01x01 - Shadow and Maria

[bunniefuu]

[Maria urgently running]

Shadow! Hurry! [Excited] Hurry! You have to see this!

- What’s wrong? - Nothing! Look! [Shadow] It’s...lights? It’s the aurora borealis!

You can only see them from certain latitudes down there, but up here we can see the whole… [out of breath] the whole…

Maria!

[breathless] Thank you. I just pushed it a little, that’s all. The low gravity here only keeps your condition in remission.

You should know better than to exert yourself. [Maria] I know, you’re right.

But when it comes to the beauty of the Earth, I can’t help myself. I can’t wait for the day when we can finally return.

I was created here. I don’t know if there’s a place for me on Earth. Professor Gerald made me the ultimate life-form.

I should be the key to all manner of medicines. To curing you.

You and Grandfather are doing your best. I’m just as happy to spend time with you here

while you both research--

[expl*si*n]

[PA system] Alert! Alert! Hull breach in the experimental weapons wing! Multiple subjects are free of containment!

Lock down all-- [Maria screams] That robot was heading towards Grandfather’s lab! Shadow, you have to save him!

[Shadow gasps]

I'll handle this. Just wait here. I'll be back. I promise.

What? No. This isn’t right… [G.U.N. Soldier] This is the Guardian Units of Nations!

Prepare to be boarded! The soldiers… they storm the ARK… destroy all evidence…

But it’s too soon! It’s happening too quickly!

Professor! We must --

[Maria frantically breathing]

[Maria] Shadow! Remember! Maria!

[yells]

That was no mere nightmare. And it all began in view of the ARK.

Could he have survived? No. That can’t be. I need answers.