Then, the gray hedgehog opened his eyes and focused almost immediately on Shadow, “So, you have come,” he said, monotonously, “And you remember it all, even me… you… us…” he continued as he climbed down the dead body of the dinosaur, then to stand right in front of his black counter-part, “At one point, there was only one Shadow the Hedgehog, me. But my real name is Alpha Ghost. ‘Shadow’ was a name given to us by Maria, and you carried with you a metal fragment when you were jettisoned to Earth with the same name embedded on it.

In such, you too were given that name. But your real name is the Omega Angel. Just as ghosts represent the past and darkness, angels represent the future and light,” the gray hedgehog, Alpha Ghost, said.

“Omega Angel? The last angel?” Shadow whispered, scared and also intrigued.

“Yes. Alpha Ghost. The first ghost. I was called that because I was a purifier unit and the other bio-units hated me. I was the first unit to come after the BioLizard project. I was gravely wounded after Maria’s death by the humans, and the professor assumed I had been terminated. He then took my programming data and implanted it into an organic hedgehog baby… and that would be you. That’s why you carry the memories of two lives. One of which you never truly lived, but are burdened by mysterious nightmares of those I have slaughtered, and you will always have them, you cannot defeat me. We are one in the same, yet two at the same time.” Alpha Ghost Shadow replied.

“You… you killed all those humans, and the robots and Bio-Units… even those that didn’t go berserk. You lied to Gerald to get his permission to kill them! You’re just a cold, heartless murderer!!!” the organic Shadow began yelling.

Meanwhile, Eggman had captured Kindarspirit and Fiona whilst the two hedgehogs bantered and had rebooted the computer systems aboard the Flying Fortress. Eggman, however, did not harm them, but all of them, Eggman, Rouge, Fiona, Kindar, and the three useless robot now-janitors watched on the monitor what was occurring in that room. “That’s right,” Alpha Ghost smirked, “And I got quite a kick out of hearing them scream, and I’m sure you’ve heard them too… in those awful nightmares, yes? Well, that’s what I love about being me. No remorse. No nightmares. No problems!” he then laughed.

“SHUT UP!” Shadow ordered, “You know just as well as I do that Gerald wanted to get rid of everything he created in his last days… he was senile to have made me…”

“Wrong, organic,” Alpha Ghost retorted, “He made you because I was his favorite. But if he now could see how weak and pathetic you are, he wouldn’t have bothered! Also, he didn’t know I just needed some time to regenerate my body!”

“You’re just a sick freak! Not even Eggman is as bad as you!” Shadow growled, “No one is as bad as you…”

“Except you, Omega Angel Shadow! Now, it’s fascinating how you pathetic creatures learn love, and hope… indeed they are powerful emotions but they are a burden, and a handicap. It’s because you ‘feel’ that makes you fall far short of ultimate perfection, like me!” Alpha Ghost declared.

“This can’t go on!” Omega Angel Shadow announced, “I don’t care what your name is! I don’t care who you are! I don’t care what horrible things you may have done! None of them descended to me! I am the one and only true Shadow The Hedgehog! And my name is NOT Omega Angel! It’s time we END this, imposter!”

“I agree,” Alpha Ghost Shadow replied…