"Please, Black Doom. I'm nothing without you!" Omen exclaimed.

"That doesn't matter to me," Black Doom said nonchalantly.

"And you're nothing without me!" Omen said through his gritted teeth, suddenly becoming angry.

"Is that so?" Black Doom questioned, sounding amused. He chuckled, which made Omen snap. He flew towards Black Doom, who disappeared before Omen could hit him. He appeared behind Omen and hit him with a Chaos Attack. This one did not bounce right off of Omen like Shadow's had, instead it hit Omen head on and caused him to yelp in pain.

"Stop!" Sonic yelled. Omen fell in a heap on the floor, still in his super form.

"You're a fool. Did you think I'd train you to be stronger than me!?" Black Doom exclaimed. "Now accept your redundancy and leave me be." Black Doom floated away, and Omen watched him from the floor as he left. The young hedgehog put his hand out as if he tried to reach for Black Doom and stop him.

Sonic ran over to Omen and bent down so he was at his level. The young hedgehog looked at Sonic in despair.

"I did so much for him," Omen said, his voice breaking, then his anger built up. "And he could have just done it all himself! He made me think I was important!"

"You are important. At least to us," Sonic said and put a hand on Omen's shoulder. "We missed you, ya' know."

"He didn't," Omen grumbled as he sat up. He glanced at the direction Shadow was in.

"Shadow's just an asshole," Sonic said. "Ignore what he says." Omen looked at Sonic in surprise, as if he wasn't expecting him to be so blunt. "What? You know he is, don't act like he isn't."

"But why?" Omen asked sadly. "And why towards me… when you're so nice to me." Sonic took in a deep breath as he thought about his answer.

"Shadow… never bonded with you when you were born," Sonic said. "Not like I did."

"Why!? It's like he's always hated me!" Omen yelled. Sonic looked towards the crater sadly, he saw a white gloved hand touch the rim.

"I think it's complicated…" Sonic said solemnly. Then he got up ran over to Shadow to help him out of the crater.

"F-Faker… we need to help the… the humans…" Shadow choked and grabbed onto Sonic as he stumbled.

"Yeah," Sonic agreed. "And now we have help." Shadow didn't answer for a few moments, he seemed to be thinking. Then he looked forward to see Omen, his eyes were squinted in pain and his sight was blurry but he could just make out who it was. The yellow glowing up his fur helped. "Omen."

"WHAT!?" Shadow yelled and pushed Sonic away. "That ungrateful-"

Sonic covered Shadow's mouth before he could say anymore.

"Black Doom's disowned him!" Sonic yelled. "And now he's eating the humans or somethin'. We need to stop it!" Shadow pushed Sonic away.

"By collaborating with him?" Shadow asked incredulously. Sonic put his hands out as if he was going to say something in his defence. "Let's do it," he said in determination as he wiped some blood from his mouth. "It's the only way we can defeat him."

"That's the spirit, Shadow!" Sonic cheered, then led Shadow over to Omen.

"Not before I say something to him first," he said bitterly as he pulled away from Sonic and limped over to Omen. The young hedgehog just stood there, giving Shadow a hard and emotionless look, standing tall over Shadow's hunched stature.

"Shadow, wait, don't," Sonic called after him.

"Promise you're on our side from now on," Shadow said to Omen. "And that this isn't some kind of trick to take us down, or keep us busy while Black Doom consumes the humans."

"Oh, please. I don't need a trick to take you down, Shadow," Omen said arrogantly. Shadow looked down and hissed in embarrassment. "Does that convince you?"

"Yeah," Shadow said under his breath. "I guess we're a team now."

"That's right!" Sonic said enthusiastically. "Now let's show that creep the real power of teamwork!"

Shadow rolled his eyes at Sonic's catchphrase. Omen just has an expression of embarrassment on his face.

"You two are my parents…" he said in a humiliating realisation.

"Yep. And you'll answer to us at all times," Shadow said, asserting his authority. "And show us some respect."

"Doesn't quite work like that, Shadow," Sonic said. "Didn't exactly earn the respect yet."

"Then how will we get him to help us defeat Black Doom?" Shadow asked.

"Oh… I don't need anyone to tell me to do that," Omen said mischievously. "He'll pay whether I'm told to take revenge on him or not."

"Well, that works for me," Shadow said. "Let's go!"

Omen nodded as Sonic and Shadow stood either side of him. Omen put his arms out and granted his parents the power of the Chaos Emeralds. The power began channelling through their bodies, and the remaining two hedgehogs shone brightly like their child.

"Yeah! Let's do this!" Sonic exclaimed in excitement.

"Black Doom, you will pay!" Omen cried out, but then began to look drained. His yellow glow flashed a few times until it faded. He fell to his knees. Both Sonic and Shadow leant in to catch him before his face hit the floor.

"He's been in his superform for like, forever now," Sonic said. "He must be exhausted."

"And useless to us," Shadow said. "What will we do now?"

"I'm sorry you hate me so much, Shadow," Omen said tiredly. Shadow said nothing. "Not denying it?"

"I… I… don't hate you…" Shadow said hesitantly. "But don't expect me to show you love either." He pointed a stern finger.

"Like I said earlier, Omen, Shadow is an asshole," Sonic said, then left his super form. Shadow followed and the emeralds dispatched. Shadow gave Sonic a look of disproval, which the blue hedgehog ignored. "Why he is, though, we'll never know."

"We should know," Omen said then turned to Shadow. "Why are you such an asshole?"

"I'm not," Shadow said. "I have no idea what you're talking about."

"He hardly listens to what you say, either," Sonic remarked.

"I am listening; I just know you're wrong," Shadow said. "And an idiot. Telling Omen how much of a dick I am right now, isn't going to save the humans. We need to find those emeralds and destroy Black Doom.",

"Right," Sonic said in acknowledgement "Let's split up so we can find them quicker."

"How will we find each other afterwards?" Omen asked.

"The emeralds shine brighter the closer they get to each other. We'll find each other, don't you worry," Sonic said. Shadow ran off immediately to the left. Sonic gave Omen a pat on the back. "You can do it, Son." Then he ran in the opposite direction of where Shadow went, to the right. Omen took a deep breath and went straight forward.