A train was going down the Dutch railroad tracks. On the train, there was an antropomorphic green hedgehog with shaggy looking quills with pale blue eyes, a peach colored muzzle, arms and belly. He was wearing a white t-shirt underneath a dark blue jacket with a pair of stonewashed blue jeans and white trainers. He had a suitcase sitting on the seat next to him. As he looked to his right, he could see a blue and white cat with red eyes dressed in a black and red sweater with a yellow collar and underline sitting in a seat on the other side of the train coupe. The cat looked to the green hedgehog and smiled before standing up from his seat and walking over to the hedgehog. "Hey, it's currently 8:30 AM, isn't it?" The blue and white cat asked the green hedgehog.
The green hedgehog blinked before nodding. "Yeah, it is." He replied.
"Ah, good, good. You see, this watch of mine throws me off every now and then." The cat shrugged. "Say, you mind if I sit down with you?" He then asked the hedgehog.
The hedgehog shrugged. "Sure, I don't mind." He replied.
"Oh, thank you." The cat replied before sitting down in a seat in front of the hedgehog. "So, my name's Rover. And yours?" He asked the hedgehog.
"Manic. Manic Hedgehog." The green hedgehog replied.
"Manic, huh? What a cool name!" Rover replied in excitement. "So, Manic, where are you headed to this early in the morning?"
"I'm headed to Lelystad, Flevoland. I'm supposed to meet my brother, his wife and my sister at the train station there." Manic replied casually. Maybe a bit too casual.
"Oh, nice. And why are you headed there, may I ask?" Rover asked Manic.
"I'm moving there. My brother, his wife and my sister run a Burger King restaurant at the Lelystad train station, and they urged me to move to Lelystad so I could join the family business." Manic explained.
"Ah, that's nice. So you said you were moving there, Manic. Have you ever been to Lelystad before?" Rover asked him.
"I've never been there before." Manic simply replied, crossing his left leg over his right leg.
"You've never been there? Does that mean you don't even have a house yet?" Rover asked Manic, surprised to hear Manic's never been to Lelystad before.
"My brother and his wife offered me to stay at their place until I have a place of my own." Manic explained.
"Ah, that's really nice of them. Well, I've enjoyed this chat with you, Manic. I haven't had such a fun train ride in a while. Come to think of it, I've been riding the rails again an awful lot lately. Haven't done this much traveling by train since 2002 or so. Man, that's weird." Rover replied as he was thinking. Suddenly, an announcement jingle played across the train.
"Now arriving at Lelystad Central Station! Lelystad Central Station!" The train driver spoke.
"Oh! Looks like this is your stop, Manic! Well, good luck to you! Bye bye!" Rover said to Manic.
"Bye, Rover." Manic smiled as he grabbed his suitcase and went to the train doors. As the train stopped at the station, Manic's brother Sonic, his wife Sally and Manic and Sonic's sister Sonia were waiting for him on the platform. The train doors opened and Manic stepped off the train.
"Manic! My brother! I can't believe it! You're here!" Sonic exclaimed as he saw his brother step off the train.
"Hey!" Manic greeted back as Sonic ran up to him to give him a brotherly hug, getting Sally and Sonia to giggle before they walked up and gave Manic a hug as well.
"Hey, Manic. Good to see you." Sonia greeted as she hugged her brother.
"Yeah, we're so glad you made it here." Sally added as she hugged Manic as well.
"I'm glad to see you guys as well." Manic replied.
"Alright. Now, come on. The Burger King place is just down these steps. Follow us." Sonic told his brother as the four of them went down the steps of the train station and ended up in the station's main hallway before they arrived at the staff entrance and went inside.
"Welcome to the family business, Manic. What's ours is yours." Sonia told Manic as she closed the door behind the four of them.
"Yes, this looks, uh, very nice." Manic replied before putting down his suitcase.
"I'll take care of your suitcase. I'll put it in the office." Sonic said before grabbing Manic's suitcase and bringing it to the office. "Now, Manic, today's your first day working at the family business, so we're gonna be teaching you the basics in the next couple of days, maybe weeks. We've only opened up about an hour and 10 minutes ago, so the customer stream is going to be slow, which should make things easier and get you settled. I'm the manager here, and you, Sally and Sonia will be manning the kitchen and the cash registers. Now come with me to the office and get changed for work." Sonic told Manic before taking him to the office, where Manic changed into his burger colored shirt and black cap. "There you are, you're now part of staff. Congratulations, bro." Sonic smiled as he gave Manic a pat on the back.
"Yeah, it feels good to be part of the family business now." Manic laughed, rubbing his neck sheepishly.
"Glad you feel that way, bro." Sonic smiled as he gave his brother another pat on the back. "Now it's time to get back to the kitchen. Sally and Sonia will help you for most of the day. If you need something from me, don't hesitate to come to my office." Sonic told Manic, who nodded.
"Understood, Sonic. I'll do my best to serve your, er, I mean our customers." Manic replied before he walked out of the office and into the kitchen, closing the office door behind him. Sally and Sonia smiled when they saw Manic in his work uniform.
"Oh, good, you've got your work uniform on. We'll help you today, since it's your first day today." Sally told Manic.
"That would be great." Manic replied with a smile.
"Yes, now hold on, we've got a customer." Sally replied back before going to the counter, where Amy Rose was standing.
"Hello, Amy. The usual?" Sally asked the female pink hedgehog wearing a red dress with a friendly smile.
"Hi, Sally. And yes please." Amy replied with a smile.
"Alright, when your number shows up on the screen, come pick up your order." Sally replied before printing a receipt and giving it to Amy, who sat down on a stool and began waiting for her meal. She had number 001. Sally went into the kitchen in the meantime.
"Alright, Manic. Here's your first order: A Double Cheeseburger, a medium Twister Fries with mayonaise, a medium Sprite and a small coffee. I'll help you make it." Sally told Manic as the two of them began making the order.
"I never get why people want fast food this early in the morning..." Manic chuckled, rolling his eyes.
"You know what? I never get that either." Sally giggled as she was making the order together with Manic, finishing it up pretty quickly thanks to their teamwork. Sonia put the food and drinks together on a tray and put it on the counter.
"Number 001 is ready to be served!" Sonia called as Amy got up from her stool and took the food, paying for it as well.
"Thanks, Sonia!" Amy happily told Sonia before sitting down at a table and began to eat. Sonia then turned to the kitchen.
"You two did great on that order. My compliments on that first order, Manic." Sonia complimented her brother.
"Anytime, sis. With Sally's help I managed to get it done." He replied with a smile. Soon after, the yellow furred two tailed fox Tails and his Seedrian girlfriend Cosmo entered the restaurant and walked up to the counter.
"Welcome, Tails and Cosmo. What will it be today?" Sonia asked the couple with a smile.
"I'll have a Bacon King and some Onion Rings to go. Cosmo and I have a train to catch soon, so we're in a bit of a hurry." Tails explained after he ordered.
"And I'll have a Whopper Jr. and some King Wings to go." Cosmo added.
"Alright, want anything to drink with that?" Sonia asked.
"I guess a Fanta wouldn't hurt." Tails replied.
"I'll have a Fanta as well." Cosmo added.
"Alright, your order is coming right up." Sonia replied as she printed a receipt and handed it to Tails, after which him and Cosmo sat down on two stools and awaited their meals. They had number 002. Sonia gave the order through to the kitchen, after which Manic and Sally got to work and began to make Tails and Cosmo's order. Not too long after that, they got the orders done, after which Sonia packed the food in two Burger King bags and put them on the counter. "Number 002 is ready to be served!" Sonia called as Tails went up to the counter to pay and took the two Burger King bags.
"Thanks, Sonia. Well, we'll be off now, we've got a train to catch." Tails replied with a smile before him and Cosmo left the restaurant. Manic soon went out front.
"You mind if I take the next order, Sonia?" Manic asked his sister.
"Sure, I don't mind at all, Manic." Sonia smiled as she stepped away from the counter and allowed Manic to step in front of it. Soon after that, Knuckles the Echidna, Silver the Hedgehog and Blaze the Cat entered the restaurant, and they all looked pretty hungry.
"Hi, guys. What will it be?" Manic asked with a friendly tone and a smile.
"I'll have a Whopper Cheese with Twister Fries and a Coca Cola." Blaze replied.
"I'll have a Chicken Tendercrisp and a Coca Cola." Silver replied.
"I'll have two Whoppers, a Double Cheeseburger, a Twister Fries with extra mayonaise, some King Nuggets, two portions of Onion Rings with ketchup and two large Fantas." Knuckles replied. Manic's jaw dropped as he looked at Knuckles in disbelief.
"What? I'm hungry, okay?" Knuckles replied as he raised his hands.
"Alright, when your food is ready, come pick it up." Manic replied as he printed a receipt and handed it to Blaze. Silver and Blaze went to sit down on two stools while Knuckles picked a table for the trio to sit at. The trio at number 003. Manic and Sally then went to work on this next rather large order. It took a bit, but they eventually got it done. Manic and Sally put down a few trays worth of food on the counter. "Number 003 is ready to be served!" Manic called.
"I'll take care of this." Silver replied as he used his psychokinesis to carry the trays of food to the table where him, Knuckles and Blaze were going to sit at. Blaze paid for the food and together with Silver, she sat down with Knuckles and the three of them began eating.
"That was quite the order they placed." Manic replied as he wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"Yeah. Knuckles always makes big orders like this, so get used to it." Sonia replied, to which Manic responded with a nod. A few hours later, it was lunch shift, and there were quite some people at the restaurant. Team Chaotix, consisting of Vector, Espio, Charmy and Mighty were sitting at a table, with Vector scarfing down a bunch of Whoppers. Espio facepalmed in annoyance at the sight of this. Manic just chuckled as he watched this.
"How much of this stuff can you eat at once, Vector?" Manic asked the green crocodile.
"Not sure. Guess we'll find out sooner or later." The green crocodile laughed in response.
"Let's NOT find out, okay? Your stupid Burger King eating contests cost us a lot of money, Vector, and you know that." Espio told Vector, visibly annoyed with his friend.
"Hey, lay off him, Espio. If Vector wants to do this stuff, let him be." Charmy told the purple chameleon, who just sighed in response.
"Don't work yourself up about it, Esps. You're gonna need therapy again." Mighty told Espio, who remained quiet.
Meanwhile, at another table, Dr. Eggman was sitting with his robotic minions Orbot and Cubot. "Why do we still come here...?" Eggman sighed.
"Because for someone with an IQ of 300, you sure don't act like it." Orbot replied.
"Yeah, you're a pretty shitty individual for someone who claims to have an IQ of 300." Cubot added.
"SHUT UP!" Eggman angrily shouted before slapping his two robotic minions, causing them to flinch. Manic sighed as he saw this and continued to look around the restaurant. He saw Cream the Rabbit and her pet Chao Cheese sitting at a table eating some ice cream.
"Thanks again for the ice cream, Mr. Manic! We really like it!" Cream happily called to Manic, who smiled at the young rabbit.
"Anytime, Cream. I was happy to serve you." Manic replied as he continued to look around the restaurant, watching Yoshi and Birdo snack on some Texas Bacon King burgers.
"Yum! This burger is so good! It's one reason I always keep coming back!" Yoshi said as he gobbled up his burger with his chameleon like tongue.
"I can see that, Yoshi." Birdo replied as she was eating her own burger. Manic smiled as him, Sally and Sonia with the occasional help from Sonic continued to serve people at Burger King for the rest of the day.