Sonic and the gang exit the portal, and they see that they are in the same place where they fought Time Eater the last time in. After getting familiar with the area, they see Discord sitting on a throne filing his nails on his lion paw. As he examined his nails, he didn’t pay attention to the guests that had arrived. Seeing them, Sonic let out a fake cough to bring awareness to the group’s presence. Hearing the cough, Discord turned his head and saw the group. A stampede of cows had run between Discord and the group, confusing Sonic and his friends. Discord chuckles and smugly says, “Look at that, the cows have come home.” Sonic was shocked by the joke as he caught on and says through gritted teeth, “Did you seriously just go there?” After milking a cow for chocolate milk, Discord turns to Sonic and says with a smirk, “Yes, I most certainly did go there.”
Sonic retorted, “I’d rather run late, than hide like a coward.” Discord was drinking his chocolate milk as Sonic says this, and he choked on the accusation of being called a coward and spits the drink out. Getting defensive from this, Discord said, “Hey! I was having trouble with my magic. But-” he then snapped his fingers and revealed the three containers stolen from the Guys in White’s base. Discord says with a smirk, “The magic’s back!”
Discord takes notice of the group and sees that it was just Sonic and his friends. He didn’t see the ponies or the others in the group. He asks, “Wait. It’s just you? Where’s the rest of the tagalongs?” Sonic didn’t like that phrase and glared at Discord. Ignoring the look he was receiving, Discord continued his ramble and said, “Eh, it doesn’t matter, it’ll end the same way regardless.” He snapped his fingers, engulfing the area with his magic, and changed the area before them. He was now much farther away from the group and had expanded the floor of the area, wanting to make it hard for the group to reach him. With the new expansion, he summoned an army of Badniks, changelings, and various Dark creatures that haven’t been seen since the day Eggman broke apart the Earth and unleased Dark Gaia; each of them ranged from the Rex variant, Nightmare variant, Fright variant, Killer Bee variant, Bat variant, Master variant, and Titan variant. Discord then placed the three Chaos Emeralds he had into the containers and in an instant, the containers exploded, revealing, as well as awakening Metal Sonic, Mecha Sonic, and Silver Sonic.
Seeing what they’re dealing with, Sonic and the gang took their respective fighting stances, and prepared their weapons, ready to take this army head-on. Before they could start the fight, they heard the battle cry come from behind them. They saw that the ponies, Mordecai, Rigby, the Eds, Finn, Jake, Danny, Sam, and Tucker come through the portal. To say that Sonic and the gang were shocked and confused by seeing them would be an understatement. As the others joined them, Sonic said, “What are you guys doing here? I thought I told you that we can handle this.” Mordecai says, “We weren’t going to leave you behind dude.” Twilight says, “That’s right. If this is the final confrontation, then we’re going to make sure that we do this right with the Elements of Harmony.” Sonic couldn’t help but smile at this. Eddy chimes in and said, “And, I don’t think you would have handled this by yourselves.” Shadow rolls his eyes at the comment, while Sonic lightly chuckled at it.
Sonic turned to everyone and said, “Look, guys, I know I said that I didn’t want you here, because I didn’t want any of you getting hurt, but seeing that you have chosen to be here, says that the bonds we have formed is very strong, and I couldn’t be happier to have you guys here by my side for this.” Before Sonic could continue, Pinkie Pie was the first one to hug him, catching him off guard in the process. The next thing Sonic knew, Amy wrapped her arms around his neck from behind, and soon after, the rest of the group joined in and started hugging him too, forming the biggest group hug he’s been a part of. Jake was the last to take part in the group hug, as he wrapped everyone in his overstretched arms to complete the hug among this unique group of friends. Sonic was uncomfortable at first, but once everyone took part in this hug, he closed his eyes and happily accepted the hug from everyone with a smile. A glow started emitting from Finn’s pack, alerting everyone to the sudden bright light. Twilight asked aloud, “The Elements? What’s going on?” Trying to stay focused on the task at hand, Twilight and her friends put on their respective Element of Harmony.
Wondering why the army was stalling, Discord asked, “Why hasn’t anyone done anything yet?” Seeing the “tagalongs”, Discord claps in excitement and says, “Oh goody! The cavalry has arrived! All right minions, attack!” The changelings changed their forms to look like the ponies, some of them have even successfully changed themselves to look like Sonic and his gang. After the transformations, Metal Sonic and Silver Sonic flew past them to lead the charge. Rainbow Dash flew to face Metal Sonic, Finn wanting to get in on the action turns to Jake and says, “You ready bro?” Jake says, “I was born ready.” Finn then jumps in the air, while Jake opened his mouth and swallows Finn whole. Everyone was shocked by this, until they see Jake formed into a muscular body, with Finn’s face coming out of the mouth. Still in a state of shock, Sonic asks, “You guys could do that the whole time?” Finn shrugs and says, “This wasn’t needed before.”
Getting over his shock, Sonic says, “All right everyone! It’s time to finish this!” With that being said, the group charges at the army of past enemies.
Finn charged at full force in the Jake suit, not fearing the army that stood in his way. He effortlessly destroys the Badniks with his combat abilities and the added stretch powers Jake has. Seeing what they were dealing with, the Dark Gaia minions attacked Finn, but he proved that he was still too much for even them. He would grab the Killer Bees and Bat variants and slam them into the Rex and Nightmare variants with everything he had. With the brute force he possessed in the Jake suit, Finn appeared to have an upper hand against the army. Seeing the strength this child possessed, the Titan variant stood in his way and prepared to strike him with the clubs they created.
The Titan variant may be slow, but they packed more of a punch compared to their smaller counterparts. With a mighty swing, the Titan hit Finn as hard as he could and slammed him into the ground with ease, seemingly defeating the child. To the Titan’s surprise, the club started rising from the ground, and from the spot he stood in, Finn easily lifted the club off of him. He said with a cocky smirk, “Is that all you got?” He then lifts the club upward, which also lifted the Titan upward. Finn slams the Titan into the ground with all of his might. The force alone rendered the Titan vulnerable as he let go of his club. Finn grabbed the handle of the club and smacked the Titan with it as hard as he could, turning him into a dark mist in the process. Finn then said to the defeated enemy, “You’re pathetic!”
A buzzsaw noise was present after this declaration, causing Finn to look around for the source of the noise. A robotic voice then said, “How about I face you?” Finn turned to see Silver Sonic and smirked at this robot. He then said, “I don’t know, are you even a challenge?” The robot had his quills activated, emitting the buzzsaw noise from before, and then charged at Finn in a spin dash of his own, revealing the sharp metallic quills it possesses. The robot charged at great speed, but Finn was able to dodge the attack easily.
As Silver Sonic was getting ready to launch another attack, Finn hits the robot in the face, causing the robot some damage. Silver Sonic then charges another spin dash and launches toward Finn. Instead of dodging, Finn grabs the robot on the sides, keeping it from pushing him. He shows the robot his brute strength and slams him into the ground, knocking him out of the spin dash attack. Regaining himself, Silver Sonic prepared a dash attack with the jet shoes and launched himself at Finn.
Eddy gave Ed a strong push and like before, he started winding up his arms in a fast-circular motion and began charging into the battlefield. Seeing this, Double D grabbed Eddy’s legs as Ed’s speed picked up and the trio started destroying the Badniks with ease. Seeing this, Sonic pushed on Ed’s back and said, “Let’s see if you can keep up with this.” He launched the trio in a boost, going faster and easily destroying all of the Badniks with great ease. With the destruction from Sonic and the Eds, they managed to create a gap for the group to charge through.
The ponies charged toward the changelings, familiar with their last encounter with them, they knew what to expect in this fight. The only different thing is that the changelings can now change their appearance to look like Sonic and his friends. Sonic and his friends sped past the changelings, focusing their sights on Discord. The ponies kept up with them, knowing that the Elements of Harmony were the only things that could stop Discord. Try as they might, the ponies weren’t able to keep up with Sonic and some of his friends, seeing this, the changelings focused their attention on them. Twilight and Rarity used their magic on the changelings, blasting them each one by one.
Metal Sonic saw the problem this army had against Sonic and this new group of friends. He took it upon himself to attack the group while they were distracted. He flew at the group, ready to strike, but he was cut off from the attack with Rainbow Dash charging into the robot with great speed. Metal Sonic recovered from the blindsided hit and saw the rainbow-maned pegasus giving him a cocky smirk. Metal pointed at her and said, “Stay out of my way equine, or you’ll face the same fate as Sonic and the rest of his friends!” Rainbow Dash taking a fighting stance says, “I can take you!” Metal Sonic’s eyes started glowing red and the humming sound of a jet engine could be heard. Metal Sonic then said, “Don’t say I didn’t warn you.” The jet engine released its power and Metal Sonic charged at Rainbow Dash with great speed.
Out of everyone that came out of the portal, the only one that stayed behind from the fight was Fluttershy. She knows deep down that she isn’t a fighter, and she didn’t want to be a burden on anyone and get in the way. She had stayed behind near the portal, hoping that she wouldn’t be noticed. From where she was, she could see the fight that unraveled before her. She saw Finn fighting Silver Sonic with great ease, she saw Rainbow Dash fighting Metal Sonic, while the rest of the group charged through the Badniks and the dark creatures, trying to get to Discord. She couldn’t help but worry about Rainbow Dash, seeing that Metal Sonic was able to keep up with her. Fluttershy remembered when Sonic talked about his robot duplicate and said that the robot could keep up with him, which made her worry even more. Some of her worries lessened when she saw Rainbow Dash dodge Metal Sonic’s attacks and gave him a strong buck to the face, sending the robot flying.
After sitting for what felt like a long time, Fluttershy noticed a few of her friends approaching her, and she felt relieved not feeling so alone anymore. She saw Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Applejack approaching her. Looking back at the fight the others were in, she noticed a beam of blue magic that belonged to Rarity. This sent her into a panic, as she realized that the three ponies approaching her were not her friends, but the changelings instead. Fluttershy didn’t know what to do, she was too scared to think of a proper way to handle this, so she shielded herself with her forelegs. Before the changelings could do anything to her, one of them got punched in the back of the head, alerting them of a new presence among them. The voice then says, “You stay away from her!” Recognizing the voice, Fluttershy looked up and saw that it was Mordecai. She couldn’t have been happier to see a familiar face here to help her.
The changelings focused their attention on Mordecai and lunged at him, but he had proven to be a problem to them, easily knocking them out one by one, not letting the forms they were in fool him. That is until one of them had taken the form of Twilight Sparkle, causing him to hesitate on attacking the changeling. Seeing this moment of weakness, the other changelings also transformed into Twilight, making the situation harder for him to do anything against them. The changelings circled them and were prepared to strike. “HEADS UP!” yelled a voice from above. Fluttershy and Mordecai looked up to see that Danny had arrived and fired an ice blast from his eyes, forming a small ice barrier around Mordecai and Fluttershy, keeping the changelings away from them. After landing inside the frozen area, Danny formed an ice dome around him, Mordecai, and Fluttershy, keeping the changelings away from them for the time being.
After creating the ice dome, Danny turned to Mordecai and says, “What was that?” Trying to play dumb, Mordecai says, “What was what?” Danny rolled his eyes at Mordecai’s response and says, “Don’t play stupid with me! You were easily handling those things until…” It was then that Danny took notice of the form the changelings were in. They each took the appearance of Twilight Sparkle and he noticed some of them were teasing Mordecai with flirtatious looks, making the blue jay blush as he tries to not look at any of them. Seeing Mordecai’s reaction, it didn’t take long for Danny to figure out what the problem was. He noticed Mordecai wasn’t looking at him either as he was trying his hardest to hide his blush, but this only further confirmed his suspicions. Danny then asks, “Dude, do you have a crush on Twilight?”
The question caused Fluttershy to gasp and cover her mouth in surprise, while it made Mordecai blush harder and he attempted to cover his face. Seeing his reaction, Fluttershy couldn’t help but hug Mordecai with the revelation. She says, “I’m so happy for you Mordecai!” Mordecai noticed Danny didn’t say anything and asked, “This doesn’t bother you, does it?” Danny says, “I’m surprised, but I’m not bothered by it. If she makes you happy, then dude, you deserve to be happy.” Mordecai breathes a sigh in relief, thankful for another understanding friend from this group. Danny continues and says, “Besides, this is nothing compared to the Box Ghost and the Lunch Lady getting married and having a kid. THAT was gross.” Danny shudders in disgust as he remembers that confrontation.
Mordecai didn’t know what he was talking about but figured that it must have been something that Danny went through personally, so he decided to not push the topic. Danny says, “Anyway, even with the crush, you should know that Twilight’s with Sonic and the others, getting ready to take down Discord. She wouldn’t be here unless it meant getting Fluttershy to join her and the others.” Mordecai focused his attention back on Fluttershy as Danny brought her up. She didn’t look at either of them, knowing that her actions were selfish. Mordecai says, “That’s right, what are you doing here Fluttershy? Shouldn’t you be with the rest of your friends getting ready to defeat Discord?” Still avoiding eye contact with them, Fluttershy looked down and said, “I-I know, I’m sorry about that. It’s just that…I’m not a fighter, I never have been, and seeing this large army just scared me.” The duo looked on, but didn’t say anything, they felt that she had more to say. Fluttershy then says, “I’m not brave like Rainbow Dash, I’m not strong like Applejack and I’m nowhere near as strategic as Twilight. I’m a timid, weak pony that would just get in the way and make things harder for everyone. I’m not important, I’m just a burden.”
As she said this, Fluttershy felt tears welling up in her eyes, threatening to come pouring down. Mordecai and Danny felt bad for her as she said all of this. They might not have known her for long, but there was one thing they knew for sure; they didn’t like seeing her cry. Danny spoke up first and said, “Look Fluttershy, I know you’re not a fighter, it’s not like I didn’t notice back at the Guys in White’s base, but despite that, you were the reason for driving out the entire base by yourself. You might not be able to fight, but you have a lot of courage underneath all of that fear.” Mordecai turned to him and asked, “She was the reason for that?” Danny said, “Yeah. She just pinned the leader down and just glared at him. I couldn’t hear what she had said to him, but I have never seen anyone so scared before in my life, and in all honesty, when I saw the look on her face, I was a little scared myself. And this is coming from someone who fights ghosts on a regular basis.” Fluttershy tries to downplay this and says, “That wasn’t courage, I was just upset after seeing those poor innocent critters inside those robots.”
Mordecai turns back to her and says, “Fluttershy, courage isn’t about having no fear, it’s about being able to face those fears head-on, despite being afraid. You stared down a leader of an organization because he was using something that was hurting something you cared about. We all have fear, believe it or not. I’m borrowing Finn’s sword to help out as best as I can in all of this because I have someone to fight for.” Hearing this, Fluttershy says with a knowing smile, “Someone, or somepony?” Mordecai blushed at the question, knowing who she was referring to. Danny snickered at the ‘somepony’ line, finding it humorous that it was a thing, and he also knew who Fluttershy was talking about. Mordecai then says, “Yes, somepony, but it’s not just for her, it’s also for you, the rest of your friends, Sonic and his friends, Danny, everybody. Sometimes, I feel like I’m not the biggest contributor here, but I still press on and help in any way I can, because I have a part in this as much as the rest of the group, and yes, that includes you too. Because this right here-” he taps her element and continues, “says that you are very important in all of this.”
Fluttershy started feeling better about herself after talking with Danny and Mordecai. They were very encouraging to her, and she felt a new sense in herself to help out. She gave Mordecai and Danny each a hug and said, “Thank you.” As they hugged, the changelings started blasting the ice with their magic and easily disposed of the wall surrounding the ice dome. Seeing this, Danny said, “Oh great.” He was ready to fight off the changelings that were present, and they were charging their magic, ready to destroy the ice dome; but before anything could happen, a bright light entered the dome. The light blinded the changelings, preventing them from attacking, as Danny, Mordecai, and Fluttershy covered their eyes. Once the light subsided, the trio sees that it was Sonic. He turned to them and said, “Glad to see you guys are okay.” Danny said with a grin, “Glad you could make it.”
Sonic asks, “What are you guys doing back here?” Mordecai said, “Fluttershy needed a little…pep talk. She’s ready to help stop Discord.” Fluttershy nods in agreement, showing a new sense of purpose to help. Sonic said, “Then there’s no time to lose. Hold tight.” The changelings recovered from their temporary blindness and were prepared to destroy the ice dome. They used their magic and blasted it, but with Mordecai, Danny and Fluttershy huddled with Sonic, he used Chaos Control and teleported them out of the area before that could happen.
Rainbow Dash did her best to evade Metal Sonic’s speed, surprised by how fast this robot was. Metal Sonic charges up power into his right arm and yells, “Chaos Spear!” Metal launches a barrage of lightning bolts at Rainbow Dash, similar to Shadow’s technique. Seeing the attack, Rainbow Dash dodges the bolts as best as she could. Seeing how distracted she was, Metal Sonic charges up his V. Maximum Overdrive Attack, surrounding himself in a highly powerful energy field. Once fully charged, he launches himself at Rainbow Dash at full speed. Rainbow Dash barely sees him coming and tries to dodge the attack, but because of the distraction the Chaos Spears had on her, she couldn’t react in time. Metal Sonic was able to singe her wing, causing her to yell in pain and she was forced to land on the ground.
Rainbow Dash tries to open her wing but immediately feels a painful jolt from the attack. She winces in pain and instantly closes her wing again, her ability to fly has been hampered, taking away her greatest strength. Still airborne, Metal Sonic saw this as an advantage and prepared another attack that can finish off the injured pegasus. He clamps his hands together and begins to spin in place. He then launches himself at his target, breaking the sound barrier, and unleashing the Sonic Boom. With the built-up speed, he unleashed his spinning movements had picked up making it similar to a drill attack and was aimed to finish off Rainbow Dash.
Before she could react, Sonic came at the right time and gave his robot copy a double kick to the face, derailing the attack. Metal Sonic made contact with the ground and thanks to the speed he had built before, his hands were now stuck in the ground, preventing the robot from attacking. Rainbow Dash didn’t hesitate after seeing the state Metal Sonic was in. She ran as fast as she could towards him and gave the robot a double kick to the face as hard as she could. The attack launched Metal Sonic, and thanks to his arms being firmly stuck in the ground, they ultimately were ripped off his torso from the force Rainbow Dash delivered. With his arms now removed, Metal Sonic was now left defenseless. Sonic ran towards him at full speed and delivered a strong punch to the robot. Metal Sonic began to short-circuit and exploded after the punch, leaving behind the blue chaos emerald.
Rainbow Dash sat on her haunches, exhausted from the fight and her wing was still in pain. A voice asked, “Are you okay Rainbow Dash?” Sonic turned to see that Fluttershy had a concerned look on her face, as she was worried about Rainbow Dash’s injury. She said, “My wing’s a little sore, but I’ll be all right.” Sonic asked, “Can you still fight?” Rainbow Dash said, “I can last. Hopefully, Finn still has that bottle to heal me.” While they were distracted, Discord appeared before them and took the blue chaos emerald back. Sonic saw this and tried to take the emerald away from Discord, but he reacted quicker and snapped his talons, teleporting himself away from him. Sonic growled and pounded his fist into the ground in frustration.
Danny spoke up and said, “Let’s go check on Finn, and maybe get your wing healed up.” With that being said, the group left the area and went to Finn and Jake.
The fight between Finn and Silver Sonic was winding down, the robot was heavily damaged and was starting to short-circuit. Desperate to continue, Silver Sonic attempted another spin dash attack and launched spikes as it jumped in the air. Finn took the spikes with ease, but Jake winced in pain from how sharp the spikes were as they pierced through his skin. As Silver Sonic got out of the spin dash attack, Finn delivers one final punch to the robot, causing it to explode and leaving behind the purple chaos emerald. Seeing it, Finn was going to grab it, until Mecha Sonic swooped in and claimed the emerald for himself. Seeing this, Finn yells, “Shoot!” Before Finn had the chance to take the emerald away, Mecha Sonic was gone in an instant.
As soon as Mecha Sonic was gone, Sonic, Fluttershy, Mordecai, Danny, and Rainbow Dash approached Finn. They see Silver Sonic laying in defeat, Sonic looks to Finn and asks, “Where’s the emerald?” Finn says, “That other Sonic-bot took it the moment I finished this chump off!” Danny asked, “Any idea where he went?” Finn says, “No clue.”
After saying this, Finn turns to the group and noticed Rainbow Dash’s wing. He says, “Whoa, Dash! How’d your wing get so jacked up?” Rainbow Dash says, “Just took down Metal Sonic, he wasn’t as easy as I thought he would be.” Without even being asked, Finn had the bottle of cyclops tears presented out of Jake’s hand. Danny grabbed the bottle and looked at it questioningly. He asked, “This is supposed to help?” Finn said, “Just splash some on her wing, trust me.” Danny did as he was instructed and poured a decent amount on Rainbow Dash’s injured wing. After the liquid made contact, her wing had instantly changed from a charred and damaged mess and returned to its natural, undamaged cerulean color. Seeing the results, Danny says, “What the -?!” He looks at the bottle, then Rainbow Dash’s wing, then turned his attention to Finn and asks, “What the heck is in this?”
Mecha Sonic reappears in front of Discord, knowing the seriousness of the fight at hand with both Silver Sonic and Metal Sonic’s defeat. Mecha Sonic takes the emerald out and says, “If we’re going to beat Sonic and his friends, I’m going to need more power than this.” Discord looked on in confusion and asks, “I thought you three needed the emeralds to be powered up?” Mecha Sonic says, “No, we don’t need them for our existence.” He then tosses the emerald to Discord. Mecha Sonic continues and says, “I need to go to Angel Island.” Discord asks, “Why do you want to go there?” Mecha Sonic responds, “Do you want to win this or not?” Discord grew annoyed with Mecha Sonic’s attitude but is in no mood for an argument, he says, “Fine.” He snaps his fingers and opens a portal to Angel Island.
Discord says, “I don’t know what you would want over there, but make it quick.”
Finn and Jake left Sonic and the others to look for the rest of the group. He found the Eds, Sam, and Tucker and told them to meet up with Sonic. He then found Silver, Blaze, Rouge, and Shadow taking down one of the Titans. Shadow tried to use his gun, but the Titan was quick with his swing and destroyed it with his club. Before it could strike the group, Finn threw a punch at the Titan right in the face with Jake’s overstretched arm, knocking the monster on its back. Shadow then used a chaos spear and destroyed the Titan with a single blast. Shadow turned to Finn and gave him a thumbs up. Finn took it as a sign of “thanks” and says, “No probs. Sonic said to meet up with him and the others, Discord’s getting his butt kicked.” Shadow, Rouge, Silver, and Blaze left in search of Sonic. As they ran off, Finn yelled, “If you see the others, can you tell them to meet Sonic?” Blaze says, “We can do that!”
Before Finn could leave, Mecha Sonic appeared before him. Finn grins at the robot and says, “I was wondering where you went.” Finn pounded his fist into his hand, ready to destroy the robot. Mecha Sonic, however, made a backward dash away from him. Finn chased after the robot and yelled, “Face me you coward!” The robot then jumped and landed on something. Whatever it landed on, it started glowing at a crazy rapid pace. After a few seconds, Mecha Sonic jumped into the air and his blue-plated armor turned into gold. Seeing this, Finn asks aloud, “What just happened?” Mecha Sonic says, “Your defeat!” Mecha Sonic charged at Finn with great speed, grabbed him, and kneed him in the stomach. With the force he put behind his attack, he easily bulldozed him into the ground with his newfound strength.
After burying Finn in the ground, Mecha Sonic flew back into the air, getting ready for the next attack. Finn was left stunned by the speed and power Mecha Sonic just displayed, even though he was still wearing the Jake suit, he still felt the pain from Mecha Sonic’s attack. He shakily got out of the ground and coughed, winded from the previous attack. He turned his right hand into a fist and readied to attack. Finn spots Mecha Sonic hovering in the air and feels as if the robot was mocking him just by floating there. Finn threw the punch at Mecha Sonic as hard as he could and made contact, but the attack didn’t faze the robot in the slightest. Mecha Sonic says, “Is that your best? How pathetic.” Mecha Sonic charges up an energy ball and yells, “I’ll crush you!” He then blasts the energy ball at Finn. With the injuries sustained, Finn couldn’t react in time and ended up taking the blast head-on. After the blast subsided, Finn collapsed onto the ground and Jake ended up puking him out.
Shaking off the hit, and desperate to finish the fight, Finn opens Jake’s mouth and says, “No! No! Jake come on! I can finish this!” Jake weakly says, “No, too injured.” Seeing the vulnerable state they were in, Mecha Sonic says, “Taste my power!” He blasts another energy ball at the duo and believes that he has won. At the last minute, a voice says, “LOOK OUT!” Finn and Jake were grabbed and safely taken out of the range of the blast. Finn looks up to see that it was Knuckles who saved them. Finn says, “Thanks Knux.” Knuckles says, “Don’t thank me just yet. He’s still in his super form.”
Mecha Sonic says, “Very observant echidna. I should thank that draconequus for these.” He then pulls out the three chaos emeralds that Discord had. Knuckles gets into a fighting stance and says, “I’ll be taking those back.” Mecha Sonic laughs at Knuckles’ threat and says, “With no emeralds of your own? I’d like to see you try.” Unknown to Mecha Sonic, Knuckles has gained a new ability since the last time they faced each other. Mecha Sonic charges at Knuckles, ready to strike him, but Knuckles dodged the attack and ran toward the Master Emerald. Mecha Sonic didn’t know what Knuckles had planned, but he didn’t want to find out. He blasted the energy shots at him, but Knuckles was able to dodge them with ease. Mecha Sonic shot another blast at Knuckles, but instead of trying to hit him, he instead shot the blast in Knuckles’ path. The blast made a big explosion once it hit the ground and it sent Knuckles flying.
Knuckles crash lands next to the Master Emerald, but he ended up getting a sprained ankle from landing wrong and he hits the ground. Mecha Sonic hovers behind him and says, “I don’t know what your plan is, but if this was a means of distraction, you failed miserably.” Mecha Sonic then points his finger behind him and fires an energy beam.
We see Finn healing himself and was beginning to heal Jake, but a sudden beam had made contact with the bottle and instantly destroys it. Finn and Jake stared on in shock from the attack. Mecha Sonic says, “There’ll be no more of that, the boy won’t be fighting with that dog anytime soon, and you are all out of options.” Mecha Sonic readied another energy blast and said, “Any last words?”
While Mecha Sonic was focused on Finn and Jake, Knuckles had gotten back on his feet and had a hand on the Master Emerald. The energy from the emerald surrounds Knuckles as he touched it. He turned to the robot with an intense glare and said, “Yeah. Don’t you EVER touch my Master Emerald again!” Knuckles throws a very strong punch and sends the robot flying. The punch was so strong it made Mecha Sonic drop the three chaos emeralds and he was knocked out of his super form. Seeing this, Knuckles charged toward Mecha Sonic, ready to end the fight once and for all thanks to the energy he still had from the Master Emerald. As Knuckles got closer to Mecha Sonic, he threw another punch, crushing the robot into the ground and causing a shockwave in the process. The attack instantly destroys the robot, ending the fight with the last of the Sonic doppelgangers.
Rarity was walking by herself; Shadow and Rouge had just told the group that they were needed. She fell behind because of the changelings getting in her way. As she walked to where she was needed, she saw the fight Knuckles was in. She was ready to help in any way she could, but she saw that she wasn’t needed as Knuckles had delivered a powerful punch to Mecha Sonic and sent the robot flying. The robot had a gold color appearance but had just changed to blue after the punch. She saw Knuckles charge at the defenseless robot and deliver another punch, destroying the robot. Rarity looked from the area Knuckles ran from and noticed a giant green emerald in the back. She approached Knuckles and says, “Is that the Master Emerald you mentioned before?” Knuckles was exhausted from the fight and was hunched over trying to catch his breath, but he gave Rarity a nod in response. She looked back at the Master Emerald and was entranced just by looking at it. She said in amazement, “Oh my, it’s very beautiful.” Knuckles doesn’t respond, he was more focused on retrieving the Master Emerald.
Although he sprained his ankle, Knuckles limped his way toward the Master Emerald, but before he could get to it, a sudden flash appeared next to it, as the light faded, it was revealed to be Discord. He grabs the Master Emerald and leered at it, clearly impressed with what Mecha Sonic was able to accomplish with it alone. Not wanting Discord to retrieve the Chaos Emeralds, Rarity uses her magic to levitate the three emeralds and pulled them toward her. Discord glares at the group, but instead of fighting them, he chose to teleport away from them with the Master Emerald in his possession.
Knuckles falls to his knees, shocked from losing the Master Emerald to Discord. Rarity walked next to him and said, “It’s okay darling, we’ll get it back. Right now, we have all seven Chaos Emeralds with us.” As Rarity said this, Knuckles couldn’t help feeling uneasy about this. He felt that Discord let them get the emeralds back.
Sonic, Mordecai, Fluttershy, Danny, and Rainbow Dash continued to fight off the army and were trying to regroup with the others. They fought their way and reached Twilight, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie, who were fighting off the changelings. Sonic asks, “Where’s Discord?” Applejack says, “It was a changeling.” Rainbow Dash asks in anger, “Seriously?!” Mordecai says, “At least we’ll be ready when we do find Discord.”
He was referring to Fluttershy, something Twilight took notice of after finishing the last of the changeling group they were fighting. Twilight asks, “Where were you Fluttershy? I thought something bad had happened to you.” Mordecai says, “Thankfully that wasn’t the case, I was able to get to her before the changelings could try anything.” Twilight turns to Mordecai and gives him a thankful smile, causing him to blush in the process. Twilight focuses her attention back on Fluttershy and says, “Fluttershy, please don’t ever do that again, I couldn’t live with myself if something bad had happened to you and I wasn’t there to help.” Fluttershy saw the hurt and worry in Twilight’s eyes and felt bad for putting her through this. She said, “I’m sorry about that, but don’t you worry Twilight, I’m here with everyone to the very end.” Twilight smiled at Fluttershy and hugged her, which she gladly returned.
As Twilight and Fluttershy were hugging, Knuckles, Finn, Jake, and Rarity arrived. Finn asks, “Did we miss anything?” Sonic says, “Not really, this army keeps coming back no matter what we’ve been able to do to them.” After saying that, the group sees that the army has surrounded them in a circle formation, ready to capture them and claim victory. Keeping his attention on their enemies, Tails said, “What now Sonic?” Sonic says, “We’ll keep fighting, no matter what.” Shadow made a motion to take off his inhibitor rings but was stopped as Danny raised an arm and spoke up. He said, “Leave it to me guys.” Shadow says, “You think you can handle them on your own?” Danny says, “I can. I’ve been saving this attack as a last resort, and this is as good a time as any to use it.” Sonic looks at him curiously and asked, “Last resort?” Danny nodded and said, “Everyone, just stay behind me and cover your ears.”
After saying this, Danny stepped in front of the group, ready to finish the fight with the army on his own. They were confused by the instruction that he left for them, but they weren’t going to argue with what Danny told them and they covered their ears. Once Danny was in front of them, he takes a deep breath and yells at the top of his lungs, releasing his most powerful attack, the Ghostly Wail. The attack released a shockwave of ecto-energy, and it easily wiped out the enemies that were in its path. Even with their ears covered, the group faintly heard a haunting moaning sound coming from the attack. The army was dumbfounded from seeing what this attack could do, but before any of them could respond, Danny had moved and released another Ghostly Wail on the army. He continued this until he had circled the group and essentially wiped out the army that had once surrounded them.
With the army defeated, and not hearing any more ghostly moans, everyone uncovers their ears and takes a good look around the area. They were amazed at what Danny had done on his own, all of the Changelings, the Dark Gaia creatures, and the Badniks were defeated. Danny was left hunched over, breathing heavily after releasing the Ghostly Wail multiple times, but instead of transforming into his human self as he did in the past when he used the attack, he was now able to maintain his ghost form and he proudly stood tall in his victory. The group cheered, thankful that the army was no more and that they can now focus their attention on Discord.
Discord remained in hiding after he took the Master Emerald, he didn’t know anything about it, but thanks to Mecha Sonic’s persuasion, it made him curious about what made this emerald so special. Time Eater showed Discord two big events the Master Emerald was involved in, and Discord had seen that this emerald had the power to control the Chaos Emeralds themselves. Discord says in amazement, “If this thing can control the Chaos Emeralds, why didn’t we take this in the first place?” Time Eater says, “The emeralds were already scattered, did you really believe this could get them back?” Discord says, “Fair point. They took our emeralds, but it doesn’t matter, we now have this.” Discord teleports away from the area and was prepared for the final battle with Sonic and his friends.