT CAUSE THE BUGS IN THIS SIMULATION!!!

Sage: Woah, the seven Chaos Emeralds...

Eggman: They are all yours... Daughter... Sage took the Chaos Emeralds and a Golden and Red aura began to surround her, her eyes changed from blue to red, her hair from white to bloody gold, and from one moment to another... She had acquired the super form...

Super Sage: Ok... Let's see what this thing can do...

Sage snapped her fingers and the tent began to fill with bugs and code errors... Capable of affecting everyone here...

S. Sage: I'm going to enjoy this... In ways you can't even imagine... But first... I'll have some fun with you all for a while...

Sonic: No... SHE TRAPPED US IN A DIGITAL CIRCUS!

Tails: Sonic... I think it's a bad time to drop references...

Time outside the tent stopped... The world outside was left in a temporal limbo caused by Sage... While we suffered, the world didn't know of our existence... Sage fired a laser beam at Tails, and before he could react... She turned him into a fish...

Everyone: TAILS!!!

S. Sage: Fresh sushi... HAHAHA!!! TIME TO MAKE YOU SUFFER!!!

Sage fired a beam at all of us... And horrible things happened to us... I fell onto the ARK, right when I failed Maria... But once the gunshot killed her... Everything started all over again... And I witnessed her death once more... Getting trapped in an infinite loop... From which escape is impossible... Amy fell into a world where everyone hated her... For not being able to keep giving everything of herself, a world where being left alone... Cost her her life... And all of that happened infinite times... Sonic was sent to a world where he hadn't managed to defeat the metal virus... A world where everyone was destroyed... Everything and everyone... No one survived... And he had to carry the guilt of having failed everyone... A reflection of what would happen to me in the future...

But all torture has an end... We were trapped in that temporal limbo for about... 20 years... But outside the tent, time hadn't passed... Sage's illusions faded... Turning Tails back to normal and giving us a chance to escape...

Tails: Sage has a weak point... Sonic... Do you remember when Knuckles knocked you out of your transformation with one punch, or when Eggman took away the power of the emeralds because you got overconfident?

Sonic was lying on the ground curled up in a ball... Crying... Still... Trembling... And panting...

Sonic: I... I failed everyone... I... I failed them... Why?... WHY... DID I FAIL THEM?!!!... EVERYTHING IS FINE... everything is fine... NO, IT'S NOT, YOU FAILED TO SAVE THEM!!! YOU LOST EVERYTHING YOU HAD!!! I'M SO RY!!! I'm sorry... I'm sorry...

Tails: Sonic... Uh... You didn't fail us... There is still a way to fix things... If someone gets overconfident using the super form... There is a chance to snatch the emeralds away, that's how we'll defeat Sage... Sonic... Distract Sage... Shadow, Amy... Get ready to throw hands... It's my turn to piss her off... We can do it, team... We will manage to save everyone...

We all went to our positions...

Tails: HEY YOU, B***H!!!

S. Sage: YES? LITTLE FISHY! HAHAHA!!! WHAT DO YOU NEED? SUSHI? HAHAHAHA!!!

Tails: Sonic is collapsing... And he's also glitching out...

Sonic arrived and started glitching

Sonic: H-Hello... H-How... How are you?

S. Sage: WELL LOOK AT THAT, THE BLUE HERO... WHAT'S WRONG? WEREN'T YOU THE ONE WHO SAVED US FROM THE ZOMBIES?!! Sonic: Yes... I... I was... S. Sage: PATHETIC, WHAT KIND OF HERO BREAKS HIS BACK TO SAVE A WORLD THAT DOESN'T CARE ABOUT YOU AT ALL?

Sonic: Me... This stupid Hero...

Amy and I were hidden behind Sage, watching that whole conversation...

Amy: Shadow, do you really think we can do it?

Shadow: It's impossible to know for sure... But we're going to try anyway... We're not going down without a fight...

Amy: No... I don't think I'm enough for this... I haven't achieved anything... I'm just the crazy girl chasing Sonic who has never received love and who gives her all just to achieve nothing in the end... I've failed myself... And I hid it behind an obsession with Sonic...

Amy started crying... And I hugged her...

Shadow: Amy... That's not true... You can achieve anything you set your mind to... You managed to stop me from destroying the planet with the ARK... You helped me overcome my past... You have to understand... Not everyone is going to love you... But those who do... Will be the best people you ever know... And they won't abandon you...

Amy: sniff Thank you sob

Shadow: Moment of truth... Ready?

Amy took Shadow's hand

Amy: sob Ready

Shadow and Amy: 1... 2... sigh ... 3!!!

We both jumped towards Sage to deliver a final blow and end all of this once and for all...

Shadow: SAGE!!! Sage turned around, and with a single final blow, we knocked the emeralds out of her...

Sage: NOOOOOO!!!! The tent vanished... The bugs and errors disappeared... And Sage fell to the ground... But... That wasn't the end...

Sage: No, no, NOOOO!!!!

Sage stood up quickly and dashed for the Emeralds... I sprinted to stop her from taking them, and when we reached them... We both transformed into our Super forms...

S. Sage: THIS IS NOT OVER, I WILL DEFEAT YOU AND EGGMAN'S EMPIRE WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE WHOLE UNIVERSE!!!

S. Shadow: I WON'T ALLOW YOU TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT!!! THIS WORLD IS NOT PERFECT, AND THAT'S FINE, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, I WILL ALWAYS FIGHT TO SAVE IT!!!

SAGE LUNGED AT ME, I DODGED THE BLOW AND RETURNED IT, BUT SHE GRABBED ME BY THE LEG AND THREW ME INTO A MOUNTAIN, WHERE SHE STARTED CHOKING ME, I KICKED THE MOUNTAIN AND IT BROKE INTO A THOUSAND PIECES, MANAGING TO FREE MYSELF TO LAND A BLOW ON SAGE!

S. Shadow: I don't want to fight you... BUT YOU LEAVE ME NO OTHER CHOICE!!!

I GRABBED SAGE BY THE LEG AND THREW HER INTO SPACE, SHE COLLIDED WITH A METEORITE WHICH SHE THEN THREW AT ME AND I SPLIT IN HALF, WE BEAT EACH OTHER UP UNTIL WE FELL ON THE MOON, WHERE SAGE KICKED ME AND PUSHED ME TO THE CENTER OF THE MOON AND STARTED PUNCHING THE CRAP OUT OF ME!

S. Sage: NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, YOU WILL NEVER BEAT ME!!! YOU FAILED MARIA, AND YOU WILL JUST KEEP FAILING EVERYONE!!!

S. Shadow: THAT IS NOT... TRUE!!!

I KICKED SAGE TOWARDS THE SUN, WHERE WE STRUCK EACH OTHER AMIDST SEAS FULL OF LAVA, RADIATION, AND HEAT, SAGE'S WORDS MADE ME SO FURIOUS... THAT WITH A SINGLE PUNCH I MANAGED TO DRIVE SAGE BACK TO EARTH... WHERE I GRABBED HER BY THE NECK... WITH ALL MY POSSIBLE STRENGTH

S. Shadow: ANY LAST WORDS?!!

Amy: SHADOW, STOP!!!

S. Sage: You will always fail them... No matter how hard you try... You always... WILL!

S. Shadow: This... Is for all the times you made me watch Maria die... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

I SPLIT SAGE IN HALF... And she detransformed... And I realized... What a monster I am...

Shadow: What... What did I just do?...

Eggman: SAAAAGEEE!!! DAUGHTER!!! PLEASE!!! NOOOO!!! DAUGHTER!!! SOB SAAGEEE!!!

Sonic: Sometimes... Taking the right path... Doesn't mean making the right choices...

Eggman: YOU DAMN MONSTER, YOU KILLED MY DAUGHTER... SHE WAS JUST A CHILD!!!

Shadow: I'm... I'm... I'm sorry...

Eggman: She was the only thing I had left... Eggman looked at the chaos emeralds... And took them...

Eggman: If... I can't have my daughter... YOU WON'T HAVE YOUR PATHETIC LIVES, CHAOS CONTROL, ERASE ALL LIFEFORMS FROM THIS UNIVERSE...!!!

Shadow: NOOOOO!!!

Yes... Everyone... Sonic... Tails... Plants... Animals... Everything... Everyone vanished... Everyone turned to dust... I could only say goodbye to one person... But she ended up disappointed in me...

Shadow: Amy...

I ran to hug her... But she pulled away from me...

Amy: I'm sorry... But I won't stand by a murderer...

And she ended up vanishing... And the entire universe... Ceased to have any form of life... Only I remained... Because I am immortal... And even if time passes... I will never die... That's why now I'm completely alone telling my traumas to you, rock... And do you know what the difference between you and me is... You actually can be broken... I threw the rock and it split in half... Just like I said... I started walking all over the place... Visiting every corner of the planet... There was nothing and no one left... This is my price to pay for taking revenge... I let everyone down... I failed them... This must be what Sonic felt when Sage showed him that he only failed with the metal virus... But unlike an apocalypse... It was my own humanity that ended everyone... There is nothing left to do... I will be wandering alone until the end of everything... I walked through what used to be Amy's house... Now... It is nothing more than a rotten wooden beam and a rusty hammer... I picked up the hammer... I knelt down... And I squeezed it tightly... Shadow: I'm sorry... I failed you... I hope you can forgive me... And I shed a few tears... But I stood up... And continued on my way... Shadow: Well, let's get moving... There are only another 13,346,689,966,950 billion years left until the whole universe ceases to exist and I can rest in peace... And leave all this torture behind... And I got lost... Within a giant desert that will never have an end... Value everything you have... You never know when you will lose it... The End...

So I had this random idea of this one render, but it was just Shadow and Rouge. Just imagine Metal Sonic as like being Shadow android here

Classic Shadow design by me

Classic Rouge design from Outcome Memories(OM

Hmm I found it on the ground does it do something??

Sonic Rescues Shadow's Captured

Shadow Rescues Sonic's Captured

who's with me that shadow the hedgehog deserves better and that his real creator shiro maekawa has left sega long time ago after his frustration with shadow's direction under Takashi iizuka,iizuka is shadow the hedgehog's biggest enemy he's the wone who directed and wrote his 2005 game,let's make sega giving us a game that does shadow justice he deserves second chance to shine and flourish let's make rgg studio the main developer of the yakuza game make this shadow game i want it to be an action adventure with focus combat similar to batman arkham games, parkour mechanics and stealth mechanics this game can be a great storytelling game with exploration atmosphere and artistic style it would be one hell of a game #Shadow The Hedgehog #ShadowDeservesBetter #ShadowGame #RGGStudio #SEGA