As Fate Would Have It

As Fate Would Have It is the ninth and final chapter of Unleashed, serving as an epilogue. It is preceded by Flight of the Falcons.

Synopsis
On a distant refuelling station on a desert like planet, Phoenix drops off a mysterious passenger. Phoenix, having begrudgingly rescued the man from the vacuum of space, tells him that he is destined to save the universe. As the stranger thanks Phoenix, Phoenix rejects his gratitude, and says the name of his passenger- Black Shadow

Trivia
Asylum decided to write the return of Black Shadow as an epilogue, as the entire Unleashed story was Asylum's vision of the next possible F-Zero game's story mode. With the idea of having the Black Bull as an unlockable machine after completing story mode, much like the Dark Schneider in GX, Asylum intended to end the story on a cliffhanger, leading into a theoretical sequel.

As Fate Would Have It was written before Flight of the Falcons, and published a day after.