Shadow was standing at the river, staring into its depth. He was deep in thought.
"Maria...this is what you wanted, right? To fight for justice...to do the right thing...ugh." for some reason, it had been getting harder to even think about Maria nowadays.
"Shadow?"
"What do you want, faker?" Shadow glared at the cobalt hedgehog beside him.
"Whoa, come down, man! I just wanted to see..."
"What I was doing? None of your business."
"You know, sometimes, I wonder why I don't give up on you."
"Why don't you, then?"
Sonic paused for a moment.
"Shadow, friends always protect each other, they never give up on each other, either." Sonic stated before turning around and walking off.
Shadow stared at him. "Friends?"
Black Comet...
Erazor Djinn stared at his newest creation. It looked like a green alien squeezed inside a magician's suit, but looks weren't everything.
"Go, Majidson! Go and punish those brats!"
Later on...
The Sonicangers found themselves inside an old warehouse.
"The signal was coming from around here, somewhere." Amy said.
"Hah!" Majidson leapt from the ceiling and landed in front of the Sonicangers.
"Looks like we found our man." Rouge said.
"Ready?!" Asked Sonic.
"READY!!"
"Ninpuu!"
"Darkrai!"
"Shinobi Change, HAA!"
The Sonicangers pressed buttons on their morphers, and their respective symbols appeared beneath the feet. The symbols rose up their bodies, forming the Sonicanger's suits, only with a visor less helmet. The visor closed and the Sonicangers were ready for action.
"The wind howls, the Sky rages!
Air Ninja, Sonikku Blue!"
"The water dances, the waves jump!
Water ninja, Sonikku Yellow!"
"The ground shakes, the flowers sing!
Earth Ninja, Sonikku Red!"
"The flowers bloom, the trees grow tall!
Plant Ninja, Sonikku Pink!"
"Black lightning!
Chaos ninja Shadowraiger!"
"Violet thunderclap!
Winged ninja Batraiger!"
"Facing the shadows, slicing the shadows..."
"Facing the light, slicing the light!"
"Beings do not realize..."
"The Planet doesn't realize..."
"We are shadows..."
"That battle evil!"
"Ninpuu Sentai, Sonicanger! Have ari-i-i-ved!"
The Sonicangers ended their first team roll-call with a battle pose, and the Sonicanger symbol appeared behind them.
"Attack!" Sonic snapped his fingers, and the now 6-person team charged, with sabres in hand.
"Hah!"
Majidson summoned up Magic Bolts and launched at them at the heroes. 4 of them were hit and launched backwards, but Tails and Rouge flew through the explosion and headed for the mutant. Majidson summoned up two more bolts and launched them, this time successfully knocking them both out the air. The two both fell to the ground roughly.
"Ow..." Rouge complained.
Sonic and Shadow grabbed their blasters and started firing rapidly at the magical mutant.
"Hmph." Majidson raised his hand and surrounded himself with a mystical, multicoloured shield. The lasers bounced off and hit the hedgehogs hard.
"Ah! Now I know how my enemies feel when I hit them!" Sonic moaned, attempting to raise himself off the ground.
Knuckles and Amy attempted to attack from behind, Dirt Axe and Metal Hammer in hand, but as soon as their weapons came into contact with the strange barrier, both were violently thrown backwards and through a wall.
"Such...power! Even with all my experience with the Master Emerald, I've never experienced anything like this!" Knuckles exclaimed.
"And now, my turn!" Majidson let a blast of magic loose, sending the Sonicangers flying in 6 different directions. Knuckles was slammed against another wall. Amy and Tails hit a pile of steel girders. Rouge hit the ceiling, then fell to the floor roughly. Sonic and Shadow hit the ground about 20 feet from the crazed Magician, who let out an evil laugh.
"And now to finish this! I'll think I'll start with YOU." Majidson started walking towards Shadow. "Prepare to die, blackie!" He let another blast loose, headed straight for the Black hedgehog.
"I won't allow that!" Sonic staggered to his feet and stood in front of Shadow, spreading his arms wide.
"Sonic, No!" Amy called out, but Sonic didn't move. The attack hit Sonic directly in the chest, sending pain shooting through his body. He let out a loud scream of pain and fell to the ground.
"No! Sonic!" Tails yelled, getting up and running to his brother' side, who had thankfully not de-morphed.
A million thoughts were rushing through Shadow's head. 'Why did he do that? Why did he protect me like that? Why didn't he let me take that blast?' He remembered what Sonic had said to him earlier:
'Shadow, friends always protect each other, they never give up on each other, either.'
That was it. 'Sonic's one of the few people who never gave up on me. He stood by me when everybody else ran from me. And what's more, he NEVER, EVER gave up on me! I've already lost one person who genuinely cared about me, I am NOT about to let it happen again!'
Shadow got to his feet, fists clenched and his anger rising WAAAAAAAAAAYYY beyond danger point. He slowly turned towards Majidson.
"NOBODY HURTS MY FREINDS AND GETS AWAY WITH IT!" he yelled.
The others turned towards him, shocked. Were they hearing things, or did they just hear Shadow calling them friends?
Shadow took out both his lightning staff and his Shadow Blaster. Although it was hidden by his visor, it was clear he was completely PISSED.
Shadow charged towards Majidson, who shot another blast, but Shadow simply shrugged it off and his staff came crashing down, easily smashing the shield.
"Impossible!!" Majidson exclaimed.
"Go, Shadow!" Tails called.
Shadow was now just a black blur, slashing the mutant magician a hundred times a second, fury at what had just happened fuelling his every action.
"Shadow Blaster!" Shadow hit Majidson at point blank range, sending him flying though another wall. Majidson staggered back to his feet, only to find Shadow standing in front of him.
"Lightning staff, full power!" Shadow's staff crackled with Black coloured lightning and he brung the full the force of the attack on Majidson.
"Argh!" the mutant screamed, sparks flying everywhere, before falling and exploding into hundreds of pieces.
"Check-mate!" Shadow called, before rushing back to check on Sonic. As he got to him, the blue hedgehog began to come around.
"Ow..." Sonic complained, rubbing his head. "What'd I miss?"
"Shadow finally admitted we were his friends." Rouge told him, before Shadow could stop her.
"So finally admitted it, have ya?" Sonic asked cockily.
"Hey, what's with the lack of the mutant freak turning into a giant monster?" Knuckles asked.
"Maybe Erazor Djinn's gone on holiday?" Amy asked hopefully. Almost as soon as she said this, bright purple beams shot down from the sky and struck the place where Majidson last stood, said monster reappearing, only now (Of course) he was skyscraper-sized.
"Sonic, maybe you should stay out of this one..."
"I'll be OKAY, Amy..."
"But Sonikku..."
"I said I'll be OKAY!"
"But you're hurt..."
"Can we save the mushy stuff for later?" Knuckles asked.
"Knucklehead, for once you've said something sensible." Rouge told him.
"I know, and...HEY, WAIT A MINUTE!!"
Shadow groaned and spoke directly into his morpher.
"Blaze, we need the machines!"
"On their way."
The Tiger, Shark, Deer, Bear and Jaguar machines charged towards the centre of the city, Falcon flying high above them.
"Sonpujin Fury!"
The Tiger changed shape to become the Legs and torso, while the falcon changed shape to become the head. The Shark and Deer leapt into the air to become the arms. Finally, the 4 machines pulled together to form one.
"Fusion complete!" Sonic, Tails, Amy and Knuckles called together.
"Darkraijin formation!"
The Bear changed shape to become the Head, torso and arms, while the Jaguar changed shape to form the legs and waist. The two machines then fused to become the Darkraijin.
"Fusion complete!" Shadow and Rouge called.
"Powerdisk!" both Amy and Shadow said, inserting the disks into their slots, and the chests of both machines opened to reveal Karakuri balls. The Sonpujin's one opened up to reveal the Chaos Hammer, while Darkraijin's one revealed the Lightning Blade.
"Alright, let's go!" Shadow called, sounding more like Sonic.
"Don't talk like Blue Boy here, you're scaring me." Knuckles said through the intercom.
"Whatever, Knucklehead." Shadow said, rolling his eyes.
The two machines took hold of their weapons and charged. Majidson summoned up more bolts and sent them in the machines direction. The attacks hit, but the machines just kept on going.
"W-What?!" Majidson gasped.
Sonicanger theme starts in background
"Nice try!" Rouge said.
The machines attacked almost in sync: Punch, Kick, punch, STRIKE! Majidson was sent to the ground as the two giant robots prepared to finish the fight. Both weapons began to glow orange and the mutated wizard received two crushing blows.
"You may have beaten me, but you can't beat the Black Arms!" He yelled before finally exploding.
"Victory is ours forever more! Sonicanger!"
Later, Sonic, after managing to lose Amy, Sonic found Shadow in the same spot he had found him in this morning. Sonic smirked. He walked up to the black hedgehog.
"So, finally admitted that we are your friends, then?" He asked, that smirk not budging. Shadow took a deep breath.
"Yeah. I guess that I was so absorbed about what had happened in the past that I failed to notice that I had friends in this time, too."
"So, we cool?" Sonic asked, extending his hand.
"Yeah, we cool." The two shook on it before turning and heading back to the house.