Author's Notes: My God, so sorry for the long wait guys! I had a very bad case of writer's block...

Anyway, enjoy!


Sonic + Caffeine = Bad Stuff Happening

"Do you have a girlfriend? If you do, what's her name? Is she cute? Do you like her? Do you want to marry her one day? But if you don't have a girlfriend, do you want one? Wow, look at those scars! How did you get them? They make you look so rugged and cool! Hey, where did you get your jacket? It's so cool! You look like one of those cool guys from the 80s! Is that real gold in your ears? I think guys who wear earrings and eyebrow studs are hot. Hey! You do wear eyebrow studs! You're so gorgeous. I bet girls swoon when you walk in the door! Hey, I never got your name. Can you tell me? You know, you look like a 'Jake' or a 'Scott,' or a 'Blaine'! What's your sign? I'm a Cancer! How old are you? You look around my age, so if we could go out-hey! I just noticed that you all look alike! You're all cute, but you're cuter! But that black hedgehog isn't bad to look at...and that blue hedgehog is just as handsome...Do you carry around a gun? If you do, then you're so badass! But you were already badass from the start."

Scourge banged his head against the wall irritably while Cal searched through the boxes of an old wardrobe. Emi had dragged Scourge back to the door under the staircase, and Scourge ran into the first door he saw just to get away from her. The reason? Well, she talked way too much...If she wasn't already dead, Scourge would have probably killed her.

"So yeah, I never saw a green hedgehog before. Are you pure green? You look like you might be mixed with a bit of lime green...Wow! You're eyes are so pretty! Is that misty blue or icy blue? I can never tell the difference." Cal sighed and rubbed his temples a bit before he closed another wardrobe closet. Even he was getting tired of Emi's constant talking...She's been talking for more than an hour, and it was after 3 in the morning! Both Cal and Scourge were dead tired, but Emi had energy to spare, and she clearly showed it.

Scourge looked over at Cal, and the ghost boy gave him a very apologetic look.

"It. Won't. Shut. Up," he whispered to him.

"Emi!"

"Does the blue hedgehog have a-yes Cal?"

"Make yourself useful and help us look. We have a job to do, remember?"

"Oh whoopsie! My bad!" Emi then skipped over to one of the closets and began to search through it aimlessly. Once she was gone, Scourge heaved out a sigh of relief and collapsed onto the floor.

"Thank Chaos..." he sighed. "Is she usually like that?"

"Sadly, yes," Cal replied. "And it's harder to get her to hush, but I had an easier time right now. Trust me, you do not want to be around her if it were just a regular day here." Scourge banged his head on a table and actually fell asleep. Cal decided to let him sleep; he could understand his plight, really. The spirit Mobians really couldn't feel tiredness or fatigue since they don't need to sleep on a regular basis as normal living beings do. Plus, anyone who's around Emi for a long time deserves a break.

It was quiet in the wardrobe (with the exception of Scourge's snoring) as the two spirits searched for the evasive will. But it was a lost cause, really. In the back of Cal's mind, he knew that their search was all for nothing. He knew better; he knew Whitney wouldn't be dumb enough to leave the will in the mansion. She probably ripped it or burned it to make sure no one would ever find it. But he wasn't going to give up; none of them were. He wanted to believe that there was some hope that they could save the mansion. But how was everyone else fairing?

Meanwhile...

"Soooooniiiiiic! C'moooooon! Waaaaaake uuuuuuup!" Ron and Orok shook a familiar blue hedgehog furiously. The three of them had went into the kitchen to search for any clues, and they were having no luck what so ever. Sonic had became exhausted since he hasn't been to sleep all night, so he figured that if he ate something, it would keep him awake.

Unfortunately for them, Sonic's plan backfired greatly.

The blue blur had consumed some chips earlier, and it was just seconds later before he collapsed and went to sleep. Since then, Ron and Orok had spent the last 20 minutes trying to wake him up. And they both failed miserably. Eventually, Ron stood up and sighed; Sonic was out, and he showed no signs of waking up. So, now it was time for plan B.

"PEEEEEEETUUUUUUUUNIIIIIIIIIII!" On cue, said spirit, accompanied with Peridot, appeared in front of Ron.

"What is it, son? What's wit' all th' hollerin?" Peridot asked. Ron just made a slight face before pointing at the 5 foot hedgehog sprawled out on the floor, snoring.

"Oh dear," Petuni sighed as she went over and knelt down next to him. "I was afraid this was going to happen." At that moment, a few more people appeared in the kitchen. Cal and Emi appeared next to Peridot; Cal had Scourge (who was still asleep) over his shoulder, looking a tad agitated. Eric appeared next to Cal and Emi; he was carrying Shadow the same way Cal was carrying Scourge. And, just like the two hedgehogs before him, Shadow was fast asleep, and was not about to wake up anytime soon.

Petuni looked at each of them before she facepalmed.

"Honestly?" she said to herself.

"I don't know what happened to him," Eric said as he set Shadow down on the floor. "He just...um...went to sleep."

"Emi talked Scourge into hibernation," Cal grunted, earning him a glare from said spirit girl. "We tried waking him up, but he won't respond at all."

"Set them down," Petuni said. "I have something that will fix them right up. Just give me a few minutes." Cal did as he was told and placed Scourge on the floor while Petuni busied herself with collecting various pots and ingredients. What kind of remedy would she cook up to wake up the three sleeping hedgehogs?

. . .

Cobalt and Silver slept peacefully, completely oblivious to what was going on with their friends. After finding the will, Silver decided to go find his friends to show them his find, but Cobalt complained about getting tired, so they both went into the nearest bedroom to take a quick catnap.

The bedroom itself looked like it could have belonged to any young girl; pink and light purple colored walls, toys and stuffed animals as far as the eye could see, and toy princess accessories were lined on the dressers. The bed was a bit big for just one little girl to sleep in; it even came with its own canopy and pink see-through curtains. You could say that it was the dream room for any young girl, and it was.

Cobalt was snuggled up to Silver, who was sleeping as well. Silver noticed that he was getting a little tired himself, so he decided to accompany Cobalt on the bed and sleep as well. The will that Silver found hours before was folded neatly on the dresser next to them.

It was minutes later when Cobalt started to whimper and squirm in her sleep. She was having a nightmare; the fire...that horrible, horrible fire...It was coming back to her. It may have been a dream, or nightmare, but she could still feel the pain of being burned alive. She could still hear the horrified screams of those who perished with her. She could still see the flames engulfing her in what seemed like an never ending hell.

Cobalt began to toss and turn as her whimpers began to turn into soft pitiful sobs. This woke up Silver, and he looked over to see Cobalt had tears streaming down her cheeks, even though she was still asleep. Silver hated to see his young friend distraught, so he hugged her and talked softly.

"Cobalt, it's ok," he whispered. "It's just a nightmare. Nothing's happening to you...You're safe. I'm here." Cobalt stopped squirming almost immediately. Just hearing the sound of Silver's voice put her at ease. Because she knew the silvery hedgehog would protect her, would comfort her, would always be there for her.

Her lips cracked into a soft smiled before she snuggled up against the silvery hedgehog, nightmare free. Silver smiled to himself before he laid back, closed his eyes, and drifted off back to sleep.

. . .

"Okay, here we go..." Petuni poured a deep brown liquid into the final mug before she sighed and wiped her hands on her robe. "This is my strongest tea and coffee combination. It can wake anything and anyone up just by the smell."

"No tellin' what it'd do for th' fellers if they actually drunk the stuff," Peridot said. "Ya sure it won't make them as giddy as a squirrel huntin' for nuts?"

"If it doesn't actually make them nuts," Cal remarked.

"I know what I'm doing!" Petuni said as she put the three mugs on a tray and carried it over to the three sleeping hedgehogs. "Besides, they're not drinking the whole cup. Just a little bit would do them just fine."

"What's in that stuff, anyway?" Roxy asked curiously.

"Green tea, regular grounded coffee beans, cinnamon, three sugar cubes and brown sugar." Ron raised one of his eyebrows.

"I'm not sure about all of that caffeine and sugar, Petuni," he said honestly. "If they drink that, then won't they be very hyper?" Petuni shrugged a little.

"I'd rather have them hyper than sleeping on my kitchen floor."

"...Touché ." The spirit-cook gave Ron a sort of sideways smile before she took one of the cups and knelt down next to Sonic. Gently opening his mouth, she poured half of the deep brown liquid down his throat, holding the blue blur's head for support so he wouldn't choke. She repeated the process with Scourge and Shadow while the other watched. When done, Petuni put the cups back on the trays and put them on the counter to be washed later on. Everyone watched for a few seconds before the ebony one groaned and sat up. The peridot colored hedgehog followed soon after, but he yawned.

"I had a dream I had the best coffee in the world..." Shadow mumbled absentmindedly.

"Really? So did I," Scourge said.

"Oh, it worked!" Roxy cheered. Shadow raised an eyebrow at said girl.

"What worked? And why are we in the kitchen? And on the floor? How come everyone's around us? Why is Sonic sleeping on the floor? Why aren't we in the bar?"

"You, Scourge and Sonic passed out while we were searching for the will so we brought you guys in here and Petuni made some sort of coffee-tea stuff that supposedly wakes anyone up no matter how sleepy they are and now we're waiting for Sonic to wake up." Eric explained in one breath. Scourge gave him a look, but Shadow's eyes suddenly widened.

"Petuni," he said slowly "there wasn't any caffeine in that stuff when you gave it to Sonic, right...?" Said ghostly woman tilted her head at the ebony hedgehog.

"It's supposed to have caffeine in it," she said innocently.

"Oh dear Chaos..."

"What's up with ya, Stripes?" Scourge asked.

"Sonic does not handle caffeine well..." the ebony one explained grimly as he looked over at the blue blur, who was still sound asleep. "I remember the morning after we had just moved into our apartment, Sonic saw me drinking a cup of coffee and asked me for some since he never had any. Of course, I humored him and gave him some...but I regret it to this day..."

"What happened?" Peridot asked curiously. Shadow rubbed the back of his neck uncomfortably.

"W-well, let's just say he went on a Super Sonic Sugar Rush. He was so hyper that...well, we couldn't contain him at all. I remember when he managed to get on the freeway in literally five seconds and ran around on the ramps. He was not trying to avoid the oncoming traffic at all." Petuni gasped and placed her hands over her mouth with a horrified look on her face.

"Goodness! He didn't get hit by a car, did he?" she asked.

"Chaos forbid if he gotten ran over by a semi..." Eric said wincing. Shadow gave them both a shaky smile.

"The question should be did Sonic hit the car..." Everyone in the room looked at Shadow as if he had two heads.

"The hell's that supposed to mean, Stripes?" Scourge asked.

"Let me rephrase that; instead of the cars hitting Sonic, it was vice versa."

"So...yer sayin' Sonic hit th' cars instead?" Peridot asked. Shadow nodded slowly.

"He went straight through them," the ebony one said. At that moment, Orok suddenly let out a cry as he began to prance around Sonic. Everyone looked to see that Sonic was sitting up and wide awake, but he looked...odd. First off, his usual grin/smile was a lot wider than usual, and it looked like he was either twitching or shaking, or probably both. Shadow immediately got to his feet and literally ran out of the kitchen.

"I know you guys are already dead-no offense-but if you want to live than run like all hell and keep your distance!" he cried. The spirit Mobians seemed to have followed Shadow's advice, since they gave each other worried glances before disappearing instantly. Orok sensed something was wrong with his new master, so he went over to Scourge and hid behind him while shaking. However, said green hedgehog didn't seem what was the big deal was. Everyone gets a sugar rush every once in a while; he even believed Shadow was exaggerating with that little story anyway.

Shrugging a bit, Scourge got up from the floor and coolly walked out of the kitchen with Orok closely behind him. However, when he opened the door, Sonic ran right past him and stood in front of him, smiling from ear to ear (literally). Scourge made a face at his blue counterpart and tried to move around him, but Sonic blocked him each time, his smile never faltering.

"Yo, Blue, you're blockin' my exit. So move," he said. But Sonic didn't move, or blink. He just stood there, staring at Scourge, with that wide smile that was starting t freak the peridot one out a bit. Sonic remained that way for a few seconds before he suddenly grabbed Scourge, put him in a headlock and gave him a nuggie.

"Duuuuuuuude! It's my lil' douche of a bro!" he exclaimed.

"Get the hell offa me!" Scourge yelled while trying to push Sonic off. "I ain't neva your brother!" Orok made a little whimpering sound before he ran out of the dining room, going who knows where.

Eventually after a lot of struggling, Scourge eventually got out of Sonic's grip. The green hedgehog stumbled back as he stared at Sonic with anger blazing in his eyes, ready to give him a good beating or two. But he was a little disturbed to see that the blue blur was doubling over with laughter; it was really hard to tell if he was laughing at him or if he was just laughing because he was insane. Scourge raised an eyebrow as he watched Sonic curiously, waiting for him to calm down. Eventually, Sonic stopped laughing, now he was grinning while jumping a little.

"There's somethin' wrong with ya..." Scourge mumbled to himself.

"Hey, hey, hey Scourge."

"What?"

"Why are ya green? How come ya dyed your fur? How come you don't look like me anymore? How come you look like a recolor of me? How come your such an asshole? Are you and Fiona gonna get married and have mutant-hedgehog-fox-babies?" Scourge just gaped at Sonic.

"Get away from me, man. I don't know what Petuni put in that stuff she-"

"Duuuuuuude...ya know what? Ya remind me of weed!"

"Are you high?"

"No silly! If I was high, I would be on the ceiling by now!" Scourge made a face, but he finally managed to walk passed Sonic and head out of the dining room, but Sonic skipped after him (no joke) while grinning.

"I wonder where they went...and where the hell Silver is," Scourge wondered out loud as he wandered around the foyer.

"Oh my Chaos!" Sonic randomly yelled. "I just remembered something important!"

"You're a virgin?"

"No I banged Fiona behind your back and never told you!" (He said this very quickly.)

"WHAT? !"

"Anyway I just remembered we're supposed to be looking for a thing! So let's go find the thing! I bet I'll find it first! Oh jeez! I got the best idea ever! Let's race to see who'll find the thing first! Ready?"

"Blue-"

"1, 2, 3, GO!" And then Sonic sped off up the stairs, but came back down two seconds later and went into the door under the staircase, leaving a strong wind gust behind him at his wake. Scourge, who was clearly stunned by Sonic's behavior, remained standing where he was, staring at the door where Sonic disappeared from. It was quiet for a few moments; the only thing that could be heard was the occasional creak of the house.

"...Is he gone?" Emi's voice asked.

"Yup," Scourge said, putting his hands in his pockets. The spirit Mobians, along with Shadow and Orok, appeared around Scourge a split second later. Shadow stared at the door where Sonic went into and sighed before he face palmed.

"He's going to be like that all day..." he said silently.

"Oh me," Petuni groaned. "That was my secret recipe. He might be like that for the next twenty-four hours..."

"Oh that's perfect," Eric said. "So now we gotta deal with a hyped up hedgehog?"

"Looks dat way fellers and ladies," Peridot said. "But we better watch 'em. We don't wanna have 'im hurtin' himself or anyone else."

"With a head as big as his, that might be impossible," Scourge remarked, causing Shadow to snicker a bit. Ron opened his mouth to say something, but was cut off when the door began to make rattling sounds. Everyone looked at the door to see that it was indeed shaking, and the knobs were moving. Shadow immediately looked over at the nearest clock and saw that it was close to six. Time has ran out for them. At that very moment, Sonic ran into the foyer and began to point at the door while jumping up and down.

"She's here! She's here!" he babbled. "The wicked witch of the west! She's here!"

"Blue, if you don't-" Scourge was cut off when the door slowly began to open.


End Notes: I love cliffhangers. The reason for this is because it tortures you guys so! Mwahahahaha!

*ahem* Anyway, I'm sorry if this story seems short, but it's coming to a close. But it might be a few more chapters before it ends.

I went back and corrected any mistakes that were present, but if I missed any, I offer my sincerest apologies, but will correct those I missed as well. It looks like I won't be getting any contacts soon, and there's no way I'm gonna relive my painful elementary school days by wearing glasses. Yes, I never let that go, and no I do not have issues. Also, I changed Peridot's speech a bit to make him sound more like a country person, or just someone from the south.

Review if you want to, but I just ask that you don't be mean, and no flaming. I know I'm not the best writer in the world, but hey, I'm trying right? Anyhoo...

Thanks for reading guys! See ya next time, and God bless (and Mother's Day is coming up! Make sure you let your moms know you care~)!