Back on Earth, in the room where Shadow was sleeping at. He woke up and spots a snack machine but he doesn't understand why it's protected by the glass for no reason.

"Snack must be food. I know it" Shadow said, ignoring the injuries on his body and slowly walks up to the snack machine. He punched through the glass and grabs blue snack bag that says 'Doritos'. He's not sure what this is but when he takes a bite on the snack bag, it doesn't taste like food or anything.

"Bleah! This doesn't taste like food" Shadow grimaced and shakes the snack bag a little. When he heard that he realizes something, "Hey, its food in it" he tears it open. He saw the chips inside the 'Doritos' bag and picks one out; he sniffs it and takes a bite of it. It tasted crunchy but doesn't know what flavor this is.

"Tastes good and crunchy. This food tastes better than on my planet" he said with his mouthful. He grabs the whole snack bags from the snack machine to eat. He returns to the bed and placed the bags next to him, still eating chips.

"But I can't just eat the chips. I need something to drink" he went back and saw a Gatorade vending machine next to the broken snack machine and that it also has the protection glass too. Just as he was about to punch the glass, someone opened the door and stopped him.

"What are you doing?" it was Nebula.

He gasped in fright and looks at her standing near the door, "Um, looking for a drink. I already broke the other machine for food" Shadow said.

Nebula saw the broken glass pieces on the floor, "Oh, but you got to pay for it"

Shadow raised a brow in confusion, "What?"

"Oh, sorry. You don't have vending machines on your planet. Let me show you" Nebula said and walks up to him where he's standing near the Gatorade vending machine, "All right. Tell me which color of Gatorade drink you want? The color means a different flavor" she said.

"I pick the.....orange one" Shadow pointed at the orange Gatorade.

"Okay, first you insert a coin and press the code button" Nebula shows Shadow how it's working, she inserts a quarter coin and she pressed the two codes for the orange drink. The orange Gatorade aisle was pushed off the edge and falls down to the bottom. Nebula kneels down and pushed the opening lid up to grab the Gatorade and hands it to Shadow.

"Wow. I need that type of technology on my planet" Shadow said, picking up the can and opens it. Walking back to where the piles of snack bags are on the bed.

"Sorry that I broke the other machine" Shadow said with his ears down.

"It's alright since you don't have your own money right now. I'll just tell them that it was an accident" Nebula said.

"Alright, mind if I keep those chips bags? The snacks in them are the best thing I've tasted" Shadow held up one bag.

"I don't mind. Just don't eat too fast. It can give you a tummy ache" Nebula said and walks up to the curtains to open them up for the sunlight to shine in.

"Is that glowing thing a star?" Shadow asked Nebula.

"Yes but that's called the sun. The biggest star in our solar system" Nebula said.

"But where's the stars? I don't see them in this....blushish sky" Shadow said.

"It's still there all the time. The sun is just too bright. Um....you don't have a sun at your planet?" Nebula asked.

"No, I was born that planet. It has nearly no atmosphere and no sun. No plants, almost nothing but my race" Shadow said.

"My god" Nebula gasp quietly.

Shadow drinks his Gatorade and realized it tasted fruity and sweet at the same time, "Mmmmm, it is still tasty. On my planet there was almost just the same drink and food all over again" Shadow said.

"I see. Well you wanna see how it looks around the city?" Nebula asked.

"Well, if it is not too dangerous" Shadow said.

"Don't worry, there's no danger in the city. Well...mostly but it's not too severe as long as people know what they're doing. It's a little complicated but you'll understand sooner or later. First, let me show you what we're in right now" Nebula said, "This is the Astronomy Research Facility"

"Okay, what else?" Shadow asked.

"Me and the staff here works in space projects like checking the satellite signals and objects in space" Nebula continued. She leads Shadow around the place and showed him different things around it.

"Amazing. It's the very first time I see a facility like this" Shadow said. The Nebula sees Silver and a tall old man with a few college students, "Shadow, this is Silver and Professor Pickle. Pickle is the manager here and my boss too" she said to Shadow.

Professor Pickle turned and saw Shadow and Nebula, "Excuse me class, one moment please" he tells the students and goes to them.

"So you are the alien hedgehog Nebula bringed her. I'm Professor Pickle and you may have met him" Professor Pickle said.

"I'm Silver and it's a pleasure to see a real alien" Silver said and holds his hand out for a shake.

"Uh...what are you doing?" Shadow asked.

"He's giving you a handshake. When meeting someone new, the person shakes his or her hand to the other. It's like this" Nebula shakes Silver's hand, "Now you try"

"Oh, right. Shadow.....Shadow the alien hedgehog" Shadow introduced himself to Silver and shakes hands with him.

"Nice to meet you, even though you gone berserk" Silver said.

"I thought earthlings are cruel, greedy and selfish monsters. That's why" Shadow said.

"Oh. Whoever told you that was wrong" Silver said.

"Incredible, he looks exactly like a mobian hedgehog" Professor Pickle walks around the alien hedgehog.

"I'm a hybrid hedgehog and Black Arm alien. My father looks nothing like me. I don't know my mother. But I guess she looks like me" Shadow said.

"I see" the professor said.

"Professor, since he's new here on Earth. Can I look after him to get him to know more about our planet? Hopefully I don't miss anything on the job" Nebula said.

"You won't, Dr. Emerald. You got my permission to show him around" he said to her.

"Alright, let's go Shadow" Nebula held Shadow's arm and they walked out from the Astronomy Research Facility. Shadow saw his ship being carried away from where it crashed.

"Man, my ship may never get any repairs" Shadow said with a sad frown.

"I guess. But now get into my car. I'm gonna show you the city" Nebula said.

"Um...does this car....fly?" Shadow asked, observing Nebula's purple Honda car.

"No, it got wheels" Nebula shook her head.

"Oh. I guess in the future you have these flying cars" Shadow said.

"Maybe" Nebula winks and starts the car, driving towards the city.

Once they arrived, Shadow looked around and saw many people and cars around.

"Wow, this city is much bigger than on my planet. This is so...--Huh? Why did you stop?" Shadow asked when he felt the car come to a halt.

"Traffic lights" Nebula points at the traffic lights that are glowing red.

Shadow looks at it and sees people on the front walking on the dash white lines, "Oh, I see" he said.

Once it turns green, they continued their sightseeing and drives to the park. They parked the car and got out. Nebula locks the doors.

"So this is a park? With living plants?" Shadow wondered.

"Yup, let's go for a walk in it" Nebula said and Shadow follows her. They go to a small lake in the park and watched the ducks swimming around.

Shadow knows these ducks are animals on Earth and there are only a few animals on his planet, "What are these called?"

"Ducks, they are birds of swimming type and flight. Many birds except ostrich, penguin, kiwi, emu, and some chickens can't fly. Birds bones except the penguin species are hollow" Nebula explains about birds.

"I see. They are kinda cute in a way" Shadow said.

"Yup, I love baby ducks" Nebula smiled. She leans on the fence at the lake and saw how the duck family swam together. Shadow looked at the ducks as well but then sees around to see people having fun and others having accidents.

"Animals live in the wild. We mobians and humans are not wild because we live in cities. The difference between mobians and humans is that some mobians are born with gifted powers while humans don't have any. And speaking of powers, do you have any powers or something?" Nebula asked.

"I got super-speed by my hover-shoes, enhanced strength, spin-dashing and when I get the chaos emeralds I get chaos powers" Shadow said.

"Chaos powers? You are after the chaos emeralds?" Nebula got shocked.