Hypo, Skree, Meika, and Mon Kit sat down at a restaurant table, enjoying a meal with Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Shadow. Hypo took a bite of his hamburger. "Mmm. Hey Mon Kit, will you pass the ketchup?"

Mon Kit was too busy playing Nintendogs to notice. "Hm? Wha? Ask Tails to do it."

Hypo rolled his eyes. "Fine. TAILS, will you please pass the ketchup?"

The two-tailed fox handed Hypo his condiment. "Sure," he replied. Then he pondered a moment. "Hey, Hypo? If we're cousins, how come you don't have two tails?"

"Because my dad doesn't have two tails," Hypo said with his mouth full.

Shadow closed his eyes. "Personally, I wouldn't want to be a mutant," he muttered, stinging Tails. Sonic knocked the hedgehog on the head.

"Shut the heck up, faker, I'd rather be a mutant than someone who's just living in the shadow of someone else!"

Shadow sprung up, knocking his chair over. "What did you say, you blow hard?" he demanded.

"I said that you're the most irritating copy of me I've ever known! Even worse than Metal Sonic!!"

Meika hopped up and pushed both of them back into their chairs. "Quiet!" she hissed. "If you two don't stop fighting we'll get thrown out of here again!"

Tails rolled his eyes. "Brats," he muttered.

Skree was gorging himself on chili dogs. "I'm not related to you, Sonic," the green hedgehog said. "But I sure do love the kind of food you order."

Sonic tapped his foot. "Is that so?" he asked. "Well then, how's about a little competition, eh?"

Skree lowered his sunglasses. "Competition?"

"That's right," Sonic said, crossing his arms. "A contest! To see who can eat the most chili dogs!"

Meika slapped her face. "Oh no…" she murmured. Knuckles had fallen asleep on the table, but when he heard the word 'contest', he had jolted awake.

"Contest?!" he demanded. "Who wants to fight me? Huh?!"

Mon Kit didn't even look up from her DS. "No one, you idiot. Sonic, don't gorge Skree up too much. We have to share a romantic spaghetti dinner when we get home."

Skree snapped. "Don't worry, Kits, this won't take long. Sonic, let's go."

The waiter brought out a plate of chili dogs and set them in the middle of the two hedgehogs. Sonic tied a bib around his neck. "C'mon! Show me what you've got!"

Skree smacked his lips. "I plan to."

Hypo ran up next to the table. "On your marks…get set…GO FOR IT!"

Like a bullet leaving the gun, Sonic and Skree began shoving down chili dogs. Sonic was going faster than Skree, but that was because he could run at super sonic speed.

The eating continued on for a while. The waiters kept bringing out plate after plate of food for the two, but they kept finishing each plateful easily. Meika watched with disgust. "How can they eat all that food?" she asked aloud.

Shadow crossed his arms. "That's just because that blue hedgehog is too much of a pig."

Sonic didn't even notice his doppelganger's words. He just kept shoving down his chili dogs, one after the other.

Tails held his stomach. "I don't feel so well…" he moaned. "All that stuff in those hot dogs…the pig lips, snouts, and butt holes…ugh…"

Hypo jerked his head to look at the two tailed fox. "That's what's in hot dogs?! Yuck! I never want to eat one again!"

Mon Kit was still playing her DS. "C'mon, Smoochy!" she cooed to her imaginary dog. "Come on to your mama! C'mon!!"

After a while, on the seventh plate of chili dogs, the eating started to slow. Sonic's face was normal, but Skree's was turning as green as his skin. Suddenly, the green hedgehog fell down from the table, defeated. Sonic stopped stuffing his face and looked across the table at Skree passed out.

"I did it!" he cried. "I defeated Skree!"

Tails punched his fist into the air. "I never doubted that you would!"

Shadow lowered his head. "I did."

"Shut the heck up."

Mon Kit suddenly looked up from her DS. "Sonic!" she scolded. "I told you not to fill him up! We were supposed to share spaghetti tonight."

Sonic sweat-dropped and dashed out of the restaurant. Mon Kit stopped. "He was smart to run," she commented.

Hypo drug Skree's body out from under the table. "D-did I win?" he stammered weakly. Hypo shook his head sadly.

"No…I'm sorry bud."

"…dang…"

Meika checked her watch. "Well, it's gettin' pretty late…c'mon, Hypo, let's go home."

The red fox groaned. "Do I HAVE to? I'll just crash with Tails."

"WHAT WAS THAT?"

Hypo smiled nervously. "Uh, n-nothing…c'mon, let's go."

Tails glanced at Shadow. "Where are you going to be staying?" he asked. Shadow shrugged and strode out.

"I'll probably just hunt down faker and crash with him."

It was then that Knuckles woke up again. "Wha-?! What's going on??"