* / Chapter 1: Something's Wrong / *

Knuckles: "What?! What's wrong, Tails?"

Tails: "Look at this paper I found!"

*Knuckles takes the paper from Tails and reads it*

Knuckles: (. . . Dr. Lee Thompson?) / break / "Wasn't 'Dr. Lee Thompson' the name that was bothering you right before Sonic went insane?"

Tails: "Yes . . . and remember how Sonic found that lips ad and I started feeling cruddy? This must mean something horrid is going on . . ."

Knuckles: "Tails . . . you're right . . . something very horrible is going on!" / break / "There's just no explanation for all of this . . . don't worry Tails, tonight I'm going to go see what's going on . . . or at least try to . . ."

Tails: "Okay . . . just be careful . . ."

/ That night . . . /

*Knuckles walks out of the house*

/After a little while . . . /

Knuckles: (I feel like someone's watching me . . .)

?: "AAAAAAAAAHH!"

Knuckles: "What's going on?"

*Knuckles looks around a hedge and sees Mwah taking away an unconscious echidna in a cage*

Knuckles: "Oh my god . . ."

*Mwah is whistling as he walks away*

Knuckles: "What the heck . . ." (Why is that creepy raven pulling a tranquillized echidna in a cage? Maybe I should follow them.)

Mwah: "Is someone there . . .?" (Oh well, it's probably nothing . . . I wonder how many echidnas we have locked-up so far . . ."

* / Chapter 2: Sonic's Plan / *

/After a while . . . /

*Mwah is seen approaching the Lippies Association headquarters. Mwah is spying on him from behind a tree*

Knuckles: (. . . When was this place built?) / break / "Good, I think he's gone now . . . Maybe if I climb that building, I'll catch someone's conversation through one of the windows . . .)

*Knuckles climbs up the wall of the building*

Knuckles: (I think I can hear someone just past this window . . .)

*Knuckles is now just under a window to a room where Sonic and Moussy are talking*

Knuckles: (Great it's Sonic!)

Sonic: "Aren't you excited, Moussy? Soon enough all the echidnas will be gone!" / break / "Especially Knuckles!"

Knuckles: "Oh no!"

Moussy: "Huh? Did you hear that, Sonic?"

Sonic: "It won't be too hard since they pretty much all live around here anyway . . ."

Moussy: "Hello!"

Sonic: "And we'll just-"

Moussy: "SONIC!"

Sonic: "WHAT?!"

Moussy: "I thought I heard someone!"

Sonic: "What? What did they sound like?"

Moussy: "Well, they kinda had a deep voice I guess . . ."

Sonic: "What?! It can't be . . ."

Knuckles: (Great!)

*Knuckles begins to glide away from the building, but Sonic sees him from his window*

Sonic: "It is!"

"You rat! You were eavesdropping, weren't ya? Well you won't be able to anymore! Knucklehead!"

*Sonic pulls the trigger on the handgun he is holding. It shoots Knuckles in the left leg*

Knuckles: "OW!"

Sonic: "Shoot! I only shot him in the leg! Oh well, he can suffer in pain for now . . . I'll get him later!"

*Knuckles falls into a dumpster*

Knuckles: "Blech!"

*Knuckles crawls out of the dumpster, and sees a bin with the radioactive symbol on the side*

Knuckles: "Ow . . . huh?" / break / "Oh . . ."

*three pairs of eyes are seen in the darkness, with an extended paw*

* / Chapter 3: Lippies Phobia / *

/ The next morning . . . /

*Tails is laying in bed waking up*

Tails: "Aaaah!" / break / "What a beautiful day!"

?: "Lippies! Lippies! Lippies! Lippies!"

Tails: "HUH?!"

*an Omochao-themed alarm clock with lippies is seen emmiting this sound*

*Tails' TV turns on, showing Sonic pointing at a floating lippies symbol*

Sonic: "Try some new Kissy Lips cereal!"

Tails: "What?! But my TV doesn't work any-"

*Tails looks over and notices he has lippies in the ripped poster on his wall*

Tails: "H-huh?"

*Knuckles walks in, but has an omochao head with lippies*

Knuckles: "Hi Tails!"

Tails: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" / break / "It was only a nightmare . . ."

/ Outside . . . /

Tails: "What's with all the blood . . . Knuckles! I hope he's okay!"

*Tails walks up to the other house and knocks on the door*

Tails: "Knuckles! . . . Knuckles?" / break / (Is he even in here? His door is unlocked . . .)

*Tails opens the door*

Tails: "KNUCKLES!"

*Knuckles is seen laying crossway on the bed, covered in scratches and blood*

Knuckles: ". . . Tails?"

Tails: "W-what h-happened?"

Knuckles: "Sonic . . . he wants to kill me and all the other echidnas . . . I was eavesdropping on him and he caught me . . . he shot me in the leg, and then some jerks beat me up after . . ."

Tails: "What?! I hate Sonic! I have some bandages, just wait here . . ."

/ After . . . /

*Knuckles is now wearing bandages*

Tails: "Well . . . I hope that's okay . . ." / break / "I guess I'll leave you alone now . . . you should probably rest . . ."

Knuckles: "Okay . . . just be careful . . ."

/ Later that day . . . /

Tails: "Gosh, I haven't heard from Knuckles all day! He was pretty hurt . . . I'm too scared to check . . . maybe I'll just go out for a bit . . . maybe I'll see what's going on for myself . . ."

* / Chapter 4: Looking for Tails / *

Knuckles: "Tails? Tails! Where'd he go?!"

*Knuckles looks inside Tails' workshop*

Knuckles: (Great! He must have left for some dumb reason! I hope he's okay . . .) / break / (I'll have to go look for him I guess . . . I hope Sonic hasn't found him . . .)

/ While later . . . /

*Knuckles is walking down the sidewalk when another echidna approaches him from behind (Meangreen Cru)*

Knuckles: "Huh?"

Meangreen Cru: "Oh my goodness gracious me! You're bleeding!"

Knuckles: "Well, not any . . . what the heck . . ." (I guess Sonic hasn't captured all of the echidnas yet . . .)

Meangreen Cru: "EEKY-POO it's KNUCKLES! Don't kill me please!"

Knuckles: "Hey! I never killed anyone! Don't you realize that Sonic's trying to kill all the echidnas? I would hid from him if I were you!"

Meangreen Cru: "Well, that's snorty and all, but I'm still keeping this headband."

Knuckles: "What?! I wasn't talking about . . . ugh never mind. I need to go . . ."

*Knuckles begins to walk away*

Meangreen Cru: "J'ai faim." {French for "I'm hungry}

Knuckles: "Is this person following me?!"

*Meangreen Cru bends over and picks an ant off the ground, then eats it*

Meangreen Cru: "Mmm! I just absolutely adore that delectable hard, crunchy ant flavour!"

Knuckles: "Blech!"

Meangreen Cru: "Wut." / break / "OH MY MOO! A ZANGOOSE!" / "Hmph. I wann play Wacky Zingoz."

Knuckles: "What?! . . . Why are you following me?!"

Meangreen Cru: "Oh, no wholesome reason, deary. Say, what would you look like in a dress?"

Knuckles: "Wha-"

Tails' voice: "HEEEEEEEELP!"

Knuckles: "Tails?! Great! I hope . . . I have to go!"

* / Chapter 5: Moussy's Kissy Lips Cereal / *

*Spike has Tails cornered in an alleyway*

Spike: "Are you even listening to me?! I said don't tell Moussy I took her Kissy Lips cereal!"

Tails: "HEEELP!"

*Knuckles comes running around the corner*

Knuckles: "Tails?"

Tails: "HEEEEELP!"

Knuckles: ". . . Huh?"

Tails: ". . . Huh?"

Spike: "What?"

Tails: "Knuckles!"

Knuckles: "Tails! What's going on? Why did you leave?!"

Tails: "I'm sorry . . . I didn't hear from you all day and I was too scared to check, so I left . . . then this creepy porcupine found me!"

Spike: "Hey! Remember to not let Moussy know I took her Kissy Lips cereal!"

Knuckles: "I don't care about your stupid Kissy Lips cereal!"

Moussy: Where's my Kissy Lips cereal?"

Knuckles: "Great! Let's go, Tails!"

*Knuckles and Tails run away*

Moussy: "Hey! That was Knuckles! Spike, you idiot! How could you let him get away? Don't you know Sonic wants him dead?"

Spike: "Sorry, Moussy, but I just didn't want them to tell you that I took your Kissy Lips cereal!"

Moussy: ". . . Never mind."

* / Chapter 6: Paws the Wolf /*

/ The next day . . . /

*Tails is working on something in his workshop*

Unknown voice from outside: "AAAAAAAGGGHHH!"

*Tails quickly runs outside*

Tails: "Knuckles?!"

*A wolf, Paws, is seen outside, grabbing his leg in pain*

Tails: "H-huh? Who are you? How'd you get here?! Why do you have paws for hands?"

Paws: "Oh my gosh! Tails! I'm so sorry for screaming outside your workshop! I stubbed my toe . . . just call me Paws!"

Tails: "Okay . . ." (He could wear shoes . . .) "How'd you get here?!"

Paws: "Oh, sorry . . . I spotted a long trail of blood and I was wondering what happened . . . Is everything okay?"

Tails: "Yeah . . . my friend Knuckles got beaten or something . . . He's better now, but that reminds me . . ." / break / "Are you for Sonic, or against? . . . And have you heard of 'Dr. Lee Thompson'?"

Paws: "Against . . . and no, I haven't heard of 'Dr. Lee Thompson'. . ."

Tails: "Well . . . come on!"

*Tails walks up to Knuckles' door and knocks on it*

Tails: "Knuckles!"

Knuckles: "What?!"

Tails: "Knuckles, this is Paws! Paws, this is Knuckles!"

*Knuckles stares at Paws' paws for a moment*

Knuckles: (I've only met one other person like that . . .) "It's YOU!"