Blaze rolled out of the way of a volley of rockets launched by Omega, who was enjoying every second of the current battle. Silver used his power to grab the rockets out of the air and shot them back at the robot, forcing him to go on the defensive. Sally and Amy came up behind Blaze, Amy knocking her up in the air with her hammer before Sally knocked her down with a kick. Shadow launched at Silver with a homing attack, which Silver blocked by pulling a table in front of himself. Shadow uncurled and struck him in the chest with a chaos spear before knocking him down with a right hook.

Silver bounced slightly before using his power to float in the air. He grabbed Shadow in his aura and began to slam him into the tables, walls, ground and barrels that surrounded the fight before throwing him at Amy. "Amy! Hit me!" Shadow called out before curling into a spinball.

Amy was confused for a second before catching on, she readied her hammer and knocked the spinball back at Silver before it could hit her. Silver was knocked out of the air but managed to stabilise himself before he hit the ground. Blaze rushed Shadow as he landed and tackled him to the ground before creating a dagger made of flames. She held it over his chest and attempted to stab him, only for Omega to grab her by the head and slam her into the ground repeatedly.

"Let her go!" Silver yelled out in rage as he captured the robot in his power. Instead of being thrown away, Omega began to feel a large amount of pressure being applied all across his body. Silver glared as he slowly clenched his fists, causing multiple dents to suddenly appear in Omega's armour.

Silver's concentration was broken when Sally snuck up behind him and slashed his back with an energy blade. Silver cried out in pain and fell to his hands and knees, a black slash mark burnt into his fur. Omega fell backwards, his body covered in dents and exposed wiring that sparked every once in awhile. Shadow rushed over to his friend with a look of concern. "Omega! Are you alright? How bad is the damage?"

Omega's voice glitched out before he hit his voice box to correct it. "As b-bad as it looks-looks."

"You just sit out for now, we'll deal with this and then I can get started on rep-AGH!!" Shadow was cut off as a ball of fire hit his side.

Omega watched as his friend fell to the ground while a very shaken Blaze walked towards him, Silver having recovered enough to restrain Amy and Sally. Omega felt his rage rising as he stood up to block Blaze's path to the wounded hedgehog. Blaze stopped as the robot stood in her way. "Stand aside machine, you are in no condition to fight, do not interfere less I kill you-"She was stopped as a stick was stabbed into her shoulder. "Did...did you just stab me with a-" She was again stopped as Omega punched her in the face, knocking her unconscious.

"Yes, I-I did." He said quickly before falling to the side. After a few seconds, the damage caught up with him as the lights in his eyes went out and his systems shut down. Now, all that was left was Silver and the wounded Shadow.

Silver slowly walked over to his target, who was now breathing heavily while on his hands and knees. Silver stopped when he reached him and knelt down to look at his face. "Is this really the guy that's gonna destroy our world?" He asked out loud.

Shadow just looked to him confused. "What are you...talking about?"

Silver stood up and shook his head. "It doesn't matter, I need to end you if there's any hope for my future. I'm sorry...I wish there was another way...I really do." He spoke softly as he charged a large amount of energy into and open palm. Just as he was about to land the finishing blow he was knocked back by an explosion of fire and confetti.

Silver struggled to keep his balance as something landed between him and Shadow. Pinkie slowly lifted her head and glared at the white hedgehog with a look that would cause even Tails Doll to shiver in fear. Her mane was completely flat, her party bazooka mounted over one shoulder and her teeth clenched tightly in anger. Shadow looked to his daughter and sighed before falling to his side to rest, leaving the rest to the pink ball of rage that had come to his rescue.

"Normally, I'd greet someone new with a happy smile, a very enthusiastic handshake and a warm heartfelt welcome..." Pinkie began as her body sparked with red electricity. "...but you're not getting any of that. You know why?"

Silver gulped. "I don't wanna answer..."

Pinkie growled and aimed her bazooka. "Because you hurt my daddy." With that she pulled the trigger and launched a party rocket towards the hedgehog who only barely dodged it. Immediately after Pinkie charged up a spindash and rocketed towards him. Silver caught her in his aura, but in his weakened state he barely managed to maintain his psychokinesis. "I don't want to fight a kid, can you at least let me explain?!" He pleaded as he threw her to the side.

Pinkie broke free of his hold and launched at him with a homing attack, hitting him square in the chest. "Oh you can explain yourself mister, right after I make your body look like a mouldy chilli dog!"

While their fight continued, Tails and Eggman tended to the wounded. Tails immediately rushed to the girl's to remove their restraints while Eggman dragged Shadow over to Omega and assessed the damage of the robot. "Hmm, circuits are fried, personality core is still intact as are the memory drives...chaos drives are shattered though, I'll need to get him to the Egg Carrier to properly repair and replace the broken parts. How're you holding up?" He asked Shadow as he opened a hatch on Omegas body.

"Not so good...that cat got me...just glad my chest fur isn't burnt..."

Eggman was about to reply when Shard landed beside them. "Damn, what happened here?"

"Shard? What are you doing out here? Wait a minute, DID YOU EAT THE LAST OF THE DEATH EGG COOKIES?!" Eggman exclaimed when he noticed the crumbs around the robots mouth.

"Yes, I did, you had most of the cupcakes. Anyway, I'm here because the sceptre started acting weird and it's kinda been whispering demonic secrets to me the entire way here so..." The robot responded as he tossed the sceptre to his creator.

"What kinda demonic secrets?" Shadow asked out of interest.

"Oh you know, how to open a gateway to hell, something about a dark creature living in the planets core, why the Kardashians are a thing, you get the idea."

Eggman held the sceptre in a way that it faced Shadow. "Yes...it's him...Shadow..."

The sceptre shook violently and emitted a bright purple light, temporarily blinding the three closest to it. Silver and Pinkoe ceased their fighting and turned towards the light in confusion.

When the light died down, the sceptre lay on the ground, void of energy. After a few moments of silence a pillar of dark purple liquid shot out of the ground surrounding the sceptre, circled in the air for a moment before launching itself at Shadow's shadow. The shadow slowly disappeared as a new figure began to drag itself out of the ground. "Well, that's creepy..." Pinkie and Silver muttered in unison.

When the figure had fully climbed out of the ground, it stood and stared at Shadow with its emerald green eyes. What stood was a copy of Shadow, but everything red had been changed to a dark grey, he had no visible mouth and his eyes were dead and green. "What the hell?" Everyone muttered.

"Finally...after ten years...I'm finally free..." His deep and tired voice spoke out. "I've waited a long time, Shadow the Hedgehog..." The figure pointed to the wounded hedgehog.

"Who are you? What do you want?" Shadow asked with a glare, trying to get to his feet.

The figure laughed and hung his head. "Of course...we haven't met yet have we? Time travel is such a complicated thing..." He took slow steps towards Shadow. "I am Mephiles, Mephiles the Dark...you took something dear to me long ago...and now..." Mephiles stopped and turned his head to Pinkie. "I'm going to take something dear to you..."

Mephiles held up an open palm and a ball of unstable purple energy appeared above it. The ball expanded and flew towards Pinkie and Silver. Before either of them could dodge, the ball caught them and trapped them inside. Pinkie suddenly disappeared, Silver vanishing soon after before the ball faded out of existence.

"PINKIE!!!" Shadow painfully screamed out as Mephiles laughed maniacally.

Author's Notes:

Well, shits getting serious now isn't it?

And you know, I have a question, where the hell is Rouge during all of this?

Eh, guess we'll find out later. If you see any mistakes let me know.