Sonic frees himself from his rage, lets go of Shadow and returns to his normal form. Shadow gets confused and tells Sonic that he won and can get revenge, but Sonic tells him that revenge doesn't make anyone win, leaving him stunned. Looking at the stars, Shadow tells Sonic that the last time he was watching the stars, Maria was with him. He felt the pain for so long that it was all that he knew. Sonic mention that when he lost , he felt the same way. Shadow asked if his pain eventually went away, to which Sonic denied, but with time he realized there was something stronger than pain: his and Longclaw’s love for each other and that was something that Shadow must hold on to, telling him that even though Maria is gone, his love for her will always remain. With Sonic's help, Shadow finally manages to free himself from the rage that blinded him for 50 years and remembers what Maria told him about how the light of a star shines even if the star is no longer there. Sonic notices that the Eclipse Cannon is beginning to power up a laser while Shadow blames himself for his actions and that rage blinded him for so long that he thought he had no choice, but Sonic tells him that he'll always have a choice and that making the right one is never easy, helping Shadow up. Sonic then states that he learned one more thing: when one messes up greatly, they can't fix it by themselves. Sonic and Shadow summon the Chaos Emeralds again and enter their Super states before flying towards the station. Gerald notices Shadow's change of heart and sends an army of robots to stop them. However, Sonic and Shadow swiftly take every one of them out, with Shadow sending a wave of to the remaining robots. They didn't manage to prevent the cannon from firing, forcing them to block the laser directly until Tails, Knuckles, and Dr. Eggman successfully redirected the laser away from Earth. Sonic lost his strength in the process and fell down to Earth while Shadow confronted Dr. Eggman, asking him what happened. Though they succeeded in redirecting the shot, Dr. Eggman revealed that the reactor core was overloading and would crash down to Earth. Shadow instructed Dr. Eggman to buy him some time by stabilizing the reactor until he could push the station away from Earth far enough before it explodes, firmly telling Dr. Eggman that this was their last chance for them to do the right thing. Shadow then removes the on his wrists, increasing his power, and begins pushing the station. While pushing the station away, Shadow remembered the times he spent with Maria back in 1974 as the station finally explodes, seemingly killing him and Dr. Eggman. However, it is revealed that Shadow has survived the explosion, now back on Earth and in his base form. He finds one of his limiter rings and puts it back on., 13. Shadow the Hedgehog (15 years old) Shadow’s fifteen, though his creation as the Ultimate Lifeform complicates things. Born on the ARK over fifty years ago, he’s ageless in a way, but his vibe stays teenage in ‘Sonic Adventure 2’ and beyond. His brooding edge suits fifteen perfectly., Shadow the Hedgehog is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog film series produced by Paramount Pictures. He is an anthropomorphic alien hedgehog who fell to Earth in a meteor and became part of a secret government experiment called Project Shadow led by Professor Gerald Robotnik..