Then, the next voice did not come directly to Silver. It was coming to Aleyah.

"Seems like you found out the origins of your parents," a deep and raspy voice said, though it's somehow familiar to Aleyah.

Aleyah tried her best to keep her serious face on, but on the inside, she couldn't help but feel creeped out. The fact that this mysterious stranger is still under the black hood made her feel even more creeped out.

"Your parents are born from the future. One-hundred-and-sixty-four years from Sonic's time. They both met when they're nineteen years old, but your dad's age is obviously a year older than your mom. And now, you're about to know who your ancestor is."

Then, what happens next is something shocking. The person removed the black hood and dropped the cape on the ground. What they saw before them was somehow Aleyah's lookalike. She's seen her before! Light yellow quills laying down up until her hips, peach muzzle and arms, red-orange forearm-lengthed gloves, orange high heels and orange silky dress that goes down up until her ankles. She also has light blue eyeshadow and yellow-orange lipstick. Her lips stretched out an evil smirk to make things obvious on who she is.

"Who... Who are..." Silver groaned.

"Bianca? How did you?" Aleyah groaned.

You can see Bianca's lips stretching out an evil smirk as her eyes made contact with the whole group.

"Yes. You caught onto one thing, Aleyah. I am your ancestor," she said to her.

All surprised faces scattered among the group.

"Let me be the first to say this: I did not see that coming," said Blaze.

"Apparently, we all didn't," said Aleyah.

"Wait, you two know each other?" Gold asked Aleyah in confusion.

"Yes," she answered. As Aleyah began her explanation, everyone finally rose into their standing positions. "Bianca has been my longtime rival since we wanted to pick up the same dress we always want in the clothing store in Central City. Since then, we've been fighting over fashion and we even made a contest about collecting the most clothes. Now, thanks to Runa's advice on not needing to collect a large pile of clothes, I stopped competing. But during my obsession with Shadow, we met again. This time, we were fighting for one thing. Or should I say, one mobian? We made a contest on who's the best girl Shadow has ever seen. It's still going on though. That was until I realized something weird, so I started to wonder if I still have feelings for Shadow. This also makes me wonder 'what's up with Bianca anyways?' I mean, if she finds out about this, she would most likely go after him to pursue him. Now, whatever you do, avoid her at all costs. She's the worst."

"Enough!!!" Bianca immediately cut in the conversation. "I've had enough of this nonsense!!! So, you don't know about your feelings, eh? Then, join me, Aleyah. We'd make a pretty great team. But don't steal Shadow away from me! He's mine and MINE ONLY!!!"

"Hey! Why can't you just move on from Shadow to some other guy?" Aleyah asked her. "He doesn't like you the way you like him."

Bianca's death dagger eyes were now glaring into Aleyah's. It somehow made her feel creeped out. "And why is that, hmm?"

The others were in their fighting positions while Aleyah's feet started to walk backwards a bit, but Bianca kept going forward. Aleyah found herself standing there with her eyes looking at Bianca in fear. Despite that, she managed to get her words out, but she sounded like she's stuttering in fear when she said those words.

"W-Well... uh..."

Then, Schlemmer swooped right in front of Aleyah. His eyes glared at Bianca. "Vhatever plan you are doing, Shadow ze Hedgehog will never date you! Vhether you like it or not!"

Then, another swooped in.

"Well, whatever plan you're doing, Shadow is never going to date a scallywag like you!!!" said Marine.

"Scallywag?" asked Bianca, then her eyes were filled with ultimate anger. "Scallywag?!?!?!"

"Oh no," Aleyah muttered to herself.

As she suspected, Bianca's face became fiery red with rage igniting inside of her. "I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU A HUNDRED TIMES!!!!! SHADOW IS SUPPOSED TO DATE WITH ME AND NOBODY ELSE!!!!!"

That's when she lunged forward to attack Aleyah.

Aleyah pulled out her belt and make a whipping sound despite feeling fear on the inside. But just as she readied herself to threaten her with a whipping belt, Bianca suddenly stopped. Aleyah got a chance to look at the details on what's going on. Bianca's surrounded by a turquoise aura and it looks like she's being pulled back by it.

Aleyah immediately recognized this action. It's Silver pulling her back. That's when she and Blaze made their defensive battle stance in front of Bianca. With that, they all glared at Bianca's fiery rage.

"I offered you a request and this is how you respond to me?!" asked Bianca struggling to get out of Silver's Psychokinesis.

"You may have a crush on Shadow, but there are times when crushes don't feel the same with their admirers, so what you have to do is wait and see what he thinks of you," said Aleyah.

Then, something happened all of a sudden. Bianca was surrounded by flames over the turquoise aura surrounding her. Her eyes widen as she and Aleyah both realized at the same time.

"No. No! NO!!! YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS, ALEYAH THE HEDGEHOG!!!!!" said Bianca, her last words before disappearing in the mist.

And that's how it's done. Aleyah could still hear flames on her right side. When she turned around, it just so happened to be Blaze. Her flames surrounding her entered her body before her feet was placed on the ground.

Aleyah felt like Blaze was about to fall, so within a split second, she ran over to her and managed to catch her on her back.

"You okay, Blaze?" she asked her as she pushed her back on her feet, but gently as if to not let her fall on the opposite side.

"Yeah, I'm fine," replied Blaze. "It's been a while since I last used the Sol Emeralds to transport someone else to another dimension."

"Really?" Aleyah asked her in concern.

Blaze nodded in response. "At least I tried my best."

"Yeah," Aleyah pat her shoulder. "You're definitely improving your skills with the Sol Emeralds."

"Of course. You know I'm their guardian, right?"

"Yup."

Then suddenly, Aleyah was engulfed into a hug by Silver himself. "Woohoo, we did it! We saved the world again! This time, with you around and with the help of Blaze and Marine!"

Aleyah was tensed up when she felt his arms wrapped around her, but due to some kind of feeling inside of her, she hugged him back. This time, she knew this feeling. It's like obsession, but it's rather... different.

After Silver engulfed her in a hug, he felt that same weird warm feeling inside of him. This time, he knew the description, but not completely. You can see a facial expression that indicates he's wondering about something.

This feeling... It's unexplainable, they both thought at the same time.

You can see Marine covering her mouth while snickering at the moment with Blaze smirking teasingly, and Gold and Schlemmer covering their mouths while trying their best not to snicker about it. Their faces were also plastered with teasing smirks.

It lasted for a few moments until Silver and Aleyah heard Gold's voice running in their heads. Aw, how cute!

This caused their eyes to widen immediately and they broke the hug between them. Then, their heads immediately turned to Gold in a mix of denial and embarrassment.

"Gold!!!"

"Sorry," she apologized.

After a few moments, Aleyah turned to Silver with a warm and genuine smile. "Well, now that I found out the origins of my parents, we still have work to do."

"Yes. Of course. We still need to close the Genesis Portals for good," said Silver.

"Not just that, Silver. There may come a time when Bianca will return to seek revenge on us," she answered. Then, her left hand reached for her upper arm near her elbow. And she clenched it gently, but tightened it. Aleyah looked down in a hint of worry. "Especially me."

To Silver's reaction, he laid his hand on her shoulder. You can see his warm and reassuring smile on his face. "Don't worry, Leyah," he said in a comforting voice. "Whatever happens, we got your back. I got your back. And together, we can overcome anything."

The others nodded in response.

Aleyah turned her head towards Silver. Seeing how he still had a smile on his face, she returned it with a warm and genuine smile. "Thanks, Silver! I really need to hear that!"

"You're welcome, Leyah!" he replied.

With smiles on their faces, they both made eye contact. What Aleyah saw inside of him left her conflicted. Right before she saw something beyond him in his eyes, Marine's voice grabbed everyone's attention for the third time.

"Alright, Blaze! Let's go home!" she told her friend.

"Yes, of course," said Blaze.

With that, the two walked their way towards the portal. But not before they turned to them to see if the others wanted to tell them their last words.

"When will you come back to see us again?" Silver asked Blaze.

She let out a giggle, "Only when I have the time."

"It is our honor to meet you Blaze and Marine!" said Schlemmer.

"Same here," said Gold. "I hope you can watch out for the monstrous Second Devourer!"

"Thanks for telling us, mate! And don't worry! We'll be safe from that malicious monster in no time!" said Marine.

"I hope we could see each other again, Blaze! You too, Marine!" said Aleyah.

"Us too, Aleyah. Us too," said Blaze.

"Bye, mateys! Hope we could meet again!" Marine waved to both of us.

The quartet waved goodbye to Blaze and Marine as they walked their way through the portal back to their dimension.

At this time, Aleyah began working with Silver and his group to closethe Genesis Portals, look out for new threats and protect the future. A futurefor all four of them. But little did they know, a new event was about toapproach.