"Are we there yet? What's taking so long?", asks an impatient blue hedgehog.

"If it weren't for SOMEONE who went for a 'quick run' even though we were ready to leave we wouldn't be in a rush right now!", answered an irritated red echidna.

"How should I know we were going for a sleepover? Nobody told me about it!"

"Actually, I did tell you a few hours before we left. You even said that you'll be getting ready yourself,", replied a two-tailed fox.

All 3 occupants of the blue biplane the fox was piloting were heading towards the location for their sleepover which Rouge, a master thief somehow found in the middle of the woods.

Suddenly, the communicator wrapped onto the fox's wrist rang, which he picked up the call a second later.

"Where are you guys? Weren't we supposed to meet at 5? It's 7 right now!"

"Sorry Amy," replied Tails. "Sonic somehow forgotten about the sleepover and went for his 'quick run' again..."

"Again?" Amy demanded, clearly with frustration in her voice.

"How long would it take for you guys to reach here?"

"In a hour, hopefully," replied Tails.

"Okay, well the 3 of you better be here in a hour or you'll gonna regret it!"

"Okay, okay. See you then," As Tails turned off his communicator, the quarrel between red and blue is still going on.

"Let me guess, you joined in just because Rouge is there, isn't it?"

"Of course not! What does this have to do with her anyway?"

"Well, then why would you leave the Master Emerald alone?"

"I doubt if anyone would steal it in a day, since we just thrashed Eggman's place.

Besides, I can keep an eye on the bat thief here..."

"Exactly, you came here just for Rouge,"

"No, I needed to make sure she doesn't leave secretly and steal the Emerald while I'm here,"

"Oh, so now you don't want her to leave, eh?"

Will I ever get the peace I need? Tails thought to himself as he is forcefully stuck between their unending quarrel.

An hour later, the biplane loses it's altitude and lands at a large clearing in the forest. The 3 occupants then got out from their seats and landed on the cool green grass after a 2-hour flight. They then walked towards the meeting point as stated by Rouge. As they got out into another clearing where Rouge, Shadow, Cream, Chesse and Amy waited, Sonic was immediately tackled to the ground by a pink blur.

"What took you so long? You know how much I missed you while you were gone?", said Amy, while still hugging Sonic tightly.

"Can't breathe...", murmured Sonic, while getting choked.

"Sorry," Amy exclaimed as she let go of Sonic from her right embrace.

"About time you guys got here,", Shadow spoke.

"Yeah, for a second there we thought Eggman kidnapped you guys," Rouge said.

"Well, if it weren't for Sonic who..."

"...went for his quick run, you wouldn't be late. You already told us that, twice!" Rouge interrupted.

"Alright, this road leads to our sleepover location," Rouge continued, with her right hand pointing towards a dirt path. "Don't worry, it isn't that far, we'll probably reach there in 30 minutes by walking,"

Thus, everyone started to walk while following Rouge along the path. Sonic had to slow down like everyone did to prevent himself from getting lost, but this clearly made him even more impatient.

"Are we there yet?" Sonic asked.

"Nope," Rouge replied.

2 minutes later, "Are we there yet?"

"Nope,"

Another 2 minutes later, "Are we..."

"No," this time it was Shadow who replied. "And if you even think of asking that again I'll Chaos Spear you like no tomorrow,"

"Okay, okay, I'll stop, happy now?" Sonic replied.

Shadow only grunted in frustration.