Suddenly, Sonic woke up!

"AAAAAAHHHH!" Sonic bolted upright. After a few seconds, he went back to sleep.

The next morning, Sonic was feeling better than before. His foot was also feeling better, so he hopped out of bed and decided to say "hi" to all his friends. First, he passed by Tails.

"Hey Tails, what's up, buddy?" said Sonic.

"Nothin' much," replied Tails. "Good morning, Sonic!"

"Good mornin' to you too!" said Sonic. Next, he ran into Rotor.

"Mornin', Rote!" said Sonic.

"Good morning!" said Rotor. "Feeling better?"

"I sure am!" replied Sonic. "Keep on truckin', man!"

"You too, Sonic!" Sonic encountered Bunnie & Antoine next.

"Hey Ant, hey Bunnie!" said Sonic.

"Howdy, sug!"said Bunnie.

"Salut!" said Antoine! "Are you feeling letter today?"

"That's 'better', Ant!" replied Sonic. "I'm feelin' groovy! See ya later!"

"Have a good day, Sugar-hog!" said Bunnie.

"À bientôt!" said Antoine. Finally, Sonic met up with Sally.

"Sal! How's my favorite squirrel doin' today?" asked Sonic. Strangely, Sally was facing away from Sonic.

"Oh Sonic, where were you when the brains were handed out?" said Sally in a sarcastic tone.

"Heh? What's goin' on here!?"

"I'll tell you what's going on! YOU CAN NEVER LEEEEAAAAVE!" Sally turned around to reveal that her face was actually that of Nightmare Sonic!

Sonic bolted awake again.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Sonic sat upright for a few seconds before going back to sleep again.

In the morning, Sonic was having trouble shaking that strange dream from his head. After breakfast, he went to his hut, plopped himself on the couch and turned on the TV. When Sonic turned on the TV, it was playing one of the Liberation movies, a series of Soviet war films from the late 60's-early 70's. In this scene, a group of Soviet tanks was fighting a group of German tanks.

"All right!" exclaimed Sonic, who kicked back and proceeded to enjoy the movie.

"We interrupt this program to bring you a special news bulletin!" said an announcer as Sonic's movie was cut off. The TV cut to the news anchor, a man of at least 50.

"In today's news," began the anchorman, "…YOU CAN NEVER LEEEEEEEAAAAAAAVE!" his voice changed to that of Nightmare Sonic. He even ripped off his mask to reveal Nightmare Sonic's face underneath!

"OH NO!" exclaimed the real Sonic.

"Oh YES!" retorted Nightmare Sonic, who stuck his head through the TV screen and close to the real Sonic's face. "I'm comin' at ya in THREEEEEEEEEE-DDDDDDDD!"

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"Sonic bolted awake yet again. "Ah, forget it!" he said before going back to sleep. Despite the freaky dream he had, he slept pretty well. That is, until somebody tried to wake him…

"Sonic! Sonic!" It was Tails.

"No, Tails, I'm not gettin' up," said Sonic.

"But Sonic, you gotta come see this!"

"Tails, forget it! I know this is all a trick! You're gonna show me somethin' and then you or somebody else is gonna tell me I can never leave and you or that dude's gonna turn out to be that evil copycat of me! Now let me catch some shuteye, eh?"

"Sonic, what are you talking about!? This is serious! Please, help me!"

"Look, I said I ain't gettin' up! You're gonna have to do a lot better than that if ya wanna fool this hedgehog!"

"Please, listen to me! I know you're an awesome guy! If you don't help us out, then Knothole will be destroyed!"

"*sigh*…If I come along with ya, do ya promise to stop buggin' me, man!?"

"I promise!"

"Well…what are we waitin' for!? Let's speed, Keed!" Sonic & Tails ran off into the Great Forest. Despite the fact that it was in the middle of the night, the two could clearly see what was making all the trouble: It was Dr. Robotnik's Eggmobile, which now had two legs plus two arms with chainsaw attachments. The mad machine was cutting down a bunch of trees. Knuckles the Echidna, a red echidna with a white crescent-shaped mark on his chest, had arrived on scene, too.

"Hey Knuckster, what's up?" asked Sonic.

"I was taking a nighttime stroll through the forest when I heard a noise," said Knuckles. "I've seen something like this before, too. Around the same time that we first met, a similar machine came to Angel Island and started cutting down the trees. I was lucky enough to smash it, though!"

"Well, what are we waitin' for!?" said Sonic. "Let's recycle that tin can!"

"No, we can't go yet!" said Knuckles.

"Why not!? What's the holdup!?"

"Because…YOU CAN NEVER LEEEAAAVE!" Knuckles ripped off his mask to reveal Nightmare Sonic again.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"