Later, in the medical room, Sunset and Rainbow were wrapping some bandages around Sonic's wound on his stomach where Boulder had attacked him while the rest of the Sonic Heroes and the Rainbooms were gathered around. Even though the wound would heal quickly, Sonic knew he had to rest. Knuckles, however, used his healing powers to help the wound heal faster.

"So how bad is it?" Sonic asked.

"It's pretty bad, but you're going to be all right," Sunset said.

"I'll be honest, I wasn't expecting you to be this good with this stuff, Sunset," Sonic said.

"I've been practicing," Sunset said, "So, just take it easy for a few hours, okay?"

"Yeah," Sonic answered.

"Now," Tails said, "Who were those strange boys? And how is EXE… uh, Darkness alive? I really thought Kyo had defeated him."

"I thought so too," Sonic said, "But he must be what I sensed from last night. Ever since we arrived, we must've released him from his underground prison."

"Well, right now," Shadow said, "All we know is that those boys have super powers, and one thing that's certain, the blue one must have some kind of super speed."

"We all saw it," Silver said, "His speed was unlike anything I've ever seen before. I mean, he was moving so fast; I couldn't even follow him very well."

"And the other guy, he, like, turned into a ghost or… something," Applejack said.

"That's not the only thing," Shadow said, "Boulder said that those boys were his enemies, but heroes on 'his Earth'. Do you think that means something?"

As soon as the bands just heard Shadow say that, that was when they were all frozen in place. Then Twilight said, "Then… that sounds like…"

"Yeah, yeah," Sunset said, "The… the multiverse. It's true."

"Wow, so many theories are being proven," Tails said.

Shadow noticed that Sunset was biting her lower lip, "You okay, Sunset?"

Sunset turned to Shadow, "Um, yeah, I'm fine, why?"

"You're kind of doing that 'biting your lower lip thing' if something's bothering you," Shadow said.

Sunset was quiet for a moment, until she spoke, "I've actually known that… speedster, for quite some time."

The group looked at Sunset in surprise. They didn't expect her to know who Strike was.

"What? For how long?" Rarity asked.

"This first time I've heard about him, it was about a month after the Fall Formal," Sunset said, "There've been some reports of some strange crime fighting… meta-human."

"Meta-human?" Twilight asked.

"That's just what everyone's calling him," Sunset said.

Sunset took out her backpack, opened it and took out a tablet, and showed the bands a video from the Internet. On it, they saw a criminal trying to open a car when a blue streak of energy whooshed right at him. In a spilt second, the criminal's hands were tied up to an iron pole as he sat down unconscious. The streak whooshed away fast leaving a sign on the crook's mask saying, 'Arrest me.'

When the video ended, Sunset put her tablet away as she said, "This was caught off of a security camera. As more and more people have been seeing this, they wanted to us his powers to change people. But he's so fast, they just can't catch him."

"Well, the least thing is, he's on our side," Sonic said, "And same thing with his partner."

Rainbow had just finished wrapping the bandage around Sonic's wound. And she instantly hugged her boyfriend in relief. Sonic was a little surprised, but he smiled and hugged her back, "Shh, it's okay, Rainbow."

That was when Celestia and Luna came into the room. "How are you doing, Sonic?" Luna asked.

"It hurts a little," Sonic answered, "But I'll be fully healed in a few hours."

The principles nodded. Celestia then spoke, "Kids, I think it would be best if each of you headed home and got some rest."

Rainbow could then hear a lot of talking going on outside the medical room. It was coming from the students, but they weren't arguing.

"Principle Celestia, what's going on out there?" Rainbow asked.

"Everyone's talking about those strange teenagers with those super powers," Celestia answered, "Do you think they're from your world, Sonic?"

"No, they're not," Sonic answered, "I've never met or even seen them before in my life. They're from an Earth, like Boulder said."

"Well, let's hope we don't get any more trouble," Luna said.

Meanwhile, the Sirens didn't seem to be happy. The students weren't acting like they were under their control. They were talking about Strike and Specter.

"Darn it," Aria said, "Why did those strange boys have to get involved?"

"I don't know," Sonata said, "Something tells me that they were spying on us."

"That's what I'm assuming," Adagio said, "Come on, girls. Let's go."

The Sirens went walking through the halls until the came into a dark area. In there were Sonic, Shadow, and Sunset standing against the walls. Sunset was the first to get off as she said, "You're never going to get away with this."

"Why? Because you didn't?" Adagio said.

"Guess what?" Sonic said, "Your defeat will happen, weather it's the same or not."

"We may not know everything about you and your friends, Sonic," Adagio said, "But we know everything about you, Sunset Shimmer. You've got quite a reputation at Canterlot High."

Sunset defended herself, "I've changed. I'm in a much better place now."

"Waiting in the wings while your 'friends' have all the fun?" Aria asked.

"How pathetic," a familiar demonic voice said.

Darkness appeared from inside a wall. Sonic, Shadow, and Sunset were shocked.

"You're working for him?" Sunset asked.

"With him," Adagio answered, "And, oh yes, you and your girls are so tight. And yet, they didn't even ask you to be in the band."

"Probably afraid no one would want to see them if she was in the band," Aria said.

"Too bad," Sonata taunted, "So sad."

"If it's any consolation, no one is going to remember you at all by the time we're done," Adagio taunted Sunset, making her look really sad.

Shadow appeared right in front of Adagio, surprising her as he growled in a dark voice, "Lay off, girl."

"Why are you taking her side?" Adagio asked, "Don't you know what she did?"

"No, I don't fully," Shadow said, "But Sonic does."

"And guess what," Sonic said, "Frankly, we don't care what she did before! She's different now, and that's all that matters."

Sunset smiled at Sonic and Shadow's defense.

"Either way, you still won't win," Darkness said.

"I just want to know one thing," Sonic growled.

"Which is?" Darkness asked.

"How are you alive, and why did you choose to come here?" Sonic asked.

"I didn't come here willingly," Darkness said, "And I'll be honest, believe me, I myself thought Kyo had ended me, but a small bit of me was transported here. And yet, I took a small bit of your blood with me."

"Well, make sure you're prepared," Shadow said, "Because we will finish the job."

"We'll see," Darkness said turning to red energy and disappearing as he took the Sirens with him.

Sonic, Shadow and Sunset were left alone. "Come on," Sonic said, "Let's get out of here. I've had enough of this already."

Later, Sonic, Shadow, and Sunset were outside the front with the others.

"Well, I guess that's enough confusion for today," Silver said, "So, what are we going to do?"

"Well, Rainbow and I are going to hang out," Sonic said holding Rainbow's hand.

"I'm gonna go work on the counter-spell," Twilight said.

"Twilight, want me and Sunset to help you?" Shadow asked.

Twilight smiled, "Sure."

Twilight, Spike, Sunset, and Shadow began to walk away.

"I'm gonna go work on some uniforms," Rarity said.

Silver wanted to help, "Would you like me to come?" he asked.

Rarity was a little bit surprised, but she smiled and blushed as she answered, "Umm, why sure, Silvy, darling."

Silver and Rarity began to walk to Rarity's boutique. While they did, they held their hands and blushed at each other with a smile.

Pinkie then asked, "Hey, Manic. Wanna hang out for a little bit?"

Manic smiled, "Sure, Pinkie."

Pinkie hopped with a smile, "WEE! Let's go!"

Pinkie taped her hand on Manic's shoulder as she quickly said, "Tag! You're it! Catch me if you can!"

Pinkie then whooshed away very fast. Manic gave a little chuckle before he said to his friends, "Uh, see ya later. HEY! I'm-a gonna get ya, Pinkie Pie!"

Manic began to chase Pinkie with speed that was just like Sonic's. The others were surprised. Sonic chuckled, "Like I said when we got here, he's my brother. He has my speed."

"Well, what are the rest of you gonna be doing?" Rainbow asked.

Tails, Fluttershy, Knuckles, and Applejack were quiet thinking about what to do. That was when Fluttershy began to blush pink as she decided to ask Tails something, "Umm, Tails?"

"Yeah, Fluttershy?" Tails asked.

"Umm, there's something I want to ask you," Fluttershy said a little nervously blushing pinker.

"Yeah?" Tails asked.

"Do you, um, want to… hang out for a little while with… me?" Fluttershy asked as her cheeks burned bright red.

That was the very second that Tails was frozen in place as he felt his cheeks turn as red as Fluttershy's. He looked at his friends, but Sonic lastly. Sonic smiled and nodded to him, telling him to say yes.

Tails looked back at Fluttershy still blushing, "Umm, I would really love to hang out with you."

Fluttershy's eyes widened as her cheeks turned redder then ever, "R-really?"

Tails hesitatingly nodded, "Yes."

That was the very moment when Fluttershy instantly hugged Tails, surprising him and making his cheeks burn so hot red. But Tails smiled and he returned the embrace to Fluttershy. Everyone smiled at them.

Applejack began to blush when she decided to ask Knuckles out, "Hey, Knuckles."

"Yeah, AJ?" Knuckles asked.

"I was wondering, would you… like to go out?" Applejack asked blushing more.

Knuckles was silent when he heard Applejack say that and he began to blush too, but he smiled, "Of course."

Applejack was a little surprised, but she smiled with her cheeks turning red as she hugged Knuckles and Knuckles hugged her back.

"Well," Sonic suggested, "Since all of us here are going on a date, why not go all together on a triple date?"

"Oh, that's a wonderful idea," Fluttershy said.

Everyone else nodded in agreement. "Then, let's get ready," Tails said.

Later, at the boutique, Sonic, Rainbow, Tails, Fluttershy, Knuckles, and Applejack were getting ready for their date. The Mobians were each wearing tuxedos of their own. Sonic was wearing the same tuxedo he wore at the Fall Formal. Tails had a denim tuxedo with a gold yellow tie. Knuckles wore a scarlet red tuxedo with a black tie.

Rainbow, Fluttershy, and Applejack were each wearing the same dresses from the Fall Formal.

"You all look great," Sonic said.

The others smiled. The three Mobians took their girlfriends' hands and they walked out the door. A black limo was parked outside waiting for them. They all entered it, and it drove off.

Later, the limo parked in front of a restaurant. The Mobians and girls stepped out feeling excited. Fluttershy seemed to recognize the restaurant.

"Oh, I love this restaurant," Fluttershy said, "I haven't been here for a long time."

"Well, I'm glad you do," Tails said, "Me and Sonic also picked the right table."

The six made their way into the restaurant. They came to a female waiter at a booth, "Welcome, how are all of you doing?"

"Very well, thanks," Sonic answered, "Reservations for six under the name Sonic?"

The waiter took out her check note, "Let's see here, ah, here we go. Sonic H. Prower?"

"Yeah, that's me," Sonic answered.

"Wonderful, please follow me," the waiter said.

The group followed the waiter to an outside part of the restaurant, and was led to a table with six seats. The Mobians each sat beside their girlfriends. The waiter put out some knifes, forks, and empty glasses.

"Your waiter will be here shortly," she said as she left.

"Hey, Sonic," Tails said, "When did you come up with a name like that?"

"It was what I used when I first arrived at Canterlot High," Sonic answered.

The girls gave a little bit of a giggle at the name. This made Sonic blush a little in embarrassment, "What's so funny?"

"That just sounds cute for you to have," Rainbow said.

Then another female waiter arrived at their table and handed them a menu. "Welcome, my name's Emma, and I'll be taking care of you six. Now may I start you all off with any drinks?" she asked as she took out a notebook and pen.

"I'll have a lemonade with a lemon wedge, please," Sonic said.

"Same with me," Rainbow said.

"I'll take a strawberry fruit drink, please," Tails said.

"I'll have one as well, please," Fluttershy said.

"I'll have an apple cider, please," Knuckles said.

"Apple cider as well," Applejack said.

"Very well," Emma said, "I'll be back with your drinks shortly."

Meanwhile, somewhere out far in the mountains, Strike and Specter were training with their powers. They had a fire, sleeping bags, and a radio. Strike was practicing throwing lightning and catching it with his speed. Specter was holding a wooden pole in the form of a sword and was working on expert swordsmanship.

After a while, Specter took a breath from his training, but Strike wouldn't stop. "Yo, Strike," Specter called out, "You know, you may need to take a break. We're not on our world anymore."

Strike stopped and looked at Specter, "You know I can't stop."

"Why?" Specter asked, "You keep pushing yourself to the limits every day. All you do now is train, train, and train. Doesn't it get exhausting?"

"Believe me, it does," Strike said, "And I do take breaks, but you should know why I'm always pushing myself harder and harder. To get stronger, to get faster, and to be prepared if Rainbine and Ghost find us."

"Dude, seriously," Specter said, "I don't think they'll be able to find us here."

"Maybe not," Strike began, "But I'm trying to get faster and more powerful to be able to use the breach to get home. And so far, I haven't been able to. So until I know I'm ready, I don't stop training."

Specter sighed, "Fine, but you're really gonna exhaust yourself in the end."

Then their radio turned on. A male voice spoke, "Breaking news, one of our special banks is being robbed by a masked criminal near Canterlot Mall in the middle of Canterlot City."

"That's my cue," Strike said.

"Good luck," Specter said.

Strike nodded as he sprinted off with his speed to stop the robbery.

Later, back to the group, they had just finished their dinner and left the restaurant.

"Thank you so much for arranging this for all of us, Sonic," Fluttershy said.

"Hey, no problem," Sonic said.

That was then when a TV turned on, and something on caught the group's eyes. They looked and saw that on the screen was a blue streak of energy and lightning had just stopped a run away thief in a car. That could mean only one thing; Strike was on the move.

Sonic turned to Shadow, "Tails and Knuckles, I think it's time we talk with this guy."

Tails and Knuckles nodded, "Got it."

Rainbow was about to speak, but Sonic turned to her and said, "No, Rainbow. Listen, I don't fully know what happened to you earlier, but I don't want you to do anything worse to yourself."

"It's not that, Sonic," Rainbow said, "It chose me."

"What?" Sonic asked confused.

"The Chaos Emerald," Rainbow said, "it chose me. I felt it transferring its power to me, connecting with my magic. It made me become this way, now I can be a lot like you, and so can Applejack. You have to trust us. Trust me."

Sonic thought for a moment, then nodded, "All right."

Fluttershy thought about something for a moment, then she asked her boyfriend, "Tails?"

"Yeah, Fluttershy?" Tails asked.

"Um, you don't happen to have the yellow Chaos Emerald, do you?" Fluttershy asked.

Tails dug into his pocket and pulled out the yellow Emerald, "Yeah, why?"

Fluttershy was finding it hard on what to say, "Well, uh… I…"

Tails then realized what she was trying to say, "Oh, wait a minute. You mean, you actually want to help us?"

"I'm just afraid of what might happen to you out there," Fluttershy said as she took Tails' hand, "Please, let me help."

Tails looked at Fluttershy in her eyes, "Flutters, are you really sure about this?"

"Tails…" Fluttershy said, "I have to try."

Tails was convinced that his girlfriend was right. He softly placed his hand on Fluttershy's cheek and gave her a soft kiss on her lips. Fluttershy went wide-eyed in surprise, but then she slowly closed them and kissed Tails back.

Tails then gave Fluttershy the yellow Emerald. Fluttershy then glowed brightly in the color of the Emerald, and then she was revealed in her own Chaos Ranger form. She was wearing a skintight canary yellow suit while her hands, head, and hair were still visible. She had bright yellow crystal armor on her chest, crystal yellow shoulder pads and kneepads, yellow crystal boots that were in the same look of her original boots, she had crystal wings on her back, and her hair had become crystal. She was holding a crystal yellow axe on both of her hands. She also had a yellow crystal axe around her waist with a sword holster with a saber in it on the side.

Rainbow and Applejack took out their Chaos Emeralds, and then their Chaos Rangers formed appeared on them as well.

Knuckles asked Applejack, "AJ, you sure you can do this?"

"I know I can," Applejack said, "Let me prove it."

Applejack leaned towards Knuckles and she gave him a strong kiss on the lips. Knuckles went wide-eyed in surprise, but then he relaxed and kissed her back.

"Let's get moving," Sonic said.

The others nodded as they began to move out to find Strike.

Meanwhile, Strike was on a hill standing against a tree. He seemed to be a little frustrated, "Darn, they keep catching me on their security cameras. If I'm not careful, everyone will want to use me."

Strike was about to leave when he heard running footsteps coming towards him from behind. He quickly put on his hood, glasses, and bandana, zipped up his hoodie, and put his emblem on before he turned and saw Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Rainbow, Applejack, and Fluttershy arrive.

"What do you guys want?" Strike asked.

"Kid, I think it's best that we start talking," Knuckles said with his arms crossed.

"About me?" Strike asked, "Like that'll be happening."

"We don't want to start a fight," Rainbow said, "We can help you."

"Help me? With what?" Strike asked, "None of you even know about my world, and I'm not talking to you about it."

"Let me guess, not yet?" Sonic asked.

"Don't tempt me to want to hurt you," Strike growled.

"Oh, yeah?" Sonic taunted, "Try me."

Sonic began to charge at Strike with his speed. Rainbow yelled, "No, Sonic! DON'T!"

Too late, Sonic tried to grab Strike, but as a result, Strike had caught him instead. Sonic gasped in shock, "Impossible."

"Very possible," Strike said.

Strike pushed Sonic away from him. Sonic then crouched down and did his spin dash attack at Strike, but moving so fast, Strike dodged Sonic and gave him a kick to his back. Sonic landed on the ground. When he turned back to Strike, he was surprised, "H-how are you-?"

"Don't bother," Strike said, "I have a type of speed myself. But only faster, and more powerful then anything in existence."

Knuckles then tried charging at Strike from behind. He thrust his fist at him, but then he had suddenly realized that Strike had very easily and impossibly caught his fist without even looking. Strike then slowly turned his head to Knuckles.

"There's no way," Knuckles said.

Strike only gave a blank 'Hmph' to Knuckles as he twisted his hand and squeezed it hard. Knuckles yelled in pain.

"Knuckles!" Applejack yelled, "Quick, girls!"

"On it!" Rainbow said.

Rainbow, Fluttershy, and Applejack charged at Strike super quickly and unexpectedly. They gave him a really strong kick to his stomach, knocking him onto the ground, but Strike quickly put his hands on the ground and neck kipped back up onto his feet.

"I would suggest you girls stay out of this," Strike said, "This does not concern you."

"Sorry, we'd like to have a little fun if you don't mind," Rainbow said.

Rainbow, Fluttershy, and Applejack took out their Morphers and fired at Strike. Strike kept dodging every one of the lasers, and he rushed at them. That was when Rainbow focused on her power, "Chaos Control!"

Rainbow had slowed down time and Strike was caught in the wave of energy. His body was frozen in time, but his head was still moving because of his speed. Rainbow then ran right at Strike and gave him a strong dragon kick, knocking him at the tree. Strike groaned as he tried to get up.

"Stand down," Tails said as he took out his arm cannon, "You're too weak to fight."

"You presume too much," Strike said.

Strike released a wave of electrical energy. All but Sonic were caught in the energy and they fell to the ground in pain. Sonic growled as he rushed at Strike. Strike saw him coming.

Strike threw an electric blue orb at Sonic. Sonic didn't get a chance to move in time and was caught in it. Strike then had his hands surrounded in electricity. He rushed right at Sonic and grabbed his shoulders electrocuting him. Then he grabbed his head and pulled it down as he gave him a hard knee kick to the chin. Strike then made another orb and threw it at Sonic's face. Sonic went back a few steps as Strike put his hands together and behind him. He had a massive, bright blue glow. He threw his arms forward and blasted Sonic with a massive wave of blue energy and lightning. When he stopped, Sonic had fallen onto his knees groaning in pain.

"Listen," Strike said, "Right now, I know you want to talk, and believe me, I really would appreciate it, but right now, I just need to be alone."

"You know," Applejack said, "If you wanted to be left alone, you should've just told us."

"Look," Strike said, "I'm sorry for hurting each of you, but I just couldn't keep myself cool."

"It's fine," Sonic said as he and everyone else got up.

"Well, that was dramatic," a familiar demonic voice echoed.

"Darkness," Sonic growled.

"Hello, Sonic," Darkness said as he appeared near the group.

Sonic, Knuckles, Tails, Applejack, Rainbow, Fluttershy, and Strike all got in a fighting stance. Darkness only chuckled, "Oh, come on, guys. I already told you I'm not in the mood for fighting yet."

"We don't care," Sonic said, "Why not just do a little bit of a warm up?"

"Hmph," Darkness said, "Fine."

Darkness got in a fighting stance prepared to fight the heroes.

Meanwhile, at Rarity's boutique, Rarity and Silver had finished making a cool outfit for Silver to wear for the competition.

"Thank you very much for helping me, Silver," Rarity said.

Silver smiled, "You're welcome, Rarity."

Silver then gasped as he felt something. Rarity was a little worried, "Silvy, what's wrong, darling?"

"It's… it's Sonic," Silver said, "He's in trouble. Darkness is on the move. I need to go help him."

Rarity then instantly spoke, "Let me come with you."

Silver was surprised, "Wait, are you saying…?"

"Yes," Rarity said, "Even though I'm not much into fights, I want to save the world, like Sonic saved all of us from Dr. Eggman."

Silver thought about this for a moment, then he nodded. He reached into his pocket and he took out the silver Chaos Emerald and handed it to Rarity. As soon as it was in Rarity's hand, she glowed brightly as the color of the emerald. After a moment, the energy disappeared.

Silver then looked at Rarity and said, "Rarity, if we don't make it out of this, I just want you to know, it was an honor to know you and have you as a friend."

Rarity's eyes widen as she blushed deeply, "A-are you saying…?"

"Yes, Rarity," Silver softy stroke Rarity's cheek, "I love you."

Rarity then instantly grabbed Silver and pulled him right into a strong passionate kiss on the lips. Silver went wide-eyed in surprise and blushed deeply, but then slowly closed his eyes and kissed her back.

When Rarity and Silver broke their kiss, Silver said, "Let's call the others."

Meanwhile, with Manic and Pinkie, they were on a hill looking at the starry night sky.

"The sky is really amazing, isn't it?" Pinkie asked.

"It really is," Manic said, "It's been so long since I've ever seen anything like this."

Manic then felt his TSP watch on his wrist vibrating. He pressed the respond button and spoke, "Hello?"

"Manic, it's me Shadow, can you read me?" a voice on the other side asked.

"Loud and clear, Shadow," Manic said, "What's up?"

"I just got word from Silver," Shadow said, "Sonic and the others are under attack by Darkness. We need to get to the hills, NOW!"

Manic was shocked, but he quickly nodded, "Got it, Shadow. I'm on my way!"

Manic turned to Pinkie and told her, "Pinkie, listen. The others are in trouble, and they need my help. So, for your safety, you need to stay here, okay?"

Pinkie thought about this for a moment, but then she said, "No, Manic. You'll need my help."

"What? How can you help?" Manic asked.

"Well, do you have the blue Chaos Emerald with you?" Pinkie asked.

Manic dug into his pockets and found the blue Emerald, "Yeah, why?"

"Remember what happened to Rainbow and AJ earlier during the first round?" Pinkie asked.

Manic then remembered and said, "Whoa, whoa, wait. You really think you can do this?"

"I know I can," Pinkie said, "Please, let me prove it."

Pinkie grabbed Manic by his coat and pulled him right into a strong passionate kiss on the lips. Manic's eyes widen in surprise as he blushed deeply, but then he relaxed as his softly kissed Pinkie back. When they broke the kiss, they looked into each other's eyes.

"All right," Manic said, "Let's do this."

Manic handed Pinkie the blue Emerald. She then glowed brightly in the color of the Emerald for a shirt moment, and then the glow disappeared.

Manic and Pinkie stood up and went straight to find the others as fast as they could.

Sonic instantly got in his spin dash attack and dashed at Darkness. But Darkness put his hands in front of him and easily caught him. He then blasted him with a wave of bark purple energy. Sonic yelled in pain as he went flying back onto the ground.

"Sonic! Are you okay?" Rainbow asked.

Sonic groaned in pain as he tried to get up, "Man, he's tough."

Darkness began to form red energy in his hand when Strike rushed right at him and gave him a bunch of punches with his speed to his stomach, and then he gave him a strong uppercut, knocking him back.

"Oh, you'll regret that." Darkness said.

Darkness formed red energy in his hands and threw orbs at the group. Applejack grabbed her chaos whip and used it to catch the orbs and throw them back at Darkness. Darkness quickly blocked himself before the orbs managed to hit him.

Knuckles jumped into the air, turned upside down, and began to spin really fast as he dug into the ground. Darkness looked around for him. Then Knuckles popped out of the ground giving Darkness a strong uppercut.

Darkness had suddenly disappeared and then reappeared right behind Tails. He grabbed him by the neck, and began to choke him.

"Let him go!" Sonic said.

"You clearly think you can save him like you couldn't last time?" Darkness asked.

"You're not going to succeed," a familiar male voice said right behind Darkness.

Darkness turned his head around, but was then instantly punched in the face and knocked back as he dropped Tails. Everyone looked and saw Manic had come to help.

"Are you all right, Tails?" Manic said as he lowered himself to Tails and helped him up.

"I'm all right," Tails said.

"I've also brought backup," Manic said.

Appearing right beside Manic were Silver, Shadow, Rarity and Pinkie, but the girls had Chaos Ranger suits and armor of their own.

Rarity was wearing a grey skintight suit while her hands, head, and hair were still visible. She had white crystal armor on her chest, white crystal shoulder pads and kneepads, and white crystal boots that were in the same look of her original boots, and her hair had become crystal. Her left hand had a purple crystal bow, and a crystal white quiver was on her back with purple crystal arrows. She also had a white crystal belt around her waist with a purple crystal sword holster with a saber in it on the side.

Pinkie had a light blue skintight suit while her hands, head, and hair were still visible. She had pink crystal armor on her chest, pink crystal shoulder pads and kneepads, crystal pink boots that were in the same look of her original boots, and her hair had become crystal. In her right hand was a blue crystal cannon. She also had a pink crystal belt around her waist with a pink crystal sword holster with a saber in it on the side.

"Well, well, well…" Darkness said, "Looks like you girls are all in the mood of fighting. Hmhmhm… this should be interesting."

"Yo, Tails," Sonic said, "Think it's time we use one of the items?"

"Good thinking," Tails said.

Tails pressed buttons on his arm cannon. Then one of the Fire Flowers appeared out of it. Tails grabbed it and threw it to Sonic. Sonic caught it.

"What are ya gonna do with that thing?" Applejack asked.

Sonic said nothing. He just then instantly threw the Fire Flower into the air, caught it with his mouth, and swallowed it. Then Sonic clenched his fists tightly as fire then appeared surrounding them.

"Oh, no, you don't," Darkness said.

Darkness threw a massive beam of red energy at Sonic. The beam was right about to hit Sonic, but Sonic raised his hands just in time and blocked it. As soon as the beam disappeared, Sonic's look had changed.

Sonic's hair had turned crimson red, the blue on his clothing had changed to red, the red on his shoes turned bright, clean and shiny silver, and his eyes turned bright gold yellow.

Darkness seemed a little interested, "Well then, let's see what you've got."

"With pleasure," Sonic said, "And by the way, call me Fire Sonic."

Fire Sonic had then somehow disappeared and appeared right in front of Darkness, startling him. Fire Sonic then threw a burst of fire in Darkness's face, making him yell loudly in pain. He went back a few feet. He growled and charged at Fire Sonic with his fist raised, but Fire Sonic caught it when it was right in his face.

"Well, it's nice to see that you've gotten stronger thanks to that item," Darkness said.

"That's not all," Fire Sonic said.

Fire Sonic's hand burst into flames as it burned Darkness's hand. He yelled in pain as he pulled it away. He quickly shook it, "All right. Now you've asked for it."