"You?!" Comono and Langua asked pointing at Bianca.

"Yes, me. You caught onto one thing, aliens. It was me who stole the real amulet," Bianca told them.

"Why would you do something like this?" Comono asked her with a death glare on his face.

"It's none of your business. Unless..." Bianca began to form an evil smirk, "...you know what I mean. Or should I say, 'who'?"

At that point, a growl was heard from Shadow. "Don't even tell me it's part of your plan to pursue me. I don't like you the way you like me."

"Of course, you like me. You're just too afraid to admit it," Bianca said.

Shadow growled again while glaring at Bianca deadly. No. I'm not lying.

"I kept doing anything in my power to get your attention, Shadow, but you ignored me. I kept doing anything in my power to ask you out, but you rejected me. I've been doing it over and over again, but you ignored me and rejected me. Now that I have the real Amulet of Communication..." Bianca held up the amulet with a dreamy smile. Sparkles of joy appeared in her eyes. "...I can finally know the reason why you rejected me in the first place."

Soon, the battle began.

Clifton was seen dealing with a quarter of the Underworlders and the badniks. Among them was Hyper. Clifton was seen flipping over several of the Underworlders and the badniks. From time to time, he launched punches and kicks.

"Woohoo! I've never had a whole lot of action since forever!" Clifton exclaimed with glee.

Intellizo and Leo were seen fighting alongside each other. Intellizo used his wand to strike at least five more Underworlders. Among them was Venia. Intellizo tried multiple times to strike her with his wand, but every time he did so, she dodged them flexibly.

Soon enough, Intellizo spotted badniks approaching. In the middle of the badnik group was a stone. And standing on top of the stone was none other than Snively. Snively's fists was on his hips. He had an evil grin on his face.

Intellizo continued to strike the badniks with his wand. Some were taken down completely. Others were taken down, but they were rebuilt a few seconds later.

Leo was seen using his shield to block the punches and kicks the Underworlders tried to give him. He used his lance to thrust the left side of their bellies, then the other side.

After that, Leo turned to Intellizo and his eyes widened to see more badniks running towards him. Leo sprang towards his friend and used his shield to defend themselves from the attacks.

Intellizo turned to Leo with an acknowledging smile. "Thanks, Leo."

Leo nodded. "It's no problem."

With that, Leo and Intellizo continued fighting alongside each other.

Bashiri and Billie were seen fighting alongside each other. Billie was dealing with half of the Underworlders and badniks while Bashiri was dealing with the other half. Punches, kicks, flips, slices, swoops and dodges were involved.

Then, one of the Underworlders tackled Bashiri from behind. This resulted in her being under him. She felt a knee being pressed on her right stomach and a hand clenching her wrists tightly. Bashiri successfully escaped by giving the Underworlder a kick and flipping herself back on her feet.

Then, more Underworlders ran towards Bashiri. Bashiri used her ninjutsu skills and her katana skills to fight off the Underworlders. Soon, she was overwhelmed by the fact that she was outnumbered.

Soon, Billie caught a glimpse of Bashiri being overwhelmed by the Underworlders. Once he saw this, a distress yell came out of his mouth.

"Bashiri!"

Billie flew his way towards Bashiri and made punches towards the Underworlders. He also hit some if them with a staff.

Bashiri let out a sigh of relief. "Thanks, Billie," she said, turning to Billie.

"No problem!" Billie replied, smiling at her.

With that, Billie and Bashiri combated several more Underworlders and badniks.

The Langcomns were seen combating the rest of the Underworlders and badniks. Each of their electronic spears seemed to work on several members, especially the badniks. Some of them flowed away through dust. Other bodies collapsed, but still, they survived the electronic situation.

Shadow was now head-to-head with Bianca. Punches, kicks and other hand-to-hand combats were involved. After clashing for a few minutes, Shadow sent a meaningful death glare at her. But Bianca still had an evil smirk on her face as she held out her hand.

"I'm giving you an offer, Shadow! Be my boyfriend! Be mine forever and ever! We'll make a great team!!" Bianca said.

Shadow growled and shot a glare at Bianca. "Never!"

"Fine," Bianca said, clenching her fingers. Then she closed her eyes full of insulation. "Then you leave me no choice."

With that, Shadow and Bianca continued clashing against each other.

Soon, right behind Bianca, Pound attempted to pounce on Bianca to scare her, but somehow, she managed to dodge his attacks. Her grumbled and angry expression appears on her face. "You wanna take my amulet away from me?! Fine! Then, you have to get through me first!"

With that, Bianca and Pound clashed against each other. This left Shadow to deal with the rest of the Underworlders and the badniks.

Soon, a familiar voice finally caught everyone's attention. "YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN ME AGAIN?!?!?!"

Everyone immediately shifted their heads toward the direction where the voice came from.

Right in front of them was Nixue glaring furiously at them. 

"WELL, IF YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN ME, THEN I'LL GIVE YOU THE REAL PUNISHMENT!"

Nixue was about to launch forward to attack, but Billie swooped in and formed his fighting position. "Hold on there, Rov— I mean, Nixue. We have never forgotten you and we never will, but we don't know the reason why you would turn into the dark side in the first place," he said, glaring at Nixue.

An evil laugh escaped from Nixue's mouth. "Well, I'm glad you asked."

With that, Nixue began to explain the whole story. "It was the beginning of time when Runa was born and my father was still wearing the same hood. He was hired on a mission to spy on her. Every scene and every moment of her life, he wanted to seek information, so that he could find a way to hangout with her as best friends."

"You mean... your father was stalking Runa this whole time?" Billie asked in confusion.

"Why yes, he did," Nixue replied. "Anyways, ever since he first saw her, he became obsessed with doing anything in his power to grab Runa's attention, but to no avail.

"Runa became more popular with a certain best friend of hers, my father felt like he's being forgotten. All except one gorgeous woman whom he fell in love with. They overcame obstacles, kept up their courage to confess and eventually, I came into this world. Growing up, I've been doing anything in my power to grab everyone's attention. Even the famous blue hedgehog himself and the current Royal Guardians in another land. But I still felt like I'm invisible to all. Especially when they called me 'Rover' for some reason and forgot about the real name 'Nixue Spage.' Well, all except for a certain someone being obsessed with the Ultimate Lifeform."

Shadow growled deadly as he shot a death glare at Nixue.

Nixue raised his hands to calm him down. "Chill out, Shad. I'm just telling a story. Anyways..."

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[Flashback]

After the world was saved from the Space Colony ARK by Sonic and Shadow in their Super Forms, Bianca was going to find them to congratulate them for all they've done. But when she found out that Shadow sacrificed himself to save it, she decided to give him honor in the secret funeral in her own bedroom. She added it to her everyday routine. Since then, she began to be infatuated with him because of all the effort he did with the Biolizard.

When Bianca found out he was alive, she began to find a way to make him comfortable upon meeting him in person. Soon, she found one. And it's none other than Rover's advice.

"So, are you saying you want me to be that confident?" Bianca asked him.

"Oh, yes. After all, some boys like Shadow look forward to this type of girls. Just be honest with him and you two will get along just fine," Nixue said, smiling at her.

And that day forward, Bianca practiced her ways to impress Shadow with her confident skills. Along the way, while she began shopping for clothes to perfect her ways to impress him, that's the first time she met Aleyah and the two fought over on which one of them has the most collection of clothes. Then, after the world was saved from the Black Comet, Bianca attempted to pursue Shadow. A million times. But in every attempt she did, he ignored her. She even attempted to ask him out, but he rejected her.

When Bianca discovered that Aleyah was also obsessed with Shadow, they fought over him. They tried their attempts to win his heart, plus showing off their impressions and claiming themselves to be 'his' to each other.

Since then, Bianca exacted revenge on those who wanted to steal Shadow away from her and racked her brain really hard on how to win his heart. This resulted in being a psychotic fangirl we already know.

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[End of Flashback]

"But still, no one — and I mean no one — cares to notice me!" Nixue said.

"Why would anyone care about you?! Why would you think you would be forgotten?!" Hope finally asked Nixue with a glare.

"Because of you!" Nixue said, turning to Hope. Then, he turned to the others. "All of you! You've become popular enough to catch everyone's attention! Nobody even cared to notice me! Not even a single glimpse!

"And so, I decided to find other sneaky ways to get everyone's attention. Turns out, I already found one. The Underworlders hired me as a spy to the Leone Kingdom, so that information will pass from one land to another. My eyes will be their eyes. My ears will be their ears. Then, Bianca came to me again, but this time, she wanted me to help her pursue you, Shadow. And in return, it will give me the best opportunity to be unforgettable!"

An evil laugh was heard again, this time, a deeper, manly and raspy laugh similar to Black Doom. Gasps of shock escaped almost everyone else's mouth to hear Nixue's words.

"You... are the WORST!!!" Clifton shouted, glaring at Nixue.

"And now that you know who I am, let's have a little showdown, yes?" Nixue asked.

Then, for the first time ever, an idea popped into Runa's head. She laid a hand on Shadow's shoulder. Once he turned to her, she nodded, asking mentally to step forward.

Shadow reluctantly nodded as he made way for Runa to walk forward. And so, she walked to the very front of the group. This surprised the heroic group as she walked past Shadow.

"Runa, what are you doing?" Intellizo asked her.

"Something I should've done a long time ago," Runa answered.

Once Runa was at the very front of the crowd, her head slightly turned to those behind her, but her eyes fully did. "Everyone, I need some time alone," she told them. Then, she smiled in reassurance. "But don't worry, I'm sure I'll be safe and sound once this is all over."

Clifton clasped his hands together as he pleaded Runa. "Please, be careful, Runa! There are others who need your help!"

"I will, Clifton. I will," Runa replied with a smile.

Shadow rose onto his standing position as the other heroes looked at each other and nodded. He walked in the direction towards Runa as everyone else headed somewhere behind the cavern rocks to protect themselves from something unexpected. As for Bianca, she unknowingly dropped the amulet.

Runa could tell by the feelings of fear and worry that Shadow didn't want her to disappear and that he didn't want to lose her, just like he lost Maria. With that, her right hand reached for the amulet Bianca had dropped. The next thing Runa would do was to cross her mind with thoughts running in her head, allowing Comono to read it.

Comono, I hope you don't mind if I use the real amulet for this.

It's okay, Runa. It's yours now. Langua has given you permission already after we hid behind the rocks, Comono thought back at her.

Thanks, Runa thought, smiling.

Anytime.

Then, Runa parted the clips on the chains away and wrapped it around her neck. She clipped the two parts together again completing the process of wearing her amulet. The next thing she'll do was to tell Shadow in a voice only he could hear.

"I'll be okay. I promise."

This time, Shadow nodded with full trust. He glided his way behind the same rocks the others were hiding. With that, everyone else began to watch how Runa will handle Bianca, Pound and Nixue.

"So it's just three against one now, Runa. What are you gonna do when you're all alone?" Bianca asked her.

"I may be facing you alone, but I do have one thing that's capable of defeating you and the Underworlders once and for all," Runa said.

"Oh yeah? What's that?" Pound asked.

"I now understand why I'm here! I know why I'm brought into this world and I know what my purpose is!"

With that being said by Runa, she closed her eyes as her hands and fingers started to lay freely on her sides.

"There is nothing holding me back from fulfilling my real purpose in life, for I know who I am!"

With that, Runa's feet were no longer in contact with the ground as she was now floating in mid-air. The brighter glow surprised everyone.

"What's happening?" Nixue asked Bianca and Pound.

"I don't know, but it's so bright I cannot see," Pound said.

A part of the glow got itself out of her chest and flew behind her.

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With Clifton and the others...

"Oh, here it comes!" said Clifton excitedly.

"What's coming, Clifton?" Tommy asked him.

"You'll see!"

That ball of glow became a rapidly spinning shield. Unlike those who had unlocked their specific Royal Guardian roles...

"Wait for it..." Clifton said.

...it took the shield ten seconds...

"Wait for it... Come on, come on," Clifton said.

...before Runa clenched her fists, moved it closer to her chest and opened her arms. This results in the symbol finally applied to the shield.

The shield glowed so bright everyone had to shield their eyes. Even the trio of enemies.

"Woah! That's so bright I can't even see!" Clifton said.

"Yeah, no kidding. It is too bright," Tommy said.

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With Bianca...

What's happening?!" Bianca asked.

"I'm not sure. I've never seen the brightest glow in my life," Pound said.

"That... can't be! Runa has unlocked her full potential!" exclaimed Nixue.

A while later, The glow finally died down into a normal glow. Runa's body was now golden yellow. With the exception of her clothes. Her eyes and sclera were now white. No irises and pupils. And her head was facing the trio of villains.

As for the symbol, what the heroes saw was completely shocking.

"THE SHIELD HAS A PICTURE OF SHADOW?!?!?!"

That's right. Runa's Royal Guardian role was not just any role. It didn't even have a picture of which kingdom she's supposed to protect. Planted on the shield was indeed a picture of Shadow the Hedgehog gliding towards you with his hover shoes.

"My name is Runa the Hedgehog, daughter of Professor Michael Lucas! And I made a promise I intend to keep! To not give up on Shadow and protect the world alongside him! Always have and always will! Until his end!" Runa declared.

With that, Runa's hands formed the glowing ball. Then, she aimed the ball at the trio of villains. After a few seconds, she began to launch an attack with it.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" was the last word Bianca, Nixue and Pound said before the golden light enveloped all of the Underworld, then up to the surface, then all of Mobius.