After having fun in the hot springs, Shadow and his friends got out and went to change back to their regular attire in the changing room. Shadow and his male friends simply wear shoes and gloves.

"I gotta say, that was fun in the hot springs" Shadow said.

"That's cool man. You are really enjoying it" Silver pats his shoulder.

"Yup, our girlfriends were....how should I put it....hot" Shadow said.

"Well Blaze is hot, literally since she got fire powers" Silver said.

"Oh, yup. But let's go and meet them" Shadow said.

--

The girls were outside their changing room and they were waiting for the boys.

"Say Nebula, your boyfriend sure looks handsome when his abs was shown" Blaze said to Nebula.

"Ah cut it out Blaze. I know that" Nebula scoffs playfully, "For an alien hedgehog he is quite handsome, sexy, and charming than my ex-boyfriend Scourge"

"Yeah. Scourge is ugly with those scars and sharp razor teeth" Blaze said. As she said that, the guys arrived from the changing room.

"What were you talking about girls?" Shadow asked them.

"About my ex-boyfriend Scourge" Nebula said.

"He broke up with you right?" Shadow guessed.

"No, I did. He cheated on me with a female fox. I never want to see him again" Nebula said.

"Good. But I would never do that" Shadow said.

"Say guys, who wants pizza?" Tails asked them all.

"Yeah, I'm starving. And I know just the place to get pizza in Italy" Silver said.

--

At some place near the hot springs, a blue snow leopard with ice-blue spots was serving food to the customers.

"Venice, are next order done?" she spoke in a Russian accent.

"Don't-a worry, it's on the way!" a hedgehog similar to Silver came out with some pasta in his hand. He had a different color on his chest-fur and golden tattoos.

"Thanks Venice" the snow leopard said and goes to give the customer his order.

"Don't forget the drinks too, Avani. But I'll do it now" Venice used his telekinesis to pour water in the glass to give it to the customer.

As the group passes the bar, Silver noticed Venice and the blue snow leopard in the restaurant.

"Here it is. Let me go in first, it's a family thing" Silver said, he walks in and Venice sees him.

"Oh Silver, fratellino, it's been a while" Venice got happy at seeing his younger brother coming.

"Yeah, and I got friends with me" Silver showed him his friends.

"Hello there, I'm Shadow if you wonder" Shadow introduced himself to Venice.

"Welcome Shadow and you must be Nebula's new boyfriend? If yes congratulations" Venice said and shakes his hand quickly.

"Yes, he's my boyfriend. Scourge and I broke up" Nebula said.

"Oh, Scourge's not a good person. He is an idiot" Venice said.

"I know" Nebula said.

"Say, bro. Do you have any good pizzas for us? Shadow is new here" Silver said.

"Sure, sit over there to the table that has places for you all. The pizza will be done in a few minutes" Venice said, handing them the menu. Shadow looks at the menu while heading to the table and he continued while sitting down.

"I think I would choose pepperoni pizza" Shadow said. He then handed over the menu to the rest of the group. The snow leopard came in to take their orders.

"Hello guys, may I take your order?" she asked them kindly.

"I haven't decided yet, Avani" Blaze said.

"Wait. You know her?" Tails asked.

"Of course. She's my cousin" Blaze said.

"How come? You are a cat and she's a snow leopard" Tails said.

"Some in my family are both cats and snow leopards, but I'm cat" Blaze said.

"Oh. Right" Tails shrugs.

Then Blaze pokes at her order, "I'll take the anchovy pizza" Blaze said.

"Okay cuz. Next?" Avani asked Tails.

"Spinach toppings please" Tails said.

"Cheese pizza please" Nebula said.

"I'll have the sausage toppings" Knuckles said.

"And you Silver?" Avani said while writing down orders.

"I think I'll have what Nebula is having" Silver said.

"Alright, I'll tell Venice your orders, and you want water to drink or what?" Avani asked them again.

"Water would do please and uh, can you make it cold?" Blaze asked.

"Da, I'll be right back" Avani said and heads for the kitchen.

"She sounds Russian, Blaze. Is she from there?" Tails wondered.

"No, she's from Himalayas" Blaze said.

"Oh" Tails nodded.

"So what does the Roman Colosseum look like? Is it an ancient temple or something?" Shadow asked.

"Not exactly an ancient temple. It's an arena where ancient romans watch gladiators and all kinds of events. In ancient times, gladiators face against wild vicious animals from cages" Nebula said.

"What kind of animals?" Shadow asked.

"Rhinos, hippos, lions, elephants, giraffes, bears, panthers, crocodiles, leopards, Caspian tigers, and ostriches. That's all I can list of" Nebula said.

"Whoa, that's a lot of animals. Do they do those events right now?" Shadow asked.

"Nope. Not anymore. That was ancient history" Nebula said.

"I see. I guess that it has been lions in Europe once" Shadow said.

"Yep, but now they only exist in Africa and in a small national park in northern India where there are over 500 lions" Nebula said.

"Wow. They must be the ancient lions that were in the arena" Shadow said.

--

After 10 minutes, their pizzas were done.

Shadow then takes the first slice of his pizza and eats it, "This tastes good. Sweet and spicy" he then swallowed the slice.

Nebula simply smiled at watching him like the pizza and she had a cheese pizza for herself, she did not like pepperoni.

The others enjoyed their pizzas as well and Silver gave thumbs up to Venice who peeks out from the kitchen.

He saw that as a good job sign, "Grazie, Silver"

"So how was the pizza, Shads?" Nebula asked.

"Pretty good" Shadow said.

Later after having their lunch, the group had a short talk with Venice.

"So what brings you and your friends here, Shadow?" Venice asks Shadow.

"You may not believe it but I'm an alien hedgehog" Shadow said.

"Eh, I'm not buying it" Venice said.

"Perhaps we should show in private, Venice" Nebula said, bring Venice outside along with Shadow. They walk to the dark alley and just to be sure they're not being watched by humans or mobians.

"All right, don't scream. Here comes his alien side" Nebula said, holding three fingers and counts down for Shadow to show his half alien side.

"3, 2, 1" Nebula counted down.

Shadow made his red streaks turn to the tops of his quills and his eyes becomes three in count and they are dark yellow in colors. His fangs grew sharper.

"*SCREEEEEEEEEECH*" he screeched like an alien for a few seconds before turning back to normal. Venice freaked out but Nebula quickly covered his mouth to prevent from screaming.

"MMMPH!!!" Venice screamed muffled.

"Okay, he now believes you, Shadow. Let's not do that again" Nebula pleaded.

"I know, I hate that form anyway. That's not even my true form, I was born with that hedgehog form" Shadow said.

Venice struggled from Nebula and he gasped for air, "What-a scary form. You are a monstrous" he said.

"Venice, don't ever say that. I know you got scared for a few seconds but he's a good alien hedgehog. He won't harm anyone. But you can't tell anyone about this" Nebula said.

"Promise, I won't tell anyone about this. But you, yes you Shadow better stay that normal form permanently. Alien form hideous" Venice said, glaring at Shadow.

"Venice, don't be rude. This is the real Shadow. It doesn't matter how he looks. He's not really pure alien. He's just a half alien hedgehog" Nebula said.

"Okay then, signorina. I better not upset him" Venice said.

"It's alright, Venice. I won't do that again ever" Shadow said.