Rocket's POV
I used the lettering of CITY ESCAPE to help myself up to Shadow, who was the next rival in-between Metal Sonic in the Genesis Era and Silver in the Modern Era. I noticed a colorless statue nearby and wondering who it was. "It's Maria. Maria is that statue," Shadow said as if he was reading my thoughts. "I'm here, Shads. I bet you already know what I'm here for," I said. "Indeed. You're here for the Yellow Chaos Emerald. You can have it once you defeat me," Shadow replied. "Alright. If that's how it has to be," I said. "Let's go," Shadow said before both of us disappeared.
I found myself in Final Rush, the arena for the showdown between Sonic and Shadow. Both Shadow and I used our Air Shoes to skate. We each started off with ten Rings. An Energy Core showed up and both of us raced to collect it. I was faster and I got the core first. A second core appeared and Shadow was the first to get it. I knew I had to be faster to get the next core. I used Boost to get ahead of Shadow and got the Energy Core before he could. I was powered up, so I started running into meteorites to launch them at Shadow. They slowed him down, allowing me to get close to him and start lowering his ring count. It went straight to zero and Shadow was launched into the air, declaring me the victor.
Shadow and I were sent back to White Space. "You truly are a fighter. Antoine definitely has the right to call you Warrior the Hedgehog," Shadow said before holding out the Tails Chaos Emerald to me. "You earned it. You have defeated me and won." I then took the emerald and added it to my collection of Chaos Emeralds. "Thanks," I said. I then noticed that color returned to Maria. "Maria, I hope you're safe," I said. "I am. Thank you," she replied. "I have saved another. But there's still six more to save," I said. "Then go. The others need your help," Shadow said. "I will, Shads. Farewell," I said before walking off.