Along the beach front, as the ocean waves were rolling onto the sandy surface, was Sticks the Badger. She was walking near the beach as she gazed upon the sunset far ahead. She didn't appear in her usual happy mood like always, she was instead feeling something that she never felt before: loneliness.

Her face expression showed melancholy, and also a bit of bored, as she nonchalantly walks. She could then hear some chatter coming from her right. She turns to see Miles "Tails" Prower, talking with Zooey, a girl who looks to be trying her best to cope with his endless technobabble and jargon.

Sticks smiled a bit and then turned left to Amy laughing with Sonic the Hedgehog. It's been a while since Amy told Sonic that she loves him, and it took Sonic a little time to also say that he loves her too. Deep down, they were meant for each other. Sticks smiled again, but soon returned to her blank expression as she sat down on a bench.

She stares at the sunset for a while until she looked down at the ground. It's a mystery on why this hyper-active badger is feeling this way, but if you were paying at what's going on, you'd know that she's never been in a relationship before, as in never had a boyfriend. I mean, what's a cute girl like Sticks supposed to do with a boyfriend? She tried being fancy one time, but she only felt comfortable just being herself. But her thoughts would soon be interrupted by a close friend.

"Hey Sticks, how are you doing?"

Sticks looks up to a familiar pink hedgehog, Amy.

"Hey Amy, I'm fine."

"You don't look fine, you look depressed about something, and you're not the kind of person to be sad about anything."

"Well... it's just that..."

Sticks struggled to say something to Amy, she felt a bit afraid about how she would react. I mean, Amy kept her feelings for Sonic to herself for quite some time, until she couldn't take it anymore and just told him.

"Sticks... is something the matter?"

Maybe it's time for the truth to be told.

"Amy, I feel alone."

"Alone?"

"I mean... I'm the only one in this team to not be with anybody."

"You mean you've never had a boyfriend before?"

Sticks nodded. Amy looked surprised at this revelation. She always knew that Sticks likes to keep to herself sometimes, but never expected the fact that she had never been in a relationship before.

"Oh my, I didn't know."

"Yeah..."

Both girls went silent for a bit, until Amy thought of something.

"Say... what if I, and this is just a thought that I have, help you find someone that you like?"

Sticks immediately looks up at Amy after that statement.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean I help you find someone that could be your perfect equal. Someone who shares the interests and feelings as you. What do you think?"

Sticks thought about it for a second, and answers back.

"Thanks Amy, but I already have someone in mind."

Amy looked surprised after what Sticks just said.

"You do? Well, that takes care of step 1. So, who is that you like?"

"Well..."

Sticks thought long and hard about what to tell Amy. She does have someone in mind to be with, but she soon feels a bit scared at how Amy would react to her answer. But Sticks knew she had to speak, she had to reach deep down inside herself and say whatever comes out.

"The person that I have in mind is..."

But she was cut short as an explosion was heard from the village. Sticks and Amy turn to see robots shooting lasers at them. Eggman strikes again.

Amy soon takes out her hammer, Sticks with her boomerang, and they join Sonic and Tails in fending off the robots.

Hours gone by and all the robots were destroyed. They've been going at this fight for so long that they already know how to destroy the robots much more quickly.

Sonic soon joins with the rest of the team.

"That seems to be the last of them," said Sonic.

"Yeah, I'm glad too," said Tails.

"Do you think Eggman we'll ever learn that his little minions will never stop us," Amy asked sarcastically.

"Whatever, it just means more robots to dismantle," said Sonic.

Suddenly, they hear the maniacal laughter of a certain mad scientist. They all turn face against Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik, riding in his flying pod.

"So, you all held your own against my robotic minions yet again. I'm starting to sense a pattern here."

"Yeah, the pattern of you losing to us all the time," remarked Sonic.

"Keep your wits to yourself Sonic, I've yet to show you all my ultimate weapon."

"Let me guess, another giant robot with deadly lasers and tank treads," said Tails.

"Better." And with that, Eggman presses a button in his pod.

Sonic, Tails, Amy and Sticks held their ground; a few seconds of absolute silence go by until a pillar of smoke appeared far away. The pillar then arched towards the group and was approaching fast at them. Sonic and the others were still holding fast until the smoke crashes between them and Eggman. The smoke began to dissipate to reveal a red, muscular body. It stands up; it's Knuckles the Echidna, wearing some sort of helmet attached to his head. Think of Wolverine as Weapon X.