Inside Eggman's Egg Carrier in space, Eggman was monitoring what his enemies were doing. He saw that Sonic and his friends were watching their music video at the mall, and Jarod was with Master Trixie and Sandstorm.
Eggman turned in his chair to Darth Sparkle and a male figure who was standing beside her, and they bowed before him. The male figure had hazelnut tan skin, messy, dark umber brown hair, and Dijon yellow eyes. He was wearing a sleeveless charcoal grey jacket with rips and holes over a fawn tan collared shirt, grease black gloves on his hands, onyx black pants that had rips at the bottom of the legs, and dark brown shoes.
"What is your bidding, Master?" Darth Sparkle asked.
"Darth Sparkle, I want you to stop Jedi Master Trixie and Sandstorm from training Jarod. Terror, you will capture Sonic and bring him to me alive," Eggman said.
Terror chuckled evilly, "It will be done."
Back on the planet, somewhere high in the mountains where there was a waterfall and some snow, small rocks were flying right at Jarod who was blind-folded and holding his silver bladed lightsaber.
Jarod wasn't using his x-ray vision with the Speed Force to see the rocks coming. Instead he was allowing the Force to tell him where and when they were coming. He began to block the rocks with his lightsaber with the Force guiding his defensive strikes. He blocked high, low, and middle to avoid getting hit. He managed to stop all of the rocks that went at him.
Sandstorm jumped from a cliff above Jarod and grabbed a wooden stick that was built as a training saber. Jarod could sense Sandstorm with the Force. He deactivated his lightsaber, put it away, and he reached his hand out behind him.
In a matter of seconds, before Sandstorm reached him, another training saber flew out of a small cave and the handle went into Jarod's hand.
Jarod blocked high with the training saber to stop Sandstorm's attack on him. Sandstorm then backed up as Jarod took off his blindfold. Master Trixie was next to the cave sitting down watching them train.
Sandstorm chuckled at his source, "Very good, Jarod. You really do learn quickly, and you have much patience."
Jarod then turned to Master Trixie and asked her curiously, "Master Trixie, I need to know something. What is it that's unique about a lightsaber?"
Master Trixie stood up and grabbed a training saber of her own, "That is a very good question, Jarod. Sandstorm even asked me that once; what is essential about a lightsaber?"
Master Trixie then jumped up in the air with her training saber raised. Right when she landed, she swung her stick at Jarod, but Jarod blocked it with his. Master Trixie threw a couple swings at Jarod before she forced his stick to the ground.
"It's not the blade's color that it emits," Master Trixie said.
Trixie then swung her training saber at Jarod's feet, but Jarod managed to jump over it. He then swung his at Master Trixie, but she managed to duck backwards to dodge it. She and Jarod then swung their training sabers at each other, and they were in a lock.
"And it's not its power?" Jarod said.
Jarod and Master Trixie then stopped and lowered their training sabers. "No," Master Trixie said, "But the thing that is the most important about a lightsaber is that it's a sword that can be turned off. It doesn't have to be a sword at all."
Jarod sighed in slight exhaustion, "Yeah, I get it. But what is it that I need to know that's more important about a lightsaber than it being turned off?"
Trixie got hold of her lightsaber and showed it to Jarod, "The Force is in that stick, as much as it's in this. Jarod, you have to remember, this, this is light, but much like a REAL sword, it has weight."
All of a sudden, a breach had opened up next to them, and they jumped back before Jarod activated his lightsabers. Dan jumped through as the breach closed, and Jarod aimed the end of his blue blade right at Dan's neck.
Dan yelped right as he saw the blade, "Ahh! Please don't kill me!"
Jarod sighed as he turned his lightsabers off, "Oh, it's you. What are you doing here?"
"First of all, when and where did you get a lightsaber?" Dan asked, "And second, I'm tired of waiting."
"That's not important," Jarod said, "What is important is I still need to train with Jedi Master Trixie and my clone Sandstorm."
Dan looked and noticed them, "Well, I was not expecting this."
That was when they all heard Specter's voice, "Neither did I."
They saw that Specter was standing right behind Dan. Dan turned around and then jumped ten feet in the air, before landing on his head, "OOW!"
Dan sat up in seconds and yelled, "Why do you people keep doing that?"
"I enjoy hearing your girlish scream," Specter smiled, before he asked, "So, who are you two?"
Dan suddenly asked, "Wait, I have a question, how did you find this place?"
"There's a tracking device in the back pocket of your pants," Specter answered.
Dan suddenly perked and began to struggle to get the device out. As he did, he yelled like a banshee, "Don't do that again!"
Master Trixie cleared her throat, "I'm Jedi Master Trixie Lulamoon of my home universe."
"My name is Sandstorm," Sandstorm said with his arms crossed, "A clone of Jarod."
Dan still struggled to get the device out of his pants' pocket as he continued to shake around on the ground and shriek. "Where's that-!? This stupid little-! AAAAAHHHH!"
"So, are you both REAL Jedi?" Specter asked surprised.
"I am," Master Trixie said, "While Sandstorm is my apprentice."
"I'm mostly learning the ways of the Force to help me in battle," Sandstorm said, "I was once a secret agent of my world's Illisies Crawford, and now I'm just a clone of Jarod who's been looking for his source."
"Well, that's pretty cool," Specter said.
"That's not the strangest thing today," Jarod said, "I'm literally the only Jarod Taylor in the entire multiverse."
"Okay," Specter said with a straight face, "And your point is…"
"Every other universe, I died from an accident or I was never born," Jarod said, "The Earth that I come from follows a slightly different course of time."
Dan got the device out of his pocket and held it in the air, "Haha!"
But then the device began to beep. Dan held it in front of his face, and suddenly realized, "Oh, no…"
BOOM! The device exploded into smoke in Dan's face. Dan coughed, "Why *cough* would you make this, Specter?"
"Because I had nothing better to do," Specter shrugged his shoulders.
Jarod, Master Trixie, and Sandstorm all sighed and face palmed in annoyance. Dan and Specter both asked at the same time, "What?"
"So, how's your training coming along?" Specter asked.
Jarod looked and saw a rock near a river. He slowly held his hand out and closed his eyes as he focused calmly. The rock then began to hover in the air. Jarod was using the Force for the first time.
Jarod then put the rock down as he answered, "I'm learning quick."
"Hmm, impressive," Specter said.
Dan stood behind Specter tapping his foot impatiently, "Yeah, that's great and all, but have you made up your mind yet?"
Jarod sighed, "You know what you really need?"
"And what's that?" Dan asked.
Specter took a step back from Dan a little afraid. Jarod answered, "Patience."
Sandstorm then added for Jarod, "And even more so, confidence. If you had any of those things, you'd be quite a bit like us. But you don't. So you are you, and that won't change."
Dan grumbled, "Well, I don't plan on being a Jedi, so I don't have a use for those things, and confidence is not something I lack."
"If that were so," Master Trixie said, "…then you would trust Jarod about what he needs to do."
"I DO trust him, but I'm tired of waiting," Dan crossed his arms, "Now come on, Jarod. Decide."
"You know, it's hard to tell which is more annoying," Specter said, "You, or the Jedi proverbs."
Master Trixie then grabbed a large rock with the Force and tossed it to Specter, "Try catching this."
Specter managed to grab it, but it pushed him back with its weight, "Whoa, whoa, whoa…"
Specter put the rock down, "Don't throw things. Someone could get hurt."
Jarod sighed, "Look, Dan, I get you're trying to help me, but you just keep me making choose, and that's not helping me with my memories."
"I'm gonna go with Jarod on this one," Specter said as he sat on the rock.
Dan perked at the response and began to stammer, "Wh-bu-he-you-b-ch-k-y… UUUUGH!"
Dan growled and he punched a rock. The punch was so hard, it broke into pieces, "YOU PEOPLE ARE INFURYATING!"
Jarod and Sandstorm just shook their heads in disappointment. Dan then shouted out of frustration, "And would you make up your mind already?!"
"The more you ask," Jarod said, "The longer you wait."
"I think you should leave him to his own devices," Specter said to Dan.
Dan raised his hand and opened his mouth to speak, when Specter said, "I'll fix the flux capacitor on your ship."
Dan groaned and crossed his arms, "Fine." And then just grumbled to himself.
Jarod and Sandstorm then suddenly became alert and activated their lightsabers. Sandstorm's lightsaber in his right hand had a blue blade like Jarod's, and the lightsaber in his left hand had a yellow blade.
"Jarod, Sandstorm, what is it?" Specter asked.
Jarod, with his blade in front of him answered, "She's coming. I sense her presence."
"I feel her too," Master Trixie took out her lightsaber, "The Dark Side has made her powerful, too powerful to be unnoticed."
"So… that's where that evil energy is coming from?" Specter asked, "I thought it was just where we were."
Sandstorm looked up and saw a red-bladed-black-cored lightsaber coming towards him and Jarod. He swung his lightsaber at it, hitting it away and then it flew up the hill, and then it was gripped in Darth Sparkle's hand.
Darth Sparkle then jumped down to the ground where the heroes and Jedi were. She was wearing dark Sith armor over a pure black skintight suit with black robes over them.
Specter spoke, "I'm guessing she's the bad guy."
"Not the time, Specter," Jarod said.
Trixie activated her lightsaber, and it had a bright blue blade. She spoke to Darth Sparkle, "Look who decided to show up."
Darth Sparkle starred evilly at Master Trixie, "It has been a long time, has it not, my old friend?"
Master Trixie scoffed, "It has, traitor. You are the one who decided to allow the Dark Side of the Force to consume you by opening the Sith Holocron, and you are the one who destroyed our home and nearly killed our master and fellow Jedi."
"The Dark Side has shown me the truth," Darth Sparkle said, "Only embracing it will allow us to know true knowledge of the Force. It has given me what all Jedi has desired. And it can also give you anything you want."
Somehow, that caught Jarod's ear, "Wait, if that's true, could it probably help me get my memories?"
Sandstorm could tell what Jarod was thinking, "Don't believe what she says, Jarod."
Darth Sparkle chuckled, "Well, clone, you do seem to be as smart as I have heard. But tell me, Mr. Taylor, do you remember some old enemies of yours? The Sirens, to be more to the point."
Jarod starred blankly at the Sith, "Yeah, what do they have to do with this?"
Darth Sparkle chuckled as she looked up, and saw three figures falling towards her. They all landed behind her, revealing who they were.
The first figure had yellow skin with luminous vivid orange hair with luminous vivid gold highlights tied up in a puffy pony tail and violet eyes. She was wearing the same armor and suit Darth Sparkle was. It was Adagio Dazzle.
The second figure had cyan skin, moderate cerulean and dark blue hair tied up in a ponytail and violet eyes. Like Adagio, she was wearing Sith armor and a suit like Darth Sparkle. It was Sonata Dusk.
The third figure had purple skin, moderate purple hair with moderate turquoise highlights in two ponytails and purple eyes. She even had the same suit and Sith armor like the rest. It was Aria Blaze.
The Sirens each had a double-bladed lightsaber with a curved hand-guard that admitted pure red blades. Jarod and Specter groaned in absolute annoyance. "You again? You don't even have your pendants anymore, and you lost," Jarod asked.
Adagio chuckled evilly, "Oh, you're right. But now Darth Sparkle has trained us in the ways of the Force. And now we are Dr. Eggman's Egg Forcers."
Jarod scoffed at them, "I highly doubt you were given much choice. What do you want?"
"We have been assigned to destroy Master Trixie and your clone," Aria said, "But Darth Sparkle has plans for you."
"And what is that?" Jarod asked.
Darth Sparkle held out her hand, "You do not yet realize your importance. You have only begun to discover your true power. Join me, and I will complete your training. With our combined strength, we can end this destructive conflict and bring order to all of reality."
Jarod refused, "I'll never join you."
Darth Sparkle chuckled as she reached for something behind her, "Oh, but I think you will."
Darth Sparkle then revealed a small red glowing four-sided triangle-looking device in her hand. That was the Sith Holocron. For some odd reason, Jarod felt connected to it.
Darth Sparkle smirked evilly, "Tell me, Jarod. Do you really want to understand who you truly are and where you come from? This has all of the answers that you want to know. Do you feel your connection to the Holocron?"
Jarod then began to shake, as if he felt some uncontrollable emotions entering him. Darth Sparkle and the Egg Forcers could tell, and Adagio chuckled, "You do, don't you?"
Jarod then dropped his lightsabers and he fell to his knees. Now he began to see more of his memories from his real life.
"JAROD!" Dan said as he ran to his friend.
Darth Sparkle chuckled as she then used the Force to raise the Sith Holocron into the air, and opened it. She then yelled, "Know your real self! SEE IT THROUGH PAIN AND POWER!"
Jarod began to scream loudly in pain and suffering as his memories began flashing in his mind. Through the Sith Holocron, he was earning it all too quickly.
Specter took out a high-tech blaster and fired it at the Sith Holocron. The blast knocked it out of Darth Sparkle's hand, and it landed in the river drifting in the water down the mountain.
Darth Sparkle growled at Specter as Jarod gasped to breathe, "That was a mistake."
"I don't think helping a friend is a mistake," Specter said, "But you attacking us, THAT was a mistake."
Specter then fired three shots from his blaster at Darth Sparkle. Darth Sparkle reflected two of the shots away, and then bounced the third back at the blaster, destroying it. Specter yelped, "AGH!"
Then a whole bunch of swatbots began to land and circle the heroes and Jedi. Dan groaned, "Great, more robots."
Dan and Specter took out their Void Swords while Master Trixie and Sandstorm took out their lightsabers. The pain that Jarod took wouldn't let him stand up.
Down at the Mobians and the girls had just posted their video they made together and they won the cash prize at the mall.
"Yahoo! Manic said, "We've got enough money to make Camp Everfree look just like new!"
"We're having the spring dance on a yot!" Lemon said as she and Manic gave each other a high-five.
Pinkie then called out, "Who's up for celebratory ant-orange smoothie?"
Just before anyone else could say anything, they all heard other people gasping. They all turned to see what was going on. They saw other people backing up from a cloud of green mist that was entering the mall.
"What the heck?" Rainbow said.
"Where's that mist coming from?" Knuckles asked.
Sonic then noticed something inside the mist walking out. The figure was the male man, Terror, who was chuckling evilly and was releasing this strange green mist from his right hand while in his left hand, he held a pair of chains that had a massive and sharp hook on them.
Terror noticed Sonic and the others and chuckled, "Ah, there you are, Sonic the Hedgehog."
Sonic flexed an eyebrow, "And who are you supposed to be?"
Apparently, Breeze and Ramona were in the mall as well. They appeared in front of the heroes and Breeze said, "That is Terror. A meta-human who was once a brilliant scientist. Now he's obsessed with bringing people's fears out."
Terror chuckled, "Very good, young Breeze. And now that I've met your new friends, it's time for all of you to share your greatest fears and face them."
The girls transformed into their Chaos Ranger forms. Sonic said to the CPA girls, "Sour, you and your friends get to cover. We'll handle this creeper."
The CPA girls nodded and ran out for safety. Terror chuckled, "Fear will keep you running for only so long."
Then there was the sound of loud, thudding footsteps. A bunch of swatbots stepped out of the mist, but each of them were releasing the same kind of mist.
Fluttershy was worried, "I've got a very bad feeling about that smoke."
"It's not just smoke," Ramona said, "It's fear toxin."
Tails put his hand on his girlfriend's shoulder, "Then we'll just have to stay clear of it."
Terror clicked his tongue in disappointment, "Such cowardice. This proves that you can never have courage to fight."
Shadow stretched his neck out with the sound of a crack, "Oh, we're more than ready for someone like you."
The Mobians, the girls, and Ramona and Breeze prepared themselves. They were ready to face their fears.
