A.N. They called me crazy…Crazy, you hear?! But now I'll show them who's crazy! Muhahahaha!

Anyways, enjoy the update. It is marmaladtastic.


"What I don't understand…" Shadow said slowly, looking at the small, thin rectangles in his hands, "Is how you remember what combination does what…"

"Eh, it's easy," Sonic said, "Five of the same suit is a flush. Get 'em in a row, Straight. In a row and the same suit, straight flush. Two of a kind, a pair. Three of a kind, then four of kind. Have a pair and a three of a kind, then you have a full house."

Shadow scowled, concentrating on his cards. Did he have anything? Maybe, he wasn't sure. It would probably just be easier to punch Sonic and take the money on the table, but when he tried that last time, Omega had hit him with the microwave.

That robot took this game way to seriously.

Were fives wild this hand? Or was that last game?

He narrowed his eyes on the thin rectangles. Wait, did he have six of them? No, no…Only five.

He was supposed to have only five…Right?

"Two dollars," Silver said, placing down two green bills. They weren't playing for very much…

"I'm out," Tails sighed, placing his cards down. That meant something. Tails was a genius after all…Of course, Silver was psychic, but he promised he couldn't read minds.

The ball of duct tape that was Knuckles squirmed in his seat, five cards laying face down, unlooked at in front of him.

"Knuckles is in," Sonic said, taking two dollars from the now very small pile of money in front of the echidna and putting it in. "As am I."

Sonic then proceeded to place his own money into the middle of the table.

A bead of sweat rolled down Shadow's forehead. Should he fold? He didn't have much more time to decide…But the faker was still in…

"Proceed with credit ritual," Omega stated, putting in his own two dollars. All eyes and sensors turned to Shadow, as the five males and one robot of the male persuasion sat around the table in the purple RV, which was driving merrily along, playing Poker.

"…I'm in…" Shadow finally said, and placed in two dollars.

Silver grinned, laying down his cards, "Full house…Eights over nines."

Sonic scowled, throwing his hand down, "Darn it…I have three queens…"

Omega's sensors dimmed, showing his hand, "I have a 2 high trash…"

"…How is that…" Tails began, looking at Omega's hand, eyes widening, "Oh…that's how…"

Shadow laid his cards down, frowning still, "I have this…They're all red…"

The others, excluding Knuckles, who once more squirmed in his duct tape cocoon, leaned in.

"Damn it tube boy…" Sonic said, "You have a straight-flush!"

"…So, I win?" Shadow said, eyes alight. Money!

"Yah…" Silver said, putting his cards down.

"Wait!" Tails spoke out, and flipped over Knuckles cards. An Ace…King…Queen…Jack…And a Ten…All of the same suit. Sonic, Silver, and Omega groaned, leaning back in their chair. Shadow merely looked puzzled, his hand hovering by the small pile of money.

"Comrade Knuckles is the winner," Omega stated, then moved the money over to Knuckles, who moved in his cocoon more, muffled yelling heard from inside it. It was either a yell of joy, or yet another scream of infernal rage at Sonic. Either way, the Blue Blur was not happy about it.

Picking up the cards, Sonic began to shuffle them. Silver glanced outside, watching the passing scenery in silence, enjoying the non fiery destruction of it.

Wait…passing scenery…

The psychic hedgehog from the future turned his head slowly, Sonic explaining the rules of this new game, demonstrating with a rubber chicken. Silver's eyes fell on Omega.

With another slow sweep, he looked out the window, watching a street light pass them by.

Slowly, ever so slowly, as if he moved any faster, a horrible fate would occur, his gaze went back to Omega. Sonic was now in armor and waving a sword around. Shadow was trying to take notes.

"Ummm…hey…" Silver said, slowly, quietly. Sonic paused, wearing a sombrello, as was Shadow, Omega, Tails, and the Knuckles Duct Tape Cocoon.

"We're moving…but…shouldn't Omega be driving?" he inquired.

All eyes turned to Omega now.

"I set it to 'Cruise Control,'" Omega answered. The other five, including Knuckles in his cocoon, froze, peering at each other. Then, as one, excluding, of course, Knuckles, they had a mad dash for the driver's seat.


"Okay, next time, we make sure we're parked," Sonic said, as the six males stepped outside the RV. It was a new day, and thankfully they had not crashed yesterday with Omega's use of the Cruise Control.

"For once, I have to agree with you Faker," Shadow nodded, then blinked blearily into the sun, "Now where the heck are we?"

"Six Unisneyversal Flag Studios Land," Tails said, in one breath, "The most euphoric place on Earth©."

Screaming could be heard in the distance.

"Mphff!" Knuckles added.

"That's right!" Sonic said with a grin, "And this is the one made for us Mobians, so we can have terror inducing rides at our height! No kiddies rides for Sonic!"

The blue hedgehog made a fist and shaked it at the sky, "In your face Eisner!"

"You can run faster then these things…Backwards…With your eyes closed…On a broken ankle…" Silver pointed out to Sonic.

"True," Sonic admitted. It was not a downplay on the speed of these rides though. Sonic was just fricken' fast. Seriously, have you seen him run?

"Comrade Sonic," Omega began, "What was the rubber chicken for?"

Sonic opened his mouth, then paused, glancing to the robot.

"I understood the principles of other devices, but purpose of faux poultry eludes my logic sensors," Omega continued.

"Errrr…That was just a sight gag," Sonic explained.

"Can we just go before we break the fourth wall and I get knocked unconscious?" Shadow scowled. Their was a general murmur of agreement.


"Beep, beep."

"Have you removed all your metal?" a bored attendant wondered, as Omega peered at him with a green sensor.

"…Yes…" Omega finally responded. The hedgehogs, Tails, and the duct taped cocoon glanced from behind him.

The attendant looked the robot up and down, then shrugged, waving him through, "Eh, the machine's been acting a little wonky lately."

Omega stepped through the metal detector, deactiving his missiles for now.

After the others got through, including Knuckles, the six started arguing about where to go.

Eventually they split up into three groups of two. Shadow, and oddly enough Sonic, went one way, looking for the scarier rides. Tails and Silver went off to look at the shows, and Omega, with the duct taped cocooned Knuckles on his rather broad shoulders, lumbered off to who knows where…


"Wahaha!" Eggman laughed boisterously, "I've done it now! I'll kill two birds with one stone! Shadow, Sonic, and the others are at Six Unisneyversal Flag Studios Land, the most euphoric place on Earth©!"

"So…It's two birds in one stone because you can get Sonic and Shadow at the same time?" Metal wondered vaguely, wondering what he was doing here. He eventually settled on the fact that he simply had nothing better to do.

That, plus nothing good was on TV right now.

"What?" Eggman responded, "Well, yes, but what I meant was Six Unisneyversal Flag Studios Land, the most euphoric place on Earth©, is also on my list!"

"…Why?" Metal Sonic asked, and instantly regretting synthesizing the words.

Eggman clenched his fists together, eyes narrowing, and uttered a single word.

"Marmalade…"

Metal Sonic was about to ask for clarification, but his logic circuits jumped forward, temporarily cutting off his ability to speak before doing so.

"Quickly now!" Eggman declared, "To the Egg Named Giant Robots Room!"


A.N. Gasp! Our heroes have split up, and now Eggman is coming for his revenge! WHAT ELSE WILL HAPPEN?!

And hey, a mini plot that's not contained within a single chapter…GASPETH!

Hope you liked this!

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