The next morning, Nebula was driving her car to the place where Tails works at. Shadow was looking out the window to see more of the view.

"Well, I better hope Tails plane is fast enough to get us to the floating Island" Shadow said.

"It will Shadow, just be patient" Nebula said, "I wish I could visit your home planet but I can't breathe in outer-space. We earthlings never travel farther to the galaxy" she said.

"Don't worry Nebula, I may have a breathing device for you in my ship, but since it's wrecked I'm not sure it's intact" Shadow said.

"All right. But by the way we are here" Nebula showed Tails workshop. They parked the car and went inside to see him. They knocked on the door and a voice came from a speaker, apparently Tails voice.

"Who's there?"

"It's me, Dr. Emerald and I brought a friend" Nebula said.

"Alright, come on in" Tails said through the speaker and the door automatically opens for them. They got in to see an orange yellow fox working on his airplane, labeled Tornado.

"Hello Tails, this is Shadow" Nebula introduced Shadow to Tails.

"Hello Shadow. I'm Miles Prower, but you can call me Tails" Tails said and shakes hands with him.

"Shadow the Hedgehog. But I'm not from Earth, I'm from Planet Doom and seeking for the chaos emeralds" Shadow said.

"I see, you better get into Tornado...Wait, so you are an alien?" Tails asked him, Shadow nods.

"Long story, we'll explain on the way" Nebula said.

"Alright, let's go" Tails said and opens the garage doors for the Tornado plane. He has upgraded the Tornado to have three people on board. They all got in and he puts on his googles.

"Countdown for start. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, GO!!!" Tails starts the Tornado and they flew off to Angel Island, unknown to them, Eclipse was closing in to Earth.

"I will find you Shadow and the emeralds"

As Shadow, Nebula and Tails arrived at Angel Island, Shadow peeked over to see the floating Island.

"So this is Angel Island, cool" Shadow wondered.

"Yup, hold on, we are going to land" Tails said and pulls the lever for the wheels. They closed in and lands near the alter where the Master Emerald is located. Up on it a red echidna was standing there. He did not look pleased.

"Welcome Nebula and Tails. But who's the stranger?" he asked them.

"It's Shadow the Hedgehog. He's after the Chaos Emeralds, Knuckles. To make his planet to a paradise" Nebula said to him.

"I'm afraid it can't be done now" Knuckles said.

"Why not? You are hiding them?" Shadow asked.

"No, they are scattered and spread around the world, normally they would be here" Knuckles said.

"Around the continents? That would take days or a month to find all of them" Nebula said.

"Yes, this leaves the Master Emerald vulnerable to threats. I need to tell Tikal to protect it if I have to follow you all" Knuckles said. Then a yellow bright light appears and it takes the shape of an orange female echidna.

"Yes Knuckles, go and help our friends or else the chaos emeralds may be useless for a long time if they are not picked up and back in pieces soon. I sense a threat coming to Earth" Tikal spoke to them all.

"It's not me, right? Since I'm already here" Shadow said.

"No, much more evil" Tikal said.

"Looks like I'm gonna have to bring Silver too. He knows seven languages" Nebula said.

"Good idea, Nebula. You and Shadow go find Silver. Knuckles and I will upgrade my transportation that will be fast enough to travel to the continents" Tails said.

"Right" Shadow and Nebula said unison. They jumped onto Tornado to fly back to Station Square to the workshop.

Tikal watches them leave and had a less worried look, "Be careful out there" she whispered.

After arriving, Shadow and Nebula goes into Station Square while Knuckles and Tails work on upgrading the Tornado from a bipedal plane into a mini passenger plane.

"I wonder what Tikal meant that there's a threat coming to Earth. Does this mean it will happen in the near future?" Nebula said.

"Maybe. I don't know what it is. Better hope my father doesn't have something behind my back" Shadow said.

"What? He's gonna destroy us?" Nebula asked.

Now Shadow began to realize that Nebula wants the truth, "I'm not sure. He never told me why he needs them. But if I have to find all the emeralds and head back to my home planet, maybe he'll tell me" Shadow said.

"I guess. Now let me call Silver" Nebula said, taking out her iPhone6 and taps on the 'Facetime' icon and dials Silver's phone number.

She waits for answer from him until his face appears on the screen.

"Hi Nebula and Shadow. What's up?" Silver asked on the phone.

"Silver, listen. We need your help and Blaze too. The chaos emeralds are on all countries and they are scattered. We need to collect them all before the Master Emerald is useless along with them. A danger is coming to Earth" Nebula said to him.

"What danger?" Silver asked.

"I have no idea. But where are you anyway?" Nebula asked him.

"At the sea café at the shore. I'm gladly accepting your offer for help since I can speak 7 languages like my Italian brother" Silver said.

"Thanks, Silver. Meet up at Tails' workshop. Shadow and I are gonna spend some time in the city. Call me back when Tails says that the transportation is ready" Nebula said.

"Alright then. Silver out" Silver hung up. Shadow cast a weird look at Nebula that spending time together now, in this situation, but he shrugs it off and they drove to the Zoo.

"Now this will be interesting" Shadow said as he follows Nebula in to the Zoo.

"Yep, you'll see animals that don't exist in this area" Nebula smiled. After paying the entrance, they go to the elephant exhibit and saw an elephant calf bathing in an inflatable bathtub while the parents just ate their food.

"Whoa, they look like gentle creatures" Shadow said.

"Yup, very intelligent. These are from Africa but there are asian too" Nebula said.

"Cool, What else is to see here? Bigger cats?" Shadow asked.

"Yup, the biggest one here" Nebula said, walking to the Siberian Tiger exhibit, seeing one resting on a rock. It yawns a little and sees Nebula.

"Grrrrrr!" It then growled at her.

"Whoa!" Nebula stepped back. The walls prevents the tiger and its youngsters from coming out.

"Are they....dangerous?" Shadow asked.

"Yes, unless we bother them too much they will attack. But sometimes the predators can be a little friendly to humans and mobians. But if they're too wild, they're not that friendly" Nebula said.

"Okay. I can take them down with my strength. But let's go see something else" Shadow said.

"Alright then. Let's see the zebras and hippos, then we see the birds" Nebula said.

They first go to the hippos and they sure were enjoying the bath they were into. Two swims to the glass wall and the one to the right opens its mouth a bit.

"Now that's a beast" Shadow said.

"Yup" Nebula said.

The hippo grunts at the other one to get pass. Nebula giggled at this and Shadow just chuckles.

"They are kinda clumsy at being dangerous. It says on the sign they are Africa's most dangerous mammal" Shadow read the sign.

"They can bite a crocodile apart too" Nebula added.

"Incredible. Now let's see the zebras" Shadow said.

"After them it's the birds" Nebula said, holding hands with him. Shadow did not notice that until he felt it.

They arrived at the zebra exhibit and saw the zebras eating hay and grass from the ground. They both notice that the zebras got different stripes like fingerprints.

"Would you ride them, Nebula?" Shadow asked her.

"Nuh uh, I prefer horses" Nebula said, "Zebras do look like a horse but they don't neigh like them"

"They laugh?" Shadow joked.

"More like giggling" Nebula replied. The zebras keep eating while others ran around. In the same exhibit giraffes were inside.

"What are those?" Shadow wondered.

"Giraffes, they are the tallest land animals, but the elephant is the largest on land" Nebula explained to him.

"Are they bigger than a dinosaur?" Shadow asked.

"Smaller, Argentinosaurus, one of the largest dinosaurs, was about 7.3 meters tall and 35 meters long, weighs like a full-loaded jumbo jet" Nebula said.

"Wow, that's big" Shadow said, walking with her to see the giraffes.

The giraffes were eating leaves from the trees or simply roaming around with the zebras. One giraffe stretches its head down to Shadow and licks his face with its long tongue.

"Ewwww! Away with you!" Shadow slaps it in the face and it backs off.

"Whoa, whoa! Careful, Shadow. You don't wanna get it angry" Nebula said.

"Right but it can't get me" Shadow said. They walk away from the zebras and the giraffes to not get into trouble. Instead they go to the bird house where birds from many places in the world live at. Many of the birds were screeching and shrieking around the room. A parrot in a large cage sees them.

"Hello there reddy" Shadow said to it.

"Arrr, hello there reddy!" the parrot mimics him.

"What the? It can talk?" Shadow backs away.

"No, it mimics your voice" Nebula said.

"Right, dumb bird" Shadow mutters.

"ARRRR! Dumb bird!" the parrot shrieks. Shadow smirks, thinking he just made the parrot say it's dumb.

"Hehehe, that's what you get" Shadow chuckled.

"Shadow, that was not nice" Nebula glared at him.

"My mistake" Shadow said and they look at other birds now instead, like some toucans sitting on branches or small penguins jumping into the water.