The 25 Years of Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) Part 3: Silver's Story

Silver lives approximately 200 years in the future where telekinetic powers are a common ability. In the future, Silver's world was completely destroyed by what is known as the "Flames of Disaster". Fought by Silver and his partner and best friend, Blaze the Cat, this was known as an immortal being known as "Iblis". After Silver becomes frustrated over the fact that Iblis couldn't be defeated, a mysterious figure named Mephiles suddenly appeared and, along the way, informs Silver of the time when Iblis was first unleashed into the world. He tells him that Sonic was the main cause of the "Flames of Disaster" and referred to him as the "Iblis Trigger".

Mephiles sends himself along with Silver and Blaze back in time to the point when "the Iblis Trigger was alive" to prevent Sonic from destroying the future. Upon reaching the present day, Silver realized that he got separated from Mephiles and Blaze and, elsewhere, Blaze makes the same realization. When Silver had his sights finally set on the Iblis Trigger, he is interrupted by Amy, who mistook him for Sonic. Amy quickly developed a friendship with Silver, and she promised to help him find who he was looking for, not realizing that he plans on finding and killing Sonic. After locating Sonic in the city, Silver engaged him in combat and just as Sonic was about to be killed by Silver, he was saved by Amy. While Sonic ran off to find Elise, who was kidnapped by Eggman during the battle, Amy got upset over the fact that Silver would even suggest that Sonic would destroy the world in the future, and she quickly leaves Silver.

Both confused and puzzled when Blaze finds him, Silver questions whether or not he should kill Sonic just for the sake of saving the future. To find more answers, Silver and Blaze journey to Eggman's base. After resolving that he should kill Sonic, Silver finds Mephiles, who tells him that Sonic is at the terminal station. Silver heads there and fights Sonic again, only to have Shadow save Sonic just as Silver was about to finish him off. Silver mistakes Shadow for Mephiles and Shadow corrects him. The two battle it out and actually induce a chaos control using the two chaos emeralds they had in their possession. They teleported into the past 10 years ago and found out what went wrong. Silver and Shadow arrived at the perfect moment, during the explosion that released Mephiles and Iblis in the first place and, ultimately, caused the Duke of Soleanna's death.

Shadow seals the original Mephiles in the Scepter of Darkness, and Silver learned that to defeat Iblis, they must seal him inside someone's soul, making that person into a sort of vessel. Silver also learned more of Mephiles' intentions and discerns that he lied to him about Sonic being the Iblis Trigger. Upon returning to the present, he meets up with Blaze, shared his findings and has a change of heart, resolving to help Sonic save Elise.

Unfortunately, Sonic, Silver and Blaze arrived too late, as they watched the Egg Carrier explode causing the death of Elise and possibly Eggman as well. Silver then told Sonic that if they use chaos control, Sonic can save Elise. Sonic rushed into the past to save Elise and gave Silver a chaos emerald for him to return to the future. After journeying back to the future, resolved to finally defeat Iblis, Silver and Blaze fight Iblis and successfully defeated him. When Silver tried to seal him, though, by using himself as a vessel, Silver was unable to use himself as a vessel to seal Iblis. As the ultimate sacrifice, Blaze used herself as the vessel, sealing both herself and Iblis into another dimension to save both Silver and her world. Disturbed over the loss of a good friend, Silver became upset, unsure if what he had set out to do was worth what he had to pay in the end. Nevertheless, light returns to Silver's world, and the game ended with him glaring at the chaos emeralds and cries while Blaze was sealed with Iblis in another dimension.