Hey guys, I noticed the original version didn't meet very good reception, so I rewrote it and removed what I think you all didn't like. FORGET EVERYTHING YOU READ IN THE ORIGINAL CHAPTER SIX AS IT DOESN'T APPLY ANYMORE! If I didn't delete what you didn't like, comment what it was and I'll re-rewrite it.

Assume about two weeks have passed since the chapter 5. It is now December 16th in this dimension, and about the same in Ponyville in the ponies' home dimension.

Cobalt Spikes sat staring at the TV screen in the main room of the Thorndyke's mansion in the middle of the night, one o'clock in the morning to be exact. It was flashing images of a news footage recap of all the ponies' defeats of Eggman, nine in all. As he looked at the news, he heard footsteps near him, and whipped around, his muscles tensing as he prepared for a fight. He immediately relaxed as he saw his cyan companion draw back, her wings shooting out in surprise, startled at his sudden movement.

"Easy, buddy." Rainbow Dash said.

He let out a quiet laugh. "Can't sleep either?"

"Nope." She admitted, grinning sheepishly. "Insomnia rules all."

"Have a seat and enjoy what the human media is calling the X Files then, if that's the case, Dashie." Cobalt slid over on the sofa and patted the area next to him.

Rainbow smirked, tucking her wings back in. "Don't mind if I do." she trotted over and sat next to him, keeping a safe few inches between them. "Whatcha watching?"

"News records of us." He answered, seeing their blurred pictures appear on the screen, and a dangerously accurate hand drawn sketch shortly after. "We need to be more careful. I'm betting that if this is what the public has, then the government has a lot better."

"Don't worry." She closed the gap between them and gave him a one-forelegged hug, making him feel warm and tingly inside. "It'll be fine."

MEANWHILE, IN AREA 99

Rarity was slightly irritated. First these sharply dressed ruffians apprehended her as she was looking for help in the noisy city she'd been dropped into, then they had kept her for three straight weeks in a blank white room quite like the one she was in now. They had said she wasn't a prisoner, but it certainly felt like it.

"Miss Rarity," a man dressed in a sharp black suit with matching super-reflective sunglasses monotoned to the white-coated unicorn sitting across from him in a blank white room. "We understand that you are acquainted with these… ponies." He pushed two file folders over the clean white table. They were labeled File 55806 and File 55807. Rarity opened the first file and found a high-resolution photo of Rainbow Dash in flight. Below were blanks labeled Name, which was labeled Rainbow Dash. The next few blanks were Gender, Height, and a scribbled note that said Marking, with a photo of Rainbow's cutie mark. All these blanks were filled out with scary accuracy. The next blank was filled with records of her exploits.

The first was: Appeared downtown Station Square.

The next was: Broke into Area 99 along with acquaintance (see File 55807) and freed captive.

The next few were all labeled: Defeated public enemy 'Eggman' along with acquaintances.

Jarred, Rarity picked up File 55807. It was a similar format with different answers and a different cutie mark, but all still filled with shockingly correct data. The records were the same but it said see File 55806 instead of see File 55807.

"How did you…?" Rarity trailed off, glancing up at the three agents surrounding her.

"We know lots of things." The same agent that had spoken before answered. "Now you see, Miss Rarity, we have an offer for you." He betrayed no hint of emotion as he said all this. "We have noted your association with these ponies, as they have mentioned you many times, and believe that you may be an inside source of information for us."

"Your point being?" Rarity pressed, still uncomprehending what these agents were asking.

"Our offer is that you work for us here at Area 99 as a field agent." The same said. "If you do so, you will be allowed back with your friends and resume a near normal life."

Rarity wasn't fooled so easily. "And the downside?"

"You must report to us daily on your friends' actions, so that we may learn more about them that they do not choose to reveal to the public."

"And if I choose not to?" Rarity continued.

"We can have five bullets in you before you finish saying the word 'no'."

Rarity was shocked at this answer. "Well it appears you've given me only one option. Very well G.U.N, I accept your offer."

ONE TITLE SEQUENCE LATER

"Wake up." Cobalt heard a familiar voice say, though his eyes remained closed. "Cobalt, Rainbow, wake up." The same voice said, growing impatient. Eventually he guessed whomever the voice belonged to couldn't wait anymore, as it snapped, "Oh for the love of fudge!" and he felt a shower of freezing water wash over him that jerked him out of sleep.

"Gah!" He gasped, struggling to breathe. He looked up in annoyance at certain lavender unicorn that had dumped said bucket of water on him. Twilight Sparkle smirked. "Breakfast is ready, and you don't need showers since you just got them."

"G-gee, th-thanks!" Rainbow, who had fallen asleep next to him and also gotten doused, said sarcastically, shivering.

After drying themselves off, the two speedsters joined the rest at the breakfast table. Cobalt requested his new favorite spice on toast, an odd flavor he discovered he liked after a mix up of salt and said spice: chili powder.

Most of his friends had tried it and spat it out, calling it disgusting. Rainbow made a failed attempt to like it, but the way her face twisted in utter revulsion gave away her true feelings about the flavor.

Cobalt didn't care. He was abnormal anyway.

After gulping down three slices of chili toast, he excused himself to gain some rest on the roof, or as he put it, 'chill on the ceiling.' As he exited, Rainbow's gaze followed him with complete focus.

"Earth to Rainbow Dash." Applejack's voice jerked her out of her thoughts. "Hello?"

"What?" Rainbow snapped, glaring at the orange country earth pony.

"Ah just wanted to ask if ya wanted some extra oatmeal." Applejack replied. "Y'know, it's real obvious that ya like him. Ya get real distracted when he's around."

Rainbow closed her eyes, letting out a sigh. "Sorry for snapping."

"It's okay."

"I'm going to go now."

"All right."

ONE SECOND LATER

Rainbow Dash flew out the window and onto the roof, landing and trotting over to the apparently asleep Cobalt who was basking in the sun. She prodded him in the side, and stepped back a bit as he flailed wildly for a second, shouting, "Don't shoot! It's not my raccoon!" after a few seconds he calmed down, becoming fully awake, and smiled dubiously at Rainbow. "Hi, what's up?"

"Apparently I shouldn't shoot you, as you do not own an imaginary raccoon." She stated slowly, snorting at the ridiculousness of what he'd said.

He flushed. "Did I actually say that out loud?"

Rainbow nodded. "Uh huh."

"Can you forget I ever said that?"

"Uh huh." She repeated

"But I can't!" a high squeaky voice exclaimed, causing the two to look up and Cobalt to scramble to his hooves. Eggman's messenger robot was flying down out of the sky holding a yellow miniature TV. The thing was black, with a jetpack that could be used to hover and had stumpy horns atop its head. Its grin was infuriating.

"Bokkun." Cobalt acknowledged grudgingly. "What's the news from Eggman?"

"Watch the video!" Bokkun grinned.

"Couldn't you just tell us?" Rainbow groaned, hating having to watch these videos every time Eggman had news.

"That's not my job!" the black robot snapped, pressing a button on the television. Eggman's face appeared on the screen.

"Ah, my dear friends Cobalt Spikes and Rainbow Dash." Eggman's voice projected. "I am pleased to inform you that I have given up evil, and the gigantic robot that is probably ravaging Station Square right now is not mine. Goodbye, and thank you for your time."

The TV blew up as Bokkun hovered away. Looking at each other with faces and manes blackened, the pegasi narrowed their eyes, naturally angry.

"You believe him for a second?" Cobalt growled.

"Not at all." Rainbow returned the tone.

"Blow up his robot?"

"You know it."

ABOUT TEN MINUTES LATER

The elements (minus Rarity, of course), and Cobalt (they'd decided it would be safer for Chris to stay home) headed toward the massive humanoid robot (looks like a bigger version of Big Arm with legs), Rainbow and Cobalt being twin lasers of multicolored and deep blue light, and the rest being in the magically piloted helicopter. Cobalt tried to slam through the glass dome of the 'head', but slammed against it, slowly sliding down with a comical skin on glass noise.

"Aw crap." Rainbow muttered, swooping in and grabbing him out of the way just as the robot swatted its own 'face' to squash him. Somehow the glass didn't shatter on impact.

Rainbow set Cobalt down on top of a building to recuperate. "You okay?"

He rubbed his gut, wincing. "Broken rib, maybe? Either way, that's a major ow!" He put on a brave face and grinned. "Eggface is really gonna get it this time!"

"Think again, pegasus!" Eggman called from within his robot. "This robot is reinforced with unbreakable glass from three of your precious elements!"

"Whaat?!" Rainbow gasped, flying up and seeing the elements of magic, loyalty, and kindness stuck in little holsters, apparently powering the robot and protecting it at the same time. "Oh buck, that's gonna be a problem!"

"Oh, and Cobalt, I wish to inform you that I have one of your precious emeralds in my possession at the moment also!" Eggman gloated. He held up the dark blue emerald.

Cobalt mustered enough strength to hover up and look at the emerald, only to have his eyes widen with a shock he'd remember. "That's the one Metal Sonic stole." He glared at Eggman. "Have you met a blue robot, about as tall and wide as me?"

"Who?" Eggman grinned and cackled maniacally.

"Well, we're not getting a straight answer out of this idiot any time soon." Rainbow muttered, dodging a punch. "Now, Twilight!"

"Freeze, Eggman!" Twilight's voice projected from the distance, where she charged up and fired a spell at the robot. Ironically, it encased the robot in ice. Twilight wiped sweat from her forehead. "All yours guys!"

"We've gotta find a way to crack this thing!" Cobalt desperately flew around the robot to find its weak point. "Crap! It always has some idiotic glowing weak point! Has Eggman gotten smarter?!"

"I doubt it!" came the immediate response from Rainbow.

AT THE EDGES OF STATION SQUARE

"Hello mister, um, human." Rarity greeted a bystander, who was looking toward the center of the town with his jaw slack. When he didn't turn, she gave him a mild zap with her magic. "Hello."

The man turned. "Um hi." Rarity realized he was looking at his eye level.

"Down here." She advised. The man looked down, screamed like a little girl, and ran away.

"Very welcoming, aren't they." She muttered to herself, trotting toward the center of the big city.

BACK WITH THE HEROES

"Explode already!" Cobalt rammed into the robot once more shoulder first, managing only to dislocate it with severe pain. "Yeow!" having learned some first aid due to failing some tricks, most notably by slamming into stuff, he quickly jerked it back into place just in time to barrel roll away from the mech's bone crushing swat.

"Nope!" he grinned, performing something he liked to call the air drift, which consisted of him turning so he was flying with one wing pointed toward the ground and one pointed skyward, allowing him to bank harder while not losing any speed. He grabbed Rainbow's hoof. "C'mon, I just had an idea."

"H-hey, wait!" Rainbow protested, but couldn't really do anything about it as Cobalt dragged her away from the robot.

LIKE, NINE SECONDS LATER

"Boost?" Rainbow questioned, crouching on the floor of the helicopter.

"Exactly!" Cobalt chuckled. "I'm insane for even thinking about it though. If it doesn't work, we're dead!"

"Explain it then, dude." Rainbow laughed, feeling the same mad rush as he was.

"So, we're both fast, right?"

"Exactly."

"So I figure if we join hooves and really accelerate it'll make us go faster!"

"Your logic is illogical!" Twilight yelled from the pilot's seat, hoof pumping. "Go for it!"

"Don't get hurt." Fluttershy whispered worriedly

"Where are you, horses?" Eggman taunted from the streets below. "Are you too scared?"

"Not a chance, Eggface!" Rainbow smirked and grabbed Cobalt's foreleg, diving out of the plane and watching as a multicolored mach cone formed around them. They might've not made a sonic boom or sonic rainboom, but they still created a huge hole through the robot, pulling up as it went boom.

Eggman was blasted off into the distance on his Eggmobile, screaming, "I HATE THOSE PEGASI!"

"Yeah ya do!" Cobalt hoof bumped Rainbow. They landed.

"That was splendid!" a familiar British accented voice said next to them, causing Rainbow to spring out of her skin.

"You really trashed that beast well!" the voice said again.

Cobalt whirled around. "Rarity!" he gave the white unicorn a huge hug, causing Rainbow to get a little jealous. She rolled her eyes, still happy to see her friend.

"Wow, you must've really missed me Cobalt." Rarity giggled.

Police sirens sounded behind the trio.

"Hold your… uh… hooves in the air!" a male human shouted, getting out of a police car and pointing a pistol.

"Don't shoot!" Cobalt yelled.

Rainbow nudged him. "Aren't you forgetting something?"

"What?"

"It's not your raccoon."

"Oh yeah."

"HOLD!" A female voice ordered. "Don't shoot our heroes!"

"Wait, what?" the three ponies asked in unison.

"Yes, that's right. You all are famous in the eyes of the public!" a woman in a fancy orange suit strode up, waving off the cops and holding a microphone as a man with a camera followed behind her, obviously filming the whole thing.

"F-famous?" Rainbow stammered. "What do you mean?"

"You've stopped Doctor Eggman in his attempts to conquer our city ten times so far! How do you think we'd respond?"

Cobalt shrugged. "With pitchforks and torches?"

"Not at all! But… who's this one? I've never seen her before." She gestured to Rarity.

Rarity strode forward and bowed respectfully. "Rarity Amiz La'coutre, ma'am." She said this so it sounded like she was French.

"Well hello. I am Scarlet Garcia. And the rest of you all are?" Scarlet Garcia asked.

"Cobalt Spikes." Cobalt grinned.

"And I'm Rainbow Dash." Rainbow replied. "But you're not getting my middle name."

"And I don't have one!" Cobalt added.

Twilight's purple helicopter plane landed and everypony hopped out. "What happened to the elements and emeralds!?" the lavender unicorn demanded.

"Oh please don't tell me they (gulp) exploded." Fluttershy whispered.

"Don't worry, guys. If these things are like the emeralds, then they're pretty much indestructible. They're probably just blasted to wherever." Cobalt reassured.

"Ooh." Everypony chorused. "What?"

"How do you know that?" Pinkie clarified.

"I, uh…" Cobalt stammered, racking his memory, then shrugged. "More memory recovery, I guess. I just lost it."

"Memory recovery?" Scarlet Garcia asked.

"Long story, Ms. Garcia." Cobalt sighed, rubbing the back of his head.

LATER

After enduring what felt like a million interviews, the elements and Cobalt returned back to the Thorndyke residence.

"Whoowee!" Applejack took off her hat. "That was an exhaustin' day."

"Tell me about it." Rainbow muttered.

"I think it was FUN!" Pinkie cheered.

"Hey guys." Chris smiled entering the room. "I saw you on the news."

"I think everybody did." Cobalt sighed.

"It was scary having all that attention." Fluttershy whispered.

"It was certainly not." Rarity scoffed. "It was amazing." Everyone/pony groaned.

MUCH LATER

Finally, finally everything settled down. It was the middle of the night again, and a scene was unfolding much like the one of last night. Rainbow Dash trotted down the stairs, while Cobalt was watching a movie. Not even bothering to say hi this time, she simply plopped down next to him saying, "'Sup, blue blur?" as she snuggled closer.

"Not much, Dashie." He wrapped a foreleg around her neck.

"So, what are you watching?"

"Some sort of romantic thing, not really my type but it's the only thing on."

"Really, dude? You're actually gonna watch this?" Rainbow groaned.

"Nope, we are."

She sighed, smiling. "I guess it's not that bad if we're both watching it."

A few seconds later, Cobalt remembered a question he had. "Say Dash, you weren't gonna tell those reporters your middle name. Just between you and me, what is it?"

"You've gotta promise me you're not gonna tell anypony first." Rainbow looked him square in the eye.

"I promise you." Cobalt rolled his eyes. What was this, some sort of crime confession?

"Well then. I've never told anypony because it sounds really girly, and it's embarrassing. But, it's Alice."

"Rainbow Alice Dash." Cobalt sounded it out. "You mean your initials are RAD?"

"Well, yeah." Rainbow smiled. "I guess they are!"

UPSTAIRS

Rarity was sleeping soundly in her one of the seven guest beds, until a persistent crackling in her ear woke her up.

"Yes?" She mumbled sleepily, believing she was speaking to someone.

"Rarity Amiz La'coutre." A voice projected from the other end, and Rarity remembered the tiny earpiece G.U.N had given her for communication. "This development in public knowledge has compromised our plans for you. Do not let anyone know about your duties, and wait for further instruction. Is this clear?"

"Yes sir." Rarity answered, completely awake by now. "The secret is safe with me." And I want to live. She added silently to herself.

I just wanted to say thank you for letting me know your thoughts about the original. I read if over myself, and I realized that there were numerous things I didn't like about it. I think I managed to save the plot and eliminate the bad stuff in this draft. After all, that's what reviews are for, to let people express their opinions.

You might see what I'm doing if you watch the actual Sonic X show, it's really good. But anyway, in the spirit of the holidays, I'm making next chapter a Christmas special, and then the one after that will be part one of Chaos.

Thank you, and see you in a week.