The rock giant raised its fists in the air and swung them down at Applejack, but Applejack did a cartwheel to dodge it. She then grabbed her blade and threw it at the rock giant. The blade hit it in the right shoulder. The rock giant yelled loudly. Applejack then jumped onto the rock giant's shoulder, pulled the blade out and swung down the side of the rock giant's chest. The rock giant yelled as it tried to grab Applejack, but Applejack jumped off doing a backflip and landing on her feet.

Boulder kept attacking Rainbow with his rock sword, but Rainbow kept blocking with her shurikens. Rainbow then spun around and kicked Boulder in the stomach, making him cough and step back. Boulder then formed and threw rocks at Rainbow, but Rainbow took out her Morpher and blasted the rocks destroying them.

Rock monsters attacked Strike and Specter. Three of them popped out in front of Strike, but Strike took them out with an electric round house kick. Two more appeared right behind him, but Strike clenched his fists as a blue electric energy shield surrounded him and made the rock monsters bounce back. Strike then instantly turned around and shot lightning at the monsters destroying them.

Specter turned into a red mist and disappeared and reappeared behind one of the rock monsters. "SURPRISE!"

The rock monster turned around and Specter instantly smashed its head to pieces. The headless rock monster collapsed and fell to pieces.

Another rock monster appeared right behind Specter and tried to punch him, but Specter turned around and gave the rock monster a strong uppercut.

"Nice try, pal," Specter said.

But Specter was distracted as another rock monster was sneaking up right behind him and tried to hit him with a rock hammer, until a blue electric fireball blasted it. Specter turned around startled and saw that Strike saved him.

Don't get cocky," Strike said.

"Uh, sorry," Specter said.

While Boulder and the rock monsters were distracted, Shadow closed his eyes and focused on the Chaos Emerald he had, "Chaos Control!"

Shadow teleported out of his captivity. He then quickly went to Tails to help him out. As soon at Tails was free, Shadow asked, "Tails, do you some of Mario's Super or 1-Up Mushrooms?"

"Good thinking," Tails said.

Tails took out his arm cannon and used it to spawn one of the 1-Up. "Sonic, here. Take this."

Tails tossed the Mushroom to Sonic. Sonic was able to catch it. He put it against his chest as it disappeared. He glowed bright green for a second as the 1-Up sigh was above him for a moment. Then he was able to neck kip back up onto his feet.

Boulder kicked Rainbow back. He chuckled, "Oh, I could do this all day."

Boulder held out his hands and began to form a large rock when, "Hey, Boulder!"

Boulder looked and then he was hit right in the jaw by Sonic's fist. As Boulder stood back up, he growled, "GRR! You stay out of this!"

Boulder fired a blast of rocks at Sonic, but Sonic dodged the attack. He then quickly got into his spin dash and hit Boulder in the stomach, knocking him back.

The rock giant was getting annoyed with Applejack. It charged at her and tried to body slam her, but Applejack did a back summersault dodging it. The rock giant roared at her in anger.

"Don't worry," Applejack said, "I'm not finished yet."

Applejack put her Morpher away and grabbed her crystal whip. The rock giant began to charge at her when Applejack waved her rope and yelled with the sound of an echo as she glowed orange, "HA!"

Applejack swung her whip at the rock giant and it tied itself around its neck. Applejack held onto her whip tight as she swung it pulling the rock giant over her and swinging it onto the ground. She repeated that a few times, then she ran right at it, jumped over it, took out her blade and Morpher, threw the blade the rock giant, pointed it at the rock giant, and yelled, "Honestly Blast!"

Applejack's Morpher shot a massive laser at the rock giant and it was destroyed. Applejack landed back on her feet, "Thought that had warm me up."

Knuckles saw how Applejack defeated the giant. He was truly impressed, "Whoa, the way she stopped that thing, it was amazing. I guess she really is stronger than she looks."

Boulder had enough of this, "Now I've had it!"

Boulder shouted in anger as he held his hands out and three large rock hands appeared. They each grabbed Sonic, Strike, and Specter. The grips in each of the hands were so strong, Sonic, Strike, and Specter couldn't get out.

Boulder chuckled as he turned to Rainbow and Applejack, "The only way for you to save your friends now is to stop me."

Boulder's eyes suddenly glowed bright yellow as his hands glowed the same. Multiple floating rocks appeared.

Rainbow and Applejack turned their heads to each other and nodded. They jumped into action. Boulder threw the rocks at the girls, but they destroyed them with their weapons. Applejack used her Chaos whip to grab one of the rocks and throw it back at Boulder. Boulder was hit right in the face. Rainbow suddenly landed right in front of him and did a backflip kicking him and launching him in the air.

Boulder landed on his feet. He took out his rock sword but it was suddenly cut in half by one of Rainbow's shurikens. Applejack took out her whip again and caught Boulder's arm. He raised and wrapped her leg around the whip. She then forced her leg back pulling her whip and Boulder towards her. As Boulder was flying straight at her, Applejack gave him an elbow to the face. Boulder was knocked back in the air again. Applejack threw her blade at Boulder and it hit him in his shoulder. Right when Boulder landed, he yelled in pain from both the impact and the blade in him. He pulled out the blade and threw it back hard at Applejack, but Applejack was able to catch it.

Boulder was getting angrier as his eyes glowed brighter. He created a rock axe and threw it at Applejack really hard. Applejack blocked the axe with her blade, but she was knocked back into the wall.

Boulder charged at Rainbow. He took out another rock sword and tried to attack her, but Rainbow gave it a strong kick breaking it. She then swung her fist really hard at Boulder's jaw giving him a really, REALLY strong uppercut. Boulder felt his jaw cracking a little.

Boulder held his jaw and yelled and moaned in utter pain. He stepped back a little. He couldn't believe a girl was beating him, "This can't be possible! She's just a girl! How can she be so strong!? That's it!"

Boulder began to charge furiously at Rainbow in utter rage, "NOW I'LL KILL YOU! THEN YOUR BOYFRIEND IS NEXT!"

Rainbow took a shuriken in both of her hands, "Now it's my turn."

Rainbow crossed her arms in front of her. Boulder was getting closer to her. She suddenly threw her arms out with a quick and loud battle yell as she glowed bright blue, "HA!"

She threw the shurikens at Boulder and they hit him in his shoulders. Boulder yelled in pain as he stepped back a few steps. Rainbow used her crystal wings and flew right towards Boulder. She grabbed his right shoulder, and flew up through the ceiling taking him with her.

"What the? Where did she go?" Sonic asked.

Really high in the air, Rainbow flew up with Boulder who was yelling, "AHH! PLEASE PUT ME DOWN! I'M SCARED OF HEIGHTS!"

Rainbow let go of Boulder's shoulder, punched him with both of her fists, and then elbowed him really hard in his back. He screamed in utter pain as he began to fall down. Rainbow suddenly grabbed Boulder's leg, and then began to spin around super fast, and then swung Boulder downwards. She quickly took out her Morpher, aimed down at Boulder and yelled, "Loyalty Blast!"

Rainbow's Morpher shot a massive blue laser at Boulder and it hit him in his back. He screamed in pain as he fell faster to the ground. Boulder then appeared back in the gym landing really hard on the floor. He took a strong impact when he landed. Then Rainbow appeared floating in the air in front of him as she said, "Thank Celestia I'm merciful."

The rock arms disappeared and crumbled and Sonic, Strike, and Specter were free. The red energy shield that was keeping the students stuck at the back disappeared.

Boulder growled as he struggled to get up, "Well, for a girl like you and Applejack, I really have to admit, I am truly impressed. You two may actually seem to be a real challenge."

Rainbow just looked at Boulder as she said, "That is why you should never mess… with the Chaos Rangers."

Boulder scoffed and was about to make a move when Applejack's Morpher blasted him in the stomach. Applejack walked over to Rainbow and held her Morpher aiming at him. Boulder groaned as he was about to form another rock when he felt a strong hand grab his arm. He turned and saw Strike with cerulean blue electricity in his eyes, "Sorry, playtime's over, rock-head."

Strike then thrust his hand at Boulder's neck and electrocuted him. "AAAAAHHHHHH!" Boulder yelled.

Strike then pulled his hand away, and Boulder fell onto the floor unconscious. Strike then picked up Boulder as he and Specter looked at the Mobians and the Rainbooms.

"Who are you two?" Sonic asked.

"Now's not the right time to explain," Strike said, "Not yet. But don't worry, we're on your side, Sonic."

Strike then instantly ran off using his super speed leaving his energy blur following him as he took Boulder. Specter saluted quickly as he was surrounded by bright red aura and he disappeared.

Sonic ran over to Rainbow, "Rainbow, are you okay?"

It took a few seconds, until Rainbow was then back on the ground. Her and Applejack's crystal armor and suits disappeared and they were in their normal forms again. And the Chaos Emeralds appeared right beside their feet on the floor.

"Yeah, I'm all right," Rainbow said, "Sonic, I'm so sorry. I lost control over myself. The Emerald. It… I-." Rainbow's sentence was then cut off as Sonic gave her a strong passionate kiss on her lips. Tears formed in her eyes as she embraced her boyfriend and returned the kiss.

That was when Boulder's rock wall had turned into dust and disappeared and the other Mobians were free. When Sonic and Rainbow broke their kiss, Sonic looked at Celestia and Luna as he asked, "Principle Celestia, please, give the Rainbooms another chance to try and compete."

"Don't worry, Sonic," Celestia said, "They were able to finish their song; they will go to the second round."

"Thank you," Sonic said, "And let's hope we don't get anymore trouble."

Back on the stage, the other Rainbooms and the Mobians were a little covered in dust. Rarity's outfit was covered in a lot of dust, yet it also had a bit of rips. She whined, "That rock-loving jerk had ruined my outfit! It's ruined! ABSOLUTELY RUINED!"

"That probably wouldn't have happened if you weren't wearing that thing," Applejack said.

Rarity was about to freak out, when she felt a hand touch her shoulder. She turned and saw Silver. "Rarity, it's okay. In my eyes, it was an amazing outfit you made."

Rarity was a little wide-eyed and she blushed a little as she asked, "Really?"

"Not a single bit of a lie," Silver answered as he then hugged Rarity.

Rarity's blush increased, but she smiled and returned the embrace, "Thank you, Silvy darling."

Rainbow said to Sonic, "Sonic, you should head to the medical room."

Sonic nodded as he picked up the cyan and green Chaos Emeralds, "Good idea."

Meanwhile, Darkness and the Sirens were disappointed in Boulder's failure. "Somehow, I knew he'd fail," Aria said with her arms crossed.

"He was able to give Sonic some damage," Darkness said, "We won't be so tough next time. Don't worry, I have more powerful servants."

"Not only that," Sonata said, "Now two of the girls have powers. We can't absorb powers. Only magic."

"Quiet," Adagio growled, "Your whining is getting on my nerves."